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forth below are the audited financial statements for the Company for the years ended December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, and the
−Removed: report thereon of Pragermetis, P.A.
+Added: report thereon of BF Borgers, P.A.
Biofuels, Inc.
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of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
−Removed: the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
+Added: the shareholders and the board of directors of Blue Biofuels, Inc.
+Added: on the Financial Statements
+Added: have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Blue Biofuels, Inc.
+Added: (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2023, the
+Added: related statement of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes (collectively
+Added: referred to as the “financial statements”).
+Added: In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects,
+Added: the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then
+Added: ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
+Added: Doubt about the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern
+Added: accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern.
+Added: As discussed in Note
+Added: 2 to the financial statements, the Company’s significant operating losses raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue
+Added: as a going concern.
+Added: The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
+Added: financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.
+Added: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s
+Added: financial statements based on our audit.
+Added: We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
+Added: (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
+Added: securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
+Added: conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
+Added: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
+Added: reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
+Added: is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: As part of our audits
+Added: we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion
+Added: on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
+Added: audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or
+Added: fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks.
+Added: Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding
+Added: the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
+Added: Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant
+Added: estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
+Added: We believe that our audit provides
+Added: a reasonable basis for our opinion.
+Added: Audit Matters
+Added: audit matters are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or are required to
+Added: be communicated to the audit committee and that:
+Added: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements
+Added: and (2) involved especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments.
+Added: determined that there are no critical audit matters.
+Added: BF Borgers CPA PC
+Added: Borgers CPA PC (PCAOB ID 5041 )
+Added: have served as the Company’s auditor since 2023
+Added: OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
+Added: the Stockholders and Board of Directors of
Biofuels, Inc.
on the Financial Statements
−Removed: have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Blue Biofuels, Inc.
−Removed: (the Company) as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and
−Removed: the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related
−Removed: notes (collectively referred to as the consolidated the financial statements).
−Removed: In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements
−Removed: present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the
−Removed: results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in
−Removed: the United States of America.
+Added: have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Blue Biofuels, Inc.
+Added: (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2022,
+Added: and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2022,
+Added: and the related notes (collectively referred to as the consolidated financial statements).
+Added: In our opinion, the consolidated financial
+Added: statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2022, and
+Added: the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally
+Added: accepted in the United States of America.
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States, which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern.
−Removed: As described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial
−Removed: statements, the Company has not generated any significant revenue since inception and has incurred losses since inception.
−Removed: As of December
−Removed: 31, 2022, the Company has incurred losses of $52,781,586.
−Removed: The Company expects to incur significant additional losses and liabilities
−Removed: in connection with its start-up and commercialization activities.
−Removed: These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about the ability
−Removed: of the Company to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: Continuation as a going concern is dependent on the ability to raise additional capital
−Removed: and financing, though there is no assurance of success.
−Removed: Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note
−Removed: 2 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
+Added: The Company has not generated any significant revenue
+Added: since inception and has incurred losses since inception.
+Added: As of December 31, 2022, the Company has incurred losses of $52,781,586.
+Added: Company expects to incur significant additional losses and liabilities in connection with its start-up and commercialization activities.
+Added: These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern.
+Added: Continuation as
+Added: a going concern is dependent on the ability to raise additional capital and financing, though there is no assurance of success.
+Added: plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 2 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
+Added: The consolidated
+Added: financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion
−Removed: on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
+Added: on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audit.
We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public
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federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
−Removed: conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
+Added: conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
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The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing
+Added: 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.
−Removed: audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether
−Removed: due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks.
+Added: audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due
+Added: 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.
−Removed: Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles
+Added: Our audit 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.
−Removed: We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
+Added: We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Audit Matters
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Our Auditor Firm ID is 273 .
−Removed: March 31, 2023
Biofuels, Inc.
−Removed: known as Alliance Bioenergy Plus, Inc.
BALANCE SHEETS
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: December 31, 2021
+Added: and cash equivalents
CURRENT ASSETS
−Removed: Cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: Prepaid expenses
−Removed: TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
−Removed: Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $ 127,178 and $ 273,852 at December 31, 2022 and December 31,2021, respectively
−Removed: Security deposits
−Removed: Right of Use Assets, net of accumulated amortization
−Removed: TOTAL OTHER ASSETS
−Removed: LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
+Added: and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $ 243,089 and $ 127,178 at December 31, 2023 and December 31,2022,
+Added: of Use Assets, net of accumulated amortization
+Added: AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
+Added: payable - Related Party
+Added: wages and director’s fees - Related party
+Added: of Use Lease Liability - Current
+Added: 11 Settlement
+Added: Notes Payable — Related Party
+Added: Payable - Related Party
CURRENT LIABILITIES
−Removed: Accounts payable
−Removed: Accounts payable - Related Party
−Removed: Deferred wages and director’s fees - Related party
−Removed: Right of Use Lease Liability - Current
−Removed: Chapter 11 Settlement
−Removed: Interest Payable - Related Party
−Removed: TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
+Added: term liabilities
+Added: of Use Lease Liability, net of current portion
+Added: Payable — Related Party
+Added: Payable — Other
LONG TERM LIABILITIES
−Removed: Right of Use Lease Liability, net of current portion
−Removed: Notes Payable — Related Party
−Removed: Notes Payable — Other
−Removed: TOTAL LONG TERM LIABILITIES
−Removed: TOTAL LIABILITIES
−Removed: STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
−Removed: Preferred stock;
+Added: STOCKHOLDERS’
+Added: EQUITY (DEFICIT)
$ 0.001 par value;
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zero shares issued and outstanding
−Removed: Common stock;
$ 0.001 par value;
1,000,000,000 shares authorized;
−Removed: 289,941,623 issued and outstanding at December 30, 2022, and 274,003,883 issued and outstanding at December 30, 2021.
−Removed: Additional paid-in capital
−Removed: Accumulated deficit
−Removed: ( 52,781,586 )
−Removed: ( 48,821,403 )
−Removed: Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)
+Added: 302,750,963 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2023, and 289,941,623
+Added: issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022.
+Added: paid-in capital
( 55,836,780 )
( 52,781,586 )
−Removed: TOTAL EQUITY (DEFICIT)
+Added: STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
$ ( 3,561,082 )
$ ( 2,356,917 )
−Removed: TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
+Added: LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
Biofuels, Inc
−Removed: known as Alliance Bioenergy Plus, Inc.
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: Operating expense:
−Removed: General and administrative
−Removed: Research & Development
−Removed: Loss on disposal of assets
−Removed: Total operating expenses
−Removed: Loss from operations:
+Added: and administrative
+Added: & Development
+Added: on disposal of assets
+Added: operating expenses
+Added: from operations:
( 3,190,915 )
( 3,932,276 )
+Added: (income) expense:
+Added: Stock Recission
+Added: expense - related party
+Added: expense - other
other (income) expense
−Removed: Loan Forgiveness
−Removed: Common Stock Recission
−Removed: Interest expense - related party
−Removed: Interest expense - other
−Removed: Total other (income) expense
−Removed: Income (Loss) before provisions for income taxes
+Added: (Loss) before provisions for income taxes
$ ( 3,055,194 )
$ ( 3,960,183 )
−Removed: Provisions for income taxes
−Removed: Net Income / (Loss):
+Added: for income taxes
+Added: Income / (Loss):
$ ( 3,055,194 )
$ ( 3,960,183 )
−Removed: Net income (loss) per share
−Removed: Weighted average common shares outstanding
+Added: income (loss) per share
+Added: Weighted average
+Added: common shares outstanding
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
Biofuels, Inc.
−Removed: known as Alliance Bioenergy Plus, Inc.
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
−Removed: Preferred Stock
−Removed: Additional Paid-in
−Removed: Total Stockholder’s
−Removed: Balance as of December 31, 2021
+Added: Stockholder’s
+Added: as of December 31, 2022
$ ( 52,781,586 )
$ ( 2,356,917 )
−Removed: Issuance of common stock for services
−Removed: Issuance of 77,333 warrants for services
+Added: Issuance of common
+Added: stock for services
+Added: Issuance of 794,000
+Added: warrants for services
Warrants exercised
−Removed: Issuance of common stock and warrants for cash through PPM
−Removed: Issuance of common stock in exchange for debt
−Removed: Vesting of 12,560,000 options under the employee, director plan
−Removed: Employee stock options exercised
−Removed: Stock Recinded
−Removed: Net Income (Loss)
+Added: Issuance of common
+Added: stock and warrants for cash through PPM
+Added: Issuance of common
+Added: stock in exchange for debt
+Added: Vesting of 4,385,000
+Added: options under the employee, director plan
+Added: Income (Loss)
( 3,055,194 )
$ ( 3,055,194 )
−Removed: Balance as of December 31, 2022
+Added: as of December 31, 2023
$ ( 55,836,780 )
$ ( 3,561,082 )
−Removed: Balance as of December 31, 2020
+Added: as of December 31, 2021
$ ( 48,821,403 )
$ ( 1,396,046 )
−Removed: Issuance of common stock for services
−Removed: Issuance of 1,166,667 warrants for services
−Removed: Issuance of warrants for services
+Added: $ ( 48,821,403 )
+Added: $ ( 1,396,046 )
+Added: Issuance of common
+Added: stock for services
+Added: Issuance of 77,333
+Added: warrants for services
+Added: warrants for services
Warrants exercised
−Removed: Issuance of common stock and warrants for cash through PPM
−Removed: Issuance of common stock in exchange for debt
−Removed: Vesting of 460,000 options under the employee, director plan
−Removed: Vesting of options under the employee, director plan
−Removed: Employee stock options exercised
−Removed: Cashless exercise of stock options
−Removed: Net Income (Loss)
+Added: Issuance of common
+Added: stock and warrants for cash through PPM
+Added: Issuance of common
+Added: stock in exchange for debt
+Added: Vesting of 12,560,000
+Added: options under the employee, director plan
+Added: options under the employee, director plan
+Added: Employee stock
+Added: options exercised
+Added: Stock Recinded
+Added: Income (Loss)
( 3,960,183 )
( 3,960,183 )
−Removed: Balance as of December 31, 2021
+Added: as of December 31, 2022
$ ( 52,781,586 )
$ ( 2,356,917 )
+Added: $ ( 52,781,586 )
+Added: $ ( 2,356,917 )
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
Biofuels, Inc.
−Removed: known as Alliance Bioenergy Plus, Inc.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
−Removed: For the Year Ended
−Removed: For the Year Ended
−Removed: Cash flows from operating activities
−Removed: Net Income (Loss)
+Added: the Year Ended
+Added: the Year Ended
+Added: flows from operating activities
+Added: Income (Loss)
$ ( 3,055,194 )
$ ( 3,960,183 )
−Removed: Reconciliation of net loss to net cash used in operating activities
−Removed: Depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Stock based compensation for services
−Removed: Recission of stock
−Removed: Net Issuance of options and warrants for services
−Removed: Loss on Disposal of assets
−Removed: Changes in operating assets and liabilities
−Removed: Prepaid expenses
−Removed: Accrued interest - related party
−Removed: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
−Removed: Forgiveness of PPP Loan
−Removed: Right of use lease
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities
+Added: Reconciliation
+Added: of net loss to net cash used in operating activities
+Added: and amortization
+Added: based compensation for services
+Added: Issuance of options and warrants for services
+Added: on Disposal of assets
+Added: in operating assets and liabilities
+Added: interest - related party
+Added: payable and accrued liabilities
+Added: cash used in operating activities
( 1,600,411 )
( 2,036,143 )
−Removed: Cash flows from investing activities
−Removed: Net purchase of property and equipment
−Removed: Security deposits
−Removed: Net cash from used in investing activities
−Removed: Cash flows from financing activities
−Removed: Proceeds from exercise of warrants and options
−Removed: Net proceeds from issuance of common stock
−Removed: Net cash provided by financing activities
−Removed: Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: Cash and cash equivalent at beginning of the period
−Removed: Cash and cash equivalent at end of the period
−Removed: Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
−Removed: Cash paid during the period for
−Removed: Supplemental schedule of non-cash activities
−Removed: Conversion of convertible debenture to common stock
+Added: flows from investing activities
+Added: purchase of property and equipment
+Added: cash from (used in) investing activities
+Added: flows from financing activities
+Added: proceeds from issuance of common stock
+Added: proceeds from issuance of convertible notes
+Added: from exercise of warrants and options
+Added: cash provided by financing activities
+Added: increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: and cash equivalent at beginning of the period
+Added: and cash equivalent at end of the period
+Added: disclosure of cash flow information
+Added: paid during the period for
+Added: schedule of non-cash activities
+Added: of warrants for services
+Added: of common stock for services
+Added: conversion of warrants/options
+Added: of convertible debenture to common stock
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
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1 – ORGANIZATION
−Removed: Biofuels, Inc (the “Company”) is a technology company focused on emerging technologies in renewable energy, biofuels, and
−Removed: In early 2018, the Company’s CEO invented a new technology system it calls Cellulose-to-Sugar or CTS, and a patent application
−Removed: was filed and later obtained (U.S.
−Removed: In addition to this patent, the Company has obtained an additional patent
−Removed: and has one continuation patent pending and has filed provisional patent applications for two additional patents that are currently pending.
−Removed: CTS is a mechanical/chemical dry process for converting cellulose material into sugar for use in the biofuels industry.
−Removed: CTS can convert
−Removed: any cellulosic material – like grasses, wood, paper, farm waste, yard waste, forestry products, energy crops like hemp or King
−Removed: Grass, and the cellulosic portion of municipal solid waste – into sugars and lignin.
−Removed: The CTS system produces sugar and chemically
−Removed: unmodified lignin among other by-products.
−Removed: The sugar can then be further converted into biofuels like ethanol and sustainable aviation
−Removed: Company’s focus is to commercialize its CTS technology.
−Removed: The Company is in the process of completing the buildout of a pilot plant
−Removed: that is designed to show successful volume production and scalability.
−Removed: Company is now doing the engineering work to commercialize its CTS technology.
−Removed: Company intends to raise additional capital and continue engineering work and scaling up towards a full-scale commercial size CTS modular
−Removed: At that point, and to minimize dilution to shareholders, the Company will seek project-based financing to build a full scale plant
−Removed: (or acquire and retrofit) or joint venture with existing ethanol producers to produce cellulosic ethanol and lignin from its patented
−Removed: Once the first plant is profitable, the Company intends to grow with additional plants both in the United States and internationally.
−Removed: Company has a strategy that includes the following:
−Removed: Producing and selling sugar
−Removed: to ethanol producers;
−Removed: Producing and selling ethanol
−Removed: either directly or in combination with joint ventures, mergers, and/or acquisitions of existing businesses in the renewable energy
−Removed: Producing and selling sustainable
−Removed: aviation fuel (SAF).
−Removed: Producing and selling low-cost
−Removed: high purity lignin, or using that lignin to produce ion exchange resins or specialty chemicals and sell those.
+Added: Biofuels, Inc (the “Company”) is a technology company focused on emerging technologies in the renewable energy, biofuels,
+Added: and lignin technologies sectors.
+Added: In early 2018, our chief executive officer (“CEO”) Ben Slager
+Added: invented a new technology system referred to as Cellulose-to-Sugar or CTS, and the Company filed, and received, two patents for this technology
+Added: 10,994,255 and 11,484,858B2), and has subsequently been granted the firrst in Japan and El Salvador.
+Added: The Company also
+Added: filed for both patent in other major jurisdictions of the world including the European Patent Organization, Australia, Brazil, China,
+Added: the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization, and the Russian Federation.
+Added: The patent applications are currently pending in
+Added: all of these international jurisdictions.
+Added: Further, the company has filed for 6 other patents in the United States which are currently
+Added: The CTS process is a continuous mechanical/chemical dry process for converting
+Added: cellulose material into sugar and lignin.
+Added: CTS system converts plant-based feedstock into one primary product, soluble sugars, which can be further processed into cellulosic ethanol
+Added: and other biofuels like jet fuel, and potentially into bio chemicals.
+Added: 2022, the Company partnered with K.R.
+Added: Komarek to build its CTS machines going forward.
+Added: Komarek is an industry leading manufacturing company
+Added: that builds briquetting machines and compaction/granulation systems with throughput capacities up to 50 tons per hour.
+Added: In 2023, the Company
+Added: completed the build-out of a pilot plant based on a modified Komarek machine and is in the process of further testing and optimizing
+Added: The Company believes that it can optimize the pre and post processing elements at this pilot scale plant to finalize design
+Added: and operational parameters to provide operating cost estimates of a full-scale commercial volume system.
+Added: Due to its mechanical nature
+Added: and modularity, we anticipate that one plant would have multiple modular CTS systems.
+Added: addition, the Company has licensed the Vertimass Process to convert ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and other renewable
+Added: biofuels including bio-gasoline.
+Added: The license agreement with Vertimass is the subject to a confidentiality agreement between the parties.
+Added: total process from cellulosic feedstock to SAF consists basically of three steps:
+Added: from feedstock to fermentable cellulosic sugars (CTS)
+Added: the cellulosic sugars into cellulosic ethanol.
+Added: the ethanol into SAF and related products.
+Added: This third step happens with the Vertimass technology which the Company has licensed.
+Added: January 2024, the Company formed a 50-50 joint venture partnership with Vertimass called VertiBlue Fuels, LLC, that has the mission to
+Added: build an ethanol-to-SAF facility in Florida with the initial goal to produce around 10 million gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
+Added: and related products, and then expand SAF and related product production to approximately 70 million gallon per year .
+Added: VertiBlue Fuels
+Added: plans to initially convert sugarcane ethanol, and then, when the Company’s CTS technology is fully commercialized, to build commercial
+Added: CTS and ethanol facilities on the front-end to produce cellulosic SAF and generate the large D7 RIN and other government credits.
+Added: commercial production will require project financing.
2 – GOING CONCERN
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interest rate
−Removed: stock fair value
−Removed: Risk-free interest rate
Expected life
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Expected volatility
−Removed: BIOF common stock fair value
+Added: stock fair value
+Added: interest rate
+Added: common stock fair value
+Added: interest rate
+Added: common stock fair value
and Equipment
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the following criteria are met:
−Removed: persuasive evidence of
−Removed: an arrangement exists;
−Removed: product has been delivered
−Removed: or the services have been rendered to the customer;
−Removed: the sales price is fixed
−Removed: or determinable;
−Removed: collectability of the fee
−Removed: or sales price is reasonably assured.
+Added: evidence of an arrangement exists;
+Added: has been delivered or the services have been rendered to the customer;
+Added: sales price is fixed or determinable;
+Added: collectability
+Added: of the fee or sales price is reasonably assured.
Company currently has no customers.
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over the term of the related debt to their stated date of redemption.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, the Company has no convertible instruments.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, the Company has convertible instruments
+Added: but none that have intrinsic value to conversion options, hence no bifurcation is necessary.
for Derivative Instruments
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charge is required based on qualitative and quantitative information.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, the Company has no investments in non-consolidated
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, the Company had no investments in non-consolidated
of Long-Lived Assets
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SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
−Removed: PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: December 31, 2021
−Removed: Building and Improvements
+Added: AND EQUIPMENT
+Added: and Improvements
Machinery and Equipment
Furniture and Fixtures
−Removed: Computer Equipment
Property and Equipment, gross
−Removed: Less Accumulated Depreciation
+Added: Accumulated Depreciation
$ ( 243,089 )
$ ( 127,178 )
−Removed: Property and Equipment
+Added: and Equipment
depreciation expense was $ 119,476 and $ 55,601 for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, the Company disposed of laboratory equipment and machinery that was no longer in use for a total
−Removed: of $ 1,185 that originally was purchased for $ 240,898 and that had accumulated depreciation of $ 199,614 , thereby taking a loss of $ 40,099
−Removed: on the disposal of assets.
−Removed: In fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, the Company disposed of laboratory equipment and machinery purchased
−Removed: for $ 44,063 and that had accumulated depreciation of $ 10,579 , taking a loss on disposal of assets of $ 33,484 .
+Added: of $ 3500 that was originally purchased for $ 8171 and that had accumulated depreciation of $ 3,513 , thereby taking a loss of $ 1,158 on
+Added: the disposal of assets.
+Added: In the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, the Company disposed of laboratory equipment and machinery that was
+Added: no longer in use for a total of $ 1,185 that originally was purchased for $ 240,898 and that had accumulated depreciation of $ 199,614 ,
+Added: thereby taking a loss of $ 40,099 on the disposal of assets.
Company has obtained two patents and has applied for three more patents on its technology, and has also applied for international patents.
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of each remaining debt, including those that have been paid off or renegotiated during 2023, are indicated below.
−Removed: Payable — Chapter 11 Settlement
−Removed: July 18, 2018, the Company’s former Controller Dennis Lenaburg sued the Company for $2,694,577 dollars plus stock warrants in the
−Removed: Circuit Court of the 15 th Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, Florida.
−Removed: That lawsuit was moved to the Bankruptcy Court when
−Removed: the Company entered Chapter 11 on October 22, 2018.
−Removed: The Company filed a Complaint against Lenaburg on November 16, 2018, in the bankruptcy
−Removed: court in the Southern District of Florida.
−Removed: The bankruptcy judge ordered mediation, and a settlement was reached that paid Lenaburg $13,650
−Removed: upon Plan Confirmation and a $50,000 claim payable no later than three years after the Plan effective date, plus 1.5 million common stock
−Removed: warrants with a strike price of $0.30/share and a ten-year expiration period.
−Removed: The $50,000 claim was fully paid in Q1 2023.
−Removed: Nothing remains
−Removed: due on this Settlement.
Payable – Related Parties
+Added: December 13, 2023, and also on August 10, 2023, and on June 30, 2023, the Company entered into a long-term convertible notes with board
+Added: member Chris Kneppers, with principal balances of $ 10,000 , $ 50,000 and $ 50,000 , respectively, that are to be repaid when the Company
+Added: receives $5 million in equity investment.
+Added: The Notes carry a 10 % interest per annum.
+Added: The Notes are convertible, at the option of the lender,
+Added: into common shares of the Company at 15 cents per share, plus a warrant with a strike price of 25 cents per share and a 5 -year expiration,
+Added: for a total of 733,333 shares and warrants.
+Added: November 11, 2023, and also on July 7, 2023, the Company entered into two long-term convertible notes with board member Edmund Burke,
+Added: with a total principal balance of $ 15,000 and $ 25,000 , respectively, that are to be repaid when the Company receives an equity investment
+Added: of at least $3 million.
+Added: Otherwise, they accrued warrants, with a strike price of 15 cents and an expiration of 5 years, at the rate of
+Added: 50,000 and 30,000 respectively every 12 months instead of interest, with a minimum of 80,000 warrants.
+Added: The Notes may convert into common
+Added: stock at $ 0.13 /share at the option of the holder for a total of 307,692 shares.
+Added: June 2023, the Company entered into a short-term convertible note with board member Chris Kneppers, with a principal balance of $ 100,000 ,
+Added: that if it’s not paid by December 6, 2023, it automatically extends for another 6 months.
+Added: It’s convertible at the option
+Added: of the lender into common stock at $ 0.13 /share for a total of 769,231 shares.
+Added: April 2023, the Company entered into a long-term convertible note with board member Edmund Burke, with a principal balance of $ 150,000 ,
+Added: that is to be repaid when the Company receives an equity investment of at least $1.5 million.
+Added: Otherwise, it accrued warrants, with a
+Added: strike price of 15 cents and an expiration of 5 years, at the rate of 100,000 every 6 months instead of interest.
+Added: It may convert into
+Added: common stock at $ 0.13 /share at the option of the holder for a total of 1,153,846 shares.
+Added: January 2023, the Company entered into a short-term convertible note with board member Chris Kneppers, with a principal balance of $ 250,000 ,
+Added: that if it’s not paid by July 4, 2023, it converts at the option of the Company into common stock at $ 0.13 /share for a total of
+Added: 1,923,077 shares.
+Added: This debt remains on the books because the Company hadn’t converted it into shares as of the end of 2023.
July 2016, the Company issued six (6) short-term notes payable to related parties in conjunction with the Company’s acquisition
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11 proceedings, and as per the Plan Confirmation, it is agreed that $ 50,315 is to be paid out of future gross revenues.
+Added: Payable – Chapter 11 Settlement
+Added: July 18, 2018, the Company’s former Controller Dennis Lenaburg sued the Company for $ 2,694,577 dollars plus stock warrants in the
+Added: Circuit Court of the 15 th Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, Florida.
+Added: That lawsuit was moved to the Bankruptcy Court when
+Added: the Company entered Chapter 11 on October 22, 2018.
+Added: The Company filed a Complaint against Lenaburg on November 16, 2018, in the bankruptcy
+Added: court in the Southern District of Florida.
+Added: The bankruptcy judge ordered mediation, and a settlement was reached that paid Lenaburg $ 13,650
+Added: upon Plan Confirmation and a $ 50,000 claim payable no later than three years after the Plan effective date, plus 1.5 million common stock
+Added: warrants with a strike price of $ 0.30 /share and a ten -year expiration period.
+Added: The $ 50,000 claim was fully paid in Q1 2023.
+Added: Nothing remains
+Added: due on this Settlement.
Payable – Other
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Plan was confirmed by the Court on September 18, 2019.
−Removed: summary of all debts that remain of those indicated in the Notes above is as follows:
+Added: summary of all Notes that remain of those indicated in the Notes above is as follows:
SCHEDULE OF NOTES PAYABLE
−Removed: Notes Payable
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: December 31, 2021
−Removed: Short Term Chapter 11 Settlement
−Removed: Long Term Notes Payable from future revenue — Related Party
−Removed: Long Term Notes Payable from future revenue — Other
−Removed: Long Term Note Payable from future profits — Related Party
−Removed: Long Term Note Payable from future profits — Other
−Removed: the $2,788,132 due as of September 30, 2022, $2,738,132 is due out of future revenue or future profits.
−Removed: $2,417,502 of the $2,788,132
−Removed: will be discharged if not paid by September 18, 2024, which is 5 years after the Company exited Chapter 11.
−Removed: The remaining debt that would
−Removed: not be discharged is $370,630, consisting of $200,630 due to related parties, $120,000 due to other, and a $50,000 Chapter 11 settlement.
+Added: Term Chapter 11 Settlement
+Added: Term Convertible Notes – Related Party
+Added: Term Convertible Notes Payable – Related Party
+Added: Term Notes Payable from future revenue — Related Party
+Added: Term Notes Payable from future revenue — Other
+Added: Term Note Payable from future profits — Related Party
+Added: Term Note Payable from future profits — Other
+Added: $ 100,000 of the $ 3,388,132 due as of December 31, 2023, is due at a specific point in time.
+Added: $ 300,000 automatically converts into equity
+Added: and $ 300,000 is due depending on the raising of millions in capital.
+Added: $ 2,738,132 of the amount due as of December 31, 2023, is due out
+Added: of future revenue or future profits.
+Added: $ 2,417,502 of the $ 2,738,132 will be discharged if not paid by September 18, 2024, which is 5 years
+Added: after the Company exited Chapter 11.
7 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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model, these were valued at $ 84,677 .
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2023, 5,950,148 warrants were exercised for proceeds of $ 97,251 .
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2023, no employee stock options were exercised.
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company issued 6,684,998 common shares for cash through private placements of $ 1,002,772 .
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company issued unvested options under its Employee & Directors Stock Option Plan to purchase
+Added: an aggregate of 17,150,000 shares of common stock for a period of ten years at an exercise price of $ 0.19 to $ 0.20 .
+Added: Using a Black-Scholes
+Added: asset-pricing model, these agreements were valued at $ 2,835,613 .
+Added: The Company issued an additional 1,000,000 options that were vested
+Added: with a Black-Scholes value of $ 157,939 .
+Added: An additional 3,385,000 options vested.
+Added: These vested options were valued at $ 479,089 .
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2022, the company issued an aggregate of 812,119 shares of its common stock for services, valued at $ 136,550 .
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company issued an aggregate of 77,333 warrants for services.
+Added: Using a Black-Scholes asset pricing
+Added: model, these were valued at $ 9,773 .
The Company also issued an aggregate of 2,000,000 unvested warrants for services to be performed.
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options were valued at $ 1,565,589 .
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021, the company issued an aggregate of 515,700 shares of its common stock for services, valued at $ 120,152 .
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued an aggregate of 1,166,667 warrants for services.
−Removed: Using a Black-Scholes asset pricing
−Removed: model, these were valued at $ 72,090 .
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021, 13,455,008 warrants were exercised at an average price of 9.7 cents for total proceeds of $ 1,302,817 .
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021, 350,000 employee stock options were exercised for proceeds of $ 12,900 .
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021, 400,000 employee stock options were exercised using the cashless exercise provision to obtain 337,896
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 10,543,332 common shares for cash through private placements of $ 2,260,750 .
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021, $ 279,000 of convertible notes issued during Chapter 11 to various parties converted into 7,080,000
−Removed: shares of common stock.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued options under its Employee & Directors Stock Option Plan to purchase an aggregate
−Removed: of 27,030,000 shares of common stock for a period of five to ten years at an exercise price ranging from $ 0.15 to $ 0.30 .
−Removed: Using a Black-Scholes
−Removed: asset-pricing model, these agreements were valued at $ 3,670,193 .
−Removed: Only 10,000 of those vested in 2021, along with an additional 450,000
−Removed: The vested options were valued at $ 32,319 .
option activity under the 2021 ESOP for the year ending December 31, 2023, is as follows:
−Removed: OF STOCK OPTION ACTIVITY
−Removed: Option Shares Outstanding
−Removed: Weighted Average Exercise Price
−Removed: Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)
−Removed: Aggregate Intrinsic Value ($0’s)
−Removed: Outstanding as of December 31, 2021
−Removed: Expired or Rescinded
−Removed: Outstanding as of December 31, 2022
+Added: SCHEDULE OF STOCK OPTION ACTIVITY
+Added: Shares Outstanding
+Added: Average Exercise Price
+Added: Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)
+Added: Intrinsic Value ($0’s)
+Added: as of December 31, 2022
+Added: as of December 31, 2023
Vested as of December
−Removed: Option Shares Outstanding
−Removed: Weighted Average Exercise Price
−Removed: Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term
−Removed: Aggregate Intrinsic Value ($0’s)
−Removed: Outstanding as of December 31, 2020
−Removed: Outstanding as of December 31, 2021
+Added: Shares Outstanding
+Added: Average Exercise Price
+Added: Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)
+Added: Intrinsic Value ($0’s)
+Added: as of December 31, 2021
+Added: as of December 31, 2022
Vested as of December
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SCHEDULE OF WARRANT ACTIVITY
−Removed: Warrants Outstanding
−Removed: Weighted Average Exercise Price
−Removed: Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)
−Removed: Aggregate Intrinsic Value ($0’s)
−Removed: Outstanding as of December 31, 2021
−Removed: Outstanding as of December 31, 2022
+Added: Average Exercise Price
+Added: Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)
+Added: Intrinsic Value ($0’s)
+Added: as of December 31, 2022
+Added: as of December 31, 2023
Vested as of December
−Removed: Warrants Outstanding
−Removed: Weighted Average Exercise Price
−Removed: Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)
−Removed: Aggregate Intrinsic Value ($0’s)
−Removed: Outstanding as of December 31, 2020
−Removed: Awarded or received from note conversions
−Removed: Outstanding as of December 31, 2021
+Added: Average Exercise Price
+Added: Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)
+Added: Intrinsic Value ($0’s)
+Added: as of December 31, 2021
+Added: as of December 31, 2022
Vested as of December
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SCHEDULE OF INCOME TAX PROVISION
−Removed: $ ( 831,638 )
−Removed: $ ( 449,255 )
in valuation allowance
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operating loss carryovers (federal)
−Removed: Total deferred tax assets
+Added: Total deferred
( 13,561,765 )
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Company is subject, from time to time, to litigation, claims and suits arising in the ordinary course of business.
−Removed: June 21, 2018, Power Up Lending Group Ltd., sued both the Company and four of its managers, ex-managers, and directors of the Company
−Removed: in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
−Removed: The case was dropped against the Company and the claim discharged
−Removed: by the bankruptcy court upon Plan Confirmation on September 18, 2019.
−Removed: Power Up has continued a tort case against the individuals.
−Removed: D&O insurance has agreed to cover the legal defense costs for CEO Ben Slager, CFO Anthony Santelli, as well as ex-Controller Dennis
−Removed: Lenaburg, in this case.
−Removed: Management believed the Complaint was frivolous.
−Removed: On June 28, 2022, Power Up Lending Group withdrew the lawsuit
−Removed: against management.
−Removed: The case is now closed.
−Removed: There has been no financial cost to the Company or its Management team.
+Added: The Company is not
+Added: in any litigation at this time.
Company consolidated its premises into one location on November 1, 2019, and currently leases office and laboratory space in Palm Beach
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liabilities for operating leases.
−Removed: lease expense for the years ending December 31, 2022, and 2021, were $ 82,814 and $ 71,915 , respectively.
−Removed: Company recognized the following related to leases in its Consolidated Balance Sheet:
−Removed: SCHEDULE OF LEASE CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
+Added: addition, the Company leases land in Arcadia, FL where it grows king grass.
+Added: The original lease began on September 1, 2020, and was for
+Added: 18.2 acres at an annual cost of $ 6,370 that the Company has the right to renew for a total of 5 years.
+Added: A second lease began on March
+Added: 31, 2023, for an additional 167.6 acres at a cost of $ 24,721 every 6 months that the Company also can continue for up to 5 years.
+Added: those leases can be terminated at will, they are not included in the ROU or lease liability on the Company’s balance sheet.
+Added: rent expense for the years ending December 31, 2023, and 2022, were $ 214,902 and $ 139,083 , respectively.
+Added: following table provides the components of the lease expense for the periods indicated:
+Added: SCHEDULE OF COMPONENTS OF THE LEASE EXPENSE
+Added: Finance Lease Cost:
+Added: of ROU assets
+Added: on lease liabilities
+Added: Operating lease
+Added: lease expense
+Added: following table provides supplemental cash flow and other information related to leases for the periods indicated:
+Added: SCHEDULE OF SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW AND OTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO LEASES
December 31, 2023
December 31, 2022
−Removed: Right of Use Lease Liabilities
−Removed: Current portion
−Removed: Long-term portion
−Removed: of December 31, 2022, the total future minimum lease payments in respect of leased premises are as follows:
−Removed: SCHEDULE OF FUTURE MINIMUM LEASE PAYMENTS
+Added: Cash paid for amounts included in measurement
+Added: of lease liabilities:
+Added: Operating cash flows from operating leases ( 1 )
+Added: Operating cash flows from finance leases
+Added: Financing cash flows from finance leases
+Added: ROU assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities:
+Added: Finance leases
+Added: Operating leases
+Added: are included in Other operating activities on the consolidated cash flow statements.
+Added: following table provides the lease terms and discount rates for the periods indicated:
+Added: SCHEDULE OF LEASE TERMS AND DISCOUNT RATES
+Added: Weighted-average
+Added: remaining lease term (years):
+Added: Weighted-average
+Added: discount rate:
+Added: following table provides supplemental balance sheet information related to leases at the dates indicated:
+Added: SCHEDULE OF SUPPLEMENTAL BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION RELATED TO LEASES
+Added: lease ROU assets (1)
+Added: lease ROU assets
+Added: lease liabilities
+Added: lease liabilities
+Added: lease liabilities
+Added: lease liabilities
+Added: (1) Amounts are included
+Added: in Property and equipment, net on the consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: following table provides maturities of undiscounted lease liabilities at December 31, 2023
+Added: SCHEDULE OF MATURITIES OF UNDISCOUNTED LEASE LIABILITIES
+Added: lease payments
+Added: Present value
+Added: of lease liabilities
+Added: Current portion of lease obligation
+Added: long-term lease obligation
+Added: following table provides maturities of undiscounted lease liabilities at December 31, 2022:
+Added: lease payments
+Added: Present value
+Added: of lease liabilities
+Added: Current portion of lease obligation
+Added: long-term lease obligation
10 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
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one or more of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests.
−Removed: Short-term notes payable,
−Removed: convertible notes, and contingent liabilities issued to related parties are described in NOTE 6.
−Removed: A board resolution was
−Removed: passed on February 13, 2020, that pledged the pending patents to secure the back pay claims of Ben Slager, CEO, Anthony Santelli,
−Removed: CFO, and Charles Sills, Director.
−Removed: This was done to ensure the continued involvement of management to build the Company while they
−Removed: continue to be owed back pay.
+Added: notes payable, convertible notes, and contingent liabilities issued to related parties are described in NOTE 6.
+Added: board resolution was passed on February 13, 2020, that pledged the pending patents to secure the back pay claims of Ben Slager, CEO,
+Added: Anthony Santelli, CFO, and Charles Sills, Director.
+Added: This was done to ensure the continued involvement of management to build the
+Added: Company while they continue to be owed back pay.
officers and directors for the Company are involved in other business activities and may, in the future, become involved in other business
opportunities.
−Removed: If a specific business opportunity becomes available, such persons may face a conflict in selecting between the Company
−Removed: and their other business interest.
−Removed: The Company has not formulated a policy for the resolution of such conflicts.
+Added: However, they may not engage in competing business interests.
+Added: If a specific business opportunity becomes available, such
+Added: persons may face a conflict in selecting between the Company and their other business interest.
+Added: The Company has not formulated a policy
+Added: for the resolution of such conflicts.
11 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
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the Company has identified the following subsequent events:
−Removed: to December 31, 2022, the Company issued 140,000 shares for services valued at $ 24,000 .
−Removed: Subsequent to December 31, 2022, 2,039,999 warrants expired.
−Removed: Subsequent to December 31, 2022, 2,000,000 options expired.
−Removed: to December 31, 2022, 5,450,148 warrants were exercised for total proceeds of $ 72,251 .
+Added: to December 31, 2023, the Company issued 52,500 shares for services valued at $ 4,200 and 62,500 warrants valued at $ 3,592 .
+Added: to December 31, 2023, 133,333 warrants expired.
to December 31, 2023, 1,775,000 employee stock options vested.
These have a Black-Scholes valuation of $ 234,350 .
−Removed: to December 31, 2022, 16,450,000
−Removed: employee stock options were issued, 15,950,000
−Removed: of which are unvested.
−Removed: million of those vest upon deliverables, and all expire
−Removed: in 5 or 10 years from the date of issuance with strike prices between $ 0.16
−Removed: Using the Black-Scholes option pricing method, these were valued at $ 2,759,814 .
−Removed: to December 31, 2022, 3,884,998 shares were issued in private placements for proceeds of $ 582,750 .
−Removed: to December 31, 2022, the company issued a convertible note to a related party for $ 250,000 .
−Removed: If it is not paid back by July 4, 2023,
−Removed: it automatically converts into common stock at 13 cents per share for a total of 1,923,077 shares.
+Added: to December 31, 2023, the company issued convertible notes for $ 230,000 .
+Added: These notes may be converted into equity at the discretion of
+Added: the holder and all automatically convert into equity if not repaid in 13 months from their date of issue.
– CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
−Removed: were no changes in the Company’s independent registered accounting firm, nor any disagreements between the Company and its independent
−Removed: registered accounting firm.
+Added: There was a change in the Company’s independent
+Added: registered accounting firm after the first quarter of 2023.
+Added: There were no disagreements between the Company and either of its independent
+Added: registered accounting firms on accounting or financial disclosure.
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