ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

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

Risks Related to Our Company

There is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

We have not generated any profit from combined operations since our inception. We expect that our operating expenses will increase over the next twelve months to continue our development activities. Based on our average monthly expenses and current burn rate, we estimate that our cash on hand as of December 31, 2016 can sufficiently support our operation for the next five to six months. This amount could increase if we encounter difficulties that we cannot anticipate at this time or if we acquire other businesses. As of the date of this filing, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $1.8 million. We do not expect to raise capital through debt financing from traditional lending sources since we are not currently generating a profit from operations. Therefore, we only expect to raise money through equity financing via the sale of our common stock or equity-linked securities such as convertible debt. If we cannot raise the money that we need in order to continue to operate our business beyond the period indicated above, we will be forced to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of our proposed operations. If any of these were to occur, there is a substantial risk that our business would fail. If we are unsuccessful in raising additional financing, we may need to curtail, discontinue or cease operations.

We have limited operating history with our new direction and subsidiaries, and as a result, we may experience losses and cannot assure you that we will be profitable.

We have a limited operating history with E3 and TPC on which to evaluate our business. Our proposed operations are subject to all of the risks inherent in the establishment of a new business enterprise. Accordingly, the likelihood of our success must be considered in the light of the problems, expenses, difficulties, complications, and delays frequently encountered in connection with the starting and expansion of a business and the relatively competitive environment in which we operate. Unanticipated delays, expenses and other problems such as setbacks in product development, product manufacturing, and market acceptance are frequently encountered in establishing a new business such as ours. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in addressing such risks, and any failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, results of operations and financial condition.

Because of our limited operating history, we have limited historical financial data on which to base planned operating expenses. Accordingly, our expense levels, which are, to a large extent, variable, will be based in part on our expectations of future revenues. As a result of the variable nature of many of our expenses, we may be unable to adjust spending in a timely manner to compensate for any unexpected delays in the development and marketing of our products or any subsequent revenue shortfall. Any such delays or shortfalls will have an immediate adverse impact on our business, operating results and financial condition.

The Company has not achieved profitability on a quarterly or annual basis to date. To the extent that net revenue does not grow at anticipated rates or that increases in its operating expenses precede or are not subsequently followed by commensurate increases in net revenue, or that the Company is unable to adjust operating expense levels accordingly, the Company's business, results of operations and financial condition will be materially and adversely affected. There can be no assurance that the Company's operating losses will not increase in the future or that the Company will ever achieve or sustain profitability.

No Assurance of Revenues.

There can be no assurance that our proposed operations will result in sufficient revenues to enable us to operate at profitable levels or to generate positive cash flow. As a result of our limited operating history and the nature of the markets in which wecompete, we may not be able to accurately predict our revenues. Any failure by us to accurately make such predictions could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Further, our current and future expense levels are based largely on our investment plans and estimates of future revenues. We expect operating results to fluctuate significantly in the future as a result of a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control. Factors that may adversely affect our operating results include, among others, demand for our products, the budgeting cycles of potential customers, lack of enforcement of or changes in governmental regulations or laws, the amount and timing of capital expenditures and other costs relating to the expansion of our operations, the introduction of new or enhanced products and services by us or our competitors, the timing and number of new hires, changes in our pricing policy or those of our competitors, the mix of products, increases in the cost of raw materials, technical difficulties with the products, incurrence of costs relating to future acquisitions, general economic conditions, and market acceptance of our products. As a strategic response to changes in the competitive environment, we may, from time to time, make certain pricing, service or marketing decisions or business combinations that could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Any seasonality is likely to cause quarterly fluctuations in our operating results, and there can be no assurance that such patterns will not have a material adverse effect on the ourbusiness, results of operations and financial condition. We may be unable to adjust spending in a timely manner to compensate for any unexpected revenue shortfall.

We may need to raise additional funds in the future that may not be available on acceptable terms or at all.

We may consider issuing additional debt or equity securities in the future to fund our business plan, for potential acquisitions or investments, or for general corporate purposes. If we issue equity or convertible debt securities to raise additional funds, our existing stockholders may experience dilution, and the new equity or debt securities may have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of our existing stockholders. If we incur additional debt, it may increase our leverage relative to our earnings or to our equity capitalization, requiring us to pay additional interest expenses. We may not be able to obtain financing on favorable terms, or at all, in which case, we may not be able to develop or enhance our products, execute our business plan, take advantage of future opportunities or respond to competitive pressures.

Our margins fluctuate which leads to further uncertainty in our profitability model.

While wehave the potential to negotiate prices that benefit our clients and affect our profitability as we seek to gain market-share and increase our book of business, margins in the energy business are fluid, and our margins vary based upon the supplier and the customer. This will lead to continued uncertainty in margins from quarter to quarter.

If demand for energy efficiency does not develop as expected, our projected revenues and profits will be affected.

Our future profits are influenced by many factors, including economics, and will be predicated on a stable and/or growing market and consumption of energy efficiency solutions and products. We believe, and our growth expectations assume, that the market for energy efficiency will continue to grow, that we will increase our penetration of this market and that our anticipated revenue from selling into this market will continue to increase. If our expectations as to the size of this market and our ability to sell our products and services in this market are not correct, our revenue may not materialize and our business will be harmed.

Projects generally require significant capital, for which financing may not be available.

Our projects are occasionally financed by third parties. The costs of these projects to our customers are costly. For our energy efficiency projects, we often assist our customers in arranging third party financing. If we or our customers are unable to raise funds on acceptable terms when needed, we may be unable to secure customer contracts, the size of contracts we do obtain may be smaller, or we could be required to delay the development and construction of projects, reduce the scope of those projects or otherwise restrict our operations. Any inability by us or our customers to raise the funds necessary to finance our projects could materially harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

Operating results may fluctuate and may fall below expectations in any fiscal quarter.

Our operating results are difficult to predict and are expected to fluctuate from quarter to quarter due to a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control. As a result, comparing our operating results on a period-to-period basis may not be meaningful, and you should not rely on our past results or future predictions prepared by the Company as an indication of our future performance. If our revenue or operating results fall in any period, the value of our common stock would likely decline.

Factors that may cause our operating results to fluctuate include:

A decline in fiscal health could reduce demand for energy efficiency projects.

A significant decline in the fiscal health of federal, state or provincial and local governments impacts our customer base. We view these entities as potential customers and a decline in their fiscal health may make it difficult for them to enter into contracts for our services or to obtain financing necessary to fund such contracts.

Our business is at risk if we lose key personnel or we are unable to attract and integrate additional skills personnel.

The success of our business depends in large part on the skill of our personnel. Accordingly, it is critical that we maintain, and continue to build, a highly-experienced management team and specialized workforce, including engineers, experts in project management and business development, and sales professionals. Competition for personnel, particularly those with expertise in the energy services industries, is high, and identifying candidates with the appropriate qualifications can be difficult. We may not be able to hire the necessary personnel to implement our business strategy given our anticipated hiring needs, or we may need to provide higher compensation or more training to our personnel than we currently anticipate.

In the event, we are unable to attract, hire and retain the requisite personnel and subcontractors, we may experience delays in completing projects in accordance with project schedules and budgets, which may have an adverse effect on our financial results, harm our reputation and cause us to curtail our pursuit of new projects. Further, any increase in demand for personnel and specialty subcontractors may result in higher costs, causing us to exceed the budget on a project, which in turn may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results and harm our relationships with our customers.

Our future success is particularly dependent on the vision, skills, experience and effort of our senior management team, including our executive officers and our president and chief executive officer. If we were to lose the services of any of our executive officers or key employees, our ability to effectively manage our operations and implement our strategy could be harmed and our business may suffer.

We operate in a highly competitive industry and competitors may compete more effectively.

Both the deregulation and the energy efficiency industries are highly competitive, with many companies of varying size and business models, many of which have their own proprietary technologies, competing for the same business as we do. Many of our competitors have longer operating histories and greater resources than us, and could focus their substantial financial resources to develop a competing business model, develop products or services that are more attractive to potential customers than what we offer or convince our potential customers that they require financing arrangements that would be impractical for smaller companies to offer. Our competitors may also offer energy efficiency solutions at prices below cost and/or devote significant sales forces to competing with us or attempt to recruit our key personnel by increasing compensation, any of which could improve their competitive positions. Any of these competitive factors could make it more difficult for us to attract and retain customers; cause us to lower our prices in order to compete, and reduce our market share and revenue, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results. We can provide no assurance that we will continue to effectively compete against our current competitors or additional companies that may enter our markets.

In addition, we may also face competition based on technological developments that reduce demand for electricity, increase power supplies through existing infrastructure or that otherwise compete with our products and services. We also expect to encounter competition in the form of potential customers electing to develop solutions or perform services internally rather than engaging an outside provider such as us.

We may be unable to manage our growth effectively.

We expect our business and operations to expand rapidly and we anticipate that further expansion of our organization and operations will be required to achieve our expectations for future growth. In order to manage our expanding operations, we will also need to improve our management, operational and financial controls and our reporting systems and procedures. All of these measures will require significant expenditures and will demand the attention of management. If we do not continue to enhance our management personnel and our operational and financial systems and controls in response to growth in our business, we could experience operating inefficiencies that could impair our competitive position and could increase our costs more than we had planned. If we are unable to manage growth effectively, our business, financial condition and operating results could be adversely affected.

We face a long and variable selling cycle that requires significant resource commitments for energy efficiency.

The sales, design and implementation process for energy efficient projects typically takes from 6 to 36 months, with sales to government and housing authority customers tending to require the longest sales processes. Our potential customers are expected to have extended budgeting and procurement processes, and sometimes must engage in regulatory approval processes, related to our services. Most of our potential customers issue a request for proposal, or RFP, as part of their consideration. In preparation for responding to an RFP, we intend to conduct a preliminary audit of the customer’s needs and the opportunity to reduce its energy costs. In addition, we or the customer typically need to obtain financing for the project. This extended sales process requires the dedication of significant time by our sales and management personnel and our use of significant financial resources, with no certainty of success or recovery of our related expenses. A potential customer may go through the entire sales process and not accept our proposal. All of these factors can contribute to fluctuations in our quarterly financial performance and increase the likelihood that our operating results in a particular quarter will fall below expectations. These factors could also adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results due to increased spending by us that is not offset by increased revenue.

We plan to expand our business, in part, through future acquisitions.

Historically, acquisitions have been a significant part of our growth strategy. We plan to continue to acquire companies or assets to expand our project skill-sets and capabilities, expand our geographic markets, add experienced management and increase our product and service offerings. However, we may be unable to implement this growth strategy if we cannot identify suitable acquisition candidates, reach agreement with acquisition targets on acceptable terms or arrange required financing for acquisitions on acceptable terms. In addition, the time and effort involved in attempting to identify acquisition candidates and consummate acquisitions may divert members of our management from the operations of our company.

Any future acquisitions could disrupt business.

If we are successful in consummating acquisitions, those acquisitions could subject us to a number of risks, including:

These factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

We may incur a variety of costs to engage in future acquisitions of companies, products or technologies, and the anticipated benefits of those acquisitions may never be realized.

As a part of our business strategy, we may make acquisitions of, or significant investments in, complementary companies, products or technologies, although no acquisitions or investments are currently pending. Any future acquisitions would be accompanied by risks such as:

We cannot guarantee that we will be able to successfully integrate any business, products, technologies or personnel that we might acquire in the future, and our failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operational results.

We may be subject to liability claims for damages and other expenses not covered by insurance that could reduce our earnings and cash flows.

Our business, profitability and growth prospects could suffer if we pay damages or defense costs in connection with a liability claim that is outside the scope of any applicable insurance coverage. We intend to maintain, but do not yet have, general and product liability insurance. There is no assurance that we will be able to obtain insurance in amounts, or for a price, that will permit our Company to purchase desired amounts of insurance. Additionally, if our costs of insurance and claims increase, then our earnings could decline. Further, market rates for insurance premiums and deductibles have been steadily increasing, which may prevent us from being adequately insured. A product liability or negligence action in excess of insurance coverage could harm our profitability and liquidity.

Insurance and contractual protections may not always cover lost revenue.

We possess insurance, warranties from suppliers, and our subcontractors make contractual obligations to meet certain performance levels, and we also attempt, where feasible, to pass risks we cannot control to our customers, the proceeds of such insurance, warranties, performance guarantees or risk sharing arrangements may not be adequate to cover lost revenue, increased expenses or liquidated damages payments that may be required in the future.

We intend to obtain comprehensive insurance, including liability, fire, and extended coverage. Certain losses of a catastrophic nature such as from floods, tornadoes, thunderstorms and earthquakes are uninsurable or not economically insurable. Such “Acts of God,” work stoppages, regulatory actions or other causes, could interrupt operations and adversely affect our business.

We rely on outside consultants, employees, manufacturers and suppliers.

We will rely on the experience of outside consultants, employees, manufacturers and suppliers. In the event that one or more of these consultants or employees terminates employment with the Company, or becomes unavailable, suitable replacements will need to be retained and there is no assurance that such employees or consultants could be identified under conditions favorable to us.

We rely on strategic relationships to promote our products.

We rely on strategic partnerships with outside companies and individuals to promote and supply certain of our products and services, thus making the future success of our business particularly contingent on the efforts of other parties. An important part of our strategy is to promote acceptance of our products through technology and product alliances with certain distributors who we feel could assist us with our promotion strategies. Our dependence on outside distributors, however, raises potential risks with respect to the future success of our business. Our success is dependent on the successful completion and commercial deployment of our products and services and on the future commitment of our distributors to our products and technology.

We rely on our suppliers.

We will rely on key vendors and suppliers to provide power, as well as high quality products and services on a consistent basis. We outside assembly facilities and contract manufacturers to produce quantities of materials these include, manufacturing facilities, warehouses, shippers, testing facilities and other critical vendor partners. Our future success is contingent on the efforts and performance of these suppliers. Although in the past we have obtained adequate quantities of raw materials and finished product on acceptable terms to meet our requirements, we may have difficulty in locating or using alternative resources should supply problems arise with the current suppliers. An interruption or reduction in the source of supply of any of the component materials, or an unanticipated increase in vendor prices, could materially affect our operating results and damage customer relationships as well as our business.

Our business is subject to commodity price risk.

Our cost to serve our retail energy customers is exposed to fluctuations in commodity prices. Although we enter into commodity derivative instruments with our suppliers to manage the commodity price risks, we are exposed to commodity price risk where estimated customer requirements do not match actual customer requirements or where we are not able to exactly purchase the estimated customer requirements. In such cases, we may suffer a loss if we are required to sell excess supply in the spot market (compared to weighted average cost of supply) or to purchase additional supply in the spot market. Such losses could have a material adverse impact on our operating results, cash flow and liquidity.

A key risk to our business model is a sudden and significant drop in the commodity market price resulting in increase in customer churn, regulatory pressure and resistance on enforcement of liquidation damages and enactment of provisions to reset the customer price to current market price levels, which could have significant impact on our business.

If we fail to protect our intellectual property, our planned business could be adversely affected.

Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our products or obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. Unauthorized use of our proprietary technology could harm our business. Litigation to protect our intellectual property rights can be costly and time-consuming to prosecute, and there can be no assurance that we will have the financial or other resources necessary to enforce or defend a patent infringement or proprietary rights violation action.

There has been substantial litigation regarding patent and other intellectual property rights in the energy device industry generally. From time to time, we may be forced to defend ourselves against other claims and legal actions alleging infringement of the intellectual property rights of others. Adverse determinations in any such litigation could subject us to significant liabilities, which could have a material adverse effect on us. Third parties could also obtain patents that may require us to either redesign products or obtain a license. If we are unable to redesign products or are unable to obtain a license, our business and financial condition would be adversely affected.

Although we perform investigations of the intellectual property of third parties, we cannot be certain that we have not infringed the intellectual property rights of such third parties. Any such infringement or misappropriation claim could result in significant costs, substantial damages, and our inability to operate our business. We also could be forced to obtain licenses from third parties or to develop a non-infringing alternative, which could be costly and time-consuming. A court could also order us to pay compensatory damages for such infringement, plus prejudgment interest, and could, in addition, treble the compensatory damages and award attorney fees. These damages could be substantial and could harm our reputation, business, financial condition, and operating results.

Because intellectual property litigation can be costly and time consuming, our intellectual property litigation expenses could be significant, even if we are successful in defending our intellectual property rights. Even invalid claims alone could materially adversely affect our financial condition.

We may be subject to lawsuits related to products we purchase from our suppliers or the services performed by our providers.

In the future, we may be a party to, or may be otherwise responsible for, pending or threatened lawsuits or other claims related to products we purchase from our approved manufacturers and suppliers. We intend to require our approved providers to have product liability insurance, but there can be no assurance that such product liability insurance will be sufficient to protect us against potential liability. Additionally, there is no certainty that we will not be named in an action for product liability. Such cases and claims may raise difficult and complex factual and legal issues and may be subject to many uncertainties and complexities, including, but not limited to, the facts and circumstances of each particular case or claim, the jurisdiction in which each suit is brought, and differences in applicable law. Upon resolution of any pending legal matters or other claims, we may incur charges in excess of established reserves. Product liability lawsuits and claims, safety alerts or product recalls in the future, regardless of their ultimate outcome, could have a material adverse effect on our business and reputation and on our ability to attract and retain customers and joint venture partners. Our business, profitability and growth prospects could suffer if we face such negative publicity.

Risks Related to E3's Business

Availability of quality products in a timely manner could cause delays in delivery and completion.

Our success depends on our ability to provide services and complete projects in a timely manner, which in part depends on the ability of third parties to provide us with timely and reliable services and products, such as, lighting and other complex components. In providing our services and completing our projects, we rely on products that meet our design specifications and components manufactured and supplied by third parties, as well as on services performed by subcontractors.

We will rely on subcontractors to perform substantially all of the installation work related to our projects. We intend to continue to establish relationships with subcontractors that we believe to be reliable and capable of producing satisfactory results. If any of our contractors or subcontractors are unable to provide services that meet or exceed our customers’ expectations or satisfy our contractual commitments, our reputation, business and operating results could be harmed.

The warranties provided by our third-party suppliers and subcontractors may limit any direct harm we might experience as a result of our relying on their products and services. However, there can be no assurance that a supplier or subcontractor will be willing or able to fulfill its contractual obligations and make necessary repairs or replace equipment. In addition, these warranties generally expire within one to five years or may be of limited scope or provide limited remedies. If we are unable to avail ourselves of warranty protection, we may incur liability to our customers or additional costs related to the affected products and components, including replacement and installation costs, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

Moreover, any delays, malfunctions, inefficiencies or interruptions in these products or services - even if covered by warranties - could adversely affect the quality and performance of our solutions. This could cause us to experience difficulty retaining customers and attracting new customers, and could harm our brand, reputation and growth. In addition, any significant interruption or delay by our suppliers in the manufacture or delivery of products or services on which we depend could require us to expend considerable time, effort and expense to establish alternate sources for such products and services.

Risks Related to Our Products

We face a risk of defective products and, as a result, a damaged reputation.

If any of our products contain defects, or have reliability, quality or compatibility problems, our reputation could be damaged significantly and customers might be reluctant to use our products, which could result in the loss of revenues. We may have to invest significant capital and other resources to correct these problems. Such expenditures to correct defects and the effect on our reputation could have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition and results of operations.

We face the risk of product liability claims and uninsured losses.

We face an inherent business risk of exposure to product liability claims in the event that the use of our technology or products is alleged to have resulted in adverse effects. To date, no claim for damages has been asserted against us. There can be no assurance that liability claims will not exceed the coverage limits of any policies purchased by us or that such insurance will continue to be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all. If we do not or cannot maintain sufficient liability insurance, its ability to operate may be significantly impaired. In addition, liability claims could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

It is incumbent upon us to keep up with technological change so that our products can maintain their demand in the marketplace.

There can be no assurance that our competitors will not succeed in developing or marketing products or technologies that are more effective and/or less costly and which render our products obsolete or non-competitive. In addition, new technologies and procedures could be developed that replace or reduce the value of our products. Our success will depend in part on our ability to respond quickly to technological changes through the development and introduction of new products and to successfully market these products. There can be no assurance that new product development efforts will result in any commercially successful products. A failure to develop and successfully market new products could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Risks Related to TPC’s Business

We face the risk that deregulation could be repealed.

If the federal government and/or any individual state decided to repeal deregulation, we would have to rely entirely on our energy efficiency sales in order to generate revenue.

Our business, in part, depends on federal, state, and local government support for deregulation and energy efficiency.

Deregulated power is currently adopted by sixteen states, twelve of which have attractive deregulation programs, with the intent that many more states will adopt some form of deregulation by the year 2020. TPC depends on this continued deregulation. This may not occur or be delayed, affecting our long-term growth. We will depend in part on government legislation and policies that support energy efficiency and renewable energy projects that enhance the economic feasibility of our energy efficiency services and small-scale renewable energy projects. The U.S. and Canadian federal governments and several of the states and provinces in which we will operate support our potential customers’ investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy through legislation and regulations that authorize and regulate the manner in which certain governmental entities are expected to do business with us, encourage or subsidize governmental procurement of our services, provide regulatory, tax and other incentives to others to procure our services and provide us with tax and other incentives that reduce our costs or increase our revenue.

We are subject to government regulations at both the state and federal levels, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) and individual states’ Public Utilities Commission (“PUC”) for a substantial level of rates and services that we provide. The FERC regulates certain activities of public utilities. The scope of the jurisdiction of the FERC under the FPA encompasses review and approval of (i) rates charged by public utilities for wholesale sales of electricity; (ii) issuances of securities and assumption of liabilities by public utilities; (iii) interstate transmission of electricity; (iv) certain dispositions of assets; and (v) interlocking directorships between public utilities and certain interested parties. The various state PUC’s will regulate the rates that can be charged for such services or distributions, ancillary services and other retail power services, and will determine the terms under which we can compete with the investor owned utilities and other energy service providers. There is no certain assurance that the regulations promulgated by FERC and/or state PUCs will act to our benefit.

Our business is affected by seasonal trends that could affect operating results.

Seasonal weather could inhibit the ability of door-to-door sales staff from selling deregulated power. Also, we are subject to seasonal fluctuations and construction cycles, particularly in climates that experience colder weather during the winter months, such as the northern United States and Canada, or at educational institutions, where large projects are typically carried out during summer months when their facilities are unoccupied. In addition, government customers, many of which have fiscal years that do not coincide with ours, typically follow annual procurement cycles and appropriate funds on a fiscal-year basis even though contract performance may take more than one year. Further, government contracting cycles can be affected by the timing of, and delays in, the legislative process related to government programs and incentives that help drive demand for energy efficiency projects. As a result of such fluctuations, we may occasionally experience declines in revenue or earnings as compared to the immediately preceding quarter, and comparisons of our operating results on a period-to-period basis may not be meaningful.

Risks Relating to Our Common Stock

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

Our articles of incorporation authorize the issuance of up to 450,000,000 shares of our common stock and 50,000,000 shares of our preferred stock, each with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Our board of directors may choose to issue some or all of such shares to acquire one or more companies or products and to fund our overhead and general operating requirements. The issuance of any such shares will reduce the book value per share and may contribute to a reduction in the market price of the outstanding shares of our common stock. If we issue any such additional shares, such issuance will reduce the proportionate ownership and voting power of all current stockholders. Further, such issuance may result in a change of control of our company.

Trading of our stock is restricted by the Securities Exchange Commission’s penny stock regulations, which may limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our common stock.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted regulations which generally define “penny stock” to be any equity security that has a market price (as defined) less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. Our securities are covered by the penny stock rules, which impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell to persons other than established customers and “accredited investors”. The term “accredited investor” refers generally to institutions with assets in excess of $5,000,000 or individuals with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual income exceeding $200,000 or $300,000 jointly with their spouse. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document in a form prepared by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which provides information about penny stocks and the nature and level of risks in the penny stock market. The broker-dealer also must provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction and monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account. The bid and offer quotations, and the broker-dealer and salesperson compensation information, must be given to the customer orally or in writing prior to effecting the transaction and must be given to the customer in writing before or with the customer’s confirmation. In addition, the penny stock rules require that prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from these rules, the broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction. These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market for the stock that is subject to these penny stock rules. Consequently, these penny stock rules may affect the ability of broker-dealers to trade our securities. We believe that the penny stock rules discourage investor interest in and limit the marketability of our common stock.

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

In addition to the “penny stock” rules described above, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has adopted rules that require that in recommending an investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that customer. Prior to recommending speculative low priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. 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 stock and have an adverse effect on the market for our stock.

Our common stock is illiquid and the price of our common stock may be negatively impacted by factors that are unrelated to our operations.

Although our common stock is currently listed for quotation on the OTCQB, there is no active trading market for our common stock. Even when a market is established and trading begins, trading through the OTCQB is frequently thin and highly volatile. There is no assurance that a sufficient market will develop in our stock, in which case it could be difficult for stockholders to sell their stock. The market price of our common stock could fluctuate substantially due to a variety of factors, including market perception of our ability to achieve our planned growth, quarterly operating results of our competitors, trading volume in our common stock, changes in general conditions in the economy and the financial markets or other developments affecting our competitors or us. In addition, the stock market is subject to extreme price and volume fluctuations. This volatility has had a significant effect on the market price of securities issued by many companies for reasons unrelated to their operating performance and could have the same effect on our common stock.

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

We have never paid any cash dividends, and currently do not intend to pay any dividends for the foreseeable future. Because we do not intend to declare dividends, any gain on an investment in our company will need to come through an increase in the stock’s price. This may never happen and investors may lose all of their investment in our company.