UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

(Mark One)

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

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019

 

or

 

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

 

For the transition period from __________________________ to __________________________

 

Commission file number 000-56059

 

 

CERBERUS CYBER SENTINEL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   83-4210278
State or Other Jurisdiction   (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or Organization   Identification No.)

 

7333 E. Doubletree, Suite D270, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (480) 389-3444

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading symbol(s)  

Name of exchange on

which registered

None   N/A   N/A

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, par value $0.00001

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes [X] No [  ]

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer [  ] Accelerated filer [  ]
       
Non-accelerated filer [  ] Smaller reporting company [X]
       
    Emerging growth company [X]

 

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

 

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

 

The aggregate market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter (June 30, 2019) was $3,886,000, computed by reference to the price at which the common stock was last sold ($0.40 per share).

 

The registrant had 108,032,500 shares of common stock outstanding as of March 30, 2020.

 

 

 

     

 

 

CERBERUS CYBER SENTINEL CORPORATION

2019 FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page

PART I

 
ITEM 1. BUSINESS 4
   
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS 9
   
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS 17
   
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES 18
   
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 18
   
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES 18
   
PART II  
   
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES 18
   
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA 19
   
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 19
   
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK 30
   
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA 30
   
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE 30
   
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES 30
   
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION 31
   
PART III  
   
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 32
   
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 34
   
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS 37
   
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE 38
   
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES 39
   
PART IV  
   
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES 40
   
ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY 40
   
SIGNATURES 41

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes contained elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain statements made in this discussion are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”). These statements are based upon beliefs of, and information currently available to, the Company’s management as well as estimates and assumptions made by the Company’s management. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of the date hereof. When used herein, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “future,” “intend,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “target,” “potential,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “continue” or the negative of these terms and similar expressions as they relate to the Company or the Company’s management identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current view of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors, including the risks relating to the Company’s business, industry, and the Company’s operations and results of operations. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, or planned.

 

Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, the Company does not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.

 

Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). These accounting principles require us to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions. We believe that the estimates, judgments and assumptions upon which we rely are reasonable based upon information available to us at the time that these estimates, judgments and assumptions are made. These estimates, judgments and assumptions can affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the periods presented. Our financial statements would be affected to the extent there are material differences between these estimates and actual results. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report.

 

Unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise, the words “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” or “our Company” or “Cerberus Sentinel” refer to Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, GenResults, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (“GenResults”), and TalaTek, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company (“TalaTek”).

 

Forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K include statements about:

 

our ability to sustain profitability of the existing lines of business through expansion;
our ability to raise sufficient capital to acquire world-class engineer-owned cybersecurity companies;
our ability to attract and retain world-class cybersecurity talent;
our ability to source potential acquisition targets with predetermined parameters;
our ability to successfully execute acquisitions, integrate the acquired firms and create synergies as a nationwide cybersecurity consolidator;
our ability to attract and retain key technology or management personnel and to expand our management team;
the accuracy of estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements, profitability, and needs for additional financing;
business interruptions resulting from geo-political actions, including war, and terrorism or disease outbreaks (such as the recent outbreak of COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus);
our ability to attract and retain clients; and
our ability to navigate through the increasingly complex cybersecurity regulatory environment.

 

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These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risks in the section entitled “Risk Factors” set forth in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, any of which may cause our Company’s or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks may cause the Company’s or its industry’s actual results, levels of activity or performance to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity or performance expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

 

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity or performance. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of these forward-looking statements. The Company is under no duty to update any forward-looking statements after the date of this report to conform these statements to actual results.

 

PART I

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

 

Corporate History

 

Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation (“Cerberus Sentinel”) was formed on March 5, 2019 as a Delaware corporation. Our principal offices are located at 7333 E. Doubletree, Suite D270, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258.

 

Effective April 1, 2019, we acquired GenResults, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (“GenResults”). GenResults was established on June 22, 2015. Prior to our acquisition of GenResults, GenResults was wholly owned by an entity affiliated with David G. Jemmett, our Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company. As of December 31, 2019, GenResults is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cerberus Sentinel. Due to the companies being under common control, the Company accounted for the acquisition as a reorganization. See Note 4 in the accompanying financial statements beginning on page F-1.

 

On April 12, 2019, we consummated a transaction whereby VCAB Six Corporation, a Texas corporation, (“VCAB”) merged with and into us (the “VCAB Merger”). At the time of the VCAB Merger, VCAB was subject to a bankruptcy proceeding and had minimal assets, no equity owners and no liabilities, except for approximately 1,500 holders of Class 5 Allowed General Unsecured Claims and a holder of allowed administrative expenses (collectively the “Claim Holders”). Pursuant to the terms of the VCAB Merger, and in accordance with the bankruptcy plan, we issued an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of our common stock (the “Plan Shares”) to the Claim Holders as full settlement and satisfaction of their respective claims. As provided in the bankruptcy plan, the Plan Shares were issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. As a result of the VCAB Merger, the separate corporate existence of VCAB was terminated. We entered into the merger in order to increase our shareholder base in order to, among other things, assist us in satisfying the listing standards of a national securities exchange.

 

Effective as of October 1, 2019, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “TalaTek Merger”) pursuant to which TalaTek, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company has become our wholly owned subsidiary. Under the TalaTek Merger, all issued and outstanding units representing membership interests in TalaTek were converted into an aggregate of 6,200,000 shares of our common stock.

 

On October 2, 2019, we filed a Registration Statement on Form 10-12G (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to effect registration of our common stock, par value $0.00001, under the Exchange Act. The Registration Statement became effective on December 1, 2019.

 

Our Business

 

We are a security consulting company comprised of highly trained security professionals who work with clients to create a continuously aware security culture. We do not sell cybersecurity products. We position ourselves as a trusted cybersecurity advisor and are committed to delivering tailored security solutions to organizations of different sizes and across all geographies and industries to fit their budgetary needs and limit their cyber threat exposure.

 

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We currently provide a multitude of cybersecurity services including managed security service, cybersecurity consulting, technology consulting, compliance auditing, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, security remediation, Security Operations Center (“SOC”) set-up and consulting and cybersecurity training. We differentiate ourselves from competitors by staying technology agnostic. We believe that many cybersecurity service providers in the market today are committed to a specific technology solution which limits their service scope and ability to quickly respond to any emerging cybersecurity challenges. In addition, as we continue to serve our clients within our existing capacities, we plan to continue acquiring strategic acquisitions of small-to-medium-sized engineer-led cybersecurity service firms to continue to expand our service scope and geographical coverage. We believe that owning a world-class technology team with multi-faceted expertise is key to providing technology agnostic solutions to our clients and maximizing their return on investment from information technology (“IT”) and cybersecurity spending.

 

Cybersecurity Market

 

As the world has become increasingly connected through the Internet and the Internet of Things (“IoT”), cyberattacks have prevailed and evolved over the years, in different forms, causing uncontainable threats to the integrity and privacy of enterprise and personal data and resulted in significant economic losses globally. McKinsey Global Institute has estimated that approximately 127 new IoT devices connect to the Internet every second. By 2025, there are expected to be more than 75 billion IoT devices worldwide. Surveys from businesses in 2018 done by Cybint Solutions and Accenture have shown that 62% of businesses experienced phishing and social engineering attacks in 2018, and 68% of business leaders feel their cybersecurity risks are increasing. Gartner predicts that the worldwide spending on cybersecurity will increase from $114 billion in 2018 to $134 billion in 2022.

 

In response to the increasing economic damage caused by heightened cybersecurity risks, regulatory bodies have pushed the implementation of new cybersecurity legislations, and cyber insurance companies have increased minimum cybersecurity requirements. We believe that we are well positioned in a fast-growing industry to provide businesses with a wide scope of cybersecurity services and with significant opportunities for growth.

 

Service Offering

 

We currently offer two major types of services to clients including Managed Services and Consulting Services.

 

Managed Services

 

Our Managed Services focus on a holistic approach to cybersecurity based on an upfront gap analysis of our client’s existing cybersecurity practices. We offer multiple modules in the service portfolio including the following:

 

CISO-as-a-service: Corporations are in need of cybersecurity services but do not have the capital resources or knowledgebase to hire a Chief Information Security Officer (“CISO”). We offer this service to companies on an ongoing consulting basis as a resource to augment their management team. CISO as a service includes road mapping the future state for the client and providing our knowledgeable expertise to help them achieve their security needs.
Culture education and enablement module: This targets the root cause for 75% of cyber breach events by starting with a culture of security-forward thinking;
Tools and technology provisioning module: We provide technology-agnostic solutions catering to a client’s existing products and enhances the cyber defense system by making carefully selected additions without bias and to fit their financial profile;
Data and privacy module: This ensures that a client’s data security and privacy are properly managed to alleviate risks of data loss and breach;
Regulations and compliance module: We evaluate a client’s policies and procedures and implement the appropriate compliance framework based on the latest industry regulations and obligations.

 

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Consulting Services

 

Our consulting services includes a wide array of tailored solutions for organizations of all sizes. Our in-depth industry expertise allows us to act as the trusted advisor of our clients to help them lower their risk profile, minimize cost impact to organizations and meet regulatory compliance demands. We specialize in:

 

Cybersecurity consulting: Bringing the culture of cybersecurity to client’s leadership team and penetrating throughout the organization is a critical first step of building any cybersecurity system. Through our consulting service, we dive in both at the cultural and technical aspects of cybersecurity within the organization. We help our clients build effective policies and best practices, design or enhance a cybersecurity system and train the executive management team so that the culture at the top is set to facilitate diligent implementation of cybersecurity awareness.
   
Compliance auditing: we provide auditing services under several compliance frameworks as follows:

 

  Service Organization 2 (“SOC 2”) – This is an auditing procedure that focuses on a business’ non-financial reporting controls related to security, availability, processing, integrity, confidentiality, and privacy of a system;
  Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (“PCI DSS”) – This is a standard administered by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council;
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) and The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (“HITECH”) – These are laws regulated by the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to secure the privacy and confidentiality of protected health information (“PHI”);
  HITRUST CSF – This is a comprehensive security framework (“CSF”) developed by the Health Information Trust Alliance (“HITRUST”) in collaboration with healthcare, technology and information security leaders, to create, access, store and exchange sensitive and/or regulated data; and
  The National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) – This is formally known as a National Bureau of Standards, which is a federal agency that promotes and maintains measurement standards while encouraging and assisting industry and science to develop and use these standards.

 

Gap and risk assessment: We perform security risk gap analysis and advanced threat intelligence and analytics to identify potential areas of security risk and monitor potential breaches on a frequent basis. Evaluating all aspects of the business from executive management, finance, legal, human resources, compliance, operations and then IT. This is to ensure the organization has a holistic understanding of their company’s security posture.
   
Penetration testing: We offer network and application level penetration testing performed through industry tools and verified by certified security experts. At network level, we conduct network scans for clients at pre-defined intervals based on their preference. Subsequent automatic scans are performed at the same IP address. We also make further attempts to exploit any vulnerability found by the network scan to eliminate false positives. At application level, we utilize techniques such as parameter tampering, cookie poisoning, session hijacking, user privilege escalation, credential manipulation, forceful browsing, backdoors and debug options, configuration subversion, input validation bypass, SQL injection, and cross-site scripting to assess the application for known vulnerabilities.
   
SOC services: We offer SOC-as-a-service, which is a subscription-based service that manages and monitors client’s logs, devices, clouds, network and assets for possible cyber threats. This lets our service provide the clients with the knowledge and skills necessary to combat cybersecurity threats.

 

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Growth Strategy

 

Cybersecurity service and consulting firms operate on various forms of business models. Cerberus Sentinel does not sell product; we promote a cybersecurity culture. Our growth strategy will focus on external acquisition and internal scalability to drive that culture within our clients’ organizations. Therefore, our revenue streams mainly come from service and consulting fees. As the cybersecurity market grows over years, we continue to see an increasing number of players entering the market with different sets of qualifications. However, organizations facing cybersecurity issues also usually lack the expertise to identify the right service provider or do not have the capital resources to hire a qualified CISO. We believe that this is where our growth opportunity lies since the lack of expertise leads to information asymmetry which causes additional noise in the cybersecurity marketplace and exposes organizations in greater risks if found issues are not mitigated with the right group of experts. Furthermore, the industry is in need of highly qualified technology professionals in the cybersecurity field. A limited pool of talent results in increasing compensation and cost to retain such talent which in turn compromises companies’ bottom line profitability and then increases the need to work externally with a partner such as Cerberus Sentinel. According a Cybersecurity Jobs Report released in 2017 by Herjavec Group, total unfilled cybersecurity positions will be approximately 3.5 million by 2021. We intend to capitalize on this gap as our growth opportunity.

 

Our external acquisition strategy will target engineer-owned cybersecurity firms in the top thirty U.S. markets with existing revenue in the range of $2 million to $15 million and profit margin of at least 15% to 25%, although there could be opportunities beyond the larger end of this range. We expect each acquisition to be strategic and accretive, and we expect to obtain direct access to a pool of ready-to-deploy and seasoned cybersecurity talent and enhanced access to a larger client base geographically.

 

Our internal scalability strategy will focus on exploring and materializing synergies with the acquired targets. With strategic acquisitions, on the topline, we expect to provide a broadened service offering which translates into more diverse revenue streams and a larger client base. We also anticipate that we will be able to broaden our geographical sales coverage and reduce client acquisition costs. We also intend to synergize best practices across the platform which will enhance client experience and client loyalty. On the bottom line, we plan to centralize general and administrative support functions in one location which will significantly improve net margin for all the service lines. This will allow our management to focus on sales initiatives and achieve internal operations scalability in a relatively short period of time. We estimate that with a typical acquisition, we will realize annual savings on centralized operations, generate additional revenue from upselling to existing clients, and add revenue from new clients. In the long term, we expect to become a pure-play cybersecurity consolidator in the U.S.

 

Acquisition of TalaTek

 

Effective October 1, 2019, we acquired TalaTek, a Virginia limited liability company formed on August 24, 2006. TalaTek provides complete integrated enterprise risk management services by leveraging their specialized combination of methodologies, processes and technology, collectively known as Enterprise Compliance Management Solution (“ECMS”). ECMS enables efficient and repeatable risk, compliance and information security management, facilitating continuous improvement and empowering clients to make better informed risk decisions. These services are currently provided primarily to the public sector.

 

Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as that term is used in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or “JOBS Act.” An emerging growth company may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other burdens that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies, and we have elected to comply with these reduced reporting and other burdens. These provisions include:

 

A requirement to have only two years of audited financial statements and only two years of related “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”;
Exemption from the auditor attestation requirement in the assessment of the emerging growth company’s internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; and
Reduced disclosure about the emerging growth company’s executive compensation arrangements and an exemption from various stockholder voting requirements with respect to executive compensation arrangements.

 

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We could remain an emerging growth company until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our annual gross revenues exceed $1.07 billion, (ii) the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of common stock under a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, (iii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, or (iv) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three year period. The foregoing amounts are subject to adjustment for inflation.

 

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act 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 and Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the extended transition period for complying with the revised accounting standards. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates.

 

Competition in the Cybersecurity Market

 

The cybersecurity market is highly fragmented. In the top quartile, the market is dominated by several major global players including IBM Corporation, Cisco Systems, AVG Technologies, Broadcom and Dell, etc. The rest of the market is highly competitive without dominant players. North America is expected to continue its hold as the largest market size in the cybersecurity market through the year 2023, according to a report released by MarketsandMarkets.com (September 21, 2018).

 

We face direct competition from all small-to-medium-sized cybersecurity service providers nationwide given the broad service scope we currently provide. Many competitors provide cloud-based services which means our competition is not restricted by regions. It is critical for our executive management team to identify and attract strategic acquisition targets in order to strengthen our competitive advantage as a cybersecurity consolidator, which we believe brings higher service quality, more diverse service scope, and broader geographical coverage at a lower cost.

 

Intellectual Property

 

We intend to take appropriate steps to protect our intellectual property. We have registered the trademark “Cyber security is a culture, not a product,” which has been approved with an official registration date of October 29, 2019.

 

Government Regulation

 

The Company is not aware of any specific regulations that govern cybersecurity firms or the areas in which the Company operates. While there are a few federal cybersecurity regulations, they govern industries that the Company serves and exist to focus on specific industries.

 

The three main cybersecurity regulations are the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the 1999 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and the 2002 Homeland Security Act, which included the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). The three regulations mandate that healthcare organizations, financial institutions and federal agencies should protect their systems and information. FISMA, which applies to every government agency, requires the development and implementation of mandatory policies, principles, standards, and guidelines on information security. However, the regulations do not address numerous computer related industries, such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and software companies. Furthermore, the regulations do not specify what cybersecurity measures must be implemented and require only a “reasonable” level of security.

 

In addition, the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) is another regulatory body that is a division of the Office of Cyber Security & Communications within the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

 

Employees

 

As of December 31, 2019, we had 30 employees. In addition, we utilize independent contractors for projects of short duration or where specialized knowledge, or experience is needed for a complex project. We are not dependent on any independent contractor, and we believe adequate replacements would be available in the event any such contractor becomes unavailable to us. We believe our relations with our employees is good.

 

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Transfer Agent

 

Our stock transfer agent is Securities Transfer Corporation, located at 2901 N. Dallas Parkway, Plano, Texas 75093. Their telephone number is (469) 633-0101, and their website is stctransfer.com.

 

Corporate and Available Information

 

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and all amendments to those reports will be available free of charge through our website (http://cerberussentinel.com) as soon as practicable after such material is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. Except as otherwise stated in these documents, the information contained on our website or available by hyperlink from our website is not incorporated by reference into this report or any other documents we file, with or furnish to, the SEC.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

An investment in our common stock involves a number of very significant risks. Readers of this Annual Report on Form 10-K should carefully consider the following risks and uncertainties in addition to other information in this report in evaluating our company and its business before purchasing shares of our company’s common stock. Our business, operating results and financial condition could be seriously harmed due to any of the following risks. An investor in our common stock could lose all or part of their investment due to any of these risks.

 

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

 

We will need to raise capital in order to realize our business plan and growth strategy, the failure of which could adversely impact our operations.

 

As of December 31, 2019, our business was not profitable, and we may incur additional costs in relation to future acquisitions which may result in shortage in capital resources. Without adequate funding, a significant increase in revenues, and successful integration of the acquired targets, we may not be able to sustain profitability in the existing lines of business and attract further capital. As of March 25, 2020, we had available cash resources of approximately $1,600,000.

 

We expect to continue to finance our operations with available net operating cash flows and will need to raise additional capital in the future by issuing equity or other forms of securities, which could significantly reduce the percentage ownership of our existing shareholders. Furthermore, any newly issued securities could have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of our existing common stock and may have a dilutive impact on the ownership interest of existing shareholders.

 

We may have difficulty obtaining additional funds as and when needed, and we may have to accept terms that would adversely affect our shareholders. In addition, any adverse conditions in the credit and equity markets may adversely affect our ability to raise funds when needed. Any failure to achieve adequate funding will delay our acquisition efforts and could lead to abandonment of one or more of our acquisition initiatives, as well as prevent us from responding to competitive pressures or take advantage of unanticipated acquisition opportunities. Any additional equity financing will likely be dilutive to shareholders, and certain types of equity financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants or other provisions that would limit how we conduct our business or finance our operations.

 

We are not profitable as of December 31, 2019, have limited cash flow and, unless we increase revenues and cash flow or raise additional capital, we may be unable to take advantage of any acquisition opportunities that arise or expand our business, all of which could adversely impact us.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2019 and as of the date of this report, we assessed our financial condition and concluded that we have sufficient resources for the next 12 months from the date of this report. Our auditor’s report for the year ended December 31, 2019 does not include a going concern opinion on the matter. However, management is still required to assess our ability to continue as a going concern. We had a net loss of $1,354,368 for the year ended December 31, 2019. During the same period, cash used in operations was $203,358 and our accumulated deficit as of December 31, 2019 was $1,453,510. Management is unable to predict if and when we will be able to generate significant positive cash flow or achieve profitability. Our plan regarding these matters is to strengthen our revenues and continue improving operational efficiencies across the business. There can be no assurances that we will be successful in increasing revenues, improving operational efficiencies or that financing will be available or, if available, that such financing will be available under favorable terms. In the event that we are unable to generate adequate revenues to cover expenses and cannot obtain additional financing into calendar year 2020, we may need to cut back or curtail our expansion plans.

 

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We will need to grow the size and capabilities of our organization, and we may experience difficulties in managing this growth.

 

As of December 31, 2019, we had 30 employees. As our acquisition strategies develop, we must carefully integrate managerial, operational, sales, marketing, financial, and other personnel in the expanded organization and manage cost. Future growth will impose significant added responsibilities on members of management, including:

 

identifying, integrating, managing and motivating qualified employees, particularly strong sales force and cybersecurity talent;
executing post-acquisition integration effectively and managing integration costs; and
improving our operational, financial and management controls, reporting systems, and procedures.

 

Our future financial performance and our ability to commercialize our strategic acquisitions will depend, in part, on our ability to effectively manage any future growth. Our management may also have to divert a disproportionate amount of its attention away from day-to-day activities in order to devote a substantial amount of time to managing these growth activities. This lack of long-term experience working together may adversely impact our senior management team’s ability to effectively manage our business and growth.

 

We depend on key personnel who would be difficult to replace, and our business plans will likely be harmed if we lose their services or cannot hire additional qualified personnel.

 

Our success depends substantially on the efforts and abilities of our senior management and certain key personnel, including, but not limited to our Chief Executive Officer, David G. Jemmett, and our President, William Santos. We currently do not hold any key man insurance for them. The competition for qualified management and key personnel is intense. The loss of services of one or more of our key employees, or the inability to hire, train, and retain key personnel, especially executive managers with cybersecurity industry knowledge, could delay the execution of new acquisitions, launch of new service programs, disrupt our business, and interfere with our ability to execute our business plan.

 

We operate in an industry that is experiencing a shortage of qualified engineers. If we are unable to recruit and retain key management, technical and sales personnel, our business would be negatively affected.

 

To execute our growth strategy, we must continue to attract and retain highly skilled employees. Competition for these employees is intense, especially for cybersecurity engineers, as there is a global shortage of engineers who can provide the technical and strategic skills required for us to deliver high levels of services to our clients and potential clients. We may not be successful in attracting and retaining qualified employees. We have from time-to-time in the past experienced, and we expect to continue to experience in the future, difficulty in hiring and retaining highly skilled employees with appropriate qualifications. Many of the companies with which we compete for these highly skilled employees have greater resources than we have. In addition, in making employment decisions, particularly in the high- technology industry, job candidates often consider the value of the stock options, restricted stock grants or other stock-based compensation they are to receive in connection with their employment. Declines in the value of our stock could adversely affect our ability to attract or retain key employees and result in increased employee compensation expenses. If we fail to attract new personnel or fail to retain and motivate our current personnel, our business and future growth prospects could be severely harmed.

 

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We depend on independent contractors to provide certain services that we do not have the expertise on internally. Any compromise in the service quality may delay our business processes and cause economic loss.

 

We currently rely, and for the foreseeable future will continue to rely, in substantial part on certain independent organizations, advisors and consultants to provide certain services. There can be no assurance that the services of these independent organizations, advisors and consultants will continue to be available to us on a timely basis when needed, or that we can find qualified replacements. In addition, if we are unable to effectively manage our outsourced activities or if the quality or accuracy of the services provided by consultants is compromised for any reason, some of our business activities may be delayed, or terminated, and we may not be able to mitigate negative impacts or otherwise advance our business. There can be no assurance that we will be able to manage our existing consultants or find other competent outside contractors and consultants on economically reasonable terms, if at all. If we are not able to effectively expand our organization by hiring new employees and expanding our groups of consultants and contractors, we may not be able to successfully implement the tasks necessary to further expand and, accordingly, may not achieve our business goals.

 

We have recently acquired TalaTek. Our growth strategy is driven by successful acquisitions of businesses that provide comparable or complementary services. Our ability to grow is limited if we fail to identify and consummate acquisitions.

 

We have recently acquired TalaTek, and we intend to consider additional potential strategic transactions, which could involve acquisitions of businesses or assets, joint ventures or investments in businesses or technologies that expand, complement or otherwise relate to our business. We may also consider, from time to time, opportunities to engage in joint ventures or other business collaborations with third parties. Should our relationships fail to materialize into significant agreements, or should we fail to work efficiently with these companies, we may lose sales and marketing opportunities and our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

 

Any business acquisition creates risks such as, among others: (i) the need to integrate and manage the businesses acquired with our own business; (ii) additional demands on our resources, systems, procedures and controls; (iii) disruption of our ongoing business; and (iv) diversion of management’s attention from other business concerns. Moreover, these transactions could involve: (a) substantial investment of funds or financings by issuance of debt or equity securities; (b) substantial investment with respect to technology transfers and operational integration; and (c) the acquisition or disposition of lines of businesses. Also, such activities could result in one-time charges and expenses and have the potential to either dilute the interests of our existing stockholders or result in the issuance of, or assumption of debt. Such acquisitions, investments, joint ventures or other business collaborations may involve significant commitments of financial and other resources. Any such activities may not be successful in generating revenue, income or other returns, and any resources we committed to such activities will not be available to us for other purposes. Moreover, if we are unable to access the capital markets on acceptable terms or at all, we may not be able to consummate acquisitions, or may have to do so on the basis of a less than optimal capital structure. Our inability to take advantage of growth opportunities or address risks associated with acquisitions or investments in businesses may negatively affect our operating results.

 

Additionally, any impairment of goodwill or other intangible assets acquired in an acquisition or in an investment, or charges to earnings associated with any acquisition or investment activity, may materially reduce our earnings. Future acquisitions or joint ventures may not result in their anticipated benefits and we may not be able to properly integrate acquired technologies or businesses with our existing operations or successfully combine personnel and cultures. Failure to do so could deprive us of the intended benefits of those acquisitions.

 

We intend to grow our client base significantly through acquisitions of other service providers. If we fail to retain existing clients and attract new clients through acquisitions, we may never be profitable.

 

Through acquisition of other service providers, we will inherit an increasingly larger client base, which creates cross-selling and up-selling opportunities. We need high-quality service and exemplary client management to retain and grow our client base. We also plan to launch sales and marketing efforts including trade show appearance, sales demo and advertising campaigns in various forms to promote our brand name. If our marketing efforts do not materialize, we may lose existing clients or fail to obtain new clients. Our inability to grow sales as the Company expands in operations may result in loss, and we may not be profitable for an extended period of time.

 

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Our business strategy may impose limitations in our ability to accurately forecast future revenue and operating results.

 

Our operating results are dependent on a variety of factors including purchasing patterns of our clients, competitive pricing, debt servicing, and general economic trend. Our revenue and operating results may fluctuate if our sales target is not met, new service offerings receive poor client response, or client acquisition costs increase due to competition. In addition to these factors, our acquisition strategy may impose additional risks to the predictability of our operating results. Revenue streams may be volatile given uncertainty in the closing timeline of new acquisitions. Unexpected expenses may be incurred during due diligence and post-acquisition. Management intends to manage risk carefully with the acquisitions; however, limitations in our ability to forecast future revenue and operating results remain significant.

 

Our future results may be affected by various legal and regulatory proceedings and legal compliance risks, including those involving intellectual property, environmental, governmental regulations, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti-bribery, anti-corruption, or other matters.

 

The outcome of these legal proceedings may differ from our expectations because the outcomes of litigation, including regulatory matters, are often difficult to reliably predict. Various factors or developments can lead us to change current estimates of liabilities and related insurance requirements where applicable, or make such estimates for matters previously not susceptible of reasonable estimates, such as a significant judicial ruling or judgment, a significant settlement, significant regulatory developments or changes in applicable law. A future adverse ruling, settlement or unfavorable development could result in future charges that could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or cash flows in any particular period.

 

We face risks related to health epidemics and other outbreaks, which could significantly disrupt our operations.

 

Our business and operating results could be adversely impacted by the effects of epidemics, including but not limited to the coronavirus that has been reported to have surfaced in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and has since spread to most other parts of the world, including the United States, our principal market. We are closely monitoring the impact of the COVID-19 global outbreak, although there remains significant uncertainty related to the public health situation globally.

 

Our results of operations could be adversely affected to the extent that such coronavirus or any other epidemic generally harms the global economy. In addition, our customers and/or personnel may be adversely impacted as a result of a health epidemic or other outbreak. Our operation may experience disruptions, such as temporary closure of our offices and/or those of our customers, suspension of services and the shut-down of our channel sales efforts, some of which we are already experiencing and most likely will affect our sales pipeline in the coming quarters. These disruptions may require us to curtail our sales efforts or even force us to reduce our workforce in effort to conserve capital. Further impacts from the COVID-19 global outbreak could continue to materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Breaches of network or information technology security could have an adverse effect on our business.

 

Cyber-attacks or other breaches of network or IT security may cause equipment failures or disrupt the systems and operations of us and our clients. The potential liabilities associated with these events could exceed the insurance coverage we or our clients maintain, if any. An inability to operate as a result of such events, even for a limited period of time, may result in significant expenses or loss of market share to other competitors in the market we serve. In addition, a failure to protect our, or our client’s, enterprises, networks, privacy of customer and employee confidential data against breaches of network or IT security could result in damage to our reputation. To date, we have not been subject to cyber-attacks or other cyber incidents which, individually or in the aggregate, resulted in a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

Security threats to our own IT infrastructure may affect our clients indirectly. A party who is able to compromise the security measures on our networks or the security of our infrastructure could misappropriate our proprietary information or the personal information of our clients, cause interruptions or malfunctions in our operations or our clients’ operations or damage our computers or systems and those of our clients. As security is a primary competitive factor in our industry, such a compromise could be particularly harmful to our brand and reputation. We may be required to expend significant resources to protect against such threats or to alleviate problems caused by breaches in security. As techniques used to breach security change frequently, and are generally not recognized until launched against a target, we may not be able to implement security measures in a timely manner or, if and when implemented, we may not be able to determine the extent to which these measures could be circumvented. If we are unable to protect sensitive information, our clients or governmental authorities could question the adequacy of our threat mitigation and detection processes and procedures. Any breaches that may occur could expose us to increased risk of lawsuits, regulatory penalties, loss of existing or potential customers, harm to our reputation and increases in our security costs, which may not be fully insured or indemnified by other means. Additionally, breaches of our, or our clients’, systems could similarly result in a loss of confidence in our services or damage to our brand and reputation. Occurrence of any of these events could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results or prospects.

 

Because our services are aimed at protecting clients from, and limiting the impact of, critical business interruptions and losses related to cyber-attacks, if our client’s experience losses related to cyber-attacks that result in lost profits or other indirect or consequential damages to our clients, our clients may expose us to lawsuits. Our service agreements with our clients typically contain provisions limiting our liability. However, we cannot provide assurances that a court would enforce any contractual limitations on our liability. The outcome of any such lawsuit would depend on the specific facts of the case and any legal and policy considerations that we may not be able to mitigate. In such cases, we could be liable for substantial damage awards that may exceed our liability insurance coverage by unknown but significant amounts, which could materially impair our financial condition.

 

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If we fail to meet our service level obligations under our service level agreements, we may be subject to certain penalties and could lose clients.

 

We have service level agreements with many of our managed services clients under which we guarantee specified levels of service availability. These arrangements require us to estimate the level of service we will provide. If we fail to meet our service level obligations under these agreements, we may be subject to penalties, which could result in higher than expected costs, and we may lose clients, which could lead to decreased revenue and decreased gross and operating margins. If we fail to meet our service level obligations under these agreements, our reputation may suffer as a result.

 

The nature of our business involves significant risks and uncertainties that may not be covered by insurance or indemnification.

 

We provide services in circumstances where insurance or indemnification may be not available. Our existing insurance coverages may not be sufficient or additional insurance may not be available to protect us against operational risks and other uncertainties that we face. Liabilities or claims arising from our services in excess of any indemnity or insurance coverage (or for which indemnity or insurance coverage is not available or is not obtained) could harm our financial condition, cash flows and operating results. Any claim, even if fully covered or insured, could negatively affect our reputation in the marketplace and make it more difficult for us to compete effectively. The defense of such claims may be costly and time-consuming and could divert the attention of management.

 

We indemnify our officers and directors against liability to us and our security holders, and such indemnification could increase our operating costs.

 

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws allow us to indemnify our officers and directors against claims associated with carrying out the duties of their offices. Our bylaws also allow us to reimburse them for the costs of certain legal defenses. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our officers, directors or control persons, the SEC has advised that such indemnification is against public policy and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Our industry is highly competitive, and there is no assurance that we will compete successfully.

 

Our current and potential competitors vary by size, service offerings and geographic location. Competitors include technology companies, consulting companies, telecommunication companies, technology resellers, hardware and software companies, and others. Many of our competitors have entrenched relationships in particular industries, or have gained a reputation for expertise in a specific segment of the cybersecurity market, including services, software and hardware. The primary competitive factors in our market are: security, reliability and functionality, customer service and technical expertise, reputation and brand recognition, financial strength, breadth of products and services offered, price, and scalability. Many of our current and potential competitors have substantially greater financial, technical and marketing resources; more diversified product and service offerings; larger customer bases; longer operating histories; greater brand recognition; and more established relationships in the industry than we do. As a result, some of these competitors may be able to:

 

adapt more rapidly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements;
develop superior products or services, thereby gain greater market acceptance and expand their product and service offerings more efficiently or rapidly;
bundle products and services that we may not offer or in a manner that provides our competitors with a price advantage;
take advantage of acquisitions and other opportunities more readily;
maintain a lower cost basis;
adopt more aggressive pricing policies and devote greater resources to the promotion, marketing and sales of their products and services; and
devote greater resources to the research and development of their products and services.

 

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Many of these companies have significantly greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we do and may be better positioned to acquire, offer and service complementary products and technologies. These companies and alliances resulting from possible combinations may create more compelling product and service offerings, be able to offer greater pricing flexibility than we can or engage in business practices that make it more difficult for us to compete effectively, including on the basis of sales and marketing programs (such as providing greater incentives to our channel partners to sell a competitor’s product), technology or product functionality. Competition could result in, among other things, a substantial loss of customers, reduction in revenues or increase in expenses, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects.

 

Our success depends on our ability to protect our intellectual property and our proprietary technologies.

 

We rely on trade secrets to protect intellectual property, proprietary technology and processes, which we have or may develop in the future. There can be no assurances that secrecy obligations will be honored or that others will not independently develop similar or superior technology. The protection of intellectual property and/or proprietary technology through claims of trade secret status has been the subject of increasing claims and litigation by various companies both in order to protect proprietary rights as well as for competitive reasons even where proprietary claims are unsubstantiated. The prosecution of proprietary claims or the defense of such claims is costly and uncertain given the uncertainty and rapid development of the principles of law pertaining to this area. We may also be subject to claims by other parties regarding the use of intellectual property, technology information and data, which may be deemed proprietary to others.

 

Increasingly complex cybersecurity regulations and standards may have significant impact on our business, and it may require us to substantially invest in our development capabilities to meet compliance requirements and may negatively impact our ability to offer certain services and remain profitable.

 

Federal and State legislatures continue to advance policy proposals in recent years to address cyber threats directed at governments and private businesses. As threats continue to evolve and expand and as the pace of new technologies accelerates, legislatures are making cybersecurity measures a high priority. At the federal and state level, close to 300 bills or resolutions have been introduced and considered that deal significantly with cybersecurity. These proposals are at multiple stages of development and may shape out new standards concerning different areas. Our business expansion strategy focuses on accretive acquisitions of other cybersecurity service providers in the top thirty U.S. markets to achieve greater service coverage. The complex regulatory environment in each State may require us to dedicate additional resource to ensure our service scope and service quality are in compliance with the standards enacted in each State we operate business in. We may incur additional legal and compliance costs, and our service scope may be restrained due to compliance requirements. This will cause a delay in our service launch and negatively impact our operating results. We may also face litigations if we fail to respond accordingly to these regulatory measures in certain States.

 

We may become subject to disputes, including litigation, that could negatively impact our business and our profitability and financial condition.

 

We may become subject to disputes with third parties from time to time. Any such dispute could result in litigation between us and the other parties. Whether or not any dispute actually proceeds to litigation, we may be required to devote significant management time and attention and financial resources to its resolution (through litigation, settlement or otherwise), which would detract from our management’s ability to focus on our business. Any such resolution could involve the payment of damages or expenses by us, which may be significant. In addition, any such resolution could involve our agreement with terms that restrict the operation of our business.

 

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If we incur additional debt, we will be subject to restrictive covenants and debt service obligations that could negatively impact our operations.

 

If we incur additional debt for operations or acquisitions, a portion of our cash flow will have to be dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on such indebtedness. Typical loan agreements also might contain restrictive covenants, which may impair our operating flexibility. Such loan agreements would also provide for default under certain circumstances, such as failure to meet certain financial covenants. A default under a loan agreement could result in the loan becoming immediately due and payable and, if unpaid, a judgment in favor of such lender which would be senior to the rights of our stockholders. A judgment creditor would have the right to foreclose on any of our assets resulting in a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition.

 

The preparation of our financial statements involves use of estimates, judgments and assumptions, and our financial statements may be materially affected if our estimates prove to be inaccurate.

 

Financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States require the use of estimates, judgments, and assumptions that affect the reported amounts. Different estimates, judgments, and assumptions reasonably could be used that would have a material effect on the financial statements, and changes in these estimates, judgments, and assumptions are likely to occur from period to period in the future. These estimates, judgments, and assumptions are inherently uncertain, and, if they prove to be wrong, then we face the risk that charges to income will be required.

 

Risks Related to our Common Stock

 

The market price of our common stock may be volatile and may fluctuate in a way that is disproportionate to our operating performance.

 

Our stock price may experience substantial volatility as a result of a number of factors, including, among others:

 

sales or potential sales of substantial amounts of our common stock;
announcements about us or about our competitors or new product introductions;
the loss or unanticipated underperformance of our global distribution channels;
litigation and other developments relating to our patents or other proprietary rights or those of our competitors;
conditions in the cybersecurity and IT services industries;
governmental regulation and legislation;
variations in our anticipated or actual operating results;
changes in securities analysts’ estimates of our performance, or our failure to meet analysts’ expectations;
foreign currency values and fluctuations; and
overall political and economic conditions.

 

Many of these factors are beyond our control. In addition to recent events, the stock markets have historically experienced substantial price and volume fluctuations. These fluctuations often have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies. These broad market and industry factors could reduce the market price of our common stock, regardless of our actual operating performance.

 

Future sales of shares of our common stock by existing stockholders could depress the market price of our common stock.

 

We have an aggregate of 108,032,500 issued and outstanding shares of common stock as of March 25, 2020. The Plan Shares issued in connection with the merger with VCAB are freely tradeable. The remainder of the outstanding shares may be sold, subject to certain volume limitations, pursuant to Rule 144 or other available exemptions. Also, in the future, we may issue additional securities in connection with investments and acquisitions. The amount of our common stock issued in connection with an investment or acquisition could constitute a material portion of our then outstanding stock. Due to these factors, sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market could occur at any time. These sales, or the perception in the market that the holders of a large number of shares intend to sell shares, could reduce the market price of our common stock.

 

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Provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation, our By-laws and Delaware law might discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company or changes in our management and, therefore, depress the trading price of our common stock.

 

Provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our amended and restated bylaws and Delaware law may have the effect of deterring unsolicited takeovers or delaying or preventing a change in control of our company or changes in our management, including transactions in which our stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares over then current market prices. In addition, these provisions may limit the ability of stockholders to approve transactions that they may deem to be in their best interests. These provisions include the ability of our board of directors to designate the terms of and issue new series of preferred stock without stockholder approval, which could include the right to approve an acquisition or other change in our control or could be used to institute a rights plan, also known as a poison pill, that would work to dilute the stock ownership of a potential hostile acquirer, likely preventing acquisitions that have not been approved by our board of directors.

 

The existence of the forgoing provisions and anti-takeover measures could limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock. They could also deter potential acquirers of our company, thereby reducing the likelihood that an investor in our company could receive a premium for their common stock in an acquisition.

 

Our board of directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal our by-laws by majority vote, while such action by stockholders would require a super majority vote; and establish advance notice requirements for nominations for elections to our board of directors or proposing matters that can be acted upon by stockholders at stockholder meetings.

 

These anti-takeover provisions and other provisions under Delaware law could discourage, delay or prevent a transaction involving a change in control of our company, including actions that our stockholders may deem advantageous, or negatively affect the trading price of our stock. These provisions could also discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for stockholders to elect directors of their choosing and cause us to take other corporate actions they desire.

 

FINRA sales practice requirements may limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our stock.

 

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) has adopted rules that require that, in recommending an investment to a client, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that customer. Prior to recommending speculative low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives, and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low priced securities will not be suitable for certain customers. FINRA requirements will likely make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common stock, which may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the shares, resulting in fewer broker-dealers may be willing to make a market in our shares, potentially reducing a stockholder’s ability to resell shares of our common stock.

 

If we issue additional shares in the future, it will result in the dilution of our existing shareholders.

 

Our Articles of Incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 250,000,000 shares of our common stock with a par value of $0.00001 per share. Our Board of Directors may choose to issue some or all of such shares to acquire one or more companies and to fund our overhead and general operating requirements. The issuance of any such shares will reduce the book value per share and may contribute to a reduction in the market price of the outstanding shares of our common stock. If we issue any such additional shares, such issuance will reduce the proportionate ownership and voting power of all current shareholders. Further, such issuance may result in a change of control of our company.

 

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Our directors and executive officers beneficially own a substantial majority of our outstanding capital stock and will have the ability to control our affairs.

 

Our directors and executive officers beneficially own approximately 80% of our outstanding capital stock. By virtue of these holdings, they effectively control the election of the members of our board of directors, our management and our affairs and may prevent us from consummating corporate transactions such as mergers, consolidations or the sale of all or substantially all of our assets that may be favorable from our standpoint or that of our other stockholders.

 

We do not know whether an active, liquid and orderly trading market will develop for our common stock.

 

There has been no public market for our common stock. An active trading market for our shares may never develop or be sustained. No assurance can be provided that a purchaser of our common stock will be able to resell their shares of common stock at or above the price that they acquired those shares. We can provide no assurances that the fair market value of common stock will increase or that the market price of common stock will not fluctuate or decline significantly.

 

We are eligible to be treated as an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our common stock less attractive to investors.

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting and other requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including (i) not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (ii) reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in this registration statement and our periodic reports and proxy statements and (iii) exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier.

 

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act 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 that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the extended transition period for complying with the revised accounting standards. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with effective dates generally applicable to public companies.

 

Investors may find our common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions, reduced reporting requirements and extended transition periods. If investors find our common stock less attractive as a result of any of the foregoing, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile or may decrease.

 

We do not intend to pay dividends on any investment in the shares of stock of our company.

 

We have never paid any cash dividends, and currently do not intend to pay any dividends for the foreseeable future. The Board of Directors has not directed the payment of any dividends and does not anticipate paying dividends on the shares for the foreseeable future and intends to retain any future earnings to the extent necessary to develop and expand our business. Payment of cash dividends, if any, will depend, among other factors, on our earnings, capital requirements, and the general operating and financial condition, and will be subject to legal limitations on the payment of dividends out of paid-in capital. Because we do not intend to declare dividends, any gain on an investment in our company will need to come through an increase in the stock’s price. This may never happen, and investors may lose all of their investment in our company.

 

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

 

Not Applicable.

 

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

 

We do not own any real property. A description of the leased premises we utilize for offices facilities is as follows:

 

Entity   Property Description
     
Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation   The principal office:
     
    Located at 7333 E Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite D270, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258.
    Cost is $2,000 per month on a month-to-month contract.
       
TalaTek, LLC   All activities located in one work-share office location in Virginia. Property consists of:
     
    Monthly costs of approximately $450.
    Work-share office agreement is on a month-to-month contract.

 

We believe that our offices are suitable to carry on our business. We also believe that, if required, suitable alternative or additional space will be available to us on commercially reasonable terms.

 

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

We are not involved in any pending legal proceedings that we anticipate would result in a material adverse effect on our business or operations.

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not applicable.

 

PART II

 

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Market Information

 

There is no established public trading market in our common stock. Our securities are not listed for trading on any securities exchange nor are bid or asked quotations reported in any over-the-counter quotation service. We have filed application to make our shares of common stock eligible for quotation on the OTCQB Market.

 

As of March 25, 2020, there were approximately 715 holders of record of our common stock. As of the date of this filing, there were no reported sales prices of our common stock as it has not begun trading on the OTCQB. Shares of our common stock are also held in either nominee name or street name brokerage accounts, and consequently, we are unable to determine the total number of beneficial owners of our stock.

 

Dividend Policy

 

To date, we have paid no dividends on our common stock and do not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We plan to retain all earnings to provide funds for the operations of our company. In the future, our Board of Directors (the “Board”) will decide whether to declare and pay dividends based upon our earnings, financial condition, capital requirements, and other factors that our Board may consider relevant. We are not under any contractual restriction as to present or future ability to pay dividends.

 

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Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company issued a net total of 37,912,500 shares of common stock. Of this amount, 5,112,500 common shares were issued for cash at a price of $0.40 per share, 30,000,000 common shares were issued to employees at a fair value $0.006 per share, 600,000 common shares were issued to an employee at a fair value of $0.40 per share, 6,200,000 common shares were issued as part of the acquisition of TalaTek at a fair value of $0.40 per share, and 2,000,000 common shares were issued with a fair value of $0.006 per share as part of the VCAB acquisition. The Company relied on the exemption afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. We believe that Section 4(a)(2) was available because none of such issuances involved underwriters, underwriting discounts or commissions; restrictive legends were placed on the certificates representing the shares purchased; and none of such sales were made by general solicitation. The Company issued 30,600,000 shares for services to employees and consultants in reliance upon the exemption afforded by Rule 701 of the Securities Act.

 

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is intended to provide information necessary to understand our audited consolidated financial statements for the two-year period ended December 31, 2019 and highlight certain other information which, in the opinion of management, will enhance a reader’s understanding of our financial condition, changes in financial condition and results of operations. In particular, the discussion is intended to provide an analysis of significant trends and material changes in our financial position and the operating results of our business during the year ended December 31, 2019, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2018. This discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements for the two-year period ended December 31, 2019 and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. These historical financial statements may not be indicative of our future performance. This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains numerous forward-looking statements, all of which are based on our current expectations and could be affected by the uncertainties and risks described throughout this filing, particularly in “Item 1A. Risk Factors.”

 

Corporate Overview

 

Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation (“Cerberus Sentinel”) was formed on March 5, 2019 as a Delaware corporation. Our principal offices are located at 7333 E. Doubletree, Suite D270, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258.

 

Effective April 1, 2019, and effective on April 1, 2019, we acquired GenResults, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (“GenResults”). GenResults was established on June 22, 2015. Prior to our acquisition of GenResults, GenResults was wholly-owned by an entity affiliated with David G. Jemmett, our Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company. As of December 31, 2019, GenResults is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cerberus Sentinel.

 

On April 12, 2019, we consummated a transaction whereby VCAB Six Corporation, a Texas corporation, (“VCAB”) merged with and into us (the “VCAB Merger”). At the time of the VCAB Merger, VCAB was subject to a bankruptcy proceeding and had minimal assets, no equity owners and no liabilities, except for approximately 1,500 holders of Class 5 Allowed General Unsecured Claims and a holder of allowed administrative expenses (collectively the “Claim Holders”). Pursuant to the terms of the VCAB Merger, and in accordance with the bankruptcy plan, we issued an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of our common stock (the “Plan Shares”) to the Claim Holders as full settlement and satisfaction of their respective claims. As provided in the bankruptcy plan, the Plan Shares were issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. As a result of the VCAB Merger, the separate corporate existence of VCAB was terminated. We entered into the merger in order to increase our shareholder base in order to, among other things, assist us in satisfying the listing standards of a national securities exchange.

 

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Effective as of October 1, 2019, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “TalaTek Merger”) pursuant to which TalaTek, LLC, a Virginia limited liability has become our wholly-owned subsidiary. Under the TalaTek Merger, all issued and outstanding units representing membership interests in TalaTek were converted into an aggregate of 6,200,000 shares of our common stock. TalaTek provides complete integrated enterprise risk management services by leveraging their specialized combination of methodologies, processes and technology, collectively known as Enterprise Compliance Management Solution (“ECMS”). ECMS enables efficient and repeatable risk, compliance and information security management, facilitating continuous improvement and empowering clients to make better informed risk decisions. These services are currently provided primarily to the public sector.

 

Our Business

 

We are a cybersecurity consulting company comprised of highly trained security professionals who work with clients to create a continuously aware security culture. We do not sell cybersecurity products. We position ourselves as a trusted cybersecurity advisor and are committed to delivering tailored security solutions to organizations of different sizes and across all geographies and industries to fit their budgetary needs and limit their cyber threat exposure.

 

We currently provide a multitude of cybersecurity services including managed security service, cybersecurity consulting, technology consulting, compliance auditing, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, security remediation, SOC set-up and consulting and cybersecurity training. We differentiate ourselves from competitors by staying technology agnostic. We believe that many cybersecurity service providers in the market today are committed to a specific technology solution which limits their service scope and ability to quickly respond to any emerging cybersecurity challenges. In addition, as we continue to serve our clients within our existing capacities, we plan to continue acquiring strategic acquisitions of small-to-medium-sized engineer-led cybersecurity service firms to continue to expand our service scope and geographical coverage. We believe that owning a world-class technology team with multi-faceted expertise is key to providing technology agnostic solutions to our clients and maximizing their return on investment from information technology (“IT”) and cybersecurity spending.

 

Results of Operations

 

Comparison of the Year Ended December 31, 2019 to the Year Ended December 31, 2018

 

Our financial results for the year ended December 31, 2019 are summarized as follows in comparison to the year ended December 31, 2018:

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

    Cerberus     TalaTek     Total  
Revenue   $ 982,466     $ 925,464     $ 1,907,930  
Cost of Sales     465,078       471,094       936,172  
Gross Profit     517,388       454,370       971,758  
                         
Operating Expenses     1,966,737       347,536       2,314,273  
Operating Income (Loss)     (1,449,349 )     106,834       (1,342,515 )
Other income (expenses)     (11,942 )     89       (11,853 )
Loss before income taxes   $ (1,461,291 )   $ 106,923     $ (1,354,368 )

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

 

    Cerberus     TalaTek     Total  
Revenue   $ 641,606     $ -     $ 641,606  
Cost of Sales     114,668       -       114,668  
Gross Profit     526,938       -       526,938  
                         
Operating Expenses     203,814       -       203,814  
Operating Income     323,124       -       323,124  
Other income     -       -       -  
Income before income taxes   $ 323,124     $ -     $ 323,124  

 

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Variance

 

    Cerberus     TalaTek     Total  
Revenue   $ 340,860     $ 925,464     $ 1,266,324  
Cost of Sales     350,410       471,094       821,504  
Gross Profit (Loss)     (9,550 )     454,370       444,820  
                         
Operating Expenses     1,762,923       347,536       2,110,459  
Operating Income (Loss)     (1,772,473 )     106,834       (1,665,639 )
Other income (expenses)     (11,942 )     89       (11,853 )
Loss before income taxes   $ (1,784,415 )   $ 106,923     $ (1,677,492 )

 

Revenues

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

 

    Cerberus     TalaTek     Total  
CISO as a service   $ 216,000     $ -     $ 216,000  
Gap and risk assessment     558,443       925,229       1,483,672  
Managed security services     208,023       -       208,023  
Application sales     -       235       235  
Total revenue   $ 982,466     $ 925,464     $ 1,907,930  

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

 

    Cerberus     TalaTek     Total  
CISO as a service   $ 517     $ -     $ 517  
Gap and risk assessment     -       -       -  
Managed security services     641,089       -       641,089  
Application sales     -       -       -  
Total revenue   $ 641,606     $ -     $ 641,606  

 

Variance

 

    Cerberus     TalaTek     Total  
CISO as a service   $ 215,483     $ -     $ 215,483  
Gap and risk assessment     558,443       925,229       1,483,672  
Managed security services     (433,066 )     -       (433,066 )
Application sales     -       235       235  
Total revenue   $ 340,860     $ 925,464     $ 1,266,324  

 

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Revenues increased for Cerberus by $340,860, or 53%, for the year ended December 31, 2019, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2018, as a result of the Company introducing gap and risk assessment services as a new revenue stream in 2019 which accounted for $558,443 of total revenue. The increase in revenue from this new revenue stream was offset by a decrease of $433,066 in revenue from the Company’s managed security services, which was a result of variations in the mix of these services during the year.

 

Revenues increased for TalaTek by $925,464, or 100%, for the year ended December 31, 2019, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2018, as a result of the acquisition, which was consummated on October 1, 2019. As a result, revenues do not reflect a full year presentation from TalaTek and are included only for the period October 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019. Approximately $925,000 is attributable to TalaTek’s gap and risk assessment services.

 

Expenses

 

Cost of Revenues

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

    Cerberus     TalaTek     Total  
Gap and risk assessment   $ 108,847     $ 24,066     $ 132,913  
Managed security services     143,065       -       143,065  
Security operations center     15,336       -       15,336  
Payroll and related     197,830       447,028       644,858  
Total cost of revenues   $ 465,078     $ 471,094     $ 936,172  

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

 

    Cerberus     TalaTek     Total  
Gap and risk assessment   $ -     $       -     $ -  
Managed security services     -       -       -  
Security operations center     114,668       -       114,668  
Payroll and related     -       -       -  
Total cost of revenues   $ 114,668     $ -     $ 114,668  

 

Variance

 

    Cerberus     TalaTek     Total  
Gap and risk assessment   $ 108,847     $ 24,066     $ 132,913  
Managed security services     143,065       -       143,065  
Security operations center     (99,332 )     -       (99,332 )
Payroll and related     197,830       447,028       644,858  
Total cost of revenues   $ 350,410     $ 471,094     $ 821,504  

 

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Cost of revenues increased for Cerberus by $350,410, or 306%, for the year ended December 31, 2019, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2018, and was primarily the result of (i) the Company introducing gap and risk assessment services as a new revenue stream in 2019 which accounted for an additional $108,847 in cost of revenues and (ii) an increase in payroll and related costs of $197,830 due to an increase in employee and contractual labor after the reorganization. These increases were offset by the decrease in cost of revenues for security operations centers of $99,332, due to variations during the year for these managed security services.

 

Cost of revenues increased for TalaTek by $471,094, or 100%, for the year ended December 31, 2019, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2018, as a result of the acquisition, which was consummated on October 1, 2019. As a result, costs of revenue do not reflect a full year presentation from TalaTek and are included only for the period October 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019. Approximately, $447,000 is attributable to TalaTek’s payroll and related services.

 

Operating Expenses

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

    Cerberus     TalaTek     Total  
Professional fees   $ 616,393     $ 5,943     $ 622,336  
Advertising and marketing     25,292       27,201       52,493  
Selling, general and administrative     501,401       214,392       715,793  
Stock-based compensation     823,651       -       823,651  
Loss on impairment     -       100,000       100,000  
Total operating expenses   $ 1,966,737     $ 347,536     $ 2,314,273  

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

 

    Cerberus     TalaTek     Total  
Professional fees   $ -     $ -     $ -  
Advertising and marketing    

23,322

               -      

23,322

 
Selling, general and administrative     180,492       -       180,492  
Stock-based compensation     -       -       -  
Total operating expenses   $ 203,814     $ -     $ 203,814  

 

Variance

 

    Cerberus     TalaTek     Total  
Professional fees   $ 616,393     $ 5,943     $ 622,336  
Advertising and marketing     1,970       27,201       29,171  
Selling, general and administrative     320,909       214,392       535,301  
Stock-based compensation     823,651       -       823,651  
Loss on impairment     -       100,000       100,000  
Total operating expenses   $ 1,762,923     $ 347,536     $ 2,110,459  

 

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Operating expenses increased for Cerberus by $1,762,923 or 865%, for the year ended December 31, 2019, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2018, primarily as a result of (i) an increase of $616,393 in professional fees due to auditing and legal fees related to the Company’s filing of its Form 10, the GenResults reorganization the TalaTek acquisition, and (ii) an increase of $823,651 in stock-based compensation.

 

Operating expenses increased for TalaTek by $347,536, or 100%, for the year ended December 31, 2019, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2018, as a result of the acquisition, which was consummated on October 1, 2019. As a result, operating expenses do not reflect a full year presentation from TalaTek and are included only for the period October 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019. Approximately $124,000 is attributable to TalaTek’s payroll.

 

Proforma Results of Operations

 

Comparison of the Year Ended December 31, 2019 to the Year Ended December 31, 2018

 

The following unaudited pro forma information presents the financial results of operations of TalaTek for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018. It is presented below for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the results which would have been achieved or results which may be achieved in the future:

 

    For the Years Ended        
    2019     2018     Variance  
    (unaudited)     (unaudited)     (unaudited)  
Revenue   $ 3,731,833     $ 2,827,674     $ 904,159  
Cost of Revenue     2,208,683       2,391,833       (183,150 )
Gross Profit     1,523,150       435,841       1,087,309  
                         
Operating Expenses     1,015,287       354,306       660,981  
Operating Income     507,863       81,535       426,328  
Other income (expense)     99       (2,180 )     2,279  
Income before income taxes   $ 507,962     $ 79,355     $ 428,607  

 

Revenues increased for TalaTek by $904,159, or 32%, for the year ended December 31, 2019, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2018, as a result of (i) an increase of approximately $50,000 per month that was added to a project starting in October 2018, (ii) an additional three month task that was added to the same project in May 2019 that totaled approximately $150,000, and (iii) a significant increase in project work from one customer.

 

Cost of revenues stayed relatively consistent and decreased for TalaTek by $183,150, or 8%, for the year ended December 31, 2019, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2018, as a result of a decreased cost in hosting services and salaries and health benefits associated with project employees.

 

Operating expenses increased for TalaTek by $660,981, or 187%, for the year ended December 31, 2019, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2018, as a result of (i) a loss on impairment of intangible assets of $100,000, (ii) approximately $138,000 and $32,000 that was expensed in 2019 for certain of the Company’s integrated solution programs that were not expensed in 2018, (iii) an increase of approximately $73,000 in recruiting expenses during 2019, (iv) an increase of approximately $36,000 related to the use of an outside consulting company to assist in a project, (v) an increase of approximately $30,000 in legal expenses as a result of the Merger, and (vi) an overall increase in administrative salaries and head count during 2019.

 

Working Capital

 

    As of  
    December 31, 2019     December 31, 2018  
Current assets   $ 2,478,887     $ 256,006  
Current liabilities     578,687       19,878  
Working capital surplus   $ 1,900,200     $ 236,128  

 

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Current assets increased by $2,222,881, which was primarily attributable to the following: (i) an increase in cash and cash equivalents due primarily to proceeds from the sale of common stock of $2,045,000; and (ii) an increase in accounts receivable due to the acquisition of TalaTek. The increase in current liabilities is primarily due to the accounts payable and accrued liabilities acquired in the acquisition of TalaTek and Cerberus Sentinel’s accrued payroll.

 

Cash Flows

 

    Year Ended December 31,  
    2019     2018  
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   $ (203,358 )   $ 243,772  
Net cash provided by investing activities     169,790       -  
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     1,830,207       (204,831 )
Increase in cash   $ 1,796,639     $ 38,941  

 

Operating Activities

 

Net cash used in operating activities was $203,358 for the year ended December 31, 2019 and was primarily due to the net loss of $1,354,368, partially offset by accounts payable and accrued expenses of approximately $146,000 and non-cash expenses of approximately $824,000 related to the issuance of common stock and options as compensation in lieu of cash.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities was $243,772 for the year ended December 31, 2018, primarily due to net income of $323,124, partially offset by accounts receivable of approximately $70,000.

 

Investing Activities

 

For the year ended December 31, 2019, net cash provided by investing activities was $169,790 which was primarily attributable to the $181,448 of cash acquired as part of the TalaTek acquisition.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2018, there was no cash used in or provided by investing activities.

 

Financing Activities

 

For the year ended December 31, 2019, net cash provided by financing activities was $1,830,207, of which approximately $2,045,000 was proceeds from the issuance of common stock for cash.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2018, net cash used in financing activities was $204,831, of which approximately $229,000 was attributable to distributions to the GenResults member.

 

Effects of Inflation

 

We do not believe that inflation has had a material impact on our business, revenues or operating results during the periods presented.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Our significant accounting policies are more fully described in the notes to our financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. We believe that the accounting policies below are critical for one to fully understand and evaluate our financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Fair Value Measurement

 

The fair value measurement guidance clarifies that fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in the valuation of an asset or liability. It establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under the fair value measurement guidance are described below:

 

Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical assets or liabilities;

 

Level 2 - Quoted prices in markets that are not active, or inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; or

 

Level 3 - Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market activity).

 

Business Combination

 

The Company allocates the purchase price of an acquired business to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values on the acquisition date. Any excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. Acquired tradenames and trademarks, customer base, non-compete agreements, intellectual property and technology, and the right of first option to acquire Saas product and related business are recognized at fair value. The purchase price allocation process requires management to make significant estimates and assumptions, especially at the acquisition date with respect to intangible assets. Direct transaction costs associated with the business combination are expensed as incurred. The allocation of the consideration transferred in certain cases may be subject to revision based on the final determination of fair values during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date. The Company includes the results of operations of the business that it has acquired in its consolidated results prospectively from the date of acquisition.

 

If the business combination is achieved in stages, the acquisition date carrying value of the acquirer’s previously held equity interest in the acquiree is re-measured to fair value at the acquisition date; any gains or losses arising from such re-measurement are recognized in profit or loss.

 

Goodwill

 

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of acquired business over the estimated fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment at least annually (at November 30), at the reporting unit level or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. The goodwill impairment test is applied by performing a qualitative assessment before calculating the fair value of the reporting unit. If, on the basis of qualitative factors, it is considered not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying amount, further testing of goodwill for impairment would not be required. Otherwise, goodwill impairment is tested using a two-step approach.

 

The first step involves comparing the fair value of the reporting unit to its carrying amount. If the fair value of the reporting unit is determined to be greater than its carrying amount, there is no impairment. If the reporting unit’s carrying amount is determined to be greater than the fair value, the second step must be completed to measure the amount of impairment, if any. The second step involves calculating the implied fair value of goodwill by deducting the fair value of all tangible and intangible assets, excluding goodwill, of the reporting unit from the fair value of the reporting unit as determined in step one. The implied fair value of the goodwill in this step is compared to the carrying value of goodwill. If the implied fair value of the goodwill is less than the carrying value of the goodwill, an impairment loss equivalent to the difference is recorded.

 

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Income Taxes

 

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities that will result in taxable or deductible amounts in the future based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. Income tax expense is the tax payable or refundable for the period plus or minus the change during the period in deferred tax assets and liabilities.

 

In addition, our management performs an evaluation of all uncertain income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing our income tax returns to determine whether the income tax positions meet a “more likely than not” standard of being sustained under examination by the applicable taxing authorities. This evaluation is required to be performed for all open tax years, as defined by the various statutes of limitations, for federal and state purposes.

 

On December 22, 2017, the President of the United States signed and enacted into law H.R. 1 (the “Tax Reform Law”). The Tax Reform Law, effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, except for certain provisions, resulted in significant changes to existing United States tax law, including various provisions that are expected to impact us. The Tax Reform Law reduces the federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018. We have analyzed the provisions of the Tax Reform Law to assess the impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

We will periodically evaluate the carrying value of long-lived assets to be held and used when events and circumstances warrant such a review and at least annually. The carrying value of a long-lived asset is considered impaired when the anticipated undiscounted cash flow from such asset is separately identifiable and is less than its carrying value. In that event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the long-lived asset. Fair value is determined primarily using the anticipated cash flows discounted at a rate commensurate with the risk involved. Losses on long-lived assets to be disposed of are determined in a similar manner, except that fair values are reduced for the cost to dispose.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted the new accounting standard ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, and the related amendments, (“New Revenue Standard”) to all contracts, using the modified retrospective method. The cumulative effect of initially applying the new revenue standard was immaterial.

 

The Company’s agreements are primarily service contracts that range in duration from a few months to one year. The Company recognizes revenue when control of these services is transferred to the customer for an amount, referred to as the transaction price, which reflects the consideration to which the Company is expected to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.

 

A contract with a customer exists only when:

 

the parties to the contract have approved it and are committed to perform their respective obligations;
the Company can identify each party’s rights regarding the distinct goods or services to be transferred (“performance obligations”);
the Company can determine the transaction price for the goods or services to be transferred; and
the contract has commercial substance and it is probable that the Company will collect the consideration to which it will be entitled in exchange for the goods or services that will be transferred to the customer.

 

For the majority of its contracts, the Company receives non-refundable upfront payments. The Company does not adjust the promised amount of consideration for the effects of a significant financing component since the Company expects, at contract inception, that the period between the time of transfer of the promised goods or services to the customer and the time the customer pays for these goods or services to be generally one year or less. The Company’s credit terms to customers generally average thirty days, although in some cases there are payments required in 15 days.

 

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The Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with original expected duration of one year or less.

 

Disaggregation of Revenue

 

The following table disaggregates the Company’s revenues by major revenue streams:

 

Revenue consists of the following by service offering for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019:

 

CISO as a Service    

Gap and

Risk

Assessment

   

Managed

Security

Services

   

Application

Sales

    Total  
                                     
$ 216,000     $ 1,483,672     $ 208,023     $ 235     $ 1,907,930  

 

Revenue consists of the following by service offering for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018:

 

CISO as a Service    

Gap and

Risk

Assessment

   

Managed

Security

Services

   

Application

Sales

    Total  
                                     
$ 517     $ -     $ 641,089     $ -     $ 641,606  

 

The following table disaggregates the Company’s revenues by major sector:

 

Revenue consists of the following by sector for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019:

 

Public     Private     Not-For-Profit     Total  
                             
$ 606,541     $ 1,016,553     $ 284,836     $ 1,907,930  

 

Revenue consists of the following by sector for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018:

 

Public     Private     Not-For-Profit     Total  
                             
$ -     $ 626,556     $ 15,050     $ 641,606  

 

Nature of Revenue Streams

 

The Company has four main revenue streams: Chief Information Security Officer (“CISO”) as a Service, Gap and Risk Assessment services, Managed Security Services, and Application Sales.

 

CISO as a Service

 

Revenue recognized under contracts for CISO as a Service contains a single performance obligation. The Company recognizes revenue as earned. For internal audit services revenue is recognized at a point of time when the result of the audit is turned over to the customer. For those consulting services that require an upfront fee the Company recognizes the revenue ratably over the course of the contract.

 

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Gap and Risk Assessment

 

Revenue recognized under contracts for gap and risk assessment services are considered time and materials projects with multiple performance obligations. Revenue is allocated based on the approved hours worked and rate stated in the individual Statements of Work for the project and is recognized as the work is performed.

 

Managed Security Services

 

Revenue recognized under contracts for managed security services are considered time and materials projects with multiple performance obligations. Revenue is allocated based on the approved work hours and rate stated in the individual Statements of Work for the project and is recognized as invoices are generated and approved for distribution.

 

Application Sales

 

Revenue recognized under contracts for application sales contains a single performance obligation. The Company recognizes revenue as earned upon the download of the app by the customer.

 

Practical Expedients

 

As part of ASC 606, the Company has adopted several practical expedients including the Company’s determination that it need not adjust the promised amount of consideration for the effects of a significant financing component since the Company expects, at contract inception, that the period between when the Company transfers a promised service to the customer and when the customer pays for that service will be one year or less.

 

Reimbursed Expenses

 

The Company includes reimbursed expenses in revenues and costs of revenue as the Company is primarily responsible for fulfilling the promise to provide the specified service, including the integration of the related services into a combined output to the customer, which are inseparable from the integrated service. These costs include such items as consumables, transportation and travel expenses, over which the Company has discretion in establishing prices.

 

Costs of Revenue

 

Costs of revenue include (i) compensation and benefits for billable employees and consultants directly involved with delivering services offerings and engagements; (ii) consumables used for the services; and (iii) other expenses directly related to service contracts such as professional services, meals and travel expenses.

 

Volatility in Stock-Based Compensation

 

The volatility is based on historical volatilities of companies in comparable stages as well as the historical volatility of companies in the industry and, by statistical analysis of the daily share-pricing model. The volatility of stock-based compensation at any point in time is based on historical volatility of similar companies in the industry for the last two to five years.

 

New and Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

 

Any new and recently adopted accounting pronouncements are more fully described in Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

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

 

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

The information called for by Item 8 is included following the “Index to Financial Statements” on page F-1 contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

None.

 

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer who is also our principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. In designing disclosure controls and procedures, our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible disclosure controls and procedures. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

 

Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer who is also our principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation and subject to the foregoing, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting described below.

 

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Management of our Company and its consolidated subsidiaries is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed under the supervision of its principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by the Company’s Board, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of its consolidated financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. In addition, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

Material Weakness in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019 based on the framework established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this assessment, management has determined that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019 was not effective.

 

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A material weakness, as defined in the standards established by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

The ineffectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was due to the following material weaknesses which are indicative of many small companies with small number of staff:

 

inadequate segregation of duties consistent with control objectives;
absence of Audit Committee to exercise oversight responsibility related to financial reporting and internal controls;
lack of risk assessment procedures on internal controls to detect financial reporting risks in a timely manner; and
lack of documentation on policies and procedures that are critical to the accomplishment of financial reporting objectives.

 

Management’s Plan to Remediate the Material Weakness

 

Management plans to implement measures designed to ensure that control deficiencies contributing to the material weakness are remediated, such that these controls are designed, implemented, and operating effectively. The remediation actions planned include:

 

identify gaps in our skills base and the expertise of our staff required to meet the financial reporting requirements of a public company;
obtain sufficient resources to achieve adequate segregation of duties; and
develop policies and procedures on internal control over financial reporting and monitor the effectiveness of operations on existing controls and procedures.

 

Our management will continue to monitor and evaluate the relevance of our risk-based approach and the effectiveness of our internal controls and procedures over financial reporting on an ongoing basis and is committed to taking further action and implementing additional enhancements or improvements, as necessary and as funds allow.

 

This annual report does not include an attestation report of the company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the SEC that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which may increase the risk that weaknesses or deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting go undetected.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended December 31, 2019 that have materially affected, or that are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

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PART III

 

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

The following table sets forth certain information regarding our Directors and Executive Officers. The age of each Director and Executive Officer listed below is given as of December 31, 2019.

 

Name   Age   Position
David G. Jemmett   53   Chief Executive Officer and Director
William Santos   54   Chief Operating Officer
Stephen Scott   52   Director
Ret. General Robert C. Oaks   83   Director
R. Scott Holbrook   71   Director
Andrew McCain   53   Director

 

Our Executive Officers

 

David G. Jemmett – Chief Executive Officer & Director

 

Mr. Jemmett has been our Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company since its formation. He also founded GenResults, LLC in 2015, which now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. From January 2014 through December 2014, Mr. Jemmett served as CEO of NantCloud, LLC, a provider of secure cloud-hosted applications for healthcare customers, and CTO of NantWorks, LLC, a parent company for the “Nant” family of companies. From 2005 to 2013, Mr. Jemmett was founder and CEO of ClearDATA Networks Corporation, a HIPAA compliant hosting company specializing in healthcare. He has been a guest speaker on CBS, CNN, MSNBC and CSPAN, and has spoken before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Internet Security regarding internet technologies in 1998.

 

Mr. Jemmett is qualified for service as a director of the Company due to his extensive business background, his experience in the cybersecurity industry, and his significant equity ownership in the Company.

 

William Santos – Chief Operating Officer

 

Mr. Santos was appointed as Chief Operating Officer on July 15, 2019. He has spent over 30 years in technology sales, service delivery, and executive leadership. Prior to his appointment as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, from February 2017 to November 2018, Mr. Santos was President of Stelligent Systems, an AWS DevOps organization. From November 2018 to July 2019, he served as CEO of Mphasis-Stelligent. After a 10-year career with IBM, Mr. Santos successfully launched and sold Atlantec Group, his first professional services firm. He started the professional services business unit at Software House International (SHI), growing it to over $30 million in revenue over a 5-year period. After SHI, Mr. Santos joined Hosting.com (HOSTING) in 2010 to build the professional services organization before shifting roles and leading the acquisition of several professional service organizations including Ntirety, a database services firm, and Stelligent Systems from 2013 to 2018. Most recently, Mr. Santos led the sale of Stelligent Systems to Mphasis, where he has been President & CEO of Mphasis Stelligent from 2018 to 2019. Mr. Santos has two degrees in computer science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

 

Our Directors

 

Stephen Scott – Director

 

Mr. Scott was appointed as a director on April 11, 2019 and is a founder of the Company. Mr. Scott has been a Partner with Advisor ID (formerly BRI Partners), a financial services technology firm, since 2016. Mr. Scott was Managing Director of Longboard Asset Management from 2016 through 2017. From 2009 until 2016, Mr. Scott was at Van Eck Global, from 2009 to 2014, where he served as the Co-Head of the Alternatives Committee and as portfolio manager. Mr. Scott has founded and managed several investment partnerships focused on both private and public investment strategies since 1995.

 

Mr. Scott is qualified for service as a director of the Company due to his background in both the financial services and technology industries.

 

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Ret. General Robert C. Oaks – Director

 

Ret. General Oaks was appointed as a director on May 1, 2019. He is a retired U.S. Air Force general who served as commander in chief of the U.S Air Forces in Europe, and commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe, with headquarters at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. He retired as a four-star General and Commander and Chief of U.S. Air Forces Europe and NATO Central Europe in 1994 after serving 34 years. Following his retirement, Oaks was employed at U.S. Airways as Senior Vice President. In 2000, Oaks resigned from this position when he was called to serve the LDS Church, where he served until 2009, when he was released as a general authority. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Military Science from the U.S. Air Force Academy and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Ohio State University prior to graduating from the Naval War College. Ret. General Oaks currently serves as the official Liaison for the Church of Jesus Christ to the U.S. Armed Forces.

 

Ret. General Oaks is qualified for service as a director of the Company due to his experience with national security issues, including cybersecurity, through his extensive military service.

 

R. Scott Holbrook – Director

 

Mr. Holbrook was appointed as a director on May 1, 2019. He is a healthcare technology veteran, having served as the Executive Vice President of Medicity (a population health management companies with solutions for health information exchange, business intelligence, and provider and patient engagement.) from 2002 to 2013. In 1998 Mr. Holbrook founded KLAS where he remains as a board member. He has served in executive positions at IHC, GTE, Sunquest Information Systems, Integrated Medical Networks and is a founder of Park City Solutions. Since 2013, Mr. Holbrook has been a Principal at Mountain Summit Advisors (a specialty firm focused on mergers and acquisition of primarily healthcare technology and services) and a strategic advisor to Health Catalyst (a company focused on data analytics and warehousing primarily in healthcare). Mr. Holbrook is a HIMSS Fellow. He holds a Master of Science from Utah State University and a Bachelor of Science from Brigham Young University.

 

Mr. Holbrook is qualified for service as a director of the Company as a result of his significant experience in the healthcare technology sector.

 

Andrew McCain – Director

 

Mr. McCain was appointed as a director on May 1, 2019. He is the President and Chief Operating Officer for Hensley Beverage Company, where he has served since 2014. Mr. McCain received his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics in 1984 and an MBA in 1986 from Vanderbilt University. He is a board member of the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee, the Arizona 2016 College Football Championship Local Organizing Committee, Chairman of Hensley Employee Foundation and a Patrons Committee member of United Methodist Outreach Ministries’ New Day Centers. He is past Chairman of the Board of the Fiesta Bowl, past Chairman of the Anheuser-Busch National Wholesaler Advisory Panel and past Chairman of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce.

 

Mr. McCain is qualified for service as a director of the Company due to his significant business experience and leadership.

 

Board of Directors

 

Our Board currently consists of five (5) members. All directors hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders. At each annual meeting of stockholders, the successors to directors whose terms then expire are elected to serve from the time of election and qualification until the next annual meeting following election.

 

Management has been delegated the responsibility for meeting defined corporate objectives, implementing approved strategic and operating plans, carrying on our business in the ordinary course, managing cash flow, evaluating new business opportunities, recruiting staff and complying with applicable regulatory requirements. The Board exercises its supervision over management by reviewing and approving long-term strategic, business and capital plans, material contracts and business transactions, and all debt and equity financing transactions and stock issuances.

 

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Director Independence

 

Our Board is comprised of a majority of independent directors. In determining director independence, the Company uses the definition of independence in Rule 5605(a)(2) of the listing standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

The Board has concluded that each of Ret. General Oaks, Mr. Holbrook and Mr. McCain is “independent” based on the listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market, having concluded that any relationship between such director and our company, in its opinion, does not interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.

 

Board Committees

 

Our Board has not yet established any separate committees.

 

DELINQUENT SECTION 16(a) REPORTS

 

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), requires officers and directors of the Company and persons who beneficially own more than ten percent (10%) of the common stock outstanding to file initial statements of beneficial ownership of common stock (Form 3) and statements of changes in beneficial ownership of common stock (Forms 4 or 5) with the SEC. Officers, directors and greater than 10% stockholders are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all such forms they file.

 

Our records reflect that all reports which were required to be filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, were not filed on a timely basis.

 

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

The following table shows the total compensation paid or accrued during the year ended December 31, 2019, to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and our next most highly compensated executive officer who earned more than $100,000 during the year ended December 31, 2019 and were serving as executive officers as of such date (the “named executive officers”). The Company was formed in 2019, and our wholly owned subsidiaries did not pay any compensation to the named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

Name and

Principal

Position

  Year    

Salary

($)

   

Bonus

($)

   

Stock

Awards

($)

   

Option

Awards

($) (1)

   

Non-Equity

Incentive

Plan

Compensa-

tion

($)

   

Non-qualified

Deferred

Compensation

Earnings

($)

   

All Other

Compensa-

tion

($)

    Total ($)  
David G. Jemmett
CEO
    2019       56,249       -       -       -       -       -       -       56,249  
William Santos
CFO
    2019       61,667       -       -       615,645       -       -       -       677,312  

 

 (1) In accordance with SEC rules, the amounts in this column reflect the fair value on the grant date of the option awards granted to the named executive, calculated in accordance with ASC Topic 718. Stock options were valued using the Black-Scholes model. The grant-date fair value does not necessarily reflect the value of shares which may be received in the future with respect to these awards. The grant-date fair value of the stock options in this column is a non-cash expense for the Company that reflects the fair value of the stock options on the grant date and therefore does not affect our cash balance. The fair value of the stock options will likely vary from the actual value the holder receives because the actual value depends on the number of options exercised and the market price of our common stock on the date of exercise. For a discussion of the assumptions made in the valuation of the stock options, see Note 11 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

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Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2019

 

The following table summarizes the outstanding equity awards held by each named executive officer of our company as of December 31, 2019.

 

Name   Grant Date  

Number of Shares

Underlying

Unexercised

Options (#)

Exercisable

   

Number of Shares

Underlying

Unexercised

Options (#)

Unexercisable

   

Option

Exercise

Price ($)

   

Option

Expiration Date

                                 
William Santos (1)   August 15, 2019        -       3,000,000       0.38     August 15, 2024

 

(1) On August 15, 2019, Mr. Santos, under the 2019 Plan, was granted options to purchase 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.38 per share, that vest at a rate of 33% at the one year anniversary of the grant date and then monthly over the subsequent 12 month period.

 

Option Exercises in 2019

 

There were no option exercises by our named executive officers during our fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

 

Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table

 

David G. Jemmett

 

On September 30, 2019, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Jemmett, who has served as our Chief Executive Officer since inception, to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “Jemmet Employment Agreement”). The Jemmett Employment Agreement is evergreen and can be terminated by either party.

 

Pursuant to the Jemmett Employment Agreement, Mr. Jemmett will earn an initial base annual salary of $225,000, which will be increased to an annual base salary of $250,000 upon the Company’s listing under ticker symbol CISO. Mr. Jemmett’s base salary may be increased in accordance with the Company’s normal compensation and performance review policies. He is entitled to receive a discretionary annual bonus of up to 100% of his annual base salary, at the discretion of the Board, based on performance and company objectives. Subject to approval by the Board, Mr. Jemmett is entitled to stock options under the Company’s 2019 Equity Incentive Plan. The stock options will vest at 33% on the one-year anniversary of the Jemmett Employment Agreement and the remaining 66% of the options will vest monthly over the next 12 months. As of the date of this report the Board has not approved or granted any stock options to Mr. Jemmett. Mr. Jemmett will also be eligible to participate in the Company’s standard benefit plan.

 

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Director Compensation

 

The following table sets forth for each director certain information concerning their compensation for the year ended December 31, 2019:

 

Name (2)  

Fees

Earned

or

Paid in

Cash

($)

   

Stock

Awards

($)

   

Option

Awards

($) (1)

   

Non-equity

Incentive Plan

Compensation

($)

   

Nonqualified

Deferred

Compensation

Earnings

($)

   

All Other

Compensation

($)

   

Total

($)

 
David G. Jemmett     -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Stephen Scott     -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Robert C. Oaks (3)     -       -       (6)     -       -       -       (6)
Scott Holbrook (4)     -       -       (6)     -       -       -       (6)
Andy McCain (5)     -       -              (6)          -            -       -             (6)

 

Notes:

 

  (1) In accordance with SEC rules, the amounts in this column reflect the fair value on the grant date of the option awards granted to the named executive, calculated in accordance with ASC Topic 718. Stock options were valued using the Black-Scholes model. The grant-date fair value does not necessarily reflect the value of shares which may be received in the future with respect to these awards. The grant-date fair value of the stock options in this column is a non-cash expense for the Company that reflects the fair value of the stock options on the grant date and therefore does not affect our cash balance. The fair value of the stock options will likely vary from the actual value the holder receives because the actual value depends on the number of options exercised and the market price of our common stock on the date of exercise. For a discussion of the assumptions made in the valuation of the stock options, see Note 11 (Stock Based Compensation) to our financial statements, which are included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K.
     
  (2) All directors receive reimbursement for reasonable out of pocket expenses in attending Board meetings and for participating in our business.
     
  (3) Effective April 1, 2019, we entered into an agreement with Robert C. Oaks to serve as a member of our Board for a consideration of options to purchase 200,000 shares of our common stock with a total fair value of $3.
     
  (4) Effective April 1, 2019, we entered into an agreement with Scott Holbrook to serve as a member of our Board for a consideration of options to purchase 200,000 shares of our common stock with a total fair value of $4.
     
  (5) Effective April 1, 2019, we entered into an agreement with Andy McCain to serve as a member of our Board for a consideration of options to purchase 200,000 shares of our common stock with a total fair value of $4.
     
  (6) Fair value is less than $10.

 

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

 

None of our executive officers has served as a member of the Board, or as a member of the compensation or similar committee, of any entity that has one or more executive officers who served on our Board or Compensation Committee during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

 

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 25, 2020 for (a) the named executive officers, (b) each of our directors, (c) all of our current directors and executive officers as a group and (d) each stockholder known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of our common stock. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and includes voting or investment power with respect to the securities. We deem shares of common stock that may be acquired by an individual or group within 60 days of March 25, 2020 pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of such individual or group but are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person shown in the table. Except as indicated in footnotes to this table, we believe that the stockholders named in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown to be beneficially owned by them based on information provided to us by these stockholders. Percentage of ownership is based on 108,032,500 shares of common stock outstanding on March 25, 2020.

 

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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Holders

 

Name and Address of

Beneficial Owner

 

Amount and Nature of

Beneficial Ownership

    Percent  
Jemmett Enterprises, LLC (1)
2303 N 44th Street, Apt 1011
Phoenix, Arizona 85008
    66,435,000       61.50 %

 

Security Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers

 

Name and Address of

Beneficial Owner

 

Amount and Nature of

Beneficial Ownership

    Percent  
David G. Jemmett
7333 E Doubletree Ranch Road
Suite D270
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
    66,435,000 (1)     61.50 %
Stephen Scott
4434 E Camelback Road #137
Phoenix, Arizona 85018
    18,500,000 (2)     17.12 %
Baan Alsinawi
12026 Hamden Ct
Oakton, Virginia 22124
    6,200,000 (3)     5.74 %
Andrew McCain
321 W. Rose Lane
Phoenix, Arizona 85013
    375,000 (4)     <1 %
William Santos
7333 E Doubletree Ranch Road
Suite D270
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
    -       - %
Robert C. Oaks
7333 E Doubletree Ranch Road
Suite D270
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
    -       - %
Scott Holbrook
7333 E Doubletree Ranch Road
Suite D270
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
    -       - %
Directors & Executive Officers as a Group (7 persons)     91,510,000       84.71 %

 

Notes:

 

(1) David G. Jemmett, managing partner, of Jemmett Enterprises, LLC, has voting and dispositive power over the shares held by Jemmett Enterprises, LLC.
   
(2) Consists of 18,500,000 shares of common stock held directly and as executor of the Scott Revocable Trust, has voting and dispositive power over the 500,000 shares held by the Scott Revocable Trust

 

(3) Consist of 6,200,000 shares of common stock issued in conjunction with the acquisition of TalaTek.
   
(4) Consists of 375,000 held indirectly as executor of the Andrew and Lucy McCain Family Trust. Mr. McCain has voting and dispositive power over the 375,000 shares held by the Andrew and Lucy McCain Revocable Trust.

 

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Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Existing Equity Compensation Plan

 

The following table summarizes certain information regarding our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2019:

 

Plan Category  

Number of Securities

to be Issued Upon

Exercise of

Outstanding Options

   

Weighted-Average

Exercise Price of

Outstanding Options

   

Number of Securities

Remaining Available for

Future Issuance Under

Equity Compensation

Plans (Excluding

Securities Reflected in

Column (a))

 
    (a)     (b)     (c)  
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (1)     17,245,000     $ 0.46       7,755,000  
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders (2)     -       -       -  
Total     17,245,000     $ 0.46       7,755,000  

 

(1) Consists of the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan. For a short description of those plans, see Note 11 to our 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTORS INDEPENDENCE

 

Transactions with Related Persons

 

Except as set out below, as of December 31, 2019, there have been no transactions, or currently proposed transactions, in which we were or are to be a participant and the amount involved exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of our total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years, and in which any of the following persons had or will have a direct or indirect material interest:

 

any director or executive officer of our company;
any person who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, shares carrying more than 5% of the voting rights attached to our outstanding shares of common stock;
any promoters and control persons; and
any member of the immediate family (including spouse, parents, children, siblings and in laws) of any of the foregoing persons.

 

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Note Payable with Executive Officer

 

On December 31, 2018, the Company entered into an unsecured note payable with Jemmett Enterprises, LLC, an entity under common control of the Company’s majority stockholder, for a principal amount of $200,000. The note has a maturity date of June 30, 2020, and bears an interest rate of 6% per annum. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company made cash payments of $90,213. The outstanding principal balance of this loan is $109,787 and $200,000, as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

Agreement with Eventus Consulting, P.C.

 

On November 8, 2019, the Company entered into financial consulting agreement with Eventus Consulting, P.C., an Arizona corporation, (“Eventus”), of which Neil Reithinger, Chief Financial Officer advisor to the Company, is the sole shareholder, pursuant to which Eventus is to provide financial and accounting consulting services to the Company. In consideration for Eventus’ services, the Company agreed to pay Eventus according to its standard hourly rate structure. The term of the agreement is perpetual unless otherwise terminated upon thirty days’ notice by either Eventus or the Company. As of December 31, 2019, Eventus was paid $6,500 and was owed $4,553 for accrued and unpaid services under the financial consulting agreement.

 

Named Executive Officers and Current Directors

 

For information regarding compensation for our named executive officers and current directors, see “Executive Compensation.”

 

Director Independence

 

See “Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance – Director Independence” and “Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance – Board Committees” in Item 10 above.

 

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

 

The Board of the Company has appointed Semple, Marchal & Cooper, LLP (“SMC”) as our independent registered public accounting firm (the “Independent Auditor”) for the year ending December 31, 2019. The following table sets forth the fees billed to the Company for professional services rendered by SMC for the year ended December 31, 2019:

 

Services   2019  
Audit fees (1)   $ 53,207  
Audit-related fees (2)     142,429  
Tax fees (3)     2,200  
All other fees (4)     4,845  
Total fees   $ 202,681  

 

(1) Audit fees consist of billing for professional services normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings including (i) fees associated with the audits of the Company’s financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 and, (ii) fees associated with quarterly reviews for the quarters ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, June 30, 2019 and 2018 and September 30, 2019 and 2018.
   
(2) Audit related fees consist of billings for professional services for reviews of the various Form 10 filings, and the acquisition audits of Talatek for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 and for the quarterly reviews for the quarters ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 and September 30, 2019 and 2018.
   
(3) The tax fees consist primarily of tax related advisory and preparation services.
   
(4) All other fees include general advisory professional services primarily related to potential acquisitions.

 

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Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

 

We have not yet established an audit committee. Until then, there are no formal pre-approval policies and procedures. Our directors pre-approve all services, including both audit and non-audit services, provided by our independent accountants. For audit services, each year the independent auditor provides our directors with an engagement letter outlining the scope of the audit services proposed to be performed during the year, which must be formally accepted by the directors before the audit commences.

 

Prior to engagement of an Independent Auditor for the next year’s audit, management will submit an aggregate of services expected to be rendered during that year for each of three categories of services to the Board for approval.

 

PART IV

 

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

 

        Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit

Number

  Exhibit Description   Form   Exhibit   Filing Date
3.1   Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant effective September 26, 2019   10-12G   3.3   10/2/2019
3.2   By-laws of the Registrant   10-12G   3.4   10/2/2019
4.1*   Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant            
4.2*   Description of Securities Registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act            
10.1   Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Limited Liability Company Interests of GenResults, LLC effective April 12, 2019   10-12G   10.1   10/2/2019
10.2*   Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Registrant, TalaTek, LLC, TalaTek Merger Sub and Baan Alsinawi effective September 23, 2019            
10.3*   Unsecured Note Agreement between the Registrant and Jemmett Enterprises, LLC effective December 31, 2018            
10.4*   Stock Repurchase Agreement between the Registrant and Alan Kierman effective September 1, 2019            
10.5*   2019 Equity Incentive Plan            
10.6   Employment Agreement between the Registrant and David G. Jemmett effective September 30, 2019   10-12G   10.2   10/2/2019
10.7   Employment Agreement between the Registrant and William Santos effective August 13, 2019   10-12G   10.3   10/2/2019
10.8*   Engagement for Financial Services dated November 8, 2019 between the Registrant and Eventus Consulting, P.C.            
21.1*   Subsidiaries of the Registrant            
31.1*   Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer            
31.2*   Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer            
32.1**   Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer            
32.2**   Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer            

 

ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY

 

Not applicable.

 

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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.

 

CERBERUS CYBER SENTINEL CORPORATION

 

By: /s/ David G. Jemmett  
Name: David G. Jemmett  
Title: Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)  
Date: March 30, 2020  

 

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

 

By: /s/ David G. Jemmett  
Name: David G. Jemmett  
Title: Director  
Date: March 30, 2020  

 

By: /s/ Stephen Scott  
Name: Stephen Scott  
Title: Director  
Date: March 30, 2020  

 

By: /s/ Robert C. Oaks  
Name: Ret. General Robert C. Oaks  
Title: Director  
Date: March 30, 2020  

 

By: /s/ Scott Holbrook  
Name: Scott Holbrook  
Title: Director  
Date: March 30, 2020  

 

By: /s/ Andrew McCain  
Name: Andrew McCain  
Title: Director  
Date: March 30, 2020  

 

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

CERBERUS CYBER SENTINEL CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2019 AND 2018

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
   
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM F-2
   
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:  
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 F-3
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations For the Years Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 F-4
   
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit For the Years Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 F-5
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows For the Years Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 F-6
   
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements For the Years Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 F-7 to F-25

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Board of Directors and Stockholders of

Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation and Subsidiary

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation and subsidiary (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the results of its operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

/s/ Semple, Marchal & Cooper, LLP

 

Certified Public Accountants

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2019.

 

Phoenix, Arizona

March 30, 2020

 

 

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CERBERUS CYBER SENTINEL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

    December 31, 2019     December 31, 2018  
             
ASSETS                
                 
Current Assets:                
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 1,876,645     $ 80,006  
Accounts receivable, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $40,000 and $0, respectively     531,965       176,000  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     70,277       -  
Total Current Assets     2,478,887       256,006  
                 
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $758     10,900       -  
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $15,648     1,084,852       -  
Goodwill     922,579       -  
                 
Total Assets   $ 4,497,218     $ 256,006  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                
                 
Current Liabilities:                
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     468,900       14,000  
Other current liabilities     -       5,878  
Note payable - related party     109,787       -  
Total Current Liabilities     578,687       19,878  
                 
Long-term Liabilities:                
Note payable - related party     -       200,000  
                 
Total Liabilities     578,687       219,878  
                 
Commitments and Contingencies                
                 
Stockholders’ Equity:                
Common stock, $.00001 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; 113,912,500 and 70,000,000 shares issued and 107,912,500 and 70,000,000 outstanding, respectively     1,139       700  
Additional paid-in capital     7,770,902       9,990  
Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit )     (1,453,510 )     25,438  
      6,318,531       36,128  
                 
Treasury stock     (2,400,000 )     -  
Total Stockholders’ Equity     3,918,531       36,128  
                 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity   $ 4,497,218     $ 256,006  

 

The accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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CERBERUS CYBER SENTINEL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

    Years Ended  
    December 31, 2019     December 31, 2018  
             
Revenue:                
CISO as a service   $ 216,000     $ 517  
Gap and risk assessment     1,483,672       -  
Managed security services     208,023       641,089  
App sales     235       -  
Total revenue     1,907,930       641,606  
                 
Cost of revenue:                
Gap and risk assessment     132,913       -  
Managed security services     143,065       -  
Securitry operations center     15,336       114,668  
Payroll and related     644,858       -  
Total cost of revenue     936,172       114,668  
Total gross profit     971,758       526,938  
                 
Operating expenses:                
Professional fees     622,336       -  
Advertising and marketing     52,493       23,322  
Selling, general and administrative     715,793       180,492  
Stock based compensation     823,651       -  
Loss on impairment of intangible assets     100,000       -  
Total operating expenses     2,314,273       203,814  
                 
Income (loss) from operations     (1,342,515 )     323,124  
                 
Other expense:                
Interest expense, net     (11,853 )     -  
                 
Total other expense     (11,853 )     -  
                 
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes     (1,354,368 )     323,124  
                 
Provision for income taxes     -       -  
                 
Net income/(loss)   $ (1,354,368 )   $ 323,124  
                 
Net loss per common share - basic   $ (0.01 )        
Net loss per common share - diluted   $ (0.01 )        
                 
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic     93,080,426          
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted     93,080,426          
                 
Pro Forma C Corporation Information, See Note 15                
Income before taxes           $ 323,124  
Income tax expense             84,000  
Net income           $ 239,124  
Net income per share attributable to common stockholders                
Basic           $ 0.00  
Diluted           $ 0.00  
Weighted-average common shares outstanding                
Basic             70,000,000  
Diluted             70,000,000  

 

The accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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CERBERUS CYBER SENTINEL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019 and 2018

 

                Additional                    
    Common Stock     Paid-in     Retained     Treasury        
    Shares     Amount     Capital     Earnings     Stock     Total  
                                     
Balance at January 1, 2018     70,000,000     $ 700     $ 9,990     $ 107,145     $ -     $ 117,835  
                                                 
Dividends paid     -       -       -       (404,831 )     -       (404,831 )
Net income     -       -       -       323,124       -       323,124  
Balance as of December 31, 2018     70,000,000       700       9,990       25,438       -       36,128  
                                                 
Stock based compensation - stock options     -       -       396,951       -       -       396,951  
Stock based compensation - common stock     30,600,000       306       426,694       -       -       427,000  
Stock issued for cash     5,112,500       51       2,044,949       -       -       2,045,000  
Stock issued in VCAB merger     2,000,000       20       12,440       -       -       12,460  
Stock issued in TalaTek acquisition     6,200,000       62       2,479,938       -       -       2,480,000  
Treasury stock     (6,000,000 )     -       2,399,940       -       (2,400,000 )     (60 )
Dividends paid     -       -       -       (124,580 )     -       (124,580 )
Net loss     -       -       -       (1,354,368 )     -       (1,354,368 )
Balance as of December 31, 2019     107,912,500     $ 1,139     $ 7,770,902     $ (1,453,510 )   $ (2,400,000 )   $ 3,918,531  

 

The accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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CERBERUS CYBER SENTINEL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

    December 31, 2019     December 31, 2018  
Cash flows from operating activities:                
Net Income (Loss)   $ (1,354,368 )   $ 323,124  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:                
Provision for doubtful accounts     40,000       -  
Stock based compensation - stock options     396,951       -  
Stock based compensation - common stock     427,000       -  
Depreciation and amortization     16,406       -  
Loss on impairment of intangible assets     100,000       -  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                
Accounts receivable, net     59,637       (69,980 )
Other current assets     (29,133 )     1,250  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     146,027       (16,500 )
Other current liabilities     (5,878 )     5,878  
                 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities     (203,358 )     243,772  
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:                
                 
Purchases of property and equipment     (11,658 )     -  
Cash acquired in acquisition     181,448       -  
                 
Net cash provided by investing activities     169,790       -  
                 
Cash flows from financing activities:                
Contributions from member     -       24,600  
Distributions to member     (124,580 )     (229,431 )
Proceeds from sale of common stock     2,045,000       -  
Payment on notes payable, related party     (90,213 )     -  
                 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     1,830,207       (204,831 )
                 
Net increase in cash     1,796,639       38,941  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period     80,006       41,065  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period   $ 1,876,645     $ 80,006  
                 
Supplemental cash flow information:                
Cash paid for:                
Interest   $ -     $ -  
Income taxes   $ -     $ -  
Non-cash investing and financing activities:                
Distribution commitment in a note payable to related party   $ -     $ 200,000  
Common stock issued in TalaTek acquisition   $ 2,480,000     $ -  
Common stock issued in VCAB merger   $ 12,460     $ -  
Common stock repurchased   $ (2,400,000 )   $ -  

 

The accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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CERBERUS CYBER SENTINEL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 1 – organization and business operations

 

Corporate History

 

Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation (“Cerberus Sentinel,” “Cerberus,” or the “Company”) was formed on March 5, 2019 as a Delaware corporation. The Company’s principal offices are located at 7333 E. Doubletree, Suite D270, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258.

 

On April 12, 2019, Cerberus acquired GenResults, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (“GenResults”). GenResults was established on June 22, 2015. Prior to the Company’s acquisition of GenResults, GenResults was wholly-owned by an entity affiliated with David G. Jemmett, Cerberus’ Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company. As of December 31, 2019, GenResults is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cerberus. Due to the companies being under common control, the Company accounted for the acquisition as a reorganization (See Note 4).

 

On April 12, 2019, the Company consummated a transaction whereby VCAB Six Corporation, a Texas corporation, (“VCAB”) merged with and into Cerberus (the “VCAB Merger”). At the time of the VCAB Merger, VCAB was subject to a bankruptcy proceeding and had minimal assets, no equity owners and no liabilities, except for approximately 1,500 holders of Class 5 Allowed General Unsecured Claims and a holder of allowed administrative expenses (collectively the “Claim Holders”). Pursuant to the terms of the VCAB Merger, and in accordance with the bankruptcy plan, the Company issued an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of our common stock (the “Plan Shares”) to the Claim Holders as full settlement and satisfaction of their respective claims. As provided in the bankruptcy plan, the Plan Shares were issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. As a result of the VCAB Merger, the separate corporate existence of VCAB was terminated. The Company entered into the merger in order to increase its shareholder base in order to, among other things, assist it in satisfying the listing standards of a national securities exchange.

 

Effective October 1, 2019, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “TalaTek Merger”) pursuant to which TalaTek, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company has become its wholly-owned subsidiary. Under the TalaTek Merger, all issued and outstanding units representing membership interests in TalaTek were converted into an aggregate of 6,200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.

 

On October 2, 2019, the Company filed a Form 10-12G (“Form 10”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to effect registration of its common stock, par value $0.00001, under the Exchange Act. The Registration Statement became effective on December 1, 2019.

 

Business Overview

 

The Company is a security consulting company that works with clients throughout the United States to create a continuously aware security culture. The Company does not sell cybersecurity products; it positions itself as a trusted cybersecurity advisor and is committed to delivering tailored security solutions to organizations of different sizes, across all geographies and industries to fit their budgetary needs and limit their cyber threat exposure.

 

NOTE 2 – LIQUIDITY

 

As of December 31, 2019, the Company had an accumulated deficit of approximately $1.5 million. Although the Company is showing positive revenues and gross profit trends the Company expects to incur further losses.

 

To date the Company has been funding operations primarily through the sale of equity in private placements and revenues generated by the Company’s services. From January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019, the Company received approximately $2 million from private placements to accredited investors of the Company’s common stock.

 

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Based on its current cash resources and commitments, the Company believes it will be able to maintain its current planned development activity and corresponding level of expenditure for at least 12 months from the date of the issuance of these consolidated financial statements, although no assurance can be given that it will not need additional funds prior to such time.

 

NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The summary of significant accounting policies presented below is designed to assist in understanding the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Such consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes are the representations of Company’s management, who is responsible for their integrity and objectivity.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and wholly-owned subsidiaries GenResults and TalaTek. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, equity-based transactions, revenue and expenses and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on historical experience, known or expected trends and various other assumptions that it believes to be reasonable. As future events and their effects cannot be determined with precision, actual results could differ from these estimates which may cause the Company’s future results to be affected.

 

The Company believes the following critical accounting policies affect its more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements. Significant estimates include the allowance for doubtful accounts, the estimation of the fair value of the Company’s common stock, the estimated fair value of intangible assets and goodwill, deferred tax asset and valuation allowance, assumptions used in Black-Scholes-Merton, or BSM, valuation methods, such as expected volatility, risk-free interest rate, and expected dividend rate.

 

Revenue

 

The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which the Company adopted beginning on January 1, 2018, utilizing the modified retrospective method. The approach was applied to contracts that were in process as of January 1, 2018. The adoption of ASC Topic 606 did not have an impact on the Company’s reported revenue or contracts in process at January 1, 2018. The reported results for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 reflect the application of ASC Topic 606.

 

The Company’s revenues are derived from two major types of services to clients including Managed Services and Consulting Services. With respect to Managed Services, the Company provides culture education and enablement, tools and technology provisioning, data and privacy and regulations and compliance. With respect to Consulting Services, the Company provides cybersecurity consulting, compliance auditing, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing.

 

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Cerberus

 

Revenue Streams

 

The Company derives revenues for Chief Information Security Officer (“CISO”) as a Service from cybersecurity consulting services provided to customers. These consulting services consists of providing leadership and guidance regarding cybersecurity to a customer’s management team, and providing internal audit services under several compliance frameworks including, but not limited to, service organization 2, payment card industry data security standards, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) policies. The Company derives revenues for Gap and Risk Assessment services by providing vulnerability assessments and penetration testing for customers to identify potential areas of security risks as well as monitoring potential breaches. The Company derives revenues for Managed Security Services by offering upfront gap analyses of a customer’s existing cybersecurity practices.

 

Performance Obligations

 

The Company’s contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. The Company has determined the performance obligations for the following services:

 

CISO as a Service: Management has determined that services provided under the CISO as a Service contains a single performance obligation. The Company recognizes revenue as earned. For internal audit services revenue is recognized at a point of time when the result of the audit is turned over to the customer. For those consulting services that require an upfront fee the Company recognizes the revenue ratably over the course of the contract.

 

Gap and Risk Assessment: Management considers these services to be time and materials with multiple performance obligations. Revenue is allocated based on the approved hours worked and rate stated in the individual Statements of Work for the project.

 

Managed Security Services: Management considers these services to be time and materials with multiple performance obligations. Revenue is recognized as invoices are generated and approved for distribution.

 

TalaTek

 

Revenue Streams

 

The Company derives revenues for Gap and Risk Assessment services by providing vulnerability assessments and penetration testing for customers to identify potential areas of security risks as well as monitoring potential breaches. The Company derives revenues for application sales by selling its mobile application to customers.

 

Performance Obligations

 

Gap and Risk Assessment: Management considers these services to be time and materials with multiple performance obligations. Revenue is allocated based on the approved hours worked and rate stated in the individual Statements of Work for the project.

 

Application Sales: Management has determined that the sale of its application contains a single performance obligation. The Company recognizes revenue as earned upon the download of the app by the customer.

 

Practical Expedients

 

As part of ASC 606, the Company has adopted several practical expedients including that the Company has determined that it need not adjust the promised amount of consideration for the effects of a significant financing component since the Company expects, at contract inception, that the period between when the Company transfers a promised service to the customer and when the customer pays for that service will be one year or less.

 

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Disaggregated Revenues

 

Revenue consists of the following by service offering for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019:

 

CISO as a Service

   

Gap and

Risk

Assessment

   

Managed

Security

Services

   

Application

Sales

    Total  
                                     
$ 216,000     $ 1,483,672     $ 208,023     $ 235     $ 1,907,930  

 

Revenue consists of the following by service offering for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018:

 

CISO as a Service

   

Gap and

Risk

Assessment

   

Managed

Security

Services

   

Application

Sales

    Total  
                                     
$ 517     $       -     $ 641,089     $              -     $ 641,606  

 

Revenue consists of the following by sector for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019:

 

Public     Private     Not-For-Profit     Total  
                             
$ 606,541     $ 1,016,553     $ 284,836     $ 1,907,930  

 

Revenue consists of the following by sector for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018:

 

Public     Private     Not-For-Profit     Total  
                             
$ -     $ 626,556     $ 15,050     $ 641,606  

 

Contract Modifications

 

There were no contract modifications during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018. Contract modifications are not routine in the performance of the Company’s contracts.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents.

 

Accounts Receivable

 

Accounts receivable are reported at their outstanding unpaid principal balances, net of allowances for doubtful accounts. The Company periodically assesses its accounts and other receivables for collectability on a specific identification basis. The Company provides for allowances for doubtful receivables based on management’s estimate of uncollectible amounts considering age, collection history, and any other factors considered appropriate. Payments are generally due within 30 days of invoice. The Company writes off accounts receivable against the allowance for doubtful accounts when a balance is determined to be uncollectible. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts was $40,000 and $0, respectively.

 

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Depreciation is computed using straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, generally three years. Expenditures that enhance the useful lives of the assets are capitalized and depreciated. Computer equipment costs for the Company are capitalized, as incurred, and depreciated on a straight-line basis over three years. TalaTek capitalizes all equipment costs over $5,000, as incurred, and depreciates these costs on a straight-line basis over three years.

 

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Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. At the time of retirement or other disposition of property and equipment, the cost and accumulated depreciation will be removed from the accounts and the resulting gain or loss, if any, will be reflected in operations.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

The Company reviews long-lived assets, including definite-lived intangible assets, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability of these assets is determined by comparing the forecasted undiscounted net cash flows of the operation to which the assets relate to the carrying amount. If the operation is determined to be unable to recover the carrying amount of its assets, then these assets are written down first, followed by other long-lived assets of the operation to fair value. Fair value is determined based on discounted cash flows or appraised values, depending on the nature of the assets.

 

Intangible Assets

 

The Company records its intangible assets at cost in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 350, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other. Definite lived intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful life using the straight-line method, which is determined by identifying the period over which the cash flows from the asset are expected to be generated. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company concluded that its intangible asset representing the first priority option to acquire software as a service product (“SaaS”) and related business it acquired as part of the TalaTek Merger was impaired and the Company recorded a loss on impairment of $100,000 on the statements of operations (See Notes 4 and 7).

 

Goodwill

 

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of the acquired business over the estimated fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment at least annually at year end, at the reporting unit level or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. The goodwill impairment test is applied by performing a qualitative assessment before calculating the fair value of the reporting unit. If, on the basis of qualitative factors, it is considered not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying amount, further testing of goodwill for impairment would not be required. Otherwise, goodwill impairment is tested using a two-step approach.

 

The first step involves comparing the fair value of the reporting unit to its carrying amount. If the fair value of the reporting unit is determined to be greater than its carrying amount, there is no impairment. If the reporting unit’s carrying amount is determined to be greater than the fair value, the second step must be completed to measure the amount of impairment, if any. The second step involves calculating the implied fair value of goodwill by deducting the fair value of all tangible and intangible assets, excluding goodwill, of the reporting unit from the fair value of the reporting unit as determined in step one. The implied fair value of the goodwill in this step is compared to the carrying value of goodwill. If the implied fair value of the goodwill is less than the carrying value of the goodwill, an impairment loss equivalent to the difference is recorded (See Notes 4 and 7).

 

Advertising and Marketing Costs

 

The Company expenses advertising and marketing costs as they are incurred. Advertising and marketing expenses were $52,493 and $23,322 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and are recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses on the statement of operations.

 

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Fair Value Measurements

 

As defined in ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). The Company utilizes market data or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk and the risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. These inputs can be readily observable, market corroborated, or generally unobservable. ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurement). This fair value measurement framework applies at both initial and subsequent measurement.

 

Level 1: Quoted prices are available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
   
Level 2: Pricing inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets included in Level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reported date. Level 2 includes those financial instruments that are valued using models or other valuation methodologies. These models are primarily industry-standard models that consider various assumptions, including quoted forward prices for commodities, time value, volatility factors and current market and contractual prices for the underlying instruments, as well as other relevant economic measures. Substantially all of these assumptions are observable in the marketplace throughout the full term of the instrument, can be derived from observable data or are supported by observable levels at which transactions are executed in the marketplace.
   
Level 3: Pricing inputs include significant inputs that are generally less observable from objective sources. These inputs may be used with internally developed methodologies that result in management’s best estimate of fair value. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement for nonrecurring fair value measurements of long-lived assets include pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The carrying value of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and other current liabilities approximate their fair values using level 3 inputs, based on the short-term maturity of these instruments. The carrying amount of the note payable approximates the estimated fair value for this financial instrument as management believes that such debt and interest payable on the note approximates the Company’s incremental borrowing rate. The long-lived assets (i.e. goodwill and intangible assets) were valued utilizing Level 3 inputs. Significant unobservable inputs used in fair value measurement of the intangible assets include projected revenues, gross profit and operating expenses, income tax rates, discount rates, royalty rates, and attrition rates.

 

Net Income (Loss) per Common Share

 

Net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the year. All vested outstanding options are considered potential common stock. The dilutive effect, if any, of stock options are calculated using the treasury stock method. Since the effect of common stock equivalents is anti-dilutive with respect to losses, options have been excluded from the Company’s computation of net loss per common share for the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

    Years Ended  
    December 31, 2019     December 31, 2018  
          (unaudited – pro forma)  
Numerator:                
Numerator for basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share:                
Net income (loss)   $ (1,354,368 )   $ 239,124  
Net income (loss) applicable to the Company   $ (1,354,368 )   $ 239,124  
Denominator:                
Denominator for basic earnings (loss) per share – weighted average shares outstanding     93,080,426       70,000,000  
Stock options     -       -  
Denominator for diluted earnings (loss) per share – weighted average and assumed conversion     93,080,426       70,000,000  
Net income (loss) per share:                
Basic net income (loss) per share   $ (0.01 )   $ 0.00  
Diluted net income (loss) per share   $ (0.01 )   $ 0.00  

 

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The following table summarizes the securities that were excluded from the diluted per share calculation because the effect of including these potential shares was antidilutive due to the Company’s net loss position even though the exercise price could be less than the average market price of the common shares:

 

    Year Ended December 31,  
    2019     2018  
             
Stock options     17,245,000       -  
Total     17,245,000       -  

 

Pro Forma Income Per Share (Unaudited)

 

A pro forma net income per common share has been disclosed for the year ended December 31, 2018 using the stock that was retroactively applied to the earliest periods presented after the reorganization. Pro forma basic and diluted net income per common share is computed by dividing net income or loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, assuming the shares were applied retroactively.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company applies the provisions of ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”), which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all stock-based awards made to employees, including employee stock options, in the statements of operations.

 

For stock options issued to employees and members of the board of directors for their services, the Company estimates the grant date fair value of each option using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The use of the Black-Scholes option pricing model requires management to make assumptions with respect to the expected term of the option, the expected volatility of the common stock consistent with the expected life of the option, risk-free interest rates and expected dividend yields of the common stock. For awards subject to service-based vesting conditions, including those with a graded vesting schedule, the Company recognizes stock-based compensation expense equal to the grant date fair value of stock options on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting term. Forfeitures are recorded as they are incurred as opposed to being estimated at the time of grant and revised. Due to the Company’s limited history and lack of public market for its common stock, the Company used the average of historical share prices of similar companies within its industry to calculate volatility for use in the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

 

Pursuant to ASU 2018-07 Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Non-employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, the Company accounts for stock options issued to non-employees for their services in accordance with ASC 718. The Company uses valuation methods and assumptions to value the stock options that are in line with the process for valuing employee stock options noted above.

 

Income Taxes

 

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the consolidated financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets, including tax loss and credit carry forwards, and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

The Company utilizes ASC 740, Income Taxes, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the consolidated financial statements or tax returns. The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method to compute the differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and the related financial amounts, using currently enacted tax rates. A valuation allowance is recorded when it is “more likely-than-not” that a deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

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For uncertain tax positions that meet a “more likely than not” threshold, the Company recognizes the benefit of uncertain tax positions in the consolidated financial statements. The Company’s practice is to recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). The standard requires all leases that have a term of over 12 months to be recognized on the balance sheet with the liability for lease payments and the corresponding right-of-use asset initially measured at the present value of amounts expected to be paid over the term. Recognition of the costs of these leases on the income statement will be dependent upon their classification as either an operating or a financing lease. Costs of an operating lease will continue to be recognized as a single operating expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Costs for a financing lease will be disaggregated and recognized as both an operating expense (for the amortization of the right-of-use asset) and interest expense (for interest on the lease liability). This standard was effective for the Company’s interim and annual periods beginning January 1, 2019 and was applied on a modified retrospective basis to leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements. The adoption of ASU 2016 - 02 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

 

In January 2017, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2017-04, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which eliminated the calculation of implied goodwill fair value. Instead, companies will record an impairment charge based on the excess of a reporting unit’s carrying amount of goodwill over its fair value. This guidance simplifies the accounting as compared to prior GAAP. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company does not expect the implementation of this new pronouncement to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, “Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting.” This guidance simplifies the accounting for non-employee share-based payment transactions. The amendments specify that ASC 718 applies to all share-based payment transactions in which a grantor acquires goods and services to be used or consumed in a grantor’s own operations by issuing share-based payment awards. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. This standard, adopted as of January 1, 2019, had no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

All other newly issued but not yet effective accounting pronouncements have been deemed to be not applicable or immaterial to the Company.

 

NOTE 4 – ACQUISITIONS

 

GenResults, LLC

 

On April 12, 2019, the Company entered into a Purchase and Sale of Limited Liability Company Interest Agreement (the “Agreement”) with David G. Jemmett and Jemmett Enterprises, LLC (collectively the “Seller”). Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, 100% of the outstanding equity of GenResults was acquired by the Company and, as a result of the acquisition, GenResults became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Pursuant to the Agreement at the effective time of the acquisition, GenResults’ outstanding equity interests were exchanged for an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.

 

Immediately following the acquisition, the Company had 70,000,000 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. Due to the companies being under common control, the Company accounted for the acquisition as a reorganization and the 70,000,000 shares issued to the majority stockholder was given retroactive treatment to the beginning of each period presented. As such, the balance sheet as of December 31, 2018, and the statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018, and the operating activity through March 31, 2019, included in the statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019, is the financial activity of GenResults before the reorganization.

 

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VCAB Six Corporation

 

On April 12, 2019, the Company consummated a transaction whereby VCAB Six Corporation (“VCAB”) merged with and into the Company. At the time of the merger VCAB was subject to a bankruptcy proceeding and had minimal assets, no equity owners and no liabilities, except for approximately 1,500 holders of Class 5 Allowed General Unsecured Claims and a holder of allowed administrative expenses (collectively, “Claim Holders”). Pursuant to the terms of the merger, and in accordance with the bankruptcy plan, the Company issued an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of common stock (the “Plan Shares”) to the Claim Holders as full settlement and satisfaction of their respective claims. As provided in the bankruptcy plan, the Plan Shares were issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. As a result of the merger, the separate corporate existence of VCAB was terminated. The Company entered into the merger in order to increase its shareholder base and, among other things, assist it in satisfying the listing standards of a national securities exchange.

 

TalaTek, Inc. Acquisition

 

On September 23, 2019, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with TalaTek, TalaTek Merger Sub (“Merger Sub”) and Baan Alsinawi, the sole member of TalaTek. Effective October 1, 2019, Cerberus consummated the Merger pursuant to its Merger Agreement with Merger Sub, TalaTek and Ms. Alsinawi. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into TalaTek. TalaTek is the surviving entity and, as a result of the Merger, became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, TalaTek’s outstanding membership units were exchanged for 6,200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.

 

Immediately following the Merger, the Company had 104,325,000 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. The pre-Merger stockholders of the Company retained an aggregate of 98,125,000 shares, representing approximately 94% ownership of the post-Merger company. Therefore, upon consummation of the Merger, there was no change of control. The Merger has been treated as a business acquisition for financial accounting and reporting purposes.

 

The Company accounted for this transaction in accordance with the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations. Assets and liabilities of the acquired business were included in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019, based on the respective estimated fair value on the date of acquisition as determined in a purchase price allocation using available information and making assumptions management believed are reasonable.

 

The Company obtained a third-party valuation on the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed for use in the purchase price allocation. It was determined that the selling price of the Company’s common stock was the most readily determinable measurement for calculating the fair value of the consideration.

 

During the period subsequent to the effective date of the Merger, TalaTek recorded revenue of $925,464 and a net loss of $106,923, as of December 31, 2019, and for the period from October 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, respectively.

 

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The following table summarizes the allocation of the purchase price to the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the transaction date:

 

Consideration paid   $ 2,480,000  
         
Tangible assets acquired:        
Cash     181,448  
Accounts receivable, net     455,602  
Other current assets and prepaid expenses     41,366  
Total tangible assets   $ 678,416  
         
Assumed liabilities:        
Accounts payable     72,744  
Accrued expenses     248,751  
Total assumed liabilities   $ 321,495  
         
Net tangible assets   $ 356,921  
         
Intangible assets acquired: (a.)        
Tradenames – trademarks (b.)     589,200  
Customer base     206,000  
Non-compete agreements     183,300  
Intellectual Property/Technology     122,000  
First priority option to acquire SaaS product     100,000  
Total intangible assets acquired   $ 1,200,500  
         
Net assets acquired   $ 1,557,421  
         
Goodwill (c.) (d.)   $ 922,579  

 

a. These intangible assets have a useful life of 5 to 15 years (See Note 7). The useful life of the intangible assets for amortization purposes was determined considering the period of expected cash flows generated by the assets used to measure the fair value of the intangible assets adjusted as appropriate for the entity-specific factors, including legal, regulatory, contractual, competitive, economic or other factors that may limit the useful life of intangible assets.

 

b. Management believes that the acquired tradenames/trademarks have an indefinite useful life. In accordance with applicable accounting standards, indefinite life intangibles are not amortized but instead is tested for impairment at least annually or more frequently if certain indicators are present.

 

c. Goodwill is the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the underlying net tangible and identifiable intangible assets. In accordance with applicable accounting standards, goodwill is not amortized but instead is tested for impairment at least annually or more frequently if certain indicators are present. Goodwill and intangibles are not deductible for tax purposes.

 

d. Goodwill represents expected synergies from the merger of operations and intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition. Cerberus and TalaTek are both cybersecurity service providers. The acquisition of TalaTek provided Cerberus entry into the competitive public sector and potential sales synergies resulting from Cerberus’ access to TalaTek’s current client-base to offer additional services. Goodwill also represents TalaTek’s assembled workforce which the Company has assigned a fair value of $435,368.

 

Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information

 

Cerberus

 

The following unaudited pro forma information presents the consolidated results of operations of Cerberus and TalaTek’s as if the Merger consummated on October 1, 2019 had been consummated on January 1, 2018. Such unaudited pro forma information is based on historical unaudited financial information with respect to the 2019 Merger and does not include operational or other charges which might have been affected by the Company. The unaudited pro forma information for the year ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 presented below is for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the results which would have been achieved or results which may be achieved in the future:

 

   

Year Ended

December 31, 2019

   

Year Ended

December 31, 2018

 
    (unaudited)     (unaudited)  
Net revenue   $ 4,714,299     $ 3,469,355  
Net income (loss)   $ (958,322 )   $ 402,479  

 

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NOTE 5 – PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of:

 

   

December 31, 2019

   

December 31, 2018

 
             
Prepaid expenses   $ 57,351     $      -  
Employee advances     7,150       -  
Other current assets     5,776       -  
Total other current assets   $ 70,277     $ -  

 

NOTE 6 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

Property and equipment consists of the following:

 

   

December 31, 2019

   

December 31, 2018

 
             
Computer equipment   $ 11,658     $      -  
      11,658       -  
Less: accumulated depreciation     (758 )     -  
Property and equipment, net   $ 10,900     $ -  

 

Total depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 was $758 and zero, respectively.

 

NOTE 7 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL

 

The Company completed an acquisition of TalaTek (See Note 4), which gave rise to goodwill of $922,579. At December 31, 2019, the Company performed a qualitative analysis on goodwill and due to the conclusion that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, management has determined that goodwill is not impaired.

 

The below table summarizes the changes in goodwill as of December 31, 2019:

 

Balance December 31, 2018   $ -  
Acquisition of goodwill (See Note 4)     922,579  
Impairment     -  
Ending balance, December 31, 2019   $ 922,579  

 

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The below table summarizes the identifiable intangible assets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018:

 

    Useful life   2019     2018  
Tradenames – trademarks   Indefinite   $ 589,200     $ -  
Customer base   15 years     206,000       -  
Non-compete agreements   5 years     183,300       -  
Intellectual property/technology   10 years     122,000       -  
First priority option to acquire SaaS product (the “SaaS Option”)         100,000       -  
          1,200,500       -  
Less accumulated amortization         (15,648 )        
Less impairment charge (2)         (100,000 )     -  
Total       $ 1,084,852     $ -  

 

(1) These intangible assets were acquired in the acquisition of TalaTek (See Note 4).
   
(2) The Company concluded that the carrying amount of the SaaS Option would not be recoverable and, as a result, fully impaired the asset.

 

The weighted average useful life remaining of identifiable intangible assets remaining is 10 years.

 

Amortization of identifiable intangible assets for the year ended December 31, 2019 was $15,648.

 

At December 31, 2019, the Company performed an impairment analysis on the SaaS Option intangible asset. The Company concluded that the carrying amount of the SaaS Option would not be recoverable due to the fact that the Company does not intend to develop the application software side of its business in the future. As a result, the Company recorded a loss on impairment of intangible asset of $100,000 on its statement of operations during the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

The below table summarizes the future amortization expense for the next five years:

 

   

December 31, 2019

 
       
2020   $ 62,593  
2021     62,593  
2022     62,593  
2023     62,593  
2024     53,428  
Thereafter     191,852  
    $ 495,652  

 

NOTE 8 – ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following amounts:

 

    December 31, 2019     December 31, 2018  
             
Accounts payable   $ 119,339     $ 14,000  
Accrued payroll     274,508       -  
Accrued expenses     63,931       -  
Accrued interest – related party     11,122       -  
    $ 468,900     $ 14,000  

 

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Note 9 - Related Party Transactions

 

Note Payable – Related Party

 

On December 31, 2018, the Company entered into an unsecured note payable with Jemmett Enterprises, LLC, an entity under common control of the Company’s majority stockholder, for a principal amount of $200,000. The note has a maturity date of June 30, 2020, and bears an interest rate of 6% per annum. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company made cash payments of $90,213. The outstanding principal balance of this loan is $109,787 and $200,000, as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. At December 31, 2019, the Company recorded $11,122 for both accrued interest and interest expense related to the note.

 

Stock Repurchase – Director

 

On September 1, 2019, the Company entered into a stock repurchase agreement with Mr. Alan Kierman, a founder of the Company. Pursuant to the stock repurchase agreement, the Company agreed to repurchase 6,000,000 shares of common stock from Mr. Kierman for $60 (par value of shares of common stock). Mr. Kierman retained 4,000,000 shares of common stock after the transaction. The Company accounted for the 6,000,000 shares as a capital contribution at its estimated fair value of $2,400,000.

 

Agreement with Eventus Consulting, P.C.

 

On November 8, 2019, the Company entered into financial consulting agreement with Eventus Consulting, P.C., an Arizona corporation, (“Eventus”), of which Neil Reithinger, Chief Financial Officer advisor to the Company, is the sole shareholder, pursuant to which Eventus is to provide financial and accounting consulting services to the Company. In consideration for Eventus’ services, the Company agreed to pay Eventus according to its standard hourly rate structure. The term of the agreement is perpetual unless otherwise terminated upon thirty days’ notice by either Eventus or the Company. As of December 31, 2019, Eventus was paid $6,500 and was owed $4,553 for accrued and unpaid services under the financial consulting agreement.

 

Note 10 - Stockholders’ Equity

 

Effect of GenResults Acquisition

 

Upon formation on the Company, 99 million shares of common stock were issued to the Company’s three board members, and 69 million shares of that common stock were issued to the sole member of GenResults. Effective April 1, 2019, the Company purchased GenResults in exchange for 1 million shares of common stock. The sole member of GenResults is the Company’s majority stockholder. As such, the acquisition was treated as a reorganization of GenResults and the 70 million shares issued to the majority stockholder were given retroactive treatment to the beginning of each period presented.

 

Equity Transactions During the Period

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company issued an aggregate of 30,600,000 shares of common stock with a range of fair values of $0.006 - $0.40 per share to three employees for services rendered in lieu of cash for compensation.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company issued 5,112,500 shares of common stock with a fair value of $0.40 per share to investors for cash proceeds of $2,045,000.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company issued 2,000,000 shares of common stock with a fair value of $0.006 per share as part of the VCAB acquisition (See Note 4).

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company issued 6,200,000 shares of common stock with a fair value of $0.40 per share as part of the TalaTek acquisition (See Note 4).

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company repurchased 6,000,000 shares of common stock from a founder.

 

See Note 11 for disclosure of additional equity related transactions.

 

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Note 11 – StocK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

The Company accounted for its stock-based compensation in accordance with the fair value recognition provisions of FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation.

 

2019 Equity Incentive Plan

 

The Board of Directors approved the Company’s 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) on June 6, 2019 and the stockholders of the Company holding a majority in interest of the outstanding voting common stock of the Company approved and adopted the 2019 Plan on June 6, 2019. The maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock that may be issued under the Company’s 2019 Plan is 25,000,000 shares with a maximum term of ten years. The shares delivered under the 2019 Plan upon exercise shall be made available from (i) authorized but unissued shares of common stock, (ii) common stock held in treasury of the Company, or (iii) previously issued shares of common stock reacquired by the Company, including shares purchased on the open market.

 

Options

 

The Company granted 17,245,000 options during the year ended December 31, 2019. There were no options issued or vested during the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

The weighted average grant date fair value of options granted and vested during the year ended December 31, 2019 was $1,641,184 and $5,086, respectively. The weighted average non-vested grant date fair value of non-vested options was $1,636,098 at December 31, 2019.

 

Compensation-based stock option activity for qualified and unqualified stock options are summarized as follows:

 

          Weighted  
          Average  
    Shares     Exercise Price  
Outstanding at January 1, 2018     -     $ -  
Granted     17,245,000       0.46  
Exercised     -       -  
Expired or cancelled     -       -  
Outstanding at December 31, 2019     17,245,000     $ 0.46  

 

The following table summarizes information about options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2019:

 

            Weighted-     Weighted-        
            Average     Average        
Range of     Outstanding     Remaining Life     Exercise     Number  
exercise prices     Options     In Years     Price     Exercisable  
                           
$ 0.38       3,000,000       4.62     $ 0.38       -  
  0.40       3,600,000       4.56       0.40       -  
  0.50       10,645,000       4.74       0.50       75,000  
          17,245,000       4.69     $ 0.46       75,000  

 

The compensation expense attributed to the issuance of the options is recognized ratably over the vesting period.

 

The employee stock option plan stock options are exercisable for five to ten years from the grant date and vest over various terms from the grant date to three years.

 

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Total compensation expense related to the options was $396,951 for the year ended December 31, 2019. As of December 31, 2019, there was future compensation cost of $2,766,473 with a weighted average recognition period of 1.70 years.

 

The aggregate intrinsic value totaled $60,000 and was based on the Company’s closing stock price of $0.40 as of December 31, 2019, which would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options as of that date.

 

On April 1, 2019, the Company granted 200,000 options to a board member, with an exercise price of $0.40. The options vest at the two-year anniversary of the grant date. The options issued were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the following assumptions: stock price - $0.01; strike price - $0.40; expected volatility – 74%; risk-free interest rate – 2.31%; dividend rate – 0%; and expected term –3.50 years.

 

On April 2, 2019, the Company granted 200,000 options to a board member, with an exercise price of $0.40. The options vest at the two-year anniversary of the grant date. The options issued were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the following assumptions: stock price - $0.01; strike price - $0.40; expected volatility – 72%; risk-free interest rate – 2.28%; dividend rate – 0%; and expected term –3.50 years.

 

On April 3, 2019, the Company granted 200,000 options to a board member, with an exercise price of $0.40. The options vest at the two-year anniversary of the grant date. The options issued were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the following assumptions: stock price - $0.01; strike price - $0.40; expected volatility – 73%; risk-free interest rate – 2.32%; dividend rate – 0%; and expected term –3.50 years.

 

On May 1, 2019, the Company granted an aggregate of 100,000 options to a member of its advisory board, with an exercise price of $0.50. The options vest at 50% on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and then monthly over the subsequent one-year period. The options issued were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the following assumptions: stock price - $0.40; strike price - $0.50; expected volatility – 73%; risk-free interest rate – 2.31%; dividend rate – 0%; and expected term –3.25 years.

 

On May 14, 2019, the Company granted 100,000 options to a member of its advisory board, with an exercise price of $0.50. The options vest monthly over a two-year period. The options issued were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the following assumptions: stock price - $0.40; strike price - $0.50; expected volatility – 73%; risk-free interest rate – 2.20%; dividend rate – 0%; and expected term –3.25 years.

 

On June 1, 2019, the Company granted an aggregate of 200,000 options to two members of its advisory board, with an exercise price of $0.50. The options vest at various times over a two-year period. The options issued were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the following assumptions: stock price - $0.40; strike price - $0.50; expected volatility – 73%; risk-free interest rate – 1.93%; dividend rate – 0%; and expected term –3.25 years.

 

On June 12, 2019, the Company granted 100,000 options to a member of its advisory board, with an exercise price of $0.50. The options vest at 50% on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and then monthly over the subsequent one-year period. The options issued were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the following assumptions: stock price - $0.40; strike price - $0.50; expected volatility – 73%; risk-free interest rate – 1.88%; dividend rate – 0%; and expected term –3.25 years.

 

On July 1, 2019, the Company granted 100,000 options to a member of its advisory board, with an exercise price of $0.50. The options vest at 50% on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and then monthly over the subsequent one-year period. The options issued were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the following assumptions: stock price - $0.40; strike price - $0.50; expected volatility – 72%; risk-free interest rate – 1.79%; dividend rate – 0%; and expected term –3.25 years.

 

On August 15, 2019, the Company granted 11,500,000 options to various employees, with an exercise price of $0.38 to $0.40. The options vest at 33% or 50% on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and then monthly over the subsequent one- to two-year period. The options issued were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the following assumptions: stock price - $0.40; strike price - $0.38 to $0.50; expected volatility – 72%; risk-free interest rate – 1.42%; dividend rate – 0%; and expected term – 3.33 to 3.49 years.

 

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On September 30, 2019, the Company granted 2,045,000 options to various employees, with an exercise price of $0.40 per share. The options vest at 33% on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and then monthly over the subsequent two-year period. The options issued were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the following assumptions: stock price - $0.40; strike price - $0.50; expected volatility – 73%; risk free interest rate – 1.51%; dividend rate – 0%; and expected term – 3.49 years.

 

On October 1, 2019, the Company granted 100,000 options to an employee, with an exercise price of $0.40 per share. The options vest at monthly over a two-year period. The options issued were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the following assumptions: stock price - $0.40; strike price - $0.50; expected volatility – 73%; risk free interest rate – 1.51%; dividend rate – 0%; and expected term – 3.25 years.

 

On October 8, 2019, the Company granted an aggregate of 300,000 options to two employees, with an exercise price of $0.50. The options vest at 33% on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and then monthly over the subsequent two-year period. The options issued were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the following assumptions: stock price - $0.40; strike price - $0.50; expected volatility – 72%; risk free interest rate – 1.36%; dividend rate – 0%; and expected term – 3.49 years.

 

On October 17, 2019, the Company granted 100,000 options to a member of its advisory board, with an exercise price of $0.50. The options vest at 50% on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and then monthly over the subsequent two-year period. The options issued were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the following assumptions: stock price - $0.40; strike price - $0.50; expected volatility – 73%; risk free interest rate – 1.76%; dividend rate – 0%; and expected term – 5.88 years.

 

On December 16, 2019, the Company granted an aggregate of 2,000,000 options to two employees, with an exercise price of $0.50. The options vest at 33% on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and then monthly over the subsequent two-year period. The options issued were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the following assumptions: stock price - $0.40; strike price - $0.50; expected volatility – 72%; risk free interest rate – 1.72%; dividend rate – 0%; and expected term – 3.49 years.

 

NOTE 12 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

Employment Agreement with William Santos

 

On May 15, 2019, the Company entered into an Employment Agreement with William Santos (the “Santos Agreement”), pursuant to which he will serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.

 

Under the terms of the Santos Agreement, Mr. Santos will earn an initial base salary of $185,000, which may be increased to $245,000 at such time as the Company achieves $20,000,000 of gross revenue in any calendar year. Mr. Santos’ base salary may be increased again to $300,000 at such time as the Company achieves $40,000,000 of gross revenue in any calendar year. In addition, Mr. Santos’ salary may be increased in accordance with the Company’s policies from time to time. He is entitled to receive annual bonuses in an amount up to 100% of his base salary, at the discretion of the Board of Directors and based on the recommendation by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Santos will also receive stock options, under the Company’s 2019 Plan, to purchase 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. The stock options will vest at one-third on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and then in a series of twelve successive equal monthly installments, provided that Mr. Santos is employed by the Company on each such vesting date.

 

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Employment Agreement with David Jemmett

 

On September 30, 2019, the Company entered into an Employment Agreement with David Jemmett (the “Jemmett Agreement”), pursuant to which he will serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.

 

Under the terms of the Jemmett Agreement, Mr. Jemmett will earn an initial base salary of $225,000, which may be increased to $250,000 at such time the Company achieves a public listing and can satisfactorily budget the salary without risk to the financial stability of the Company. In addition, Mr. Jemmett’s salary may be increased in accordance with the Company’s policies from time to time. He is entitled to receive annual bonuses in an amount up to 100% of his base salary, at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

 

Leases

 

The Company leases office space in Scottsdale, Arizona. The lease is month to month and the base rent is $2,000 per month. Rent expense for the Scottsdale office was $19,689 for the year ending December 31, 2019. Either party may terminate the lease with 30 days’ notice.

 

The Company leases two work-share office spaces in Virginia. The leases are month to month and the base rent is $450 per month. Rent expense under these work-share leases was $2,366 for the year ending December 31, 2019.

 

Legal Claims

 

There are no material pending legal proceedings in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or in which any director, officer or affiliate of the Company, any owner of record or beneficially of more than 5% of any class of its voting securities, or security holder is a party adverse to us or has a material interest adverse to the Company.

 

NOTE 13 – LINE OF CREDIT

 

On July 29, 2019, TalaTek entered into a secured line of credit with SunTrust Bank (“SunTrust”) for $500,000. The line of credit bears interest at LIBOR plus 2.25%. The line of credit is an open-end revolving line of credit and may be terminated at any time by Suntrust without notice to TalaTek. At December 31, 2019, no amounts were drawn on the line of credit.

 

NOTE 14 – CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK

 

Cash Deposits

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash deposits. Accounts at each institution are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) up to $250,000. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company had approximately $1,377,000 and $0, respectively, in excess of the FDIC insured limit.

 

Revenues

 

Three customers accounted for 80% of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2019, as set forth below :

 

Customer A    

35

%
Customer B    

32

%
Customer C    

13

%

 

Three customers accounted for 96% of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018, as set forth below:

 

Customer A     48 %
Customer B     33 %
Customer C     15 %

 

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Accounts Receivable

 

Three customers accounted for 79% of the accounts receivable as of December 31, 2019, as set forth below:

 

Customer A     35 %
Customer B     30 %
Customer C     14 %

 

One customer accounted for 100% of accounts receivable as of December 31, 2018.

 

Accounts Payable

 

One vendor accounted for 63% of the accounts payable as of December 31, 2019.

 

There was no concentration of accounts payable as of the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

NOTE 15 – INCOME TAXES

 

The Company identified their federal and Arizona and Virginia state tax returns as their “major” tax jurisdictions. The periods for income tax returns that are subject to examination for these jurisdictions is 2018 through 2019. The Company believes their income tax filing positions and deductions will be sustained on audit, and they do not anticipate any adjustments that would result in a material change to their financial position. Therefore, no liabilities for uncertain tax positions have been recorded.

 

At December 31, 2019, the Company had approximately $400,000 in net operating loss carry-forwards for federal and state income tax reporting purposes. As a result of the Tax Cuts Job Act 2017 (the Act), certain future carry-forwards do not expire. The Company has not performed a formal analysis, but believes its ability to use such net operating losses and tax credit carry-forwards in the future is subject to annual limitations due to change of control provisions under Sections 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code, which will significantly impact its ability to realize these deferred tax assets.

 

The Company’s net deferred tax assets, liabilities and valuation allowance as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 are summarized as follows:

 

    Year Ended December 31,  
    2019     2018  
Deferred tax assets:                
Net operating loss carryforwards   $ 101,000     $ -  
Stock compensation expense     208,400       -  
Accrued expenses     25,500       -  
Allowance for doubtful accounts     10,100       -  
Total deferred tax assets     345,000       -  
Valuation allowance     (337,800 )     -  
Deferred tax assets after valuation allowance   $ 7,200     $ -  
Deferred tax liabilities:                
Prepaid expenses/assets   $ (7,200 )   $ -  
Total deferred tax liabilities     (7,200 )     -  
Net deferred tax assets   $ -     $ -  

 

We recorded a valuation allowance in the full amount of our net deferred tax assets since realization of such tax benefits has been determined by our management to be less likely than not. The valuation allowance increased $337,800 during the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

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A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax benefit to actual tax benefit for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:

 

    2019     2018  
Federal statutory blended income tax rates     (21 )%     (- )%
State statutory income tax rate, net of federal benefit     (4 )     (- )
Change in valuation allowance     25       -  
Effective tax rate     - %     - %

 

As of the date of this filing, the Company has not filed its 2019 federal and state corporate income tax returns. The Company expects to file these documents as soon as practicable.

 

The Act was enacted on December 22, 2017. The Act reduces the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% and will require the Company to re-measure certain deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the rates at which they are anticipated to reverse in the future, which is generally 21%. The Company adopted the new rate as it relates to the calculations of deferred tax amounts as of March 5, 2019.

 

Pro Forma Income Taxes (Unaudited)

 

Effective April 1, 2019, GenResults merged into Cerberus. Consequently, its income will be subject to federal and state income taxes. Accordingly, a pro forma income tax provision has been disclosed as if the Company was a corporation for the latest fiscal periods presented prior to April 1, 2019. For the purposes of the pro forma tax provision we have applied a 26% combined federal and state income tax rate.

 

NOTE 16 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

On January 1, 2020, the Company granted options to purchase 720,000 shares of common stock, with an exercise price of $0.50 per share, to Neil Reithinger, a related party (See Note 9).

 

On January 3, 2020, the Company granted options to purchase an aggregate of 50,000 shares of common stock, with an exercise price of $0.50 per share, to an employee.

 

On January 16, 2020, the Company issued 120,000 shares of restricted common stock, with a fair value of $1.00 per share, to a consultant.

 

On January 29, 2020, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of options to purchase 1,000,000 shares of common stock, with an exercise price of $0.50 per share, to William Santos, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.

 

On January 29, 2020, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of options to purchase an aggregate amount of 600,000 shares of common stock, with an exercise price of $0.50 per share, to the three non-executive members of the Board.

 

On February 13, 2020, the Company granted options to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock, with an exercise price of $0.50 per share, to an employee.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.2

 

Description of Securities Registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act

 

The following is a summary of the current material terms of our capital stock. Because it is only a summary, it does not contain all information that may be important to you. Therefore, you should read carefully the more detailed provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws.

 

General

 

As of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, our authorized capital stock consists of 250,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share. No other classes of stock are authorized or expected to be authorized under our certificate of incorporation. The issued and outstanding shares of our common stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

Common Stock

 

Each holder of shares of our common stock is entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held of record by such holder. Holders of our common stock, voting as a single class, are entitled to elect all of the directors of the Company. Matters submitted for stockholder approval generally require a majority vote. Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends as may be declared by our board out of funds legally available therefor. Upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of our common stock would be entitled to share ratably in our net assets. Holders of our common stock have no preemptive, redemption, conversion or other subscription rights.

 

The registrar and transfer agent for our common stock is Securities Transfer Corporation, 2901 Dallas Parkway, Suite 380, Plano, Texas 75034-8543, (469) 633-0101.

 

Exclusive Forum Provision

 

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the United States District Court for the District of Arizona sitting in Phoenix, Arizona, or, if such court lacks jurisdiction, the state district court of Maricopa County, Arizona, shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers or other employees to us or our shareholders; (c) any action asserting a claim against us or any of our directors, officers, or other employees pursuant to any provision of our certificate of formation or bylaws or the Delaware General Corporation Law; and (d) any action asserting a claim against us or any of our directors, officers or other employees relating to our internal affairs. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in our stock shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to jurisdiction and venue in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona sitting in Phoenix, Arizona, and the state district court of Maricopa County, Arizona. If any action within the scope of this provision is filed in violation of such provision (a “violating action”), the violating party shall be deemed to have consented to (a) the personal jurisdiction of such Arizona federal and state courts in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce such provision and (b) having service of process made upon the violating party in any such action by service upon the violating party’s counsel in the violating action as agent for such shareholder. This provision may limit a shareholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us and our directors, officers or other employees, and may discourage lawsuits with respect to such claims.

 

The Company believes that the provisions described above apply to actions arising under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. There is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such provisions, as Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

The foregoing summary is subject to the full text of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws.

 

     

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$200,000.00 December 31, 2018

 

For value received, the undersigned, GenResults LLC (“Maker”), hereby promises to pay to the order of Jemmett Enterprises LLC (“Holder”), the principal sum of $200,000.00 (the “Principal Amount”), including interest in accordance with the terms set forth below .

 

  I. Payment. The Principal Amount together with accrued and unpaid interest and all other charges, costs, and expenses, is due and payable on June 30, 2020.
     
  2. Interest. The Principal Amount shall bear interest at the rate of 6% per annum, accruing daily. Notwithstanding, the total interest charged on the Principal Amount shall not exceed the maximum amount allowed by law and Maker shall not be obligated to pay any interest in excess of such amount.
     
  3. Prepayment. Maker has the right to prepay all or any part of the Principal Amount of this Note at any time without prepayment penalty or premium of any kind.
     
  4. Costs and Fees. Upon the occurrence of a default by Maker, Maker shall pay to Holder all costs of collection, including reasonable attorney fees.
     
  5. Waiver. Maker and all sureties, guarantors, and endorsers hereof, waive presentment, protest and demand, notice of protest, demand and dishonor and nonpayment of this Note.
     
  6. Assignment. Maker may not assign its rights or delegate its duties under this Note without Holder’s prior written consent.
     
  7. Amendment. This Note may be amended or modified only by a written agreement signed by Maker and Holder.
     
  8. Notifications. Any notice or communication under this Note must be in writing and either personally delivered, sent by overnight courier service, certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested or by facsimile or electronic email transmission.
     
  9. Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Arizona.
     
  10. Miscellaneous. This Note will insure to the benefit of and be binding on the respective successors and permitted assigns of Maker and Holder. Holder shall not be deemed to have waived any provision of this Note or the exercise of any rights held under the Note unless such waiver is made expressly and in writing. Waiver by Lender of a breach or violation of any provision of this Note shall not constitute a waiver of any other subsequent breach or violation. In the event that any of the provisions of this Note are held to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the remaining provisions shall not be affected and shall continue to be valid and enforceable as though the invalid or unenforceable parts had not been included in this Note.

 

In Witness whereof, the undersigned has executed the Note as of the date first state above.

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.4

 

STOCK REPURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Stock Repurchase Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2019 (the “Agreement”), is by and among Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Whiteboard Capital, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (the “Shareholder”), and Alan Kierman, the sole member of the Shareholder (‘‘Kierman”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Shareholder and/or Kierman is the record and beneficial owner of 10,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Shareholder desires to sell, transfer and assign to the Company, and the Company desires to purchase from the Shareholder, 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”) for the consideration and upon the terms set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the agreements and conditions contained herein, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. Repurchase of the Shares. On the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, on the date hereof, the Company hereby agrees to purchase from the Shareholder, and the Shareholder hereby agrees to sell, transfer and assign to the Company, the Shares, free and clear of all pledges, security interests, encumbrances, liens, claims or charges of any kind or nature placed on the Shares by Shareholder or Kierman. On the date hereof, the Shareholder has delivered to the Company a stock power evidencing the transfer of the Shares to the Company, the form of which is attached hereto. As of the date hereof, the Shares are not certificated.

 

2. Purchase Price. In full consideration of the sale, transfer and assignment of all of the Shares free and clear of all pledges, security interests, encumbrances, liens, claims or charges of any kind or nature placed on the Shares by Shareholder or Kierman, and the other agreements between the parties hereto, the Company agrees to pay to the Shareholder $60.00 (the “Purchase Pric e”), which has been paid by delivery of the Company’s check.

 

3. Representation of the Shareholder. The Shareholder and Kierman, jointly and severally, represent that the Shareholder is the record and Shareholder and/or Kierman is the beneficial owner of the Shares, free and clear of all pledges, security interests, encumbrances, liens, claims and charges of any kind or nature (including community property interests) placed on the Shares by Shareholder or Kierman, and the Shareholder is transferring the Shares to the Company on the date hereof in accordance with this Agreement.

 

4. Release. For and in consideration of the obligation to pay the transactions contemplated hereunder, the Company and Kierman have entered into that certain General Release, dated as of the date hereof.

 

 

 

 

5. Acknowledments of the Shareholder and Kierman. As a material inducement to the Company’s entry into this Agreement, the Shareholder and Kierman unconditionally acknowledges at the signing of this Agreement and delivery of any documents hereunder that:

 

(a) the Purchase Price is not based on the result of any independent valuation of the Company, but rather was determined based on arms’ length negotiations between the parties, and that the Purchase Price is fair and reasonable.

 

(b) the Shareholder is aware of the Company’s intention to register the Common Stock under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and has read the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(c) it/he has had an opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers concerning the business and prospects of the Company and to obtain any additional information that the Company possesses (including, without limitation, the Company’ s financial statements) or could acquire without unreasonable effort or expense necessary to enable the Shareholder to make an informed decision with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and it/he hereby waives its/his right to any further information;

 

(d) it/he has relied on its/his own knowledge or the advice of its/his own counsel, accountants or advisers with regard to the tax and other considerations involved in the transactions contemplated hereby, and no representations with respect thereto have been made to the Shareholder or Kierman;

 

(e) it/he has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of persons with knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and who are capable of evaluating the merits of the transactions contemplated hereby and the amount of the Purchase Price;

 

(f) it/he has carefully read this Agreement, it/he has had an opportunity to discuss its effect with counsel of its/his choice and that it/he fully understand its final and binding effect;

 

(g) it/he has executed this Agreement as its/his free and voluntary act, without any duress, coercion or undue influence exerted by or on behalf of the Company or any person affiliated with the Company; and

 

(h) no promise, representation, conduct or consideration by the Company or its other shareholders, agents, employees, attorneys or persons in privity with them has induced the execution of this Agreement except for those representations and agreements specifically set forth herein.

 

6. Further Assurances. The parties shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take such additional actions as any party may reasonably deem to be necessary or appropriate to more fully consummate the transactions contemplated by and effect the purposes of this Agreement. All such additional documents and actions shall be deemed to have been executed, delivered or taken on the Closing Date.

 

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7. Counterpa1ts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but both of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

8. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (oral and written), between or among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. No representation, warranty, promise, inducement, projection of financial condition or statement of intention has been made by any party hereto which is not expressed in this Agreement and the parties and their affiliates shall not be bound by, or be liable for, any alleged representation, warranty, promise, inducement, projection of financial condition or statement of intention not expressed herein.

 

9. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Delaware, without regard to any conflict-of-law rules that would apply any other law.

 

10. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any person other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

11. Severabilitv. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future laws, such provision shall be fully severable and the remaining provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there shall be added as part of this Agreement, a provision as similar in its terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

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WHITEBOARD CAPITAL, L
   
 
   
 
  Alan Kierrnan

 

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STOCK POWER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), Six Million (6,000,000) shares of the Common Stock, par value $0.00001, of the Corporation, standing in the name of the undersigned on the books of the Corporation and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint David G. Jemmett or Stephen Scott, or either of them, as the undersigned’s attorneys to transfer the said stock on the books of the Corporation, each with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated: September 1, 2019.

 

  By:
    Alan Kierman
    Manager

 

     
 

 

GENERAL RELEASE

 

THIS GENERAL RELEASE (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of September 1, 2019 (the “Execution Date”), between Alan L. Kierman (“Kierman”) and Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation (the “Company”). Both parties to this Agreement wish to clearly and fully settle all disputed and potential claims arising out of Kierman’s affiliation with the Company. This Agreement is supported by good and valuable consideration. This Agreement supersedes, voids and replaces any and all preexisting agreements and understandings between the parties related to the subject matter hereof.

 

WHEREAS, the Company was formed as a Delaware corporation on March 5, 2019, with David G. Jemmett, Stephen H. Scott, Jr., and Kierman, or their respective affiliates, as the original shareholders;

 

WHEREAS, Kierman also served as an officer of the Company until his resignation on May 16, 2019;

 

WHEREAS, an entity affiliated with Kierman, Whiteboard Capital LLC (“Whiteboard”), is a party to that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2019, by and between the Company and Whiteboard, pursuant to which Whiteboard purchased 10,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company for $100.00 (the “Stock Purchase”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection herewith, Whiteboard is entering into a Stock Purchase Agreement with the Company, pursuant to which the Company is acquiring from Whiteboard 6,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company for $60.00, leaving Whiteboard Capital with 4,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, the parties mutually wish to conclude, on an amicable basis, Kierman’s affiliation with the Company as an officer, and to set forth in this Agreement a resolution of all matters pertaining to such; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties desire to further document their understanding and intent regarding, and the circumstances surrounding Kierman’s resignation as an officer, and to make such other agreements and covenants to one another as set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, and in consideration of the acts, payments, covenants, and mutual agreements herein described and agreed to be performed, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. Resignation. The Company hereby confirms receipt of Kierrnan’s voluntarily resignation as an officer received by the Company in writing on May 16, 2019, and agrees his resignation is effective as of that date.

 

2. Representations and Warranties.

 

(a) Kierman - Agreement Binding; Authoritv. Kierman hereby represents and warrants to the Company as of the Execution Date that Kierman, acting alone, has the power and authority to execute this Agreement and effect the transactions reflected herein. Neither the execution, delivery, nor performance of this Agreement by Kierman will, with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, conflict with or result in a default under any agreement, understanding, law, rule or regulation, or any order, judgment or decree to which Kierman or any of his affiliates is a party or by which Kierman or any of his affiliates may be bound or affected.

 

     
 

 

(b) Company - Agreement Binding: Authority. The Company hereby represents and warrants to Kierman as of the Execution Date that the Company, acting alone, has the power and authority to execute this Agreement and effect the transactions reflected herein. Neither the execution, delivery, nor performance of this Agreement by the Company will, with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, conflict with or result in a default under any agreement, understanding, law, rule or regulation, or any order, judgment or decree to which the Company or any of its affiliates is a party or by which the Company or its affiliates may be bound or affected.

 

3. Release Provisions.

 

(a) Release of Claims bv Kierman. Expressly subject to the limitation set forth in Section 3(e) below, Kierman waives, releases, and discharges all of his existing rights to any relief of any kind (known and unknown) from the Company, or its affiliates, divisions, directors, officers, shareholders, managers, employees, attorneys, agents, successors, and assigns (all of whom are referred to herein collectively as the “Company Released Parties”), including without limitation all claims that arise out of or that relate to his affiliation or his separation from the Company (including any arising under any employment law, if applicable), all claims that arise out of his service and resignation as an officer of the Company, all claims that arise out of or relate to the Stock Purchase, all claims that arise out of or relate to any of the statements or actions of any of the Company Released Parties, all claims for relief or other benefits under any other federal, state, or local statute, ordinance, regulation, rule of decision, or principle of common law, all claims that any of the Company Released Parties engaged in conduct prohibited on any basis under any federal, state, or local statute, ordinance, regulation, rule of decision, or principle of common law, and all claims for fees, costs, and disbursements (all of which are referred to herein collectively as “Claims”). Kierman represents and warrants that he has not assigned any Claims to any person or entity, and that he has not filed for personal bankruptcy and is not insolvent.

 

(b) Release of Claims by the Company. Expressly subject to the limitation set forth in Section 3(e) below, the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its subsidiaries, waives, releases, and discharges all of its existing rights to any relief of any kind (known and unknown) against Kierman, as well as Kierman Law PLC and Whiteboard, and their respective affiliates, divisions, directors, officers, members, managers, employees, attorneys, agents, successors, and assigns (all of whom are referred to herein collectively as the “Kierman Released Parties”), including without limitation all Claims. The Company represents and warrants that it has not assigned any Claims to any person or entity, and that it has not filed for bankruptcy and is not insolvent.

 

(c) Release of Unknown Claims. Each of Kierman and the Company acknowledge that he or it may later discover Claims, facts, or causes of action presently unknown, unsuspected, or different from those that he or it now suspects or believes to be true. Expressly subject to the limitation set forth in Section 3(e) below, each of Kierman and the Company expressly waive and assume the risk that the facts or law may be other than he or it believe them to be. Expressly subject to the limitation set forth in Section 3(e) below, each of Kierman and the Company acknowledge and agree that this Agreement is a general release of all Claims, known and unknown, regardless of the discovery or existence of any additional or different facts or Claims at any time after he or it sign this Agreement.

 

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(d) Covenant Not to Sue. From and after the date hereof, each of Kierman and the Company (together with David G. Jemmett and Stephen H. Scott, Jr.) hereby agree and covenant not to sue the Company Released Parties or Kierman Released Parties, as applicable, for any and all claims, counterclaims, crossclaims, set-offs, debts, actions for contribution or indemnity, demands or any action whatsoever, in law or in equity, it or he may now have, at any time prior hereto ever had or hereafter may have or could assert against the Company Released Parties or Kierman Released Parties, as applicable, for, upon or by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever arising up to the date of this Agreement.

 

(e) No Release of Obligations Contained in this Agreement. Kierman and the Company hereby each acknowledge and agree that nothing contained in this Agreement shall release or discharge any of them from rights, duties and obligations contained in or assumed under this Agreement.

 

(f) Injunctive Relief Each party acknowledges that the restrictions contained in this Section 3, are a reasonable and necessary protection of the immediate interests of the other parties and that any violation of these restrictions would cause substantial injury to the other party. In the event of a breach or threatened breach of these restrictions, the other party shall be entitled to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for an injunction restraining the breaching party from such breach or threatened breach; provided, however, that the right to apply for an injunction shall not be construed as prohibiting any party from pursuing any other available remedies for such breach or threatened breach.

 

(g) The Company and Kierman will not disclose any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement to any person or entity at any time, except as provided herein or to their respective attorneys, accountants and business advisors, except in each instance as may be required by law, regulatory authority, stock exchange, compulsory process or in connection with any court, legal or governmental proceeding. Kierman may disclose this Agreement to his spouse, attorneys, accountants, or tax planners, provided that if he discloses the Agreement to any such person, he must simultaneously inform that person that the person must keep the information strictly confidential and that the person may not disclose the information to any other person without the advance written consent of the Company, and provided further that any disclosure of this Agreement by any such person will constitute a disclosure by Kierman.

 

4. Non-Disparagement. The Company and Kierman agree not to make or communicate any comments or other remarks which are negative or derogatory regarding the other, or which would tend to disparage, slander, ridicule, degrade, harm or injure the other, or their respective affiliates. The Company shall cease identifying Kierman as an officer of the Company in any materials or documents.

 

5. No Admission of Liability. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed in any manner as an admission by either party that either party has violated any statute, law or regulation, breached any contract or agreement, or has engaged in any wrongful conduct with respect to Kierman or with respect to the Company. The Company specifically disclaims any liability to or wrongful acts against Kierman and the Kierman Released Parties. Kierman specifically disclaims any liability to or wrongful acts against the Company and Released Parties.

 

6. Remedies. In the event of default or breach by any party, any and all remedies set forth in the above paragraphs are intended to be non-exclusive, and any party may, in addition to said remedies, seek any additional remedies available either at law or equity, including without limitation injunctive relief.

 

7. Further Acts and Assurances. Each party hereto agrees to execute and return to one another such documents confirming the acts, agreements and transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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8. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or application thereof is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Agreement which can be given effect without the valid provision or application. To this end, the provisions of this Agreement are severable.

 

9. Choice of Law; Enforcement. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Arizona, without regard to any conflict of laws principles that would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction. The parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of and in Maricopa County, in the State of Arizona in connection with any dispute arising out of this Agreement, out of Kierman’s prior relationship with the Company, arising out of his service as an officer of the Company, or arising out or relating to Kierman’s or Whiteboard’s being a shareholder of the Company. Should any provision in this Agreement be declared or determined by any court to be illegal or invalid, the validity of the remaining parts, terms, or provisions shall not be affected, and the illegal or invalid part, term, or provision shall be deemed not to be a part of this Agreement.

 

10. Prevailing Party in Any Legal Dispute to Recover Attorneys Fees and Expenses. Should either party bring any lawsuit or other legal proceeding arising out of or related to the rights and duties of the parties under this Agreement (collectively, “Litigation”), the prevailing party in the Litigation shall be entitled to recover all his or its reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses related to the Litigation.

 

11. Reliance. Each party warrants and represents that the party is not relying on counsel for any other party for the performance of any task, provision of any service or rendering of any advice for any purpose whatsoever, but instead is relying solely and exclusively on the party’s own counsel for all matters relating to the terms of this Agreement.

 

12. Nature of the Agreement. This Agreement and all provisions thereof, including all representations and promises contained herein, are contractual and not a mere recital and shall continue in permanent force and effect. The terms and conditions contained herein constitute the entire agreements between the parties, and supersede all previous communications or agreements, either oral or written, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, except to the extent such prior communications and agreements may be expressly reaffirmed or agreed to herein, and no agreement or understanding varying or extending the terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon either party unless in writing signed by or on behalf of such party. In the event that any portion of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the other enforceable provisions shall be considered to be severable, and the remainder of the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this General Release effective as of the Execution Date.

  

 

 

     
 

 

LOCK UP AGREEMENT

 

THIS LOCK UP AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered as of this I day of September, 2019 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Whiteboard Capital LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (the “Stockholder”), and Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

 

WHEREAS, Stockholder is the owner of 4,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value

 

$0.000 I per share (the “Shares”). and as an inducement to third parties to invest in the Company’ s common stock, Stockholder is willing to execute this Agreement.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the terms and conditions contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

I. LOCK UP OF SHARES; PERMITTED LEAK OUTS.

 

  (a) The Stockholder hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Company and except as set forth below, he will not during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the 24 month anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Lock Up Period”) (i) offer, pledge, gift, donate , sell , contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Shares, or (ii) enter into any swap, option (including, without limitation, put or call options), short sale, future, forward or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Shares, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of shares of the Company’s Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise ((i) and (ii) being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Lock Up”);
     
  (b) On the 12-month anniversary of the Effective Date, 2,000,000 Shares shall be released from the Lock Up;
     
  (c) On the 24-month anniversary of the Effective Date, the remaining 2,000,000 Shares shall be released from the Lock Up;
     
  (d) The Stockholder hereby authorizes the Company during the relevant Lock Up Period to cause any transfer agent for the Shares to decline to transfer, and to note stop transfer restrictions on the stock register and other records relating to the Shares subject to the Lock Up for which the Stockholder is the record holder and, in the case of Shares subject to this Agreement for which the Stockholder is the beneficial but not the record holder, agrees during the Lock Up Period to cause the record holder to cause the relevant transfer agent to decline to transfer, and to note stop transfer restrictions on the stock register and other records relating to the Shares subject to the Lock Up, if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Agreement; and
     
  (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing the Stockholder may transfer the Shares as set forth below (collectively, the (“Permitted Transfer”), provided that each transferee, donee or distributee of the Shares shall sign and deliver to the Company a lock-up letter substantially in the form of this letter contemporaneously with such transaction (such letter reflecting the time remaining for the obligations hereunder, and does not serve to increase the length of any of the obligations hereunder or thereunder):

 

  (i) as a bona fide gift, by will or intestacy or to a family member or trust for the benefit of a family member;
     
  (ii) the pledge, hypothecation or granting of a collateral security interest in the Shares; and
     
  (iii) the sale or transfer of all or any portion of the Shares via private sale (a “Private Sale”).

 

  (f) Upon request by Stockholder, the Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate a Private Sale of the Shares at the then current bid price of the Company’s Common Stock.

  

     
 

 

  (g) Following the release of any Shares from the Lock Up, the Stockholder agrees to limit the resales of such Shares in the public market as follows the “Additional Restrictions”) if the daily average trading volume on the primary trading markets on which the Common Stock is then quoted or listed (i) is less than 30,000 shares of Common Stock, the Stockholder shall not sell more than l ,000 Shares per trading day; (ii) is greater than 30,000 shares of Common Stock, but less than 100,000 shares, the Stockholder shall not sell more than 5,000 Shares per trading day; and (iii) is greater than 100,000 shares, the Stockholder shall not sell more than 50,000 Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if not earlier terminated in accordance with the terns hereof, the Additional Restrictions shall automatically terminate and cease to be of further force and effect, on the 36-month anniversary of the Effective Date.

 

2. RELEASES.

 

  (a) The Lock Up and the Additional Restrictions shall automatically terminate if a Change of Control should occur during the Lock Up Period. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Change of Control” shall mean any one of the following: (i) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity (collectively, a “Person”) (except a merger or consolidation in which the holders of capital stock of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation collectively continue to hold at least 60% of the earning power, voting power or capital stock of the surviving Person); (ii) the issuance, transfer, sale or disposition to another Person of the voting power or capital stock of the Company, if after such issuance, sale, transfer or disposition such Person would hold more than 40% of the voting power or capital stock of the Company; (iii) if the Persons who, on the date of this Agreement, constitute a majority of the board of directors of the Company, or Persons nominated and/or appointed as directors by vote of a majority of such Persons, shall for any reason cease to constitute a majority of the Company’s board of directors; (iv) a sale, transfer or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets or earning power of Company; or (iv) dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company.
     
  (b) All of the Company’s Common Stock (or options or other instruments convertible into such Common Stock) now owned or hereafter acquired, and held, directly or indirectly, by officers or directors of the Company are subject to a lock up agreement which is at least as restrictive as this Agreement, and which contain a Lock Up Period and Additional Restrictions, each expiring no earlier than the periods provided for herein. At any time during the Lock Up Period or prior to the expiration of the Additional Restrictions, in the sole discretion of the Company’s board of directors, the Company may electto release some or all of the Common Stock of any holder from the terms of a lock up in such amounts as it may determine; provided that any such release shall also provide for the release of the Shares under this Agreement, in an equal percentage to the total number of Shares subject to this Agreement as to the release of the lock up of shares of the Company’s Common Stock for any such other holder benefiting from such release.

 

3. TRANSFER; SUCCESSOR AND ASSIGNS. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties. As provided above, any Permitted Transfer shall require the transferee to execute a lock up agreement in accordance with the same terms set forth herein. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

4. COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS. In the event of a Permitted Transfer, as a condition to the Company agreeing to such Permitted Transfer, the Stockholder shall have furnished the Company with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that the transfer is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and that the transfer otherwise complies with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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5. LEGENDS.

 

  (a) The Stockholder hereby agrees that each outstanding certificate representing the Shares shall during the Lock Up Period, in addition to any other legends as may be required in compliance with Federal securities laws, bear a legend reading substantially as follows:

 

    THE SALE OR TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A LOCK UP AGREEMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 1, 2019, BETWEEN THE ISSUER AND THE STOCKHOLDER LISTED ON THE FACE HEREOF. A COPY OF SUCH AGREEMENT IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE ISSUER AND WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON REQUEST. NO TRANSFER OF SUCH SECURITIES WILL BE MADE ON THE BOOKS OF THE ISSUER UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF SUCH LOCK UP AGREEMENT.
     
  (b) A copy of this Agreement shall be filed with the corporate secretary of the Company, shall be kept with the records of the Company and shall be made available for inspection by any stockholder of the Company. In addition, a copy of this Agreement shall be filed with the Company’s transfer agent of record.

 

6. NO OTHER RIGHTS. The Stockholder understands and agrees that the Company is under no obligation to register the sale, transfer or other disposition of the Shares under the Securities Act or to take any other action necessary in order to make compliance with an exemption from such registration available.

 

7. SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. The Stockholder acknowledges that there would be no adequate remedy at law if the Stockholder fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder, and accordingly agrees that the Company, in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled at law or in equity, shall be entitled to compel specific performance of the obligations of the Stockholder under this Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Any remedy under this Section 7 is subject to certain equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceedings therefor may be brought.

 

8. NOTICES. All notices, statements, instructions or other documents required to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given either personally or by mailing the same in a sealed envelope, first-class mail, postage prepaid and either certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by telecopy, and shall be addressed to the Company at its principal offices and to the Stockholder at the address last appearing on the books and records of the Company.

 

9. RECAPITALIZATIONS AND EXCHANGES AFFECTING SHARES. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Agreement shall apply, to the full extent set forth herein with respect to the Shares, and to any and all shares of capital stock or equity securities of the Company which may be issued by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, combination, recapitalization, reclassification or otherwise.

 

10. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. Any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement shall be brought in the state or federal courts located in Maricopa County in the State of Arizona . The parties hereto hereby accept the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of those courts for the purpose of any such suit, action or proceeding. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that any of them may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any judgment entered by any court in respect thereof brought in Phoenix, Arizona, and hereby further irrevocably waive any claim that any suit, action or proceeding brought in Phoenix Arizona has been brought in an inconvenient form.

 

11. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

12. ATTORNEYS’ FEES. If any action at law or in equity (including arbitration) is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled as determined by such court, equity or arbitration proceeding.

 

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13. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. Any term of this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Company and the Stockholder. No delay or failure on the part of the Company in exercising any power or right under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any power or right.

 

14. SEVERABILITY. If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable under applicable Jaw, portions of such provisions, or such provisions in their entirety, to the extent necessary, shall be severed from this Agreement and the balance of the Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

15. CONSTRUCTION. This Agreement has been entered into freely by each of the parties, following consultation with their respective counsel, and shall be interpreted fairly in accordance with its respective terms, without any construction in favor of or against either party.

 

16. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the documents referred to herein constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof, and any and all other written or oral agreements existing between the parties hereto are expressly canceled.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

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Exhibit 10.5

 

CERBERUS CYBER SENTINEL CORPORATION

2019 EQUTY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1. PURPOSES. The purposes of the Plan are to (a) attract and retain for the Company and its Affiliates the best available personnel, (b) provide additional incentive to Employees, Directors and Consultants and to increase their interest in the Company’s welfare, and (c) promote the success of the business of the Company and its Affiliates.

 

2. DEFINITIONS. As used herein, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:

 

(a) “Affiliate” means (i) any corporation, partnership or other entity which owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the voting equity securities of the Company, (ii) any corporation, partnership or other entity of which a majority of the voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, and (iii) with respect to an Option that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option, (A) any “parent corporation” of the Company, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code or (B) any “subsidiary corporation” of the Company as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code, any other entity that is taxed as a corporation under Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code and is a member of the “affiliated group” as defined in Section 1504(a) of the Code of which the Company is the common parent, and any other entity as may be permitted from time to time by the Code or by the Internal Revenue Service to be an employer of Employees to whom Incentive Stock Options may be granted; provided, however, that in each case the Affiliate must be consolidated in the Company’s financial statements.

 

(b) “Award” means any right granted under the Plan, whether granted singly or in combination, to a Grantee pursuant to the terms, conditions and limitations that the Committee may establish.

 

(c) “Award Agreement” means a written agreement with a Grantee with respect to any Award, including any amendments thereto.

 

(d) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(e) “Bonus Stock Agreement” means a written agreement with a Grantee with respect to a Bonus Stock Award, including any amendments thereto.

 

(f) “Bonus Stock Award” means an Award granted under Section 8 of the Plan.

 

(g) “Change in Control” of the Company means the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50 percent or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities, except any such person who is a beneficial owner of securities in excess of such amount as of the date of adoption of the Plan; (ii) as a result of, or in connection with, any tender offer or exchange offer, merger, or other business combination (a “Transaction”), the persons who were directors of the Company immediately before the Transaction shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company or any successor to the Company; (iii) the Company is merged or consolidated with another entity and as a result of the merger or consolidation less than 50 percent of the voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving or resulting corporation shall then be owned in the aggregate by the former shareholders of the Company; (iv) a tender offer or exchange offer is made and consummated for the ownership of securities of the Company representing 50 percent or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities; or (v) the Company transfers substantially all of its assets to another entity which is not controlled by the Company.

 

 
 

 

(h) “Code “means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor statute. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any amendments or successor provisions to such section and any Treasury regulations promulgated under such section.

 

(i) “Committee” means the committee (or committees), as constituted from time to time, of the Board that is appointed by the Board to administer the Plan, or if no such committee is appointed (or no such committee shall be in existence at any relevant time), the term “Committee” for purposes of the Plan shall mean the Board. Within the scope of such authority, the Board or the Committee may (i) delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who are not Outside Directors the authority to grant Awards to eligible persons who are either (A) not then Covered Employees and are not expected to be Covered Employees at the time of recognition of income resulting from such Awards, or (B) not persons with respect to whom the Company wishes to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code, and/or (ii) delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who are not Non-Employee Directors the authority to grant Awards to eligible persons who are not then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. The Board may assume any or all of the powers and responsibilities prescribed for the Committee, and to the extent it does so, the term “Committee” as used herein shall also be applicable to the Board.

 

(j) “Common Stock” means the Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of the Company or the common stock that the Company may in the future be authorized to issue (as long as the common stock varies from that currently authorized, if at all, only in amount of par value) in replacement or substitution thereof.

 

(k) “Company” means Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

(l) “Consultant” means any person (other than an Employee or a Director, solely with respect to rendering services in such person’s capacity as a Director) who is engaged by the Company or any Affiliate to render consulting or advisory services to the Company or such Affiliate and who is a “consultant or advisor” within the meaning of Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act or Form S-8 promulgated under the Securities Act, including any foreign national who, but for the laws of his country, would be an employee of the Company or an Affiliate.

 

Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation

2019 Equity Incentive Plan

 

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(m) “Continuous Service” means that the provision of services to the Company or an Affiliate in any capacity of Employee, Director or Consultant is not interrupted or terminated. Except as otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, service shall not be considered interrupted or terminated for this purpose in the case of (i) any approved leave of absence, (ii) transfers among the Company, any Affiliate, or any successor, in any capacity of Employee, Director or Consultant, or (iii) any change in status as long as the individual remains in the service of the Company or an Affiliate in any capacity of Employee, Director or Consultant. An approved leave of absence shall include sick leave, military leave, or any other authorized personal leave. For purposes of each Incentive Stock Option, if such leave exceeds ninety (90) days, and re-employment upon expiration of such leave is not guaranteed by statute or contract, then the Incentive Stock Option shall be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option on the day that is three (3) months and one (1) day following the expiration of such ninety (90)-day period.

 

(n) “Covered Employee” means the chief executive officer and the other most highly compensated officers of the Company for whom total compensation is required to be reported to shareholders under Regulation S-K, as determined for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

(o) “Director” means a member of the Board.

 

(p) “Disability” means the “disability” of a person (i) as defined in a then effective written employment agreement between a person and the Company, or (ii) if such person is not covered by a written employment agreement with the Company, as defined in a then effective long-term disability plan maintained by the Company that covers such person, or (iii) if neither a written employment agreement or a plan exists at any relevant time, “Disability” means the permanent and total disability of a person within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. For purposes of determining the time during which an Incentive Stock Option may be exercised under the terms of an Option Agreement, “Disability” means the permanent and total disability of a person within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. Section 22(e)(3) of the Code provides that an individual is totally and permanently disabled if he is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months.

 

(q) “Employee” means any person, including an Officer or Director, who is employed, within the meaning of Section 3401 of the Code, by the Company or an Affiliate. The provision of compensation by the Company or an Affiliate to a Director solely with respect to such individual rendering services in the capacity of a Director, however, shall not be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company or that Affiliate.

 

(r) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any amendments or successor provisions to such section and any rules and regulations relating to such section.

 

(s) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of the Common Stock determined as follows:

 

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(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales price for such a share of Common Stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange (or if the Common Stock is listed or traded on more than one exchange, the exchange with the greatest volume of trading in the Common Stock) on the day of determination (or if no such price or bid is reported on that day, on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination), as reported by the applicable exchange or such other source as the Committee deems reliable. If the relevant date does not fall on a day on which the Common Stock has traded on such securities exchange, the date on which the Fair Market Value shall be established shall be the last day on which the Common Stock was so traded prior to the relevant date, or such other appropriate day as shall be determined by the Board, in its sole discretion consistent with Section 409A of the Code.

 

(ii) If the Common Stock is quoted on the OTC Markets, Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the last trade reported on the OTC Markets on the day of determination (or if no such trade is reported on that day, on the last market day prior to the day of determination).

 

(iii) In the absence of any such established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the reasonable application by the Committee of a reasonable valuation method in accordance with Section 409A of the Code.

 

(t) “Grantee” means an Employee, Director or Consultant to whom an Award has been granted under the Plan.

 

(u) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option granted to an Employee under the Plan that meets the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.

 

(v) “Non-Employee Director” means a Director of the Company who either (i) is not an Employee or Officer, does not receive compensation (directly or indirectly) from the Company or an Affiliate in any capacity other than as a Director (except for an amount as to which disclosure would not be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K), does not possess an interest in any other transaction as to which disclosure would be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K and is not engaged in a business relationship as to which disclosure would be required under Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K or (ii) is otherwise considered a “non-employee director” for purposes of Rule 16b-3.

 

(w) “Non-Qualified Stock Option” means an Option granted under the Plan that is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.

 

(x) “Officer” means a person who is an “officer” of the Company or any Affiliate within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act (whether or not the Company is subject to the requirements of the Exchange Act).

 

(y) “Option” means an Award in the form of a stock option granted pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan to purchase a specified number of shares of Common Stock, whether granted as an Incentive Stock Option or as a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

 

(z) “Option Agreement” means the written agreement evidencing the grant of an Option executed by the Company and the Optionee, including any amendments thereto.

 

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(aa) “Optionee” means an individual to whom an Option has been granted under the Plan.

 

(bb) “OTC Markets” means any tier of quotation service operated by the OTC Markets Group, Inc.

 

(cc) “Outside Director” means a Director who either (i) is not a current employee of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” (within the meaning of the Treasury regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code), is not a former employee of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” receiving compensation for prior services (other than benefits under a tax qualified pension plan), has not been an officer of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” at any time and is not currently receiving (within the meaning of the Treasury regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code) direct or indirect remuneration from the Company or an “affiliated corporation” for services in any capacity other than as a Director, or (ii) is otherwise considered an “outside director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

(dd) “Plan” means this Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as effective June 6, 2019, as set forth herein and as it may be amended from time to time.

 

(ee) “Qualifying Shares” means shares of Common Stock which either (i) have been owned by the Optionee and have been “paid for” for more than six (6) months within the meaning of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, or (ii) were obtained by the Optionee in the public market.

 

(ff) “Regulation S-K” means Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor to Regulation S-K. Reference in the Plan to any item of Regulation S-K shall be deemed to include any amendments or successor provisions to such item.

 

(gg) “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor to Rule 16b-3.

 

(hh) “Section” means a section of the Plan unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires.

 

(ii) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor statute. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any amendments or successor provisions to such section and any rules and regulations relating to such section.

 

(jj) “Ten Percent Shareholder” means a person who owns (or is deemed to own pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) at the time an Option is granted stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any of its Affiliates.

 

3. TYPES OF AWARDS AVAILABLE UNDER THE PLAN. Awards granted under this Plan may be (a) Incentive Stock Options, (b) Non-Qualified Stock Options, and (c) Bonus Stock Awards, as designated at the time of grant. The shares of stock that may be purchased upon exercise of Options granted under this Plan or that may be awarded under a Bonus Stock Award under this Plan are shares of Common Stock.

 

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4. SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN. Subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 12(a) hereof, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Options granted under this Plan or Bonus Stock Awards under this Plan shall not exceed 25,000,000 shares. At all times during the term of the Plan, the Company shall reserve and keep available such number of shares of Common Stock as will be required to satisfy the requirements of outstanding Awards under the Plan. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced only to the extent that shares of Common Stock are actually issued in connection with the exercise or settlement of an Award. Any shares of Common Stock covered by an Award (or a portion of an Award) that is forfeited or canceled or that expires shall be deemed not to have been issued for purposes of determining the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan and shall again be available for Awards under the Plan. Nothing in this Section 4 shall impair the right of the Company to reduce the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock pursuant to repurchases, redemptions, or otherwise; provided, however, that no reduction in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall (a) impair the validity of any outstanding Award, whether or not that Award is fully vested or exercisable, or (b) impair the status of any shares of Common Stock previously issued pursuant to an Award as duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable. The shares to be delivered under the Plan shall be made available from (a) authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, (b) Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company, or (c) previously issued shares of Common Stock reacquired by the Company, including shares purchased on the open market, in each situation as the Committee may determine from time to time in its sole discretion.

 

5. ELIGIBILITY. Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be granted to Employees, Officers, Directors, and Consultants. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees (including Officers and Directors who are also Employees), as limited by clause (iii) of Section 2(a). The Committee in its sole discretion shall select the recipients of Awards. A Grantee may be granted more than one Award under the Plan, and Awards may be granted at any time or times during the term of the Plan. The grant of an Award to an Employee, Officer, Director or Consultant shall not be deemed either to entitle that individual to, or to disqualify that individual from, participation in any other grant of Awards under the Plan.

 

6. Limitation on Individual AWARDS. Any and all shares available for Awards under the Plan may be granted by way of Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, or Bonus Stock Awards to any one person. To the extent consistent with applicable law, compensation generated under the Plan is intended to constitute “performance-based” compensation for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

7. OPTIONS.

 

(a) Grant of Options. An Option is a right to purchase shares of Common Stock during the option period for a specified exercise price. The Committee shall determine (i) whether each Option shall be granted as an Incentive Stock Option or as a Non-Qualified Stock Option and (ii) the provisions, terms, and conditions of each Option including, but not limited to, the vesting schedule, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Option, the exercise price of the Option, the period during which the Option may be exercised, forfeiture provisions, methods of payment, and all other terms and conditions of the Option.

 

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(b) Limitations on Incentive Stock Options. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of grant of an Option) of Common Stock which any Employee is first eligible to purchase during any calendar year by exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan and by exercise of incentive stock options (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code) granted under any other incentive stock option plan of the Company or an Affiliate shall not exceed $100,000. If the Fair Market Value of stock with respect to which all incentive stock options described in the preceding sentence held by any one Optionee are exercisable for the first time by such Optionee during any calendar year exceeds $100,000, the Options (that are intended to be Incentive Stock Options on the date of grant thereof) for the first $100,000 worth of shares of Common Stock to become exercisable in such year shall be deemed to constitute incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the Options (that are intended to be Incentive Stock Options on the date of grant thereof) for the shares of Common Stock in the amount in excess of $100,000 that become exercisable in that calendar year shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock Options. If the Code or the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder are amended after the effective date of the Plan to provide for a different limit than the one described in this Section 7(b), such different limit shall be incorporated herein and shall apply to any Options granted after the effective date of such amendment.

 

(c) Acquisitions and Other Transactions. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9(g), in the case of an Option issued or assumed pursuant to Section 9(g), the exercise price and number of shares for the Option shall be determined in accordance with the principles of Sections 409A and 424(a) of the Code and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The Committee may, from time to time, assume outstanding options granted by another entity, whether in connection with an acquisition of such other entity or otherwise, by either (i) granting an Option under the Plan in replacement of or in substitution for the option assumed by the Company, or (ii) treating the assumed option as if it had been granted under the Plan if the terms of such assumed option could be applied to an Option granted under the Plan. Such assumption shall be permissible if the holder of the assumed option would have been eligible to be granted an Option hereunder if the other entity had applied the rules of the Plan to such grant. The Committee also may grant Options under the Plan in settlement of, or substitution for, outstanding options or obligations to grant future options in connection with the Company or an Affiliate acquiring another entity, an interest in another entity or an additional interest in an Affiliate whether by merger, stock purchase, asset purchase or other form of transaction.

 

(d) Payment or Exercise. Payment for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased upon exercise of an Option may be made in cash (by check or electronic funds transfer) or, if elected by the Optionee in one or more of the following methods stated in the Option Agreement (at the date of grant with respect to any Option granted as an Incentive Stock Option) and where permitted by law: (i) if a public market for the Common Stock exists, through a “same day sale” arrangement between the Optionee and a broker-dealer that is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (a “FINRA Dealer”) whereby the Optionee irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to sell a portion of the shares of Common Stock so purchased to pay for the exercise price and whereby the FINRA Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such shares of Common Stock to forward the exercise price directly to the Company; (ii) if a public market for the Common Stock exists, through a “margin” commitment from the Optionee and a FINRA Dealer whereby the Optionee irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to pledge the shares of Common Stock so purchased to the FINRA Dealer in a margin account as security for a loan from the FINRA Dealer in the amount of the exercise price, and whereby the FINRA Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such shares of Common Stock to forward the exercise price directly to the Company; or (iii) by surrender to the Company of Qualifying Shares at the Fair Market Value per share at the time of exercise (provided that such surrender does not result in an accounting charge for the Company). No shares of Common Stock may be issued until full payment of the purchase price therefor has been made.

 

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(e) Modification, Extension and Renewal of Options. The Committee shall have the power to modify, cancel, extend or renew outstanding Options and to authorize the grant of new Options and/or Bonus Stock Awards in substitution therefor (regardless of whether any such action would be treated as a repricing for financial accounting or other purposes), provided that (except as permitted by Section 12(a) of the Plan) any such action may not, without the written consent of any Optionee, (i) impair any rights under any Option previously granted to such Optionee, (ii) cause the Option or the Plan to become subject to Section 409A of the Code, or (iii) cause any Option to lose its status as “performance-based” compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code. Any outstanding Incentive Stock Option that is modified, extended, renewed or otherwise altered will be treated in accordance with Section 424(h) of the Code.

 

8. BONUS STOCK AWARDS.

 

(a) Bonus Stock Awards. A Bonus Stock Award is a grant of shares of Common Stock for such consideration, if any, and subject to such restrictions on transfer, rights of first refusal, repurchase provisions, forfeiture provisions and other terms and conditions as are established by the Committee. Each Bonus Stock Award shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Committee shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of such Bonus Stock Agreement may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate Bonus Stock Agreements need not be identical, but each such Bonus Stock Agreement shall be subject to the conditions of this Section 8.

 

(b) Forfeiture Restrictions. Shares of Common Stock that are the subject of a Bonus Stock Award may be subject to restrictions on disposition by the Grantee and to an obligation of the Grantee to forfeit and surrender the shares to the Company under certain circumstances (the “Forfeiture Restrictions”). The Forfeiture Restrictions shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, and the Committee may provide that the Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse on the passage of time, the attainment of one or more performance targets established by the Committee, or the occurrence of such other event or events determined to be appropriate by the Committee. The Forfeiture Restrictions, if any, applicable to a particular Bonus Stock Award (which may differ from any other such Bonus Stock Award) shall be stated in the Bonus Stock Agreement.

 

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(c) Rights as Shareholder. Shares of Common Stock awarded pursuant to a Bonus Stock Award shall be represented by a stock certificate registered in the name of the Grantee of such Bonus Stock Award, or by a book-entry account with the Company’s transfer agent. The Grantee shall have the right to receive dividends with respect to the shares of Common Stock subject to a Bonus Stock Award, to vote the shares of Common Stock subject thereto and to enjoy all other shareholder rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock subject thereto, except that, unless provided otherwise in this Plan, or in the Bonus Stock Agreement, (i) the Grantee shall not be entitled to delivery of the shares of Common Stock except as the Forfeiture Restrictions expire, (ii) the Company or an escrow agent shall retain custody of the shares of Common Stock until the Forfeiture Restrictions expire, or the Company shall cause its transfer agent to place restrictions on any such shares in such book-entry account, (iii) the Grantee may not sell, transfer, pledge, exchange, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of the shares of Common Stock until the Forfeiture Restrictions expire, and (iv) a breach of the terms and conditions established by the Committee pursuant to the Bonus Stock Agreement shall cause a forfeiture of the Restricted Stock Award. At the time of such Award, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, prescribe additional terms, conditions or restrictions relating to Bonus Stock Awards, including rules pertaining to the termination of the Grantee’s Continuous Service (by retirement, Disability, death or otherwise) prior to expiration of the Forfeiture Restrictions. Such additional terms, conditions or restrictions shall also be set forth in a Bonus Stock Agreement made in connection with the Bonus Stock Award.

 

(d) Stock Delivery. One or more stock certificates representing shares of Common Stock, free of Forfeiture Restrictions, shall be delivered to the Grantee promptly after, and only after, the Forfeiture Restrictions have expired, or the Company shall cause the records of the Company’s transfer agent to reflect the same, if such shares are reflected by book-entry account. The Grantee, by his acceptance of the Bonus Stock Award, irrevocably grants to the Company a power of attorney to transfer any shares so forfeited to the Company, agrees to execute any documents requested by the Company in connection with such forfeiture and transfer, and agrees that such provisions regarding transfers of forfeited shares shall be specifically performable by the Company in a court of equity or law.

 

(e) Payment for Bonus Stock. The Committee shall determine the amount and form of any payment for shares of Common Stock received pursuant to a Bonus Stock Award. In the absence of such a determination, the Grantee shall not be required to make any payment for shares of Common Stock received pursuant to a Bonus Stock Award, except to the extent otherwise required by law.

 

(f) Forfeiture of Bonus Stock. Unless otherwise provided in a Bonus Stock Agreement, on termination of the Grantee’s Continuous Service prior to lapse of the Forfeiture Restrictions, the shares of Common Stock which are still subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions under Bonus Stock Award shall be forfeited by the Grantee. Upon any forfeiture, all rights of the Grantee with respect to the forfeited shares of the Common Stock subject to the Bonus Stock Award shall cease and terminate, without any further obligation on the part of the Company except to repay any purchase price per share paid by the Grantee for the shares forfeited. The Committee will have discretion to determine whether the Continuous Service of a Grantee has terminated and the date on which such Continuous Service terminates and whether the Grantee’s Continuous Service terminated as a result of the Disability of the Grantee.

 

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(g) Lapse of Forfeiture Restrictions in Certain Events; Committee’s Discretion. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8(f) or any other provision in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may, in its discretion and as of a date determined by the Committee, fully vest any or all Common Stock awarded to the Grantee pursuant to a Bonus Stock Award, and upon such vesting, all Forfeiture Restrictions applicable to such Bonus Stock Award shall lapse or terminate. Any action by the Committee pursuant to this Section 8(g) may vary among individual Grantees and may vary among the Bonus Stock Awards held by any individual Grantee. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section 8(g), the Committee may not take any action described in this Section 8(g) with respect to a Bonus Stock Award that has been granted to a Covered Employee if such Award has been designed to meet the exception for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

(h) Notice of Election Under 83(b). Each Grantee making an election under Section 83(b) of the Code shall provide a copy thereof to the Company within thirty (30) days of the filing of such election with the Internal Revenue Service.

 

9. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING AWARDS.

 

(a) Form of Award Agreement. Each Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written Award Agreement in such form (which need not be the same for each Grantee) as the Committee from time to time approves, but which is not inconsistent with the Plan, including any provisions that may be necessary to assure that any Option that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option will comply with Section 422 of the Code.

 

(b) Awards Criteria. In determining the amount and value of Awards to be granted, the Committee may take into account the responsibility level, performance, potential, other Awards and such other considerations with respect to a Grantee as it deems appropriate. The terms of an Award Agreement may provide that the amount payable as an Award may be adjusted for dividends or dividend equivalent.

 

(c) Date of Grant. The date of grant of an Award will be the date specified by the Committee as the effective date of the grant of an Award or, if the Committee does not so specify, will be the date on which the Committee makes the determination to grant such Award. The Award Agreement evidencing the Award will be delivered to the Grantee with a copy of the Plan and other relevant Award documents within a reasonable time after the date of grant.

 

(d) Stock Price. The exercise price or other measurement of stock value relative to any Award shall be the price determined by the Committee (but, if required by applicable law, shall be not less than the par value of the shares of Common Stock on the date of grant of the Award). Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the exercise price of any Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock for the date of grant of the Option; provided, however, the exercise price of any Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock for the date of grant of the Option.

 

(e) Period of Award. Awards shall be exercisable or payable within the time or times or upon the event or events determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement. Unless otherwise provided in an Option Agreement, Options shall terminate on (and no longer be exercisable or payable after) the earlier of: (i) ten (10) years from the date of grant of the Option; (ii) for an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder, five (5) years from the date of grant of the Option; (iii) three (3) months after the Optionee is no longer serving in any capacity as an Employee, Consultant or Director of the Company for a reason other than the death or Disability of the Optionee; (iv) one (1) year after death of the Optionee; or (v) one (1) year after Disability of the Optionee.

 

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(f) Transferability of Awards. Awards granted under the Plan, and any interest therein, shall not be transferable or assignable by the Grantee, and may not be made subject to execution, attachment or similar process, otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable or payable during the lifetime of the Grantee only by the Grantee; provided, that the Grantee may designate persons who or which may exercise or receive his Awards following his death. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be transferred to such family members, family member trusts, family limited partnerships and other family member entities as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may approve prior to any such transfer. No such transfer will be approved by the Committee if the Common Stock issuable under such transferred Award would not be eligible to be registered on Form S-8 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

(g) Acquisitions and Other Transactions. The Committee may, from time to time, approve the assumption of outstanding awards granted by another entity, whether in connection with an acquisition of such other entity or otherwise, by either (i) granting an Award under the Plan in replacement of or in substitution for the awards assumed by the Company, or (ii) treating the assumed award as if it had been granted under the Plan if the terms of such assumed award could be applied to an Award granted under the Plan. Such assumption shall be permissible if the holder of the assumed award would have been eligible to be granted an Award hereunder if the other entity had applied the rules of this Plan to such grant.

 

(h) Notice. If an Award involves an exercise, it may be exercised only by delivery to the Company of a written exercise agreement approved by the Committee (which need not be the same for each Grantee), stating the number of shares of Common Stock being purchased, the method of payment, and such other matters as may be deemed appropriate by the Company in connection with the issuance of shares upon exercise of the Award, together with payment in full of any exercise price for any shares of Common Stock being purchased. Such exercise agreement may be part of a Grantee’s Award Agreement.

 

(i) Withholding Taxes. The Committee may establish such rules and procedures as it considers desirable in order to satisfy any obligation of the Company to withhold the statutory prescribed minimum amount of federal or state income taxes or other taxes with respect to the grant, exercise or payment of any Award under the Plan, including procedures for a Grantee to have shares of Common Stock withheld from the total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued or purchased upon grant or exercise of an Award. Prior to issuance of any shares of Common Stock, the Grantee shall pay or make adequate provision acceptable to the Committee for the satisfaction of the statutory minimum prescribed amount of any federal or state income or other tax withholding obligations of the Company, if applicable. Upon grant, exercise or payment of an Award, the Company shall withhold or collect from the Grantee an amount sufficient to satisfy such tax withholding obligations.

 

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(j) Exercise of Award Following Termination of Continuous Service.

 

(i) An Award may not be exercised after the expiration date of such Award set forth in the Award Agreement and may be exercised following the termination of a Grantee’s Continuous Service only to the extent provided in the Award Agreement.

 

(ii) Where the Award Agreement permits a Grantee to exercise an Award following the termination of the Grantee’s Continuous Service for a specified period, the Award shall terminate to the extent not exercised on the last day of the specified period or the last day of the original term of the Award, whichever occurs first.

 

(iii) Any Option designated as an Incentive Stock Option, to the extent not exercised within the time permitted by law for the exercise of Incentive Stock Options following the termination of an Optionee’s Continuous Service, shall convert automatically to a Non-Qualified Stock Option and thereafter shall be exercisable as such to the extent exercisable by its terms for the period specified in the Option Agreement.

 

(iv) The Committee shall have discretion to determine whether the Continuous Service of a Grantee has terminated and the effective date on which such Continuous Service terminates and whether the Grantee’s Continuous Service terminated as a result of the Disability of the Grantee.

 

(k) Limitations on Exercise.

 

(i) The Committee may specify a reasonable minimum number of shares of Common Stock or a percentage of the shares subject to an Award that may be purchased on any exercise of an Award; provided, that such minimum number will not prevent a Grantee from exercising the full number of shares of Common Stock as to which the Award is then exercisable.

 

(ii) The obligation of the Company to issue any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of any Award or otherwise make payments hereunder shall be subject to the condition that such exercise and the issuance and delivery of such shares and other actions pursuant thereto comply with Section 409A of the Code, the Securities Act, all applicable state securities and other laws and the requirements of any stock exchange or national market system upon which the shares of Common Stock may then be listed or quoted, as in effect on the date of exercise. The Company shall be under no obligation to register the shares of Common Stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission or to effect compliance with the registration, qualification or listing requirements of any state securities laws or stock exchange or quotation service, and the Company shall have no liability for any inability or failure to do so.

 

(iii) As a condition to the exercise of an Award, the Company may require the person exercising such Award to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the shares of Common Stock are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such shares of Common Stock if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required by any securities or other applicable laws.

 

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(l) Performance-Based Compensation. The Committee may designate any Award as “qualified performance-based compensation” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code. Any Awards designated as “qualified performance-based compensation” shall be conditioned on the achievement of any one or more performance criteria, and the measurement may be stated in absolute terms or relative to individual performances, comparable companies, peer or industry groups or other standard indexes, and in terms of Company-wide objectives or in terms of absolute or comparative objectives that relate to the performance of divisions, affiliates, departments or functions within the Company or an Affiliate. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Committee may grant an Award that is not contingent on performance goals or is contingent on performance goals other than the performance criteria, so long as the Committee has determined that such Award is not intended to satisfy the requirements for “qualified performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

10. PRIVILEGES OF STOCK OWNERSHIP. Except as provided in the Plan with respect to Bonus Stock Awards, no Grantee will have any of the rights of a shareholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock subject to an Award until such Award is properly exercised and the purchased or awarded shares are issued and delivered to the Grantee, as evidenced by an appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company. No adjustment shall be made for dividends or distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to such date of issuance and delivery, except as provided in the Plan.

 

11. BREACH; ADDITIONAL TERMS. A breach of the terms and conditions of this Plan or established by the Committee pursuant to the Award Agreement shall cause a forfeiture of the Award. At the time of such Award, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, prescribe additional terms, conditions or restrictions relating to the Award, including provisions pertaining to the termination of the Grantee’s employment (by retirement, Disability, death or otherwise) prior to expiration of Forfeiture Restrictions or other vesting provisions. Without limitation of the foregoing, the Committee has discretion to suspend vesting during a leave of absence. Absent action by the Committee or to the extent otherwise required by law, vesting will be suspended during an unpaid leave of absence. Such additional terms, conditions or restrictions shall also be set forth in an Award Agreement made in connection with the Award.

 

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12. ADJUSTMENT UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION AND CORPORATE EVENTS.

 

(a) Capital Adjustments. The number of shares of Common Stock (i) covered by each outstanding Award granted under the Plan, the exercise, target or purchase price of each such outstanding Award, and any other terms of the Award that the Committee determines requires adjustment and (ii) available for issuance under Section 4 shall be adjusted to reflect, as deemed appropriate by the Committee, any increase or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, combination, reclassification or similar change in the capital structure of the Company without receipt of consideration, subject to any required action by the Board or the shareholders of the Company and compliance with applicable securities laws; provided, however, that a fractional share will not be issued upon exercise of any Award, and either (i) the value of any fraction of a share of Common Stock that would have resulted will be cashed out at Fair Market Value and applied toward the payment of the exercise price pursuant to Section 7(d) or, if applicable, toward the withholding due under Section 9(i), or (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Award will be rounded up to the nearest whole number, as determined by the Committee; and provided further that the exercise, target or purchase price may not be decreased to below the par value, if any, for the shares of Common Stock as adjusted pursuant to this Section 12(a). Except as the Committee determines, no issuance by the Company of shares of capital stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of capital stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason hereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to an Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12(a), no adjustment may be made by the Committee with respect to an outstanding Award that would cause such Award and/or the Plan to become subject to Section 409A of the Code.

 

(b) Dissolution or Liquidation. The Committee shall notify the Grantee at least twenty (20) days prior to any proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company. Unless specifically provided otherwise in an individual Award or Award Agreement or in a then-effective written employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or an Affiliate, to the extent that an Award has not been previously exercised, if applicable, such Award shall terminate immediately prior to consummation of such dissolution or liquidation.

 

(c) Change in Control. Unless specifically provided otherwise with respect to Change in Control events in an individual Award or Award Agreement or in a then-effective written employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or an Affiliate, if, during the effectiveness of the Plan, a Change in Control occurs, the surviving entity or purchaser described in Section 2(g), the “Purchaser”, shall either assume the obligations of the Company under the outstanding Awards or convert the outstanding Awards into awards of at least equal value as to capital stock of the Purchaser. In the event such Purchaser refuses to assume or substitute Awards pursuant to a Change in Control, each Award which is at the time outstanding under the Plan shall (i) except as provided otherwise in an individual Award or Award Agreement, automatically become, subject to all other terms of the Award or Award Agreement, fully vested and exercisable or payable, as appropriate, and be released from any repurchase or forfeiture provisions, immediately prior to the specified effective date of such Change in Control, for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time represented by such Award, (ii) the Forfeiture Restrictions applicable to all outstanding Bonus Stock Awards shall lapse and shares of Common Stock subject to such Bonus Stock Awards shall be released from escrow, if applicable, and delivered to the Grantees of the Awards free of any Forfeiture Restriction, and (iii) notwithstanding any contrary terms in the Award or Award Agreement, expire on a date at least twenty (20) days after the Committee gives written notice to Grantees specifying the terms and conditions of such termination.

 

To the extent that a Grantee exercises an Award before or on the effective date of the Change in Control, the Company shall issue all Common Stock purchased by exercise of that Award (subject to the Grantee’s satisfaction of the requirements of Section 9(i)), and those shares of Common Stock shall be treated as issued and outstanding for purposes of the Change in Control. Upon a Change in Control, when the outstanding Awards are not assumed by the Purchaser, the Plan shall terminate and any unexercised Awards outstanding under the Plan at that date shall terminate.

 

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2019 Equity Incentive Plan

 

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13. SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL. The Company shall obtain the approval of the Plan by the Company’s shareholders to the extent required to satisfy Sections 162(m) or 422 of the Code or to satisfy or comply with any applicable laws or the rules of any stock exchange or quotation service on which the Common Stock may be listed or quoted. No Award that is granted as a result of any increase in the number of shares of Common Stock authorized to be issued under the Plan may be exercised or forfeiture restrictions lapse prior to the time such increase has been approved by the shareholders of the Company.

 

14. ADMINISTRATION. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall interpret the Plan and any Awards granted pursuant to the Plan and shall prescribe such rules and regulations in connection with the operation of the Plan as it determines to be advisable for the administration of the Plan. The Committee may rescind and amend its rules and regulations from time to time. The interpretation by the Committee of any of the provisions of the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan shall be final and binding upon the Company and all persons having an interest in any Award or any shares of Common Stock purchased or other payments received pursuant to an Award. Notwithstanding the authority hereby delegated to the Committee to grant Awards to Employees, Directors and Consultants under the Plan, the Board shall have full authority, subject to the express provisions of the Plan, to grant Awards to Employees, Directors and Consultants under the Plan, to interpret the Plan, to provide, modify and rescind rules and regulations relating to it, to determine the terms and provision of Awards granted to Employees, Directors and Consultants under the Plan and to make all other determinations and perform such actions as the Board deems necessary or advisable to administer the Plan. No member of the Committee or the Board shall be liable for any action taken or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award granted hereunder.

 

15. EFFECT OF PLAN. Neither the adoption of the Plan nor any action of the Board or the Committee shall be deemed to give any Employee, Director or Consultant any right to be granted an Award or any other rights except as may be evidenced by the Award Agreement, or any amendment thereto, duly authorized by the Committee and executed on behalf of the Company, and then only to the extent and on the terms and conditions expressly set forth therein. The existence of the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder shall not affect in any way the right of the Board, the Committee or the shareholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation or other transaction involving the Company, any issue of bonds, debentures, or shares of preferred stock ranking prior to or affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof, the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any sale or transfer of all or any part of the Company’s assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding by or for the Company. Nothing contained in the Plan or in any Award Agreement or in other related documents shall confer upon any Employee, Director or Consultant any right with respect to such person’s Continuous Service or interfere or affect in any way with the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate such person’s Continuous Service at any time, with or without cause.

 

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16. NO EFFECT ON RETIREMENT AND OTHER BENEFIT PLANS. Except as specifically provided in a retirement or other benefit plan of the Company or an Affiliate, Awards shall not be deemed compensation for purposes of computing benefits or contributions under any retirement plan of the Company or an Affiliate, and shall not affect any benefits under any other benefit plan of any kind or any benefit plan subsequently instituted under which the availability or amount of benefits is related to level of compensation. The Plan is not a “Retirement Plan” or “Welfare Plan” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

17. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN. The Committee in its discretion may, at any time or from time to time after the date of adoption of the Plan, terminate or amend the Plan in any respect, including amendment of any form of Award Agreement, exercise agreement, or instrument to be executed pursuant to the Plan; provided, however, to the extent necessary to comply with the Code, including Sections 162(m) and 422 of the Code, other applicable laws, or the applicable requirements of any stock exchange or quotation service, the Company shall obtain shareholder approval of any Plan amendment in such manner and to such a degree as required. No Award may be granted after termination of the Plan. Any amendment or termination of the Plan shall not affect Awards previously granted, and such Awards shall otherwise remain in full force and effect as if the Plan had not been amended or terminated, unless mutually agreed otherwise in a writing (including an Award Agreement) signed by the Grantee and the Company.

 

18. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN. The Plan shall become effective June 6, 2019, which is the date of adoption of the Plan by the Board. The Plan shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years from June 6, 2019 and terminate on June 5, 2029, unless sooner terminated by action of the Board.

 

19. SEVERABILITY AND REFORMATION. The Company intends all provisions of the Plan to be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law. Accordingly, should a court of competent jurisdiction determine that the scope of any provision of the Plan is too broad to be enforced as written, the court should reform the provision to such narrower scope as it determines to be enforceable. If, however, any provision of the Plan is held to be wholly illegal, invalid, or unenforceable under present or future law, such provision shall be fully severable and severed, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision were never a part hereof, and the remaining provisions of the Plan shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision or by its severance.

 

20. GOVERNING LAW. The Plan and all issues or matters relating to the Plan shall be governed by, determined and enforced under, and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of law principles thereof.

 

21. INTERPRETIVE MATTERS. Whenever required by the context, pronouns and any variation thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, or neuter, and the singular shall include the plural, and visa versa. The term “include” or “including” does not denote or imply any limitation. The captions and headings used in the Plan are inserted for convenience and shall not be deemed a part of the Plan for construction or interpretation.

 

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Exhibit 10.8

 

EVENTUS CONSULTING, P.C.   MEMBER
    American Institute of
    Certified Public Accountants
     
    Arizona Society of
    Certified Public Accountants

 

ENGAGEMENT FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES

 

November 8, 2019

 

David G. Jemmett, Chief Executive Officer

Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation

7333 E Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite D270

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

 

Dear David:

 

We are looking forward to working with Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) to help you accomplish your goals. This engagement agreement, effective as of the date affixed above (the “Effective Date”), outlines the terms of the financial services that Eventus Consulting, P.C. (“Eventus”) will be providing to the Company (the “Agreement”). Eventus and the Company are each individually referred to as “Party” and both collectively referred to as the “Parties.”

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES.

 

    Our services shall follow three main categories as follows which are outlined in more detail on Exhibit A:
     
  Financial Operations (FinOps) - Integration of Business Units and Consolidation
  Accounting Support and FinOps - Ongoing Operations for the Company
  SEC Compliance - Investor Support and Regulatory Compliance

 

2. PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES. Eventus shall reasonably determine the manner in which all services to be provided herein are to be performed and the specific hours that will be reasonably necessary to ensure the performance of the services provided.

 

3. LIMITATIONS; SCOPE OF SERVICES. Eventus does not render legal advice, tax advice, auditing or attest services or investment advice, irrespective of its principals’, employees’ or agents’ professional backgrounds. Eventus is providing consulting services to the Company as outlined in Section 1 of this Agreement only; other financial consulting services that the Company may request from time-to-time will be provided under a separate agreement. The Company agrees to obtain independent advice from its counsel and independent registered public accounting firm regarding the adequacy of all information that is disclosed to third parties and investors. Payments made as per this Agreement are for the services described herein for the Company only. It is the Company’s and management’s complete and exclusive responsibility to comply with all financial reporting requirements established under all federal and state securities laws, rules, and regulations.

 

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4. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMPANY. It is the Company’s sole responsibility to provide Eventus with complete and accurate information in order for Eventus, its employees, agents, and consultants to fulfill its duties under this Agreement. The representations made within any documents produced in conjunction with the Company are the sole responsibility of the Company. Eventus shall rely upon the accuracy and completeness of information supplied to it by the Company’s officers, directors, agents, and employees. Furthermore, by executing this Agreement, the Company represents that it has disclosed and will disclose, during the course of this engagement, all information to Eventus that could in fact limit or be construed to limit Eventus’ ability to perform its duties hereunder. The Company shall be solely responsible for the retention of its legal counsel, independent registered public accounting firm, and any other professional which may be needed to obtain any opinions regarding the Company’s compliance with applicable state and federal securities laws. The Company shall additionally be solely responsible for any actions it may take regarding the hiring, promotion, termination, assignment of responsibilities, and other similar tasks relating to the personnel used by the Company in the gathering, recording, and retention of financial information.

 

5. FEES. For the services described hereunder, Eventus shall be paid according to its customary hourly rate schedule indicated on Exhibit A, but not to exceed Fifteen Thousand ($15,000) per month (the “Maximum Cash Fee”). Payments are due upon receipt of invoice. All past due accounts will incur finance charges of 1.5% per month on any invoices not paid within 30 days and will be subject to collections after 90 days. We reserve the right to stop working if payments are not received in a timely manner. We are sensitive to the financial needs of the Company and will make every effort to accomplish our objectives in a timely manner to meet your budgetary goals and expectations. Every ninety (90) days from the Effective Date, Eventus shall compare total amounts billed with the total hours incurred and then confer with the Company on any variances, if any, and how to reconcile them and/or how to adjust the Maximum Cash Fee. For any additional work beyond what is described herein, Eventus will bill the Company according to its customary hourly rate schedule indicated on Exhibit A.

 

6. TIMING. The timing of services to be performed under this Agreement is highly dependent on the cooperation, efficiency and availability of documents and information from the Company. Document production and availability of Company personnel or other representatives shall be determined by and between the Parties. Each Party shall cooperate fully, and on a best efforts basis, in order to satisfy any time-table established, by and between the Parties, but is not to be considered a guarantee, warranty (implied or expressed) that a time-table will be met.

 

7. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. The relationship between Eventus and the Company is solely that of an independent contractor and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to have created, by interpretation or implication, a relationship of employment, partnership, joint venture or agency. Eventus shall take no actions and make no statements that are inconsistent with its role as an independent contractor. All services rendered by Eventus on behalf of the Company shall be performed to the best of Eventus’ ability in concert with the overall business plan of the Company and the goals and objectives of the management and board of directors of the Company.

 

8. EXPENSES. The Company shall reimburse all reasonable approved out-of-pocket expenses incurred on behalf of Eventus in connection with this Agreement as mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Expenses may include travel and administrative expenses incurred during the Term of the Agreement and any other fees associated with the execution of this Agreement. Notwithstanding, all expenses shall be subject to pre-approval by the Company. All requests for reimbursement shall be made in writing. Any expense item that has not been objected to by the Company shall be paid within Ten (10) business days of the date of submission. Any objection shall be in writing, explaining the basis for the objection.

 

9. NON-CIRCUMVENT AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

 

(a) The Parties mutually recognize that the services described in this Agreement are confidential and that the business of each Party may be learned by the other and that the identity, address and/or telephone numbers of clients, agents, brokers, buyers, sellers, financiers, investors, consultants, experts, business plans, processes, intellectual property, bank accounts, transaction codes, all other capital sources, participating investment and commercial banks and/or entities (hereafter referred to as “Confidential Information”), which the other Party has acquired through years of time, expense and effort, shall be treated as confidential. Such Confidential Information shall remain the sole property of the contributing Party.

 

Eventus Consulting, P.C. | 14201 N. Hayden Road, Suite A-1 | Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Phone: (480) 659-6404 | Fax: (480) 659-6407 | E-mail: nreithinger@EventusAG.com

 

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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include information that (i) has become public knowledge through legal means without fault by the other Party, (ii) is already public knowledge prior to the disclosure of the Confidential Information by the other Party (iii) is known to the other Party prior to disclosure of the same pursuant to this Agreement, or (iv) is independently developed by the other Party without reference to or use of the Confidential Information. In addition, the Parties shall be entitled to release Confidential Information to permit it to prosecute or defend any claim under this Agreement or pursuant to an order of a court or government agency, provided, however, in the case of release pursuant to this section the Parties shall limit the release to the greatest extent reasonably possible under the circumstances and shall have provided the other Party with sufficient advance notice to permit the Company to seek a protective order or other order protecting its Confidential Information from disclosure.

 

(c) For and in consideration of the mutual promises, assertions, and covenants set forth herein, the Parties agree to take all reasonable action to ensure the confidentiality of the other Party’s business and the other Party’s Confidential Information. The Parties will maintain complete confidentiality regarding each other’s business sources and/or their affiliates and Confidential Information, as well as the nature and manner and forms of the other Party’s business dealings, unless the other Party provides, in its sole discretion, an express written agreement providing otherwise. The Parties will not, in any way or manner, solicit or accept business from sources or their affiliates that are made available by the other Party to this Agreement, at any time or in any manner prior to One (1) year from the expiration of this Agreement, without the express written permission of the Party who made available said sources, in its sole discretion. Any violation of these covenants shall be deemed an attempt to circumvent such other Party, and the Party violating this covenant shall be liable for damages in favor of the circumvented Party and/or an injunction and/or other equitable remedies. Each Party agrees with the other that upon any breach of this Agreement, the Party in default will pay to the other the non-circumvention damages, if applicable, plus all loss and/or damage sustained by the non-defaulting Party by reason of such breach, plus a reasonable sum for attorney’s expenses and attorney’s fees.

 

10. NON-SOLICITATION. The Company shall not retain the services, either directly or indirectly, of any Eventus employee, during the term of this Agreement or for twelve months thereafter, without prior written consent.

 

11. NO ASSURANCE. Due to factors that may exist and may occur during the term of this Agreement that are beyond the control of either the Eventus or the Company, Eventus can provide no assurance that the services described in this Agreement will be completed or effected and that, notwithstanding certain factors, whether known or unknown, could have an impact on Eventus performing its duties hereunder including, but not limited to, market conditions, regulatory obstacles, economic conditions, access to the appropriate data or otherwise.

 

12. BREACH. Except as set forth in this Agreement, any claim or controversy arising under any of the provisions of this Agreement shall, at the election of either Party hereto, be determined by arbitration before the American Arbitration Association in New York in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association. The decision of the Arbitrator shall be binding and conclusive upon the Parties. The prevailing Party shall be entitled to recover its costs and expenses in any such arbitration and the costs of filing for the arbitration, including but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, as well as the fees of the arbitrator. In the event of a material violation of the provisions of this Agreement, as determined by a party in good faith, that Party may seek injunctive relief in state or federal court to compel the other to comply with, or restrain from violating such provision.

 

13. TERM; TERMINATION. The term (the “Term”) of this Agreement shall be perpetual, commencing on the Effective Date of this Agreement, and unless otherwise terminated upon thirty days’ notice by either Party.

 

14. INDEMNIFICATION. The Parties agree to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend the other Party, its members, managers, officers, agents, and employees at its own expense, in respect to any action, proceeding, suit, cost expense, claim, or demand whatsoever that is brought by any third party, at law or in equity, in connection with the Company’s public filings under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, if applicable, including, without limitation, the disclosure or failure to disclose any information to any third party. This obligation to indemnify shall include, but not be limited to, any and all costs incurred by either Party, including reasonable attorney’s fees. The Parties will not be liable under the foregoing to the extent that any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense is found in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the other Party’s bad faith or gross negligence.

 

Eventus Consulting, P.C. | 14201 N. Hayden Road, Suite A-1 | Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Phone: (480) 659-6404 | Fax: (480) 659-6407 | E-mail: nreithinger@EventusAG.com

 

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15. NOTICES. All notices and demands required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given, if delivered in person or mailed, certified, return-receipt requested, postage prepaid or by facsimile transmission. Mailed notices shall be deemed given three business days after the date mailed. Until otherwise specified by notice in writing, the address for such notices shall be:

 

  If to Eventus: Eventus Consulting, P.C.
    14201 N. Hayden Road, Suite A-1
    Scottsdale, AZ 85260
    Attn: Neil Reithinger, President and Managing Director
    E-Mail: nreithinger@EventusAG.com

 

  If to the Company: Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation
    7333 E Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite D270
    Scottsdale, AZ 85258
    Attn: David G. Jemmett, Chief Executive Officer
    E-mail (for electronic): david@cerberussentinel.com

 

16. AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be modified or amended with the expressed and written consent of both Parties.

 

17. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and enforceable. If a court finds that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, but that by limiting such provision it would become valid and enforceable, then such provision shall be deemed to be written, construed and enforced as so limited.

 

18. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement is made in, and shall be exclusively governed by the laws of the State of New York (and applicable U.S. federal law) without regard to their choice of law principles. Venue for any arbitration or litigation brought in connection with this Agreement shall reside exclusively in New York and both Parties hereby agree that such forum is convenient and waive any right to assert that the forum is not convenient.

 

19. BINDING AUTHORITY. Both signing individuals represent and warrant that they have full authority of their respective organizations to enter into this Agreement.

 

20. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to its subject matter. This Agreement merges any and all prior and contemporaneous oral or written agreements and/or statements made by one Party to the other, and thus shall be considered the full and final binding agreement with respect to its subject matter. The Parties have not relied upon any representation or warranty not expressly contained within this Agreement.

 

We appreciate the opportunity to work with you.

 

Sincerely,  
   
/s/ Neil Reithinger  
Neil Reithinger, CPA  
President and Managing Director  

 

Eventus Consulting, P.C. | 14201 N. Hayden Road, Suite A-1 | Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Phone: (480) 659-6404 | Fax: (480) 659-6407 | E-mail: nreithinger@EventusAG.com

 

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RESPONSE

 

This engagement correctly sets forth the understanding of the parties.

 

Accepted by:

 

CERBERUS CYBER SENTINEL CORPORATION

 

By: /s/ David Jemmett  
Name: David Jemmett  
Title: C.E.O.  
     
Date: November 8, 2019  

 

Eventus Consulting, P.C. | 14201 N. Hayden Road, Suite A-1 | Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Phone: (480) 659-6404 | Fax: (480) 659-6407 | E-mail: nreithinger@EventusAG.com

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

  6  
 

 

Exhibit 21.1

 

Subsidiaries of the Registrant
     
Subsidiary Name   Jurisdiction of Incorporation
GenResults, LLC   Arizona, US
Talatek, LLC   Virginia, US

 

 

 

Exhibit 31.1

 

CERBERUS CYBER SENTINEL CORPORATION

CEO CERTIFICATE

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

 

I, David G. Jemmett, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2019;
   
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 and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:

 

  a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
     
  b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
     
  c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
     
  d. Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
     
  b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: March 30, 2020  
     
By: /s/ David G. Jemmett  
Name: David G. Jemmett  
Title: Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)  

 

     

 

 

Exhibit 31.2

CERBERUS CYBER SENTINEL CORPORATION

CFO CERTIFICATE

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

 

I, David G. Jemmett, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2019;
   
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 and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:

 

  a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
     
  b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
     
  c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
     
  d. Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
     
  b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: March 30, 2020  
   
By: /s/ David G. Jemmett  
Name: David G. Jemmett  
Title: (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)  

 

     

 

 

Exhibit 32.1

CERBERUS CYBER SENTINEL CORPORATION

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 this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2019 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, in the capacity and on the date indicated below, 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 her 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 operation of the Company.

 

Date: March 30, 2020  
   
By: /s/ David G. Jemmett  
Name: David G. Jemmett  
Title: Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)  

 

     

 

 

Exhibit 32.2

CERBERUS CYBER SENTINEL CORPORATION

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 this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2019 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, in the capacity and on the date indicated below, 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 operation of the Company.

 

Date: March 30, 2020  
   
By: /s/ David G. Jemmett  
Name: David G. Jemmett  
Title: (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)