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Disclosure Controls and Procedures
−Removed: As of June 30, 2021, under the supervision and with
−Removed: the participation of the Company's President and Principal Financial Officer (the same person), management has evaluated the effectiveness
−Removed: of the design and operations of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures.
−Removed: Based on that evaluation, the President and Principal
−Removed: Financial Officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, 2021 as a result of
−Removed: the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting discussed below.
+Added: As of June 30, 2022, under the supervision and with the participation of
+Added: the Company’s President and Principal Financial Officer (the same person), management has evaluated the effectiveness of the design
+Added: and operations of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures.
+Added: Based on that evaluation, the President and Principal Financial
+Added: Office concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, 2022 as a result of the
+Added: material weakness in internal control over financial reporting discussed below.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
−Removed: There were no changes in internal control over financial
−Removed: reporting that occurred during the last fiscal quarter covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely
−Removed: to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: Management's Report on Internal Control over
−Removed: Financial Reporting
−Removed: Our management is responsible for establishing and
−Removed: maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-15(f).
−Removed: Our Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer (the same person) conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal
−Removed: control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control - Integrated Framework, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
−Removed: Organizations of the Treadway Commission ("COSO Framework") and the related guidance provided in Internal Control Over Financial
−Removed: Reporting –
+Added: There were no changes in internal control over financial reporting that
+Added: occurred during the last fiscal quarter covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect,
+Added: the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
+Added: Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate
+Added: internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-15(f).
+Added: Our Chief Executive
+Added: Officer and Principal Financial Officer (the same person) conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial
+Added: reporting based on the framework in Internal Control – Integrated Framework, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
+Added: of the Treadway Commission (“COSO Framework”) and the related guidance provided in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
– Guidance for Smaller Public Companies, also issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations.
−Removed: Based on this evaluation, management has concluded
−Removed: that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of June 30, 2021.
−Removed: Our President and Principal Financial Officer
−Removed: concluded we have a material weakness due to our control environment, and one condition caused by this is an inadequate of segregation
−Removed: of duties as well as a lack of timely review and approval of related party transactions.
−Removed: Our size has prevented us from being able to
−Removed: employ sufficient resources to enable us to have an adequate level of supervision and segregation of duties within our internal control
−Removed: There is one person involved in the processing of the Company's accounting and banking transactions and a single person with overall
−Removed: supervision and review of the cash disbursements and receipts and the overall accounting process.
−Removed: Therefore, while there are some compensating
−Removed: controls in place, it is difficult to ensure effective segregation of accounting duties.
−Removed: While we strive to segregate duties as much as
−Removed: practicable, there is an insufficient volume of transactions to justify additional full time staff.
−Removed: As a result of this material weakness,
−Removed: we have implemented remediation procedures whereby in May 2006 we engaged an outside accounting and consulting firm with SEC and US GAAP
−Removed: experience to assist us with the preparation of our financial statements, evaluation of complex accounting issues and the implementation
−Removed: of systems to improve controls and review procedures over all financial statement and account balances.
−Removed: We believe that this outside consultant's
−Removed: review improved our disclosure controls and procedures.
−Removed: If this review is effective throughout a period of time, we believe it will help
−Removed: remediate the segregation of duties material weakness.
−Removed: However, we may not be able to fully remediate the material weakness unless we
−Removed: hire more staff.
−Removed: We will continue to monitor and assess the costs and benefits of additional staffing.
+Added: Based on this evaluation, management has
+Added: concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of June 30, 2022.
+Added: Our President and Principal Financial
+Added: Officer concluded we have a material weakness due to our control environment, and one condition caused by this is an inadequate of segregation
+Added: of duties as well as a lack of timely review and approval of related party transactions and a second condition is the a lack of timely
+Added: review and approval of capitalized internal costs and interest.
+Added: Our size has prevented us from being able to employ sufficient resources
+Added: to enable us to have an adequate level of supervision and segregation of duties within our internal control system.
+Added: There is one person
+Added: involved in the processing of the Company's accounting and banking transactions and a single person with overall supervision and review
+Added: of the cash disbursements and receipts and the overall accounting process.
+Added: Therefore, while there are some compensating controls in place,
+Added: it is difficult to ensure effective segregation of accounting duties.
+Added: While we strive to segregate duties as much as practicable, there
+Added: is an insufficient volume of transactions to justify additional full time staff.
+Added: As a result of this material weakness, we have implemented
+Added: remediation procedures whereby in May 2006 we engaged an outside accounting and consulting firm with SEC and US GAAP experience to assist
+Added: us with the preparation of our financial statements, evaluation of complex accounting issues and the implementation of systems to improve
+Added: controls and review procedures over all financial statement and account balances.
+Added: In December of 2021, there was a change made to a new
+Added: outside accounting and consulting firm.
+Added: We believe that this outside consultant's review improved our disclosure controls and procedures.
+Added: If this review is effective throughout a period of time, we believe it will help remediate the segregation of duties material weakness.
+Added: However, we may not be able to fully remediate the material weakness unless we hire more staff.
+Added: We will continue to monitor and assess
+Added: the costs and benefits of additional staffing.
This annual report does not include an attestation
report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: report was not subject to attestation by the Company's independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the SEC that
−Removed: permit the Company to provide only management's report on internal control in this annual report.
−Removed: Hacking/Theft
−Removed: On Saturday morning, July 17, 2021, our historical website domain –
−Removed: biontech.com –
−Removed: and email services were compromised and disabled.
−Removed: Research indicated that an unknown party had ‘hijacked’
−Removed: the domain in a theft attempt.
+Added: report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the SEC
+Added: that permit the Company to provide only management’s report on internal control in this annual report.
+Added: Domain Sale/Resolved Litigation/Hacking/Theft
+Added: On March 23, 2022 the Company entered
+Added: into an agreement to sell domain name <biontech.com> and other related assets to BioNTech SE (“BNTX”) for the sum of
+Added: $950,000 (before expenses related to the transaction) which sale was closed/completed on April 2, 2022 with a one-time gain of $902,490.
+Added: The Company has been using www.bionenviro.com as its primary website (and domain) since July 2021 due to the events described
+Added: The Company has not been using biontech.com as its primary website since July 2021 so domain name <biontech.com>
+Added: no longer represented a core asset of the Company.
+Added: As previously reported, on Saturday morning, July
+Added: 17, 2021, our historical website domain – biontech.com – and email services were compromised and disabled.
+Added: indicated that an unknown party had ‘hijacked’ the domain in a theft attempt.
On September 10, 2021, the Company filed a federal
−Removed: lawsuit ‘in rem’
−Removed: to recover the <biontech.com> domain and the unknown ‘John Doe’
−Removed: who hacked and attempted
+Added: lawsuit ‘in rem’ to recover the <biontech.com> domain and the unknown ‘John Doe’ who hacked and attempted
to steal the website.
−Removed: The litigation has been filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria
−Removed: Division under the heading ‘Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc., Plaintiff, vs John Doe and <biontech.com>, Defendants’
+Added: The litigation was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division
+Added: under the heading ‘Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc., Plaintiff, vs John Doe and <biontech.com>, Defendants’ (Case
1:21-cv-01034), seeking recovery of the domain name and other relief as set forth therein.
+Added: On November 19, 2021, the United States District Court
+Added: for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division issued an order stating that “… ORDERED, ADJUDGED and Decreed that
+Added: plaintiff Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
+Added: (‘plaintiff) Is the lawful owner of domain name <biontech.com> ….”
+Added: under the heading ‘Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc., Plaintiff, vs John Doe and <biontech.com>, Defendants’ (Case
+Added: 1:21-cv-01034).
+Added: The Company has moved the domain name <biontech.com> to a new registrar and reactivated it for the Company’s
+Added: use (paired currently with its current bionenviro.com website).
No shareholder, sensitive or confidential information
was available to be breached which has limited damages from the hack/theft to date.
−Removed: However, the Company’s email operations have
−Removed: been subject disruption and expenses have been incurred related to the matter including legal fees.
−Removed: The Company has had to create ‘work-arounds’
−Removed: While these issues are being resolved, Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: has moved our website (and email) to a new domain:
+Added: However, the Company’s email operations were
+Added: subject disruption and expenses were incurred related to the matter including legal fees.
+Added: The Company created ‘work-arounds’ as
+Added: These issues have been resolved and the Company has moved our website (and email) to a new domain:
bionenviro.com.
−Removed: Website access is now www.bionenviro.com .
−Removed: To send emails to Bion personnel, one uses the same name identifier
−Removed: previously used, but in the address, substitute ‘bionenviro.com’
−Removed: for ‘biontech.com’:
−Removed: For example, cscott@biontech.com
−Removed: (no longer functional) will now be cscott@bionenviro.com and mas@biontech.com (no longer functional) will now be mas@bionenviro.com.
+Added: access is now www.bionenviro.com.
+Added: To send emails to Bion personnel, one uses the same name identifier previously used, but in the
+Added: address, substitute ‘bionenviro.com’ for “biontech.com’:
+Added: For example cscott@biontech.com (no longer functional)
+Added: is cscott@bionenviro.com and mas@biontech.com (no longer functional) is now mas@bionenviro.com.
OTHER INFORMATION
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Executive Chairman, President, General Counsel, Chief Financial Officer and Director
−Removed: Vice Chairman and Director
Secretary and Director
+Added: Executive Officer
Dominic Bassani
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer
+Added: Chief Operating Officer
Smith (72) currently serves
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Since mid-February 2003, Mr.
−Removed: Smith has served
−Removed: as sole director and President and General Counsel of Bion's majority-owned subsidiary, Centerpoint Corporation.
−Removed: Smith also serves
−Removed: as Manager of Bion PA1, LLC and Bion PA2, LLC.
+Added: served as sole director and President and General Counsel of Bion’s majority-owned subsidiary, Centerpoint Corporation.
+Added: also serves as Manager of Bion PA1, LLC and Bion PA2, LLC.
Previously, from May 21, 1999 through January 31, 2002, Mr.
−Removed: Smith served as a director
+Added: Smith served as
+Added: a director of Bion.
From July 23, 1999, when he became President of Bion, until mid-2001 when he ceased to be Chairman, Mr.
−Removed: Smith served in senior
−Removed: positions with Bion on a consulting basis.
+Added: in senior positions with Bion on a consulting basis.
Additionally, Mr.
−Removed: Smith was the president of RSTS Corporation prior to its acquisition of Bion
−Removed: Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: Smith received a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, Colorado
−Removed: (1980) and a BS from Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts (1971).
−Removed: Smith has engaged in the private practice of law in Colorado
+Added: Smith was the president of RSTS Corporation prior to its acquisition
+Added: of Bion Technologies, Inc.
+Added: Smith received a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder,
+Added: Colorado (1980) and a BS from Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts (1971).
+Added: Smith has engaged in the private practice of law in
+Added: Colorado since 1980.
In addition, Mr.
−Removed: Smith has been active in running private family companies, Stonehenge Corporation (until 1994), LoTayLingKyur,
+Added: Smith has been active in running private family companies, Stonehenge Corporation (until 1994),
+Added: LoTayLingKyur, Inc.
(1994-2002) and LoTayLingKyur, LLC (2007-present).
Until returning to Bion during March 2003, Mr.
−Removed: Smith had been in retirement with
−Removed: focus on charitable work and spiritual retreat.
+Added: Smith had been
+Added: in retirement with focus on charitable work and spiritual retreat.
From July 2018 to March 2020 Mr.
−Removed: Smith served as a senior executive and director at Grow-Ray
−Removed: Technologies, Inc., a private LED lighting company based in Boulder, Colorado, on a consulting basis.
−Removed: Schafer (74) Edward Schafer
−Removed: previously served the Company's senior management team as Executive Vice Chairman and has been a member of the Company's Board of Directors
−Removed: since January 1, 2011.
−Removed: Schafer has served as a consultant to Bion since July 2010.
−Removed: Schafer served as a director of Continental
−Removed: Resources (NYSE-CLR) 2011-2016.
−Removed: He also chairs the Board of Directors of Dynamic Food Ingredients and the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation.
−Removed: In addition he has served on the Board of Governors of Amity Technology LLP since 2009, the Board of Directors of AGCO-Amity JV since
−Removed: it was formed in 2011.
−Removed: Schafer served as a trustee of the Investors Real Estate Trust (NASDAQGS-IRET) from September 2009 to October
−Removed: He also served as a trustee of the IRET from September 2006 through December 2007, when he resigned from the IRET's Board to serve
−Removed: as Secretary of the U.S.
−Removed: Department of Agriculture under President George W.
−Removed: Schafer, a private investor, is a two-term
−Removed: former Governor of North Dakota.
−Removed: He served as Chief Executive Officer of Extend America, a telecommunications company, from 2001 to 2006,
−Removed: and he has been a member of the Boards of RDO Equipment Co., a privately-owned agricultural and construction equipment company (August
−Removed: 2001 to July 2003) and the University of North Dakota Foundation (June 2005 to December 2007).
+Added: Smith served as a senior executive
+Added: and director at Grow-Ray Technologies, Inc., a private LED lighting company based in Boulder, Colorado, on a consulting basis.
+Added: Schafer (76) Edward
+Added: Schafer previously served the Company’s senior management team as Executive Vice Chairman and has been a member of the
+Added: Company’s Board of Directors since January 1, 2011.
+Added: Schafer had served as a consultant to Bion since July 2010.
+Added: Schafer served as a director of Continental Resources (NYSE-CLR) 2011-2016.
+Added: He also chairs the Board of Directors of Dynamic Food
+Added: In addition he has served on the Board of Governors of Amity Technology LLP since 2009.
+Added: Schafer served as a trustee
+Added: of the Investors Real Estate Trust (NASDAQGS-IRET) from September 2009 to October 2011.
+Added: He also served as a trustee of the IRET from
+Added: September 2006 through December 2007, when he resigned from the IRET’s Board to serve as Secretary of the U.S.
+Added: Department of
+Added: Agriculture under President George W.
+Added: Schafer, a private investor, is a two-term former Governor of North Dakota.
+Added: served as Chief Executive Officer of Extend America, a telecommunications company, from 2001 to 2006, and he has been a member of
+Added: the Boards of RDO Equipment Co., a privately-owned agricultural and construction equipment company (August 2001 to July 2003) and
+Added: the University of North Dakota Foundation (June 2005 to December 2007).
Since 2019 Mr.
−Removed: Schafer has served on the
−Removed: Board of Directors of Cellular Biomedicine Group (NASDAQ:
+Added: Schafer has served on the Board of Directors
+Added: of Cellular Biomedicine Group (NASDAQ:
CBMG) and is Chairman of its Audit Committee.
−Removed: Schafer serves as a board
−Removed: member of the Center for Innovation at the University of North Dakota and teaches a leadership class at North Dakota State University.
−Removed: Schafer is a past chair of the Republican Governors Association, the Midwestern Governors’
−Removed: Association, the Interstate Oil and
−Removed: Gas Compact, the Western Governors’
−Removed: Association and served as the 29th United States Secretary of Agricultural from 2008 to 2009.
−Removed: Schafer holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Denver.
−Removed: Schafer brings the following experience,
−Removed: qualifications, attributes and skills to the Company:
−Removed: general business management, budgeting and strategic planning experience from his
−Removed: service as Chief Executive Officer of Extend America and extensive government, regulatory, strategic planning, budgeting administrative
−Removed: and public affairs experience from his service as Governor of North Dakota and Secretary of the US Department of Agriculture.
+Added: Schafer serves as a board member of the
+Added: Center for Innovation at the University of North Dakota and is an adjunct professor at North Dakota State University.
+Added: a past chair of the Republican Governors Association, the Midwestern Governors’ Association, the Interstate Oil and Gas
+Added: Compact, the Western Governors’ Association and served as the 29 th United States Secretary of Agricultural from
+Added: 2008 to 2009.
+Added: Schafer holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Denver.
+Added: Schafer brings
+Added: the following experience, qualifications, attributes and skills to the Company:
+Added: general business management, budgeting and strategic
+Added: planning experience from his service as Chief Executive Officer of Extend America and extensive government, regulatory, strategic
+Added: planning, budgeting administrative and public affairs experience from his service as Governor of North Dakota and Secretary of the
+Added: US Department of Agriculture.
Jon Northrop (79) has served as our
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He was the Executive Director of Davis, Graham & Stubbs, one of Denver’s largest law firms, from 1981 to 1989.
−Removed: his law firm experience, Mr.
+Added: to his law firm experience, Mr.
Northrop worked at Samsonite Corporation’s Luggage Division in Denver, Colorado, for over 12 years.
−Removed: His experience
−Removed: was in all aspects of manufacturing, systems design and implementation, and planning and finance, ending with three years as the Division's
−Removed: Vice President, Finance.
−Removed: Northrop has a bachelor's degree in Physics from Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts (1965), an MBA in
−Removed: Finance from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (1969), and spent several years conducting post graduate research in low energy
−Removed: particle physics at Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland.
+Added: His experience was in all aspects of manufacturing, systems design and implementation, and planning and finance, ending with three years
+Added: as the Division’s Vice President, Finance.
+Added: Northrop has a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Amherst College, Amherst,
+Added: Massachusetts (1965), an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (1969), and spent several years conducting post
+Added: graduate research in low energy particle physics at Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland.
+Added: William O’Neill (63) has served
+Added: as Chief Executive officer since May 1, 2022 (he previously held the same position for the period from November 2010 through May 2011).
+Added: O’Neill currently also serves as a director of Wise Up Food, LLC, a privately-held company that provides a transparent supply
+Added: chain and real sustainability information for food retailers (including restaurants) enabling consumers to make informed purchase decisions.
+Added: He founded Wise Up Food during 2020 and served as its President until May 1, 2022 when his wife assumed that position.
+Added: From February
+Added: 2018 through May 2020 he was employed as Vice President Retail & Value-Added Business Teys, USA, as subsidiary of Teys, a large Australian
+Added: From April 2015 through February 2018 Mr.
+Added: O’Neill served as Vice President Retail of Colorado Premium Foods.
+Added: 1990 through 2015 he held marketing and executive epositions with a variey of companies in the agriculture and food service businesses
+Added: with an emphasis on developing/marketing products in the meat industry.
+Added: O’Neill graduated from Gettysburg College in 1981 with
+Added: in economics.
Dominic Bassani (75) has served as Chief
−Removed: Executive Officer of Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: since April 2011.
−Removed: Previously he was a full-time consultant to the Company and
−Removed: served as the General Manager of Bion's Projects Group subsidiary from April 2003 through September 2006.
−Removed: From September 15, 2008 he has
−Removed: served as Director-Special Projects and Strategic Planning of the Company and our Projects Group subsidiary.
−Removed: He has been an investor in
−Removed: and consultant to Bion since December 1999.
−Removed: He is an independent investor and since 1990 has owned and operated Brightcap, a management
−Removed: consulting company that provides management services to early stage technology companies.
−Removed: He was a founding investor in 1993 in Initial
−Removed: Acquisition Corp.
+Added: Operating Officer of Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
+Added: since May 1, 2022 and served as Chief Executive Officer from April 2011.
+Added: he was a full-time consultant to the Company and served as the General Manager of Bion's Projects Group subsidiary from April 2003 through
+Added: September 2006.
+Added: From September 15, 2008 he has served as Director-Special Projects and Strategic Planning of the Company and our Projects
+Added: Group subsidiary.
+Added: He has been an investor in and consultant to Bion since December 1999.
+Added: He is an independent investor and since 1990
+Added: has owned and operated Brightcap, a management consulting company that provides management services to early stage technology companies.
+Added: He was a founding investor in 1993 in Initial Acquisition Corp.
that subsequently merged in 1995 with Hollis Eden Corp.
−Removed: (HEPH), a biotech company specializing in immune response drugs.
+Added: (HEPH), a biotech
+Added: company specializing in immune response drugs.
From early 1998 until June 1999 he was a consultant to Internet Commerce Corp.
−Removed: (re-named EasyLink Services International Corporation)
−Removed: (ESIC), a leader in business-to-business transactions using the Internet.
−Removed: He is presently an investor in numerous private and public companies
−Removed: primarily in technology related businesses.
+Added: EasyLink Services International Corporation) (ESIC), a leader in business-to-business transactions using the Internet.
+Added: He is presently
+Added: an investor in numerous private and public companies primarily in technology related businesses.
From 1980 until 1986, Mr.
−Removed: Bassani focused primarily on providing management reorganization
−Removed: services to manufacturing companies and in particular to generic pharmaceutical manufacturers and their financial sponsors.
+Added: Bassani focused
+Added: primarily on providing management reorganization services to manufacturing companies and in particular to generic pharmaceutical manufacturers
+Added: and their financial sponsors.
Family Relationships
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years, none of the following occurred with respect to our directors or executive officers:
−Removed: bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which one of them was a general partner or executive officer either at the time
−Removed: of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time;
−Removed: conviction in a criminal proceeding or being subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
−Removed: subject to any order, judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily inquiring, barring, suspending
−Removed: or otherwise limiting involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities;
−Removed: found by a court of competent jurisdiction, the SEC or the CFTC to have violated Federal or state securities or commodities laws.
+Added: (1) any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which one of them was a general
+Added: partner or executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time;
+Added: (2) any conviction in a criminal proceeding or being subject to a pending criminal proceeding
+Added: (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
+Added: (3) being subject to any order, judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently
+Added: or temporarily inquiring, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities;
+Added: (4) being found by a court of competent jurisdiction, the SEC or the CFTC to have violated Federal
+Added: or state securities or commodities laws.
Audit Committee
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conduct and ethics applicable to its officers, directors or accounting officer.
+Added: Advisory Group
+Added: The Company, which has only 7 full-time employees/consultants
+Added: (all of whom are effectively ‘department heads’), has utilized many outside parties as consultants and contract workers for
+Added: various roles to augment our management capabilities and expertise.
+Added: Over the last year the Company has begun to establish a more formal
+Added: ‘advisory’ relationship with some of these people to insure their availability for consultation by our senior management (separate
+Added: from specific consulting engagements).
+Added: At present, a) William Rupp (meat and beef industry), b) Matthew Lamb (agriculture/animal husbandry/dairy),
+Added: c) Stanley Rapp (government affairs), d) Dennis Tristao (agricultural tech, engineering and agricultural/environmental policy) and e)
+Added: Dennis Bracht (organic seed, corn/feed grain cultivation and related matters) have accepted roles as members of our Advisory Group.
+Added: Company anticipates that additional persons will be added to this group over time.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
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VP–Special Projects & Strategic
−Removed: Planning and Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: Edward Schafer (5)
−Removed: Executive Vice Chairman and Director
+Added: Planning and Chief Operating Officer
+Added: William O’Neill
+Added: Chief Executive Officer (5)
Includes compensation paid by Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: and our wholly owned subsidiaries.
−Removed: Reflects the dollar amount expensed by the Company during the applicable fiscal year for financial statement
−Removed: reporting purposes pursuant to ASC 718.
−Removed: Since October 2016, the Company approved a month to month contract extension with Smith which included
−Removed: a monthly deferred salary of $18,000 and the right to convert up to $300,000 of deferred compensation, at his a monthly deferred salary
−Removed: of $18,000 and the right to convert up to $300,000 of deferred compensation, at his sole election, at $0.75 per share until December 31,
−Removed: Smith also has the right to convert his deferred compensation in whole or in part, at this sole election, at any time in an amount
−Removed: at "market"
−Removed: or into securities sold in the Company's most current/recent private offering.
−Removed: During fiscal year 2021 the Company
−Removed: paid Smith $13,460 for payroll taxes on his deferred compensation conversions which was treated as salary.
−Removed: On February 10, 2015, Mr.
−Removed: Bassani agreed to an extension to continue his employment through December 31,
+Added: and our wholly owned
+Added: subsidiaries.
+Added: Reflects the dollar amount expensed by the Company during the applicable fiscal year for
+Added: financial statement reporting purposes pursuant to ASC 718.
+Added: Since October 2016, the Company approved a month-to-month contract extension with Smith which
+Added: included a monthly deferred salary of $18,000 and the right to convert up to $300,000 of deferred compensation, at his sole election,
+Added: at $0.75 per share until December 31, 2022.
+Added: On May 1, 2022 Smith’s salary was changed to $25,000 a month with cash portion of $20,000
+Added: and $5,000 deferred compensation.
+Added: Smith also has the right to convert his deferred compensation in whole or in part, at this sole election,
+Added: at any time in an amount at "market" or into securities sold in the Company’s most current/recent private offering.
+Added: fiscal year 2021 the Company paid Smith $13,460 for payroll taxes on his deferred compensation conversions which was treated as salary.
+Added: On February 10, 2015, Bassani agreed to an extension to continue his employment through December
31, 2017 at an annual salary of $372,000 effective January 1, 2015.
−Removed: During October 2016, Bassani was granted the right to convert up to $125,000
−Removed: of his deferred compensation, at his sole election, at $0.75 per share which was expanded on April 27, 2017 to the right to convert up
−Removed: to $300,000).
−Removed: During February 2018, the Company agreed to the material terms of a binding two-year extension agreement, while a fully
−Removed: executed agreement is still being negotiated.
−Removed: Bassani's annual salary will remain at $372,000 and the Company agreed to pay him $2,000
−Removed: per month to be applied to life insurance premiums.
−Removed: The Company granted Bassani 2,000,000 fully vested options at $0.75 per share with
−Removed: an expiry date of December 31, 2024 which contain a 90% execution bonus and the options may be extended for an additional 5 years at $0.01
−Removed: per share per extension year.
−Removed: On August 1, 2018, his agreement was extended to provide services to the Company on a full-time basis through
−Removed: December 31, 2022 plus two years after that on a part-time basis.
−Removed: Schafer's compensation is determined periodically based on evaluation by the board of directors.
+Added: During October 2016, Bassani was granted the right to convert up
+Added: to $125,000 of his deferred compensation, at his sole election, at $0.75 per share which was expanded on April 27, 2017 to the right
+Added: to convert up to $300,000).
+Added: During February 2018, the Company agreed to the material terms of a binding two-year extension agreement,
+Added: while a fully executed agreement is still being negotiated.
+Added: Bassani’s annual salary will remain at $372,000 and the Company agreed to
+Added: pay him $2,000 per month to be applied to life insurance premiums.
+Added: The Company granted Bassani 2,000,000 fully vested options at $0.75
+Added: per share with an expiry date of December 31, 2024 which contain a 90% execution bonus and the options may be extended for an additional
+Added: 5 years at $0.01 per share per extension year.
+Added: On August 1, 2018, his agreement was extended and he agreed to provide services to the
+Added: Company on a full-time basis through December 31, 2022 plus two years after that on a part-time basis.
+Added: Currently Bassani receives $25,000
+Added: per month in cash and $6,000 per month is deferred.
+Added: On May 1, 2022 Bill O’Neill
+Added: joined the Company with an annual salary of $420,000 which include $10,000 monthly deferred compensation to be paid at the discretion
+Added: of the Board.
+Added: There is an additional $1,500 per month health insurance allowance.
+Added: Terms of the contract are thirty-seven months, with
+Added: a re-evaluation after thirteen months.
+Added: Bill O’Neil was previously paid as a contractor through Identifoods.
+Added: Total payments to Identifoods
+Added: for the years ended June 30, 2022 and June 2021, respectively, were $165,000 and $5,000.
+Added: Schafer's was moved to the Director’s Compensation table below as he no longer
+Added: holds an executive position with the Company.
Employment Agreements:
−Removed: Smith (“Smith”) has held the positions
−Removed: of Director, President and General Counsel of Company and its subsidiaries under various agreements and terms since March 2003 (details
−Removed: regard earlier years and periods between 2003 and 2011 may be found in the Company’s prior Forms 10-K and other SEC filings).
−Removed: July 2011, the Company entered into an extension agreement pursuant to which Smith continued to hold his current positions in the Company
−Removed: through a date no later than December 31, 2012.
−Removed: Commencing January 1, 2012, Smith’s monthly salary was $20,000, which has been accrued
−Removed: and deferred.
−Removed: In addition, Smith has been issued 90,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in two tranches of 45,000 shares on
−Removed: each of January 15, 2013 and 2014, respectively.
−Removed: As part of the extension agreement, Mr.
−Removed: Smith was also granted 200,000 options, which
−Removed: vested immediately, to purchase common shares of the Company at a price of $3.00 per share and which options expire on December 31, 2019.
+Added: Smith (“Smith”) has held the positions of Executive Chairman, Director, President
+Added: and General Counsel of Company and its subsidiaries under various agreements and terms since March 2003 (details regard earlier years
+Added: and periods between 2003 and 2011 may be found in the Company’s prior Forms 10-K and other SEC filings).
+Added: During July 2011, the Company
+Added: entered into an extension agreement pursuant to which Smith continued to hold his current positions in the Company through a date no later
+Added: than December 31, 2012.
+Added: Commencing January 1, 2012, Smith’s monthly salary was $20,000, which has been accrued and deferred.
+Added: addition, Smith has been issued 90,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in two tranches of 45,000 shares on each of January
+Added: 15, 2013 and 2014, respectively.
+Added: As part of the extension agreement, Smith was also granted 200,000 options, which vested immediately,
+Added: to purchase common shares of the Company at a price of $3.00 per share and which options were originally to expire on December 31, 2019.
Effective July 15, 2012, the Company entered into an extension agreement pursuant to which Smith will continue to hold his current positions
in the Company through a date no later than June 30, 2014.
−Removed: Effective September 2012, Smith’s monthly salary became $21,000 (which
+Added: Effective September 2012, Smith’s monthly salary became $21,000 (which
is currently being deferred).
−Removed: In addition, Smith was issued 150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in two tranches of 75,000
+Added: In addition, Smith was issued 150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in two tranches of 75,000
shares on each of January 15, 2014 and 2015, which shares vested immediately.
As part of the extension agreement, Smith was also granted
−Removed: a bonus of $25,000 paid in warrants, which vested immediately, to purchase 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price
+Added: a bonus of $25,000 paid in warrants, which vested immediately, to purchase 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price
of $2.10 per share and which warrants expire on December 31, 2018 and a contingent stock bonus of 100,000 shares payable on the date on
−Removed: which the Company’s stock price first reaches $10.00 per share (regardless of whether Smith is still providing services to the Company
+Added: which the Company’s stock price first reaches $10.00 per share (regardless of whether Smith is still providing services to the Company
on such date).
−Removed: Smith has voluntarily reduced his monthly deferred salary accrual to $14,000 due to the Company’s financial situation.
+Added: Smith has voluntarily reduced his monthly deferred salary accrual to $14,000 due to the Company’s financial situation.
During September 2014, Smith agreed to continue his employment agreement through April 15, 2015 and also agreed to continue to defer his
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an additional six months).
−Removed: As part of the Extension Agreement, the balance of Smith’s existing convertible note payable of
+Added: As part of the Extension Agreement, the balance of Smith’s existing convertible note payable of
$854,316 as of December 31, 2014, adjusted for conversions subsequent to that date, was replaced with a new convertible note with an initial
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and consultants who are deferring their compensation, ii) cancelled 150,000 contingent stock bonuses previously granted to him by
−Removed: the Company, iii) has been granted 150,000 new options which vested immediately and iv) outstanding options and warrants owned by Smith
−Removed: (and his donees) have been extended and had the exercise prices reduced to $1.50 (if above that price).
−Removed: Due to expiration of his most
−Removed: recent extension, Mr.
−Removed: Smith is currently serving the Company on a month-to –month basis.
−Removed: Dominic Bassani (“Bassani”) has served
−Removed: in senior management positions with the Company (as a full-time consultant) since 2001 (see prior Forms 10-K for earlier years and other
−Removed: filings with the SEC).
−Removed: Since March 31, 2005, the Company has had various agreements with Brightcap, Bassani’s family consulting
−Removed: company, through which the services of Bassani were provided through 2011.
−Removed: On September 30, 2009 the Company entered into an extension
−Removed: agreement with Brightcap pursuant to which Bassani provided services to the Company through September 30, 2012 for $312,000 annually (currently
−Removed: The Board appointed Bassani as the Company's CEO effective May 13, 2011.
−Removed: On July 15, 2011, Bassani, Brightcap and the Company
−Removed: agreed to an extension/amendment of the existing agreement with Brightcap which provided that Bassani serve as CEO through June 30, 2013
−Removed: and would continue to provide full-time services to the Company in other capacities through June 30, 2014 at a salary of $26,000 per month.
−Removed: In addition Bassani was to be issued 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock issuable in three tranches of 100,000 shares on
−Removed: each of January 15, 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively.
−Removed: Bassani was also granted 725,000 options, which vested immediately, to purchase
−Removed: shares of the Company’s common stock at $3.00 per share which options expired on December 31, 2019.
−Removed: Effective July 15, 2012, Bassani,
−Removed: Brightcap and the Company agreed to a further extension/amendment of the existing agreement with Brightcap which provided that Bassani
−Removed: would continue to provide the services of CEO through June 30, 2014.
−Removed: Bassani continued to provide full-time services to the Company at
−Removed: a cash salary of $26,000 per month (which has been deferred) and Bassani would be issued 300,000 shares of the Company’s common
−Removed: stock issuable in two tranches of 150,000 shares on each of January 15, 2015 and 2016, respectively, which shares would be immediately
−Removed: vested upon issuance.
−Removed: As part of the extension agreement, Bassani was also granted a bonus of $5,000 paid in warrants, which vested immediately,
−Removed: to purchase 50,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $2.10 per share and which warrants expired on December 31,
−Removed: During September 2014, Bassani agreed to extend his employment agreement until April 15, 2015 and that previously issued and expensed
−Removed: share grants of 100,000 and 150,000 shares that were to be issued on January 15, 2015, would be deferred until January 15, 2016.
−Removed: February 10, 2015, the Company executed an Extension Agreement with Bassani pursuant to which Bassani extended the term of his service
−Removed: to the Company to December 31, 2017, (with the Company having an option to extend the term an additional six months.) As part of
−Removed: the agreement, the Company’s existing loan payable, deferred compensation and convertible note payable to Bassani, were restructured
−Removed: into two promissory notes as follows:
−Removed: a) The of sum of the cash loaned by Bassani to the Company of $279,000 together with $116,277 of
−Removed: unreimbursed expenses through December 31, 2014 were placed into a new promissory note with initial principal of $395,277 which was due
−Removed: and payable on December 31, 2015.
−Removed: In connection with these sums and the new promissory note, Bassani was issued warrants to purchase
−Removed: 592,916 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $1.00 until December 31, 2020;
−Removed: and b) the remaining balances of the Company’s
−Removed: accrued obligations to Bassani ($1,464,545) were replaced with a new convertible promissory note with terms that compared with the largest
−Removed: prior convertible note obligation to Bassani:
−Removed: i) materially reduced the interest rate by 50% (from 8% to 4%), ii) increased the
−Removed: conversion price by 11% (from $0.45 to $0.50), iii) set the conversion price at a fixed price so there can be no further reductions, iv)
−Removed: reduced the number of warrants received on conversion by 75% (from 1 warrant per unit to 1/4 per unit) and v) extended the maturity date
−Removed: to December 31, 2017 (See Note 6 to Financial Statements) (which maturity date was subsequently extended to July 1, 2019.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: pursuant to the Extension Agreement, Bassani i) will continue to defer his cash compensation ($31,000 per month) until the Board
−Removed: of Directors re-instates cash payments to all employees and consultants who are deferring their compensation, ii) cancelled 250,000 contingent
−Removed: stock bonuses previously granted to him by the Company, iii) has been granted 450,000 new options which vested immediately and iv) outstanding
−Removed: options and warrants owned by Bassani (and his donees) have been extended and had the exercise prices reduced to $1.50(if above that price).
−Removed: On May 5, 2013, the Board of Directors approved agreements with Bassani and Smith, with effective date of May 15, 2013, in which Bassani
−Removed: and Smith agreed to continue to defer their respective cash compensation through April 30, 2014 (unless the Board of Directors elected
−Removed: to re-commence cash payment on an earlier date) and extended the due dates of their respective deferred cash compensation until January
−Removed: The Company provided Bassani and Smith with convertible promissory notes which reflected all the terms of these agreements to
−Removed: which future accruals were added as additional principal.
−Removed: These convertible promissory notes were altered as set forth in the paragraphs
−Removed: As part of the agreements, Bassani and Smith also forgave any possible obligations that Bion may have owed each of them in relation
−Removed: to unused vacation time for periods (over 10 years) prior to June 30, 2012.
+Added: the Company, iii) was granted 150,000 new options which vested immediately and iv) outstanding options and warrants owned by Smith (and
+Added: his donees) were extended and had the exercise prices reduced to $1.50 (if above that price).
+Added: Due to expiration of his most recent extension,
+Added: Smith is currently serving the Company on a month-to –month basis.
+Added: On April 29, 2022, Smith’s monthly salary was increased
+Added: to $25,000, of which $5,000 is deferred each month
+Added: Dominic Bassani (“Bassani”) has served in senior management positions with the Company (as a full-time
+Added: consultant) since 2001 (see prior Forms 10-K for earlier years and other filings with the SEC).
+Added: Since March 31, 2005, the Company has
+Added: had various agreements with Brightcap, Bassani’s family consulting company, through which the services of Bassani were provided
+Added: through 2011.
+Added: On September 30, 2009 the Company entered into an extension agreement with Brightcap pursuant to which Bassani provided
+Added: services to the Company through September 30, 2012 for $312,000 annually (currently deferred).
+Added: The Board appointed Bassani as the Company's
+Added: CEO effective May 13, 2011 in which position he served until May 2022.
+Added: On July 15, 2011, Bassani, Brightcap and the Company agreed to
+Added: an extension/amendment of the existing agreement with Brightcap which provided that Bassani serve as CEO through June 30, 2013 and would
+Added: continue to provide full-time services to the Company in other capacities through June 30, 2014 at a salary of $26,000 per month.
+Added: Bassani was to be issued 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock issuable in three tranches of 100,000 shares on each of January
+Added: 15, 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively.
+Added: Bassani was also granted 725,000 options, which vested immediately, to purchase shares of the Company’s
+Added: common stock at $3.00 per share which options expired on December 31, 2019.
+Added: Effective July 15, 2012, Bassani, Brightcap and the Company
+Added: agreed to a further extension/amendment of the existing agreement with Brightcap which provided that Bassani would continue to provide
+Added: the services of CEO through June 30, 2014.
+Added: Bassani continued to provide full-time services to the Company at a cash salary of $26,000
+Added: per month (which has been deferred) and Bassani would be issued 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock issuable in two tranches
+Added: of 150,000 shares on each of January 15, 2015 and 2016, respectively, which shares would be immediately vested upon issuance.
+Added: of the extension agreement, Bassani was also granted a bonus of $5,000 paid in warrants, which vested immediately, to purchase 50,000
+Added: shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $2.10 per share and which warrants expired on December 31, 2018.
+Added: During September
+Added: 2014, Bassani agreed to extend his employment agreement until April 15, 2015 and that previously issued and expensed share grants of 100,000
+Added: and 150,000 shares that were to be issued on January 15, 2015, would be deferred until January 15, 2016.
+Added: On February 10, 2015, the
+Added: Company executed an Extension Agreement with Bassani pursuant to which Bassani extended the term of his service to the Company to December
+Added: 31, 2017, (with the Company having an option to extend the term an additional six months.) As part of the agreement, the Company’s
+Added: existing loan payable, deferred compensation and convertible note payable to Bassani, were restructured into two promissory notes as follows:
+Added: a) The of sum of the cash loaned by Bassani to the Company of $279,000 together with $116,277 of unreimbursed expenses through December
+Added: 31, 2014 were placed into a new promissory note with initial principal of $395,277 which was due and payable on December 31, 2015.
+Added: connection with these sums and the new promissory note, Bassani was issued warrants to purchase 592,916 shares of the Company’s
+Added: common stock at a price of $1.00 until December 31, 2020;
+Added: and b) the remaining balances of the Company’s accrued obligations to
+Added: Bassani ($1,464,545) were replaced with a new convertible promissory note with terms that compared with the largest prior convertible
+Added: note obligation to Bassani:
+Added: i) materially reduced the interest rate by 50% (from 8% to 4%), ii) increased the conversion price by
+Added: 11% (from $0.45 to $0.50), iii) set the conversion price at a fixed price so there can be no further reductions, iv) reduced the number
+Added: of warrants received on conversion by 75% (from 1 warrant per unit to 1/4 per unit) and v) extended the maturity date to December 31,
+Added: 2017 (See Notes to Financial Statements) (which maturity date was subsequently extended to July 1, 2019.
+Added: Additionally, pursuant
+Added: to the Extension Agreement, Bassani i) will continue to defer his cash compensation ($31,000 per month) until the Board of Directors re-instates
+Added: cash payments to all employees and consultants who are deferring their compensation, ii) cancelled 250,000 contingent stock bonuses previously
+Added: granted to him by the Company, iii) was granted 450,000 new options which vested immediately and iv) outstanding options and warrants
+Added: owned by Bassani (and his donees) have been extended and had the exercise prices were reduced to $1.50 (if above that price).
+Added: 2013, the Board of Directors approved agreements with Bassani and Smith, with effective date of May 15, 2013, in which Bassani and Smith
+Added: agreed to continue to defer their respective cash compensation through April 30, 2014 (unless the Board of Directors elected to re-commence
+Added: cash payment on an earlier date) and extended the due dates of their respective deferred cash compensation until January 15, 2015.
+Added: Company provided Bassani and Smith with convertible promissory notes which reflected all the terms of these agreements to which future
+Added: accruals were added as additional principal.
+Added: These convertible promissory notes were altered as set forth in the paragraphs below.
+Added: part of the agreements, Bassani and Smith also forgave any possible obligations that Bion may have owed each of them in relation to unused
+Added: vacation time for periods (over 10 years) prior to June 30, 2012.
In consideration of these agreements, Bassani and Smith:
−Removed: have been granted 50% ‘execution/exercise’
−Removed: bonuses to be effective upon future exercise of outstanding (or subsequently acquired)
−Removed: options and warrants owned by Bassani and Smith (and their respective donees) and in relation to contingent stock bonuses;
−Removed: b) their warrants
−Removed: and options, if due to expire prior to December 31, 2018, were extended to that date (and later further extended);
−Removed: and c) other modifications
+Added: granted 50% ‘execution/exercise’ bonuses (subsequently increased to 75%) to be effective upon future exercise of outstanding
+Added: (or subsequently acquired) options and warrants owned by Bassani and Smith (and their respective donees) and in relation to contingent
+Added: stock bonuses;
+Added: b) their warrants and options, if due to expire prior to December 31, 2018, were extended to that date (and later further
+Added: and c) other modifications were made.
+Added: Currently Bassani receives $25,000 per month in cash and $6,000 per month of deferred
+Added: compensation.
Effective January 1, 2011, the Company entered into
−Removed: an employment agreement with Edward Schafer (“Schafer”) pursuant to which for a period of three years, Schafer provided senior
+Added: an employment agreement with Edward Schafer (“Schafer”) pursuant to which for a period of three years, Schafer provided senior
management services to the Company on an approximately 75% full time basis, initially as Executive Vice Chairman and as a director.
−Removed: for Schafer’s services were initially set at an annual rate of $250,000, which was to consist of $150,000 in cash compensation and
−Removed: $100,000 payable in the Company’s common stock.
+Added: for Schafer’s services were initially set at an annual rate of $250,000, which was to consist of $150,000 in cash compensation and
+Added: $100,000 payable in the Company’s common stock.
Commencing the month following the first calendar month-end after the Company has
−Removed: completed an equity financing in excess of $3,000,000 (net of commissions and other offering expenses), Schafer’s compensation was
+Added: completed an equity financing in excess of $3,000,000 (net of commissions and other offering expenses), Schafer’s compensation was
to be at an annual rate of $225,000, all of which would have been payable in cash.
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on an approximately 75% full time basis, as Executive Vice Chairman and as a director.
−Removed: Basic compensation for Schafer’s services
−Removed: remained unchanged and Schafer was issued 100,000 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at $2.10 per share until
+Added: Basic compensation for Schafer’s services
+Added: remained unchanged and Schafer was issued 100,000 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at $2.10 per share until
December 31, 2018, which options immediately vested and a contingent stock bonus of 25,000 shares payable on January 1 of the first year
−Removed: after the Company’s stock price first reaches $10.00 per share (regardless of whether Schafer is still providing services to the
+Added: after the Company’s stock price first reaches $10.00 per share (regardless of whether Schafer is still providing services to the
Company on such date).
Since May 15, 2012 Schafer has deferred the cash portion of the compensation due him from the Company, in consideration
−Removed: of which he has been granted a 50% ‘execution/exercise’
−Removed: bonus to be effective upon future exercise of outstanding (or subsequently
+Added: of which he has been granted a 50% ‘execution/exercise’ bonus to be effective upon future exercise of outstanding (or subsequently
acquired) options and warrants owned by Schafer (and his donees) and in relation to contingent stock bonuses.
Effective January 1, 2014,
−Removed: Schafer agreed to continue his services to the Company as Director and Executive Vice-Chairman without periodic compensation in light
−Removed: of the Company’s financial situation.
−Removed: Schafer agreed not to receive any periodic compensation (cash or deferred) commencing
−Removed: January 1, 2014 and agreed to be compensated with bonuses from time-to-time as determined to be appropriate by the Board of Directors.
−Removed: No such bonuses have been declared to date.
−Removed: On February 10, 2015, the Company entered into an agreement with Schafer pursuant to which
−Removed: Schafer continued to provide services to the Company through December 31, 2015.
−Removed: As part of the agreement, unreimbursed expenses
−Removed: of $15,956 due to Schafer at December 31, 2014 were replaced with a new promissory note with initial principal of $15,956 which was due
−Removed: and payable on December 31, 2015 and Schafer was issued warrants to purchase 7,978 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price
−Removed: of $1.00 until December 31, 2020.
−Removed: Schaefer’s deferred compensation for 2014 (and prior years) in the amount of $394,246 (including
−Removed: a sum of $120,000 for calendar year 2014) was placed in a convertible promissory note (See Note 6 to Financial Statements).
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: pursuant to the agreement, i) the exercise period of outstanding options and warrants owned by Schafer have been extended, ii) certain
−Removed: of Schafer’s outstanding options and warrants had the exercise prices reduced to $1.50 (if above that price), and iii) 25,000 contingent
−Removed: stock bonuses previously granted to Schafer have been cancelled by the Company.
−Removed: Effective June 30, 2016, Schafer and the Company determined
−Removed: that due to other obligations Schafer’s involvement with the Company during the 2016 fiscal year was less than anticipated and reduced
−Removed: his fiscal year 2016 compensation (all of which had been deferred) by $160,000 and agreed that future compensation will be determined
−Removed: periodically based on evaluation by the board of directors.
−Removed: Bassani, Smith and Schafer each agreed, effective
−Removed: June 30, 2017, to extend the maturity date of the outstanding convertible promissory notes set forth in the paragraphs above from December
−Removed: 31, 2017 to July 1, 2019 which maturity date was subsequently extended to July 1, 2021.
−Removed: On February 6, 2020 Bassani, Smith and Schafer
−Removed: (and a shareholder) each agreed to extend the maturity dates of their 2020 Convertible Obligations (“CVObligations”)(formerly
+Added: Schafer agreed to continue his services to the Company as Director without periodic compensation in light of the Company’s financial
+Added: Schafer agreed not to receive any periodic compensation (cash or deferred) commencing January 1, 2014 and agreed to be
+Added: compensated with bonuses from time-to-time as determined to be appropriate by the Board of Directors.
+Added: No such bonuses have been declared
+Added: On February 10, 2015, the Company entered into an agreement with Schafer pursuant to which Schafer continued to provide services
+Added: to the Company through December 31, 2015.
+Added: As part of the agreement, unreimbursed expenses of $15,956 due to Schafer at December
+Added: 31, 2014 were replaced with a new promissory note with initial principal of $15,956 which was due and payable on December 31, 2015 and
+Added: Schafer was issued warrants to purchase 7,978 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $1.00 until December 31, 2020.
+Added: Schaefer’s deferred compensation for 2014 (and prior years) in the amount of $394,246 (including a sum of $120,000 for calendar
+Added: year 2014) was placed in a convertible promissory note (See Notes to Financial Statements).
+Added: Additionally, pursuant to the agreement,
+Added: i) the exercise period of outstanding options and warrants owned by Schafer were extended, ii) certain of Schafer’s outstanding
+Added: options and warrants had the exercise prices reduced to $1.50 (if above that price), and iii) 25,000 contingent stock bonuses previously
+Added: granted to Schafer have been cancelled by the Company.
+Added: Effective June 30, 2016, Schafer and the Company determined that due to other obligations
+Added: Schafer’s involvement with the Company during the 2016 fiscal year was less than anticipated and reduced his fiscal year 2016 compensation
+Added: (all of which had been deferred) by $160,000 and agreed that future compensation will be determined periodically based on evaluation by
+Added: the board of directors.
+Added: Since 2018 Schaefer has no longer held any executive positions with the Company.
+Added: William O’Neill (“O’Neill”)
+Added: has been hired as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) effective May 1, 2022.
+Added: O’Neill had previously
+Added: been working with the Company as a consultant and had been employed by the Company as its CEO during 2010-2011.
+Added: Bassani, CEO of the
+Added: Company since 2011, has assumed the position of COO while retaining existing operational management responsibilities and working with
+Added: O’Neill on ‘commercialization’ of the Company’s technology and work related to JVs (and other transactions) based
+Added: on the Company’s Gen3Technology and related matters.
+Added: Bassani’s compensation arrangements with the Company have not been altered
+Added: in the context of the change of positions.
+Added: The Company and O’Neill have entered into a thirty-seven (37) month employment agreement
+Added: (subject to Board renewal for the final two (2) years during the 13th month) with compensation of $25,000 cash and $10,000 deferred
+Added: compensation per month.
+Added: An entity affiliated with O’Neill was issued 1,000,000 Incentive Warrants exercisable at $1.00 per share
+Added: until April 30, 2026 of which up to 700,000 Incentive Warrants may be cancelled if O’Neill is not renewed at 13 months and/or fails
+Added: to serve the entire contract term thereafter.
+Added: These warrants each have a 75% exercise bonus if the terms set forth therein are met.
+Added: set forth in the Employment Agreement, the Company and Wise Up Foods LLC (an entity founded by O’Neill with which he continues to
+Added: serve as a Director and of which O’Neill and his family members are majority owners) sets forth the intent to form “… a
+Added: strategic alliance and committed to collaborate on projects each company has in their respective pipelines.
+Added: WUF and Bion will work
+Added: together to use/create technology that will deliver the consumer verified sustainable results produced by Bion’s technology and
+Added: technology platform.
+Added: The key to the strategic relationship is each company’s commitment to deliver real and verified results
+Added: to the consumer – free of marketing hype and greenwashing…”.
+Added: Bassani, Smith and Schafer each agreed,
+Added: effective June 30, 2017, to extend the maturity date of the outstanding convertible promissory notes set forth in the paragraphs
+Added: above from December 31, 2017 to July 1, 2024 the last of which took place on February 6, 2020 when Bassani, Smith and Schafer (and a
+Added: shareholder) each agreed to extend the maturity dates of their 2020 Convertible Obligations (“CVObligations”) (formerly
convertible promissory notes) to July 1, 2024.
−Removed: If any of the CVObligations are converted, the warrants in units received will be exercisable
−Removed: through a date 3 years after conversion date.
−Removed: Effective May 4, 2020 the Company agreed that all options and warrants
−Removed: owned (or subsequently acquired by conversion of CvObligations) by its officers, directors and key employees and consultants (including
−Removed: Jon Northrop (director), Bassani, Smith and Schafer) and their donees be amended to:
−Removed: a) lower the exercise price to $0.75 for any options/warrants
−Removed: with higher exercise prices and b) extend the expiration dates to December 31, 2024.
+Added: Effective May 4, 2020 the Company agreed that all
+Added: options and warrants owned (or subsequently acquired by conversion of CvObligations) by its officers, directors and key employees and
+Added: consultants (including Jon Northrop (director), Bassani, Smith and Schafer) and their donees be amended to:
+Added: a) lower the exercise price
+Added: to $0.75 for any options/warrants with higher exercise prices and b) extend the expiration dates to December 31, 2024.
+Added: Subsequently,
+Added: it was agreed that if any of the CVObligations are converted, the warrants in units received will be exercisable through a date 3 years
+Added: after conversion date.
Other Agreements
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stock bonuses to its key employees and consultants at various times throughout the years.
−Removed: The stock bonuses were contingent upon the Company’s
+Added: The stock bonuses were contingent upon the Company’s
stock price exceeding a certain target price per share, and the grantees still being employed by or providing services to the Company
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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
+Added: Option Awards
Underlying Unexercised
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Brightcap/ Dominic Bassani (1)
+Added: Brightcap/ Dominic Bassani (1)
Edward Schafer (3)
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Edward Schafer (1)
+Added: Edward Schafer (1)
(1) Options are subject to a 75% execution/exercise bonus upon
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meetings of the Board.
−Removed: However, it is the Company's intention to begin to pay cash compensation to Board members at some future date.
+Added: However, it is the Company's intention to begin to pay cash compensation to Board members at some future date (probably
+Added: during the current fiscal year).
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
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Director Compensation
−Removed: (1) Reflects the dollar amount expensed by the Company during the applicable fiscal year for financial statement reporting purposes pursuant
+Added: Fees earned or paid in Cash ($)
+Added: Stock Awards ($)
+Added: Option Awards ($)(1)
+Added: Non-equity incentive plan compensation ($)
+Added: Nonqualified deferred
+Added: compensation earnings ($)
+Added: All other compensation ($)
+Added: Edward Schafer
+Added: (1) Reflects the dollar amount expensed by the Company during the applicable fiscal year for financial statement
+Added: reporting purposes pursuant to ASC 718.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF
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all our executive officers, directors and significant employees as a group.
−Removed: Under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, beneficial ownership
−Removed: includes voting or investment power with respect to securities and includes the shares issuable under stock options, warrants and convertible
−Removed: securities that are exercisable/convertible within sixty (60) days of August1, 2021.
−Removed: Those shares issuable under stock options,
−Removed: warrants and/or convertible securities are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of each person holding options, warrants and/or
−Removed: convertible securities but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person.
−Removed: The percentage of beneficial
−Removed: ownership schedule is based upon 40,727,677 shares outstanding as of August 1, 2021.
−Removed: The address for those individuals for
−Removed: which an address is not otherwise provided is c/o Bion Environmental Technologies, c/o PO Box 323, Old Bethpage, NY 11804.
−Removed: knowledge, except as indicated in the footnotes to this table and pursuant to applicable community property laws, the persons named in
−Removed: the table have sole voting power and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock listed as owned by them.
+Added: Under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, beneficial
+Added: ownership includes voting or investment power with respect to securities and includes the shares issuable under stock options,
+Added: warrants and convertible securities that are exercisable/convertible within sixty (60) days of August 1, 2021.
+Added: issuable under stock options, warrants and/or convertible securities are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of each
+Added: person holding options, warrants and/or convertible securities but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any
+Added: other person.
+Added: The percentage of beneficial ownership schedule is based upon 43,416,001 shares outstanding as of August 1,
+Added: The address for those individuals for which an address is not otherwise provided is c/o Bion Environmental Technologies,
+Added: c/o PO Box 323, Old Bethpage, NY 11804.
+Added: To our knowledge, except as indicated in the footnotes to this table and pursuant to
+Added: applicable community property laws, the persons named in the table have sole voting power and investment power with respect to all
+Added: shares of common stock listed as owned by them.
Name and Address
Percent of Class Outstanding
−Removed: Entitled To Vote
Centerpoint Corporation (1)
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Dix Hills, NY 11746
−Removed: Riverside Drive, Unit 408
+Added: Riverside Beach #408
Pompano Beach, FL 33062
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Dix Hills, NY 11746
−Removed: Anthony Orphanos (6)
−Removed: c/o Blacksmith Advisors, LLC
−Removed: 320 Park Avenue 18 th floor
−Removed: New York, NY 10022
+Added: Edward Schafer (6)
+Added: c/o PO Box 323
+Added: Old Bethpage, NY 11804
+Added: William O’Neill (8)
+Added: 107 12th Street E
+Added: Petersburg, FL 3371
+Added: 3131 North Daffodil Dr.
+Added: Billings, MT 59102
Jon Northrop (9)
+Added: 59 Chestnut Street
+Added: Westfield, New York 14787
+Added: Blacksmith Advisors, LLC
+Added: Park Avenue 18th Floor
+Added: York, NY 10022
All executive officers and directors as a group (6 persons)
−Removed: ___________________________
−Removed: Centerpoint Corporation is currently majority owned by the Company.
−Removed: Under Colorado law, Centerpoint Corporation is not entitled
−Removed: to vote these shares unless otherwise ordered by a court.
−Removed: These shares of common stock may be distributed to the shareholders of Centerpoint
−Removed: Corporation at a future date pursuant to a dividend declared during July 2004.
−Removed: The shares distributed to Bion, if any, will be cancelled
−Removed: immediately upon receipt
−Removed: Includes 62,201 shares, 2,825,000 shares underlying options and 965,000 shares underlying warrants held directly by Mr.
+Added: (1) Centerpoint Corporation is currently majority owned by the
+Added: Under Colorado law, Centerpoint Corporation is not entitled to vote these shares unless otherwise ordered by a court.
+Added: shares of common stock may be distributed to the shareholders of Centerpoint Corporation at a future date pursuant to a dividend declared
+Added: during July 2004.
+Added: The shares distributed to Bion, if any, will be cancelled immediately upon receipt.
+Added: (2) Includes 62,201 shares, 3,025,000 shares underlying options
+Added: and 965,000 shares underlying warrants held directly by Mr.
354,342 shares and 250,000 shares underlying warrants held by Mr.
−Removed: Bassani’s wife;
+Added: Bassani’s wife;
and, 839,933 shares held in IRA accounts of Mr.
Bassani and his wife.
−Removed: Also included are the shares set forth below owned (directly and indirectly) by Mr.
−Removed: Bassani’s daughter, Danielle
−Removed: Lominy (formerly Danielle Bassani) who resides within his residence and are included in Mr.
−Removed: Bassani’s beneficial ownership for purposes
−Removed: of the calculation including:
−Removed: a) 570,000 shares directly b) 646,458 shares underlying warrants owned directly;
−Removed: and c) Danielle Lominy
−Removed: is the 50% beneficiary of the Dominic Bassani 2019 Irrevocable Trust (“2019Trust”) which owns:
−Removed: i) 3,000,000 warrants and 1,000,000
−Removed: options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock and, as a result, Danielle Lominy is the beneficial owner of 1,500,000
−Removed: shares underlying warrants and 500,000 shares underlying options and ii) $2,173,729.57 principal amount of the Company’s 2020 Convertible
−Removed: Obligation (“CVObligation”) which is convertible into 4,347,459 shares and 2,899,756 warrants and, as a result, Danielle Lominy
−Removed: is the beneficial owner of 2,173,730 shares underlying conversion of the CVObligation and 1,449,878 shares underlying the warrants issuable
−Removed: on conversion of the CVObligation.
+Added: Also included are the shares set forth below
+Added: owned (directly and indirectly) by Mr.
+Added: Bassani’s daughter, Danielle Lominy (formerly Danielle Bassani) who resides within his residence
+Added: and are included in Mr.
+Added: Bassani’s beneficial ownership for purposes of the calculation including:
+Added: a) 570,000 shares directly
+Added: b) 646,458 shares underlying warrants owned directly;
+Added: and c) Danielle Lominy is the 50% beneficiary of the Dominic Bassani 2019
+Added: Irrevocable Trust (“2019Trust”) which owns:
+Added: i) 3,000,000 warrants and 1,000,000 options to purchase shares of the Company’s
+Added: common stock and, as a result, Danielle Lominy is the beneficial owner of 1,500,000 shares underlying warrants and 500,000 shares underlying
+Added: options and ii) $2,255,500 principal amount of the Company’s 2020 Convertible Obligation (“CVObligation”) which
+Added: is convertible into 4,511,000 shares and 3,008,837 warrants and, as a result, Danielle Lominy is the beneficial owner of
+Added: 2,255,500 shares underlying conversion of the CVObligation and 1,504,419 shares underlying the warrants issuable on conversion
+Added: of the CVObligation.
The total also includes:
−Removed: a) 674,043 shares of common stock that could be issued on the conversion (at
−Removed: the election of Bassani) by Mr.
−Removed: Bassani of convertible notes in the amount of $337,021.32, (@ $0.50 price) and b) 619,695 shares of common
−Removed: stock that could be issued on the conversion (at the election of Bassani) by Mr.
−Removed: Bassani of convertible notes in the amount of $371,817
−Removed: (@ $0.60 price) and c) 508,375 shares of common stock that could be issued on the conversion (at the election of Bassani) of deferred
−Removed: compensation in the amount of $441,970.73.
−Removed: Bassani disclaims ownership of 1,511,477 shares underlying warrants held by the Danielle
−Removed: Christine Bassani Trust, which is separately itemized herein.
−Removed: Bassani’s adult daughter Danielle Lominy (formerly Danielle Bassani),
−Removed: who resides within his residence, is the beneficiary of the Danielle Christine Bassani Trust and Mr.
−Removed: Bassani is not one of the trustees
−Removed: of the trust.
−Removed: Bassani further disclaims beneficial ownership of shares and warrants owned by various other family members (including
−Removed: Christopher Parlow who is itemized separately), none of whom live with him or are his dependents, and such shares are not included in
−Removed: this calculation.
+Added: a) 699,398 and 466,499 underlying warrants that could be issued on the conversion (at the
+Added: election of Bassani) by Mr.
+Added: Bassani of convertible notes in the amount of $349,699, (@ $0.50 price) and b) 466,957 shares
+Added: of common stock that could be issued on the conversion (at the election of Bassani) by Mr.
+Added: Bassani of convertible notes in the amount
+Added: of $280,174 (@ $0.60 price) and c) 386,885 shares of common stock that could be issued on the conversion (at the election of Bassani)
+Added: of deferred compensation in the amount of $413,966.
+Added: Bassani disclaims ownership of 1,511,477 shares underlying warrants held by the
+Added: Danielle Christine Bassani Trust, which is separately itemized herein.
+Added: Bassani’s adult daughter Danielle Lominy (formerly Danielle
+Added: Bassani), who resides within his residence, is the beneficiary of the Danielle Christine Bassani Trust and Mr.
+Added: Bassani is not one of
+Added: the trustees of the trust.
+Added: Bassani further disclaims beneficial ownership of shares and warrants owned by various other family members
+Added: (including Christopher Parlow who is itemized separately), none of whom live with him or are his dependents, and such shares are not
+Added: included in this calculation.
(3) Includes 324,077 shares held jointly by Mark A.
−Removed: Smith with his wife, 62,535 shares held by Mark Smith
+Added: his wife, 62,535 shares held by Mark Smith in an IRA;
2,425,000 shares underlying options held directly by Mr.
−Removed: Smith, 1,536,520 shares underlying warrants held directly by Mr.
−Removed: 53,756 shares held by his wife in her IRA, 12,681 shares of common stock held by LoTayLingKyur Foundation and 153,432 shares of common
−Removed: stock and 100,001 underlying warrants held by LoTayLingKyur LLC which is controlled by Mr.
−Removed: Smith and his wife.
−Removed: Also includes 2,813,686
−Removed: shares and 2,813,686 warrants underlying units that could be issued on the conversion (at the election of Mr.
+Added: Smith, 1,271,944 shares
+Added: underlying warrants held directly by Mr.
+Added: 53,756 shares held by his wife in her IRA, 12,681 shares of common stock held by LoTayLingKyur
+Added: Foundation and 100,001 shares of common stock and 100,001 underlying warrants held by LoTayLingKyur LLC which is controlled by Mr.
+Added: and his wife.
+Added: Also includes 2,664,726 shares and 2,664,726 warrants underlying units that could be issued on the conversion (at the election
Smith) by Mr.
−Removed: 2020 Convertible Obligations in the aggregate amount of $1,406,843.
−Removed: Smith has the option to convert this amount into units with each
−Removed: unit consisting of 1 share of common stock and 1 warrant exercisable at $0.75 per share.
−Removed: The conversion price will be $0.50 per unit.
−Removed: Does not include shares and warrants owned by various family members of which Mr.
+Added: Smith of his 2020 Convertible Obligations in the aggregate amount of $1,332,363.
+Added: Smith has the option to convert
+Added: this amount into units with each unit consisting of 1 share of common stock and 1 warrant exercisable at $0.75 per share.
+Added: The conversion
+Added: price will be $0.50 per unit.
+Added: Also includes 20,000 shares of common stock that could be issued on the conversion (at the election
+Added: Smith) of deferred compensation in the amount of $10,000.
+Added: Does not include shares and warrants owned by various family members
Smith disclaims beneficial ownership.
−Removed: Smith is also
−Removed: the President of Centerpoint, although shares owned by Centerpoint are not entitled to a vote while held by Centerpoint.
−Removed: Includes 2,005 shares held directly by Christopher Parlow, 65,000 shares held jointly with wife, 250,000 shares owned by the Christopher
−Removed: Parlow Trust and 50,000 shares owned by Christopher Parlow’s minor daughters.
−Removed: Also includes 1,614,000 shares underlying warrants
−Removed: held by the Christopher Parlow Trust, 147,154 shares underlying warrants held jointly with wife, 150,000 warrants held directly by Mr.
+Added: Smith is also the President of Centerpoint, although shares owned by Centerpoint
+Added: are not entitled to a vote while held by Centerpoint.
+Added: (4) Includes 2,005 shares held directly by Christopher Parlow,
+Added: 65,000 shares held jointly with wife, 250,000 shares owned by the Christopher Parlow Trust and 50,000 shares owned by Christopher Parlow’s
+Added: minor daughters.
+Added: Also includes 1,614,000 shares underlying warrants held by the Christopher Parlow Trust, 147,154 shares underlying warrants
+Added: held jointly with wife, 150,000 warrants held directly by Mr.
Parlow and 459,780 shares underlying warrants held by Mr.
−Removed: Parlow’s minor daughters.
−Removed: In addition, Christopher is the 50% beneficial
−Removed: owner of the Dominic Bassani 2019 Irrevocable Trust (“2019 Trust”) which owns 3,000,000 warrants to purchase shares of the
−Removed: Company’s common stock and 1,000,000 options and as a result, Christopher Parlow is the beneficial owner of 1,500,000 shares underlying
−Removed: exercise of the warrants and 500,000 shares underlying exercise of the options.
−Removed: Additionally, the 2019 Trust owns $2,173,729.57 principal
−Removed: amount of the Company’s 2020 Convertible Obligation (“CVObligation”) which is convertible @$0.50 into 4,347,459 shares
−Removed: and 2,899,756 warrants.
−Removed: As a result, Christopher Parlow is the beneficial owner of 2,173,730 shares underlying conversion of the CVObligation
−Removed: and 1,449,878 shares underlying the warrants issuable on conversion of the CVObligation.
−Removed: Includes 170,000 shares held directly by Danielle Lominy (formerly Danielle Bassani), 1,511,477 shares underlying warrants held
−Removed: by The Danielle Christine Bassani Trust, Anthony Orphanos and Donald Codignotto, trustees;
−Removed: 400,000 shares owned by the Danielle Bassani
−Removed: Trust, 311,458 shares underlying warrants, 105,000 shares underlying warrants owned jointly with husband and 230,000 shares underlying
−Removed: warrants owned by Danielle Lominy’s daughter.
+Added: minor daughters.
+Added: In addition, Christopher is the 50% beneficial owner of the Dominic Bassani 2019 Irrevocable Trust (“2019 Trust”)
+Added: which owns 3,000,000 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock and 1,000,000 options and as a result, Christopher
+Added: Parlow is the beneficial owner of 1,500,000 shares underlying exercise of the warrants and 500,000 shares underlying exercise of the
+Added: Additionally, the 2019 Trust owns $2,255,500 principal amount of the Company’s 2020 Convertible Obligation (“CVObligation”)
+Added: which is convertible @$0.50 into 4,511,000 shares and 3,008,837 warrants.
+Added: As a result, Christopher Parlow is the beneficial owner of
+Added: 2,255,500 shares underlying conversion of the CVObligation and 1,504,418 shares underlying the warrants issuable on conversion of the
+Added: CVObligation.
+Added: (5) Includes 170,000 shares held directly by Danielle Lominy (formerly
+Added: Danielle Bassani), 1,511,477 shares underlying warrants held by The Danielle Christine Bassani Trust, 400,000 shares owned by the Danielle
+Added: Bassani Trust, 311,458 shares underlying warrants, 105,000 shares underlying warrants owned jointly with husband and 230,000 shares underlying
+Added: warrants owned by Danielle Lominy’s daughter.
In addition, Danielle is the 50% beneficial owner of the Dominic Bassani 2019 Irrevocable
−Removed: Trust (“2019 Trust”) which owns 3,000,000 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock and 1,000,000 options
+Added: Trust (“2019 Trust”) which owns 3,000,000 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock and 1,000,000 options
and, as a result Danielle Lominy is the beneficial owner of 1,500,000 shares underlying exercise of the warrants and 500,000 shares underlying
exercise of the options.
−Removed: Additionally, the 2019 Trust owns $2,173,729.57 principal amount of the Company’s 2020 Convertible Obligation
−Removed: (“CVObligation”) which is convertible @ $0.50 into 4,347,459 shares and 2,899,756 warrants.
−Removed: As a result, Danielle Lominy is
−Removed: the beneficial owner of 2,173,730 shares underlying conversion of the CVObligation and 1,449,878 shares underlying the warrants issuable
+Added: Additionally, the 2019 Trust owns $2,255,500 principal amount of the Company’s 2020 Convertible Obligation
+Added: (“CVObligation”) which is convertible @ $0.50 into 4,511,000 shares and 3,008,837 warrants.
+Added: As a result, Danielle Lominy
+Added: is the beneficial owner of 2,255,500 shares underlying conversion of the CVObligation and 1,504,419 shares underlying the warrants issuable
on conversion of the CVObligation.
(6) Includes 319,589 shares held directly by Mr.
−Removed: 156,750 shares underlying warrants held directly
+Added: shares underlying warrants held directly by Mr.
Orphanos;120,263 shares held jointly with his wife;
1,425,374 shares held in IRA accounts;
−Removed: and 719,832 shares of common stock that
−Removed: could be issued on conversion of $431,898.97 convertible notes (.60 conversion price).
−Removed: Not included are 400,000 shares and 1,511,477 shares
−Removed: underlying warrants held by the Danielle Christine Bassani Trust, of which Mr.
−Removed: Orphanos is a co-trustee, and 2,921,777 common shares owned
−Removed: by certain clients of Blacksmith Advisors, over which Mr.
−Removed: Orphanos exercises discretionary authority (which shares include:
−Removed: shares held in IRA accounts for Mr.
−Removed: Bassani and his wife;
−Removed: b) 354,342 shares held by Mr.
−Removed: Bassani’s wife;
−Removed: c) 5,624 shares held by
−Removed: Bassani personally;
−Removed: and d) 170,000 shares owned by Danielle Lominy (formerly Danielle Bassani).
+Added: and 745,027 shares of common stock that could be issued on conversion of $447,016 convertible notes (.60 conversion price).
+Added: included are 1,450,878 common shares owned by certain clients of Blacksmith Advisors, over which Mr.
+Added: Orphanos exercises discretionary
+Added: authority (which shares include:
+Added: 98,000 shares owned by Danielle Lominy (formerly Danielle Bassani).
Orphanos disclaims beneficial
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(7) Includes 158,254 shares held directly by Mr.
−Removed: Schafer, options to purchase 1,165,000 shares and warrants to purchase 23,934 shares.
−Removed: Also includes 965,264 shares and 482,632 warrants underlying units that could be issued on the conversion by Mr.
−Removed: Schafer of a deferred
−Removed: compensation promissory note in the amount of $482,631.93.
−Removed: Schafer has the option to convert this amount into units with each unit
−Removed: consisting of 1 share of common stock and ½
−Removed: warrant exercisable at $0.75 per share until December 31, 2024.
−Removed: The conversion price
−Removed: is $0.50 per unit.
−Removed: Also includes 33,741 shares of common stock that could be issued on the conversion (at the election of Mr.
+Added: Schafer, options
+Added: to purchase 1,215,000 shares and warrants to purchase 23,934 shares.
+Added: Also includes 1,001,574 shares and 500,787 warrants underlying units
+Added: that could be issued on the conversion by Mr.
+Added: Schafer of a deferred compensation promissory note in the amount of $500,787 Mr.
+Added: has the option to convert this amount into units with each unit consisting of 1 share of common stock and ½ warrant exercisable
+Added: at $0.75 per share until December 31, 2024.
+Added: The conversion price is $0.50 per unit.
+Added: Also includes 34,834 shares of common stock that
+Added: could be issued on the conversion (at the election of Mr.
+Added: Schafer) by Mr.
Schafer of a convertible note in the amount of $20,900.
−Removed: The conversion price will be $0.60 per share.
−Removed: Includes 120,635 shares held directly by Jon Northrop and options to purchase 442,500 shares held by Jon Northrop.
+Added: conversion price will be $0.60 per share.
+Added: (8) Includes 50,000 underlying warrants held directly by Mr.
+Added: 1,125 shares held by Mr.
+Added: O’Neill’s wife, and 1,000,000 underlying warrants held by Identifoods, LLC which is owned by Mr.
+Added: O’Neill and his wife.
+Added: (9) Includes 504,894 shares, 1,470,000 shares underlying options
+Added: and 573,747 shares underlying warrants held directly by Mr.
+Added: The total also includes 30,324 shares of common stock that could
+Added: be issued on the conversion (at the election of Mr.
+Added: Scott) of deferred compensation in the amount of $32,445.81.
Does not include
−Removed: shares or options owned by the adult children of Jon Northrop nor his former wife.
+Added: shares and warrants owned by various family members of which Mr.
+Added: Scott disclaims beneficial ownership.
+Added: (10) Includes 120,635 shares held directly by Jon Northrop and options
+Added: to purchase 492,500 shares held by Jon Northrop.
+Added: Does not include shares or options owned by the adult children of Jon Northrop nor his
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS,
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The aggregate fees billed for tax services rendered
−Removed: by Eide Bailly LLP for tax compliance and related services for the two fiscal years ended June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020 were $3,600
−Removed: and $12,300, respectively.
+Added: by Eide Bailly LLP for tax compliance and related services for the two fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021 were nil and
+Added: $3,600, respectively.
All Other Fees
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EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
−Removed: Number Description and Location
−Removed: of Incorporation.
−Removed: 10.1 Subscription
−Removed: Agreement dated January 10, 2002 between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: and Centerpoint
−Removed: Corporation regarding issuance of stock in exchange for cash and claims regarding Aprilia.
−Removed: 10.2 Agreement
−Removed: dated March 15, 2002 and effective January 15, 2002 between Bion Environmental Technologies,
−Removed: and Centerpoint Corporation regarding purchase of warrant and management agreement.
−Removed: 10.3 Agreement
−Removed: dated February 12, 2003 between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: and Centerpoint Corporation
−Removed: canceling provisions of the Subscription Agreement by and between Bion Environmental Technologies,
+Added: Description and Location
+Added: Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc., filed with the Secretary of State of the State
+Added: of Colorado on April 11, 2022.
+Added: (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on April 12, 2022).
+Added: Amended and Restated Bylaws.
+Added: (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on January 4, 2022).
+Added: Subscription Agreement dated January 10, 2002 between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
and Centerpoint Corporation
−Removed: 10.4 Promissory
−Removed: Note and Security Agreement between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: and Bright Capital,
−Removed: Amendment to Lease between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: and Pan Am Equities Corp.
−Removed: 10.6 Agreement
−Removed: between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: and Bergen Cove.
−Removed: 10.7 Agreement
−Removed: between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: and David Mitchell dated April 7, 2003.
−Removed: Agreement with Bright Capital, Ltd.
−Removed: 10.9 Agreement
−Removed: with OAM, S.p.A.
−Removed: dated May 2003.
−Removed: 10.10 Amended
−Removed: Agreement with Centerpoint Corporation dated April 23, 2003.
−Removed: of Series A Secured Convertible Notes issued in August 2003.
−Removed: 10.12 Financing
−Removed: Documents for Bion Dairy Corporation.
−Removed: of Class SV/DB Warrant.
−Removed: of Class SV/DM Warrant.
−Removed: of Series A* Secured Convertible Notes issued in April 2004.
−Removed: of Series B Secured Convertible Notes issued in Spring 2004.
−Removed: of Series B* Secured Convertible Notes issued in June 2004.
−Removed: of Series C Notes issued in September 2005.
−Removed: of 2006 Series A Convertible Promissory Notes issued in September 2006.
−Removed: of Non-Disclosure Agreement used by the Company.
−Removed: 10.21 Promissory
−Removed: Note and Conversion Agreement between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: related to deferred compensation.
−Removed: 10.22 Promissory
−Removed: Note and Conversion Agreement between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: and Bright Capital,
−Removed: related to deferred compensation.
−Removed: 10.23 Employment
−Removed: agreement with Mark A.
−Removed: 10.24 Employment
−Removed: agreement with Salvatore Zizza.
−Removed: 10.25 Employment
−Removed: agreement with Bright Capital, Ltd.
−Removed: 10.26 Employment
−Removed: agreement with Jeff Kapell.
−Removed: 10.27 Employment
−Removed: agreement with Jeremy Rowland.
−Removed: lease at 641 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor, New York.
−Removed: Consolidated Incentive Plan.
−Removed: to Dominic Bassani & Bright Capital, Ltd.
−Removed: dated October 16, 2006 regarding Change in
−Removed: Title/Status of DB/Amendment to Brightcap Agreement.
−Removed: Agreement between Bion Dairy Corporation and Fair Oaks Dairy Farms dated June 19, 2006.
−Removed: and Release Agreement with Ardour Capital Investments, LLC.
−Removed: 10.33 Promissory
−Removed: Note and Conversion Agreement for Mark Smith, dated January 1, 2007.
−Removed: 10.34 Promissory
−Removed: Note and Conversion Agreement for Salvatore Zizza, dated January 1, 2007.
−Removed: 10.35 Promissory
−Removed: Note and Conversion Agreement for Bright Capital, Ltd., dated January 1, 2007.
−Removed: 10.36 Extension
−Removed: Agreement dated March 31, 2007 between the Company and Mark A Smith.
−Removed: of Note dated March 31, 2007 in the amount of $151,645.89 in favor of Mark A.
−Removed: of Note dated March 31, 2007 in the amount of $379,389.04 in favor of Salvatore Zizza.
−Removed: of Note dated March 31, 2007 in the amount of $455.486.30 in favor of Bright Capital, Ltd.
−Removed: 10.40 Stipulation
−Removed: and Agreement of Compromise and Release dated May 21, 2007 between Centerpoint Corporation,
−Removed: Bion Environmental Technologies, Richard Anderson and Joseph Foglia, as Plaintiffs, and Comtech
−Removed: Group, Inc., OAM S.p.A., Invested Ernst & Company and others as Defendants.
−Removed: 10.41 Stipulation
−Removed: and Agreement of Compromise, Settlement and Release dated May 15, 2007 between TCMP3 Partners,
−Removed: LLP as Plaintiff and Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: and Bion Dairy Corporation, among
−Removed: others, as Defendants.
−Removed: 10.42 Stipulation
−Removed: and Agreement of Compromise, Settlement and Release as to Certain Defendants dated May 15,
−Removed: 2007 between TCMP3 Partners, LLP as Plaintiff and certain defendants other than Bion Environmental
−Removed: Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: and Bion Dairy Corporation.
−Removed: of Intent dated August 18, 2007 between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: and Evergreen
−Removed: 10.44 Memorandum
−Removed: of Understanding with Kreider Farms.
−Removed: 10.45 Subscription
−Removed: Agreement from Bright Capital, Ltd.
−Removed: 10.46 Amendment
−Removed: to 2006 Consolidated Incentive Plan.
−Removed: 10.47 Agreement
−Removed: between the Company and Mark A.
−Removed: Smith dated May 31, 2008.
−Removed: Series AB Convertible Promissory Note.
−Removed: 10.49 Promissory
−Removed: Note between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: and Salvatore Zizza.
−Removed: 10.50 Promissory
−Removed: Note between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: and Dominic Bassani.
−Removed: 10.51 Agreement
−Removed: between Jeff Kapell and Bion dated November 1, 2008.
−Removed: 10.52 Agreement
−Removed: between David Mager and Bion dated November 1, 2008.
−Removed: 10.53 Promissory
−Removed: Note between Anthony Orphanos and Bion dated October 30, 2008, Guaranteed by Dominic Bassani.
−Removed: 10.54 Addendum
−Removed: to Settlement Agreement and Release Stipulation from Bion, Bion Dairy and Mark Smith dated
−Removed: October 31, 2008.
−Removed: 10.55 Kreider
−Removed: Farms Agreement (September 25, 2008):
−Removed: 10.56 Agreement
−Removed: between Salvatore Zizza and Bion effective December 31, 2008.
−Removed: 10.57 Amendment
−Removed: #3 to 2006 Consolidated Incentive Plan.
−Removed: 10.58 Agreement
−Removed: between Bright Capital, Ltd.
−Removed: and Dominic Bassani and Bion effective January 11, 2009.
−Removed: 10.59 Agreement
−Removed: between Mark A.
−Removed: Smith and Bion effective January 12, 2009.
−Removed: 10.60 Orphanos
−Removed: Extension Agreement dated January 13, 2009.
−Removed: 10.61 Articles
−Removed: of Amendment including Statement of Designation and Determination of Preferences of Series
−Removed: B Convertible Preferred Stock.
−Removed: Agreement between Ronald Kreider and Kreider Farms and Bion PA 1 LLC dated June 26, 2009.
−Removed: 10.63 Capitalization
−Removed: Agreement between Bion Companies and Bion PA 1 LLC dated June 30, 2009.
−Removed: Notice re Master Sublease Option Exercise (November 20, 2009).
−Removed: of Schroeppel resolution (December 10, 2009).
−Removed: 10.66 Articles
−Removed: of Amendment including Statement of Designation and Determination of Preferences of Series
−Removed: C Convertible Preferred Stock.
−Removed: 10.67 Extension
−Removed: Agreement with Mark A.
−Removed: 10.68 Agreement
−Removed: with Edward Schafer.
−Removed: 10.69 Accepted
−Removed: Funding Offer (base loan agreement) (without exhibits) with PENNVEST for Kreider Farms Project
−Removed: Loan -- effective November 3, 2010.
−Removed: Form Agreement.
−Removed: of William O’Neill.
−Removed: & Security Agreement with Milestone Bank.
−Removed: 10.73 O'Neill
−Removed: Employment Agreement (dated December 22, 2010).
−Removed: 10.74 Schafer
−Removed: Employment Agreement (dated December 21, 2010).
−Removed: 10.75 Biography
−Removed: Morris Employment Agreement.
−Removed: Grabowski Employment Agreement.
−Removed: 10.78 Kreider
−Removed: Farms Clarification Agreement.
−Removed: 10.79 Resignation
−Removed: of William O’Neill (effective May 13, 2011).
−Removed: Certification of Kreider Poultry Credits.
−Removed: 10.81 Bassani/Bright
−Removed: Capital Extension Agreement (executed August 31, 2011) (26)
−Removed: Extension Agreement (executed August 31, 2011) (26)
−Removed: Employment Agreement (executed September 30, 2011) (27)
−Removed: 10.84 Extension/Conversion
−Removed: Agreement with Smith and Bassani (dated March 31, 2012) (28)
−Removed: 10.85 Memorialization
−Removed: of extension of Maturity of Bassani convertible deferred compensation (dated July 31, 2012)
−Removed: 10.86 Kreider
−Removed: Permit (dated August 1, 2012) (29)
−Removed: 10.87 Memorialization
−Removed: of Smith Extension Agreement (dated August 14, 2012) (30)
−Removed: 10.88 Memorialization
−Removed: of Bassani Extension Agreement (dated August 14, 2012) (30)
−Removed: 10.89 Memorialization
−Removed: of Schafer Agreement (dated August 21, 2012) (30)
−Removed: Ratification dated May 5, 2013 (31)
−Removed: Promissory Note dated May 13, 2013 (31)
−Removed: 10.92 Pennvest
−Removed: Demand Letter (dated September 25, 2014) (32)
−Removed: 10.93 Extension
−Removed: Agreement with Mark A.
−Removed: Smith (w/o exhibits) (February 10, 2015) (33)
−Removed: 10.94 Extension
−Removed: Agreement with Dominic Bassani (w/o exhibits) (February 10, 2015) (33)
−Removed: 10.95 Agreement
−Removed: with Edward Schafer (w/o exhibits) (February 10, 2015) (33)
−Removed: 10.96 Convertible
−Removed: Promissory Note between the Company and Dominic Bassani dated September 8, 2015 (34)
−Removed: 10.97 Convertible
−Removed: Promissory Note between the Company and Edward Schafer dated September 8, 2015 (34)
−Removed: 10.98 Convertible
−Removed: Promissory Note between the Company and Anthony Orphanos dated September 8, 2015 (34)
−Removed: 10.99 Kreider
−Removed: Poultry Joint Venture Agreement (May 5, 2016) (35)
−Removed: 10.100 Bassani
−Removed: Warrant Purchase effective August 1, 2018 (36)
−Removed: Warrant Purchase effecitve August 1, 2018 (36)
−Removed: 10.102 Amendment
−Removed: #9 to 2006 Consolidated Incentive Plan, as amended (36)
−Removed: 10.103 Lease (executed September 23, 2021) (37)
−Removed: 21 Subsidiaries
−Removed: of the Registrant.
−Removed: 31.1 Certification
−Removed: of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Filed
−Removed: herewith electronically.
−Removed: 31.2 Certification
−Removed: of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
−Removed: - Filed herewith electronically.
−Removed: 32.1 Certification
−Removed: of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 18 U.S.C.
−Removed: Section 1350 - Filed herewith electronically.
−Removed: 32.2 Certification
−Removed: of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 18 U.S.C.
−Removed: Section 1350 - Filed herewith
−Removed: electronically.
−Removed: _______________
−Removed: with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006.
+Added: regarding issuance of stock in exchange for cash and claims regarding Aprilia (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
+Added: Agreement dated March 15, 2002 and effective January 15, 2002 between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
+Added: and Centerpoint
+Added: Corporation regarding purchase of warrant and management agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
+Added: Agreement dated February 12, 2003 between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
+Added: and Centerpoint Corporation canceling provisions
+Added: of the Subscription Agreement by and between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
+Added: and Centerpoint Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
+Added: Promissory Note and Security Agreement between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
+Added: and Bright Capital, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
+Added: Letter Agreement with Bright Capital, Ltd.
+Added: (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
+Added: Amended Agreement with Centerpoint Corporation dated April 23, 2003 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
+Added: Promissory Note and Conversion Agreement between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
+Added: Smith related to deferred compensation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14,
+Added: Promissory Note and Conversion Agreement between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
+Added: and Bright Capital, Ltd.
+Added: deferred compensation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14,
+Added: Employment agreement with Mark A.
+Added: Smith (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14,
+Added: Employment agreement with Bright Capital, Ltd.
+Added: (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14,
+Added: Employment agreement with Jeff Kapell (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14,
+Added: Employment agreement with Jeremy
+Added: Rowland (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14,
+Added: Office lease at 641 Lexington Avenue,
+Added: 17th Floor, New York (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14,
+Added: 2006 Consolidated Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14,
+Added: Memo to Dominic Bassani & Bright Capital, Ltd.
+Added: dated October 16, 2006 regarding Change in Title/Status of DB/Amendment to
+Added: Brightcap Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14,
+Added: Promissory Note and Conversion Agreement for Mark Smith, dated January 1, 2007 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 filed
with Form 10SB12G/A on February 1, 2007).
−Removed: with Form 8-K on April 3, 2007.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on August 13, 2007.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on August 22, 2007.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on February 27, 2008.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on June 3, 2008.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on June 19, 2008.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on September 30, 2008.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on November 13, 2008.
−Removed: with September 30, 2008 Form 10-Q on November 14, 2008.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on January 6, 2009.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on January 15, 2009.
−Removed: with March 31, 2009 Form 10-Q on May 14, 2009.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on July 2, 2009.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on December 15, 2009.
−Removed: with December 31, 2009 Form 10-Q on February 9, 2010.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on August 18, 2010.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on November 3, 2010.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on November 22, 2010.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on December 6, 2010.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on December 28, 2010.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on March 16, 2011.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on May 13, 2011.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on June 1, 2011.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on September 2, 2011.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on October 4, 2011.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on April 4, 2012.
−Removed: with Form 8-K on August 3, 2012
−Removed: with Form 8-K on August 21, 2012.
−Removed: with March 31, 2013 Form 10-Q on May 14, 2013.
−Removed: with June 30, 2014 10-K on September 26, 2014.
−Removed: with December 31, 2014 Form 10-Q on February 11, 2015
−Removed: with June 30, 2015 Form 10-K on September 22, 2016
−Removed: with March 31, 2016 Form 10-Q on May 9, 2016
−Removed: with June 30, 2019 Form 10-K on September 24, 2019
−Removed: with Form 8-K on September 29, 2021
+Added: Promissory Note and Conversion Agreement for Bright Capital, Ltd., dated January 1, 2007 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 filed
+Added: with Form 10SB12G/A on February 1, 2007).
+Added: Extension Agreement dated March 31, 2007 between the Company and Mark A Smith (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on April 3, 2007)
+Added: Form of Note dated March 31, 2007 in the amount of $151,645.89 in favor of Mark A.
+Added: Smith (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
+Added: 2 filed with Form 8-K filed on April 3, 2007)
+Added: Form of Note dated March 31, 2007 in the amount of $455.486.30 in favor of Bright Capital, Ltd.
+Added: (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on April 3, 2007)
+Added: Memorandum of Understanding with Kreider Farms (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on February 27, 2008)
+Added: Subscription Agreement from Bright Capital, Ltd.
+Added: (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on June 3, 2008)
+Added: Amendment to 2006 Consolidated Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on June 3, 2008)
+Added: Agreement between the Company and Mark A.
+Added: Smith dated May 31, 2008 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on June 3, 2008).
+Added: 2007 Series AB Convertible Promissory Note (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on June 19, 2008).
+Added: Promissory Note between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
+Added: and Dominic Bassani (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on September 30, 2008).
+Added: Promissory Note between Anthony Orphanos and Bion dated October 30, 2008, Guaranteed by Dominic
+Added: Bassani (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2008).
+Added: Addendum to Settlement Agreement and Release Stipulation from Bion, Bion Dairy and Mark Smith dated October 31, 2008 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2008).
+Added: Kreider Farms Agreement (September 25, 2008):
+Added: REDACTED (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 10-Q filed on November 14, 2008).
+Added: Amendment #3 to 2006 Consolidated Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2009).
+Added: Agreement between Bright Capital, Ltd.
+Added: and Dominic Bassani and Bion effective January 11, 2009 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2009).
+Added: Agreement between Mark A.
+Added: Smith and Bion effective January 12, 2009 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2009).
+Added: Orphanos Extension Agreement dated January 13, 2009 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2009).
+Added: Lease Agreement between Ronald Kreider and Kreider Farms and Bion PA 1 LLC dated June 26, 2009 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on July 2, 2009).
+Added: Capitalization
+Added: Agreement between Bion Companies and Bion PA 1 LLC dated June 30, 2009 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with Form
+Added: 8-K filed on July 2, 2009).
+Added: Extension Agreement with Mark A.
+Added: (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on August 18, 2010).
+Added: Agreement with Edward Schafer (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on August 18, 2010).
+Added: Accepted Funding Offer (base loan agreement) (without exhibits) with PENNVEST for Kreider Farms Project Loan -- effective
+Added: November 3, 2010 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on November 3, 2010).
+Added: Short Form Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on November 22, 2010).
+Added: Resume of William O’Neill.
+Added: (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on November 22, 2010).
+Added: Loan & Security Agreement with Milestone Bank (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on December 6, 2010).
+Added: O'Neill Employment Agreement (dated December 22, 2010) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on December 6, 2010).
+Added: Schafer Employment Agreement (dated December 21, 2010) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on December 6, 2010).
+Added: Biography of Edward T.
+Added: Schafer (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on December 6, 2010).
+Added: Kreider Farms Clarification Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on March 16, 2011).
+Added: Resignation of William O’Neill (effective May 13, 2011) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on May 13, 2011).
+Added: PADEP Certification of Kreider Poultry Credits (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on June 1, 2011).
+Added: Bassani/Bright Capital Extension Agreement (executed August 31, 2011) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on September 2, 2011).
+Added: Smith Extension Agreement (executed August 31, 2011) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on September 2, 2011).
+Added: Bloom Employment Agreement (executed September 30, 2011) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on October 4, 2011).
+Added: Extension/Conversion Agreement with Smith and Bassani (dated March 31, 2012) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on April 4, 2012).
+Added: Memorialization of extension of Maturity of Bassani convertible deferred compensation (dated July
+Added: 31, 2012) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on August 3, 2012).
+Added: Memorialization of Smith Extension Agreement (dated August 14, 2012) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on August 21, 2012).
+Added: Memorialization of Bassani Extension Agreement (dated August 14, 2012) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on August 21, 2012).
+Added: Memorialization of Schafer Agreement (dated August 21, 2012) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on August 21, 2012).
+Added: Board Ratification dated May 5, 2013 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 10-Q filed on May 14, 2013).
+Added: Demand Promissory Note dated May 13, 2013 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed
+Added: with Form 10-Q filed on May 14, 2013).
+Added: Pennvest Demand Letter (dated September 25, 2014) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.92 filed
+Added: with Form 10-K filed on September 26, 2014).
+Added: Extension Agreement with Mark A.
+Added: Smith (w/o exhibits) (February 10, 2015) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 10-Q filed on February 11, 2015).
+Added: Extension Agreement with Dominic Bassani (w/o exhibits) (February 10, 2015) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed
+Added: with Form 10-Q filed on February 11, 2015).
+Added: Agreement with Edward Schafer (w/o exhibits) (February 10, 2015) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed
+Added: with Form 10-Q filed on February 11, 2015).
+Added: Convertible Promissory Note between the Company and Dominic Bassani dated September 8, 2015 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.96 filed
+Added: with Form 10-K filed on September 22, 2015).
+Added: Convertible Promissory Note between the Company and Edward Schafer dated September 8, 2015 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.97 filed
+Added: with Form 10-K filed on September 22, 2015).
+Added: Convertible Promissory Note between the Company and Anthony Orphanos dated September 8, 2015 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.98 filed
+Added: with Form 10-K filed on September 22, 2015).
+Added: Kreider Poultry Joint Venture Agreement (May 5, 2016) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 10-Q filed on May 9, 2016).
+Added: Bassani Warrant Purchase effective August 1, 2018 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.100 filed
+Added: with Form 10-K filed on September 24, 2019).
+Added: Smith Warrant Purchase effective August 1, 2018 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.101 filed
+Added: with Form 10-K filed on September 24, 2019).
+Added: Amendment #9 to 2006 Consolidated Incentive Plan, as amended (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.102 filed
+Added: with Form 10-K filed on September 24, 2019).
+Added: Lease (executed September 23, 2021) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on September 29, 2021).
+Added: Subsidiaries of the Registrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
+Added: Buflovak/Hebeler Purchase Order (January 28, 2022)(without Technical Details and Standard Terms and Conditions) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on February 1, 2022)
+Added: Agreement with BioNTech SE re sale/purchase of domain name
+Added: <biontech.com> (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on March 25, 2022)
+Added: Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
+Added: 2021 Equity Incentive Award Plan.
+Added: (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on January 4, 2022).
+Added: William O’Neill Employment Agreement (effective May 1, 2022) (without exhibits).
+Added: (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on May 3, 2022).
+Added: Letter of Intent with Ribbonwire Ranch (July 20, 2022).
+Added: (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed
+Added: with Form 8-K filed on July 272, 2022).
+Added: Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Filed herewith electronically.
+Added: Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Filed herewith electronically.
+Added: Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 18 U.S.C.
+Added: Section 1350.
+Added: Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 18 U.S.C.
+Added: Section 1350.
+Added: Inline XBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in
+Added: the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
+Added: Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained
+Added: in Exhibit 101)
+Added: *This exhibit is being furnished rather than filed
+Added: and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing, in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
(b) Financial Statement Schedules
4 unchanged sentences
and therefore have been omitted.
−Removed: Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
+Added: Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm ( Eide Baily
+Added: Denver, CO, PCAOB ID:
Consolidated balance sheets
Consolidated statements of operations
−Removed: Consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’
−Removed: equity (deficit)
+Added: Consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit)
Consolidated statements of cash flows
Notes to consolidated financial statements
−Removed: of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
−Removed: of Directors and Stockholders
+Added: Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
+Added: To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: Old Bethpage,
−Removed: on the Financial Statements
−Removed: have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: (the “Company”) as of
−Removed: June 30, 2021 and 2020, and the related consolidated statements of operations ,
−Removed: changes in stockholders’
−Removed: equity (deficit), and cash flows, for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred
−Removed: to as the “financial statements”).
−Removed: In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the
−Removed: financial position of Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: as of June 30, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash
−Removed: flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
−Removed: accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern.
−Removed: As discussed in Note
−Removed: 1 to the financial statements, the Company has not generated significant revenue and has suffered recurring losses from operations.
−Removed: factors raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: Management’s plans in regard to these matters
−Removed: are also discussed in Note 1.
+Added: Old Bethpage, New York
+Added: Opinion on the
+Added: Financial Statements
+Added: We have audited
+Added: the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
+Added: (the “Company”) as of June 30, 2022
+Added: and 2021, and the related consolidated statements of operations , changes in stockholders’
+Added: equity (deficit), and cash flows, for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”).
+Added: In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Bion Environmental Technologies,
+Added: as of June 30, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting
+Added: principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
+Added: Going Concern
+Added: The accompanying
+Added: financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern.
+Added: As discussed in Note 1 to the financial
+Added: statements, the Company has not generated significant revenue and has suffered recurring losses from operations.
+Added: These factors raise substantial
+Added: doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also discussed in Note
The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
−Removed: financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.
−Removed: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
−Removed: statements based on our audits.
−Removed: We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
−Removed: States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
−Removed: federal securities
−Removed: 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.
−Removed: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
−Removed: reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
−Removed: is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: As part of our audits
−Removed: we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion
−Removed: on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Basis for Opinion
+Added: These financial
+Added: statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.
+Added: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements
+Added: based on our audits.
+Added: We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB")
+Added: and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
+Added: federal securities laws and the applicable
+Added: rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
+Added: We conducted our
+Added: audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
+Added: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
+Added: assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
+Added: The Company is not
+Added: required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: As part of our audits we
+Added: 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 entity’s internal control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
−Removed: audits included performing procedures to assess the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or
−Removed: fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks.
−Removed: Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding
−Removed: the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
−Removed: Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant
−Removed: estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
−Removed: We believe that our audits
−Removed: provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
−Removed: critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was communicated
−Removed: or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that:
−Removed: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial
−Removed: statements and (2) involved especially challenging, subjective or complex judgments.
−Removed: The communication of critical audit matters does
−Removed: not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters
−Removed: below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
−Removed: in Note 7 to the financial statements, the Company has entered into various equity-based compensation agreements.
−Removed: These agreements include
−Removed: transactions, including the original issuance and subsequent modifications of warrants and stock options, that are required to be measured
−Removed: and accounted for at estimated fair value.
−Removed: These transactions resulted in recording of stock-based compensation expense of $1,107,700,
−Removed: modification of options of $8,775, warrant issuances of $2,500, and warrant modifications of $212,645 for the year ended June 30, 2021.
−Removed: Company’s determination of the estimated fair values involves the identification of related financial instruments and a clear understanding
−Removed: of the terms of the agreements.
−Removed: Auditing management’s estimates of fair value requires a high degree of auditor judgment and an
−Removed: increased extent of effort, including the need to carefully examine to understand the true nature of the related agreements.
−Removed: primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included:
−Removed: gained an understanding of management's process and methodology to develop the estimates
−Removed: examined agreements and agreed terms utilized in calculations
−Removed: evaluated the reasonableness of the inputs and assumptions used by management in developing
−Removed: the estimates
−Removed: recalculated the amounts and compared to management’s calculation
+Added: Our audits included
+Added: performing procedures to assess the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing
+Added: procedures that respond to those risks.
+Added: Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures
+Added: in the financial statements.
+Added: Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management,
+Added: as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
+Added: We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for
+Added: Critical Audit Matter
+Added: The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter
+Added: arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee
+Added: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved especially challenging,
+Added: subjective or complex judgments.
+Added: The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements,
+Added: taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit
+Added: matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
+Added: Equity Transactions
+Added: As discussed in Note 7 to the financial statements, the Company has entered
+Added: into various equity-based compensation agreements.
+Added: These agreements include transactions, including the original issuance and subsequent
+Added: modifications of warrants and stock options, that are required to be measured and accounted for at estimated fair value.
+Added: These transactions
+Added: resulted in recording of stock-based compensation expense of $419,370, modification of options of $-0-, warrant issuances of $30,000,
+Added: and warrant modifications of $8,337 for the year ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: The Company’s determination of the estimated fair
+Added: values involves the identification of related financial instruments and a clear understanding of the terms of the agreements.
+Added: management’s estimates of fair value requires a high degree of auditor judgment and an increased extent of effort, including the
+Added: need to carefully examine to understand the true nature of the related agreements.
+Added: The primary procedures we performed to address this critical
+Added: audit matter included:
+Added: · We gained an understanding of management's process
+Added: and methodology to develop the estimates
+Added: · We examined agreements and agreed terms utilized
+Added: in calculations
+Added: · We evaluated the reasonableness of the inputs and
+Added: assumptions used by management in developing the estimates
+Added: · We recalculated the amounts and compared to management’s
evaluated the adequacy of the disclosures related to these fair value measurements.
−Removed: Eide Bailly LLP
−Removed: have served as Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
+Added: We have served as Bion
+Added: Environmental Technologies, Inc.
auditor since 2017.
−Removed: BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
+Added: Denver, Colorado
+Added: September 27, 2022
+Added: BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES,
AND SUBSIDIARIES
2 unchanged sentences
Prepaid expenses
+Added: Deposits and other assets
Total current assets
+Added: Operating lease right-of-use asset
Property and equipment, net (Note 3)
2 unchanged sentences
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
−Removed: Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred stock, $0.01 par value,
+Added: Series B Redeemable
+Added: Convertible Preferred stock, $ 0.01
+Added: par value, 50,000
shares authorized;
−Removed: 200 shares issued and outstanding,
−Removed: liquidation preference of $40,000 and $38,000, respectively (Note 7)
−Removed: Paycheck Protection Program loan (Note 5)
+Added: shares issued and outstanding, liquidation preference of $ 0
+Added: and $ 40,000 ,
+Added: respectively (Note 7)
Deferred compensation (Note 4)
1 unchanged sentence
Total current liabilities
−Removed: Paycheck Protection Program loan (Note 5)
+Added: Operating lease liability
Convertible notes payable - affiliates (Note 6)
1 unchanged sentence
Bion's stockholders' equity (deficit):
−Removed: Series A Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000 shares authorized,
−Removed: no shares issued and outstanding
−Removed: Series C Convertible Preferred stock, $0.01 par value,
−Removed: 60,000 shares authorized;
+Added: Series A Preferred stock, $ 0.01 par
+Added: value, 10,000,000 and 50,000 shares authorized respectively, no shares issued and outstanding
+Added: Series C Convertible Preferred stock, $ 0.01 par value, 60,000 shares authorized;
no shares issued and outstanding
−Removed: Common stock, no par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 41,315,986
−Removed: and 31,409,005 shares issued, respectively;
−Removed: and 30,704,696 shares outstanding, respectively
+Added: Common stock, no par value, 250,000,000 and 100,000,000 shares authorized respectively, 43,758,820 and 41,315,986 shares issued, respectively;
+Added: 43,054,511 and
+Added: 40,611,677 shares outstanding, respectively
Additional paid-in capital
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( 132,339,873 )
−Removed: Total Bion's stockholders’
−Removed: (11,445,456 )
+Added: Total Bion's stockholders’ deficit
( 11,445,456 )
2 unchanged sentences
( 11,406,339 )
−Removed: (15,087,958 )
Total liabilities and deficit
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Operating expenses:
−Removed: General and administrative (including stock-based
−Removed: compensation (Note 7))
−Removed: Research and development (including stock-based
−Removed: compensation (Note 7))
+Added: General and administrative (including stock-based compensation (Note
+Added: Research and development (including stock-based compensation (Note 7))
Total operating expenses
Loss from operations
+Added: ( 2,550,176 )
+Added: ( 2,827,620 )
Other (income) expense:
−Removed: Gain on extinguishment of liabilities
Forgiveness of debt
+Added: Interest income
Interest expense
+Added: Gain on sale of domain (Note 9)
+Added: Gain on legal dissolution of subsidiary (Note 5)
+Added: ( 10,234,501 )
Total other expense
−Removed: Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest
−Removed: Net loss applicable to Bion's common stockholders
( 10,840,957 )
+Added: Net income (loss)
( 3,450,765 )
−Removed: Net loss applicable to Bion's common stockholders
+Added: Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest
+Added: Net income (loss) applicable to Bion's common stockholders
+Added: $ ( 3,447,980 )
+Added: Net income (loss) applicable to Bion's common stockholders
per basic and diluted common share
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See notes to consolidated financial statements
−Removed: BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
+Added: BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES,
AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS'
−Removed: EQUITY (DEFICIT)
−Removed: YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2021 AND 2020
−Removed: Bion's Shareholders'
+Added: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
+Added: CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
+Added: YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
+Added: Bion's Stockholders'
Series A Preferred Stock
Series C Preferred Stock
−Removed: Additional paid-in
−Removed: Subscription Recivables for
+Added: Subscription Rec-
Noncontrolling
−Removed: equity/(deficit)
+Added: paid-in capital
+Added: -eivables for Shares
Balances, July 1, 2020
−Removed: Issuance of common stock for services
−Removed: Vesting of options for services
+Added: $ ( 504,650 )
+Added: $ ( 128,891,893 )
+Added: $ ( 15,087,958 )
Sale of units
Commissions on sale of units
−Removed: Modification of options
−Removed: Modification of warrants
−Removed: Issuance of warrants
−Removed: Conversion of debt and liabilities
−Removed: Balances, June 30, 2020
−Removed: Sale of units
−Removed: Commissions on sale of units and warrant exercises
Vesting of options for services
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Conversion of debt and liabilities
+Added: ( 3,447,980 )
+Added: ( 3,450,765 )
Balances, June 30, 2021
+Added: $ 121,399,067
+Added: $ ( 504,650 )
+Added: $ ( 132,339,873 )
+Added: $ ( 11,406,339 )
+Added: Warrants exercised for common shares
+Added: Commissions on warrant exercises
+Added: Conversion of debt and liabilities
+Added: Issuance of units for services
+Added: Modification of warrants
+Added: Issuance of warrants
+Added: Vesting of options for services
+Added: Net income (loss)
+Added: Balances, June 30, 2022
+Added: $ 123,620,046
+Added: $ ( 504,650 )
+Added: $ ( 124,047,548 )
+Added: $ ( 894,579 )
See notes to consolidated financial statements
−Removed: BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
+Added: BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES,
AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
−Removed: YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2021 AND 2020
+Added: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
+Added: YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
+Added: Net income (loss)
$ ( 3,450,765 )
+Added: Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:
+Added: Gain on legal dissolution of subsidiary
( 10,234,501 )
−Removed: Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation expense
Forgiveness of debt
−Removed: Gain on extinguishment of liabilities
Accrued interest on loans payable, deferred compensation and other
Stock-based compensation
−Removed: (Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses
−Removed: (Decrease) increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses
+Added: Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses
+Added: Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses
+Added: Decrease in operating lease assets and liabilities
Increase in deferred compensation
Net cash used in operating activities
+Added: ( 1,389,460 )
+Added: CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
+Added: Purchase of property and equipment
+Added: ( 2,062,155 )
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities
+Added: ( 2,062,155 )
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
+Added: Proceeds from exercise of warrants
+Added: Commissions on exercise of warrants
+Added: Redemption of Preferred Series B shares and interest
Proceeds from sale of units
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Proceeds from sale of common shares
−Removed: Proceeds from exercise of warrants
−Removed: Commissions on exercise of warrants
−Removed: Proceeds from Paycheck Protection Program loan
−Removed: Proceeds from loans payable - affiliates
−Removed: Repayment of loans payable - affiliates
Net cash provided by financing activities
−Removed: Net increase in cash
−Removed: Cash at beginning of period
−Removed: Cash at end of period
+Added: Net increase (decrease) in cash
+Added: ( 1,055,879 )
+Added: Cash at beginning of year
+Added: Cash at end of year
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
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Conversion of debt and liabilities into common units
−Removed: Conversion of deferred compensation into notes payable - related party
Warrants issued for unit commissions
Shares issued for warrant exercise commissions
−Removed: Shares issued for accounts payable and accrued expenses
+Added: Purchase of property and equipment in accounts payable and accrued expenses
+Added: Non-cash compensation in property and equipment
+Added: Capitalized interest in property and equipment
+Added: Conversion of deferred compensation to notes payable
See notes to consolidated financial statements
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YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 AND 2021
−Removed: ORGANIZATION,
−Removed: NATURE OF BUSINESS, GOING CONCERN AND MANAGEMENT’S PLANS:
+Added: ORGANIZATION, NATURE OF BUSINESS, GOING CONCERN AND MANAGEMENT’S PLANS :
Organization and nature of business:
−Removed: Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.'s ("Bion,"
−Removed: "Company,"
−Removed: "We,"
−Removed: "Us,"
−Removed: or "Our") was incorporated in 1987 in the State of Colorado.
−Removed: and proprietary technology provides comprehensive environmental solutions to one of the greatest water air and water quality problems
−Removed: pollution from large-scale livestock production facilities (also known as “Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations”
−Removed: or “CAFOs").
−Removed: Application of our technology and technology platform can simultaneously remediate environmental problems
−Removed: and improve operational/resource efficiencies by recovering value high-value co-products from the CAFOs’
−Removed: waste stream that have
−Removed: traditionally been wasted or underutilized, including renewable energy, nutrients (including ammonia nitrogen) and water.
−Removed: From 2016 to 2021 fiscal years, the Company has focused
−Removed: a large portion of its activities on developing, testing and demonstrating the 3rd generation of its technology and technology platform
−Removed: (“3G Tech”) with emphasis on increasing the efficiency of production of valuable co-products from the waste treatment process,
−Removed: including ammonia nitrogen in the form of organic ammonium bicarbonate products.
−Removed: The Company’s initial ammonium bicarbonate liquid
−Removed: product completed its Organic Materials Review Institute (“OMRI”) application and review process with approval during May
−Removed: An application for our first solid ammonium bicarbonate product –
−Removed: AD Nitrogen –
−Removed: has been filed and is in the review
+Added: Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.'s ("Bion,"
+Added: "Company," "We," "Us," or "Our") was incorporated in 1987 in the State of Colorado.
+Added: mission is to create extraordinary value for our shareholders and employees (all of whom own securities in the Company) while delivering
+Added: premium, sustainable products to our customers through ventures developing profitable, transparent, and sustainable solutions for livestock
+Added: Our patented and proprietary technology provides advanced
+Added: waste treatment and resource recovery for large-scale livestock production facilities (also known as “Concentrated Animal Feeding
+Added: Operations” or “CAFOs").
+Added: Livestock production and its waste, particularly from CAFOs, has been identified as one of the
+Added: greatest soil, air, and water quality problems in the U.S.
+Added: Application of our third generation technology and business/technology
+Added: platform (“Gen3Tech”) can largely mitigate these environmental problems, while simultaneously improving operational/ resource
+Added: efficiencies by recovering high-value co-products from the CAFOs’ waste stream.
+Added: These waste stream ‘assets’ –
+Added: nutrients and methane – have traditionally been wasted or underutilized and are the same ‘pollutants’ that today fuel
+Added: harmful algae blooms, contaminate groundwater, and exacerbate climate change.
+Added: Bion’s business model and technology
+Added: platform can create the opportunity for joint ventures (in various contractual forms)(“JVs”) between the Company and
+Added: large livestock/food/fertilizer industry participants based upon the supplemental cash flow generated by implementation of our
+Added: Gen3Tech business model, which cash flows will support the costs of technology implementation (including servicing related debt).
+Added: anticipate this will result in substantial long term value for Bion.
+Added: In the context of such JVs, we believe that the verifiable
+Added: sustainable branding opportunities (conventional and organic) in meat will represent the single largest enhanced revenue contributor
+Added: provided by Bion to the JVs (and Bion licensees).
+Added: The Company believes that the largest portion of its business will be conducted
+Added: through such JVs, but a material portion may involve licensing and or other approaches.
+Added: Bion’s Gen3Tech was designed to capture and
+Added: stabilize these assets and produce renewable energy, fertilizer products, and clean water as part of the process of raising verifiably
+Added: sustainable livestock.
+Added: All steps and stages in the treatment process will be third-party verified, providing the basis for additional
+Added: revenues, including renewable energy-related credits and, eventually, payment for ecosystem services, such as nutrient credits as described
+Added: The same verified data will be used to substantiate the claims of a USDA-certified sustainable brand that will support premium
+Added: pricing for the meat/ animal protein products that are produced in Bion facilities.
+Added: During the first half of 2022 Bion began marketing
+Added: our sustainable beef to retailers, food service distributors and the meat industry in the U.S.
+Added: In general, the response has been
+Added: During July 2022 Bion announced a letter of intent (“Ribbonwire LOI”) to develop its first large-scale commercial
+Added: project, a 15,000-head sustainable beef cattle feeding operation together with the Ribbonwire Ranch, in Dalhart, Texas (with a provision
+Added: to expand to 60,000 head) (“Dalhart Project”).
+Added: The Dalhart Project will be developed to produce blockchain-verified, sustainable
+Added: beef (with reduced the stress on cattle caused by extreme weather and temperatures and resulting higher feed/weight gain efficiency) while
+Added: remediating the environmental impacts associated usually associated with cattle CAFOs.
+Added: Bion’s patented technology will treat the
+Added: waste stream and recover/refine valuable coproducts that include clean water, renewable natural gas (RNG), photovoltaic solar electricity,
+Added: organic fertilizer and potentially other products.
+Added: We anticipate converting the Ribbonwire LOI into a definitive joint venture agreement
+Added: with Ribbonwire Ranch and creating distribution agreements with key retailers and food service distributors before the end of calendar
+Added: Our business plan is focused on executing multiple agreements
+Added: and letters of intent related to additional sustainable beef joint venture projects over the next twelve months while moving forward with
+Added: the Initial Project (see below) and the Dalhart Project and pursuing other opportunities in the livestock industry enabled by our Gen3
+Added: Tech business model.
+Added: The Ribbonwire LOI announcement has generated significant interest within the livestock industry (among ranchers,
+Added: feedlot operators, farmers and other AG industry parties).
+Added: We believe that this interest, combined with consumer interest in ‘sustainable
+Added: products’ and growing enthusiasm among some livestock industry parties for environmental/sustainable/regenerative practices, may
+Added: provide Bion (and its partners/venturers) with an opportunity to move forward with a truly sustainable solution in this industry segment.
+Added: During the next six months, the Company intends to
+Added: construct and begin operations of phase 1 of our Initial Project located near Fair Oaks, Indiana.
+Added: Bion expects the Initial Project to
+Added: provide data that illustrates the effectiveness of our Gen3Tech in a commercial setting by the end of the 2 nd quarter in 2023
+Added: and supports development of the Dalhart Project during 2023.
+Added: We believe this data will also provide additional potential stakeholders
+Added: (cattle producers, cattle feeders, packers, distributors, retailers and financial institutions) with the information they need to proceed
+Added: with confidence in collaborating with Bion on multiple new projects (see below).
Bion is now focused primarily on:
i) development/construction
−Removed: of its initial commercial-scale 3G Tech installation, ii) developing applications and markets for its organic fertilizer products and
−Removed: its sustainable (conventional and organic) animal protein products, and iii) initiation and development of joint ventures (“JVs”
−Removed: as discussed below) (and related projects) based on the augmented capabilities of our 3G Tech, while (iv) continuing to pursue development
−Removed: opportunities related to large retrofit projects (such as the Kreider poultry project JV described below) and ongoing R&D activities.
+Added: of the Initial Project, our initial commercial-scale Gen3Tech installation, ii) development/construction of the Dalhart Project, iii)
+Added: developing applications and markets for its low carbon organic fertilizer products and its sustainable (conventional and organic) animal
+Added: protein products, and iv) discussions regarding initiation and development of agreements and joint ventures (“JVs” as discussed
+Added: below) (and related projects) based on the augmented capabilities of our Gen3Tech business platform (in the sustainable beef and other
+Added: livestock segments), while (v) continuing to pursue business opportunities related to large retrofit projects (such as the Kreider poultry
+Added: project JV described below) and vi) ongoing R&D activities.
+Added: HISTORY, BACKGROUND AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES
+Added: Since the Company’s inception, Bion has designed and developed
+Added: advanced waste treatment systems for livestock.
+Added: The first and second generations of Bion’s technology platform were biological systems,
+Added: primarily focused on nutrient control.
+Added: Over 30 of these systems were deployed at New York dairies, Florida food processing facilities
+Added: and dairies, North Carolina hog farms, a Texas dairy and a Pennsylvania dairy (“Kreider 1 Project”).
+Added: The systems were highly
+Added: effective at their intended purpose:
+Added: capturing nitrogen and phosphorus.
+Added: They produced BionSoil as a byproduct, which was a remarkably
+Added: effective soil amendment/ fertilizer product, but whose value was not enough to support a viable business model.
+Added: As such, these early
+Added: technology iterations were entirely dependent on either implementation of new regulations requiring waste treatment, or subsidy/ incentive
+Added: programs that would provide ‘payment for ecosystem services’.
+Added: By the mid-2010’s, it became apparent that neither of
+Added: these options were imminent or even assured, so the Company initiated the steps to reimagine and redesign its technology.
+Added: From 2016 to 2021 fiscal years, the Company focused
+Added: most of its activities and resources on developing, testing and demonstrating the third generation of its technology and technology platform
+Added: (“Gen3Tech”) that was developed with an emphasis producing more valuable co-products from the waste treatment process, including
+Added: renewable natural gas and ammonium bicarbonate, a low-carbon, organic ’pure’ nitrogen fertilizer product while raising sustainable
The $175 billion U.S.
livestock industry is under
−Removed: intense scrutiny for its environmental and public health impacts –
−Removed: its ‘environmental sustainability’-- at the same
+Added: intense scrutiny for its environmental and public health impacts – its ‘environmental sustainability’-- at the same
time it is struggling with declining revenues and margins (derived in part from clinging to its historic practices and resulting limitations
−Removed: and impacts) which threaten its ‘economic sustainability’.
−Removed: Its failure to adequately respond to consumer concerns ranging
−Removed: including food safety, environmental impacts, and humane treatment of animals have provided impetus for plant-based alternatives such
−Removed: as Beyond Meat and Impossible Burger (and many others) being marketed as “sustainable”
−Removed: alternatives for this growing consumer
−Removed: segment of the market.
−Removed: The Company believes that its 3G Tech, in addition
+Added: and impacts) which threaten its ‘economic sustainability’.
+Added: Its failure to adequately respond to consumer concerns including
+Added: food safety, environmental impacts, and inhumane treatment of animals have provided impetus for plant-based alternatives such as Beyond
+Added: Meat and Impossible Burger (and many others) being marketed as “sustainable” alternatives for this growing consumer segment
+Added: of the market.
+Added: The Company believes that its Gen3Tech, in addition
to providing superior environmental remediation, creates opportunities for large scale production of i) verifiably sustainable-branded
−Removed: livestock products and ii) verifiably sustainable organic-branded livestock products that will command premium pricing (in part due to
−Removed: ongoing monitoring and third-party verification of environmental performance which will provide meaningful assurances to both consumers
+Added: livestock products and ii) verifiably sustainable organic-branded livestock products, both of which will command premium pricing (in part
+Added: due to ongoing monitoring and third-party verification of environmental performance which will provide meaningful assurances to both consumers
and regulatory agencies).
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production/marketing opportunity for Bion.
−Removed: Our 3G Tech will also produce (as co-products) biogas and valuable organic fertilizer products,
−Removed: which can be utilized in the production of organic grains for use as feed for raising organic livestock (some of which may be utilized
−Removed: in the Company’s JV projects) and/or marketed to the growing organic fertilizer market.
−Removed: During late September 2021, Bion entered into a lease
−Removed: for the development site of its initial commercial scale 3G Tech project in September 2021(“Initial Project”), which Initial
−Removed: Project will be located on approximately four (4) acres of leased land near Fair Oaks, Indiana (see Note 14 below).
−Removed: Terms for an additional
−Removed: related agreement regarding disposal of certain manure effluent have been agreed upon with the Curtis Creek Dairy unit of Fair Oaks Farms
−Removed: (“FOF”) and the Company expects the agreement to be finalized by the end of the first full week of October 2021.
−Removed: pre-development work commenced during August 2021 and preparation for active surveying, site engineering and other work is now underway.
−Removed: The Initial Project will be an environmentally sustainable beef cattle feeding facility, equipped with state-of-the-art housing and Bion’s
−Removed: 3G-Tech platform to provide waste treatment and resource recovery.
−Removed: Bion has designed the project to house and feed approximately 300 head
−Removed: of beef cattle.
−Removed: The facility will include Bion’s 3G Tech platform including:
−Removed: i) covered barns with solar photovoltaic generation,
−Removed: ii) anaerobic digestion for renewable energy recovery;
−Removed: iii) livestock waste treatment and resource recovery technology;
−Removed: iv) Bion’s
−Removed: ammonium bicarbonate recovery and crystallization technology and iv) data collection software to document system efficiencies and environmental
−Removed: benefits (with the Bion 3G Tech facilities capable of treating the waste from approximately 1,500 head).
−Removed: The facility will be large enough
−Removed: to demonstrate engineering capabilities of Bion’s 3G Tech at commercial scale, but small enough that it can be constructed and commissioned
−Removed: quickly, with operations targeted to commence sometime during the Spring of 2022.
−Removed: This project is not being developed at economic commercial
−Removed: scale or with an expectation of profitability due to its limited scale.
−Removed: However, successful installation, commissioning, and operations
−Removed: will demonstrate scalability, determine operating parameters at scale, and provide ongoing production and engineering capabilities, all
−Removed: being critical steps that must be accomplished before developing large projects with JV partners.
+Added: Our Gen3Tech will also produce (as co-products) biogas, solar photovoltaic electricity in appropriate
+Added: locations, and valuable low carbon organic fertilizer products, which can be utilized in the production of organic grains for use as feed
+Added: for raising organic livestock (some of which may be utilized in the Company’s JV projects) and/or marketed to the growing organic
+Added: fertilizer market.
+Added: During July 2022, the Company entered into a letter
+Added: of intent with Ribbonwire Ranch (Dalhart, Texas) (“Ribbonwire LOI”) setting forth the parties’ intention to negotiate
+Added: a joint venture agreement and enter into a joint venture to develop and operate an initial 15,000 head integrated, sustainable beef facility
+Added: on RWR property (“Dalhart Project”) including:
+Added: a) innovative cattle barns (with slatted floors to facilitate movement of manure to the anaerobic digester
+Added: and potentially solar PV generation on the rooftops which barns will improve the living conditions of the animals while increasing feeding/weight
+Added: gain efficiency,
+Added: b) ‘customized’ anaerobic digestion systems (including pretreatment to increase renewable natural
+Added: gas (‘RNG’) production and an RNG cleaning system (which will include capture/recycling of the CO2) to allow pipeline sales
+Added: and monetization of related environmental credits,
+Added: c) a Bion GEN3 Tech module (which will utilize the recycled CO2 to increase ammonium bicarbonate recovery)
+Added: for the production of ammonium bicarbonate fertilizer for use in organic crop production (plus residual organic solids and clean water),
+Added: d) which will produce verifiably sustainable beef products with USDA certified branding.
+Added: The Dalhart Project will include expansion capability up to
+Added: 60,000 head of cattle, in aggregate, located at/around/contiguous to the initial facilities on Ribbonwire property.
+Added: The opportunity presented by the Ribbonwire LOI to commercialize the Company’s
+Added: Gen3Tech and business model matured more quickly than anticipated (reflecting strong industry and public momentum in favor of verifiably
+Added: sustainable food ventures).
+Added: As a result, we have shifted our plans to focus resources and make our initial 15,000 head operation in Dalhart,
+Added: TX a reality as soon as possible.
+Added: To place the Ribbonwire LOI and the Dalhart Project in the context of Company’s
+Added: business plan (and our prior public disclosure), if the contemplated venture moves forward on the timelines set forth in the Ribbonwire
+Added: LOI, active development of the Dalhart Project will commence early in the second quarter of 2023.
+Added: Prior to such activity, the Company intends to construct and operate the
+Added: initial phase of the previously announced Gen3 Tech demonstration project near Fair Oaks, Indiana (“Initial Project”):
+Added: to validate our existing data and modeling at commercial scale and ii) to optimize the Bion 3G Tech module for finalization of design
+Added: parameters and fabrication details of our planned 15,000 head commercial facilities (including the Dalhart Project).
+Added: For the purposes
+Added: of this initial phase, the Company, in order to accelerate the data acquisition phase, intends to utilize anaerobic digester effluent
+Added: from the nearby/contiguous Fair Oaks dairy.
+Added: Construction and related activities of this demonstration project have commenced with main
+Added: module assembly on site targeted to commence during January 2023 (somewhat delayed due to supply chain constraints) followed by operations
+Added: through the first half of 2023 to generate the required information.
+Added: Thereafter, the Company will evaluate what, if any, additional facilities
+Added: and testing will take place at that location.
+Added: The Company anticipates that it will negotiate additional letters of intent
+Added: and enter into additional joint ventures related to the development of further commercial-scale sustainable beef projects over the next
+Added: 6-18 months in addition to the Dalhart Project.
+Added: As previously disclosed, during late September 2021,
+Added: Bion entered into a lease for the development site of the Initial Project, our initial commercial scale Gen3Tech project, which Initial
+Added: Project will be located on approximately four (4) acres of leased land near Fair Oaks, Indiana, and a related agreement regarding disposal
+Added: of certain manure effluent with the Curtis Creek Dairy unit of Fair Oaks Farms (“FOF”).
+Added: Design and pre-development work commenced
+Added: during August 2021 and preliminary surveying, site engineering and other work is now underway along with site-specific engineering and
+Added: The Initial Project was initially planned to be an environmentally sustainable beef cattle feeding facility, equipped with
+Added: state-of-the-art housing and Bion’s 3G-Tech platform to provide waste treatment and resource recovery.
+Added: Bion has designed the project
+Added: to house and feed approximately 300 head of beef cattle.
+Added: If all phases of the Initial Project are constructed, the facility will include
+Added: Bion’s Gen3Tech platform including:
+Added: i) covered barns (possibly including roof top solar photovoltaic generation), ii) anaerobic
+Added: digestion for renewable energy recovery, iii) livestock waste treatment and resource recovery technology, iv) Bion’s ammonium bicarbonate
+Added: recovery and crystallization technology and iv) data collection software to document system efficiencies and environmental benefits (with
+Added: the Bion Gen3Tech facilities capable of treating the waste from approximately 1,500 head).
+Added: The facility will be large enough to demonstrate
+Added: engineering capabilities of Bion’s Gen3Tech at commercial scale, but small enough that it can be constructed and commissioned relatively
+Added: Originally, construction and onsite assembly operations were targeted to commence sometime late in 2022, however, supply chain
+Added: backlogs have delayed likely delivery dates for core modules of the Bion system to the site until sometime during January 2023.
+Added: been moving forward with the development process of the Initial Project.
+Added: See Note 3 “Property and Equipment” and Note 12 “Subsequent
+Added: Events” (for activities since the start of the first quarter of the 2023 fiscal year).
+Added: The Initial Project is not being developed at economic
+Added: commercial scale or with an expectation of profitability due to its limited scale.
+Added: However, successful installation, commissioning, and
+Added: operations will demonstrate scalability, determine operating parameters at scale, and provide ongoing production and engineering capabilities,
+Added: all being critical steps that must be accomplished before developing large projects with JV partners.
Specifically, the Initial Project is being developed
to provide and/or accomplish the following:
−Removed: Proof of 3G Tech platform scalability
−Removed: - Document system efficiency and environmental
−Removed: benefits and enable final engineering modifications to optimize each unit process within the Bion 3G technology platform.
−Removed: - Environmental benefits will include (without
−Removed: limitation) renewable energy production (natural gas recovery from AD and solar electric from integrated roof top photovoltaic generation);
+Added: Proof of Gen3Tech platform scalability
+Added: Document system efficiency and environmental benefits and enable final engineering modifications to optimize each unit process within the Bion Gen3technology platform.
+Added: Environmental benefits will include (without limitation) renewable energy production (natural gas recovery from AD and solar electric from integrated roof top photovoltaic generation);
nutrient recovery and conversion to stable organic fertilizer;
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air emission reductions.
−Removed: Use Bion’s data collection system to support 3 rd party verified system efficiency requirement to qualify for USDA
−Removed: Process-Verified-Program (PVP):
+Added: Use Bion’s data collection system to support 3rd party verified system efficiency requirement to qualify for USDA Process-Verified-Program (PVP):
certification of sustainable branded beef (and potentially pork) product metrics.
−Removed: Produce sufficient ammonium bicarbonate nitrogen fertilizer (“AD Nitrogen”) for commercial testing by potential joint
−Removed: venture partners and/or purchasers and for university growth trials.
+Added: Produce sufficient ammonium bicarbonate nitrogen fertilizer (“AD Nitrogen”) for commercial testing by potential joint venture partners and/or purchasers and for university growth trials.
Produce sustainable beef products for initial test marketing efforts.
−Removed: Upon achieving optimized and steady-state operations
−Removed: at the Initial Project during 2022, coupled with obtaining an OMRI listing for its AD Nitrogen product, Bion expects to be ready to move
−Removed: forward with its plans for development of much larger facilities.
−Removed: The Company anticipates that discussions and negotiations regarding
−Removed: potential JVs with strategic partners in the financial and livestock industries to develop large scale projects will commence during the
−Removed: construction of the Initial Project.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company believes there will also be opportunities to proceed with selected ‘retrofit
−Removed: projects’
−Removed: of existing facilities (see ‘Retrofit 3G Tech Project:
−Removed: Kreider Poultry JV below as an example).
−Removed: Bion intends to move forward on its one of its primary
−Removed: commercial goals:
−Removed: establishing JV’s for large scale projects that will produce both sustainable and sustainable-organic corn-fed
−Removed: The products will be supported by a USDA PVP-certified sustainable brand that will, initially, highlight reductions in carbon and
−Removed: nutrient footprint, as well as pathogen reductions associated with foodborne illness and antibiotic resistance, along with the organic
−Removed: designation where appropriate.
−Removed: Bion has successfully navigated the USDA PVP application process previously, having received conditional
−Removed: approval of its 2G Tech platform, pending resubmission and final site audits, and is confident it will be successful in qualifying its
−Removed: 3G Tech platform.
+Added: The Initial Project will be carried out in stages
+Added: with phase one focused on portions of items i.
+Added: set forth above.
+Added: Upon completing the primary goals of phase 1 of the
+Added: Initial Project, (coupled with obtaining organic certifications(s) for our for our solid ammonium bicarbonate fertilizer product line),
+Added: Bion expects to be ready to move forward with its plans for development of much larger facilities including the Dalhart Project.
+Added: anticipates that discussions and negotiations it has begun (together with additional opportunities that will be generated over the next
+Added: 6-12 months) regarding potential JVs with strategic partners in the financial, livestock and food distribution industries to develop large
+Added: scale projects will continue during the development/construction of the Initial Project with a 2023 goal of establishing multiple JV’s
+Added: for large scale projects that will produce sustainable and/or sustainable-organic corn-fed beef.
+Added: These products will be supported by a
+Added: USDA PVP-certified sustainable brand that will, initially, highlight reductions in carbon and nutrient footprint, as well as pathogen
+Added: reductions associated with foodborne illness and antibiotic resistance, along with the organic designation where appropriate.
+Added: successfully navigated the USDA PVP application process previously, having received conditional approval of its 2G Tech platform (pending
+Added: resubmission and final site audits), and is confident it will be successful in qualifying its Gen3Tech platform.
+Added: After the basic technology start-up milestones of
+Added: the Initial Project (primarily optimization and steady-state operations of the core modules of our Gen3Tech platform) have been met, the
+Added: core modules may be re-located to a subsequent more permanent location to be determined at a later date.
+Added: The Company is in discussion
+Added: with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to jointly develop an integrated beef facility based on Bion’s Gen3 Tech and business model
+Added: at its Klosterman Feedyard Innovation Center (“KFIC”) (or other mutually agreed upon location) which facility will include
+Added: innovative barns, an anaerobic digester and a Bion Gen3Tech system to conduct ongoing research and development related thereto and the
+Added: KFIC is a possible site for the long term re-location of the core modules.
+Added: This venture, if it moves forward, is anticipated to include
+Added: joint preparation of applications for grants and other funding from the USDA (‘climate smart’ program, rural development,
+Added: etc.) and other sources.
+Added: The Company is also considering re-locating the core module of the Initial Project to Dalhart, Texas, where it
+Added: might be integrated into the first phases of the Dalhart Project.
+Added: The Company’s initial ammonium bicarbonate
+Added: liquid product completed its Organic Materials Review Institute (“OMRI”) application and review process with approval during
+Added: Applications for our first solid ammonium bicarbonate product line have been filed with OMRI, the California Department of
+Added: Food & Agriculture (“CDFA”) and the Iowa Organic Program (“IOP”) and are in the review processes (which is
+Added: likely to require an extended period of time and multiple procedural steps, in part due to the novel nature of our Gen3Tech in the context
+Added: of organic certifications).
+Added: See “ Organic Fertilizer Listing/Certification Process ” below.
+Added: Additionally, the Company believes there will
+Added: also be opportunities to proceed with selected ‘retrofit projects’ of existing facilities (see ‘ Gen3Tech Kreider
+Added: 2 Poultry Projec t’ below as an example) in the swine, dairy and poultry industries utilizing our Gen3 Tech.
Bion believes that substantial unmet demand currently
−Removed: exists–
−Removed: potentially very large –
−Removed: for ‘real’
−Removed: meat/ dairy/ egg products that offer the verifiable/believable sustainability
+Added: exists– potentially very large – for ‘real’ meat/ dairy/ egg products that offer the verifiable/believable sustainability
consumers seek, but with the taste and texture they have come to expect from American beef and pork, dairy and poultry.
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demonstrate the U.S.
−Removed: consumers’
−Removed: preferences for sustainability.
−Removed: For example, 2019 NYU Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business
−Removed: study found that ‘products marketed as sustainable grew 5.6 times faster than those that were not…’
−Removed: and that ‘…in
+Added: consumers’ preferences for sustainability.
+Added: For example, 2019 NYU Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business
+Added: study found that ‘products marketed as sustainable grew 5.6 times faster than those that were not…’ and that ‘…in
more than 90 percent of consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) categories, sustainability-marketed products grew faster than their conventional
−Removed: counterparts.’
−Removed: Sales growth of plant-based alternatives, including both dairy and more recently ground meat (Beyond Meat, Impossible
−Removed: Foods, etc.) have shown that a certain segment of consumers are choosing seemingly sustainable offering, and are also willing to pay a
−Removed: premium for it.
−Removed: Numerous studies also support the consumers’
−Removed: ‘willingness-to-pay’
−Removed: (WTP) for sustainable choices, including
−Removed: a recent meta-analysis of 80 worldwide studies with results that calculate the overall WTP premium for sustainability is 29.5 percent
+Added: counterparts.’ Sales growth of plant-based alternatives, including both dairy and more recently ground meat (Beyond Meat, Impossible
+Added: Foods, etc.) have shown that a certain segment of consumers is choosing food marketed as ‘sustainable’ and are also willing
+Added: to pay a premium for it.
+Added: Numerous studies also support the consumers’ ‘willingness-to-pay’ (WTP) for sustainable choices,
+Added: including a recent meta-analysis of 80 worldwide studies with results that calculate the overall WTP premium for sustainability is 29.5
+Added: percent on average.
As one of the largest contributors to some of the
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opportunities we have to reduce negative environmental impacts of the food supply chain on air and water quality.
−Removed: Bion’s 3G Tech
−Removed: platform, along with its business model, enables the cleanup of the ‘dirtiest’
−Removed: part of the food supply chain:
+Added: Bion’s Gen3Tech
+Added: platform, along with its business model, enables the cleanup of the ‘dirtiest’ part of the food supply chain:
animal protein
−Removed: production and creates the opportunity to produce and market verifiably sustainable organic and conventional ‘real meat’
−Removed: that can participate in the growth and premium pricing that appears to be readily available for the ‘right’
−Removed: Bion believes the at least a premium segment of the
−Removed: US beef industry (and potentially other livestock industry groups) is at the doorstep of a transformative opportunity to address the growing
−Removed: demand for sustainable food product offerings, while pushing back against today’s anti-meat messaging.
+Added: production and creates the opportunity to produce and market verifiably sustainable organic and conventional ‘real meat’ products
+Added: that can participate in the growth and premium pricing that appears to be readily available for the ‘right’ products.
+Added: Bion believes that at least a premium segment of the
+Added: beef industry (and potentially other livestock industry groups) is at the doorstep of a transformative opportunity to address the
+Added: growing demand for sustainable food product offerings, while pushing back against today’s anti-meat messaging.
At $66 billion/year
−Removed: retail value), the beef industry is a fragmented, commodity industry whose practices date back decades.
−Removed: In 1935 inflation-adjusted terms,
−Removed: beef is 63% more expensive today, while pork and chicken, which are now primarily raised in covered barns, at CAFOs with highly integrated
−Removed: supply chains, are 12% and 62% cheaper, respectively.
−Removed: In recent years, the beef industry has come under increasing fire from advocacy
−Removed: groups, regulatory agencies, institutional investors, and ultimately, their own consumers, over concerns that include climate change,
−Removed: water pollution, food safety, and the treatment of animals and workers.
+Added: (2021 wholesale/farmgate value), the beef industry is a fragmented, commodity industry whose practices date back decades.
+Added: In 1935 inflation-adjusted
+Added: terms, beef is 63% more expensive today, while pork and chicken, which are now primarily raised in covered barns, at CAFOs with highly
+Added: integrated supply chains, are 12% and 62% cheaper, respectively.
+Added: In recent years, the beef industry has come under increasing fire
+Added: from advocacy groups, regulatory agencies, institutional investors, and ultimately, their own consumers, over concerns that include climate
+Added: change, water pollution, food safety, and the treatment of animals and workers.
Advocacy groups targeting livestock and the beef industry
−Removed: have recently been joined by competitors that produce animal protein alternatives in seeking to exploit the industry’s environmental
+Added: have recently been joined by competitors that produce animal protein alternatives in seeking to exploit the industry’s environmental
and economic weaknesses.
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Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, a coordinated anti-meat messaging campaign has targeted consumers worldwide, primarily focused
−Removed: on the industry’s impacts on climate change.
+Added: on the industry’s impacts on climate change.
Meat alternatives, especially plant-based protein producers like Beyond Meat and Impossible
−Removed: Foods, are being heavily promoted by themselves and the media, and have enjoyed steady sales growth.
−Removed: A 2018 NielsenIQ Homescan survey
−Removed: last year found that 39% of Americans are actively trying to eat more plant-based foods.
−Removed: Some of the recent growth in plant-based proteins
−Removed: results from increasing lactose intolerance and other health concerns;
−Removed: however, most of that growth is attributed to consumers’
−Removed: growing concerns for the environmental impacts of real meat and dairy.
−Removed: Several large US companies that have traditionally focused on livestock
−Removed: production, including Cargill, ADM, Perdue Foods, and Tyson, have recently entered the plant protein space.
−Removed: In terms of changing customer
−Removed: preferences, ‘saving the planet’
−Removed: has proven to be a more compelling argument than the traditional animal activism/ welfare
−Removed: To date, the only ‘industry response’
−Removed: to this has been grass-fed beef, which is regarded as a generally more sustainable
−Removed: offering than grain-fed.
−Removed: However grass-fed beef has had only limited acceptance in U.S.
−Removed: markets, because it is less flavorful and tougher
−Removed: than the traditional corn-fed beef consumers have grown to enjoy.
+Added: Foods, are being heavily promoted by themselves and the media, and initially enjoyed steady sales growth until sales began flattening
+Added: over the past 12-18 months.
+Added: A 2018 NielsenIQ Homescan survey last year found that 39% of Americans are actively trying to eat more plant-based
+Added: Some of the recent growth in plant-based proteins results from increasing lactose intolerance and other health concerns;
+Added: most of that growth is attributed to consumers’ growing concerns for the environmental impacts of real meat and dairy.
+Added: Several large
+Added: US companies that have traditionally focused on livestock production, including Cargill, ADM, Perdue Foods, and Tyson, have recently entered
+Added: the plant protein space.
+Added: In terms of changing customer preferences, ‘saving the planet’ has proven to be a more compelling
+Added: argument than the traditional animal activism/ welfare pitch.
+Added: To date, the primary beef ‘industry response’ to this has been
+Added: grass-fed beef, which is regarded as a generally more sustainable offering than grain-fed (largely without empirical evidence) plus a
+Added: patina of initiatiatives invoking the vague term ‘regenerative’ agriculture.
+Added: However grass-fed beef has had only limited acceptance
+Added: markets, because it is less flavorful and tougher than the traditional corn-fed beef consumers have grown to enjoy.
It should be noted that these plant-based protein
−Removed: producers are primarily expected to be able to serve the ground/ processed meat market, which represents only about 10 percent of the
−Removed: overall animal protein market.
−Removed: Further, there has recently been pushback to these plant-based products, focusing on their highly processed
−Removed: nature and unproven health benefits, scalability/ pricing, and their uncertain carbon footprint.
−Removed: There have also been several companies
−Removed: recently enter the cellular and 3D-printed meat arena.
−Removed: While facing myriad challenges and further out on the development timeline, some
−Removed: people believe cellular agriculture (aka cultured, clean, lab-grown, cultivated) meat may have the potential to service a much larger
−Removed: percentage of the market than plant-based protein, including cuts like steaks, chops and roasts, but the likely cost remains very uncertain
−Removed: at this point.
−Removed: Each of these items supports Bion’s belief that
−Removed: there is a potentially very large opportunity to supply premium sustainable beef products that satisfy these concerns.
−Removed: We believe that
−Removed: the real meat/beef products that can be cost-effectively produced today using our 3G Tech platform, both sustainable and/or organic, can
−Removed: provide an affordable product that satisfies the consumer’s desire for sustainability, but with the superior taste and texture those
−Removed: consumers have grown to prefer.
+Added: producers are primarily expected to be able to serve the ground/ processed meat market, segment which represents only about 10 percent
+Added: of the overall animal protein market.
+Added: Further, there has recently been pushback to these plant-based products, focusing on their highly
+Added: processed nature and unproven health benefits, scalability/ pricing, and their uncertain carbon footprint.
+Added: There have also been several
+Added: companies recently enter the cellular and 3D-printed meat arena.
+Added: While facing myriad technical and economic challenges and further out
+Added: on the development timeline, some people believe cellular agriculture (aka cultured, clean, lab-grown, cultivated) meat may have the potential
+Added: to service a much larger percentage of the market than plant-based protein, including cuts like steaks, chops and roasts, but the likely
+Added: cost and timeline for availability remain very uncertain at this point.
+Added: Each of these items supports Bion’s belief that
+Added: there is a potentially very large opportunity to supply premium verifiably sustainable beef products that address these consumer concerns.
+Added: We believe that the real meat/beef products that can be cost-effectively produced today using our Gen3Tech platform, both sustainable
+Added: and/or sustainable organic, can provide an affordable product that satisfies the consumer’s desire for sustainability, while providing
+Added: the superior taste and texture those consumers have grown to prefer.
Sustainable Beef
−Removed: Bion’s goal is to be first to market with meaningfully
−Removed: sustainable, and verified, beef products that can be produced at sufficient scale to service national market demand.
−Removed: The cattle produced
−Removed: at a Bion facility will enjoy a substantially lower carbon footprint, dramatically reduced nutrient impacts to water, and an almost total
−Removed: pathogen kill in the waste stream.
−Removed: A Bion sustainable beef facility will be comprised of covered barns with slotted floors, which allow
−Removed: the waste to pass through and be collected quickly and frequently to reduce ammonia volatilization and loss, as well as odors.
−Removed: barns will reduce weather impacts on the livestock and have been demonstrated to promote improved general health and weight gain in the
−Removed: cattle housed in them.
−Removed: The barns represent a very large roof surface area, which will be utilized in appropriate geographical locations
−Removed: for the installation of photovoltaic solar generation systems to produce electricity for the facility, as well as export to the grid.
−Removed: Waste treatment and resource recovery will be provided by Bion’s advanced 3G Tech platform, which Bion believes offers the most
−Removed: comprehensive solution for livestock waste available today.
−Removed: In addition to direct environmental benefits every pound of nitrogen that
−Removed: is captured, upcycled, and returned to the agricultural nitrogen cycle as high-quality fertilizer (vs lost to contaminate downstream waters),
−Removed: is also a pound of nitrogen that will not have to be produced as synthetic urea or anhydrous ammonia, with their tremendous carbon cost.
−Removed: System performance and environmental benefits will be monitored and verified through third parties, with USDA PVP certification of the
−Removed: sustainable brand that Bion also believes will be the most comprehensive available in the market.
+Added: Bion’s goal is to be first to market with meaningfully
+Added: verified sustainable beef products that can be produced at sufficient scale to service national market demand.
+Added: The cattle produced at
+Added: a Bion facility will have a substantially lower carbon footprint, dramatically reduced nutrient impacts to water and air, and an almost
+Added: total pathogen kill in the waste stream.
+Added: Further, the economics of producing these cattle (including the cost of the facility/technology
+Added: upgrade) will be greatly enhanced by the revenue realized from the recovery of valuable resources, including renewable energy, high-value
+Added: fertilizer products, and clean water.
+Added: A Bion sustainable beef facility (see diagram above)
+Added: will be comprised of covered barns with slotted floors (allowing the waste to pass through) which will reduce ammonia volatilization and
+Added: loss to the atmosphere, as well as odors, thereby improving animal health and human working conditions while preventing air/soil/water
+Added: The manure will be collected and moved directly to customized anaerobic digestion facilities which will produce renewable natural
+Added: gas (and re-cycle CO2 from the gas cleaning process).
+Added: Covered barns will reduce weather impacts on the livestock and have been demonstrated
+Added: to promote improved general health and weight gain in the cattle housed in them.
+Added: The barns’ very large roof surface area will be
+Added: utilized (in appropriate geographical locations) for the installation of photovoltaic solar generation systems to produce electricity
+Added: for the facility, as well as export to the grid.
+Added: The barn roofs will also be configured to capture rainwater, which, coupled with the
+Added: water recovered from the treatment process, will reduce the projects’ reliance on current water supplies.
+Added: Waste treatment and resource recovery will be provided
+Added: by Bion’s advanced Gen3Tech platform, which Bion believes offers the most comprehensive solution for livestock waste available today.
+Added: In addition to direct environmental benefits, every pound of nitrogen that is captured, upcycled, and returned to the agricultural nitrogen
+Added: cycle as high-quality fertilizer (vs lost to contaminate downstream waters), is also a pound of nitrogen that will not have to be produced
+Added: as synthetic urea or anhydrous ammonia, with their tremendous carbon cost.
+Added: System performance and environmental benefits will be monitored
+Added: and verified through third parties, with USDA PVP certification of the sustainable brand that Bion also believes will be the most comprehensive
+Added: available in the market.
+Added: Recently there have been efforts to establish sustainable
+Added: brands (including USDA PVP certification) for a number of small-scale livestock producers (largely in the grass fed beef category).
+Added: date, the reach and extent of such efforts is limited and it is difficult to determine their effectiveness.
+Added: Additionally, there have
+Added: been public announcements of initiatives related to beef sustainability (largely focused on the ‘cow-calf’ segment of the
+Added: livestock chain) in procurement by major beef processing companies, but a closer look finds that most consist largely of ‘green
+Added: washing’ public proclamations in the wake of environmental and social criticism that re-package prior initiatives and lack any significant
+Added: new substance.
+Added: At present, there is essentially no traceable and
+Added: verifiable ‘sustainable beef’ available to the US market except for niche products.
+Added: In response to consumer demand for transparency
+Added: and sustainability, Bion expects the meat industry in general, and beef specifically, to evolve towards using new technologies to deliver
+Added: these attributes in their products.
+Added: While we anticipate a faster adoption of tracking, verification and sustainability technologies in
+Added: other perishable food categories like produce and dairy due to their harvest and production techniques, meat industry leaders have also
+Added: announced their willingness to move forward with initiatives in this area.
+Added: Bion predicts that within approximately five years, consumers
+Added: will be able to track and verify claims including sustainability on 25% (or more) of the products merchandised in the meat department.
+Added: Bion believes that the retail market share of verifiably sustainable beef in the US will approach 7-10 % within three (3) years (end of
+Added: 2025) and 25% in five (5) years (end of 2027) (approximately 2,000,000 cattle annually).
+Added: If Bion can successfully execute on its sustainable
+Added: beef business plan, facilities utilizing Bion’s Gen3Tech platform will provide one-third (1/3) or more of that of the premium market
+Added: segment (and a higher portion of meat that is actually traceable and verifiably sustainable).
+Added: Our goal is to have multiple sustainable
+Added: beef projects under development (within 3-5 distinct JVs) by the end of 2023.
+Added: Our first commercial project is likely to be the Dalhart
+Added: Project but we anticipate commencing additional sustainable beef projects during 2023 as well.
+Added: Our current target is to have at least
+Added: three (3) facility modules (15,000 head per module)(“Modules”) in development/under construction during 2023 in three (3)
+Added: different JVs with the initial barns being populated with livestock by fall/winter 2024-25.
+Added: Further expansion in the number of distinct
+Added: JVs is projected through 2025 aiming at 5-10 JVs in process --- each of which JVs will be pursuing development of multiple Modules with
+Added: targets of 12-15 populated Modules by the end of 2025 (approximately 2%-3% of the US beef market) and 30-45 Modules constructed and populated
+Added: by 2027-28 (approximately 6%-8% of the US beef market) with further expansion thereafter.
+Added: Bion’s current goal is that its Gen3Tech
+Added: platform will be utilized to produce 33% of the verifiable “sustainable beef” category at the end of the period (which will
+Added: equal approximately 2 million cattle annually)(45 Modules).
+Added: There is no assurance that the Company will reach
+Added: or approach the goals/targets set forth above.
+Added: Reaching such goals/targets will require access to very large amounts of capital (equity
+Added: and debt) as each module is projected to cost in excess of $ 50 million to construct and require mobilization of substantial personnel,
+Added: technical resources and management skills.
+Added: The Company does not possess either the financial or personnel resources required internally
+Added: and will need to source such resources from outside itself.
+Added: During this period, the Company also anticipates having
+Added: Gen3Tech projects underway in the pork/dairy/egg sectors of the US animal protein market.
Sustainable Organic Beef
Bion believes it has a unique opportunity to produce,
−Removed: at scale, affordable corn-fed organic beef that is certified as sustainable.
+Added: at scale, affordable corn-fed organic beef that is also certified as sustainable.
In addition to the sustainable practices described above,
organic-sourced beef cows would be finished on organic corn, which would be produced using the ammonium bicarbonate fertilizer captured
−Removed: by the 3G Tech platform.
+Added: by the Gen3Tech platform.
Bion believes its meat products will meet consumer demands with respect to sustainability and safety (organic)
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largely unavailable in the market today.
−Removed: We believe Bion’s unique ability to produce the fertilizer needed to grow a supply of low-cost
−Removed: organic corn, and the resulting opportunity to produce organic beef, will dramatically differentiate us from potential competitors.
−Removed: organic opportunity is dependent on successfully establishing Bion’s fertilizer products as acceptable for use in organic grain
+Added: We believe Bion’s unique ability to produce the fertilizer needed to grow a supply of relatively
+Added: low-cost organic corn, and the resulting opportunity to produce organic beef, will dramatically differentiate us from potential competitors.
+Added: This organic opportunity is dependent on successfully establishing Bion’s fertilizer products as acceptable for use in organic grain
Today, organic beef demand is limited and mostly supplied
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mostly resulting from consumer issues with taste and texture.
−Removed: In other words, it’s tough.
+Added: In other words, it’s tough.
Regardless, such steaks sell for a significant
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costs of producing organic corn and grain.
−Removed: The exception is offerings that are very expensive from small ‘boutique’
−Removed: beef producers.
+Added: The exception is offerings that are very expensive from small ‘boutique’ beef producers.
Like all plants, corn requires nitrogen to grow.
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However, the cost for suitable nitrogen fertilizer that can be applied late-season in organic
−Removed: corn production is so high that the late-season application becomes uneconomical, resulting in substantially lower yields –
−Removed: recognized phenomena known as the ‘yield gap’
−Removed: in organic production.
+Added: corn production is so high that the late-season application becomes uneconomical, resulting in substantially lower yields – a widely
+Added: recognized phenomena known as the ‘yield gap’ in organic production.
The yield gap results in higher costs for organic corn
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consumers have come to expect from American beef.
−Removed: Bion’s ability to produce the low-cost nitrogen fertilizer that can close the
−Removed: organic yield (and affordability) gap puts the company in a unique, if not exclusive at this time, position to participate in JV’s
+Added: Bion’s ability to produce the low-cost nitrogen fertilizer that can close the
+Added: organic yield (and affordability) gap puts the Company in a unique, if not exclusive at this time, position to participate in JV’s
that will benefit from this opportunity starting next year.
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The consumer demand for sustainability appears to be a real and lasting
−Removed: trend, but consumers remain skeptical of generalized claims of ‘sustainability’.
+Added: trend, but consumers remain skeptical of generalized claims of ‘sustainability’.
To date, a large portion of the industry
−Removed: responses have been at a superficial level or consist of ‘green washing’, a deceptive marketing practice where companies promote
−Removed: non-substantive initiatives.
−Removed: Real sustainability for the livestock industry will require implementation of advanced waste treatment technology
−Removed: at or near the livestock production facilities (“Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations”
−Removed: or “CAFOs”) –
−Removed: most of the negative environmental impacts take place.
+Added: responses to this trend have been at a superficial level or consist of ‘green washing’, a deceptive marketing practice where
+Added: companies promote non-substantive initiatives.
+Added: Real sustainability for
+Added: the livestock industry will require implementation
+Added: of advanced waste treatment technology at or near the CAFOs – where most of the negative environmental impacts take place.
+Added: Organic Fertilizer Listing/Certification Process
+Added: The Company has focused a large portion of its activities
+Added: on developing, testing and demonstrating the 3rd generation of its technology and technology platform (“Gen3Tech”) with emphasis
+Added: on increasing the efficiency of production of valuable co-products from the waste treatment process, including ammonia nitrogen in the
+Added: form of low carbon and/or organically certified ammonium bicarbonate products.
+Added: The Company’s initial ammonium bicarbonate liquid
+Added: product completed its Organic Materials Review Institute (“OMRI”) application and review process with approval during May
+Added: Applications for our first solid form of concentrated
+Added: ammonia, soluble nitrogen fertilizer product line have been filed with OMRI (filed during May 2021), the Iowa Organic Program (“IOP”)(filed
+Added: during March 2022) and the California Department of Food & Agriculture (“CDFA”)(filed during May 2022) and are each in
+Added: the review process.
+Added: The review processes are requiring extended periods of time and multiple procedural steps with each entity in part
+Added: due to the novel nature of Bion’s Gen3Tech and our solid ammonium bicarbonate product in the context of organic certifications.
+Added: The OMRI application has proceeded through multiple stages of review and rebuttal/appeal without receiving a positive result to date.
+Added: The Company anticipates has recently filed a new appeal to the most recent determinations.
+Added: The Company’s CDFA has received initial
+Added: comments regarding our solid ammonium bicarbonate product line and we anticipate providing CDFA with the requested updated information
+Added: and clarifications during the next 60 days.
+Added: The Company’s product line is novel in part due to the fact that there is not a formal
+Added: listing category for a solid form of concentrated ammonia, soluble nitrogen fertilizers and there is no clear guidance at present from
+Added: internal policy manuals on how to categorize this product and the process that produced it.
+Added: There is also no clear guidance at present
+Added: from either the NOP or the National Organic Standards Board (“NOSB”) (which is currently involved in a related review and
+Added: recommendations process regarding ‘high nitrogen liquid fertilizers’ derived from ammonia from manure).
+Added: The Company and its
+Added: representatives, along with a number of other stakeholders, are involved in discussions regarding resolution of these matters at all three
+Added: The Company anticipates positive resolution of this matter with one or more listings/certifications of this product line well
+Added: prior to operational dates for the Company’s initial large scale JV Gen3Tech projects.
+Added: Gen3 Tech Kreider 2 Poultry Project
+Added: has done extensive pre-development work related to a waste treatment/renewable energy production facility to treat the waste from
+Added: KF’s approximately 6+ million chickens (planned to expand to approximately 9-10 million) (and potentially other poultry
+Added: operations and/or other waste streams) ('Kreider Renewable Energy Facility' or ‘Kreider 2 Project’).
+Added: On May 5, 2016, the
+Added: Company executed a stand-alone joint venture agreement (“JVA”) with Kreider Farms covering all matters related to
+Added: development and operation of Kreider 2 system to treat the waste streams from Kreider’s poultry facilities in Bion PA2 LLC
+Added: During May 2011 the PADEP certified a smaller version of the Kreider 2 Project (utilizing our 2 nd
+Added: generation technology) under the old EPA’s Chesapeake Bay model.
+Added: The Company anticipates that if and when new designs are
+Added: finalized utilizing our Gen3 Tech, a larger Kreider 2 Project will be re-certified for a far larger number of credits
+Added: (management’s current estimates are between 2-4 million (or more) nutrient reduction credits for treatment of the waste stream
+Added: from Kreider’s poultry pursuant to the amended EPA Chesapeake Bay model and agreements between the EPA and PA).
+Added: that this Project may also be expanded in the future to treat wastes from other local and regional CAFOs (poultry and/or
+Added: dairy---including the Kreider Dairy) and/or additional Kreider poultry expansion (some of which may not qualify for nutrient
+Added: reduction credits).
+Added: The Company has commenced discussions with Kreider Farms regarding updating the JVA to reflect the capabilities
+Added: of our Gen3 Tech platform and anticipates executing an amended (or new) JVA during the current fiscal year.
+Added: The Company anticipates
+Added: that if and when PA2 re-commences work on the Kreider 2 Project, it will submit a new application based on our Gen3Tech.
+Added: specific design and engineering work for this facility have not commenced, and the Company does not yet have financing in place for
+Added: the Kreider 2 Project.
+Added: This opportunity is being pursued through PA2.
+Added: If there are positive developments related to the market for
+Added: nutrient reductions in Pennsylvania, of which there is no assurance, the Company intends to pursue development, design and
+Added: construction of the Kreider 2 Project with a goal of achieving operational status for its initial modules during the following
+Added: calendar year.
+Added: The economics (potential revenues and profitability) of the Kreider 2 Project, despite its proposed use of
+Added: Bion’s Gen3Tech for increased recovery of marketable by-products and sustainable branding, are based in material part the
+Added: long-term sale of nutrient (nitrogen and/or phosphorus) reduction credits to meet the requirements of the Chesapeake Bay
+Added: environmental clean-up.
+Added: However, liquidity in the Pennsylvania nutrient credit market has not yet developed significant breadth and
+Added: depth, which lack of liquidity has negatively impacted Bion’s business plans and will most likely delay PA2’s Kreider 2
+Added: Project and other proposed projects in Pennsylvania.
+Added: Bion believes that the Kreider 2 Project and/or subsequent
+Added: Bion Projects in PA and the Chesapeake Bay Watershed will eventually generate revenue from the sale of:
+Added: a) nutrient reductions (credits
+Added: or in other form), b) renewable energy (and related credits), c) sales of fertilizer products, and/or d) potentially, in time, credits
+Added: for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, plus e) license fees/premiums related to a ‘sustainable brand’.
+Added: pandemic has delayed legislative efforts needed to commence its development in Pennsylvania.
+Added: However, the Company is currently engaged
+Added: in dialogue with the regional EPA office and the Chesapeake Bay Program Office regarding the potential of the Company’s Gen3 Tech
+Added: Kreider2 Project (and other potential projects) to enable Pennsylvania to move forward toward meeting its Chesapeake Bay clean-up goals.
+Added: We believe that the potential market is very large, but it is not possible to predict the exact timing and/or magnitude of these potential
+Added: markets at this time.
Technology Deployment:
+Added: Bion Gen3Tech
Widespread deployment of waste treatment technology,
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costs associated with technology adoption.
−Removed: Bion’s 3G Tech has been developed to create opportunities for such augmented revenue
−Removed: streams, while providing third party verification of sustainability claims.
−Removed: The 3G Tech platform has been designed to maximize the value
−Removed: of co-products produced during the waste treatment/recovery processes, including pipeline-quality renewable natural gas (biogas) and commercial
−Removed: fertilizer products approved for organic production.
−Removed: All processes will be verifiable by third parties (including regulatory authorities
−Removed: and certifying boards) to comply with environmental regulations and trading programs and meet the requirements for:
−Removed: a) renewable energy
−Removed: and carbon credits, b) organic certification of the fertilizer coproducts and c) USDA PVP certification of an ‘Environmentally Sustainable’
−Removed: brand (see discussion below), and d) payment for verified ecosystem services.
−Removed: The Company’s first patent on its 3G Tech was issued
−Removed: In August 2020, the Company received a Notice of Allowance on its third patent which significantly expands the breadth and
−Removed: depth of the Company’s 3G Tech coverage, and the Company has additional applications pending and/or planned.
−Removed: Bion’s business model and technology platform
−Removed: can create the opportunity for JVs (in various contractual forms) between the Company and large livestock/food/fertilizer industry participants,
−Removed: based upon the supplemental cash flow generated by implementation of our 3G Tech business model, which will support the costs of technology
−Removed: implementation (including related debt).
−Removed: We anticipate this will result in long term value for Bion.
−Removed: In the context of such JVs, we believe
−Removed: that the verifiable sustainable branding opportunities (conventional and organic) may expand to represent the single largest enhanced
−Removed: revenue contributor provided by Bion to the JVs (and Bion licensees).
−Removed: The Company believes that the largest portion of its business with
−Removed: be conducted through such JVs, but a material portion may involve licensing and or other approaches.
+Added: Bion’s Gen3Tech business platform has been developed to create opportunities for such
+Added: augmented revenue streams, while providing third party verification of sustainability claims.
+Added: The Gen3Tech platform has been designed
+Added: to maximize the value of co-products produced during the waste treatment/recovery processes, including pipeline-quality renewable natural
+Added: gas (biogas) and commercial fertilizer products approved for organic production.
+Added: All processes will be verifiable by third parties (including
+Added: regulatory authorities and certifying boards) to comply with environmental regulations and trading programs and meet the requirements
+Added: a) renewable energy and carbon credits, b) organic certification of the fertilizer coproducts and c) USDA PVP certification of an
+Added: ‘Environmentally Sustainable’ brand (see discussion below), and d) payment for verified ecosystem services.
+Added: The Company’s
+Added: first patent on its Gen3Tech was issued during 2018.
+Added: In August 2020, the Company received a Notice of Allowance on its third patent which
+Added: significantly expands the breadth and depth of the Company’s Gen3Tech coverage, and the Company has additional applications pending
+Added: and/or planned.
+Added: Bion’s business model and technology platform
+Added: can create the opportunity for joint ventures (in various contractual forms)(“JVs”) between the Company and large livestock/food/fertilizer
+Added: industry participants based upon the supplemental cash flow generated by implementation of our Gen3Tech business model, which cash flows
+Added: will support the costs of technology implementation (including servicing related debt).
+Added: We anticipate this will result in substantial
+Added: long term value for Bion.
+Added: In the context of such JVs, we believe that the verifiable sustainable branding opportunities (conventional
+Added: and organic) in meat will represent the single largest enhanced revenue contributor provided by Bion to the JVs (and Bion licensees).
+Added: The Company believes that the largest portion of its business with be conducted through such JVs, but a material portion may involve licensing
+Added: and or other approaches.
In parallel with technology development, Bion has
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nutrient and carbon reduction strategy.
−Removed: These market-driven strategies can generate “payment for ecosystem services”,
+Added: These market-driven strategies can generate “payment for ecosystem services”,
in which farmers or landowners are rewarded for managing their land and operations to provide environmental benefits that will generate
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Another such strategy is nutrient trading (or water quality trading), which will potentially create markets (in Pennsylvania and other
−Removed: states) that will utilize taxpayer funding for the purchase of verified pollution reductions from agriculture (“nutrient credits”)
+Added: states) that will utilize taxpayer funding for the purchase of verified pollution reductions from agriculture (“nutrient credits”)
by the state (or others) through competitively-bid procurement programs.
−Removed: Such credits can then be used as a ‘qualified offset’
+Added: Such credits can then be used as a ‘qualified offset’
by an individual state (or municipality) to meet its federal clean water mandates at significantly lower cost to the taxpayer.
Market-driven
−Removed: strategies, including competitive procurement of verified credits, is supported by US EPA, the Chesapeake Bay Commission, national livestock
+Added: strategies, including competitive procurement of verified credits, is supported by U.S.
+Added: EPA, the Chesapeake Bay Commission, national livestock
interests, and other key stakeholders.
−Removed: Legislation in PA to establish the first such state competitive procurement program passed the
−Removed: Pennsylvania Senate by a bi-partisan majority during March 2019.
−Removed: However, the Covid-19 pandemic and related financial/budgetary crises
−Removed: have slowed progress for this and other policy initiatives and, as a result, it is not currently possible to project the timeline for
−Removed: completion (or meaningful progress) of this and other similar initiatives (see discussion below).
+Added: Legislation in Pennsylvania to establish the first such state competitive procurement program passed
+Added: the Pennsylvania Senate by a bi-partisan majority during March 2019 but has not yet crossed the hurdles required for actual adoption.
+Added: The Covid-19 pandemic and related financial/budgetary crises have slowed progress for this and other policy initiatives and, as a result,
+Added: it is not currently possible to project the timeline for completion (or meaningful progress) of this and other similar initiatives (see
+Added: discussion below).
The livestock industry and its markets are already
−Removed: with a commercial-ready technology and business model, Bion believes it has a ‘first-mover advantage’
−Removed: that will seek to exploit the opportunities that will arise from the industry’s inevitable transformation.
+Added: With our commercial-ready technology and business model, Bion believes it has a ‘first-mover advantage’ over others
+Added: that will seek to exploit the opportunities that will arise from the industry’s inevitable transformation.
Bion anticipates moving
−Removed: forward with the development process of its initial commercial installations utilizing its 3G Tech, during the current 2022 fiscal year.
−Removed: We believe that Bion’s 3G Tech platform and business model can provide a pathway to true economic and environmental sustainability
−Removed: with ‘win-win’
−Removed: benefits for at least a premium sector of the livestock industry, the environment, and the consumer, an opportunity
+Added: forward with the development process of its initial commercial installations utilizing its Gen3Tech, during the current 2023 fiscal year.
+Added: We believe that Bion’s Gen3Tech platform and business model can provide a pathway to true economic and environmental sustainability
+Added: with ‘win-win’ benefits for at least a premium sector of the livestock industry, the environment, and the consumer, an opportunity
which the Company intends to pursue.
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The livestock industry is under tremendous pressure
−Removed: from regulatory agencies, a wide range of advocacy groups, institutional investors and the industry’s own consumers, to adopt sustainable
+Added: from regulatory agencies, a wide range of advocacy groups, institutional investors and the industry’s own consumers, to adopt sustainable
Environmental cleanup is inevitable and has already begun - and policies have already begun to change, as well.
−Removed: 3G Tech was developed for implementation on large scale livestock production facilities, where scale drives both lower treatment costs
+Added: Gen3Tech was developed for implementation on large scale livestock production facilities, where scale drives both lower treatment costs
and efficient co-products production, as well as dramatic environmental improvements.
−Removed: We believe that scale, coupled with Bion’s
+Added: We believe that scale, coupled with Bion’s
verifiable treatment technology platform, will create a transformational opportunity to integrate clean production practices at (or close
−Removed: to) the point of production—the primary source of the industry’s environmental impacts.
+Added: to) the point of production—the primary source of the industry’s environmental impacts.
Bion intends to assist the forward-looking
segment of the livestock industry to bring animal protein production in line with 21st Century consumer demands for meaningful sustainability.
−Removed: (according to the USDA’s 2017 agricultural
−Removed: census) there are over 9M dairy cows, 90M beef cattle, 60M swine and more than 2 billion poultry which provides an indication of both
−Removed: the scope of the problem addressed by Bion’s technology, as well as the size of Bion’s opportunity.
−Removed: Environmental impacts
−Removed: from livestock production include surface and groundwater pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, ammonia, and other air pollution, excess
−Removed: water use, and pathogens related to foodborne illnesses and antibiotic resistance.
−Removed: While the most visible and immediate problems are related
−Removed: to nutrient runoff and its effects on water quality, the industry has recently been targeted by various stakeholder groups for its impacts
−Removed: on climate change.
+Added: (according to the USDA’s 2017 agricultural
+Added: census) there are over 9 million dairy cows, 90 million beef cattle, 60 million swine and more than 2 billion poultry which provides an
+Added: indication of both the scope of the problem addressed by Bion’s technology, as well as the size of Bion’s opportunity.
+Added: Environmental
+Added: impacts from livestock production include surface and groundwater pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, ammonia, and other air pollution,
+Added: excess water use, and pathogens related to foodborne illnesses and antibiotic resistance.
+Added: While the most visible and immediate problems
+Added: are related to nutrient runoff and its effects on water quality, the industry has recently been targeted by various stakeholder groups
+Added: for its impacts on climate change.
Estimates of total annual U.S.
−Removed: livestock manure waste
−Removed: vary widely, but start around a billion tons, between 100 and 130 times greater than human waste.
−Removed: However, while human waste is generally
−Removed: treated by septic or municipal wastewater plants, livestock waste –
−Removed: raw manure –
−Removed: is spread on our nation’s croplands
−Removed: for its fertilizer value.
+Added: livestock manure
+Added: waste vary widely, but start around a billion tons, between 100 and 130 times greater than human waste.
+Added: However, while human waste is
+Added: generally treated by septic or municipal wastewater plants, livestock waste – raw manure – is spread on our nation’s
+Added: croplands for its fertilizer value.
Large portions of U.S.
−Removed: feed crop production (and most organic crop production) are fertilized, in part, in this
−Removed: Under current manure management practices, 80% or more of total nitrogen from manure, much of it in the form of ammonia, escapes
−Removed: during storage, transportation, and during and after soil application, representing both substantial lost value and environmental costs.
+Added: feed crop production (and most organic crop production) are fertilized, in
+Added: part, in this manner.
+Added: Under current manure management practices, 80% or more of total nitrogen from manure, much of it in the form of
+Added: ammonia, escapes during storage, transportation, and during and after soil application, representing both substantial lost value and environmental
More than half of the nitrogen impacts from livestock
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Airborne ammonia nitrogen eventually settles
−Removed: back to the ground through atmospheric deposition - it ‘rains’
+Added: back to the ground through atmospheric deposition - it ‘rains’ everywhere.
While some of this nitrogen is captured and used
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It is now well-established that most of the
−Removed: voluntary conservation practices, such as vegetated buffers that ‘filter’
−Removed: runoff (often referred to as “BMPs”
−Removed: or “Best Management Practices”
−Removed: that have traditionally been implemented to attempt to mitigate nutrient runoff), are considerably
+Added: voluntary conservation practices, such as vegetated buffers that ‘filter’ runoff (often referred to as “BMPs”
+Added: or “Best Management Practices” that have traditionally been implemented to attempt to mitigate nutrient runoff), are considerably
less effective than was previously believed to be the case.
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When the nutrient runoff subsides,
−Removed: it leaves the algae blooms with no more ‘food’
−Removed: and the blooms die.
−Removed: The algae’s decomposition takes oxygen from the water,
−Removed: leading to ‘dead zones’
−Removed: in local ponds, lakes, and ultimately, the Great Lakes, as well as the Chesapeake Bay, Gulf of Mexico,
+Added: it leaves the algae blooms with no more ‘food’ and the blooms die.
+Added: The algae’s decomposition takes oxygen from the water,
+Added: leading to ‘dead zones’ in local ponds, lakes, and ultimately, the Great Lakes, as well as the Chesapeake Bay, Gulf of Mexico,
and other estuary waters.
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higher mammals, including dolphins and manatees.
−Removed: US EPA already considers excess nutrients “one of America’s most widespread,
−Removed: costly and challenging environmental problems”.
+Added: EPA already considers excess nutrients “one of America’s most widespread,
+Added: costly and challenging environmental problems”.
Nutrient runoff is expected to worsen dramatically in the coming decades due to
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however, private drinking water
−Removed: wells are not regulated, and it is the owners’
−Removed: responsibility to test and treat their wells.
+Added: wells are not regulated, and it is the owners’ responsibility to test and treat their wells.
Additionally, groundwater flows also
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be cost-effectively controlled and treated at the source-- before it has a chance to escape into the environment where it becomes extremely
−Removed: expensive to ‘chase’, capture and treat.
+Added: expensive to ‘chase’, capture, and treat.
High phosphorus concentrations in soils fertilized
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share to plant-based protein and other alternative products.
−Removed: Bion’s 3G Tech platform was designed to resolve these environmental
+Added: Bion’s Gen3Tech platform was designed to resolve these environmental
issues and bring the industry in line with twenty-first century consumer expectations.
−Removed: Going concern and management’s plans:
−Removed: The consolidated financial statements have been prepared
−Removed: assuming the Company will continue as a going concern.
−Removed: The Company has not generated significant revenues and has incurred net losses
−Removed: (including significant non-cash expenses) of approximately $3,451,000 and $4,553,000 during the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
−Removed: At June 30, 2021, the Company has a working capital deficit and a stockholders’
−Removed: deficit of approximately $6,614,000 and $11,445,000,
+Added: Going concern and management’s plans:
+Added: The consolidated financial statements have been
+Added: prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern.
+Added: The Company has not generated significant revenues and has incurred
+Added: net losses of approximately $ 3,451,000
+Added: during the year ended June 30, 2021.
+Added: The Company has net income of $ 8,292,000
+Added: for the year ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: The net income for the year is largely due to a one-time, non-cash event of the dissolution of
+Added: PA-1 for a gain of approximately $ 10,235,000
+Added: Additionally, the Company realized a one-time gain of $ 902,490
+Added: from the sale of the Company’s ‘biontech.com’ domain pursuant to a purchase agreement during the period (Note 9).
+Added: There was an operating loss of approximately $ 2,550,000
+Added: for the year ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: At June 30, 2022, the Company has working capital and a stockholders’ deficit of
+Added: approximately $ 1,364,000 and $ 932,152 932,000,
respectively.
−Removed: These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: The accompanying
−Removed: consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability or classification of assets or the amounts
−Removed: and classification of liabilities that may result should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: The following paragraphs
−Removed: describe management’s plans with regard to these conditions.
+Added: These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability or classification of
+Added: assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
+Added: The following paragraphs describe management’s plans with regard to these conditions.
The Company continues to explore sources of additional
−Removed: financing (including potential agreements with strategic partners –
−Removed: both financial and ag-industry) to satisfy its current and future
+Added: financing (including potential agreements with strategic partners – both financial and ag-industry) to satisfy its current and future
operating and capital expenditure requirements as it is not currently generating any significant revenues.
−Removed: During the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the
−Removed: Company received gross proceeds of approximately $5,209,000 and $1,584,000, respectively, from the sale of its debt and equity securities.
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company received
+Added: gross proceeds of approximately $ 5,209,000 , respectively, from the sale of its debt and equity securities.
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2022, the Company received total proceeds
+Added: of approximately $ 1,737,000 from the sale of its equity securities and paid approximately $ 19,000 in cash commissions.
During fiscal years 2022 and 2021, the Company has
−Removed: faced progressively less difficulty in raising equity funding (but substantial equity dilution has gone along with the larger amounts
−Removed: of equity financing during the periods).
−Removed: However, the Company anticipates substantial increases in demands for capital and operating expenditures
−Removed: as it moves toward commercial implementation of its 3G Tech and development of JVs and, therefore, is likely to continue to face, significant
−Removed: cash flow management challenges due to limited capital resources and working capital constraints which have only recently begun to be
−Removed: To partially mitigate these working capital constraints, the Company’s core senior management and several key employees
−Removed: and consultants have been deferring (and continue to defer) all or part of their cash compensation and/or are accepting compensation in
−Removed: the form of securities of the Company (Notes 4 and 6) and members of the Company’s senior management have made loans to the Company
−Removed: from time to time.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2018, senior management and certain core employees and consultants agreed to a one-time
−Removed: extinguishment of liabilities owed by the Company which in aggregate totaled $2,404,000.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company made reductions in
−Removed: its personnel during the years ended June 30, 2014 and 2015 and again during the year ended June 30, 2018.
+Added: faced less difficulty in raising equity funding (but substantial equity dilution has gone along with the larger amounts of equity financing
+Added: during the periods) than was experienced in the prior 3 years except that during the first three months of the current fiscal year, the
+Added: Company has raised equity funds at a rate materially lower than the average rate during fiscal years 2021 and 2022.
+Added: The Company anticipates
+Added: substantial increases in demands for capital and operating expenditures as it moves toward commercial implementation of its 3G Tech and
+Added: development of JVs (including costs associated with additions of personnel to carry out the business activities of the Company) and, therefore,
+Added: is likely to continue to face, significant cash flow management challenges due to limited capital resources and working capital constraints
+Added: which have only recently begun to be alleviated.
+Added: To partially mitigate these working capital constraints, the Company’s core senior
+Added: management and several key employees and consultants have been deferring (and continue to defer) portions of their cash compensation and/or
+Added: are accepting compensation in part in the form of securities of the Company and/or converting portions of their compensation and deferred
+Added: compensation to securities of the Company (Notes 5 and 7) and members of the Company’s senior management have made loans to the
+Added: Company from time to time.
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2018, senior management and certain core employees and consultants agreed to
+Added: a one-time extinguishment of liabilities owed by the Company which in aggregate totaled $ 2,404,000 .
+Added: Additionally, the Company made reductions
+Added: in its personnel during the years ended June 30, 2014 and 2015 and again during the year ended June 30, 2018.
The constraint on available
−Removed: resources has had, and continues to have, negative effects on the pace and scope of the Company’s efforts to develop its business.
+Added: resources has had, and continues to have, negative effects on the pace and scope of the Company’s efforts to develop its business.
The Company has had to delay payment of trade obligations and has had to economize in many ways that have potentially negative consequences.
−Removed: If the Company is able to continue its recent increased success in its efforts to raise needed funds during the remainder of the current
+Added: If the Company is able to continue its recent relative success in its efforts to raise needed funds during the remainder of the current
fiscal year (and subsequent periods), of which there is no assurance, management will not need to consider deeper cuts (including additional
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The Company will need to obtain additional capital
−Removed: to fund its operations and technology development, to satisfy existing creditors, to develop Projects (including JV Projects, Integrated
−Removed: Projects and the Kreider 2 facility) and CAFO Retrofit waste remediation systems.
−Removed: The Company anticipates that it will seek to raise from
−Removed: $5,000,000 to $50,000,000 or more debt and/or equity through joint ventures, strategic partnerships and/or sale of its equity securities
−Removed: (common, preferred and/or hybrid) and/or debt (including convertible) securities, and/or through use of ‘rights’
−Removed: and/or warrants
−Removed: (new and/or existing) during the next twelve months.
−Removed: However, as discussed above, there is no assurance, especially in light of the difficulties
−Removed: the Company has experienced in many recent years and the extremely unsettled capital markets that presently exist for small companies
−Removed: like us), that the Company will be able to obtain the funds that it needs to stay in business, complete its technology development or
−Removed: to successfully develop its business and Projects.
+Added: to fund its operations and technology development, to satisfy existing creditors, to develop Projects (including the Initial Project,
+Added: JV Projects (including the Dalhart Project), Integrated Projects and the Kreider 2 facility) and CAFO Retrofit waste remediation systems.
+Added: The Company anticipates that it will seek to raise from $ 20,000,000 to $ 80,000,000 or more debt and/or equity through joint ventures,
+Added: strategic partnerships and/or sale of its equity securities (common, preferred and/or hybrid) and/or debt (including convertible) securities,
+Added: and/or through use of ‘rights’ and/or warrants (new and/or existing) and or through other means during the next twelve months.
+Added: However, as discussed above, there is no assurance, especially in light of the difficulties the Company has experienced in many recent
+Added: years and the extremely unsettled capital markets that presently exist for small companies like us, that the Company will be able to obtain
+Added: the funds that it needs to stay in business, complete its technology development or to successfully develop its business and Projects.
There is no realistic likelihood that funds required
−Removed: during the next twelve months (or in the periods immediately thereafter) for the Company’s basic operations and/or proposed JVs
−Removed: and/or Projects will be generated from operations.
−Removed: Therefore, the Company will need to raise sufficient funds from external sources such
−Removed: as debt or equity financings or other potential sources.
−Removed: The lack of sufficient additional capital resulting from the inability to generate
−Removed: cash flow from operations and/or to raise capital from external sources would force the Company to substantially curtail or cease operations
−Removed: and would, therefore, have a material adverse effect on its business.
−Removed: Further, there can be no assurance that any such required funds,
−Removed: if available, will be available on attractive terms or that they will not have a significantly dilutive effect on the Company’s
−Removed: existing shareholders.
−Removed: All of these factors have been exacerbated by the extremely limited and unsettled credit and capital markets presently
−Removed: existing for small companies like Bion.
+Added: during the next twelve months (or in the periods immediately thereafter) for the Company’s basic operations, the Initial Project
+Added: and/or proposed JVs and/or Projects will be generated from operations.
+Added: Therefore, the Company will need to raise sufficient funds from
+Added: external sources such as debt or equity financings or other potential sources.
+Added: The lack of sufficient additional capital resulting from
+Added: the inability to generate cash flow from operations and/or to raise capital from external sources would force the Company to substantially
+Added: curtail or cease operations and would, therefore, have a material adverse effect on its business.
+Added: Further, there can be no assurance that
+Added: any such required funds, if available, will be available on attractive terms or that they will not have a significantly dilutive effect
+Added: on the Company’s existing shareholders.
+Added: All of these factors have been exacerbated by the extremely limited and unsettled credit
+Added: and capital markets presently existing for small companies like Bion.
Covid-19 pandemic related matters:
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areas including but without limitation:
−Removed: i) government ordered shutdowns which have slowed the Company’s research and development
−Removed: projects and other initiatives, ii) shifted focus of state and federal governments which is likely to negatively impact the Company’s
+Added: i) government ordered shutdowns which have slowed the Company’s research and development
+Added: projects and other initiatives, ii) shifted focus of state and federal governments which is likely to negatively impact the Company’s
legislative initiatives in Pennsylvania and Washington D.
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more difficult as future industry conditions are now more difficult to assess and predict, v) constraints due to problems experienced
−Removed: in the global industrial supply chain which have delayed certain research and development testing and may delay construction of the initial
−Removed: 3G Tech installation if equipment remains difficult to acquire in a timely manner, vi) due to the age and health of our core management
−Removed: team, all of whom are age 70 or older and have had one or more existing health issues, the Covid-19 pandemic places the Company at greater
−Removed: risk than was previously the case (to a higher degree than would be the case if the Company had a larger, deeper and/or younger core management
−Removed: team), and vii) there almost certainly will be other unanticipated consequences for the Company as a result of the current pandemic emergency
−Removed: and its aftermath.
+Added: in the global industrial supply chain since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, which have delayed certain research and development testing
+Added: and have delayed and/or increased the cost of construction of the Company’s initial 3G Tech installation as equipment/services remain
+Added: difficult to acquire in a timely manner, vi) due to the age and health of our core management team, many of whom are age 70 or older and
+Added: have had one or more existing health issues (including brief periods of Covid-19 infection), the Covid-19 pandemic places the Company
+Added: at greater risk than was previously the case (to a higher degree than would be the case if the Company had a larger, deeper and/or younger
+Added: core management team), and vii) there almost certainly will be other unanticipated consequences for the Company as a result of the current
+Added: pandemic emergency and its aftermath.
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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The consolidated financial statements include the
−Removed: accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Bion Integrated Projects Group, Inc.
−Removed: (“Projects Group”), Bion Technologies,
−Removed: Inc., BionSoil, Inc., Bion Services, PA1, and PA2;
−Removed: and its 58.9% owned subsidiary, Centerpoint Corporation (“Centerpoint”).
+Added: accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Bion Integrated Projects Group, Inc., Bion Technologies, Inc., BionSoil, Inc.,
+Added: Bion Services, Bion PA2 LLC and Bion 3G-1 LLC (“3G1”);
+Added: and its 58.9 % owned subsidiary, Centerpoint Corporation (“Centerpoint”).
All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
+Added: Bion PA1 LLC was dissolved on December 29, 2021 (See
+Added: Its operating losses are included in the consolidation through December 29, 2021.
Cash and cash equivalents :
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maturity of three months or less to be cash and cash equivalents.
+Added: As of June 30, 2022 and 2021 there are no cash equivalents.
Property and equipment :
−Removed: Property and equipment are stated at cost and are
−Removed: depreciated, when placed into service, using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, generally
−Removed: three to twenty years.
−Removed: The Company capitalizes all direct costs and all indirect incrementally identifiable costs related to the design
−Removed: and construction of its Integrated Projects.
−Removed: The Company reviews its property and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes
−Removed: in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.
−Removed: An impairment loss would be recognized based on
−Removed: the amount by which the carrying value of the assets or asset group exceeds its estimated fair value, and is recognized as a loss from
+Added: Property and equipment are stated at cost and
+Added: are depreciated, when placed into service, using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets,
+Added: generally three to twenty years.
+Added: The Company capitalizes all direct costs and all indirect incrementally identifiable costs related
+Added: to the design and construction of its Projects such as consulting fees, internal salaries, benefits and interest.
+Added: reviews its property and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of
+Added: an asset may not be recoverable.
+Added: An impairment loss would be recognized based on the amount by which the carrying value of the
+Added: assets or asset group exceeds its estimated fair value, and is recognized as a loss from operations.
The Company has elected to expense all costs and
−Removed: filing fees related to obtaining patents (resulting in no related asset being recognized in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets)
−Removed: because the Company believes such costs and fees are immaterial (in the context of the Company’s total costs/expenses) and have
−Removed: no direct relationship to the value of the Company’s patents.
+Added: filing fees related to obtaining patents (resulting in no related asset being recognized in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets)
+Added: because the Company believes such costs and fees are immaterial (in the context of the Company’s total costs/expenses) and have
+Added: no direct relationship to the value of the Company’s patents.
Stock-based compensation :
The Company follows the provisions of Accounting Standards
−Removed: Codification (“ASC”) 718, which generally requires that share-based compensation transactions be accounted and recognized
+Added: Codification (“ASC”) 718, which generally requires that share-based compensation transactions be accounted and recognized
in the statement of operations based upon their grant date fair values.
Derivative Financial Instruments :
−Removed: Pursuant to ASC Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging”
−Removed: (“Topic 815”), the Company reviews all financial instruments for the existence of features which may require fair value accounting
+Added: Pursuant to ASC Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging”
+Added: (“Topic 815”), the Company reviews all financial instruments for the existence of features which may require fair value accounting
and a related mark-to-market adjustment at each reporting period end.
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or decrease in the fair value being recorded in results of operations as an adjustment to fair value of derivatives.
+Added: As of June 30, 2022
+Added: and 2021, there are no derivative financial instruments.
+Added: The Company has issued options to employees and consultants
+Added: under the 2006 Plan to purchase common shares of the Company.
+Added: Options are valued on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing
+Added: The expected volatility is based on the historical price volatility of the Company’s common stock.
+Added: The dividend yield represents
+Added: the Company’s anticipated cash dividend on common stock over the expected term of the stock options.
+Added: Treasury bill rate
+Added: for the expected term of the stock options was utilized to determine the risk-free interest rate.
+Added: The expected term of stock options
+Added: represents the period of time the stock options granted are expected to be outstanding based upon management’s estimates.
The Company has issued warrants to purchase common
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Warrants are valued using a fair value based method, whereby the fair value of the warrant is determined at the
−Removed: warrant issue date using a market-based option valuation model based on factors including an evaluation of the Company’s value as
−Removed: of the date of the issuance, consideration of the Company’s limited liquid resources and business prospects, the market price of
−Removed: the Company’s stock in its mostly inactive public market and the historical valuations and purchases of the Company’s warrants.
+Added: warrant issue date using a market-based option valuation model based on factors including an evaluation of the Company’s value as
+Added: of the date of the issuance, consideration of the Company’s limited liquid resources and business prospects, the market price of
+Added: the Company’s stock in its mostly inactive public market and the historical valuations and purchases of the Company’s warrants.
When warrants are issued in combination with debt or equity securities, the warrants are valued and accounted for based on the relative
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Noncontrolling interests :
−Removed: In accordance with ASC 810,
−Removed: “Consolidation”, the Company separately classifies noncontrolling interests within the equity section of the consolidated
−Removed: balance sheets and separately reports the amounts attributable to controlling and noncontrolling interests in the consolidated statements
−Removed: of operations.
−Removed: In addition, the noncontrolling interest continues to be attributed its share of losses even if that attribution results
−Removed: in a deficit noncontrolling interest balance.
+Added: In accordance with ASC 810, “Consolidation”,
+Added: the Company separately classifies noncontrolling interests within the equity section of the consolidated balance sheets and separately
+Added: reports the amounts attributable to controlling and noncontrolling interests in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: the noncontrolling interest continues to be attributed its share of losses even if that attribution results in a deficit noncontrolling
+Added: interest balance.
Fair value measurements :
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with use of the lowest possible level of input to determine fair value.
−Removed: Level 1 –
−Removed: quoted prices (unadjusted) in active
+Added: Level 1 – quoted prices (unadjusted) in active
markets for identical assets or liabilities;
−Removed: Level 2 –
−Removed: observable inputs other than Level
+Added: Level 2 – observable inputs other than Level
1, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in
markets that are not active, and model-derived prices whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable;
−Removed: Level 3 –
−Removed: assets and liabilities whose significant
+Added: Level 3 – assets and liabilities whose significant
value drivers are unobservable.
Observable inputs are based on market data obtained
−Removed: from independent sources, while unobservable inputs are based on the Company’s market assumptions.
+Added: from independent sources, while unobservable inputs are based on the Company’s market assumptions.
Unobservable inputs require significant
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of the underlying transactions.
+Added: Lease Accounting :
+Added: The Company accounts for leases under ASC 842, Leases (“ASC
+Added: Accordingly, the Company will determine whether an arrangement contains a lease at the inception of the arrangement.
+Added: lease is determined to exist, the term of such lease is assessed based on the date on which the underlying asset is made available for
+Added: the Company’s use by the lessor.
+Added: The Company’s assessment of the lease term reflects the non-cancelable term of the lease,
+Added: inclusive of any rent-free periods and/or periods covered by early-termination options which the Company is reasonably certain of not
+Added: exercising, as well as periods covered by renewal options which the Company is reasonably certain of exercising.
+Added: The Company also determines
+Added: lease classification as either operating or finance at lease commencement, which governs the pattern of expense recognition and the presentation
+Added: reflected in the consolidated statements of operations over the lease term.
+Added: For leases with a term exceeding 12 months,
+Added: a lease liability is recorded on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets at lease commencement reflecting the present value of
+Added: its fixed minimum payment obligations over the lease term.
+Added: A corresponding right-of-use (“ROU”) asset equal to the initial
+Added: lease liability is also recorded, adjusted for any prepaid rent and/or initial direct costs incurred in connection with execution of the
+Added: lease and reduced by any lease incentives received.
+Added: For purposes of measuring the present value of its fixed payment obligations for a
+Added: given lease, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate, determined based on information available at lease commencement, as rates
+Added: implicit in its leasing arrangements are typically not readily determinable.
+Added: The Company's incremental borrowing rate reflects the rate
+Added: it would pay to borrow on a secured basis and incorporates the term and economic environment of the associated lease.
Revenue Recognition :
The Company currently does not generate revenue and
−Removed: if and when the Company begins to generate revenue the Company will comply with the provisions of ASC 606 “Revenue from Contracts
−Removed: with Customers”.
+Added: if and when the Company begins to generate revenue the Company will comply with the provisions of ASC 606 “Revenue from Contracts
+Added: with Customers”.
Income taxes :
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and state tax examinations for fiscal years before 2009.
−Removed: Management does not believe there will be any material changes in the Company’s
+Added: Management does not believe there will be any material changes in the Company’s
unrecognized tax positions over the next 12 months.
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As of June 30, 2022, there were no penalties
−Removed: or accrued interest amounts associated with any unrecognized tax benefits, nor was any interest expense recognized during the years ended
+Added: or accrued interest amounts associated with any unrecognized tax benefits, no r was any interest expense recognized during the years ended
June 30, 2022 and 2021.
−Removed: Loss per share:
−Removed: Basic loss per share amounts are calculated using
−Removed: the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period.
−Removed: Diluted loss per share assumes the conversion, exercise
−Removed: or issuance of all potential common stock instruments, such as options or warrants, unless the effect is to reduce the loss per share
−Removed: or increase the earnings per share.
−Removed: During the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the basic and diluted loss per share was the same,
−Removed: as the impact of potential dilutive common shares was anti-dilutive.
−Removed: The following table represents the warrants, options
−Removed: and convertible securities excluded from the calculation of basic loss per share:
+Added: Income (loss) per share :
+Added: Basic income (loss) per share amounts are calculated
+Added: using the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period.
+Added: Diluted income (loss) per share assumes the
+Added: conversion, exercise or issuance of all potential common stock instruments, such as options or warrants, unless the effect is to reduce
+Added: the income (loss) per share or increase the earnings per share.
+Added: During the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the basic and diluted income
+Added: (loss) per share was the same, as the impact of potential dilutive common shares was anti-dilutive.
+Added: The following table represents the warrants and options
+Added: (as if exercised) and convertible securities (as if converted) that have been excluded from the calculation of basic income (loss) per
+Added: Schedule of anti dilutive securities
Convertible debt
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The following is a reconciliation of the denominators
−Removed: of the basic and diluted loss per share computations for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020:
−Removed: issued –
−Removed: beginning of period
−Removed: held by subsidiaries (Note 7)
−Removed: Shares outstanding
−Removed: beginning of period
−Removed: average shares issued
+Added: of the basic and diluted income (loss) per share computations for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021:
+Added: Schedule of earnings per share, basic and diluted
+Added: Shares issued – beginning of period
+Added: Shares held by subsidiaries (Note
+Added: Shares outstanding – beginning of period
+Added: Weighted average shares issued
during the period
−Removed: weighted average shares –
+Added: Basic and diluted weighted
+Added: average shares –
end of period
Use of estimates :
−Removed: In preparing the Company’s consolidated financial
+Added: In preparing the Company’s consolidated financial
statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management is required to make
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pronouncements to determine their applicability.
−Removed: When it is determined that a new accounting pronouncement affects the Company’s
+Added: When it is determined that a new accounting pronouncement affects the Company’s
financial reporting, the Company undertakes a study to determine the consequences of the change to its financial statements and assures
−Removed: that there are proper controls in place to ascertain that the Company’s financial statements properly reflect the change.
−Removed: In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU No.
−Removed: 2018-07 “Compensation
−Removed: Stock Compensation –
−Removed: Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting”
−Removed: to simplify the accounting for share
−Removed: based payments granted to nonemployees and was adopted by the Company effective July 1, 2019.
−Removed: Under this guidance, payments to nonemployees
−Removed: are aligned with the requirements for share based payments granted to employees.
−Removed: The adoption of this guidance did not have a material
−Removed: impact on the Company’s financial statements as previously issued share-based payments to nonemployees had already reached a measurement
+Added: that there are proper controls in place to ascertain that the Company’s financial statements properly reflect the change.
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT :
Property and equipment consist of the following:
+Added: Schedule of property and equipment
Machinery and equipment
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Computers and office equipment
+Added: 3G project construction in process
+Added: Property and equipment, gross
Less accumulated depreciation
−Removed: As of June 30, 2021, the net book value of Kreider
−Removed: Management has reviewed the remaining property and equipment for impairment as of June 30, 2021 and believes that no impairment
+Added: ( 2,795,084 )
+Added: Property and equipment, net
+Added: The 3G project began in July of 2021, with a lease
+Added: signed on land October 1, 2021 (Note 9).
+Added: Once the lease commenced the Company moved into construction phase.
+Added: The balance for 3G construction
+Added: in process includes $ 32,000 for capitalized interest and $ 135,648 in non-cash compensation as of June 30, 2022.
+Added: Management has reviewed the remaining property and
+Added: equipment for impairment as of June 30, 2022 and believes that no impairment exists.
Depreciation expense was $ 1,161 and $ 827 for the years
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COMPENSATION :
−Removed: Company owes deferred compensation to various employees, former employees and consultants totaling $479,208 and $778,217 as of June 30,
−Removed: 2021 and 2020, respectively.
−Removed: Included in the deferred compensation balances as of June 30, 2021, are $399,971 and nil owed Dominic Bassani
−Removed: (“Bassani”), the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and Mark A.
−Removed: Smith (“Smith”), the Company’s President ,
−Removed: respectively, pursuant to extension agreements effective January 1, 2015, whereby
−Removed: unpaid compensation earned after January 1, 2015, accrues interest at 4% per annum and can be converted into shares of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock at the election of the employee during the first five calendar days of any month.
−Removed: The conversion price shall be the average
−Removed: closing price of the Company’s common stock for the last 10 trading days of the immediately preceding month.
−Removed: The deferred compensation
−Removed: owed Bassani and Smith as of June 30, 2020 was $172,103 and $54,659, respectively.
−Removed: The Company also owes various consultants and an employee,
−Removed: pursuant to various agreements, for deferred compensation of $6,738 and $478,955 as of June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, with similar
−Removed: conversion terms as those described above for Bassani and Smith, with the exception that the interest accrues at 3% per annum.
−Removed: also owes a former employee $72,500, which is not convertible and is non-interest bearing.
+Added: The Company owes deferred compensation to
+Added: various employees, former employees and consultants totaling $ 594,798
+Added: and $ 479,208
+Added: as of June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
+Added: Included in the deferred compensation balances as of June 30, 2022, are $ 437,508
+Added: owed Dominic Bassani (“Bassani”), the Company’s Chief Operating Officer (who was Chief Executive Officer until
+Added: through April 30, 2022), and Mark A.
+Added: Smith (“Smith”), the Company’s President, respectively, pursuant to extension
+Added: agreements effective January 1, 2015, whereby unpaid compensation earned after January 1, 2015, accrues interest at 4 %
+Added: per annum and can be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock at the election of the employee during the first five
+Added: calendar days of any month.
+Added: The conversion price shall be the average closing price of the Company’s common stock for the last 10
+Added: trading days of the immediately preceding month.
+Added: The deferred compensation owed Bassani and Smith as of June 30, 2021 was $ 399,971
+Added: and 0 nil, respectively.
+Added: The Company also owes various consultants and an employee, pursuant to various agreements, for deferred
+Added: compensation of $ 74,790 and $ 6,738 as of June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, with similar conversion terms as those described
+Added: above for Bassani and Smith, with the exception that the interest accrues at 3 % per annum.
+Added: The Company also owes a former employee
+Added: $72,500, which is not convertible and is non-interest bearing.
Bassani and Smith have each been granted the right
−Removed: to convert up to $300,000 of deferred compensation balances at a price of $0.75 per share until December 31, 2022 (to be issued pursuant
−Removed: to the 2006 Plan).
−Removed: Smith also has the right to convert all or part of his deferred compensation balance into the Company’s securities
−Removed: (to be issued pursuant to the 2006 Plan) “at market”
−Removed: and/or on the same terms as the Company is selling or has sold its securities
−Removed: in its then current (or most recent if there is no current) private placement.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2020, Smith elected
−Removed: to convert $3,828 of deferred compensation into units of the Company at its $0.50 per unit offering price (Note 7).
−Removed: Bassani and Smith
−Removed: also elected to transfer $436,508 and $199,573, respectively, of their respective deferred compensation into their 2020 Convertible Obligations
−Removed: (formerly the January 2015 Convertible Notes) (Note 6).
−Removed: In connection with the agreements related to Smith’s December 31, 2019 transfer,
−Removed: Smith received the right to transfer future deferred compensation to his 2020 Convertible Obligation at his election.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2021, Smith elected
−Removed: to convert $128,039 of deferred compensation into units of the Company at its $0.50 per unit offering price (Note 7).
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Board
−Removed: of Directors approved elections by two consultants to convert $593,411, in aggregate, of deferred compensation into units of the Company’s
−Removed: securities at its $0.50 per unit offering price (Note 7).
+Added: to convert up to $ 300,000 of deferred compensation balances at a price of $ 0.75 per share until December 31, 2022 (which date has subsequently
+Added: been extended to June 30, 2024) to be issued pursuant to the 2006 Plan).
+Added: Smith also has the right to convert all or part of his deferred
+Added: compensation balance into the Company’s securities (to be issued pursuant to the 2006 Plan) “at market” and/or on the
+Added: same terms as the Company is selling or has sold its securities in its then current (or most recent if there is no current) private placement.
+Added: Smith also received the right to transfer future deferred compensation to his 2020 Convertible Obligation at his election.
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2022, Smith elected to convert $ 90,000 of
+Added: deferred compensation into the 2020 Convertible Note.
The Company recorded interest expense of $ 16,390
−Removed: ($12,249 with related parties) and $23,439 ($11,937 with related parties) for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
+Added: ($ 15,537 with related parties) and $ 25,838 ($ 12,249 with related parties) for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, related
+Added: to deferred compensation.
LOANS PAYABLE :
−Removed: PA1, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary,
−Removed: owes $9,868,495 as of June 30, 2021 under the terms of the Pennvest Loan related to the construction of the Kreider 1 System including
−Removed: accrued interest and late charges totaling $2,114,495 as of June 30, 2021.
−Removed: The terms of the Pennvest Loan provided for funding of up to
−Removed: $7,754,000 which was to be repaid by interest-only payments for three years, followed by an additional ten-year amortization of principal.
−Removed: The Pennvest Loan accrues interest at 2.547% per annum for years 1 through 5 and 3.184% per annum for years 6 through maturity.
−Removed: Loan required minimum annual principal payments of approximately $5,886,000 in fiscal years 2013 through 2021, and $846,000 in fiscal
−Removed: year 2022, $873,000 in fiscal year 2023 and $149,000 in fiscal year 2024.
−Removed: The Pennvest Loan is collateralized by the Kreider 1 System
−Removed: and by a pledge of all revenues generated from Kreider 1 including, but not limited to, revenues generated from nutrient reduction credit
−Removed: sales and by-product sales.
−Removed: In addition, in consideration for the excess credit risk associated with the project, Pennvest is entitled
−Removed: to participate in the profits from Kreider 1 calculated on a net cash flow basis, as defined.
−Removed: The Company has incurred interest expense
−Removed: related to the Pennvest Loan of $246,887 and $246,887 for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
−Removed: Based on the limited development
−Removed: of the depth and breadth of the Pennsylvania nutrient reduction credit market to date, PA1 commenced negotiations with Pennvest related
−Removed: to forbearance and/or re-structuring the obligations under the Pennvest Loan.
−Removed: In the context of such negotiations, PA1 elected not to
−Removed: make interest payments to Pennvest on the Pennvest Loan since January 2013.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company has not made any principal payments,
−Removed: which were to begin in fiscal 2013, and, therefore, the Company has classified the Pennvest Loan as a current liability as of June 30,
−Removed: On September 25, 2014, Pennvest exercised its right
−Removed: to declare the Pennvest Loan in default and accelerated the Pennvest Loan and demanded that PA1 pay $8,137,117 (principal, interest plus
−Removed: late charges) on or before October 24, 2014.
−Removed: PA1 did not make the payment and does not have the resources to make the payments demanded
−Removed: PA1 commenced discussions and negotiations with Pennvest concerning this matter but Pennvest rejected PA1’s proposal
−Removed: made during the fall of 2014.
−Removed: PA1 made a new proposal to Pennvest during September 2021 which proposal is presently under consideration
−Removed: PA1 provides Pennvest with its financial statements (which include a description of system status) annually.
−Removed: During the 2021
−Removed: fiscal year, Pennvest’s auditors requested a ‘corrective action plan’
−Removed: and PA1 informed Pennvest that “…
−Removed: there is no viable corrective action plan for the Pennvest Loan (‘Loan’).
−Removed: The facility funded by the Loan has been shut down
−Removed: for many years (which has been disclosed in the annual financial reports to Pennvest and in public filings by the parent of Bion PA 1,
−Removed: LLC) and the technology utilized in the facility is now obsolete.
−Removed: The facility has not been commercially operated for approximately six
−Removed: years and has generated zero income.
−Removed: We recommend that Pennvest take appropriate steps to remove and sell the equipment.”
−Removed: responded favorably to the approach of selling the equipment but no actions have yet taken place.
−Removed: PA1 and the Company are currently discussing
−Removed: proposals with Pennvest seeking full resolution of these matters.
−Removed: The Company anticipates additional communication with Pennvest on this
−Removed: matter during the current year.
−Removed: It is not possible at this date to predict the final outcome of this matter, but the Company believes
−Removed: it is likely that that the equipment will be sold with the proceeds delivered to Pennvest during the 2022 fiscal year.
−Removed: However, the resolution
−Removed: of these matters including the manner and means of such equipment sale has not been agreed upon as of this date.
−Removed: PA1 will evaluate the
−Removed: appropriate manner to resolve/wrap-up its business over the balance of the current fiscal year.
−Removed: In connection with the Pennvest Loan financing
−Removed: documents, the Company provided a ‘technology guaranty’
−Removed: regarding nutrient reduction performance of Kreider 1 which was structured
−Removed: to expire when Kreider 1’s nutrient reduction performance had been demonstrated.
−Removed: During August 2012 the Company provided Pennvest
−Removed: (and the PADEP) with data demonstrating that the Kreider 1 System had surpassed the requisite performance criteria and that the Company’s
−Removed: ‘technology guaranty’
−Removed: As a result, the Pennvest Loan is solely an obligation of PA1.
−Removed: Paycheck Protection Program
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Company
−Removed: received proceeds from a loan in the amount of $34,800 from Covenant Bank as the lender, pursuant to the Small Business Administration
−Removed: (“SBA”) Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”)
−Removed: The loan was uncollateralized, had a fixed interest rate of one percent, a term of two years and the first payment is deferred for
−Removed: Under the CARES Act, borrowers were eligible for forgiveness of principal and interest on PPP loans to the extent that the
−Removed: proceeds were used to cover eligible payroll costs, rent and utility costs over either an 8 or 24-week period after the loan was made.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2021, the total PPP loan and accrued interest was fully forgiven by the SBA.
+Added: Pennvest Loan and Bion PA1 LLC (“PA1”)
+Added: PA1, the Company’s wholly-owned
+Added: subsidiary, was dissolved on December 29, 2021 on which date it owed approximately $ 10,010,000
+Added: under the terms of the Pennvest Loan related to the construction of the Kreider 1 System including accrued interest and late charges
+Added: totaling $ 2,255,802
+Added: as of that date.
+Added: Through the date of the dissolution, PA1 was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and its assets and
+Added: liabilities were included on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: At September 30, 2021, PA1’s total assets were
+Added: $ 297 and its total liabilities were
+Added: $ 10,154,334 (including the
+Added: Pennvest Loan in the aggregate amount of $ 9,939,148 ,
+Added: accounts payable of $ 214,235
+Added: and accrued liabilities of $ 950 )
+Added: which sums were included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
+Added: Subsequent to the dissolution of PA1, its assets and liabilities are no longer consolidated and included in the
+Added: Company’s balance sheets.
+Added: As of December 29, 2021, PA1’s total assets were nil 0 and its total liabilities were $ 10,234,501
+Added: (including the Pennvest Loan in the aggregate amount of $ 10,009,802 , accounts payable of $ 212,263 and accrued liabilities of
+Added: The net amount of $ 10,234,501 was recognized as a gain on the legal dissolution of a subsidiary in other (income)
+Added: As background, the terms
+Added: of the Pennvest Loan provided for funding of up to $ 7,754,000 which was to be repaid by interest-only payments for three years, followed
+Added: by an additional ten-year amortization of principal.
+Added: The Pennvest Loan accrued interest at 2.547 % per annum for years 1 through 5 and
+Added: 3.184 % per annum for years 6 through maturity.
+Added: The Pennvest Loan required minimum annual principal payments of approximately $ 5,886,000
+Added: in fiscal years 2013 through 2021, and $ 846,000 in fiscal year 2022, $ 873,000 in fiscal year 2023 and $ 149,000 in fiscal year 2024.
+Added: Pennvest Loan was collateralized by PA1’s Kreider 1 System and by a pledge of all revenues generated from Kreider 1 including, but
+Added: not limited to, revenues generated from nutrient reduction credit sales and by-product sales.
+Added: In addition, in consideration for the excess
+Added: credit risk associated with the project, Pennvest was entitled to participate in the profits from Kreider 1 calculated on a net cash flow
+Added: basis, as defined.
+Added: The Company has incurred interest expense related to the Pennvest Loan of $ 123,444 and $ 246,887 for the years ended
+Added: June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
+Added: Based on the limited development of the depth and breadth of the Pennsylvania nutrient reduction
+Added: credit market, PA1 commenced discussions and negotiations with Pennvest related to forbearance and/or re-structuring the obligations under
+Added: the Pennvest Loan during 2013.
+Added: In the context of such negotiations, PA1 elected not to make interest payments to Pennvest on the Pennvest
+Added: Loan since January 2013.
+Added: Additionally, the PA1 did not make any principal payments, which were to begin in fiscal 2013, and, therefore,
+Added: the Company classified the Pennvest Loan as a current liability through the dissolution of PA1 on December 29, 2021.
+Added: During August 2012, the Company
+Added: provided Pennvest (and the PADEP) with data demonstrating that the Kreider 1 system met the ‘technology guaranty’ standards
+Added: which were incorporated in the Pennvest financing documents and, as a result, the Pennvest Loan has been solely an obligation of PA1 since
+Added: Note, however, the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2021 reflects the Pennvest Loan as a liability
+Added: of $ 9,868,495 despite the fact that the obligation (if any) was solely an obligation of PA1 .
+Added: On September 25, 2014, the
+Added: Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (“Pennvest”) exercised its right to declare the PA1’s Pennvest Loan
+Added: in default, accelerated the Pennvest Loan and demanded that PA1 pay $ 8,137,117 (principal, interest plus late charges) on or before October
+Added: PA1 did not make the payment and did/does not have the resources to make the payments demanded by Pennvest.
+Added: PA1 commenced discussions
+Added: and negotiations with Pennvest concerning this matter but Pennvest rejected PA1’s proposal made during the fall of 2014.
+Added: a final proposal to Pennvest during September 2021 which proposal was also rejected by Pennvest.
+Added: PA1 provided Pennvest with its financial
+Added: statements (which include a description of system status) annually.
+Added: During the 2021 fiscal year, Pennvest’s auditors requested a
+Added: ‘corrective action plan’ and PA1 informed Pennvest that “… there is no viable corrective action plan for the
+Added: Pennvest Loan (‘Loan’).
+Added: The facility funded by the Loan has been shut down for many years (which has been disclosed in the
+Added: annual financial reports to Pennvest and in public filings by the parent of Bion PA 1, LLC) and the technology utilized in the facility
+Added: is now obsolete.
+Added: The facility has not been commercially operated for approximately six years and has generated zero income.
+Added: that Pennvest take appropriate steps to remove and sell the equipment.” Pennvest responded favorably to the approach of selling
+Added: the equipment.
+Added: On December 29, 2021, the
+Added: Company approved and executed a ‘Consent of the Sole Member of Bion PA 1’ (the “Consent to Dissolution”) that
+Added: authorized the complete liquidation and dissolution of PA1.
+Added: A Statement of Dissolution was filed by PA1 with the Colorado Secretary of
+Added: State on December 29, 2021.
+Added: The Company is of the understanding that the liquidation value of Bion PA 1’s property is substantially
+Added: below the current amount outstanding under the Funding Agreement dated October 27, 2010 by and between PA1 and Pennvest, the only known
+Added: secured creditor of PA1.
+Added: Post-dissolution, PA1’s activities will be limited entirely to activities required to properly distribute
+Added: its net assets to creditors and wind down its business.
+Added: PA1 and Pennvest agreed to have the equipment sold
+Added: by a third party auctioneer who arranged for the sale of its property and delivery of all proceeds (net of commissions and customary
+Added: costs of sale) to Pennvest.
+Added: The auction took place during the period between May 13-18, 2022.
+Added: The Company’s personnel assisted
+Added: PA1 with this process as needed at no cost to PA1.
+Added: The net sum of $ 104,725 was realized from the asset sale, which sum was delivered
+Added: to Pennvest on June 15, 2022.
+Added: Pursuant to agreement with Pennvest, the remaining unsold assets will be transferred to Kreider Farms during
+Added: the next quarter in order to complete the winding up of the Kreider 1 project.
+Added: Upon the complete distribution
+Added: of all assets of PA1, whether by transfer or sale and distribution of net proceeds as provided above, PA1 will use commercially reasonable
+Added: efforts to cause the cessation of all activities.
+Added: No distributions of PA1’s assets will be made to the Company or its affiliates.
+Added: The Consent to Dissolution authorized Mark A.
+Added: Smith, the Company’s President and the sole manager of PA1, to cause to be delivered
+Added: for filing the Statement of Dissolution, to give notice of the dissolution, and to take any other act necessary to wind up and liquidate
+Added: the business.
+Added: PA1 has made no payments
+Added: to vendors or other creditors in connection with the dissolution other than the payment to Pennvest described above.
+Added: No distributions
+Added: or payments of any kind have ever been made to the Company, the sole member of PA1 since inception and no payment will be made to the
+Added: Company or any affiliate in connection with the dissolution.
+Added: For more information regarding
+Added: the history and background of the Pennvest Loan and PA1, please review our Form’s 10-K for the years from 2008 through 2021 including
+Added: the Notes to the Financial Statements included therein.
CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE
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Obligations (including accrued interest, plus all future deferred compensation added subsequently), are convertible, at the sole election
−Removed: of the holder, into Units consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock and one half to one warrant to purchase a share
−Removed: of the Company’s common stock, at a price of $0.50 per Unit until July 1, 2024.
−Removed: The warrant contained in the Unit was originally
−Removed: exercisable at $1.00 per unit but was modified to $0.75 during the year ended June 30, 2020 and is exercisable until a date three years
−Removed: after the date of the conversion.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company approved the increase of warrants by one-third to be
−Removed: received by the noteholder if a conversion takes place.
−Removed: The original conversion price of $0.50 per Unit approximated the fair value of
−Removed: the Units at the date of the agreements;
+Added: of the holder, into Units consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock and one half to one warrant to purchase a share
+Added: of the Company’s common stock, at a price of $ 0.50 per Unit until July 1, 2024.
+Added: The original conversion price of $ 0.50 per Unit
+Added: approximated the fair value of the Units at the date of the agreements;
therefore, no beneficial conversion feature exists.
−Removed: Management evaluated the terms and conditions
−Removed: of the embedded conversion features based on the guidance of ASC 815-15 “Embedded Derivatives”
−Removed: to determine if there was an
−Removed: embedded derivative requiring bifurcation.
−Removed: An embedded derivative instrument (such as a conversion option embedded in the deferred compensation)
−Removed: must be bifurcated from its host instruments and accounted for separately as a derivative instrument only if the “risks and rewards”
−Removed: of the embedded derivative instrument are not “clearly and closely related”
−Removed: to the risks and rewards of the host instrument
−Removed: in which it is embedded.
−Removed: Management concluded that the embedded conversion feature of the deferred compensation was not required to be
−Removed: bifurcated because the conversion feature is clearly and closely related to the host instrument, and because of the Company’s limited
−Removed: trading volume that indicates the feature is not readily convertible to cash in accordance with ASC 815-10, “Derivatives and Hedging”.
+Added: evaluated the terms and conditions of the embedded conversion features based on the guidance of ASC 815-15 “Embedded Derivatives”
+Added: to determine if there was an embedded derivative requiring bifurcation.
+Added: An embedded derivative instrument (such as a conversion option
+Added: embedded in the deferred compensation) must be bifurcated from its host instruments and accounted for separately as a derivative instrument
+Added: only if the “risks and rewards” of the embedded derivative instrument are not “clearly and closely related” to
+Added: the risks and rewards of the host instrument in which it is embedded.
+Added: Management concluded that the embedded conversion feature of the
+Added: deferred compensation was not required to be bifurcated because the conversion feature is clearly and closely related to the host instrument,
+Added: and because of the Company’s limited trading volume that indicates the feature is not readily convertible to cash in accordance
+Added: with ASC 815-10, “Derivatives and Hedging”.
As of June 30, 2022, the 2020 Convertible Obligation
−Removed: balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani (and his donees), Smith and Edward Schafer (“Schafer”), the Company’s
−Removed: Vice Chairman, were $2,502,880, $1,186,926 and $481,119, respectively.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2020, the 2020 Convertible Obligation balances,
−Removed: including accrued interest, owed Bassani, Smith and Schafer were $2,408,432, $1,123,736 and $462,963, respectively.
−Removed: During the year ended
−Removed: June 30, 2020, Bassani and Smith elected to transfer $436,508 and $199,573, respectively, from deferred compensation owed them to their
−Removed: 2020 Convertible Obligations.
+Added: balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani Family Trusts (and his donees), Smith and Edward Schafer (“Schafer”), a
+Added: director of the Company, were $ 2,597,329 , $ 1,328,040 and $ 499,274 , respectively.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, the 2020 Convertible Obligation
+Added: balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani Family Trusts, Smith and Schafer were $ 2,502,880 , $ 1,186,926 and $ 481,119 , respectively.
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2022, Smith elected
+Added: to add $ 90,000 of his salary to his 2020 Convertible Obligations.
The Company recorded interest expense of $ 131,718
−Removed: and $137,130 for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
+Added: and $ 175,794
+Added: for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
+Added: The Company capitalized $ 32,000
+Added: and nil 0 related to the 3G project for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
September 2015 Convertible Notes
During the year ended June 30, 2016, the Company entered
−Removed: into September 2015 Convertible Notes with Bassani, Schafer and a Shareholder which replaced previously issued promissory notes.
−Removed: The September
−Removed: 2015 Convertible Notes bear interest at 4% per annum, originally had maturity dates of December 31, 2017 but during the year ended June
−Removed: 30, 2019 the maturity dates were extended to July 1, 2021, and may be converted at the sole election of the noteholders into restricted
−Removed: common shares of the Company at a conversion price of $0.60 per share.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2020, the maturity dates of the
−Removed: September 2015 Convertible Notes were further extended until July 1, 2024.
−Removed: As the conversion price of $0.60 approximated the fair value
−Removed: of the common shares at the date of the September 2015 Convertible Notes, no beneficial conversion feature exists.
+Added: into September 2015 Convertible Notes with Bassani (now owned by Bassani Family Trusts), Schafer and a Shareholder which replaced previously
+Added: issued promissory notes.
+Added: The September 2015 Convertible Notes bear interest at 4 % per annum, have maturity dates of July 1, 2024, and
+Added: may be converted at the sole election of the noteholders into restricted common shares of the Company at a conversion price of $ 0.60 per
+Added: As the conversion price of $0.60 approximated the fair value of the common shares at the date of the September 2015 Convertible
+Added: Notes, no beneficial conversion feature exists.
The balances of the September 2015 Convertible Notes
−Removed: as of June 30, 2021, including accrued interest owed Bassani, Schafer and Shareholder, are $171,343, $20,190 and $430,639, respectively.
−Removed: The balances of the September 2015 Convertible Notes as of June 30, 2020, including accrued interest, were $165,653, $19,535 and $415,522,
+Added: as of June 30, 2022, including accrued interest owed Bassani Family Trusts, Schafer and Shareholder, are $ 279,366 , $ 20,845 and $ 445,756 ,
respectively.
+Added: The balances of the September 2015 Convertible Notes as of June 30, 2021, including accrued interest, were $ 171,343 , $ 20,190
+Added: and $ 430,639 , respectively.
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2022, Bassani elected
+Added: to transfer $ 100,000 from deferred compensation to the 2015 convertible note.
The Company recorded interest expense of $ 23,796 and
−Removed: $21,462 for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
−Removed: STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
+Added: $ 21,462 for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, on the September 2015 Convertible Notes.
+Added: STOCKHOLDERS'
Series B Preferred stock:
−Removed: Since July 1, 2014, the Company has 200 shares of
+Added: Since July 1, 2014, the Company had 200 shares of
Series B redeemable convertible Preferred stock outstanding with a par value of $ 0.01 per share, convertible at the option of the holder
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$ 100 per share by the Company three years after issuance and accordingly was classified as a liability.
−Removed: The 200 shares have reached their
−Removed: maturity date, but due to the cash constraints of the Company have not been redeemed.
+Added: The 200 shares had reached their
+Added: redemption date and the Company approved the redemption of the Series B preferred stock during the year ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: of Series B redeemable convertible Preferred stock were redeemed for $ 41,000 , which included the $ 21,000 in accrued dividend payable.
+Added: In April 2023, the Company amended the number of preferred
+Added: stock shares from 50,000 to 10,000,000 , having a $ 0.01 par value per share.
During the years ended June 30, 2022, and 2021, the
Company declared dividends of $ 1,000 and $ 2,000 respectively.
−Removed: At June 30, 2021, accrued dividends payable are $20,000.
−Removed: The dividends are
−Removed: classified as a component of operations as the Series B Preferred stock is presented as a liability in these financial statements.
+Added: The dividends are classified as a component of operations as the Series
+Added: B Preferred stock is presented as a liability in these financial statements.
Common stock:
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stock or any series of preferred stock the Company may designate in the future.
−Removed: Centerpoint holds 704,309 shares of the Company’s
+Added: During April 2022, the Company amended the number of common
+Added: stock shares from 100,000,000
+Added: to 250,000,000 .
+Added: Centerpoint holds 704,309 shares of the Company’s
common stock.
−Removed: These shares of the Company’s common stock held by Centerpoint are for the benefit of its shareholders without any
+Added: These shares of the Company’s common stock held by Centerpoint are for the benefit of its shareholders without any
beneficial interest.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Company issued
−Removed: 29,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at prices ranging from $0.48 to $0.75 per share for services valued at $16,350 in the
−Removed: aggregate, to two consultants.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Company entered
−Removed: into a subscription agreement to sell units for $0.50 per unit, with each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s restricted
−Removed: common stock and one warrant to purchase one half of a share of the Company’s restricted common stock for $0.75 per share with an
−Removed: expiry date of December 31, 2020, and pursuant thereto, the Company issued 18,000 units for total proceeds of $9,000, net proceeds of
−Removed: $8,100 after commissions of $900.
−Removed: The Company allocated the proceeds from the 18,000 shares and the 9,000 warrants based upon their relative
−Removed: fair values, using the share price on the day each of the subscription agreements were entered into and the fair value of the warrants,
−Removed: which was determined to be $0.05 per warrant.
−Removed: As a result, $333 was allocated to the warrants and $8,667 was allocated to the shares,
−Removed: and both were recorded as additional paid in capital.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Company entered
−Removed: into subscription agreements to sell units for $0.50 per unit, with each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s restricted
−Removed: common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s restricted common stock for $0.75 per share with an expiry date
−Removed: of December 31, 2020, and pursuant thereto, the Company issued 2,000,001 units for total proceeds of $1,000,000, net proceeds of $910,500
−Removed: after commissions of $89,500.
−Removed: The Company allocated the proceeds from the 2,000,001 shares and the 2,000,001 warrants based upon their
−Removed: relative fair values, using the share price on the day each of the subscription agreements were entered into and the fair value of the
−Removed: warrants, which was determined to be $0.05 per warrant.
−Removed: As a result, $48,604 was allocated to the warrants and $951,396 was allocated
−Removed: to the shares, and both were recorded as additional paid in capital.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Company entered
−Removed: into subscription agreements to sell units for $0.50 per unit, with each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s restricted
−Removed: common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s restricted common stock for $0.75 per share with an expiry date
−Removed: of December 31, 2021, and pursuant thereto, the Company issued 1,150,000 units for total proceeds of $575,000, net proceeds of $517,500
−Removed: after commissions of $57,500.
−Removed: The Company allocated the proceeds from the 1,150,000 shares and the 1,150,000 warrants based upon their
−Removed: relative fair values, using the share price on the day each of the subscription agreements were entered into and the fair value of the
−Removed: warrants, which was determined to be $0.05 per warrant.
−Removed: As a result, $25,041 was allocated to the warrants and $549,959 was allocated
−Removed: to the shares, and both were recorded as additional paid in capital.
During the year ended June 30, 2022, Smith elected
−Removed: to convert deferred compensation, loan payable - affiliates and accounts payable of $3,828, $15,000 and $52,830, respectively, into an
−Removed: aggregate 143,316 units at $0.50 per unit, with each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s restricted common stock and one
−Removed: warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s restricted common stock for $0.75 per share until December 31, 2020, which were subsequently
−Removed: extended to December 31, 2024.
+Added: to convert accounts payable (based on his unreimbursed expenses) of $ 17,711 into 35,424 units at $ 0.50 per unit, with each unit consisting
+Added: of one share of the Company’s restricted common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s restricted common
+Added: stock for $ 0.75 per share until December 31, 2024.
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2022, 2,315,550
+Added: warrants were exercised to purchase 2,315,550 shares of the Company’s common stock at $ 0.75 per share for total proceeds of $ 1,736,662 .
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2022, the Company
+Added: issued 66,860 shares of the Company’s common stock to three brokers as commissions for the warrant exercises.
+Added: As the issuance was
+Added: both a reduction and addition to additional paid in capital there was no impact to the financial statements.
+Added: The Company also paid a broker
+Added: $ 18,601 in commissions for the warrant exercises.
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2022, the Company
+Added: issued 25,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to a marketing firm for services provided.
During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company entered
into subscription agreements, under three different offerings, to sell units for $ 0.50 per unit, with each unit consisting of one share
−Removed: of the Company’s restricted common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s restricted common stock for
+Added: of the Company’s restricted common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s restricted common stock for
$ 0.75 per share with an expiry date of December 31, 2021 , and pursuant thereto, the Company issued 3,720,000 units for total proceeds
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During the year ended June 30, 2021, 300,000 share
−Removed: of the Company’s restricted company stock were sold to an investor for $300,000.
+Added: of the Company’s restricted company stock were sold to an investor for $ 300,000 .
During the year ended June 30, 2021, Smith elected
to convert deferred compensation and accounts payable of $ 128,039 and $ 52,361 , respectively, into an aggregate 360,805 units at $ 0.50
−Removed: per unit, with each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s restricted common stock and one warrant to purchase one share
−Removed: of the Company’s restricted common stock for $0.75 per share until December 31, 2024.
+Added: per unit, with each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s restricted common stock and one warrant to purchase one share
+Added: of the Company’s restricted common stock for $ 0.75 per share until December 31, 2024.
During the year ended June 30, 2021, two consultants
elected to convert deferred compensation of $ 593,411 , into an aggregate 1,186,824 units at $ 0.50 per unit, with each unit consisting of
−Removed: one share of the Company’s restricted common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s restricted common
+Added: one share of the Company’s restricted common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s restricted common
stock for $ 0.75 per share until December 31, 2023.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company
−Removed: issued 144,000 units to Smith for salary of $72,000, with each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s restricted common stock
−Removed: and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s restricted common stock for $0.75 per share with an expiry date of December
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2021, 4,065,988
−Removed: warrants were exercised to purchase 4,065,988 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.75 per share for total proceeds of $3,049,490.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company
−Removed: issued 129,364 shares of the Company’s common stock to a broker as commissions for the warrant exercises.
−Removed: As the issuance was both
−Removed: a reduction and addition to additional paid in capital there was no impact to the financial statements.
−Removed: The company also paid a broker
−Removed: $3,537 in commissions for the warrant exercises.
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company issued
+Added: 144,000 units to Smith for salary of $ 72,000 , with each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s restricted common stock and
+Added: one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s restricted common stock for $ 0.75 per share with an expiry date of December 31,
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2021, 4,065,988 warrants
+Added: were exercised to purchase 4,065,988 shares of the Company’s common stock at $ 0.75 per share for total proceeds of $ 3,049,490 .
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company issued
+Added: 129,364 shares of the Company’s common stock to a broker as commissions for the warrant exercises.
+Added: As the issuance was both a reduction
+Added: and addition to additional paid in capital there was no impact to the financial statements.
+Added: The company also paid a broker $ 3,537 in commissions
+Added: for the warrant exercises.
As of June 30, 2022, the Company had approximately
−Removed: 21.9 million warrants outstanding, with exercise prices from $0.60 to $1.50 and expiring on various dates through June 30, 2025.
+Added: 20.8 million warrants outstanding, with exercise prices from $ 0.60 to $ 1.50 and expiring on various dates through April 31, 2026.
The weighted-average exercise price for the outstanding
warrants is $ 0.75 , and the weighted-average remaining contractual life as of June 30, 2022 is 2.6 years.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company entered
−Removed: into subscription agreements, under three different offerings, to sell units for $0.50 per unit, with each unit consisting of one share
−Removed: of the Company’s restricted common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s restricted common stock for
−Removed: $0.75 per share with an expiry date of December 31, 2021, and pursuant thereto, the Company issued 3,720,000 units for total proceeds
−Removed: of $1,860,000, net proceeds of $1,699,000 after commissions of $161,000.
−Removed: The Company allocated the proceeds from the 3,720,000 shares
−Removed: and the 3,720,000 warrants based upon their relative fair values, using the share price on the day each of the subscription agreements
−Removed: were entered into and the fair value of the warrants, which was determined to be $0.05 per warrant.
−Removed: As a result, $114,148 was allocated
−Removed: to the warrants and $1,745,852 was allocated to the shares, and both were recorded as additional paid in capital.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company issued
−Removed: 50,000 warrants to a consultant to purchase 50,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock at an exercise price of $0.90
−Removed: per share and an expiration date of December 31, 2021.
−Removed: The warrants were in exchange for services expensed at $2,500.
During the year ended June 30, 2022, Smith elected
−Removed: to convert deferred compensation and accounts payable of $128,039 and $52,361, respectively, into an aggregate 360,805 units at $0.50
−Removed: per unit, with each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s restricted common stock and one warrant to purchase one share
−Removed: of the Company’s restricted common stock for $0.75 per share until December 31, 2024.
+Added: to convert accounts payable (for unreimbursed expenses) of $ 17,711 into 35,424 units at $ 0.50 per unit, with each unit consisting of one
+Added: share of the Company’s restricted common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s restricted common stock
+Added: for $ 0.75 per share until December 31, 2024.
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2022, the Company approved the issuance
+Added: of 75,000 warrants for two consultants for consulting services of $ 7,500 .
+Added: The warrants are exercisable at $ 1.50 and expire in November
During the year ended June 30, 2022, the Company
−Removed: agreed to extend the expiration dates of 4,497,924 warrants owned by certain individuals which were scheduled to expire at various dates
−Removed: from December 31, 2020 through December 31, 2021.
−Removed: The Company recorded non-cash compensation of $25,506 and interest expense of $187,139
−Removed: related to the modification of the warrants.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2021, warrants
−Removed: to purchase 164,251 shares of the Company’s common stock at prices ranging from $0.75 to $2.00 expired.
+Added: approved the modification of existing warrants held by one former consultant and four investors, which extended certain expiration dates.
+Added: The modifications resulted in incremental non-cash compensation of $ 5,624 and interest expenses of $ 2,713 .
During the year ended June 30, 2022, 2,315,550
−Removed: warrants were exercised to purchase 4,065,988 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.75 per share for total proceeds of $3,049,490.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company
−Removed: issued warrants to brokers as commissions to purchase 322,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.75
−Removed: per share and an expiration of December 31, 2022.
−Removed: As the issuance was both a reduction and addition to additional paid in capital there
−Removed: was no impact to the financial statements.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company
−Removed: issued 144,000 units to Smith for salary of $72,000, with each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s restricted common stock
−Removed: and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s restricted common stock for $0.75 per share with an expiry date of December
+Added: warrants were exercised to purchase 2,315,550 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.75 per share for total proceeds of $ 1,736,662 .
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2022, the Company issued 66,860 shares of
+Added: the Company’s common stock to three brokers as commissions for the warrant exercises.
+Added: As the issuance was both a reduction and addition
+Added: to additional paid in capital there was no impact to the financial statements.
+Added: The company also paid a broker $ 18,601 in commissions for
+Added: the warrant exercises.
+Added: Effective May 1, 2022, an entity affiliated with William
+Added: O’Neill (“O’Neill”) was issued 1,000,000 Incentive Warrants exercisable at $ 1.00 per share until April 30, 2026
+Added: of which up to 700,000 Incentive Warrants may be cancelled if O’Neill is not renewed at 13 months and/or fails to serve the entire
+Added: contract term thereafter.
+Added: These warrants each have a 75 % exercise bonus if the terms set forth therein are met.
Stock options:
−Removed: The Company’s 2006 Consolidated Incentive Plan,
−Removed: as amended during the year ended June 30, 2021 (the “2006 Plan”), provides for the issuance of options (and/or other securities)
−Removed: to purchase up to 36,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
+Added: On April 7, 2022 the Company’s shareholders
+Added: approved the Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
+Added: 2021 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “ Equity Plan ”).
+Added: Plan provides for the issuance of options (and/or other securities) to purchase up to 30,000,000 shares of the Company’s common
+Added: The Equity Plan was adopted and ratified by Board of Directors on April 8, 2022.
+Added: Terms of exercise and expiration of options/securities
+Added: granted under the Equity Plan may be established at the discretion of the Board of Directors, but no option may be exercisable for more
+Added: than ten years.
+Added: No grants have been made pursuant to the Equity Plan as of the date of this report.
+Added: The Company’s 2006 Consolidated Incentive Plan,
+Added: as amended during the year ended June 30, 2021 (the “2006 Plan”), provides for the issuance of options (and/or other securities)
+Added: to purchase up to 36,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
Terms of exercise and expiration of options/securities granted
under the 2006 Plan may be established at the discretion of the Board of Directors, but no option may be exercisable for more than ten
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Company
−Removed: approved the modification of existing stock options held by certain employees, directors and consultants, which extended certain expiration
−Removed: dates and reduced certain exercise prices.
−Removed: The modifications resulted in incremental non-cash compensation of $626,058 (including $184,550,
−Removed: $110,625, $116,970 and $32,700 for Bassani, Smith, Schafer and Jon Northrop (“Northrop”), the Company’s other board
−Removed: member, respectively).
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company
−Removed: approved the modification of existing stock options held by two former consultants, which extended certain expiration dates.
−Removed: The modifications
−Removed: resulted in incremental non-cash compensation of $8,775.
+Added: The 2006 Plan will be maintained to service grants already made thereunder (together with new grants, if any, to employees and
+Added: consultants who already has received grants pursuant to its terms,
+Added: On February 11, 2022, the Company granted 10,000 options
+Added: under the 2006 Plan to one consultant.
+Added: On April 29, 2022, the Company granted an aggregate
+Added: of 720,000 options under the 2006 Plan to seven employees/consultants/directors including:
+Added: i) 50,000 options each to Schafer and Northrop
+Added: for service as directors, ii) 200,000 options to Bassani (now COO of the Company and formerly CEO) and iii) 200,000 options to Smith,
+Added: the Company’s President, which new option grants are included in the presentation below.
The Company recorded compensation expense related
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The Company granted 730,000
−Removed: and 2,210,000 options during the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2021 the Company issued
−Removed: 250,000, 250,000, 50,000 and 25,000 options to Bassani, Smith, Schafer and Northrop, respectively and recorded compensation expense of
−Removed: $277,500, $277,500, $55,500 and $27,500 for Bassani, Smith, Schafer and Northrop, respectively.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2020 the
−Removed: Company issued 500,000, 600,000, 175,000 and 150,000 options to Bassani, Smith, Schafer and Northrop, respectively and recorded compensation
−Removed: expense of $90,000, $115,000, $33,250 and $28,750 for Bassani, Smith, Schafer and Northrop, respectively.
+Added: and 960,000 fully vested options during the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
The fair value of the options granted during the years
ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 were estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions:
+Added: Fair value of options assumptions
Dividend yield
Risk-free interest rate
−Removed: 0.47% –
+Added: 1.71 % – 3.01 %
+Added: 0.47 %- 0.82 %
Expected term (years)
The expected volatility was based on the historical
−Removed: price volatility of the Company’s common stock.
−Removed: The dividend yield represents the Company’s anticipated cash dividend on common
+Added: price volatility of the Company’s common stock.
+Added: The dividend yield represents the Company’s anticipated cash dividend on common
stock over the expected term of the stock options.
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The expected term of stock options represents the period of time the stock options granted are
−Removed: expected to be outstanding based upon management’s estimates.
+Added: expected to be outstanding based upon management’s estimates.
A summary of option activity under the 2006 Plan for the years
ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 is as follows:
+Added: Schedule of option activity
Outstanding at July 1, 2020
1 unchanged sentence
Outstanding at June 30, 2022
−Removed: Exercisable at June 30, 2021
The following table presents information relating
to nonvested stock options as of June 30, 2022:
+Added: Schedule of non vested stock options
Weighted Average
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Stock-based employee compensation charges in operating expenses
−Removed: in the Company’s financial statements for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:
−Removed: and administrative:
−Removed: in fair value from modification of
−Removed: in fair value from modification of
−Removed: warrant terms
−Removed: value of stock options expensed
−Removed: and development:
−Removed: in fair value from modification of
−Removed: in fair value from modification of
+Added: in the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:
+Added: Condensed Financial Statement
+Added: General and administrative:
+Added: Change in fair value from modification of
+Added: Change in fair value from modification of
warrant terms
−Removed: value of stock options expensed
+Added: Fair value of stock options expensed
+Added: Research and development:
+Added: Fair value of stock options expensed
+Added: The Company capitalized $ 135,648
+Added: and nil 0 in non-cash compensation related to the 3G project in June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
RECEIVABLE - AFFILIATES :
As of June 30, 2022, the Company has three interest
−Removed: bearing, secured promissory notes with an aggregate principal amount of $428,250 ($483,387, including interest), from Bassani as consideration
−Removed: to purchase warrants to purchase 5,565,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock, which warrants have exercise prices
−Removed: ranging from $0.60 to $1.00 and have expiry dates ranging from December 31, 2020 to December 31, 2025.
−Removed: The promissory notes bear interest
−Removed: at 4% per annum, and are secured by portions of Bassani’s 2020 Convertible Obligation and Bassani’s September 2015 Convertible
−Removed: The secured promissory notes were payable July 1, 2020 but were extended to July 1, 2024 during the year ended June 30, 2020.
−Removed: during the year ended June 30, 2020, warrants with exercise prices greater than $0.75 were reduced to $0.75 and warrants with expiry dates
−Removed: prior to December 31, 2024 were extended to December 31, 2024.
+Added: bearing, secured promissory notes with an aggregate principal amount of $ 428,250 ($ 504,650 , including interest) from Bassani which were
+Added: received as consideration for purchases of warrants to purchase 5,565,000 shares, in aggregate, of the Company’s restricted common
+Added: stock, which warrants have an exercise price of $ 0.75 and have expiry dates ranging from December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2025.
+Added: The promissory
+Added: notes bear interest at 4% per annum and are secured by portions of Bassani Family Trust’s 2020 Convertible Obligation and Bassani
+Added: Family Trust’s September 2015 Convertible Notes.
+Added: The secured promissory notes are payable July 1, 2024.
As of June 30, 2022, the Company has an interest bearing,
secured promissory note for $ 30,000 ($ 34,688 including interest) from Smith as consideration to purchase warrants to purchase 300,000
−Removed: shares of the Company’s restricted common stock, which warrants are exercisable at $0.60 and have expiry dates of December 31, 2023.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2020, the expiry dates of the warrants were extended to December 31, 2024.
−Removed: The warrants have a 75% exercise
−Removed: bonus and the promissory note bears interest at 4% per annum, and is secured by $30,000 of Smith’s 2020 Convertible Obligations.
−Removed: The secured promissory note was payable on July 1, 2020 but was extended to July 1, 2024 during the year ended June 30, 2020.
+Added: shares of the Company’s restricted common stock, which warrants are exercisable at $ 0.60 and have expiry dates of December 31, 2024.
+Added: The warrants have a 75% exercise bonus and the promissory note bears interest at 4 % per annum, and is secured by $ 30,000 ($ 35,011 , including
+Added: interest) of Smith’s 2020 Convertible Obligations.
+Added: The secured promissory note is payable on July 1, 2024.
As of June 30, 2022 the Company has two interest
bearing, secured promissory notes with an aggregate principal amount of $ 46,400 ($ 55,009 including interest) from two former employees
−Removed: as consideration to purchase warrants to purchase 928,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock, which warrants are exercisable
+Added: as consideration to purchase warrants to purchase 928,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock, which warrants are exercisable
at $ 0.75 and have expiry dates of December 31, 2024.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2020, the expiry dates of the warrants were extended
−Removed: to December 31, 2024.
These warrants have a 90% exercise bonus.
−Removed: The promissory notes bear interest at 4% per annum, are secured by a perfected
−Removed: security interest in the warrants, and were payable on July 1, 2020 but were extended to July 1, 2024 during the year ended June 30, 2020.
+Added: The promissory notes bear interest at
+Added: 4 % per annum, are secured by a perfected security interest in the warrants, and are payable on July 1, 2024.
AND CONTINGENCIES :
Employment and consulting agreements:
−Removed: Smith has held the positions of Director, President
−Removed: and General Counsel of Company and its subsidiaries under various agreements (and extensions) and terms since March 2003.
−Removed: On October 10,
−Removed: 2016, the Company approved a month to month contract extension, with Smith which includes provisions for i) a monthly deferred salary
−Removed: of $18,000 until the Board of Directors re-instates cash payments to all employees and consultants who are deferring compensation, ii)
−Removed: the right to convert up to $300,000 of his deferred compensation, at his sole election, at $0.75 per share, until December 31, 2022),
−Removed: and iii) the right to convert his deferred compensation in whole or in part, at his sole election, at any time in any amount at “market”
−Removed: or into securities sold in the Company’s current/most recent private offering at the price of such offering to third parties.
−Removed: agreed effective July 29, 2018 to continue to serve the Company under the same basic terms.
−Removed: Since March 31, 2005, the Company has had various
−Removed: agreements with Brightcap and/or Bassani, through which the services of Bassani are provided (any reference to Brightcap or Bassani for
−Removed: all purposes are the same individual).
−Removed: The Board appointed Bassani as the Company's CEO effective May 13, 2011.
−Removed: On February 10, 2015,
−Removed: the Company executed an Extension Agreement with Bassani pursuant to which Bassani extended the term of his service to the Company to
−Removed: December 31, 2017, (with the Company having an option to extend the term an additional six months.) Pursuant to the Extension Agreement,
−Removed: Bassani continued to defer his cash compensation ($31,000 per month) until the Board of Directors re-instates cash payments to all employees
−Removed: and consultants who are deferring their compensation.
−Removed: During October 2016 Bassani was granted the right to convert up to $125,000 of his
−Removed: deferred compensation, at his sole election, at $0.75 per share, until March 15, 2018 (which was expanded on April 27, 2017 to the right
−Removed: to convert up to $300,000 of his deferred compensation, at his sole election, at $0.75 per share, and subsequently extended until December
−Removed: During February 2018, the Company agreed to the material terms for a binding two-year extension agreement for Bassani’s
−Removed: services as CEO, while a detailed, fully executed agreement is still being negotiated and will be finalized in the future.
−Removed: Bassani’s
−Removed: salary will remain $372,000 per year, which will continue to be accrued until there is adequate cash available while negotiations proceed
−Removed: toward the re-instatement of a least a partial cash payment.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company has agreed to pay him $2,000 per month to be applied
−Removed: to life insurance premiums.
−Removed: On August 1, 2018, in the context of extending his agreement to provide services to the Company on a full-time
−Removed: basis through December 31, 2022) plus 2 years after that on a part-time basis, the Company received an interest bearing secured promissory
−Removed: note for $300,000 from Bassani as consideration to purchase warrants to purchase 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common
−Removed: stock, which warrants are exercisable at $0.60 and have expiry dates of June 30, 2025.
−Removed: The promissory note is secured by a portion of
−Removed: Bassani’s 2020 Convertible Obligations and as of June 30, 2021, the principal and accrued interest was $335,965.
−Removed: For the years ended
−Removed: June 30, 2021 and 2020, Brightcap was paid $155,000 and $135,000, respectively.
+Added: Smith has held the positions
+Added: of Director, Executive Chairman, President and General Counsel of Company and its subsidiaries under various agreements (and extensions)
+Added: and terms since March 2003.
+Added: On October 10, 2016, the Company approved a month to month contract extension with Smith which includes provisions
+Added: for i) a monthly salary of $ 18,000 until the Board of Directors re-instates cash payments to all employees and consultants who are deferring
+Added: compensation, ii) the right to convert up to $ 300,000 of his deferred compensation, at his sole election, at $ 0.75 per share, until December
+Added: 31, 2022)(check with Kathy whether this was extended), and iii) the right to convert his deferred compensation in whole or in part,
+Added: at his sole election, at any time in any amount at “market” or into securities sold in the Company’s current/most recent
+Added: private offering at the price of such offering to third parties.
+Added: Smith agreed effective July 29, 2018 to continue to serve the Company
+Added: under the same basic terms on a month-to-month basis.
+Added: On May 1, 2022 Smith’s compensation was increased to $ 25,000 per month
+Added: of which $5,000 a month is deferred.
+Added: For the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, Smith was paid $ 130,000 and $ 139,460 , respectively, of
+Added: cash compensation.
+Added: Since March 31, 2005, the
+Added: Company has had various agreements with Brightcap and/or Bassani (now the Company’s Chief Operating Officer (‘COO’)
+Added: and formerly the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (‘CEO’), through which the services of Bassani are provided (any
+Added: reference to Brightcap or Bassani for all purposes are the same individual).
+Added: The Board appointed Bassani as the Company's CEO effective
+Added: May 13, 2011.
+Added: On February 10, 2015, the Company executed an Extension Agreement with Bassani pursuant to which Bassani extended the term
+Added: of his service to the Company to December 31, 2017, (with the Company having an option to extend the term an additional six months.) Pursuant
+Added: to the Extension Agreement, Bassani continued to defer his cash compensation ($ 31,000 per month) until the Board of Directors re-instates
+Added: cash payments to all employees and consultants who are deferring their compensation.
+Added: During October 2016 Bassani was granted the right
+Added: to convert up to $ 125,000 of his deferred compensation, at his sole election, at $ 0.75 per share, until March 15, 2018 (which was expanded
+Added: on April 27, 2017 to the right to convert up to $ 300,000 of his deferred compensation, at his sole election, at $ 0.75 per share, and subsequently
+Added: extended until December 31, 2022 (which date has subsequently been extended to June 30, 2024).
+Added: During February 2018, the Company
+Added: agreed to the material terms for a binding two-year extension agreement for Bassani’s services as CEO.
+Added: Bassani’s salary remained
+Added: $ 31,000 per month, which will continue to be accrued in part until there is adequate cash available.
+Added: Additionally, the Company has agreed
+Added: to pay him $ 2,000 per month to be applied to life insurance premiums (which sums have been accrued as liabilities).
+Added: On August 1, 2018,
+Added: in the context of extending his agreement to provide services to the Company on a full-time basis through December 31, 2022) plus 2 years
+Added: after that on a part-time basis, the Company received an interest bearing secured promissory note for $ 300,000 from Bassani as consideration
+Added: to purchase warrants to purchase 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock, which warrants are exercisable at $0.60
+Added: and have expiry dates of June 30, 2025.
+Added: The promissory note is secured by a portion of Bassani’s 2020 Convertible Obligations and
+Added: as of June 30, 2022, the principal and accrued interest was $ 348,643 .
+Added: For the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, Brightcap was paid $ 250,000
+Added: and $ 155,000 , respectively, of cash compensation earned during the period.
+Added: William O’Neill (“O’Neill”)
+Added: has been hired as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) effective May 1, 2022.
+Added: O’Neill had previously
+Added: been working with the Company as a consultant and had been employed by the Company as its CEO during 2010-2011.
+Added: Bassani, CEO of the
+Added: Company since 2011, has assumed the position of COO while retaining existing operational management responsibilities and working with
+Added: O’Neill on ‘commercialization’ of the Company’s technology and work related to JVs (and other transactions) based
+Added: on the Company’s GEN3 Technology and related matters.
+Added: Bassani’s compensation arrangements with the Company have not been altered
+Added: in the context of the change of positions.
+Added: The Company and O’Neill have entered into a thirty-seven (37) month employment agreement
+Added: (subject to Board renewal for the final two (2) years during the 13th month) with compensation of $ 25,000 cash and $ 10,000 deferred
+Added: compensation per month.
+Added: An entity affiliated with O’Neill was issued 1,000,000 Incentive Warrants exercisable at $1.00 per share
+Added: until April 30, 2026 of which up to 700,000 Incentive Warrants may be cancelled if O’Neill is not renewed at 13 months and/or fails
+Added: to serve the entire contract term thereafter.
+Added: These warrants each have a 75% exercise bonus if the terms set forth therein are met.
Execution/exercise bonuses:
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and iii) with regard to
−Removed: contingent stock bonuses, issuance shall be triggered upon the Company’s common stock reaching a closing price equal to 50% of currently
+Added: contingent stock bonuses, issuance shall be triggered upon the Company’s common stock reaching a closing price equal to 50% of currently
specified price;
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annual payments to extend warrant exercise periods have been reduced to $.01 per option or warrant.
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company applied
−Removed: a 75% execution/exercise bonus on 3,000,000 warrants held by a trust owned by Bassani.
+Added: These exercise bonuses were subsequently
+Added: increased to 75%.
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company added
+Added: a 75 % execution/exercise bonus to the terms of 3,000,000 warrants held by a trust owned by Bassani.
As of June 30, 2022, the execution/exercise bonuses
−Removed: ranging from 50-90% were applicable to 10,326,600 of the Company’s outstanding options and 16,742,789 of the Company’s outstanding
−Removed: On September 10, 2021, the Company filed a federal lawsuit ‘in rem’
−Removed: to recover the <biontech.com> domain and the unknown ‘John Doe’
+Added: ranging from 50 - 90 % were applicable to 17,778,213 of the Company’s outstanding options and 17,778,213 of the Company’s outstanding
+Added: Effective May 1, 2022, an entity affiliated with O’Neill
+Added: was issued 1,000,000 Incentive Warrants exercisable at $ 1.00 per share until April 30, 2026 of which up to 700,000 Incentive Warrants
+Added: may be cancelled if O’Neill is not renewed at 13 months and/or fails to serve the entire contract term thereafter.
+Added: These warrants
+Added: each have a 75 % exercise bonus if the terms set forth therein are met.
+Added: Purchase Order Agreement:
+Added: January 28, 2022 Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
+Added: (‘Bion’), on behalf of Bion 3G1 LLC (‘3G1’), a wholly-owned
+Added: subsidiary, entered into a Purchase Order Agreement with Buflovak and Hebeler Process Solutions (collectively ‘Buflovak’)
+Added: in the amount of $ 2,665,500 (and made the initial 25 % payment ($ 666,375 )) for the core of the ‘Bion System’ portion (without
+Added: the crystallization modules which will be ordered and fabricated pursuant to subsequent agreements) of the previously announced
+Added: 3G Tech Initial Project.
+Added: This Purchase Order encompasses the core of Bion’s 3G Technology.
+Added: On March 21, 2022 the Company received
+Added: progress notice re:
+Added: completion of certain work in process and an invoice from Buflovak for the next 25 % payment ($ 666,375 ).
+Added: June 6, 2022 the Company received progress notice re:
+Added: completion of certain work in process and an invoice from Buflovak for the next
+Added: 25% payment ($666,375) which was paid on July 5, 2022 bringing the aggregate payments to $ 1,996,125 as of the date of this report.
+Added: has worked with the Company on design and testing of its 3G Tech over several years.
+Added: The basic design for the Initial Project’s
+Added: Bion System is complete and procurement/fabrication has now been initiated.
+Added: 3G1 is working in concert with Integrated Engineering
+Added: Services, the primary site engineering firm for the facility, on the integration of all project components/modules at the Initial Project
+Added: Additional agreements have been entered into various professional services providers (engineers, surveyors, etc.) for work related
+Added: to the Initial Project.
+Added: Domain Sale/Resolved
+Added: Litigation/Hacking/Theft
+Added: 2022 the Company entered into an agreement to sell domain name <biontech.com> and other related assets to BioNTech SE (“BNTX”)
+Added: for the sum of $950,000 (before expenses related to the transaction) which sale was closed/completed on April 2, 2022 with a one-time
+Added: gain of $902,490.
+Added: The Company has been using www.bionenviro.com as its primary website (and domain) since July 2021 due to the
+Added: events described below.
+Added: The Company has not been using biontech.com as its primary website since July 2021 so domain name <biontech.com>
+Added: no longer represented a core asset of the Company.
+Added: As previously reported, on
+Added: Saturday morning, July 17, 2021, our historical website domain – biontech.com – and email services were compromised
+Added: and disabled.
+Added: Research indicated that an unknown party had ‘hijacked’ the domain in a theft attempt.
+Added: On September 10, 2021,
+Added: the Company filed a federal lawsuit ‘in rem’ to recover the <biontech.com> domain and the unknown ‘John Doe’
who hacked and attempted to steal the website.
−Removed: The litigation
−Removed: has been filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division under the heading ‘Bion
−Removed: Environmental Technologies, Inc., Plaintiff, vs John Doe and <biontech.com>, Defendants’
−Removed: 1:21-cv-01034), seeking
−Removed: recovery of the domain name and other relief as set forth therein.
−Removed: On September 25, 2014, the Pennsylvania Infrastructure
−Removed: Investment Authority (“Pennvest”) exercised its right to declare the PA1’s Pennvest Loan in default, accelerated the
−Removed: Pennvest Loan and demanded that PA1 pay $8,137,117 (principal, interest plus late charges) on or before October 24, 2014.
−Removed: make the payment and does not have the resources to make the payments demanded by Pennvest.
−Removed: PA1 commenced discussions and negotiations
−Removed: with Pennvest concerning this matter but Pennvest rejected PA1’s proposal made during the fall of 2014.
−Removed: PA1 made a new proposal
−Removed: to Pennvest during September 2021 which proposal is presently under consideration by Pennvest.
−Removed: PA1 provides Pennvest with its financial
+Added: The litigation was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
+Added: Virginia, Alexandria Division under the heading ‘Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc., Plaintiff, vs John Doe and <biontech.com>,
+Added: Defendants’ (Case No.
+Added: 1:21-cv-01034), seeking recovery of the domain name and other relief as set forth therein.
+Added: On November 19, 2021, the
+Added: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division issued an order stating that “… ORDERED,
+Added: ADJUDGED and Decreed that plaintiff Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
+Added: (‘plaintiff) Is the lawful owner of domain name <biontech.com>
+Added: ….” under the heading ‘Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc., Plaintiff, vs John Doe and <biontech.com>, Defendants’
+Added: 1:21-cv-01034).
+Added: The Company has moved the domain name <biontech.com> to a new registrar and reactivated it for the Company’s
+Added: use (paired currently with its current bionenviro.com website).
+Added: No shareholder, sensitive
+Added: or confidential information was available to be breached which has limited damages from the hack/theft to date.
+Added: However, the Company’s
+Added: email operations werebeen subject disruption and expenses were incurred related to the matter including legal fees.
+Added: The Company created ‘work-arounds’
+Added: These issues have been resolved and the Company has moved our website (and email) to a new domain:
+Added: bionenviro.com.
+Added: access is now www.bionenviro.com.
+Added: To send emails to Bion personnel, one uses the same name identifier previously used, but in the
+Added: address, substitute ‘bionenviro.com’ for “biontech.com’:
+Added: For example cscott@biontech.com (no longer functional)
+Added: is cscott@bionenviro.com and mas@biontech.com (no longer functional) is now mas@bionenviro.com.
+Added: Pennvest Loan and Dissolution
+Added: of Bion PA1, LLC (“PA1”)
+Added: PA1, the Company’s
+Added: wholly-owned subsidiary, was dissolved on December 29, 2021 on which date it owed approximately $ 10,010,000 under the terms of the Pennvest
+Added: Loan related to the construction of the Kreider 1 System including accrued interest and late charges totaling $ 2,255,802 as of that date.
+Added: Through the date of the dissolution, PA1 was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and its assets and liabilities were included on
+Added: the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: At September 30, 2021, PA1’s total assets were $ 297 and its total liabilities were
+Added: $ 10,154,334 (including the Pennvest Loan in the aggregate amount of $ 9,939,148 , accounts payable of $ 214,235 and accrued liabilities of
+Added: $ 950 ) which sums were included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
+Added: Subsequent to the dissolution of PA1, its assets and liabilities are no longer consolidated and included in the Company’s
+Added: balance sheets.
+Added: As of December 29, 2021, PA1’s total assets were nil and its total liabilities were $ 10,234,501 (including the Pennvest
+Added: Loan in the aggregate amount of $ 10,009,802 , accounts payable of $ 212,263 and accrued liabilities of $ 12,436 .
+Added: The net amount of $ 10,234,501
+Added: was recognized as a gain on the legal dissolution of a subsidiary in other (income) expense.
+Added: As background, the terms
+Added: of the Pennvest Loan provided for funding of up to $ 7,754,000 which was to be repaid by interest-only payments for three years, followed
+Added: by an additional ten-year amortization of principal.
+Added: The Pennvest Loan accrued interest at 2.547 % per annum for years 1 through 5 and
+Added: 3.184 % per annum for years 6 through maturity.
+Added: The Pennvest Loan required minimum annual principal payments of approximately $ 5,886,000
+Added: in fiscal years 2013 through 2021, and $ 846,000 in fiscal year 2022, $ 873,000 in fiscal year 2023 and $ 149,000 in fiscal year 2024.
+Added: Pennvest Loan was collateralized by PA1’s Kreider 1 System and by a pledge of all revenues generated from Kreider 1 including, but
+Added: not limited to, revenues generated from nutrient reduction credit sales and by-product sales.
+Added: In addition, in consideration for the excess
+Added: credit risk associated with the project, Pennvest was entitled to participate in the profits from Kreider 1 calculated on a net cash flow
+Added: basis, as defined.
+Added: The Company has incurred interest expense related to the Pennvest Loan of $ 123,444 and $ 246,887 for the years
+Added: ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
+Added: Based on the limited development of the depth and breadth of the Pennsylvania nutrient
+Added: reduction credit market, PA1 commenced discussions and negotiations with Pennvest related to forbearance and/or re-structuring the obligations
+Added: under the Pennvest Loan during 2013.
+Added: In the context of such negotiations, PA1 elected not to make interest payments to Pennvest on the
+Added: Pennvest Loan since January 2013.
+Added: Additionally, the PA1 did not make any principal payments, which were to begin in fiscal 2013, and,
+Added: therefore, the Company classified the Pennvest Loan as a current liability through the dissolution of PA1 on December 29, 2021.
+Added: During August 2012, the Company
+Added: provided Pennvest (and the PADEP) with data demonstrating that the Kreider 1 system met the ‘technology guaranty’ standards
+Added: which were incorporated in the Pennvest financing documents and, as a result, the Pennvest Loan has been solely an obligation of PA1 since
+Added: Note, however, the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2021 reflects the Pennvest Loan as a liability
+Added: of $ 9,868,495 despite the fact that the obligation (if any) was solely an obligation of PA1 .
+Added: On September 25, 2014, the
+Added: Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (“Pennvest”) exercised its right to declare the PA1’s Pennvest Loan
+Added: in default, accelerated the Pennvest Loan and demanded that PA1 pay $ 8,137,117 (principal, interest plus late charges) on or before October
+Added: PA1 did not make the payment and did/does not have the resources to make the payments demanded by Pennvest.
+Added: PA1 commenced discussions
+Added: and negotiations with Pennvest concerning this matter but Pennvest rejected PA1’s proposal made during the fall of 2014.
+Added: a final proposal to Pennvest during September 2021 which proposal was also rejected by Pennvest.
+Added: PA1 provided Pennvest with its financial
statements (which include a description of system status) annually.
−Removed: During the 2021 fiscal year, Pennvest’s auditors requested a
−Removed: ‘corrective action plan’
−Removed: and PA1 informed Pennvest that “…
−Removed: there is no viable corrective action plan for the
−Removed: Pennvest Loan (‘Loan’).
+Added: During the 2021 fiscal year, Pennvest’s auditors requested a
+Added: ‘corrective action plan’ and PA1 informed Pennvest that “… there is no viable corrective action plan for the
+Added: Pennvest Loan (‘Loan’).
The facility funded by the Loan has been shut down for many years (which has been disclosed in the
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The facility has not been commercially operated for approximately six years and has generated zero income.
−Removed: that Pennvest take appropriate steps to remove and sell the equipment.”
−Removed: Pennvest responded favorably to the approach of selling
−Removed: the equipment but no actions have yet taken place.
−Removed: PA1 and the Company are currently discussing proposals with Pennvest seeking full resolution
−Removed: of these matters.
−Removed: The Company anticipates additional communication with Pennvest on this matter during the current year.
−Removed: It is not possible
−Removed: at this date to predict the final outcome of this matter, but the Company believes it is likely that that the equipment will be sold with
−Removed: the proceeds delivered to Pennvest during the 2022 fiscal year.
−Removed: However, the resolution of these matters including manner and means of
−Removed: such equipment sale has not been agreed upon as of this date.
−Removed: PA1 will evaluate the appropriate manner to resolve/wrap-up its business
−Removed: over the balance of the current fiscal year.
−Removed: During August 2012, the Company provided Pennvest
−Removed: (and the PADEP) with data demonstrating that the Kreider 1 system met the ‘technology guaranty’
−Removed: standards which were incorporated
−Removed: in the Pennvest financing documents and, as a result, the Pennvest Loan is now solely an obligation of PA1.
−Removed: No litigation has commenced
−Removed: related to this matter but such litigation is likely if negotiations do not produce a resolution (Note 1 and Note 5).
+Added: that Pennvest take appropriate steps to remove and sell the equipment.” Pennvest responded favorably to the approach of selling
+Added: the equipment.
+Added: On December 29, 2021, the
+Added: Company approved and executed a ‘Consent of the Sole Member of Bion PA 1’ (the “Consent to Dissolution”) that
+Added: authorized the complete liquidation and dissolution of PA1.
+Added: A Statement of Dissolution was filed by PA1 with the Colorado Secretary of
+Added: State on December 29, 2021.
+Added: The Company is of the understanding that the liquidation value of Bion PA 1’s property is substantially
+Added: below the current amount outstanding under the Funding Agreement dated October 27, 2010 by and between PA1 and Pennvest, the only known
+Added: secured creditor of PA1.
+Added: Post-dissolution, PA1’s activities will be limited entirely to activities required to properly distribute
+Added: its net assets to creditors and wind down its business.
+Added: PA1 and Pennvest agreed to
+Added: have the equipment sold by a third party auctioneer who arranged for the sale of its property and delivery of all proceeds (net of
+Added: commissions and customary costs of sale) to Pennvest.
+Added: The auction took place during the period between May 13-18, 2022.
+Added: The Company’s
+Added: personnel assisted PA1 with this process as needed at no cost to PA1.
+Added: The net sum of $ 104,725 was realized from the asset sale, which
+Added: sum was delivered to Pennvest on June 15, 2022.
+Added: Pursuant to agreement with Pennvest, the remaining unsold assets will be transferred to Kreider Farms during the next quarter
+Added: in order to complete the winding up of the Kreider 1 project.
+Added: Upon the complete distribution
+Added: of all assets of PA1, whether by transfer or sale and distribution of net proceeds as provided above, PA1 will use commercially reasonable
+Added: efforts to cause the cessation of all activities.
+Added: No distributions of PA1’s assets will be made to the Company or its affiliates.
+Added: The Consent to Dissolution authorized Mark A.
+Added: Smith, the Company’s President and the sole manager of PA1, to cause to be delivered
+Added: for filing the Statement of Dissolution, to give notice of the dissolution, and to take any other act necessary to wind up and liquidate
+Added: the business.
+Added: PA1 has made no payments
+Added: to vendors or other creditors in connection with the dissolution other than the payment to Pennvest set forth above.
+Added: No distributions
+Added: or payments of any kind have ever been made to the Company, the sole member of PA1 since inception, and no payment will be made to the
+Added: Company or any affiliate in connection with the dissolution.
+Added: For more information regarding
+Added: the history and background of the Pennvest Loan and PA1, please review our Form’s 10-K for the years from 2008 through 2021 including
+Added: the Notes to the Financial Statements included therein.
The Company currently is not involved in any other material litigation
−Removed: PARTY TRANSACTIONS:
−Removed: The Coalition for Affordable Bay Solutions (“CABS”),
−Removed: a not-for-profit organization that engages in political and legislative lobbying and educational activities regarding the competitive
−Removed: bidding procurement and nutrient credit trading program in Pennsylvania (and elsewhere), shares certain key management members with the
−Removed: During the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the
−Removed: Company received nil and nil for expense reimbursements from CABS, respectively.
−Removed: During the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company
−Removed: paid CABS nil and $52,540, respectively for consulting expenses.
−Removed: GAIN ON EXTINGUISHMENT OF LIABILITIES:
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Company
−Removed: recognized other income due to the extinguishment of liabilities of $122,423, resulting from the legal release of certain accounts payable.
−Removed: These accounts payable were outstanding for over 6 years and the vendors had not made attempts to collect these amounts from the Company
−Removed: over the past several years.
−Removed: The extinguishment of liabilities was recorded after a review of the statute of limitations in the state
−Removed: in which the original liability was incurred and in which the Company operates it business, as applicable.
+Added: or similar events.
+Added: The Company entered into an agreement on September 23, 2021, to lease approximately
+Added: four acres of land near Fair Oaks, Indiana, for the development site of its Initial Project.
+Added: The following table summarized the supplemental cash flow information for
+Added: the year ended June 30, 2022:
+Added: Schedule Of Cash Flow Supplemental Disclosure
+Added: Cash paid for noncancelable operating lease included in the operating cash flows
+Added: Right of use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities
+Added: The future minimum lease payment under noncancelable operating lease with
+Added: terms greater than one year as of June 30, 2022:
+Added: Schedule Of Future Minimum Lease Payment
+Added: Year ended June 30, 2023
+Added: Year ended June 30, 2024
+Added: Year ended June 30, 2025
+Added: Undiscounted cash flow
+Added: Less imputed interest
+Added: The weighted average remaining lease term and discounted rate related to
+Added: the Company’s lease liability as of June 30, 2022 were 3 years and 10%, respectively.
+Added: The Company’s lease discount rate is
+Added: generally based on the estimates of its incremental borrowing rate as the discount rates implicit in the Company’s lease cannot
+Added: be readily determined.
The reconciliation between the expected federal
−Removed: income tax benefit computed by applying the Federal statutory rate to loss before income taxes and the actual benefit for taxes on loss
−Removed: for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:
−Removed: income tax benefit at statutory rate
−Removed: taxes, net of federal benefit
−Removed: Excess Business Interest
−Removed: differences and other
−Removed: of net operating allowances
−Removed: in valuation allowance
+Added: income tax expense (benefit) c omputed by applying the Federal
+Added: statutory rate to income (loss) before income taxes and the actual expense (benefit) for
+Added: taxes on income (loss) for the years ended June 30, 2022
+Added: and 2021 is as follows:
+Added: Schedule of effective income tax rate reconciliation
+Added: Expected income tax expense (benefit) at statutory
+Added: $ ( 724,000 )
+Added: State taxes, net of federal benefit
+Added: RTP – Excess Business Interest
+Added: Permanent differences and other
+Added: Expiration of net operating allowances
+Added: Change in valuation allowance
+Added: ( 3,281,000 )
+Added: Income tax expense (benefit)
The Company has net operating loss carry-forwards
−Removed: (“NOLs”) for tax purposes of approximately $47,321,000 as of June 30, 2021.
+Added: (“NOLs”) for tax purposes of approximately $ 8,274,000 as of June 30, 2022.
These NOLs expire on various dates through 2041.
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Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.
−Removed: The Company’s deferred tax assets for the
−Removed: years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 are estimated as follows:
−Removed: Carryforwards (Federal and State)
−Removed: deferred tax assets
+Added: The Company’s deferred tax assets as of
+Added: June 30, 2022 and 2021 are estimated as follows:
+Added: Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities
+Added: NOL carryforwards (Federal and State)
+Added: Stock-based compensation
+Added: Business interest
+Added: Deferred compensation
+Added: Gross deferred tax assets
+Added: Valuation allowance
( 16,443,000 )
( 19,724,000 )
−Removed: deferred tax assets
+Added: Net deferred tax assets
The Company has provided a valuation allowance of
−Removed: 100% of its net deferred tax asset due to the uncertainty of generating future profits that would allow for the realization of such deferred
−Removed: The Company has adopted the Bion Technologies,
−Removed: 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust (the “401(k) Plan”), a defined contribution retirement plan for the benefit of its
+Added: 100 % of its net deferred tax assets due to the uncertainty of generating future profits that would allow for the realization of such deferred
+Added: The Company has adopted the Bion Technologies, Inc.
+Added: 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust (the “401(k) Plan”), a defined contribution retirement plan for the benefit of its employees.
The 401(k) Plan is currently a salary deferral only plan and at this time the Company does not match employee contributions.
−Removed: The 401(k) is open to all employees over 21 years of age and no service requirement is necessary.
+Added: is open to all employees over 21 years of age and no service requirement is necessary.
The Company has evaluated events that occurred subsequent
to June 30, 2022 for recognition and disclosure in the financial statements and notes to the financial statements.
−Removed: From July 1, 2021 through September 27, 2021,
−Removed: 139,334 warrants were exercised to purchase 139,334 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.75 per share for total proceeds of
−Removed: approximately $104,500.
−Removed: From July 1, 2021 through September 27, 2021,
−Removed: the Company issued 10,000 warrants to a broker as commissions to purchase 10,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise
−Removed: price of $0.75 per share and an expiration of December 31, 2022.
−Removed: From July 1, 2021 through September 27, 2021,
−Removed: Smith elected to convert accounts payable of $5,126 into an aggregate 10,253 units at $0.50 per unit, with each unit consisting of one
−Removed: share of the Company’s restricted common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s restricted common stock
−Removed: for $0.75 per share until December 31, 2024.
−Removed: On September 16, 2021, PA1 made a new proposal
−Removed: to Pennvest which proposal is presently under consideration by Pennvest.
−Removed: See Notes 5 and 9 above for related information.
−Removed: On September 23, 2021 the Company executed an
−Removed: agreement to lease land near Fair Oaks, Indiana to construct its initial 3G Tech commercial scale installation which will include customized
−Removed: covered barns for up to 300 head of cattle, an anaerobic digester and a Bion 3G Tech waste treatment/recovery system (“Lease”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Lease, an initial $60,000 rent payment is due on October 10, 2021 and, commencing on the earlier of December 31, 2022
−Removed: or the date on which the barns are populated (“Start Date”), monthly rent of $7,250 will be payable.
−Removed: The Lease has an initial
−Removed: 2-year term from the Start Date.
−Removed: The impact of ASC 842 has not been determined for the lease.
−Removed: Terms for an additional related agreement
−Removed: regarding disposal of certain manure effluent have been agreed upon with the Curtis Creek Dairy unit of Fair Oaks Farms and the Company
−Removed: expects the agreement to be finalized by the end of the first full week of October 2021.
−Removed: Pre-development work commenced during August
−Removed: 2021 and preparation for active surveying, site engineering and other work is now underway.
−Removed: Note 1 for more information.
+Added: June 6, 2022 the Company received progress notice regarding completion of certain work in process on the core modules of the 3G1 core
+Added: modules and an invoice from Buflovak for the third 25 % payment ($ 666,375 ) which was paid on July 5, 2022 bringing the aggregate payments
+Added: to $ 1,996,125 as of the date of this report.
+Added: July 2022 the Company sold 320,000 Units containing 320,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock and 320,000 warrants to purchase
+Added: 320,000 restricted and legended shares of the Company’s Common stock exercisable at $ 1.25 until December 31, 2023 for the sum of
+Added: $ 320,000 to two non-affiliated purchasers.
+Added: July 1, 2022 through September 27, 2022 74,834 warrants were exercised for $ 56,126 and the Company issued 74,834 restricted common shares.
+Added: the period from July 1, 2022 through September 27, 2022, Smith transferred $ 23,943
+Added: of unreimbursed expenses and $ 20,000
+Added: of deferred compensation to his 2020 Convertible Obligation and converted 50,000
+Added: of the initial principalbalance of his 2020 Convertible Obligation to 100,000
+Added: shares (60,000 of which were donated/gifted upon acquisition) and 100,000 warrants (all of which were donated/gifted upon acquisition).
+Added: August 8, 2022 the Company extended the expiration of 300,000 warrants owned by a consultant until December 31, 2023.
+Added: August 8, 2022, the Company extended the expiration of 1,286,824 warrants for three employees and contractors to December 31, 2024.
+Added: September 9, 2022, the Company issued 50,000 shares to non-affiliated consultant for services.
+Added: August and September 2022 the Company issued 150,000
+Added: warrants, in aggregate, to three (3) new members of its Advisory Group in connection with their commitment to the advisory role
+Added: and/or for consulting services.
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d)
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President, Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: /s/ Dominic Bassani
+Added: /s/ William O’Neill
Chief Executive Officer
September 27, 2022
−Removed: Dominic Bassani
+Added: William O’Neill
/s/ Jon Northrop
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September 27, 2022
−Removed: /s/ Edward Schafer
−Removed: Vice Chairman
September 27, 2022
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