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AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: Balance Sheets
−Removed: September 30, 2021
+Added: Consolidated Balance Sheets
+Added: March 31, 2022
December 31, 2021
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Cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: Restricted cash
Accounts receivable, net
−Removed: Assets held for sale - discontinued operations
Current portion of notes receivable
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Notes receivable
−Removed: Non-current assets held for sale - discontinued operations
Right-of-use assets
−Removed: Deferred tax asset, net
Other intangible assets, net
$ 281,859,000
+Added: $ 284,826,000
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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Other current liabilities
−Removed: Current liabilities held for sale - discontinued operations
Current portion of lease liability
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Long term lease liability
−Removed: Non-current liabilities held for sale - discontinued operations
Other long-term liabilities
−Removed: Deferred tax liability, net
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
Stockholders’ equity
−Removed: Preferred stock, $ .02 par
−Removed: 47,000 shares authorized, shares issued and
−Removed: outstanding ( 43,000 on December 31, 2020);
−Removed: value $ 1,000 per share, $- aggregate.
−Removed: $ 43,000,000 on December 31, 2020).
+Added: Preferred stock, $ .02
+Added: 47,000 shares authorized,
+Added: shares issued and outstanding ( 47,000 on December 31, 2021);
+Added: Liquidation value $ 1,000
+Added: per share, $ 46,868,000 aggregate December 31, 2021).
Common stock, $ .02 par value;
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Additional paid-in capital
−Removed: Non-controlling interest in subsidiary
+Added: Non-controlling interest in subsidiaries
Accumulated deficit
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$ 281,859,000
+Added: $ 284,826,000
accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: Statements of Operations
+Added: Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the Three Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: For the Nine Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
Printed products
Rental income
+Added: Management fee income
+Added: Net investment income
Direct marketing
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( 3,392,000 )
−Removed: ( 15,991,000 )
−Removed: ( 4,806,000 )
Other income (expense):
Interest income
−Removed: Interest expense
−Removed: Gain on extinguishment of debt
−Removed: (Loss) gain on investments
( 1,703,000 )
+Added: Interest expense
( 1,378,000 )
+Added: Gain on extinguishment of debt
Loss on equity method investment
+Added: (Gain) loss on investments
( 1,077,000 )
+Added: Gain on sale of asset
+Added: Loss from continuing operations before income taxes
( 8,951,000 )
−Removed: Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount
−Removed: (Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes
( 4,900,000 )
Income tax benefit
−Removed: (Loss) income from continuing operations
+Added: Loss from continuing operations
( 8,951,000 )
−Removed: Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax
( 4,062,000 )
−Removed: Net (loss) income
+Added: Income from discontinued operations, net of tax
( 8,951,000 )
( 4,012,000 )
−Removed: Loss from continuing operations attributed to noncontrolling interest
−Removed: Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders
+Added: (Gain) loss from continuing operations attributed to
+Added: noncontrolling interest
+Added: Net loss attributable to common stockholders
( 8,048,000 )
( 3,981,000 )
−Removed: (Loss) earnings per common share – continuing operations:
−Removed: (Loss) earnings per common share - discontinued operations:
−Removed: Shares used in computing loss (earnings) per common share:
+Added: Loss per common share:
+Added: Earnings per common share - discontinued operations:
+Added: Shares used in computing loss per common share:
accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: Statements of Cash Flows
−Removed: the Nine Months Ended September 30,
+Added: Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
+Added: the Three Months Ended March 31,
Cash flows from operating activities:
−Removed: Net (loss) income from continuing operations
+Added: Net loss from continuing operations
$ ( 8,951,000 )
−Removed: Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income from continuing operations
−Removed: to net cash used by operating activities:
+Added: $ ( 4,062,000 )
+Added: Adjustments to reconcile net loss from continuing operations to net cash used by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
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Loss (gain) on investments
−Removed: ( 8,365,000 )
+Added: Impairment of notes receivable and other investments
Gain on extinguishment of debt
Deferred tax benefit
−Removed: ( 4,315,000 )
−Removed: Accretion of debt discount, origination fee and prepaid interest
Decrease (increase) in assets:
Accounts receivable
−Removed: ( 1,580,000 )
−Removed: ( 1,147,000 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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Accrued expenses
−Removed: Other liabilities
( 4,697,000 )
+Added: ( 3,521,000 )
+Added: Other liabilities
Net cash used by operating activities
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Purchase of property, plant and equipment
−Removed: ( 2,816,000 )
Purchase of real estate
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( 1,085,000 )
−Removed: Purchase of marketable securities
( 4,329,000 )
−Removed: ( 6,581,000 )
−Removed: Acquisition of American Pacific Bancorp, Inc.
−Removed: Purchase of equity investment
+Added: Purchase of marketable securities
( 4,693,000 )
−Removed: Sale of marketable securities
+Added: Disposal of property, plant and equipment
Note receivable investment
( 1,006,000 )
−Removed: Purchase of intangible assets
−Removed: ( 1,115,000 )
Net cash used by investing activities
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Payments of long-term debt
−Removed: ( 1,893,000 )
Borrowings of long-term debt
−Removed: Payments of revolving lines of credit, net
−Removed: Deferred financing fees
+Added: Debt conversion to equity in subsidiary
Issuances of common stock, net of issuance costs
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Cash flows from discontinued operations:
−Removed: Cash provided (used) by discontinued operations
−Removed: Cash provided by investing activities
−Removed: Cash used by financing activities
−Removed: Net cash provided (used) by discontinued operations
−Removed: Net increase in cash
−Removed: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period
−Removed: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
−Removed: at end of period
+Added: Cash (used) provide by discontinued operations
+Added: Net cash used by discontinued operations
+Added: Net increase (decrease) in cash
+Added: ( 2,784,000 )
+Added: Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
+Added: Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
−Removed: in Subsidiary
−Removed: in Subsidiary
−Removed: December 31, 2020
−Removed: $ 174,380,000
−Removed: $ ( 101,382,000 )
−Removed: of common stock, net
−Removed: based payments, net of tax effect
−Removed: of preferred stock
−Removed: of American Pacific Bancorp
−Removed: of American Pacific Bancorp, shares
−Removed: of preferred stock, net
−Removed: Issuance of preferred stock, net, shares
−Removed: of preferred stock
−Removed: Conversion of preferred stock, shares
−Removed: ( 3,981,000 )
−Removed: ( 4,012,000 )
−Removed: March 31, 2021
−Removed: $ 235,027,000
−Removed: $ ( 105,363,000 )
−Removed: $ 133,616,000
−Removed: of common stock, net
−Removed: based payments, net of tax effect
−Removed: of preferred stock
−Removed: ( 8,418,000 )
−Removed: ( 8,646,000 )
−Removed: June 30, 2021
−Removed: $ 279,947,000
−Removed: $ ( 113,781,000 )
−Removed: $ 170,688,000
−Removed: of common stock, net
−Removed: based payments, net of tax effect
−Removed: of American Pacific Bancorp
−Removed: ( 6,598,000 )
−Removed: ( 6,675,000 )
−Removed: September 30, 2021
−Removed: $ 294,682,000
+Added: Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’
+Added: Preferred Stock
+Added: Additional Paid-in
+Added: Non- controlling Interest in
+Added: Balance, December 31, 2021
$ 294,686,000
$ ( 132,384,000 )
−Removed: December 31, 2019
$ 200,304,000
+Added: Issuance of common stock, net
+Added: Conversion of debt to equity in subsidiary
+Added: Stock based payments, net of tax effect
( 8,048,000 )
−Removed: of common stock, net
−Removed: based payments, net of tax effect
( 8,951,000 )
+Added: Balance March 31, 2022
$ 296,450,000
−Removed: March 31, 2020
$ ( 140,432,000 )
+Added: Balance, December 31, 2020
$ 174,380,000
−Removed: of common stock, net
−Removed: based payments, net of tax effect
−Removed: June 30, 2020
$ ( 101,382,000 )
+Added: Issuance of common stock, net
+Added: Stock based payments, net of tax effect
( 3,981,000 )
( 4,012,000 )
−Removed: of common stock, net
−Removed: of preferred stock, net
−Removed: based payments, net of tax effect
−Removed: (loss) income
−Removed: September 30, 2020
+Added: Balance, March 31, 2021
$ 235,027,000
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Company, incorporated in the state of New York in May 1984 has conducted business in the name of Document Security Systems, Inc.
−Removed: 16, 2021, the board of directors approved an agreement and plan of merger with a wholly-owned subsidiary, DSS, Inc.
−Removed: (a New York corporation,
−Removed: incorporated in August 2020), for the sole purpose of effecting a name change from Document Security Systems, Inc.
−Removed: change became effective on September 30, 2021.
−Removed: maintained the same trading symbol “DSS” and updated its CUSIP number
−Removed: to 26253C 102.
−Removed: (together with its
−Removed: consolidated subsidiaries, referred to herein as “DSS,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company”)
−Removed: currently operates nine (9) distinct business lines with operations and locations around the globe.
−Removed: These business lines are:
−Removed: Packaging, (2) IP Monetization, (3) Direct Marketing/Online Sales Group, (4) Blockchain Technology, (5) Securities and Fintech Group,
−Removed: (6) BioHealth Group, (7) Secure Living, (8) Energy Group, and (9) Investment Banking.
−Removed: Each of these business lines are in different
−Removed: stages of development, growth, and income generation.
−Removed: Of the nine business
−Removed: lines, two of the those have historically been the led by core subsidiaries of the Company:
−Removed: (1) Premier Packaging Corporation
−Removed: (“Premier Packaging”), and (2) DSS Technology Management, Inc.
−Removed: (“IP Monetization”).
−Removed: Premier Packaging
−Removed: operates in the paper board folding carton, smart packaging, and document security printing markets.
−Removed: It markets, manufactures, and
−Removed: sells sophisticated custom folding cartons, mailers, photo sleeves, and complex 3-dimensional
−Removed: direct mail solutions designed to provide functionality, marketability, and sustainability to product packaging while providing
−Removed: counterfeit protection and consumer engagement platform.
−Removed: DSS Technology Management Inc., manages, licenses, and acquires
−Removed: intellectual property assets for the purpose of monetizing these assets through a variety of value-enhancing initiatives, including,
−Removed: but not limited to, investments in the development and commercialization of patented technologies, licensing, strategic
−Removed: partnerships, and commercial litigation.
−Removed: The activities surrounding our IP Technology Management segment have significantly
−Removed: In 2020, under its (3) Decentralize Sharing Systems, Inc.
−Removed: (“Decentralized”) subsidiary, the Company created a
−Removed: third business segment, Direct Marketing/Online Sales Group (“Direct”).
−Removed: This group provides services to assist companies
−Removed: in the growing gig economic business model of peer-to-peer direct marketing.
−Removed: Direct specializes in marketing and distributing its
−Removed: products and services through its subsidiaries, partner networks, and online marketplaces.
−Removed: Products include health and wellness for
−Removed: personal care, healthy living and lifestyle, and travel.
−Removed: Direct will also help to support the direct selling industry by offering
−Removed: services to its piers that streamline operations, enhance financing, and provide back-end business continuity.
−Removed: In addition to the three business
−Removed: lines and subsidiaries listed above, in 2020 and 2021, DSS has created four new business lines, and wholly owned
−Removed: subsidiaries.
−Removed: (4) Blockchain Technology, led by DSS Blockchain Security, Inc (“DSS Blockchain”)., a Nevada
−Removed: corporation, specializes in the development of blockchain security technologies for tracking and tracing solutions for supply chain
−Removed: logistics and cyber securities across global markets.
−Removed: (5) Securities and Fintech, led by DSS Securities, Inc.
−Removed: Securities”), a Nevada corporation, was established to develop and/or acquire assets and investments in the securities trading
−Removed: and/or funds management arena.
−Removed: Further, Securities, in partnership with recognized global leaders in alternative trading systems,
−Removed: intends to own and operate in the US a single or multiple vertical digital asset exchanges for securities, tokenized assets, utility
−Removed: tokens, stable coins and cryptocurrency via a digital asset trading platform using blockchain technology.
−Removed: The scope of services
−Removed: within this section is planned to include asset issuance and allocation (securities and cryptocurrency), FPO, IPO, ITO, PPO, STO and
−Removed: UTO listings on a primary market(s), asset digitization/tokenization (securities, currency and cryptocurrency), and the listing and
−Removed: trading of digital assets (securities and cryptocurrency) on a secondary market(s).
−Removed: Also in this segment is the Company’s real
−Removed: estate investment trust (“REIT”), organized for the purposes of acquiring hospitals and other acute or post-acute care
−Removed: centers from leading clinical operators with dominant market share in secondary and tertiary markets, and leasing each property to a
−Removed: single operator under a triple-net lease.
−Removed: the REIT was formed to originate, acquire, and lease a credit-centric portfolio of
−Removed: licensed medical real estate.
−Removed: (6) BioHealth Group, led by DSS BioHealth Security, Inc.
−Removed: (“DSS BioHealth”), a
−Removed: Nevada corporation, is our business line which we will intend to invest in or to acquire companies related to the bio-health and
−Removed: biomedical field, including businesses focused on the research to advance drug discovery and development for the prevention,
−Removed: inhibition, and treatment of neurological, oncology and immuno-related diseases.
−Removed: This new division will place special focus on
−Removed: open-air defense initiatives, which curb transmission of air-borne infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and influenza, among
−Removed: (7) Secure Living, led by DSS Secure Living, Inc.
−Removed: (“DSS Secure Living”), a Nevada Corporation, will
−Removed: develop top of the line advanced technology, energy efficiency, quality of life living environments and home security for everyone
−Removed: for new construction and renovations of residential single and multifamily living facilities.
−Removed: The activity in DSS Blockchain and DSS
−Removed: Secure Living has been minimal or in various start-up or organizational phases.
−Removed: (8) Energy Group, organized under the
−Removed: Company’s subsidiary Alset Energy, Inc., a Texas corporation, has
−Removed: been established to help lead the Company’s clean energy future with a focus on environmental responsibility and
−Removed: sustainability measures.
−Removed: (9) Investment Banking, created in September 2021 as part of the Company’s acquisition of American
−Removed: Pacific Bancorp.
−Removed: Inc., a Texas corporation, is organized for the purposes of being a financial network holding company, focused on
−Removed: providing commercial loans and acquiring equity positions in (i) undervalued commercial bank(s), bank holding companies and
−Removed: nonbanking licensed financial companies operating in the United States, South East Asia, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, and (ii)
−Removed: companies engaged in—nonbanking activities closely related to banking, including loan syndication services, mortgage banking,
−Removed: trust and escrow services, banking technology, loan servicing, equipment leasing, problem asset management, SPAC (special purpose
−Removed: acquisition company) consulting, and advisory capital raising services.
−Removed: From this financial platform, the Company shall provide an
−Removed: integrated suite of financial services for businesses that shall include commercial business lines of credit, land development
−Removed: financing, inventory financing, third party loan servicing, and services that address the financial needs of the world Gig
+Added: September 16, 2021, the board of directors approved an agreement and plan of merger with a wholly owned subsidiary, DSS, Inc.
+Added: York corporation, incorporated in August 2020), for the sole purpose of effecting a name change from Document Security Systems, Inc.
+Added: This change became effective on September 30, 2021.
+Added: maintained the same trading symbol “DSS” and
+Added: updated its CUSIP number to 26253C 102.
+Added: (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, referred to herein as “DSS,” “we,” “us,” “our”
+Added: or the “Company”) currently operates nine (9) distinct business lines with operations and locations around the globe.
+Added: business lines are:
+Added: (1) Product Packaging, (2) Biotechnology, (3) Direct Marketing, (4) Commercial Lending, (5) Securities and
+Added: Investment Management, (6) Alternative Trading (7) Digital Transformation, (8) Secure Living, and (9) Alternative Energy.
+Added: Each of these
+Added: business lines are in different stages of development, growth, and income generation.
+Added: divisions, their business lines, subsidiaries, and operating territories:
+Added: (1) Our Product Packaging line is led by Premier Packaging
+Added: Corporation, Inc.
+Added: (“Premier”), a New York corporation.
+Added: Premier operates in the paper board and fiber based folding carton,
+Added: consumer product packaging, and document security printing markets.
+Added: It markets, manufactures, and sells sophisticated custom folding
+Added: cartons, mailers, photo sleeves and complex 3-dimensional direct mail solutions.
+Added: Premier is currently located in its new facility in
+Added: Rochester, NY, and primarily serves the US market.
+Added: (2) The Biotechnology business line was created to invest in or acquire companies
+Added: in the BioHealth and BioMedical fields, including businesses focused on the advancement of drug discovery and prevention, inhibition,
+Added: and treatment of neurological, oncological, and immune related diseases.
+Added: This division is also targeting unmet, urgent medical needs,
+Added: and is developing open-air defense initiatives, which curb transmission of air-borne infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and influenza.
+Added: (3) Direct Marketing, led by the holding corporation, Decentralized Sharing Systems, Inc.
+Added: (“Decentralized”) provides
+Added: services to assist companies in the emerging growth “Gig” business model of peer-to-peer decentralized sharing marketplaces.
+Added: Direct specializes in marketing and distributing its products and services through its subsidiary and partner network, using the popular
+Added: gig economic marketing strategy as a form of direct marketing.
+Added: Direct Marketing’s products include, among other things,
+Added: nutritional and personal care products sold throughout North America, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Eastern Europe.
+Added: (4) Our Commercial
+Added: Lending business division, driven by American Pacific Bancorp (“APB”), is organized for the purposes of being a financial
+Added: network holding company, focused on acquiring equity positions in (i) undervalued commercial bank(s), bank holding companies and nonbanking
+Added: licensed financial companies operating in the United States, South East Asia, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, and (ii) companies engaged
+Added: in—nonbanking activities closely related to banking, including loan syndication services, mortgage banking, trust and escrow services,
+Added: banking technology, loan servicing, equipment leasing, problem asset management, SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) consulting
+Added: services, and advisory capital raising services.
+Added: (5) Securities and Investment Management was established to develop and/or acquire assets
+Added: in the securities trading or management arena, and to pursue, among other product and service lines, broker dealers, and mutual funds
+Added: Also in this segment is the Company’s real estate investment trusts (“REIT”), organized for the
+Added: purposes of acquiring hospitals and other acute or post-acute care centers from leading clinical operators with dominant market share
+Added: in secondary and tertiary markets, and leasing each property to a single operator under a triple-net lease.
+Added: the REIT was formed to originate,
+Added: acquire, and lease a credit-centric portfolio of licensed medical real estate.
+Added: (6) Alternative Trading was established to develop and/or
+Added: acquire assets and investments in the securities trading and/or funds management arena.
+Added: Alternative Trading, in partnership with
+Added: recognized global leaders in alternative trading systems, intends to own and operate in the US a single or multiple vertical digital
+Added: asset exchanges for securities, tokenized assets, utility tokens, and cryptocurrency via an alternative trading platform using blockchain
+Added: The scope of services within this section is planned to include asset issuance and allocation (securities and cryptocurrency),
+Added: FPO, IPO, ITO, PPO, and UTO listings on a primary market(s), asset digitization/tokenization (securities, currency, and cryptocurrency),
+Added: and the listing and trading of digital assets (securities and cryptocurrency) on a secondary market(s).
+Added: (7) Digital Transformation was
+Added: established to be a Preferred Technology Partner and Application Development Solution for mid cap brands in various industries including
+Added: the direct selling and affiliate marketing sector.
+Added: Digital improves marketing, communications and operations processes with custom software
+Added: development and implementation.
+Added: (8) The Secure Living division has developed a plan for fully sustainable, secure, connected, and healthy
+Added: living communities with homes incorporating advanced technology, energy efficiency, and quality of life living environments both for
+Added: new construction and renovations for single and multi-family residential housing.
+Added: (9) The Alternative Energy group was established to
+Added: help lead the Company’s future in the clean energy business that focuses on environmentally responsible and sustainable measures.
+Added: Alset Energy, Inc, the holding company for this group, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Alset Solar, Inc., pursue utility-scale solar
+Added: farms to serve US regional power grids and to provide underutilized properties with small microgrids for independent energy.
August 21, 2020, the Company, completed its acquisition of Impact BioMedical, Inc.
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shareholders (the “Share Exchange”).
−Removed: Under the terms of the Share Exchange, the Company issued 483,334 shares of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock, par value $ 0.02 per share, nominally valued at $ 6.48 per share, and 46,868 newly issued shares of the Company’s Series
+Added: Under the terms of the Share Exchange, the Company issued 483,334
+Added: shares of the Company’s common stock, par
+Added: per share, valued at $ 6.48
+Added: per share, and 46,868
+Added: newly issued shares of the Company’s Series
A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”).
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the biomedical field for decades.
−Removed: By tapping into the scientific expertise of its partners, Impact BioMedical has undertook a concerted
−Removed: effort in the research and development (R&D), drug discovery and development for the prevention, inhibition, and treatment of neurological,
−Removed: oncological, and immune related diseases.
+Added: By tapping into the scientific expertise of its partners, Impact BioMedical has undertaken a
+Added: concerted effort in the research and development (“R&D”), drug discovery and development for the prevention, inhibition,
+Added: and treatment of neurological, oncological, and immune related diseases.
September 9, 2021, the Company finalized a stock purchase agreement (the “SPA”) with American Pacific Bancorp, Inc.
−Removed: (“APB”), which provided for an investment of $ 40,000,200
+Added: which provided for an investment of $ 40,000,200
by the Company into APB for an aggregate of 6,666,700
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(see Note 5).
−Removed: September 13, 2021, the Company finalized a shareholder agreement and joint venture between its subsidiary, DSS Financial Management,
−Removed: (“DFMI”) and HR1 Holdings Limited (“HR1”), a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, for the
−Removed: purpose to operate a vehicle for private and institutional investors seeking a highly liquid investment fund with attractive risk adjusted
−Removed: returns relative to market unpredictability and volatility.
−Removed: Under the terms of this agreement, 4000 shares or 40% of the Company’s
−Removed: subsidiary Liquid Asset Limited Management Limited (“LVAM”), a Hong Kong company was transferred to HR1 whereas at the conclusion
−Removed: of the transaction DFMI would own 60% of LVAM and HR1 would own 40%.
−Removed: LVAM executes within reliable platforms and broad market access
−Removed: and uses proprietary systems and algorithms to trade liquid exchange-traded funds (ETFs), stocks, futures or crypto.
−Removed: Aimed at providing
−Removed: consistent returns while offering the unique ability to liquidate the portfolio within 5 to 10 minutes under normal market conditions,
−Removed: LVAM provides an array of advanced tools and products enabling customers to explore multiple opportunities, strengthen and diversify
−Removed: their portfolios, and meet their individual investing goals.
−Removed: LVAM had minimal activity at September 30, 2021, which have been consolidated into the accompanying financial statements.
−Removed: accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted
−Removed: accounting principles (“U.S.
−Removed: GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 8.03
−Removed: of Regulation S-X for smaller reporting companies.
−Removed: Accordingly, these statements do not include all the information and footnotes required
−Removed: GAAP for complete financial statements.
−Removed: In the opinion of management, the accompanying balance sheets and related interim statements
−Removed: of operations and cash flows include all adjustments considered necessary for their fair presentation in accordance with U.S.
−Removed: significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
−Removed: results are not necessarily indicative of results expected for the full year.
−Removed: For further information regarding the Company’s accounting
−Removed: policies, refer to the audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Form 10-K for
−Removed: the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: of Consolidation - The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Document Security Systems, Inc.
+Added: September 13, 2021, the Company finalized a shareholder agreement between its subsidiary, DSS Financial Management, Inc.
+Added: and HR1 Holdings Limited (“HR1”), a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, for the purpose of operating
+Added: a vehicle for private and institutional investors seeking a highly liquid investment fund with attractive risk adjusted returns relative
+Added: to market unpredictability and volatility.
+Added: the terms of this agreement, 4000 shares or 40% of the Company’s subsidiary Liquid Asset Limited Management Limited (“LVAM”),
+Added: a Hong Kong company was transferred to HR1 whereas at the conclusion of the transaction DFMI would own 60% of LVAM and HR1 would own
+Added: LVAM executes within reliable platforms
+Added: and broad market access and uses proprietary systems and algorithms to trade liquid exchange-traded funds (ETFs), stocks, futures or
+Added: Aimed at providing consistent returns while offering the unique ability to liquidate the portfolio within 5 to 10 minutes under
+Added: normal market conditions, LVAM provides an array of advanced tools and products enabling customers to explore multiple opportunities,
+Added: strengthen and diversify their portfolios, and meet their individual investing goals.
+Added: December 23, 2021, DSS purchased 50,000,000
+Added: share of Sharing Services Global Corporation (“SHRG”) via a private placement.
+Added: With this purchase, DSS increased its ownership
+Added: of voting shares from approximately 47% of SHRG to approximately 58 %.
+Added: SHRG aims to build shareholder value by developing or acquiring businesses that increase the Company’s product and services portfolio,
+Added: business competencies and geographic reach .
+Added: the Company, through its subsidiaries, markets and distributes its health and wellness and other products primarily in the United States,
+Added: Canada, and the Asia Pacific region using a direct selling business model.
+Added: SHRG markets its products and services through its
+Added: independent sales force, using its proprietary websites, including:
+Added: www.elevacity.com and www.thehappyco.com.
+Added: SHRG, headquartered
+Added: in Plano, Texas, was incorporated in the State of Nevada on April 24, 2015, and is an emerging growth company.
+Added: SHRG Common Stock
+Added: is traded, under the symbol “SHRG,” in the OTCQB Market, an over-the-counter trading platforms market operated by OTC Markets
+Added: The accompanying condensed
+Added: consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly our
+Added: consolidated financial position as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, and the results of our consolidated operations for the interim
+Added: periods presented.
+Added: We follow the same accounting policies when preparing quarterly financial data as we use for preparing annual data.
+Added: These statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes included in our latest annual
+Added: report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (“Form 10-K”), and our other reports on file with the Securities
+Added: and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
+Added: of Consolidation - The
+Added: consolidated financial statements include the accounts of DSS, Inc.
and its subsidiaries.
−Removed: All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
+Added: All significant intercompany balances
+Added: and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
of Estimates - The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
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Reclassifications
−Removed: - Certain amounts on the accompanying consolidated
−Removed: balance sheets for the year ended December 31, 2020, have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation.
−Removed: Restricted cash
−Removed: – Amounts included in restricted cash at September 30, 2021, represents customer deposits placed in escrow with a subsidiary
−Removed: of the Company, Alset Title, Inc., in connection with potential real estate acquisitions.
−Removed: receivable, unearned interest, and related recognition - The
−Removed: Company records all future payments of principal and interest on notes as notes receivable, which are then offset by the
−Removed: amount of any related unearned interest income.
−Removed: For financial statement purposes, the Company reports the net investment in the
−Removed: notes receivable on the consolidated balance sheet as current or long-term based on the maturity date of the underlying notes.
−Removed: Such net investment is comprised of the amount advanced on the loans, adjusting
−Removed: for net deferred loan fees or costs incurred at origination, amounts allocated to warrants received upon origination, and any
−Removed: payments received in advance.
−Removed: The unearned interest is recognized over the term of the notes and the income portion of each
−Removed: note payment is calculated so as to generate a constant rate of return on the net balance outstanding.
−Removed: Net deferred loan fees or
−Removed: costs, together with discounts recognized in connection with warrants acquired at origination, are accreted as an adjustment to
−Removed: yield over the term of the loan.
+Added: - Certain amounts on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets for the year ended December 31, 2021, have been reclassified
+Added: to conform to current period presentation.
+Added: Equivalents – All highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase are classified
+Added: as cash equivalents.
+Added: Amounts included in cash equivalents in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are money market funds whose
+Added: adjusted costs approximate fair value.
+Added: receivable, unearned interest, and related recognition - The Company records all future payments of principal and interest on
+Added: notes as notes receivable, which are then offset by the amount of any related unearned interest income.
+Added: For financial statement purposes,
+Added: the Company reports the net investment in the notes receivable on the consolidated balance sheet as current or long-term based on the
+Added: maturity date of the underlying notes.
+Added: Such net investment is comprised of the amount advanced on the loans, adjusting for net deferred
+Added: loan fees or costs incurred at origination, amounts allocated to warrants received upon origination, and any payments received in advance.
+Added: The unearned interest is recognized over the term of the notes and the income portion of each note payment is calculated so as to generate
+Added: a constant rate of return on the net balance outstanding.
+Added: Net deferred loan fees or costs, together with discounts recognized in connection
+Added: with warrants acquired at origination, are accreted as an adjustment to yield over the term of the loan.
– Investments in equity securities with a readily determinable fair value, not accounted for under the equity method, are
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such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.
−Removed: carrying amounts reported in the balance sheet of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, prepaids, accounts payable and accrued
−Removed: expenses approximate fair value because of the immediate or short-term maturity of these financial instruments.
−Removed: Marketable securities
−Removed: classify as a Level 1 fair value financial instrument.
−Removed: The fair value of notes receivable approximates their carrying value as the stated
−Removed: or discounted rates of the notes do reflect recent market conditions.
−Removed: The fair value of revolving credit lines notes payable and long-term
−Removed: debt approximates their carrying value as the stated or discounted rates of the debt reflect recent market conditions.
−Removed: The fair value
−Removed: of investments where the fair value is not considered readily determinable, are carried at cost.
+Added: carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheet of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, prepaids, accounts payable
+Added: and accrued expenses approximate fair value because of the immediate or short-term maturity of these financial instruments.
+Added: securities classify as a Level 1 fair value financial instrument.
+Added: The fair value of notes receivable approximates their carrying value
+Added: as the stated or discounted rates of the notes do not reflect recent market conditions.
+Added: The fair value of revolving credit lines notes
+Added: payable and long-term debt approximates their carrying value as the stated or discounted rates of the debt reflect recent market conditions.
+Added: The fair value of investments where the fair value is not considered readily determinable, are carried at cost.
+Added: – Inventories consist primarily of paper,
+Added: pre-printed security paper, paperboard, fully prepared packaging, and health and beauty products which and are stated at the lower of
+Added: cost or net realizable value on the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method.
+Added: Packaging work-in-process and finished goods included
+Added: the cost of materials, direct labor and overhead.
+Added: At the closing of each reporting period, the Company evaluates its inventory in order
+Added: to adjust the inventory balance for obsolete and slow-moving items.
+Added: An allowance for obsolescence of approximately $ 22,000 and
+Added: $ 388,000 associated
+Added: with the inventory at our SHRG subsidiary was recorded as of March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively.
+Added: Write-downs and write-offs
+Added: are charged to cost of revenue.
of Long-Lived Assets and Goodwill - The Company monitors the carrying value of long-lived assets for potential impairment and
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the fair value of the asset or asset group to its carrying value.
−Removed: Party Liabilities – On April 1, 2020 the
−Removed: Company’s HWH World, Inc subsidiary has a service agreement with HWH Korea, a subsidiary of Alset International Limited (“Alset
−Removed: Intl.”) (formally Singapore eDevelopment Limited).
−Removed: The Chairman of the Company, Mr.
−Removed: Heng Fai Ambrose Chan, is the Executive Director
−Removed: and Chief Executive Officer of Alset Intl.
−Removed: Chan is also the majority shareholder of Alset Intl as well as the largest shareholder
−Removed: of the Company.
−Removed: The Company also owns approximately 127,179,000
−Removed: shares of Alset Intl, a company publicly listed
−Removed: on the Singapore Exchange Limited.
−Removed: This service agreement will allow HWH Korea to utilize the Company’s merchant account in connection
−Removed: with their direct marketing network with periodic remittance of the cash collected to them for a fee of 2.5 %
−Removed: of amounts collected.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, the Company had collected approximately $ 0
−Removed: as compared to $ 1,100,000
−Removed: as of December 31, 2020, on behalf of HWH Korea,
−Removed: which is included in Accrued expenses and deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheet.
−Removed: There were no amounts outstanding to
−Removed: this related party at September 30, 2021.
- In January 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”)
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are capitalized as a component of the acquired assets.
−Removed: This includes all costs related to finding, analyzing and negotiating a transaction.
+Added: This includes all costs related to finding, analyzing and negotiating a
The allocation of the purchase price is an area that requires judgment and significant estimates.
−Removed: Tangible and intangible assets include
−Removed: land, building and improvements, furniture, fixtures and equipment, acquired above market and below market leases, in-place lease value
−Removed: (if applicable).
−Removed: Acquisition-date fair values of assets and assumed liabilities are determined based on replacement costs, appraised
−Removed: values, and estimated fair values using methods similar to those used by independent appraisers and that use appropriate discount and/or
−Removed: capitalization rates and available market information.
−Removed: Operations – On April 20, 2020, the Company executed a nonbinding letter of intent with a perspective buyer for the sale
−Removed: of certain assets of its plastic printing business line, which it operated under Plastic Printing Professionals, Inc.
−Removed: (“DSS Plastics”),
−Removed: a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
−Removed: That sale was consummated and closed on August 14, 2020.
−Removed: The remaining assets of DSS Plastics
−Removed: were either sold, separately disposed, or retained by other existing DSS businesses lines.
−Removed: Accordingly, the operations of DSS Plastics
−Removed: have been discontinued.
−Removed: Based on the magnitude of DSS Plastics’ historical revenue to the Company and because the Company has exited
−Removed: the production of laminated and surface printed cards, this sale represented a significant strategic shift that has a material effect
−Removed: on the Company’s operations and financial results.
−Removed: Accordingly, the Company has applied discontinued operations treatment for this
−Removed: sale as required by Accounting Standards Codification 210-05—Discontinued Operations.
−Removed: The major classes of assets and liabilities
−Removed: of DSS Plastics are classified as Held For Sale – Discontinued Operations on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and the operating
−Removed: results of the discontinued operations is reflected on the Consolidated Statements of Operations as Loss from Discontinued Operations.
−Removed: May 7, 2021, the Company completed the sale of 100 % of the capital stock of DSS Digital Inc.
−Removed: (“DSS Digital”), the Company’s
−Removed: wholly owned subsidiary, which researched, developed, marketed, and sold the Company’s digital products worldwide.
−Removed: magnitude of DSS Digital’s historical revenue to the Company and because the Company has exited the brand authentication services,
−Removed: functional anti-counterfeiting technology and technologies to satisfy commercial and consumer product needs for branding, intelligent
−Removed: packaging, and marketing, this sale represented a significant strategic shift that has a material effect on the Company’s operations
−Removed: and financial results.
−Removed: Accordingly, the Company has applied discontinued operations treatment for this sale as required by Accounting
−Removed: Standards Codification 210-05—Discontinued Operations.
−Removed: Earnings Per Common Share
−Removed: - The Company presents basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share.
−Removed: Basic (loss) earnings per share reflect the actual
−Removed: weighted average of shares issued and outstanding during the period.
−Removed: Diluted (loss) earnings per share are computed including
−Removed: the number of additional shares from outstanding warrants, stock options and preferred stock that would have been outstanding if dilutive
−Removed: potential shares had been issued and is calculated utilizing the treasury stock method.
−Removed: In a loss period, the calculation for basic and
−Removed: diluted (loss) earnings per share is the same, as the impact of potential common shares is anti-dilutive.
+Added: Tangible and intangible
+Added: assets include land, building and improvements, furniture, fixtures and equipment, acquired above market and below market leases, in-place
+Added: lease value (if applicable).
+Added: Acquisition-date fair values of assets and assumed liabilities are determined based on replacement costs,
+Added: appraised values, and estimated fair values using methods similar to those used by independent appraisers and that use appropriate discount
+Added: and/or capitalization rates and available market information.
+Added: Earnings Per Common Share - The Company presents
+Added: basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share.
+Added: Basic (loss) earnings per share reflect the actual weighted average of shares issued and
+Added: outstanding during the period.
+Added: Diluted (loss) earnings per share are computed including the number of additional shares from outstanding
+Added: warrants, stock options and preferred stock that would have been outstanding if dilutive potential shares had been issued and is calculated
+Added: utilizing the treasury stock method.
+Added: In a loss period, the calculation for basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share is the same, as
+Added: the impact of potential common shares is anti-dilutive.
+Added: For the three months ended 31, 2022, potential dilutive instruments includes
+Added: both warrants and options of 3,556 and 11,930 shares respectively.
+Added: For the three months ended 31, 2021, potential dilutive instruments
+Added: includes both warrants and options of 29,314 and 13,596 shares respectively.
+Added: Additionally for March 31, 2021, there were 43,000 shares
+Added: of preferred a stock convertible into 6,570,000 shares of common stock
Concentration
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The Company believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risk as a result of any non-performance by the financial institutions.
−Removed: the nine months ended September 30, 2021, two customers accounted for 43 %
+Added: the three months ended March 31, 2022, two customers accounted for 10 %
+Added: and 3 %, respectively, %
of our consolidated revenue.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, these two customers
−Removed: accounted for 73 %
−Removed: of our consolidated trade accounts receivable balance.
−Removed: nine-months ended September 30, 2020, these two customers accounted for 37 %
+Added: As of March 31, 2022, these two customers accounted for 29 %
+Added: and 6 % of our consolidated trade accounts
+Added: receivable balance.
+Added: During the three months ended March 31, 2021, these two customers accounted for 31 %
of our consolidated revenue and 57 %
−Removed: of our consolidated trade accounts receivable balance.
+Added: and 8 % of our consolidated trade accounts receivable
Taxes - The Company recognizes estimated income taxes payable or refundable on income tax returns for the current year and for
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The Company is currently assessing the impact that adopting this new accounting standard will have on our consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: of COVID-19 Outbreak - The COVID-19 pandemic has created global economic turmoil and has potentially permanently impacted how
−Removed: many businesses operate and how individuals will socialize and shop in the future.
−Removed: We continue to feel the effect of the COVID-19 business
−Removed: shutdowns and consumer stay-at-home protections.
−Removed: But the effect of the economic shutdown has impacted our business lines differently,
−Removed: some more severely than others.
−Removed: In most cases, we believe the negative economic trends and reduced sales will recover over time.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: it is reasonably possible that estimates made in the financial statements have been, or will be, materially and adversely impacted in
−Removed: the near term as a result of these conditions, including losses on inventory;
−Removed: impairment losses related to goodwill and other long-lived
−Removed: assets and current obligations.
Company recognizes its products and services revenue based on when the title passes to the customer or when the service is completed
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The Company recognizes
−Removed: rental income associated with its REIT, including rental abatements and contractual fixed increases attributable to operating leases,
−Removed: where collection has been considered probable, on a straight-line basis over the term of the related lease.
−Removed: The Company generates
−Removed: revenue from its direct marketing line of business primarily through internet sales and recognizes revenue as items are shipped.
−Removed: of September 30, 2021, the Company had no unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected duration of greater
+Added: rental income associated with its REIT, net of amortization of favorable/unfavorable lease terms relative to market and includes rental
+Added: abatements and contractual fixed increases attributable to operating leases, where collection has been considered probable, on a straight-line
+Added: basis over the term of the related lease.
+Added: The Company recognizes net investment income from its investment banking line of business as
+Added: interest owed to the Company occurs.
+Added: The Company generates revenue from its direct marketing line of business primarily through internet
+Added: sales and recognizes revenue as items are shipped.
+Added: of March 31, 2022, the Company had no unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected duration of greater
than one year.
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of past write-offs and collections and an analysis of current credit conditions.
−Removed: At September 30, 2021, the Company established a reserve
−Removed: for doubtful accounts of approximately $ 84,000 ($ 25,000 – December 31, 2020).
−Removed: The Company does not accrue interest on past due
−Removed: accounts receivable.
+Added: At March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the
+Added: Company established a reserve for doubtful accounts of approximately $ 70,000
+Added: and $ 20,000 respectively.
+Added: The Company does not accrue interest on past due accounts receivable.
commissions are expensed as incurred for contracts with an expected duration of one year or less.
There were no sales commissions capitalized
−Removed: as of September 30, 2021.
+Added: as of March 31, 2022.
and Handling Costs
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Notes Receivable
−Removed: TBD Holdings, LLC
−Removed: October 10, 2019, the Company entered into a convertible promissory note (“TBD Note”) with Century TBD Holdings, LLC (“TBD”),
−Removed: a Florida limited liability company.
−Removed: The Company loaned the principal sum of $ 500,000 ,
−Removed: of which up to $ 500,000
−Removed: and all accrued interest can be paid by an “Optional
−Removed: Conversion” of such amount up to 19.8 %
−Removed: (non-dilutable) of all outstanding membership interest in TBD.
−Removed: This TBD Note accrues interest at 6 %
−Removed: and matures on October
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, and December
−Removed: 31, 2020, this TBD Note had outstanding principal and interest of approximately $ 537,000.
−Removed: This asset was classified as Current portion of notes receivable on the consolidated balance sheet as September 30, 2021, and as Notes
−Removed: receivable on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2020.
−Removed: On December 30, 2020, the Company signed a
−Removed: binding letter of intent with West Park Capital, Inc (“West Park”) and TBD where the parties agreed to prepare a note and
−Removed: stock exchange agreement whereby DSS will assign the TBD Note to West Park and West Park shall issue to DSS a stock certificate reflecting
−Removed: of the issued and outstanding shares of West Park.
−Removed: This note and stock exchange agreement is expected to be finalized sometime during
−Removed: the fourth quarter of 2021.
+Added: American Premium Water Corporation
+Added: On October 15, 2020, APB entered
+Added: into a loan agreement with (“APW Note”) with American Premium Water Corporation,(“APW”), a Nevada corporation.
+Added: The loan, not to exceed the principal sum of $ 200,000 , has an interest rate of 12 %, and matures on October 15, 2022 .
+Added: The outstanding
+Added: principal and interest as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, approximated $ 39,000 and is classified as a Current portion of notes
+Added: receivable on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
+Added: GSX repaid the principal and interest in full
+Added: in April 2022.
Group Limited
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due in one year from date of issuance.
−Removed: The outstanding principal and interest as of September 30, 2021, approximated $ 821,000 ,
−Removed: and is classified as a Current Asset on the Consolidated Balance Sheets
−Removed: at September 30, 2021.
−Removed: The GSX Note shall be converted, at the Company’s option, into shares of GSX at the conversion price of
+Added: The outstanding principal and interest as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, approximated
+Added: and $ 829,000 ,
+Added: respectively, and is classified as a Current portion of notes receivable on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2021.
+Added: repaid the principal and interest in full in April 2022.
February 3, 2021, USX Holdings Company, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company entered into a binding joint venture term sheet (“GSX
−Removed: JV”) for the creation of a USA based joint venture alternative trading system or exchange (“JV Exchange”).
−Removed: the nine-months ended September 30, 2021, the Company and GSX finalized the terms of the JV Exchange.
+Added: JV”), along with Coinstreet, whose CEO is also a member of the Company’s board of directors, for the creation of a USA based
+Added: joint venture alternative trading system or exchange (“JV Exchange”).
+Added: During the nine-months ended September 30, 2021, the
+Added: Company and GSX finalized the terms of the JV Exchange.
+Added: This JV is currently in the planning stages.
February 21, 2021, Impact BioMedical, Inc.
−Removed: a subsidiary of the Company, entered into a promissory note (“Crum Note”)
−Removed: with Dustin Crum (“ Mr.
−Removed: The Company loaned the principal sum of $ 206,000 ,
−Removed: with interest at a rate of 6.5 %,
−Removed: and maturity date of August
−Removed: Monthly payments are due on the
−Removed: twenty-first day of each month and continuing each month thereafter until August 19, 2022, at which time all accrued interest and
−Removed: the entire remaining principal shall be due and payable in full.
−Removed: This note is secured by certain real property situated in Collier
−Removed: County, Florida.
−Removed: The outstanding principal and interest as of September 30, 2021, approximated $ 197,000 and
−Removed: is classified in current notes receivable on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
−Removed: Services Global Corporation
−Removed: April 5, 2021, Decentralized Sharing Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company entered into a convertible promissory note (“SHRG
−Removed: Note”) with Sharing Services Global Corporation (“SHRG”), a company registered in the state of Nevada.
−Removed: loaned the principal sum of $ 30,000,000 , with interest at a rate of 8 %, and shall be due and payable in full on demand by the Company,
−Removed: or if the demand is not sooner made, April 5, 2024 .
−Removed: The interest shall be prepaid annually in cash or Class A Common Shares.
−Removed: during the term of the SHRG Note, at the sole discretion of the Company, the outstanding principal can be converted in whole or in part
−Removed: into whole shares of SHRG Class A Common Stock at a conversion rate of $ 0.20 .
−Removed: The Company received a $ 3,000,000 loan origination fee
−Removed: associated with this note which has been recorded as an offset to the SHRG Note and will be amortized monthly in the amount of approximately
−Removed: $ 83,000 through the term of the SHRG Note.
−Removed: Accordingly, in April 2021, the SHRG issued to the Company 27,000,000 shares of its Class
−Removed: A Common Stock, including 15,000,000 shares in payment of the loan origination fee and 12,000,000 shares in prepayment of interest for
−Removed: the first year In addition, the Company received 150,000,000 warrants both issued and vested on April 5, 2021.
−Removed: These warrants have an
−Removed: exercise price of $ 0.22 and expire April 5, 2026.
−Removed: Under ASC 815 (“Topic 815”), the warrants received with the SHRG Note do
−Removed: not meet the definition of a derivative but do require treatment as an equity investment (See Note 6).
−Removed: Accordingly, the value of the
−Removed: note was allocated between current portion of notes receivable and other investments on the consolidated balance sheet.
−Removed: The SHRG Note
−Removed: was valued at $ 15,043,000 as of April 5, 2021, net of discount.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, the amortized value of the note approximates
−Removed: $ 16,830,000 and approximates fair value.
−Removed: Company, via three (3) of the Company’s existing board members, currently holds three (3) of the five (5) SHRG board of director
−Removed: John “JT” Thatch, DSS’s Lead Independent Director and as well the CEO of SHRG is on the SHRG Board, along
−Removed: Chan, DSS’s Executive Chairman of the board of directors (joined the SHRG Board effective May 4, 2020), and Mr.
−Removed: Heuszel, the CEO of the Company (joined the SHRG Board effective September 29, 2020).
+Added: a subsidiary of the Company, entered into a promissory note (“Crum Note”) with
+Added: Dustin Crum (“Mr.
+Added: The Company loaned the principal sum of $ 206,000 , with interest at a rate of 6.5 %, and maturity
+Added: date of August 19, 2022.
+Added: Monthly payments are due on the twenty-first day of each month and continuing each month thereafter until August
+Added: 19, 2022, at which time all accrued interest and the entire remaining principal shall be due and payable in full.
+Added: This note is secured
+Added: by certain real property situated in Collier County, Florida.
+Added: The outstanding principal and interest as of March 31, 2022, approximated
+Added: $ 207,000 and is classified in current notes receivable on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
Brokers Company, Inc.
−Removed: May 13, 2021, a subsidiary of the Company entered a revolving credit promissory note (“Sentinel Note”) with Sentinel Brokers
−Removed: Company, Inc.
+Added: May 13, 2021, Sentinel Brokers, LLC, a subsidiary of the Company entered a revolving credit promissory note (“Sentinel
+Added: Note”) with Sentinel Brokers Company, Inc.
(“Sentinel”), a company registered in the state of New York.
−Removed: The Sentinel Note has an aggregate principal balance
−Removed: up to $ 600,000 ,
+Added: Sentinel Note has an aggregate principal balance up to $ 600,000 ,
to be funded at request of Sentinel.
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is payable in areas until the principal is paid in full at the maturity date of May
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, there is
−Removed: outstanding on the Sentinel Note.
−Removed: May 13, 2021, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement (“Sentinel Agreement”) to acquire a 24.9 %
+Added: As of March 31, 2022 and December
+Added: 31, 2021, there was $ 151,000 and
+Added: respectively, outstanding on the Sentinel Note, and is included in current notes receivable on the accompanying consolidated
+Added: balance sheet.
+Added: Also on May 13, 2021, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement (“Sentinel Agreement”) to
+Added: acquire a 24.9 %
equity position of Sentinel for the purchase price of $ 300,000 .
+Added: April 2022, the Sentinel Note was amended to increase the available revolving credit principal to $ 3,000,000 .
May 14, 2021, DSS Pure Air, Inc.
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The Puradigm Note has an aggregate principal
−Removed: balance up to $ 5,000,000 , to be funded at request of Puradigm.
−Removed: The Puradigm Note, which incurs interest at a rate of 6.5 % due quarterly,
−Removed: has a maturity date of May 14, 2023 .
−Removed: The Puradigm Note contains an options conversion clause that allows the Company to convert all,
−Removed: or a portion of all, into new issued member units of Puradigm with the maximum principal amount equal to 18 % of the total equity position
−Removed: of Puradigm at conversion.
−Removed: The outstanding principal and interest as of September 30, 2021, approximated $ 4,156,000 .
−Removed: On October 8, 2021,
−Removed: the Company advanced an additional $ 400,000 toward the Puradigm Note.
−Removed: Harris-Montgomery
−Removed: Counties Management District
−Removed: September 23, 2021, APB entered into refunding bond anticipatory note (“District Note”) with Harris-Montgomery Counties Management
−Removed: District (the “District”), which operates as a conservation and reclamation district pursuant to Chapter 3891, Texas Special
−Removed: District Local Laws Code;
+Added: balance up to $ 5,000,000 ,
+Added: to be funded at request of Puradigm.
+Added: The Puradigm Note, which incurs interest at a rate of 6.5 %
+Added: due quarterly, has a maturity date of May
+Added: The Puradigm Note contains an options
+Added: conversion clause that allows the Company to convert all, or a portion of all, into new issued member units of Puradigm with the maximum
+Added: principal amount equal to 18% of the total equity position of Puradigm at conversion.
+Added: The outstanding principal and interest as of March
+Added: 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, approximated $ 5,164,000
+Added: and $ 5,081,000 ,
+Added: respectively, which is classified as Notes receivable on the consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: Regional Management District (formally
+Added: Harris-Montgomery Counties Management District)
+Added: September 23, 2021, APB entered into refunding bond anticipatory note (“District Note”) with South Regional Management
+Added: District (the “District”), which operates as a conservation and reclamation district pursuant to Chapter 3891, Texas
+Added: Special District Local Laws Code;
Chapter 375, Texas Local Government Code;
and Chapter 49, Texas Water Code.
−Removed: The District Note was in the sum
−Removed: of $ 3,500,000
+Added: The District Note was in
+Added: the sum of $ 3,500,000
and incurs interest at a rate of 4.15 %
−Removed: Principal and interest are
−Removed: due in full on September
+Added: Principal and interest are due in full on September
note may be redeemed prior to maturity with 10 days written notice to APB at a price equal to principal plus interest accrued on the
redemption date .
−Removed: The District Note is included
−Removed: in current portion of notes receivable on the consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2021.
+Added: The outstanding principal and
+Added: interest of $ 3,576,000
+Added: and $ 3,540,000
+Added: of the District Note is included in current portion
+Added: of notes receivable on the consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
+Added: October 25, 2021, APB entered into loan agreements (“Asili Agreement”) with Asili, LLC.
+Added: (“Asili”) a company registered
+Added: in the state of Utah.
+Added: The Asili Agreement has an initial aggregate principal balance up to $ 1,000,000 ,
+Added: to be funded at request of Asili, with an option to increase the maximum principal borrowing to $ 3,000,000 .
+Added: The Asili Agreement, which incurs interest at a rate of 8.0 %
+Added: with principal and interest due at the maturity date of October
+Added: Asili Agreement contains an optional conversion feature allowing APB to convert the outstanding principal to a 10% membership interest.
+Added: APB, as holder of the Asili Agreement, has the right to elect one member to the Asili
+Added: Board of Managers .
+Added: The outstanding principal
+Added: and interest of approximately $ 803,000
+Added: and $ 784,000
+Added: of the Asili Agreement is included in current
+Added: portion of notes receivable on the consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
+Added: June 13, 2019, APB extended the credit to Leopoldo Bustamate (“Bustamate Note”) in the form of a promissory note for $ 249,540 ,
+Added: bearing interest at 15 %,
+Added: with a maturity date of May
+Added: On June 5, 2020, the Company further
+Added: extended the same credit in the form of a promissory note for $ 249,540 ,
+Added: bearing interest at 15 %,
+Added: with a maturity date of May
+Added: On August 30, 2021, the Company further
+Added: extended the same credit in the form of a promissory note for $ 249,540 ,
+Added: bearing interest at 12.5 %,
+Added: with a maturity date of May
+Added: The modification agreement is effective
+Added: May 14, 2021.
+Added: This promissory note is secured by a deed of trust on a tract of land, which is approximately 315 acres, and located in
+Added: Coke County, Texas.
+Added: The outstanding principal and interest of approximately $ 289,000
+Added: of the Bustamate Note is included in long
+Added: term portion of Notes receivable on the consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
+Added: October 7, 2021, HWH World, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company entered into a revolving loan commitment (“HWH Ltd Note”)
+Added: with HWH World Ltd.
+Added: (“HWH Ltd.”) a company registered in Taiwan.
+Added: Note has an principal balance of $ 52,000
+Added: and incurred no interest through the maturity
+Added: date of December
+Added: The outstanding principal at March 31,
+Added: 2022 and December 31, 2021 is $ 56,000
+Added: and $ 52,000 ,
+Added: respectively, and is included in the current portion of notes receivable.
+Added: This note is currently in default and the Company is currently
+Added: in the process of extending the terms.
+Added: In accordance with the terms of the HWH Ltd.
+Added: Note, the Company began charging interest at the
+Added: default rate of 18 %
+Added: West Park Capital Group, LLC.
+Added: On December 28, 2021, APB
+Added: entered into promissory note (“West Park Note”) with West Park Capital Group, LLC.
+Added: (“West Park”), a company registered
+Added: in the state of California.
+Added: The West Park Note has an principal balance of $ 700,000 .
+Added: The West Park Note, which incurs interest at a rate
+Added: of 12.0 % with principal and interest due at the maturity date of December 28, 2022 .
+Added: The outstanding principal and interest of $ 680,000
+Added: and $ 700,000 of the West Park Note is included in current portion of notes receivable on the consolidated balance sheet at Mach 31, 2022.
+Added: January 2021, SHRG and 1044PRO, LLC (“1044 PRO”) entered into a Funding Agreement pursuant to which the Company agreed
+Added: to provide to 1044 PRO a $ 250,000
+Added: revolving credit line and loaned $ 204,879
+Added: to 1044 PRO under the credit line.
+Added: under the credit line are payable in monthly installments in amounts determined by the amount of each cash advance.
+Added: At December 31, 2021,
+Added: loans of $ 193,000
+Added: are outstanding, net of an allowance for the
+Added: impairment losses of $ 115,000 ,
+Added: and is included in Current portion of notes receivable on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021.
+Added: At March 31, 2022,
+Added: this loan was fully reserved for.
+Added: In connection with the loan, the Company acquired a 10 %
+Added: equity interest in 1044 PRO and a security interest in 1044 PRO’s cash receipts and in substantially all 1044 PRO’s assets.
+Added: the fiscal year 2019, SHRG received a promissory note for $ 106,404
+Added: from a prior merchant payment processor in connection
+Added: with amounts owed to the Company.
+Added: This note is fully reserved for at March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021.
+Added: Commerce Inc.,
+Added: March 2, 2022, APB and WUURII Commerce, Inc.
+Added: (“WUURRII”), a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of Korea
+Added: entered into a promissory note (“WUURRII Note”).
+Added: Under the terms of the WURRII Note, APB at its discretion, may lend up to
+Added: the principal sum of $ 892,500
+Added: with an interest rate of 8 %,
+Added: and matures in March 2024, with interest payable quarterly.
+Added: The outstanding principal and interest at March 31, 2022 is $ 895,000 ,
+Added: of which $ 446,000 is included in current notes receivable on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: January 24, 2022, APB and Farah S.
+Added: Khan (“Khan”) entered into a promissory note (“Khan Note”) in the principal
+Added: sum of $ 100,000
+Added: with interest of 6 %,
+Added: due annually, and maturing in January 2024.
+Added: The outstanding principal and interest at March 31, 2022 approximates $ 101,000 ,
+Added: and is included in notes receivable on the accompanying consolidate balance sheet.
Financial Instruments
Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Marketable Securities
−Removed: following tables show the Company’s cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and marketable securities by significant
−Removed: investment category as of September 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020:
+Added: following tables show the Company’s cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and marketable securities by significant investment
+Added: category as of March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021:
Schedule of Cash and Marketable Securities by Significant Investment Category
−Removed: and Restricted Cash
−Removed: Cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: Restricted cash
Money Market Funds
Marketable Securities
−Removed: ( 9,121,000 )
−Removed: $ ( 6,522,000 )
−Removed: Cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Convertible securities
Money Market Funds
Marketable Securities
−Removed: Company typically invests in highly rated securities, with the primary objective of minimizing the potential risk of principal loss.
−Removed: The Company’s investment policy generally requires securities to be investment grade and limits the amount of credit exposure to
−Removed: any one issuer.
−Removed: Fair values were determined for each individual security in the investment portfolio.
+Added: Convertible securities
+Added: Company typically invests with the primary objective of minimizing the potential risk of principal loss.
+Added: The Company’s investment
+Added: policy generally requires securities to be investment grade and limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer.
+Added: Fair values were
+Added: determined for each individual security in the investment portfolio.
Medical REIT Inc.
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AMRE’s investors the opportunity for direct ownership of Class A licensed medical
−Removed: on March 3, 2020, the Company entered into a Promissory Note with AMRE, pursuant to which AMRE has issued the Company a promissory note
−Removed: for the principal amount of $ 800,000
−Removed: (the “Note”).
−Removed: The Note matures on
−Removed: 3, 2022 and accrues interest at the rate of 8.0 %
−Removed: per annum and shall be payable in accordance with the terms set forth in the Note.
−Removed: Under the Note, AMRE may prepay or repay all or any
−Removed: portion of the Note at any time, without a premium or penalty.
−Removed: If not sooner prepaid, the entire unpaid principal balance of the Note
−Removed: including accrued interest will be due and payable in full on March 3, 2022.
−Removed: The Note also provides the Company an option to provide
−Removed: AMRE an additional $ 800,000
−Removed: on the same terms and conditions as the Note,
−Removed: including the issuance of warrants as described below.
−Removed: As further incentive to enter into the Note, AMRE issued the Company warrants
−Removed: to purchase 160,000
−Removed: shares of AMRE common stock (the “Warrants”).
−Removed: The Warrants have an exercise price of $ 5.00
−Removed: per share, subject to adjustment as set forth
−Removed: in the Warrants, and expire on March
−Removed: Pursuant to the Warrants, if AMRE files
−Removed: a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering (“IPO”) of AMRE’s
−Removed: common stock and the IPO price per share offered to the public is less than $ 10.00
−Removed: per share, the exercise price of the Warrants
−Removed: shall be adjusted downward to 50 %
−Removed: of the IPO price.
−Removed: The Warrants also grants piggyback registration rights to the Company as set forth in the Warrants.
−Removed: As of September
−Removed: 30, 2021, this Note had outstanding principal and interest of approximately $ 898,000 .
−Removed: Upon consolidation this Note is eliminated.
−Removed: AMRE entered into a $ 200,000
−Removed: unsecured promissory note with LiquidValue
−Removed: Asset Management Pte Ltd (“LVAMPTE”).
−Removed: The Note calls for interest to be paid annually on March 2 with interest fixed
+Added: AMRE entered into
+Added: unsecured promissory note with LiquidValue Asset Management
+Added: Pte Ltd (“LVAMPTE”).
+Added: The Note calls for interest to be paid annually on March 2 with interest fixed at 8.0 %.
See Note 7 for further details.
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Company’s total equity interest in AMRE to approximately 93 %.
−Removed: June 18, 2021, AMRE Shelton, LLC., (“AMRE Shelton”) a subsidiary of AMRE financed the purchase of a 40,000 square foot, 2.0
−Removed: story, Class A+ multi-tenant medical office building located on a 13.62-acre site in Shelton, Connecticut (See Note 7) for the purchase
−Removed: price of $ 7,150,000 .
−Removed: In accordance with Topic 805, the acquisition of the medical facility has been determined to be an acquisition of
−Removed: assets as s ubstantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a
−Removed: single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets.
−Removed: These assets are classified as investments, real estate on
−Removed: the consolidated balance sheet.
−Removed: The purchase price has been allocated as $ 4,640,000 , $ 1,600,000 , and $ 325,000 for the facility, land
−Removed: and tenant improvements respectively.
−Removed: Also include in the value of the property is $ 585,000 of intangible assets with an estimated useful
−Removed: life approximating 3 years.
+Added: June 18, 2021, AMRE Shelton, LLC., (“AMRE Shelton”) a subsidiary of AMRE financed the purchase of a 40,000
+Added: square foot, 2.0 story, Class A+ multi-tenant
+Added: medical office building located on a 13.62-acre site in Shelton, Connecticut (See Note 7) for the purchase price of $ 7,150,000 .
+Added: In accordance with Topic 805, the acquisition of the medical facility has been determined to be an acquisition of assets as substantially
+Added: all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable
+Added: These assets are classified as investments, real estate on the consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: The purchase price has been allocated
+Added: as $ 4,640,000 ,
+Added: $ 1,600,000 ,
+Added: and $ 325,000
+Added: for the facility, land and tenant improvements
+Added: respectively.
+Added: Also include in the value of the property is $ 585,000
+Added: of intangible assets with an estimated useful
+Added: life approximating 3
+Added: All assets were allocated on a relative
+Added: fair value basis.
+Added: Contained within the sale-purchase agreement for this facility, is a $ 1,500,000
+Added: earnout due to the seller if certain criteria
+Added: As of March 31, 2022, no liability has been recorded for this earnout as it isn’t probable the earnout will
+Added: be achieved as of the quarter-end
+Added: November 4, 2021, AMRE LifeCare Portfolio, LLC.
+Added: (“AMRE LifeCare”), a subsidiary of AMRE, acquired three medical facilities
+Added: located in Fort Worth, Texas, Plano, Texas, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a purchase price of $ 62,000,000 .
+Added: In accordance with Topic
+Added: 805, the acquisition of the medical facility has been determined to be an acquisition of assets as substantially all of the fair value
+Added: of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets.
+Added: These assets are
+Added: classified as investments, real estate on the consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: The purchase price has been allocated as $ 32,100,000 , $ 12,100,000 ,
+Added: and $ 1,500,000 for the facility, land and site improvements respectively.
+Added: Also include in the value of the property is $ 15,901,000 of
+Added: intangible assets with estimated useful lives ranging from 1 to 11 years.
All assets were allocated on a relative fair value basis.
−Removed: Contained within the sale-purchase agreement for
−Removed: this facility, is a $ 1,500,000 earnout due to the seller if certain criteria are met.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, no liability has been
−Removed: recorded for this earnout.
−Removed: the three- and nine-months ended September 30, 2021, AMRE had net losses of $ 545,000 and $ 778,000 , respectively, of which $ 38,000 and
−Removed: $ 131,000 , respectively is attributable to the non-controlling interest.
+Added: December 21, 2021, AMRE Winter Haven, LLC.
+Added: (“AMRE Winter Haven”), a subsidiary of AMRE, acquired a medical facility located
+Added: in Winter Haven, Florida for a purchase price of $ 4,500,000 .
+Added: In accordance with Topic 805, the acquisition of the medical facility has
+Added: been determined to be an acquisition of assets as substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in
+Added: a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets.
+Added: These assets are classified as investments, real estate on the
+Added: consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: The purchase price has been allocated as $ 3,200,000 , $ 1,000,000 , and $ 222,000 for the facility, land and
+Added: site and tenant improvements respectively.
+Added: Also include in the value of the property is $ 29,000 of intangible assets with an estimated
+Added: useful life of approximating 5 years .
+Added: All assets were allocated on a relative fair value basis.
+Added: the three-months ended March 31, 2022, and 2021, AMRE had net losses of $ 1,613,000
+Added: and $ 58,000 ,
+Added: respectively, of which $ 161,000
+Added: and $ 22,000 ,
+Added: respectively is attributable to non-controlling
BioMedical, Inc.
−Removed: August 21, 2020, the Company, completed its acquisition of Impact BioMedical, Inc.
−Removed: (“Impact”), pursuant to a Share Exchange
−Removed: Agreement by and among the Company, DSS BioHealth, and related parties Alset Intl (formally Singapore eDevelopment Limited), and Global
−Removed: Biomedical Pte Ltd.
−Removed: (“GBM”) which was previously approved by the Company’s shareholders (the “Share Exchange”).Under
−Removed: the terms of the Share Exchange, the Company issued 483,334
−Removed: shares of the Company’s common stock, par
−Removed: per share, nominally valued at $ 6.48
−Removed: per share, and 46,868
−Removed: newly issued shares of the Company’s Series
−Removed: A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”), with a stated value of $ 46,868,000 ,
−Removed: or $1,000 per share, for a total consideration of $ 50
−Removed: million to acquire 100 %
−Removed: of the outstanding shares of Impact.
−Removed: The acquisition was done to add assets and a foundation of products with international market opportunities
−Removed: and demand, and which can be structured into long- term scalable, reoccurring license revenue within the DSS BioHealth line of business.
−Removed: Due to several factors, including a discount for illiquidity, the value of the Series A Preferred Stock was discounted from $ 46,868,000
−Removed: to $ 35,187,000 ,
−Removed: thus reducing the final consideration given to approximately $ 38,319,000 .
−Removed: The Company incurred approximately $ 295,000
−Removed: in cost associated with the acquisition of Impact
−Removed: which were recorded as general and administrative expenses.
−Removed: As a result of the Share Exchange, Impact is now a wholly owned subsidiary
−Removed: of DSS BioHealth, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary and operating results of the acquisition are included in the Company’s
−Removed: financial statements beginning August 21, 2020.
−Removed: Impact BioMedical has several subsidiaries that are not wholly owned by Impact and have
−Removed: an ownership percentage ranging from 63.6 %
−Removed: During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, Impact has incurred approximately $ 657,000
+Added: BioMedical, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, has several subsidiaries that are not wholly owned by Impact Biomedical
+Added: and have an ownership percentage ranging from 63.6 %
+Added: During the three months ended March 31, 2022, and 2021, Impact Biomedical has incurred approximately $ 614,000
and $ 420,000
respectively of net losses, of which $ 67,000
−Removed: and $ 281,000
respectively of loss incurred is attributable
to non-controlling interest.
−Removed: Although Impact historically, and to date has not generated any revenues, the acquisition of Impact meets
−Removed: the definition of a business with inputs, processes and outputs, and therefore, the Company has concluded to account for this transaction
−Removed: in accordance with the acquisition method of accounting under Topic 805.
Pacific Bancorp.
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which provided for an investment of $ 40,000,000
−Removed: by the Company into APB for an aggregate
+Added: by the Company into APB for an aggregate of 6,666,700
shares of the APB’s Class A Common Stock,
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owns approximately 53 %
−Removed: of APB, and as a result its operating results
−Removed: will be included in the Company’s financial statements beginning September 9, 2021.
+Added: of APB, and as a result its operating results will be included in the Company’s financial statements beginning September 9, 2021.
The Company incurred approximately $ 36,000
−Removed: in cost associated with the acquisition of
−Removed: APB which were recorded as general and administrative expenses.
−Removed: The acquisition of APB meets the definition of a business
−Removed: with inputs, processes and outputs, and therefore, the Company has concluded to account for this transaction in accordance with the acquisition
−Removed: method of accounting under Topic 805.
−Removed: Activity from September 9, 2021, to September 30, 2021, was not significant.
−Removed: The next largest
−Removed: shareholder of APB is Alset EHome International, Inc.
−Removed: AEI’s Chairman and CEO, Heng Fai Chan, and a member
−Removed: of the AEI’s Board of Directors, Wu Wai Leung William, each serve on both the AEI Board and the Board of the Company.
−Removed: of the Company, Mr.
−Removed: Heuszel, also has an approximate 2 % equity position of APB.
−Removed: following summary, prepared on a proforma basis, combines the consolidated results of operations of the Company with those of APB as
−Removed: if the acquisition took place on January 1.
−Removed: The pro forma consolidated results include the impact of certain adjustments.
−Removed: Schedule of Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information
−Removed: Net (loss)/income
−Removed: $ ( 19,215,000
−Removed: Basic (loss)/earnings per share
−Removed: Diluted (loss)/earnings per share
−Removed: We are currently in the
−Removed: process of completing the purchase price accounting and related allocations associated with the acquisition of APB.
−Removed: The Company is
−Removed: in the process of completing valuations and useful lives for certain assets acquired in the transaction and the purchase price
−Removed: allocation will be completed with finalization of those valuations.
−Removed: We expect the preliminary purchase price accounting to be
−Removed: completed during the three months ending December 31, 2021.
−Removed: For the purposes of these financial statements, $ 16,945,000
−Removed: and $ 20,301,000
−Removed: of the purchase price has been allocated to Goodwill and Non-controlling interest in subsidiary, respectively, on the consolidate
−Removed: balance sheet at September 30, 2021.
−Removed: Net assets acquired were approximately $ 3,400,000 and included approximately
−Removed: $ 1,250,000 in cash, $ 1,900,000 in marketable securities, $ 330,000 in notes receivable and $ 101,000 of accounts payable and accrued liabilities.
+Added: in cost associated with the acquisition of APB
+Added: which were recorded as general and administrative expenses.
+Added: The acquisition of APB meets the definition of a business with inputs, processes
+Added: and outputs, and therefore, the Company has concluded to account for this transaction in accordance with the acquisition method of accounting
+Added: under Topic 805.
+Added: During the three months ended March 31, 2022, APB had net income of $ 547,000 ,
+Added: of which, $ 257,000
+Added: is attributable to non-controlling interest.
+Added: The next largest shareholder of APB is Alset EHome
+Added: International, Inc.
+Added: AEI’s Chairman and CEO, Heng Fai Ambrose Chan, and a member of the AEI’s
+Added: Board of Directors, Wu Wai Leung William, each serve on both the AEI Board and the Board of the Company.
+Added: The CEO of the Company, Mr.
+Added: Heuszel, also has an approximate 2 %
+Added: equity position of APB.
APB and the company in which APB owns marketable securities share a common director.
−Removed: International Limited (formally Singapore eDevelopment Limited)
+Added: Services Global Corp.
+Added: of and through June 30, 2020, the Company classified its investment in Sharing Services Global Corp.
+Added: (“SHRG”), a publicly
+Added: traded company, as marketable equity security and measured it at fair value with gains and losses recognized in other income.
+Added: 2020, through continued acquisition of common stock, as detailed below, the Company obtained greater than 20 %
+Added: ownership of SHRG, and thus has the ability to exercise significant influence over it.
+Added: During the quarter ended September 30, 2020,
+Added: the Company began to account for its investment in SHRG using the equity method in accordance with ASC Topic 323, Investments—Equity
+Added: Method and Joint Ventures recognizing our share of SHRG’s earnings and losses within our consolidated statement of operations.
+Added: Through a series of transactions, DSS increased its ownership of voting shares in SHRG to approximately 58 % on December 23, 2021.
+Added: The 58 % ownership of SHRG meets the definition of a business with inputs, processes, and outputs, and therefore, the Company has concluded
+Added: to account for this transaction in accordance with the acquisition method of accounting under Topic 805 and began consolidating the financial
+Added: results of SHRG as of December 31, 2021.
+Added: On January 24, 2022, the Company exercised 50,000,000
+Added: warrants received as part of a consulting
+Added: agreement with SHRG at the exercise price of $ 0.0001 ,
+Added: bring its ownership percentage of voting shares to approximately 65 % .
+Added: The acquisition of SHRG meets the definition of
+Added: a business with inputs, processes, and outputs, and therefore, the Company has concluded to account for this transaction in accordance
+Added: with the acquisition method of accounting under Topic 805.
+Added: During the three months ended March 31, 2022, SHRG incurred $ 7,364,000
+Added: of losses of which, $ 2,579,000
+Added: is attributed to non-controlling interest.
+Added: are currently in the process of completing the purchase price accounting and related allocations associated with the acquisition of SHRG.
+Added: The Company is in the process of completing valuations and useful lives for certain assets acquired in the transaction.
+Added: We expect the
+Added: preliminary purchase price accounting to be completed during the year ending December 31, 2022.
+Added: International Limited (formally Singapore eDevelopment Limited), related party
Company owns 127,179,311
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of the outstanding shares of Alset International Limited (“Alset Intl”), formerly named Singapore eDevelopment Limited (“SED”),
−Removed: a company incorporated in Singapore and publicly listed on the Singapore Exchange Limited as of September 30, 2021, and December 31,
−Removed: This investment is classified as a marketable security and is classified as long-term assets on the consolidated balance sheets
−Removed: as the Company has the intent and ability to hold the investments for a period of at least one year.
+Added: a company incorporated in Singapore and publicly listed on the Singapore Exchange Limited.
+Added: This investment is classified as a marketable
+Added: security and is classified as long-term assets on the consolidated balance sheets as the Company has the intent and ability to hold the
+Added: investments for a period of at least one year.
The Chairman of the Company, Mr.
−Removed: Heng Fai Ambrose Chan, is the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Alset Intl.
−Removed: Chan is also the majority shareholder
−Removed: of Alset Intl as well as the largest shareholder of the Company.
−Removed: The fair value of the marketable security as of September 30, 2021,
−Removed: and December 31, 2020, was approximately $ 5,990,000
−Removed: and $ 6,830,000
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: During the three
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded unrealized gain on this investment of approximately $ 127,000 ,
−Removed: and during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded an unrealized loss of approximately $ 839,000 .
−Removed: Services Global Corp.
−Removed: of and through September 30, 2020, the Company classified its investment in Sharing Services Global Corp.
−Removed: (“SHRG”), a publicly
−Removed: traded company, as marketable equity security and measured it at fair value with gains and losses recognized in other income.
−Removed: 2020, through continued acquisition of common stock, as detailed below, the Company obtained greater than 20 % ownership of SHRG, and
−Removed: thus has the ability to exercise significant influence over it.
−Removed: The Company currently accounts for its investment in SHRG using the equity
−Removed: method in accordance with ASC Topic 323, Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures recognizing our share of SHRG’s
−Removed: earnings and losses within our consolidated statement of operations.
−Removed: July 22, 2020, Chan Heng Fai Ambrose, the Chairman of the Company’s board of directors, assigned a Stock Purchase and Share Subscription
−Removed: Agreement by and between Mr.
−Removed: Chan and SHRG, pursuant to which the Company purchased 30,000,000
−Removed: shares of Class A common stock and 10,000,000
−Removed: warrants to purchase Class A common stock for
−Removed: million, causing the Company’s ownership
−Removed: in SHRG to exceed 20 %.
−Removed: The warrants have an average exercise price of $ 0.20 ,
−Removed: immediately vested and may be exercised at any time commencing on the date of issuance and ending three years from such date.
−Removed: The warrants are considered an equity investment that is recorded at fair value with gains and losses recorded through earnings.
−Removed: warrants have been recorded at the fair value of $ 324,000
−Removed: as of September 30, 2021, as compared to $ 1,056,000
−Removed: at December 31, 2020 on the Company’s consolidated
−Removed: balance sheet and are included in “other investments” with the decrease representing an unrealized loss of $ 224,000
+Added: Heng Fai Ambrose Chan, is the Executive Director and
+Added: Chief Executive Officer of Alset Intl.
+Added: Chan is also the majority shareholder of Alset Intl as well as the largest shareholder of
+Added: The fair value of the marketable security as of March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, was approximately $ 4,604,000
and $ 4,909,000
−Removed: respectively during the three and nine months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2021.
−Removed: of July 22, 2020, the carrying value of the Company’s equity method investment exceeded our share of the book value of the
−Removed: investee’s underlying net assets by approximately $ 9,192,000 which
−Removed: represents primarily intangible assets in the form of a distributor lists and goodwill arising from acquisitions.
−Removed: These intangible
−Removed: assets have been valued at approximately $ 1,148,000 and
−Removed: $ 8,044,000 ,
respectively.
−Removed: The intangible asset arising from the distributor list has a five -year
−Removed: The Company has recorded amortization of $ 57,000 and
−Removed: $ 287,000 for
−Removed: the three- and nine-months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, on the consolidated statement of operations.
−Removed: April 5, 2021, a subsidiary of the Company entered into a convertible promissory note (“SHRG Note”) with SHRG (see Note
−Removed: The Company loaned the principal sum of $ 30,000,000 .
−Removed: Accordingly, in April 2021, the SHRG issued to the Company 27,000,000 shares
−Removed: of its Class A Common Stock, including 15,000,000 shares
−Removed: in payment of the loan origination fee and 12,000,000 shares
−Removed: in prepayment of interest for the first year.
−Removed: In addition, the Company received 150,000,000 warrants
−Removed: both issued and vested on April 5, 2021.
−Removed: These warrants have an exercise price of $ 0.22 and
−Removed: As of the date of issuance the
−Removed: warrants the consideration paid allocated to the warrants amounted to approximately $ 14,957,000 .
−Removed: The warrants are considered an equity investment that is recorded at fair value with gains and losses recorded through earnings.
−Removed: These warrants have been recorded at the fair value of $ 6,212,000 as
−Removed: of September 30, 2021, on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and are included in “other investments” with
−Removed: the decrease representing an unrealized loss of $ 2,780,000 and
−Removed: $ 8,745,000 ,
−Removed: respectively, during the three- and nine-months ended September 30, 2021.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, the Company held 91,460,978 class
−Removed: A common shares equating to a 46.8 %
−Removed: ownership interest in SHRG.
−Removed: SHRG change its fiscal year end from April 30 to March 31, and due to this change and the
−Removed: difference in fiscal year ends between the two companies, effective for the three- and nine-month ended September 30, 2021,
−Removed: DSS changed its previous election to recognized its portion of SHRG’s earnings and losses on a two-month lag as of June 30,
−Removed: 2021 and has elected to recognize its portion of SHRG’s earnings and losses on a three-month lag basis going
−Removed: forward and utilized SHRG’s three-month ended June 30, 2021, reported results to recognize a loss on the equity method
−Removed: investment of approximately $ 1,645,000 .
−Removed: change represents a change in accounting principle under ASC 250 “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections”.
−Removed: aggregate fair value of the Company’s investment in SHRG at September 30, 2021 was approximately $ 8,688,000 .
−Removed: following table represents SHRG operating results for the three-months ended June 30, 2021:
−Removed: Schedule of Operating Result
−Removed: Operating loss
−Removed: $ ( 2,021,069 )
−Removed: Loss before income taxes
−Removed: $ ( 2,800,118 )
−Removed: Income tax benefit
−Removed: $ ( 3,548,007 )
+Added: During the three months ended March
+Added: 31, 2022 and March 31, 2021, the Company recorded unrealized loss on this investment of approximately $ 305,000 , and $ 967,000 , respectively.
+Added: Century TBD Holdings, LLC
+Added: On October 10, 2019, the Company
+Added: entered into a convertible promissory note (“TBD Note”) with Century TBD Holdings, LLC (“TBD”), a Florida limited
+Added: liability company.
+Added: The Company loaned the principal sum of $ 500,000 , of which up to $ 500,000 and all accrued interest can be paid by
+Added: an “Optional Conversion” of such amount up to 19.8 % (non-dilutable) of all outstanding membership interest in TBD.
+Added: Note accrues interest at 6 % and matures on October 9, 2021 .
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, this TBD Note had outstanding principal and interest
+Added: of approximately $ 537,000 and was classified as Current portion of notes receivable on the consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: On December 30,
+Added: 2020, the Company signed a binding letter of intent with West Park Capital, Inc (“West Park”) and TBD where the parties agreed
+Added: to prepare a note and stock exchange agreement whereby DSS will assign the TBD Note to West Park and West Park shall issue to DSS a stock
+Added: certificate reflecting 7.5 % of the issued and outstanding shares of West Park.
+Added: This note and stock exchange agreement was finalized during
+Added: the first quarter 2022 and valued at approximately $ 500,000 and is included in Investments on the consolidated balance sheet on March
+Added: The remaining $ 37,000 is included in gain (loss) on investments on the consolidated statement of operations at March 31, 2022.
Capital International LLC
September 10, 2020, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary DSS Securities, Inc.
−Removed: entered into membership interest purchase agreement
−Removed: with BMI Financial Group, Inc.
−Removed: a Delaware corporation (“BMIF”) and BMI Capital International LLC, a Texas limited liability
−Removed: company (“BMIC”) whereas DSS Securities, Inc.
−Removed: purchased 14.9 % membership interests in BMIC for $ 100,000 .
−Removed: DSS Securities also
−Removed: had the option to purchase an additional 10 % of the outstanding membership interest which it exercised in January of 2021 and increased
−Removed: its ownership to 24.9 %.
−Removed: Upon achieving greater than 20 % ownership in BMIC during the quarter ended March 31, 2021, and September 30,
−Removed: 2021, the Company is currently accounting for this investment under the equity method of accounting per ASC 323.
−Removed: The Company’s
−Removed: portion of net income in BMIC during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, was not significant.
+Added: entered into membership interest purchase
+Added: agreement with BMI Financial Group, Inc.
+Added: a Delaware corporation (“BMIF”) and BMI Capital International LLC, a Texas
+Added: limited liability company (“BMIC”) whereas DSS Securities, Inc.
+Added: purchased 14.9 %
+Added: membership interests in BMIC for $ 100,000 .
+Added: DSS Securities also had the option to purchase an additional 10 %
+Added: of the outstanding membership interest which it exercised in January of 2021 and increased its ownership to 24.9 %.
+Added: Upon achieving greater than 20 %
+Added: ownership in BMIC during the quarter ended March 31, 2021, the Company is currently accounting for this investment under the equity
+Added: method of accounting per ASC 323.
+Added: The Company’s portion of net income in BMIC during the three months ended March 31, 2022,
+Added: approximated $ 49,000 .
is a broker-dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority,
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The Company’s
−Removed: chairman of the board and another independent board member of the Company also have ownership interest in this joint venture.
+Added: chairman of the board and another independent board member of the Company also have ownership interest in BMIC.
Title Company
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and operate a real estate title agency, under the name of Alset Title Company, Inc, a Texas corporation (“ATC”).
−Removed: DSS Securities, Inc.
−Removed: shall own 70% of this venture with the other two shareholders being attorneys necessary to the state application
−Removed: and permitting process.
−Removed: ATC have initiated or have pending applications to do business in a number of states, including Texas, Tennessee,
−Removed: Connecticut, Florida, and Illinois.
−Removed: For the purpose of organization and the state application process, the Company’s CEO, who is
−Removed: a licensed attorney, has a stated non-compensated 15% ownership interest in the venture.
−Removed: There was minimal activity for the three and
−Removed: nine months ended September 30, 2021 .
+Added: DSS Securities,
+Added: shall own 70% of this venture with the other two shareholders being attorneys necessary to the state application and permitting
+Added: ATC have initiated or have pending applications to do business in a number of states, including Texas, Tennessee, Connecticut,
+Added: Florida, and Illinois.
+Added: For the purpose of organization and the state application process, the Company’s CEO, who is a licensed
+Added: attorney, has a stated non-compensated 15% ownership interest in the venture.
+Added: There was minimal activity for the three months ended March
Technologies Asia Pacific Holdings Limited
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Agreement”) with BioMed Technologies Asia Pacific Holdings Limited (“BioMed”), a limited liability company incorporated
−Removed: in the British Virgin Islands, pursuant to which the Company agreed to purchase 525 ordinary shares or 4.99 % of BioMed at a purchase
−Removed: price of approximately $ 630,000 .
−Removed: The Subscription Agreement provides, among other things, the Company has the right to appoint a new
−Removed: director to the board of BioMed.
−Removed: With respect to an issuance of shares to a third party by BioMed, the Company will have the right of
−Removed: first refusal to purchase such shares, as well as customary tag-along rights.
−Removed: In connection with the Subscription Agreement, Impact entered
−Removed: into an exclusive distribution agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) with BioMed, to directly market, advertise, promote,
−Removed: distribute, and sell certain BioMed products, which focus on manufacturing natural probiotics, to resellers.
−Removed: This investment is valued
−Removed: at cost as it does not have a readily determined fair value.
+Added: in the British Virgin Islands, pursuant to which the Company agreed to purchase 525
+Added: ordinary shares or 4.99 %
+Added: of BioMed at a purchase price of approximately $ 632,000 .
+Added: The Subscription Agreement provides, among other things, the Company has the right to appoint a new director to the board of BioMed.
+Added: With respect to an issuance of shares to a third party by BioMed, the Company will have the right of first refusal to purchase such shares,
+Added: as well as customary tag-along rights.
+Added: In connection with the Subscription Agreement, Impact Biomedical entered into an exclusive
+Added: distribution agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) with BioMed, to directly market, advertise, promote, distribute, and
+Added: sell certain BioMed products, which focus on manufacturing natural probiotics, to resellers.
+Added: This investment is valued at cost as it
+Added: does not have a readily determined fair value.
focuses on manufacturing natural probiotics, pursuant to which the Company will directly market, advertise, promote, distribute and sell
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This agreement is for ten years with
−Removed: an one year auto-renewal feature.
+Added: a one year auto-renewal feature.
Oncology, Inc.
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#1”) with Vivacitas Oncology Inc.
−Removed: (“Vivacitas”), to purchase 500,000 shares of its common stock at the per share price
−Removed: of $ 1.00 , with an option to purchase 1,500,000 additional shares at the per share price of $1.00.
−Removed: This option will terminate upon one
−Removed: of the following events:
−Removed: (i) Vivacitas’ board of directors cancels this option because it is no longer in the best interest of
+Added: (“Vivacitas”), to purchase 500,000
+Added: shares of its common stock at the per share price
+Added: with an option to purchase 1,500,000
+Added: additional shares at the per share price of $ 1.00 .
+Added: This option will terminate upon one of the following events:
+Added: (i) Vivacitas’ board of directors cancels this option because it is
+Added: no longer in the best interest of the Company;
(ii) December 31, 2021;
−Removed: or (iii) the date on which Vivacitas receives more than $1.00 per share of the Company’s common
−Removed: stock in a private placement with gross proceeds of $ 500,000 .
−Removed: Under the terms of the Vivacitas Agreement #1, the Company will be allocated
−Removed: two seats on the board of Vivacitas.
−Removed: On March 18, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement with Alset EHome International, Inc.
−Removed: to purchase from the Seller’s its wholly owned subsidiary Impact Oncology PTE Ltd.
+Added: or (iii) the date on which Vivacitas receives more than $ 1.00
+Added: per share of the Company’s common stock
+Added: in a private placement with gross proceeds of $ 500,000 .
+Added: Under the terms of the Vivacitas Agreement #1, the Company will be allocated two seats on the board of Vivacitas.
+Added: On March 18, 2021,
+Added: the Company entered into an agreement with Alset EHome International, Inc.
+Added: (“Seller”) to purchase from the Seller’s
+Added: its wholly owned subsidiary Impact Oncology PTE Ltd.
(“IOPL”) for a purchase price $ 2,480,000 .
The acquisition of IOPL has been treated as an asset acquisition as IOPL does not meet the definition of a business as defined in Topic
−Removed: IOPL owns 2,480,000 shares of common stock of Vivacitas along with the option to purchase an additional 250,000 shares of common
−Removed: The Sellers largest shareholder is Mr.
−Removed: Chan Heng Fai Ambrose, the Chairman of the Company’s board of directors and its largest
−Removed: April 1, 2021, the Company entered into an additional stock purchase agreement with Vivacitas (“Vivacitas Agreement #2”),
−Removed: whereas Vivacities wished to employ the service of the Chief Business Officer of Impact Biomedical, and in return for the services
−Removed: of this individual, Vivacitas shall issue to the Company, the aggregate purchase price for the Class A Common Shares of Vivacitas at
−Removed: the value of $ 1.00 per share shall be $ 120,000 to be paid in twelve (12) equal monthly installments for the period between April 1, 2021
−Removed: and March 31, 2022.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, the Company has received 60 Common A Shares of Vivacitas.
+Added: IOPL owns 2,480,000
+Added: shares of common stock of Vivacitas along with
+Added: the option to purchase an additional 250,000
+Added: shares of common stock.
+Added: The Sellers largest shareholder
+Added: Heng Fai Ambrose Chan, the Chairman of the Company’s board of directors and its largest shareholder.
+Added: April 1, 2021, the Company
+Added: entered into an additional stock purchase agreement with Vivacitas (“Vivacitas Agreement #2”), whereas Vivacities wished
+Added: to employ the service of the Chief Business Officer of Impact Biomedical, and in return for the services of this individual, Vivacitas
+Added: shall issue to the Company, the aggregate purchase price for the Class A Common Shares of Vivacitas at the value of $1.00 per share shall
+Added: be $120,000 to be paid in twelve (12) equal monthly installments for the period between April 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022.
July 22, 2021, the Company exercised 1,000,000 of the available options under the Vivacitas Agreement #1 for $ 1,000,000 .
with the shares received as part Vivacitas Agreement #2 increased the Company’s equity position in Vivacitas to approximately 16 %
−Removed: as of September 30, 2021.
+Added: as of March 31, 2022.
Brokers Company, Inc.
−Removed: May 13, 2021, a Sentinel Brokers, LLC., subsidiary of the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement (“Sentinel
−Removed: Agreement”) to acquire a 24.9 %
−Removed: equity position of Sentinel Brokers Company, Inc.
−Removed: (“Sentinel”), a company registered in the state of New York, for the
−Removed: purchase price of $ 300,000 .
−Removed: the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company contributed and additional $ 750,000
−Removed: capital into Sentinel, increasing its total capital investment to $ 1,050,000
−Removed: as of September 30, 2021.
−Removed: Under the terms of this agreement, the Company as the option to purchase an additional 50.1 %
−Removed: of the outstanding Class A Common Shares.
−Removed: Upon the exercising of this option, but no earlier than one year following the effective
−Removed: date the Sentinel Agreement, Sentinel has the option to sell the remaining 25 %
−Removed: to the Company.
−Removed: In consideration of purchase price investment in Sentinel, the Company is entitled to an additional 50.1% of the net
−Removed: profits of Sentinel.
−Removed: The Company currently accounts for its investment in Sentinel using the equity method in accordance with ASC
−Removed: Topic 323, as it currently owns 24.9 %
−Removed: The Company currently accounts for its investment in Sentinel using the equity method in accordance with ASC Topic 323, Investments—Equity
−Removed: Method and Joint Ventures recognizing our share of Sentinel’s earnings and losses within our consolidated statement of
−Removed: The Company recognized a gain on the equity method investment of approximately $ 11,000 for
−Removed: the three-months ended September 30, 2021, and a loss of $ 6,000 on
−Removed: the equity investment for the nine-months ended September 30, 2021.
+Added: May 13, 2021, a Sentinel Brokers, LLC., subsidiary of the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement (“Sentinel Agreement”)
+Added: to acquire a 24.9 % equity position of Sentinel Brokers Company, Inc.
+Added: (“Sentinel”), a company registered in the state of New
+Added: York, for the purchase price of $ 300,000 .
+Added: During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company contributed and additional $ 750,000
+Added: capital into Sentinel, increasing its total capital investment to $ 1,050,000 as of September 30, 2021.
+Added: Under the terms of this agreement,
+Added: the Company as the option to purchase an additional 50.1 % of the outstanding Class A Common Shares.
+Added: Upon the exercising of this option,
+Added: but no earlier than one year following the effective date the Sentinel Agreement, Sentinel has the option to sell the remaining 25 % to
+Added: In consideration of purchase price investment in Sentinel, the Company is entitled to an additional 50.1 % of the net profits
+Added: The Company currently accounts for its investment in Sentinel using the equity method in accordance with ASC Topic 323,
+Added: as it currently owns 24.9 % of Sentinel.
+Added: The Company currently accounts for its investment in Sentinel using the equity method in accordance
+Added: with ASC Topic 323, Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures recognizing our share of Sentinel’s earnings and
+Added: losses within our consolidated statement of operations.
+Added: The Company’s portion of net income in Sentinel for the three months ended
+Added: March 31, 2022, was not significant.
is a broker-dealer operating primarily as a fiduciary intermediary, facilitating intuitional trading of municipal and corporate bonds
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(“FINRA”), and is a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (“SIPC”).
+Added: September 2021, SHRG, Stemtech Corporation (“Stemtech”) and Globe Net Wireless Corp.
+Added: (“GNTW”) entered into
+Added: a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) pursuant to which the SHRG invested $ 1.4
+Added: in Stemtech in exchange for:
+Added: (a) a Convertible Promissory Note in the amount of $ 1.4
+Added: in favor of the SHRG (the “Convertible Note”) and (b) a detachable Warrant to purchase shares of GNTW common stock (the “GNTW
+Added: Stemtech is a subsidiary of GNTW.
+Added: As an inducement to enter into the SPA, GNTW agreed to pay to the SHRG an origination
+Added: fee of $ 500,000 ,
+Added: payable in shares of GNTW’s common stock.
+Added: The Convertible Note matures on September
+Added: bears interest at the annual rate of 10 %,
+Added: and is convertible, at the option of the holder, into shares of GNTW’s common stock at a conversion rate calculated based on the
+Added: closing price per share of GNTW’s common stock during the 30-day period ended September 19, 2021.
+Added: The GNTW Warrant expires on September
+Added: 13, 2024, and conveys the right to purchase up to 1.4 million shares of GNTW’s common stock at a purchase price calculated
+Added: based on the closing price per share of GTNW’s common stock during the 10-day period ended September 13, 2021 .
+Added: In September 2021, GNTW issued to the SHRG 154,173
+Added: shares of its common stock, or less than 1% of
+Added: the shares of GNTW then issued and outstanding, in payment of the origination fee.
+Added: carries its investment in the Convertible Note, the GNTW Warrant and the shares of GNTW common stock at fair value in accordance with
+Added: During the three month ended March 31, 2022 and twelve months ended December 31, 2021, the SHRG recognized unrealized
+Added: gains, before income tax, of $ 357,000
+Added: and $ 3,700,000 ,
+Added: respectively, in connection with its investment in the Convertible Note, the GNTW Warrant and the shares of GNTW common stock.
+Added: September 2021, SHRG entered into a Membership Unit Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the SHRG acquired a 30.75 %
+Added: equity interest in MojiLife, LLC, a limited liability company, organized in the State of Utah, in exchange for $ 1,537,000 .
+Added: MojiLife is an emerging growth distributor of technology-based consumer products, such as cordless scent diffusers, for the home and
+Added: the car, as well as proprietary home cleaning products and accessories.
+Added: During the three months ended March 31, 2022, SHRG recognized
+Added: an impairment of this investment approximating $ 1,500,000 .
Short-Term and Long-Term Debt
−Removed: Credit Lines - The Company’s subsidiary Premier Packaging Corporation (“Premier Packaging”) has a revolving
−Removed: credit line with Citizens Bank (“Citizens”) of up to $ 800,000 that bears interest at 1 Month LIBOR plus 2.0 %.
−Removed: This revolving
−Removed: line of credit was renewed and has a maturity date of May 31, 2021 and is renewable annually.
−Removed: This renewal was not exercised by Premier
−Removed: As December 31, 2020, the revolving line had a balance of $ 0 .
−Removed: July 26, 2017, Premier Packaging entered into a Loan Agreement and accompanying Term Note Non-Revolving Line of Credit Agreement with
−Removed: Citizens pursuant to which Citizens agreed to lend up to $ 1,200,000 to permit Premier Packaging to purchase equipment from time to time
−Removed: that it may need for use in its business.
−Removed: The aggregate principal balance outstanding under the Equipment Acquisition Line of Credit
−Removed: shall bear interest thereon at a per annum rate of 2 % above the LIBOR Advantage Rate until the Conversion Date (as defined in the Term
−Removed: Note Non-Revolving Line of Credit).
−Removed: Effective on the Conversion Date, the interest shall be adjusted to a fixed rate equal to 2% above
−Removed: the bank’s Cost of Funds, as determined by Citizens.
−Removed: Current maturities of long-term debt are based on an estimated 48-month amortization
−Removed: which will be adjusted upon conversion.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, the Term Note had a balance of $ 771,000 .
−Removed: The Term Note was paid in full
−Removed: in July 2021.
−Removed: Line of Credit - On July 31, 2020, Premier Packaging entered into a Loan Agreement and accompanying Term Note Non-Revolving Line
−Removed: of Credit Agreement with Citizens pursuant to which Citizens agreed to lend up to $ 900,000 to permit Premier Packaging to purchase equipment
−Removed: from time to time that it may need for use in its business.
−Removed: The aggregate principal balance outstanding under the Equipment Acquisition
−Removed: Line of Credit shall bear interest thereon at a per annum rate of 2 % above the LIBOR Advantage Rate until the Conversion Date (as defined
−Removed: in the Term Note Non-Revolving Line of Credit).
−Removed: Effective on the Conversion Date, the interest shall be adjusted to a fixed rate equal
−Removed: to 2 % above the bank’s Cost of Funds, as determined by Citizens.
−Removed: With a maturity date of July 28, 2021 , this equipment line is
−Removed: renewable annually.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, the loan had a balance of $ 0 .
−Removed: Premier did not exercise its right to renew this line of credit.
−Removed: Notes - On June 27, 2019, Premier Packaging refinanced and consolidated the outstanding principal associated with the two promissory
−Removed: notes for its packaging plant located in Victor, New York, for $ 1,200,000 with Citizens Bank.
−Removed: The new Promissory Note calls for monthly
−Removed: payments of $ 7,000 , with interest fixed at 4.22 %.
−Removed: The new Promissory Note matures on June 27, 2029 , at which time a balloon payment of
−Removed: $ 708,000 is due.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, the new, consolidated Promissory Note had a balance of $ $ 1,100,000 .
−Removed: In July of 2021, Premier
−Removed: Packaging repaid this note in full.
−Removed: Citizens credit facilities to each of the Company’s subsidiaries, Premier Packaging, contain various covenants including fixed
−Removed: charge coverage ratio, tangible net worth and current ratio covenants which are tested annually at December 31.
−Removed: For the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2020, Premier Packaging was in compliance with the annual covenants.
−Removed: March 2, 2020, AMRE entered into a $ 200,000
+Added: Notes - On March 2, 2020, AMRE entered into a $ 200,000
unsecured promissory note with LVAMPTE.
−Removed: The Note calls for interest to be paid annually on March 2 with interest fixed at 8.0 %.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, accrued interest is included in the outstanding balance.
−Removed: If not paid sooner, the entire unpaid principal balance
−Removed: is due in full on March
−Removed: As further incentive to enter into this
−Removed: Note, AMRE granted LVAMPTE warrants to purchase shares of common stock of AMRE (the “Warrants”).
−Removed: The amount of the
−Removed: warrants granted is the equivalent of the Note Principal divided by the Exercise Price.
−Removed: The Warrants are exercisable for four
−Removed: years and are exercisable at $ 5.00
+Added: calls for interest to be paid annually on March 2 with interest fixed at 8.0 %.
+Added: As further incentive to enter into this Note, AMRE granted LVAMPTE warrants to purchase shares of common stock of AMRE (the “Warrants”).
+Added: The amount of the warrants granted is the equivalent of the Note Principal divided by the Exercise Price.
+Added: The Warrants are exercisable
+Added: for four years and are exercisable at $ 5.00
per share (the “Exercise” Price).
−Removed: The value of the warrants is not considered to be material.
−Removed: The holder is a related party owned by the Chairman of the Company’s
−Removed: board of directors.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, the new promissory note, inclusive of unpaid interest, had a balance of $ 226,000 .
−Removed: Q2 2020, the Company received loan proceeds for Premier Packaging, DSS Digital, and AAMI in the amount of approximately $ 1,078,000 under
−Removed: the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”).
−Removed: The PPP, established as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security
−Removed: Act (“CARES Act”), provides for loans to qualifying businesses for amounts up to 2.5 times of the average monthly payroll
−Removed: expenses of the qualifying business.
−Removed: These funds were used for payroll, benefits, rent, mortgage interest, and utilities.
−Removed: 4, 2020, pursuant to the terms of the SBA PPP program, the Company submitted applications for Premier Packaging and DSS Digital for a
−Removed: requested 100 % loan forgiveness.
−Removed: During the fourth quarter 2020, both these notes approximating $ 969,000 were forgiven in full and recognized
−Removed: as a gain on the extinguishment of debt on the accompanying consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2020.
−Removed: AAMI, pursuant
−Removed: to the terms of the SBA PPP program, submitted its application for 100 % loan forgiveness in October 2020, and received confirmation of
−Removed: forgiveness in January 2021.
+Added: In March 2022, this debt was converted into equity in AMRE, and LVAMPTE exercised the warrants for $ 200,000
+Added: (see the consolidated statement of changes in stockholders’ equity) The
+Added: holder is a related party owned by the Chairman of the Company’s board of directors.
March 16, 2021, American Medical REIT, Inc.
−Removed: received loan proceeds in the amount of approximately $ 110,000 under the Paycheck Protection
−Removed: Program (“PPP”) with a fixed rate of 1 % and a 60 -month maturity term.
−Removed: The PPP, established as part of the Coronavirus Aid,
−Removed: Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), provides for loans to qualifying businesses for amounts up to 2.5 times of
−Removed: the average monthly payroll expenses of the qualifying business.
−Removed: These funds were used for payroll, benefits, rent, mortgage interest,
−Removed: and utilities .
+Added: received loan proceeds in the amount of approximately $ 110,000
+Added: under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”)
+Added: with a fixed rate of 1 %
+Added: and a 60-month maturity term.
+Added: The PPP, established as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”),
+Added: provides for loans to qualifying businesses for amounts up to 2.5 times of the average monthly payroll expenses of the qualifying business.
+Added: These funds were used for payroll, benefits, rent, mortgage interest, and utilities.
+Added: As of March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021,
+Added: the outstanding principal and interest approximated $ 111,000
+Added: is included in long-term debt, net on the consolidated
+Added: balance sheet.
May 20, 2021, Premier Packaging entered into master loan and security agreement (“BOA Note”) with Bank of America, N.A.
−Removed: to secure financing in an amount not to exceed $ 3,200,000 to purchase a new Heidelberg XL 106-7+L printing press.
−Removed: The aggregate principal
−Removed: balance outstanding under the BOA Note shall bear interest at a variable rate on or before the loan closing.
−Removed: At closing, the interest
−Removed: rate shall be fixed for the duration of the Loan.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, the outstanding principal on the BOA Note was $ 1,855,000
−Removed: and had an interest rate of 2.42 %.
−Removed: June 18, 2021, AMRE Shelton, LLC., (“AMRE Shelton”) a subsidiary of AMRE, entered into a loan agreement (“Shelton Agreement”)
−Removed: with Patriot Bank, N.A.
−Removed: (“Patriot Bank”) in an amount up to $6,155,000, with the amount financed approximating $5,105,000.
+Added: to secure financing approximating $ 3,700,000
+Added: to purchase a new Heidelberg XL 106-7+L printing
+Added: The aggregate principal balance outstanding under the BOA Note shall bear interest at a variable rate on or before the loan closing.
+Added: At closing, the interest rate shall be fixed for the duration of the Loan.
+Added: As of March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the outstanding
+Added: principal on the BOA Note was $ 3,710,000
+Added: and $ 3,339,000 ,
+Added: respectively and had an interest rate of 4.63 %,
+Added: and is included in Long-term debt, net on the consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: The BOA Note contains certain covenants that are analyzed
+Added: As of March 31, 2022, Premier is in compliance with these covenants.
+Added: June 18, 2021, AMRE
+Added: Shelton, LLC., (“AMRE Shelton”) a subsidiary of AMRE, entered into a loan agreement (“Shelton Agreement”) with
+Added: Patriot Bank, N.A.
+Added: (“Patriot Bank”) in an amount up to $ 6,155,000 ,
+Added: with the amount financed approximating $ 5,105,000 .
The Shelton Agreement contains monthly payments of principal and an initial interest 4.25 %.
−Removed: The interest will be adjusted commencing
−Removed: on July 1, 2026 and continuing for the next succeeding 5 year period shall be determined one month prior to the change date and shall
−Removed: be an interest rate equal to two hundred fifty (250) basis points above the Federal Home Loan Bank Boston 5-Year/25-Year amortizing
−Removed: advance rate, but in no event less than 4.25% for the term of 120 months with a balloon payment approximating $ 2,829,000 due at term
−Removed: This agreement contains certain covenants that are analyzed on an annual basis, starting December 31, 2021.
−Removed: The funds borrowed were
−Removed: used to purchase a 40,000 square foot, 2.0 story, Class A+ multi-tenant medical office building located on a 13.62 acre site (See Note
−Removed: Of the total financed, approximately $ 191,000 is classified as current portion of long-term debt, net, and the remaining balance
−Removed: of approximately $ 4,699,000 recorded as long-term debt, net of $ 185,000 in deferred financing costs.
+Added: The interest will be adjusted commencing on July 1, 2026 and continuing for the next succeeding 5
+Added: year period shall be determined one month prior
+Added: to the change date and shall be an interest rate equal to two hundred fifty (250) basis points above the Federal Home Loan Bank Boston
+Added: 5-Year/25-Year amortizing advance rate, but in no event less than 4.25 %
+Added: for the term of 120 months with a balloon payment approximating $ 2,829,000
+Added: due at term end.
+Added: This agreement contains certain
+Added: covenants that are analyzed on an annual basis, starting December 31, 2021, of which, AMRE Shelton is in compliance as of March 31,
+Added: 2022 The funds borrowed were used to purchase a 40,000
+Added: square foot, 2.0 story, Class A+ multi-tenant
+Added: medical office building located on a 13.62
+Added: acre site (See Note 5).
+Added: Of the total financed, approximately
+Added: is classified as current portion of long-term
+Added: debt, net, and the remaining balance of approximately $ 4,799,000
+Added: recorded as long-term debt, net of $ 185,000
+Added: in deferred financing costs.
+Added: October 13, 2021, LVAM entered into loan agreement with BMIC (“BMIC Loan”), whereas LVAM borrowed the principal amount of
+Added: $ 3,000,000 ,
+Added: with interest
+Added: to be charged at a variable rate to be adjusted at the maturity date .
+Added: The BMIC Loan matures on October
+Added: 12, 2022 , and contains an auto renewal period
+Added: of three months.
+Added: As of Mach 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, $ 3,021,000 and $ 3,000,000 , respectively, is included in current portion
+Added: of long-term debt, net on the consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: On October 13, 2021, LVAM
+Added: entered into loan agreement with Lee Wilson Tsz Kin (“Wilson Loan”), a related party, whereas LVAM borrowed the
+Added: principal amount of $ 3,000,000 ,
+Added: with interest to be charged at a variable rate to be calculated at the maturity date.
+Added: The Wilson Loan matures on October
+Added: 12, 2022 , and contains an auto renewal period of three months.
+Added: This loan was funded during March 2022.
+Added: As of Mach 31, 2022
+Added: is included in current portion of long-term debt, net on the consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: November 2, 2021, AMRE LifeCare entered into a loan agreement (“LifeCare Agreement”) with Pinnacle Bank, (“Pinnacle
+Added: Bank”) in the amount of $ 40,300,000 .
+Added: The LifeCare Agreement calls for the principal amount of the in equal, consecutive monthly installments based upon a twenty-five ( 25 )
+Added: year amortization of the original principal amount of the LifeCare Agreement at an initial rate of interest equal to the interest rate
+Added: determined in accordance as of July 29, 2022 provided, however, such rate of interest shall not be less than 4.28 %,
+Added: with the first such installment being payable on August 29, 2022 and subsequent installments being payable on the first day of each succeeding
+Added: month thereafter until the maturity date, at which time any outstanding principal and interest is due in full.
+Added: The maturity date of November
+Added: 2, 2023, may be extended to November 2, 2024.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, the outstanding principal and interest of the LifeCare
+Added: agreement approximates $ 39,448,000 ,
+Added: net of deferred financing costs of $ 1,002,000 .
+Added: As of March 31, 2022, the outstanding principal and interested approximates $ 39,940,000
+Added: is included in long-term debt, net on the consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: AMRE is currently seeking from Pinnacle, and believes it will
+Added: obtain, a waiver on certain debt covenants.
+Added: In November 2021, AMRE entered
+Added: into a convertible promissory note (“Alset Note”) with Alset International Limited (“Alset International”) for
+Added: the principal amount of $ 8,350,000 .
+Added: The Alset Note accrues interest at 8 % per annum and matures in December 2023 , with interest due quarterly
+Added: and the principal due at maturity.
+Added: Principal and interest of approximately $ 8,688,000 is included in long-term debt, net on the accompanying
+Added: consolidated balance sheet on March 31, 2022.
+Added: On March 17, 2022, AMRE Winter
+Added: Haven, LLC (“AMRE Winter Haven”) and Pinnacle Bank (“Pinnacle”) entered into a term loan (“Pinnacle Loan”)
+Added: whereas Pinnacle lent to AMRE Winter Haven the principal sum of $ 2,990,000 , maturing on March 7, 2024 .
+Added: Payments are to be made in equal,
+Added: consecutive installments based on a 25-year amortization period with interest at 4.28 %.
+Added: The first installment is due January 1, 2023.
+Added: The Pinnacle Loan contains certain covenants that are to be tested annually.
+Added: AMRE is currently seeking from Pinnacle, and believes it will obtain, a
+Added: waiver on certain debt covenants.
+Added: The outstanding principal and interest, net of debt issuance
+Added: costs of $ 138,000 , approximates $ 2,857,000 and is included in long-term debt, net on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet at March
+Added: Sharing Services Global Corporation
+Added: October 2017, SHRG issued a Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $ 50,000
+Added: (the “Note”) to HWH International,
+Added: Inc (“HWH International” or the “Holder”).
+Added: HWH International is affiliated with Heng Fai Ambrose Chan,
+Added: who became a Director of SHRG April 2020.
+Added: The Note is convertible into 333,333
+Added: shares of SHRG Common Stock.
+Added: Concurrent with
+Added: issuance of the Note, SHRG issued to HWH International a detachable warrant to purchase up to an additional 333,333
+Added: shares of SHRG Common Stock, at an exercise price
+Added: of $ 0.15 per
+Added: Under the terms of the Note and the detachable stock warrant, the Holder is entitled to certain financing rights.
+Added: If SHRG enters
+Added: into more favorable transactions with a third-party investor, it must notify the Holder and may have to amend and restate the Note and
+Added: the detachable stock warrant to be identical.
+Added: December 2019, SHRG and the holder of the SHRG $ 100,000
+Added: convertible note dated April 13, 2018 (the “April
+Added: 2018Note”) entered into an amendment to the underlying promissory note.
+Added: Pursuant to the amendment, the parties extended the maturity
+Added: date of the note to April 2021.
+Added: In addition, after giving effect to the amendment, the April 2018 Note is non-interest bearing.
+Added: terms of the April 2018 Note remain unchanged.
+Added: This Note was repaid in full during March 2022.
Lease Liability
Company has operating leases predominantly for operating facilities.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, the remaining lease terms on our operating
+Added: As of March 31, 2022, the remaining lease terms on our operating
leases range from less than one to five years .
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There are no significant finance leases as
−Removed: of September 30, 2021.
−Removed: minimum lease payments as of September 30, 2021, are as follows:
+Added: of March 31, 2022.
+Added: minimum lease payments as of March 31, 2022, are as follows:
of Lease Liability:
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Weighted-average discount rate
+Added: March of 2022, Premier Packaging began leasing its relocated manufacturing facilities to West Henrietta, New York.
+Added: This lease contains
+Added: an escalating payment clause, ranging from $ 61,000 per month to $ 78,000 per month, over the twelve term of the lease.
Commitments and Contingencies
−Removed: Apple Litigation
−Removed: November 26, 2013, DSS Technology Management, Inc.
−Removed: (“DSSTM”) filed suit against Apple, Inc.
−Removed: (“Apple”) in the
−Removed: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, for patent infringement (the “Apple Litigation”).
−Removed: The complaint
−Removed: alleges infringement by Apple of DSSTM’s patents that relate to systems and methods of using low power wireless peripheral devices.
−Removed: DSSTM is seeking a judgment for infringement, injunctive relief, and compensatory damages from Apple.
−Removed: On October 28, 2014, the case was
−Removed: stayed by the District Court pending a determination of Apple’s motion to transfer the case to the Northern District of California.
−Removed: On November 7, 2014, Apple’s motion to transfer the case to the Northern District of California was granted.
−Removed: On December 30, 2014,
−Removed: Apple filed two Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) petitions with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) for review
−Removed: of the patents at issue in the case.
−Removed: The PTAB instituted the IPRs on June 25, 2015.
−Removed: The California District Court then stayed the case
−Removed: pending the outcome of those IPR proceedings.
−Removed: Oral arguments of the IPRs took place on March 15, 2016, and on June 17, 2016, PTAB ruled
−Removed: in favor of Apple on both IPR petitions.
−Removed: DSSTM then filed an appeal with the U.S.
−Removed: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “Federal
−Removed: Circuit”) seeking reversal of the PTAB decisions.
−Removed: Oral arguments for the appeal were held on August 9, 2017.
−Removed: On March 23, 2018,
−Removed: the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB, finding that the PTAB erred when it found the claims of U.S.
−Removed: 6,128,290 to be unpatentable.
−Removed: The Federal Circuit affirmed its decision on July 12, 2018, when it denied Apple’s petition for panel rehearing of the Federal
−Removed: Circuit’s Opinion and Judgment issued on March 23, 2018.
−Removed: On July 27, 2018, the District Court judge lifted the Stay resuming the
−Removed: litigation, which had a trial date set for the week of February 24, 2020.
−Removed: On January 14, 2020, the Court in the case DSS Technology Management,
−Removed: Apple, Inc., 4:14-cv-05330-HSG pending in the Northern District of California issued an order that denied DSS’ motion to
−Removed: amend its infringement contentions.
−Removed: In the same Order, the Court granted Apple’s motion to strike DSS’ infringement expert
−Removed: DSS filed a motion for leave to file a motion for reconsideration of the Court’s order denying DSS the right to amend its
−Removed: infringement contentions and motion to strike DSS infringement expert report.
−Removed: On February 18, 2020, the Court denied DSS’s motion
−Removed: for leave to file a motion for reconsideration.
−Removed: On February 24, 2020, the Court signed a Final Judgment stipulating that Apple was “entitled
−Removed: to a judgment of non-infringement of U.S.
−Removed: 6,128,290 as a matter of law.” On March 10, 2020, DSS filed an appeal of this
−Removed: Final Judgment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit under DSS Technology Management v.
−Removed: Apple, Federal Circuit
−Removed: On April 27, 2021, the Court of Appeals heard oral argument, and on April 30, 2021, the Court affirmed the District
−Removed: Court’s judgment.
−Removed: After considering all factors the Company has elected to not pursue any further appeals on this matter.
−Removed: is deemed closed.
Ronaldi Litigation
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4:14-cf05330-HSG.
−Removed: The parties are now engaged in discovery .
+Added: The court recently ordered Mr.
+Added: Ronaldi to produce several categories
+Added: of documents that he sought to withhold.
+Added: Discovery is ongoing .
Additionally,
−Removed: on March 2, 2020, DSS and DSSTM filed a second litigation action against Jeffrey Ronaldi in the State of New York, Supreme Court, County
−Removed: of Monroe, Document Security Systems, Inc.
+Added: on March 2, 2020, DSS and DSSTM filed a second litigation action against Jeffrey Ronaldi in the State of New York, Supreme Court,
+Added: County of Monroe, Document Security Systems, Inc.
and DSS Technology Management, Inc.
Jeffrey Ronaldi, Index No.:
−Removed: 2020002300, alleging acts
−Removed: of self-dealing and conflicts of interest while he served as CEO of both DSS and DSS TM.
−Removed: Ronaldi filed a Notice of Removal of this
−Removed: civil litigation to the United States District Court for the Western District of New York where it was assigned Case No.
+Added: 2020002300, alleging
+Added: acts of self-dealing and conflicts of interest while he served as CEO of both DSS and DSS TM.
+Added: Ronaldi filed a Notice of Removal of
+Added: this civil litigation to the United States District Court for the Western District of New York where it was assigned Case No.
6:20-cv-06265-EAW.
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On March 16, 2021, the Western District of New York granted Mr.
−Removed: Ronaldi’s motion
−Removed: to have his defense costs advanced to him during the pendency of the action as they are incurred.
+Added: motion to have his defense costs advanced to him during the pendency of the action as they are incurred.
On March 26, 2021, Mr.
−Removed: Ronaldi applied
−Removed: to the court for reimbursement of $ 160,896 in legal fees.
−Removed: The Company has objected to the size of that bill as it was based on out-of-town
−Removed: billing rates and the result of an excessive number of hours spent on litigation.
−Removed: The parties now engaged in discovery, awaiting a decision
−Removed: on the Company’s objection to Mr.
−Removed: Ronaldi’s fee application.
−Removed: The parties engaged in court-ordered mediation on June 17, 2021,
−Removed: but the matter did not resolve.
−Removed: Following mediation, the Company moved to stay the federal court action pending the outcome of the state
−Removed: court action to avoid inconsistent rulings on common issues of law and fact.
−Removed: The motion to stay is pending.
−Removed: The Company intends to vigorously
−Removed: defend its position.
+Added: Ronaldi applied to the court for reimbursement of $ 160,896.25
+Added: in legal fees which was subsequently reduced
+Added: to $ 159,771.25 .
+Added: A second application was filed on November 12, 2021, seeking $ 121,672.51
+Added: in fees for a total demand of $ 281,443.76 .
+Added: The Company has objected to the size of those bills as they were based on out-of-town billing rates and the result of an excessive number
+Added: of hours spent on litigation.
+Added: The parties now engaged in discovery, awaiting a decision on the Company’s objection to Mr.
+Added: fee applications.
+Added: The parties engaged in court-ordered mediation on June 17, 2021, but the matter did not resolve.
+Added: Following mediation,
+Added: the Company moved to stay the federal court action pending the outcome of the state court action to avoid inconsistent rulings on
+Added: common issues of law and fact.
+Added: The motion to stay was denied.
+Added: The Company intends to vigorously prosecute this action.
Biosciences Litigation
February 15, 2021, Maiden Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: (“Maiden”) commenced an action against Document Security Stems, Inc.
+Added: (“Maiden”) commenced an action against DSS, Inc.
Decentralized Sharing Systems, Inc.
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3:21-cv-00327.
−Removed: lawsuit relates to two promissory notes executed by RBC in the 4 th quarter of 2019 in favor of Decentralized and HWH, totaling
−Removed: approximately $800,000.
−Removed: Maiden, a 2020 default judgment creditor of RBC, in the principal amount of $4,329,000, now complains about those
−Removed: notes, the funding of those notes, the subsequent default of those notes by RBC, and HWH and Decentralize’s subsequent Article
−Removed: 9 foreclosure or deed-in-lieu debt conveyances.
−Removed: In the instant lawsuit, Maiden asserts claims against Defendants for unjust enrichment,
−Removed: fraudulent transfer under the Texas Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, and violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations
+Added: lawsuit relates to two promissory notes executed by RBC in the 4 th quarter of 2019
+Added: in favor of Decentralized and HWH, totaling approximately $800,000.
+Added: Maiden, a 2020 default judgment creditor of RBC, in the principal
+Added: amount of $4,329,000, now complains about those notes, the funding of those notes, the subsequent default of those notes by RBC, and
+Added: HWH and Decentralized’s subsequent Article 9 foreclosure or deed-in-lieu debt conveyances.
+Added: In the instant lawsuit, Maiden
+Added: asserts claims against Defendants for unjust enrichment, fraudulent transfer under the Texas Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, and violation
+Added: of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
Maiden also seeks a judgment from the court declaring:
−Removed: “(1) Defendants lacked a valid security interest in RBC and RBC Subsidiaries’
−Removed: assets and therefore lacked the authority to sell the assets during the public foreclosure sale;
−Removed: (2) Defendant Heuszel’s low bid
−Removed: at the public foreclosure sale was invalid and void;
−Removed: (3) the public foreclosure sale was conducted in a commercially unreasonable manner;
−Removed: and (4) Defendants do not have the legal authority to transfer RBC and RBC’s Subsidiaries assets to Heuszel and HWH.” Maiden
−Removed: seeks to recover from Defendants:
−Removed: (1) treble damages or, alternatively, damages in the amount of their underlying judgment plus the other
−Removed: creditors’ claims or the value of the assets transferred, whichever is less, plus punitive or exemplary damages;
−Removed: (2) pre and post-judgment
+Added: “(1) Defendants
+Added: lacked a valid security interest in RBC and RBC Subsidiaries’ assets and therefore lacked the authority to sell the assets during
+Added: the public foreclosure sale;
+Added: (2) Defendant Heuszel’s low bid at the public foreclosure sale was invalid and void;
+Added: (3) the public
+Added: foreclosure sale was conducted in a commercially unreasonable manner;
+Added: and (4) Defendants do not have the legal authority to transfer
+Added: RBC and RBC’s Subsidiaries assets to Heuszel and HWH.” Maiden seeks to recover from Defendants:
+Added: (1) treble damages or, alternatively,
+Added: damages in the amount of their underlying judgment plus the other creditors’ claims or the value of the assets transferred, whichever
+Added: is less, plus punitive or exemplary damages;
+Added: (2) pre- and post-judgment interest;
and (3) attorneys’ fees and cost .
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On August 9, 2021, the Court then
−Removed: entered an order granting in part the motion to dismiss filed on behalf of DSS, Decentralized, HWH, RBC Life International, Inc.,
−Removed: Among other things, the Court held that Maiden failed to plausibly plead certain causes of action, including (1) the civil
−Removed: RICO claim against DSS, Decentralized, HWH, RBC Life International, Inc., and Heuszel, (2) the TUFTA claim against DSS, and (3) the unjust
+Added: entered an order granting in part the motion to dismiss filed on behalf of DSS, Decentralized, HWH, RBC Life International, Inc., and
+Added: Among other things, the Court held that Maiden failed to plausibly plead certain causes of action, including (1) the civil RICO
+Added: claim against DSS, Decentralized, HWH, RBC Life International, Inc., and Heuszel, (2) the TUFTA claim against DSS, and (3) the unjust
enrichment claim against DSS and RBC Life International, Inc.
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will be ripe for determination on or after October 22, 2021.
−Removed: Trial is currently set for December 5, 2022 on the Court’s two-week
+Added: Trial is currently set for December 5, 2022, on the Court’s
+Added: two-week docket.
addition to the foregoing, we may become subject to other legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business and have not
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Stockholders’ Equity
−Removed: connection with the Share Exchange for Impact BioMedical described in Note 5, on August 18, 2020, the Company filed a Certificate of
−Removed: Amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to increase the number of authorized shares
−Removed: of the Company, including 47,000 shares of Preferred Stock, with a par value of $ 0.02 , of which 47,000 shares were designated Series
−Removed: A Preferred Stock.
−Removed: The Certificate of Amendment, the form of which was previously disclosed in a Schedule 14A Definitive Proxy Statement
−Removed: filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2020.
−Removed: As described in Note 5, this transaction is a related party transaction.
−Removed: of the Series A Preferred Stock have no voting rights, except as required by applicable law or regulation, and no dividends accrue or
−Removed: are payable on the Series A Preferred Stock.
−Removed: The holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to a liquidation preference at a liquidation
−Removed: value of $ 1,000 per share aggregating to $ 46,868,000 , and the Company has the right to redeem all or any portion of the then outstanding
−Removed: shares of Series A Preferred Stock, pro rata among all holders, at a redemption price per share equal to such liquidation value per share.
−Removed: The Series A Preferred Stock ranks senior to Common Stock and any other class of securities that is specifically designated as junior
−Removed: to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to rights on the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution
−Removed: or winding up of the affairs of the Company, in respect of a liquidation preference equal to its par value of $ 1,000 .
−Removed: A holder of Series
−Removed: A Preferred Stock has the option to convert each share of Series A Preferred Stock into a number of common shares in the Company equal
−Removed: to the $1,000 liquidation preference divided by a conversion price of $ 6.48 or 154.32 shares subject to a Beneficial Ownership Limitation
−Removed: of 19.99 %, as defined in the Share Exchange Agreement.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company has the option to require conversion of all outstanding
−Removed: Series A Preferred Stock into common stock at any time, subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation discussed.
−Removed: In aggregate the Series
−Removed: A Preferred Shares are convertible into 7,232,670 shares of the Company’s common stock at the date of issuance.
−Removed: The Company evaluated
−Removed: the classification of the Series A Preferred Shares under the guidance enumerated in ASC 470, 480, and 815 and determined that based
−Removed: on the features noted above the instruments are accounted for as permanent equity.
−Removed: On October 16, 2020, GBM converted 4,293 shares of
−Removed: the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into 662,500 shares of the Company’s common A Shares.
−Removed: On May 28, 2021, GBM converted 35,316
−Removed: shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into 5,450,000 shares of the Company’s common A Shares.
−Removed: On June 21, 2021, GBM
−Removed: converted 7,259 shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into 1,120,170 shares of the Company’s common A Shares.
−Removed: January 19, 2021, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement, as amended by Amendment No.
−Removed: 1 effective as of January 19, 2021
−Removed: 2021 Underwriting Agreement”), with Aegis Capital Corp., as representative of the underwriters, which provided
−Removed: for the issuance and sale by the Company and the purchase by the underwriters, in a firm commitment underwritten public offering (the
−Removed: 2021 Offering”), of 6,666,666 shares of the Company’s common stock, $ 0.02 par value per share.
−Removed: Subject to the
−Removed: terms and conditions contained in the Jan.
−Removed: 2021 Underwriting Agreement, the shares were offered in a public offering at a price of $ 3.60
−Removed: per share, less certain underwriting discounts and commissions.
−Removed: The Company also granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase
−Removed: up to 1,000,000 additional shares of the Company’s common stock on the same terms and conditions for the purpose of covering any
−Removed: over-allotments in connection with the Jan.
−Removed: 2021 Offering.
−Removed: This overallotment was exercised in full.
−Removed: The net offering proceeds to the
−Removed: Company from the Jan.
−Removed: 2021 Offering are approximately $ 24.9 million, after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions
−Removed: and other estimated offering expenses
−Removed: February 4, 2021, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Feb.
−Removed: 2021 Underwriting Agreement”) with Aegis
−Removed: Capital Corp., as representative of the underwriters named therein, which provided for the issuance and sale by the Company and the purchase
−Removed: by the underwriters, in a firm commitment underwritten public offering (the “Feb.
−Removed: 2021 Offering”), of 12,319,346 shares of
−Removed: the Company’s common stock, $ 0.02 par value per share.
−Removed: Subject to the terms and conditions contained in the Feb.
−Removed: 2021 Underwriting
−Removed: Agreement, the shares were sold at a public offering price of $ 2.80 per share, less certain underwriting discounts and commissions.
−Removed: Company also granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 1,847,901 additional shares of the Company’s common stock
−Removed: on the same terms and conditions for the purpose of covering any over-allotments in connection with the Feb.
−Removed: 2021 Offering, which over-allotment
−Removed: option was exercised in full on February 9, 2021.
−Removed: The net offering proceeds to the Company from the Feb.
−Removed: 2021 Offering are approximately
−Removed: $ 36.14 million, including the exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option, and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts
−Removed: and commissions and other estimated offering expenses.
−Removed: May 26, 2021, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “May 2021 Underwriting Agreement”) with Aegis Capital
−Removed: Corp., as representative of the underwriters named therein, which provided for the issuance and sale by the Company and the purchase
−Removed: by the underwriters, in a firm commitment underwritten public offering (the “May 2021 Offering”), of 29,000,000 shares of
−Removed: the Company’s common stock, $ 0.02 par value per share.
−Removed: Subject to the terms and conditions contained in the May 2021 Underwriting
−Removed: Agreement, the shares were sold at a public offering price of $ 1.50 per share, less certain underwriting discounts and commissions.
−Removed: Company also granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 4,350,000 additional shares of the Company’s common stock
−Removed: on the same terms and conditions for the purpose of covering any over-allotments in connection with the May 2021 Offering, which over-allotment
−Removed: option was exercised in full on June 16, 2021.
−Removed: The net offering proceeds to the Company from the May 2021 Offering are approximately
−Removed: $ 45.75 million, including the exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option, and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts
−Removed: and commissions and other estimated offering expenses.
−Removed: September 3, 2021, DSS entered into a subscription agreement (the “AEI Subscription Agreement”) with AEI, which provided
−Removed: for an investment of up to $ 15,000,000 by AEI into the Company in exchange of an aggregate of 12,156,000 shares of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock, $ 0.02 par value per share.
−Removed: Subject to the terms and conditions contained in the AEI Subscription Agreement, the shares
−Removed: were issued at a purchase price of $ 1.234 per share.
−Removed: Prior to this transaction, AEI indirectly held a significant investment in the Company
−Removed: through majority-owned subsidiaries.
−Removed: AEI’s Chairman and CEO, Heng Fai Chan, and a member of the AEI’s Board of Directors,
−Removed: Wu Wai Leung William, each serve on both the AEI Board and the Board of the Company.
+Added: February 28, 2022, DSS entered into an Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Amendment”) with its shareholder Alset
+Added: EHome International Inc.
+Added: (“AEI”), pursuant to which the Company and AEI have agreed to amend certain terms of the Stock Purchase
+Added: Agreement dated January 25, 2022 (the “SPA”).
+Added: Pursuant to the SPA, AEI had agreed to purchase 44,619,423
+Added: shares of the Company’s common stock for
+Added: a purchase price of $ 0.3810
+Added: per share, for an aggregate purchase price of
+Added: $ 17,000,000 .
+Added: Pursuant to the Amendment, the number of shares of the common stock of the Company that the AEI will purchase has been reduced to 3,986,877
+Added: shares for an aggregate purchase price of $ 1,519,000 .
+Added: This transaction was completed on March 9, 2022.
+Added: In addition, the Company’s Executive Chairman and a significant stockholder, Heng
+Added: Fai Ambrose Chan, is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and largest shareholder of AEI.
+Added: On March 10, 2022, the Company
+Added: issued 894,084 shares of common stock to Heng Fai Ambrose Chan pursuant to his employment agreement.
+Added: These shares were issued in consideration
+Added: of $ 340,000 due under this employment agreement.
Compensation - The Company records stock-based payment expense related to options and warrants based on the grant date fair value
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Such awards include option grants, warrant grants, and restricted stock awards.
−Removed: During the three and nine months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2021, the Company’s stock compensation approximated $ 13,000 and $ 42,000 , respectively or less than $ .01 basic and
−Removed: diluted loss per share.
−Removed: June 4, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement with an investor relations firm to provide services over a 14-month period in exchange
−Removed: for 21,000 shares of common stock.
−Removed: The shares were issued on the date of the agreement and were valued by the Company at $ 210,000 .
−Removed: value assigned to the shares is included in other assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and will be expensed into marketing
−Removed: expense as it is earned.
−Removed: For the three- and nine-month period ending September 30, 2021, the Company recognized $ 15,000 and $ 105,000 respectively.
−Removed: Discontinued Operations
−Removed: August 14, 2020, the Company entered into a final Asset Purchase Agreement and the Company terminated its production and office personnel
−Removed: and maintained only a few employees to assist in and facilitate the sale of its assets.
−Removed: The financial results for these subsidiaries
−Removed: have been presented as discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: consideration paid to the Company under the Asset Purchase Agreement for the sale of the assets included a one-time cash payment of $ 683,000
−Removed: and an additional contingent earn-out payment
−Removed: of an aggregate amount of up to $ 517,000
−Removed: based on future quarterly gross revenue of the
−Removed: business to be conducted by the buyer with the sold assets.
−Removed: Consistent with the Company’s policy for accounting for gain contingencies,
−Removed: the earn out will be recorded when determined realizable.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, the Company has recognized $ 390,000
−Removed: of this earn out, all of which was recognized
−Removed: during the year ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: The net effect of all assets disposed of resulted in a net loss of $ 111,000
−Removed: to the third quarter 2020.
−Removed: These amounts are
−Removed: included in Loss from Discontinued Operations.
−Removed: Included in its Right-of-use assets is the lease of the Company’s facility in Brisbane,
−Removed: In April 2021, the Company terminated this lease with the landlord effective March 31, 2021, and therefore, wrote off the asset and
−Removed: corresponding liability associated with the lease at March 31, 2021.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, $ 744,000
−Removed: was record as non-current asset held for sale
−Removed: – discontinued operations on the consolidated balance sheet.
−Removed: Also recorded was $ 240,000
−Removed: of current liabilities held for sale –
−Removed: discontinued operations and $ 505,000
−Removed: of non-current liabilities held for sale –
−Removed: discontinued operations.
−Removed: The Company has incurred $ 204,000 of cost associated with wind-down activities for the nine-months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2021.
−Removed: following table shows the results of operations of the discontinued operation.
−Removed: Schedule of Discontinued Operations
−Removed: Printing Professionals, Inc.
−Removed: Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss - Discontinued Operations
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended
−Removed: September 30, 2020
−Removed: September 30, 2020
−Removed: Printed products
−Removed: Total revenue
−Removed: Costs and expenses:
−Removed: Cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Selling, general and administrative (including stock-based compensation)
−Removed: Depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Impairment of goodwill
−Removed: Total costs and expenses
−Removed: Operating loss
−Removed: ( 1,570,000 )
−Removed: Other income (expense):
−Removed: Interest expense
−Removed: Loss on sale of assets held for sale
−Removed: Income (loss) before income taxes
−Removed: ( 1,702,000 )
−Removed: Income tax expense (benefit)
−Removed: Income (loss) from discontinued operations
−Removed: ( 1,702,000 )
−Removed: May 7, 2021, the Company completed the sale of 100 % of the capital stock of DSS Digital Inc., the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary
−Removed: (“DSS Digital”), to Proof Authentication Corporation (the “Buyer”) pursuant to a stock purchase agreement (the
−Removed: “Digital Purchase Agreement”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of the Digital Purchase Agreement, the Buyer purchased DSS Digital for
−Removed: a purchase price of $ 5,000,000 , consisting of $ 3 million in cash;
−Removed: $ 1.5 million in potential earn-out if certain performance targets are
−Removed: met during an earn-out period commencing on the one-year anniversary of the closing and ending the day before the six-year of the closing;
−Removed: and $ 0.5 million in trade credit or license fee rebates.
−Removed: Consistent with the Company’s policy for accounting for gain contingencies,
−Removed: the earn out will be recorded when determined realizable which did not occur during the three- and nine-months ended September 30, 2021.
−Removed: Also, the Company has not utilized the $ 0.5 million trade credit as of September 30, 2021.
−Removed: The net effect of sale of DSS Digital, inclusive
−Removed: of income tax, is a net gain of $ 2,226,000 .
−Removed: This amount is included in Income (loss) from Discontinued Operations on the accompanying
−Removed: consolidated statement of operations.
−Removed: following tables show the major classes of assets and liabilities held for sale and results of operations of the discontinued operation.
−Removed: Schedule of Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale
−Removed: Digital, Inc.
−Removed: Balance Sheets - Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale
−Removed: September 30, 2021
−Removed: December 31, 2020
−Removed: Current assets:
−Removed: Accounts receivable, net
−Removed: Prepaid expenses and other current assets
−Removed: Total current assets
−Removed: Property, plant and equipment, net
−Removed: LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
−Removed: Current liabilities:
−Removed: Accounts payable
−Removed: Accrued expenses and deferred revenue
−Removed: Total current liabilities
−Removed: Digital, Inc.
−Removed: Statements of Operations - Discontinued Operations
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended
−Removed: For the Nine Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: Technology sales, services and licensing
−Removed: Total revenue
−Removed: Costs and expenses:
−Removed: Cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Selling, general and administrative (including stock-based compensation)
−Removed: Depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Total costs and expenses
−Removed: Operating income
−Removed: Income before income taxes
−Removed: Income tax expense (benefit)
−Removed: Income from discontinued operations
−Removed: effective tax rate for the nine-months ended September 30, 2021, was 17.3 %
−Removed: on continuing operations.
−Removed: There was no tax provision for September 30, 2020, due to the expected tax benefit from net operating
−Removed: losses (NOLs) being fully offset by an increase in the valuation allowance.
−Removed: The Company also recorded a discrete tax expense in
−Removed: the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021, of $ 83,000
−Removed: related to the sale of DSS Digital which is included in discontinued operations.
−Removed: discrete item relates to the tax effect of the GAAP over tax basis of a subsidiary that was sold in the nine-month period ended
−Removed: September 30, 2021.
−Removed: This discrete tax expense is included in the total tax provision of $ 596,000
−Removed: which is in discontinued operations.
−Removed: of December 31, 2020, the Company has domestic net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards of approximately $ 56.7 million.
−Removed: utilization of these NOLs is limited under Sec.
−Removed: 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.
−Removed: A valuation allowance has been recorded to reduce the
−Removed: deferred tax asset to the expected realizable amount, leaving $ 2.1 million available for use.
−Removed: of September 30, 2021, no benefit for losses incurred by our foreign subsidiaries have been recorded as those losses are not anticipated
−Removed: to provide any tax benefits in future periods.
−Removed: were no unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
−Removed: a result of our operations, we file income tax returns in various jurisdictions including U.S.
−Removed: federal, U.S.
−Removed: state and foreign jurisdictions.
−Removed: We are routinely subject to examination by taxing authorities in these various jurisdictions.
−Removed: At September 30, 2021, there are no ongoing
−Removed: income tax audits.
−Removed: Supplemental Cash Flow Information
−Removed: following table summarizes supplemental cash flows for the nine-months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020:
+Added: During the three months ended March
+Added: 31, 2022, the Company’s stock compensation approximated $ 4,000 or less than $ .01 basic and diluted loss per share.
+Added: Cash Flow Information
+Added: following table summarizes supplemental cash flows for the three-months ended March 31, 2022, and 2021:
Schedule of Supplemental Cash Flow Information
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Termination of right of use lease liability
−Removed: Shares received for loan origination fee
−Removed: $ ( 3,000,000 )
−Removed: Shares received for prepaid loan interest
−Removed: $ ( 2,440,000 )
−Removed: Series A Preferred Shares issued for Impact BioMedical
−Removed: Common Shares issued for Impact Biomedical
−Removed: Long-lived assets acquired through settlement of notes receivable
−Removed: Acquisition of APB net assets
−Removed: Shares issued for marketing services
+Added: Debt conversion to equity
+Added: Shares issued for accrued bonus
Segment Information
−Removed: Company’s nine businesses lines are organized, managed and internally reported as five operating
−Removed: One of these operating segments, Premier Packaging, is the Company’s packaging and printing group.
−Removed: Premier Packaging
−Removed: operates in the paper board folding carton, smart packaging, and document security printing markets.
−Removed: It markets, manufactures, and
−Removed: sells mailers, photo sleeves, sophisticated custom folding cartons, and complex 3-dimensional direct mail solutions.
−Removed: These products
−Removed: are designed to provide functionality and marketability while also providing counterfeit protection.
−Removed: A second, BioHealth Group,
−Removed: invests in, or acquires companies in the biohealth and biomedical fields, including businesses focused on the advancement of drug
−Removed: discovery and prevention, inhibition, and treatment of neurological, oncological, and immune related diseases.
−Removed: This division is also
−Removed: developing open-air defense initiatives, which curb transmission of air-borne infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and
−Removed: The BioHealth Group is also targeting unmet, urgent medical needs.
−Removed: A third operating segment, Securities and Fintech
−Removed: Group (“Securities”) was established to develop and/or acquire assets and investments in the securities trading and/or
−Removed: funds management arena.
−Removed: Further, Securities, in partnership with recognized global leaders in alternative trading systems, intends
−Removed: to own and operate in the US a single or multiple vertical digital asset exchanges for securities, tokenized assets, utility tokens,
−Removed: stable coins and cryptocurrency via a digital asset trading platform using blockchain technology.
−Removed: The scope of services within this
−Removed: section is planned to include asset issuance and allocation (securities and cryptocurrency), FPO, IPO, ITO, PPO, STO and UTO
−Removed: listings on a primary market(s), asset digitization/tokenization (securities, currency and cryptocurrency), and the listing and
−Removed: trading of digital assets (securities and cryptocurrency) on a secondary market(s).
+Added: Company’s nine businesses lines are organized, managed and internally reported as five operating segments.
+Added: One of these operating
+Added: segments, Product Packaging, is the Company’s packaging and printing group.
+Added: Product Packaging operates in the paper board folding
+Added: carton, smart packaging, and document security printing markets.
+Added: It markets, manufactures, and sells mailers, photo sleeves, sophisticated
+Added: custom folding cartons, and complex 3-dimensional direct mail solutions.
+Added: These products are designed to provide functionality and marketability
+Added: while also providing counterfeit protection.
+Added: A second, Biotechnology, invests in, or acquires companies in the biohealth and biomedical
+Added: fields, including businesses focused on the advancement of drug discovery and prevention, inhibition, and treatment of neurological,
+Added: oncological, and immune related diseases.
+Added: This division is also developing open-air defense initiatives, which curb transmission of air-borne
+Added: infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and influenza.
+Added: Biotechnology is also targeting unmet, urgent medical needs.
+Added: A third operating
+Added: segment, Securities and Investment Management (“Securities”) was established to develop and/or acquire assets and investments
+Added: in the securities trading and/or funds management arena.
+Added: Further, Securities, in partnership with recognized global leaders in alternative
+Added: trading systems, intends to own and operate in the US a single or multiple vertical digital asset exchanges for securities, tokenized
+Added: assets, utility tokens, stable coins and cryptocurrency via a digital asset trading platform using blockchain technology.
+Added: services within this section is planned to include asset issuance and allocation (securities and cryptocurrency), FPO, IPO, ITO, PPO,
+Added: STO and UTO listings on a primary market(s), asset digitization/tokenization (securities, currency and cryptocurrency), and the listing
+Added: and trading of digital assets (securities and cryptocurrency) on a secondary market(s).
Also in this segment is the Company’s real
−Removed: estate investment trust (“REIT”), organized for the purposes of acquiring hospitals and other acute or post-acute care
−Removed: centers from leading clinical operators with dominant market share in secondary and tertiary markets, and leasing each property to a
−Removed: single operator under a triple-net lease.
−Removed: the REIT was formed to originate, acquire, and lease a credit-centric portfolio of
−Removed: licensed medical real estate.
−Removed: The fourth segment, Direct Marketing/Online Sales Group, provides services to assist companies in the
−Removed: emerging growth gig business model of peer-to-peer decentralized sharing marketplaces.
−Removed: It specializes in marketing and distributing
−Removed: its products and services through its subsidiary and partner network, using the popular gig economic marketing strategy as a form of
−Removed: direct marketing.
−Removed: Direct marketing products include, among other things, nutritional and personal care products sold throughout
−Removed: North America, Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe.
−Removed: The fifth business line, Investment Banking, is organized for the purposes of
−Removed: being a financial network holding company, focused providing commercial loans and on acquiring equity positions in (i) undervalued
−Removed: commercial bank(s), bank holding companies and nonbanking licensed financial companies operating in the United States, South East
−Removed: Asia, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, and (ii) companies engaged in—nonbanking activities closely related to banking, including
−Removed: loan syndication services, mortgage banking, trust and escrow services, banking technology, loan servicing, equipment leasing,
−Removed: problem asset management, SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) consulting, and advisory capital raising services.
−Removed: financial platform, the Company shall provide an integrated suite of financial services for businesses that shall include commercial
+Added: estate investment trust (“REIT”), organized for the purposes of acquiring hospitals and other acute or post-acute care centers
+Added: from leading clinical operators with dominant market share in secondary and tertiary markets, and leasing each property to a single operator
+Added: under a triple-net lease.
+Added: the REIT was formed to originate, acquire, and lease a credit-centric portfolio of licensed medical real estate.
+Added: The fourth segment, Direct, provides services to assist companies in the emerging growth gig business model of peer-to-peer decentralized
+Added: sharing marketplaces.
+Added: It specializes in marketing and distributing its products and services through its subsidiary and partner network,
+Added: using the popular gig economic marketing strategy as a form of direct marketing.
+Added: Direct marketing products include, among other things,
+Added: nutritional and personal care products sold throughout North America, Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe.
+Added: The fifth business line, Commercial
+Added: Banking, is organized for the purposes of being a financial network holding company, focused providing commercial loans and on acquiring
+Added: equity positions in (i) undervalued commercial bank(s), bank holding companies and nonbanking licensed financial companies operating
+Added: in the United States, South East Asia, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, and (ii) companies engaged in—nonbanking activities closely
+Added: related to banking, including loan syndication services, mortgage banking, trust and escrow services, banking technology, loan servicing,
+Added: equipment leasing, problem asset management, SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) consulting, and advisory capital raising services.
+Added: From this financial platform, the Company shall provide an integrated suite of financial services for businesses that shall include commercial
business lines of credit, land development financing, inventory financing, third party loan servicing, and services that address the
financial needs of the world Gig Economy.
−Removed: segment structure presented below represents a change from the prior year for the inclusion of our BioHealth Group, Securities, and
−Removed: Investment Banking segments and the removal of our Plastics segment, Digital Group and IP Technology Management segment as the Plastics
−Removed: segment was discontinued in 2020, DSS Digital was sold and discontinued in May 2021 and activities surrounding our IP Technology Management
−Removed: segment have significantly decreased.
−Removed: The amounts for these segments have been included in the Corporate reporting segment for the three-
−Removed: and nine-months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, as necessary, below for reconciliation purposes.
−Removed: information concerning the Company’s operations by reportable segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, and
−Removed: 2020 is as follows.
−Removed: The Company relies on intersegment cooperation and management does not represent that these segments, if operated
−Removed: independently, would report the results contained herein:
+Added: segment structure presented below represents a change from the prior year for the inclusion of our Biotechnology, Securities, and Commercial
+Added: Lending segments and the removal of our Plastics segment, Digital Group and IP Technology Management segment as the Plastics segment
+Added: was discontinued in 2020, DSS Digital was sold and discontinued in May 2021 and activities surrounding our IP Technology Management segment
+Added: have significantly decreased.
+Added: The amounts for these segments have been included in the Corporate reporting segment for the year ended
+Added: March 31, 2022 and 2021, as necessary, below for reconciliation purposes.
+Added: information concerning the Company’s operations by reportable segment for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 is as
+Added: The Company relies on intersegment cooperation and management does not represent that these segments, if operated independently,
+Added: would report the results contained herein:
Schedule of Operations by Reportable Segment
−Removed: Three Months Ended
−Removed: September 30, 2021
−Removed: Packaging and Printing
−Removed: Investment Banking
+Added: Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
+Added: Product Packaging
+Added: Commercial Lending
Direct Marketing
−Removed: Biohealth Group
+Added: Biotechnology
Depreciation and amortization
1 unchanged sentence
Stock based compensation
+Added: Impairment of goodwill
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
2 unchanged sentences
( 1,480,000 )
−Removed: Capital expenditures
−Removed: Identifiable assets
−Removed: Three Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,2020
−Removed: Packaging and Printing
−Removed: Direct Marketing
−Removed: Biohealth Group
−Removed: Depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Interest expense
−Removed: Stock based compensation
−Removed: Net income (loss) from continuing operations
( 8,951,000 )
1 unchanged sentence
Identifiable assets
−Removed: Nine Months Ended
−Removed: September 30, 2021
−Removed: Packaging and Printing
−Removed: Investment Banking
+Added: Three Months Ended March 31,2021
+Added: Product Packaging
+Added: Commercial Lending
Direct Marketing
−Removed: Biohealth Group
+Added: Biotechnology
Depreciation and amortization
1 unchanged sentence
Stock based compensation
+Added: Impairment of goodwill
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
2 unchanged sentences
( 4,062,000 )
−Removed: ( 10,058,000 )
−Removed: ( 21,462,000 )
Capital expenditures
Identifiable assets
−Removed: Nine Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,2020
−Removed: Packaging and Printing
−Removed: Direct Marketing
−Removed: Biohealth Group
−Removed: Depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Interest expense
−Removed: Stock based compensation
−Removed: Net income (loss) from continuing operations
−Removed: Capital expenditures
−Removed: Identifiable assets
following tables disaggregate our business segment revenues by major source:
Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue
−Removed: Printed Products Revenue Information:
−Removed: Three months ended September 30, 2021
−Removed: Packaging Printing and Fabrication
−Removed: Commercial and Security Printing
−Removed: Total Printed Products
−Removed: Three months ended September 30, 2020
−Removed: Packaging Printing and Fabrication
−Removed: Commercial and Security Printing
−Removed: Total Printed Products
−Removed: Nine months ended September 30, 2021
+Added: Products Revenue Information:
+Added: Three months ended March 31, 2022
Packaging Printing and Fabrication
1 unchanged sentence
Total Printed Products
−Removed: Nine months ended September 30, 2020
+Added: Three months ended March 31, 2021
Packaging Printing and Fabrication
2 unchanged sentences
Direct Marketing
−Removed: Three months ended September 30, 2021
−Removed: Direct Marketing Internet Sales
−Removed: Total Direct Marketing
−Removed: Three months ended September 30, 2020
−Removed: Direct Marketing Internet Sales
−Removed: Total Direct Marketing
−Removed: Nine months ended September 30, 2021
+Added: Three months ended March 31, 2022
Direct Marketing Internet Sales
Total Direct Marketing
−Removed: Nine months ended September 30, 2020
+Added: Three months ended March 31, 2021
Direct Marketing Internet Sales
Total Direct Marketing
−Removed: Three months ended September 30, 2021
Rental Income
−Removed: Total Rental Income
−Removed: Three months ended September 30, 2020
−Removed: Rental Income
−Removed: Total Rental Income
−Removed: Nine months ended September 30, 2021
+Added: Three months ended March 31, 2022
Rental income
Total Rental Income
−Removed: Nine months ended September 30, 2020
+Added: Three months ended March 31, 2021
Rental income
Total Rental Income
−Removed: Subsequent Events
−Removed: October 13, 2021, DFMI entered into a loan agreement with LVAM, whereby DFMI would lend to LVAM a principal sum not to exceed $ 3,000,000 with
−Removed: interest charged at a variable rate and maturing on October
−Removed: 12, 2022 , with an auto renewal period
−Removed: of three months.
−Removed: November 4, 2021, AMRE acquired three medical facilities located in Fort Worth, Texas, Plano, Texas, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
−Removed: for a purchase price of $ 62,000,000 .
−Removed: These facilities are tenanted and operated by LifeCare Hospitals, a specialty hospital operator with a focus on long-term acute and
−Removed: critical care.
−Removed: medical facilities acquired by AMRE are currently under an 18 -year
−Removed: lease with eleven
−Removed: years remaining and an option to renew for an additional five years.
−Removed: These facilities have a total capacity of 195
−Removed: hospital beds spanning a gross floor area of approximately 320,000
−Removed: The purchase price was funded through multiple borrowing facilities, including $ 13,940,000
−Removed: in the form of a convertible promissory note from APB, a related party, and $ 8,350,000
−Removed: from Alset International Limited.
−Removed: The terms under the convertible promissory note with APB, includes interest on the outstanding
−Removed: balance at a rate of eight percent ( 8.00 %) per annum and is to be payable in cash quarterly in arrears commencing on the 29th day of
−Removed: January 2022, and continue on the 29th day of each April, July, October and January thereafter through maturity .
−Removed: AMRE may prepay or
−Removed: repay all or any portion of the note in cash upon thirty (30) days written notice to the Company, without premium or penalty.
−Removed: option of the Company, the unpaid principal and interest balance on the note may be converted, in whole or in part, at any time on
−Removed: or before the maturity date, into fully-paid and non-assessable shares of common stock par value $0.001 per share of common stock of
−Removed: AMRE at a conversion rate equal to $ 10.00 per share .
−Removed: facilities have varying maturity dates through November 2023 .
+Added: Management Fee Income
+Added: months ended March 31, 2022
+Added: Management fee income
+Added: Total Management fee income
+Added: months ended March 31, 2021
+Added: Management fee income
+Added: Total Management fee income
+Added: Net Investment Income
+Added: months ended March 31, 2022
+Added: Net investment income
+Added: Total Management fee income
+Added: months ended March 31, 2021
+Added: Management fee income
+Added: Total Management fee income
+Added: On April 29, 2022,
+Added: a purported shareholder of the Company filed a lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court in Monroe County (the “Complaint”) against
+Added: the Company and members of the Company’s Board.
+Added: In general, the Complaint alleges that the defendants breached their fiduciary
+Added: duty to defendant with regards to the transactions described in proposals 1 and 2 in our definitive proxy statement.
+Added: believes that the claims asserted in the above-described actions are without merit and that no supplemental disclosure is required under
+Added: applicable law.
+Added: However, in order to moot the unmeritorious disclosure claims, to avoid the risk of the above-described actions delaying
+Added: or adversely affecting the transactions and to minimize the costs, risks and uncertainties inherent in litigation, without admitting
+Added: any liability or wrongdoing, the Company has determined to voluntarily supplement its proxy statement.
+Added: plaintiff has withdrawn a request for hearing on their order to show cause to enjoin us from going forward on our proxy proposals 1 and
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