LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
−Removed: time to time, the Company may be involved in various litigation matters, which arise in the ordinary course of business.
−Removed: is currently no litigation that management believes will have a material impact on the financial position of the Company.
−Removed: or around January 30, 2019, RWJ Advanced Marketing, LLC, Greg Bauer, and Warren Jackson sued the Company and multiple third and
−Removed: related parties in Superior Court of the State of California - County of Los Angeles, General District in connection with the
−Removed: acquisition of UGO in September 2017.
+Added: Legal Proceedings
+Added: From time to time,
+Added: the Company may be involved in various litigation matters, which arise in the ordinary course of business.
+Added: There is currently no litigation
+Added: that management believes will have a material impact on the financial position of the Company.
+Added: On or around January
+Added: 30, 2019, RWJ Advanced Marketing, LLC, Greg Bauer, and Warren Jackson sued the Company and multiple third and related parties in Superior
+Added: Court of the State of California - County of Los Angeles, General District in connection with the acquisition of UGO in September 2017.
The case number is 19STCV03320 (the “Original Lawsuit”).
−Removed: The complaint in the
−Removed: Original Lawsuit alleges breach of contract, among other causes of action.
−Removed: The Company answered the complaint and filed a cross-complaint
−Removed: against the plaintiffs in the case and third parties on or around February 15, 2019.
−Removed: On or about September 10, 2020, the Company
−Removed: through its agent of service was “served”
−Removed: with a complaint (the Company contested service) that was recently filed
−Removed: against the Company and third parties by Robert Warren Jackson and Gregory Bauer in Los Angeles Superior Court Case No.:
−Removed: (“Second Lawsuit”).
−Removed: In the Original Lawsuit filed, the court rejected the plaintiff’s claims that they were
−Removed: filing a purported quasi-derivative lawsuit.
−Removed: As such, in this current litigation, the plaintiff is now again claiming the action
−Removed: is a derivative lawsuit.
−Removed: In the Original lawsuit, the Company filed a cross complaint against the plaintiff and other third parties.
−Removed: Recently, the court has scheduled various hearings and a trial date set for December 27, 2021.
−Removed: It was the Company’s intention
−Removed: to dividend its holdings of its wholly owned subsidiary Ugopherservices Corp.
+Added: The complaint in the Original Lawsuit alleges breach of contract,
+Added: among other causes of action.
+Added: The Company answered the complaint and filed a cross-complaint against the plaintiffs in the case and third
+Added: parties on or around February 15, 2019.
+Added: On or about September 10, 2020, the Company through its agent of service was “served”
+Added: with a complaint (the Company contested service) that was recently filed against the Company and third parties by Robert Warren Jackson
+Added: and Gregory Bauer in Los Angeles Superior Court Case No.:
+Added: 20STCV32709 (“Second Lawsuit”).
+Added: In the Original Lawsuit filed,
+Added: the court rejected the plaintiff’s claims that they were filing a purported quasi-derivative lawsuit.
+Added: As such, in this current
+Added: litigation, the plaintiff is now again claiming the action is a derivative lawsuit.
+Added: On October 13, 2020, the Second Lawsuit was removed
+Added: by other defendants into Central District of California (CASE NO.
+Added: 2:20−cv−09399−RGK−AGR).
+Added: On February 2, 2021
+Added: The Central District of California dismissed the entire Second Lawsuit based on “demand futility”.
+Added: In the Original lawsuit,
+Added: the Company filed a cross complaint against the plaintiff and other third parties.
+Added: Recently, the court has scheduled various hearings
+Added: and a trial date set for December 27, 2021.
+Added: It was the Company’s intention to dividend its holdings of its wholly owned subsidiary
+Added: Ugopherservices Corp.
(“UGO”).
−Removed: As UGO is the main dispute
−Removed: in the litigations described above, the Company has elected to sell UGO to a third party effective July 1, 2020 (See Note 3).
−Removed: On September 17, 2020, the Company terminated Greg Bauer as consultant (resulting from the sale of UGO), which he confirmed in
−Removed: On or about October 13, 2020, one of the defendants filed a motion to remove the Second Lawsuit from the Los Angeles
−Removed: Superior Court to Federal court.
−Removed: The Company was not served per federal rule as required per the removal.
−Removed: the sale of UGO (See Note 3), the Company noticed third parties (including SURG, via its asset manager) to wire the UGO funds
−Removed: to its new bank account.
−Removed: SURG never answered the notice.
−Removed: The Company intends to take legal actions to resolve this issue.
−Removed: December 3, 2018, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with Discover Growth Fund,
−Removed: LLC (the “Investor”) pursuant to which the Company issued a Senior Secured Redeemable Convertible Debenture (the “Debenture”)
−Removed: in the aggregate face value of $8,340,000.
−Removed: In connection with the issuance of the Debenture and pursuant to the terms of the SPA,
−Removed: the Company issued a Common Stock Purchase Warrant to acquire up to 225,000 shares of common stock for a term of three years (the
−Removed: “Warrant”) on a cash-only basis at an exercise price of $100.00 per share with respect to 50,000 Warrant Shares, $75.00
−Removed: with respect to 75,000 Warrant Shares and $50.00 with respect to 100,000 Warrant Shares.
−Removed: The holder may not exercise any portion
−Removed: of the Warrants to the extent that the holder would own more than 4.99% of the Company’s outstanding common stock immediately
−Removed: after exercise.
−Removed: The outstanding principal amount may be converted at any time into shares of the Company’s common
−Removed: stock at a conversion price equal to 95% of the Market Price less $5.00 (the conversion price is lowered by 10% upon the
−Removed: occurrence of each Triggering Event –
−Removed: the current conversion price is 75% of the Market Price less $5.00).
−Removed: The Market Price
−Removed: is the average of the 5 lowest individual daily volume weighted average prices during the period the Debenture is outstanding.
−Removed: On May 28, 2019, the Investor delivered to the Company a “Notice of Default and Notice of Sale of Collateral”
−Removed: “Notice”).
−Removed: On December 23, 2019, in arbitration between the Company and the Investor, an Interim Award was entered
−Removed: in favor of the Investor.
−Removed: On January 31, 2020, the Company was informed that a final award was entered (the “Final Award”).
−Removed: The Final Award affirms that certain sections of the Debenture constitute unenforceable liquidated damages penalties and
−Removed: were stricken.
−Removed: Further, it was determined that the Investor was entitled to recovery of their attorney’s fees.
−Removed: Consequently,
−Removed: the arbitrator awarded Investor an award of $4,034,444 plus interest of 7.25% accrued from May 15, 2019 and costs in the amount
−Removed: On February 18, 2020, the Company filed a motion with the United States District Court District of Nevada (the “Nevada
−Removed: Court”) to confirm the Final Award and a motion to consolidate Investor’s application to confirm the Final Award filed
+Added: As UGO is the main dispute in the litigations described above, the Company has elected to
+Added: sell UGO to a third-party effective July 1, 2020.
+Added: On September 17, 2020, the Company terminated Greg Bauer as consultant (resulting from
+Added: the sale of UGO), which he confirmed in writing.
+Added: Following the sale
+Added: of UGO, the Company noticed third parties (including SURG, via its asset manager) to wire the UGO funds to its new bank account.
+Added: never answered the notice.
+Added: The Company noticed certain third parties that it intends to take legal actions to resolve this issue.
+Added: November 12, 2020 the Company filed a complaint in the United States District Court –
+Added: District of Nevada - Case 2:20-cv-02078 against
+Added: Jackson and against W.L.
+Added: Petrey Wholesale Company Inc for fraud, breach of contract, Unjust Enrichment and other
+Added: On December 3, 2018,
+Added: the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with Discover Growth Fund, LLC (the “Investor”)
+Added: pursuant to which the Company issued a Senior Secured Redeemable Convertible Debenture (the “Debenture”) in the aggregate
+Added: face value of $8,340,000.
+Added: In connection with the issuance of the Debenture and pursuant to the terms of the SPA, the Company issued a
+Added: Common Stock Purchase Warrant to acquire up to 225,000 shares of common stock for a term of three years (the “Warrant”) on
+Added: a cash-only basis at an exercise price of $100.00 per share with respect to 50,000 Warrant Shares, $75.00 with respect to 75,000 Warrant
+Added: Shares and $50.00 with respect to 100,000 Warrant Shares.
+Added: The holder may not exercise any portion of the Warrants to the extent that
+Added: the holder would own more than 4.99% of the Company’s outstanding common stock immediately after exercise.
+Added: The outstanding principal
+Added: amount may be converted at any time into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price equal to 95%
+Added: of the Market Price less $5.00 (the conversion price is lowered by 10% upon the occurrence of each Triggering Event –
+Added: conversion price is 75% of the Market Price less $5.00).
+Added: The Market Price is the average of the 5 lowest individual daily volume weighted
+Added: average prices during the period the Debenture is outstanding.
+Added: On May 28, 2019, the Investor delivered to the Company a “Notice
+Added: of Default and Notice of Sale of Collateral”
+Added: (the “Notice”).
+Added: On December 23, 2019, in arbitration between the Company
+Added: and the Investor, an Interim Award was entered in favor of the Investor.
+Added: On January 31, 2020, the Company was informed that a final award
+Added: was entered (the “Final Award”).
+Added: The Final Award affirms that certain sections of the Debenture constitute unenforceable
+Added: liquidated damages penalties and were stricken.
+Added: Further, it was determined that the Investor was entitled to recovery of their attorney’s
+Added: Consequently, the arbitrator awarded Investor an award of $4,034,444 plus interest of 7.25% accrued from May 15, 2019 and costs
+Added: in the amount of $55,613.
+Added: On February 18, 2020, the Company filed a motion with the United States District Court District of Nevada (the
+Added: “Nevada Court”) to confirm the Final Award and a motion to consolidate Investor’s application to confirm the Final
+Added: Award filed in the U.S.
District Court of the Virgin Islands (Case No:
3 :20-cv-00012-CVG-RM) (the “Virgin Island Court”).
−Removed: February 27, 2020, the Nevada Court denied the Company’s motion to confirm the Final Award and motion to consolidate and
−Removed: further decided that the confirmation of the Final Award should be litigated in the Virgin Island Court.
−Removed: As such, on February
−Removed: 27, 2020, the Company filed a Notice of Entry of Order as well as a Motion to Confirm the Arbitration Award, address the outstanding
−Removed: issues regarding whether Investor’s rights are subordinated to other creditors and, thereafter, oversee a commercially reasonable
−Removed: foreclosure sale (Case No:
+Added: On February 27, 2020, the Nevada Court denied the Company’s motion to confirm the Final Award and motion to consolidate and further
+Added: decided that the confirmation of the Final Award should be litigated in the Virgin Island Court.
+Added: As such, on February 27, 2020, the Company
+Added: filed a Notice of Entry of Order as well as a Motion to Confirm the Arbitration Award, address the outstanding issues regarding whether
+Added: Investor’s rights are subordinated to other creditors and, thereafter, oversee a commercially reasonable foreclosure sale (Case
3 :20-cv-00012-CVG-RM).
−Removed: It was the Company’s position that the Final Award must first be confirmed
−Removed: and all questions regarding the rights of Investor relative to those of other creditors must be determined before any foreclosure
−Removed: sale can proceed.
−Removed: It is further the position of the Company that the previously disclosed foreclosure sale scheduled by Investor
−Removed: is being conducted in a commercially unreasonable manner and that if Discover proceeded forward with the foreclosure sale it did
−Removed: so at its own risk.
−Removed: Nevertheless, on February 28, 2020, Investor advised that it conducted a sale of the Company’s assets.
−Removed: As the date of this report Investor failed to present a deed of sale for the alleged sale that allegedly took place as noticed.
−Removed: The Company filed with Virgin Island Court the motions disputing the validity of the alleged sale.
−Removed: On July 28, 2020, Investor
−Removed: filed in the State of Nevada a motion for attorneys $48,844 and costs $716.
+Added: It was the Company’s position that the Final Award must first be confirmed and all questions regarding
+Added: the rights of Investor relative to those of other creditors must be determined before any foreclosure sale can proceed.
+Added: It is further
+Added: the position of the Company that the previously disclosed foreclosure sale scheduled by Investor is being conducted in a commercially
+Added: unreasonable manner and that if Discover proceeded forward with the foreclosure sale it did so at its own risk.
+Added: Nevertheless, on February
+Added: 28, 2020, Investor advised that it conducted a sale of the Company’s assets.
+Added: As the date of this report Investor failed to present
+Added: a deed of sale for the alleged sale that allegedly took place as noticed.
+Added: The Company filed with Virgin Island Court the motions disputing
+Added: the validity of the alleged sale.
+Added: On July 28, 2020, Investor filed in the State of Nevada a motion for attorneys $48,844 and costs $716.
The Company filed an answer on August 11, 2020.
−Removed: October 16, 2020, Investor motion for attorneys $48,844 and costs $716 was denied.
−Removed: Technologies, S.A.
−Removed: September 14, 2018, the Company entered into an Exclusive Intellectual Property License and Royalty Agreement (the “GBT
−Removed: License Agreement”) with GBT-CR, a fully compliant and regulated crypto currency exchange platform that currently operates
−Removed: in Costa Rica as a decentralized crypto currency platform, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company granted to GBT-CR
−Removed: an exclusive, royalty-bearing right and license relating intellectual property relating to systems and methods of converting electronic
−Removed: transmissions into digital currency as reflected in that certain patent filed with the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office
−Removed: on or about June 14, 2018 (EFS ID:
+Added: On October 16, 2020, Investor motion for attorneys and costs was denied.
+Added: GBT Technologies,
+Added: September 14, 2018, the Company entered into an Exclusive Intellectual Property License and Royalty Agreement (the “GBT License
+Added: Agreement”) with GBT-CR, a fully compliant and regulated crypto currency exchange platform that currently operates in Costa Rica
+Added: as a decentralized crypto currency platform, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company granted to GBT-CR an exclusive, royalty-bearing
+Added: right and license relating intellectual property relating to systems and methods of converting electronic transmissions into digital
+Added: currency as reflected in that certain patent filed with the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office on or about June 14, 2018 (EFS
Application Number:
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Confirmation Number:
−Removed: 6787)(collectively, the “Digital Currently Technology”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the GBT License Agreement, the Company granted
−Removed: GBT-CR an exclusive worldwide license to use the Digital Currency Technology to make, use, sell, lease or otherwise commercialize
−Removed: and dispose of products and devices utilizing the Digital Currently Technology.
−Removed: Under the terms of the GBT License Agreement,
−Removed: the Company is entitled to receive a royalty payment of 2% of gross revenue of each licensed product sold by GBT-CR during the
−Removed: period starting in which revenue is first generated using the licensed products and continuing for five years thereafter.
−Removed: signing the GBT-CR License Agreement, GBT-CR paid the Company $300,000 which is nonrefundable.
−Removed: The Company has recognized the
−Removed: $300,000 as revenue during the years ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: Upon GBT-CR making available for sale (the “Commercial Event”)
−Removed: an ICO (Initial Coin Offering) (the “Coin”), GBT-CR will make a payment to the Company in the amount of $5,000,000.
−Removed: Further, upon the Commercial Event, GBT-CR will grant the Company the ability to acquire 30% of the Coin at a 30% discount of
−Removed: such offering price of the Coin.
−Removed: The GBT License Agreement commenced as of the signing date and, unless terminated in accordance
−Removed: with the termination provisions of the GBT License Agreement, shall remain in force until the expiration of the patent pertaining
−Removed: to the Digital Currency Technology;
−Removed: provided that the right to use trade secrets shall survive the expiration of the GBT License
−Removed: Agreement provided the Company has not terminated.
+Added: 6787)(collectively, the “Digital
+Added: Currently Technology”).
+Added: Pursuant to the GBT License Agreement, the Company granted GBT-CR an exclusive worldwide license to use
+Added: the Digital Currency Technology to make, use, sell, lease or otherwise commercialize and dispose of products and devices utilizing the
+Added: Digital Currently Technology.
+Added: Under the terms of the GBT License Agreement, the Company is entitled to receive a royalty payment of 2%
+Added: of gross revenue of each licensed product sold by GBT-CR during the period starting in which revenue is first generated using the licensed
+Added: products and continuing for five years thereafter.
+Added: Upon signing the GBT-CR License Agreement, GBT-CR paid the Company $300,000 which
+Added: is nonrefundable.
+Added: The Company has recognized the $300,000 as revenue during the years ended December 31, 2018.
+Added: Upon GBT-CR making available
+Added: for sale (the “Commercial Event”) an ICO (Initial Coin Offering) (the “Coin”), GBT-CR will make a payment to
+Added: the Company in the amount of $5,000,000.
+Added: Further, upon the Commercial Event, GBT-CR will grant the Company the ability to acquire 30%
+Added: of the Coin at a 30% discount of such offering price of the Coin.
+Added: The GBT License Agreement commenced as of the signing date and, unless
+Added: terminated in accordance with the termination provisions of the GBT License Agreement, shall remain in force until the expiration of
+Added: the patent pertaining to the Digital Currency Technology;
+Added: provided that the right to use trade secrets shall survive the expiration of
+Added: the GBT License Agreement provided the Company has not terminated.
Prior to the signing of the GBT License Agreement, GBT-CR advanced
$200,000 to the Company, which the parties have agreed will be applied toward the $5,000,000 fee when it becomes due.
−Removed: The $200,000 is recorded
−Removed: as unearned revenue at December 31, 2018 and reclassified to accrued expense at December 31, 2019.
−Removed: On February 27, 2020 GBT Technologies,
−Removed: S.A., as successor in interest to Hermes Roll, LLC had notified the Company that it was in default on its Amended and Restated
−Removed: Territorial License Agreement (“ARTLA”) dated June 15, 2015 and that the ARTLA had been cancelled and rescinded.
−Removed: or about October 14, 2020, AltCorp together with Stanley filed a complaint against SURG and its transfer agent in District Court,
−Removed: Clark county, Nevada.
−Removed: The case number is A-20-823039-B.
−Removed: The complaint seeking default cure, damages and appointment of a receiver
−Removed: to SURG for default on SURG liabilities per contract (See Note 5 to the financial statements).
−Removed: SURG and their transfer agent been
−Removed: served with said lawsuit.
+Added: The $200,000 was
+Added: recorded as unearned revenue at December 31, 2018 and reclassified to accrued expense at December 31, 2020 and 2019.
+Added: On February 27,
+Added: 2020 GBT Technologies, S.A., as successor in interest to Hermes Roll, LLC had notified the Company that it was in default on its Amended
+Added: and Restated Territorial License Agreement (“ARTLA”) dated June 15, 2015 and that the ARTLA had been cancelled and rescinded.
+Added: In connection with
+Added: SURG Exchange Agreement - On November 4, 2020, Altcorp and Stanley filed an Ex Parte Motion in the District Court, Clark County, Nevada
+Added: A-20-823039-B, in Dep No:
+Added: 43) to appoint receiver and issue a temporary restraining Order against SURG and its transfer agent
+Added: for alleged defaults on prior exchange agreement.
+Added: On December 4, 2020, the parties entered an interim agreement which set the material
+Added: terms of the settlement.
+Added: A final settlement was achieved per the interim agreement terms on January 1, 2021.
+Added: On March 4, 2021 the Company
+Added: filed a motion to enforce settlement agreements, as the Company alleged that SURG owes an additional $240,000 which is due and owing
+Added: under the settlement agreements.
Risk Factors.
−Removed: a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this item.
+Added: As a smaller reporting
+Added: company, we are not required to provide the information required by this item.
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