UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

  

FORM S-1

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

INDOOR HARVEST CORP

(Name of small business issuer in our charter)

 

Texas		3590		45-5577364
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)		IRS I.D.

 

 

5300A East Freeway

Houston, Texas 77020

(713) 410-7903

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.  x 

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act Registration Statement number of the earlier effective Registration Statement for the same offering.  o 

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act Registration Statement number of the earlier effective Registration Statement for the same offering.  o 

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act Registration Statement number of the earlier effective Registration Statement for the same offering.  o 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUMMARY INFORMATION

 

You should carefully read all information in the prospectus, including the financial statements and their explanatory notes, under the Financial Statements prior to making an investment decision.

 

Organization

 

Indoor Harvest, Corp., or the “Company,” is a Texas corporation formed on November 23, 2011.  Our principal executive office is located at 5300A East Freeway, Houston, TX 77020.  Tel: 713-410-7903. 

 

Business

 

Indoor Harvest, Corp., through its brand name Indoor Harvest™, is a development stage company that seeks to become a design build, developer, marketer and direct-seller of commercial grade aeroponic fixtures and supporting systems for use in urban Controlled Environment Agriculture ("CEA") and Building Integrated Agriculture ("BIA").

  

Aeroponics is the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium (known as geoponics). Aeroponic culture differs from both conventional hydroponics and in-vitro (plant tissue culture) growing. Unlike hydroponics, which uses water as growing medium and essential minerals to sustain plant growth, aeroponics is conducted without a growing medium.  Because water is used in aerponics to transmit nutrients, it is sometimes considered a type of hydroponics.

 

Our fixtures and system design are based upon a modular concept in which primary components are interchangeable providing a level of customization that we believe based upon our knowledge of the industry is currently not offered by other aeroponic system manufactures. We are developing our aeroponic fixtures and systems for use by both horticulture enthusiasts and commercial operators who seek to utilize aeroponic vertical farming methods within a controlled indoor environment.

 

Our products are designed for the production of leafy greens, micro-greens, fruiting plants and herbs. Our products and systems can also be adapted for a variety of other uses such as horticulture research, medicinal plant production, pharmaceutical plant production, plant cloning and hardwood propagation.

 

Since our inception, we have engaged in the following significant operational activities:

 

On November 26, 2011, we began construction of a facility to conduct research and development in order to provide proof of concept on our prototype fixture designs. From the period of our inception to December 31, 2013, $30,888, or 15% of our total operational costs, was incurred for research and development expenses towards the development of our aeroponic fixture designs. See "Research and Development" below for additional information.

 

On January 11, 2012, we acquired the domain name indoorharvest.com from the original domain name registrant for $2,000 cash and recorded it as an indefinite-lived intangible asset. We also registered the domain name aerofarmer.com for future use.

 

As of December 31, 2013, we capitalized $9,692 in tooling equipment for our product line. Tooling equipment includes two molds for our Aeroponic Growth Tray (“AGT”) fixtures and one mold for our Aeroponic Growth Lid (“AGL”) fixtures.

 

From inception to December 31, 2013, $42,421, or 20% of our total operational expenses were related to professional fees. These fees are comprised of the following:

 

Accounting fees	$12,240	30%
Legal fees	$30,181	70%
Total professional fees	$42,421

 

On September 18, 2013, the Company entered into a material transfer agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab ("MIT Media Lab") to provide aeroponic system components and fixtures to be used for the purpose of developing a wall facade aeroponic system as part of MIT Media Lab's Changing Places research. The project, MITCityFarm, will focus on urban mobility networks, decentralized energy infrastructure and transformable housing units to advance urban agricultural systems. Indoor Harvest, Corp. will be responsible for providing technical assistance and materials as a "Technical Systems Adviser" to the MITCityFarm project.

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Research and Development

 

On September 14, 2012, we began research and development using our prototype designs. 

 

From September 18, 2012 through October 31, 2012, we completed an initial prototype system test by growing basil. The test resulted in an average 1.7 lbs of basil per square foot in 30 days using under 2 gallons of water per plant drain to waste. Upon completion of the test, we made design changes to our lid system and nutrient dispensing system prototypes.

 

From March 8, 2013 through April 8, 2013, we completed a second prototype system test by growing three types of lettuce, bibb lettuce, buttercrunch lettuce and romaine lettuce.  The test resulted in an average head weight of 1/4 lbs in 28 days and water use of under 3 gallons per head drain to waste. Upon completion of the test, we made design changes to our lighting system, updated the framing system and put two prototype grow trays into vertical operation.

 

From July 13, 2013 through August 22, 2013, we completed a third prototype system test by growing four types of lettuce, bibb lettuce, buttercrunch lettuce, romaine lettuce and ruby red lettuce. The test resulted in average head weight of 1/4 lbs in 30 days and 1/2 lbs in 40 days. During this period the Company also conducted research and development of lighting and controls, comparing the performance of LED lighting and T5 fluorescent lighting. Also during this period the Company tested its second nutrient dispensing prototype running two vertically stacked grow trays simultaneously.

 

Plan of Operations

 

During the next 12 months, we anticipate engaging in the following operational activities, although we may vary our plans depending upon operational conditions and available funding:

 

Event	Actions	Estimated Time	Estimated Cost
Setup manufacturing, design build and fabrication facilities	Purchase equipment, tools and complete product tooling	Q1-Q2	$250,000
Build a Demonstration BIA Farm	Build a 100 tray BIA indoor demonstration farm within our existing leased facility in order to showcase our fixtures and to conduct further research and development.	Q2-Q4	$550,000.
Develop Automated Controls	Develop automated controls, both hardware and software for use with our aeroponic systems	Q2-Q4	$100,000
Develop Retail Aeroponic System	Develop a retail version of our commercial aeroponic system and controls for use by the home hobbyist	Q3-Q4	$100,000

 

The total estimated costs of our short-term operational plans for the next twelve (12) months are $1,000,000. If we are unable to raise additional funds through private placements, registered offerings, debt financing or other sources we may need to postpone the development of our business plan. Without additional funding, we may only be partially successful or completely unsuccessful in implementing our business plan. We anticipate that our current cash on hand will enable us to maintain minimum operations and working capital requirements for at least twelve months.

 

As of March 3, 2014, we have $434,288 in our bank account. Our estimated day-to-day operational costs, exclusive of those costs in our Plan of Operations for the next 12 months as set forth above, are estimated to be approximately $144,000 to maintain minimal operational activities during the next 12 months.  In addition, we will have $60,000 for the costs related to the filing of this Registration Statement and anticipate less than $75,000 to maintain publicly traded status thereafter. However, as stated above, in order to implement our Plan of Operations for the next 12 months we will need to secure $1,000,000 in funds. If we are unable to secure the necessary funds, we will not be able to undertake some or all of our planned business development activities. Accordingly, we anticipate, based upon the assumption of $204,000 in registration statement and day-to-day operational costs during the next 12 months, a minimum average monthly burn rate of no more than $17,000 during the next 12 months, which will be paid from our existing funds. 

 

 

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From January 1, 2014 through  February 20, 2014 the Company sold 1,449,00 shares of our common stock for  $362,250 in cash. Based upon the assumption of our monthly burn rate exclusive of those costs in our Plan of Operations for the next 12 months as set forth above, the Company currently has sufficient funds to commence some but not all of our planned activities as set forth in the table above.  We plan to start by setting up our manufacturing, design build and fabrication facilities during the second quarter of 2014 and will initially budget $150,000 for these efforts from existing capital. In order to fully implement our Plan of Operations for the next 12 months, we will need an additional $850,000. Management has no written or oral agreement to advance additional funds.  If we do not secure additional funds either from operational cash flow when we begin to sell our products or additional debt or equity financing, the implementation of our planned future business development activities will be delayed.

 

We are a development stage company and are in the process of developing our products and services. Consequently, we have not generated revenues as of the date of this prospectus. We have an accumulated deficit and have incurred operating losses since our inception and expect losses to continue during 2014. Our auditor has indicated in their Report that these conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.  

 

Our corporate website is http://www.indoorharvest.com. Nothing on our website is a part of this prospectus.

 

The terms "Our Company" "we," "us" and "our" as used in this prospectus refer to Indoor Harvest, Corp.

 

Emerging Growth Company

 

We are an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act. We shall continue to be deemed an emerging growth company until the earliest of:

 

 

 

 

 

As an emerging growth company we are exempt from Section 404(b) of Sarbanes Oxley. Section 404(a) requires Issuers to publish information in their annual reports concerning the scope and adequacy of the internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting. This statement shall also assess the effectiveness of such internal controls and procedures. Section 404(b) requires that the registered accounting firm shall, in the same report, attest to and report on the assessment on the effectiveness of the internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting.  As an emerging growth company we are also exempt from Section 14A (a) and (b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which require the shareholder approval of executive compensation and golden parachutes.  These exemptions are also available to us as a Smaller Reporting Company.

 

We have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(2) of the Jobs Act, that allows us to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies. As a result of this election, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates.

 

The Offering

 

As of the date of this prospectus, we had 8,227,388 shares of common stock outstanding.

 

Selling shareholders are offering up to 2,467,003 shares of common stock.  The selling shareholders will offer their shares at $0.50 per share until our shares are quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board and thereafter at prevailing market prices or privately negotiated prices.  We will pay all expenses of registering the securities, estimated at approximately $67,158.  We will not receive any proceeds of the sale of these securities.

 

To be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, a market maker must file an application on our behalf in order to make a market for our common stock. There is no guarantee that our stock will ever be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board. The current absence of a public market for our common stock may make it more difficult for you to sell shares of our common stock that you own.

 

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Financial Summary

 

Because this is only a financial summary, it does not contain all the financial information that may be important to you. Therefore, you should carefully read all the information in this prospectus, including the financial statements and their explanatory notes before making an investment decision.

 

 

Statement of Operations:	Period from Inception (November 23, 2011) to December 31, 2013
Revenue	$ —
Net loss	$ 211,796
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted	$ 0.05

 

 

Balance Sheet:	At December 31, 2013
Working capital	$ 115,836
Total assets	$ 160,023
Total shares of common stock issued	6,505,381
Weighted average common shares outstanding	5,705,614
Deficit accumulated during the development stage	$ (211,796)
Total stockholder's equity	$ 153,842

 

 

RISK FACTORS

 

In addition to the other information provided in this prospectus, you should carefully consider the following risk factors in evaluating our business before purchasing any of our common stock.  All material risks are discussed in this section.

 

Risks Relating to Our Lack of Operating History

 

Our lack of operating history makes predictions of future operating results difficult to ascertain. Our prospects must be considered in light of the risks, expenses and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in their early stage of development, particularly companies in new and rapidly evolving markets. Such risks for us include, but are not limited to, an evolving and unpredictable business model and the management of growth. To address these risks, we must, among other things, obtain a customer base, implement and successfully execute our business and marketing strategy, continually develop and upgrade our product offering, respond to competitive developments, and attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in addressing such risks, and the failure to do so can have a material adverse effect on our business prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We have generated no revenues from operations, which makes it difficult for us to evaluate our future business prospects and make decisions based on those estimates of our future performance.

 

As of March 5, 2014 we have not generated revenues. As a consequence, it is difficult, if not impossible, to forecast our future results based upon our historical data. Because of the related uncertainties, we may be hindered in our ability to anticipate and timely adapt to increases or decreases in sales, revenues or expenses.  If we make poor budgetary decisions as a result of unreliable data, we may never become profitable or incur losses, which may result in a decline in our stock price. 

 

There is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and if we are unable to generate significant revenue or secure additional financing we may be unable to implement our business plan and grow our business.

 

We are a development stage company and are in the process of developing our products and services. Consequently, we have not generated revenues as of the date of this prospectus. We have an accumulated deficit and have incurred operating losses since our inception and expect losses to continue during 2014. Our auditor has indicated in their Report that these conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The continuation of our business as a going concern is dependent upon the continued financial support from our stockholders.

 

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There is uncertainty regarding our ability to implement our business plan and grow our business without additional financing. We have no agreements, commitments or understandings to secure additional financing at this time. Our future growth and success is dependent upon our ability to commence sell our products, commence generate cash from operating activities and obtain additional financing. There is no assurance that we will be able to commence selling our products, generate sufficient cash from operations, sell additional shares of common stock or borrow additional funds. Our inability to obtain additional cash could have a material adverse effect on our ability to grow our business and implement our business plan.

 

Industry Risks

 

Specialized agricultural equipment is an emerging yet competitive industry and many of our competitors have greater resources that may enable them to compete more effectively.  

 

We will compete with several domestic and international companies that offer a range of products similar to our own or that compete in the same market. Some of our competitors have greater resources than we do, which may enable them to compete more effectively in this market. Our competitors may devote their resources to developing and marketing products that will directly compete with our product lines, and new, more efficient competitors may enter the market. If we are unable to successfully compete with existing companies and new entrants to the market this will have a negative impact on our business and financial condition.

 

Our targeted customer base is diverse and we face a challenge in adequately meeting each group’s needs.

 

Because we will serve multiple types of customers from gardening enthusiasts to small-scale produce farmers, we must work constantly to understand the needs, standards and technical requirements of several different customer groups and must devote significant resources to developing products for their interests. If we do not accurately predict our customers’ needs and expectations, we may expend valuable resources in developing products that do not achieve broad acceptance across the markets.

 

Our success depends on adoption of our product by several communities, including agricultural enthusiasts, commercial growers, and horticultural researchers and if these communities do not adopt our products then our revenue will be severely limited.

 

The major groups to whom we believe our products will appeal may not embrace our products. Acceptance of our product will depend on several factors, including: cost, ease of use, familiarity of use, convenience, timeliness, strategic partnerships, and reliability. If we fail to adequately meet our customers’ needs and expectations, our product offerings may not be competitive and our ability to commence or continue generating revenues could be reduced. We also cannot be sure that our business model will gain wide acceptance among all targeted groups. If the market fails to continue to develop, or develops more slowly than we expect, our ability to commence or continue generating revenues could be reduced.

 

Competing forms of specialized agricultural equipment may be more desirable to consumers or may make our products obsolete. 

 

There are currently several different specialized agricultural equipment technologies being deployed in urban vertical farming operations such as aquaponics, hydroponics and terraponics.  Further development of any of these technologies may lead to advancements in vertical farming techniques that will make our product obsolete. Consumers may prefer alternative technologies and products.  We cannot guarantee that aeroponic farming using our aeroponic equipment will continue to grow within the industry as a whole. Any developments that contribute to the obsolescence of our aeroponic systems may substantially impact our business reducing our ability to commence or sustain generating revenues.. 

 

Our current or future manufacturers could fail to fulfill our orders for our aeroponic system components, which would disrupt our business, increase our costs, and could potentially cause us to lose our market.

 

We currently depend on four contract manufacturers in Texas, and one in California to produce our aeroponic system components. These manufacturers could fail to produce the systems to our specifications or in a workmanlike manner and may not deliver the systems on a timely basis. Our manufacturers must also obtain inventories of the necessary parts and tools for production. Although we own certain of the tooling used by our manufacturers, all of our manufacturers operate in the United States.  We currently have no written agreements with any manufacturers.  If our manufacturers fail to deliver products when ordered, we may not be able to fulfill customer orders and our reputation could be harmed and revenues reduced.  Any change in manufacturers could disrupt or delay our ability to fulfill orders for areoponic garden systems while we search for alternative supply sources, provide specifications, and test initial production, and our business prospects, results of operations and financial condition would be materially and adversely affected.

 

 

 

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Damage claims against our products could reduce our sales and revenues.

 

If any of our products are found to cause injury or damage, the Company could suffer financial damages. We have not had significant claims for damages or losses from our products to date. The Company does not carry product liability insurance.  Any claims for damages related to the products we sell could damage our reputation and reduce our revenues.

 

If we are unable to protect our proprietary and technology rights our operations will be adversely affected.

 

Our success will depend in part on our ability to protect our proprietary rights and technologies.  On December 6, 2011, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for Indoor Harvest (Serial Number 85488194) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") granted a first 6 month extension for use on January 5, 2013 and a second extension for use on July 17, 2013 and a third extension for use on January 14, 2014.  On May 15, 2013 the company filed a provisional application for patent on a "modular aeroponic system and related methods" (Serial Number 61/823,330) with the USPTO. In order to obtain our patent, the Company will need to convert its provisional application for patent, into a non-provisional application for patent. There is no guarantee that a patent will be granted.  We rely on a combination of trademark laws, patent laws, trade secrets, confidentiality provisions and other contractual provisions to protect our proprietary rights.  However, not all of these measures may apply or may afford only limited protection.  Our failure to adequately protect our proprietary rights may adversely affect our operations.  Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our services or to obtain and use trade secrets or other information that we regard as proprietary.  Based on the nature of our business, we may or may not be able to adequately protect our rights through patent, copyright and trademark laws.  Our means of protecting our proprietary rights in the United States or abroad may not be adequate, and competitors may independently develop similar technologies. In addition, litigation may be necessary in the future to:

 

 

Any such litigation could result in substantial costs if we are held to have willfully infringed or to expend significant resources to develop non-infringing technology and would divert the attention of management from the implementation of our business strategy.  Furthermore, the outcome of litigation is inherently difficult to predict and we may not prevail in any litigation in which we become involved.

 

Disruption to our supply chain of parts needed for constructing our products could negatively affect our sales.

 

The Company has not as yet experienced significant problems in obtaining its parts needed for constructing its products from suppliers. However, there is no guarantee that some of the current suppliers may not be able to continue to provide parts needed for constructing our products from our current suppliers.  We have no written agreements with any of our suppliers and order these parts from different manufacturers on a purchase order basis. If the manufactured parts do not meet quality standard, the parts are not accepted by us. This could cause a shortage of those parts in inventory resulting in back orders and even cancellations of orders. Sales of existing products in inventory may not be sufficient to use all stock on hand before we can obtain replacement parts from other suppliers. This could reduce or eliminate our revenues.

 

Our systems can be used for the production of cannabis, which is deemed to be illegal under the Federal Controlled Substances Act even though such activities may be permissible under state law . 

 

There is a potential risk that exists should our activities be deemed to be facilitating the selling or distribution of cannabis in violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act, or to constitute aiding or abetting, or being an accessory to, a violation of that Act.  We cannot predict the level of this risk given what is going on in a number of states legalizing the sale of cannabis in one form or another.  To date, federal authorities have not focused their resources on such tangential or secondary violations of the Act, nor have they threatened to do so, with respect to the manufacture or sale of equipment that might be used by cannabis growers, or with respect to any supplies marketed to participants in the emerging cannabis industry. However, we cannot assure that they will not act in the future, which could significantly reduce our revenues.

 

Risks Related to Selling Our Products Through Our Own Website

 

The security risks or perceived risks of selling through our own website may discourage users from purchasing through our website.

 

In order to make sales over the Internet, we and other market participants must be able to transmit confidential information securely over public networks. Third parties may have the technology or know-how to breach the security of user data. Any breach could cause users to lose confidence in the security of our Website and choose not purchase our products through our website. The Company currently has not launched its web presence to start online sales as of the date of this prospectus.

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We cannot assure you that advances in computer capabilities, new discoveries in the field of cryptography or other events or developments will not result in a compromise or breach of the algorithms that we will use to protect user data. If any such compromise of our security were to occur, it could harm our reputation, business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations. A party who is able to circumvent our security measures could misappropriate information or cause interruptions in our operations. We may be required to expend significant capital and other resources to protect against such security breaches or to alleviate problems caused by such breaches. We cannot assure you that our security measures will prevent security breaches or that failure to prevent such security breaches will not harm our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We may be liable if third parties misappropriate our users’ personal financial information.

 

If third parties are able to penetrate our network security or otherwise misappropriate our users’ personal information, or if we give third parties improper access to our users’ personal information, we could be subject to liability. This liability could include claims for impersonation or other similar fraud claims. This liability could also include claims for other misuses of personal information, including unauthorized marketing purposes. These claims could result in litigation. Liability for misappropriation of this information could adversely affect our business. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission and state agencies have been investigating various Internet companies regarding their use of personal information. We could incur additional expenses if new regulations regarding the use of personal information are introduced or if government agencies investigate our privacy practices.

 

System and online security failures could harm our business and operating results.

 

Our sales and customer service will depend on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of our computer and communications hardware systems. Our systems and operations will be vulnerable to damage or interruption from a number of sources, including fire, flood, power loss, telecommunications failure, break-ins, earthquakes and similar events. Our Internet host provider does not guarantee that our Internet access will be uninterrupted, error-free or secure. Our servers are also vulnerable to computer viruses, physical, electrical or electronic break-ins and similar disruptions. Any substantial interruptions could result in the loss of data and could completely impair our ability to generate revenues. We do not presently have a full disaster recovery plan in effect to cover the loss of all facilities and equipment. We do have business interruption insurance; however, do intend to utilize redundant data centers around the U.S.

 

Risks Related to Management and Personnel

 

We depend heavily on key personnel, and turnover of key senior management could harm our business.

 

Our future business and results of operations depend in significant part upon the continued contributions of our founder and CEO Chad Sykes. If we lose his services or if he fails to perform in his current position, or if we are not able to attract and retain skilled employees as needed, our business could suffer. Significant turnover in our senior management could significantly deplete our institutional knowledge held by our existing senior management team. We depend on the skills and abilities of these key employees in managing the product acquisition, marketing and sales aspects of our business, any part of which could be harmed by turnover in the future.

 

We intend to become an SEC reporting company following this offering.  Our management has limited experience in managing the day-to-day operations of a public company and, as a result, we may incur additional expenses associated with the management of our company.

 

We will become an SEC reporting company following this offering.  Our founder and CEO Chad Sykes is responsible for the operations and reporting of our company. The requirements of operating as a small public company are new to the management team and the employees as a whole. This may require us to obtain outside assistance from legal, accounting, investor relations, or other professionals that could be more costly than planned. We may also be required to hire additional staff to comply with additional SEC reporting requirements. Our failure to comply with reporting requirements and other provisions of securities laws could negatively affect our stock price and adversely affect our results of operations, cash flow and financial condition.

 

Risks Related to the Market for our Stock

 

Investors may have difficulty in reselling their shares due to the lack of market or state Blue Sky laws.

 

Our common stock is currently not quoted on any market. No market may ever develop for our common stock, or if developed, may not be sustained in the future.  

 

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The holders of our shares of common stock and persons who desire to purchase them in any trading market that might develop in the future should be aware that there may be significant state law restrictions upon the ability of investors to resell our shares. Accordingly, even if we are successful in having the Shares available for trading on the OTCBB, investors should consider any secondary market for the Company's securities to be a limited one. We intend to seek coverage and publication of information regarding the company in an accepted publication, which permits a "manual exemption." This manual exemption permits a security to be distributed in a particular state without being registered if the company issuing the security has a listing for that security in a securities manual recognized by the state. However, it is not enough for the security to be listed in a recognized manual. The listing entry must contain (1) the names of issuers, officers, and directors, (2) an issuer's balance sheet, and (3) a profit and loss statement for either the fiscal year preceding the balance sheet or for the most recent fiscal year of operations.  We may not be able to secure a listing containing all of this information.  Furthermore, the manual exemption is a non issuer exemption restricted to secondary trading transactions, making it unavailable for issuers selling newly issued securities. Most of the accepted manuals are those published in Standard and Poor's, Moody's Investor Service, Fitch's Investment Service, and Best's Insurance Reports, and many states expressly recognize these manuals. A smaller number of states declare that they “recognize securities manuals” but do not specify the recognized manuals. The following states do not have any provisions and therefore do not expressly recognize the manual exemption: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont and Wisconsin. 

 

Accordingly, our shares should be considered totally illiquid, which inhibits investors’ ability to resell their shares.

 

If our stock is ever quoted on an OTC or other stock market, we will be subject to penny stock regulations and restrictions and you may have difficulty selling shares of our common stock.

 

The SEC has adopted regulations which generally define so-called “penny stocks” to be an equity security that has a market price less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exemptions.  We anticipate that if we become an SEC reporting company and secure a qualification for quotation for our securities on an OTC Market, our common stock will become a “penny stock”, and we will become subject to Rule 15g-9 under the Exchange Act, or the “Penny Stock Rule”. This rule imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers that sell such securities to persons other than established customers. For transactions covered by Rule 15g-9, a broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and have received the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to sale. As a result, this rule may affect the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and may affect the ability of purchasers to sell any of our securities in the secondary market.

 

For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require delivery, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, of a disclosure schedule prepared by the SEC relating to the penny stock market. Disclosure is also required about sales commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities. Finally, monthly statements are required to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stock.

 

We do not anticipate that our common stock will qualify for exemption from the Penny Stock Rule. In any event, even if our common stock were exempt from the Penny Stock Rule, we would remain subject to Section 15(b)(6) of the Exchange Act, which gives the SEC the authority to restrict any person from participating in a distribution of penny stock, if the SEC finds that such a restriction would be in the public interest.

 

Sales of our common stock under Rule 144 could reduce the price of our stock.

 

There are 3,603,388 shares of our common stock held by non-affiliates and 4,624,000 shares held by affiliates Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933 defines as restricted securities. 

 

We intend that 2,467,003 of our shares currently held by non-affiliates will be registered with the SEC.  However, the remaining non-affiliate shares as well as all of the affiliates’ shares will still be subject to the resale restrictions of Rule 144.  In general, persons holding restricted securities, including affiliates, must hold their shares for a period of at least six months, may not sell more than one percent of the total issued and outstanding shares in any 90-day period, and must resell the shares in an unsolicited brokerage transaction at the market price.  The availability for sale of substantial amounts of common stock under Rule 144 could reduce prevailing market prices for our securities.

 

Because we do not have an audit or compensation committee, shareholders will have to rely on the entire board of directors, none of which are independent, to perform these functions.

 

We do not have an audit or compensation committee comprised of independent directors.  Indeed, we do not have any audit or compensation committee.  The board of directors performs these functions as a whole.  No members of the board of directors are independent directors.  Thus, there is a potential conflict in that board members who are also part of management will participate in discussions concerning management compensation and audit issues that may affect management decisions.

 

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Certain of our stockholders hold a significant percentage of our outstanding voting securities, which could reduce the ability of minority shareholders to effect certain corporate actions.

 

Our officers, directors and majority shareholders are the beneficial owners of approximately 56.2% of our outstanding voting securities. As a result, they possess significant influence and can elect a majority of our board of directors and authorize or prevent proposed significant corporate transactions. Their ownership and control may also have the effect of delaying or preventing a future change in control, impeding a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business combination or discourage a potential acquirer from making a tender offer.

 

We are an "emerging growth company," and we cannot be certain if the reduced reporting 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 Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the JOBS Act. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although we could lose that status sooner if our revenues exceed $1 billion, if we issue more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt in a three year period, or if the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of December 31, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following December 31. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.

 

We have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(2) of the Jobs Act, that allows us to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies. As a result of this election, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates.

 

Because we lack certain internal controls over financial reporting in that we do not have an audit committee and our Board of Directors has no technical knowledge of U.S. GAAP and internal control of financial reporting and relies upon the Company’s financial personnel to advise the Board on such matters, we are subject to increased risk related to financial statement disclosures.

 

We lack certain internal controls over financial reporting in that we do not have an audit committee and our Board of Directors has no technical knowledge of U.S. GAAP and internal control of financial reporting and relies upon the Company’s financial personnel to advise the Board on such matters. Accordingly, we are subject to increased risk related to financial statement disclosures.

 

Special Information Regarding Forward Looking Statements

 

Some of the statements in this Prospectus are “forward-looking statements.”  These forward-looking statements involve certain known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.  These factors include, among others, the factors set forth above under “Risk Factors.”  The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.  We caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.  We undertake no obligation to update and revise any forward-looking statements or to publicly announce the result of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements in this document to reflect any future or developments.  However, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 is not available to us as a non-reporting issuer and as an issuer of penny stocks.  Further, Section 27A(b)(2)(D) of the Securities Act and Section 21E(b)(2)(D) of the Securities Exchange Act expressly state that the safe harbor for forward looking statements does not apply to statements made in connection with an initial public offering.

 

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

Not applicable.  We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares offered by the selling shareholders.

 

DETERMINATION OF OFFERING PRICE

 

Our management has determined the offering price for the selling shareholders' shares.  The price of the shares we are offering was arbitrarily determined based upon the prior offering price in our private placement.  We have no agreement, written or oral, with our selling shareholders about this price.  Based upon oral conversations with our selling shareholders, we believe that none of our selling shareholders disagree with this price.  The offering price bears no relationship whatsoever to our assets, earnings, book value or other criteria of value. The factors considered were:

 

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The offering price does not bear any relationship to our assets, results of operations, or book value, or to any other generally accepted criteria of valuation. Prior to this offering, there has been no market for our securities.

 

DILUTION

 

Not applicable. We are not offering any shares in this registration statement. All shares are being registered on behalf of our selling shareholders.

 

SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

 

The selling security holders named below are selling the securities. The table assumes that all of the securities will be sold in this offering. However, any or all of the securities listed below may be retained by any of the selling security holders, and therefore, no accurate forecast can be made as to the number of securities that will be held by the selling security holders upon termination of this offering.

 

We believe that the selling security holders listed in the table have sole voting and investment powers with respect to the securities indicated. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the securities by the selling security holders. None of our selling security holders is or is affiliated with a broker-dealer.  All selling security holders may be deemed underwriters.

 

Name of Shareholders	Total Shares Owned	Shares Registered	Remaining Shares if All Registered Shares Sold [1]	% Before Offering	% After Offering	Material Transactions with Selling Shareholder in past 3 years
Chad Sykes	4,624,000	0	4,624,000	56.20%	56.20%
Zhou Ying	546,333	200,000	346,333	6.64%	4.21%
Djimo Serodio	462,552	200,000	262,552	5.62%	3.19%	Advisor/Consultant
Kong Yu Feng	340,000	200,000	140,000	4.13%	1.70%
Jennifer Haney	300,500	200,000	100,500	3.65%	1.22%
Warren Postman	200,000	200,000	0	2.43%	0
Michael Williams	184,335	184,335	0	2.24%	0	Attorney
Demeter Capital Group, LP	100,000	100,000	0	1.22%	0
James Cordon	100,000	100,000	0	1.22%	0
Mathieu Le Pape	99,000	99,000	0	1.20%	0
Jacobo Aguirre	99,000	99,000	0	1.20%	0
Mercedes de Navasques	99,000	99,000	0	1.20%	0
Villiam Caprara	90,000	90,000	0	1.09%	0
Dexter Bayack	80,000	80,000	0	0.97%	0	Media/Consultant
Leslie Bocskor	65,552	65,552	0	0.80%	0	Advisor/Consultant
Pegasus Global Partners, LLC	64,000	64,000	0	0.78%	0
Brian Falther	62,552	62,552	0	0.76%	0	Advisor/Consultant
Maximilian Loessl	62,552	62,552	0	0.76%	0	Advisor/Consultant
William Johnson	62,552	62,552	0	0.76%	0	Advisor/Consultant
Regis Cabaret	50,000	50,000	0	0.61%	0
Paul Makepeace	48,000	48,000	0	0.58%	0
Salvador Galindo Soler	40,000	40,000	0	0.49%	0
Lalande Jean Marie	40,000	40,000	0	0.49%	0
Bruce Heimann	30,000	30,000	0	0.36%	0
Johannes Varhelyi	24,867	24,867	0	0.30%	0
Todd Feinstein	23,120	23,120	0	0.28%	0	Attorney
James Regan	20,000	20,000	0	0.24%	0
Emil Svensson	6,673	6,673	0	0.08%	0
Martha Friedrich [2]	2,000	2,000	0	0.02%	0
Erik Ahl	1,800	1,800	0	0.02%	0
David Gooch	1,000	1,000	0	0.01%	0
John Huff [3]	1,000	1,000	0	0.01%	0
Sara Huff [3]	1,000	1,000	0	0.01%	0
Steven Voebel	800	800	0	0.01%	0
Victoria Noble [4]	800	800	0	0.01%	0
Bartholomen Noble [4]	800	800	0	0.01%	0
Christina Spangler [5]	800	800	0	0.01%	0
Neal Spangler [5]	800	800	0	0.01%	0
George Alsop	800	800	0	0.01%	0
Glenn Friedrich [2]	600	600	0	0.01%	0
Mikal Hutto	400	400	0	0.00%	0
Deanna Fox	400	400	0	0.00%	0
Grayce Aspin	400	400	0	0.00%	0
Nancy Sykes [6]	400	400	0	0.00%	0
James Sykes [6]	400	400	0	0.00%	0
Franz Hill [7]	400	400	0	0.00%	0
Sarah Hill [7]	400	400	0	0.00%	0
George Alsop Jr.	400	400	0	0.00%	0
Ruth Haney	400	400	0	0.00%	0

 

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The following family relationships constituting joint beneficial ownership exist between our Selling Shareholders:

 

 

 

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Share Issuances

 

There were no issuances of common stock for the year ended December 31, 2011 . 

 

In March of 2012, the Company issued 2,153,600 shares of common stock to Chad Sykes in exchange for equipment and valued the share issuance at $0.01 per share. This transaction was valued based upon the cost of the equipment acquired by the owner and contributed to Indoor Harvest as this was the most readily determinable value on the date of issuance.

 

In March of 2012, the Company issued 2,470,400 shares of common stock to Chad Sykes to liquidate a liability for prior advances and valued the share issuance at $0.01 per share. This transaction was valued based upon the cost of the supplies and services acquired by the owner and contributed to Indoor Harvest as this was the most readily determinable value on the date of issuance.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the company issued a total of 1,551,173 shares to 25 U.S. and 7 NON US Citizens or Residents for cash at prices ranging from $0.05 per share to $0.25 per share for cash totaling $237,038.

 

In July of 2013, the Company entered into a written website development agreement for a total cost of $2,500 and common stock valued at $20,000 based on the cash sale price for shares of common stock in the Company’s recent private placements which totaled 80,000 shares. All securities which we are obligated to issue under this agreement have been issued.

 

In December of 2013, the Company entered into four written advisory agreements where the advisors agree to act as mentors or advisors to the Company and provide advice and assistance ranging from attending quarterly meetings to providing feedback on Company strategy to making introductions and assisting in acquisitions.  During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued 250,208 common shares in connection with these agreements and valued the share issuance for services at the most recent price per share for cash sales of the Company’s stock or $0.25 per share for an aggregate valuation of $62,552. None of these advisers duties involve participation in the offer and sale of the Company’s securities, and none of this compensation relates directly or indirectly to the success or lack of success in the Company’s fund raising activities. All securities which we are obligated to issue under these agreements have been issued.

 

In January of 2014, the Company entered into a written advisory agreement where the advisor agrees to act as a mentor or advisor to the Company and provide advice and assistance ranging from attending quarterly meetings to providing feedback on Company strategy to making introductions and assisting in acquisitions.  Based on the stage of the Company and services performed, the compensation shall range from 0.15% of the shares outstanding to 1.0%.  The Company issued 65,552 common shares in connection with this agreement and valued the share issuance for services at the most recent price per share for cash sales of the Company’s stock or $0.25 per share or $16,388. This advisers duties did not involve participation in the offer and sale of the Company’s securities, and none of this compensation relates directly or indirectly to the success or lack of success in the Company’s fund raising activities. All securities which we are obligated to issue under this agreement have been issued.

 

In January of 2014, the Company issued 207,455 shares of Common stock to two individuals, who at the date of issuance, worked for Williams Securities Law Firm, P.A., the law firm representing us in this registration statement and prior securities related activities.

 

From January 1, 2014 through February 20, 2014, the Company issued 1,449,000 shares of its common stock to 6 U.S. and 8 NON US Citizens or Residents at $0.25 per share for cash of $362,250

 

We relied upon Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended for the above issuances to US citizens or residents. We relied upon Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended for the above issuances to non US citizens or residents.

 

Blue Sky

 

The holders of our shares of common stock and persons who desire to purchase them in any trading market that might develop in the future should be aware that there may be significant state law restrictions upon the ability of investors to resell our shares. Accordingly, even if we are successful in having the Shares available for trading on the OTCBB, investors should consider any secondary market for the Company's securities to be a limited one. There is no guarantee that our stock will ever be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board.  We intend to seek coverage and publication of information regarding the company in an accepted publication which permits a "manual exemption”. This manual exemption permits a security to be distributed in a particular state without being registered if the company issuing the security has a listing for that security in a securities manual recognized by the state. However, it is not enough for the security to be listed in a recognized manual. The listing entry must contain (1) the names of issuers, officers, and directors, (2) an issuer's balance sheet, and (3) a profit and loss statement for either the fiscal year preceding the balance sheet or for the most recent fiscal year of operations. We may not be able to secure a listing containing all of this information. Furthermore, the manual exemption is a non issuer exemption restricted to secondary trading transactions, making it unavailable for issuers selling newly issued securities. Most of the accepted manuals are those published in Standard and Poor's, Moody's Investor Service, Fitch's Investment Service, and Best's Insurance Reports, and many states expressly recognize these manuals. A smaller number of states declare that they “recognize securities manuals” but do not specify the recognized manuals. The following states do not have any provisions and therefore do not expressly recognize the manual exemption: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont and Wisconsin.

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We currently do not intend to and may not be able to qualify securities for resale in other states which require shares to be qualified before they can be resold by our shareholders.

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

Our common stock is currently not quoted on any market.  No market may ever develop for our common stock, or if developed, may not be sustained in the future.  Accordingly, our shares should be considered totally illiquid, which inhibits investors’ ability to resell their shares.

 

Selling shareholders are offering up to 2,467,003 shares of common stock. The selling shareholders will offer their shares at $0.50 per share until our shares are quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board and thereafter at prevailing market prices or privately negotiated prices. We will not receive proceeds from the sale of shares from the selling shareholders.  There is no guarantee that our stock will ever be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board.

 

The securities offered by this prospectus will be sold by the selling shareholders. Selling shareholders in this offering may be considered underwriters.  We are not aware of any underwriting arrangements that have been entered into by the selling shareholders. The distribution of the securities by the selling shareholders may be effected in one or more transactions that may take place in the over-the-counter market, including broker's transactions or privately negotiated transactions.

 

The selling shareholders may pledge all or a portion of the securities owned as collateral for margin accounts or in loan transactions, and the securities may be resold pursuant to the terms of such pledges, margin accounts or loan transactions. Upon default by such selling shareholders, the pledge in such loan transaction would have the same rights of sale as the selling shareholders under this prospectus. The selling shareholders may also enter into exchange traded listed option transactions, which require the delivery of the securities listed under this prospectus. After our securities are qualified for quotation on the over the counter bulletin board, the selling shareholders may also transfer securities owned in other ways not involving market makers or established trading markets, including directly by gift, distribution, or other transfer without consideration, and upon any such transfer the transferee would have the same rights of sale as such selling shareholders under this prospectus.

 

In addition to the above, each of the selling shareholders will be affected by the applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including, without limitation, Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the securities by the selling shareholders or any such other person. We have instructed our selling shareholders that they may not purchase any of our securities while they are selling shares under this registration statement.

 

Upon this registration statement being declared effective, the selling shareholders may offer and sell their shares from time to time until all of the shares registered are sold; however, this offering may not extend beyond two years from the initial effective date of this registration statement.

 

There can be no assurances that the selling shareholders will sell any or all of the securities. In various states, the securities may not be sold unless these securities have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.

 

All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of our securities. Pursuant to oral promises we made to the selling shareholders, we will pay all the fees and expenses incident to the registration of the securities.

 

Should any substantial change occur regarding the status or other matters concerning the selling shareholders or us, we will file a post-effective amendment to this registration statement disclosing such matters.

 

  OTC Bulletin Board Considerations

 

 

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To be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, a market maker must file an application, on Form 211, on our behalf in order to make a market for our common stock. As of the date of this prospectus, the Company has not obtained a market maker to file a Form 211.

 

The OTC Bulletin Board is separate and distinct from the NASDAQ stock market. NASDAQ has no business relationship with issuers of securities quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board. The SEC’s order handling rules, which apply to NASDAQ-listed securities, do not apply to securities quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board.

 

Although the NASDAQ stock market has rigorous listing standards to ensure the high quality of its issuers, and can delist issuers for not meeting those standards, the OTC Bulletin Board has no listing standards. Rather, it is the market maker who chooses to quote a security on the system, files the application, and is obligated to comply with keeping information about the issuer in its files. FINRA cannot deny an application by a market maker to quote the stock of a company. The only requirement for inclusion in the bulletin board is that the issuer be current in its reporting requirements with the SEC.

 

Although we anticipate listing on the OTC Bulletin board will increase liquidity for our stock, investors may have greater difficulty in getting orders filled because it is anticipated that if our stock trades on a public market, it initially will trade on the OTC Bulletin Board rather than on NASDAQ. Investors’ orders may be filled at a price much different than expected when an order is placed. Trading activity in general is not conducted as efficiently and effectively as with NASDAQ-listed securities.

 

Investors must contact a broker-dealer to trade OTC Bulletin Board securities. Investors do not have direct access to the bulletin board service. For bulletin board securities, there only has to be one market maker.

 

Bulletin board transactions are conducted almost entirely manually. Because there are no automated systems for negotiating trades on the bulletin board, they are conducted via telephone. In times of heavy market volume, the limitations of this process may result in a significant increase in the time it takes to execute investor orders. Therefore, when investors place market orders - an order to buy or sell a specific number of shares at the current market price - it is possible for the price of a stock to go up or down significantly during the lapse of time between placing a market order and getting execution.

 

Because bulletin board stocks are usually not followed by analysts, there may be lower trading volume than for NASDAQ-listed securities.

 

There is no guarantee that our stock will ever be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board.

    

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

We are not aware of any pending or threatened legal proceedings in which we are involved.

 

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS, AND CONTROL PERSONS

 

The board of directors elects our executive officers annually.  A majority vote of the directors who are in office is required to fill vacancies.  Each director shall be elected for the term of one year, and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal.  Our director and executive officer is as follows:

 

Name		Age		Position
Chad Sykes		40		CEO, President, Secretary, and Director

 

Mr. Chad Sykes is the founder and CEO of Indoor Harvest, Corp. He designed and developed the Company's modular aeroponic system and has been responsible for all R&D since inception. Prior to founding Indoor Harvest, Mr. Sykes operated a boutique investor and public relations consulting firm. For the past five years, Mr. Sykes has helped generate market awareness and investor relation programs for six publicly traded small and micro cap companies in the manufacturing, healthcare, oil & gas and agricultural industries.

 

Prior to 2007, Mr. Sykes served in the U.S. Army. During his 5-year enlistment he served two combat tours to Iraq during OIF1 and OIF3. Serving as a M1A1 Abrahams Tank Crewman in OIF1 and then later serving at the Brigade level for S4 logistics operations during OIF3.

 

Before joining the U.S. Army, Mr. Sykes worked in the mechanical trades construction industry for 10 years. He held positions as a journeyman plumber, plumbing superintendent and project manager. His primary industry focus was medical gas systems, process piping and control systems.

 

Mr. Sykes, our co-founder and CEO, will devote his full time to our business.

 

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Family Relationships

 

There are no family relationships between or among our officers and directors.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

No officer, director, or persons nominated for such positions, promoter or significant employee has been involved in the last ten years in any of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

 

The following tables set forth the ownership, as of the date of this prospectus, of our common stock by each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding common stock, our directors, and our executive officers and directors as a group.  To the best of our knowledge, the persons named have sole voting and investment power with respect to such shares, except as otherwise noted.  There are not any pending or anticipated arrangements that may cause a change in control.

 

The information presented below regarding beneficial ownership of our voting securities has been presented in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not necessarily indicative of ownership for any other purpose. Under these rules, a person is deemed to be a "beneficial owner" of a security if that person has or shares the power to vote or direct the voting of the security or the power to dispose or direct the disposition of the security. A person is deemed to own beneficially any security as to which such person has the right to acquire sole or shared voting or investment power within 60 days through the conversion or exercise of any convertible security, warrant, option or other right. More than one person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the same securities. The percentage of beneficial ownership by any person as of a particular date is calculated by dividing the number of shares beneficially owned by such person, which includes the number of shares as to which such person has the right to acquire voting or investment power within 60 days, by the sum of the number of shares outstanding as of such date plus the number of shares as to which such person has the right to acquire voting or investment power within 60 days. Consequently, the denominator used for calculating such percentage may be different for each beneficial owner. Except as otherwise indicated below and under applicable community property laws, we believe that the beneficial owners of our common stock listed below have sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares shown.  The business address of the shareholders is 5300A East Freeway, Houston, Texas 77020.

 

Name		Number of Shares of Common stock				Percentage
Chad Sykes [1]			4,624,000				56.2%
Zhou Ying			546,333				6.64%
Djimo Serodio			462,552				5.62%
[1] All executive officers and directors as a group [1 persons]			4,624,000				56.2%

 

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This table is based upon information derived from our stock records. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to this table and subject to community property laws where applicable, each of the shareholders named in this table has sole or shared voting and investment power with respect to the shares indicated as beneficially owned. Except as set forth above, applicable percentages are based upon 8,227,388 shares of common stock outstanding as of March 5, 2014.

 

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

 

The following description as a summary of the material terms of the provisions of our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.  The Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws have been filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

Common Stock

We are authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of common stock with $.001 par value per share. As of the date of this registration statement, there were 8,227,388 of common stock issued and outstanding held by 50 shareholders of record.

 

Each share of common stock entitles the holder to one vote, either in person or by proxy, at meetings of shareholders. The holders are not permitted to vote their shares cumulatively. Accordingly, the shareholders of our common stock who hold, in the aggregate, more than fifty percent of the total voting rights can elect all of our directors and, in such event, the holders of the remaining minority shares will not be able to elect any of such directors. The vote of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote thereon is sufficient to authorize, affirm, ratify or consent to such act or action, except as otherwise provided by law.

 

Holders of common stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends, if any, as may be declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available. We have not paid any dividends since our inception, and we presently anticipate that all earnings, if any, will be retained for development of our business. Any future disposition of dividends will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend upon, among other things, our future earnings, operating and financial condition, capital requirements, and other factors.

 

Holders of our common stock have no preemptive rights or other subscription rights, conversion rights, redemption or sinking fund provisions. Upon our liquidation, dissolution or windup , the holders of our common stock will be entitled to share ratably in the net assets legally available for distribution to shareholders after the payment of all of our debts and other liabilities. There are not any provisions in our Articles of Incorporation or our Bylaws that would prevent or delay change in our control.

 

INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS

 

The financial statements for the period from inception to December 31, 2013 included in this prospectus have been audited by L.L Bradford & Company, LLC. our independent registered  public accounting firm, to the extent and for the periods set forth in our report and are incorporated herein in reliance upon such report given upon the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

The legality of the shares offered under this registration statement is being passed upon by Williams Law Group, P.A., Tampa, Florida which owns an aggregate of 207,455 shares. Michael T. Williams, principal of Williams Securities Law Firm, P.A., owns 184,335 shares of our common stock, of which 184,335 shares are being registered in this offering and 23,120 shares, of which 23,120 shares are being registered in this offering by Todd Feinstein, a former associate of the law firm.

 

DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES LIABILITIES

 

Our Bylaws, subject to the provisions of Texas Law, contain provisions which allow the corporation to indemnify any person against liabilities and other expenses incurred as the result of defending or administering any pending or anticipated legal issue in connection with service to us if it is determined that person acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed was in the best interest of the corporation.  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.

 

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

 

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Organization

 

Indoor Harvest Corp., or the “Company,” is a Texas corporation formed on November 23, 2011. Our principal executive office is located at 5300A East Freeway Houston, Texas 77020. 

 

Business

 

Indoor Harvest, Corp., through its brand name Indoor Harvest™ is a development stage company that seeks to become an equipment design, developer, marketer and direct-seller of commercial grade aeroponic fixtures and supporting systems for use in urban controlled environment agriculture ("CEA") and Building Integrated Agriculture ("BIA").

 

Our fixtures and patent pending system design are based upon a modular concept in which primary components are interchangeable providing a level of customization we believe based upon our knowledge of the industry is not currently offered by other aeroponic system manufactures.  We are developing our aeroponic fixtures and systems for use by both horticulture enthusiasts and commercial operators who seek to utilize aeroponic vertical farming methods within a controlled indoor environment.

 

Our products are designed for the production of aeroponic leafy greens, micro-greens, fruiting plants and herbs. Our products and systems can also be adapted for a variety of other uses such as horticulture research, medicinal plant production, pharmaceutical plant production, plant cloning and hardwood propagation.

 

Industry Background

 

Urban farming and vertical farming are designed as possible solutions for increasing urban food supplies while decreasing the ecological impact of farming. If developed, we believe this method of farming to be the next generation of farming and the start of automated, technology-based urban food production. CEA and BIA vertical farming practices are not dependent on the climate and can produce 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

 

We believe that urban farming through the establishment of CEA and BIA vertical farms in urban centers can address not only land and resource issues, but also growing global populations.

 

In consideration of the world forecast on population growth rate, food security, adverse effects current farming activities have on the ecology and climate, health and nutrition and other factors, the advantages we believe that this farming technology has are as follows:

 

• Increased year-round crop production
• Protection from weather-related problems
• No pesticides
• Water conservation
• Environmentally friendly

 

Indoor Harvest aims to address this growing trend by developing and manufacturing aeroponic systems and methods for use in CEA and BIA vertical farming. By providing modular customable system designs and the knowledge to operate them, the company intends to lower the barrier of entry for smaller urban farmers looking to capitalize on the growing demand for fresh locally grown produce.

 

Our Products

 

There are currently several different growing technologies being deployed in urban vertical farming operations. The most common of these technologies include; nutrient film technology, ebb and flow systems, drip irrigation, water culture systems, aquaponic raft systems and aeroponic systems. Our company has chosen to focus on the development of aeroponic fixtures and supporting systems for the urban vertical farming industry. Aeroponics is a method of growing plants in a sealed environment by suspending plant roots in an automated atomized liquid nutrient environment.

 

The aeroponic environment being free from pests and disease, plants grow healthier and more quickly than plants grown in a medium. CEA and BIA advances plant development, health, growth, flowering and fruiting for any given plant species and cultivars. There are two types of aeroponics commonly used and they are described as follows:

 

Low Pressure Aeroponics ("LPA") - LPA systems utilize high volume, low-pressure pumps and low pressure misting, or spray nozzles. Low-pressure nozzles require large orifices to disperse the nutrient solution resulting in increased water usage. Due to the large amount of water used, the majority of LPA systems recirculate the nutrient solution to minimize water and fertilizer usage.

 

High Pressure Aeroponics ("HPA") - HPA systems utilize a low volume, high-pressure pump and high pressure misting, or fog nozzles. The higher pressures when used with an appropriate nozzle create an atomized mist or fog. Unlike LPA designs, HPA can utilize drain to waste configurations for easier operation due to minimal water usage. Average nutrient solution particle size is 50-80 microns.

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The Indoor Harvest™  patent pending "Modular Aeroponic System and Related Methods"

 

The Indoor Harvest™ Modular Aeroponic System is based around seven primary fixture components. These fixtures consist of an Aeroponic Growth Tray, Aeroponic Growth Lid, Aeroponic Spray Manifold, Aeroponic Pressure Manifold, Nutrient Delivery System, Recirculating System and Lift Station. The individual fixtures are combined to create a variety of aeroponic system configurations and allow for modular system construction. The following is a description of our seven primary fixture categories.

 

Aeroponic Growth Tray ("AGT") 

 

The AGT is the base component of the Indoor Harvest™ modular design. Plant roots are suspended inside the AGT, which is then filled with an atomized mist or nutrient solution spray. The trays are manufactured from durable FDA approved food grade high-density polyethylene. The trays can be used for LPA, HPA and AAA configurations. The tray comes with bulkhead connections for both the spray and pressure manifolds as well as a drain for nutrient run-off.

 

Aeroponic Growth Lid ("AGL")

 

The AGL is used together with the AGT to form a sealed environment for aeroponics. The lids come in a variety of styles depending on the product being grown. The lids are designed to accept a variety of standard net pot sizes and grow mat mediums. The AGL is the primary plant support system.

 

Aeroponic Spray Manifold ("ASM")

 

The ASM is a piping manifold that mounts inside the AGT via bulkhead fittings and provides the delivery of nutrients to the root zone. The ASM comes in a number of configurations depending on the type of aeroponics being used, the product being grown and the type of AGL and AGT used.

 

Aeroponic Pressure Manifold ("APM")

 

The APM consists of the system pump, accumulator and solenoid valve. The APM is responsible for providing a supply of nutrient solution to the ASM. The type of APM used is dependent upon the type of aeroponics being used. LPA configurations do not utilize an APM but instead the ASM is connected to a recirculating reservoir with an internal pump.

 

Nutrient Delivery System ("NDS") 

 

The NDS is used to provide nutrient solution to the aeroponic system through the APM or an attached recirculating system. Multiple trays can be linked to a single NDS eliminating the need for individual reservoirs. The NDS is designed to filter incoming water using reverse osmosis and then automatically mix up to six different liquid nutrient fertilizers to a specified mixture. The system then chills and recirculates nutrient solution in a closed loop system that feeds the APM via quick disconnects.

 

Recirculating System ("RS") 

 

The RS system is used when it is desired to recycle the nutrient run-off from the system. The RS consists of a collection tank and pump. The collected run off is then pumped back to the NDS for re-use when using multiple trays or is pumped directly to the ASM when using a single fixture.

 

Lift Station ("LS") 

 

The LS is used to remove waste from the aeroponic system when a drain is not readily accessible nearby. The LS collects waste and then pumps it to a different location.

 

Since our inception in 2011, we have been innovating, simplifying, and integrating our proprietary patent pending technologies and inventions into a family of modular aeroponic system components.

 

Indoor Harvest™ Support Systems for Aeroponics

 

In addition to our line of aeroponic system fixtures, we also intend to offer supporting systems for large commercial installations for CEA and BIA farming. These include both wall mount and frame mount R/O systems from 250 GPD to over 19,000 GPD. We also intend to offer both inline and drop in chillers ranging from 1/5 HP to 1/2 HP.

 

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Wall Mount Reverse Osmosis ("R/O") Systems

 

Designed to produce low dissolved solids water from tap or well water, these systems use high efficiency reverse osmosis membranes. The convenient and space efficient wall mountable systems are substantially lower in cost than frame-mounted systems, and are more cost-effective to ship. These reverse osmosis systems use proven, reliable components and are mounted on a sturdy powder-coated metal mounting backplate. Our process and fluid design ensures an optimum membrane life and minimizes the membrane fouling.

 

Frame Mount Reverse Osmosis ("R/O") Systems

 

Designed to produce low dissolved solids water from tap or well water, these systems use extra low energy reverse osmosis membranes. Our systems are designed to work at pressure less than 150 psi. These systems use low energy membranes and are best suited for water of less than 500 PPM total dissolved solids (TDS). The systems use proven, reliable components and are mounted on a sturdy powder-coated metal frame. Our process and fluid design ensures an optimum membrane life and minimizes the membrane fouling.

 

Operational Activities

 

Since our inception, we have engaged in the following significant operational activities:

 

On November 26, 2011, we began construction of a facility to conduct research and development in order to provide proof of concept on our prototype fixture designs. For the period of our inception to December 31, 2013, $30,888, or 15% of our total operational costs, were incurred for research and development expenses towards the development of our aeroponic fixture designs. See Research and Development below for additional information.

 

On January 11, 2012, we acquired the domain name indoorharvest.com from the original domain name registrant for $2,000 cash and recorded it as an indefinite-lived intangible asset. We also registered the domain name aerofarmer.com for future use.

 

As of December 31, 2013, we capitalized $9,692 in tooling equipment for our product line. Tooling equipment includes two molds for our Aeroponic Growth Tray (“AGT”) fixtures and one mold for our Aeroponic Growth Lid (“AGL”) fixtures.

 

On September 18, 2013, the Company entered into a material transfer agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab ("MIT Media Lab") to provide aeroponic system components and fixtures to be used for the purpose of developing a wall facade aeroponic system as part of MIT Media Lab's Changing Places research. The project, MITCityFarm, will focus on urban mobility networks, decentralized energy infrastructure and transformable housing units to advance urban agricultural systems. Indoor Harvest, Corp. will be responsible for providing technical assistance and materials as a "Technical Systems Adviser" to the MITCityFarm project.  This is a demonstration project only.  The equipment may only be used for education or not for profit purposes.  The Agreement provides that we are providing our equipment at no cost.

 

The company has engaged in significant research and development activities as described below.

 

Research And Development

 

On September 14, 2012, the company began research and development on its prototype designs. The company has incurred $30,888 in research and development expenses for the period from inception to December 31, 2013.

 

From September 18, 2012 through October 31, 2012, we completed an initial prototype system test by growing basil. The test resulted in an average 1.7 lbs of basil per square foot in 30 days using under 2 gallons of water per plant drain to waste. Upon completion of the test, we made design changes to our lid system and nutrient dispensing system prototypes.

 

From March 8, 2013 through April 8, 2013, we completed a second prototype system test by growing three types of lettuce, bibb lettuce, buttercrunch lettuce and romaine lettuce.  The test resulted in an average head weight of 1/4 lbs in 28 days and water use of under 3 gallons per head drain to waste. Upon completion of the test, we made design changes to our lighting system, updated the framing system and put two prototype grow trays into vertical operation.

 

From July 13, 2013 through August 22, 2013, we completed a third prototype system test by growing four types of lettuce, bibb lettuce, buttercrunch lettuce, romaine lettuce and ruby red lettuce. The test resulted in average head weight of 1/4 lbs in 30 days and 1/2 lbs in 40 days. During this period the Company also conducted research and development of lighting and controls, comparing the performance of LED lighting and T5 fluorescent lighting. Also during this period the Company tested its second nutrient dispensing prototype running two vertically stacked grow trays simultaneously.

 

Plan Of Operations

 

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Our short term operational plans for the next 12 months, assuming we secure the necessary funding, are set forth in “Plan of Operations” below. The company’s long-term strategy is to direct sale, license and franchise their patented technologies and methods.

 

Potential Customers

 

We believe, based on our own formal and informal research that our products appeal to three distinct markets. Those markets include horticulture enthusiasts, commercial growers and horticulture researchers who are currently using areoponics or other indoor growing technologies. We intend to market our products to these markets simultaneously. The following is a description of these markets.

 

Horticulture Enthusiast - The horticulture enthusiast consists of hobbyists, gardeners and those individuals seeking to utilize advanced horticulture technologies to grow at home, indoors in urban city environments where land availability is limited. We believe that our indoor aeroponic products offer both expert and novice horticulture enthusiasts several major benefits not readily available through traditional gardening methods. The Indoor Harvest™ system provides the user the ability to aeroponically grow fresh herbs, leafy greens, micro-greens, vegetables and medicinal plants year-round, regardless of seasonal weather conditions.

 

Commercial Growers - Commercial agriculture is beginning to migrate to CEA and BIA. We believe that our aeroponic products provide an affordable vertical farming solution for urban commercial growers who produce for local restaurants, hotels, wholesale and retail markets. Our systems can also be used in re-forestation projects or other revitalization projects through the system's ability to clone and propagate a variety of plant cuttings and hardwood cuttings. 

 

Horticulture Research - The modular nature of our system design allows for numerous configurations from the same system. Our platform provides a variety of aeroponic delivery methods and plant support structures from the same system. This provides maximum flexibility to researchers who are experimenting with different plant species and are attempting to keep costs down. 

 

Design Build and Management Services     

 

In addition to selling aeroponic systems, in the future we also expect to offer design build services to commercial operators who are seeking consulting, custom equipment design, and project management of CEA and BIA construction projects. The company will act as a general contractor by providing project management in connection with the sub-contracted work of mechanical, electrical and general construction contractors who will install our fixtures for client companies.  The company will identify sub-contractors based on project location and responses to solicitations for bid on projects the company will manage. We currently have no contracts, agreements or commitments for any subcontractors.

 

Marketing

 

The company intends to offer its products to retail markets through distributors or retailers as well as offering direct commercial sales from our website.  As of the date of this filing, we have no oral or written agreements with distributors or retailers.

   

We are currently developing our marketing plan, which may include some or all of the following marketing methods:

 

Direct Mail - The use of direct mail allows us to reach a wide audience within a targeted market. A direct mail campaign may consist of a letter of introduction and a brochure featuring the products and services provided by the company.

 

Internet Marketing - The Company intends to utilize social networks such as YouTube and Facebook as well as reaching out to industry bloggers and news sites in order to reach potential customers. The company can also sponsor, or advertise with hydroponic and other related horticulture online forums, social networks and online magazines. The Company, in the future, plans to offer its products for sale via the internet. The Company has not launched its online sales as of the date of this prospectus.

 

The company intends to launch a social media network under the domain name aerofarmer.com. The company intends to host forums, articles and blogs related specifically to aeroponic indoor farming while also offering a retail sales point for its products and services.

 

Trade Shows and Special Events - The Company intends to participate in industry trade shows and events in order to create market awareness for its brand of aeroponic fixtures and systems.

 

Our Competition and Our Market Position

 

There are three main manufacturers that operate in the market in which we intend to compete: Agrihouse™, Aerofarms™ and Blue Sphere Industries™. These companies are currently engaged in the manufacture and sales of commercial aeroponic vertical farming systems. These systems however must be used as engineered and offer limited flexibility or custom ability in installation or production.  Due to their engineering for use in large-scale vertical farming they can be quite costly to install for a small commercial grower.

 

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There has been limited demand for this type of large-scale vertical farming systems due to cost. However, there is a growing demand by smaller urban CEA and BIA operators who are building CEA and BIA urban farms that sell directly to consumers such as restaurants, or through local farmers markets. These smaller operators cannot afford these larger commercial systems.

 

There are also companies such as general Hydroponics® and Botanicare® that manufacture aeroponic growing systems for the hobbyist. These systems are primarily an LPA design and require individual reservoirs. They also must be used as designed. These systems require higher maintenance and labor costs to operate and therefore are not as efficient for use in commercial operations. However, these systems are very inexpensive and many smaller commercial growers have adapted these systems for commercial use.

 

We will be a small competitor in the industry. Many of our competitors have substantially greater financial, marketing, personnel and other resources than we do.

 

We believe based upon management’s knowledge of the industry that we are the first company to develop and offer a fixture based commercial aeroponic system. Instead of relying on a complete engineered system, we have developed aeroponic fixtures that can be used in whole, or in part, to create a modular vertical farming system of any scale, or size. By breaking our aeroponic system down into individual, independent fixtures, we offer a level of custom ability that currently is not offered by our competitors.

 

Our fixtures can be used individually, or incorporated into do-it-yourself designed systems that many smaller commercial operators chose to build. This allows us to not only compete for sales to commercial growers who are developing their own systems, but also with growers who are looking for a complete system. We believe this will allow us to increases our market share and allows us to benefit from both commercial and retail sales. We believe that our approach can help create standardization for CEA and BIA aeroponic operations.

 

Manufacturing and Operations

 

We will source our products and accessories from third party manufacturing companies that manufacture products in part using tooling we own, in accordance with our specifications, and subject to our patent pending intellectual property rights. 

 

We currently use one manufacturer for our high-density polyethylene products. Our fittings, pumps and supporting components are sourced through a number of vendors who provide wholesale and private labeling.  We have no agreements with these firms and orders are fulfilled on a purchase order basis.  In addition, we believe capacity expansion is available in a reasonable period of time with a nominal tooling investment. These products are then combined and assembled based on customer requirements at our location. We intend to hire temporary contract labor to assemble our products based on client demand. We believe the use of non-salaried personnel allows us to expend our capital resources as a variable cost as opposed to a fixed cost of operations. In other words, if we have insufficient revenues or cash available, we are in a better position to only utilize those services required to generate revenues as opposed to having salaried employees. In order to substantially grow our revenue base we will require additional personnel. These personnel will be added to our team when funds are available.  The company utilizes American manufacturing where possible. We have no contracts with any manufacturing firms; we anticipate our products will be manufactured as needed and based on demand.

 

Intellectual Property

 

We rely on a combination of patent law, trademark laws, trade secrets, confidentiality provisions and other contractual provisions to protect our proprietary rights, which are primarily our brand names, product designs and marks.

 

On December 6, 2011, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for Indoor Harvest (Serial Number 85488194) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") granted a first 6 month extension for use on January 5, 2013 and a second extension for use on July 17, 2013 and a third extension for use on January 14, 2014. 

 

On May 15, 2013 the company filed a provisional application for patent on a "modular aeroponic system and related methods" (Serial Number 61/823,330) with the USPTO. In order to obtain our patent, the Company will need to convert its provisional application for patent, into a non-provisional application for patent. There is no guarantee that a patent will be granted.

 

Governmental Regulation and Certification

 

We are not aware of any governmental regulations or approvals for any of our products.

 

Our systems can be used for the production of cannabis, which is deemed to be illegal under the federal controlled substances act even though such activities may be permissible under state law. There is a potential risk that exists should our activities be deemed to be facilitating the selling or distribution of cannabis in violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act, or to constitute aiding or abetting, or being an accessory to, a violation of that Act.  We cannot predict the level of this risk given what is going on in a number of states legalizing the sale of cannabis in one form or another. To date, federal authorities have not focused their resources on such tangential or secondary violations of the Act, nor have they threatened to do so, with respect to the manufacture or sale of equipment that might be used by cannabis growers, or with respect to any supplies marketed to participants in the emerging cannabis industry. However, we cannot assure that they will not act in the future, which could significantly reduce our revenues.

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Personnel

 

We currently have one full-time employee, Chad Sykes, who is our Chairman, CEO, and President. We plan to use consultants and contract labor as necessary and do not plan to engage any additional full-time employees in the near future.

 

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes, and other financial information included in this Form S-1.

 

Our Management’s Discussion and Analysis contains not only statements that are historical facts, but also statements that are forward-looking.  Forward-looking statements are, by their very nature, uncertain and risky.  These risks and uncertainties include international, national, and local general economic and market conditions; our ability to sustain, manage, or forecast growth; our ability to successfully make and integrate acquisitions; new product development and introduction; existing government regulations and changes in, or the failure to comply with, government regulations; adverse publicity; competition; the loss of significant customers or suppliers; fluctuations and difficulty in forecasting operating results; change in business strategy or development plans; business disruptions; the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; the ability to protect technology; the risk of foreign currency exchange rate; and other risks that might be detailed from time to time in our filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Although the forward-looking statements in this Registration Statement reflect the good faith judgment of our management, such statements can only be based on facts and factors currently known by them.  Consequently, and because forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, the actual results and outcomes may differ materially from the results and outcomes discussed in the forward-looking statements.  You are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in this report and in our other reports as we attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations and prospects.

 

Overview

 

 Indoor Harvest, Corp., through its brand name Indoor Harvest™, is a development stage company that seeks to become an equipment design, developer, marketer and direct-seller of commercial grade aeroponic fixtures and supporting systems for use in urban Controlled Environment Agriculture ("CEA") and Building Integrated Agriculture ("BIA").

  

Aeroponics is the process of growing  plants  in an  air  or  mist  environment without the use of  soil  or an  aggregate  medium (known as geoponics ). Aeroponic culture differs from both conventional  hydroponics  and  in-vitro  ( plant tissue culture ) growing. Unlike  hydroponics , which uses water as a growing medium and essential minerals to sustain plant growth, aeroponics is conducted without a growing medium.  Because water is used in aeroponics to transmit nutrients, it is sometimes considered a type of hydroponics.

 

Our fixtures and patent pending system design are based upon a modular concept in which primary components are interchangeable providing a level of customization that we believe based upon our knowledge of the industry is currently not offered by other aeroponic system manufactures.  We are developing our aeroponic fixtures and systems for use by both horticulture enthusiasts and commercial operators who seek to utilize aeroponic vertical farming methods within a controlled indoor environment.

 

Our products are designed for the production of leafy greens, micro-greens, fruiting plants and herbs. Our products and systems can also be adapted for a variety of other uses such as horticulture research, medicinal plant production, pharmaceutical plant production, plant cloning and hardwood propagation.

 

Since our inception, we have engaged in significant operational activities as described in “Business,” above.

 

We are an “emerging growth company” (“EGC”) that is exempt from certain financial disclosure and governance requirements for up to five years as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (“the JOBS Act”), that eases restrictions on the sale of securities; and increases the number of shareholders a company must have before becoming subject to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) reporting and disclosure rules (See “Emerging Growth Companies” section above). We have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(2) of the Jobs Act, that allows us to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies. As a result of this election, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates.

 

 

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  Plan of Operations

 

We are a development stage company and are in the process of developing our products and services. Consequently, we have not generated revenues as of the date of this Prospectus. We have an accumulated deficit and have incurred operating losses since our inception and expect losses to continue during 2014. Our auditor has indicated in their Report that these conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.  

 

We incurred general and administrative expenses of $186,913 and $21,188 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $211,796 for the period from inception to December 31, 2013.  These expenses consisted of the following:

 

 

                          

 

 

 

										From
										November 23, 2011 (Inception)
		Years Ended								to
		December 31, 2013				December 31, 2012				December 31, 2013
Research and development	$	12,823			$	15,335	1			30,888
Professional fees:
Engineering		-				780				780
Legal		28,415	2			802				30,181
Accounting		12,240	2			-				12,240
General and administrative
Advertising and promotion		1,230				2,499	3			3,729
Other miscellaneous		126,090				-				126,090
Depreciation expense		6,115	4			1,772				7,888
Total	$	186,913			$	21,188				211,796

 

(1) We incurred $15,335 in research and development during the year ended 2012 as we began research and development of our prototype designs. In addition, during 2012, the Company completed an initial prototype system test by growing 102 basil plants from seed using a single 48" X 96" X 12" tray. The results of the initial basil production are as follows:

 

(2) We incurred increased legal and accounting fees during the year ended December 31, 2013 related to services to acquire our domain name and to prepare for this offering and subsequent registration statement.

 

(3) We incurred $2,499 in advertising fees for the development of the Indoor Harvest Corp. logo.

  

(4) We incurred increased depreciation expense as a result of purchased furniture and equipment related to the construction of our prototypes.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We anticipate taking the following steps to implement our business plan in the next 12 months. Our capital requirements for implementation of these steps are estimated at $1,000,000, as set forth in the table below. During the next 12 months, we anticipate engaging in the following operational activities, although we may vary our plans depending upon operational conditions and available funding:

Event	Actions	Estimated Time	Estimated Cost
Setup manufacturing, design build and fabrication facilities	Purchase equipment, tools and complete product tooling	Q1-Q2	$250,000
Build a Demonstration BIA Farm	Build a 100 tray BIA indoor demonstration farm within our existing leased facility in order to showcase our fixtures and to conduct further research and development.	Q2-Q4	$550,000.
Develop Automated Controls	Develop automated controls, both hardware and software for use with our aeroponic systems	Q2-Q4	$100,000
Develop Retail Aeroponic System	Develop a retail version of our commercial aeroponic system and controls for use by the home hobbyist	Q3-Q4	$100,000

 

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The total estimated costs of our short-term operational plans for the next twelve (12) months are $1,000,000. If we are unable to raise additional funds through private placements, registered offerings, debt financing or other sources we may need to postpone the development of our business plan. Without additional funding, we may only be partially successful or completely unsuccessful in implementing our business plan. We anticipate that our current cash on hand will enable us to maintain minimum operations and working capital requirements for at least twelve months.

 

As of March 3, 2014, we have $434,288 in our bank account. Our estimated day-to-day operational costs, exclusive of those costs in our Plan of Operations for the next 12 months as set forth above, are estimated to be approximately $144,000 to maintain minimal operational activities during the next 12 months.  In addition, we will have $60,000 for the costs related to the filing of this Registration Statement and anticipate less than $75,000 to maintain publicly traded status thereafter. However, as stated above, in order to implement our Plan of Operations for the next 12 months we will need to secure $1,000,000 in funds. If we are unable to secure the necessary funds, we will not be able to undertake some or all of our planned business development activities. Accordingly, we anticipate, based upon the assumption of $204,000 in registration statement and day-to-day operational costs during the next 12 months, a minimum average monthly burn rate of no more than $17,000 during the next 12 months, which will be paid from our existing funds. 

 

From January 1, 2014 through  Closing Date the Company sold 1,449,00 shares of our common stock for  $362,250 in cash. Based upon the assumption of our monthly burn rate exclusive of those costs in our Plan of Operations for the next 12 months as set forth above, the Company currently has sufficient funds to commence some but not all of our planned activities as set forth in the table above.  We plan to start by setting up our manufacturing, design build and fabrication facilities during the second quarter of 2014 and will initially budget $150,000 for these efforts from existing capital. In order to fully implement Plan of Operations for the next 12 months, we will need an additional $850,000. Management has no written or oral agreement to advance additional funds.  If we do not secure additional funds either from operational cash flow when we begin to sell our products or additional debt or equity financing, the implementation of our planned future business development activities will be delayed.

 

We are a development stage company and are in the process of developing our products and services. Consequently, we have not generated revenues as of the date of this prospectus. We have an accumulated deficit and have incurred operating losses since our inception and expect losses to continue during 2014. Our auditor has indicated in their Report that these conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.  

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

  

We do not have any 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 or operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.

 

Seasonality

 

Our operating results are not affected by seasonality.

 

Inflation

 

Our business and operating results are not affected in any material way by inflation.

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DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

 

On February 20, 2014, we entered into a 62 month lease with Daniel R. Davis, commencing on March 1, 2014 through April 30, 2019, for a total of 10,000 sqft. of warehouse and office space located at 5300A East Freeway, Houston, Texas 77020. The monthly base rent is $4,200 increasing 6% every two years for the term of the lease. The property is adequate for all of the Company's currently planned activities.  

 

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

In March of 2012, the Company issued 2,153,600 shares of common stock to Chad Sykes in exchange for equipment and valued the share issuance at $0.01 per share. This transaction was valued based upon the cost of the equipment acquired by the owner and contributed to Indoor Harvest as this was the most readily determinable value on the date of issuance.

 

In March of 2012, the Company issued 2,470,400 shares of common stock to Chad Sykes to liquidate a liability for prior advances and valued the share issuance at $0.01 per share. This transaction was valued based upon the cost of the supplies and services acquired by the owner and contributed to Indoor Harvest as this was the most readily determinable value on the date of issuance.

 

 

MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

Market Information

 

There is no established public trading market for our securities and a regular trading market may not develop, or if developed, may not be sustained.  A shareholder in all likelihood, therefore, will not be able to resell his or her securities should he or she desire to do so when eligible for public resales. Furthermore, it is unlikely that a lending institution will accept our securities as pledged collateral for loans unless a regular trading market develops.

 

Penny Stock Considerations

 

Our shares will be "penny stocks", as that term is generally defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to mean equity securities with a price of less than $5.00.  Thus, our shares will be subject to rules that impose sales practice and disclosure requirements on broker-dealers who engage in certain transactions involving a penny stock.

 

Under the penny stock regulations, a broker-dealer selling a penny stock to anyone other than an established customer must make a special suitability determination regarding the purchaser and must receive the purchaser's written consent to the transaction prior to the sale, unless the broker-dealer is otherwise exempt.

 

In addition, under the penny stock regulations, the broker-dealer is required to:

 

·	·          Deliver, prior to any transaction involving a penny stock, a disclosure schedule prepared by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the penny stock market, unless the broker-dealer or the transaction is otherwise exempt;

 

·	·          Disclose commissions payable to the broker-dealer and our registered representatives and current bid and offer quotations for the securities;

 

·	·          Send monthly statements disclosing recent price information pertaining to the penny stock held in a customer's account, the account's value, and information regarding the limited market in penny stocks; and

 

·	·          Make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser's written agreement to the transaction, prior to conducting any penny stock transaction in the customer's account.

 

Because of these regulations, broker-dealers may encounter difficulties in their attempt to sell shares of our Common Stock, which may affect the ability of selling shareholders or other holders to sell their shares in the secondary market, and have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market.  These additional sales practice and disclosure requirements could impede the sale of our securities, if our securities become publicly traded.  In addition, the liquidity for our securities may be decreased, with a corresponding decrease in the price of our securities.  Our shares in all probability will be subject to such penny stock rules and our shareholders will, in all likelihood, find it difficult to sell their securities.

 

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OTC Bulletin Board Qualification for Quotation

 

To have our shares of Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board, a market maker must file an application on our behalf in order to make a market for our Common Stock.  We have engaged in preliminary discussions with a FINRA Market Maker to file our application on Form 211 with FINRA, but as of the date of this Prospectus, no filing has been made.  Based upon our counsel's prior experience, we anticipate that after this registration statement is declared effective, it will take approximately 2 - 8 weeks for FINRA to issue a trading symbol and allow sales of our Common Stock under Rule 144.  There is no guarantee that our stock will ever be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board.

 

Sales of our common stock under Rule 144

 

There are 3,555,388 shares of our common stock held by non-affiliates and 4,624,000 shares held by affiliates that Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933 defines as restricted securities.

 

2,467,003 of our shares held by non-affiliates are being registered in this offering, however all of the remaining shares will still be subject to the resale restrictions of Rule 144.  In general, persons holding restricted securities, including affiliates, must hold their shares for a period of at least six months, may not sell more than one percent of the total issued and outstanding shares in any 90-day period, and must resell the shares in an unsolicited brokerage transaction at the market price.  The availability for sale of substantial amounts of common stock under Rule 144 could reduce prevailing market prices for our securities.

 

Holders

 

As of the date of this registration statement, we had 50 shareholders of record of our common stock.

 

Dividends

 

We have not declared any cash dividends on our common stock since our inception and do not anticipate paying such dividends in the foreseeable future.  We plan to retain any future earnings for use in our business.  Any decisions as to future payments of dividends will depend on our earnings and financial position and such other facts, as the Board of Directors deems relevant.

 

Reports to Shareholders

 

As a result of this offering and assuming the registration statement is declared effective until before December 31, 2015 as required under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, we will file periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission through December 31, 2015, including a Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, assuming this registration statement is declared effective before that date.  At or prior to December 31, 2015, we intend voluntarily to file a registration statement on Form 8-A which will subject us to all of the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act. This will require us to file quarterly and annual reports with the SEC and will also subject us to the proxy rules of the SEC. In addition, our officers, directors and 10% stockholders will be required to submit reports to the SEC on their stock ownership and stock trading activity.  We are not required under Section 12(g) or otherwise to become a mandatory 1934 Act filer unless we have more than 500 shareholders and total assets of more than $10 million on December 31, 2015.  If we do not file a registration statement on Form 8-A at or prior to December 31, 2015, we will continue as a voluntary reporting company and will not be subject to the proxy statement or other information requirements of the 1934 Act, our securities can no longer be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, and our officers, directors and 10% stockholders will not be required to submit reports to the SEC on their stock ownership and stock trading activity.

 

Where You Can Find Additional Information

 

We have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-1.  For further information about us and the shares of common stock to be sold in the offering, please refer to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto. The registration statement and exhibits may be inspected, without charge, and copies may be obtained at prescribed rates, at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 100 F St., N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.  The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.  The registration statement and other information filed with the SEC are also available at the web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.

 

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

  Summary Compensation Table

 

 

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The table below summarizes all compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to each named executive officer for the Company’s last two completed fiscal years for all services rendered to the Company.

 

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

 

Name and principal   position		Year		Salary  ($)				Bonus  ($)				Stock  Awards  ($)				Option  Awards  ($)				Non-Equity  Incentive Plan Compensation ($)				Nonqualified  Deferred  Compensation Earnings ($)				All Other  Compensation ($)				Total  ($)
Chad Sykes		2013			17,500				-				-				-				-				-				-				17,500
President, Chief Executive Officer		2012			-				-				-				-				-				-				-				-

 

We entered into an Executive Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) as of September 1st, 2013, with Chad C. Sykes (the "Executive").  The principal terms of the Agreement are as follows:

 

Terms of Employment

 

(a) Position. Chief Executive Officer

(b) Duties. As may be assigned by the Board of Directors not inconsistent with the position.

(c) Dedication. Executive shall devote his full business time and best efforts to the business and affairs of the Company.

 

Compensation

 

(a)  Base Salary

(i)  Salary . $70,000 per year ("Base Salary").

(ii) Adjustments . The Base Salary may be increased, or decreased, from time to time during the term of this Agreement in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors based on the Company's ability to pay.

(b)  Incentive Compensation.  During the term of employment, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in any equity-based incentive compensation plan or program adopted by the Board of Directors.

 

Intellectual Property

 

(a)  Ownership . Executive agrees that  all copyrights, trademarks, patents, and other intellectual property rights to works or marks arising in from or in connection with the Executive's employment by Company are "work made for hire" within the definition of Section 101 of the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. 101) and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of Company.

(c)  Assignment of Interest . To the extent any work product is not deemed to be a work made for hire within the definition of the Copyright Act, Executive with effect from creation of any and all work product, hereby assigns, and agrees to assign, to Company all right, title and interest in and to such work product, including but not limited to copyright, all rights subsumed thereunder, and all other intellectual property rights, including all extensions and renewals thereof.

(d)  Moral Rights . Executive also agrees to waive any and all moral rights relating to the work product, including but not limited to, any and all rights of identification of authorship and any and all rights of approval, restriction or limitation on use, and subsequent modifications.

(e)  Assistance . Executive further agrees to provide all assistance reasonably requested by Company, both during and subsequent to the Term of this Agreement, in the establishment, preservation and enforcement of Company's rights in the work product.

(f)  Return of Property . Upon the termination of this Agreement, Executive agrees to deliver promptly to Company all printed, electronic, audio-visual, and other tangible manifestations of work product, including all originals and copies thereof.

 

Non-Competition

 

(a)  Restrictions . During the term of this Agreement and for a period of 5 years immediately following the termination of this Agreement, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent Company, own, manage, operate, join, control, finance or participate in the ownership, management, operation, control or financing of, or be connected as an officer, director, employee, partner, principal, agent, representative, or consultant of any Entity engaged in the Restricted Business.

(b)   Exceptions . Executive shall not be deemed to be in contravention of the foregoing if Employee participates as a passive investor holding up to 1% of the equity securities of an Entity engaged in the Restricted Business, which securities are publicly traded.

 

Non- Solicitation . 

During the term of this Agreement and for 5 years after any termination of this Agreement, Executive will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, either directly or indirectly, on Executives' own behalf or in the service or on behalf of others, solicit or attempt to solicit, divert or hire away any person employed by the Company, or any customer of the Company.

 

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Term of Employment

 

(a) Initial Term.  The term of the Executive's employment under this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and continue until September 1st, 2014 (the "Term"), unless his employment is sooner terminated by the Board of Directors.

(b) Automatic Renewal.  Commencing on September 1st and on each anniversary of that date thereafter, the Term shall be extended for an additional one year period.

(c) Notice Not to Renew . Either party may give notice of the intention not to extend the Term in writing at least 90 days prior to each such anniversary date.

 

Termination of Employment

 

(a) Termination Upon Death.  This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the death of the Executive.

(b) Automatic Termination Upon Disability . This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon Total Disability of the Executive.

Total Disability . Total Disability means the Executive is unable to perform the duties set forth in this Agreement for a period of twelve consecutive weeks, or 90 cumulative business days in any 12-month period, as a result of physical or mental illness or loss of legal capacity.

(c) Termination Upon Retirement.  The Executive may voluntarily terminate this Agreement at any time by reason of Retirement. Retirement is the cessation by Executive of all full-time employment of any kind.

(d) Termination by the Company For Cause.  The Company shall have the right to terminate Executive's employment under this Agreement at any time for Cause, which termination shall be effective immediately. Termination for "Cause" shall be as defined in the Agreement.

(e) Termination by the Company Without Cause.  The Company may, upon a majority vote of the Board of Directors, terminate the Executive's employment under this Agreement without Cause at any time upon 90 days prior written notice to the Executive.

(f) Termination Upon a Change in Control.  If the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason in connection with or within one year after Change in Control as defined in the Agreement, the Executive shall be entitled to Severance Benefits as stated in the Termination Benefits section.

 

Indemnification . 

 

The Company shall indemnify the Executive, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and by its certificate of incorporation, against all costs, charges and expenses incurred or sustained by the Executive in connection with any action, suit or proceeding to which he may be made a party by reason of being an officer, director or employee of the Company or of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company or any other corporation for which the Executive serves in good faith as an officer, director, or employee at the Company's request.

 

Director Compensation

 

The following summary compensation table sets forth all compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to the named directors by the Company during the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION TABLE

Name

Fees  Earned  or  Paid in  Cash  ($)

Stock  Awards  ($)

Option  Awards  ($)

Non-Equity  Incentive  Plan  Compensation  ($)

Non-  Qualified  Deferred  Compensation  Earnings  ($)

All  Other  Compensation  ($)

Total  ($)

Chad Sykes, Director

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

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