UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 24, 2020

 

SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Colorado
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

000-55114   34-1720075
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

1314 East Ls Olas Blvd, Suite 221

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301

 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(954) 745-5815
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
N/A   N/A   N/A

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company

 

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

  

 

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On December 24, 2020, Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Revenue Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan and Security Agreement”) by and among the Company, Robert Nistico ( as a “Key Person”), each of the subsidiary guarantors from time to time party thereto (each a “Guarantor”, and, collectively, the “Guarantors”), and Decathlon Alpha IV, L.P. (the “Lender). The Loan and Security Agreement provided for a revenue-based credit facility of $1,578,237 (the “Gross Amount”) with the Lender (the “Credit Facility”).

 

The Credit Facility matures on the earliest of (a) August 15, 2025, (b) immediately prior to a change in control of the Company, and (c) acceleration of the obligations, such as upon the occurrence of any event of default under the Loan and Security Agreement. If the Credit Facility is paid off after 6 months, the Company will pay interest at a rate starting at 0.5 times the amount advanced under the Credit Facility and up to 1.00 times the amount advanced if the Credit Facility is paid off after more than 24 months have elapsed from the effective date. The Credit Facility requires monthly payments, commencing on February 15, 2021, equal to the product of all revenue for the immediately preceding month and applicable revenue percentage, which is 3.75% in 2021 and 2022, 4.0% in 2023 and 2024. If the annual revenue is not equal to at least 80% of projected revenue, the applicable revenue percentage for all subsequent payments will automatically increase by 0.50%, without notice from the lender. Pursuant to the Loan and Security Agreement dated December 24, 2020, the Company instructed the Lender to pay $1,500,000 of the Gross Amount under the Credit Facility towards the purchase prices in connection with the Company’s purchase of certain assets of Copa di Vino Corporation, an Oregon company, as fully described below, and the balance of the Gross Amount was used for to pay off a line of credit for one of the Company’s other subsidiaries in order to make the Lender the first-in-line creditor. Pursuant to the Loan and Security Agreement, the Company granted the Lender a security interest in all of its assets as listed therein.

 

Borrowings under the Credit Facility are subject to, among other things, a minimum borrowing/collateral base and pursuant to which the Company granted the Lender a security interest in its assets (as set forth and subject to the Loan and Security Agreement) as collateral under the Credit Facility. In addition, the Credit Facility requires the Company to, among other things (i) make representations and warranties regarding the collateral as well the Company’s business and operations, (ii) agree to certain indemnification obligations and (iii) agree to comply with various affirmative and negative covenants.

 

Pursuant to the Loan and Security Agreement, the Company, Robert Nistico and the Lender entered into a Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and Confidential Information Agreement. Pursuant to this Agreement, Mr. Nistico agreed that while he is employed by the Company and for a period of six months after such employment he will not engage in any business activity that completes with the business of the Company.

 

As of December 24, 2020, the Company, Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (“Splash Nevada”), a Nevada corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, Copa di Vino Wine Group, Inc. (the “Buyer”, and together with the Company and Splash Nevada, the “Buyer Parties”), a Nevada corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Splash Nevada, entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “APA”) with Copa di Vino Corporation (the “Seller”), pursuant to which the Company, through the Buyer, purchased material assets of the Seller and assumed certain liabilities related to trade payables and expenses as set forth in the APA for a total purchase price of $5,980,000, payable in the combination of $2,000,000 in cash (“Cash Consideration”), $2,000,000 convertible promissory note (the “Convertible Note”) to Seller and certain shares of the Company’s common stock subject to certain revenue hurdles (the “Revenue Hurdles”) as described below. The APA provides that no later than sixty (60) days after one of the Revenue Hurdles has been reached and the introductions to Seller’s Anheuser Busch distributors have been completed, the Company shall issue to Seller one of the following amounts of its shares of common stock, depending on which Revenue Hurdle the Buyer actually realizes: (a) if the monthly combined net revenue as determined under generally accepted accounting principles generated by the Buyer and its subsidiaries for each of two consecutive months during the twelve (12) month period following the closing of this transaction equates to or exceeds $455,194.00 (the “First Revenue Hurdle”), then the Company shall issue the number of its shares of common stock equal to $1,980,000 divided by the Average Trading Price (as defined below); or (b) if the First Revenue Hurdle was not achieved, but the monthly combined net revenue generated by the Buyer and its subsidiaries for each of two consecutive months during the eighteen (18) month period following the closing of this transaction equates to or exceeds $455,194.00 (the “Second Revenue Hurdle”), then the Company shall issue the number of Parent Shares equal to $1,000,000 divided by the Average Trading Price. The “Average Trading Price” means the volume weighted average price for thirty (30) consecutive trading days of the Company’s common stock as quoted on a stock exchange or over-the-counter market and reported by Bloomberg LLP, immediately before the date of issuance of such shares. In accordance with the APA, upon closing of this transaction, Seller shall train Buyer and its staff on site regarding the operations of the winery business at no additional cost to the Buyer until (i) Buyer is granted approval of a winery license and/or a 90-day operating permit by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission and (ii) Buyer receives a winery license or its equivalent from each of all other State, Federal, and City regulatory agencies where Buyer intends to do business. In addition, the APA provided the Seller with piggy-back registration right for all of the shares issued and issuable under the Convertible Note if at any time while the principal amount on the Convertible Note is outstanding, the Company determines to prepare and file with the securities and exchange commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the APA. The APA contains customary representations and warranties, covenants and indemnification clauses for each of the parties thereto. The Seller is one of the leading producers of premium wine by the glass in the United States with its primary offices and facilities in The Dalles, Oregon. Seller offers outstanding quality ready-to-drink wine products that could go anywhere without the need for a bottle, corkscrew or glass.

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In connection with the APA, on December 24, 2020, the Buyer Parties jointly and severally issued the Convertible Note to the Seller, which bears an interest rate of 2% per annum and shall become mature on June 15, 2022 (the “Maturity Date”). Pursuant to the Convertible Note, the principal amount (the “Principal Amount”) of the Note and accrued interest outstanding hereunder shall be payable to the holder thereof (the “Holder”) on the fifteenth day of each month (the “Repayment Date”) commencing from January 15, 2021 as set forth in Schedule A of the Convertible Note, in a series of equal monthly payments in the amount of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Four Hundred and Forty-Four Dollars ($114,444). Any remaining unpaid Principal Amount and accrued interest shall be due and payable in full on the Maturity Date. In accordance with the terms of the Convertible Note, at any time during the Conversion Period as defined below, the Holder may convert the unpaid and outstanding Principal Amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $1.10 per share, subject to certain capital adjustments as set forth therein. The Conversion Period shall commence on January 1, 2021 and end on the Maturity Date of this Convertible Note. In addition, this Convertible Note may not be offered, sold, assigned or transferred by the Holder without the explicit written consent of the Company, which may be granted or withheld at the sole discretion of the Company. In the event of occurrence of any default event under this Convertible Note, the default interest rate shall become 7% per annum till the cure of such default or the repayment of the entire outstanding balance of this Convertible Note.

In connection with the APA, the Buyer Parties and Seller also entered into an agreement regarding other accounts payable (the “Other AP Agreement”) dated as of December 24, 2020, pursuant to which the parties thereof shall use their best efforts to reduce and settle certain obligations (“Other AP”) Seller owed to certain third party vendors and distributors as listed therein from the date of this Other AP Agreement till April 1, 2021 (the “Settlement Period”). At the end of the Settlement Period, the Buyer Parties will jointly and severally assume the settled Other AP obligations. In addition, the Other AP Agreement provided that commencing from April 1, 2021, if the Buyer Parties fail to make three (3) monthly payments as set forth in the Convertible Note, the Seller shall, upon conversion of the Note, be entitled to additional shares of the Company’s common stock equal to the remaining unpaid Principal Amount and all accrued, but unpaid interest of the Convertible Note minus the product of (i) the conversion shares issuable upon conversion of the outstanding amount of the Convertible Note and (ii) the closing price per share on such date of default notice, with the difference to be divided by the closing price per share on such date of default notice, with a maximum number of 2,181,818 shares of the Company’s common stock.

In connection with the APA, the Company and James Martin, the founder of the Seller, entered into an employment agreement (the “Martin Employment Agreement”) dated as of December 24, 2020, pursuant to which Mr. Martin shall serve as Copa di Vino Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of the Company, reporting directly to the president and chief marketing officer of the Company. The term (the “Term”) of the Martin Employment Agreement is 18 months commencing from December 24, 2020. In accordance with the terms of the Martin Employment Agreement, Mr. James Martin shall devote 80% of his work time during normal business hours performing his duties and responsibilities for the Company and its subsidiaries. The Martin Employment agreement provides that Mr. Martin shall receive an annual salary of $175,000 and a retention bonus of $15,000 if Mr. Martin has performed the duties of his position and remained in good standing with the Company during the first 12-month period of the Term and a second retention bonus of $15,000 if Mr. Martin has performed the duties of his position and remained in good standing with the Company during the entire 18-month Term. In addition, for each full year of the Term of this Martin Employment Agreement, Mr. Martin shall be eligible for a bonus at the sole discretion of the Company equal to $25,000. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Martin Employment Agreement, Mr. Martin shall be entitled to reimbursements for business expenses, employee benefits and holidays, available for executive officers of the Company in the Company’s discretion. Each party of the Martin Employment Agreement may terminate this Employment Agreement with a 21-day advance notice to the other party, with or without cause. The Martin Employment Agreement contains non-competition and non-solicitation provisions regarding Mr. Martin during the Term and 12 months thereafter.

On December 28, 2020 (the “Closing Date), the Seller received the Cash Consideration as set forth in the APA and thereafter the Company incurred the entire Gross Amount under the Credit Facility as of the Closing Date.

The foregoing description of the Loan and Security Agreement, APA, Convertible Note, Other AP Agreement, Martin Employment Agreement, and Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and Confidential Information Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Loan and Security Agreement, APA, Convertible Note, Other AP Agreement, Martin Employment Agreement, and Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and Confidential Information Agreement attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1- 10.6.

 

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Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number   Description
10.1   Revenue Loan and Security Agreement dated December 24, 2020
10.2   Asset Purchase Agreement dated December 24, 2020
10.3   Convertible Promissory Note dated December 24, 2020
10.4   An Agreement Regarding Other Accounts Payable dated December 24, 2020
10.5   Martin Employment Agreement dated December 24, 2020
10.6   Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and Confidential Information Agreement

 

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 SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. 

 

Date: December 31, 2020

   
SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.  
   
/s/ Dean Huge  

Dean Huge

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Version

 

 

REVENUE LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS REVENUE LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (as amended from time to time, this “Agreement”) is made as of December 24, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), by and among:

 

Robert Nistico

(the “Key Person”),

 

SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC., a Colorado corporation, 1314 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 221

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 (“Company”),

 

the parties listed under the heading “Guarantors” on the signature pages attached hereto (each, a “Guarantor,” collectively, the “Guarantors;” each of Company and each Guarantor are referred to herein as a “Company Entity,” and together as the “Company Entities”),

 

and

 

DECATHLON ALPHA IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, 1441 West Ute Boulevard, Suite 240

Park City, UT 84098 (“Lender”).

 

BACKGROUND

 

Company wishes to obtain financing from Lender to finance the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Copa di Vino Corporation, an Oregon corporation (“Copa di Vino”), through Company’s indirectly wholly owned subsidiary, Copa di Vino Wine Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Buyer”). In connection with the foregoing, Company wishes to borrow from Lender and Lender wishes to lend to Company an amount up to the Revenue Loan Amount (as defined below) on the terms and conditions of this Agreement. In connection with and as a material inducement to Lender to lend the Revenue Loan Amount to Company, Company desires to make certain representations and warranties to Lender.

 

AGREEMENT

 

The parties hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES

 

1.1               Definitions. Capitalized words and phrases used in this Agreement but not otherwise defined herein have the definitions given in Article 11.

 

1.2               Accounting Principles. The character or amount of any asset, liability, capital account or reserve and of any item of income or expense required to be determined pursuant to this Agreement, and any consolidation or other accounting computation required to be made pursuant to this Agreement, and the construction of any definition in this Agreement containing a financial term, will be determined or made, as the case may be, in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), to the extent applicable, unless such principles are inconsistent with the express requirements of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE 2

ADVANCE, INTEREST AND PAYMENTS

 

2.1               Revenue Loan Advance. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement:

 

(a)                Initial Advance. Lender will make the Initial Advance to the parties identified on Schedule 4.1 on behalf of Company on or within one banking day after the date of Closing.

 

(b)                Subsequent Advance. Any time beginning 15 days prior to an Advance Period through the end of such Advance Period as set forth on Schedule 2.1(b), Company may by delivering to Lender a written Advance Request in the form provided by Lender to Company (“Advance Request”) request one or more Subsequent Advances in accordance with the Schedule 2.1(b) up to a maximum for all Advances equal to the Revenue Loan Amount. If all of the conditions set forth on Schedule 2.1(b) are satisfied on the date of the Advance Request, Lender will advance to Company the requested amount within 15 business days of receipt of the Advance Request. Contemporaneously with each Subsequent Advance, Company shall deliver to Lender a certificate signed on behalf of Company by the Key Person (or other officer of Company acceptable to Lender) confirming that Company is not in default and no Event of Default has occurred and that all representations and warranties of the Company Entities in Article 3 are true as of such date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date). Lender may, in its sole discretion, waive or modify any one or more of the conditions to any Subsequent Advance.

 

(c)                Not a Revolving Facility. Company acknowledges and agrees that the credit facility granted hereunder is a multiple advance facility, but is not a revolving facility, and Company may not borrow, repay and re-borrow Advances.

 

2.2               Interest. Interest on the Amount Advanced shall accrue from and after the date of Closing at such rate as is necessary to generate an amount equal to the Minimum Interest (the Interest”), provided, however, in no case shall such rate exceed the maximum rate allowable under applicable law.

 

2.3               Promise to Pay. Company promises to pay to the order of Lender, or its assigns in lawful money of the United States of America, for application against the Amount Advanced, together with the Interest as follows (with all payments to be applied first to fees and expenses incurred by the Lender that are expressly provided for pursuant to this Agreement, then to accrued interest, and finally to principal, which Lender shall enter in its records of payments made by Company, and such records will be deemed conclusive evidence of the subject matter thereof unless proven otherwise):

 

(a)                Maturity. The Amount Advanced and accrued but unpaid Interest will be immediately due on the Maturity Date and will be payable on demand any time thereafter.

 

(b)                Monthly Payments. Commencing on the Payment Commencement Date and continuing thereafter until maturity or earlier prepayment in full, Company shall pay to Lender, on the 15th day of each month (or the next business day if such date is not a business day) (each a “Payment Date”), by wire transfer or Automated Clearing House (ACH) transfer to the Lender Account described on Schedule 2.3(b)(1) an amount equal to the product of (i) all Revenue for the immediately preceding month multiplied by (ii) the Applicable Revenue Percentage.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding sentence, payments made by ACH transfer must be initiated no later than three business days prior to the applicable Payment Date. Lender, in its sole discretion, may apply any monthly payment first to offset any outstanding invoices for legal or other fees that are 60 or more days overdue and then toward satisfaction of the Obligations. If any payment due pursuant to this Agreement is not paid when due, then Company will be assessed on the following day, automatically and without notice from Lender, a service fee of $500 payable to Lender (or other loan servicing agent). All service fees for missed payments are due on the day they arise. Successive service fees will be assessed and due on the 15th day of each month until Company has paid such past due amounts. All service fees will bear interest at the rate set forth in Section 12.7 from the date they arise. A pro-forma payment schedule that is based on Company’s financial projections is attached as Schedule 2.3 (b)(2).

 

(c)                Annual Payment Cap. Notwithstanding Section 2.3(b), for each calendar year during the term of this Agreement, Company will not be required to make aggregate monthly payments under Section 2.3(b) in excess of the amount equal to 120% of the aggregate dollar amount for such calendar year set forth in the column labeled “Projected Annual Debt Service” of Schedule 2.3(b)(2) (the “Annual Payment Cap”). Once the monthly payments received by Lender for a calendar year equal the Annual Payment Cap, Company will not be obligated to make additional monthly payments pursuant to Section 2.3(b) for the remainder of such calendar year and the next monthly payment due under Section 2.3(b) would be payable on January 15th of the following year.

 

(d)                Prepayment. Company may at its option prepay the Amount Advanced balance and accrued but unpaid Interest on any Payment Date without penalty or premium (other than payment of the Minimum Interest).

 

(e)                Termination of Payment Obligation. The payment obligation shall terminate upon Lender receiving payments from Company equal to the Amount Advanced plus the Interest and all other amounts due pursuant to this Agreement (the “Payoff Date”).

 

2.4               Security Interest. Company hereby assigns and grants to Lender, a continuing security interest in all of its right, title and interest in and to the Collateral. Upon indefeasible payment in full of the Obligations and termination of Lender’s obligation to make Advances hereunder, Lender shall promptly release such security interest. Company hereby authorizes Lender to take all such actions as are reasonably necessary to, in Lender’s sole discretion, perfect its security interest in the Collateral, including the filing of such financing statements and amendments and continuations thereof as may be useful in order to perfect such security interest and, if any Collateral is covered by a certificate of title, Company will from time to time upon request of Lender execute such documents as may be required to have such security interest properly noted on a certificate of title. In addition, Company authorizes Lender to file, from time to time, (and reaffirms its authorization of the filing of any financing statements filed prior to the date of this Agreement) such financing statements against the Collateral described as “all assets” or the like as Lender reasonably deems necessary or useful to perfect such security interest.

 

2.5               Guaranty & Security Interest. Each Guarantor, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor, hereby irrevocably, unconditionally and absolutely guarantees the punctual payment in full when due and the performance of the Obligations, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (with respect to each individual Guarantor, the “Guaranty”). Subject to the foregoing, each Guarantor hereby further agrees that if Company fails to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) all or any part of the Obligations, each Guarantor will promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Obligations, it will promptly pay the same in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration

 

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or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of that extension or renewal. Each Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall apply to each Guarantor and all Obligations whenever arising and regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in part thereof. As security for the performance of each Guarantor’s Guaranty obligations, each Guarantor hereby assigns and grants to Lender a continuing security interest in all of its right, title and interest in and to the Collateral of such Guarantor (in each case, substituting the name of the applicable Guarantor for the “Company” on Schedule 11.2) subject to the same rights and obligations as set forth in Section 2.4. For avoidance of doubt the Guaranty shall immediately terminate upon satisfaction of the Obligations.

 

2.6               Revival and Reinstatement of Indebtedness. If the payment of all or any part of the Obligations by Company or the transfer to Lender of any Collateral or other property should for any reason subsequently be declared to be void or voidable under any state or federal law relating to creditors’ rights (a “Voidable Transfer”), and if Lender is required to repay or restore, in whole or in part, any such Voidable Transfer, or elects to do so upon the advice of its counsel, then the amount of such Voidable Transfer or the amount of such Voidable Transfer that Lender is required or elects to repay or restore, including all reasonable costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees incurred by Lender in connection therewith, and the Obligations shall automatically be revived, reinstated and restored by such amount and shall exist as though such Voidable Transfer had never been made.

 

ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1               Representations and Warranties of the Company Entities. As a material inducement to Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make one or more Advances to Company, each Company Entity, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to Lender as follows:

 

(a)                Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. Each Company Entity is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization. Each Company Entity is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify would have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Company Entity has all required power and authority necessary to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and presently proposed to be conducted and to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(b)                Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.1(b), no Company Entity presently owns or controls, directly or indirectly, or holds any rights to acquire, any interest in any other entity. Other than as set forth on Schedule 3.1(b), no Company Entity is a participant in any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement.

 

(c)                Authorization. All action necessary on the part of each Company Entity, its officers, directors, managers and members, for the authorization, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, the performance of all Obligations of such Company Entity hereunder and thereunder has been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents and all other agreements contemplated thereby to which a Company Entity is a party constitute valid and legally binding obligations of such Company Entity, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and (iii) to the extent the indemnification provisions may be limited by applicable laws.

 

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(d)                Litigation. There is no material action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to Company’s knowledge, threatened against any Company Entity. The foregoing includes, without limitation, actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending or, to Company’s knowledge, threatened involving the prior employment of any Company Entity’s employees or their obligations under any agreements with prior employers. No Company Entity is subject to the provisions of any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency or instrumentality. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation by a Company Entity currently pending or that a Company Entity intends to initiate.

 

(e)                Compliance with Other Instruments. No Company Entity is: (i) in violation of or default under any provision of its organizational documents, as amended, (ii) other than as set forth on Schedule 3.1(e) to its knowledge in violation of or default under, in any Material respect, any instrument, judgment, order, writ, decree or contract to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or (iii) to its knowledge in violation of or default under, in any Material respect, any provision of any federal or state statute, rule or regulation applicable to such Company Entity. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby will not result in any such violation, or be in Material conflict with or constitute, with or without the passage of time and giving of notice, either a Material default under any such provision, instrument, judgment, order, writ, decree or contract or an event that results in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets of a Company Entity or the suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or non-renewal of any permit, license, authorization or approval applicable to a Company Entity, its business or operations or any of its assets or properties, other than the security interests arising under the Transaction Documents.

 

(f)                 Related-Party Transactions. No employee, member, manager, officer or director of a Company Entity or member of his or her immediate family is indebted to a Company Entity, nor is a Company Entity indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. To each Company Entity’s knowledge, none of such persons has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Company Entity is affiliated or with which a Company Entity has a Material business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with any Company Entity, except that employees, shareholders, officers or directors of a Company Entity and members of their immediate families may own up to 2% of the outstanding stock of one publicly traded company that may compete with a Company Entity.

 

(g)                Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements for Company’s most recently completed fiscal year and year-to-date for the current year as of the most recently ended month are attached hereto as Schedule 3.1(g), are correct in all Material respects, and fairly present Company’s operating results and financial conditions as of dates and for the periods indicated therein. As of the dates of such financial statements, no Company Entity had any Material obligation, contingent liability, liability for taxes or long-term lease obligation that is not reflected in such financial statements or the notes thereto. Since the date of such financial statements: (i) each Company Entity has operated its businesses only in the ordinary course;

(ii) there has not been individually or in the aggregate any change that may result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) no Company Entity has guaranteed any Indebtedness of any other Person;

(iv) no Company Entity has any Indebtedness for borrowed money other than pursuant to this Agreement; and (v) no event has occurred that could have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Company Entity is solvent.

 

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(h)                Tax Returns; Taxes. (i) Each Company Entity has timely filed all returns, declarations, reports, estimates, information returns, and statements, including any schedules and amendments to such documents (“Returns”), required to be filed or sent by it in respect of any Taxes or required to be filed or sent by it by any taxing authority having jurisdiction; (ii) all such Returns are complete and accurate in all material respects; (iii) each Company Entity has timely and properly paid all Taxes required to be paid by it; and (iv) each Company Entity has complied with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations relating to the collection or withholding of Taxes from third parties and the payment thereof; (v) there are no liens for Taxes upon any assets of any Company Entity; (vi) no deficiency for any Taxes has been asserted, assessed or proposed in writing against any Company Entity that has not been resolved and paid in full or is not being contested in good faith; (vii) no waiver, extension or comparable consent given by any Company Entity regarding the application of the statute of limitations with respect to any Taxes or Returns is outstanding, nor is any request for any such waiver or consent pending; and (viii) there has been no Tax audit or other administrative proceeding or court proceeding with regard to any Taxes or Returns, nor is any such Tax audit or other proceeding pending, nor has there been any notice to any Company Entity by any taxing authority regarding any such Tax audit or other proceeding.

 

(i)                  Permits. Each Company Entity has all franchises, permits, licenses and any similar authority necessary for the conduct of its business the lack of which would have a Material Adverse Effect, and each Company Entity believes it can obtain, without undue burden or expense, any similar authority for the conduct of its business as planned to be conducted. No Company Entity is in default in any Material respect under any of such franchises, permits, licenses or other similar authority.

 

(j)                 Compliance with Laws. Each Company Entity, the operation of its business and all premises controlled by such Company Entity is in Material compliance with all applicable laws and orders or directives of any governmental authorities having jurisdiction over such Company Entity, its properties or operations, except where the failure to comply could not reasona

 

(k)                bly be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Company Entity has received any citation, directive, letter or other communication (whether oral or written) or any notice of any proceeding, claim, lawsuit or investigation, from any Person arising out of such Company Entity’s ownership or occupation of its premises or the conduct of its operations.

 

(l)                  Disclosure. Each Company Entity has provided Lender with all the information available to it that Lender has requested for deciding whether to make Advances. To the best of each Company Entity’s knowledge, neither this Agreement (including all the exhibits attached hereto) nor any certificates delivered in connection herewith contains any untrue statement of a Material fact or omits to state a Material fact necessary to make the statements herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made.

 

(m)             Title to Property and Assets. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(l), the property and assets owned by a Company Entity are owned solely by such Company Entity free and clear of all mortgages, liens, loans and encumbrances. With respect to a Company Entity’s leased property and assets, such Company Entity is in compliance with the applicable leases in all Material respects and, to such Company Entity’s knowledge, it holds valid leasehold rights in and to such leased property and assets. Other than as set forth on Schedule 3.1, there are no financing statements reflecting the perfection of any security interest in favor of any creditor other than

 

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Lender covering all or any part of any Company Entity’s assets in existence or on file in any public office other than those representing the Permitted Liens.

 

(n)                Name and Location of Company. Each Company Entity has provided to Lender in writing its legal name, state of organization, entity type, and chief executive office address. Company maintains all of its books and records regarding its assets at its chief executive office. Each Company Entity has such business and financial experience as is necessary to enable it to protect its interests in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(o)                Collateral. Subject to the Permitted Liens and/or except as set forth Schedule 3.1(n) and/or Schedule 11.5 , each Company Entity has full power and authority to create a first- priority lien on the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement and no disability or contractual obligation exists that would prohibit any Company Entity from pledging the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement. There are no subscriptions, warrants, rights of first refusal, or other restrictions on transfer relative to, or options exercisable with respect to, the Collateral. The Collateral is not the subject of any present or threatened suit, action, arbitration, administrative or other proceeding, and no Company Entity knows of any reasonable grounds for the institution of any such proceedings. The Collateral consisting of equipment and inventory is in good operating condition and repair, subject to ordinary wear and tear, and the Company Entity owning such Collateral has made all economically reasonable and necessary repairs thereto. The Collateral consisting of inventory is of good and marketable quality, free from defects, except for inventory for which adequate reserves have been made in accordance with GAAP.

 

(p)                Intellectual Property. Each Company Entity owns or is a licensee of all intellectual property rights used in or necessary for the conduct of its business and operations, as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, or that are Material to the condition (financial or otherwise), business, or operations of such Company Entity.

 

(q)                Customers and Suppliers. None of the customers or suppliers of a Company Entity have indicated to any Company Entity that they intend to terminate, discontinue, or materially reduce their business relationship with such Company Entity. There have been no developments with any customers or suppliers of any Company Entity that may serve as the basis for such customer or supplier to Materially change its relationship with a Company Entity. No Company Entity has any overdue payables to any supplier for services, materials, equipment or other products previously provided to any Company Entity.

 

(r)                Ordinary Course of Business. Each Company Entity intends to run its business in the ordinary course of business and will continue to use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve substantially intact the business organization and assets of the Company Entities and preserve the current relationships of the Company Entities with customers, suppliers and other persons with which any Company Entity has significant business relations. No Company Entity has any current intention to make, nor is any such Company Entity evaluating or contemplating making, any Material changes to such Company Entity’s business, including its business model, pricing model, or product offering.

 

(s)                 Recent Developments. As of the Effective Date, (i) all actions by each Company Entity necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents have been taken (including the adoption of appropriate resolutions of the Governing Body), (ii) no Event of Default has occurred, and (iii) no Company Entity has incurred any additional Indebtedness since the Term Sheet Date.

 

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(t)                 Purchase Agreement. The representations and warranties given by Copa di Vino, Buyer, and Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by reference as though provided herein by Company to Lender. To the knowledge of Company, there are no material inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of Copa di Vino in the Purchase Agreement (including the disclosure schedules thereto) or in any related documents, or of any material noncompliance with the affirmative covenants binding upon Buyer or Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

3.2               Representations and Warranties of the Key Person. As a material inducement to Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make one or more Advances to Company, the Key Person hereby represents and warrants to Lender:

 

(a)                Financial Interest. The Key Person has a financial interest in Company and will receive a direct or indirect financial and other benefit from this Agreement and the Advances made to Company hereunder.

 

(b)                Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Key Person of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder do not, and will not, contravene or conflict with any law, statute or regulation whatsoever to which the Key Person is subject or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any court order, indenture, mortgage, deed to secure debt, deed of trust, trust deed, charge, lien, or any contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Key Person is a party or which may be binding on or applicable to the Key Person. This Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Key Person and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors and by general principles of equity.

 

(c)                Authorization. No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or any Person (other than those that have been duly obtained or made and which are in full force and effect) is required for the consummation of this Agreement or the execution, delivery or performance by the Key Person of this Agreement.

 

(d)                Financial Condition; Litigation. There has been no material adverse change in the net worth, assets, financial condition, or prospective financial position of the Key Person since the Term Sheet Date. No litigation, investigation, or proceeding of or before any arbitrator, court or governmental authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the Key Person, threatened by or against the Key Person or against any of the Key Person’s assets.

 

(e)                Accuracy of Information. None of the factual information heretofore or contemporaneously furnished in writing to Lender by or on behalf of the Key Person in connection with this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents contains any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits to state any material fact necessary to make any information not misleading, and no other factual information hereafter furnished in connection with

this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents by or on behalf of the Key Person to Lender will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or will omit to state any material fact necessary to make any information not misleading on the date as of which such information is dated or certified.

 

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ARTICLE 4 CLOSING

 

4.1               Closings. The closing of the Initial Advance pursuant to this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., 200 South Sixth Street, Suite 4000, Minneapolis, MN 55402-1425, by an electronic exchange of executed counterpart copies of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents between counsel for Company and Lender. At the Closing, the Company Entities and Lender shall exchange signature pages to this Agreement by facsimile, portable document format (.pdf), DocuSign or other electronic transmission, and Lender will thereafter make the Initial Advance. Distributions of proceeds of the Initial Advance pursuant to this Section 4.1 shall be made in accordance with Schedule 4.1 to the parties set forth thereon by wire transfer and, in Lender’s sole discretion, are subject to off-set of the Company’s Share of Transaction Costs.

 

4.2               Lender’s Conditions to Closing. Lender’s Advances pursuant to this Agreement are subject to the condition that on or before the Closing, Lender has received evidence of the following actions and or executed original copies of the following documents, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender:

 

(a)                a Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation and Confidential Information Agreement from the Key Person;

 

(b)                a copy of resolutions duly adopted by the governing body (e.g., board of directors, board of governors, managing members, general partner or the like) (the “Governing Body”) of each Company Entity authorizing this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

(c)                an executed copy of the Purchase Agreement and all transaction documents related thereto;

 

(d)                Subordination Agreements in favor of Lender executed by (i) John P. McGrain & Justin W. Yorke TRS FBO San Gabriel Advisors, LLC DBP FBO Justin Yorke, (ii) San Gabriel Fund, LLC, a California limited liability company, (iii) Richland Fund, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and (iv) JMW Fund, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

(e)                A payoff letter from KeyBank National Association evidencing full and final satisfaction of all obligations owed by Company Entities to KeyBank National Association and authorizing Company and Lender to terminate any UCC-1 financing statements and other liens associated therewith;

 

(f)                 a Certificate of Perfection from Company with respect to each Company Entity in the form provided by Lender to Company; and

 

(g)                a copy of Company’s current operating budget including, without limitation, projected revenues, expenses, wages, and uses of loan proceeds, and if applicable, approved by Company’s Governing Body.

 

4.3               Subsequent Closings. The closing of each Subsequent Advance pursuant to this Agreement, if any (each, a “Subsequent Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., 200 South Sixth Street, Suite 4000, Minneapolis, MN 55402-1425 by electronic exchange of documents deemed necessary by Lender in connection with such Subsequent Closing, including a Subsequent Closing certificate from a Key Person in form and substance satisfactory to Lender certifying

 

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that the conditions to the Subsequent Advance set forth on Schedule 2.1(b) have been satisfied and each Company Entity shall execute and deliver to Lender any other agreement or document as reasonably requested by Lender to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with such Subsequent Closing.

 

ARTICLE 5 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

Unless otherwise agreed in writing by Lender, each Company Entity shall, so long as any of the Obligations remain unsatisfied, comply with the covenants in this Article 5.

 

5.1               Financial Information, etc. Upon written request from Lender, each Company Entity will furnish to Lender copies of the following financial statements, reports and information:

 

(a)                as soon as available and in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of Company, (or 105 days if the Company files an extension to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission) a copy of its annual consolidated financial statements (balance sheet, cash flow statement and income statement), detailed on a monthly basis, which will be reviewed (or audited if Company has its financial statements audited by Company’s accounting firm) (the “Financial Statements”) and prepared in all Material respects, in accordance with GAAP, as well as a complete version of Lender’s required annual operational survey;

 

(b)                as soon as available and in any event within 30 days (or 45 days if the Company files an extension with the Securities and Exchange Commission) after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of Company, a copy of Company’s consolidated quarterly Financial Statements from the beginning of such fiscal year to the end of such quarter, detailed on a monthly basis, prepared by Company’s accounting firm, in all Material respects, in accordance with GAAP, except for the presence of footnotes and subject to normal year-end adjustments;

 

(c)                with each quarterly and annual financial statement or report required by Sections 5.1(a) and 5.1(b), a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer or any Key Person of Company stating that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Company Entity, or if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement of the nature thereof and the action which Company proposes to take with respect thereto;

 

(d)                copies of all reports that any Company Entity sends to any of its equity holders (as an equity holder) promptly after the sending or filing thereof;

 

(e)                within 45 days of the conclusion of each calendar year, Company’s consolidated annual operating and capital expenditure budgets and cash flow forecast for the following year presented on a monthly basis;

 

(f)                 within five days of receipt by, or delivery to, copies of all material notices to or from any other lender to any Company Entity;

 

(g)                within 10 days of filing with the applicable taxing authority, a copy of all tax returns; and

 

(h)                such other information and financial reports with respect to the Collateral, the Key Person and/or the financial condition and operations of each Company Entity as Lender may

 

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reasonably request, and, when so requested, each Company Entity will make available for inspection and copy by duly authorized representatives of Lender, any of such Company Entity’s books and records; and

 

(i)                  as soon as available and in any event within 30 days after the end of each calendar month, a copy of Company’s monthly consolidated Financial Statements as of the end of such month prepared by Company, in all Material respects, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, except for the omission of footnotes and subject to normal year-end adjustments.

 

5.2 Maintenance of Corporate Existence and Properties.

 

(a)                Each Company Entity will at all times do or cause to be done all things necessary to maintain, preserve and renew its charter and its leases, privileges, franchises, qualifications and rights that are necessary or useful in the ordinary conduct of its business, and conduct its business as presently conducted in an orderly and efficient manner in accordance with good business practices;

 

(b)                Each Company Entity will provide or cause to be provided for itself insurance against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by businesses similarly situated and located, with reputable insurers, in such amounts, with such deductibles and by such methods as are adequate in the judgment of such Company Entity’s Governing Body, and in any event in amounts not less than amounts generally maintained by other companies of similar size engaged in similar businesses;

 

(c)                Each Company Entity will keep true books of records and accounts in which full and correct entries will be made of all its business transactions, and will reflect in its financial statements adequate accruals and appropriations to reserves, all in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and

 

(d)                Each Company Entity will comply in all Material respects with all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations, orders and restrictions in respect of the conduct of its business and the ownership of its properties, except such as are being contested in good faith.

 

5.3               Payment of Indebtedness, Taxes and Claims. Each Company Entity will pay (i) its Indebtedness, the Obligations, and all other obligations promptly and in accordance with their terms; (ii) file all tax returns and reports which are required by law to be filed by it; (iii) pay before they become delinquent, all taxes (including payroll taxes), assessments and governmental charges and levies imposed upon it or its property; and (iv) pay all claims or demands of any kind (including but not limited to those of suppliers, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, landlords and other like persons) which, if unpaid, might result in the creation of a lien upon its property other than a Permitted Lien.

 

5.4               Nature of Relationship. Lender is entering into this Agreement and making one or more advances to Company based on its confidence in the Key Person and the Key Person’s integrity and ability to manage the Company Entities. Given the Key Person’s experience and expertise operating the Company Entities and his greater access to information, Lender is entrusting the Key Person with broad discretion in the control and management of the Company Entities. The Key Person acknowledges Lender’s confidence in him/her and hereby agrees to act with the utmost good faith for the benefit of Lender. For avoidance of doubt nothing in this Section or Agreement shall be construed as any guarantee of the Key Person and no such guarantee is conveyed. Further the Key Person is not making any personal guarantee pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise.

 

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5.5               Litigation and Other Notices. Company and/or the Key Person shall furnish to Lender written notice of the following promptly after any officer (or similar) of any Company Entity becomes aware of the same:

 

(a)                any Event of Default or the occurrence of any event or condition that would likely result in an Event of Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective action (if any) proposed to be taken with respect thereto; provided, however, that Company shall provide written notice to Lender not later than 48 hours prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default described in Section 7.3 of this Agreement;

 

(b)                the filing or commencement of, or receipt of notice of intention of any Person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any governmental authority, against any Company Entity which has had or would likely have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c)                any development, event or condition affecting or relating to any Company Entity that has had, or would likely have, a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, notice for events which occur on a frequent basis may be aggregated into one monthly or quarterly notice as agreed upon in writing by Lender; and

 

(d)                the issuance by any governmental authority of any injunction, order or decision, or the entry by any Company Entity into an agreement with any governmental agency, Materially restricting the business of any Company Entity or concerning any Material business practice of any Company Entity; provided, however, notices regarding regulatory changes will be provided only quarterly.

 

5.6               Inspection. Each Company Entity shall permit Lender, at Lender’s expense, to visit and inspect such Company Entity’s properties; examine its books of account and records; and discuss such Company Entity’s affairs, finances, and accounts with its officers during normal business hours of such Company Entity as may be reasonably requested by Lender; provided, however, that such Company Entity shall not be obligated pursuant to this Section 5.6 to provide access to any information that it reasonably and in good faith considers to be a trade secret or confidential information (unless covered by an enforceable confidentiality agreement, in form acceptable to Company) or the disclosure of which would or could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between Company and its counsel.

 

5.7               Audit Right.

 

(a)                Upon reasonable advance notice from Lender, Company shall, not more than once every 12 months, make the financial books and records of each Company Entity available to Lender and its designated representatives for review and audit so that Lender may verify (i) the amount of payments made by Company to Lender and (ii) the aggregate Revenues. Lender shall provide the full written results of such review and audit to Company within 10 days after the completion of such review and audit. Subject in each case to Section 5.7(b), in the event that a review and audit by Lender or its designated representatives results in a determination that the amounts that were paid to Lender (A) were underpaid by less than 10%, Company shall pay to Lender the amount unpaid plus interest at the rate of 1% per month on the amount unpaid, but Lender shall bear all of the costs, fees and expenses incurred by Lender as a result of the review and audit or (B) were underpaid by 10% or more, Company shall pay to Lender, in addition to the amount unpaid plus interest at the rate of 1% per month on the amount unpaid, all of the costs, fees and expenses actually incurred by Lender as a result of the review and audit.

 

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(b)                Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Company disputes or disagrees with any of the results of Lender’s review and audit, Company may deliver to Lender, within 15 days of its receipt of the written results of Lender’s review and audit, a written dispute notice of its specific objections to Lender’s review and audit (a “Dispute Notice”). Upon the delivery by Company of a Dispute Notice, Company and Lender shall in good faith, and in consultation with their respective accountants, work together to resolve all disputed issues set forth in such Dispute Notice. To the extent that the disputed items set forth in the Dispute Notice remain unresolved after 20 business days following the receipt of the Dispute Notice, Company and Lender shall submit such unresolved items to an accounting firm of national or regional reputation that is mutually agreed upon by Company and Lender (the “Accountants”). If the issues in dispute are submitted to the Accountants for resolution: (i) Company and Lender shall each furnish to the Accountants such documents and information relating to the disputed issues as the Accountants may reasonably request and are available to that party and shall be afforded the opportunity to present to the Accountants any material relating to the review and audit in question and to discuss such review and audit with the Accountants; (ii) the determination by the Accountants of the actual amounts that should have been paid to Lender during the period subject to review and audit (the “Settled Audit Amount”), as set forth in a notice delivered to both parties by the Accountants within 30 days of the Accountants’ engagement, will be binding and conclusive on the parties; and (iii) Company and Lender shall bear the costs, fees and expenses of the Accountants for such determination in the same manner they would bear the costs, fees and expenses of Lender for the review and audit in accordance with Section 5.7(a). Within 10 business days following the determination of the Settled Audit Amount, the appropriate payments shall be made by Company, if any, in accordance with Section 5.7(a), based solely on the Settled Audit Amount.

 

5.8               Subsidiaries and Related Businesses. Company shall cause all of the Company Entities and all Related Businesses to comply with the provisions of Article 5 and Article 6. Company shall deliver prior written notice to Lender of the formation or acquisition of any subsidiary and/or purchase of equity investment or lending or advancing of funds to any other entity. All such subsidiaries of Company and Related Businesses shall execute and deliver to Lender such joinders, pledge agreements and other documents as Lender requests.

 

5.9               Further Assurances.

 

(a)                Each Company Entity will at any time or times promptly execute and shall cause any Related Business to promptly execute, such instruments and perform such acts as Lender may reasonably request to establish and maintain an attached and perfected security interest in the Collateral and will pay all costs of filing and recording.

 

(b)                Company will reimburse Lender for all reasonable costs, fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) for the perfection and the continuation of the perfection of Lender’s security interest in the Collateral and the cost of any terminations, extensions, renewals, amendments and releases thereof, and shall promptly pay all reasonable costs, fees and expenses of any record searches for financing statements Lender may reasonably require.

 

5.10           Records Regarding Collateral. Each Company Entity shall maintain all records, instruments or other documentation evidencing or otherwise relating to the Collateral at Company’s chief executive office and will not (i) remove any part thereof, or (ii) change such Company Entity’s name, state of organization, or location of its chief executive office, without the prior written consent of Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

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5.11           Company Bank Account. Company shall use its best efforts to: (i) maintain a banking relationship with Company Bank or other qualified commercial bank; (ii) ensure that all payments to Company from whatever source shall be deposited into Company account described in Schedule 5.11, or successor account thereto; (iii) ensure that such account has a balance in excess of the amount due to Lender on each date that a payment pursuant to this Agreement is due; and (iv) ensure that the Applicable Revenue Percentage is transferred to Lender Account on a monthly basis in accordance with this Agreement. Company shall within five business days notify Lender in writing of any change in its banking relationship (whether such change is within Company’s current bank or to another bank) and shall provide Lender with new contact information and account details for all new bank accounts.

 

5.12           Key Person Insurance; Background Check. Within 90 days following the Effective Date, Company shall hold from one or more “A or better” insurers, “key-person” life insurance on the Insured Executive(s) in the Insurance Amount and on other terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to Lender and Company. The key-person policy, whether obtained prior to or following the Effective Date, shall be collaterally assigned to Lender, name Lender as loss payee, and continuously maintained in force and shall not be cancelable by Company without prior approval from Lender prior to full satisfaction of the Obligations. If at any time following such 60 day period Company does not hold a key-person policy in compliance with the preceding two sentences, Lender may obtain a key-person policy as owner and beneficiary on the life of the Insured Executive(s) in the Insurance Amount. Insured Executive(s) and Company shall fully cooperate with Lender in obtaining such policy and Company shall reimburse Lender for all related fees and expenses. All or any portion, in Lender’s sole discretion, of the insurance proceeds received by Lender as loss payee or beneficiary on any one or more key-person life insurance policies shall be applied against the outstanding Obligations with the excess being returned to the insurance company for redistribution. Proceeds of key-person life insurance policies received by Company while any Obligations are outstanding will, in the sole discretion of Lender, be used, in whole or in part, to satisfy the Obligations. Failure to obtain key-person insurance within such 60 day period will be considered an Event of Default under Section 7.2 of this Agreement. It is further agreed that prior to any person assuming any office, position, or responsibilities currently held by the Key Person, Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that such person provides Lender with written authorization to conduct a background check within 30 days after such person’s appointment; provided that such background check shall only be for informational purposes and shall not give Lender any rights to veto such replacement Key Person. Failure by such person to provide written consent within such 30 day period will be considered an Event of Default under Section 7.2 of this Agreement.

 

5.13           Compliance. Each Company Entity shall comply with the requirements of all applicable state and federal laws, and of all rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be subject.

 

5.14           Government Regulation. No Company Entity will be or become subject at any time to any law, regulation, or list of any government agency (including, without limitation, the U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Control list) that prohibits or limits Lender from making any advance or extension of credit to Company or from otherwise conducting business with any Company Entity, or fail to provide documentary and other evidence of any Company Entity’s identity as may be requested by Lender at any time to enable Lender to verify any Company Entity’s identity or to comply with any applicable law or regulation, including, without limitation, Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act of 2001, 31 U.S.C. Section 5318.

 

5.15           Annual Survey. Company shall complete Lender’s annual compliance survey within 30 days of receipt of such compliance survey from Lender by Company for the applicable year. For each time Company fails to submit an annual compliance survey within 30 days after the date on which it is due, Company will automatically, and without notice from Lender, be assessed a $500 service charge and each such service charge will bear interest at the rate set forth in Section 12.7 from the date such service charge arises (i.e., 30 days after delivery of the compliance survey by Lender (or its representatives) to Company).

 

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5.16           Expenses Related to Non-Compliance with Covenants. If after five days’ notice from Lender, any Company Entity fails to comply with any one or more of the covenants provided for in this Agreement, Lender may, but has no obligation to, take such reasonable actions as Lender, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate to ensure such Company Entity remains in or returns to compliance with this Agreement and to protect Lender’s interest under this Agreement, including without limitation, paying premiums, taxes, unpermitted Indebtedness and/or judgments. Company shall thereafter promptly reimburse Lender for all reasonable costs, fees and expenses incurred by Lender in connection therewith together with interest at the rate set forth in Section 12.7 from the date of disbursement.

 

5.17           Registration of Intellectual Property Rights. Each Company Entity will register with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office its intellectual property rights including revisions or additions thereto with any product before the sale or licensing of the product to any third party, in each case to the extent registrable and the Governing Body of such Company Entity in good faith deems appropriate for the development of such Company Entity’s business and in the best interest of the Company Entity and its equity holders. To the extent that the Governing Body of a Company Entity in good faith determines appropriate for the development of such Company Entity’s business and in the best interests of Company and its equity holders, each such Company Entity will: (i) protect, defend, and maintain the validity and enforceability of the intellectual property rights and promptly advise Lender in writing of any known or claimed infringements thereof, and (ii) not allow any intellectual property rights to be abandoned, forfeited or dedicated to the public without Lender’s prior written consent.

 

5.18           [Reserved.]

 

5.19           Monthly Questionnaires. On or before each Payment Date, Company shall accurately and fully complete and submit Lender’s online financial data questionnaire reporting the information requested by Lender about the most recently completed month (each, a “Monthly Questionnaire”). If any Monthly Questionnaire due pursuant to this Agreement is not submitted within 30 days of its due date, then Company will be assessed on the following day, automatically and without notice from Lender, a $500 service fee payable to Lender (or other loan servicing agent). All service fees for late Monthly Questionnaires are due on the day that they arise. Successive service fees will be charged and due on the 15th day of each month until Company has submitted all past due Monthly Questionnaires. All service fees will bear interest at the rate set forth in Section 12.7 from the date they arise.

 

5.20           Use of Proceeds. $1,500,000 of the proceeds of the Initial Advance will be transferred by Lender directly to the account of Copa di Vino on behalf of Company and Buyer to acquire substantially all of the assets of Copa di Vino in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement. Promptly following the Closing, Company shall deliver evidence satisfactory to Lender that the $500,000 balance of the “Closing Cash” (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) has been paid to Copa di Vino in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement.

 

5.21           PPP Indebtedness. Company must take all actions necessary to preserve its eligibility for 100% loan forgiveness with respect to the PPP Indebtedness. In addition, Company must request the maximum eligible amount of loan forgiveness promptly after becoming eligible under applicable Small Business Administration regulations and guidance.

 

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ARTICLE 6 NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

Unless otherwise agreed in writing by Lender, each Company Entity and each Related Business shall, so long as any of the Obligations remain unsatisfied, comply with the covenants in this Article 6.

 

6.1               Indebtedness.

 

(a)                Other than as set forth on Schedule 6.1, no Company Entity will (i) create, incur, assume, guarantee, or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness after the date of this Agreement, (ii) create any lien, security interest, mortgage or pledge of its assets, or (iii) waive, forgive, release, amend, terminate or fail to enforce any material amount owed to a Company Entity or other right held by a Company Entity. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, during any period of time in which no Event of Default exists, a Company Entity may create Permitted Indebtedness and Permitted Liens.

 

(b)                Without the prior written approval of Lender, Company will not (i) increase the advance rate or interest rate in respect of any Indebtedness, (ii) increase the maximum principal amount of any Indebtedness, or (iii) shorten the dates upon which payments of principal or interest of any Indebtedness are due.

 

6.2 Restricted Payments.

 

(a)                No Company Entity or any Related Business will, at any time, make or become obligated to make, directly or indirectly, any: (i) payment or distribution in respect of any capital stock, units or other equity interests in any Company Entity; (ii) payment or distribution on account of the purchase, repurchase, redemption or other retirement of any capital stock, units or other interests in any Company Entity; (iii) loans, advances or payments to any affiliate, stockholder, or member, including, without limitation, any officer or member of the Governing Body of any Company Entity or any Related Business; and/or (iv) investment in third parties other than in money market funds for purposes of cash management.

 

(b)                Notwithstanding Section 6.2(a), each Company Entity may pay reasonable compensation (including reasonable salary, bonus and equity compensation for a company of similar size, financial condition, location and industry), reimburse expenses incurred on behalf of a Company Entity, and, if the Company Entity is, for tax purposes, a partnership (including a limited liability company taxed as a partnership) or Subchapter S corporation, distributions in such amounts as reasonably determined to be necessary to allow equity holders to pay federal, state and local income taxes with respect to the income allocated to such equity holder from such Company Entity with respect to the applicable tax year.

 

6.3               Ownership; Maintenance of Collateral. No Company Entity shall transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the Collateral, other than in the ordinary course of business, or enter into any lease or license for the use of the Collateral without fair and reasonable consideration. Each Company Entity shall keep the Collateral free and clear of all levies, attachments, liens, charges, encumbrances and security interests of every kind or character (except for the security interest granted to Lender hereunder and except for Permitted Liens). Each Company Entity shall promptly pay and discharge when due all license fees, registration fees, taxes, assessments and other charges which may be levied upon or assessed against the ownership, possession or uses of the Collateral or any portion thereof, except as otherwise permitted in this Agreement. Each Company Entity shall keep accurate and complete records of the Collateral and shall, upon Lender’s reasonable request, promptly affix on any Collateral constituting chattel paper, a notice, in form satisfactory to Lender, of Lender’s security interest created hereunder. Each Company Entity shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain all Collateral in good working order, subject to ordinary wear and tear, and, with respect to intellectual property, make such filings, prosecute such applications, pay necessary fees (including maintenance fees), and take such other actions as necessary to properly maintain and protect such Company Entity’s intellectual property rights. For the avoidance of doubt, no Company Entity shall, without Lender’s prior written consent, sell or otherwise transfer or cease operations of any business unit, operating division, or other Material portion of such Company Entity’s business operations.

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6.4               New Subsidiaries. The Company Entities shall provide Lender with at least 10 days’ advance written notice before creating any new subsidiary or entering into any joint venture (each, an “Approved Subsidiary”). Upon creation or entry into an Approved Subsidiary, such Approved Subsidiary (a) shall execute and deliver the joinder contemplated by Section 5.8 hereof and (b) will be considered a Guarantor and Company Entity for all purposes under this Agreement. By executing and delivering the joinder required under clause (a) above, such Approved Subsidiary will be deemed to have granted a security interest as contemplated under Section 2.4 of this Agreement in all of such Approved Subsidiary’s assets and Lender will be permitted to take such actions and make such filings as are contemplated in Section 2.4 of this Agreement with respect to such Approved Subsidiary.

 

6.5               Related Party Transactions. No Company Entity will enter into any agreement with a Related Business or any officer, director or employee of any Company Entity or a Related Business, or any member of the immediate family of any such officer, director or employee, or any entity in which any of such persons owns any beneficial interest (other than a publicly traded business of which any of the foregoing persons or entities owns less than 2% of the outstanding voting securities thereof)., provided however this Section 6.5 shall not apply to employment or consulting agreements entered into with the Company’s officers to perform their services as an officer of the Company Entity nor shall this Section apply to compensation o the Company’s officers and directors for performance of their duties to the Company Entities.

 

6.6               Splash Mex SA de CV. Without Lender’s prior written consent, no Company Entity will

(i) make any capital contribution or contribution of assets to Splash Mex SA de CV, a Mexican corporation and subsidiary of (“Splash Mex”), other than contributions in the ordinary course of business to manufacture and sell through Splash Mex consistent with past practice, (ii) loan or other advance to Splash Mex other than in the ordinary course of business to fund operations consistent with past practice, or (iii) guarantee of any Indebtedness incurred by Splash Mex. If, during the term of this Agreement, Splash Mex materially increases its business operations or experiences a material increase in its revenues, then the Company Entities shall cause Splash Mex to execute a joinder to this Agreement and become a Guarantor of the Obligations. All revenues generated by Splash Mex will be included in the calculation of the Company Entities’ consolidated Revenue for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 7 EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

The term “Event of Default” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events:

 

7.1               Payment of Obligations. The failure or refusal of Company to pay any portion of the Obligations on the due date in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents (each, a “Payment Event of Default”); provided that, subject to Section 8.2 and Section 12.7 hereof, Company will have 15 days following the due date thereof to cure any such Payment Event of Default.

 

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7.2               Other Covenants. The failure or refusal of any Company Entity to punctually and properly perform, observe and comply with any Material affirmative covenant, agreement or condition contained in any of the Transaction Documents and such failure continues for a period of 30 days after the earliest of: (a) the date Company gives notice of such failure to Lender; (b) the date Company should have given notice of such failure to Lender pursuant to this Agreement; and (c) the date Lender gives notice of such failure to Company; provided there will be no cure period for (i) any breach of any negative covenant contained in any of the Transaction Documents, (ii) the Events of Default provided in Section 7.3, (iii) failure to obtain “key person” insurance within the time period prescribed by Section

5.12 of this Agreement, or (iv) failure to obtain written consent to a background check within the time period prescribed by Section 5.12 of this Agreement.

 

7.3               Bankruptcy; Insolvency.

 

(a)                any Company Entity commences a voluntary case under Title 11 of the United States Code as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor thereto;

 

(b)                an involuntary case under Title 11 of the United States Code is commenced against any Company Entity and the petition is not dismissed within 30 days after commencement of the case;

 

(c)                a custodian is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or any substantial part of the property of any Company Entity;

 

(d)                any Company Entity commences any other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to any Company Entity;

 

(e)                any Company Entity shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is unable to pay, or is unable to pay, its debts generally as they become due; or

 

(f)                 the Company Entities (taken as a whole) shall cease or substantially change or reduce their operations.

 

7.4               Judgments. A judgment for the payment of money in excess of $100,000 is rendered against a Company Entity, and such judgment remains unpaid or undischarged for more than 30 days from the date of entry thereof or such longer period during which execution of such judgment is stayed during an appeal from such judgment.

 

7.5               False Statement. Any representation or warranty made by or on behalf of a Company Entity in this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents or in any certificate, statement, report or document herewith or hereafter furnished to Lender pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents shall prove to have been false or misleading in any Material respect on the date as of which the facts set forth are stated or certified, if the facts are not remedied to reflect the representation or warranty made within 30 days of any officer of a Company Entity becoming aware of such false or misleading representation or warranty.

 

7.6 Key Person Events.

 

(a)                Without written consent of Lender, the Key Person:

 

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(i)                  ceases full-time employment with Company other than for reason of death or disability;

 

(ii) provides services to a business that is competitive with a Company

Entity;

 

(iii)              improperly uses intellectual property or confidential information of a Company Entity for the benefit of any Person other than a Company Entity; or

 

(iv)              violates any provision of his or her Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and Confidential Information Agreement.

 

(b)                If an Event of Default under Section 7.6(a)(i) occurs, Company and Lender will use their commercially reasonable efforts to identify a mutually acceptable replacement Key Person, and Company will cause such replacement Key Person to promptly execute a joinder to this Agreement and to enter into a Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation and Confidential Information Agreement in substantially the same form as is delivered by the Key Person pursuant to Section 4.2(a) hereof (if not previously executed by such replacement Key Person). The replacement Key Person will be required to fulfill the duties and obligations of the Key Person set forth in this Agreement. Company will not, without Lender’s prior written consent, hire or compensate a replacement Key Person on terms substantially different from those applicable to the prior Key Person. Additionally, Company shall obtain “key-person” life insurance in the amount required under Section 5.12 hereof within 60 days of the date on which the Key Person is mutually agreed upon by Company and Lender. Failure to obtain such “key-person” life insurance within such 60 day period will constitute an Event of Default under Section 7.2 of this Agreement.

 

7.7               Cross Default. (a) The maturity of any Indebtedness of any Company Entity (other than Indebtedness under this Agreement) owed to Lender that is not paid when due, after giving effect to any grace or cure period, (b) the maturity or default of any Indebtedness of any Company Entity (other than the Indebtedness disclosed on Schedule 7.7) in an aggregate amount equal to or greater than $100,000 owed to others is accelerated, or (c) any Company Entity fails to pay any such Indebtedness when due or, in the case of such Indebtedness payable on demand when demanded, after giving effect to any grace or cure period.

 

7.8               Material Adverse Effect. Any other event that Lender deems to have had a Material Adverse Effect on a Company Entity.

 

ARTICLE 8 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

 

8.1               General Remedies. If any Event of Default specified in Section 7.3 shall occur, any commitment to make Advances hereunder shall automatically terminate and all Obligations of the Company Entities to Lender hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents shall automatically become immediately due and payable without notice. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Lender may, without notice of any kind (including, without limitation, notice of acceleration or of intention to accelerate, presentment and demand or protest, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Company) do any one or more of the following:

 

(a)                declare the entire Amount Advanced, Interest and all other Obligations, or any part thereof, immediately due and payable (provided that the Minimum Interest used to determine the Interest in such event will be the maximum Minimum Interest determined in accordance with

 

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Schedule 11.3, which will include all actual adjustments to the Minimum Interest in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, but will exclude speculative adjustments);

 

(b)                terminate any commitment to make Advances hereunder;

 

(c)                exercise any and all other legal or equitable rights afforded by the Transaction Documents and the laws of the Applicable Jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction as Lender shall deem appropriate; and

 

(d)                take any action permitted by this Agreement or by applicable law, including the Uniform Commercial Code then in effect in the Applicable Jurisdiction, to satisfy the Obligations of the Company Entities owed to Lender, including, but not limited to:

 

(i)                  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing Lender, may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, without notice, hearing or process except as specified below, take possession and maintain control over the Collateral. Within two business days following demand by Lender for possession and control of the Collateral following an Event of Default, each Company Entity shall, at its sole cost and expense, assemble and turn over to Lender all Collateral of such Company Entity and any Related Business then held by such Company Entity and/or any Related Business.

 

(ii)                Lender may in its sole discretion sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as Lender may deem commercially reasonable, and Lender may purchase all or any part of the Collateral at public or, if permitted by law, private sale, and in lieu of actual payment of such purchase price, may set off the amount of such purchase price against the Obligations. Lender may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, with notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. Lender may abandon any such proposed sale. Each Company Entity acknowledges that any private sales of Collateral effected by Lender may result in terms less favorable to a seller than public sales but each Company Entity agrees that such private sales shall nevertheless be deemed commercially reasonable. The Company Entities shall pay all reasonable costs, fees and expenses incurred by Lender, including reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs, in connection with any such sale.

 

(iii)              Lender may enter upon and into and take possession of all or such part or parts of the properties owned or occupied by any Company Entity, including lands, buildings, equipment and other property as may be necessary or appropriate in the judgment of Lender to permit or enable Lender to complete the processing or collection of all or any part of the Collateral as Lender may elect, and use and operate such properties for such purposes and for such length of time as Lender may deem reasonably necessary or appropriate for such purposes without the payment of any compensation to any Company Entity therefor.

 

8.2 Minimum Interest Multiple Remedies.

 

(a)                Minimum Interest Increase on Payment Event of Default. Following the occurrence of any Payment Event of Default and in addition to all other rights and remedies provided by this Agreement or applicable law, for each payment not timely made under this Agreement, the applicable Minimum Interest multiple will be increased by 0.015 on the Payoff

 

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Date; provided that for the first two Payment Events of Default and for purposes of this Section

8.2   only, Company will have 15 days to cure such instances of a Payment Event of Default without a corresponding increase to the Minimum Interest multiple. The applicable Minimum Interest multiple will be increased regardless of whether Lender notifies Company of any Payment Event of Default. If Company has not fully cured such Payment Event of Default at the end of such 15 day period, the applicable Minimum Interest multiple will increase as described above. Beginning with the third Payment Event of Default and continuing with each Payment Event of Default thereafter, the applicable Minimum Interest multiple will increase by 0.015 on the Payoff Date upon the occurrence of each such Payment Event of Default regardless of whether or not such Payment Event of Default is subsequently cured.

 

(b) [Reserved.]

 

(c)                Indebtedness. During the term of this Agreement, in addition to all other rights and remedies provided by this Agreement or applicable law, for each instance of noncompliance with Section 6.1 of this Agreement (an “Additional Indebtedness Breach”), the greater of the following remedies (in terms of dollar amount) will be applied automatically and regardless of whether Lender notifies any Company Entity of the Additional Indebtedness Breach: (i) the applicable Minimum Interest multiple will increase by 0.10 on the Payoff Date or (ii) Company will be assessed a service fee equal to 50% of the principal amount of the unauthorized Indebtedness incurred by the Company Entity.

 

(d)                Increases Cumulative. For the avoidance of doubt, any increases to the Minimum Interest made pursuant to this Section 8.2 will be cumulative and will apply throughout the remainder of the term of this Agreement for all periods set forth in the table on Schedule 11.3.

 

8.3                Notice of Sale. If any notification of intended disposition of any of the Collateral is required by law, such notification will be deemed reasonably and properly given if provided in accordance with Section 12.6 at least 15 days before such disposition, postage prepaid, addressed to Company at the address set forth in the introduction to this Agreement. Such disposition shall be established by affidavit of a representative of Lender, receipts or other reasonable method.

 

8.4                Remedies Cumulative; No Waiver. The rights and remedies of Lender hereunder are cumulative and nonexclusive and the exercise of any one or more of the remedies provided for herein or under applicable law shall not be construed as a waiver of any of the other remedies of Lender so long as any part of the Obligations remain unsatisfied. No failure on the part of Lender to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy by Lender preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.

 

8.5                Application of Proceeds. Any payments or proceeds received by Lender from the Collateral shall be applied to the payment of reasonable costs, fees and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with performing, managing, maintaining or selling the Collateral, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, and the balance, if any, shall be applied by Lender to payment of the Obligations, in order of application as Lender shall reasonably determine.

 

8.6                Notice to Account Debtors. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of (i) any Event of Default under Section 7.3, or (ii) upon any other Event of Default, provided Lender has declared all Obligations immediately due and payable, Lender may notify any or all account debtors of the existence of Lender’s security interest in the Collateral and require such account debtors to pay or remit all sums due or to become due directly to Lender or its nominee.

 

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8.7                [Reserved.]

 

8.8                Delegation of Duties and Rights. Lender may perform any of its duties or exercise any of its rights under the Transaction Documents by or through its officers, members of its Governing Body, employees, attorneys, agents or other representatives.

 

8.9                Expenditures by Lender. Each Company Entity shall indemnify Lender for all court costs, attorneys’ fees, other reasonable costs of collection and other sums spent by Lender pursuant to the exercise of any right (including, without limitation, any effort to collect amounts due or otherwise enforce this Agreement) provided herein. All such amounts will be payable to Lender on demand and will bear interest at the rate set forth in Section 12.7 from the date spent until the date repaid.

 

8.10 Lender’s Authority. Lender has the authority, but is not obligated to:

 

(a)                place on any chattel paper received as proceeds a notation or legend showing Lender’s security interest;

 

(b)                demand, collect, receive and receipt for, compound, compromise, settle and give acquittance for, and prosecute and discontinue any suits or proceedings in respect of any or all of the Collateral in the name of the Company Entities;

 

(c)                upon prior written notice to Company, take any action which Lender may deem necessary or desirable in order to realize on the Collateral, including, without limitation, performance of any contract and endorsement in the name of any Company Entity of any checks, drafts, notes or other instruments or documents received in payment of or on account of the Collateral; and

 

(d)                place upon each Company Entity’s books and records relating to the Collateral covered by the security interest granted hereby a notation or legend stating that such are subject to a security interest held by Lender.

 

8.11 Power of Attorney.

 

(a)                Each Company Entity hereby irrevocably appoints Lender as its lawful attorney- in-fact, exercisable upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to: (a) endorse such Company Entity’s name on any checks or other forms of payment or security; (b) sign such Company Entity’s name on any invoice or bill of lading for any account or drafts against account debtors; (c) settle and adjust disputes and claims about the accounts directly with account debtors, for amounts and on terms Lender determines reasonable; (d) make, settle, and adjust all claims under such Company Entity’s insurance policies; (e) pay, contest or settle any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, and adverse claim in or to the Collateral, or any judgment based thereon, or otherwise take any action to terminate or discharge the same; and (f) transfer the Collateral into the name of Lender or a third party as the UCC permits.

 

(b)                Each Company Entity hereby appoints Lender as its lawful attorney-in-fact to sign such Company Entity’s name on any documents necessary to perfect or continue the perfection of Lender’s security interest in the Collateral regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred until all Obligations have been satisfied in full and Lender is under no further obligation to make Advances hereunder.

 

 

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(c)                Lender’s foregoing appointment as attorney in fact of each Company Entity, and all of Lender’s rights and powers, coupled with an interest, are irrevocable until all Obligations have been fully repaid and performed and Lender’s obligation to provide Advances terminates.

 

8.12             Notification to Company. Lender may, but is under no obligation, to use reasonable efforts to notify Company of any of the foregoing actions by Lender in this Article 8; provided, however, the parties hereto expressly agree that the failure of Lender to provide notice shall not in any way affect or impair any action taken by Lender, it being understood that any absolute obligation of notice is hereby waived by Company and each other Company Entity.

 

ARTICLE 9

[Reserved.]

 

ARTICLE 10 INDEMNIFICATION

 

10.1           Indemnification. Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Lender and its successors and assigns, together with any of its officers, members of its Governing Body, shareholders, partners, members, and/or managers (such persons, the “Indemnified Parties”), from and against all losses, damages, liabilities, obligations, costs or expenses (any one such item being herein called a “Loss” and all such items being herein collectively called “Losses”) which are caused by or arise out of, or (in the case of claims asserted against any Indemnified Parties by a third party) alleged to result from, arise out of or have been incurred with respect to, (a) any breach or default in the performance by any Company Entity of any covenant or agreement of any Company Entity contained in this Agreement, (b) any breach of warranty or inaccurate or erroneous representation made by any Company Entity herein or in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of any Company Entity pursuant hereto, and (c) any and all actions, suits, proceedings, claims, demands, judgments, costs and expenses (including costs and attorneys’ fees) arising out of the foregoing except when such actions, suits, proceedings, claims, demands, judgments, costs and expenses arise as a result of the grossly negligent or intentional actions or omissions of Lender.

 

10.2           Survival. The indemnification provided in this Article 10 shall only apply, without limitation, to any act, omission, event or circumstance existing or occurring on or prior to the date of payment in full of the Obligations.

 

ARTICLE 11 DEFINITIONS

 

Accountants” has the meaning given in Section 5.7(b).

 

Advance(s)” means the Initial Advance, each Subsequent Advance or any one or more of them,

if any.

 

Advance Period” means each period listed on Schedule 2.1(b) during which Company may receive a Subsequent Advance.

 

Amount Advanced” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of all Advances actually advanced by Lender to Company.

 

Applicable Revenue Percentage” means that percentage with respect to any given time as provided for on Schedule 11.1.

 

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Applicable Jurisdiction” means the State of Utah.

 

Certificate of Perfection” means a Certificate of Perfection in the form provided by Lender to Company.

 

Change of Control” means either (a) a merger or consolidation of Company with or into another entity, or other transaction, following which the stockholders of Company immediately prior to such transaction hold securities representing less than a majority of the voting power of the surviving entity or parent of the surviving entity immediately following such transaction, or (b) the sale, lease, license or other disposition of all or substantially all of Company’s assets. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, the sale of Company’s equity securities in a bona fide equity financing transaction shall not be deemed a “Change of Control”. Further, for avoidance of doubt, any corporate entity change or structural transitions that retain the same beneficial owners and shareholder ownership percentage shall not be deemed a “Change of Control”

 

Closing” has the meaning given in Section 4.1.

 

Collateral” means those assets listed on Schedule 11.2 of each Company Entity.

 

Company Bank” means Centennial Bank.

 

Company’s Share of Transaction Costs” means up to $15,000, which may include all or a portion of the legal fees, filing fees, due diligence expenses, and/or other costs or expenses incurred by Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Dispute Notice” has the meaning given in Section 5.7(b).

 

Event of Default” has the meaning given in Article 7.

 

Financial Statements” has the meaning given in Section 5.1(a).

 

Indebtedness” means (i) indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred price of property or services, and other obligations to pay, (ii) obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments and (iii) capital lease obligations. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, “INDEBTEDNESS” INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, MERCHANT CASH ADVANCES, FACTORING OBLIGATIONS, PRE-SALE OF FUTURE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND/OR PURCHASE ORDERS, CREDIT CARD ADVANCES, AND ANY OFF- BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS.

 

Initial Advance” means $1,578,236.64.

 

Insured Executive(s)” means Robert Nistico and any successor Key Person.

 

Insurance Amount” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the Amount Advanced.

 

Interest” has the meaning given in Section 2.2.

 

Key Person” means each of Robert Nistico and any successor Key Person.

 

Lender Account” means the account with Silicon Valley Bank held in Lender’s name with the account details as set forth in Schedule 2.3(b).

 

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Lien” means a claim, mortgage, deed of trust, levy, charge, pledge, security interest, or other encumbrance of any kind, whether voluntarily incurred or arising by operation of law or otherwise against any property.

 

Material” means material in relation to the properties, business, prospects, operations, earnings, assets, liabilities and/or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company Entities taken as a whole, whether or not in the ordinary course of business.

 

Material Adverse Effect” means a Material adverse effect on (x) the properties, business, prospects, operations, earnings, assets, liabilities and/or the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company Entities taken as a whole, whether or not in the ordinary course of business.

 

Maturity Date” means the earliest of: (i) August 15, 2025, (ii) immediately prior to a Change of Control, and (iii) acceleration of the Obligations as provided in Article 8.

 

Merits Lien” means the lien on the assets of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (Colorado) in favor of Merits Health Group, Inc. as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement No. 20192030283 filed with the Colorado Secretary State on April 10, 2019.

 

Minimum Interest” means those amounts set forth in Schedule 11.3.

 

Navitas Lien” means the lien on the assets of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (Colorado) in favor of Navitas Credit Corp. as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement No. 20192031786 filed with the Colorado Secretary State on April 16, 2019.

 

Obligations” means the payment when due of the principal amount of all Advances and Interest and all other amounts due under this Agreement when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, prepayment or otherwise, together with all other costs, fees, expenses, indemnities and reimbursements, as well as all other obligations of any Company Entity now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

 

Payment Commencement Date” means February 15, 2021, but only if the Closing has occurred and the Initial Advance has been made to Company prior to such date.

 

Payoff Date” has the meaning given in Section 2.3(d).

 

Permitted Indebtedness” means those liabilities and Indebtedness listed on Schedule 11.4 attached hereto.

 

Permitted Liens” means liens listed on Schedule 11.5 attached hereto.

 

Person” means any individual, entity or association.

 

PPP Indebtedness” means Indebtedness to Centennial Bank under the Promissory Note dated May 5, 2020 in the principal amount of $94,833.32 under the Paycheck Protection Program of the CARES Act.

 

Projected Revenue” means the Company Entities’ projected Revenue for the applicable period as outlined in the “Revenue Assumptions” on Schedule 2.3(b)(2).

 

promptly” means within 10 calendar days following the applicable event.

 

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Purchase Agreement” means that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated December 24, 2020, by and among Copa di Vino, Buyer, Company, and Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation, pursuant to which Buyer agrees to acquire substantially all of the assets of Copa di Vino as described therein.

 

Related Business” means any business (whether operated as a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or other entity or association) operating in a market or market segment that is substantially similar to any Company Entity’s business or that is a logical extension of any Company Entity’s business and which is owned and/or operated by any Company Entity (whether or not as a subsidiary), the Key Person, officer, member of its Governing Body, member or manager of any Company Entity or any affiliated entities or direct family members of the foregoing; provided, however, a Related Business does not include a publicly traded business of which any of the foregoing persons or entities owns less than 2% of the outstanding voting securities thereof.

 

Reported Revenue” means the amount of Revenue reported as being generated by the Company Entities during the applicable period as stated in the Monthly Questionnaire(s) delivered by Company to Lender pursuant to Section 5.19.

 

Revenue” means all non-financing related cash and cash equivalents (without duplication) received by any Company Entity during the applicable period; provided that intercompany amounts shall not be considered “Revenue.”

 

Revenue Loan Amount” means $1,578,236.64.

 

Revenue Test Period” means each calendar year during the term of this Agreement, including any partial calendar years (e.g., (i) for the year in which this Agreement is executed, the Revenue Test Period will be the period from the Effective Date through December 31 of the year of the Effective Date and (ii) for the year in which all outstanding Obligations are paid in full, the Revenue Test Period will be the period from January 1 of the year through the date on which all outstanding Obligations are paid in full).

 

Settled Audit Amount” has the meaning given in Section 5.7(b).

 

Subsequent Advances” mean all Advances made by Lender to Company following the Initial Advance.

 

Tax” or “Taxes” means any federal, state, local or foreign income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property or windfall profits taxes, environmental taxes, customs duties, capital stock, franchise, employees’ income withholding, foreign or domestic withholding, social security, unemployment, disability, workers’ compensation, employment- related insurance, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, value added, alternative or add-on minimum or other governmental tax, fee, assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever including any interest, penalties or additions to any Tax or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

Term Sheet Date” means August 4, 2020.

 

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement and all exhibits and schedules to this Agreement, as well as all other agreements executed or delivered by any Company Entity, any guarantor or party granting security interests or providing credit enhancements in connection with this Agreement, one or more of the Advances or any Collateral for the Obligations.

 

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ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS

 

12.1           Survival and Confirmation of Representations and Warranties. The warranties, representations and covenants of each Company Entity and Lender and the indemnification obligations of each party contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Closing and shall in no way be affected by any investigation of the subject matter thereof made by or on behalf of Lender or any Company Entity. All of the representations and warranties set forth herein will be deemed to be repeated and reaffirmed on the day of each Advance.

 

12.2           Successors and Assigns. No Company Entity may assign its rights or delegate its Obligations under this Agreement without Lender’s prior written consent, except in connection with a Change of Control. Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties’ respective successors and assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party, other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

12.3           Governing Law. This Agreement is governed by and construed under the substantive laws of the Applicable Jurisdiction without regard to the conflicts of law provisions thereof. The state and federal courts in the Applicable Jurisdiction have exclusive jurisdiction of any and all actions or suits commenced by Lender or any Company Entity arising under or with respect to this Agreement.

 

12.4           Jurisdiction and Venue. Each of Lender and each Company Entity irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any court within the Applicable Jurisdiction, in connection with any matter based upon or arising out of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or the matters contemplated herein or therein, and agrees that process may be served upon them in any manner authorized by the laws of the Applicable Jurisdiction for such persons.

 

12.5           Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

 

12.6           Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and will be deemed effectively given: (i) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified; (ii) when sent by confirmed electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next business day; (iii) five days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (iv) one day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the address as set forth on the first page of this Agreement or at such other address as such party may designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other parties hereto.

 

12.7           Fees and Expenses. Irrespective of whether the Closing is completed, Company shall pay all costs and expenses that it incurs with respect to the negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. If the Closing is completed, Company shall, at the Closing, pay the fees and expenses of Lender (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for Lender) up to the Company’s Share of Transaction Costs. Lender will submit an invoice to Company no less frequently than annually for out-of-pocket costs, fees and expenses incurred by Lender in the administration of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Following Closing, Company shall promptly reimburse Lender for all reasonable, documented out-of-pocket costs, fees and expenses (including accounting, appraisal, consulting, and attorneys’ fees) incurred by Lender in connection with (i) the administration of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) any breach or default by Company under the

 

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Transaction Documents, and (iii) any request by Company to modify or waive the Transaction Documents and otherwise change or affect the rights of Lender or Obligations of Company pursuant to the Transaction Documents. All fees and expenses assessed or incurred by Lender under this Agreement will accrue interest at a rate of 18% from the date they arise or the date on which Lender incurs such expense. Accrued but unpaid service fees, whether previously noticed or not, will be billed in writing to Company at Lender’s discretion.

 

12.8           Amendments and Waivers. No failure on the part of Lender to exercise and no delay in exercising any power or right hereunder or under any other Transaction Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. The remedies herein and in any other instrument, document or agreement delivered or to be delivered to Lender hereunder or in connection herewith are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law. No notice to or demand on any Company Entity not required hereunder shall in any event entitle any Company Entity to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the right of Lender to any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand. No amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or consent to any departure by a Company Entity therefrom will be effective unless the same is in writing and signed by Lender and each Company Entity.

 

12.9           Severability. If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, such provision will be excluded from this Agreement and the balance of the Agreement will be interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and will be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

12.10        Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents referred to herein constitute the entire agreement among the parties and supersede any prior agreements or understandings (whether written or oral) regarding the subject matter hereof.

 

12.11        Representation of Lender. Lender is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D and has such business and financial experience as necessary to enable it to protect its interests in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Lender has had the opportunity to ask questions and to receive answers and to obtain the information concerning the Company Entities and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement that it has deemed material and necessary to evaluate the merits and risks of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

12.12        Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon indefeasible satisfaction of the Obligations; provided, however, Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5, 5.6, 6.1 and 6.2, shall terminate upon indefeasible payment to Lender in full of the principal amount of all Advances and Interest thereon.

 

12.13        Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile, portable document format (.pdf), DocuSign or other electronic transmission is equally as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

12.14        Costs of Enforcement. Company agrees to pay all reasonable costs, fees and expenses of enforcement, collection, or preservation of collateral (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) that Lender incurs in connection with any default or Event of Default hereunder (whether before or after any cure). Additionally, Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) that Lender incurs, before or after any default or Event of Default as a result of any litigation or other action in which Lender becomes involved as a party, witness or otherwise as a result of making the Advances evidenced by this Agreement.

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12.15        Waiver of Jury Trial. Each Company Entity hereby knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY in respect of any litigation based herein, arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any course of conduct, course of dealings, statements (whether verbal or written) or acts of either party, or any exercise by any party of their respective rights under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. Each Company Entity hereby acknowledges that this waiver of jury trial is a material inducement to Lender in extending credit to Company, that Lender would not have extended credit without this waiver of jury trial, and that each Company Entity has had an opportunity to consult with an attorney in connection with this waiver of jury trial and understands the legal effect of this waiver.

 

12.16        Waiver of Notices and Hearing. Each Company Entity by entering into this Agreement and negotiating the terms hereof, voluntarily, intelligently and knowingly waives any rights it may have to demand any notices other than those provided for herein and any right to a hearing as a condition precedent to Lender’s exercise of its rights to foreclose on any Collateral. All makers, endorsers, sureties, guarantors and other accommodation parties hereby waive presentment for payment, protest and notice of nonpayment and consent, without affecting their liability hereunder, to any and all extensions, renewals, substitutions and alterations of any of the terms of this Agreement and to the release of or failure by Lender to exercise any rights against any party liable for or any property securing payment thereof.

 

12.17        Confidentiality. No Company or any of their respective officers, members of its Governing Body, employees, agents, or equity holders shall disclose this Agreement, the terms hereof or any related transactions or agreements to any third party other than Company’s accountants and attorneys, without the prior written approval of Lender. Nothing will prevent Lender from disclosing this Agreement or the terms hereof for marketing purposes, press releases or other transactional announcements or updates provided to investor or trade publications, including the placement of “tombstone” advertisements in financial and other newspapers and journals.

 

12.18        Credit Reporting. Each Company Entity hereby authorizes Lender (but Lender has no obligation) (i) to provide to credit reporting agencies a report of the amount of the Obligations owed to Lender, the Revenue Loan Amount, Company’s payment history with respect to the Obligations, and any other information regarding the Company Entities or the Obligations or otherwise related to this Agreement that is customarily reported to credit reporting agencies, and (ii) to respond to usual and customary credit inquiries from third parties concerning any Company Entity or any of Related Businesses.

 

12.19        Rescission. For a period of 90 calendar days following the Closing, Lender has the right to rescind this Agreement by delivering written notice to Company, and to promptly have returned to it the entire Amount Advanced, if (i) Lender discovers that any Company Entity, or any officer, director, employee or other Person acting on behalf of Company Entity, made a Material misstatement, misrepresentation or omission or (ii) Lender determines, in its reasonable discretion, that an event has occurred which has had a Material Adverse Effect on a Company Entity.

 

12.20        Time. Time is of the essence for the performance of each and every covenant of each Company Entity under this Agreement.

 

The signature page follows.

 

 

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The parties have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

COMPANY:

 

SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.

 

By: Robert Nistico, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

LENDER:

 

DECATHLON ALPHA IV, L.P.

 

   By: Decathlon Alpha GP IV, LLC

   Its: General Partner

 

 

 

By: Wayne Cantwell, Managing Director

 

   KEY PERSON:

By: Robert Nistico

 

Signatures continue on the next page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Revenue Loan and Security Agreement]

 

 

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GUARANTORS:

 

SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.

a Nevada corporation

 

 

By: Robert Nistico, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

SPLASH BEVERAGE HOLDINGS, LLC

a Nevada limited liability company

 

 

By: Robert Nistico, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

SPLASH INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LLC

a Nevada limited liability company

 

 

By: Robert Nistico, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

CANFIELD MEDICAL SUPPLY & SERVICES, LLC

an Ohio limited liability company

 

 

By: Robert Nistico, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

COPA DI VINO WINE GROUP, INC.

a Nevada corporation

 

 

By: Robert Nistico, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Revenue Loan and Security Agreement]

 

 

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SCHEDULE 2.1(b) SUBSEQUENT ADVANCE AMOUNT

 

Not applicable.

 

 

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SCHEDULE 2.3(b)(1) LENDER’S ACCOUNT DETAILS

 

Beneficiary:            Decathlon Alpha IV, L.P.

1441 West Ute Boulevard, Suite 240 Park City, UT 84098 

                                

Account No: ***

Routing No: ***      SWIFT No: ***

 

Bank: Silicon Valley Bank 3000 Tasman Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054

 

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SCHEDULE 2.3(b)(2)

PRO-FORMA PAYMENT SCHEDULE

 

Splash Beverage Group, Inc.                  
                   
                   
     

 

 

Mth

 

 

Date

 

Projected Revenue

 

Revenue % PMT

 

Projected Payment

 

Loan Advancement

Projected

Annual Debt Service

Summary                  
Total Principal $ 1,578,237   0 12/28/2020 $ 1,495,156     $ 1,578,237  
Total Interest $ 1,578,237   1 1/15/2021 $ 515,280     $ -  
Total Payments $ 3,156,473   2 2/15/2021 $ 650,666 3.75% $ 19,323 $ -  
      3 3/15/2021 $ 590,461 3.75% $ 24,400 $ -  
Projected cash-on-cash multiple 2.00x   4 4/15/2021 $ 716,918 3.75% $ 22,142 $ -  
Projected term in months 56   5 5/15/2021 $ 772,857 3.75% $ 26,884 $ -  
      6 6/15/2021 $ 721,904 3.75% $ 28,982 $ -  
Minimum Cash-on-Cash Multiple     7 7/15/2021 $ 906,154 3.75% $ 27,071 $ -  
0 - 6 Months 1.50x   8 8/15/2021 $ 1,135,995 3.75% $ 33,981 $ -  
7 - 12 Months 1.65x   9 9/15/2021 $ 1,018,753 3.75% $ 42,600 $ -  
13 - 18 Months 1.75x   10 10/15/2021 $ 1,145,833 3.75% $ 38,203 $ -  
19 - 24 Months 1.90x   11 11/15/2021 $ 1,284,320 3.75% $ 42,969 $ - 2021
24 + Months 2.00x   12 12/15/2021 $ 1,287,536 3.75% $ 48,162 $ - $354,718
      13 1/15/2022 $ 725,350 3.75% $ 48,283 $ -  
Revenue Assumptions     14 2/15/2022 $ 925,158 3.75% $ 27,201 $ -  
2020 $ 1,495,156   15 3/15/2022 $ 868,334 3.75% $ 34,693 $ -  
2021 $ 10,746,678   16 4/15/2022 $ 1,061,418 3.75% $ 32,563 $ -  
2022 $ 14,114,292   17 5/15/2022 $ 1,021,501 3.75% $ 39,803 $ -  
2023 $ 17,604,053   18 6/15/2022 $ 1,066,305 3.75% $ 38,306 $ -  
2024 $ 22,744,581   19 7/15/2022 $ 1,201,146 3.75% $ 39,986 $ -  
2025 $ 17,538,995   20 8/15/2022 $ 1,121,497 3.75% $ 45,043 $ -  
      21 9/15/2022 $ 1,337,937 3.75% $ 42,056 $ -  
      22 10/15/2022 $ 1,489,320 3.75% $ 50,173 $ -  
      23 11/15/2022 $ 1,624,601 3.75% $ 55,850 $ - 2022
      24 12/15/2022 $ 1,671,725 3.75% $ 60,923 $ - $514,879
      25 1/15/2023 $ 1,091,931 4.00% $ 66,869 $ -  
      26 2/15/2023 $ 1,093,943 4.00% $ 43,677 $ -  
      27 3/15/2023 $ 1,146,659 4.00% $ 43,758 $ -  
      28 4/15/2023 $ 1,200,207 4.00% $ 45,866 $ -  
      29 5/15/2023 $ 1,303,716 4.00% $ 48,008 $ -  
      30 6/15/2023 $ 1,356,693 4.00% $ 52,149 $ -  
      31 7/15/2023 $ 1,512,205 4.00% $ 54,268 $ -  
      32 8/15/2023 $ 1,490,118 4.00% $ 60,488 $ -  
      33 9/15/2023 $ 1,721,250 4.00% $ 59,605 $ -  
      34 10/15/2023 $ 1,774,138 4.00% $ 68,850 $ -  
      35 11/15/2023 $ 1,955,085 4.00% $ 70,966 $ - 2023
      36 12/15/2023 $ 1,958,109 4.00% $ 78,203 $ - $692,707
      37 1/15/2024 $ 1,761,438 4.00% $ 78,324 $ -  
      38 2/15/2024 $ 1,772,418 4.00% $ 70,458 $ -  
      39 3/15/2024 $ 1,783,496 4.00% $ 70,897 $ -  
      40 4/15/2024 $ 1,882,122 4.00% $ 71,340 $ -  
      41 5/15/2024 $ 1,893,398 4.00% $ 75,285 $ -  
      42 6/15/2024 $ 1,686,826 4.00% $ 75,736 $ -  
      43 7/15/2024 $ 1,870,296 4.00% $ 67,473 $ -  
      44 8/15/2024 $ 1,878,934 4.00% $ 74,812 $ -  
      45 9/15/2024 $ 1,887,641 4.00% $ 75,157 $ -  
      46 10/15/2024 $ 1,983,867 4.00% $ 75,506 $ -  
      47 11/15/2024 $ 2,167,614 4.00% $ 79,355 $ - 2024
      48 12/15/2024 $ 2,176,531 4.00% $ 86,705 $ - $901,046
      49 1/15/2025 $ 2,038,537 4.00% $ 87,061 $ -  
      50 2/15/2025 $ 2,049,981 4.00% $ 81,541 $ -  
      51 3/15/2025 $ 2,061,516 4.00% $ 81,999 $ -  
      52 4/15/2025 $ 2,173,711 4.00% $ 82,461 $ -  
      53 5/15/2025 $ 2,185,431 4.00% $ 86,948 $ -  
      54 6/15/2025 $ 2,197,244 4.00% $ 87,417 $ -  
      55 7/15/2025 $ 2,410,287 4.00% $ 87,890 $ -  
      56 8/15/2025 $ 2,422,290 4.00% $ 96,411 $ -  
        8/28/2025     $ 1,394 $ - 2025
                  $693,123

 

 

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SCHEDULE 3.1(b) SUBSIDIARIES

 

1. The Company owns a 5% interest in SALT Tequila USA, LLC. The Company also owns the rights to acquire up a 37.5% interest in SALT Tequila USA, LLC. Refer to Note 9 of the Company’s Financial Statements in the Company’s Quarterly Report for the six-month period ending June 30, 2020 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

2. Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation.

 

3. Splash Beverage Holdings LLC, a Nevada limited liability company.

 

4. Canfield Medical Supply & Services, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company.

 

5. Splash International Holdings, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company.

 

6. Copa di Vino Wine Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation.

 

 

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SCHEDULE 3.1(e) COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS

 

1.       See Schedule 7.7.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.1(f) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

1. In exchange for paying off the Key Bank Line of Credit, the Splash Beverage Group Inc. (the “Company”) received a secured promissory note in the amount of $68,000 from Canfield Medical Supply and Services LLC a subsidiary of the Company. In connection with the execution of the Promissory Note Michael West executed a personal guarantee in favor of the Company and Canfield Medical Supply and Services LLC executed a Security Agreement with the Company pursuant to which Canfield Medical Supply and Services LLC gave the Company a security interest in its assets and Company intends to file a UCC to evidence the security interest.

 

 

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SCHEDULE 3.1(g) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

See attached.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

 

    Actuals (Unaudited)
    January   February   March   Q1 2020   April   May   June   Q2 2020
Net revenues   $ 24,916       19,486     $ 67,602       112,003       102596       58,087       257,087       417,722  
Cost of goods sold     (17,957 )     (20,321 )     (68,935 )     (107,214 )     (97,277 )     (41,847 )     (96,239 )     (235,363 )
Negative gross margin     6,958       (835 )     (1,334 )     4,789       5,318       16,240       160,801       182,359  
                                                                 
Operating expenses:                                                                
Contracted services     51,611       86,393       119,977       257,981       38,301       68,256       85,736       192,294  
Salary and wages     10,492       100,653       130,531       241,676       80,745       91,984       130,332       303,060  
Other general and administrative     81,155       109,053       841,055       1,031,264       104,061       (204,986 )     166,068       65,142  
Sales and marketing     13,298       9,127       587       23,012       788       14,773       8,669       24,230  
Total operating expenses     156,557       305,226       1,092,150       1,553,934       223,895       -29,974       390,806       584,726  
                                                                 
Loss from operations     (149,599 )     (306,062 )     (1,093,484 )     (1,549,145 )     (218,577 )     46,214       (230,005 )     (402,367 )
                                                                 
Other income/(expense):                                                                
Interest income     101       —         16,050       16,151       —         —         —         —    
Interest expense     —         —         (1,913,637 )     (1,913,637 )     —         (4,000 )     21,549       17,549  
Gain/Loss from debt extinguishment     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
Total other income/(expense)     101       —         (1,897,587 )     (1,897,486 )     —         (4,000 )     21,549       17,549  
                                                                 
Provision for income taxes     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
Net loss   ($ 149,498 )   ($ 306,062 )   ($ 2,991,071 )   ($ 3,446,630 )   ($ 218,577 )   $ 42,214     ($ 208,456 )   ($ 384,818 )

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

 

Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

 

Table of Contents

  

Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms F-2 - F-3
   
Financial Statements  
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets F-4
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations F-5
   
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Deficiency in Stockholders’ Equity F-6
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows F-7
   
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements F-8 – F-27

 

 

 F-40

 

 

 


grant thornton llp
101 E KENNEDY BLVD, SUITE 3850
TAMPA, FL 33602

D +1 813 229 7201
F +1 813 223 3015

 


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

Board of Directors and Shareholders

Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (formerly Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.)

 

Opinion on the financial statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (a Colorado corporation) and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2018, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in deficiency in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 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 December 31, 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2018, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

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 incurred a net loss of approximately $3.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2018. This condition, along with other matters as set forth in Note 3, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.  Management’s plans in regards to these matters are also described in Note 3. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

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.

 

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

 

We served as the Company’s auditor from 2018 to 2019.

 

Tampa, Florida

August 18, 2020

 

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

(FKA Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.)

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (formerly known as Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.) (the “Company”) at December 31, 2019, and the related consolidated statements operations, changes in deficiency in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2019, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Going Concern Uncertainty

 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 suffered recurring losses from operations and has a net capital deficiency that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 3. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Basis for Opinion

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

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

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

/s/ Daszkal Bolton LLP

Daszkal Bolton LLP

 

 

 

April 3, 2020, except for note 1 to which the date is July 31, 2020

 

Boca Raton, Florida

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2020.

 

 

 

 F-42

 

  

Splash Beverage Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

 

    2019   2018
Assets        
Current assets:                
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 42,639     $ 938,040  
Accounts receivable, net     11,430       —    
Prepaid expenses     5,449       5,648  
Inventory     304,012       276,788  
Other receivables     7,132       5,700  
Total current assets     370,662       1,226,176  
                 
Non-current assets:                
Deposit     34,915       14,402  
Right of use asset, net     162,008       —    
Property and equipment, net     37,729       34,513  
Total non-current assets     234,652       48,915  
                 
Total assets   $ 605,314     $ 1,275,091  
                 
Liabilities and Deficiency in Stockholders' Equity                
Liabilities:                
Current liabilities                
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   $ 703,885     $ 831,070  
Right of use liability – current     81,502       —    
Due to related parties     429,432       302,934  
Bridge loan payable, net     2,200,000       1,858,385  
Related party notes payable – current     1,505,100       —    
Convertible bridge loan payable – current     2,202,664       100,000  
Notes payable     875,000       875,000  
Royalty payable     39,000       21,062  
Revenue financing arrangements     45,467       77,108  
Shareholder advances     46,250       16,250  
Accrued interest payable     1,604,498       1,119,909  
Accrued interest payable - related parties     546,362       426,740  
Total current liabilities     10,279,160       5,628,458  
                 
Long-term Liabilities:                
Related party notes payable - non-current     —         1,375,100  
Convertible bridge loan payable - non-current     —         2,102,664  
Right of use liability – noncurrent     82,238       —    
Total long-term liabilities     82,238       3,477,764  
                 
Total liabilities     10,361,398       9,106,222  
                 
Deficiency in stockholders' equity:                
Common Stock, $0.001 par, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 44,021,389 and 40,165,002 issued and 43,885,096 and 39,892,417 outstanding for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively     44,021       40,165  
Additional paid in capital     22,095,403       18,938,480  
Treasury Stock, $0.001 par, 136,293 and 272,585 shares for the years ended December 31 2019 and 2018, respectively     (50,000 )     (100,000 )
Accumulated deficit     (31,845,506 )     (26,709,776 )
Total deficiency in stockholders' equity     (9,756,083 )     (7,831,131 )
                 
Total liabilities and deficiency in stockholders' equity   $ 605,314     $ 1,275,091  

  

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

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Operations

For the Years Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

 

    2019     2018  
Net revenues   $ 20,387     $ 16,176  
Cost of goods sold     (245,500 )     (109,706 )
Negative gross margin     (225,113 )     (93,530 )
                 
Operating expenses:                
Contracted services     2,109,146       1,493,076  
Salary and wages     1,078,730       508,769  
Other general and administrative     1,006,603       888,817  
Sales and marketing     67,467       112,506  
Total operating expenses     4,261,946       3,003,168  
                 
Loss from operations     (4,487,059 )     (3,096,698 )
                 
Other income/(expense):                
Interest income     132       -  
Interest expense     (665,195 )     (684,833 )
Gain/(loss) from debt extinguishment     16,391       (42,382 )
Total other income/(expense)     (648,672 )     (727,215 )
                 
Provision for income taxes     -       -  
                 
Net loss   $ (5,135,731 )   $ (3,823,913 )
                 
Net loss per share (basic and diluted)   $ (0.12 )   $ (0.11 )
                 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding     42,154,947       36,108,948  

 

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

 

 F-44

 

  

Splash Beverage Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Deficiency in Stockholders’ Equity

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

 

                            Deficiency in
    Common Stock   Treasury Stock   Additional   Accumulated   Stockholders'
    Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Paid-In Capital   Deficit   Equity
                             
Balances at December 31, 2017     35,150,103     $ 35,150       408,877     $ (150,000 )   $ 15,716,749     $ (22,885,863 )   $   (7,283,964)  
                                                         
Issuance of Common stock for cash     4,878,607       4,879       —         —         2,180,444       —         2,185,323  
Issuance of Common stock from treasury     136,292       136       (136,292 )     50,000       49,864       —         100,000  
Warrants issued with debt     —         —         —         —         991,423       —         991,423  
Net loss     —         —         —         —         —         (3,823,913 )     (3,823,913 )
                                                         
Balances at December 31, 2018     40,165,002     $ 40,165       272,585     $ (100,000 )   $ 18,938,480     $ (26,709,776 )   $   (7,831,131 )
                                                         
Issuance of Common stock for cash     2,146,601       2,146       —         —         1,572,854       —       $   1,575,000  
Issuance of Common stock for services     1,709,785       1,709       —         —         1,252,914       —         1,254,623  
Issuance of Common stock from treasury     —         —         (136,292 )     50,000       49,900       —         99,900  
Warrants issued in connection with debt modification     —         —         —         —         15,667       —         15,667  
Share-based compensation     —         —         —         —         265,589       —         265,589  
Net loss     —         —         —         —         —         (5,135,731 )     (5,135,731 )
                                                         
Balances at December 31, 2019     44,021,389     $ 44,021       136,293     $ (50,000 )   $ 22,095,403     $ (31,845,506 )   $ (9,756,083 )

 

 

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

 

 F-45

 

    

Splash Beverage Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

 

    2019     2018  
Cash Flows from Operating Activities              
Net loss   $ (5,135,731 )   $ (3,823,913 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:                
Depreciation and amortization     9,334       7,257  
Amortization of right-of-use asset     53,194       -  
Gain from debt extinguishment     (16,391 )     -  
Deferred loan cost amortization     -       130,055  
Noncash finance charge in connection with a debt modification     15,667       -  
Share-based compensation     265,589       -  
Shares issued in exchange for services     1,354,503       664,815  
Warrants issued for services     -       991,423  
Other noncash charges     360,923       32,252  
Changes in assets and liabilities:                
Accounts receivable     (11,428 )     -  
Inventory     (27,224 )     (276,788 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     (1,233 )     (20,049 )
Due to related party     -       5,496  
Deposits     (20,513 )     -  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     (127,167 )     255,352  
Royalty payable     17,938       (326,750 )
Accrued interest payable     604,211       (110,345 )
Net cash used in operating activities     (2,658,328 )     (2,471,195 )
                 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:                
Capital expenditures     (12,552 )     (1,336 )
Net cash used in investing activities     (12,552 )     (1,336 )
                 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:                
Proceeds from issuance of common stock     1,575,000       1,398,197  
Shareholder advances     153,582       -  
Proceeds from issuance of debt     130,000       2,702,664  
Principal repayment of debt     (31,641 )     (422,425 )
Debt issuance costs     -       (271,670 )
Reduction of right-of-use liability     (51,462 )     -  
Net cash provided by financing activities     1,775,479       3,406,766  
                 
Net Decrease in Cash and Cash Equivalents     (895,401 )     934,235  
                 
Cash and Cash Equivalents, beginning of year     938,040       3,805  
                 
Cash and Cash Equivalents, end of year   $ 42,639     $ 938,040  
                 
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:                
Cash paid for interest   $ 23,851     $ 586,075  
Cash paid for taxes   $ -     $ -  
                 
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities                
Notes converted to common stock   $ -     $ 684,450  
Loss on debt extinguishment   $ -     $ 42,382  

   

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

 

 F-46

 

 

Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

  

Note 1 – Business Organization and Nature of Operations

 

Splash Beverage Group (“SBG”), f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc. (the “CMS”), was incorporated in the State of Ohio on September 3, 1992, and changed domicile to Colorado on April 18, 2012. CMS is in the business of home health services, primarily the selling of durable medical equipment and medical supplies to the public, nursing homes, hospitals and other end users.

 

On December 31, 2019, CMS entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with SBG Acquisition Inc. (“Merger Sub”), a Nevada Corporation wholly-owned by CMS, and Splash Beverage Group, Inc. a Nevada corporation (“Splash”) pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Splash (the “Merger”) with Splash as the surviving company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CMS. The Merger was consummated on March 31, 2020.

 

As the owners and management of Splash have voting and operating control of CMS following the Merger, the Merger transaction was accounted for as a reverse acquisition (that is with Splash as the acquiring entity), followed by a recapitalization.

 

As part of the recapitalization, previously issued shares of SBG preferred stock have been reflected as shares of common stock that were received in the Merger. These common shares have been retrospectively presented as outstanding for all periods.

 

Splash specializes in the manufacturing, distribution, and sales & marketing of various beverages across multiple channels. Splash operates in both the non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverage segments. Additionally, Splash operates its own vertically integrated B-to-B and B-to-C e-commerce distribution platform called Qplash, further expanding its distribution abilities and visibility.

 

On July 2, 2020, CMS received a Certificate of Good Standing from the State of Colorado. This certificate allowed us to change our name from Canfield Medical Supply, Inc. to Splash Beverage Group, Inc. a Colorado company. On July 31, 2020, we received approval from FINRA to change the Company’s name from Canfield Medical Supply, Inc. to Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

 

These financial statements represent the operations of SBG and do not include the operations of CMS.

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

Our accounting and reporting policies conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Splash and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Splash International Holdings, LLC, Splash Beverage Holdings, LLC and Splash Mex SA de CV. All intercompany balances have been eliminated in consolidation. 

 

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires our management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash Equivalents and Concentration of Cash Balance

We consider all highly liquid securities with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. We had no cash equivalents at December 31, 2019. Our cash in bank deposit accounts, at times, may exceed federally insured limits of $250,000. Our bank deposit accounts in Mexico are uninsured.

 

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Accounts receivable are carried at their estimated collectible amounts and are periodically evaluated for collectability based on past credit history with clients and other factors. We establish provisions for losses on accounts receivable on the basis of loss experience, known and inherent risk in the account balance, and current economic conditions.  At December 31, 2019 and 2018, our accounts receivable amounts are reflected net of allowances of $11,430 and $0, respectively.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Inventory

Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value, accounted for using the weighted average cost method. The inventory balances at December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of finished goods held for distribution. The cost elements in inventory consist of purchase of products, transportation, and warehousing. Inventory valuation is impacted by excess or inventory near expiration based on management’s estimates for excess or inventory near expiration based on management’s estimates of forecast turnover of inventories on hand and under contract. A significant change in the timing or level of demand for certain products as compared to forecast amounts may result in recording expense for excess or expired inventory in the future. The costs for excess inventory are included in cost of goods sold and have historically been adequate to provide for losses on inventory. We manage inventory levels and purchase commitments in an effort to maximize utilization of inventory on hand and under commitments.

 

Property and Equipment

We record property and equipment at cost when purchased. Depreciation is recorded for property, equipment, and software using the straight-line method over the estimated economic useful lives of assets, which range from 3-10 years. Company management reviews the recoverability of all long-lived assets, including the related useful lives, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of a long-lived asset might not be recoverable.

 

Depreciation expense totaled $19,781 and $7,257 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Property and equipment as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of the following:

 

    2019     2018  
Property and equipment, at cost   $ 88,758     $ 76,205  
Accumulated depreciation     (51,029 )     (41,692 )
Property and equipment, net   $ 37,729     $ 34,513  

  

Licensing Agreements

We capitalize the costs for our licensing agreements with ABG TapouT, LLC and Salt Tequila USA, LLC, which are amortized to expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreements.

 

The initial amount of the TapouT agreement as entered into by a related party prior to the Company’s assumption in 2013 was $4,000,000 to be paid over several years pursuant to a guaranteed minimum royalty agreement. Royalty costs incurred under the agreements, guaranteed minimum royalty amounts, are expensed as incurred. See Notes 5 and 13 for further information.

 

We have not made any payments to Salt Tequila USA, LLC under the licensing agreement due to the immaterial nature of our sales from the brand. See Note 10 for further information.

 

 F-48

 

  

Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) guidance specifies a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on whether the inputs to those valuation techniques are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect market assumptions. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurement). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Level 1 primarily consists of financial instruments whose value is based on quoted market prices such as exchange-traded instruments and listed equities.

 

Level 2 - Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly (e.g., quoted prices of similar assets or liabilities in active markets, or quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active).

 

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Financial instruments are considered Level 3 when their fair values are determined using pricing models, discounted cash flows or similar techniques and at least one significant model assumption or input is unobservable.

 

The liabilities and indebtedness presented on the consolidated financial statements approximate fair values at December 31, 2019 and 2018, consistent with recent negotiations of notes payable and due to the short duration of maturities.

 

Convertible Instruments

U.S. GAAP requires the bifurcation of certain conversion rights contained in convertible indebtedness and account for them as free standing derivative financial instruments according to certain criteria. This criteria include circumstances in which (a) the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative instrument are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract, (b) the hybrid instrument that embodies both the embedded derivative instrument and the host contract is not re-measured at fair value under otherwise applicable generally accepted accounting principles with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur and (c) a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative instrument would be considered a derivative instrument. An exception to this rule is when the host instrument is deemed to be conventional as that term is described under applicable U.S. GAAP.

 

When bifurcation is required, the embedded conversion options are bifurcated from the convertible note, resulting in the recognition of discounts to convertible notes for the intrinsic value of conversion options embedded in debt instruments based upon the differences between the fair value of the underlying common stock at the commitment date of the note transaction and the effective conversion price embedded in the note.  Debt discounts under these arrangements are amortized over the term of the related debt to their stated date of redemption.

 

 F-49

 

 

Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Convertible Instruments, continued

 

With respect to convertible preferred stock, we record a dividend for the intrinsic value of conversion options embedded in preferred securities based upon the differences between the fair value of the underlying common stock at the commitment date of the transaction and the effective conversion price embedded in the preferred shares.

 

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). This guidance sets forth a five-step model which depicts the recognition of revenue in an amount that reflects what we expect to receive in exchange for the transfer of goods or services to customers.

 

We recognize revenue when our performance obligations under the terms of a contract with the customer are satisfied. Product sales occur once control of our products is transferred upon delivery to the customer. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration that we expect to receive in exchange for transferring goods and is presented net of provisions for customer returns and allowances. The amount of consideration we receive and revenue we recognize varies with changes in customer incentives we offer to our customers and their customers. Sales taxes and other similar taxes are excluded from revenue.

 

Distribution expenses to transport our products, where applicable, and warehousing expense after manufacture are accounted for within operating expenses.

 

Cost of Goods Sold

Cost of goods sold include the costs of products, packaging, transportation, warehousing, and costs associated with valuation allowances for expired, damaged or impaired inventory.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

We account for stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, “Compensation - Stock Compensation” and ASU 2018-07, “Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting”. Under the fair value recognition provisions, cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense ratably over the requisite service period, which is generally the option vesting period. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of stock options.

 

Income Taxes

We use the liability method of accounting for income taxes as set forth in ASC 740, “Income Taxes”.  Under the liability method, deferred taxes are determined based on the temporary differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using tax rates expected to be in effect during the years in which the basis differences reverse.  We record a valuation allowance when it is not more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will be realized.

 

Company management assesses its income tax positions and records tax benefits for all years subject to examination based upon its evaluation of the facts, circumstances and information available at the reporting date.  In accordance with ASC 740-10, for those tax positions where there is a greater than 50% likelihood that a tax benefit will be sustained, our policy is to record the largest amount of tax benefit that is more likely than not to be realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information.

 

 F-50

 

 

Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Income Taxes, continued

For those income tax positions where there is less than 50% likelihood that a tax benefit will be sustained, no tax benefit will be recognized in the financial statements. Company management has determined that there are no material uncertain tax positions as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.

 

Advertising

We conduct advertising for the promotion of our products. In accordance with ASC 720-35, advertising costs are charged to operations when incurred; such amounts aggregated to $4,767 and $8,148 during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

Related Parties

We are indebted to certain members of our Board of Directors as of December 31, 2019 and 2018. Transactions between the Company and its Board members are summarized in Notes 4 and 9.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606). This ASU supersedes the previous revenue recognition requirements in ASC Topic 605—Revenue Recognition and most industry-specific guidance. The core principle within Topic 606 is to recognize revenues when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration expected to be received for those goods or services. Transition methods under ASU 2014-09 must be through either (i) retrospective application to each prior reporting period presented, or (ii) retrospective application with a cumulative effect adjustment at the date of initial application.

 

On January 1, 2018, we adopted ASU 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers and all subsequent amendments to the ASU (collectively, “ASC 606”), using the retrospective application with a cumulative effect adjustment at the date of initial application, which (i) creates a single framework for recognizing revenue from contracts with customers that fall within its scope and (ii) revises when it is appropriate to recognize a gain (loss) from the transfer of nonfinancial asset. The adoption did not have a material effect on our Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases” (Topic 842). We adopted the standard effective January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective method. The adoption of this standard resulted in recognition of a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, initially measured at the present value of the lease payments, for all leases with a term greater than 12 months. When available, we would use the rate implicit in the lease to discount lease payments to present value. However, our leases generally do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate. Therefore, our management estimates the incremental borrowing rate to discount lease payments based on the information at the lease commencement. The accounting for finance leases is substantially unchanged. Given the nature of our operation, the adoption of Topic 842 did not have a material impact on our balance sheet, statement of operations, or liquidity. Refer to Note 11 – Operating Lease Obligations for information regarding our adoption of Topic 842 and the Company’s undiscounted future lease payments and the timing of those payments.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements, continued

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards could have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements. As new accounting pronouncements are issued, we will adopt those that are applicable under the circumstances.

 

Management’s Evaluation

Management has evaluated subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued.

 

Net Loss Per Share 

 

Basic net loss per common share (“Basic EPS’’) excludes dilution and is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year. Diluted net loss per common share (“Diluted EPS’’) reflects the potential dilution that could occur if stock options or other contracts to issue shares of common stock were exercised or converted into common stock. The computation of Diluted EPS does not assume exercise or conversion of securities that would have an anti-dilutive effect on net loss per common share

  

    2019     2018  
Numerator            
Net loss applicable to common shareholders   $ (5,135,731 )   $ (3,823,913 )
                 
Denominator                
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding     42,154,948       36,108,948  
                 
Net loss per share (basic and diluted)   $ (0.12 )   $ (0.11 )

 

Note 3 – Going Concern

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.  Our business operations have not yet generated significant revenues, and we have sustained net losses of approximately $5.1 million and $3.8 million during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and have an accumulated deficit of approximately $35.6 million and $30.5 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. In addition, we have current liabilities in excess of current assets of approximately $9.8 million at December 31, 2019. Further, we are in default on approximately $3.8 million of indebtedness, including accrued interest.

 

Our ability to continue as a going concern in the foreseeable future is dependent upon our ability to generate revenues and obtain sufficient long-term financing to meet current and future obligations and deploy such to produce profitable operating results. Management has evaluated these conditions and plans to raise capital as needed and to generate revenues to satisfy our capital needs. No assurance can be given that we will be successful in these efforts.

 

These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time. These financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 4 – Notes Payable, Related Party Notes Payable, Convertible Bridge Loans Payable, Revenue Financing Arrangements and Bridge Loan Payable

 

Notes payable are generally nonrecourse and secured by all Company owned assets.

 

    Interest              
Notes Payable   Rate     2019     2018  
                   
In October 2013, we entered into a short-term loan agreement with an entity in the amount of $25,000. The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $25,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $11,345 was converted into 234,767 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     7 %   $ 25,000     $ 25,000  
                         
In February 2014, we entered into a 12-month term loan agreement with an individual in the amount of $200,000. The note included warrants for 68,146 shares of common stock at $0.73 per share.  The warrants expired on February 28, 2017 and none were exercised at that date. The note matured and remains unpaid.     15 %     150,000       150,000  
                         
In March 2014, we entered into a 12-month term loan agreement with an individual in the amount of $500,000.  The note included warrants for 681,461 shares of common stock at $0.92 per share. The warrants expired on February 28, 2017 and none were exercised at that date.  The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $500,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $373,065 was converted into 1,124,802 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     15 %     500,000       500,000  
                         
In March 2014, we entered into a short-term loan agreement with an entity in the amount of $200,000. The note included warrants for 272,584 shares of common stock at $0.92 per share. The warrants expired on February 28, 2017 and none were exercised at that date. The loans matured and remain unpaid.     8 %     200,000       200,000  
                         
                         
            $ 875,000     $ 875,000  

  

 

Interest expense on notes payable was $105,966 and $115,250 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and accrued interest was $581,693 and $475,728 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 4 – Notes Payable, Related Party Notes Payable, Convertible Bridge Loans Payable, Revenue Financing Arrangements and Bridge Loan Payable, continued

 

    Interest              
Related Parties Notes Payable   Rate     2019     2018  
                   
During 2012, we entered into two 6-month term loan agreements with an entity, totaling $150,000. The notes included warrants for 68,146 shares of common stock at $0.73 per share which expired unexercised in 2017. The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $41,500 and unpaid accrued interest of $31,515 was converted into 98,726 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     7 %   $ 41,500     $ 41,500  
                         
In March 2014, we entered into a $50,000 12-month term loan agreement. The note included warrants for 136,292 shares of common stock at $0.92 per share. The warrants expired unexercised on February 28, 2017.  The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $50,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $24,145 was converted into 99,252 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     8 %     50,000       50,000  
                         
During 2015, we entered into a 12-month term loan agreement with an individual in the amount $250,000.  The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $250,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $101,850 was converted into 98,726 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     8 %     250,000       250,000  
                         
In February 2012, we entered into a loan agreement with an officer of the Company in the amount of $100. On September 25, 2018 an additional $10,500 loan agreement was entered into. The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $10,600 and unpaid accrued interest of $1,189 was converted into 15,734 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     7 %     10,600       10,600  
                         
During 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, we entered into several 12-month term loan agreements with an officer of the Company in the amounts of $57,000, $225,000, $105,000, and $9,000, respectively. The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $396,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $146,828 was converted into 727,344 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     7 %     396,000       396,000  

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 4 – Notes Payable, Related Party Notes Payable, Convertible Bridge Loans Payable, Revenue Financing Arrangements and Bridge Loan Payable, continued

 

    Interest              
Related Parties Notes Payable, continued   Rate     2019     2018  
                   
During 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016, we entered into 6-month term loan agreements with an officer of the Company in the amounts of $155,000, $210,000, $150,000 and $40,000, all respectively. The notes included warrants for issuances of 204,438 shares of common stock at $0.92 per share. The warrants expired unexercised on March 1, 2017. The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $495,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $213,010 was converted into 942,504 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     7 %     495,000       495,000  
                         
During 2013, 2014 and 2017, we entered into 12-month term loan agreements with an officer of the Company in the amounts of $60,000, $50,000 and $10,000. The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $120,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $50,305 was converted into 228,328 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     7 %     120,000       120,000  
                         
During 2018, we entered into a long term note payable with an entity owned by an officer for $12,000 to be payable on July 10, 2020. In March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $12,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $1,050 was converted into 17,407 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     12 %     12,000       12,000  
                         
During 2019, we entered into a term note payable with an entity owned by an officer for $130,000 to be paid on August 8, 2019. The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $130,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $9,078 was converted into 182,525 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     12 %     130,000       -  
                         
            $ 1,505,100     $ 1,375,100  

  

Interest expense on related party notes payable was $95,183 and $99,532 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and accrued interest was $546,362 and $426,740 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 4 – Notes Payable, Related Party Notes Payable, Convertible Bridge Loans Payable, Revenue Financing Arrangements and Bridge Loan Payable, continued

  

    Interest              
Convertible Bridge Loans Payable   Rate     2019     2018  
                   
In May 2015, we entered into a 3-month term loan agreement with an individual in the amount of $100,000. The annual interest rate for this bridge loan was 32% for the first 90 days, and 4% thereafter, compounded monthly.     See left     $ 100,000     $ 100,000  
                         
In October 2015, we entered into a 3-month term loan agreement with two individuals in the amount of $25,000. On December 26, 2018, the outstanding principal and accrued interest of $14,388 was consolidated into a new $39,388 term loan due August 26, 2020. In March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $39,388 and unpaid accrued interest of $5,973 was converted into 59,694 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     12 %     39,388       39,388  
                         
In June 2015, we entered into a 3-month term loan with two individuals in the amount of $100,000. On December 26, 2018, the outstanding principal amount of $100,000 and accrued interest of $64,307 was consolidated into a new $164,307 term loan due August 26, 2020. In March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $164,307 and unpaid accrued interest of $24,916 was converted into 249,013 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     12 %     164,307       164,307  

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 4 – Notes Payable, Related Party Notes Payable, Convertible Bridge Loans Payable, Revenue Financing Arrangements and Bridge Loan Payable, continued

 

    Interest              
Convertible Bridge Loans Payable, continued   Rate     2019     2018  
                   
During 2016, 2017 and 2018, we entered into multiple loan agreements with an entity in varying amounts. On December 26, 2018, the outstanding principal of $235,500 and accrued interest of $155,861 was consolidated into a new $391,361 term due August 26, 2020. In March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $391,361 and unpaid accrued interest of $43,823 was converted into 435,184 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     12 %     391,361       391,361  
                         
During 2016, we entered into 3-month term loan agreements with an individual totaling $20,000. The loan was extended to August 14, 2020. In March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $20,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $10,096 was converted into 41,336 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     9 %     20,000       20,000  
                         
During 2014 through 2018, we entered into convertible promissory note agreements with various terms ranging from 90 days to 18 months at 18% interest with an entity which were consolidated into one loan at 12% in 2018 totaling $795,137 with a due date of August 26, 2020. In March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $795,137 and unpaid accrued interest of $89,037 was converted into 884,174 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     12 %     795,137       795,137  
                         
During 2015 and 2016, we entered into a series of 3-month term convertible promissory note agreements at 18% interest with an entity which were consolidated into one loan at 12% in 2018 totaling $692,471 with a due date of August 26, 2020. In March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $692,471 and unpaid accrued interest of $77,541 was converted into 770,012 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     12 %     692,471       692,471  
                         
            $ 2,202,664     $ 2,202,664  

  

Interest expense on the convertible bridge loans payable was $310,865 and $430,317 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and accrued interest was $439,344 and $489,015 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 4 – Notes Payable, Related Party Notes Payable, Convertible Bridge Loans Payable, Revenue Financing Arrangements and Bridge Loan Payable, continued

 

    Interest              
Revenue Financing Arrangements   Rate     2019     2018  
                   
During August 2015, we entered into a 3-month term loan agreement with an entity in the amount of $50,000, with required daily payments of $999. We entered into two additional 3-month loan agreements with the entity in 2016 in the amounts of $60,000 and $57,000, with required daily payments of $928 and $713, respectively.   The term loans matured and remains unpaid.     10 %     28,032       28,032  
                         
During September 2016, the Company entered into a short-term loan agreement with an entity in the amount of $55,000 with required daily payments of $929. The note was paid off in 2019.     15 %     -       15,009  
                         
During November 2016, we entered into a short-term loan agreement with an entity in the amount of $55,000 with required daily payments of $1,299. The note was in default as of December 31, 2018. In 2019, we entered into a settlement agreement with monthly installment payments of $6,000.  The loan is scheduled to be fully repaid in 2020.     12 %     17,435       34,067  
                         
            $ 45,467     $ 77,108  

 

Interest expense on the revenue financing arrangements was $2,577 and $11,132 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and accrued interest was $32,154 and $126,333 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

Bridge Loan Payable

We issued an additional bridge loan in October 2018 for $2 million with a one-year maturity to GMA Bridge Fund LLC (“GMA”). This bridge loan contains a 10% administration fee of which the full $200,000 was accrued at December 31, 2019 and included in bridge loan payable, net. We incurred $271,670 of loan costs, which was fully amortized at December 31, 2019. Interest on the bridge loan was 0.5% monthly for the first six months and 0.75% monthly for the next six months. At the same time the debt was issued, we entered into a separate agreement in which GMA provided consulting services for one year (“Consulting Agreement”). We compensated GMA for the Consulting Agreement services by issuance of a warrant with a 5-year term to acquire 1,362,922 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.007 per share. The warrant vested immediately. The value of the warrant, based on a Black-Scholes option pricing model, was $991,423 and was expensed in full in 2018. Interest expense on the bridge loan for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 was $137,637 and $28,603, respectively, and accrued interest at December 31, 2019 was $166,240. As part of the merger, these warrants were retired.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 4 – Notes Payable, Related Party Notes Payable, Convertible Bridge Loans Payable, Revenue Financing Arrangements and Bridge Loan Payable, continued

 

Future Minimum Debt Payments

Future minimum debt payments under the Company’s outstanding loans are as follows as of December 31, 2019:

 

    Related              
    Party     Other     Total  
                   
2020     1,505,100       5,277,664       6,782,764  
Thereafter     -       -       -  
                         
Total   $ 1,505,100     $ 5,277,664     $ 6,782,764  

 

Note 5 – Licensing Agreement and Royalty Payable

 

During 2012, we entered into an assignment agreement with ABG TapouT, LLC (“TapouT”) to obtain the licensing rights of the brand “TapouT” on energy drinks, energy shots, water, teas and sports drinks for beverages sold in the United States of America, its territories, possessions, U.S. military bases and Mexico. Under the terms of the agreement, we are required to pay ABG Tapout, LLC a 6% royalty on net sales (gross revenue less discounts and allowances). The agreement requires us to make varying guaranteed minimum royalty payments in the total amount of $3,500,000 for the initial period of 5 years beginning in 2012. The terms of the license agreement were subsequently amended on several occasions between 2012 and 2016. During April 2017, the license agreement was again amended, to extend the term through December 31, 2018 with a 5-year renewal option if $5 million of net sales were achieved in 2018. The amendment also stated we were required to make a $30,000 payment on the date of the executed amendment, monthly payments of $30,000 starting on April 30, 2017 through December 31, 2017, and monthly payments of $26,484 starting on January 31, 2018 through December 31, 2018. We did not achieve the minimum net sales requirement per the amendment terms for 2018. In 2019 the agreement was once again amended extending the term through December 31, 2019. Per the 2019 amendment, the Company is required to make twelve monthly payments of $39,000. See Note 13.

 

The unpaid amount of royalties was $39,000 and $21,062 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Guaranteed minimum royalty payments totaled $468,000 and $326,750 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, which is included in other general and administrative expenses.

 

Note 6 – Income Taxes

 

We have evaluated the positive and negative evidence in assessing the realizability of its deferred tax assets. This assessment included the evaluation of scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, estimates of projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies to determine which deferred tax assets are more likely than not to be realized in the future.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 6 – Income Taxes, continued

 

At December 31, 2019, our net operating loss carryforward for Federal income tax purposes was approximately $23.2 million, which will be available to offset future taxable income subject to potential annual limitations. If not used, these carry forwards will begin to expire in 2032, except for the current year net operating loss generated which can be carried forward indefinitely.

 

There was no income tax expense or benefit for the year ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 due to the full valuation allowance recorded in each period.

 

The reconciliation of the income tax benefit is computed at the U.S. federal statutory rate as follows:

 

    2019     2018  
             
US federal statutory tax rate     21.00 %     21.00 %
Permanent differences     -6.56 %     -0.03 %
Change in valuation allowance     -14.44 %     -20.97 %
Total     0.00 %     0.00 %

 

The tax effects of temporary differences which give rise to the significant portions of deferred tax assets or liabilities at December 31 are as follows:

 

    2019     2018  
             
Deferred tax assets:            
Net operating losses   $ 5,887,022     $ 5,315,433  
Deferred rent     1,381       -  
Accrued expenses/interest expense limitation     962,838       641,141  
Total deferred tax assets     6,851,241       5,956,574  
                 
Deferred tax liabilities:                
Depreciation     (7,354 )     (7,666 )
Total deferred tax liabilities     (7,354 )     (7,666 )
Less: valuation allowance     (6,843,887 )     (5,948,908 )
                 
Total net deferred tax liabilities   $ -     $ -  

 

We continually evaluate expiring statutes of limitations, audits, proposed settlements, changes in tax law and new authoritative rulings. The open tax years subject to examination with respect to our operations are 2015 through 2019. 

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 7 – Deficiency in Stockholders’ Equity

 

Common Stock

In 2019, we issued 1,846,078 shares of our common stock in exchange for services provided to us. The shares were valued at $0.73 per share. We recognized share-based compensation expense of $1,354,500, which is classified within the contracted services line on the Statement of Operations.

 

In 2018, we issued 906,090 shares of common stock valued at $0.73 per share in exchange for services provided to the Company.

 

On May 28, 2018, we issued to a consultant or its designees common stock equal to 718,682 shares in exchange for services provided to the Company.

 

In December 2018, the full outstanding principal balance of a bridge note of $175,000 and unpaid accrued interest balance of $144,410 was converted to 290,220 shares of the Company’s common stock at $1.10 per share.

 

In October 2018, the full outstanding principal balance of a bridge note of $200,000 and unpaid accrued interest balance of $165,040 was converted to 331,681 shares of the Company’s common stock at $1.10 per share.

  

Certain common shareholders have the right to exchange their common shares for shares of preferred stock or convertible debt if the Company is unable to achieve the capital raise event as defined in the Merger Agreement by September 30, 2020 (see Note 13). Shares would consist of:

 

· Series A Convertible Preferred Stock – 6,276,432
· Series B Convertible Preferred Stock – 7,653,981
· Convertible Debt – 10,560,090

     

As of December 31, 2019, the convertible debt was still classified as debt on the balance sheet.

  

Series A and B Convertible Preferred Stock

As part of the merger consummated on March 31, 2020, all series A and B convertible preferred stock were converted to common stock. If the Company is unable to achieve the capital raise event as defined in the Merger Agreement by September 30, 2020, these shareholders can rescind their common shares back to preferred shares. Below are the new rights to these shareholders if they decide to rescind:

 

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock:

Rank. The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank, with respect to dividend rights and to rights upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company (each, a “Liquidation Event”), (a) senior in preference and priority to the common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”) and any other class or series of equity security established and designated by the Board of Directors the terms of which do not expressly provide that it ranks senior in preference or priority to or on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation Event (collectively, “Junior Securities”), (b) on parity, without preference or priority, with each other class or series of equity security established and designated by the Board of Directors the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks on parity, without preference or priority to, the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation Event (collectively, “Parity Securities”), and (c) junior in preference and priority to each other class or series of equity security established and designated by the Board of Directors the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks senior in preference or priority to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation Event (collectively, “Senior Securities”).

 

Dividends. Holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, cumulative cash dividends at an annual rate of eight percent (8%) of the Original Issue Price per share (equal to $.08 per share per annum). Dividends shall accrue on each share of Series A Preferred Stock from the date of issuance thereof, whether paid or not, and shall be cumulative and compounded annually.

 

Liquidation Preference. In the event of any Liquidation Event, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders before any payment shall be made to the holders of any Junior Securities by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount per share equal to one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the Series A Original Issue Price (the “Liquidation Preference”), plus the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends thereon from the Original Issue Date through the date of liquidation. If upon any such Liquidation Event the assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders shall be insufficient to pay the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock the full amount to which they shall be entitled under this, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Parity Securities shall share ratably in any distribution of the assets available for distribution in proportion to the respective amounts which would otherwise be payable in respect of the shares held by them upon such distribution if all amounts payable on or with respect to such shares were paid in full.

 

Conversion. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have conversion rights as follows (the “Conversion Rights”):

 

Optional Conversion. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, at any time and from time to time, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock as is determined by dividing the Series A Original Issue Price by the Conversion Price (as defined below) in effect at the time of conversion. The Conversion Price at which shares of Common Stock shall be deliverable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock without the payment of additional consideration by the holder thereof (the “Conversion Price”) shall initially be $1.28 per share. Such initial Conversion Price, and the rate at which shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be converted into shares of Common Stock, shall be subject to adjustment as provided below. All accrued and unpaid dividends may be converted by each holder of Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock by first determining the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that could be purchased based on the Series A Original Issue Price then in effect and then determining the number of shares of Common Stock such additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible into. By way of illustration only, if the accrued and unpaid dividends are equal to $100,000, then based on the Series A Original Issue Price of $1.00 and a Conversion Price of $0.85, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock would receive an additional 85,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

Automatic Conversion. Upon the consummation of an underwritten public offering of the Common Stock of the Company (“IPO”) , each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at a Conversion Price equal to the lesser of (i) the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO or (ii) fifty percent (50%) of the public offering price of the Common Stock in the IPO. All accrued and unpaid dividends may be converted by each holder of Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock by first determining the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that could be purchased based on the Series A Original Issue Price then in effect and then determining the number of shares of Common Stock such additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible into. By way of illustration only, if the accrued and unpaid dividends are equal to $100,000, then based on the Series A Original Issue Price of $1.00 and a Conversion Price of $0.85, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock would receive an additional 85,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

Series B Convertible Preferred Stock:

Rank. The Series B Preferred Stock shall rank, with respect to dividend rights and to rights upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company (each, a “Liquidation Event”), (a) senior in preference and priority to the common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”) and any other class or series of equity security established and designated by the Board of Directors the terms of which do not expressly provide that it ranks senior in preference or priority to or on parity with the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation Event (collectively, “Junior Securities”), (b) on parity, without preference or priority, with the Series A Preferred Stock and with each other class or series of equity security established and designated by the Board of Directors the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks on parity, without preference or priority to, the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation Event (collectively, “Parity Securities”), and (c) junior in preference and priority to each other class or series of equity security established and designated by the Board of Directors the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks senior in preference or priority to the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation Event (collectively, “Senior Securities”).

 

Dividends. The holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive cash dividends, when, as and if declared by the Board, out of any assets legally available therefor, prior and in preference to any declaration or payment of any dividend on any other class of Preferred Stock, except for the Series A Preferred Stock which shall be paid at the same time as the Series B Preferred Stock is paid, and Common Stock of the Corporation at an annual rate of nine percent (9%) of the Original Issue Price per share (equal to $.09 per share per annum) payable out of legally available funds. Dividends shall accrue on each share of Series B Preferred Stock from the date of issuance thereof, whether paid or not, and shall be cumulative and compounded annually. Such dividends shall be payable on the first day of each January, April, July and October commencing with respect to each share of Series B Preferred Stock, on the first of such dates to occur after the issuance of such share (each such date a “Dividend Payment Date”) to the holders of record at the close of business on the fifteenth day of each December, March, June and September, respectively, subject to declaration of such dividends by the Board. All dividends paid with respect to shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be paid pro rata to the holders entitled thereto. Dividends, if paid, must be paid, on all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock contemporaneously. If any dividend shall not be paid on a Dividend Payment Date, for any reason, the right of the holders to receive such dividend shall not lapse or terminate but each such dividend shall accrue and be paid to such holders, subject to the conversion provisions below. No dividend shall be paid to the holders of any shares of Common Stock until all dividends, including accrued dividends, then owing to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock, shall have been paid in full.

 

Liquidation Preference. In the event of any Liquidation Event, the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders before any payment shall be made to the holders of any Junior Securities by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount per share equal to one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the Series B Original Issue Price (the “Liquidation Preference”), plus the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends thereon from the Original Issue Date through the date of liquidation. If upon any such Liquidation Event the assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders shall be insufficient to pay the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock the full amount to which they shall be entitled under this Section , the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Parity Securities shall share ratably in any distribution of the assets available for distribution in proportion to the respective amounts which would otherwise be payable in respect of the shares held by them upon such distribution if all amounts payable on or with respect to such shares were paid in full.

 

Conversion. The holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall have conversion rights as follows (the “Conversion Rights”):

 

Optional Conversion. Each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, at any time and from time to time, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock as is determined by dividing the Series B Original Issue Price by the Conversion Price (as defined below) in effect at the time of conversion. The Conversion Price at which shares of Common Stock shall be deliverable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock without the payment of additional consideration by the holder thereof (the “Conversion Price”) shall initially be $1.28 per share. Such initial Conversion Price, and the rate at which shares of Series B Preferred Stock may be converted into shares of Common Stock, shall be subject to adjustment as provided below. All accrued and unpaid dividends may be converted by each holder of Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock by first determining the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock that could be purchased based on the Series B Original Issue Price then in effect and then determining the number of shares of Common Stock such additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock are convertible into. By way of illustration only, if the accrued and unpaid dividends are equal to $100,000, then based on the Series B Original Issue Price of $1.50 and a Conversion Price of $1.28, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock would receive an additional 78,125 shares of Common Stock.

 

Automatic Conversion. Upon the consummation of an underwritten public offering of the Common Stock of the Company (“IPO”), each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at a Conversion Price equal to the lesser of (i) the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO or (ii) fifty percent (50%) of the public offering price of the Common Stock in the IPO. All accrued and unpaid dividends may be converted by each holder of Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock by first determining the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock that could be purchased based on the Series B Original Issue Price then in effect and then determining the number of shares of Common Stock such additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock are convertible into. By way of illustration only, if the accrued and unpaid dividends are equal to $100,000, then based on the Series B Original Issue Price of $1.50 and a Conversion Price of $1.28, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock would receive an additional 78,125 shares of Common Stock.

  

Undesignated Preferred Stock

The Company has the ability to authorize Series A and Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

Treasury Stock

Since its inception, we have repurchased shares from our shareholders. To date, we have repurchased 1,226,630 shares, of which 817,753 have been retired.

 

In connection with a 2018 consulting agreement, we are committed to issue 408,877 shares held in treasury upon the occurrence of certain events or milestones. We issued, out of treasury, 136,292 shares in July 2018 and 136,292 shares in July 2019.

 

Warrant Issuance-Common Stock

As part of the sale and issuance of 3,913,414 shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of SBG, we issued warrants to purchase 2,666,837 shares of our common stock at a price of $1.10 per share. The warrants have a 5-year term. At December 31, 2019, there are 2,593,486 warrants outstanding with a weighted average remaining life of 0.9 years.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 8 – Share-Based Payments

 

Warrant Issuance-Loan Agreements

In 2014, the Company issued seven (7) warrants for the purchase of 1,362,922 shares of the Company’s common stock. The warrants were issued with various loan agreements as described above in Note 4. Two warrants for a total of 136,292 shares of common stock were issued with exercise prices of $0.73 per share and five warrants for a total of 1,226,630 shares of common stock were issued with an exercise price of $0.92 per share. The Company estimated the fair value of the warrants totaling $161,626 based on its estimate of the fair value of the Company’s common stock at the issuance date, an average risk-free interest rate of 1.69%, the estimated life of half of the term of the warrant, a zero dividend yield and, a volatility rate of 50%, which was recorded as a discount to the notes and amortized over the notes’ lives under the effective interest rate method. The fair value of the warrants were expensed over the life of the loans which was 12 months. These warrants have expired as of December 31, 2018.

 

Warrant Issuance-GMA Consulting Services

During 2018, we issued warrants to purchase 1,362,922 shares of our common stock at $0.007 per share as part of our consulting agreement with GMA (see Note 4), At December 31, 2019, the weighted average life of the outstanding warrants is 3.75 years.

 

The warrants entitle the holder to purchase one share per warrant of the Company’s common stock at a price of $0.007 per share during the five-year period commencing on October 2, 2018, or, if greater, the number of common shares with a market value equivalent to two percent of the enterprise value of the Company at an exercise price of $0.006 per share.

 

Stock Plan

We have adopted the 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which provides for the grant of common stock and stock options to employees. We have reserved 4,088,765 shares for issuance under the Plan. The option exercise price generally may not be less than the underlying stock’s fair market value at the date of the grant and generally have a term of ten years. On December 31, 2018, the sole option holder at the time, our CEO, exercised his options to purchase 2,657,698 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $0.12 per share, totaling $312,000, which total purchase price was paid by the cancelation of the equivalent amount of debt owed by us to the CEO. On December 7, 2019, our Board of Directors granted 1,124,410 options to certain employees and consultants. None of these options were exercised at December 31, 2019. There are 1,124,410 options issued and outstanding under the Plan at December 31, 2019. As of December 31, 2019, the total number of options available for grant is 306,657.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 8 – Share-Based Payments, continued

 

Stock Plan, continued

We measure employee stock-based awards at the grant-date fair value and recognizes employee compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the award. Determining the appropriate fair value of stock-based awards requires the input of subjective assumptions, including the fair value of our common stock, and for stock options, the expected life of the option, and expected stock price volatility and exercise price. We used the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value its stock option awards. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock-based awards represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment. As a result, if factors change and management uses different assumptions, stock-based compensation expense could be materially different for future awards. The expected life of stock options was estimated using the “simplified method,” which calculates the expected term as the midpoint between the weighted average time to vesting and the contractual maturity, we have limited historical information to develop reasonable expectations about future exercise patterns and employment duration for its stock options grants. The simplified method is based on the average of the vesting tranches and the contractual life of each grant. For stock price volatility, we use comparable public companies as a basis for its expected volatility to calculate the fair value of options granted. The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury notes with a term approximating the expected life of the option. The estimation of the number of stock awards that will ultimately vest requires judgment, and to the extent actual results or updated estimates differ from the Company’s current estimates, such amounts are recognized as an adjustment in the period in which estimates are revised.

 

We recognized stock-based compensation expense of $265,589 and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. There was no unrecognized compensation cost related to stock option awards at December 31, 2019.

 

A summary of information related to stock options for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:

 

    December 31, 2019     December 31, 2018  
          Weighted Average           Weighted Average  
    Options     Exercise Price     Options     Exercise Price  
                         
Outstanding - beginning of year     -     $ -       2,657,698     $ 0.12  
Granted     1,124,410     $ 0.73       .          
Exercised     -     $ -       (2,657,698 )   $ (0.12 )
Cancelled/forfeited     -     $ -       -          
Outstanding - end of year     1,124,410     $ 0.73       -          
                                 
Exercisable at end of year     1,124,410     $ 0.73       -          
                                 
Weighted average grant date fair value of options during year     N/A               N/A          
                                 
Weighted average duration to expiration of outstanding options at year-end     5.0               N/A          

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 9 – Related Parties

 

During the normal course of business, we incurred expenses related to services provided by our CEO or Company expenses paid by our CEO, resulting in related party payables, net of $429,432 and $302,934 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The related party payable to the CEO bears no interest payable and is due on demand.

 

During 2018, $312,000 of the related party was paid in kind as the CEO exercised 2,657,698 options to acquire common stock at $0.12 per share against the payable.

 

There are related party notes payable of $1,505,100 and $1,375,100 outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, as discussed in Note 4.

 

Note 10 – Investment in Salt Tequila USA, LLC

 

On December 9, 2013, we entered into a marketing and distribution agreement with SALT Tequila USA, LLC (“SALT”) in Mexico for the manufacturing of our product line. The agreement was for a one-year term with an additional two-year renewal. On December 28, 2015, the agreement was extended through 2020. In the December 9, 2013 agreement, we received a 5% ownership interest in SALT, 12 months after the date of the agreement we received an additional 5% ownership interest in SALT, and 24 months after the date of the agreement we received an additional 5% interest, resulting in a total interest of 15% in SALT. We have not recorded the cost of the investment or our share of its results of operations as the amounts are considered immaterial.

 

SALT also has sold product to an unrelated international alcohol distributor, American Spirits Exchange, for preliminary market testing in 9 of 16 states that they distribute to, that are government-controlled alcohol resellers. In 2018 and 2019 we had no sales of SALT Tequila. On December 31, 2018, we created a Mexican subsidiary, Splash MEX SA DE CV (“Splash Mex”) for the exporting of SALT Tequila from Mexico to the USA, South and Central Americas. Splash Mex will also act as the manufacturing and distribution agent of TapouT in Central and South Americas. Applications for the appropriate licenses required for import and wholesale of alcohol in the USA have been completed for at the Federal and State levels. These licenses will permit direct alcohol sales to distributors and wholesalers thereby limiting the use of agents for importing SALT Tequila to the USA for distribution.

 

Note 11 – Operating Lease Obligations

 

Effective July 2018, we entered into a lease agreement for the right to use and occupy office space. The lease term commenced July 1, 2018 and is scheduled to expire after 36 months, on June 30, 2021. Total rent expense for the ten months, beginning in March, in 2018 was $32,855.

 

Prior to the current lease, we entered into a lease agreement in 2014 for the right to use and occupy office space. The lease term commenced November 1, 2014 and was scheduled to expire after 62 months, on December 31, 2019. The lease was terminated in February 2018. Total rent expense for the two months in 2018 was $19,641.

 

Effective November 2019, we entered into a new lease agreement for our NY affiliate. The lease is for six months and will expire on April 30, 2020. This lease was not subjected to the new lease standard, Topic 842.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 11 – Operating Lease Obligations, continued

 

Effective November 2019, we entered into a new lease with Interport Logistics, LLC. The lease term commenced on November 11, 2019 and is scheduled to expire on November 11, 2020. This lease was subjected to the new lease standard, Topic 842.

 

Effective May 2019, we entered into a new lease in Mexico. The lease commenced May 1, 2019 and is scheduled to expire after 24 months, on April 1, 2021. This lease was subjected to the new lease standard, Topic 842.

 

The following table presents a reconciliation of the undiscounted future minimum lease payments, under the leases for our office and warehouses to the amounts reported as financial lease liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2019:

 

Undiscounted Future Minimum Lease Payments   Operating Lease  
       
2020   $ 87,734  
2021     59,291  
Thereafter     25,911  
Total     172,936  
Amount representing imputed interest     (9,196 )
Total operating lease liability     163,740  
Current portion of operating lease liability     (81,502 )
Operating lease liability, non-current   $ 82,238  

   

The table below presents information for lease costs related to our operating leases at December 31, 2019:

 

Operating lease cost:      
Amortization of leased assets   $ 52,692  
Interest of lease liabilities     5,716  
Total operating lease cost   $ 58,408  

 

The table below presents lease-related terms and discount rates at December 31, 2019:

 

Remaining term on leases     16 to 34 months  
Incremented borrowing rate     5.0%  

  

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 12 - Contingencies

 

We are a party to asserted claims and are subject to regulatory actions in the ordinary course of business. The results of such proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, but the Company does not anticipate that the outcome, if any, arising out of any such matter will have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

Litigation

On April 24, 2017, a note holder filed a complaint against the Company for a promissory note in default. The note holder is requesting summary judgment in the amount of $246,632.

 

Note 13 – Subsequent Events

 

TapouT Licensing Agreement

Effective January 1, 2020, we have amended our license agreement with TapouT as previously disclosed in Note 5. The agreement has been extended through December 31, 2022. Under the terms of the amendment, we are required to make guaranteed minimum royalty monthly payments of $45,000 through December 31, 2022. We also are required to meet a minimum net sales threshold of $9,000,000 for 2020. There can be no assurance that the net sales threshold will be achieved, or that further amendments to the agreement will be executed for it to remain effective in 2021 and later periods.

 

SALT Tequila Purchase Agreement 

On March 26, 2020, we entered into a new amended stock sale and purchase agreement. The agreement is for $1,000,000 to be paid in 4 tranches of $250,000 and entitles us to additional equity interest in Salt Tequila USA, LLC as follows:

 

  Tranche 1 – 7.5%

  Tranche 2 – 5.0%

  Tranche 3 – 5.0%

  Tranche 4 – 5.0%

 

Once all tranches are paid-out we will have a total equity stake of 37.5% of Salt Tequila USA, LLC.

 

Merger with Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.

As previously described in Note 1, Splash entered into a Merger Agreement with CMS. Upon completion of the merger, the Splash shareholders collectively own, as a group, on a fully diluted basis approximately 85% of the combined company.

 

The Merger Agreement was consummated on March 31, 2020. As part of the merger, pursuant to a Promissory Note Conversion Agreement, all outstanding debt of Splash, except for $450,000 in principal, was converted in common shares of the combined entity. Under the Promissory Note Conversion Agreement, if the Company shall fail to raise $9,000,000 of additional capital no later than six months from the date of the Merger, then the holder may seek to rescind the Promissory Note Conversion Agreement, return the Note Conversion Shares and receive a replacement promissory note from the Company.

 

In addition, in connection with the Merger, pursuant to Preferred Stock Conversion Agreements, all Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, and accreted dividends of Splash were converted into common shares of the combined entity, and have been reflected as outstanding for all periods presented. Under the Preferred Stock Conversion Agreement, if the Company shall fail to raise $9,000,000 of additional capital no later than six months from the date of the Merger, then the holder may seek to rescind the Preferred Stock Conversion Agreement, return the Preferred Stock Conversion Shares and receive replacement shares of preferred stock from the Company.

 

Alcohol License

On February 4, 2020 we received a Florida Alcohol License. This license gives us the ability to import and sell liquor within the United States.

 

Warrant Expiration

Subsequent to December 31, 2019, warrants to purchase 754,741 shares of our common stock have expired.

 

Mezzanine Equity

As part of the merger, dated March 31, 2020, we converted the majority of our debt into equity. As stated in the debt conversion agreements, each debt holder can convert their shares back to debt if we are not able to adequately raise $9,000,000 additional capital within six months of the date of the merger. As a result, these shares have been classified as mezzanine equity in the consolidated balance sheet on March 31, 2020.

 

Q1 2020 Notes Received

During the first quarter of 2020, we received $1.5 million from one of our shareholders to be used to finance the operations of the Company. As part of the merger, the entire $1.5 million was converted into mezzanine equity.

  

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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020

 

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

 

For the transition period from _______ to _________

 

Commission File No. 000-55114

 

SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Colorado   34-1720075
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or formation)
  (I.R.S. employer
identification number)

 

1314 E Las Olas Blvd. Suite 221

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

(954) 745-5815

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) 

 

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol   Name of each exchange on which registered
N/A   N/A   N/A

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

☒ Yes      ☐ No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

☒ Yes      ☐ No

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer  ☐   Accelerated filer ☐

Non-accelerated filer  ☒

 

 

Smaller reporting company  ☒

Emerging growth company ☐

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes    ☒ No

 

Check whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. ☐ Yes     ☐ No

 

As of November 13, 2020, there were 73,197,290 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.

FORM 10-Q

September 30, 2020

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION  
ITEM 1: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1
  Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets 1
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations 2
  Condensed Consolidated Statement of Deficiency in Shareholders’ Equity 3
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 4
  Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 5
ITEM 2: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 22
ITEM 3: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK 24
ITEM 4: CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES 24
PART II: OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 25
ITEM 1A: RISK FACTORS 25
ITEM 2: UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS 26
ITEM 3: DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES 26
ITEM 4: MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES 26
ITEM 5: OTHER INFORMATION 26
ITEM 6: EXHIBITS 27
SIGNATURES 28

 

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019

(Unaudited)

 

    September 30,
2020
    December 31,
2019
 
Assets                
Current assets:                
Cash   $ 725,811     $ 42,639  
Funds in Escrow     1,000,000       -  
Accounts Receivable, net     547,498       11,430  
Prepaid Expenses     219,575       5,449  
Inventory     627,386       304,012  
Other receivables     18,887       7,132  
Total current assets     3,139,157       370,662  
                 
Non-current assets:                
Deposit   $ 39,089     $ 34,915  
Goodwill     9,448,852       -  
Investment in Salt Tequila USA, LLC     250,000       -  
Right of use asset, net     100,667       162,008  
Property and equipment, net     59,172       37,729  
Total non-current assets     9,897,780       234,652  
                 
Total assets   $ 13,036,937     $ 605,314  
                 
Liabilities and Deficiency in Stockholders’ Equity                
                 
Liabilities:                
Current liabilities                
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   $ 1,080,953     $ 703,885  
Right of use liability - current     70,297       81,502  
Due to related parties     469,904       429,432  
Bridge loan payable, net     -       2,200,000  
Related party notes payable     -       1,505,100  
Convertible Loan Payable     100,000       2,202,664  
Notes payable, current portion     703,565       875,000  
Royalty payable     -       39,000  
Revenue financing arrangements     -       45,467  
Shareholder advances     1,103,773       46,250  
Accrued interest payable     421,952       1,604,498  
Accrued interest payable - related parties     -       546,362  
Total current liabilities     3,950,444       10,279,160  
                 
Long-term Liabilities:                
Right of use liability - noncurrent     32,940       82,238  
Total long-term liabilities     32,940       82,238  
                 
Total liabilities     3,950,596       10,361,398  
                 
Common stock, (mezzanine shares) 12,605,283 shares, contingently convertible to notes payable at September 30, 2020     9,248,720       -  
                 
Deficiency in stockholders’ equity:                
Common Stock, $0.001 par, 150,000,000 shares authorized, 60,574,873 and 44,021,382 shares issued 60,574,873 and 43,885,090 outstanding, at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively     60,575       44,021  
Additional paid in capital     38,763,100       22,095,403  
Treasury Stock, $0.001 par, 100,000 shares at cost     -       (50,000 )
Accumulated deficit     (39,018,841 )     (31,845,508 )
Total deficiency in stockholders’ equity     (195,166 )     (9,756,084 )
                 
Total liabilities, mezzanine shares and deficiency in stockholders’ equity   $ 13,036,937     $ 605,314  

  

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

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

For the Three- and Nine- Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019

(Unaudited)

 

    Three months
ended
September 30,
2020
    Three months
ended
September 30,
2019
    Nine months
ended
September 30,
2020
    Nine months
ended
September 30,
2019
 
Net revenues   $ 1,009,615     $ -     $ 1,733,926     $ 47,086  
Cost of goods sold     (570,979 )     (13,947 )     (965,966 )     (88,365 )
Gross margin     438,636       (13,947 )     767,960       (41,279 )
                                 
Operating expenses:                                
Contracted services     1,954,165       450,753       2,377,843       881,523  
Salary and wages     442,441       171,357       1,049,130       583,619  
Other general and administrative     298,277       205,300       1,487,948       507,143  
Sales and marketing     38,551       20,247       85,793       52,899  
Total operating expenses     2,733,434       847,657       5,000,714       2,025,184  
                                 
Loss from operations     (2,294,798 )     (861,604 )     (4,232,754 )     (2,066,463 )
                                 
Other income/(expense):                                
Other Income     16,351       9,587       16,351       9,587  
Interest income     16,354       -       32,710       -  
Interest expense     (23,110 )     (215,229 )     (1,958,601 )     (635,753 )
Gain from debt extinguishment     1,521       -       36,483       -  
Total other income/(expense)     11,116       (205,642 )     (1,873,057 )     (626,166 )
                                 
Net loss   $ (2,283,682 )   $ (1,067,246 )   $ (6,105,811 )   $ (2,692,629 )
                                 
Net loss per share (basic diluted)   $ (0.04 )   $ (0.03 )   $ (0.11 )   $ (0.07 )
                                 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding     58,397,694       40,570,619       53,108,031       41,228,247  

 

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

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Deficiency in Stockholders’ Equity

For the Nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019

(Unaudited)

 

                                        Total  
    Common Stock     Treasury Stock     Additional Paid-In     Accumulated     Stockholders’ Equity  
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Capital     Deficit     (Deficit)  
Balances at December 31, 2018     40,165,002       40,165       272,585     $ (100,000 )   $ 18,938,480     $ (26,709,776 )   $ (7,831,132 )
                                                         
Issuance of Common stock for cash     27,258       27       -       -       19,973       -     $ 20,000  
Issuance of Common stock for services     1,363       1       -       -       999       -       1,000  
Net loss     -       -       -       -       -       (703,624 )     (703,624 )
                                                         
Balances at March 31, 2019     40,193,623       40,193       272,585     $ (100,000 )   $ 18,959,452     $ (27,413,400 )   $ (8,513,755 )
                                                         
Issuance of Common stock for cash     483,837       484       -       -       354,516       -     $ 355,000  
Net loss     -       -       -       -       -       (921,520 )     (921,520 )
                                                         
Balances at June 30, 2019     40,677,460       40,677       272,585     $ (100,000 )   $ 19,313,968     $ (28,334,920 )   $ (9,080,275 )
                                                         
Issuance of Common stock for cash     715,534       716       -       -       524,284             $ 525,000  
Issuance of Common stock for services     190,809       191       -       -       139,809               140,000  
Issuance of Common stock from treasury     -       -       (136,292 )     50,000       49,900               99,900  
Net loss     -       -       -       -       -       (973,546 )     (973,546 )
                                                         
Balances at September 30, 2019     41,583,803       41,584       136,293     $ (50,000 )   $ 20,027,962     $ (29,308,466 )   $ (9,288,921 )
                                           
                                        Total  
    Common Stock     Treasury Stock     Additional Paid-In     Accumulated     Stockholders’ Equity  
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Capital     Deficit     (Deficit)  
Balances at December 31, 2019     44,021,389       44,021       136,293     $ (50,000 )   $ 22,095,403     $ (31,845,506 )   $ (9,756,083 )
                                                         
Issuance of common stock for convertible debt     -       -       -       -       145,579       -       145,579  
Incremental beneficial conversion for preferred A     -       -       -       -       240,770       (240,770 )     -  
Issuance of warrants on convertible instruments     -       -       -       -       2,486,706       (828,903 )     1,657,803  
Issuance of common stock for services     817,753       818       (136,293 )     50,000       549,182       -       600,000  
Issuance of common stock for acquisition     11,913,200       11,913       -       -       9,161,251       -       9,173,164  
Net loss     -       -       -       -       -       (3,446,630 )     (3,446,630 )
                                                         
Balances at March 31, 2020     56,752,342       56,752       -     $ -     $ 34,678,891     $ (36,361,809 )   $ (1,626,167 )
                                                         
Issuance of warrants     -       -       -       -       77,434       -       77,434  
Issuance of common stock for cash     249,912       250       -       -       142,316       -       142,566  
Net loss     -       -       -       -       -       (373,350 )     (373,350 )
                                                         
Balances at June 30, 2020     57,002,254       57,002       -     $ -     $ 34,898,641     $ (36,735,159 )   $ (1,779,517 )
                                                         
Issuance of warrants     -       -       -       -       438,431       -       1,236,254  
Issuance of options     180,936       181       -       -       (181 )     -       0  
Issuance of common stock for services     691,945       692       -       -       1,728,588       -       1,729,280  
Issuance of common stock for cash     2,699,738       2,700       -       -       1,697,621       -       902,498  
Net loss     -       -       -       -       -       (2,283,682 )     (2,283,682 )
                                                         
Balances at September 30, 2020     60,574,873       60,575       -     $ -     $ 38,763,100     $ (39,018,841 )   $ (195,167 )

 

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

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Condensed Consolidated Statement Cash Flows

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019

(Unaudited)

 

    Nine months ended September 30,
2020
    Nine months ended September 30,
2019
 
Net loss   $ (6,105,811 )   $ (2,692,629 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:                
Depreciation and amortization     26,339       7,088  
Amortization of ROU Asset     61,341       -  
Gain from debt extinguishment     (36,483 )     -  
Non-cash interest expense     590,283       -  
Share-based compensation     2,329,280       532,276-  
Changes in working capital items:                
Accounts receivable     (243,369 )     (11,510 )
Inventory     (269,172 )     (79,969 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     (206,994 )     (21,523 )
Deposits     (4,174 )     (1,013 )
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     (474,940 )     (224,709 )
Royalty payable     (39,000 )     (21,062 )
Accrued interest payable     61,530       603,326  
Net cash used in operating activities     (4,311,170 )     (1,909,725 )
                 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:                
Capital expenditures     (9,693 )     (9,942 )
Investment in Salt Tequila USA, LLC     (150,000 )     -  
Net cash acquired in merger     72,442       -  
Net cash used in investing activities     (87,251 )     (9,942 )
                 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:                
Proceeds from issuance of Common stock     3,574,002       900,000  
Funds placed in Escrow     (1,000,000 )        
Repayment of shareholder advance             -  
Cash advance from shareholder     1,097,995       -  
Proceeds from issuance of debt     1,470,099       130,000  
Principal repayment of debt             (18,009 )
Reduction of ROU Liability     (60,502 )     -  
Net cash provided by financing activities     5,081,594       1,011,991  
                 
Net Change in Cash     683,172       (907,676 )
Cash, beginning of year     42,639       938,040  
                 
Cash, end of period   $ 725,811     $ 30,364  
                 
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:                
Cash paid for Interest   $ -     $ -  
                 
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities                
Notes payable and accrued interest converted to common stock (12,605,283 shares)   $ 9,248,720     $ -  
Liability issued for investment in SALT Tequila USA, LLC   $ 100,000     $ -  

   

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

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 1 – Business Organization and Nature of Operations

  

Splash Beverage Group (“SBG”), f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc. (the “CMS”), was incorporated in the State of Ohio on September 3, 1992, and changed domicile to Colorado on April 18, 2012. CMS is in the business of home health services, primarily the selling of durable medical equipment and medical supplies to the public, nursing homes, hospitals and other end users.

 

On December 31, 2019, CMS entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with SBG Acquisition Inc. (“Merger Sub”), a Nevada Corporation wholly-owned by CMS, and Splash Beverage Group, Inc. a Nevada corporation (“Splash”) pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Splash (the “Merger”) with Splash as the surviving company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CMS. The Merger was consummated on March 31, 2020.

 

As the owners and management of Splash have voting and operating control of CMS following the Merger, the Merger transaction was accounted for as a reverse acquisition (that is with Splash as the acquiring entity), followed by a recapitalization.

 

As part of the recapitalization, previously issued shares of SBG preferred stock have been reflected as shares of common stock that were received in the Merger. These common shares have been retrospectively presented as outstanding for all periods. 

 

Splash specializes in the manufacturing, distribution, and sales & marketing of various beverages across multiple channels. Splash operates in both the non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverage segments. Additionally, Splash operates its own vertically integrated B-to-B and B-to-C E-commerce distribution platform called Qplash, further expanding its distribution abilities and visibility.

 

On July 2, 2020, CMS received a Certificate of Good Standing from the State of Colorado. This certificate allowed us to change our name from Canfield Medical Supply, Inc. to Splash Beverage Group, Inc. a Colorado company. On July 31, 2020, we received approval from FINRA to change the Company’s name from Canfield Medical Supply, Inc. to Splash Beverage Group, Inc. Our new ticker symbol is SBEV.

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

These condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Splash Beverage Group and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Holdings and Splash Mex, in addition to the accounts of the CMS from March 31, 2020, the merger consummation date. All intercompany balances have been eliminated in consolidation. 

 

Our accounting and reporting policies conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by us without audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 have been made.

 

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted. It is suggested that these condensed consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our December 31, 2019 audited financial statements. The results of operations for the period ended September 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year.

 

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires our management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash Equivalents and Concentration of Cash Balance

We consider all highly liquid securities with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. We had no cash equivalents at September 30, 2020 or December 31, 2019.

 

Our cash in bank deposit accounts, at times, may exceed federally insured limits of $250,000. At September 30, 2020 we had bank accounts over the federally insured limits. Our bank deposit accounts in Mexico are uninsured.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Accounts receivable are carried at their estimated collectible amounts and are periodically evaluated for collectability based on past credit history with clients and other factors. We establish provisions for losses on accounts receivable on the basis of loss experience, known and inherent risk in the account balance, and current economic conditions.  At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, our accounts receivable amounts are reflected net of allowances of $547,498 and $11,430, respectively.

 

Inventory

Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value, accounted for using the weighted average cost method. The inventory balances at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 consisted of finished goods held for distribution. The cost elements of inventory consist of purchase of products, transportation, and warehousing. We establish provisions for excess or inventory near expiration are based on management’s estimates of forecast turnover of inventories on hand and under contract. A significant change in the timing or level of demand for certain products as compared to forecast amounts may result in recording additional provisions for excess or expired inventory in the future. Provisions for excess inventory are included in cost of goods sold and have historically been adequate to provide for losses on inventory. We manage inventory levels and purchase commitments in an effort to maximize utilization of inventory on hand and under commitments.

 

Property and Equipment

We record property and equipment at cost when purchased. Depreciation is recorded for property, equipment, and software using the straight-line method over the estimated economic useful lives of assets, which range from 3-10 years. Company management reviews the recoverability of all long-lived assets, including the related useful lives, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of a long-lived asset might not be recoverable.

 

Depreciation expense totaled $7,530 and $2,377 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively. Depreciation expense totaled $26,339 and $7,088 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively. Property and equipment as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 consisted of the following:

 

    September 30,
2020
    December 31,
2019
 
Property and equipment, at cost     208,440       88,758  
Accumulated depreciation     (149,268 )     (51,029 )
Property and equipment, net     59,172       37,729  

  

Licensing Agreements

The initial amount of the TapouT agreement as entered into by one of the founders prior to the Company’s assumption in 2013 was $4,000,000 to be paid over several years pursuant to a guaranteed minimum royalty agreement. Royalty costs incurred under the agreements, guaranteed minimum royalty amounts, are expensed as incurred.

 

We have not made any payments to Salt Tequila USA, LLC under the licensing agreement due to the immaterial level of our sales to date from the brand.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Financial Accounting Standards (“FASB”) guidance specifies a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on whether the inputs to those valuation techniques are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect market assumptions. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurement). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

  Level 1 -  Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Level 1 primarily consists of financial instruments whose value is based on quoted market prices such as exchange-traded instruments and listed equities.

 

  Level 2 -  Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly (e.g., quoted prices of similar assets or liabilities in active markets, or quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active).

 

  Level 3 -  Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Financial instruments are considered Level 3 when their fair values are determined using pricing models, discounted cash flows or similar techniques and at least one significant model assumption or input is unobservable.

 

The liabilities and indebtedness presented on the condensed consolidated financial statements approximate fair values at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, consistent with recent negotiations of notes payable and due to the short duration of maturities.

 

Convertible Instruments

U.S. GAAP requires the bifurcation of certain conversion rights contained in convertible indebtedness and account for them as free standing derivative financial instruments according to certain criteria. This criteria include circumstances in which (a) the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative instrument are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract, (b) the hybrid instrument that embodies both the embedded derivative instrument and the host contract is not re-measured at fair value under otherwise applicable generally accepted accounting principles with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur and (c) a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative instrument would be considered a derivative instrument. An exception to this rule is when the host instrument is deemed to be conventional as that term is described under applicable U.S. GAAP.

 

When bifurcation is required, the embedded conversion options are bifurcated from the convertible note, resulting in the recognition of discounts to convertible notes for the intrinsic value of conversion options embedded in debt instruments based upon the differences between the fair value of the underlying common stock at the commitment date of the note transaction and the effective conversion price embedded in the note.  Debt discounts under these arrangements are amortized over the term of the related debt to their stated date of redemption.

 

With respect to convertible preferred stock, we record a dividend for the intrinsic value of conversion options embedded in preferred securities based upon the differences between the fair value of the underlying common stock at the commitment date of the transaction and the effective conversion price embedded in the preferred shares.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). This guidance sets forth a five-step model which depicts the recognition of revenue in an amount that reflects what we expect to receive in exchange for the transfer of goods or services to customers.

 

We recognize revenue when our performance obligations under the terms of a contract with the customer are satisfied. Product sales occur once control of our products is transferred upon delivery to the customer. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration that we expect to receive in exchange for transferring goods and is presented net of provisions for customer returns and allowances. The amount of consideration we receive and revenue we recognize varies with changes in customer incentives we offer to our customers and their customers. Sales taxes and other similar taxes are excluded from revenue.

 

Distribution expenses to transport our products, where applicable, and warehousing expense after manufacture are accounted for within operating expenses.

 

Cost of Goods Sold

Cost of goods sold include the costs of products, packaging, transportation, warehousing, and costs associated with valuation allowances for expired, damaged or impaired inventory.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

We account for stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, “Compensation - Stock Compensation”.  Under the fair value recognition provisions, cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense ratably over the requisite service period, which is generally the option vesting period.  We use the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of stock options.  We early adopted ASU 2018-07, “Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting”, which aligns accounting treatment for such awards to non-employees with the existing guidance on employee share-based compensation in ASC 718.

 

Income Taxes

We use the liability method of accounting for income taxes as set forth in ASC 740, “Income Taxes”.  Under the liability method, deferred taxes are determined based on the temporary differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using tax rates expected to be in effect during the years in which the basis differences reverse.  We record a valuation allowance when it is not more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will be realized.

 

Company management assesses its income tax positions and records tax benefits for all years subject to examination based upon its evaluation of the facts, circumstances and information available at the reporting date.  In accordance with ASC 740-10, for those tax positions where there is a greater than 50% likelihood that a tax benefit will be sustained, our policy is to record the largest amount of tax benefit that is more likely than not to be realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information.

 

For those income tax positions where there is less than 50% likelihood that a tax benefit will be sustained, no tax benefit will be recognized in the financial statements. Company management has determined that there are no material uncertain tax positions at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

 

Net loss per share 

The net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common outstanding. Warrants, stock options, and common stock issuable upon the conversion of the Company's convertible debt or preferred stock (if any), are not included in the computation if the effect would be anti-dilutive.

 

    Three-months
ending
    Three-months
ending
    Nine-months
ending
    Nine-months
ending
 
 

September 30,
2020

    September 30,
2019
    September 30,
2020
    September 30,
2019
 
Numerator                        
Net loss applicable to common shareholders   $ (2,283,683 )   $ (1,067,246 )   $ (6,105,812 )   $ (2,692,629 )
                                 
Denominator                                
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding     58,397,694       40,570,619       53,108,031       41,228,247  
                                 
Net loss per share (basic diluted)   $ (0.04 )   $ (0.03 )   $ (0.11 )   $ (0.07 )

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Weighted average number of shares outstanding excludes anti-dilutive common stock equivalents, including warrants to purchase 3 million shares of common stock for nominal consideration.

 

Advertising

We conduct advertising for the promotion of our products. In accordance with ASC 720-35, advertising costs are charged to operations when incurred.

 

Related Parties

We are indebted to certain members of our Board of Directors at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. Transactions between us and the Board members are summarized in Notes 4 and 8.

 

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of acquisition cost over the fair value of the net assets acquired and is not subject to amortization. The Company reviews goodwill annually in the fourth quarter for impairment or when circumstances indicate carrying value may exceed the fair value. This evaluation is performed at the reporting unit level. If a qualitative assessment indicates that it is more likely than not that the fair value is less than carrying value, a quantitative analysis is completed using either the income or market approach, or a combination of both. The income approach estimates fair value based on expected discounted future cash flows, while the market approach uses comparable public companies and transactions to develop metrics to be applied to historical and expected future operating results.

 

Long-lived assets

The Company evaluates long-lived assets for impairment on an annual basis, when relocating or closing a facility, or when events or changes in circumstances may indicate the carrying amount of the asset group, generally an individual warehouse, may not be fully recoverable. For asset groups held and used, including warehouses to be relocated, the carrying value of the asset group is considered recoverable when the estimated future undiscounted cash flows generated from the use and eventual disposition of the asset group exceed the respective carrying value. In the event that the carrying value is not considered recoverable, an impairment loss is recognized for the asset group to be held and used equal to the excess of the carrying value above the estimated fair value of the asset group. For asset groups classified as held-for-sale (disposal group), the carrying value is compared to the disposal group’s fair value less costs to sell. The Company estimates fair value by obtaining market appraisals from third party brokers or using other valuation techniques.

  

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases” (Topic 842). This ASU requires a lessee to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for most leases in its balance sheet.

 

We adopted the standard on January 1, 2019, using the modified retrospective method. The adoption of this standard resulted in recognition of a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, initially measured at the present value of the lease payments, for all leases with a term greater than 12 months. When available, we would use the rate implicit in the lease to discount lease payments to present value. However, our leases generally do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate. Therefore, our management estimates the incremental borrowing rate to discount lease payments based on the information at the lease commencement. The accounting for finance leases is substantially unchanged. Given the nature of our operation, the adoption of Topic 842 did not have a material impact on our balance sheet, statement of income, or liquidity. Refer to Note 10 – Operating Lease Obligations for information regarding our adoption of Topic 842 and the Company’s undiscounted future lease payments and the timing of those payments.

 

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards could have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements. As new accounting pronouncements are issued, we will adopt those that are applicable under the circumstances.

 

Note 3 – Going Concern

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.  Our business operations have not yet generated significant revenues, and we have sustained net losses of approximately $6.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and have an accumulated deficit of approximately $39.0 million at September 30, 2020. In addition, we have current liabilities in excess of current assets of approximately $0.8 million at September 30, 2020. Further, we are in default on approximately $0.9 million of indebtedness, including accrued interest.

 

Our ability to continue as a going concern in the foreseeable future is dependent upon our ability to generate revenues and obtain sufficient long-term financing to meet current and future obligations and deploy such to produce profitable operating results. Management has evaluated these conditions and plans to raise capital as needed and to generate revenues to satisfy our capital needs. No assurance can be given that we will be successful in these efforts.

 

These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time. These condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 4 – Notes Payable, Related Party Notes Payable, Convertible Bridge Loans Payable, Revenue Financing Arrangements and Bridge Loan Payable

 

Notes payable are generally nonrecourse and secured by all Company owned assets.

 

    Interest
Rate
    September 30,
2020
    December 31,
2019
 
Notes Payable                        
                         
In October 2013, we entered into a short-term loan agreement with an entity in the amount of $25,000. The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $25,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $11,345 was converted into 234,767 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     7 %   $ -     $ 25,000  
                         
In February 2014, we entered into a 12-month term loan agreement with an individual in the amount of $200,000. The note included warrants for 66,146 shares of common stock at $0.73 per share.  The warrants expired on February 28, 2017 and none were exercised at that date. The note matured and remains in default.     15 %     150,000       150,000  
                         
In March 2014, we entered into a 12-month term loan agreement with an individual in the amount of $500,000.  The note included warrants for 681,461 shares of common stock at $0.92 per share. The warrants expired on February 28, 2017 and none were exercised at that date.  The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $500,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $373,065 was converted into 1,124,802 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     15 %     -       500,000  
                         
In March 2014, we entered into a short-term loan agreement with an entity in the amount of $200,000. The note included warrants for 272,584 shares of common stock at $0.94 per share. The warrants expired on February 28, 2017 and none were exercised at that date. The loans matured and remains in default.     8 %     200,000       200,000  
                         
In May 2020, we entered into a two year loan with an entity under the Paycheck Protection Program established by the CARES Act in the amount of $159,033. The note requires monthly payments of principal and interest starting in December 2020 and maturing in May 2020. We expect $74,000 of the loan amount to be forgiven in accordance with the CARES Act.     1 %     159,033       -  
                         
In June 2020, we entered into a six-month loan with an individual in the amount of $100,000. The loan matures in December 2020 with principal and interest due at maturity.     12 %     100,000       -  
                         
In August 2020, we entered into a nine-month loan with a company in the amount of $112,000. The loan requires 9 amortized payments of principal and interest in the amount of $12,246.66 with the first payment due September 2020.     4.8 %     99,753          
                         
            $ 703,565     $ 875,000  

 

Interest expense on notes payable was $13,377 and $28,813 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Interest expense on notes payable was $73,236 and $86,439 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Accrued interest was $258,738 and $581,693 at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

 

Concurrently with the consummation of the Merger, notes payable of $525,000 and accrued interest were converted to shares of Splash common stock, which were exchanged for Splash Beverage Group, Inc. [Formerly known as Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.] shares. Pursuant to the terms of the conversion agreements, these investors have the right to rescind the common shares received and receive replacement notes payable if we fail to raise $9 million in a secondary initial public offering by September 30, 2020 (subsequently extended to April 30, 2021). As a result, these shares are classified as mezzanine equity in our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 4 – Notes Payable, Related Party Notes Payable, Convertible Bridge Loans Payable, Revenue Financing Arrangements and Bridge Loan Payable, continued

 

    Interest
Rate
    September 30,
2020
    December 31,
2019
 
Related Parties Notes Payable                        
                         
During 2012, we entered into two 6-month term loan agreements with an entity, totaling $150,000. The notes included warrants for 68,146 shares of common stock at $0.73 per share which expired unexercised in 2017. The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $41,500 and unpaid accrued interest of $31,515 was converted into 98,726 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     7 %   $         -     $ 41,500  
                         
In March 2014, we entered into a $50,000 12-month term loan agreement. The note included warrants for 136,292 shares of common stock at $0.92 per share. The warrants expired unexercised on February 28, 2017.  The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $50,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $24,145 was converted into 99,252 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     8 %     -       50,000  
                         
During 2015, we entered into a 12-month term loan agreement with an individual in the amount $250,000.  The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $250,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $101,850 was converted into 98,726 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     8 %     -       250,000  
                         
In February 2012, we entered into a loan agreement with an officer of the Company in the amount of $100. On September 25, 2018 an additional $10,500 loan agreement was entered into. The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $10,600 and unpaid accrued interest of $1,189 was converted into 15,734 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     7 %     -       10,600  
                         
During 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, we entered into several 12-month term loan agreements with an officer of the Company in the amounts of $57,000, $225,000, $105,000, and $9,000, respectively. The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $396,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $146,828 was converted into 727,344 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     7 %     -       396,000  

 

Continued on next page

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 4 – Notes Payable, Related Party Notes Payable, Convertible Bridge Loans Payable, Revenue Financing Arrangements and Bridge Loan Payable, continued

 

    Interest
Rate
    September 30,
2020
    December 31,
2019
 
Related Parties Notes Payable, continued                        
                         
During 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016, we entered into 6-month term loan agreements with an officer of the Company in the amounts of $155,000, $210,000, $150,000 and $40,000, all respectively. The notes included warrants for issuances of 204,438 shares of common stock at $.092 per share. The warrants expired unexercised on March 1, 2017. The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $495,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $213,010 was converted into 942,504 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     7 %     -       495,000  
                         
During 2013, 2014 and 2017, we entered into 12-month term loan agreements with an officer of the Company in the amounts of $60,000, $50,000 and $10,000. The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $120,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $50,305 was converted into 228,328 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     7 %     -       120,000  
                         
During 2018, we entered into a long term note payable with an entity owned by an officer for $12,000 to be payable on July 10, 2020. The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $12,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $1,050 was converted into 17,407 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     12 %     -       12,000  
                         
During 2019, we entered into a term note payable with an entity owned by an officer for $130,000 to be paid on August 8, 2019. The note matured and in March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $130,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $9,078 was converted into 182,525 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     12 %     -       130,000  
                         
            $         -     $ 1,505,100  

 

Interest expense on related party notes payable was $0 and $24,714 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Interest expense on related party notes payable was $37,967 and $74,342 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Accrued interest was $0 and $546,362 as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. 

  

Concurrently with the consummation of the Merger, notes payable of $1,505,100 and accrued interest were converted to shares of Splash common stock, which were exchanged for Splash Beverage Group, Inc. [Formerly known as Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.] shares. Pursuant to the terms of the conversion agreements, these investors have the right to rescind the common shares received and receive replacement notes payable if we fail to raise $9 million in a secondary initial public offering by September 30, 2020 (subsequently extended to April 30, 2021). As a result, these shares are classified as mezzanine equity in our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 4 – Notes Payable, Related Party Notes Payable, Convertible Bridge Loans Payable, Revenue Financing Arrangements and Bridge Loan Payable, continued

 

    Interest
Rate
    September 30,
2020
    December 31,
2019
 
Convertible Bridge Loans Payable                        
                         

In May 2015, we entered into a 3-month term loan agreement with an individual in the amount of $100,000. The annual interest rate for this bridge loan was 32% for the first 90 days, and 4% thereafter, compounded monthly. The loan remains in default.

    See left     $ 100,000     $ 100,000  
                         
In October 2015, we entered into a 3-month term loan agreement with two individuals in the amount of $25,000. On December 26, 2018, the outstanding principal and accrued interest of $14,388 was consolidated into a new $39,388 term loan due August 26, 2020. In March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $39,388 and unpaid accrued interest of $5,973 was converted into 59,694 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     12 %     -       39,388  
                         
In June 2015, we entered into a 3-month term loan with two individuals in the amount of $100,000. On December 26, 2018, the outstanding principal amount of $100,000 and accrued interest of $64,307 was consolidated into a new $164,307 term loan due August 26, 2020. In March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $164,307 and unpaid accrued interest of $24,916 was converted into 249,013 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     12 %     -       164,307  
                         
During 2016, 2017 and 2018, we entered into multiple loan agreements with an entity in varying amounts. On December 26, 2018, the outstanding principal of $235,500 and accrued interest of $155,861 was consolidated into a new $391,361 term due August 26, 2020. In March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $391,361 and unpaid accrued interest of $43,823 was converted into 435,184 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     12 %     -       391,361  
                         
During 2016, we entered into 3-month term loan agreements with an individual totaling $20,000. The loan was extended to August 14, 2020. In March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $20,000 and unpaid accrued interest of $10,096 was converted into 41,336 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     9 %     -       20,000  
                         
During 2014 through 2018, we entered into convertible promissory note agreements with various terms ranging from 90 days to 18 months at 18% interest with an entity which were consolidated into one loan at 12% in 2018 totaling $795,137 with a due date of August 26, 2020. In March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $795,137 and unpaid accrued interest of $89,037 was converted into 884,174 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     12 %     -       795,137  
                         
During 2015 and 2016, we entered into a series of 3-month term convertible promissory note agreements at 18% interest with an entity which were consolidated into one loan at 12% in 2018 totaling $692,471 with a due date of August 26, 2020. In March 2020 the full outstanding principal balance of $692,471 and unpaid accrued interest of $77,541 was converted into 770,012 shares of common stock according to the Merger Agreement.     12 %     -       692,471  
            $ 100,000     $ 2,202,664  

 

During 2018, we issued convertible bridge loans payable which are convertible, at the holders’ option, into shares of our common stock.

 

During 2018 multiple convertible bridge loans payable to five counterparties, and related unpaid interest were consolidated into five new convertible bridge loans payable totaling $2,082,665. The notes are of varying amounts and are due in August 2020, at an interest rate of 12%. We analyzed the notes and concluded the conversion terms did not constitute beneficial conversion features. The principal amount and any accrued and unpaid interest are convertible at the conversion price of a potential future offering of the Company.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 4 – Notes Payable, Related Party Notes Payable, Convertible Bridge Loans Payable, Revenue Financing Arrangements and Bridge Loan Payable, continued

 

Interest expense on the convertible bridge loans payable was $8,000 and $70,480 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Interest expense on the convertible bridge loans payable was $109,785 and $140,960 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Accrued interest was $163,215 and $439,344 as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

 

On April 24, 2017, a note holder filed a complaint against the Company for a promissory note in default. The note holder is requesting summary judgment in the amount of $263,215. 

   

Concurrently with the consummation of the Merger, notes payable of $2,102,664 and accrued interest were converted to shares of Splash common stock, which were exchanged for Splash Beverage Group, Inc. [Formerly known as Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.] shares. Pursuant to the terms of the conversion agreements, these investors have the right to rescind the common shares received and receive replacement notes payable if we fail to raise $9 million in a secondary initial public offering by September 30, 2020 (subsequently extended to April 30, 2021). As a result, these shares are classified as mezzanine equity in our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

 

    Interest
Rate
    September 30,
2020
    December 31,
2019
 
Revenue Financing Arrangements                        
                         
During August 2015, we entered into a 3-month term loan agreement with an entity in the amount of $50,000, with required daily payments of $999. we entered into two additional 3-month loan agreements with the entity in 2016 in the amounts of $60,000 and $57,000, with required daily payments of $928 and $713, respectively.   The term loans matured and remains in default.     10 %     28,032       28,032  
                         
During November 2016, we entered into a short-term loan agreement with an entity in the amount of $55,000 with required daily payments of $1,299. The note was in default as of December 31, 2018. In 2019, we entered into a settlement agreement with monthly installment payments of $6,000.  The loan is scheduled to be fully repaid in 2020.     12 %     17,435       17,435  
            $ 45,464     $ 45,464  

 

Interest expense on the revenue financing arrangements was $25,067 and $1,723 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Accrued interest was $0 and $32,154 at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

 

Bridge Loan Payable

 

We issued an additional bridge loan in October 2018 for $2 million with a one-year maturity to GMA Bridge Fund LLC (“GMA”). This bridge loan contains a 10% administration fee of which the full $200,000 was accrued at December 31, 2019 and included in bridge loan payable, net. We incurred $271,670 of loan costs, which was fully amortized at December 31, 2019. Interest on the bridge loan was 0.5% monthly for the first six months and 0.75% monthly for the next six months. At the same time the debt was issued, we entered into a separate agreement in which GMA provided consulting services for one year (“Consulting Agreement”). We compensated GMA for the Consulting Agreement services by issuance of a warrant with a 5-year term to acquire 1,362,922 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share. The warrant vested immediately. The value of the warrant, based on a Black-Scholes option pricing model, was $991,423 and was expensed in full in 2018. Interest expense on the bridge loan for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $0 and accrued interest at September 30, 2020 was $0.

 

As part of GMA’s conversion agreement, we replaced the original warrants to purchase 1 million shares and granted additional warrants. To purchase 1 million shares. The value of the warrants based on a Black-Scholes option pricing model, was $1,657,805, and was expensed. 

 

Concurrently with the consummation of the Merger, the $2,500,000 note payable of was converted to shares of Splash common stock, which were exchanged for Splash Beverage Group, Inc. [Formerly known as Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.] shares. Pursuant to the terms of the conversion agreements, GMA has the right to rescind the common shares received and receive replacement notes payable if we fail to raise $9 million in a secondary initial public offering by September 30, 2020 (subsequently extended to April 30, 2021). As a result, these shares are classified as mezzanine equity in our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 5 – Licensing Agreement and Royalty Payable

 

We have a licensing agreement with ABG TapouT, LLC (“TapouT”), providing us with licensing rights to the brand “TapouT” on energy drinks, energy shots, water, teas and sports drinks for beverages sold in the United States of America, its territories, possessions, U.S. military bases and Mexico. Under the terms of the agreement, we are required to pay a 6% royalty on net sales, as defined. In 2020 and 2019, we are required to make monthly payments of $45,000 and $39,000, respectively.

 

There were no unpaid royalties at September 30, 2020. Guaranteed minimum royalty payments totaled $135,000 and $117,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, which is included in general and administrative expenses. Guaranteed minimum royalty payments totaled $405,000 and $351,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, which is included in general and administrative expenses.

 

Note 6 – Deficiency in Stockholders’ Equity 

 

Series A and B Convertible Preferred Stock

As part of the merger consummated on March 31, 2020, all series A and B convertible preferred stock were converted to common stock. If the Company is unable to achieve the capital raise event as defined in the Merger Agreement by September 30, 2020 (subsequently extended to April 30, 2021), these shareholders can rescind their common shares back to preferred shares. Below are the new rights to these shareholders if they decide to rescind:

 

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock:

Rank. The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank, with respect to dividend rights and to rights upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company (each, a “Liquidation Event”), (a) senior in preference and priority to the common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”) and any other class or series of equity security established and designated by the Board of Directors the terms of which do not expressly provide that it ranks senior in preference or priority to or on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation Event (collectively, “Junior Securities”), (b) on parity, without preference or priority, with each other class or series of equity security established and designated by the Board of Directors the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks on parity, without preference or priority to, the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation Event (collectively, “Parity Securities”), and (c) junior in preference and priority to each other class or series of equity security established and designated by the Board of Directors the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks senior in preference or priority to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation Event (collectively, “Senior Securities”).

 

Dividends. Holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, cumulative cash dividends at an annual rate of eight percent (8%) of the Original Issue Price per share (equal to $.08 per share per annum). Dividends shall accrue on each share of Series A Preferred Stock from the date of issuance thereof, whether paid or not, and shall be cumulative and compounded annually.

 

Liquidation Preference. In the event of any Liquidation Event, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders before any payment shall be made to the holders of any Junior Securities by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount per share equal to one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the Series A Original Issue Price (the “Liquidation Preference”), plus the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends thereon from the Original Issue Date through the date of liquidation. If upon any such Liquidation Event the assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders shall be insufficient to pay the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock the full amount to which they shall be entitled under this, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Parity Securities shall share ratably in any distribution of the assets available for distribution in proportion to the respective amounts which would otherwise be payable in respect of the shares held by them upon such distribution if all amounts payable on or with respect to such shares were paid in full.

 

Conversion. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have conversion rights as follows (the “Conversion Rights”):

 

Optional Conversion. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, at any time and from time to time, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock as is determined by dividing the Series A Original Issue Price by the Conversion Price (as defined below) in effect at the time of conversion. The Conversion Price at which shares of Common Stock shall be deliverable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock without the payment of additional consideration by the holder thereof (the “Conversion Price”) shall initially be $1.28 per share. Such initial Conversion Price, and the rate at which shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be converted into shares of Common Stock, shall be subject to adjustment as provided below. All accrued and unpaid dividends may be converted by each holder of Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock by first determining the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that could be purchased based on the Series A Original Issue Price then in effect and then determining the number of shares of Common Stock such additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible into. By way of illustration only, if the accrued and unpaid dividends are equal to $100,000, then based on the Series A Original Issue Price of $1.00 and a Conversion Price of $0.85, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock would receive an additional 85,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

Automatic Conversion. Upon the consummation of an underwritten public offering of the Common Stock of the Company (“IPO”) , each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at a Conversion Price equal to the lesser of (i) the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO or (ii) fifty percent (50%) of the public offering price of the Common Stock in the IPO. All accrued and unpaid dividends may be converted by each holder of Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock by first determining the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that could be purchased based on the Series A Original Issue Price then in effect and then determining the number of shares of Common Stock such additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible into. By way of illustration only, if the accrued and unpaid dividends are equal to $100,000, then based on the Series A Original Issue Price of $1.00 and a Conversion Price of $0.85, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock would receive an additional 85,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 6 – Deficiency in Stockholders’ Equity, continued

 

Series B Convertible Preferred Stock:

Rank. The Series B Preferred Stock shall rank, with respect to dividend rights and to rights upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company (each, a “Liquidation Event”), (a) senior in preference and priority to the common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”) and any other class or series of equity security established and designated by the Board of Directors the terms of which do not expressly provide that it ranks senior in preference or priority to or on parity with the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation Event (collectively, “Junior Securities”), (b) on parity, without preference or priority, with the Series A Preferred Stock and with each other class or series of equity security established and designated by the Board of Directors the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks on parity, without preference or priority to, the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation Event (collectively, “Parity Securities”), and (c) junior in preference and priority to each other class or series of equity security established and designated by the Board of Directors the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks senior in preference or priority to the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation Event (collectively, “Senior Securities”).

 

Dividends. The holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive cash dividends, when, as and if declared by the Board, out of any assets legally available therefor, prior and in preference to any declaration or payment of any dividend on any other class of Preferred Stock, except for the Series A Preferred Stock which shall be paid at the same time as the Series B Preferred Stock is paid, and Common Stock of the Corporation at an annual rate of nine percent (9%) of the Original Issue Price per share (equal to $.09 per share per annum) payable out of legally available funds. Dividends shall accrue on each share of Series B Preferred Stock from the date of issuance thereof, whether paid or not, and shall be cumulative and compounded annually. Such dividends shall be payable on the first day of each January, April, July and October commencing with respect to each share of Series B Preferred Stock, on the first of such dates to occur after the issuance of such share (each such date a “Dividend Payment Date”) to the holders of record at the close of business on the fifteenth day of each December, March, June and September, respectively, subject to declaration of such dividends by the Board. All dividends paid with respect to shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be paid pro rata to the holders entitled thereto. Dividends, if paid, must be paid, on all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock contemporaneously. If any dividend shall not be paid on a Dividend Payment Date, for any reason, the right of the holders to receive such dividend shall not lapse or terminate but each such dividend shall accrue and be paid to such holders, subject to the conversion provisions below. No dividend shall be paid to the holders of any shares of Common Stock until all dividends, including accrued dividends, then owing to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock, shall have been paid in full.

 

Liquidation Preference. In the event of any Liquidation Event, the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders before any payment shall be made to the holders of any Junior Securities by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount per share equal to one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the Series B Original Issue Price (the “Liquidation Preference”), plus the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends thereon from the Original Issue Date through the date of liquidation. If upon any such Liquidation Event the assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders shall be insufficient to pay the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock the full amount to which they shall be entitled under this Section , the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Parity Securities shall share ratably in any distribution of the assets available for distribution in proportion to the respective amounts which would otherwise be payable in respect of the shares held by them upon such distribution if all amounts payable on or with respect to such shares were paid in full.

 

Conversion. The holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall have conversion rights as follows (the “Conversion Rights”):

 

Optional Conversion. Each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, at any time and from time to time, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock as is determined by dividing the Series B Original Issue Price by the Conversion Price (as defined below) in effect at the time of conversion. The Conversion Price at which shares of Common Stock shall be deliverable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock without the payment of additional consideration by the holder thereof (the “Conversion Price”) shall initially be $1.28 per share. Such initial Conversion Price, and the rate at which shares of Series B Preferred Stock may be converted into shares of Common Stock, shall be subject to adjustment as provided below. All accrued and unpaid dividends may be converted by each holder of Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock by first determining the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock that could be purchased based on the Series B Original Issue Price then in effect and then determining the number of shares of Common Stock such additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock are convertible into. By way of illustration only, if the accrued and unpaid dividends are equal to $100,000, then based on the Series B Original Issue Price of $1.50 and a Conversion Price of $1.28, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock would receive an additional 78,125 shares of Common Stock.

 

Automatic Conversion. Upon the consummation of an underwritten public offering of the Common Stock of the Company (“IPO”), each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at a Conversion Price equal to the lesser of (i) the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO or (ii) fifty percent (50%) of the public offering price of the Common Stock in the IPO. All accrued and unpaid dividends may be converted by each holder of Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock by first determining the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock that could be purchased based on the Series B Original Issue Price then in effect and then determining the number of shares of Common Stock such additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock are convertible into. By way of illustration only, if the accrued and unpaid dividends are equal to $100,000, then based on the Series B Original Issue Price of $1.50 and a Conversion Price of $1.28, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock would receive an additional 78,125 shares of Common Stock.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Common Stock

In 2019, we issued 1,846,078 shares of our common stock in exchange for services provided to us. The shares were valued at $0.73 per share. We recognized share-based compensation expense of $1,354,500, which is classified within the contracted services line on the Statement of Operations. 

 

In Q3 2020, we entered into multiple subscription agreements for $3,429,601 in exchange for 3,391,683 of our common stock.

 

In Q3 2020, we issued 490,652 shares to an existing shareholder under a 3-year consulting agreement dated December 2019. The shareholder fulfilled his deliverables in full and the board approved issuing the shares early.

 

Private Placement Memorandum (PPM)

Our Board of Directors has determined that it is in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders to obtain working capital by conducting a private placement offering of 2,790,909 shares of the common stock of the Company, no par value per share at a purchase price of $1.10 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $3,070,000. As part of the PPM, each common share holds one-half warrant. We will issue all shares for subscription agreements executed after September 30, 2020, in Q4 2020.

 

Treasury Stock

Since its inception, we have repurchased shares from our shareholders. To date, we have repurchased 1,226,630 shares, of which 817,753 have been retired.

 

In connection with a 2018 consulting agreement, we were committed to issue the 408,877 shares held in treasury upon the occurrence of certain events or milestones. We issued 136,292 shares in July 2018, 136,292 shares in July 2019 and 136,292 shares on March 31, 2020.

 

Warrant Issuance-Common Stock

As part of the sale and issuance of 4,088,765 shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, we issued 4,088,765 warrants to purchase shares of our common stock at a price of $0.73 per share. The warrants had a five-year term and expired during 2019.

 

As an incentive to convert their Series A preferred stock we issued 1,000,000 new warrants to purchase shares of SBG common stock at $0.18 per share. Concurrently with the consummation of the Merger, these warrants were exchanged for 1,362,922 of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. [Formerly known as Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.] shares. These warrants have a 3-year term.

 

Warrant Issuance-Common Stock 

As part of the sale and issuance of 5,333,675 shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, we issued 2,666,839 warrants to purchase shares our common stock at a price of $1.10 per share. The warrants have a 5-year term. At September 30, 2020, there are 935,386 warrants outstanding.

 

As part of the sale of 300,000 shares of common stock, we issued 975,000 warrants to purchase shares of our common stock at a price of $0.25 per share. These warrants have a 3-year term. In Q3 2020, the holder exercised all of his warrants and received 975,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 7 – Share-Based Payments

 

Warrant Issuance-GMA Consulting Services

We issued 1,362,922 warrants to purchase shares of our common stock at $0.007 per share as part of our consulting agreement with GMA, at December 31, 2019, the weighted average life of the outstanding warrants is 3.75 years.

 

The warrants entitle the holder to purchase one share per warrant of the Company’s common stock at a price of $0.01 per share during the five-year period commencing on October 2, 2018, or, if greater, the number of common shares with a market value equivalent to two percent of the enterprise value of the Company at an exercise price of $0.008 per share.

 

As an incentive for GMA to convert their debt and accrued interest into shares of common stock, we retired the original 1,362,922 warrants and issued 2,725,844 pre-merger new warrants to purchase shares of our common stock at $0.18 per share. These warrants have a 3-year term.

 

Stock Plan

We have adopted the 2012 Stock Incentive Plan for SBG (the “Plan”), which provides for the grant of common stock and stock options to employees. We have reserved 4,088,765 shares for issuance under the Plan. The option exercise price generally may not be less than the underlying stock’s fair market value at the date of the grant and generally have a term of ten years. On December 31, 2018, the sole option holder at the time, our CEO, exercised his options to purchase 2,657,698 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $0.12 per share, totaling $312,000, which total purchase price was paid by the cancelation of the equivalent amount of debt owed by us to the CEO. On December 7, 2019, our Board of Directors granted 1,124,410 options to certain employees and consultants. None of these options were exercised at September 30, 2020. There are 1,124,410 options issued and outstanding under the Plan at September 30, 2020. As of September 30, 2020, the total number of options available for grant is 306,657.

 

We measure employee stock-based awards at the grant-date fair value and recognizes employee compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the award. Determining the appropriate fair value of stock-based awards requires the input of subjective assumptions, including the fair value of our common stock, and for stock options, the expected life of the option, and expected stock price volatility and exercise price. We used the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value its stock option awards. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock- based awards represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment. As a result, if factors change and management uses different assumptions, stock-based compensation expense could be materially different for future awards. The expected life of stock options was estimated using the “simplified method,” which calculates the expected term as the midpoint between the weighted average time to vesting and the contractual maturity, we have limited historical information to develop reasonable expectations about future exercise patterns and employment duration for its stock options grants. The simplified method is based on the average of the vesting tranches and the contractual life of each grant. For stock price volatility, we use comparable public companies as a basis for its expected volatility to calculate the fair value of options granted. The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury notes with a term approximating the expected life of the option. The estimation of the number of stock awards that will ultimately vest requires judgment, and to the extent actual results or updated estimates differ from the Company’s current estimates, such amounts are recognized as an adjustment in the period in which estimates are revised.

 

We recognized stock-based compensation expense of $265,589 for the year ended December 31, 2019. There was no unrecognized compensation cost related to stock option awards at September 30, 2020.

 

Concurrently with the consummation of the Merger, options to purchase 825,000 SBG shares were converted to options to purchase 1,124,410 Splash Beverage Group, Inc. [Formerly known as Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.] shares. 

 

          Weighted Average  
    Options     Exercise Price  
             
Outstanding - beginning of year     1,124,410     $ 0.77  
Granted     -          
Exercised     -     $ -  
Cancelled/forfeited     -     $ -  
Outstanding - September 30, 2020     1,124,410     $ 0.77  
                 
Exercisable at September, 30 2020     1,124,410     $ 0.77  
                 
Weighted average grant date fair value of options during year      N/A          
                 
Weighted average duration to expiration of outstanding options at September 30, 2020     4.3          

  

In August 2020, we adopted a new incentive plan. The 2020 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) is established by Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), to create incentives which are designed to motivate Participants to put forth maximum effort toward the success and growth of the Company and to enable the Company to attract and retain experienced individuals who by their position, ability and diligence are able to make important contributions to the Company’s success. Toward these objectives, the Plan provides for the grant of Options, Restricted Stock Awards, Stock Appreciation Rights (“SARs”), Performance Units and Performance Bonuses to Eligible Employees and the grant of Nonqualified Stock Options, Restricted Stock Awards, SARs and Performance Units to Consultants and Eligible Directors, subject to the conditions set forth in the Plan. At September 30, 2020, no awards have been granted by the board of directors.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 8 – Related Parties

 

During the normal course of business, we incurred expenses related to services provided by our CEO or Company expenses paid by our CEO, resulting in related party payables, net of $469,904 as of September 30, 2020. The related party payable to the CEO bears no interest payable and is due on demand. We also assumed a $50,000 note for the President of WesBev who is the majority shareholder of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. [Formerly known as Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.].

 

There are related party notes payable of $0 outstanding as of September 30, 2020 as discussed in Note 4.

 

Note 9 – Investment in Salt Tequila USA, LLC

 

On December 9, 2013, we entered into a marketing and distribution agreement with SALT Tequila USA, LLC (“SALT”) in Mexico for the manufacturing of our product line. The agreement was for a one-year term with an additional two-year renewal. On December 28, 2015, the agreement was extended through 2020. In the December 9, 2013 agreement, we received a 5% ownership interest in SALT, 12 months after the date of the agreement we received an additional 5% ownership interest in SALT, and 24 months after the date of the agreement we received an additional 5% interest, resulting in a total interest of 15% in SALT. We have not recorded the cost of the investment or our share of its results of operations as the amounts are considered immaterial. 

 

SALT also has product at a unrelated international alcohol distributor, American Spirits Exchange, for preliminary market testing in 9 of 16 states that they distribute to, that are government-controlled alcohol resellers. In 2019 we had no sales for SALT Tequila. On December 31, 2018, we created a Mexican subsidiary, Splash MEX SA DE CV (“Splash Mex”) for the exporting of SALT Tequila from Mexico to the USA, South and Central Americas. Splash Mex will also act as the manufacturing and distribution agent of TapouT in Central and South Americas. Applications for the appropriate licenses required for import and wholesale of alcohol in the USA have been completed for at the Federal and State levels. These licenses will permit direct alcohol sales to distributors and wholesalers thereby limiting the use of agents for importing SALT Tequila to the USA for distribution.

 

On March 26, 2020, we entered into a new amended stock sale and purchase agreement. The agreement is for $1,000,000 to be paid in 4 tranches of $250,000 and entitles us to additional equity interest in Salt Tequila USA, LLC as follows:

 

  Tranche 1 – 7.5%

 

  Tranche 2 – 5.0%

 

  Tranche 3 – 5.0%

 

  Tranche 4 – 5.0%

 

Once all tranches are paid-out we will have a total equity stake of 37.5% of Salt Tequila USA, LLC.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 10 – Operating Lease Obligations

 

Effective July 2018, we entered into a lease agreement for the right to use and occupy office space. The lease term commenced July 1, 2018 and is scheduled to expire after 36 months, on June 30, 2021.

 

Prior to the current lease, we entered into a lease agreement in 2014 for the right to use and occupy office space. The lease term commenced November 1, 2014 and was scheduled to expire after 62 months, on March 31, 2020. The lease was terminated in February 2018.

 

Effective November 2019, we entered into a new lease agreement for our NY affiliate. The lease was for six months and had expired on April 30, 2020. This lease was not subjected to the new lease standard, Topic 842.

 

Effective November 2019, we entered into a new lease with Interport Logistics, LLC. The lease term commenced on November 11, 2019 and is scheduled to expire on November 11, 2020.

 

Effective May 2019, we entered into a new lease in Mexico. The lease commenced May 1, 2019 and is scheduled to expire after 24 months, on April 1, 2021.

 

The following table presents the discounted present value of minimum lease payments for our office and warehouses to the amounts reported as financial lease liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2020:

 

Undiscounted Future Minimum Lease Payments   Operating Lease  
       
2020   $ 22,172  
2021     59,291  
Thereafter     25,910  
Total     107,372  
Amount representing imputed interest     (4,136 )
Total operating lease liability     103,237  
Current portion of operating lease liability     70,297  
Operating lease liability, non-current   $ 32,940  

  

The table below presents information for lease costs related to our operating leases at September 30, 2020:

 

Operating lease cost:      
Amortization of leased assets   $ 114,032  
Interest of lease liabilities     10,776  
Total operating lease cost   $ 124,808  

  

The table below presents lease-related terms and discount rates at September 30, 2020:

 

Remaining term on leases   9 to 25 months
Incremented borrowing rate     5.0 %

 

Note 11 – Line of Credit 

 

At September 30, 2020 SBG owed $68,000 to a financial institution under a revolving line of credit.. The line of credit is secured by the assets of SBG is due on demand, and bears interest at variable rates approximately 6.1% at September 30, 2020. Interest expense under the note was approximately $300 during the three months ended September 30, 2020. Interest expense under the note was approximately $2,300 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

 

Note 12 – PPP Loan

 

On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) announced a global health emergency because of a new strain of coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China (the “COVID-19 outbreak”) and the risks to the international community as the virus spreads globally beyond the point of origin. On March 20, 2020, the WHO classified the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic, based on the rapid increase in exposure globally.

 

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, the CARES Act (the “Act”) was passed by Congress and signed into law on March 27, 2020. In connection with the CARES Act, the Company and its subsidiary applied for and received loans with an original aggregate principal balance of approximately $158,000. These loans and interest will be forgiven as long as the funds are used for qualifying expenditures as outlined in the Act. The loans bear interest at 1%, with an 18 month term, and has a 6-month initial payment deferral.

 

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Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

[f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.]

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 13 – Business Combinations

 

As stated in Note 1, we consummated the merger of SBG on March 31, 2020 which was accounted for as a reverse merger.

 

The value of our merger was approximately $9.2 million based on the valuation of the SBG equity on the date of consummation.

 

The following summarizes our allocation of the purchase price for the acquisition:

 

Cash and cash equivalents   $ 72,442  
Accounts receivable   $ 311,586  
Inventory   $ 21,415  
Property and equipment   $ 38,110  
Goodwill   $ 9,448,832  
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities   $ 719,221  
Purchase price   $ 9,173,164  

 

Note 14 – Segment Reporting

 

The Company evaluates segment reporting in accordance with the FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 280, Segment Reporting, each reporting period, including evaluating the reporting package reviewed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

 

    Three-Months Ending     Nine-Months Ending  
Revenue   September 30,
2020
    September 30,
2019
    September 30,
2020
    September 30,
2019
 
Splash Beverage Group     91,778           -       213,174       14,445  
B2C Business     601,196       -       1,004,536       32,641  
Medical Devices     316,641       -       516,217       -  
                                 
Total Revenues     1,009,615       -       1,733,926       47,086  

 

Total assets   Sep-20     Dec-19  
Splash Beverage Group     2,725,853       446,288  
B2C Business     435,933       159,026  
Medical Devices     9,875,151       -  
                 
Total Assets     13,036,937       605,314  

    

Note 15 – Commitment and Contingencies

 

We are a party to asserted claims and are subject to regulatory actions in the ordinary course of business. The results of such proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, but we do not anticipate that the outcome, if any, arising out of any such matter will have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

Capital Raise

In connection with the merger we are committed to our previous preferred stock and debt holders to raise $9 million in a secondary IPO, private placement and debt as defined in the agreements. There cannot be any assurance that we will raise this capital as required.

 

Stock Price Guarantee

We have a commitment to issue additional shares associated with specific stock price guarantee granted to an investor. See Note 4.

 

Note 16 – Subsequent Events 

 

Subscription Agreements

In Q4 2020, we entered into multiple subscription agreements for $1,895,000 in exchange for 1,722,727 of our common stock at $1.10 per share as well as warrants to purchase 861,361 shares of our common stock at $1.10 per share.

 

2020 Incentive Plan

In October 2020, our board approved the granting of both shares and warrants to purchase shares to existing employees as well as consultants.

 

International Distribution Agreement

The Company entered into a distribution agreement with China-based American Software Capital (“ASC”), resulting in securing distribution and Manufacturing capabilities in Greater China for its TapouT Performance brand and distribution for its SALT Naturally Flavored Tequila brand.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

The information in this discussion may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding our capital needs, business strategy and expectations. Any statements that are not of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. In some cases you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” or “continue”, the negative of the terms or other comparable terminology. Actual events or results may differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements. In evaluating these statements, you should consider various factors, including the risks included from time to time in other reports or registration statements filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements. We disclaim any obligation to publicly update these statements or disclose any difference between actual results and those reflected in these statements.

 

Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Form 10-Q to “we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company” refer to Splash Beverage Group, Inc.

 

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Condensed Financial Statements (unaudited) and Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (unaudited) filed herewith.

 

Business Overview 

 

Splash Beverage Group (“SBG”), f/k/a Canfield Medical Supply, Inc. (the “CMS”), was incorporated in the State of Ohio on September 3, 1992, and changed domicile to Colorado on April 18, 2012. CMS is in the business of home health services, primarily the selling of durable medical equipment and medical supplies to the public, nursing homes, hospitals and other end users.

 

On December 31, 2019, CMS entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with SBG Acquisition Inc. (“Merger Sub”), a Nevada Corporation wholly-owned by CMS, and Splash Beverage Group, Inc. a Nevada corporation (“Splash”) pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Splash (the “Merger”) with Splash as the surviving company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CMS. The Merger was consummated on March 31, 2020.

 

As the owners and management of Splash have voting and operating control of CMS following the Merger, the Merger transaction was accounted for as a reverse acquisition (that is with Splash as the acquiring entity), followed by a recapitalization.

 

Splash specializes in the manufacturing, distribution, and sales & marketing of various beverages across multiple channels. Splash operates in both the non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverage segments. Additionally, Splash operates its own vertically integrated B-to-B and B-to-C e-commerce distribution platform called Qplash, further expanding its distribution abilities and visibility.

 

In July 2020, we filed a Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation to change our name to Splash Beverage Group Inc. On July 31, 2020, we received approval from FINRA regarding our name change. 

 

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Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2019.

 

Revenue 

 

Revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2020 were $1,009,615 compared to revenues of $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2019. The $1,009,615 increase in sales was due to Salt Tequila ($91,782), Qplash –our vertically integrated B2B and B2C e-commerce distribution platform which sells their products on Amazon and Shopify ($704,388) and Canfield’s medical device business ($290,638). Cost of goods sold for the three months ended September 30, 2020 were $570,979 compared to cost of goods sold for the three months ended September 30, 2019 of $13,947. The $557,032 increase in cost of goods sold for the three-month period ended September 30, 2020 was primarily due to our increased sales, and as our sales increased, our cost of sales for those sales correspondingly increased.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2020 were $2,733,434 compared to $847,657 for the three months ended September 30, 2019. The $1,885,777 increase in our operating expenses was primarily a result of recording $1,236,254 in consulting fees relating to the issuance of warrants and $730,085 in other consulting related expenses. The net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2020 was $2,283,682 as compared to a net loss of $1,067,246 for the three months ended September 30, 2019. The increase in net loss is due to our increase in operating expenses slightly offset by our increase in revenues.

 

Other Income/(Expense)

 

Other income/(expense) for the three months ended September 30, 2020 were $11,116 compared to ($205,642) for the three months ended September 30, 2019. The $216,758 decrease in our interest expenses was primarily a result converting the majority of our debt into common stock in Q1 2020 as part of our merger.

 

Results of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019.

 

Revenue 

 

Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 were $ $1,733,926 compared to revenues of $47,086 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The $1,686,840 increase in sales was due to Salt Tequila $213,933, Qplash – our vertically integrated B2B and B2C e-commerce distribution platform which sells their products on Amazon and Shopify $1,004,536 and Canfield’s medical device business $490,217. Cost of goods sold for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 were $965,966 compared to cost of goods sold for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 of $88,365. The $877,638 increase in cost of goods sold for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2020 was primarily due to our increased sales, and as our sales increased, our cost of sales for those sales correspondingly increased.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 were $5,000,715 compared to $ 2,025,184 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The $2,975,530 increase in our operating expenses was primarily a result of recording $500,000 in consulting fees for one of our investors, $465,511 in increased salaries, and $1,966,339 in consulting fees of which $1,236,254 was for the issuance of warrants. The net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $6,105,812 as compared to a net loss of $ $2,692,629 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The increase in net loss is due to our increase in operating expenses slightly offset by our increase in revenues.

 

Other Income/(Expense)

 

Other income/(expense) for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 were $1,873,057 compared to $626,166 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The $1,246,891 increase in our interest expenses was primarily a result of recording a finance charge of $1,236,254 associated with warrants issued to one of our note holders.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

Liquidity is the ability of a company to generate funds to support its current and future operations, satisfy its obligations, and otherwise operate on an ongoing basis. Significant factors in the management of liquidity are funds generated by operations, levels of accounts receivable and accounts payable and capital expenditures.

 

As of September 30, 2020, we had total cash and cash equivalents of $ $725,811, as compared with $42,639 at December 31, 2019. The increase was primarily due to issuances of notes payable and subscription agreements offset by expenses relating to the operating the business.

 

Net cash used for operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $ 4,311,170 as compared to the net cash used by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 of $1,909,725. The primary reasons for the change in net cash used was due to losses sustained and increases for stock-based compensation, offset by other non-cash expenses.

 

Net cash used for investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $87,251 as compared to the net cash used by investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 of $9,942. The net cash used in the first nine months of 2020 was primarily due to the $150,000 payment made to SALT Tequila USA, offset by $72,422 of cash obtained in the acquisition of Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.

 

Net cash provided by financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $5,081,594 compared to $1,011,991 provided from financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we received $6,191,406 from investors and related parties, of which $1,000,000 of funds are held in escrow.

 

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CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

 

Minimum Royalty Payments:

 

As stated in Note 5, we have a licensing agreement with ABG TapouT, LLC (“TapouT”). Under the licensing agreement, we have minimum royalty payments to TapouT for the next three years.

 

  2020 $540,000

 

  2021 $594,000

 

  2022 $653,400

 

Inventory Purchase Commitments:

 

None.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements (as that term is defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K) that are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, revenue or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Not required for Smaller Reporting Companies.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), is recorded, processed,+ summarized, and reported within the required time periods, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding disclosure. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as required by Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(b) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer has concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures are ineffective due to the size of the organization. We are addressing our needs to enhance our effectiveness. There have been no changes to our disclosure controls and procedures during the three months ended September 30, 2020. There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended September 30, 2020 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Since the most recent evaluation date, there have been no significant changes in our internal control structure, policies, and procedures or in other areas that could significantly affect our internal control over financial reporting.

 

(b) Changes in Internal Controls

 

There were no significant changes in the Company's internal controls over financial reporting or in other factors that could significantly affect these internal controls subsequent to the date of their most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

 

None.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and we expect will continue to have, certain negative impacts on our business and operations, and such impacts may have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

 

The current COVID-19 pandemic has presented a substantial public health and economic challenge around the world and is affecting our employees, communities and business operations, as well as the global economy and financial markets. The human and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the measures being taken by governments, businesses (including the Company and our suppliers, bottlers/distributors, co-packers and other service providers) and the public at large to limit the COVID-19 pandemic, have and will, directly and indirectly impact our business and results of operations, including, without limitation, the following:

 

  Deteriorating economic conditions and financial uncertainties in many of our major markets due to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as increased and prolonged unemployment, decreases in per capita income and the level of disposable income, declines in consumer confidence, or economic slowdowns or recessions, could affect consumer purchasing power and consumers’ ability to purchase our products, thereby reducing demand for our products. In addition, public concern among consumers regarding the risk of contracting COVID-19 may also reduce demand for our products.
     
  The closure of on-premise retailers and other establishments that sell our products as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic may also adversely impact our sales and results of operations.
     
  Our advertising, marketing, promotional, sponsorship and endorsement activities have been, and will continue to be, disrupted by reduced opportunities for such activities due to measures taken to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellations of sporting events, concerts and other events may result in decreased demand for our products.  Our product sampling programs, which are part of our strategy to develop brand awareness, have been, and will continue to be, disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. If we are unable to successfully adapt to the changing landscape of advertising, marketing, promotional, sponsorship and endorsement opportunities created by the COVID-19 pandemic, our sales, volume growth and overall financial results could be negatively affected.
     
  Our innovation activities, including our ability to introduce new products in certain markets, have been delayed and/or adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. If such innovation activities are disrupted and we continue to delay the launch of new products and/or we are unable to secure sufficient distribution levels for such new products, our business and results of operations could be adversely affected.
     
  Some of our suppliers, bottlers/distributors and co-packers may experience plant closures, production slowdowns and disruptions in operations as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This could result in a disruption to our operations.
     
  We may experience delays in the sourcing of certain raw materials as a result of shipping delays due to, among other things, additional safety requirements imposed by port authorities, closures of or congestion at ports, reduced availability of commercial transportation, border restrictions and capacity constraints.
     
  As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including related governmental measures, restrictions, directives and guidance, we have required most of our office-based employees to work remotely. We may experience reductions in productivity and disruptions to our business routines while our remote work policy remains in place. If our employees working remotely do not maintain appropriate measures to mitigate potential risks to our technology and operations from information technology-related disruptions, we may face cybersecurity threats. Employees of our third-party service providers who are working remotely, with whom we may share data, are subject to similar cybersecurity risks. 
     
  Governmental authorities at the U.S. federal, state and/or municipal level and in certain foreign jurisdictions may increase or impose new income taxes, indirect taxes or other taxes or revise interpretations of existing tax rules and regulations as a means of financing the costs of stimulus or may take other measures to protect populations and economies from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Increases in direct and indirect tax rates could affect our net income, and increases in consumer taxes could affect our products’ affordability and reduce our sales.

 

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  We may be required to record significant impairment charges with respect to goodwill or intangible assets whose fair values may be negatively affected by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
     
  The financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may cause one or more of the financial institutions we do business with to fail or default in their obligations to us or to become insolvent or file for bankruptcy, which could cause us to incur significant losses and negatively impact our results of operations and financial condition.
     
  Actions we have taken or may take, or decisions we have made or may make, as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic may result in negative publicity and the Company becoming a party to litigation claims and/or legal proceedings, which could consume significant financial and managerial resources, result in decreased demand for our products and injury to our reputation.
     
  The resumption of normal business operations after the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may be delayed or constrained by its lingering effects on our suppliers, bottlers/distributors, co-packers, contractors, business partners and other service providers.

 

Any of the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including those described above, alone or in combination with others, may have a material adverse effect on our business, reputation, operating results and/or financial condition. The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will negatively affect our business, reputation, operating results and/or financial condition will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including the scope and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and actions taken by governmental authorities and other third parties in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  

 

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

See notes 6 and 16.

 

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

No disclosure required.

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

(a) Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

 

Exhibits   Description
31.1   Certification of CEO and Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) - Filed herewith electronically
31.2   Certification of CFO and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) - Filed herewith electronically
32.1   Certification of CEO and Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Filed herewith electronically
32.2   Certification of CFO and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Filed herewith electronically
101   XBRL Exhibits

 

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 SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

  SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.
     
Date:  November 13, 2020 By: /s/ Robert Nistico
    Robert Nistico, Chairman and CEO
     
Date:  November 13, 2020 By: /s/ Dean Huge
    Dean Huge, CFO

 

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Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Robert Nistico, certify that:

 

1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Splash Beverage Group, Inc.;

 

2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.  The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in the Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrant and have:

 

(a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant is made known to us by others within the registrant, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

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

 

(a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date:  November 13, 2020

 

/s/ Robert Nistico

 

Robert Nistico

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Dean Huge, certify that:

 

1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Splash Beverage Group, Inc.;

 

2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.  The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in the Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrant and have:

 

(a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant is made known to us by others within the registrant, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

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

 

(a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: November 13, 2020

 

/s/ Dean Huge

 

 

Dean Huge

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 32.1

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Form 10-Q of Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a company duly formed under the laws of Colorado (the “Company”), for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), Robert Nistico, President (Chief Executive Officer) of the Company, hereby certifies, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of his knowledge, that:

 

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

 

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

 

Date:  November 13, 2020 /s/ Robert Nistico
 

Robert Nistico

Chief Executive Officer 

 

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

 

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

 

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Exhibit 32.2

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

 PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

 SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Form 10-Q of Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a company duly formed under the laws of Colorado (the “Company”), for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), Dean Huge, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certifies, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of her knowledge, that:

 

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

 

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

 

Date:  November 13, 2020 /s/ Dean Huge
 

Dean Huge 

Chief Financial Officer 

 

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

 

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

 

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SCHEDULE 3.1(l)

TITLE TO PROPERTY AND ASSETS

 

1. The Merits Lien.

 

2. The Navitas Lien.

 

 

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SCHEDULE 3.1(n) COLLATERAL

 

1. The Merits Lien.

 

2. The Navitas Lien.

 

3. In exchange for paying off the Key Bank Line of Credit, the Splash Beverage Group Inc. (the “Company”) received a secured promissory note in the amount of $68,000 from Canfield Medical Supply and Services LLC a subsidiary of the Company. In connection with the execution of the Promissory Note Michael West executed a personal guarantee in favor of the Company and Canfield Medical Supply and Services LLC executed a Security Agreement with the Company pursuant to which Canfield Medical Supply and Services LLC gave the Company a security interest in its assets and Company intends to file a UCC to evidence the security interest.

 

 

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SCHEDULE 4.1 CLOSING USE OF PROCEEDS

 

Payee Amount Wire Instructions
KeyBank National Association $68,236.64

 

Lender $10,000

Withheld by Lender and applied towards Company’s Share of Transaction Costs. The remaining $5,000 balance of Company’s Share of Transaction Costs was deposited by Company with

Lender in connection with executing the term sheet.

Copa di Vino $1,500,000

Beneficiary: TGE, LLC

Bank: US Bank

Address: 401 Washington St. Dalles, Oregon, 97058

Account: ***

ABA Routing Number: ***

TOTAL $1,578,236.64  

 

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SCHEDULE 5.11 COMPANY BANK ACCOUNT

 

Not applicable.

 

 

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SCHEDULE 7.7

INDEBTEDNESS NOT SUBJECT TO CROSS DEFAULT

 

1. In February 2014, we entered into a 12-month term loan agreement with an individual in the amount of $200,000. The note included warrants for 66,146 shares of common stock at $0.73 per share. The warrants expired on February 28, 2017 and none were exercised at that date. The note matured and remains unpaid.

 

2. In March 2014, we entered into a short-term loan agreement with an entity in the amount of

$200,000. The note included warrants for 272,584 shares of common stock at $0.94 per share. The warrants expired on February 28, 2017 and none were exercised at that date. The loans matured and remain unpaid.

 

3. In May 2015, we entered into a 3-month term loan agreement with an individual in the amount of

$100,000. The annual interest rate for this bridge loan was 32% for the first 90 days, and 4% thereafter, compounded monthly.

 

 

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SCHEDULE 11.1 APPLICABLE REVENUE PERCENTAGE

(a)

 

Between the Effective Date and December 31, 2022 (inclusive) the Applicable Revenue Percentage will be 3.75% of Revenue for all payments due during any month within such period.

 

Between January 1, 2023 and the Maturity Date (inclusive) the Applicable Revenue Percentage will be 4.00% of Revenue for all payments due during any month within such period.

 

(b)

 

If the Revenue or Reported Revenue is not equal to at least 80% of Projected Revenue (the “ARP Threshold”) for any Revenue Test Period, the Applicable Revenue Percentage for all subsequent monthly payments (beginning with the payment due the following January 15) will, automatically and without notice from Lender, increase by 0.50%.

 

For clarity, the terms “Revenue” and “Reported Revenue” have separate meanings (even though it is expected that these amounts will be the same). The determination of whether the ARP Threshold has been met for the corresponding Revenue Test Period will be made initially based off of Reported Revenue (as reported in the Monthly Questionnaires delivered by Company to Lender pursuant to Section 5.19). If the Company Entities fail to meet the ARP Threshold based off of Reported Revenue, then the adjustment to the Applicable Revenue Percentage made pursuant to part (b) of this Schedule 11.1 will be effective immediately beginning with the payment due on January 15 of the year immediately following the applicable Revenue Test Period. If it appears initially that the Company Entities met the ARP Threshold for the corresponding Revenue Test Period based off of Reported Revenue, but it is later discovered that the Company Entities failed to meet the ARP Threshold based off of actual Revenue (as reported in the Financial Statements), then the adjustment to the Applicable Revenue Percentage made pursuant to part (a) of this Schedule 11.1 will be effective retroactively beginning with the payment due on January 15 of the year immediately following the applicable Revenue Test Period.

(a)

 

If the Company Entities fail to meet the ARP Threshold for two or more consecutive Revenue Test Periods, the adjustments made pursuant to part (b) of this Schedule 11.1 will be cumulative. If, after failing to meet the ARP Threshold for one or more previous Revenue Test Periods, the Company Entities meet the ARP Threshold for a subsequent Revenue Test Period, any previous adjustments made pursuant to part (b) of this Schedule 11.1 will no longer be applied cumulatively and the Applicable Revenue Percentage will revert back to the standard Applicable Revenue Percentage as determined in accordance with part (a) of this Schedule 11.1. Except as provided in the previous paragraph, all adjustments to the Applicable Revenue Percentage made pursuant to this Schedule 11.1 will be applied prospectively and will not result in a retroactive adjustment to any prior monthly payment.

 

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SCHEDULE 11.2 COLLATERAL

 

All present and hereafter acquired property of Company wherever located and however described and whether or not constituting a fixture (including, without limitation, any and all present and future property), together, in each case, with all proceeds thereof, including without limitation all goods (including inventory, equipment and any accessions thereto), instruments (including promissory notes), documents, accounts (including health-care-insurance receivables and credit card receivables), chattel paper (whether tangible or electronic), deposit accounts, letter-of-credit rights (whether or not the letter of credit is evidenced by a writing), commercial tort claims, securities and all other investment property, supporting obligations, any other contract rights or rights to the payment of money, insurance claims and proceeds, money, patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, copyrights, copyright applications, trade names, other names, software, and all general intangibles (including all payment intangibles); together with all goodwill related to the foregoing property and all rights, liens, security interests and other interests which Company may at any time have by law or agreement against any account debtor, issuer or obligor obligated to make any such payment or against any of the property of such account debtor, issuer, or obligor, and all other supporting obligations relating to the foregoing, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; and all products and proceeds of the foregoing property, including without limitation all accounts, instruments, chattel paper, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, letters-of-credit, other rights to payment, documents, deposit accounts, money, insurance proceeds and general intangibles related to the foregoing property, and all refunds of insurance premiums due or to become due under all insurance policies covering the foregoing property, all whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and wherever located, together with proceeds of all of the foregoing.

 

[ALL REGISTERED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SHOULD BE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED BELOW. FAILURE TO SO LIST REGISTERED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DOES NOT EXCLUDE IT FROM COLLATERAL.]

 

 

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SCHEDULE 11.3 MINIMUM INTEREST

 

(a)

 

The “Minimum Interest” means the amount shown below in the column headed Minimum Interest opposite the applicable period during which the Payoff Date occurs:

 

Period During Which the Payoff

Date Occurs

Minimum Interest
On or before 6 months after the Effective Date 0.50 times the Amount Advanced

After 6 months and on or before 12

months after the Effective Date

0.65 times the Amount Advanced
After 12 months and on or before 18 months after the Effective Date 0.75 times the Amount Advanced
After 18 months and on or before 24 months after the Effective Date 0.90 times the Amount Advanced
After 24 months after the Effective Date 1.00 times the Amount Advanced

 

For the avoidance of doubt, any increases to the Minimum Interest made pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Agreement will be cumulative and will apply throughout the remainder of the term of the Agreement for each period set forth in the table above.

 

(b)

 

If the Revenue or Reported Revenue is not equal to at least 75% of Projected Revenue (the “MI Threshold”) for any Revenue Test Period, then the Minimum Interest multiple will increase, automatically and without notice from Lender, by 0.10 throughout the remainder of the term of the Agreement for each period set forth in the table in part (a) of this Schedule 11.3. For each incremental 10% that the Projected Revenue is lower than the MI Threshold, the Minimum Interest multiple will increase, automatically and without notice from Lender, by an additional 0.05 throughout the remainder of the term of the Agreement for each period set forth in the table in part (a) of this Schedule 11.3.

 

If the Company Entities fail to meet the MI Threshold for two or more Revenue Test Periods, the adjustments made pursuant to part (b) of this Schedule 11.3 will be cumulative. There is no limit to the number of adjustments that may be made pursuant to part (b) of this Schedule 11.3.

 

 

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SCHEDULE 11.4 PERMITTED INDEBTEDNESS

 

Permitted Indebtedness” is:

 

(a)                Company’s and the Company Entities’ Indebtedness to Lender under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents;

 

(b) unsecured Indebtedness to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(c)                Indebtedness incurred as a result of endorsing negotiable instruments received in the ordinary course of any Company Entity’s business;

 

(d) Indebtedness secured by the Merits Lien; and

 

(e)                Indebtedness secured by the Navitas Lien.

 

 

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SCHEDULE 11.5 PERMITTED LIENS

 

Permitted Liens” are:

 

(a)                the Merits Lien;

 

(b) the Navitas Lien;

 

(c)                Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other government charges or levies, either not delinquent or being contested in good faith and for which the applicable Company Entity maintains adequate reserves on its books, provided that no notice of any such Lien has been filed or recorded under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended , and the Treasury Regulations adopted thereunder;

 

(d)                statutory Liens securing claims or demands of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, landlords and other Persons imposed without action of such parties, provided they have no priority over any of Lender’s Lien and the aggregate amount of such Liens does not exceed $10,000 at any one time;

 

(e)                leases or subleases of real property granted in the ordinary course of business, if the leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses do not prohibit granting Lender a security interest; and

 

(f)                 banker’s liens, rights of setoff and Liens in favor of financial institutions incurred made in the ordinary course of business arising in connection with a Company Entity’s deposit accounts or securities accounts held at such institutions to secure solely payment of fees and similar costs and expenses;

 

(g)                Liens to secure payment of workers’ compensation, employment insurance, old-age pensions, social security and other like obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business (other than Liens imposed by ERISA);

 

(h)                Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 7.4;

 

(i)                  easements, reservations, rights-of-way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar charges or encumbrances affecting real property not constituting a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(j)                  non-exclusive licenses of intellectual property granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(k)                non-exclusive licenses of intellectual property granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business in connection with joint ventures and corporate collaborations.

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT 

 

By and among 

 

COPA di VINO WINE GROUP, INC.,

 

SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC., 

a Nevada Corporation,

 

SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC., 

a Colorado Corporation,

 

and

 

COPA di VINO CORPORATION

 

dated as of 

December 24, 2020

 

 

 

 

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Asset Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 24, 2020, is entered into by and among Copa di Vino Corporation, an Oregon corporation (“Seller”), Copa di Vino Wine Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Buyer”), Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Splash Nevada”), and Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“Parent”). Buyer, Splash Nevada and Parent are hereafter referred to as the “Buyer Parties.”

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Seller wishes to sell and assign to Buyer, and Buyer wishes to purchase and assume from Seller, the rights of Seller to the Purchased Assets (as defined herein), subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

WHEREAS, the Buyer is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Splash Nevada and Splash Nevada and Parent have agreed to make payment for the Purchased Assets on behalf of the Buyer;

 

WHEREAS, Splash Nevada is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, the common stock of which is quoted on the OTCQB market;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with Buyer’s purchase of the Purchased Assets, the Parent has agreed to make certain representations in connection with the issuance of certain equity consideration issuable hereunder.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
Purchase and Sale

 

Section 1.01 Purchase and Sale of Assets. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Seller shall sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase from Seller, all of Seller’s right, title and interest in the assets set forth on Section 1.01 of the disclosure schedules (“Disclosure Schedules”) attached hereto (the “Purchased Assets”), free and clear of any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, security interest, claim or other encumbrance (“Encumbrance"). The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are hereafter referred to as the “Transaction.”

 

Section 1.02 Assumption of Liabilities. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Buyer, Splash Nevada and Parent shall jointly and severally assume and agree to timely pay, perform and discharge certain trade payables and accrued expenses as set forth on Section 1.02 of the Disclosure Schedules, but only to the extent that such liabilities and obligations do not relate to any breach, default or violation by Seller on or prior to the Closing (collectively, the "Assumed Liabilities"). In any event, except as otherwise provided on Section 1.02 of the Disclosure Schedules, not later than six months following Closing, the Buyer Parties shall pay, perform and discharge each Assumed Liability or obtain a written release discharging Seller from all obligations related to such Assumed Liability. Other than the Assumed Liabilities, each of Buyer, Splash Nevada and Parent shall not assume any liabilities or obligations of Seller of any kind, whether known or unknown, contingent, matured or otherwise, whether currently existing or hereinafter created (collectively, the “Excluded Liabilities”).

 

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Section 1.03 Purchase Price. Subject to the conditions in this Section 1.03, the aggregate purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) for the Purchased Assets shall be $5,980,000, payable in the combination of cash, debt and equity in the Parent as described herein. The Purchase Price shall consist of the following (i) $2,000,000.00 of cash (the “Purchase Cash”); (ii) $2,000,000 convertible promissory note to Seller payable jointly and severally by Buyer, Splash Nevada, and Parent with a 2% APR, substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.03 (the “Purchase Promissory Note”), and (iii) the Parent Shares as set forth below.

 

No later than sixty (60) days after one of the Revenue Hurdles has been reached and the Introductions have been completed (or the obligation to make the Introductions has terminated), the Parent shall issue to Seller one of the following amounts of Parent Shares, depending on which Revenue Hurdle the Buyer actually realizes: (a) if the monthly combined net revenue as determined under generally accepted accounting principles generated by the Buyer and its subsidiaries for each of two consecutive months during the twelve (12) month period following the Closing of this Transaction equates to or exceeds $455,194.00 (the “First Revenue Hurdle”), then Parent shall issue the number of its shares of common stock (the “Parent Shares”) equal to $1,980,000 divided by the Average Trading Price; or (b) if the First Revenue Hurdle was not achieved, but the monthly combined net revenue generated by the Buyer and its subsidiaries for each of two consecutive months during the eighteen (18) month period following the Closing of this Transaction equates to or exceeds $455,194.00 (the “Second Revenue Hurdle”), then Parent shall issue the number of Parent Shares equal to $1,000,000 divided by the Average Trading Price. The “Average Trading Price” means the volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) for thirty (30) consecutive trading days of the Common Stock as quoted on a stock exchange or over-the-counter market and reported by Bloomberg LLP, immediately before the date of issuance of such Parent Shares. Except as otherwise provided below, the Parent shall have no obligation to issue any Parent Shares to the Seller unless the Buyer has satisfied one of the Revenue Hurdles and James Martin, the President of the Seller has introduced Splash Nevada to all of Seller’s Anheuser Busch distributors and has advocated for and used his best efforts to cause all of such Anheuser Busch distributors to distribute and sell the Tapout Performance Drink product line (such efforts are hereafter referred to as the “Introductions”). If Splash Nevada or Buyer waives the requirement of James Martin’s Introductions in writing, Seller’s obligations under the Introductions will be deemed fulfilled. Splash Nevada or Buyer shall timely pay the reasonable costs and expenses associated with making the Introductions and shall provide all other support reasonably needed to make the Introductions. If Splash Nevada and Buyer fail to pay such costs and expenses or provide such support, James Martin’s obligation to make the Introductions shall terminate and the Parent shall be obligated to issue the Parent Shares if Buyer has satisfied one of the Revenue Hurdles notwithstanding the fact that part or all of the Introductions have not been made.

 

The Purchase Cash, Purchase Promissory Note, and Parent Shares collectively constitute the Purchase Price. The Buyer Parties shall pay or cause the payment of the Purchase Cash to Seller at the Closing (as defined herein), by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the wire transfer instructions set forth in Section 1.03 of the Disclosure Schedules and Parent, Splash Nevada and Buyer shall deliver the Purchase Promissory Note to the Seller at Closing.

 

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Section 1.04 Piggy-Back Registration Rights. If at any time while the principal amount on the Purchase Promissory Note is outstanding, Parent determines to prepare and file with the securities and exchange commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, including a shelf registration statement, other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in connection with stock option or other employee benefit plans, then the Company shall send to Seller a written notice of such determination and, if within thirty days after the date of such notice, Seller shall so request in writing, Parent shall include in such Registration Statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities Seller requests to be registered, unless the underwriters named on the Registration Statement object to the inclusion of the Registrable Securities in such Registration Statement or the inclusion of the Registrable Securities significantly prolongs the period of time required to clear the Registration Statement with the SEC or triggers multiple rounds of SEC comments before clearing the Registration Statement with the SEC.

 

The term “Registrable Securities” means (i) all shares of Common Stock underlying the Purchase Promissory Note, including, without limitation, any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable in respect of conversions under the Purchase Promissory Note, and (ii) any securities issued or issuable in connection with any stock split or similar event with respect to the foregoing.

 

The term “Registration Statement” means the registration statements required to be filed hereunder and any additional registration statements contemplated by Section 1.04, including (in each case) the prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 

Section 1.05 Training. Upon Closing of this Transaction, for value received under Section 1.03, Seller or Seller’s designee shall train Buyer and its staff on site regarding the operations of the winery business at no additional cost to the Buyer until (i) Buyer is granted approval of a winery license and/or a 90-day operating permit by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (“OLCC”) and (ii) Buyer receives a winery license or its equivalent from each of all other State, Federal, and City regulatory agencies where Buyer intends to do business (the “Training Period”).

 

During this Training Period, Seller shall at Buyer’s expense maintain all of its liquor licenses and permits in good standing, including renewal of all of its liquor licenses, in order to facilitate a seamless transition of the business operation to the Buyer. In addition, during the Training Period, Seller shall remain on site to conduct alcohol sales on behalf and for the benefit of Buyer.

 

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The Buyer has agreed to, no later than forty-five (45) days from the Closing Date, apply to the OLCC for the appropriate licenses to conduct its business and Seller has agreed to cooperate with Buyer in all matters concerning such license applications. However, both the Buyer and Seller acknowledge and understand that Seller’s cooperation and training efforts set forth herein does not constitute Seller’s guaranty and/or promise that Buyer will ultimately be granted a liquor license.

 

ARTICLE II
Closing

 

Section 2.01 Closing. The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "Closing") shall take place on December 24, 2020 or on such later date as mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto (the "Closing Date") at the offices of Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP, 1185 Avenue of the Americas, 37th Floor, New York, New York 10036. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be deemed to occur at 5:01 p.m. on the Closing Date.

 

Section 2.02 Closing Deliverables. 

 

(a)       At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Buyer the following:

 

(i)       a bill of sale in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer (the "Bill of Sale") and duly executed by Seller, transferring the Purchased Assets to Buyer;

 

(ii)       an assignment and assumption agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer (the "Assignment and Assumption Agreement") and duly executed by Seller, effecting the assignment to and assumption by Buyer of the Purchased Assets and the Assumed Liabilities;

 

(iii)       an assignment and assumption agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer (the “Drinx Assignment and Assumption Agreement”) and duly executed by Drinx Tec Inc. (“Drinx”), an Oregon corporation, Seller and Buyer, effecting the transfer and assignment of the distribution agreement related to the right to distribute the Pulpoloco branded products in the United States from Drinx to Seller and subsequently from Seller to Buyer;

 

(iv)       assignments in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer (the "Intellectual Property Assignments") and duly executed by Seller, transferring all of Seller's right, title and interest in and to the trademark registrations and applications, patents and patent applications, copyright registrations and applications, domain name registrations, trade secret and other proprietary information included in the Purchased IP (as defined in Section 3.10) to Buyer;

 

(v)       a sublease in form and substance satisfactory to Seller and Buyer subleasing to Buyer the real property used by Seller in the operation of its business (the “Sublease”) duly executed by Seller;

 

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(vi)       copies of all consents, approvals, waivers and authorizations referred to in Section 3.02 of the Disclosure Schedules, including the consent or resolutions of the Seller’s shareholders owning the majority voting power (the “Majority Shareholders”) and the consent or resolutions of the Seller’s board of directors approving this Transaction;

 

(vii)       a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or equivalent officer) of Seller certifying as to (A) the resolutions of the board of directors of Seller and its Majority Shareholders, duly adopted and in effect, which authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; and (B) the names and signatures of the officers of Seller authorized to sign this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder;

 

(viii)       retention agreements in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer (the “Employee Retention Agreements”) duly executed by each of the named employees (the “Retained Employees”) set forth in Section 2.02 of the Disclosure Schedules;

 

(ix)       such other customary instruments of transfer, assumption, filings or documents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, as may be required to give effect to this Agreement; and

 

(b)       At the Closing, Buyer shall deliver to Seller the following:

 

(i)       the Purchase Cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by Seller to Buyer;

 

(ii)       the Purchase Promissory Note duly executed by Buyer, Splash Nevada and Parent to Seller;

 

(iii)       the Sublease duly executed by Parent, Splash Nevada, and Buyer;

 

(iv)       The Employee Retention Agreements, each duly executed by Buyer or Splash Nevada;

 

(v)       the Assignment and Assumption Agreement duly executed by Buyer, Splash Nevada and Parent;

 

(vi)       a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or equivalent officer) of Buyer certifying as to (A) the resolutions of the board of directors of Buyer, duly adopted and in effect, which authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; and (B) the names and signatures of the officers of Buyer authorized to sign this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder; and

 

(vii)       such other customary instruments of assumption, filings or documents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Seller, as may be required to give effect to this Agreement.

 

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For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Transaction Documents” shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Bill of Sale, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, Drinx Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Intellectual Property Assignments, the Purchase Promissory Note, the Sublease, and the other agreements, instruments and documents required to be delivered at the Closing. Any breach by Seller of any Transaction Document shall constitute a breach by Seller of all the Transaction Documents. Any breach by a Buyer Party of the terms of any Transaction Document shall constitute a breach by each of the Buyer Parties of all the Transaction Documents.

 

Section 2.03 Accounting Treatment Regarding Closing Date. For accounting purposes only, the Closing Date of this Transaction shall be deemed to be December 1, 2020.

 

ARTICLE III
Representations and warranties of seller

 

Seller represents and warrants to each of Buyer Parties except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules attached hereto, which exceptions shall be deemed to be part of the representations and warranties made hereunder that the statements contained in this ARTICLE III are true and correct as of the date of the Closing of the Transactions. For purposes of this ARTICLE III

 

"Seller's knowledge," "knowledge of Seller" and any similar phrases shall mean the actual knowledge of any officer of Seller, after due inquiry.

 

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change that is materially adverse to (a) the business, results of operations, financial condition or assets of the Business, taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that "Material Adverse Effect" shall not include any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change, directly or indirectly, arising out of or attributable to: (i) general economic or political conditions; (ii) conditions generally affecting the industries in which the Business operates; (iii) any changes in financial, banking or securities markets in general, including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security or any market index or any change in prevailing interest rates; (iv) acts of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities or terrorism, or the escalation or worsening thereof; (v) any action required or permitted by this Agreement or any action taken (or omitted to be taken) with the written consent of or at the written request of Buyer; (vi) any matter of which Buyer is aware on the date hereof; (vii) any changes in applicable Laws or accounting rules (including GAAP); (viii) the announcement, pendency or completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including losses or threatened losses of employees, customers, suppliers, distributors or others having relationships with the Seller and the Business; (ix) any natural or man-made disaster or acts of God; or (x) any failure by the Business to meet any internal or published projections, forecasts or revenue or earnings predictions (provided that the underlying causes of such failures (subject to the other provisions of this definition) shall not be excluded).

 

Section 3.01 Organization and Authority of Seller; Enforceability. Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of Oregon and has all necessary corporate power and authority to own, operate or lease the properties and assets now owned, operated or leased by it. Seller is duly licensed or qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the ownership of the Purchased Assets makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so licensed, qualified, or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Seller has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder, to carry out its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of Seller. This Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder have been duly executed and delivered by Seller, and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by Buyer) this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Seller, enforceable against Seller in accordance with their respective terms except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, or (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies.

 

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Section 3.02 No Conflicts; Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, do not and will not: (a) violate or conflict with the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of Seller; (b) violate or conflict with any judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to Seller or the Purchased Assets; (c) conflict with, or result in (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) any violation of, or default under, or give rise to a right of termination, acceleration or modification of any obligation or loss of any benefit under any contract or other instrument to which Seller is a party or to which any of the Purchased Assets are subject; except in the cases of clauses (b) and (c), where the violation, breach, conflict, default, acceleration or failure to give notice would not have a Material Adverse Effect; or (d) result in the creation or imposition of any Encumbrance that will not be paid in full on or prior to the Closing on the Purchased Assets. No consent, approval, waiver or authorization is required to be obtained by Seller from any person or entity (including any governmental authority) in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 3.03 Financial Statements. Copies of financial statements consisting of the balance sheet of the Seller in each of the years December 31, 2019 and 2018 and the related statements of income and retained earnings and stockholders' equity for the years then ended (the "Prior Financial Statements"), and unaudited financial statements consisting of the balance sheet of the Seller as of November 30, 2020 and the related statements of income and retained earnings, stockholders' equity and cash flow for the eleven-month period then ended (the "Interim Financial Statements" and together with the Prior Financial Statements, the "Financial Statements") have been made available to Buyer. The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles that the Seller believes are reasonable for a company of its size and financial condition. Seller represents that the Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Business as of the respective dates they were prepared and the results of the operations of the Business for the periods indicated. The balance sheets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 are individually referred to herein as a "Prior Balance Sheet" and the date thereof as the "Prior Balance Sheet Date" and the balance sheet as of November 30, 2020 is referred to herein as the "Interim Balance Sheet" and the date thereof as the "Interim Balance Sheet Date". Seller represents that it will cooperate with the Buyer Parties and the selected auditing firm to prepare the reviewed financial statements for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2020 (the “Reviewed Nine-Month Financial Statements”) and understands that the Parent needs to include the Reviewed Nine-Month Financial Statements in its current report to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

 

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Section 3.04 Absence of Certain Changes, Events and Conditions. Except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, from the Interim Balance Sheet Date until the date of this Agreement, Seller has operated the Business in the ordinary course of business in all material respects and there has not been, with respect to the Business, and other than in the ordinary course of business any:

 

(a)       event, occurrence or development that has had a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(b)       incurrence of any indebtedness for borrowed money in connection with the Business in an aggregate amount exceeding $25,000, except unsecured current obligations and liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(c)       sale or other disposition of any of the Purchased Assets shown or reflected in the Interim Balance Sheet;

 

(d)       cancellation of any debts or claims or amendment, termination or waiver of any rights constituting Purchased Assets, except in the ordinary course of business;

 

(e)       imposition of any Encumbrance upon any of the Purchased Assets;

 

(f)       increase in the compensation of any employees, other than as provided for in any written agreements or in the ordinary course of business;

 

(g)       adoption, termination, amendment or modification of any employee benefit plan;

 

(h)       adoption of any plan of merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation or dissolution or filing of a petition in bankruptcy under any provisions of federal or state bankruptcy law or consent to the filing of any bankruptcy petition against it under any similar law; or

 

(i)       any agreement to do any of the foregoing, or any action or omission that would result in any of the foregoing.

 

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Section 3.05 Material Contracts. 

 

(a)       Section 3.05 (a) of the Disclosure Schedules lists each of the following Contracts (x) by which any of the Purchased Assets are bound or affected or (y) to which Seller is a party or by which it is bound in connection with the Purchased Assets (collectively, the "Material Contracts"):

 

(i)       all contracts requiring performance by any party more than one year from the date hereof, which, in each case, cannot be cancelled without penalty or without more than 180 days’ notice;

 

(ii)       all contracts that relate to the sale of any of the Purchased Assets;

 

(iii)        all contracts that relate to the acquisition of any business, a material amount of stock or assets of any other person or any real property (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise), in each case involving amounts in excess of $25,000;

 

(iv)       all contracts relating to indebtedness (including, without limitation, guarantees), in each case having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $25,000;

 

(v)       all contracts between or among the Seller on the one hand and any affiliate of Seller on the other hand; and

 

(vi)       all collective bargaining agreements or contracts with any labor organization, union or association.

 

(b)       Seller is not in breach of, or default under, any Material Contract, except for such breaches or defaults that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.06 Assigned Contracts. Section 3.06 of the Disclosure Schedules lists each contract included in the Purchased Assets that is being assigned to and assumed by Buyer (the "Assigned Contracts"). Each Assigned Contract is valid and binding on Seller in accordance with its terms and is in full force and effect. Neither Seller nor any other party thereto is in material breach of or default under (or is alleged to be in breach of or default under), or has provided or received any notice of any intention to terminate, any Assigned Contract. No event or circumstance has occurred that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an event of default under any Assigned Contract or result in a termination thereof or would cause or permit the acceleration or other changes of any right or obligation or the loss of benefit thereunder, unless each terminated agreement has less than $25,000 in value or all of the terminated agreements have less than an aggregate of $50,000 in value. Complete and correct copies of each Assigned Contract have been made available to Buyer. There are no disputes pending or, to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened under any Assigned Contract. Buyer acknowledges that certain Contracts can’t be assigned without the approval or consent of the other party or parties to such Material Contracts (the “Nontransferable Contracts”). Seller and Buyer agree to cooperate with and use their best efforts to get the approval necessary to assign each Nontransferrable Contract, and upon obtaining such approval, Seller will assign such Contract to Buyer. Seller will, to the extent legally allowed, facilitate at Buyer’s expense Buyer’s ability to take those actions that Seller would be entitled to take and derive the benefit therefrom, pursuant to the terms of any Nontransferable Contract until the earlier of that the Nontransferable Contract has been legally assigned to Buyer or such Nontransferable Contract ceases being effective and enforceable.

 

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Section 3.07 Title to Purchased Assets. Seller owns and has good title to the Purchased Assets, free and clear of Encumbrances.

 

Section 3.08 Condition of Assets. The Purchased Assets are in good condition and are adequate for the uses to which they are being put, and none of such Purchased Assets is in need of maintenance or repairs except for ordinary, routine maintenance and repairs that are not material in nature or cost.

 

Section 3.09 Inventory. Except as provided on Section 3.09 of the Disclosure Schedules, all Inventory included in the Purchased Assets consist of a quality and quantity usable and salable in the ordinary course of business.

 

Section 3.10 Intellectual Property. 

 

(a)       "Intellectual Property" means any and all of the following in any jurisdiction throughout the world: (i) trademarks and service marks, including all applications and registrations and the goodwill connected with the use of and symbolized by the foregoing; (ii) copyrights, including all applications, software and registrations related to the foregoing; (iii) trade secrets and confidential know-how; (iv) patents and patent applications; (v) websites and internet domain name registrations; and (vi) other intellectual property and related proprietary rights, exclusive and non-exclusive licensing rights, interests and protections (including all rights to sue and recover and retain damages, costs and attorneys' fees for past, present and future infringement and any other rights relating to any of the foregoing).

 

(b)       To Seller’s Knowledge, Section 3.10 (b) of the Disclosure Schedules lists all the Intellectual Property included in the Purchased Assets ("Purchased IP"). Seller owns or has adequate, valid and enforceable rights to use all the Purchased IP, free and clear of all Encumbrances, except where the lack of such rights would not cause a Material Adverse Effect on the use of the Purchased IP. Seller is not bound by any outstanding judgment, injunction, order or decree restricting the use of the Purchased IP, or restricting the licensing thereof to any person or entity. With respect to the registered Intellectual Property listed on Section 3.10 (b) of the Disclosure Schedules, (i) all such Intellectual Property is valid, subsisting and in full force and effect; and (ii) Seller has paid all maintenance fees and made all filings required to maintain Seller's ownership thereof. For all such registered Intellectual Property, Section 3.10 (b) of the Disclosure Schedules lists (A) the jurisdiction where the application or registration is located; (B) the application or registration number; and (C) the application or registration date.

 

(c)       To Seller’s Knowledge, Seller's prior and current use of the Purchased IP has not and does not infringe, violate, dilute or misappropriate the Intellectual Property of any person or entity and there are no claims pending or threatened by any person or entity with respect to the ownership, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or use of the Purchased IP. To Seller’s Knowledge, no person or entity is infringing, misappropriating, diluting or otherwise violating any of the Purchased IP, and neither Seller nor any affiliate of Seller has made or asserted any claim, demand or notice against any person or entity alleging any such infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violation.

 

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Section 3.11 Permits. Section 3.11 of the Disclosure Schedules lists all of Seller’s permits, licenses, franchises, approvals, authorizations, registrations, certificates, variances and similar rights obtained from governmental authorities (the "Governmental Permits"). The Governmental Permits are valid and in full force and effect and all fees and charges with respect to such Governmental Permits as of the date hereof have been paid in full, except for such failure of timely payments that would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the operations of the Purchased Assets. With respect to the winery licenses and permits, the Seller represents that it currently holds a valid winery license, a TTB winery permit, and other State licenses in those states listed in Section 3.11 of the Disclosure Schedule. In addition, to Seller’s Knowledge, since the date its OLCC Winery license was last reissued, Seller has made no alterations to the premises of its operations that would impair the validity of its OLCC Winery license and Seller is materially compliant with all the United States Federal and State rules and regulations regarding all of its winery licenses and permits. To Seller’s Knowledge, no event has occurred that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would reasonably be expected to result in the revocation, suspension, lapse or limitation of any Governmental Permit. Buyer acknowledges that most, if not all, of its Governmental Permits cannot be assigned or transferred without the approval or consent of applicable governmental authorities (the “Nontransferable Permits”). Seller will, to the extent legally allowed, facilitate at Buyer’s expense Buyer’s ability to take actions that Seller would be entitled to take and derive the benefit therefrom, pursuant to the terms of any Nontransferable Permit until the earlier of the date the Nontransferable Permit has been legally transferred to Buyer or Buyer has obtained its own permit for such activity.

 

Section 3.12 Compliance With Laws. Seller has complied, and is now complying, with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations applicable to ownership and use of the Purchased Assets, except where the failure to be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.13 Legal Proceedings. Except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedules, there is no claim, action, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation ("Action") of any nature pending or, to Seller's knowledge, threatened against or by Seller (a) relating to or affecting the Purchased Assets or the Assumed Liabilities, which if determined adversely to Seller would result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (b) that challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin or otherwise delay the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. To Seller’s Knowledge, no event has occurred or circumstances exist that may give rise to, or serve as a basis for, any such Action.

 

Section 3.14 Employment Matters. 

 

(a)       Seller is not a party to, bound by, any collective bargaining or other agreement with a labor organization representing any of its employees. There has not been, nor, to Seller's Knowledge, has there been any threat of, any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, concerted refusal to work overtime or other similar labor activity or dispute affecting Seller or any of its employees.

 

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(b)       Seller is in compliance with all applicable Laws pertaining to employment and employment practices to the extent they relate to its employees, except to the extent non-compliance would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)       As of the date hereof, each of the Retained Employees is still employed by Seller and has maintained a good standing and relationship with Seller.

 

Section 3.15 Taxes. 

 

(a)       Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, Seller has filed (taking into account any valid extensions) all material tax returns required to be filed by Seller and has paid all taxes shown thereon as owing. To Seller’s Knowledge, Seller is not currently the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any material tax return other than extensions of time to file tax returns obtained in the ordinary course of business.

 

(b)       Seller is not a "foreign person" as that term is used in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2.

 

Section 3.16 Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder's or other fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon any arrangements made by or on behalf of Seller.

 

Section 3.17 Investment Representations.

 

(a)       Seller is acquiring the Purchase Promissory Note and Parent Shares for its own account and not with a view to the distribution thereof in contravention of the Securities Act.

 

(b)       In proceeding with the transactions contemplated hereby, Seller is not relying upon any representation or warranty of Buyer, Splash Nevada, or Parent, or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives thereof, except the representations and warranties set forth herein and the statements contained in Parent’s filings with the SEC. Seller is satisfied that it has received adequate information with respect to all matters which it considers material to its decision to make this investment.

 

(c)       Seller has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of acquiring Purchase Promissory Note and Parent Shares and understand the risks of, and other considerations relating to, its acquisition of the Purchase Promissory Note and Parent Shares.

 

(d)        Seller understands the substance of and acknowledges the legend that will be placed on the Purchase Promissory Note and any Parent Shares, in substantially the following form:

 

THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND ARE BEING OFFERED AND SOLD IN RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SAID ACT AND SUCH LAWS. THE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER SAID ACT AND SUCH LAWS PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN RECOMMENDED, APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY, NOR HAVE ANY OF THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THIS OFFERING. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.

 

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Section 3.18 Full Disclosure. To Seller’s Knowledge, no representation or warranty by Seller in this Agreement and no statement contained in the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement or any certificate or other document furnished or to be furnished to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement contains any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading.

 

Section 3.19 Regulatory Issues. Seller represents that as of the date of Closing it has received no notice that it is the subject of any ongoing regulatory action or proceeding by any federal, state or local governmental agency or self-regulatory organization, including but not limited to the SEC and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the “FINRA”). To Seller’s actual present knowledge, none of its shareholders are the subject of any such ongoing regulatory action or proceeding.

 

ARTICLE IV
Representations and warranties of buyer, SPLASH NEVADA and parent

 

Buyer, Splash Nevada and Parent herein represent and warrant severally to Seller that the statements contained in this ARTICLE IV are true and correct as of the date of Closing. For purposes of this ARTICLE IV, "Buyer's knowledge," "knowledge of Buyer" and any similar phrases shall mean the actual or constructive knowledge of any director or officer of Buyer, after due inquiry.

 

Section 4.01 Organization and Authority of Buyer; Enforceability. Buyer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of Nevada. Buyer has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder, to carry out its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance by Buyer of this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of Buyer. This Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder have been duly executed and delivered by Buyer, and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by Seller) this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Buyer enforceable against Buyer in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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Section 4.02 No Conflicts; Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by Buyer of this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, do not and will not: (a) violate or conflict with the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of Buyer; or (b) violate or conflict with any judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to Buyer. No consent, approval, waiver or authorization is required to be obtained by Buyer from any person or entity (including any governmental authority) in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Buyer of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 4.03 Sufficiency of Funds. Parent has sufficient cash on hand or other sources of immediately available funds to enable it to make a payment of the Purchase Price and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Section 4.04 Solvency. Immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, Parent shall be solvent and shall: (a) be able to pay its debts as they become due; (b) own property that has a fair saleable value greater than the amounts required to pay its debts (including a reasonable estimate of the amount of all contingent liabilities); and (c) have adequate capital to carry on its business. No transfer of property is being made and no obligation is being incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud either present or future creditors of Buyer, Parent or Seller. In connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, Parent has not incurred, nor plans to incur, debts beyond its ability to pay as they become absolute and matured.

 

Section 4.05 SEC Filings. The Parent has timely filed with or furnished to, as applicable, the SEC all registration statements, prospectuses, reports, schedules, forms, statements, and other documents (including exhibits and all other information incorporated by reference) required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC (the "SEC Documents"), except where such failure to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Parent Shares or the Purchase Promissory Note. True, correct, and complete copies of all SEC Documents are publicly available in the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval database of the SEC ("EDGAR"). As of their respective filing dates or, if amended or superseded by a subsequent filing prior to the date hereof, as of the date of the last such amendment or superseding filing (and, in the case of registration statements and proxy statements, on the dates of effectiveness and the dates of the relevant meetings, respectively), each of the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the "Sarbanes-Oxley Act"), and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder applicable to such SEC Documents. None of the SEC Documents, including any financial statements, schedules, or exhibits included or incorporated by reference therein at the time they were filed (or, if amended or superseded by a subsequent filing prior to the date hereof, as of the date of the last such amendment or superseding filing), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. To the Knowledge of the Buyer and of the Parent, none of the SEC Documents is the subject of ongoing SEC review or outstanding SEC investigation and there are no outstanding or unresolved comments received from the SEC with respect to any of the SEC Documents. None of the Parent’s Subsidiaries is required to file or furnish any forms, reports, or other documents with the SEC.

 

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Section 4.06 OTC Markets Compliance. Parent is in compliance with all of the applicable corporate governance rules of the OTC Markets, except for any non-compliance that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the trading of Parent’s Common Stock.

 

Section 4.07 Legal Proceedings. There is no Action of any nature pending or, to Buyer's knowledge, threatened against or by Buyer that challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin or otherwise delay the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No event has occurred or circumstances exist that may give rise to, or serve as a basis for, any such Action.

 

Section 4.08 Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder's or other fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Buyer.

 

ARTICLE V
Covenants

 

Section 5.01 Public Announcements. Subject to applicable federal or state law, Buyer, Splash Nevada or Parent shall make all the decisions regarding any and all public announcements regarding this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby at its sole discretion.

 

Section 5.02 Bulk Sales Laws. The parties hereby waive compliance with the provisions of any bulk sales, bulk transfer or similar laws of any jurisdiction that may otherwise be applicable with respect to the sale of any or all of the Purchased Assets to Buyer; it being understood that any Liabilities arising out of the failure of Seller to comply with the requirements and provisions of any bulk sales, bulk transfer or similar laws of any jurisdiction which would not otherwise constitute Assumed Liabilities shall be treated as Excluded Liabilities.

 

Section 5.03 Transfer Taxes. All transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration, value added and other such taxes and fees (including any penalties and interest) incurred in connection with this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder shall be borne and paid equally by the Seller and Buyer. The party which has the primary responsibility under applicable law for the payment of any particular transfer taxes, shall prepare the relevant tax return and notify the other party in writing of the transfer taxes shown on such tax return. Such other party shall pay the party that paid the transfer tax an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of such transfer taxes by check or wire transfer of immediately available funds no later than the date that is the later of (i) five (5) business days after the date of such notice or (ii) two (2) business days prior to due date for such transfer taxes. The Seller and Buyer shall cooperate in the preparation, execution and filing of all transfer tax returns and shall cooperate in seeking to secure any available exemptions from such transfer taxes. Buyer may, in its sole discretion, withhold the first monthly payment under the Purchase Promissory Note to ensure the enforcement of this Section 5.03 and, if so withheld, Buyer shall release such monthly payment to Seller when all of the transfer taxes related to this Transaction are duly paid and equally shared by Seller and Buyer.

 

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Section 5.04 Non-contestation. Following the Closing, Seller, its stockholders, directors, officers and affiliates shall not contest or bring an action against any of the Buyer Parties or their affiliates with respect to the use of any of Seller’s tradenames or any other types of intellectual properties by Buyer Parties and their affiliates, at law or in equity.

 

Section 5.05 Further Assurances. Following the Closing, each of the parties hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents, instruments, conveyances and assurances and take such further actions as may be reasonably required to carry out the provisions hereof and give effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder.

 

ARTICLE VI
Indemnification

 

Section 6.01 Survival. Subject to the limitations and other provisions of this Agreement, the representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and shall remain in full force and effect until the date that is one (1) year from the Closing Date. None of the covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing Date other than those which by their terms contemplate performance after the Closing Date, and each such surviving covenant and agreement shall survive the Closing for the period contemplated by its terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any claims asserted in good faith with reasonable specificity (to the extent known at such time) and in writing by notice from the non-breaching party to the breaching party prior to the expiration date of the applicable survival period shall not thereafter be barred by the expiration of such survival period and such claims shall survive until finally resolved.

 

Section 6.02 Indemnification By Seller. Subject to the other terms and conditions of this Article VI, Seller shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Buyer, its affiliates and their respective stockholders, directors, and officers from and against any and all claims, judgments, damages, liabilities, settlements, losses, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements (collectively, “Losses”), incurred or sustained by, or imposed upon, Buyer based upon, arising out of, with respect to or by reason of:

 

(a)       any inaccuracy in or breach of any of the representations or warranties of Seller contained in this Agreement or any document to be delivered hereunder;

 

(b)       any breach or non-fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or obligation to be performed by Seller pursuant to this Agreement or any document to be delivered hereunder;

 

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(c)       any liabilities (including the Excluded Liabilities but excluding the Assumed Liabilities) imposed by a third party, including any federal, state and local governmental or semi-governmental agencies, against any of the Buyer Parties because the Transaction is deemed an acquisition of all or substantially all of Seller’s assets and any or all of the Buyer Parties is or are deemed the successor(s) of Seller under the applicable laws. Such liabilities described in this Section 6.02(c) shall include, without limitation, any and all of unpaid tax liabilities of Seller;

 

(d)       any current and future, potential and existing liabilities and obligations arising from any disputes among any of the Seller’s shareholders and Seller; or

 

(e)       any costs and expenses incurred by any Buyer Party associated with cooperating with any federal, state or local governmental agencies regarding investigations or actions involving any current or former shareholders of Seller or Seller.

 

Section 6.03 Indemnification By Buyer. Subject to the other terms and conditions of this ARTICLE VI, Buyer shall indemnify Seller against, and shall hold harmless Seller, its directors and officers from and against, any and all Losses incurred or sustained by, or imposed upon, Seller based upon, arising out of, with respect to or by reason of:

 

(a)       any inaccuracy in or breach of any of the representations or warranties of Buyer contained in this Agreement;

 

(b)       any Purchased Assets;

 

(c)       any breach or non-fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or obligation to be performed by Buyer pursuant to this Agreement; or

 

(d)       any Assumed Liability.

 

Section 6.04 Certain Limitations. The party making a claim under this ARTICLE VI is referred to as the "Indemnified Party", and the party against whom such claims are asserted under this ARTICLE VI is referred to as the "Indemnifying Party". The indemnification provided for in Section 6.02 and Section 6.03 (a) and (b) shall be subject to the following limitations:

 

(a)       No Loss arising out of a party’s breach of a representation or warranty contained in this Agreement for which an Indemnifying Party would otherwise be liable pursuant to Section 6.02 or Section 6.03(a) (a) and (b), as the case may be, shall give rise to an indemnification obligation under this Agreement unless such Loss, after reduction by any insurance proceeds and any third party indemnity, contribution or other similar payment received or reasonably expected to be received by the Indemnified Party in respect of any such Loss, equals or exceeds the sum of $25,000. The aggregate amount of all Losses for which an Indemnifying Party shall be liable pursuant to Section 6.02 or Section 6.03(a) (a) and (b), as the case may be, shall not exceed the sum of $750,000.

 

(b)       Payments by an Indemnifying Party pursuant to Section 6.02 or Section 6.03 in respect of any Loss shall be limited to the amount of any liability or damage that remains after deducting therefrom any insurance proceeds and any third party indemnity, contribution or other similar payment received or reasonably expected to be received by the Indemnified Party in respect of any such claim. The Indemnified Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to recover under insurance policies or indemnity, contribution or other similar agreements for any Losses prior to seeking indemnification under this Agreement.

 

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(c)       In no event shall any Indemnifying Party be liable to any Indemnified Party for any punitive, incidental, consequential, speculative, special or indirect damages, including loss of future revenue or income, loss of business reputation or opportunity relating to the breach or alleged breach of this Agreement, or diminution of value or any damages based on any type of multiple.

 

(d)       Each Indemnified Party shall take, and cause its Affiliates to take, all reasonable steps to mitigate any Loss upon becoming aware of any event or circumstance that would be reasonably expected to, or does, give rise thereto, including incurring costs only to the minimum extent necessary to remedy the breach that gives rise to such Loss.

 

Section 6.05 Indemnification Procedures. Whenever any claim shall arise for indemnification hereunder, the party entitled to indemnification (the "Indemnified Party") shall promptly provide written notice of such claim to the other party (the "Indemnifying Party") and the Indemnifying Party shall make payments, within ten (10) business days from receiving the notice, to the Indemnified Party as provided in this Article VI, unless there is a dispute as to the liabilities or amounts of the indemnity. In the event that the Indemnified Party and Indemnifying Party do not agree on the liabilities or amounts of the indemnity under Section 6.02 or 6.03, such controversy or dispute shall be settled by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association with one arbitrator (the “Arbitrator”) jointly selected by the Indemnified Party and Indemnifying Party. Both the Indemnified Party and Indemnifying Party have agreed to conduct such arbitration proceedings in Fort Lauderdale, Florida if they need to appear in person, or via virtual video conferences if provided. The judgment on the award rendered by the Arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

 

In the event a dispute related to a claim by the Buyer Parties is not resolved within ninety (90) days following the Buyer Parties’ delivery of notice of the claim, the Buyer Parties shall have the right following the end of such 90-day period to thereafter withhold payment otherwise due under the Purchase Promissory Note in an amount up to, but not exceeding, the Buyer Parties’ reasonable estimate of the amount of the claim that is in dispute. Upon the final determination of Seller’s indemnification obligation for such claim pursuant to this Section 6.05, the Buyer Parties shall have the right to set off the amount of such finally determined claim against the outstanding amount of the Purchase Promissory Note.

 

In connection with any claim giving rise to indemnity hereunder resulting from or arising out of any Action by a person or entity who is not a party to this Agreement, the Indemnifying Party, at its sole cost and expense and upon written notice to the Indemnified Party, may assume the defense of any such Action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. The Indemnified Party shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any such Action, with its counsel and at its own cost and expense. If the Indemnifying Party does not assume the defense of any such Action, the Indemnified Party may, but shall not be obligated to, defend against such Action in such manner as it may deem appropriate, including, but not limited to, settling such Action, after giving notice of it to the Indemnifying Party, on such terms as the Indemnified Party may deem appropriate and no action taken by the Indemnified Party in accordance with such defense and settlement shall relieve the Indemnifying Party of its indemnification obligations herein provided with respect to any damages resulting therefrom. The Indemnifying Party shall not settle any Action without the Indemnified Party's prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

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Section 6.06 Tax Treatment of Indemnification Payments. All indemnification payments made by Seller under this Agreement shall be treated by the parties as an adjustment to the Purchase Price for tax purposes, unless otherwise required by law.

 

Section 6.07 Exclusive Remedies. Subject to Section 9.16, the parties acknowledge and agree that their sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any and all claims (other than claims arising from intentional fraud on the part of a party hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) for any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation set forth herein or otherwise relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, shall be pursuant to the indemnification provisions set forth in this ARTICLE VI. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted under Law, any and all rights, claims and causes of action for any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation set forth herein or otherwise relating to the subject matter of this Agreement it may have against the other parties hereto and their Affiliates and each of their respective Representatives arising under or based upon any Law, except pursuant to the indemnification provisions set forth in this ARTICLE VI. Nothing in this Section 6.07 shall limit any Person's right to seek and obtain any equitable relief to which any Person shall be entitled pursuant to Section 9.16 or to seek any remedy on account of any intentional fraud by any party hereto.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

 

Section 7.01 Conditions to Obligations of All Parties. The obligations of each party to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment, at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions:

 

(a)       No governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any governmental order which is in effect and has the effect of making the transactions contemplated by this Agreement illegal, otherwise restraining or prohibiting consummation of such transactions or causing any of the transactions contemplated hereunder to be rescinded following completion thereof.

 

(b)       Seller shall have received all consents, authorizations, orders and approvals required from the governmental authorities (other than those necessary to transfer the nontransferable Governmental Permits) and Buyer shall have received all consents, authorizations, orders and approvals required from the governmental authorities (other than those necessary to transfer the nontransferable Governmental Permits) that are necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer and Seller, and no such consent, authorization, order and approval shall have been revoked.

 

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Section 7.02 Conditions to Obligations of Buyer. The obligations of Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment or Buyer's waiver, at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions:

 

(a)       The representations and warranties of Seller contained in ARTICLE III shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date with the same effect as though made at and as of such date (except those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of that specified date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct would not have a material adverse effect.

 

(b)       Seller shall have duly performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements, covenants and conditions required by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to be performed or complied with by it prior to or on the Closing Date.

  

(c)       Seller shall have delivered to Buyer duly executed counterparts to the Transaction Documents (other than this Agreement) and such other documents and deliveries set forth in Section 2.02.

 

(d)       Buyer shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a duly authorized officer of Seller, that each of the conditions set forth in Section 7.02 (a) and Section 7.02 (b) have been satisfied (the "Seller Closing Certificate").

 

(e)       Buyer shall have received a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary (or equivalent officer) of Seller certifying that attached thereto are true and complete copies of all resolutions adopted by the board of directors of Seller and resolutions adopted by the Majority Shareholders of Seller, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and that all such resolutions are in full force and effect and are all the resolutions adopted in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

(f)       Buyer shall have received a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary (or equivalent officer) of Seller certifying the names and signatures of the officers of Seller authorized to sign this Agreement, the Transaction Documents and the other documents to be delivered hereunder and thereunder.

 

Section 7.03 Conditions to Obligations of Seller. The obligations of Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment or Seller's waiver, at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions:

 

(a)       The representations and warranties of Buyer contained in ARTICLE IV shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date with the same effect as though made at and as of such date (except those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of that specified date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Buyer's ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(b)       Buyer shall have duly performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements, covenants and conditions required by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to be performed or complied with by it prior to or on the Closing Date.

 

(c)       Buyer shall have delivered to Seller the Purchase Price and the duly executed Purchase Promissory Note, duly executed counterparts to the Transaction Documents (other than this Agreement) and such other documents and deliveries set forth in Section 2.02.

 

(d)       Seller shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a duly authorized officer of Buyer, that each of the conditions set forth in Section 7.03 (a) and Section 7.03 (b) have been satisfied (the "Buyer Closing Certificate").

 

(e)       Seller shall have received a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary (or equivalent officer) of Buyer certifying that attached thereto are true and complete copies of all resolutions adopted by the board of directors of Buyer authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and that all such resolutions are in full force and effect and are all the resolutions adopted in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

(f)       Seller shall have received a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary (or equivalent officer) of Buyer certifying the names and signatures of the officers of Buyer authorized to sign this Agreement, the Transaction Documents and the other documents to be delivered hereunder and thereunder.

 

ARTICLE VIII
Termination

 

Section 8.01 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:

 

(a)       by the mutual written consent of Seller and Buyer;

 

(b)       by Buyer by written notice to Seller if:

 

(i)       Buyer is not then in material breach of any provision of this Agreement and there has been a material breach, inaccuracy in or failure to perform any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by Seller pursuant to this Agreement that would give rise to the failure of any of the conditions specified in ARTICLE VII and such breach, inaccuracy or failure cannot be cured by Seller by December 24, 2020 (the "Drop Dead Date"); or

 

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(ii)       any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.01 or Section 7.02 shall not have been fulfilled by the Drop Dead Date, unless such failure shall be due to the failure of Buyer to perform or comply with any of the covenants, agreements or conditions hereof to be performed or complied with by it prior to the Closing;

 

(c)       by Seller by written notice to Buyer if:

 

(i)       Seller is not then in material breach of any provision of this Agreement and there has been a material breach, inaccuracy in or failure to perform any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by Buyer pursuant to this Agreement that would give rise to the failure of any of the conditions specified in ARTICLE VII and such breach, inaccuracy or failure cannot be cured by Buyer by the Drop Dead Date; or

 

(ii)       any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.01 or Section 7.03 shall not have been fulfilled by the Drop Dead Date, unless such failure shall be due to the failure of Seller to perform or comply with any of the covenants, agreements or conditions hereof to be performed or complied with by it prior to the Closing; or

 

(d)       by Buyer or Seller in the event that:

 

(i)       there shall be any law that makes consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement illegal or otherwise prohibited; or

 

(ii)       any governmental authority shall have issued a governmental order restraining or enjoining the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and such governmental order shall have become final and non-appealable.

 

Section 8.02 Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement in accordance with this Article, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability on the part of any party hereto except:

 

(a)       as set forth in this ARTICLE VIII and ARTICLE IX hereof; and

 

(b)       that nothing herein shall relieve any party hereto from liability for any intentional breach of any provision hereof or actual fraud.

 

ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01 Expenses. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such costs and expenses.

 

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Section 9.02 Notices. All notices, requests, consents, claims, demands, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (a) when delivered by hand (with written confirmation of receipt); (b) when received by the addressee if sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier (receipt requested); (c) on the date sent by facsimile or e-mail of a PDF document (with confirmation of transmission) if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and on the next business day if sent after normal business hours of the recipient; or (d) on the third day after the date mailed, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. Such communications must be sent to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 9.02):

 

If to Seller:

Copa di Vino Corporation 

4010 Emerson Loop Rd. 

The Dalles, OR 97058 

E-mail: ***

Attention: James Martin

   
with a copy to:

Harris Berne Christensen LLP 

15350 SW Sequoia Parkway, Suite 250 

Portland, OR 97224 

E-mail: ***

Attention: Milt Christensen

   
If to Buyer, Splash Nevada and Parent:

1314 E Las Olas BLVD, Suite 221 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 

E-mail: ***

Attention: Robert Nistico

   
with a copy to:

Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP 

1185 Avenue of the Americas, 37th Floor 

New York, New York 10036 

E-mail: ***

Attention: Darrin M. Ocasio 

 

Section 9.03 Construction. The headings and captions used in this Agreement are provided for convenience only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. All references in this Agreement to “Section” or “Sections” without additional identification refer to the Section or Sections of this Agreement. All words used in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require. Whenever the words “include” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

 

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Section 9.04 Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 9.05 Exhibits and Schedules. The exhibits and schedules referenced in this Agreement are part of this Agreement as if fully set forth in this Agreement.

 

Section 9.06 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder constitute the sole and entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement with respect to the subject matter contained herein, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings and agreements, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter. In the event of any inconsistency between the statements in the body of this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder or the exhibits or Disclosure Schedules (other than an exception expressly set forth as such in the Disclosure Schedules), the statements in the body of this Agreement will control.

 

Section 9.07 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No party may assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. No assignment shall relieve the assigning party of any of its obligations hereunder.

 

Section 9.08 No Third-party Beneficiaries. Except as provided in ARTICLE VI, this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

Section 9.09 Time of Essence. Time is of the essence with respect to all dates and time periods set forth or referred to in this Agreement.

 

Section 9.10 Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may only be amended, modified or supplemented by an agreement in writing signed by each party hereto.

 

Section 9.11 Waiver. No waiver by any party of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the party so waiving. No waiver by any party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any failure, breach or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different character, and whether occurring before or after that waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege arising from this Agreement shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.

 

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Section 9.12 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Florida without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Florida or any other jurisdiction).

 

Section 9.13 Submission to Jurisdiction. Any action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of this Agreement or based on any right arising out of this Agreement must be brought against any of the parties in a Broward County Court of the State of Florida or, subject to applicable jurisdictional requirements, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and each of the parties consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts) in any such action or proceeding and waives any objection to such venue.

 

Section 9.14 Attorney Fees. With respect to any dispute relating to this Agreement, or in the event that a suit, action, arbitration, or other proceeding of any nature whatsoever is instituted to interpret or enforce the provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and involving issues peculiar to federal bankruptcy law or any action, suit, arbitration, or other proceeding seeking a declaration of rights or rescission, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover from the losing party its reasonable attorney fees, paralegal fees, expert fees, and all other fees, costs, and expenses actually incurred and reasonably necessary in connection therewith, as determined by the judge or arbitrator at trial, arbitration, or other proceeding, or on any appeal or review, in addition to all other amounts provided by law.

 

Section 9.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party acknowledges and agrees that any controversy which may arise under this Agreement is likely to involve complicated and difficult issues and, therefore, each such party irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any legal action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 9.16 Specific Performance. The parties agree that irreparable damages would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

 

Section 9.17 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement. A signed copy of this Agreement delivered by facsimile, e-mail or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Agreement.

 

[signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

  

  Copa di Vino Corporation 
   
 

By /s/ James Martin

Name: James Martin 

Title: CEO

 

 

Copa di Vino Wine Group, Inc. 

   
 

By /s/ Robert Nistico

Name: Robert Nistico 

Title: CEO

   
 

Splash Beverage Group, Inc.,  

a Nevada corporation

   
 

By /s/ Robert Nistico

Name: Robert Nistico 

Title: CEO 

 

 

Splash Beverage Group, Inc.,  

a Colorado corporation

   
 

By /s/ Robert Nistico 

Name: Robert Nistico 

Title: CEO

 

Signature Page to Asset Purchase Agreement

 

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DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE

 

to the

 

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

COPA di VINO WINE GROUP, INC. 

a Nevada Corporation,

 

SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC. 

a Nevada Corporation,

 

SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC. 

a Colorado Corporation,

 

and

 

COPA di VINO CORPORATION

an Oregon Corporation

 

DATED AS OF December 23rd, 2020

 

 

 

Disclosure Schedule

 

This disclosure schedule (the “Schedule”) has been prepared in connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of December 23rd, 2020 (the “Agreement”), among Copa di Vino Corporation, an Oregon corporation (“Seller”), Copa di Vino Wine Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Buyer”), Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Splash Nevada”), and Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“Parent”). Capitalized terms used in the Schedule and not otherwise defined in the Schedule shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement.

 

The inclusion of any item in any section of the Schedule shall not be deemed to constitute an admission or indication or otherwise imply that any item so included is material for purposes of the Agreement. The inclusion of, or reference to, any item in any section of the Schedule that is an exception to any representation and warranty does not constitute an admission or indication that such item meets any or all of the criteria set forth in the Agreement for inclusion in such section of the Schedule. No disclosure in the Schedule relating to any possible breach or violation of any agreement, law or regulation shall be construed as an admission or indication that any such breach or violation exists or has actually occurred.

 

Any item that is disclosed on a Schedule to Article 2 of the Agreement with sufficient specificity that it is apparent on its face that such disclosure is also applicable to one or more Schedules to other sections of Article 2 of the Agreement shall also be deemed disclosed for purposes of such other parts of such Schedule to which such disclosure is applicable.

 

Matters reflected in the Schedule are not necessarily limited to matters required by the Agreement to be reflected in the Schedule. Any such additional matters are set forth for informational purposes and do not necessarily include other matters of a similar nature. In no event shall the listing of any such matters in the Schedule be deemed or interpreted to expand the scope of any representations and warranties contained in the Purchase Agreement. The section headings contained herein are for reference purposes only and do not broaden or otherwise affect any of the provisions of the Agreement.

 

All attachments to the Schedule are hereby incorporated by reference into the Schedule section in which they are directly referenced.

 

The Schedule was prepared by the Seller and is being delivered solely pursuant to the Seller’s obligations under the Agreement. No other party shall be entitled to rely on the Schedule or its contents.

 

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Schedule 1.01

 

Purchased Assets

 

All of Seller’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following assets, properties and rights of Seller, to the extent that such assets, properties and rights exist as of the Closing Date:

 

(a) all accounts or notes receivable of the Seller listed on Exhibit 1.01(a);

 

(b) all inventory, finished goods, raw materials, work in progress, packaging, supplies, parts and other inventories of the Seller other than those items listed on attached Exhibit 1.01(b) (“Inventory”);

 

(c) the Assigned Contracts listed on Schedule 3.06;

 

(d) the Purchased IP listed on attached Schedule 3.10;

 

(e) the furniture, fixtures, equipment, supplies and other tangible personal property of Seller listed on attached Exhibit 1.01(e) (the “Tangible Personal Property”);

 

(f) all prepaid expenses, credits, advance payments, security, deposits, charges, sums and fees other than those listed on attached Exhibit 1.01(f);

 

(g) all of Seller’s rights under warranties, indemnities and all similar rights against third parties to the extent related to any Purchased Assets;

 

(h) originals, or where not available, copies, of all books and records, including books of account, ledgers and general, financial and accounting records, machinery and equipment maintenance files, customer lists, customer purchasing histories, price lists, distribution lists, supplier lists, production data, quality control records and procedures, customer complaints and inquiry files, research and development files, records and data (including all correspondence with any governmental authority), sales material and records, strategic plans, internal financial statements and marketing and promotional surveys, material and research, that relate to the Purchased Assets; and

 

(i) all goodwill associated with any of the assets described in the foregoing clauses.

 

Excluded Assets: The following assets are not included in the Purchased Assets and are not being sold or transferred to Buyer:

 

-Sunshine Mill building and brand

-Oregon Mountain Vineyards brand

-The assets that are a part of or used in the operation of the tasting room business

-Quenett brand

 

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Exhibit 1.01(a)

 

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE 12/23/20 

 

Customers   TOTAL  
American Premium Beverage     6,281.25  
Brown Distributing Company VA     8,970.00  
Burkhardt Sales & Service     10,131.00  
City Beverages     16,200.00  
Craft Beer Guild Distributing-SD     4,950.00  
Gold Coast Eagle     5,850.00  
Great Lakes Wine & Spirits     5,400.00  
Hensley Beverage     5,250.00  
Long Beverage, Inc.     5,025.00  
Nevada Beverage     5,986.50  
North Florida Sales     587.30  
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board     58,832.30  
Pepin Dist     11,700.00  
Point Blank Distributing     460.00  
Sunshine Mill Tasting Room     1,184.96  
The House of LaRose     2,734.20  
Virginia Eagle Distributing     17,043.00  
WEB     140.38  
Wyoming Liquor Division     69.96  

 

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Exhibit 1.01(b) Inventory

  

Item   Item Description   On Hand  

POP-201

 

Horizontal Suction Cup Rack

    6,290.00  
CapCopaCo.   Gold Copa Co. Plastic Cap     1,942,346.00  
Cap Black   Black Plastic Cap     2,217,601.00  
Blank Drop 19   Blank Drop 19     211,578.00  
POP-116   Wire Countertop (C3)     703.00  
POP-102 WMC   Winemaker’s Cut Cardboard Tasting Cellar Shipper, holds 48 (187ml) glasses and 24 (750ml) bottle...     460.00  
Foil   Foil lids     688,878.00  
CIP-802   Standup Paddleboard “Coastal Cruiser”     10.00  
SWG-321   Copa Cooler     131.00  
SWG-310   Copa Ice Bucket     4,972.00  
POP-202   Large Glorifier     118.00  
EVK-202   11ft. bow flag kit. (pole, stake & bag)     74.00  
ip-WZ   In Process - White Zinfandel     2,020.94  
Copa12-ME   12 - 187ml Merlot     708.00  
Copa12-CS   12 - 187ml Cabernet Sauvignon     636.00  
BAR-404   Portable Tasting Table     21.00  
ip-MO   In Process - Moscato     1,332.45  
ip-CS   In Process - Cabernet Sauvignon     1,009.25  
Chardonnay   Chardonnay Cardboard Boxes     15,045.00  
WMC1-750RB   1 - 750ml Bottle of Wine Makers Cut Red Blend     1,784.00  
FoilDom   Foil lids, Domestic     617,367.00  
WMC1-750WB   1 - 750ml Bottle of Wine Makers Cut White Blend     1,756.00  
FinishedCupPinotNoir   Printed Drop 19 Glass - Pinot Noir     14,149.00  
Cabernet   Cabernet Boxes     11,354.00  
             
Item   Item Description   On Hand  

CIP-801

 

Inflatable Kayak

    21.00  
Pinot Grigio   Pinot Grigio Cardboard Boxes     10,808.00  
Copa12-PG   12 - 187ml Pinot Grigio     342.00  
EVK-203   14 ft. bow flag (pole, stake, bag)     28.00  
FinishedCup WMC White  

Printed Copa Feel Glass - WMC White Blend

    11,873.00  
ip-RI   In Process - Riesling     477.02  

 

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BAR-401   Deluxe Outdoor Bar     1.00  
POP-108   EcoTrac 10/12 oz Gravity Glide Part Five Lanes     206.00  
Moscato   Moscato Cardboard Box     5,377.00  
Merlot   Merlot Cardboard Boxes     6,408.00  
White Zinfandel   White Zinfandel Cardboard Boxes     6,178.00  
Master 48 Pack   48 Pack Master Shipper     2,908.00  
SWG-303   Pennant Flags (98in x 12in)     440.00  
Riesling   Riesling Cardboard Boxes     5,755.00  
EVK-201   Branded Copa Tent (10ft x 10ft) comes with carry bag and back panel.     3.00  
SWG-307   48 Inch Inflatable Cup     46.00  
Capsule   Capsule used for In house bottling     8,232.00  
POP-112   8 Tier Wire Circular, packed with labels and a header     14.00  
FinishedCupChard   Printed Drop 19 Glass - Chardonnay     6,092.00  
FinishedCupCabernet   Printed Drop 19 Glass - Cabernet Sauvignon     6,029.00  
Copa12-CH   12 - 187ml Chardonnay     164.00  
Sugar   Sugar     2,755.50  
Keg Tap   KeyKeg Starter Kit (Dispense head)     38.00  
Pinot Noir   Pinot Noir Cardboard Boxes     3,794.00  
             
Item   Item Description   On Hand  
 Keg   Empty KeyKeg Slimline     77.00  
Copa12-WZ   12 - 187ml White Zinfandel     150.00  
ip-PG   In Process - Pinot Grigio     194.02  
POP-204   Copa 4 Pack Branded Carrier, 240/box     16.00  
CopaKeg-PG   5.15 Gallon Copa Di Vino Pinot Grigio KeyKeg.     21.00  
6Tier Circular Wire Rack   6 Tier Circular Wire Rack, packed with labels and header     10.00  
FinishedCupWhiteZin   Printed Drop 19 Glass - White Zinfandel     3,739.00  
FinishedCupMerlot   Printed Drop 19 Glass - Merlot     3,646.00  
Cap   Plastic Cap     42,694.00  
SWG-315   1 Inch Lanyard     1,000.00  
POP-107   EcoTrac 10/12 oz Gravity Glide Part Three Lanes     94.00  
RED WMC 187ml Case   Wine Makers Cut Red 187ml Cardboard Case     914.00  
EVK-204   Branded Table Cloth     6.00  
WHITE WMC 750ml Case   Wine Makers Cut White 750ml Cardboard Case     119.00  
CIP-803   Paddles (Copa Di Vino)     5.00  
POP-203   Mini Fridge     3.00  

 

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FinishedCupPinotGris   Printed Drop 19 Glass - Pinot Gris     1,987.00  
SWG-302   Coasters (sleeves of 125ea)     38.00  
SWG-308   6 Panel Patio Umbrella     9.00  
CopaKeg-RI   5.15 Gallon Copa Di Vino Riesling KeyKeg.     9.00  
R16-VVM-10C   10 Glass Vertical Suction Cup     4.00  
FinishedCupMoscato   Printed Drop 19 Glass - Moscato     1,397.00  
Copa12-MO   12 - 187ml Moscato     42.00  
SWG-317   Sunglasses     150.00  
             
Item   Item Description   On Hand  
 Copa12-PN   12 - 187ml Pinot Noir     19.00  
APP-707 S   Men’s Dry Moisture Wicking Polo Small     16.00  
FinishedCupRiesling   Printed Drop 19 Glass - Riesling     968.00  
Copa12-RI   12 - 187ml Riesling     25.00  
WHITE WMC 187ml Case   Wine Makers Cut White 187ml Cardboard Case     211.00  
POP-106   EcoTrac 10/12 oz Gravity Glide Part One Single Lane     108.00  
SWG-323   Acrylic Table Menu Holder     195.00  
Keg Cap   Plastic Cap For KeyKeg     1,074.00  
RED WMC 750ml Case   Wine Makers Cut Red 750ml Cardboard Case     38.00  
SWG-320   Tattoos (bundle of 200)     14.00  
POP-205   Small Glorifier     4.00  
APP-702-XXL   Men’s Fitted T (size 2XL)     13.00  
ip-SY   In Process - Syrah        
CopaKeg-MO   5.15 Gallon Copa Di Vino Moscato KeyKeg.     1.00  
SWG-306   21 Inch Inflatable Cup     1.00  
Copa1-RI   01 - 187ml Copa - Riesling     15.00  
Copa1-WZ   01 - 187ml Copa - White Zinfandel     7.00  
Copa1-PN   01 - 187ml Copa - Pinot Noir     3.00  
Copa1-CH   01 - 187ml Copa - Chardonnay     3.00  
ip-CH   In Process - Chardonnay     0.12  
Printing Chardonnay   Printing Chardonnay Logo onto Blank Drop 19     -  
Printing Pinot Gris   Printing Pinot Gris Logo onto Blank Drop 19     -  
Printing White Zinfandel   Printing White Zin Logo onto Blank Drop 19     -  
Printing Moscato   Printing Moscato Logo onto Blank Drop 19     -  
           
Item   Item Description   On Hand  
Printing Cabernet   Printing Cabernet Logo onto Blank Drop 19     -  

 

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Copa12-Variety   12 Individual Copa - Mixed Variety Pack Two cups of: WZ, ME, CA, CH, RI, PG     (20.00 )
POP-111   7 Tier Small Square Wooden Rack, packed with labels and header in a shipper box.     (2.00 )
CopaKeg-ME   5.15 Gallon Copa Di Vino Merlot KeyKeg.     (7.00 )
CopaKeg-CH   5.15 Gallon Copa Di Vino Chardonnay KeyKeg.     (18.00 )

 

Exhibit 1.01(e) List of Tangible Property Being Sold and Transferred

 

In Service   Description
11/14/2011   Sunshine Mill Bldg Improv
8/1/2012   Bottling Lines #2/#3
8/1/2012   Warehouse improvement
8/1/2012   Production room improvements
11/14/2011   U4 line
9/1/2012   Fire sprinkler system
1/1/2013   Warehouse Floor
2/1/2013   ChillerPlumb
10/1/2012   Production Room Electrical
6/1/2012   Warehouse insulation
10/1/2012   Concrete pad/retaining wall, MM tanks
7/1/2012   Office improvement
10/1/2012   Laboratory/bathroom/lunchroom improvement
7/10/2013   Chiller, G&D
8/1/2013   Tum-A-Lum office improvements
11/1/2012   Loading dock
10/1/2012   Production Room Floor
4/1/2012   Electrical improvements, warehouse
1/1/2013   Warehouse Electrical Improvement
11/1/2012   Production room HVAC
8/1/2012   Lenticular Filter
9/1/2012   Air Compressor, screw type
10/1/2013   Bugbuster GS24 Ozone Sanitation System
6/10/2013   Pump, Waukesha 60 positive displacement
12/1/2012   Concrete pad, HVAC/chiller equipment
6/4/2019   16 Cavity mold insert
7/20/2013   Glycol plumbing extension
3/22/2013   CLFence
     
In Service   Description
7/1/2013   Whse electrical upgrades
7/5/2013   Filters, (2) MIC Lenticular
3/1/2013   GlycHeat
2/2/2012   Security system
7/10/2013   Chiller electrical install
2/8/2019   Acer Aspire (x3)
1/24/2013   AlarmUpgrade

 

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11/11/2009   Videojet 1210
5/1/2014   Tum-A-Lum storage improvement
11/14/2011   Electro Steam Generator
10/16/2019   LG Gram Laptop
8/1/2012   Hoses, miscellaneous wine
11/14/2011   Dual Membrane Sys on Stainless C
11/1/2012   Sterile Filters (3)
3/25/2013   Pumps, Yamada (2)
11/14/2011   Waukesha 60 Positive Displacement Pump
3/1/2013   GlycHeat plumbing install
9/1/2013   Heat Exchanger, Statco Eng.
8/24/2016   Wine tanks
11/18/2009   U4 compressor
8/1/2013   Multi-gas detector confined space
5/1/2016   Walkie stacker- Purchased from Uline
10/20/2017   RS Tester
12/7/2012   (2) 3 IN INOXPA BALL VALVE
5/1/2016   Flowmeter
11/14/2011   Winery Equipment
5/1/2016   Shaving down carriers
9/2/2009   Hand pallet jack

 

Exhibit 1.01(f) List of Prepaids Not Being Sold or Transferred

None

 

Schedule 1.02

 

Assumed Liabilities

 

All of Seller’s trade accounts payable listed below plus any accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business after November 30, 2020 through the Closing: 

 

Vendor   TOTAL  
1/4 Vin USD     20,000.00  
1/4Vin EUR     6,094.81  
Airgas-Nor Pac     5,144.04  
Ajax Turner Beverages Billback     296.47  
Alliance Bev. Distributing Billback     309.56  
Allstate Beverage Co. Billback     394.05  
Andersen Plastics     57,890.91  
Andrew Peace Wines     146.70  
Arthur Gren Billback     9,542.61  
Atlanta Beverage Billback     387.40  
Bedford Industries     (29.73 )

 

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Bemiss Distributing Billback     95.20  
Ben E. Keith Beverages Billback     333.90  
Better Brands, Inc Billback     2,635.47  
Bigfoot Beverages Billback     392.25  
Blue Coast Beverages Billback     2.94  
Bobby Fisher Billback     613.56  
Brown Distributing FL Billback     1,376.21  
Budweiser Distributing Co. Billback     109.20  
Burkhardt Sales & Service Billback     174.90  
C&L Distributing Billback     106.23  
Capital Beverages Billback     15.00  
Capital Group Retirement Plan Services     192.21  
Capitol Beverage Sales Billback     44.55  
Capitol-Husting Billback     208.00  
Carey Distributing Billback     924.75  
CCMR     3,304.00  
Central Distributors Billback     299.60  
City Beverages Billback     2,542.55  
City of The Dalles     495.82  
CNA Surety     100.00  
College City Beverage Billback     700.00  
Columbia Corrugated Box     11,236.18  
Commute Options     10.00  
         
Vendor   TOTAL  
Conexis     680.00  
Crown Aberdeen Billback     105.40  
Dei Rossi Marketing     2,487.50  
Del Papa Distributing Billback     3,950.45  
Devco Mechanical, Inc.     402.50  
Discover Development     15,000.00  
Double Eagle FL Billback     78.40  
Eagle Beverage-TN Billback     36.00  
Eagle Brand Sales Billback     1,249.92  
Ernie’s Locks & Keys     12.50  
Faire     3.28  
Falls Distributing Company Billback     1,151.80  
Farrell Distributing Billback     408.30  
Festivals Acadiens et Creoles     500.00  
Flint Hills Beverage     10.00  
Fourway Warehouse & Distribution, Inc     477.50  
FreeBridge Brewing     (5.00 )
Gamer     82,277.06  
Girardi Distributors Billback     25.50  

 

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Gold Coast Eagle Billback     1,216.90  
Gorge Networks Inc     168.41  
Gray Billback     45.60  
Great Plains Distributors, LP Billback     123.50  
Gulf Coast Wine & Spirits Billback     1,338.28  
H Boyd Nelson Billback     1,129.20  
Hand Family Wine & Spirits Billback     663.68  
Harrison Beverage Billback     1,187.81  
Heimark Billback     95.00  
High Peaks Distributing LLC billback     45.00  
Hire Electric     20.89  
         
Vendor   TOTAL  
Indian River Transport Co.     1,560.00  
Jack Hilliard Distributing Co. Billback     162.50  
Kansas Office of the Secretary of State     55.00  
Kelly Distributors billback     896.00  
Kelly Wheat     9.00  
Kentucky Eagle Billback     76.00  
L&H Distributing Billback     60.40  
L&L Distributing Billback     67.50  
Lake Beverage Corporation Billback     1,735.53  
Lakeshore Beverage Billback     248.00  
LaMonica Distributing Billback     144.08  
Lawrence Dist Co Billback     18.97  
Lawrence Public Relations     5,550.00  
Lipman Brothers, LLC Billback     1,067.26  
Louisiana Department of Revenue     76.91  
LTI, Inc.     1,186.81  
M. Price Distributing Co. Billback     429.00  
Madison Bottling Company Billback     102.50  
Manhattan Beer Distributors Billback     816.00  
McCraith Beverages Billback     185.20  
Meadow Outdoor Advertising     4,828.83  
Mike Hopkins Billback     165.10  
Moss Adams Vendor for Adjustments     10,102.22  
Moss Adams Vendor for Adjustments EURO     (28,803.73 )
Moss-Adams LLP     30,000.00  
Mussetter Distributing Billback     7.00  
New York Dept of Taxation and Finance     4,346.57  
North Florida Sales Billback     108.00  
Northeast Beverage Billback     107.10  
Northern Wasco County PUD     3,565.98  
NorthWest Payroll Solutions, Inc     35.75  

 

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NW Natural Gas     108.96  
O&W Distributors Billback     68.12  
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.     12,365.30  
         
Vendor   TOTAL  
O’Neill Vintners and Distillers     28,729.75  
Optimist Printers     498.10  
Oregon Dept of Revenue     388.00  
Oregon Secretary of State     100.00  
PA Short Billback     358.80  
Pacific Beverage Billback     75.90  
Pacific Machine and Development Inc.     440.00  
Peace River Distributors Billback     245.80  
Pepin Dist Billback     18.00  
Pine State Beverage Co. Billback     55.12  
Principal Financial Group     1,150.52  
Quality Beverage Billback     27.00  
Quill Corporation     1,172.15  
Rage Graphix & Design     448.00  
Red’s Trading Post     239.60  
Rehrig Pacific Company     1,525.00  
SAIF Corporation     333.83  
Saratoga Eagle Billback     731.25  
Savannah Distributing Billback     570.00  
Sawyer’s True Value     963.93  
Saxco International     1,640.49  
Schneider Enterprises LLC     3,649.00  
Solutions IT     422.50  
Southern Arizona Distributing Billback     12.25  
Southern Eagle Florida Billback     236.90  
Southern Eagle Sales & Service Billback     1,185.06  
Staples Promotional Products     588.00  
State - NYS Dept. of Taxation & Finance     152.07  
Stoel Rives LLP     14,643.89  
Straub Distributing Billback     129.30  
Suncoast Beverage Sales Billback     108.10  
Sunshine Mountain Vineyards, LLC     29,274.52  
Superior Beverages LLC Billback     258.70  
The Dalles Disposal     1,893.74  
         
Vendor   TOTAL  
Tri-S     19,439.41  
TryIt Distributing Billback     1,583.10  
United Parcel Service     682.67  

 

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United-Johnson Brothers Billback     12.80  
UPS Freight     9,401.35  
Valencia Lawn Care, LLC     947.50  
Verizon Wireless     259.12  
Vermont Information Processing, Inc     1,373.72  
Vigilant     300.00  
Vigilant Services, Inc.     11,662.92  
Vinobrokerage     18,272.45  
Wahluke Wine Company     31,115.60  
Wantz Distributors Inc. Billback     959.04  
Wayne Densch Inc. Billback     243.00  
WCP Solution     (43.16 )
Wismer Distributing Billback     167.08  
WSH&B     241.96  
Young’s Market Company Billback     14.35  
Zion Packaging / Organic Deco     32,455.73  

 

Schedule 1.03

 

Wire Transfer Instructions

 

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Schedule 2.02

 

Retained Employees

 

Upon closing of the transaction contemplated in the Agreement, Buyer shall retain the services of each individuals listed below and the Buyer Parties jointly and severally agree to pay and perform the obligations owed to each Retained Employee pursuant to the Employee’s respective Employee Retention Agreement. The following individuals are the Retained Employees:

1. James Martin
2. Natasha Skov

 

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3. Anthony La Bond
4. Angela Krause
5. Adrian Avilez
6. Scott Byrd
7. Rob Watkins
8. Joyce Shore
9. Bill Eggleston

  

Schedule 3.02

 

Additional Consents, Approvals, Waivers or Authorizations

 

Written consents of Seller’s board of directors and Seller’s majority shareholder approving the Transaction.

 

Schedule 3.05(a)

 

Material Contracts

 

Need to list below all contracts that are described in 3.05(a)(i)-(vi) of the APA. For each such contract we need to list the name of the contract, the parties, and the date of the contract.

 

Schedule 3.06

 

Assigned Contracts

 

Jason Zwibel Promissory Note - 08.31.2016

 

Columbia Bank Guarantee Signed - 12.26.2019

 

Oneill wine contract between Oneill and Copa Di Vino – 12.07.2017

 

Wahluke wine contract between Wahluke and Copa Di Vino

 

Vino Brokerage/Ancient Lakes Wine Contract between Vino

 

Brokerage and Copa Di Vino Quart Vin License Agreements (3) – 02.16.2018

 

Pupoloco Distribution Agreement - 07.16.2018

 

Supplier Agreement - Organic Deco and Copa Di Vino – 11.15.2020

 

Supplier Agreement – Gamer Packaging and Copa Di Vino – 11.13.2015

 

Supplier Agreement – Andersen Plastics and Copa Di Vino – 1.17.2012

 

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Schedule 3.09

 

Inventory That is Not Salable in the Ordinary Course of Business

 

Need to list any inventory that is not of a quality or quantity that is usable and salable in the ordinary course of business. 

 

Item   On Hand  
1.BoxVariety9pack     4,200.00  
4pk Crisp White     4,782.00  
4pk Soft Rose     4,300.00  
4pk Tray ROSE     1,900.00  
4pk Tray WHITE     1,769.00  
RED WMC 187ml Case     914.00  
RED WMC 750ml Case     38.00  
WHITE WMC 187ml Case     211.00  
WHITE WMC 750ml Case     119.00  

 

Schedule 3.10(b)

 

Intellectual Property 

 

Patents and Patent Applications: None

 

Trademarks (United States): None

 

Copyrights: None

 

Domain Names:

 

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COPADIVINO.COM 

COPADIVINO.NET 

COPADIVINO.US 

COPALIGHTWINE.COM 

COPALITEWINE.COM 

COPASEAL.COM 

COPAWINES.COM 

COPAWINES.INFO 

COPAWINES.NET 

COPAWINES.ORG

JUSTADDCOPA.COM

pulpolocosangria.com

SINGLESERVEWINE.COM

WINEBYTHEGLASS.BIZ

WINEBYTHEGLASS.COM

WINEBYTHEGLASS.INFO

WINEBYTHEGLASS.ME

 

Trade Secrets and Know-How: None 

 

Schedule 3.11 Governmental Permits

 

Need to list all of Copa’s permits, licenses, franchises, approvals, authorizations, registrations, certificates, variances and similar rights obtained from governmental authorities. This would include all business licenses, liquor licenses, winery licenses, winery permits, etc.

 

Copa Di Vino License List

 

STATE   Type of License   License #
ALABAMA   Out of State 210-Importers   11216599
ALASKA   None required   N/A
ARIZONA   Out of State Producer   0+C8:C352OR3163
ARKANSAS   Supplier’s Permit-Vinous Liquor   06208

 

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CALIFORNIA   Direct Shipper’s Permit   82-525081
COLORADO   Wine Delivery Permit   4702493
DELAWARE   Unlimited Out of State Supplier- Beer/Wine/Spirits   91757
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   not required   not required
FLORIDA   Brand Registrant   803210
GEORGIA   Foreign Importer (Shipper)   56855
IDAHO   Not required   N/A
ILLINOIS   NonResident Dealer, Wine Shipper not to Exceed 250,000   Non Resident Dealer: 12-3I- 0096549, Wine Shipper: 3U-1137188
INDIANA   Primary Source   PS-OR-08242
IOWA   Vintner’s Certificate of Compliance (CV)   CV0001770
IOWA   Brewer’s Certificate of Compliance (CB)   CB0001396
KANSAS   Supplier Permit   19001201222
KENTUCKY   Out of State Suppliers License   999-LOSDWS-1152
LOUISIANA   Out of State Manu/Supplier Permit   OS.68.0000000371-H
MARYLAND   Non Resident Dealer   ND-56910
MASSACHUSETTS   Winery Shipment License   C24837
MICHIGAN   OutState Seller of Wine   191997-2013
MINNESOTA   Wine Importer’s License   33507
MISSOURI   Out of State License   201550
MONTANA   Foreign Winery Import License   97-999-w909-250
NEVADA   Certificate of Compliance   Taxpayer ID: 1009257811-002
NEW JERSEY   Brand Registration only   N/A
NEW MEXICO   Nonresident Liquor License   15917
NEW YORK   Broker Appointment   N/A

 

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NORTH CAROLINA   Authorization of nonresident wine vendor permit   Permit#: 00179490WV File#: 00179490CM - 999
NORTH DAKOTA   Supplier License, Direct Shipping Permit   1678 (Listed for Capa Di Vino) Direct Shipping Permit Number: 91053
OHIO   Out-of-State Supplier of Wine   S5029890
OREGON   Winery-TGE, LLC, Trade Name, James Martin Family Estates/Copa Di Vino   901 E 2nd ST: 260329, 4010 Emerson LP:
260328
PENNSYLVANIA   Vendor’s Permit   VP37925
SOUTH CAROLINA   Beer/Wine Producer/Importer   320564821
SOUTH DAKOTA   Brand Registration   Brand Registration#: BR-2375
TENNESSEE   Non-Resident Liquor Seller’s Permit   N-2057
TEXAS   Nonresident Seller’s Permit   S793438
VIRGINIA   Importer Designation for Wholesalers & Territory only   N/A
WASHINGTON   Ship to Retailers; Tax Registration: Out of State Cert of Approval   403075
WEST VIRGINIA   Non-Resident Wine Supplier   00-W-010-000385
WISCONSIN   Tax Registration: OS Shipper of Liquor   305-1027449752-02
WYOMING   Ship to Wyoming Liquor Division for special orders only   N/A

 

Distributor contracts list:

 

 

 

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Schedule 3.13

Legal Proceedings

 

Need to list any claim, action, lawsuit, proceeding or governmental investigation that is pending or threatened against Copa.

 

9/10/2020 -Demand for Payment old accounts payable wine $108,792 Coventry Vail Winery

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

Copa di Vino Wine Group, Inc.

 

2% convertible Promissory Note

 

Principal Amount: $2,000,000 U.S. Dollars   Issuance Date: December 24, 2020
Original Principal Amount: U.S. $[ ]  

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Copa di Vino Wine Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Splash Nevada”), and Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“Parent”) (collectively the “Buyer Parties”) hereby jointly and severally promise to pay to the order of Copa di Vino Corporation, an Oregon corporation (“Holder”) the amount set out above as the Principal Amount (the “Principal”) when due, whether upon the respective Repayment Dates (as defined below) or earlier in accordance with the terms hereof, and to pay interest (“Interest”) on any outstanding Principal at the applicable Interest Rate (as defined below) from the date set out above as the Issuance Date (the “Issuance Date”) until this convertible promissory note has been paid in full. This convertible promissory note, including all promissory notes issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, is referred to as this “Note”. This Note is delivered pursuant to the terms of that certain asset purchase agreement (the “APA”) dated as of the Issuance Date by and among the Holder and the Buyer Parties. Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 21.

 

1. PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL. Subject to the conversion of the Note as described in Section 5 and the Company’s withholding of one monthly payment pursuant to Section 5.03 of the APA, the Principal Amount and accrued Interest outstanding hereunder shall be payable to the Holder on the fifteenth day of each month (the “Repayment Date”) commencing from January 15, 2021 as set forth in Schedule A, in a series of equal monthly payments in the amount of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Four Hundred and Forty-Four Dollars ($114,444). Any remaining unpaid Principal Amount and accrued interest shall be due and payable in full on the Maturity Date. If the first day of a month is not a Business Day, the Company shall make the payment for the corresponding Principal Amount and Interest on the following day that is a Business Day.

 

2. INTEREST; INTEREST RATE. Interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of this Note at the rate of two (2%) per annum (the “Interest Rate”). Interest shall be calculated from and include the Issuance Date and shall be calculated on an actual/365-day basis.

 

3. DEFAULT.

 

(a) Event of Default. Each of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default”:

 

(i) the Buyer Parties’ failure to pay to the Holder any amount of Principal, Interest, or other amounts when and as due under this Note, in which case only if such failure remains uncured for a period of at least ten (10) days from the date when a written notice from the Holder regarding the failure to pay Interest and/or Principal is given by the Holder of the Note, provided however, after Holder has delivered three notices of failure to pay, any subsequent failure to pay shall constitute an immediate Event of Default with or without notice;

 

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(ii) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for the relief of debtors shall be instituted by or against the by a third party, shall not be dismissed within thirty (30) days of their initiation;

 

(iii) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree, order, judgment or other similar document in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal, state or foreign law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of their properties, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the execution of a composition of debts, or the occurrence of any other similar federal, state or foreign proceeding, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action or the taking of any action by any Person to commence a Uniform Commercial Code foreclosure sale or any other similar action under federal, state or foreign law; or

 

(iv) the entry by a court of (i) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document in respect of the Company of a voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (ii) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document adjudging the as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable federal, state or foreign law or (iii) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of their property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree, order, judgment or other similar document or any such other decree, order, judgment or other similar document unstayed and in effect for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days.

 

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(b) Notice of an Event of Default. As soon as possible and in any event within seven (7) days after the Company becomes aware that an Event of Default as set forth in Section 3(a)(ii)-(iv) has occurred and has not been cured, the Company shall notify the Holder in writing of the nature, extent and time of and the facts surrounding such Event of Default, and the action, if any, that the Company proposes to take with respect to such Event of Default.

 

(c)        Default Interest Rate. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the unpaid portion of the Principal Amount will bear simple interest from the date of the Event of Default at a rate equal to seven percent (7.00%) per annum, for the duration from such Event of Default till the cure of such Default or the repayment date of the entire outstanding balance of this Note.

 

 

4. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company and Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (the “Parent”), a Colorado corporation and holding 100% ownership of the Company, hereby covenant and agree that neither of the Company nor the Parent will, by amendment of its respective Articles of Incorporation, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Note, and will at all times in good faith carry out all of the provisions of this Note and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder of this Note.

 

5. PREPAYMENT; CONVERSION.

 

(a)       Voluntary Prepayment. The Company may prepay the outstanding Principal and accrued but unpaid Interest of this Note at any time, in whole or in part, without penalty or prepayment.

 

(b)       Conversion. At any time during the Conversion Period as defined below, the Holder may convert the unpaid and outstanding Principal plus any accrued and unpaid Interest into shares of the Parent’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) at a conversion price (the “Conversion Price”) of $1.10 per share, subject to certain adjustments as set forth in Section 5(d). The Conversion Period shall commence on January 1, 2021 and end on the Maturity Date of this Note.

 

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(c) Mechanics of Conversion.

 

i. Conversion Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The number of shares issuable upon a conversion (the “Conversion Shares”) pursuant to Section 5(b) hereunder shall be determined by the quotient obtained by dividing the outstanding principal amount of this Note and accrued but unpaid interest thereon to be converted by (y) the Conversion Price.

 

ii. Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. Not later than seven (7) Business Days (the “Share Delivery Date”) after receiving a conversion notice substantially in a form attached herein as Exhibit 1, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Conversion Shares or a share report of the Holder reflecting the issuance of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of this Note, in whole or in part.

 

iii. Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of this Note. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to receive upon such conversion, the Company shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

(d)       Certain Adjustments.

 

i. Stock Splits. If the Parent, at any time while this Note is outstanding: (i) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (ii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iii) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Parent, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Parent) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5(d) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

ii. Notice of Adjustment to Conversion Price. Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to this Section 5(d), the Company or the Parent shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice setting forth the new Conversion Price with three (3) Business Days after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Failure to provide such notice shall not constitute an Event of Default.

 

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6. COVENANTS. Until so long as no Principal or accrued but unpaid Interest remains outstanding:

 

(a) Preservation of Existence. The Company and Parent shall maintain and preserve its existence, rights and privileges, and become or remain duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by each of the Company and Parent or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary.

 

(b)       Public Filings. The Parent shall use its best efforts to maintain its periodic filings required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and keep its Common Stock quoted or tradable on the OTC Markets or another United States stock exchange market.

 

 

7. BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP. In the event that the Holder’s Beneficial Ownership (as defined below) of the Parent’s Common Stock reaches 5.00% or more, as a result of the Conversion or others, the Holder has agreed to coordinate with the Parent to file certain disclosure documents as required by Section 13(d) of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act, as amended. For purposes of this Section 7, the Holder’s Beneficial Ownership shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates, as defined and calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

8. AMENDMENTS. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Note shall be effective unless in writing and approved by the Company and the Holder. 

 

9. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER. This Note may not be offered, sold, assigned or transferred by the Holder without the explicit written consent of the Company, which may be granted or withheld at the sole discretion of the Company.

 

10. REISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE.

 

(a) Transfer. If this Note is to be transferred with the Company’s approval as provided in Section 9, the Holder shall surrender this Note to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 10(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the outstanding Principal being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the entire outstanding Principal is being transferred, a new Note (in accordance with Section 10(d)) to the Holder representing the outstanding Principal not being transferred. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of prepayment or conversion of any portion of this Note, the outstanding Principal represented by this Note may be less than the Principal stated on the face of this Note.

 

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(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Note. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 10(d)) representing the outstanding Principal.

 

(c) Reserved.

 

(d) Issuance of New Notes. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Note pursuant to the terms of this Note, such new Note (i) shall be of like tenor with this Note, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Note, the Principal remaining outstanding (or in the case of a new Note being issued pursuant to Section 10(a), the Principal designated by the Holder which, when added to the principal represented by the other new Notes issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the Principal remaining outstanding under this Note immediately prior to such issuance of new Notes), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Note, which is the same as the Issuance Date of this Note, (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Note, and (v) shall represent accrued and unpaid Interest, from the Issuance Date.

 

11. REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATIONS, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note and any of the other Transaction Documents at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note.

 

12. LEGEND. The Holder understands and agrees that the Conversion Shares upon issuance shall be restrictive and, if represented by a certificate(s), shall bear substantially the following legend until (i) such Conversion Shares shall have been registered under the Securities Act and effectively disposed of in accordance with a registration statement that has been declared effective or (ii) in the opinion of counsel acceptable to the Parent, such Conversion Shares may be sold in reliance on an available exemption without registration under the Securities Act, as well as any applicable “blue sky” or state securities laws:

 

“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SHARES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, DELIVERED AFTER SALE, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED BY THE ISSUER WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION COVERING SUCH SHARES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

 

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13. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Note shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holder and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Note are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Note. Terms used in this Note but defined in the other Transaction Documents shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Closing Date in such other Transaction Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Holder.

 

14. FAILURE OR INDULGENCE NOT WAIVER. No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.

 

15. NOTICES; CURRENCY; PAYMENTS.

 

(a) Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing sent by mail, facsimile with printed confirmation, nationally recognized overnight carrier or personal delivery and shall be effective upon actual receipt of such notice, to the following addresses until notice is received that any such address or contact information has been changed:

 

  To the Buyer Parties:

Copa di Vino Wine Group, Inc.

1314 East Las Olas Blvd., Suite 221

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316

Attn: Robert Nistico

     
 

With another copy

(which shall not constitute

Notice) to:

Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP

1185 Avenue of the Americas, 37th Floor

New York, NY 10036

Facsimile: 212-930-9725

Attn: Darrin M. Ocasio

     
  To Holder:

Copa di Vino Corporation

4010 Emerson Loop Rd.

The Dalles, OR 97058

E-mail: ***

Attention: James Martin

     
 

 

With another copy

(which shall not constitute

Notice) to:

Harris Berne Christensen LLP

15350 SW Sequoia Parkway, Suite 250

Portland, OR 97224

E-mail: ***

Attn: Milt Christensen

 

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(b) Currency. All dollar amounts referred to in this Note are in United States Dollars (“U.S. Dollars”), and all amounts owing under this Note shall be paid in U.S. Dollars.

 

(c) Payments. The Company will make all payments of Principal and Interest under this Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account specified by the Holder in written notice delivered to the Company on or before each Repayment Date.

 

16. CANCELLATION. After all Principal, accrued Interest, and other amounts at any time owed on this Note have been paid in full or converted in full, this Note shall automatically be deemed canceled, shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation and shall not be reissued.

 

17. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. Each party hereby waives its right to a jury trial in connection with any suit, action or proceeding in connection with any matter relating to this Note.

 

18. GOVERNING LAW. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without giving effect to its principles regarding conflicts of law.

 

19.        ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS OF COLLECTION. With respect to any dispute relating to this Note, or in the event that a suit, action, arbitration, or other proceeding of any nature whatsoever is instituted to collect the amounts due under the Note or to interpret or enforce the provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and involving issues peculiar to federal bankruptcy law or any action, suit, arbitration, or other proceeding seeking a declaration of rights or rescission, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover from the losing party its reasonable attorney fees, paralegal fees, expert fees, and all other fees, costs, and expenses, including costs of collection, actually incurred and reasonably necessary in connection therewith, as determined by the judge or arbitrator at trial, arbitration, or other proceeding, or on any appeal or review, in addition to all other amounts provided by law.

 

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20. MAXIMUM PAYMENTS. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to establish or require the payment of a rate of interest or other charges in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law. In the event that the rate of interest required to be paid or other charges hereunder exceed the maximum permitted by such law, any payments in excess of such maximum shall be credited against amounts owed by the Company to the Holder and thus refunded to the Company.

 

21. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Note, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)        ”Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

(b)        “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(c)        “Maturity Date” shall mean June 15, 2022.

 

(d)        “Person” means “person” as such term is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity or any group of persons.

 

(e)        “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(f)        “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, the Note, the APA and any other agreements and instruments entered into or delivered by any of the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by the APA, as may be amended from time to time.

 

[signature page follows]

 

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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE]

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Buyer Parties have caused this Note to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

 

COMPANY:

Copa di Vino Wine Group, Inc.

a Nevada corporation

 

 

By /s/ Robert Nistico

Name: Robert Nistico

Title: CEO

   
 

SPLASH NEVADA:

Splash Beverage Group, Inc.,

a Nevada corporation

 

 

By /s/ Robert Nistico

Name: Robert Nistico

Title: CEO

 

 

PARENT:

Splash Beverage Group, Inc.,

a Colorado corporation

 

 

By /s/ Robert Nistico

Name: Robert Nistico

Title: CEO

 

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Schedule A

Schedule of Repayment

 

Date

Outstanding

Principal

Monthly Payment- Principal Monthly Payment- Interest

Total

Monthly Payment

Remaining Balance
12/24/2020   2,000,000    -   -    -  2,000,000
1/15/2021   2,000,000  111,111  3,333  114,444  1,888,889
2/15/2021   1,888,889  111,111  3,333  114,444  1,777,778
3/15/2021   1,777,778  111,111  3,333  114,444  1,666,667
4/15/2021   1,666,667  111,111  3,333  114,444  1,555,556
5/15/2021   1,555,556  111,111  3,333  114,444  1,444,444
6/15/2021   1,444,444  111,111  3,333  114,444  1,333,333
7/15/2021   1,333,333  111,111  3,333  114,444  1,222,222
8/15/2021   1,222,222  111,111  3,333  114,444  1,111,111
9/15/2021   1,111,111  111,111  3,333  114,444  1,000,000
10/15/2021   1,000,000  111,111  3,333  114,444  888,889
11/15/2021   888,889  111,111  3,333  114,444  777,778
12/15/2021   777,778  111,111  3,333  114,444  666,667
1/15/2022   666,667  111,111  3,333  114,444  555,556
2/15/2022   555,556  111,111  3,333  114,444  444,444
3/15/2022   444,444  111,111  3,333  114,444  333,333
4/15/2022   333,333  111,111  3,333  114,444  222,222
5/15/2022   222,222  111,111  3,333  114,444  111,111
6/15/2022   111,111  111,111  3,333  114,444   0.00

 

11

 

 

EXHIBIT 1

Form of Conversion Notice

 

Copa di Vino Wine Group, Inc.

1314 East Las Olas Blvd., Suite 221

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316

Attn: Chief Financial Officer

 

The undersigned hereby elects to convert certain outstanding amount as set forth below of the 2% Convertible Promissory Note of Copa di Vino Wine Group, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), issuance date [ ], 2020, into shares of common stock (the “Common Stock”), of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (the “Parent”), a Colorado company, according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as reasonably requested by the Company and Parent in accordance therewith. No fee will be charged to the holder for any conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any.

 

The undersigned agrees to comply with the delivery requirements under the applicable securities laws in connection with any transfer of the aforesaid shares of Common Stock.

 

Conversion calculations:

 

Principal Amount of Note to be Converted: $_____

 

The Amount of Interest of the Note to be Converted: $____

 

Conversion Price per Share: $_____

 

Number of Shares of Common Stock to be Issued upon Conversion: ________

 

Signature:

Name (Print):

 

Mailing Address:

Phone number:

Email:

Date: 

 

12

Exhibit 10.4

 

AGREEMENT REGARDING OTHER ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

 

This Agreement Regarding Other Accounts Payable (“Agreement”) is entered into on December 24, 2020 by and between Copa di Vino Corporation, an Oregon corporation (“Seller”), on the one hand, and Copa di Vino Wine Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Buyer”), Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Splash Nevada”), and Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“Parent”), on the other hand. Buyer, Splash Nevada, and Parent are hereafter referred to as the “Buyer Parties.

 

RECITALS

 

A. Seller and the Buyer Parties have entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement of even date herewith (the “APA”), pursuant to which Seller is selling certain assets to Buyer and the Buyer Parties are assuming certain liabilities of Seller.

 

B. Seller has certain other vendor trade payables and distributor credit payables owed to third- party vendors and distributors (each a “Creditor”) that are listed on Exhibit A attached hereto, which the Buyer Parties are not assuming pursuant to the APA (the “Other AP”).

 

C. The parties wish to work together to resolve Seller’s obligations owed to the Creditors in connection with the Other AP.

 

D. The parties wish to make a prospective amendment to the Convertible Promissory Note that is being issued pursuant to the APA (the “Note”).

 

AGREEMENT

 

Now, Therefore, the parties agree as follows.

 

1.       Settlement Period. During the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending on April 1, 2021 (the “Settlement Period”), the parties and their executives will cooperate with and assist each other in attempting to reduce and settle the obligations owed to the Creditors in connection with the Other AP.

 

2.       Assumption of Settled Obligations. The Buyer Parties will jointly and severally assume the obligation to pay the reduced amount of a settled Other AP obligation upon reaching a settlement with a Creditor.

 

3.       Assumption of Remaining Obligations. At the end of the Settlement Period, the Buyer Parties will jointly and severally assume the remaining Other AP obligations owed to Creditors.

 

4.       Indemnification. The Buyer Parties will jointly and severally hold Seller harmless from and defend and indemnify Seller against all costs (including, but not limited to, attorney fees), expenses, liabilities and obligations arising out of the obligations to Creditors required to be assumed by the Buyer Parties pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 above.

 

1 – Agreement Regarding Other Accounts Payable

 

 

5.       Amendment to Note. On April 1, 2021, the Note shall automatically be amended by adding the following language to the Note:

 

Remedies for Default. If the Buyer Parties fail to make three (3) monthly payments as set forth in Schedule A of the Note and those failures have not been cured as of the date the Seller delivers a default notice to the Buyer Parties, the Seller shall, upon conversion of the Note, be entitled to additional shares of the Parent’s common stock equal to the remaining unpaid Principal Amount and all accrued, but unpaid interest of the Note minus the product of (i) the Conversion Shares issuable upon Conversion of the Note and (ii) the closing price per share on such date of default notice, with the difference to be divided by the closing price per share on such date of default notice with a maximum number of up to 2,181,818 shares (the “Default Remedy Shares”). The Default Remedy Shares shall be placed in an escrow account pursuant to an escrow agreement.”

 

6.       Miscellaneous.

 

6.1       Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the sole and entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings and agreements, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter.

 

6.2       Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No party may assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. No assignment shall relieve the assigning party of any of its obligations hereunder.

 

6.3       No Third-party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

6.4       Time of Essence. Time is of the essence with respect to all dates and time periods set forth or referred to in this Agreement.

 

6.5       Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may only be amended, modified or supplemented by an agreement in writing signed by each party hereto.

 

6.6       Waiver. No waiver by any party of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the party so waiving. No waiver by any party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any failure, breach or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different character, and whether occurring before or after that waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege arising from this Agreement shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.

 

2 – Agreement Regarding Other Accounts Payable

 

 

6.7       Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Florida without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Florida or any other jurisdiction).

 

6.8       Submission to Jurisdiction. Any action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of this Agreement or based on any right arising out of this Agreement must be brought against any of the parties in a Broward County Court of the State of Florida or, subject to applicable jurisdictional requirements, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and each of the parties consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts) in any such action or proceeding and waives any objection to such venue.

 

6.9       Attorney Fees. With respect to any dispute relating to this Agreement, or in the event that a suit, action, arbitration, or other proceeding of any nature whatsoever is instituted to interpret or enforce the provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and involving issues peculiar to federal bankruptcy law or any action, suit, arbitration, or other proceeding seeking a declaration of rights or rescission, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover from the losing party its reasonable attorney fees, paralegal fees, expert fees, and all other fees, costs, and expenses actually incurred and reasonably necessary in connection therewith, as determined by the judge or arbitrator at trial, arbitration, or other proceeding, or on any appeal or review, in addition to all other amounts provided by law.

 

6.10       Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party acknowledges and agrees that any controversy which may arise under this Agreement is likely to involve complicated and difficult issues and, therefore, each such party irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any legal action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

6.11       Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement. A signed copy of this Agreement delivered by facsimile, e-mail or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Agreement.

 

[Signatures on next page]

 

3 – Agreement Regarding Other Accounts Payable

 

 

In Witness Whereof, the undersigned parties have executed this Agreement effective on the date first written above.

 

  Copa di Vino Corporation 
   
 

By /s/ James Martin

Name: James Martin 

Title: CEO

 

 

Copa di Vino Wine Group, Inc. 

   
 

By /s/ Robert Nistico

Name: Robert Nistico 

Title: CEO

   
 

Splash Beverage Group, Inc.,  

a Nevada corporation

   
 

By /s/ Robert Nistico

Name: Robert Nistico 

Title: CEO 

 

 

Splash Beverage Group, Inc.,  

a Colorado corporation

   
 

By /s/ Robert Nistico 

Name: Robert Nistico 

Title: CEO

 

4 – Agreement Regarding Other Accounts Payable

 

  

EXHIBIT A

 

List of Other AP

 

Vendor Trade Payables

 

· Andersen Plastics greater than 90 days old ($344,876.81)

 

· Ciatti Wine & Grape ($21,320)

 

· Coventry Vale Winery ($108,792.30)

 

· J Lohr Estates ($12,381.25)

 

· O’Neil Vintners ($18,855.75)

 

· Rowe & Deming ($7,940.00)

  

Distributor Credit Payables      
    Current     1 - 30     31 - 60     61 - 90     > 90     TOTAL  
Ajax Turner Beverages   0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     (260.83)     (260.83)  
Alliance Bev. Distributing     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (1,436.74 )     (1,436.74 )
Atlanta Beverage     0.00       (849.00 )     (2,617.50 )     0.00       0.00       (3,466.50 )
Bemiss Distributing     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (339.00 )     (339.00 )
Ben E. Keith Beverages     0.00       (333.90 )     (163.70 )     0.00       0.00       (497.60 )
Bernie Little Distributors     0.00       (406.05 )     0.00       (110.95 )     0.00       (517.00 )
Better Brands, Inc     0.00       0.00       0.00       (2,323.51 )     0.00       (2,323.51 )
Bigfoot Beverages     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (1,140.80 )     (1,140.80 )
Brown    Distributing     Company VA     0.00       (280.00 )     (418.25 )     0.00       0.00       (698.25 )
Burkhardt Sales & Service     0.00       (292.60 )     (127.30 )     (72.30 )     0.00       (492.20 )
Capitol-Husting     0.00       0.00       (488.76 )     0.00       0.00       (488.76 )
Central Distributors     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (980.90 )     (980.90 )
City Beverages     (3,623.35 )     (5,142.00 )     0.00       0.00       (16,198.08 )     (24,963.43 )
Craft Beer Guild Distributing-LA     0.00       (380.50 )     0.00       0.00       0.00       (380.50 )
Double Eagle FL     0.00       (78.40 )     (133.70 )     0.00       0.00       (212.10 )
E-Corp, Inc     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (932.84 )     (932.84 )
Eastown Distributors     0.00       (16.80 )     (100.80 )     0.00       0.00       (117.60 )
Fahr Beverage     0.00       0.00       (243.94 )     0.00       (23.94 )     (267.88 )
Great Plains Distributors, LP     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (32.50 )     (32.50 )
Hensley Beverage     0.00       (551.65 )     0.00       0.00       0.00       (551.65 )
L&F Distributors     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (104.00 )     (104.00 )
Lake Beverage Corporation     0.00       (18,711.00 )     0.00       0.00       0.00       (18,711.00 )
Lakeshore Beverage     0.00       0.00       0.00       (4,504.00 )     (5,506.00 )     (10,010.00 )
Lewis Bear Co.     0.00       (352.80 )     0.00       0.00       0.00       (352.80 )
Lohr Distributing-St. Louis     0.00       (638.70 )     0.00       0.00       (130.13 )     (768.83 )
Madison Bottling Company     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (82.50 )     (82.50 )
McCraith Beverages     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (10.60 )     (10.60 )
Mike Hopkins     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (387.66 )     (387.66 )
Mussetter Distributing     0.00       0.00       0.00       (179.80 )     0.00       (179.80 )

 

5 – Agreement Regarding Other Accounts Payable

 

 

Nevada Beverage     0.00       (54.08 )     (508.42 )     0.00       0.00       (562.50 )
NKS Distributors     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (167.70 )     (167.70 )
North Florida Sales     0.00       (117.00 )     (54.00 )     0.00       (104.40 )     (275.40 )
Odom WA     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (164.90 )     (164.90 )
Peace River Distributors     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (974.70 )     (974.70 )
Pepin Dist     0.00       (18.00 )     0.00       0.00       0.00       (18.00 )
Quality Beverage     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (159.75 )     (159.75 )
Quality Beverage Chicopee     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (1,042.88 )     (1,042.88 )
Sanzo Beverage     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (2,432.75 )     (2,432.75 )
Saratoga Eagle     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (274.50 )     (274.50 )
Southern Eagle Sales & Service     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (1,453.94 )     (1,453.94 )
Straub Distributing     0.00       (129.30 )     (180.60 )     0.00       0.00       (309.90 )
Suncoast Beverage Sales     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (443.00 )     (443.00 )
TryIt Distributing     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (207.00 )     (207.00 )
Virginia Eagle Distributing     0.00       (956.00 )     (1,154.00 )     0.00       0.00       (2,110.00 )
Wantz     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       (326.28 )     (326.28 )
TOTAL     (3,623.35 )     (29,307.78 )     (6,190.97 )     (7,190.56 )     (35,318.32 )     (81,630.98 )

 

6 – Agreement Regarding Other Accounts Payable

Exhibit 10.5

 

EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated December 24, 2020 is entered into by and between Splash Beverage Group, Inc, a Colorado corporation (the “Company” or “Splash”), and James Martin a resident of the State of Oregon (“Executive”).

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

 

The Company desires for Executive to serve as Copa di Vino Founder and Chief Innovation Officer for the Company, and Executive desires to serve in such capacity with the Company on the terms and conditions as hereinafter set forth.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT

 

Section 1. EMPLOYMENT

 

Section 1.1 Term of Employment. The Company shall employ Executive commencing on the closing date of the purchase of the assets of Copa di Vino Corporation (the “Effective Date”) pursuant to that Asset Purchase Agreement dated December 24, 2020 (the “APA”), and will be in effect for eighteen (18) months unless Executive’s employment is terminated earlier pursuant to Section 3. The period during which Executive is employed by the Company is herein referred to as the “Term.” Upon the mutual agreement of the parties the term of the Agreement will renew for an additional eighteen (18) months following the initial Term.

 

Section 1.2 Title and Duties. During the Term, Executive shall be employed as Copa di Vino Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of the Company. Executive shall further perform such reasonable Executive and managerial responsibilities and duties consistent with the title and his [or her] position as may be assigned to Executive from time to time by his supervisor and senior staff. Executive shall report to Bill Meissner. Executive shall diligently devote Executive’s business skill and effort to the Company. Executive will devote at least 80% of his working time during normal business hours performing his duties and responsibilities. Executive will perform his duties and responsibilities at such places as the needs of the business reasonably require – provided however, Executive’s primary place of employment shall be based at the Sunshine Mill in The Dalles Oregon. Executive may devote up to twenty (20) percent of his working time supporting the businesses as described in Schedule B, and any other businesses approved by Splash in advance in writing, provided that Splash shall be deemed to have approved any other businesses that do not violate the restrictive covenants set forth in Section 4.1 Executive shall be entitled annually to vacation (subject to Section 1.3) and sick leave pursuant to policies adopted by the Company from time to time for executives of the Company and may engage in civic and charitable activities to the extent that they do not interfere with his performance of his duties hereunder.

 

Section 1.3 Vacation Executive shall receive 5 weeks of paid vacation per year which shall accrue and be recorded in accordance with the Company’s governing policies. The scheduling of Executive’s vacation must be approved in advance by the Company in consideration of business needs and operating requirements. Executive shall only be permitted to take two weeks of vacation at one time unless special permission is granted by the Company. Executive shall not receive pay in lieu of vacation, except as required by law upon termination or separation from employment.

 

1 – James Martin Executive Employment Agreement

 

 

Section 2. COMPENSATION

 

Section 2.1 Salary. The Company shall pay Executive during the Term an annual base salary (the “Base Salary”) of $175,000.00 payable in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices, with such payroll deductions and withholdings as required by law. Executive will be eligible for a Base Salary increase each year, based on cost-of-living adjustments and the performance of the Executive. The aforementioned Base Salary increases will be determined by the President and Senior Staff of the Company.

 

Section 2.2 Retention Bonus On the first anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company shall award Executive a retention bonus of $15,000.00 if Executive has performed the Duties of the position and remained in good standing with the Company during the previous 12 month period (the “First Retention Period”). The Company shall award the Executive an additional retention bonus of $15,000.00 following completion of 18 months of employment if Executive has performed the Duties of the position and remained in good standing with the Company during the previous 18 month period (the “Second Retention Period”). However, the Executive shall not be entitled to receive the applicable Retention Bonus in the event that i) Executive fails to remain employed by the Company for the applicable Retention Period, or ii) Executive fails to perform his or her duties as assigned thereto in a manner reasonably satisfied with the Company.

 

Section 2.3 Bonus Opportunity. For each full year of the Term, Executive shall be eligible for a bonus at the sole discretion of the Company equal to $25,000.00. Executive must be employed as of the final date of the evaluation period to be eligible for the performance bonus. For 2021 specifically the Bonus Opportunity will be achieved by introducing the TapouT Performance Drink brand to all of Copa di Vino’s distributors, and by making best efforts to advocate that they add the brand to their N.A. portfolio.

 

Section 2.4 Expenses. Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable business expenses incurred by Executive in the performance of Executive’s duties for the Company during the Term, in accordance with the policies and procedures adopted by the Company from time to time for the staff of Executive’s level. Executive shall furnish appropriate documentation of such expenses, including documentation required by the Internal Revenue Services. Executive shall additionally be entitled to the allowances detailed in Schedule A attached hereto.

 

Section 2.5 Benefits. During the Term, Executive shall be entitled to participate in all qualified plans, holidays and other employee benefits which the Company, in its sole discretion, may maintain from time to time for the benefit of its executives in general, or, if the Company should discontinue or cause to be discontinued any such benefits, then similar benefits, if any, as may be provided by the Company to its executives in general. Nothing herein requires the Company to establish or maintain any specific benefit plan.

 

2 – James Martin Executive Employment Agreement

 

 

Section 3. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

 

Section 3.1 Termination. The Company shall have the right to terminate Executive’ s employment hereunder upon twenty (21)-day prior written notice, and Executive shall have the right to resign upon twenty (21)-day prior written notice, for any reason or for no reason, at any time. The notice period does not commence until the notice is actually received by the other party. The notice period shall be deemed to be waived in the event of termination of Executive with cause.

 

Section 3.2 Rights of Executive Upon Termination. In the event that Executive’s employment is terminated for any reason or no reason, the Company shall have no further obligation to Executive under this Agreement except for payment, subject to any right of set-off, to Executive of (A) Executive’s accrued, but unpaid Base Salary through the date of termination, (B) to the extent legally required to be paid, any accrued but unused vacation, and (C) any unreimbursed expenses, subject to Section 2.3.

 

In addition, in the event that Executive is terminated by the Company without cause (as defined below), Executive shall be entitled to severance (“ Severance”) of continued payment of Executive’s Base Salary in effect at the time of termination of employment for the remaining unexpired portion of the 18-month Term of employment payable in accordance with the Company’ s regular payroll practices. Notwithstanding the foregoing, receipt of Severance shall be conditioned upon Executive executing a customary release within thirty (30) days of the receipt thereof by the Company. Provided such customary release has been signed and not revoked, such severance payments shall begin on the next regular payroll date after the 45th day after the Executive’s termination date in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices and with such payroll deductions and withholdings as required by law.

 

“Cause” (whether or not capitalized) includes, as determined by the Company, Executive’s: (i) being convicted of fraud or other material acts of dishonesty with respect to the Company; (ii) commission of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; (iii) willful disobedience of or insubordination with respect to a lawful directive that causes material harm to the Company; (iv) intentional neglect of the performance of duties which Executive fails to cure (if curable) within ten days of receipt of written notice from the Company (so long as not recurring in nature for which Executive received prior notice in respect thereof); (v) intentional withholding or nondisclosure of material information to the Company that causes material harm to the Company; (vi) knowingly acting to the detriment of the Company for a party (other than any governmental authority or agency) whose interests are adverse to the Company; (vii) disclosing Company information materially prejudicial to the Company other than in the course of performing his duties with the Company; (viii) being convicted of a felony; (ix) possession or use by Executive of drugs or prohibited substances or the excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages on a recurring basis which impairs Executive’s ability to perform his duties under this Agreement; or (x) material violation of any written personal conduct or ethics code adopted by the Company, which, if curable, Executive fails to cure within ten days of receipt of written notice from the Company.

 

3 – James Martin Executive Employment Agreement

 

 

Section 3.3 Obligations of Executive Following Termination. In the event that Executive ‘ s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 3.1, Executive shall have no further obligations hereunder (other than under Sections 4) other than providing reasonable cooperation to the Company respecting a transition of Executive’s duties without charge to the Company (but subject to reimbursement by the Company of any reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by Executive in the course of such cooperation with the Company’s prior approval for the reimbursement).

 

Section 4. COVENANTS.

 

Section 4.1 Restrictive Covenants.

 

(a) Non-Competition. Executive absolutely and unconditionally covenants and agrees that during the Term and for a period of twelve (12) months thereafter (the “Restrictive Period’’), Executive shall not directly as an employee, consultant, partner or owner (other than no more than 2% equity interest in a publicly traded company), engage or participate in a competing business. The term “competing business” means (i) the manufacture, marketing, development, licensing, distribution and/or sale of any Single Serve wine products excluding cans and bottles.

 

(b) Non-Solicitation. Executive absolutely and unconditionally covenants and agrees that during the Term and Restrictive Period, Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, for any reason, whether for Executive’s own account or for the account of any other person, natural or legal, without the prior written consent of the Company solicit, employ, hire, deal with or otherwise interfere with any contract or relationship of the Company with any employee (other than Executive’s daughter, Natasha Skov), officer, director or any independent contractor of the Company, while such person or entity is employed by or associated with the Company (including the Company’s subsidiaries) or in the case of former employees within one year of the termination of such person’s employment with the Company during the Restrictive Period (unless such person was terminated by the Company.

 

(c) Use and Treatment of Confidential Information. Executive agrees not to disclose, divulge, publish, communicate, publicize, disseminate or otherwise reveal, either directly or indirectly, any Confidential Information to any person, natural or legal, except in the performance of Executive’s duties during Executive’s employment by the Company. The term “Confidential Information” means all information in any form relating to the past, present or future business affairs, including without limitation, research, development or business plans, operations or systems, of the Company or a person not a party to this Agreement whose information the Company has in its possession under obligations of confidentiality , which is disclosed by the Company to Executive or which is produced or developed while Executive is an owner of, employee or director of the Company. In addition, “Confidential Information” shall include the terms set forth in Section 2, provided that Executive may share the information set forth in Section 2 with his immediate family (so long as they do not work for any competitor of the Company) and legal and tax advisors, and as otherwise required by law. The term “Confidential Information” shall not include any information of the Company which (i) becomes publicly known through no wrongful act of Executive, (ii) is received from a person not a party to this Agreement who is free to disclose it to Executive, or (iii) is lawfully required to be disclosed to any governmental agency or is otherwise required to be disclosed by law, subpoena or court order but only to the extent of such requirement, provided that before making such disclosure Executive shall give the Company an adequate opportunity to interpose an objection or take action to assure confidential handling of such information.

 

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Section 4.2 Ownership and Return of Confidential Information. All Confidential Information disclosed to or obtained by Executive in tangible form (including, without limitation, information incorporated in computer software or held in electronic storage media) shall be and remain the property of the Company. All IP created before the acquisition outside of PulpLoco and Copa IP is Executive’s sole property and neither the Company nor CDVWG has any claim on it. All intellectual property (“IP”) created by Executive before the date of this Agreement, other than that transferred to Copa di Vino Wine Group, Inc. (“Buyer”) pursuant to the APA”, shall remain the property of Executive and the Buyer Parties (as such term is defined in the APA) shall have no claim on or rights to such property. Executive shall retain all rights to any IP created during the term of employment to the extent such IP is not related to the Copa di Vino or PulpoLoco product line. All IP created during the term of employment that relates to the Copa di Vino or PulpoLoco product line shall be the property of the Company.

 

All of the Company’s Confidential Information possessed by Executive shall be returned to the Company at the time Executive ceases employment with the Company. Upon the return of Confidential Information, it shall not thereafter be retained in any form, in whole or in part, by Executive.

 

(a) Remedies upon Breach. The parties acknowledge that Confidential Information and the other protections afforded to the Company by this Agreement are valuable and unique and that any breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 4 may result in irreparable and substantial injury to the Company for which it may not have an adequate remedy at law. In the event of a breach or threatened breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 4, the Company shall be entitled to obtain from any court having competent jurisdiction, with respect to the Executive, temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief prohibiting any such breach, as well reimbursement for all reasonable costs, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in enjoining any such breach. Any such relief shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any appropriate relief in the way of monetary damages and equitable accounting of all earnings, profits and other benefits arising from such violation, which rights shall be cumulative and in addition to any other rights or remedies to which the Company may be entitled. Executive does hereby waive any requirement for the Company to post a bond for any injunction. If, however, a court nevertheless requires a bond to be posted, Executive agrees that such bond shall be in a nominal amount.

 

(b) Other Entities. For purposes of Sections 4.l through Section 4.2, the “Company” shall be deemed to include the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company.

 

Section 4.3 Non-Disparagement. During the Term, and thereafter, Executive agrees not to defame or disparage or criticize the Company, its business plan, procedures, products, services, development, finances, financial condition, capabilities or other aspect of its business, or any of its stakeholders, and the Company agrees not to defame or disparage or criticize Executive, in any medium (whether oral, written, electronic or otherwise, whether currently existing or hereafter created), to any person or entity, without limitation in time. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Executive and the Company may confer in confidence with his or its respective advisors and make truthful statements as required by law. This Section 4.3 shall survive any termination of Executive’s employment and any termination of this Agreement.

 

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Section 4.4 Exceptions. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, Executive shall not be restricted from: (i) disclosing information that is required to be disclosed by law, court orders or other valid and appropriate legal process; provided, however, that in the event such disclosure is required by law, Executive shall provide the Company with prompt notice of such requirement so that the Company may seek an appropriate protective order prior to any such required disclosure by Executive; or (ii) reporting possible violations of federal, state, or local law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity, or from making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal, state, or local law or regulation, and Executive shall not need the prior authorization of the Company to make any such reports or disclosures and shall not be required to notify the Company that Executive has made such reports or disclosures. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, in accordance with the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, Executive will not be criminally or civilly liable for disclosing a trade secret if it was disclosed: (I) to any government official or attorney in confidence directly or indirectly for the sole purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; (2) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding if filed under seal; or (3) to an attorney or used in a court proceeding in a retaliation lawsuit if any document containing a trade secret is filed under seal and is not disclosed except pursuant to a court order.

 

Section 4.5 No Other Severance Benefits. Except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, Executive covenants and agrees that Executive shall not be entitled to any other form of severance benefits from the Company, including, without limitation, benefits otherwise payable under any of the Company’s regular severance policies, in the event Executive’s employment hereunder ends for any reason and, except with respect to obligations of the Company expressly provided for herein.

 

Section 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 5.1 Notice. Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon the earliest of (i) personal delivery , (ii) actual receipt or (iii) the third full day following deposit in the United States mail with postage prepaid, addressed to the Company at its principal offices, to the attention of the President or Chief Executive Officer with a copy to the Secretary, or, if to Executive, to such home or other address as Executive has most recently provided in writing to the Company.

 

Section 5.2 Assignment; Binding Effect. Neither Executive nor the Company may assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party, except that the Company may assign this Agreement to any affiliate thereof, or to any subsequent purchaser of the Company of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or by operation of law. This Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, and administrators of Executive to the extent that personal service to the Company is not required.

 

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Section 5.3 Choice of Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND ENFORCED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. ALL SUITS, ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN A STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN TAMPA, STATE OF FLORIDA, WHICH COURTS SHALL BE THE EXCLUSIVE FORUM FOR ALL SUCH SUITS, ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS. EXECUTIVE AND THE COMPANY HEREBY WAIVE ANY OBJECTION WHICH EXECUTIVE OR IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE IN ANY SUCH COURT OR ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. EXECUTIVE AND THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENT AND SUBMIT THEMSELVES TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EXECUTIVE AND THE COMPANY HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.

 

Section 5.4 Amendment; Waiver. No modification, amendment or termination of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by the parties hereto. Any waiver by any party of any violation of, breach of or default under any provision of this Agreement, by the other party shall not be construed as, or constitute, a continuing waiver of such provision, or waiver of any other violation of breach of or default under any other provision of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.5 Withholding of Taxes. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement all federal, state, city or other local taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any laws or government regulations or rulings.

 

Section 5.6 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement, which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent possible without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 5.7 Survival of Certain Obligations. The obligations of the Company and Executive set forth in this Agreement which by their terms extend beyond or survive the termination of the Term (whether or not specifically provided) shall not be affected or diminished in any way by the termination of the Term.

 

Section 5.8 Headings. The headings in this Agreement are intended solely for convenience and shall be disregarded in interpreting this Agreement.

 

Section 5.9 Third Parties. Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon or give any person or entity other than the Company and Executive any rights or remedies under this Agreement.

 

Section 5.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, and all of such counterparts (including facsimile or PDF), when separate counterparts have been executed by the parties hereto, shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement. This Agreement shall only become effective as of the date hereof.

 

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Section 5.11 No Cooperation. Without limitation to any other provision herein set forth, Executive agrees not to act in any manner that might damage the business of the Company or any affiliate thereof – provided however, such restriction shall not prevent Executive from assisting Copa di Vino Corporation and Discover Development LLC with enforcing their rights arising out of the APA and the Transaction Documents (as such term is defined in the APA). Executive further agrees that Executive will not knowingly counsel or assist any attorneys or their clients in the presentation or prosecution of any disputes, differences, grievances, claims, charges, or complaints by any third party against the Company or any affiliate thereof, unless under a subpoena or other court order to do so. Executive agrees both to notify immediately the Board (care of the Chairman) upon receipt of any such subpoena or court order, and to furnish, within three business days of its receipt, a copy of such subpoena or court order to any of the Company or any affiliate thereof. If approached by anyone for counsel or assistance in the presentation or prosecution of any disputes, differences, grievances, claims, charges, or complaints against the Company or any affiliate thereof, Executive shall state no more than that Executive cannot provide counsel or assistance.

 

Without limitation to the preceding paragraph, Executive shall reasonably provide assistance and cooperation to the Company or any affiliate thereof in any legal or administrative proceedings or inquiries concerning events which occurred while Executive was an employee of the Company (or any affiliated or related entity) and involving any person or event about which Executive has relevant knowledge or information. In the event that Executive is served notice of such legal process following the date hereof, the Company (or its designee) shall compensate Executive with reasonable consulting fees of $250.00 per hour plus any out-of-pocket expenses Executive may incur in performing Executive’s obligation to cooperate; provided that the foregoing shall only be payable from and after such time as when Executive is no longer an employee of the Company, and only for periods thereafter. By way of example, but without limitation, assistance and cooperation may include: (1) identifying documentation or specific dates; (2) meeting with legal counsel of the Company or any affiliate thereof from time to time to assist in the preparation of arguments and the discovery or compilation of factual matters; and (3) providing testimony or statements in connection with any legal or administrative proceedings or inquiries. The Company (or its affiliates and related persons) shall provide Executive with reasonable advance notice of any such legal process and shall work with Executive to find mutually convenient times to meet or communicate with Executive concerning such matters.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 5.11 shall survive any termination of Executive’s employment and any termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.12 409A. The parties intend that the payments and benefits provided for in this Agreement to either be exempt from Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the “Code”) or be provided in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, all payments and benefits which are payable upon a termination of employment hereunder shall be paid or provided only upon those terminations of employment that constitute a ‘separation from service’ from the Company within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (determined after applying the presumptions set forth in Treas. Reg. Section l.409A-l(h)(l)). For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, the right to a series of installment payments hereunder shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments. ln the event Executive is a specified employee under Section 409A of the Code, for purposes of any payment on termination of employment hereunder, if such payment would otherwise be made within six months of termination, such payment will be paid to Executive in a lump sum cash amount on the first payroll date which is more than six months following the date of Executive’s termination, to the extent required to avoid any adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code.

 

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Section 5.13 Acknowledgement. The parties acknowledge that they have had an adequate opportunity to read this Agreement, to consider it and to consult with an attorney if so desired.

 

Section 5.14 Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties to this Agreement regarding the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements, communications, representations and warranties, whether oral or written, between the parties regarding the subject matter hereof. In no event shall Executive be entitled to any rights with respect to Executive’s engagement with the Company, or otherwise with respect to the Company, other than as provided herein. Nothing in this Agreement shall confer upon any member of the Company any fiduciary obligation to Executive. 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Executive have executed this Employment Agreement as of the date first written above. 

 

COMPANY:

Splash Beverage Group, Inc. a Colorado corporation

 

By: /s/ Robert Nistico

       Robert Nistico, CEO

 

EXECUTIVE:

 

/s/ James Martin

James Martin, as an individual

 

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Schedule A

Additional Benefits

 

Executive shall be entitled to the following Additional Benefits:

A stipend of $150 per month to cover personal Computer, cell phone and electronics costs.

All milage costs at .30 cents a mile for of travel using a personal vehicle including travel to and from airport for business purposes.

 

 

Schedule B

James Martin Companies

 

Discover Development/Sunshine Mill Quenett Winery

Sunshine Mountain Vineyards/Oregon Mountain Vineyards

Copa Di Vino Corporation

TGE LLC

Baldwin Saloon

Drinx Tec

Eturnity

 

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Exhibit 10.6

 

NON-COMPETITION, NON-SOLICITATION AND

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AGREEMENT

 

THIS NON-COMPETITION, NON-SOLICITATION AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of December 24, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), by and among

 

Robert Nistico 

(the “Key Person”),

 

SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC., a Colorado corporation,

1314 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 221 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

(“Company”),

 

and

 

DECATHLON ALPHA IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership,

1441 West Ute Boulevard, Suite 240 

Park City, UT 84098

(the “Lender”).

 

Background

 

Pursuant to that certain Revenue Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) dated the same date as this Agreement, Lender will advance to Company the Initial Advance. The Loan Agreement requires as a condition to closing that the Key Person enter into a Non-Competition, Non- Solicitation and Confidential Information Agreement. Any capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.

 

Agreement

 

The parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Reserved.

 

2. Former Employer Information; No Breach of Prior Agreements. The Key Person agrees that the Key Person will not improperly use for the benefit of the Company or disclose to the Company any proprietary information or trade secrets of any former employer or other person or entity, and that the Key Person will not bring onto the premises of the Company any unpublished document or proprietary information belonging to any former employer or other person or entity unless consented to in writing by such former employer, person, or entity. The Key Person represents that the Key Person’s performance of the terms of this Agreement and the Key Person’s duties to the Company will not breach any invention assignment, proprietary information, confidentiality, or similar agreement with any former employer or other person or entity by which the Key Person is bound.

 

3. Third Party Information. The Key Person recognizes that the Company has received and in the future will receive from third parties their confidential or proprietary information, which information may have been provided subject to a duty on the Company’s part to maintain the confidentiality of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. The Key Person agrees to hold all such third party confidential or proprietary information in the strictest confidence and not to disclose it to any person or entity or to use it except as necessary in carrying out the Key Person’s work for the Company and in a manner consistent with the Company’s agreement with such third party.

 

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4. Maintenance of Confidentiality. The Key Person agrees that the Key Person will take reasonable measures to protect the secrecy of and avoid disclosure and unauthorized use of the Confidential Information, but in no event less than reasonable care. Without limiting the foregoing, the Key Person will take at least those measures that the Key Person takes to protect the Key Person’s own confidential information and will ensure that the Key Person’s employees or other third parties who have access to Confidential Information are aware of the confidentiality restrictions set forth in this Agreement prior to any disclosure of Confidential Information to such parties.

 

5. Returning Company Documents. The Key Person agrees that, if the Key Person’s relationship to the Company is terminated for any reason, the Key Person will immediately deliver to the Company (and will not keep in the Key Person’s possession, recreate, or deliver to anyone else) any and all devices, records, data, notes, reports, proposals, lists, correspondence, specifications, drawings, blueprints, sketches, equipment, materials containing Confidential Information, other documents or property, or reproductions of any of the foregoing items developed by the Key Person pursuant to the Key Person’s service to the Company or otherwise belonging to the Company, or its successors, or assigns.

 

6. No License. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to grant any rights to the Key Person under any patent, trademark, mask work right or copyright of the Company, nor will this Agreement grant the Key Person any rights in or to Confidential Information except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

 

7. Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation. The Key Person agrees that, during the term of the Key Person’s employment with the Company and for a period of 6 months after the Key Person ceases to be employed with the Company, the Key Person will not directly or indirectly, either on behalf of the Key Person or any other person or entity (other than with respect to a subsidiary of the Company):

 

7.1. engage in any business activity that competes with the business in which the Company is now involved or becomes involved during the term of this Agreement, or any planned business of the Company;

 

7.2. render advice or assistance (including but not limited to financial assistance, as an investor, lender, or otherwise) to any business that competes with any activity in which the Company is now involved or becomes involved during the term of this Agreement, or any planned business of the Company;

 

7.3. acquire an ownership interest in any business that competes with any activity in which the Company is now involved or becomes involved during the term of this Agreement, or any business of the Company planned as of the date of the termination of this Agreement;

 

7.4. solicit, induce, recruit or encourage any employees of the Company to leave their employment; or

 

7.5. interfere in any manner with the contractual or employment relationship between the Company and any employee, customer or supplier of the Company or cause any such customer or supplier to cease doing business with, or reduce the amount of business it does with the Company.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or restrict Key Person from any of the following: (i) owning as a passive investment less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of a corporation (whether public or private) that is engaged in a business that competes with the Company if Key Person is not otherwise associated with such corporation; (ii) performing speaking engagements and receiving honoraria in connection with such engagements; (iii) being employed by any government agency, college, university, or other non-profit research organization; or (iv) owning a passive equity interest in a private debt or equity investment fund in which the Key Person does not have the ability to control or exercise any managerial influence over such fund.

 

8. Non-Disparagement. The Key Person agrees that at all times during the term of this Agreement and thereafter, the Key Person will not make any untruthful or disparaging statements, written or oral, about the Company, Lender, or their respective successors, shareholders, directors, officers, members, managers, or employees.

 

9. Term. This Agreement will automatically terminate upon full satisfaction of all Obligations of the Company to Lender pursuant to the Loan Agreement.

 

10. Specific Enforcement. The Key Person acknowledges that the Company and Lender will be irreparably injured if the provisions of this Agreement are not specifically enforced. If the Key Person commits or, in the reasonable belief of the Company or Lender, threatens to commit a breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement, the Company and/or Lender will have the right and remedy, in addition to any other remedy that may be available at law or in equity, to have the provisions of this Agreement specifically enforced by any court having equity jurisdiction together with an accounting for any benefit or gain by the Key Person in connection with any such breach, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach will cause irreparable injury to the Company and Lender and that money damages will not provide an adequate remedy therefor. Such injunction will be available without the posting of any bond or other security.

 

11. General Provisions.

 

11.1. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including any attached exhibits, constitutes the entire, final and exclusive agreement between the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior written or oral understandings, representations and agreements by or between the parties relating thereto.

 

11.2. Governing Law; Venue. This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the state of Florida, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. The parties hereby expressly consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of either the federal or state district courts located in such state.

 

11.3. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT.

 

11.4. Amendments. No amendments or supplements to this Agreement, including any amended or additional schedules or exhibits, will be binding unless in writing and manually signed by both parties.

 

11.5. Waiver. None of the terms of this Agreement may be waived except by an express agreement in writing manually signed by the party against whom enforcement of such waiver is sought. The failure or delay of a party in enforcing its rights under this Agreement will not be deemed a continuing waiver of such right, and the waiver of one breach hereunder will not constitute the waiver of any other or subsequent breach.

 

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11.6. Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, under applicable law by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision will be ineffective only to the extent of such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability, without affecting the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the scope of any provisions of this Agreement is too broad in scope or long in duration to permit enforcement under applicable law, the court shall limit such provision to the minimum extent required to be enforceable. This Agreement should be construed in a manner that renders its provisions valid and enforceable to the maximum extent (not exceeding its express terms) possible under applicable law.

 

11.7. Assignment. Neither the Company nor the Key Person may assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without Lender’s prior written consent. Lender may assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement.

 

11.8. Binding Effect; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the rights and obligations created hereunder will be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, the parties do not intend to confer upon any third party any right, remedy, or claim under or by virtue of this Agreement.

 

11.9. Notices. Any notices required or permitted by this Agreement will be in writing and will be effective: (a) when delivered in person; (b) when properly delivered by Federal Express or another recognized overnight courier; or (c) on the date of transmission if sent by facsimile or any other reliable means of electronic transmission (which specifically does not include email), so long as the sender receives written confirmation of the receipt of same by the recipient’s machine. All such notices must be addressed to the party to whom it is directed at the address set forth below or such other address as a party may from time to time designate in writing to the another party at the address set forth on the signature page of this Agreement.

 

11.10. Further Assurances. Each party will, upon the reasonable request of another party from time to time, execute and deliver such additional documents and take such other action as may be reasonably necessary to effect the purposes of this Agreement.

 

11.11. Expenses; Attorneys’ Fees. The parties will pay all of their own expenses in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement, the performance of their respective obligations under this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except that in any dispute arising under or relating to this Agreement, the reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of the party ultimately prevailing in such dispute will be paid by the other party.

 

11.12. Interpretation. This Agreement has been cooperatively and mutually drafted and will not be construed or interpreted more strictly against either party.

 

11.13. Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement are for the convenience of reference only and will not be considered in any substantive manner.

 

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11.14. Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original and all of which together will constitute one and the same document. This Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile or in PDF format via email, and any such signatures will have the same legal effect as manual signatures. If a party delivers its executed copy of this Agreement by facsimile signature or email, such party will promptly execute and deliver to the other party a manually signed original if requested by the other party.

 

11.15. Survival. Any provision in this Agreement which by its express terms survive termination will survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

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The Company, Lender and the Key Person have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the Effective Date.

 

  DECATHLON ALPHA IV, L.P.
  a Delaware limited partnership 
   
 

By: Decathlon Alpha GP IV, LLC

Its: General Partner

   
 

By: /s/ Wayne Cantwell

Name: Wayne Cantwell

  Title: Managing Director
   
  SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.
  a Colorado corporation
   
 

By: /s/ Robert Nistico

Robert Nistico, Chief Executive Officer

   
  KEY PERSON
   
  Signature: /s/ Robert Nistico
  Name: Robert Nistico  
  Address: 8350 Bee Ridge Rd Suite 121
                 Sarasota FL 34241

 

 

[Signature Page to Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation & Confidential Information Agreement]

 

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