Issuer CIK | 0001373467 |
Issuer CCC | XXXXXXXX |
DOS File Number | |
Offering File Number | 024-10875 |
Is this a LIVE or TEST Filing? | ☒ LIVE ☐ TEST |
Would you like a Return Copy? | ☐ |
Notify via Filing Website only? | ☐ |
Since Last Filing? | ☐ |
Name | |
Phone | |
E-Mail Address |
Exact name of issuer as specified in the issuer's charter | VORTEX BRANDS CO. |
Jurisdiction of Incorporation / Organization |
COLORADO
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Year of Incorporation | 2005 |
CIK | 0001373467 |
Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code | SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC |
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number | 81-1007448 |
Total number of full-time employees | 0 |
Total number of part-time employees | 0 |
Address 1 | 3511 Del Paso Rd., Ste. 160 PMB 208 |
Address 2 | |
City | Sacramento |
State/Country |
CALIFORNIA
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Mailing Zip/ Postal Code | 95835 |
Phone | 213-260-0321 |
Name | Todd Higley |
Address 1 | |
Address 2 | |
City | |
State/Country | |
Mailing Zip/ Postal Code | |
Phone |
Industry Group (select one) | ☐ Banking ☐ Insurance ☒ Other |
Cash and Cash Equivalents |
$
5760.00 |
Investment Securities |
$
0.00 |
Total Investments |
$
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Accounts and Notes Receivable |
$
0.00 |
Loans |
$
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Property, Plant and Equipment (PP&E): |
$
90285.00 |
Property and Equipment |
$
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Total Assets |
$
99045.00 |
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities |
$
103160.00 |
Policy Liabilities and Accruals |
$
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Deposits |
$
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Long Term Debt |
$
0.00 |
Total Liabilities |
$
103160.00 |
Total Stockholders' Equity |
$
-4115.00 |
Total Liabilities and Equity |
$
99045.00 |
Total Revenues |
$
0.00 |
Total Interest Income |
$
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Costs and Expenses Applicable to Revenues |
$
0.00 |
Total Interest Expenses |
$
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Depreciation and Amortization |
$
4306.00 |
Net Income |
$
-205923.00 |
Earnings Per Share - Basic |
$
0.00 |
Earnings Per Share - Diluted |
$
0.00 |
Name of Auditor (if any) | HAYNIE & COMPANY |
Name of Class (if any) Common Equity | Common Stock |
Common Equity Units Outstanding | 207050000 |
Common Equity CUSIP (if any): | 92904T100 |
Common Equity Units Name of Trading Center or Quotation Medium (if any) | OTC Markets |
Preferred Equity Name of Class (if any) | Series C Preferred Stock |
Preferred Equity Units Outstanding | 9996000 |
Preferred Equity CUSIP (if any) | N/A |
Preferred Equity Name of Trading Center or Quotation Medium (if any) | N/A |
Debt Securities Name of Class (if any) | |
Debt Securities Units Outstanding | 0 |
Debt Securities CUSIP (if any): | |
Debt Securities Name of Trading Center or Quotation Medium (if any) |
Check this box to certify that all of the following statements are true for the issuer(s)
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Check this box to certify that, as of the time of this filing, each person described in Rule 262 of Regulation A is either not disqualified under that rule or is disqualified but has received a waiver of such disqualification.
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Check this box if "bad actor" disclosure under Rule 262(d) is provided in Part II of the offering statement.
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Check the appropriate box to indicate whether you are conducting a Tier 1 or Tier 2 offering | ☐ Tier1 ☒ Tier2 |
Check the appropriate box to indicate whether the financial statements have been audited | ☐ Unaudited ☒ Audited |
Types of Securities Offered in this Offering Statement (select all that apply) |
☒Equity (common or preferred stock) |
Does the issuer intend to offer the securities on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 251(d)(3)? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
Does the issuer intend this offering to last more than one year? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
Does the issuer intend to price this offering after qualification pursuant to Rule 253(b)? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
Will the issuer be conducting a best efforts offering? | ☒ Yes ☐ No |
Has the issuer used solicitation of interest communications in connection with the proposed offering? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
Does the proposed offering involve the resale of securities by affiliates of the issuer? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
Number of securities offered | 1000000000 |
Number of securities of that class outstanding | 207050000 |
Price per security |
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0.0050 |
The portion of the aggregate offering price attributable to securities being offered on behalf of the issuer |
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5000000.00 |
The portion of the aggregate offering price attributable to securities being offered on behalf of selling securityholders |
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0.00 |
The portion of the aggregate offering price attributable to all the securities of the issuer sold pursuant to a qualified offering statement within the 12 months before the qualification of this offering statement |
$
0.00 |
The estimated portion of aggregate sales attributable to securities that may be sold pursuant to any other qualified offering statement concurrently with securities being sold under this offering statement |
$
0.00 |
Total (the sum of the aggregate offering price and aggregate sales in the four preceding paragraphs) |
$
5000000.00 |
Underwriters - Name of Service Provider | Underwriters - Fees |
$
0.00 | |
Sales Commissions - Name of Service Provider | Sales Commissions - Fee |
$
0.00 | |
Finders' Fees - Name of Service Provider | Finders' Fees - Fees |
$
0.00 | |
Audit - Name of Service Provider | HAYNIE & COMPANY | Audit - Fees |
$
20000.00 |
Legal - Name of Service Provider | Legal - Fees |
$
0.00 | |
Promoters - Name of Service Provider | Promoters - Fees |
$
0.00 | |
Blue Sky Compliance - Name of Service Provider | Blue Sky Compliance - Fees |
$
0.00 |
CRD Number of any broker or dealer listed: | |
Estimated net proceeds to the issuer |
$
4980000.00 |
Clarification of responses (if necessary) |
Selected States and Jurisdictions |
ALASKA
ALABAMA
ARKANSAS
ARIZONA
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
HAWAII
IOWA
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MASSACHUSETTS
MARYLAND
MAINE
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
MISSOURI
MISSISSIPPI
MONTANA
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA
NEBRASKA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
NEVADA
NEW YORK
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
VIRGINIA
VERMONT
WASHINGTON
WISCONSIN
WEST VIRGINIA
WYOMING
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None | ☒ |
Same as the jurisdictions in which the issuer intends to offer the securities | ☐ |
Selected States and Jurisdictions |
None ☐
As to any unregistered securities issued by the issuer of any of its predecessors or affiliated issuers within one year before the filing of this Form 1-A, state:
(a)Name of such issuer | Vortex Brands, Inc. |
(b)(1) Title of securities issued | Common Stock |
(2) Total Amount of such securities issued | 117000000 |
(3) Amount of such securities sold by or for the account of any person who at the time was a director, officer, promoter or principal securityholder of the issuer of such securities, or was an underwriter of any securities of such issuer. | 0 |
(c)(1) Aggregate consideration for which the securities were issued and basis for computing the amount thereof. | 234000 |
(2) Aggregate consideration for which the securities listed in (b)(3) of this item (if any) were issued and the basis for computing the amount thereof (if different from the basis described in (c)(1)). |
As to any unregistered securities issued by the issuer of any of its predecessors or affiliated issuers within one year before the filing of this Form 1-A, state:
(a)Name of such issuer | Vortex Brands, Inc. |
(b)(1) Title of securities issued | Series C Preferred Stock |
(2) Total Amount of such securities issued | 10121000 |
(3) Amount of such securities sold by or for the account of any person who at the time was a director, officer, promoter or principal securityholder of the issuer of such securities, or was an underwriter of any securities of such issuer. | 0 |
(c)(1) Aggregate consideration for which the securities were issued and basis for computing the amount thereof. | No consideration received on 9,996,000 shares as they were issued as a result of the reverse merger with Blockchain Energy. 125,000 shares sold in January 2019 received $25,000 in consideration, or $0.20 per preferred share, which is $0.002 per common share once converted after a 24-month restriction, consistent with the price paid by other early investors as previously disclosed. |
(2) Aggregate consideration for which the securities listed in (b)(3) of this item (if any) were issued and the basis for computing the amount thereof (if different from the basis described in (c)(1)). |
(e) Indicate the section of the Securities Act or Commission rule or regulation relied upon for exemption from the registration requirements of such Act and state briefly the facts relied upon for such exemption | Section 4(a)(2) |
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 1-A/A
Amendment No. 6
TIER II OFFERING
OFFERING STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
VORTEX BRANDS, INC. |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
Date: February __, 2019
Colorado |
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81-1007448 |
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(State of Other Jurisdiction Of Incorporation) |
(Primary Standard Classification Code) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
Attn: Todd Higley
Chief Executive Officer
3511 Del Paso Rd., Ste. 160 PMB 208, Sacramento, CA 95835
Telephone: 213-260-0321
Please send copies of all correspondence to our corporate business address:
Attn: Todd Higley, CEO
3511 Del Paso Rd., Ste. 160 PMB 208, Sacramento, CA 95835
Telephone: 213-260-0321
The address for our corporate agent of service:
1942 Broadway Street, Suite 314C, Boulder, CO 80302
THIS OFFERING STATEMENT SHALL ONLY BE QUALIFIED UPON ORDER OF THE COMMISSION, UNLESS A SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT IS FILED INDICATING THE INTENTION TO BECOME QUALIFIED BY OPERATION OF THE TERMS OF REGULATION A.
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Part I should be read in conjunction with the attached XML Document for Items 1-6
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PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR DATED FEBRUARY __, 2019
An offering statement pursuant to Regulation A relating to these securities has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which we refer to as the Commission. Information contained in this Preliminary Offering Circular is subject to completion or amendment. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted before the offering statement filed with the Commission is qualified. This Preliminary Offering Circular shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor may there be any sales of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful before registration or qualification under the laws of any such state. We may elect to satisfy our obligation to deliver a Final Offering Circular by sending you a notice within two business days after the completion of our sale to you that contains the URL where the Final Offering Circular or the offering statement in which such Final Offering Circular was filed may be obtained.
VORTEX BRANDS
1,000,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
$0.0001 PAR VALUE PER SHARE
In this public offering we, “VORTEX BRANDS.” are offering 1,000,000,000 shares of our common stock. The offering is being made on a self-underwritten, “best efforts” basis. For additional information regarding the methods of sale, you should refer to the section entitled “Plan of Distribution” in this offering. Each investor must purchase a minimum of 200 shares. The shares offered by the Company will be sold on our behalf by our Chief Executive Officer, Todd Higley. Mr. Higley is deemed to be an underwriter of this offering. He will not receive any commissions or proceeds for selling the shares on our behalf. There is uncertainty that we will be able to sell any of the 1,000,000,000 shares being offered herein by the Company. All of the shares being registered for sale by the Company will be sold at a fixed price of $0.005 per share for the duration of the Offering. There is no minimum amount we are required to raise from the shares being offered by the Company and any funds received will be immediately available to us. There is no guarantee that we will sell any of the securities being offered in this offering. Additionally, there is no guarantee that this Offering will successfully raise enough funds to institute our company’s business plan. Additionally, there is no guarantee that a public market will ever develop and you may be unable to sell your shares.
This primary offering will terminate upon the earliest of (i) such time as all of the common stock has been sold pursuant to the Offering Statement or (ii) 365 days from the qualified date of this offering circular, unless extended by our director(s) for an additional 90 days. We may however, at any time and for any reason terminate the offering.
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Currently, our officers and directors own none of our Common Stock and have 64% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock (including common and preferred). After the offering, assuming all the shares being offered on behalf of the company are sold, our officers and directors will hold or have the ability to control approximately 61% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock.
If all the shares are not sold in the company’s offering, there is the possibility that the amount raised may be minimal and might not even cover the costs of the offering, which the Company estimates at $20,000. The proceeds from the sale of the securities will be placed directly into the Company’s account; any investor who purchases shares will have no assurance that any monies, beside their own, will be subscribed to the offering circular. All proceeds from the sale of the securities are non-refundable, except as may be required by applicable laws. All expenses incurred in this offering are being paid for by the company. There has been no public trading market for the common stock of VORTEX BRANDS.
The Company qualifies as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, which became law in April 2012 and will be subject to reduced public company reporting requirements.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE OFFERING CIRCULAR. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
AN OFFERING STATEMENT PURSUANT TO REGULATION A RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE COMMISSION. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED BEFORE THE OFFERING STATEMENT FILED WITH THE COMMISSION IS QUALIFIED. THIS PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR MAY THERE BE ANY SALES OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL BEFORE REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE. THE COMPANY MAY ELECT TO SATISFY ITS OBLIGATION TO DELIVER A FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR BY SENDING YOU A NOTICE WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF A SALE TO YOU THAT CONTAINS THE URL WHERE THE FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR OR THE OFFERING STATEMENT IN WHICH SUCH FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR WAS FILED MAY BE OBTAINED.
GENERALLY, NO SALE MAY BE MADE TO YOU IN THIS OFFERING IF THE AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE YOU PAY IS MORE THAN 10% OF THE GREATER OF YOUR ANNUAL INCOME OR NET WORTH. DIFFERENT RULES APPLY TO ACCREDITED INVESTORS AND NON-NATURAL PERSONS. BEFORE MAKING ANY REPRESENTATION THAT YOUR INVESTMENT DOES NOT EXCEED APPLICABLE THRESHOLDS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW RULE 251(D)(2)(I)(C) OF REGULATION A. FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ON INVESTING, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REFER TO WWW.INVESTOR.GOV.
THESE SECURITIES ARE SPECULATIVE AND INVOLVE A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. YOU SHOULD PURCHASE SHARES ONLY IF YOU CAN AFFORD THE COMPLETE LOSS OF YOUR INVESTMENT. PLEASE REFER TO ‘RISK FACTORS’ BEGINNING ON PAGE 8.
THE COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OF OR GIVE ITS APPROVAL TO ANY SECURITIES OFFERED OR THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, NOR DOES IT PASS UPON THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OFFERING CIRCULAR OR OTHER SOLICITATION MATERIALS. THESE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE COMMISSION; HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES OFFERED ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.
You should rely only on the information contained in this offering circular and the information we have referred you to. We have not authorized any person to provide you with any information about this Offering, the Company, or the shares of our Common Stock offered hereby that is different from the information included in this offering circular. If anyone provides you with different information, you should not rely on it.
The date of this offering circular is February ___, 2019
The following table of contents has been designed to help you find important information contained in this offering circular. We encourage you to read the entire offering circular.
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You should rely only on the information contained in this offering circular or contained in any free writing offering circular filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with additional information or information different from that contained in this offering circular filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, our common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in this offering circular is accurate only as of the date of this offering circular, regardless of the time of delivery of this offering circular or any sale of shares of our common stock. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.
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OFFERING CIRCULAR SUMMARY
In this offering circular, ‘‘Vortex Brands,’’ the “Company,’’ ‘‘we,’’, “Vortex:, “VTXB”, ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our,’’ refer to Vortex Brands, Inc., unless the context otherwise requires. Unless otherwise indicated, the term ‘‘fiscal year’’ refers to our fiscal year ending February 28. Unless otherwise indicated, the term ‘‘common stock’’ refers to shares of the Company’s common stock.
This offering circular, and any supplement to this offering circular include “forward-looking statements”. To the extent that the information presented in this offering circular discusses financial projections, information or expectations about our business plans, results of operations, products or markets, or otherwise makes statements about future events, such statements are forward-looking. Such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “intends”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “projects”, “forecasts”, “expects”, “plans” and “proposes”. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, there are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. These include, among others, the cautionary statements in the “Risk Factors” section and the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Position and Results of Operations” section in this offering circular.
This summary only highlights selected information contained in greater detail elsewhere in this offering circular. This summary may not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in our common stock. You should carefully read the entire offering circular, including “Risk Factors” beginning on Page 6, and the financial statements, before making an investment decision.
The Company
Vortex Brands Co. (“Vortex Brands”, “we”, “us”, “our”, the "Company" or the "Registrant") was originally incorporated in the State of Colorado on May 6, 2005 under the name of Global Sunrise, Inc. On January 15, 2007 the Company changed its name to Zulu Energy Corp. On May 29, 2014, the Company changed its name to Vortex Brands Co. The Company trades on OTC Markets PINKS under the symbol “VTXB”.
Our corporate business address is: 3511 Del Paso Rd., Ste. 160 PMB 208, Sacramento, CA 95835 and our registered office is located at 1942 Broadway Street, Suite 314C, Boulder, CO 80302. Our telephone number is 213-260-0321. Our E-Mail address is info@vortexbrands.us.
The address of our web site is www.vortexbrands.us and www.blockchainenergyinc.com. The information at our web site is for general information and marketing purposes and is not part of this report for purposes of liability for disclosures under the federal securities laws.
Our Company
Our Company will provide as a service multi-purpose Phase Angle Synchronization (PAS) equipment to electric utilities worldwide. PAS is a one-of-a-kind technology designed to address a one-hundred-year-old inherent problem that was thought to be unsolvable: the inefficient power consumption caused by electric motors. The solution will extend the life of the grid by protecting it from excessive wear and damage, improve grid reliability by reducing line congestion and increasing reserve margin, while creating true cost savings for the utility. Poor power efficiency has been the unsolvable issue in every facility that operates electric motors. PAS is designed to address industrial and commercial use applications in a scalable solution. Operations initially are focused in California before expanding nationwide.
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All dollar amounts refer to US dollars unless otherwise indicated.
We have 207,050,000 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. Through this offering, we intend to register 1,000,000,000 (one billion) shares for offering to the public. The price at which we offer these shares is fixed at $0.005 per share for the duration of the offering. There is no arrangement to address the possible effect of the offering on the price of the stock. We will receive all proceeds from the sale of the common stock.
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The following Preferred shares are currently issued and outstanding: 6,121,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock |
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The following Preferred shares will be outstanding after offering: 6,121,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock |
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This offering will terminate upon the earlier to occur of (i) 365 days after this Offering Statement becomes qualified with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or (ii) the date on which all 1,000,000,000 shares registered hereunder have been sold. We may, at our discretion, extend the offering for an additional 90 days. At any time and for any reason we may also terminate the offering. |
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An investment in our shares involves a high degree of risk and many uncertainties. You should carefully consider the specific factors listed below, together with the cautionary statement that follows this section and the other information included in this Offering Circular, before purchasing our shares in this offering. If one or more of the possibilities described as risks below actually occur, our operating results and financial condition would likely suffer and the trading price, if any, of our shares could fall, causing you to lose some or all of your investment. The following is a description of what we consider the key challenges and material risks to our business and an investment in our securities.
Since our officers and directors own approximately 64% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock (including common and preferred). After the offering, assuming all the shares being offered on behalf of the company are sold, our officers and directors will hold or have the ability to control approximately 61% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock since our officers and directors currently own significant voting power, investors may find that their decisions are contrary to their interests. You should not purchase shares unless you are willing to entrust all aspects of management to our officers and directors, or their successors.
As a result, our officers and directors will have control of the Company even if the full offering is subscribed for and be able to choose all of our directors. Their interests may differ from the ones of other stockholders. Factors that could cause their interests to differ from the other stockholders include the impact of corporate transactions on the timing of business operations and their ability to continue to manage the business given the amount of time they are able to devote to us.
Purchasers of the offered shares may not participate in our management and, therefore, are dependent upon their management abilities. The only assurance that our shareholders, including purchasers of the offered shares, have that our officers and directors will not abuse their discretion in executing our business affairs, as their fiduciary obligation and business integrity. Such discretionary powers include, but are not limited to, decisions regarding all aspects of business operations, corporate transactions and financing.
Accordingly, no person should purchase the offered shares unless willing to entrust all aspects of management to the officers and directors, or their successors. Potential purchasers of the offered shares must carefully evaluate the personal experience and business performance of our management.
Status as Not a Shell Company
The Company it is not a "shell company" as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, The Company is a "start-up" company which the Commission explicitly differentiates in Footnote 172 to SEC Release No. 33-8869 from "shell" companies covered under Rule 144(i)(1)(i) (the "Rule"). In adopting the definition of a shell company in SEC Release No. 33-8587 (the "Release"), the Commission stated that it intentionally did not define the term "nominal" and it did not set a quantitative threshold of what constitutes a shell company. Indeed, under the Rule, the threshold for what is considered "nominal" is, to a large degree, subjective and based upon facts and circumstances of each individual case.
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The Company is actively engaged in the implementation and deployment of its business plan. These activities include:
Demonstration unit has been installed in Sacramento, CA and shown to various stakeholders.
Preparations are underway to prepare for a pilot program of up to 100 installed PAS units.
Plans are being formed to ensure manufacturing and installation is as efficient as possible.
The Company's operations are more than just "nominal." As the Commission points out in its Release, there are no established quantitative thresholds to determine whether a company's operations are in-fact "nominal". Instead, the determination is to be made on a case-by-case basis, with significant regards to a subjective analysis aimed at preventing serious problems from allowing scheming promoters and affiliates to evade the definition of a "shell" company (as well as the intent of the Rule). As described in Footnote 32 to the Release, the Commission expounds its rationale for declining to quantitatively define the term "nominal" regarding a shell company.
It is reasonably commonplace that development stage or "start-up" companies have limited assets and resources, as well as having a going concern explanatory paragraph in the report of its independent registered public accounting firm. The Company is considering all possible avenues to develop its business model. The Company believes that by being a public company this should increase its image and credibility in the marketplace and provide possible sources of funding for its business.
The Company's management has been working at implementing the Company's core business strategy, including, but not limited to, meeting with distribution and installation partners, and business development in anticipation of its progressing operations and the development of its business model. The Company’s operations are more than "nominal" and that it does not fall within the class of companies for which the Commission was aiming to prevent as referenced in Release Footnote 32.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This offering circular contains forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties. We use words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “plan”, “expect”, “future”, “intend”, and similar expressions to identify such forward-looking statements. Investors should be aware that all forward-looking statements contained within this filing are good faith estimates of management as of the date of this filing. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements for many reasons, including the risks faced by us as described in the “Risk Factors” section and elsewhere in this offering circular.
Investing in the Company’s Securities is very risky. You should be able to bear a complete loss of your investment. You should carefully consider the following factors, including those listed in this Securities Offering.
Risks Related to our Business
This offering is being conducted by the Company without the benefit of an underwriter, as such there is no assurance that we can raise the intended amount.
We have self-underwritten our offering on a “best efforts” basis, which means: No underwriter has been engaged to sell the shares instead our officers and directors will attempt to sell the shares. As such there can be no assurance that all of the shares offered under the prospectus will be sold or that the proceeds raised from the offering, if any, will be sufficient to cover the costs of the offering; and there is no assurance that we can raise the intended offering amount.
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We are not currently profitable and may not become profitable.
We have incurred operating losses since our formation and expect to incur losses in the foreseeable future. We also expect to experience negative cash flow for the foreseeable future as we fund our operating losses and capital expenditures. There is substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern.
As a result, we will need to generate significant revenues in order to achieve and maintain profitability. We may not be able to generate these revenues or achieve profitability in the future. Our failure to achieve or maintain profitability could negatively impact the value of our business.
We are dependent upon the proceeds of this offering to fund our business. If we do not sell enough shares in this offering to continue operations, this could have a negative effect on the value of the common stock.
We must raise approximately $1,000,000 of the $5,000,000 offered in this offering to begin installing our initial 100 units. Unless we begin to generate sufficient revenues to finance operations as a going concern, we may experience liquidity and solvency problems. Such liquidity and solvency problems may force us to cease operations if additional financing is not available.
Our minimal operating history gives no assurances that our future operations will result in profitable revenues, which could result in the suspension or end of our operations.
We have a limited operating history upon which an evaluation of our future success or failure can be made. Our ability to achieve and maintain profitability and positive cash flow is dependent upon the completion of this offering and our ability to generate revenues.
There is substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. We have incurred significant operating losses since our formation and expect to incur significant losses in the foreseeable future. We also expect to experience negative cash flow for the foreseeable future as we fund our operating losses and capital expenditures. As a result we will need to generate significant revenues in order to achieve and maintain profitability. We may not be able to generate these revenues or achieve profitability in the future. Our failure to achieve or maintain profitability could negatively impact the value of our business and may cause us to go out of business.
We are a new company with a limited operating history and we face a high risk of business failure that could result in the loss of your investment.
We are a development stage company formed recently to carry out the activities described in this prospectus and thus have only a limited operating history upon which an evaluation of our Offering Circular can be made. We have limited business operations.
Accordingly, our future revenue and operating results are difficult to forecast. As of the date of this Offering Circular, we have earned limited revenue. Failure to generate revenue in the future will cause us to go out of business, which could result in the complete loss of your investment.
Adverse developments that develop in the global economy restricting the credit markets may materially and negatively impact our business.
Though current global economic conditions appear stable and it has been several years from the last downturn in the world’s major economies which constrained the credit markets, we must be aware that similar events could occur quickly and could heighten a number of material risks to our business, cash flows, and financial condition, as well as our future prospects. Any such current or future issues involving liquidity and capital adequacy affecting lenders could affect our ability to access credit facilities or obtain debt financing and could affect the ability of lenders to meet their funding requirements when we need to borrow. Further, in the uncertain event that a public market for our stock develops, any current or future volatility in the equity markets may make it difficult in the future for us to access the equity markets for additional capital at attractive prices, if at all. Should a credit crisis develop in other countries, for example, which could create concerns over any number of economic indicators, it could increase volatility in global credit and equity markets. If we are unable to obtain credit or access capital markets, our business could be negatively impacted. For example, we may be unable to raise sufficient capital from this offering.
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Our operating results may prove unpredictable, which could negatively affect our profit.
Our operating results are likely to fluctuate significantly in the future due to a variety of factors, many of which we have no control. Factors that may cause our operating results to fluctuate significantly include: our inability to generate enough working capital from operations our inability to secure long-term service contract with the utilities that benefit from the installed technology; the level of commercial acceptance of our technology; fluctuations in the demand for our technology; the amount and timing of operating costs and capital expenditures relating to expansion of our business, operations and infrastructure and general economic conditions. If realized, any of these risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.
Key management personnel may leave the Company, which could adversely affect the ability of the Company to continue operations.
Because we are entirely dependent on the efforts of our officers and directors, any one of their departure or the loss of other key personnel in the future, could have a material adverse effect on the business. We believe that all commercially reasonable efforts have been made to minimize the risks attendant with the departure by key personnel from service.
However, there is no guarantee that replacement personnel, if any, will help the Company to operate profitably. We do not maintain key-person life insurance on any of our officers and directors.
If our Company is dissolved, it is unlikely that there will be sufficient assets remaining to distribute to our shareholders.
In the event of the dissolution of our company, the proceeds realized from the liquidation of our assets, if any, will be used primarily to pay the claims of our creditors, if any, before there can be any distribution to the shareholders. In that case, the ability of purchasers of the offered shares to recover all or any portion of the purchase price for the offered shares will depend on the amount of funds realized and the claims to be satisfied there from.
If we are unable to manage our future growth, our business could be harmed and we may not become profitable.
Significant growth may place a significant strain on management, financial, operating and technical resources. Failure to manage growth effectively could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or the results of its operations.
Competitors may enter this sector with superior infrastructure and backing, infringing on our customer base, and affecting our business adversely.
We have identified a market opportunity for our services. Competitors may enter this sector with superior service. This would infringe on our customer base, having an adverse effect upon our business and the results of our operations.
Since we anticipate operating expenses will increase prior to earning revenue, we may never achieve profitability.
We anticipate an increase in our operating expenses, without realizing any revenues from the sale of our service. Within the next 18 months, we will have costs related to (i) manufacturing, partnership, and administration resources, (ii) development of manufacturing, distribution, and installation protocols; (iii) initiation of our marketing and promotional campaign, (iv) administrative and legal expenses, and (v) the expenses of this offering.
There is no history upon which to base any assumption as to the likelihood that we will prove successful. We cannot provide investors with any assurance that our products and services will attract potential buyers, generate any operating revenue, or ever achieve profitable operations. If we are unable to address these risks, there is a high probability that our business can fail, which will result in the loss of your entire investment.
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Risks Related To This Offering
Investing in our company is highly speculative and could result in the entire loss of your investment.
Purchasing the offered shares is highly speculative and involves significant risk. The offered shares should not be purchased by any person who cannot afford to lose their entire investment. Our business objectives are also speculative, and it is possible that we would be unable to accomplish them. Our shareholders may be unable to realize a substantial or any return on their purchase of the offered shares and may lose their entire investment. For this reason, each prospective purchaser of the offered shares should read this prospectus and all of its exhibits carefully and consult with their attorney, business and/or investment advisor.
Investing in our company may result in an immediate loss because buyers will pay more for our common stock than what the pro rata portion of the assets are worth.
We have only been recently formed and have only a limited operating history with limited earnings; therefore, the price of the offered shares is not based on any data. The offering price and other terms and conditions regarding our shares have been arbitrarily determined and do not bear any relationship to assets, earnings, book value or any other objective criteria of value. No investment banker, appraiser or other independent third party has been consulted concerning the offering price for the shares or the fairness of the offering price used for the shares.
The arbitrary offering price of $0.005 per share as determined herein is substantially higher than the net tangible book value per share of our common stock. Our assets do not substantiate a share price of $0.005. This premium in share price applies to the terms of this offering. The offering price will not change for the duration of the offering even if we obtain a listing on any exchange or become quoted on the OTC Markets.
We have 3,000,000,000 authorized shares of common stock, of which 207,050,000 shares are currently issued and outstanding and 1,207,050,000 shares will be issued and outstanding after this offering terminates (assuming all shares have been sold). Our management could, with the consent of the existing shareholders, issue substantially more shares, causing a large dilution in the equity position of our current shareholders.
As we do not have an escrow or trust account with the subscriptions for investors, if we file for or are forced into bankruptcy protection, investors will lose their entire investment.
Invested funds for this offering will not be placed in an escrow or trust account and if we file for bankruptcy protection or a petition for involuntary bankruptcy is filed by creditors against us, your funds will become part of the bankruptcy estate and administered according to the bankruptcy laws. As such, you will lose your investment and your funds will be used to pay creditors.
We do not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future, so there will be less ways in which you can make a gain on any investment in us.
We have never paid dividends and do not intend to pay any dividends for the foreseeable future. To the extent that we may require additional funding currently not provided for in our financing plan, our funding sources may prohibit the declaration of dividends. Because we do not intend to pay dividends, any gain on your investment will need to result from an appreciation in the price of our common stock. There will therefore be fewer ways in which you are able to make a gain on your investment.
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In the event that our shares are traded, they may trade under $5.00 per share, and thus will be considered a penny stock. Trading penny stocks has many restrictions and these restrictions could severely affect the price and liquidity of our shares.
In the event that our shares trade below $5.00 per share, our stock would be known as a “penny stock”, which is subject to various regulations involving disclosures to be given to you prior to the purchase of any penny stock. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has adopted regulations which generally define a “penny stock” to be any equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. Depending on market fluctuations, our common stock could be considered to be a “penny stock”. A penny stock is subject to rules that impose additional sales practice requirements on broker/dealers who sell these securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. For transactions covered by these rules, the broker/dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchase of these securities. In addition, he must receive the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to the purchase. He must also provide certain written disclosures to the purchaser. Consequently, the “penny stock” rules may restrict the ability of broker/dealers to sell our securities, and may negatively affect the ability of holders of shares of our common stock to resell them. These disclosures require you to acknowledge that you understand the risks associated with buying penny stocks and that you can absorb the loss of your entire investment. Penny stocks are low priced securities that do not have a very high trading volume. Consequently, the price of the stock is often volatile and you may not be able to buy or sell the stock when you want to.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) sales practice requirements may also limit your ability to buy and sell our common stock, which could depress the price of our shares.
FINRA rules require broker-dealers to have reasonable grounds for believing that an investment is suitable for a customer before recommending that investment to the customer. Prior to recommending speculative low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status and investment objectives, among other things. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability such speculative low-priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. Thus, FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our shares, have an adverse effect on the market for our shares, and thereby depress our share price.
You may face significant restriction on the resale of your shares due to state “Blue Sky” laws.
Each state has its own securities laws, often called “blue sky” laws, which (1) limit sales of securities to a state’s residents unless the securities are registered in that state or qualify for an exemption from registration, and (2) govern the reporting requirements for broker-dealers doing business directly or indirectly in the state. Before a security is sold in a state, there must be a registration in place to cover the transaction, or it must be exempt from registration. The applicable broker-dealer must also be registered in that state.
We do not know whether our securities will be registered or exempt from registration under the laws of any state. A determination regarding registration will be made by those broker-dealers, if any, who agree to serve as market makers for our common stock. We have not yet applied to have our securities registered in any state and will not do so until we receive expressions of interest from investors resident in specific states after they have viewed this Prospectus. We will initially focus our offering in the state of New York and will rely on exemptions found under New York Law. There may be significant state blue sky law restrictions on the ability of investors to sell, and on purchasers to buy, our securities. You should therefore consider the resale market for our common stock to be limited, as you may be unable to resell your shares without the significant expense of state registration or qualification.
The price of the current offering is fixed at $0.005 per share. This price is significantly higher than the price paid by the Company’s officers and directors and early investors which was $0.001 and $0.002, respectively.
An early-stage company typically sells its shares (or grants options over its shares) to its founders and early employees at a very low cash cost, because they are, in effect, putting their “sweat equity” into the company. When the company seeks cash from outside investors, the new investors typically pay a much larger sum for their shares than the founders or earlier investors, which means that the cash value of the new investors stake is diluted because each share of the same type is worth the same amount, and the new investor has paid more for the shares than earlier investors did for theirs.
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We intend to sell 1,000,000,000 shares of our Common Stock. We were initially capitalized by the sale of our Common Stock. The following table sets forth the number of shares of Common Stock purchased from us, the total consideration paid and the price per share. The table assumes all 1,000,000,000 shares of Common Stock will be sold.
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Existing Shareholders |
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207,050,000 |
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17.2 | % |
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$ | 234,000 |
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4.5 | % |
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$ | 0.0011 |
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Purchasers of Shares |
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1,000,000,000 |
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82.8 | % |
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$ | 5,000,000 |
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95.5 | % |
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$ | 0.005 |
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1,207,050,000 |
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$ | 5,234,000 |
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$ | 0.0043 |
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The following table sets forth the difference between the offering price of the shares of our Common Stock being offered by us, the net tangible book value per share, and the net tangible book value per share after giving effect to the offering by us, assuming that 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of the offered shares are sold. Net tangible book value per share represents the amount of total tangible assets less total liabilities divided by the number of shares outstanding as of August 31, 2018. Totals may vary due to rounding.
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50% of offered shares are sold |
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75% of offered shares are sold |
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100% of offered shares are sold |
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Offering Price |
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$ | 0.005 |
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$ | 0.005 |
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$ | 0.005 |
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$ | 0.005 |
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Net tangible book value at August 31, 2018 |
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$ | (0.00002 | ) |
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$ | (0.00002 | ) |
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$ | (0.00002 | ) |
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Net tangible book value after giving effect to the offering |
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$ | 0.0027 |
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$ | 0.0035 |
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$ | 0.0039 |
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$ | 0.0041 |
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Increase in net tangible book value per share attributable to cash payments made by new investors |
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$ | 0.0035 |
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$ | 0.0039 |
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$ | 0.0041 |
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Per Share Dilution to New Investors |
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$ | 0.0023 |
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$ | 0.0015 |
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$ | 0.0011 |
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53.6 | % |
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70.0 | % |
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77.9 | % |
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82.4 | % |
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DETERMINATION OF OFFERING PRICE
The offering price of the common stock has been arbitrarily determined and bears no relationship to any objective criterion of value. The price does not bear any relationship to our assets, book value, historical earnings or net worth. No valuation or appraisal has been prepared for our business. We cannot assure you that a public market for our securities will develop or continue or that the securities will ever trade at a price higher than the offering price.
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Our common stock offered through this offering is being made by the Company through a direct public offering. Our Common Stock may be sold or distributed from time to time by the Company utilizing general solicitation through the internet, social media, and any other means of widespread communication. The sale of our common stock offered by us through this offering may be effected by one or more of the following methods: internet, social media, and any other means of widespread communication including but not limited to crowdfunding sites, ordinary brokers’ transactions;· transactions involving cross or block trades; through brokers, dealers, or underwriters who may act solely as agents; in other ways not involving market makers or established business markets, including direct sales to purchasers or sales effected through agents;· in privately negotiated transactions; or· any combination of the foregoing. Brokers, dealers, underwriters, or agents participating in the distribution of the shares as agents may receive compensation in the form of commissions, discounts, or concessions from the Company and/or purchasers of the common stock for whom the broker-dealers may act as agent. The Company has 207,050,000 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of the date of this offering circular. The Company is registering an additional 1,000,000,000 shares of its common stock for sale at the price of $0.005 per share.
There is no arrangement to address the possible effect of the offering on the price of the stock.
In connection with the Company’s selling efforts in the offering, Todd Higley will not register as a broker-dealer pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange Act, but rather will rely upon the “safe harbor” provisions of SEC Rule 3a4-1, promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
Generally speaking, Rule 3a4-1 provides an exemption from the broker-dealer registration requirements of the Exchange Act for persons associated with an issuer that participate in an offering of the issuer’s securities. Todd Higley is not subject to any statutory disqualification, as that term is defined in Section 3(a)(39) of the Exchange Act. Todd Higley will not be compensated in connection with his participation in the offering by the payment of commissions or other remuneration based either directly or indirectly on transactions in our securities. Mr. Higley is not, nor has he been within the past 12 months, a broker or dealer, and he is not, nor has he been within the past 12 months, an associated person of a broker or dealer. At the end of the offering, Mr. Higley will continue to primarily perform substantial duties for the Company or on its behalf otherwise than in connection with transactions in securities. Todd Higley will not participate in selling an offering of securities for any issuer more than once every 12 months other than in reliance on Exchange Act Rule 3a4-1(a)(4)(i) or (iii).
The Company will receive all proceeds from the sale of the 1,000,000,000 shares being offered on behalf of the company itself. The price per share is fixed at $0.005 for the duration of this offering. Our common stock is listed on a public exchange and quoted over-the counter, OTC PINK, under the symbol, VTXB. The Company’s shares may be sold to purchasers from time to time directly by and subject to the discretion of the Company. The shares of common stock sold by the Company may be occasionally sold in one or more transactions; all shares sold under this offering circular will be sold at a fixed price of $0.005 per share.
The Company will pay all expenses incidental to the registration of the shares (including registration pursuant to the securities laws of certain states), which we expect to be no more than $20,000.
Procedures for Subscribing
If you decide to subscribe for any shares in this offering, you must
- Execute and deliver a subscription agreement; and
- Deliver a check or certified funds to us for acceptance or rejection.
All checks for subscriptions must be made payable to “Vortex Brands”. The Company will provide either proof of a book entry or deliver stock certificates attributable to shares of common stock purchased directly to the purchasers within ninety (90) days of the close of the offering.
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Right to Reject Subscriptions
We have the right to accept or reject subscriptions in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason. All monies from rejected subscriptions will be returned immediately by us to the subscriber, without interest or deductions. Subscriptions for securities will be accepted or rejected with letter by mail within 48 hours after we receive them.
Our offering is being made on a self-underwritten basis: no minimum number of shares must be sold in order for the offering to proceed. The offering price per share is $0.005. The following table sets forth the uses of proceeds assuming the sale of 100%, 75%, 50%, and 25% of the securities offered for sale by the Company. There is no assurance that we will raise the full $5,000,000 as anticipated.
If 1,000,000,000 shares (100%) are sold:
Next 12 months
Planned Actions |
Estimated Cost to Complete |
Salary for current or future employees |
$ 1,000,000 |
Development costs associated with current projects |
3,250,000 |
Development costs for future projects |
250,000 |
Marketing and distribution costs of product(s) |
500,000 |
TOTAL |
$ 5,000,000 |
If 750,000,000 shares (75%) are sold:
Next 12 months
Planned Actions |
Estimated Cost to Complete |
Salary for current or future employees |
$ 750,000 |
Development costs associated with current projects |
2,350,000 |
Development costs for future projects |
200,000 |
Marketing and distribution costs of product(s) |
450,000 |
TOTAL |
$ 3,750,000 |
If 500,000,000 shares (50%) are sold:
Next 12 months
Planned Actions |
Estimated Cost to Complete |
Salary for current or future employees |
$ 520,000 |
Development costs associated with current projects |
1,450,000 |
Development costs for future projects |
150,000 |
Marketing and distribution costs of product(s) |
380,000 |
TOTAL |
$ 2,500,000 |
If 250,000,000 shares (25%) are sold:
Next 12 months
Planned Actions |
Estimated Cost to Complete |
Salary for current or future employees |
$ 360,000 |
Development costs associated with current projects |
650,000 |
Development costs for future projects |
90,000 |
Marketing and distribution costs of product(s) |
150,000 |
TOTAL |
$ 1,250,000 |
The above figures represent only estimated costs for the next 12 months.
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Item 7: Description of Business
Vortex Brands Co. (“Vortex Brands”, “we”, “us”, “our”, the "Company" or the "Registrant") was originally incorporated in the State of Colorado on May 6, 2005 under the name of Global Sunrise, Inc. On January 15, 2007 the Company changed its name to Zulu Energy Corp. On May 29, 2014, the Company changed its name to Vortex Brands Co. The Company trades on OTC Markets PINKS under the symbol “VTXB”.
Our corporate business address is: 3511 Del Paso Rd., Ste. 160 PMB 208, Sacramento, CA 95835, and our registered office is located at 1942 Broadway Street, Suite 314C, Boulder, CO 80302. Our telephone number is 213-260-0321. Our E-Mail address is info@vortexbrands.us.
The address of our web site is www.vortexbrands.us and www.blockchainenergyinc.com. The information at our web site is for general information and marketing purposes and is not part of this report for purposes of liability for disclosures under the federal securities laws.
Reverse Merger
On February 19, 2018, the Company executed a reverse merger with Blockchain Energy, Inc. whereby the Company acquired 100% of Blockchain Energy, in exchange for 117,000,000 shares of Vortex Brands common stock and 9,996,000* shares of Series C Preferred Stock. Immediately prior to the reverse merger, there were 90,050,000 common shares outstanding and 1,077,016 shares of Super Preferred shares outstanding and Tom Olmstead was the sole officer/director. After the reverse merger, the Company had 207,050,000 Common shares outstanding and 9,996,000* shares of Series C Preferred shares outstanding and the Super Preferred were cancelled as agreed by Tom Olmstead as part of the reverse merger. For accounting purposes, this transaction is being accounted for as a reverse merger and has been treated as a recapitalization of the Company with Blockchain being considered the accounting acquirer, and the financial statements of the accounting acquirer became the financial statements of the registrant. The Company did not recognize goodwill or any intangible assets in connection with the transaction. The shares issued to the shareholders of Blockchain in conjunction with the share exchange transaction have been presented as outstanding for all periods. The historical consolidated financial statements include the operations of the accounting acquirer for all periods presented.
Blockchain Energy was incorporated in the State of Colorado on December 28, 2017. Blockchain Energy was the surviving Company and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Vortex Brands. Vortex Brands had no operations, assets or liabilities prior to the reverse merger. This is the current corporate organization:
Vortex Brands, Inc. trades on the OTC Pink Sheets under the symbol “VTXB”.
* Mr. Kirkland and Mr. Jones resigned on October 29, 2018 and their shares were surrendered as disclosed below.
Business of Registrant
Our Company will act as the operating entity in the commercialization efforts of Phase Angle Synchronization (PAS) equipment offered as a service and will create and administer relevant contracts providing PAS service to electric utilities nationwide. Contract services will include creating, negotiating, and administering the monthly service agreements with the electric utility and collecting revenue from a service fee we will charge that shares a portion of the savings for the electric utility created by each PAS service installation. Contract administration may also include contracts for the sourcing or manufacturing of components, assembly, marketing, installation, and maintenance of PAS equipment.
The PAS service will address the problem of inefficient power consumption inherent in every electric motor. This problem places a strain on the grid--namely the transmission and distribution infrastructure of the electric utility--by contributing to what is known as "line congestion". The PAS equipment improves the consumption efficiency of electricity, installed in parallel behind the meter, and corrects the phase angle precisely to 12 degrees on every cycle (every 1/60th of a second) with the application of precise capacitance phase-to-phase. PAS does this with a complex high-speed computer, which took 25 years to develop because the conceptualized solution did not have the complimentary high-speed computing power to work as fast as was necessary to perform this function, until just a few years ago.
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The equipment appears to be different than any other solution because it operates without a reactor, has no cooling fans, and uses a simple "plug-and-play" installation without costly custom engineering. PAS also removes line congestion, improves electric grid stability, and extends the life of electric utility infrastructure. The benefits accrue to the electric utility, primarily since PAS reduces kilovolt-ampere, or kVA, while maintaining the kilowatt-hours, or kWh. This result was measured at a manufacturing facility during R&D comparing the utility bill from the month before PAS installation to the bill after installation. This same result is shown on the demo unit each time it has been shown. The utility bills each customer in kWh but provides kVA so, a reduction in kVA to any facility where PAS is installed will reduce the operating costs of the electric utility, and since it protects the infrastructure PAS will further reduce the electric utility's maintenance costs.
Clients of the utility who have PAS equipment installed benefit from a reliable grid, meaning less incidence of brown-outs or black-outs, and increased public relations with the ability to publicize the extent to which their facility has reduced its environmental impact by reducing the amount of power the electric utility needs to produce to service the client's facility. The amount of kVA reduction will be available on every electric bill, so when compared to a baseline operating case for a period prior to PAS installation, there will be an exact amount of "saved kVA" that will translate into trackable and traceable improvements as to environmental impact. Through our operating subsidiary Blockchain Energy, Inc., our company has conceptualized utilizing the public ledger aspects of blockchain technology to document the environmental impact improvements from any PAS service installation, by either implementing available third-party solution or by developing our own solution. Though second in priority to the pilot program and commercialization of the PAS service, a publicly verifiable ledger of these environmental impact improvements could add credibility to the client's publicity of positive environmental impact.
Our company holds the irrevocable right to purchase all components necessary to effectuate the PAS system from Tripac Systems, and holds the custodial rights to the demo PAS equipment, as evidenced by the Memorandum of Understanding attached as Exhibit 6.2, and will act in connection with Tripac Systems to commercialize PAS equipment offered as a service to electric utilities nationwide, as described above. Tripac Systems has done the research and development of PAS equipment over the last 25 years. Their capabilities include experience at assembling the equipment from off-the-shelf components and designing the plans and schematics for PAS equipment. Tripac Systems does not need to have manufacturing capability since they utilize off-the-shelf components in the assembly, though they have tested various manufactured components for quality and performance. Our Company will take the lead, with Tripac Systems offering expert knowledge and advice as needed, to develop a standardized process for the assembly of and installation instructions for PAS equipment, create the procedure for sourcing components, and establishing the criteria for the selection and administration of any third-party contract needed to manufacture, assemble, market, install, or maintain the PAS equipment.
When we first put together a team to bring PAS to market, that team included directors of Fazync, an IHSI subsidiary, and we envisioned contracting with Fazync to handle installations and maintenance of PAS due to their electrical contracting experience. However, in an effort to simplify our corporate structure those functions will be contracted out to various electrical contractors as needed. Therefore, we have amicably terminated our relationship with IHSI and their subsidiary, Fazync, and their officers have resigned from our board of directors. However, we remain open to explore opportunities in the future where capabilities from one group may add value to the other. Likewise, the prior contracts between Tripac Systems and Fazync have also been terminated. The termination agreement is attached for reference as Exhibit 6.1.
Operations are initially focused in California before expanding nationwide where we are in the planning stage of designing the roll-out of a pilot program with multiple PAS units to demonstrate performance on a large scale and in varying installation environments. Current efforts are focused on site selection for PAS installations and stakeholder and industry support of the pilot program. Only after the PAS units have been installed and a minimum of 2 months of performance data have been collected will we execute service contracts with the utility based on collecting a portion of the savings our service provides. The demonstration unit in Sacramento has been shown to various stakeholders multiple times. Further demonstrations are planned for 4th quarter of 2018, while we finalize the pilot program planning and further refine the manufacturing and installation processes. There are no material hurdles to initiating the pilot program beyond having sufficient capital to execute the business plan, since equipment will be installed at no cost to the utility or their clients during the pilot program. The minimum capital estimate needed to implement the business plan, including the pilot program, ranges from a low case of 25% of this offering, or $1.25 Million to a high case of 50% of this offering or $2.50 Million. The quantity and quality of the expected performance data increases closer to the high case since additional capital means more data from more units operating in more locations.
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Government Regulations
We are unaware of and do not anticipate having to expend significant resources to comply with any local, state and governmental regulations. We are subject to the laws and regulations of those jurisdictions in which we plan to offer our products and services, which are generally applicable to business operations, such as business licensing requirements, income taxes and payroll taxes. In general, the development and operation of our business is not subject to special regulatory and/or supervisory requirements.
Competition
At this time, we have not completed a thorough competitive analysis. We intend to use part of the proceeds to conduct such analysis and structure our strategy accordingly.
Employees and Employment Agreements
As of March 1, 2018, we have employment agreements with our directors and officers. Our officers have the flexibility to work on our business as required to execute the business plan and are prepared to devote more time to our operations as may be required. The officers and directors have agreed to receive stock as described herein as compensation for their employment. In addition to stock allocations, Mr. Higley and Mrs. Widner-White have agreed to $100,000 each in annual deferred compensation, until such time as sufficient operating capital has been raised.
We do not presently have pension, health, annuity, insurance, stock options, profit sharing, or similar benefit plans; however, we may adopt plans in the future. There are presently no personal benefits available to our directors and officers.
During the initial implementation of our business plan, we intend to hire independent consultants to assist in the development of our business plan.
Intellectual Property
We do not currently hold rights to any intellectual property rights.
Research and Development
Since our inception to the date of this Offering Circular, we have spent $8,000 on research and development activities.
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Reports to Security Holders
After the completion of this Tier II, Regulation A offering, we intend to become subject to the information and periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. If we become subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, we will file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission. Such periodic reports, proxy statements and other information will be available for inspection and copying at the public reference room and on the Commission’s website at: http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=vortex+brands&owner=exclude&action=getcompany. Until we become or never become subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, we will furnish the following reports, statements, and tax information to each stockholder:
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Reporting Requirements under Tier II of Regulation A. Following this Tier II, Regulation A offering, we will be required to comply with certain ongoing disclosure requirements under Rule 257 of Regulation A. We will be required to file: an annual report with the SEC on Form 1-K; a semi-annual report with the SEC on Form 1-SA; current reports with the SEC on Form 1-U; and a notice under cover of Form 1-Z. The necessity to file current reports will be triggered by certain corporate events, similar to the ongoing reporting obligation faced by issuers under the Exchange Act, however the requirement to file a Form 1-U is expected to be triggered by significantly fewer corporate events than that of the Form 8-K. Such reports and other information will be available for inspection and copying at the public reference room and on the Commission’s website referred to above. Parts I & II of Form 1-Z will be filed by us if and when we decide to and are no longer obligated to file and provide annual reports pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A. |
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Annual Reports. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of our fiscal year, ending on February 28 (February 29 in leap years), our board of directors will cause to be mailed or made available, by any reasonable means, to each Stockholder as of a date selected by the board of directors, an annual report containing financial statements of the Company for such fiscal year, presented in accordance with GAAP, including a balance sheet and statements of operations, company equity and cash flows, with such statements having been audited by an accountant selected by the board of directors. The board of directors shall be deemed to have made a report available to each stockholder as required if it has either (i) filed such report with the SEC via its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval, or EDGAR, system and such report is publicly available on such system or (ii) made such report available on any website maintained by us and available for viewing by the stockholders. |
Legal Proceedings
From time to time, we may become party to litigation or other legal proceedings that we consider to be a part of the ordinary course of our business. We are not currently involved in legal proceedings that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations. We may become involved in material legal proceedings in the future.
Emerging Growth Company Status
We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act. For as long as we are an “emerging growth company,” we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies,” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) 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 advisory “say-on-pay” votes on executive compensation and shareholder advisory votes on golden parachute compensation.
Under the JOBS Act, we will remain an “emerging growth company” until the earliest of:
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the date on which we have, during the previous three-year period, issued more than $1 billion in non- convertible debt; and |
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We will qualify as a large accelerated filer as of the first day of the first fiscal year after we have (i) more than $700 million in outstanding common equity held by our non-affiliates and (ii) been public for at least 12 months. The value of our outstanding common equity will be measured each year on the last day of our second fiscal quarter.
The Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that we may elect to utilize the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards and such election is irrevocable if made. As such, we have made the election to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act.
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Going Concern
Our auditors expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements, the Company has suffered losses and has experienced negative cash flows from operations, which raises substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to those matters are also described in Note 3 to the financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Item 8: Description of Property
Our office space needs are limited at the current time. We have moved our demonstration unit to Tripac's Washington State location to standardize unit design and assembly for the upcoming pilot program. Mr. Kirkland and Mr. Jones, our prior directors, had provided space in the past, and their company is being compensated as per the termination agreement. Our corporate business address is: 3511 Del Paso Rd., Ste. 160 PMB 208, Sacramento, CA 95835.
Item 9: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes and other financial information included elsewhere in this prospectus. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this prospectus, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business and related financing, includes forward-looking statements that reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance, which involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are often identified by words like: “believe”, “expect”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “project” and similar expressions, or words that, by their nature, refer to future events. You should not place undue certainty on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this prospectus. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or our predictions. You should review the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus for a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis.
Our financial statements are stated in United States Dollars (USD or US$) and are prepared in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. All references to “common shares” refer to the common shares in our capital stock.
Overview
Results of Operations
There is limited historical financial information about us upon which to base an evaluation of our performance. We have not generated revenues from our operations. We cannot guarantee we will be successful in our business operations. Our business is subject to risks inherent in the establishment of a new business enterprise, including the financial risks associated with the limited capital resources currently available to us for the implementation of our business strategies. (See “Risk Factors”). To become profitable and competitive, we must develop the business plan and execute the plan. Our management will attempt to secure financing through various means including borrowing and investment from institutions and private individuals.
Since inception, the majority of our time has been spent on capital raising and refining and implementing our business plan.
The following summary of our results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements for the six months ended August 31, 2018 and the period from inception December 28, 2017 to February 28, 2018, which are included herein.
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General and administrative |
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116,552 |
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We have generated no revenues since inception December 28, 2017 and have incurred $239,115 in expenses through August 31, 2018.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Working capital
The following table presents our work capital position as at August 31, 2018 and February 28, 2018:
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Current Liabilities |
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The change in working capital during the six months ended August 31, 2018, was primarily due to a decrease in current assets of $98,457 and an increase in current liabilities of $103,160. Current assets decreased primarily due to a decrease in cash. Current liabilities increased primarily due to an increase in accrued management fees of $100,000.
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Cash Flow
The following tables presents our cash flow for the six months ended August 31, 2018 and the period from inception December 28, 2017 to February 28, 2018:
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Cash Flows from Operating Activities
For the six months ended August 31, 2018, net cash flows used in operating activities consisted of a net loss of $205,923, reduced by depreciation of $4,306, accrued management fees of $100,000 and accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $3,160 and increased by prepaid expenses of $3,000.
For the period from inception December 28, 2017 to February 28, 2018, net cash flows used in operating activities consisted of a net loss of $33,192, reduced by depreciation of $886, and stock-based compensation of $1,000.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
For the six months ended August 31, 2018, our company did not have any investing activities.
For the period from inception December 28, 2017 to February 28, 2018, we used $95,447 in the purchase of equipment.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
For the six months ended August 31, 2018, our company did not have any financing activities.
For the period from inception December 28, 2017 to February 28, 2018, we received $234,000 from issuance of common shares.
As of the date of this offering, we have not generated revenues from our business operations. For the period ending February 28, 2018, we issued 117,000,000 shares of common stock and 9,996,000* shares of Preferred Stock as part of the reverse merger.
Our cash balance is $5,760 and $107,217 as of August 31, 2018 and February 28, 2018, respectively. Our cash balance is not sufficient to fund our limited levels of operations for any extended period of time. The company is paying all costs associated with this offering and shall pay any additional funds that may be required. Accordingly, we anticipate that our current cash on hand is not sufficient to meet our obligations. Based on our disclosure above under “Use of Proceeds,” which is based on utilizing less than $20,000 for this offering, we anticipate that any level of capital raised above 25% will allow us minimal operations for a twelve-month period.
The Company currently has no external sources of liquidity such as arrangements with credit institutions or off-balance sheet arrangements that will have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition or immediate access to capital.
Our director and officers have made no commitments, written or oral, with respect to providing a source of liquidity in the form of cash advances, loans and/or financial guarantees.
If the Company is unable to raise the funds partially through this offering, the Company will seek alternative financing through means such as borrowings from institutions or private individuals. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to keep costs from being more than these estimated amounts or that the Company will be able to raise such funds. Even if we sell all shares offered through this Offering Circular, we expect that the Company will seek additional financing in the future. However, the Company may not be able to obtain additional capital or generate sufficient revenues to fund our operations. If we are unsuccessful at raising sufficient funds, for whatever reason, to fund our operations, the Company may be forced to seek a buyer for our business or another entity with which we could create a joint venture. If all of these alternatives fail, we expect that the Company will be required to seek protection from creditors under applicable bankruptcy laws.
Recent Federal legislation, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, has resulted in the adoption of various corporate governance measures designed to promote the integrity of the corporate management and the securities markets. Some of these measures have been adopted in response to legal requirements. Others have been adopted by companies in response to the requirements of national securities exchanges, such as the NYSE or The NASDAQ Stock Market, on which their securities are listed. Among the corporate governance measures that are required under the rules of national securities exchanges are those that address board of directors’ independence, audit committee oversight, and the adoption of a code of ethics. Our Board of Directors is comprised of two individuals, one of them being our executive officer and financial officer with the other as director. Our executive officer makes decisions on all significant corporate matters such as the approval of terms of the compensation of our officers and/or directors and the oversight of the accounting functions.
Although the Company has adopted a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct the Company has not yet adopted any of these other corporate governance measures and, since our securities are not yet listed on a national securities exchange, the Company is not required to do so. The Company has not adopted corporate governance measures such as an audit or other independent committees of our board of directors as we presently do not have any independent directors. If we expand our board membership in future periods to include additional independent directors, the Company may seek to establish an audit and other committees of our board of directors. It is possible that if our Board of Directors included independent directors and if we were to adopt some or all of these corporate governance measures, stockholders would benefit from somewhat greater assurances that internal corporate decisions were being made by disinterested directors and that policies had been implemented to define responsible conduct. For example, in the absence of audit, nominating and compensation committees comprised of at least a majority of independent directors, decisions concerning matters such as compensation packages to our senior officer and recommendations for director nominees may be made by a majority of directors who have an interest in the outcome of the matters being decided. Prospective investors should bear in mind our current lack of corporate governance measures in formulating their investment decisions.
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* Mr. Kirkland and Mr. Jones resigned on October 29, 2018 and their shares were surrendered as disclosed above.
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Trends and Key Factors Affecting Our Performance
The core elements of our growth strategy include installation of 100 units as a pilot program to demonstrate the effectiveness of our product and service which requires sufficient capital to build and install those units. Allowing units to operate in a real-word installation environment for a minimum of two months is necessary to collect the data needed to sell service contracts. We plan to invest significant resources to accomplish these goals, and we anticipate that our operating expenses will continue to increase for the foreseeable future, particularly manufacturing costs, marketing costs, installation costs, distribution costs, maintenance costs, and overhead. These investments are intended to contribute to our long-term growth; however, they may affect our short-term profitability.
Our Company is in the process of raising capital to commence operations, and as of the date of this report, we have acquired equipment for the demonstration of our service solution, though we have not yet begun manufacturing or installation operations. All our operations to date have been capital raising and developing our business plan. Accordingly, we have not experienced any recognizable trends in the last fiscal year. We intend to manufacture and install our technology product and service solution once we commence operations and begin analyzing trends at that time.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no significant off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in our financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to our stockholders.
Inflation
The effect of inflation on our revenues and operating results has not been significant.
Critical Accounting Policies
Our financial statements are affected by the accounting policies used and the estimates and assumptions made by management during their preparation. We have identified below the critical accounting policies which are assumptions made by management about matters that are highly uncertain and that are of critical importance and have a material impact on our financial statements. Management believes that the critical accounting policies and estimates discussed below involve the most complex management judgments due to the sensitivity of the methods and assumptions necessary in determining the related asset, liability, revenue and expense amounts. Specific risks associated with these critical accounting policies are discussed throughout this MD&A, where such policies have a material effect on reported and expected financial results.
A complete listing of our significant policies is included in the notes to our financial statements for the periods ended February 28, 2018 and August 31, 2018 .
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements. Estimates are based on historical experience, management expectations for future performance, and other assumptions as appropriate. We re-evaluate estimates on an ongoing basis; therefore, actual results may vary from those estimates.
Financial Instruments
The Company’s balance sheet includes certain financial instruments. The carrying amounts of current assets and current liabilities approximate their fair value because of the relatively short period of time between the origination of these instruments and their expected realization.
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Item 10: Directors, Executive Officers and Significant Employees
The table below sets forth our directors and executive officers of as of the date of this Offering Circular.
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Todd Higley, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Todd Higley is a 24-year veteran entrepreneur, business consultant, financing specialist, and expert in consultative sales. For the last 9 years he has been Managing Member of Higley & Higley Worldwide, LLC providing sales, marketing, research, and management consulting to clients in retail, manufacturing, green technology, and mortgage industries. Mr. Higley has advised both established and start-up businesses on their structures and financing requirements, process improvement, and performance enhancement. Mr. Higley spent years cultivating the relationships required to successfully implement these structures.
Recently, Mr. Higley has dedicated a multi-year effort performing independent research on the electric utility industry acquiring vast knowledge of the problems facing the industry and the solutions provided by PAS technology. In years past, he assisted in the creation of a team which finances 100% of multiple energy efficiency products using the savings those products create to pay back the financing. Mr. Higley excels at finding solutions for his clients, and delights at bringing creative products and disruptive technologies to market.
With over 20 years in the mortgage profession to hone his sales and business management skills, Mr. Higley closed well over $200 Million in residential and commercial loans, worked both retail and wholesale channels for top lenders, founded and ran his own brokerage, and consulted on sales, management, and operation improvements for others.
Mr. Higley holds an MBA from California State University San Bernardino with an emphasis in entrepreneurship. Though formally trained with a degree in Economics at BYU, he has spent many years since shedding the theories of the “dismal science” favoring instead the lessons learned from real-world experience. Mr. Higley is fueled by his desire to help others and improve the world around him.
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Cecilia Widner-White, Director
Mrs. Widner-White currently works as the Lead SWAT Nurse for Swedish Edmonds Hospital in Edmonds, Washington and has held that position for the last 7 years has managed a team of SWAT Nurses who provide medical and emergency response in the hospital. In addition, and for the last 25 years, Mrs. Widner-White worked closely with her husband Bob Widner, the Widner family, and TriPac Systems, Inc. to support the Research and Development of the PAS and to develop a marketing strategy.
With 50 years of clinical and bedside nursing experience as a Registered Nurse she has held numerous positions, including Assistant Director of Nursing. In her career she was instrumental in starting a surgical ICU, opened new hospitals, as well as establishing the first open-heart program in a local hospital.
Mrs. Widner-White provides management depth having hired nursing personnel, written policies and procedures, and overseeing the day-to-day functioning of nursing units. She has demonstrated critical thinking, mentoring, and the ability to educate those in her charge.
She serves as a Director for the company and is committed to the success and the global impact of the PAS technology.
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Item 11: Compensation of Directors and Executive Officers
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All addresses shall be considered 3511 Del Paso Rd., Ste. 160 PMB 208, Sacramento, CA 95835 |
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We reimburse our officers and directors for reasonable expenses incurred during the course of their performance and for extraordinary services; however, we do not compensate our directors for attendance at meetings. We have no long-term incentive plans. |
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Item 12: Security Ownership of Management and Certain Beneficial Owners
The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock as of January 31, 2019 and as adjusted to reflect the sale of shares of our common stock offered by this Offering Circular, by:
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All other shareholders as a group |
Beneficial ownership and percentage ownership are determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and includes voting or investment power with respect to shares of stock. This information does not necessarily indicate beneficial ownership for any other purpose.
Unless otherwise indicated and subject to applicable community property laws, to our knowledge, each stockholder named in the following table possesses sole voting and investment power over their shares of common stock, except for those jointly owned with that person's spouse. Percentage of beneficial ownership before the offering is based on 207,050,000 shares of common stock and 6,121,000 shares of Preferred Stock outstanding as of January 31, 2019. Unless otherwise noted below, the address of each person listed on the table is c/o Vortex Brands Inc, 3511 Del Paso Rd., Ste. 160 PMB 208, Sacramento, CA 95835.
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If Series C Preferred Shares are not converted into common shares:
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Common Shares Beneficially Owned Prior to Offering |
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Common Shares Beneficially Owned After the Offering |
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Series C Preferred Shares Beneficially Owned Before and After the Offering |
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Name and Position of Beneficial Owner |
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Percent |
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Number |
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Percent |
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Number |
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Percent |
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O/S |
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O/S |
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O/S |
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O/S |
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0 |
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0 |
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Todd Higley |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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2,000,000 |
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32.24 |
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Cecilia Widner-White |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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2,000,000 |
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32.24 |
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Other Shareholders as a Group |
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O/S |
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O/S |
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O/S |
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O/S |
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2,121,000 |
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35.52 |
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Total |
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207,050,000 |
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100 |
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1,207,050,000 |
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100 |
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6,121,000 |
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100 |
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If Series C Preferred Shares are all converted into common shares after the offering at a ratio of 1:100:
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Common Shares Beneficially Owned Prior to Offering |
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Common Shares Beneficially Owned After the Offering and the conversion |
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Series C Preferred Shares Beneficially Owned Before the Offering and the conversion |
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Name and Position of Beneficial Owner |
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Percent |
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Number |
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Percent |
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Number |
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Percent |
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(Each person owning more than 10% not yet known) |
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O/S |
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O/S |
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O/S |
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O/S |
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0 |
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0 |
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Todd Higley |
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0 |
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0 |
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200,000,000 |
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12.45 |
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2,000,000 |
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32.24 |
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Cecilia Widner-White |
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0 |
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0 |
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200,000,000 |
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12.45 |
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2,000,000 |
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32.24 |
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Other Shareholders as a Group |
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O/S |
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O/S |
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O/S |
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O/S |
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2,121,000 |
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35.52 |
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Total |
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207,050,000 |
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100 |
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1,607,050,000 |
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100 |
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6,121,000 |
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100 |
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Item 13: Interest of Management and Others in Certain Transactions
Related Party Transactions
The Company and its officers and directors own the majority of the issued and outstanding controlling shares of the Company. Consequently, they control the operations of the Company and will have the ability to control all matters submitted to stockholders for approval, including, but not limited to:
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Election of the Board of Directors |
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Removal of any Directors |
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Amendments to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or bylaws; |
· |
Adoption of measures that could delay or prevent a change in control or impede a merger, takeover or other business combination. |
Thus, our officers and directors will have control over the Company’s management and affairs. Accordingly, this ownership may have the effect of impeding a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business combination, or discouraging a potential acquirer from making a tender offer for the Common Stock.
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Lease of Office Space
Our office space needs are limited at the current time. We have moved our demonstration unit to Tripac's Washington State location to standardize unit design and assembly for the upcoming pilot program. Mr. Kirkland and Mr. Jones, our prior directors, had provided space in the past, and their company is being compensated as per the termination agreement. Our corporate business address is: 3511 Del Paso Rd., Ste. 160 PMB 208, Sacramento, CA 95835.
Employment Agreements
As of February 28, 2018, we do not have any employment or consulting agreements with any directors or officers. Our officers have the flexibility to work on our business as required to execute the business plan and are prepared to devote more time to our operations as may be required. The officers and directors have agreed to receive stock as described herein as compensation for their employment. In addition to stock allocations, Mr. Higley and Mrs. Widner-White have agreed to $100,000 each in annual deferred compensation, until such time as sufficient operating capital has been raised.
Equity Transactions
The officers and directors listed in Item 12 have received 2,000,000 Series C Preferred shares as described above.
On February 19, 2018, the Company executed a reverse merger with Blockchain Energy, Inc. whereby the Company acquired 100% of Blockchain Energy, in exchange for 117,000,000 shares of Vortex Brands common stock and 9,996,000* shares of Series C Preferred Stock. Immediately prior to the reverse merger, there were 90,050,000 common shares outstanding and 1,077,016 shares of Super Preferred shares outstanding and Tom Olmstead was the sole officer/director. After the reverse merger, the Company had 207,050,000 Common shares outstanding and 9,996,000* shares of Series C Preferred shares outstanding and the Super Preferred were cancelled as agreed by Tom Olmstead as part of the reverse merger. For accounting purposes, this transaction is being accounted for as a reverse merger and has been treated as a recapitalization of the Company with Blockchain being considered the accounting acquirer, and the financial statements of the accounting acquirer became the financial statements of the registrant. The Company did not recognize goodwill or any intangible assets in connection with the transaction. The shares issued to the shareholders of Blockchain in conjunction with the share exchange transaction have been presented as outstanding for all periods. The historical consolidated financial statements include the operations of the accounting acquirer for all periods presented.
* Mr. Kirkland and Mr. Jones resigned on October 29, 2018 and their shares were surrendered as disclosed above.
In January 2019 the company sold 125,000 Series C Preferred shares which have a 24-month restriction before they can be converted to common stock.
Review, Approval and Ratification of Related Party Transactions
Given our small size and limited financial resources, we have not adopted formal policies and procedures for the review, approval or ratification of transactions, such as those described above, with our executive officer(s), Director(s) and significant stockholders. We intend to establish formal policies and procedures in the future, once we have sufficient resources and have appointed additional Directors, so that such transactions will be subject to the review, approval or ratification of our Board of Directors, or an appropriate committee thereof. On a moving forward basis, our Directors will continue to approve any related party transaction.
POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES
Conflict of Interest Policies
Our governing instruments do not restrict any of our directors, officers, stockholders or affiliates from having a pecuniary interest in an investment or transaction in which we have an interest or from conducting, for their own account, business activities of the type we conduct. However, our policies will be designed to eliminate or minimize potential conflicts of interest. A “conflict of interest” occurs when a director’s, officer’s or employee’s private interest interferes in any way, or appears to interfere, with the interests of the Company as a whole. Our directors plan to adopt a policy that discloses personal conflicts of interest. This policy will provide that any situation that involves, or may reasonably be expected to involve, a conflict of interest must be disclosed immediately to our board and subsequently to our shareholders in our next semi-annual or annual report. These policies may not be successful in eliminating the influence of conflicts of interest. If they are not successful, decisions could be made that might fail to reflect fully the interests of all stockholders.
Disclosure
One of our Directors, Ms. Widner, has an indirect ownership, by way of marriage, in one of our vendor companies, Tripac Systems, owned by Ms. Widner’s spouse. Ms. Widner’s ownership is assumed to be 50% since the State of Washington, her residence, is a community property state.
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Item 14: Securities Being Offered
We have authorized capital stock consisting of 3,000,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Common Stock”) and 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Preferred Stock”). As of the date of this filing, we have 207,050,000 shares of Common Stock, 6,121,000 shares of Preferred Series C Stock issued and outstanding.
Common Stock
The holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends out of assets or funds legally available for the payment of dividends of such times and in such amounts as the board from time to time may determine. Holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders. There is no cumulative voting of the election of directors then standing for election. The Common Stock is not entitled to pre-emptive rights and is not subject to conversion or redemption. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our company, the assets legally available for distribution to stockholders are distributable ratably among the holders of the Common Stock after payment of liquidation preferences, if any, on any outstanding payment of other claims of creditors.
Preferred Stock
Preferred Series C Stock
The Company has 6,121,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share issued and outstanding.
Initially, there will be no dividends due or payable on the Series C Preferred Stock. Any future terms with respect to dividends shall be determined by the Board consistent with the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation. Any and all such future terms concerning dividends shall be reflected in an amendment to this Certificate, which the Board shall promptly file or cause to be filed.
All shares of the Series C Preferred Stock shall rank (i) senior to the Corporation’s Common Stock and any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter created, (ii) pari passu with any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter created and specifically ranking, by its terms, on par with the Series A Preferred Stock and (iii) junior to any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter created specifically ranking, by its terms, senior to the Series C Preferred Stock, in each case as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary.
The Series C Preferred shall have the following liquidation preferences over any other class of stock:
“In the event of a Liquidation Event, the Holders of the SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK shall have the same rights as holders of Common Stock, except that each share of outstanding SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK shall have one thousand (1,000) times the rights as each share of Common Stock (“Liquidation Ratio”). Collectively, the holders of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock and the holders of the then outstanding shares of SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to such stockholders. The distribution shall be ratable, in proportion to the number of shares of the Common Stock and/or Series C Preferred Stock held by them, after giving effect to the Liquidation Ratio.”
Each holder of outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to the number of votes equal to two thousand five hundred (2,500) Common Shares. Except as provided by law, or by the provisions establishing any other series of Preferred Stock, holders of Series C Preferred Stock and of any other outstanding series of Preferred Stock shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class.
Each holder of shares of Series C Preferred Stock may, at any time and from time to time, convert (an “Optional Conversion”) each of its shares of Series C Preferred Stock into a 100 of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock; provided, however, that any Optional Conversion must involve the issuance of at least 100 shares of Common Stock.
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The Series C Preferred has the following anti-dilution language:
“For a period of 24 months after the Preferred is issue, the conversion price of the Series C Preferred will be subject to adjustment to prevent dilution in the event that the Company issues additional shares at a purchase price less than the applicable conversion price. The conversion price will be subject to adjustment on a weighted basis that takes into account issuances of additional shares and the fully convertible positions of this Series C Preferred. At the expiration of the anti-dilution period, the conversion rate in Section V (A) above shall be equal to a conversion rate equal to 72.5% on the Common Stock. For example, if on the date of expiration of the anti-dilution clause there are 500,000,000 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding then each Series C Preferred Stock shall convert at a rate of 181.9 common shares for each 1 Series Preferred Share.”
In the event of a reverse split the conversion ratio shall not be change. However, in the event a forward split shall occur then the conversion ratio shall be modified to be increased by the same ratio as the forward split.
The anti-dilution feature will not be triggered because of this offering since the price of the current offering is fixed at $0.005 per share, higher than the as-issued price of Series C Preferred of $0.001 per share disclosed on page 13 above.
The company has evaluated the Series C Preferred Stock in accordance with ASC 815 and has determined their conversion options were for equity and ASC 815 does not apply.
Options and Warrants
None.
Legal Matters
The validity of the securities offered by this Offering Circular has been passed upon for us by Yuri Kvichko, 520 Capitol Mall, Suite 150, Sacramento, CA 95814.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have filed an offering statement on Form 1-A with the Commission under Regulation A of the Securities Act with respect to the Common Stock offered by this Offering Circular. This Offering Circular, which constitutes a part of the offering statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the offering statement or the exhibits and schedules filed therewith. For further information with respect to us and our Common Stock, please see the offering statement and the exhibits and schedules filed with the offering statement. Statements contained in this Offering Circular regarding the contents of any contract or any other document that is filed as an exhibit to the offering statement are not necessarily complete, and each such statement is qualified in all respects by reference to the full text of such contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the offering statement. The offering statement, including its exhibits and schedules, may be inspected without charge at the public reference room maintained by the Commission, located at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549, and copies of all or any part of the offering statement may be obtained from such offices upon the payment of the fees prescribed by the Commission. Please call the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information about the public reference room. The Commission also maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the Commission. The address of the site is www.sec.gov.
We also maintain a website at www.www.blockchainenergyinc.com After the completion of this offering, you may access these materials at our website free of charge as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the Commission. Information contained on our website is not a part of this Offering Circular and the inclusion of our website address in this Offering Circular is an inactive textual reference only.
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FEBRUARY 28, 2018
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Certified Public Accountants (a professional corporation) 50 West Broadway, Suite 600 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 (801) 532-7800 Fax (801) 328-4461 |
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Vortex Brands, Co.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Vortex Brands, Co. (the Company) as of February 28, 2018, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the period from December 28, 2017 through February 28, 2018, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of February 28, 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from December 28, 2017 through February 28, 2018, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. |
Consideration of the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements, the Company has negative cash flows from operations and does not currently have revenue generating operations. This raises substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 3 to the financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/ Haynie & Company
Haynie & Company
Salt Lake City, Utah
July 27, 2018
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2018.
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1785 West Printers Row |
5974 South Fashion Pointe Dr.,
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1221 West Mineral Avenue,
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873 North Cleveland Avenue |
2702 N Loop 1604 East,
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An Association of |
Salt Lake City, Utah 84119 |
South Ogden, Utah 84403 |
Littleton, Colorado 80120-4544 |
Loveland, Colorado 80537 |
San Antonio, Texas 78232 |
Independent Accounting Firms |
(801) 972-4800 |
(801) 479-4800 |
(303) 734-4800 |
(303) 577-4800 |
(210) 979-0055 |
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Consolidated Balance Sheet
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As of |
|
|
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February 28, |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
Assets |
|
|
|
|
Current assets |
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
$ | 107,217 |
|
Total current assets |
|
|
107,217 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other assets |
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
|
|
94,591 |
|
Total Assets |
|
$ | 201,808 |
|
|
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|
|
|
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity |
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
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$ | - |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and Contingencies |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders' equity |
|
|
|
|
Preferred stock: 20,000,000 authorized; $0.0001 par value |
|
|
|
|
Series C Preferred Stock, 9,996,000 shares designated and authorized; $0.0001 par value; 9,996,000 shares issued and outstanding |
|
|
1,000 |
|
Common stock: 1,230,000,000 authorized; $0.0001 par value |
|
|
|
|
207,050,000 shares issued and outstanding |
|
|
20,705 |
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
|
213,295 |
|
Accumulated deficit |
|
|
(33,192 | ) |
Total stockholders' equity |
|
|
201,808 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity |
|
$ | 201,808 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statement of Operations
|
|
From inception |
|
|
|
|
(December 28, 2017) to |
|
|
|
|
February 28, |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
|
$ | - |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Expenses |
|
|
|
|
General and administrative |
|
|
9,192 |
|
Research and development |
|
|
8,000 |
|
Professional fees |
|
|
16,000 |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
|
33,192 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Loss |
|
|
(33,192 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before income taxes |
|
|
(33,192 | ) |
Provision for income taxes |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss |
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$ | (33,192 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted loss per common share |
|
$ | (0.00 | ) |
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding |
|
|
56,852,381 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity
For the period from Inception (December 28, 2017) to February 28, 2018
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Series C |
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Common Stock |
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Additional |
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Total |
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|
Preferred Stock |
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Number of |
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|
Paid in |
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
Shareholders' |
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|
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Shares |
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Amount |
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|
shares |
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Amount |
|
|
Capital |
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|
Deficit |
|
|
Equity |
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|
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|
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Balance, December 28, 2017 (inception) |
|
|
- |
|
|
$ | - |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ | - |
|
|
$ | - |
|
|
$ | - |
|
|
$ | - |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred shares issued for services |
|
|
9,996,000 |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
Common shares issued for cash |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
117,000,000 |
|
|
|
11,700 |
|
|
|
222,300 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
234,000 |
|
Recapitalization |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
90,050,000 |
|
|
|
9,005 |
|
|
|
(9,005 | ) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Net loss for the period |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(33,192 | ) |
|
|
(33,192 | ) |
Balance, February 28, 2018 |
|
|
9,996,000 |
|
|
$ | 1,000 |
|
|
|
207,050,000 |
|
|
$ | 20,705 |
|
|
$ | 213,295 |
|
|
$ | (33,192 | ) |
|
$ | 201,808 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
|
|
From Inception |
|
|
|
|
(December 28, 2017) to February 28 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Used in Operating Activities |
|
|
|
|
Net loss for the period |
|
$ | (33,192 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
Stock based compensation |
|
|
1,000 |
|
Depreciation |
|
|
886 |
|
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities |
|
|
(31,306 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Used in Investing Activities |
|
|
|
|
Purchases of equipment |
|
|
(95,477 | ) |
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities |
|
|
(95,477 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Provided by Financing Activities |
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of common shares |
|
|
234,000 |
|
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities |
|
|
234,000 |
|
|
|
|
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Net increase in cash for the period |
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107,217 |
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Cash at beginning of period |
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- |
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Cash at end of period |
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$ | 107,217 |
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Supplemental Cash Flow Information: |
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Cash paid for income taxes |
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$ | - |
|
Cash paid for interest |
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$ | - |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
February 28, 2018
NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Vortex Brands Co., (“Vortex”, the "Company") is a Colorado corporation incorporated on May 6, 2005. It is based in Sacramento, California. The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and the Company's fiscal year end is February 28 (February 29 in leap years).
The Company has no operations prior to the reverse merger with Blockchain Energy, Inc.
After the reverse merger, the Company distributes and leases multi-purpose Phase Angle Synchronization (PAS) equipment to electric utilities worldwide. PAS is the only technology designed to address a one-hundred-year-old problem that was thought of as inherent and “unsolvable”: the inefficient power consumption caused by electric motors. The solution will extend the life of the grid by protecting it from excessive wear and damage, improve grid reliability by reducing line congestion and increasing reserve margin while creating true cost savings for the utility. Poor power efficiency has been the unsolvable issue in every facility that operates electric motors. PAS is designed to address industrial and commercial use applications in a scalable solution. Operations initially are focused in California before expanding nationwide.
Share Exchange and Reorganization
On February 25, 2018, and pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company and Blockchain Energy, Inc. (“Blockchain Energy”), have determined that all conditions necessary to close the Share Exchange Agreement have been satisfied and therefore as of the date hereof, the Share Exchange Agreement was closed and as such Blockchain Energy has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. As per the Share Exchange Agreement, the Company acquired 235,000 common shares and 9,996,000 preferred shares of Blockchain Energy, representing 100% of the issued and outstanding equity of Blockchain Energy, from the Blockchain Energy shareholders (the “Blockchain Energy Shares”) and in exchange the Company issued to the Blockchain Energy shareholders 117,000,000 shares of common stock and 9,996,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock.
Recapitalization
For financial accounting purposes, this transaction was treated as a reverse acquisition by Blockchain Energy and resulted in a recapitalization with Blockchain Energy being the accounting acquirer and Vortex as the acquired company. The consummation of this reverse acquisition resulted in a change of control. Accordingly, the historical financial statements prior to the acquisition are those of the accounting acquirer, Blockchain Energy and have been prepared to give retroactive effect to the reverse acquisition completed on February 25, 2018 and represent the operations of Blockchain Energy. The consolidated financial statements after the acquisition date, February 25, 2018 include the balance sheets of both companies at historical cost, the historical results of Blockchain Energy and the results of the Company from the acquisition date. All share and per share information in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and footnotes has been retroactively restated to reflect the recapitalization.
NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared using the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP") of the United States.
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Principles of Consolidation
For February 28, 2018, the consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Blockchain Energy, Inc. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. The estimates and judgments will also affect the reported amounts for certain revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these good faith estimates and judgments.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in banks, money market funds, and certificates of term deposits with maturities of less than three months from inception, which are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which, in the opinion of management, are subject to an insignificant risk of loss in value. The Company had $107,217 and in cash and cash equivalents as of February 28, 2018.
Financial Instruments
The Company's financial instruments consist primarily of cash, prepaid expenses, deposits, and accounts payable. The carrying amounts of such financial instruments approximate their respective estimated fair value due to the short-term maturities and approximate market interest rates of these instruments.
Concentrations of Credit Risks
The Company’s financial instruments that are exposed to concentrations of credit risk primarily consist of its cash and cash equivalents. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents with financial institutions of high credit worthiness. At times, its cash with a particular financial institution may exceed any applicable government insurance limits. The Company’s management plans to assess the financial strength and credit worthiness of any parties to which it extends funds, and as such, it believes that any associated credit risk exposures are limited.
Related Parties
We follow ASC 850, “Related Party Disclosures,” for the identification of related parties and disclosure of related party transactions (see Note 6).
Research and Development Expenses
We follow ASC 730, “Research and Development,” and expense research and development costs when incurred. Accordingly, third-party research and development costs, including designing, prototyping and testing of product, are expensed when the contracted work has been performed or milestone results have been achieved. Indirect costs are allocated based on percentage usage related to the research and development. Research and development costs of $8,000 were incurred for the period ended February 28, 2018.
Share-based Expenses
ASC 718 “Compensation – Stock Compensation” prescribes accounting and reporting standards for all share-based payment transactions in which employee services are acquired. Transactions include incurring liabilities, or issuing or offering to issue shares, options, and other equity instruments such as employee stock ownership plans and stock appreciation rights. Share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, are recognized as compensation expense in the financial statements based on their fair values. That expense is recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide services in exchange for the award, known as the requisite service period (usually the vesting period).
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The Company accounts for stock-based compensation issued to non-employees and consultants in accordance with the provisions of ASC 505-50, "Equity – Based Payments to Non-Employees." Measurement of share-based payment transactions with non-employees is based on the fair value of whichever is more reliably measurable: (a) the goods or services received; or (b) the equity instruments issued. The fair value of the share-based payment transaction is determined at the earlier of performance commitment date or performance completion date.
The Company incurred $1,000 in stock-based compensations costs for the period ended February 28, 2018.
Impairment of long-lived assets
We evaluate carrying value of long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances would indicate that it is more likely than not their carrying values may exceed their realizable values, and records impairment charges when considered necessary. When circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred, the Company tests such assets for recoverability by comparing the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of such assets and their eventual disposition to their carrying amount. In estimating these future cash flows, assets and liabilities are grouped at a lowest level for which there are identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of the ash flows generated by other such groups. If the undiscounted future cash flows are less than the carrying amount of the asset, an impairment loss, measured as the excess of the carrying value of the asset over its estimated fair value, is recognized. Fair values are determined based on discounted cash flows, quoted market values or external appraisals as applicable.
Fixed Assets
Property and equipment are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation. Cost includes all direct costs necessary to acquire and prepare assets for use. The costs of repairs and maintenance are expensed when incurred, while expenditures for refurbishments and improvements that significantly add to the productive capacity or extend the useful life of an asset are capitalized. When assets are retired or sold, the asset cost and related accumulated depreciation are eliminated with any remaining gain or loss recognized in net earnings.
Depreciation is recorded on the straight-line method over estimated useful lives, generally as follows:
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Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method in accordance with ASC 740, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” The asset and liability method provides that deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and for operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the currently enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is believed more likely than not to be realized. As at February 28, 2018, the Company did not have any amounts recorded pertaining to uncertain tax positions.
Uncertain Tax Positions
The Company follows guidance issued by the FASB regarding accounting for uncertainty in income taxes. This guidance clarifies the accounting for income taxes by prescribing the minimum recognition threshold an income tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial statements and applies to all income tax positions. Each income tax position is assessed using a two-step process. A determination is first made as to whether it is more likely than not that the income tax position will be sustained, based upon technical merits, upon examination by the taxing authorities. If the income tax position is expected to meet the more likely than not criteria, the benefit recorded in the financial statements equals the largest amount that is greater than 50% likely to be realized upon its ultimate settlement.
The Company records income tax related interest and penalties as a component of the provision for income tax expense. As of February 28, 2018, the Company determined there were no uncertain tax provisions.
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Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Common Share
The Company follows ASC 260, “Earnings per Share” (“EPS”), which requires presentation of basic EPS on the face of the income statement for all entities with complex capital structures and requires a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the basic EPS computation. In the accompanying financial statements, basic earnings (loss) per share are computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period.
Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities were exercised or converted into common stock or other contracts to issue common stock resulting in the issuance of common stock that would then share in the Company’s earnings subject to anti-dilution limitations. In a period in which the Company has a net loss, all potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the computation of diluted shares outstanding as they would have an anti-dilutive impact. For the period ended February 28, 2018, potentially dilutive common shares consist of common stock issuable upon the conversion of 9,996,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock (using the if converted method).
Commitments and Contingencies
The Company follows ASC 450-20, "Loss Contingencies," to report accounting for contingencies. Liabilities for loss contingencies arising from claims, assessments, litigation, fines and penalties and other sources are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the assessment can be reasonably estimated. There were no commitments or contingencies as of February 28, 2018.
Revenue Recognition
Effective March 1, 2018, the Company Adopted ASC 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” The Company has evaluated the new guidance and its adoption did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements and a cumulative effect adjustment under the modified retrospective method of adoption will not be necessary. The will be no change to the Company’s accounting policies.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” (“ASU 2016-02”) which supersedes existing guidance on accounting for leases in “Leases (Topic 840).” The standard requires lessees to recognize the assets and liabilities that arise from leases on the balance sheet. A lessee should recognize in the balance sheet a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. The new guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The amendments should be applied at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach with earlier application permitted as of the beginning of an interim or annual reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating the effects of adopting ASU 2016-02 on its consolidated financial statements but the adoption is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of the date of the filing of this report.
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01, “Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business.” This new standard clarifies the definition of a business and provides a screen to determine when an integrated set of assets and activities is not a business. The screen requires that when substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired (or disposed of) is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets, the set is not a business. This new standard will be effective for the Company on March 1, 2018. The Company will evaluate the effects of adopting the standard if and when it is deemed to be applicable.
Management has considered all recent accounting pronouncements issued. The Company’s management believes that these recent pronouncements will not have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
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NOTE 3 – GOING CONCERN
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. As of February 28, 2018, the Company has a loss from operations, an accumulated deficit and nominal revenue. The Company intends to fund operations through equity financing arrangements, which may be insufficient to fund its capital expenditures, working capital and other cash requirements for the year ended February 28, 2019.
Management intends to raise additional funds through public or private placement offerings.
These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
NOTE 4 – FIXED ASSETS, NET
Fixed assets, net at February 28, 2018 consist of the following:
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February 28, 2018 |
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|
|
|
|
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Technical equipment |
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95,477 |
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Less: accumulated depreciation |
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(886 | ) |
Equipment |
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$ | 94,591 |
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NOTE 5 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
On February 25, 2018, pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement (See Note 1), the Company issued 117,000,000 shares of common stock and 9,996,000 shares of Series C Preferred stock to the shareholders of Blockchain Energy. As a result of reverse acquisition accounting, these shares are treated as having been outstanding from the date of issuance of the Blockchain Energy shares and the Company recognized 90,050,000 shares as recapitalization.
Preferred Stock
On July 25, 2018, the Company amended its Articles of Incorporation and authorized 20,000,000 preferred shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. The Board of Directors are authorized to divide the authorized shares of Preferred Stock into one or more series, each of which shall be so designated as to distinguish the shares thereof from the shares of all other series and classes.
Series C Preferred Stock
The Company designated 9,996,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share.
Initially, there will be no dividends due or payable on the Series C Preferred Stock. Any future terms with respect to dividends shall be determined by the Board consistent with the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation. Any and all such future terms concerning dividends shall be reflected in an amendment to this Certificate, which the Board shall promptly file or cause to be filed.
All shares of the Series C Preferred Stock shall rank (i) senior to the Corporation’s Common Stock and any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter created, (ii) pari passu with any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter created and specifically ranking, by its terms, on par with the Series A Preferred Stock and (iii) junior to any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter created specifically ranking, by its terms, senior to the Series C Preferred Stock, in each case as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary.
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The Series C Preferred shall have the following liquidation preferences over any other class of stock:
“In the event of a Liquidation Event, the Holders of the SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK shall have the same rights as holders of Common Stock, except that each share of outstanding SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK shall have one thousand (1,000) times the rights as each share of Common Stock (“Liquidation Ratio”). Collectively, the holders of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock and the holders of the then outstanding shares of SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to such stockholders. The distribution shall be ratable, in proportion to the number of shares of the Common Stock and/or Series C Preferred Stock held by them, after giving effect to the Liquidation Ratio.”
Each holder of outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to the number of votes equal to two thousand five hundred (2,500) Common Shares. Except as provided by law, or by the provisions establishing any other series of Preferred Stock, holders of Series C Preferred Stock and of any other outstanding series of Preferred Stock shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class.
Each holder of shares of Series C Preferred Stock may, at any time and from time to time, convert (an “Optional Conversion”) each of its shares of Series C Preferred Stock into a 100 of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock; provided, however, that any Optional Conversion must involve the issuance of at least 100 shares of Common Stock.
The Series C Preferred has the following anti-dilution language:
“For a period of 24 months after the Preferred is issue, the conversion price of the Series C Preferred will be subject to adjustment to prevent dilution in the event that the Company issues additional shares at a purchase price less than the applicable conversion price. The conversion price will be subject to adjustment on a weighted basis that takes into account issuances of additional shares and the fully convertible positions of this Series C Preferred. At the expiration of the anti-dilution period, the conversion rate in Section V (A) above shall be equal to a conversion rate equal to 72.5% on the Common Stock. For example, if on the date of expiration of the anti-dilution clause there are 500,000,000 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding then each Series C Preferred Stock shall convert at a rate of 181.9 common shares for each 1 Series Preferred Share.”
In the event of a reverse split the conversion ratio shall not be change. However, in the event a forward split shall occur then the conversion ratio shall be modified to be increased by the same ratio as the forward split.
The company has evaluated the Series C Preferred Stock in accordance with ASC 815 and has determined their conversion options were for equity and ASC 815 does not apply.
The Series C Preferred Stock is non-redeemable.
As at February 28, 2018, 9,996,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding.
Common Stock
On July 25, 2018, the Company amended its Articles of Incorporation and authorized 1,230,000,000 common shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. The holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends out of assets or funds legally available for the payment of dividends of such times and in such amounts as the board from time to time may determine. Holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders. There is no cumulative voting of the election of directors then standing for election. The Common Stock is not entitled to pre-emptive rights and is not subject to conversion or redemption. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our company, the assets legally available for distribution to stockholders are distributable ratably among the holders of the Common Stock after payment of liquidation preferences, if any, on any outstanding payment of other claims of creditors.
During the period ended February 28, 2018, the Company issued 117,000,000 shares of common stock for $234,000.
As of February 28, 2018, 207,050,000 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding.
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NOTE 5 – PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
The Company provides for income taxes under ASC 740, "Income Taxes." Under the asset and liability method of ASC 740, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded based on the differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities and the tax rates in effect when these differences are expected to reverse. A valuation allowance is provided for certain deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that the Company will not realize tax assets through future operations.
The provision for income taxes differs from the amounts which would be provided by applying the statutory federal income tax rate of 21% to the net loss before provision for income taxes for the following reasons:
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|
February 28, 2017 |
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|
Income tax expense (benefit) at statutory rate |
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$ | 6,970 |
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Depreciation |
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|
(530 | ) |
Other |
|
|
(210 | ) |
Valuation allowance |
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|
(5,989 | ) |
Income tax expense per books |
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$ | - |
|
Net deferred tax assets consist of the following components as of:
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|
February 28, 2018 |
|
|
NOL carry forward |
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$ | (7,290 | ) |
Depreciation |
|
|
(530 | ) |
Valuation allowance |
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|
7,820 |
|
Net deferred tax asset |
|
$ | - |
|
Utilization of the NOL carry forwards, which expire 20 years from when incurred, of approximately $6,970 for federal income tax reporting purposes, may be subject to an annual limitation due to ownership change limitations that may have occurred or that could occur in the future, as required by Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). These ownership changes may limit the amount of the NOL carry forwards that can be utilized annually to offset future taxable income and tax, respectively. In general, an "ownership change" as defined by Section 382 of the Code results from a transaction or series of transactions over a three-year period resulting in an ownership change of more than 50 percentage points of the outstanding stock of a company by certain stockholders.
The tax return for the period ended February 28, 2018, is subject to review by the tax authorities.
NOTE 6 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
During the period ended February 28, 2018, the Company paid $10,000 to Company owned by our Chief Executive Officer for consulting on the development of the business plan, business model, and extensive electrical industry research.
During the period ended February 28, 2018, the Company paid lease fees of $6,700 to the Company which majority stockholders are our Chief Financial Officer and Director.
During the period ended February 28, 2018, the Company paid $90,976 for fixed assets purchases as well as $8,500 in consulting fees to a vendor company whose principal is the spouse of one of our Directors.
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Other
The officer and director of the Company may be involved in other business activities and may, in the future, become involved in other business opportunities that become available. They may face a conflict in selecting between the Company and other business interests. The Company has not formulated a policy for the resolution of such conflicts.
As our office space needs are limited at the current time, we currently have housed our operating unit at 2376 Gold River Rd., Rancho Cordova, CA 95670. Mr. Kirkland and Mr. Jones, our directors, are providing this space for the company for free for the time being, however, the Company has provided lease payments in the past.
The officers and directors have agreed to receive stock as compensation for their employment. Subsequent to February 28, 2018, in addition to stock allocations, Mr. Higley and Mrs. Widner-White have agreed to $100,000 each in annual deferred compensation, until such time as sufficient operating capital has been raised.
NOTE 7 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Management evaluated all events subsequent to the balance sheet date through to July 27, 2018, the date the financial statements were available to be issued, and determined there were no events or transactions that require recognition or disclosure.
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INDEX TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Financial Statements: |
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
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As of |
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As of |
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August 31, |
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February 28, |
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2018 |
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2018 |
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Assets |
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Current assets |
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Cash |
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$ | 5,760 |
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$ | 107,217 |
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Prepaid expenses |
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3,000 |
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- |
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Total current assets |
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8,760 |
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107,217 |
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Other assets |
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|
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Property and equipment, net |
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90,285 |
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94,591 |
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Total Assets |
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$ | 99,045 |
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201,808 |
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) |
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Current liabilities |
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
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$ | 3,160 |
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$ | - |
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Accrued management fees |
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100,000 |
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- |
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Total liabilities |
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103,160 |
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- |
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Commitments and Contingencies |
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- |
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Stockholders' equity (deficit) |
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Preferred stock: 20,000,000 authorized; $0.0001 par value Series C Preferred Stock, 9,996,000 shares designated; $0.0001 par value; 9,996,000 shares issued and outstanding |
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1,000 |
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|
|
1,000 |
|
Common stock: 3,000,000,000 shares authorized; $0.0001 par value 207,050,000 shares issued and outstanding |
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20,705 |
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20,705 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
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213,295 |
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|
213,295 |
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Accumulated deficit |
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|
(239,115 | ) |
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|
(33,192 | ) |
Total stockholders' equity (deficit) |
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(4,115 | ) |
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201,808 |
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Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) |
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$ | 99,045 |
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$ | 201,808 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
(Unaudited)
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Six Months |
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Ended |
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August 31, |
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2018 |
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Revenues |
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$ | - |
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Operating Expenses |
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General and administrative |
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116,552 |
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Research and development |
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41,027 |
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Professional fees |
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48,344 |
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Total operating expenses |
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205,923 |
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Operating Loss |
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(205,923 | ) |
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Loss Before Income Taxes |
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(205,923 | ) |
Provision for income taxes |
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- |
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Net Loss |
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$ | (205,923 | ) |
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Basic and diluted loss per common share |
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$ | (0.00 | ) |
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding |
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207,050,000 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
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Six Months Ended |
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August 31, |
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2018 |
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Cash Used in Operating Activities |
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Net loss for the period |
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$ | (205,923 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
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Depreciation |
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4,306 |
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Changes in non-cash working capital balances: |
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Prepaid expenses |
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(3,000 | ) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
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3,160 |
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Accrued management fees |
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100,000 |
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Net Cash Used in Operating Activities |
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(101,457 | ) |
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|
|
|
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Net change in cash for the period |
|
|
(101,457 | ) |
Cash at beginning of period |
|
|
107,217 |
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Cash at end of period |
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$ | 5,760 |
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|
|
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|
Supplemental Cash Flow Information: |
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|
|
Cash paid for income taxes |
|
$ | - |
|
Cash paid for interest |
|
$ | - |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
August 31, 2018
NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Vortex Brands Co., (“Vortex”, the "Company") is a Colorado corporation incorporated on May 6, 2005. It is based in Anacortes, Washington. The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and the Company's fiscal year end is February 28 (February 29 in leap years).
The Company has no operations prior to the reverse merger with Blockchain Energy, Inc.
After the reverse merger, the Company distributes and leases multi-purpose Phase Angle Synchronization (PAS) equipment to electric utilities worldwide. PAS is the only technology designed to address a one-hundred-year-old problem that was thought of as inherent and “unsolvable”: the inefficient power consumption caused by electric motors. The solution will extend the life of the grid by protecting it from excessive wear and damage, improve grid reliability by reducing line congestion and increasing reserve margin while creating true cost savings for the utility. Poor power efficiency has been the unsolvable issue in every facility that operates electric motors. PAS is designed to address industrial and commercial use applications in a scalable solution. Operations initially are focused in California before expanding nationwide.
Share Exchange and Reorganization
On February 25, 2018, and pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company and Blockchain Energy, Inc. (“Blockchain Energy”), have determined that all conditions necessary to close the Share Exchange Agreement have been satisfied and therefore as of the date hereof, the Share Exchange Agreement was closed and as such Blockchain Energy has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. As per the Share Exchange Agreement, the Company acquired 235,000 common shares and 9,996,000 preferred shares of Blockchain Energy, representing 100% of the issued and outstanding equity of Blockchain Energy, from the Blockchain Energy shareholders (the “Blockchain Energy Shares”) and in exchange the Company issued to the Blockchain Energy shareholders 117,000,000 shares of common stock and 9,996,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock.
Recapitalization
For financial accounting purposes, this transaction was treated as a reverse acquisition by Blockchain Energy and resulted in a recapitalization with Blockchain Energy being the accounting acquirer and Vortex as the acquired company. The consummation of this reverse acquisition resulted in a change of control. Accordingly, the historical financial statements prior to the acquisition are those of the accounting acquirer, Blockchain Energy and have been prepared to give retroactive effect to the reverse acquisition completed on February 25, 2018 and represent the operations of Blockchain Energy. The consolidated financial statements after the acquisition date, February 25, 2018 include the balance sheets of both companies at historical cost, the historical results of Blockchain Energy and the results of the Company from the acquisition date. All share and per share information in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and footnotes has been retroactively restated to reflect the recapitalization.
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NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 1-A and Regulation S-X. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the six months ended August 31, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending February 28, 2019. Notes to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements that would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the audited financial statements for fiscal year 2018 have been omitted. This report should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the footnotes thereto for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018 included in the Company’s Form 1-A, as amended, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Blockchain Energy, Inc. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. The estimates and judgments will also affect the reported amounts for certain revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these good faith estimates and judgments.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in banks, money market funds, and certificates of term deposits with maturities of less than three months from inception, which are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which, in the opinion of management, are subject to an insignificant risk of loss in value. The Company had $5,760 and $107,217 in cash and cash equivalents as of August 31, 2018 and February 28, 2018, respectively.
Financial Instruments
The Company's financial instruments consist primarily of cash, prepaid expenses, deposits, and accounts payable. The carrying amounts of such financial instruments approximate their respective estimated fair value due to the short-term maturities and approximate market interest rates of these instruments.
Research and Development Expenses
We follow ASC 730, “Research and Development,” and expense research and development costs when incurred. Accordingly, third-party research and development costs, including designing, prototyping and testing of product, are expensed when the contracted work has been performed or milestone results have been achieved. Indirect costs are allocated based on percentage usage related to the research and development. Research and development costs of $41,027 were incurred for the period ended August 31, 2018.
NOTE 3 – GOING CONCERN
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. As of August 31, 2018, the Company has a loss from operations, an accumulated deficit, no revenue, and a working capital deficiency. The Company intends to fund operations through equity financing arrangements, which may be insufficient to fund its capital expenditures, working capital and other cash requirements for the year ended February 28, 2019.
Management intends to raise additional funds through public or private placement offerings.
These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
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NOTE 4 – FIXED ASSETS, NET
Fixed assets, net at August 31, 2018 consist of the following:
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NOTE 5 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Other
The officer and directors of the Company may be involved in other business activities and may, in the future, become involved in other business opportunities that become available. They may face a conflict in selecting between the Company and other business interests. The Company has not formulated a policy for the resolution of such conflicts.
Our office space needs are limited at the current time. From January 1, 2018 through October 1, 2018 our prior directors, Mr. Kirkland and Mr. Jones had provided space, and were compensated in the form of partial rent payments. As of October 29, 2018, Mr. Kirkland and Mr. Jones resigned from the company under a termination agreement wherein their company will receive remuneration under that agreement. As of October 1, 2018, we have moved our demonstration unit to Tripac's Washington State location to standardize unit design and assembly for the upcoming pilot program. Our corporate business address is: 3511 Del Paso Rd., Ste. 160 PMB 208, Sacramento, CA 95835.
The officer and directors have agreed to receive stock as compensation for their employment. Mr. Higley and Mrs. Widner-White have agreed to $100,000 each in annual deferred compensation, until such time as sufficient operating capital has been raised. As of August 31, 2018, the Company recorded accrued salary of $100,000.
NOTE 6 – EQUITY
Effective August 24, 2018, the Company amended the total number of authorized shares of stock of the Company to 3,020,000,000 shares. The total number of authorized shares of the Company is currently 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock and 3,000,000,000 shares of Common Stock.
NOTE 7 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Management has evaluated subsequent events through the date these financial statements were available to be issued. Based on our evaluation no material events have occurred that require disclosure.
On October 29, 2018, as part of the resignation of two of our directors, they agreed to cancel and return to the Company 4,000,000 shares of Series C preferred stock.
During January 2019, the Company issued 125,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $25,000.
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Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A, the issuer certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form 1-A and has duly caused this offering statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sacramento, State of California, on February 21 , 2019.
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ARTICLE I
Name
The name of the corporation is Vortex Brands (the “Corporation”)
ARTICLE II
Duration
This corporation has perpetual existence.
ARTICLE III
Corporation Purposes
The purposes for which the corporation is formed are:
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The above purposes clauses shall not be limited by reference to or inference from one another, but each purpose clause shall be construed as a separate statement conferring independent purposes and powers upon the corporation.
ARTICLE IV
Capitalization
The total number of shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is 3,020,000,000 shares, of which 3,000,000,000 shares of $.0001 par value shall be designated as Common Stock and 20,000,000 shares of $.0001 shall be designated as Preferred Stock. The Preferred Stock authorized by these Articles of Incorporation may be issued in one or more series. The Board of Directors of the Corporation is authorized to determine or alter the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted or imposed upon any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock, and within the limitations or restrictions stated in any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors originally fixing the number of shares constituting any series, to increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of any such series then outstanding) the number of shares of any such series subsequent to the issue of shares of that series, to determine the designation and par value of any series and to fix the numbers of shares of any series.
The Company agreed to acquire and merge with Blockchain Energy, A Colorado Corporation, and closed this merger on February 25, 2018.
ARTICLE V
Board of Directors
The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation except, as otherwise provided in the Bylaws, these Articles of Incorporation or by the laws of the laws of the State of Colorado.
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ARTICLE VI
Directors Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Colorado, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended or supplemented, no director or officer of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or to its stockholders for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer.
ARTICLE VII
Indemnification of Officers and Directors
The Corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in effect from time to time, any person against all liability and expense (including attorneys' fees) incurred by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, he is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of, on in any similar managerial or fiduciary position of, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The Corporation shall also indemnify any person who is serving or has served the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation to the extent and in the manner provided in any bylaw, resolution of the shareholders or directors, contract, or otherwise, so long as such provision is legally permissible.
ARTICLE VIII
No Preemptive Rights
The owners of shares of stock of the Corporation shall not have a preemptive right to acquire unissued shares, treasury shares or securities convertible into such shares.
ARTICLE IX
Voting Rights
Only the shares of capital stock of the Corporation designated at issuance as having voting rights shall be entitled to vote at meetings of stockholders of the Corporation, and only stockholders of record of shares having voting rights shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at meetings of stockholders of the Corporation. Each stockholder entitled to vote at any election for Directors shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, one vote for each share of stock owned by such stockholder for as many persons as there are Directors to be elected and for whose election such stockholder has a right to vote, and no stockholder shall he entitled to cumulate their vote.
ARTICLE X
Quorum
One third of the votes entitled to be cast on any matter by each stockholder voting group entitled to vote on a matter shall constitute a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter by stockholders.
ARTICLE XI
Bond and Debenture Holder Rights
The holder of a bond, debenture or, other obligation of the Corporation may have any of the rights of a stockholder in the Corporation to the extent determined appropriate by the Board of Directors at the time of issuance of such bond, debenture or other obligation.
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Limitation on Right to Call Special Shareholders Meeting
Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors, upon not less than 10 nor more than 50 day's written notice to the stockholders of the Corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Vortex Brands Corp. has caused its duly authorized officer to execute this Certificate on this the 24th day of August, 2018.
Vortex Brands, Co.
/s/ Todd Higley
Todd Higley
Chief Executive Officer
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CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS OF RIGHTS,
PRIVILEGES, AND PREFERENCES
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SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK OF
VORTEX BRANDS CO.
The name of this corporation is VORTEX BRANDS CO.
I, Tom Olmstead, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively, of Vortex Brands Co.., a corporation organized and existing under the Laws of the State of Colorado (the “Corporation”), DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT:
The Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 18, 2018 adopted the following resolution creating a series of its preferred stock designated the “SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK”:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation by the Articles of Incorporation dated February 19, 2018, the Board of Directors of the Corporation by unanimous resolution does hereby designate the terms, and authorize and provide for the issuance of the "SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK,” consisting initially of 9,996,000 shares, having the voting powers, preferences and relative participating rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions that are set forth as follows:
A. Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be designated as “SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK”, par value $0.0001 per share, and the number of shares constituting such series initially shall be 9,996,000. Such amount may be increased or decreased by the resolution of the Board of Directors, provided that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of the Series C Preferred Stock to less than the number of shares then issued and outstanding, fully diluted.
B. Rights, Preferences and Restrictions of SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK. The rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to and imposed on the Series C Preferred Stock are as set forth below:
I. RANK.
The SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK, except as otherwise stated herein, in respect of dividends and distributions upon a Liquidation Event, shall rank senior to all classes of common stock of the Corporation, and each other class of Capital Stock or series of Preferred Stock hereafter created that does not expressly provide that it ranks senior to, or on a parity with, the Series C Preferred Stock as to dividends and distributions upon a Liquidation Event ("Junior Stock"). The Series C Preferred Stock shall, in respect of dividends and distributions upon a Liquidation Event, rank on a parity with (a) the Common Stock, and (b) any class of Capital Stock or series of Preferred Stock hereafter created that expressly provides that it ranks on a parity with the Series C Preferred Stock as to dividends and distributions upon a Liquidation Event ("Parity Stock"); provided, however, that any such Parity Stock, other than the Common Stock, that was not approved in writing by the majority of the Holders shall be deemed to be Junior Stock and not Parity Stock. The Series C Preferred Stock shall, in respect of dividends and distributions upon a Liquidation Event, rank junior to each class of Capital Stock or series of Preferred Stock hereafter created that has been approved in writing by the majority of the Holders and that expressly provides that it ranks senior to the Series C Preferred Stock as to dividends or distributions upon Liquidation Event ("Senior Stock").
II. DIVIDEND PROVISIONS.
Beginning on the Issue Date, the Holders of the outstanding shares of SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK shall be entitled to receive dividend distributions when and if dividend distributions are declared and authorized on the Common Stock by the Board of Directors, provided that, each share of the SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK shall have rights, privileges and preferences on dividend distributions equal to one hundred (100) shares of Common Stock.
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(a) In the event of a Liquidation Event, the Holders of the SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK shall have the same rights as holders of Common Stock, except that each share of outstanding SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK shall have one hundred (100) times the rights as each share of Common Stock (“Liquidation Ratio”). Collectively, the holders of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock and the holders of the then outstanding shares of SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to such stockholders. The distribution shall be ratable, in proportion to the number of shares of the Common Stock and/or Series C Preferred Stock held by them, after giving effect to the Liquidation Ratio.
(b) A “Liquidation Event” shall include (A) the closing of the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets, or (B) a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation; provided, however, that a transaction shall not constitute a Liquidation Event if its sole purpose is to change the state of this corporation’s incorporation or to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Corporation’s securities immediately prior to such transaction. The treatment of any particular transaction or series of related transactions as a Liquidation Event may be waived by the vote or written consent of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK (voting together as a single class and not as separate series). The Corporation shall give each holder of record of SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK written notice of such impending Liquidation Event not later than twenty (20) days prior to the stockholders’ meeting called to approve such transaction, or twenty (20) days prior to the closing of such transaction, whichever is earlier, and shall also notify such holders in writing of the final approval of such transaction. The first of such notices shall describe the material terms and conditions of the impending transaction and the provisions of this Article II.B.3, and the Corporation shall thereafter give such holders prompt notice of any material changes. The transaction shall in no event take place sooner than twenty (20) days after the Corporation has given the first notice provided for herein or sooner than ten (10) days after the Corporation has given notice of any material changes provided for herein; provided, however, that such periods may be shortened or waived upon the written consent of the holders of SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK that (i) are entitled to such notice rights or similar notice rights and (ii) represent at least a majority of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of such Series C Preferred Stock (voting together as a single class and not as separate series).
IV. REDEMPTION.
The Series C Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable.
V. CONVERISON RIGHTS
A. Conversion at the Option of the Holder. From 24 months from the date of issuance, each holder of shares of Series C Preferred Stock may, at any time and from time to time, convert (an “Optional Conversion”) each of its shares of Series C Preferred Stock into a 100 of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock; provided, however, that any Optional Conversion must involve the issuance of at least 100 shares of Common Stock.
B. Mechanics of Conversion. In order to effect an Optional Conversion, a holder shall: (i) fax (or otherwise deliver) a copy of the fully executed Notice of Conversion to the Corporation and (ii) surrender or cause to be surrendered the original certificates representing the Series C Preferred Stock being converted (the “Preferred Stock Certificates”), duly endorsed with a medallion stamp, along with a copy of the Notice of Conversion as soon as practicable thereafter to the Corporation’s Transfer Agent with a copy sent to the Corporation (Attention: Secretary). The Corporation shall be obligated to issue shares of Common Stock upon a conversion upon either the Preferred Stock Certificates are delivered to the Corporation’s Transfer Agent as provided above, or the holder notifies the Corporation that such Preferred Stock Certificates have been lost, stolen or destroyed and delivers the documentation (and pays any bond that may be required) to the Corporation required by Corporation and its transfer agent.
(i) Delivery of Common Stock Upon Conversion. Upon the surrender of Preferred Stock
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(ii) Taxes. The Corporation shall pay any and all taxes that may be imposed upon it with respect to the issuance and delivery of the shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock.
(iii) No Fractional Shares. If any conversion of Series C Preferred Stock would result in the issuance of a fractional share of Common Stock (aggregating all shares of Series C Preferred Stock being converted pursuant to a given Notice of Conversion), such fractional share shall be payable in cash based upon the ten day average Closing Sales Price of the Common Stock at such time, and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be the next lower whole number of shares. If the Corporation elects not to, or is unable to, make such a cash payment, the holder shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the final fraction of a share, one whole share of Common Stock.
(iv) Conversion Disputes. In the case of any dispute with respect to a conversion, the Corporation shall promptly issue such number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with subparagraph (i) above as are not disputed. If such dispute involves the calculation of the Conversion Price, and such dispute is not promptly resolved by discussion between the relevant holder and the Corporation, the Corporation shall submit the disputed calculations to an independent outside accountant via facsimile within three business days of receipt of the Notice of Conversion. The accountant, at the Corporation’s sole expense, shall promptly audit the calculations and notify the Corporation and the holder of the results no later than three business days from the date it receives the disputed calculations. The accountant’s calculation shall be deemed conclusive, absent manifest error. The Corporation shall then issue the appropriate number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with subparagraph (i) above.
(v) Payment of Fees. Holder shall pay for any and all fees from the Company’s Transfer Agent regarding the conversion of the Series C Preferred into Common Stock.
C. Effect of Reverse and Forward Splits. In the event of a reverse split the conversion ratio stated in Article V(a) or the voting rights in Article VI shall not be changed. However, in the event a forward split shall occur then the conversion ratio stated in Article V(a) and the voting rights in Article VI shall be modified to be increased by the same ratio as the forward split.
VI. Voting Rights.
Each holder of outstanding shares of SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK shall be entitled to the number of votes equal to two thousand five hundred (2,500) Common Shares. Except as provided by law, or by the provisions establishing any other series of Preferred Stock, holders of SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK and of any other outstanding series of Preferred Stock shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class.
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VIII. ANTI DILUTION
For a period of 24 months after the Preferred is issue, the conversion price of the Series C Preferred will be subject to adjustment to prevent dilution in the event that the Company issues additional shares at a purchase price less than the applicable conversion price. The conversion price will be subject to adjustment on a weighted basis that takes into account issuances of additional shares and the fully convertible positions of this Series C Preferred. At the expiration of the anti-dilution period, the conversion rate in Section V (A) above shall be equal to a conversion rate equal to 72.5% on the Common Stock. For example, if on the date of expiration of the anti-dilution clause there are 500,000,000 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding then each Series C Preferred Stock shall convert at a rate of 181.9 common shares for each 1 Series Preferred Share.
VIII. DEFINITIONS.
As used in herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings (with terms defined in the singular having comparable meanings when used in the plural and vice versa), unless the context otherwise requires:
“Capital Stock” means any and all shares, interests, participations, or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of the Corporation.
“Common Stock” means any and all shares of the Corporation’s $0.0001 par value common stock.
“Corporation” means Vortex Brands, Inc.., a Colorado corporation, and its successors.
“Holder” means a holder of a share or shares of SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK as reflected in the stock books of the Corporation.
“Issue Date” means the date of original issuance of the applicable shares of Series C Preferred Stock.
“Junior Stock” has the meaning ascribed to it in Article II.B.1. hereof.
“Liquidation Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Article II.B.3(b).
“Parity Stock” has the meaning ascribed to it in Article II.B.1. hereof.
“Senior Stock” has the meaning ascribed to it in Article II.B.1. hereof.
“SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK” has the meaning ascribed to it in Article II.A. hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Vortex Brands Corp. has caused its duly authorized officer to execute this Certificate on this the 18th day of February 2018.
Vortex Brands, Co.
/s/ Tom Olmstead
Tom Olmstead
Chief Executive Officer
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ARTICLE I
Name
The name of the corporation is Vortex Brands (the “Corporation”)
ARTICLE II
Duration
This corporation has perpetual existence.
ARTICLE III
Corporation Purposes
The purposes for which the corporation is formed are:
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The above purposes clauses shall not be limited by reference to or inference from one another, but each purpose clause shall be construed as a separate statement conferring independent purposes and powers upon the corporation.
ARTICLE IV
Capitalization
The total number of shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is 3,020,000,000 shares in book form or certificate form at the sole discretion of the corporation, of which 3,000,000,000 shares of $.0001 par value shall be designated as Common Stock and 20,000,000 shares of $.0001 shall be designated as Preferred Stock. The Preferred Stock authorized by these Articles of Incorporation may be issued in one or more series. The Board of Directors of the Corporation is authorized to determine or alter the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted or imposed upon any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock, and within the limitations or restrictions stated in any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors originally fixing the number of shares constituting any series, to increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of any such series then outstanding) the number of shares of any such series subsequent to the issue of shares of that series, to determine the designation and par value of any series and to fix the numbers of shares of any series.
The Company agreed to acquire and merge with Blockchain Energy, A Colorado Corporation, and closed this merger on February 25, 2018.
ARTICLE V
Board of Directors
The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation except, as otherwise provided in the Bylaws, these Articles of Incorporation or by the laws of the laws of the State of Colorado.
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ARTICLE VI
Directors Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Colorado, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended or supplemented, no director or officer of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or to its stockholders for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer.
ARTICLE VII
Indemnification of Officers and Directors
The Corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in effect from time to time, any person against all liability and expense (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, he is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of, on in any similar managerial or fiduciary position of, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The Corporation shall also indemnify any person who is serving or has served the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation to the extent and in the manner provided in any bylaw, resolution of the shareholders or directors, contract, or otherwise, so long as such provision is legally permissible.
ARTICLE VIII
No Preemptive Rights
The owners of shares of stock of the Corporation shall not have a preemptive right to acquire unissued shares, treasury shares or securities convertible into such shares.
ARTICLE IX
Voting Rights
Only the shares of capital stock of the Corporation designated at issuance as having voting rights shall be entitled to vote at meetings of stockholders of the Corporation, and only stockholders of record of shares having voting rights shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at meetings of stockholders of the Corporation. Each stockholder entitled to vote at any election for Directors shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, one vote for each share of stock owned by such stockholder for as many persons as there are Directors to be elected and for whose election such stockholder has a right to vote, and no stockholder shall he entitled to cumulate their vote.
ARTICLE X
Quorum
One third of the votes entitled to be cast on any matter by each stockholder voting group entitled to vote on a matter shall constitute a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter by stockholders.
ARTICLE XI
Bond and Debenture Holder Rights
The holder of a bond, debenture or, other obligation of the Corporation may have any of the rights of a stockholder in the Corporation to the extent determined appropriate by the Board of Directors at the time of issuance of such bond, debenture or other obligation.
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ARTICLE XII
Limitation on Right to Call Special Shareholders Meeting
Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors, upon not less than 10 nor more than 50 day’s written notice to the stockholders of the Corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Vortex Brands Corp. has caused its duly authorized officer to execute this Certificate on this the 24th day of August, 2018.
Vortex Brands, Co.
/s/ Todd Higley
Todd Higley
Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT 2.13
CORPORATE BYLAWS OF
VORTEX BRANDS, INC,
INCORPORATED IN THE STATE OF COLORADO
SECTION 1
Articles of Incorporation
1.1. The nature of the business or purposes of the corporation shall be as set forth in its articles of incorporation. These by-laws, the powers of the corporation and of its directors and stockholders, and all matters concerning the management of the business and conduct of the affairs of the corporation shall be subject to such provisions in regard thereto, if any, as are set forth in the articles of incorporation; and the articles of incorporation is hereby made a part of these by-laws. In these by-laws, references to the articles of incorporation mean the provisions of the articles of incorporation (as that term is defined under Title 7, Corporations and Associations of the Colorado Revised Statutes and except as otherwise provided herein, the Statutes shall apply to the governance of the Corporation) of the corporation as from time to time in effect, and references to these by-laws or to any requirement or provision of law mean these by-laws or such requirement or provision of law as from time to time in effect.
SECTION 2
Offices
2.1. REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office of the corporation shall be in Colorado.
2.2. OTHER OFFICES. The corporation may also have an office or offices at such other place or places, either within or without the State of Colorado, as the Board of Directors of the corporation from time to time may determine or as the business of the corporation may require.
SECTION 3
Stockholders
3.1. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held at nine-thirty o’clock in the forenoon on the first Monday in May in each year, unless that day be a legal holiday at the place where the meeting is to be held, in which case the meeting shall be held at the same hour on the next succeeding day not a legal holiday, or at such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect a board of directors and transact such other business as may be required by law or these by-law or as may be specified by the chairman of the board or by a majority of the directors then in office or by vote of the board of directors and of which notice was given in the notice of the meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the first annual meeting of the corporation was held in the year 2010.
3.2. SPECIAL MEETING IN PLACE OF ANNUAL MEETING. If the election for directors shall not be held on the day designated by these by-laws, the directors shall cause the election to be held as soon thereafter as convenient, and to that end, if the annual meeting is omitted on the day herein provided therefor or if the election of directors shall not be held thereat, a special meeting of the stockholders may be held in place of such omitted meeting or election, and any business transacted or election held at such special meeting shall have the same effect as if transacted or held at the annual meeting, and in such case all references in these by-laws to the annual meeting of the stockholders, or to the annual election of directors, shall be deemed to refer to or include such special meeting. Any such special meeting shall be called, and the purposes thereof shall be specified in the call, as provided in Section 3.3.
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3.3. SPECIAL MEETINGS. A special meeting of the stockholders may be called at any time by the chairman of the board or by the board of directors. A special meeting of the stockholders shall be called by the secretary, or in the case of the death, absence, incapacity or refusal of the secretary, by an assistant secretary or some other officer, upon application of a majority of the directors or of one or more stockholders who are entitled to vote and who hold at least fifty percent of the capital stock issued and outstanding. Any such application shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Any such call shall state the place, date, hour, and purposes of the meeting
3.4. PLACE OF MEETING. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such place within or without the State of Colorado as may be determined from time to time by the chairman of the board or the board of directors. Any adjourned session of any meeting of the stockholders shall be held at the place designated in the vote of adjournment.
3.5. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Except as otherwise provided by law, a written notice of each meeting of stockholders stating the place, day and hour thereof and, in the case of a special meeting, the purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat; and to each stockholder who, by law, by the articles of incorporation or by these by-laws, is entitled to notice, by leaving such notice with him or at his residence or usual place of business, or by depositing it in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to such stockholder at his address as it appears in the records of the corporation. Such notice shall be given by the secretary, or by an officer or person designated by the board of directors, or in the case of a special meeting by the officer calling the meeting. As to any adjourned session of any meeting of stockholders, notice of the adjourned meeting need not be given if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment was taken except that if the adjournment is for more than thirty days or if after the adjournment a new record date is set for the adjourned session, notice of any such adjourned session of the meeting shall be given in the manner heretofore described. No notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjourned session thereof need be given to a stockholder if a written waiver of notice, executed before or after the meeting or such adjournment session by such stockholder is filed with the records of the meeting or if the stockholder attends such meeting without objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting of the stockholders or any adjourned session thereof need be specified in any written waiver of notice.
3.6. QUORUM OF STOCKHOLDERS. At any meeting of the stockholders, whether the same be an original or an adjourned session, a quorum shall consist of a majority in interest of all stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, except in any case where a larger quorum is required by law, by the articles of incorporation or by these by-laws. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of the votes properly cast upon the question, whether or not a quorum is present.
3.7. ACTION BY VOTE. When a quorum is present at any meeting, whether the same be an original or an adjourned session, a plurality of the votes properly cast for election to any office shall elect to such office and a majority of the votes properly cast upon any question other than an election to an office shall decide the question, except when a larger vote is required by law, by the articles of incorporation or by these by-laws. No ballot shall be required for any election unless requested by a stockholder present or represented at the meeting and entitled to vote in the election.
3.8. ACTION WITHOUT MEETINGS. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken by stockholders for or in connection with any corporate action may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.
If action is taken by unanimous consent of stockholders, the writing or writings comprising such unanimous consent shall be filed with the records of the meetings of stockholders.
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If action is taken by less than unanimous consent of stockholders and in accordance with the foregoing, there shall be filed with the records of the meetings of stockholders the writing or writings comprising such less than unanimous consent and a certificate signed and attested to by the secretary that prompt notice was given to all stockholders of the taking of such action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.
In the event that the action which is consented to is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under any of the provisions of Title 7, Corporations and Associations of the Colorado Revised Statutes, if such action had been voted upon by the stockholders at a meeting thereof, the certificate filed under such provision shall state that written consent has been given under Title 7, Corporations and Associations of the Colorado Revised Statutes, in lieu of stating that the stockholders have voted upon the corporate action in question, if such last mentioned statement is required thereby.
3.9. PROXY REPRESENTATION. Every stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy in all matters in which a stockholder is entitled to participate, whether by waiving notice of any meeting, objecting to or voting or participating at a meeting, or expressing consent or dissent without a meeting.
Every proxy must be signed by the stockholder or by his attorney-in-fact or be authorized by such other means as is provided under Title 7, Corporations and Associations of the Colorado Revised Statutes. No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally. The authorization of a proxy may but need not be limited to specified action, provided, however, that if a proxy limits its authorization to a meeting or meetings of stockholders, unless otherwise specifically provided such proxy shall entitle the holder thereof to vote at any adjourned session but shall not be valid after the final adjournment thereof.
3.10. VOTES PER SHARE. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock having voting power held by such stockholder.
3.11. LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in his name. Such list shall be open to examination by any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for at least ten days prior to the meeting either at the place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place should be specified in the notice of such meeting, or at the place where such meeting is to be held, and shall also be produced at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and subject to the inspection of any stockholder who may be present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are stockholders entitled to examine such list or to vote in person or by proxy at such meeting.
SECTION 4
Board of Directors
4.1. NUMBER. The Board of Directors shall consist of one or more members, the number thereof to be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders.
4.2. TENURE. The Board of Directors shall be divided into four classes to be known as Class I, Class II, Class III, and Class IV, which shall be as nearly equal in number as possible. Except in case of death, resignation, disqualification or removal, each Director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the fourth annual meeting of shareholders following the annual meeting at which the Director was elected; provided, however, that each initial Director in Class I shall hold office until the 2011 annual meeting of shareholders; each initial Director in Class II shall hold office until the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders; and each initial Director in Class III shall hold office until the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders; and each initial Director in Class IV shall hold office until the 2014 annual meeting of shareholders. In the event of any increase or decrease in the authorized number of Directors, the newly created or eliminated directorships resulting from such an increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the four classes of Directors so that the four classes remain as nearly equal in size as possible; provided, however, that there shall be no classification of additional Directors elected by the Board of Directors until the next meeting of shareholders called for the purposes of electing Directors, at which meeting the terms of all such additional Directors shall expire, and such additional Director positions, if they are to be continued, shall be apportioned among the classes of Directors, and nominees therefore shall be submitted to the shareholders for their vote.
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4.3. POWERS. The business of the corporation shall be managed by the board of directors who shall have and may exercise all the power of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law, the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
4.4. VACANCIES. Vacancies and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors may be filled by vote of the stockholders at a meeting called for the purpose, or by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. When one or more directors shall resign from the board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote or action by writing thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective. The directors shall have and may exercise all their powers notwithstanding the existence of one or more vacancies in their number, subject to any requirements of law or of the certificate of incorporation or of these by-laws as to the number of directors required for a quorum or for any vote or other action.
4.5. COMMITTEES. The board of directors may, by vote of a majority of the whole board, (a) designate, change the membership of or terminate the existence of any committee or committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors; (b) designate one or more directors as alternate members of any such committee who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee; and (c) determine the extent to which each such committee shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and the power and authority to declare dividends, to authorize the issuance of stock, or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Title 7, Corporations and Associations of the Colorado Revised Statutes; excepting, however, such powers which by law, by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws they are prohibited from so delegating. In the absence or disqualification of any member of such committee and his alternate, if any, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not constituting a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Except as the board of directors may otherwise determine, any committee may make rules for the conduct of its business, but unless otherwise provided by the board or such rules, its business shall be conducted as nearly as may be in the same manner as is provided by these by-laws for the conduct of the business by the board of directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors upon request.
4.6. REGULAR MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without call or notice at such place within or without the State of Colorado and at such times as the board may from time to time determine, provided that notice of the first regular meeting following any such determination shall be given to absent directors. A regular meeting of the directors may be held without call or notice immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of the stockholders.
4.7. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the board of directors may be held at any time and at any place within or without the State of Colorado designated in the notice of the meeting, when called by the chairman of the board, or by one-third or more in number of the directors, reasonable notice thereof being given to each director by the secretary or by the chairman of the board or any one of the directors calling the meeting.
4.8. NOTICE. It shall be reasonable and sufficient notice to a director to send notice by mail at least forty-eight hours or by facsimile or electronic message at least twenty-four hours before the meeting addressed to him at his usual or last known business or residence address or to give notice to him in person or by telephone at least twenty-four hours before the meeting. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director if a written waiver of notice, executed by him before or after the meeting, is filed with the records of the meeting, or to any director who attends the meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement the lack of notice to him. Neither notice of a meeting nor a waiver of a notice need specify the purposes of the meeting.
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4.9. QUORUM. Except as may be otherwise provided by law, by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws, at any meeting of the directors a majority of the directors then in office shall constitute a quorum; a quorum shall not in any case be less than one-third of the total number of directors constituting the whole board. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of the votes cast upon the question, whether or not a quorum is present, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice.
4.10. ACTION BY VOTE. Except as may be otherwise provided by law, by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws, when a quorum is present at any meeting the vote of a majority of the directors present shall be the act of the board of directors.
4.11. ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors or a committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the board or of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and such writing or writings are filed with the records of the meeting of the board or of such committee. Such consent shall be treated for all purposes as the act of the board or of such committee, as the case may be.
4.12. COMPENSATION. In the discretion of the board of directors, each director may be paid such fees for his services as director and be reimbursed for his reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of his duties as director as the board of directors from time to time may determine. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving reasonable compensation therefor.
4.13. INTERESTED DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
(a) No contract or transaction between the corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of the corporation’s directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the board or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:
(1) The material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the board of directors or the committee, and the board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or
(2) The material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or
(3) The contract or transaction is fair as to the corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the board of directors, a committee thereof, or the stockholders.
(b) Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
4.14. Each member of the Board of Directors shall have obtained a bachelors degree from a college or university that is accredited by a company or institution recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education for accrediting activities.
SECTION 5
Officers and Agents
5.1. ENUMERATION; QUALIFICATION. The officers of the corporation shall be a chairman of the board, a treasurer, a secretary and such other officers, if any, as the board of directors from time to time may in its discretion elect or appoint including without limitation a vice-chairman of the board, one or more vice presidents and a controller. The corporation may also have such agents, if any, as the board of directors from time to time may in its discretion choose. Any officer may be, but none except the chairman and any vice-chairman of the board need be, a director or stockholder. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. Any officer may be required by the board of directors to secure the faithful performance of his duties to the corporation by giving bond in such amount and with sureties or otherwise as the board of directors may determine.
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5.2. POWERS. Subject to law, to the certificate of incorporation and to the other provisions of these by-laws, each officer shall have, in addition to the duties and power herein set forth, such duties and powers as are commonly incident to his office and such additional duties and powers as the board of directors may from time to time designate.
5.3. ELECTION. The officers may be elected to the board of directors at their first meeting following the annual meeting of the stockholders or at any other time. At any time or from time to time the directors may delegate to any officers their power to elect or appoint any other officer or any agents.
5.4. TENURE. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the board of directors following the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until his respective successor is chosen and qualified unless a shorter period shall have been specified by the terms of his election or appointment, or in each case until he sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Each agent shall retain his authority at the pleasure of the directors, or the officer by whom he was appointed or the officer who then holds agent appointive power.
5.5. CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Except as otherwise voted by the directors, the chairman of the board shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, he shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors at which he is present and shall have such other powers and duties as the board of directors, executive committee or any other duly authorized committee shall from time to time designate.
Except as otherwise voted by the directors, the vice-chairman of the board, if any is elected or appointed, shall assume the duties and powers of the chairman of the board in his absence and shall otherwise have such duties and powers as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.
5.6. VICE PRESIDENTS. Any vice presidents shall have such duties and powers as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors or by the chairman of the board.
5.7. TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS. Except as otherwise voted by the directors, the treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the corporation and shall be in charge of its funds and valuable papers, and shall have such other duties and powers as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or by the chairman of the board. If no controller is elected, the treasurer shall also have the duties and powers of the controller.
Any assistant treasurers shall have such duties and powers as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors, the chairman of the board or the treasurer.
5.8. CONTROLLER AND ASSISTANT CONTROLLERS. If a controller is elected, he shall be the chief accounting officer of the corporation and shall be in charge of its books of account and accounting records, and of its accounting procedures. He shall have such other duties and powers as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors, the chairman of the board or the treasurer.
Any assistant controller shall have such duties and powers as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors, the chairman of the board, the treasurer or the controller.
5.9. SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. The secretary shall record all proceedings of the stockholders, of the board of directors and of committees of the board of directors in a book or series of books to be kept therefor and shall file therein all writings of, or related to action by stockholder or director consent. In the absence of the secretary from any meeting, an assistant secretary, or if there be none or he is absent, a temporary secretary chosen at the meeting, shall record the proceedings thereof. Unless a transfer agent has been appointed the secretary shall keep or cause to be kept the stock and transfer records of the corporation, which shall contain the names and record addresses of all stockholders and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. He shall have such other duties and powers as may from time to time be designated by the board of directors or the chairman of the board.
Any assistant secretaries shall have such duties and powers as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors, the chairman of the board or the secretary.
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SECTION 6
Resignations and Removals
6.1. Any director or officer may resign at any time by delivering his resignation in writing to the chairman of the board or the secretary or to a meeting of the board of directors. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless specified to be effective at some other time, and without in either case the necessity of its being accepted unless the resignation shall so state. A director (including persons elected by directors to fill vacancies in the board) may be removed from office with or without cause by the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote in the election of directors. The board of directors may at any time remove any officer either with or without cause. The board of directors may at any time terminate or modify the authority of any agent. No director or officer resigning and (except where a right to receive compensation shall be expressly provided in a duly authorized written agreement with the corporation) no director or officer removed, shall have any right to any compensation as such director or officer for any period following his resignation or removal, or any right to damages on account of such removal, whether his compensation be by the month or by the year or otherwise; unless in the case of a resignation, the directors, or in the case of a removal, the body acting on the removal, shall in their or its discretion provide for compensation.
SECTION 7
Vacancies
7.1. If the office of the chairman of the board or the treasurer or the secretary becomes vacant, the directors may elect a successor by vote of a majority of the directors then in office. If the office of any other officer becomes vacant, any person or body empowered to elect or appoint that officer may choose a successor. Each such successor shall hold office for the unexpired term, and in the case of the chairman of the board, the treasurer and the secretary until his successor is chosen and qualified, or in each case until he sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Any vacancy of a directorship shall be filled as specified in Section 4.4 of these by-laws.
SECTION 8
Capital Stock
8.1. STOCK CERTIFICATES. Shares of the corporation’s stock may be certificated or uncertificated, or issued in book form at the sole discretion of the corporation, as provided by Title 7, Corporations and Associations of the Colorado Revised Statutes. All certificates of stock of the corporation shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder’s name and the number, class and designation of the series, if any, of the shares held and shall be signed by the Chairman or a Vice Chairman or the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed on such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the time of its issue.
8.2. LOSS OF CERTIFICATES. In the case of the alleged theft, loss, destruction or mutilation of a certificate of stock, a duplicate certificate may be issued in place thereof, upon such terms, including receipt of a bond sufficient to indemnify the corporation against any claim or account thereof, as the board of directors may prescribe.
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SECTION 9
Transfer of Shares of Stock
9.1. TRANSFER ON BOOKS. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the corporation only by the record holder of such stock, or by an attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and, in the case of stock represented by a certificate, subject to the restrictions, if any, stated or noted on the stock certificate, upon surrender to the corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate therefore properly endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment and power of attorney properly executed, with necessary transfer stamps affixed, and with such proof of the authenticity of signature as the board of directors or the transfer agent of the corporation may reasonably require. Except as may be otherwise required by law, by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws, the corporation shall be entitled to treat the record holder of stock as shown on its books as the owner of such stock for all purposes, including the payment of dividends and the right to receive notice and to vote or to give any consent with respect thereto and to be held liable for such calls and assessments, if any, as may lawfully be made thereon, regardless of any transfer, pledge or other disposition of such stock until the shares have been properly transferred on the books of the corporation.
9.2 RECORD DATE AND CLOSING TRANSFER BOOKS. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distributions or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days (or such longer period as may be required by law) before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action.
If no record date is fixed:
(a) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.
(b) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the board of directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is expressed.
(c) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
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SECTION 10
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
10.1. RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION. Each director or officer of the corporation who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of Colorado, as the same exist or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all costs, charges, expenses, liabilities and losses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators: provided however, that except for any proceeding seeking to enforce or obtain payment under any right to indemnification by the corporation, the corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if the corporation has joined in or consented to the initiation of such proceeding (or part thereof). The corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors, either on a general basis or as designated by the Board of Directors, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the corporation, and to directors, officers, employees and agents of the Company’s subsidiaries, with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 10 to the contrary, no person shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section on account of any suit in which judgment is rendered against such person for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale by such person of securities of the corporation pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
10.2. NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS. The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Section 10 shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Each person who is or becomes a director or officer of the corporation shall be deemed to have served or to have continued to serve in such capacity in reliance upon the indemnity provided in this Section 10.
10.3. INSURANCE. The corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under Title 7, Corporations and Associations of the Colorado Revised Statutes.
10.4. EXPENSES AS A WITNESS. To the extent that any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation is by reason of such position, or a position with another entity at the request of the corporation, a witness in any action, suit or proceeding, he or she shall be indemnified against all costs and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her on his or her behalf in connection therewith.
10.5. INDEMNITY AGREEMENTS. The corporation may enter into indemnity agreements with the persons who are members of its board of directors from time to time, and with such officers, employees and agents of the corporation and with such officers, directors, employees and agents of subsidiaries as the board may designate, such indemnity agreements to provide in substance that the corporation will indemnify such persons as contemplated by this Section 10, and to include any other substantive or procedural provisions regarding indemnification as are not inconsistent with Title 7, Corporations and Associations of the Colorado Revised Statutes. The provisions of such indemnity agreements shall prevail to the extent that they limit or condition or differ from the provisions of this Section 10.
10.6. DEFINITION OF CORPORATION. For purposes of this Section 10 reference to “the corporation” includes all constituent corporations absorbed in a consolidation or merger as well as the resulting or surviving corporation so that any person who is or was a director or officer of such a constituent corporation shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would if he had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity.
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SECTION 11
Execution of Papers
11.1. Except as the board of directors may generally or in some particular cases authorize the execution thereof in some other manner, all deeds, leases, transfers, contracts, bonds, notes, checks, drafts and other obligations made, accepted or endorsed by the corporation shall be signed by the chairman of the board or by one of the vice presidents or by the treasurer.
SECTION 12
Fiscal Year
12.1. Except as from time to time otherwise provided by the board of directors, the fiscal year of the corporation shall end on the last day of February of each year.
SECTION 13
Amendments
13.1. These by-laws may be made, altered, amended or repealed by vote of a majority of the directors in office or by vote of a majority of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote. Any by-law, whether made, altered, amended or repealed by the stockholders or directors, may be altered, amended or reinstated, as the case may be, by either the stockholders or by the directors as hereinbefore provided.
The foregoing Bylaws together with changes and amendments were adopted by the Board of Directors on February 14th, 2019.
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EXHIBIT 4.1
VORTEX BRANDS, INC.
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
THIS INVESTMENT INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. THIS INVESTMENT IS SUITABLE ONLY FOR PERSONS WHO CAN BEAR THE ECONOMIC RISK FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME AND WHO CAN AFFORD TO LOSE THEIR ENTIRE INVESTMENT. FURTHERMORE, SUBSCRIBERS MUST UNDERSTAND THAT SUCH INVESTMENT IS ILLIQUID AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO BE ILLIQUID FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME. NO PUBLIC MARKET EXISTS FOR THE SECURITIES.
THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS AND ARE BEING OFFERED AND SOLD IN RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS. ALTHOUGH AN OFFERING STATEMENT HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE “SEC”), THAT OFFERING STATEMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT. THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SEC, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY, NOR HAVE ANY OF THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES PASSED UPON THE MERITS OF THIS OFFERING OR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER MATERIALS OR INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE TO PROSPECTIVE SUBSCRIBER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.
THE SECURITIES CANNOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT. IN ADDITION, THE SECURITIES CANNOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS. SUBSCRIBERS WHO ARE NOT “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 501 OF REGULATION D PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) ARE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS ON THE AMOUNT THEY MAY INVEST, AS SET OUT IN SECTION 4(f). THE COMPANY IS RELYING ON THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES SET FORTH BY EACH SUBSCRIBER IN THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED BY SUBSCRIBER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING TO DETERMINE THE APPLICABILITY TO THIS OFFERING OF EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
PROSPECTIVE SUBSCRIBERS MAY NOT TREAT THE CONTENTS OF THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT, THE OFFERING CIRCULAR OR ANY OF THE OTHER MATERIALS PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY (COLLECTIVELY, THE “OFFERING MATERIALS”), OR ANY PRIOR OR SUBSEQUENT COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS (INCLUDING “TESTING THE WATERS” MATERIALS) AS INVESTMENT, LEGAL OR TAX ADVICE. IN MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION, SUBSCRIBERS MUST RELY ON THEIR OWN EXAMINATION OF THE COMPANY AND THE TERMS OF THIS OFFERING, INCLUDING THE MERITS AND THE RISKS INVOLVED. EACH PROSPECTIVE SUBSCRIBER SHOULD CONSULT THE SUBSCRIBER’S OWN COUNSEL, ACCOUNTANTS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS AS TO INVESTMENT, LEGAL, TAX AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS CONCERNING THE SUBSCRIBER’S PROPOSED INVESTMENT.
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THE OFFERING MATERIALS MAY CONTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION RELATING TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE COMPANY, ITS BUSINESS PLAN AND STRATEGY, AND ITS INDUSTRY. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON THE BELIEFS OF, ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY, AND INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY’S MANAGEMENT. WHEN USED IN THE OFFERING MATERIALS, THE WORDS “ESTIMATE,” “PROJECT,” “BELIEVE,” “ANTICIPATE,” “INTEND,” “EXPECT” AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ARE INTENDED TO IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE STATEMENTS REFLECT MANAGEMENT’S CURRENT VIEWS WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE EVENTS AND ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT COULD CAUSE THE COMPANY’S ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, INCLUDING THE RISK FACTORS DESCRIBED IN THE COMPANY’S OFFERING STATEMENT FOR THIS OFFERING. SUBSCRIBERS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE ON WHICH THEY ARE MADE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT UNDERTAKE ANY OBLIGATION TO REVISE OR UPDATE THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS TO REFLECT EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER SUCH DATE OR TO REFLECT THE OCCURRENCE OF UNANTICIPATED EVENTS.
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
This subscription agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and between VORTEX BRANDS. INC., a Colorado corporation (hereinafter the “Company”) and the undersigned (hereinafter the “Subscriber”) as of the date set forth on the signature page hereto. Any term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Offering Circular (as defined below).
BACKGROUND
A. The Company desires to offer up to 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), on a “best efforts” basis pursuant to Regulation A of Section 3(b)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to a Tier 2 offering (the “Offering”), with no minimum offering requirement, at a purchase price of $0.005 per share (the “Per Share Purchase Price”), for total gross proceeds of up to $5,000,000 (the “Maximum Offering”). The minimum subscription amount is 200 shares.
B. The Subscriber desires to acquire that number of shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”) as set forth on the signature page hereto at the Per Share Purchase Price.
C. The Offering will terminate on the first to occur of: (i) the date on which the Maximum Offering is completed; (ii) the date which is one year from the Offering being qualified by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”); or (iii) the date on which the Offering is earlier terminated by the Company in its sole discretion, subject to the Company’s right to undertake one or more closings (each, a “Closing”) on a rolling basis (in each case, the “Termination Date”).
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
1. Subscription.
(a) The Subscriber hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase the number of Shares set forth on the signature page hereto at the Per Share Purchase Price, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. The aggregate purchase price for the Shares with respect to each Subscriber (the “Purchase Price”) is payable in the manner provided in Section 2 below.
(b) The Subscriber understands that the Shares are being offered pursuant to the Regulation A Offering Circular dated _____________, 2018 and its exhibits (collectively, the “Offering Circular”) as filed with the SEC. By subscribing to the Offering, the Subscriber acknowledges that the Subscriber has received and reviewed a copy of the Offering Circular and any other information required by the Subscriber to make an investment decision with respect to the Shares. After the Offering Circular has been qualified by the SEC, Pacific Stock Transfer Company, Inc., appointed by the Company as escrow agent for the Offering (the “Escrow Agent”), will accept tenders of funds to purchase the Shares. The Company will close on investments on a “rolling basis,” pursuant to the terms of the Offering Circular. As a result, not all investors will receive their Shares on the same date.
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2. Payment and Purchase Procedure.
(a) The Subscriber is requested to complete and execute this Agreement online or to print, execute and deliver two copies of this Agreement to 3511 Del Paso Rd., Ste. 160 PMB 208, Sacramento, CA 95835, along with payment in the amount of the Purchase Price of the Shares subscribed (the “Funds”).
(b) Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Subscriber shall deliver the Funds by check, wire transfer or ACH. Checks should be made payable to the Company.
(c) This subscription may be accepted or rejected in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason, at any time prior to the Termination Date, by the Company at its sole and absolute discretion. In addition, the Company, at its sole and absolute discretion, may allocate to the Subscriber only a portion of the number of the Shares that the Subscriber has subscribed for hereunder. The Company will notify the Subscriber whether this subscription is accepted (whether in whole or in part) or rejected. If the Subscriber’s subscription is rejected, the Funds (or portion thereof if partially rejected) will be returned to the Subscriber without interest and all of the Subscriber’s obligations hereunder shall terminate. In the event of rejection of this subscription in its entirety, or in the event the sale of the Shares (or any portion thereof) to the Subscriber is not consummated for any reason, this Agreement shall have no force or effect, except for Section 5 hereof, which shall remain in force and effect.
(d) The Company may close on investments on a “rolling” basis at its discretion. Funds will remain in escrow until a Closing has occurred. Upon a Closing, the Escrow Agent will release the Funds to the Company. In the event that the Offering does not close by the Termination Date, any Funds tendered will be promptly returned by the Escrow Agent, without interest or deduction.
(e) Upon a release of the Funds to the Company by the Escrow Agent, the Subscriber shall receive (i) a fully executed counterpart of this Agreement, (ii) notice and evidence of the digital entry (or other manner of record) of the number of Shares owned by the Subscriber reflected on the books and records of the Company and verified by Colonial Stock Transfer Company, Inc., the Company’s transfer agent, which books and records shall bear the notation that the Shares were sold in reliance upon Regulation A under the Securities Act, and (iii) if the subscription has been accepted only in part, a refund of the Funds submitted for Shares not purchased.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to the Subscriber that the following representations and warranties are true and complete in all material respects as of the date of each Closing:
(a) The Company is a corporation duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Colorado. The Company has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties and assets, to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Shares and any other agreements or instruments required hereunder. The Company is duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions in which the nature of its activities and of its properties (both owned and leased) makes such qualification necessary, except for those jurisdictions in which failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect on the Company or its business.
(b) The issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares in accordance with this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. The Shares, when issued, sold and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(c) The acceptance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby are within the Company’s powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. Upon the Company’s acceptance of this Agreement, this Agreement shall constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights and (ii) as limited by general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable remedies.
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4. Representations and Warranties of the Subscriber. By subscribing to the Offering, the Subscriber (and, if the Subscriber is purchasing the Shares subscribed for hereby in a fiduciary capacity, the person or persons for whom the Subscriber is so purchasing) represents and warrants to the Company, which representations and warranties are true and complete in all material respects, as of the date of each Closing:
(a) The Subscriber has all necessary power and authority under all applicable provisions of law to subscribe to the Offering, to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out the provisions thereof. All actions on the Subscriber’s part required for the lawful subscription to the Offering have been or will be effectively taken prior to the Closing. Upon subscribing to the Offering, this Agreement will be a valid and binding obligation of the Subscriber, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights and (ii) as limited by general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable remedies.
(b) The Subscriber acknowledges the public availability of the Company’s current Offering Circular, which can be viewed on the SEC Edgar Database under the filed number _________. This Offering Circular is made available in the Company’s most recent qualified offering statement on SEC Form 1-A, as amended, deemed qualified on _________, 2018. In the Company’s Offering Circular, it makes clear the terms and conditions of the Offering and the risks associated therewith are described. The Subscriber has had an opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management and financial affairs with directors, officers and management of the Company and has had the opportunity to review the Company’s operations and facilities. The Subscriber has also had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Company and its management regarding the terms and conditions of this investment. The Subscriber acknowledges that except as set forth herein, no representations or warranties have been made to the Subscriber, or to the Subscriber’s advisors or representative, by the Company or others with respect to the business or prospects of the Company or its financial condition.
(c) The Subscriber has sufficient experience in financial and business matters to be capable of utilizing such information to evaluate the merits and risks of the Subscriber’s investment in the Shares, and to make an informed decision relating thereto. Alternatively, the Subscriber has utilized the services of a purchaser representative and together they have sufficient experience in financial and business matters that they are capable of utilizing such information to evaluate the merits and risks of the Subscriber’s investment in the Shares, and to make an informed decision relating thereto. The Subscriber has evaluated the risks of an investment in the Shares, including those described in the section of the Offering Circular entitled “Risk Factors,” and has determined that the investment is suitable for the Subscriber. The Subscriber has adequate financial resources for an investment of this character. The Subscriber could bear a complete loss of the Subscriber’s investment in the Company.
(d) The Subscriber understands that the Shares are not being registered under the Securities Act, on the ground that the issuance thereof is exempt under Regulation A of Section 3(b) of the Securities Act, and that reliance on such exemption is predicated in part on the truth and accuracy of the Subscriber’s representations and warranties, and those of the other purchasers of the Shares in the Offering. The Subscriber further understands that the Shares are not being registered under the securities laws of any states on the basis that the issuance thereof is exempt as an offer and sale not involving a registrable public offering in such state, since the Shares are “covered securities” under the National Securities Market Improvement Act of 1996. The Subscriber covenants not to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Shares unless such Shares have been registered under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities laws, or exemptions from such registration requirements are available.
(e) The Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that there is no ready public market for the Shares and that there is no guarantee that a market for their resale will ever exist. The Company has no obligation to list any of the Shares on any market or take any steps (including registration under the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) with respect to facilitating trading or resale of the Shares. The Subscriber must bear the economic risk of this investment indefinitely and the Subscriber acknowledges that the Subscriber is able to bear the economic risk of losing the Subscriber’s entire investment in the Shares.
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(f) The Subscriber represents that either: (i) the Subscriber is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act; or (ii) the Purchase Price, together with any other amounts previously used to purchase Shares in the Offering, does not exceed ten percent (10%) of the greater of the Subscriber’s annual income or net worth (or in the case where the Subscriber is a non-natural person, their revenue or net assets for such Subscriber’s most recently completed fiscal year end). The Subscriber represents that to the extent it has any questions with respect to its status as an accredited investor, or the application of the investment limits, it has sought professional advice.
(g) Within five (5) days after receipt of a request from the Company, the Subscriber hereby agrees to provide such information with respect to its status as a stockholder (or potential stockholder) and to execute and deliver such documents as may reasonably be necessary to comply with any and all laws and regulations to which the Company is or may become subject, including, without limitation, the need to determine the accredited investor status of the Company’s stockholders.
(h) The Subscriber acknowledges that the Per Share Purchase Price of the Shares to be sold in the Offering was set by the Company on the basis of the Company’s internal valuation and no warranties are made as to value. The Subscriber further acknowledges that future offerings of securities of the Company may be made at lower valuations, with the result that the Subscriber’s investment will bear a lower valuation.
(i) The Subscriber maintains the Subscriber’s domicile (and is not a transient or temporary resident) at the address provided with the Subscriber’s subscription.
(j) If the Subscriber is not a United States person (as defined by Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended), the Subscriber hereby represents that it has satisfied itself as to the full observance of the laws of its jurisdiction in connection with any invitation to subscribe for the Shares or any use of this Agreement, including (i) the legal requirements within its jurisdiction for the purchase of the Shares, (ii) any foreign exchange restrictions applicable to such purchase, (iii) any governmental or other consents that may need to be obtained, and (iv) the income tax and other tax consequences, if any, that may be relevant to the purchase, holding, redemption, sale, or transfer of the Shares. The Subscriber’s subscription and payment for and continued beneficial ownership of the Shares will not violate any applicable securities or other laws of the Subscriber’s jurisdiction.
(k) If the Subscriber is purchasing the Shares in a fiduciary capacity for another person or entity, including without limitation a corporation, partnership, trust or any other entity, the Subscriber has been duly authorized and empowered to execute this Agreement and all other subscription documents. Upon request of the Company, the Subscriber will provide true, complete and current copies of all relevant documents creating the Subscriber, authorizing its investment in the Company and/or evidencing the satisfaction of the foregoing.
5. Indemnity. The representations, warranties and covenants made by the Subscriber herein shall survive the closing of this Agreement. The Subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its respective officers, directors and affiliates, and each other person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including, but not limited to, any and all reasonable attorneys’ fees, including attorneys’ fees on appeal) and expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any false representation or warranty or breach of failure by the Subscriber to comply with any covenant or agreement made by the Subscriber herein or in any other document furnished by the Subscriber to any of the foregoing in connection with the Offering.
6. Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Offering Circular, including, without limitation, this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.
7. Market Stand-Off. If so requested by the Company or any representative of the underwriters (the “Managing Underwriter”) in connection with any underwritten or Regulation A+ offering of securities, if any occurs, of the Company under the Securities Act, the undersigned shall not sell or otherwise transfer any Shares or other securities of the Company during the 30-day period preceding and the 270-day period following the effective date of a registration or offering statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act for such public offering or Regulation A+ offering or underwriting (or such shorter period as may be requested by the Managing Underwriter and agreed to by the Company). The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to securities subject to the foregoing restrictions until the end of such period.
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8. Notices. Notice, requests, demands and other communications relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if and when (a) delivered personally, on the date of such delivery; or (b) mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, in the third day after the posting thereof; or (c) emailed on the date of such delivery to the address of the respective parties as follows, (i) if to the Company, to Vortex Brands Inc., 3511 Del Paso Rd., Ste. 160 PMB 208, Sacramento, CA 95835, info@vortexbrands.us, and (ii) if to the Subscriber, at the Subscriber’s address supplied in connection with this subscription, or to such other address as may be specified by written notice from time to time by the party entitled to receive such notice. Any notices, requests, demands or other communications by email shall be confirmed by letter given in accordance with (a) or (b) above. All notices and communications to be given or otherwise made to the Subscriber shall be deemed to be sufficient if sent by e-mail to such address provided by the Subscriber in connection with this subscription. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, the Subscriber shall send all notices or other communications required to be given hereunder to the Company via e-mail at info@vortexbrands.us. Any such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been delivered and received on the first business day following that on which the e-mail has been sent (assuming that there is no error in delivery). As herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day other than a day on which banking institutions in the State of Delaware are legally closed for business.
9. Miscellaneous. All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons or entity or entities may require. Other than as set forth herein, this Agreement is not transferable or assignable by the Subscriber. The representations, warranties and agreements contained herein shall be deemed to be made by and be binding upon the Subscriber and its heirs, executors, administrators and successors and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns. None of the provisions of this Agreement may be waived, changed or terminated orally or otherwise, except as specifically set forth herein or except by a writing signed by the Company and the Subscriber. In the event any part of this Agreement is found to be void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions are intended to be separable and binding with the same effect as if the void or unenforceable part were never the subject of agreement. The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of one or more of the provisions of this Agreement in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in such jurisdiction or the validity, legality or enforceability of this Agreement, including any such provision, in any other jurisdiction, it being intended that all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. This Agreement supersedes all prior discussions and agreements between the parties, if any, with respect to the subject matter hereof and contains the sole and entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. The terms and provisions of this Agreement are intended solely for the benefit of each party hereto and their respective successors and assigns, and it is not the intention of the parties to confer, and no provision hereof shall confer, third-party beneficiary rights upon any other person. The headings used in this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and do not define or limit the provisions hereof. In the event that either party hereto shall commence any suit, action or other proceeding to interpret this Agreement, or determine to enforce any right or obligation created hereby, then such party, if it prevails in such action, shall recover its reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses and costs of appeal, if any. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
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10. Consent to Electronic Delivery of Notices, Disclosures and Forms. The Subscriber understands that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any notices, disclosures, forms, privacy statements, reports or other communications (collectively, “Communications”) regarding the Company, the Subscriber’s investment in the Company and the Shares (including annual and other updates and tax documents) may be delivered by electronic means, such as by e-mail. The Subscriber hereby consents to electronic delivery as described in the preceding sentence. In so consenting, the Subscriber acknowledges that e-mail messages are not secure and may contain computer viruses or other defects, may not be accurately replicated on other systems or may be intercepted, deleted or interfered with, with or without the knowledge of the sender or the intended recipient. The Subscriber also acknowledges that an e-mail from the Company may be accessed by recipients other than the Subscriber and may be interfered with, may contain computer viruses or other defects and may not be successfully replicated on other systems. Neither the Company, nor any of its respective officers, directors and affiliates, and each other person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (collectively, the “Company Parties”), gives any warranties in relation to these matters. The Subscriber further understands and agrees to each of the following: (a) other than with respect to tax documents in the case of an election to receive paper versions, none of the Company Parties will be under any obligation to provide the Subscriber with paper versions of any Communications; (b) electronic Communications may be provided to the Subscriber via e-mail or a website of a Company Party upon written notice of such website’s internet address to such Subscriber, and in order to view and retain the Communications, the Subscriber’s computer hardware and software must, at a minimum, be capable of accessing the Internet, with connectivity to an internet service provider or any other capable communications medium, and with software capable of viewing and printing a portable document format (“PDF”) file created by Adobe Acrobat; (c) the Subscriber must have a personal e-mail address capable of sending and receiving e-mail messages to and from the Company Parties; (d) if these software or hardware requirements change in the future, a Company Party will notify the Subscriber through written notification; (e) to facilitate these services, the Subscriber must provide the Company with his or her current e-mail address and update that information as necessary, and unless otherwise required by law, the Subscriber will be deemed to have received any electronic Communications that are sent to the most current e-mail address that the Subscriber has provided to the Company in writing; (f) none of the Company Parties will assume liability for non-receipt of notification of the availability of electronic Communications in the event the Subscriber’s e-mail address on file is invalid, the Subscriber’s e-mail or Internet service provider filters the notification as “spam” or “junk mail,” there is a malfunction in the Subscriber’s computer, browser, internet service or software, or for other reasons beyond the control of the Company Parties; and (g) solely with respect to the provision of tax documents by a Company Party, the Subscriber agrees to each of the following: (i) if the Subscriber does not consent to receive tax documents electronically, a paper copy will be provided, and (ii) the Subscriber’s consent to receive tax documents electronically continues for every tax year of the Company until the Subscriber withdraws its consent by notifying the Company in writing.
THE SUBSCRIBER CERTIFIES THAT HE HAS READ THIS ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND THAT EVERY STATEMENT MADE BY THE SUBSCRIBER HEREIN IS TRUE AND COMPLETE.
THE COMPANY MAY NOT BE OFFERING THE SHARES IN EVERY STATE. THE OFFERING MATERIALS DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION IN ANY STATE OR JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE SHARES ARE NOT BEING OFFERED. THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THE OFFERING MATERIALS WAS PREPARED BY THE COMPANY SOLELY FOR THE USE BY PROSPECTIVE SUBSCRIBERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING. NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ARE MADE AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN ANY OFFERING MATERIALS, AND NOTHING CONTAINED IN THE OFFERING MATERIALS IS OR SHOULD BE RELIED UPON AS A PROMISE OR REPRESENTATION AS TO THE FUTURE PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY.
THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION AND FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER TO MODIFY, AMEND AND/OR WITHDRAW ALL OR A PORTION OF THE OFFERING AND/OR ACCEPT OR REJECT, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON, ANY PROSPECTIVE INVESTMENT IN THE SHARES OR TO ALLOT TO ANY PROSPECTIVE SUBSCRIBER LESS THAN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF SHARES SUCH SUBSCRIBER DESIRES TO PURCHASE. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE INDICATED, THE OFFERING MATERIALS SPEAK AS OF THEIR DATE. NEITHER THE DELIVERY NOR THE PURCHASE OF THE SHARES SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THAT DATE.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Subscription Agreement is executed as of ______________________.
Number of Shares ___________________
Total Purchase Price $_______________
SUBSCRIBER:
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Print Name
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Signature
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Name of Signatory (if an entity)
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Title of Signatory (if an entity)
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Address
E-mail Address:__________________________________________________________________
Tax ID (SSN or EIN):______________________________________________________________
Agreed to and accepted as of ____________________.
VORTEX BRANDS, INC.
By:____________________________________________________________________________
Name: Todd Higley
Title: Chief Executive Officer
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 6.1
Termination of Relationship Agreement
This Termination Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into on October 29, 2018 (the “Effective Date”).
The parties to this agreement are:
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a. | Vortex Brands, Inc. (OTC: VTXB) (“Vortex”), and all their subsidiaries including Blockchain Energy (“Blockchain”), Inc. |
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b. | Tripac Systems, Inc. (“Tripac”) |
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c. | Todd Higley. |
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d. | Robert Widner. |
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a. | Intelligent Highway Solutions, Inc. (OTC: IHSI) and all of its subsidiaries. |
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b. | Fazync, Corporation and Fazync LLC. and all of its subsidiaries. (“Fazync”) |
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c. | Devon Jones. |
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d. | Phil Kirkland. |
Party A and Party B are sometimes individually referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.
WHEREAS, members of Party A and Party B entered into a series of contracts and agreements on various dates including without limitation the partnership agreement between Tripac and Fazync entered into on January 8, 2018, the various agreements made as a result of the merger between Vortex and Blockchain, and whatever agreements may have been made with Devon Jones and Phil Kirkland during their tenure as board members of Vortex.
WHEREAS, the purpose and goal of all these agreements was the successful manufacture and marketing of Phase Angle Synchronization technology (“PAS”). and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to terminate all their contracts and agreements pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the undertakings of the Parties as set forth in this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
1. | The Parties. As the parties have entered into a complex set of agreements amongst themselves, and this Agreement is meant to a final resolution and termination of all those agreements. For brevity and clarity, the contracts terminated by this agreement are each and every agreement between any member, or combination of members of party B and any member or combination of members of party A. Whenever a reference is made to Party B and/or Party A, it encompasses each of the stated members of each party and any combination of members of that party. |
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2. | Termination of the Contracts. The Parties mutually agree that all contracts and agreements between them shall be terminated as of the Effective Date of this Agreement. Upon the Termination Date, the only obligations that survive are: 1) Those that are expressly stated herein; 2) Those that would continue to operate as a matter of law, such as the continuing obligations of former board members 3) Those that were contemplated to survive the original contracts being terminated. The termination includes the following results: |
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a. | Party B shall resign from any roles in Party A, including but not limited to their roles as officers and members of the board of directors of Vortex. |
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b. | Party B shall surrender any rights to any shares or interest they have or may have in Party A. If any shares have been issued, Party B shall surrender those shares. |
3. | Consideration. In full satisfaction of its obligations under the Contracts, and as adequate consideration for the early termination of the Contracts as set forth herein, Party A agrees to pay Party B as follows: |
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The payment shall be made by Vortex Brands, Inc. on the following schedule: |
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As soon as possible but no later than within 18 months of the Effective Date. |
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The payment shall be in the amount of Forty Thousand Dollars (US $40,000). Broken down as follows: |
To Intelligent Highway Solutions, Inc.: Forty Thousand Dollars (US $40,000)
4. | Intellectual Property. Any and all intellectual property concerning Phase Angle Synchronization (“PAS”) shall remain exclusively with Party A. |
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5. | Non-Solicitation of Officers, Directors, or Employees. For a period of 2 years following the date hereof, neither party, nor their subsidiaries or representatives will not, directly or indirectly, solicit for employment or hire any officer, director, or employee of either party or any of its subsidiaries or divisions, except that neither shall be precluded from hiring any such employee who (i) initiates discussions regarding such employment without any direct or indirect solicitation, (ii) responds to any public advertisement, or (iii) has been terminated by one of the parties or their subsidiaries prior to commencement of employment discussions with the other party or their subsidiaries. |
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6. | Non-Competition. Party B acknowledges that it has acquired specialized knowledge and experience in Party’s A business, that its reputation and contacts within the industry are of substantial value to Party A, and that if Party B’s knowledge, experience, reputation or contacts are used to compete with Party A, serious harm to Party A may result. Party B agrees that for a period of one year after this agreement, it will not, directly or indirectly own, manage, operate, finance, join, control or participate in the ownership, management, operation, financing or control of, or serve as an officer, director, employee, partner, principal, agent, representative or consultant of or to any business or enterprise engaged in any business or activities which compete with or adversely affect any business engaged in by Party A, in any state or jurisdiction of the United States. In the event that the provisions of this Section should ever be adjudicated to exceed the time, geographic, service or product limitations permitted by applicable law in any jurisdiction, then such provisions shall be deemed reformed in such jurisdiction to the maximum time, geographic, service or product limitations permitted by applicable law. |
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7. | Derivative Work Not Permitted. Party B agrees that it will not copy, transfer, distribute, reproduce, reverse engineer, decrypt, decompile, disassemble, create derivative works from or make any part of the PAS system or the data received thereby available to others. |
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8. | Fees and Expenses. Each Party hereto shall bear its own fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with the Contracts, this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. |
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9. | Representations. Each Party hereby represents and warrants that it has not assigned or otherwise conveyed or delegated, in whole or in part, any claim or right that it has or may have under the Contracts to any third party or person. Each Party represents that the execution and delivery of this Agreement is the duly authorized and binding act of the Party, and that the Party’s signatory hereto is duly authorized to execute this Agreement on behalf of the Party. |
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10. | No Admission of Liability. Party A and Party B expressly agree and acknowledge that their entering into this Agreement shall be construed in any manner as an admission of any liability, obligation, or wrongdoing on the part of either Party. Each Party expressly denies any and all liability or wronging with respect to the Contracts. |
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11. | Cooperation between the Parties. Each Party shall fully cooperate with the other Party with respect to the performance of this Agreement. Each Party will provide or make available to the other Party any information and will execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents that may reasonably be required in order to effectively perform this Agreement and to evidence the termination of the Contracts and to release all obligations and liabilities of the Parties thereunder. |
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12. | Governing Law and Venue. This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law of such state. The Parties hereby agree that any action arising out of this Agreement will be brought solely in any state or federal court located in Sacramento County, California. Both Parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any such court. THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TO WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR ACTION ARISING FROM THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. |
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13. | Binding Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors, assigns and legal representatives of the Parties. There are no third-party beneficiaries to this Agreement. Each Party acknowledges and agrees that it fully understands the provisions set forth in this Agreement and their effect, and that each Party is voluntarily entering into this Agreement. |
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14. | Severability. If any provision or portion of this Agreement shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions or portions shall remain in full force and effect. |
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15. | Construction. The headings and captions appearing in this Agreement have been inserted for the purposes of convenience and ready reference, and do not purport to and shall not be deemed to define, limit or extend the scope or intent of the provisions to which they appertain. This Agreement shall not be construed more strongly against either Party regardless of which Party is more responsible for its preparation. |
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16. | Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument, without necessity of production of the others. An executed signature page delivered via facsimile transmission or electronic signature shall be deemed as effective as an original executed signature page. |
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17. | Entire Agreement; Modification. This Agreement is the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior agreement or communications between the Parties, whether written, oral, electronic or otherwise. No change, modification, amendment, or addition of or to this Agreement shall be valid unless in writing and signed by authorized representatives of the Parties. Each Party hereto has received independent legal advice regarding this Agreement and their respective rights and obligations set forth herein. The Parties acknowledge and agree that they are not relying upon any representations or statements made by the other Party or the other Party’s employees, agents, representatives or attorneys regarding this Agreement, except to the extent such representations are expressly set forth herein. |
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18. | Attorneys’ Fees and Costs in Enforcement of the Agreement. If either Party incurs any legal fees and/or costs and expenses in any proceeding to enforce the terms of this Agreement or any of its rights provided hereunder, the prevailing Party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys’ fees and any court, arbitration, mediation, or other litigation expenses from the other Party. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have signed this Agreement on the date set forth below.
PARTY A
VORTEX BRANDS INC.: |
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TRIPAC SYSTEMS INC.: |
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Sign /s/ Todd Higley Date:10-29-2018 |
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Sign /s/ Robert Widner Date:10-29-2018 |
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Print Name: Todd Higley |
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Print Name: Robert Widner |
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Capacity: CEO |
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Capacity: Owner |
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ROBERT WIDNER: |
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Sign /s/ Todd Higley Date:10-29-2018 |
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Sign /s/ Robert Widner Date:10-29-2018 |
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FAZYNC CORPORATION &LLC.: |
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Sign /s/ Devon Jones Date:10-29-2018 |
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Sign /s/ Philip Kirkland Date:10-29-2018 |
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Print Name: Devon Jones |
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Print Name: Philip Kirkland |
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Capacity: CEO |
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Capacity: Sec, Tres. |
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Sign /s/ Devon Jones Date:10-29-2018 |
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Sign /s/ Philip Kirkland Date:10-29-2018 |
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EXHIBIT 6.2
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
VENDOR RELATIONSHIP
Effective: December 31, 2017
The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) is to outline the working arrangement and vendor relationship among the parties, including the duties of each party, effective December 31st, 2017.
The first party consists of Blockchain Energy, Inc., a Colorado corporation referred to herein as “BEI”; and the second party who consists of Tripac Systems, Inc., a Colorado corporation referred to herein as “TSI” which has control over the Widner Family owned Phase Angle Synchronization technology (“PAS”).
The parties understand that they will work together in good faith to bring about an effective “pilot program” to demonstrate the commercial viability of PAS and the savings and benefits it provides the electric utility industry. BEI has agreed to become the operating entity to commercialize PAS within the electric utility market in the US, and TSI has agreed to train and consult on the assembly, testing and installation of the PAS system. BEI is granted an irrevocable right to purchase the necessary components that make up the PAS system from TSI, including the on-board computers with the necessary operating software pre-loaded, and TSI agrees to make all such components available for purchase. This “pilot program” is defined as the installation of up to 100 PAS systems in California, to have a large enough sample to provide overwhelming evidence of PAS effectiveness in various installations.
In addition to the above, each party agrees to the following regarding the working prototype and training systems:
BEI will be entrusted with the fully working prototype known as the “PAS demo unit” at their location in Sacramento County, California and BEI acknowledges it will take care to be responsible for the protection, safety, and security of the PAS demo unit always. BEI agrees to pay TSI $40,000 for the custodial rights of this PAS demo unit to be housed in Sacramento County at least during this “pilot program” phase.
In addition to the PAS demo unit, TSI will provide at least 1 additional PAS training unit as part of TSI’s training to BEI on the assembly, testing, and installation of PAS units. BEI will pay $40,000 for the custodial rights of the PAS training unit, as well as $10,000 for an assortment of parts associated with the PAS training unit that is needed for training purposes.
BEI agrees to pay any expenses related to TSI providing the above services, including consulting, training, travel, and other reasonable expenses as required to properly prepare for the “pilot program” and to perform during the “pilot program” phase and fully train BEI to perform the above stated duties.
BEI further agrees that by serving as the operating entity it will have full authority from TSI to contract with various beneficiaries to lease the assembled PAS units, and BEI will provide:
- a location for demonstrations of PAS technology to stakeholders; location to double as the training and assembly site of the pilot program systems
- prepare presentations for various stakeholders (electric utility and government regulators)
- invitations to their contacts including those at electric utility, government regulators, and others to view product presentations
- in concert with BEI’s industry contacts, find suitable locations for the initial 100-system pilot program
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TSI further agrees that as the vendor, that in addition to the above description of services, it will also provide knowledge and expertise on a “need to know” basis:
- industry knowledge stemming from over 25 years of research and development of the PAS technology and its applications in the market, along with the accompanying research, and subject matter expertise.
- assistance in preparation of presentation materials for stakeholders which may include electric utilities, government regulators, and others
- leadership in preparing and delivering stakeholder presentations as well as prepare answers to common questions that arise from such stakeholder presentations
- assistance with BEI industry contacts to find suitable locations for the initial 100-system pilot program.
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Todd Higley, CEO |
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EXHIBIT 11
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Certified Public Accountants (a professional corporation) 50 West Broadway, Suite 600 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 (801) 532-7800 Fax (801) 328-4461 |
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 6 to the Registration Statement on Form 1-A of Vortex Brands, Co. of our report dated July 27, 2018, relating to our audit of the consolidated financial statements, which appears in the Amendment No. 6 to the Form 1-A of Vortex Brands, Co. for the period ended February 28, 2018.
Haynie & Company
Salt Lake City, Utah
February 21, 2019
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EXHIBIT 12.1
February 21 , 2019
Vortex Brands, Inc.
3511 Del Paso Road, Ste. 160, PMB 208,
Sacramento, CA 95835, United States
Re: Offering Statement on Form 1-A
Gentlemen:
We are acting as counsel to Vortex Brands, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the Company), in connection with the proposed sale by the Company of up to 1,000,000,000 (the Offered Shares) of its Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Stock) for a purchase price of $.005 per Offered Share by the Company pursuant to an offering (the Offering) to be qualified with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 1-A under Regulation A issued under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the Act).
In connection therewith, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of this opinion, including (i) the Form 1-A; (ii) the corporate and organizational documents of the Company, including the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended to date; (iii) minutes and records of the proceedings of the Company with respect to the offer and sale of the Offered Shares, (iv) the Regulation A Offering Statement on Form 1-A (the Offering Statement) covering the sale of the Offered Shares, and (v) public records of the Colorado Secretary of State indicating the Company is active and in good standing.
For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of the signatures of persons signing all documents in connection with which this opinion is rendered, the authority of such persons signing on behalf of the parties thereto other than the Company and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by the parties thereto other than the Company. We have not independently established or verified any facts relevant to the opinions expressed herein, but have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing qualifications, assumptions and limitations and the further limitations set forth below, we are of the opinion that:
The sale of the Offered Shares has been duly authorized, and, when (i) the Offering Statement becomes qualified under the Act, and (ii) the Offered Shares have been issued and sold and the consideration therefor has been received therefore by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Offering Statement, the Offered Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
Our opinion expressed above is subject to the qualification that we express no opinion as to the applicability of, compliance with, or effect of any laws except the Colorado Statutes (including the statutory provisions and reported judicial decisions interpreting the foregoing).
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We do not find it necessary, for the purposes of this opinion, and accordingly we do not purport to cover herein, the application of the securities, or Blue Sky, laws of the various states to the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares.
This opinion is limited to the specific issues addressed herein, and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond that expressly stated herein. This opinion speaks only as of the date that the Offering Statement becomes qualified under the Act, and we assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion after the date of qualification should the Colorado Statutes be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise after the date hereof.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 12.1 to the Offering Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Offering Circular constituting a part of the Offering Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Sincerely,
/s/ Yuri Kvichko
Yuri Kvichko
Counsel to Vortex Brands, Inc
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