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with and into USSE Delaware, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“USSE
−Removed: Delaware”
−Removed: or “Predecessor”), with USSE Delaware as the surviving entity (the “Re-domestication Merger”).
−Removed: Each share of USSE Corp.’s capital stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of the Re-domestication
−Removed: Merger was automatically converted into one fully paid and nonassessable share of USSE Delaware.
+Added: Delaware”), with USSE Delaware as the surviving entity (the “Re-domestication Merger”).
+Added: Each share of USSE Corp.’s
+Added: capital stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of the Re-domestication Merger was automatically converted
+Added: into one fully paid and nonassessable share of USSE Delaware.
Immediately following the Re-domestication
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On September 4, 2018, USSE Delaware acquired
−Removed: 1,000 shares of common stock of the Company, which represented 100% of the Company’s then-outstanding shares of common stock,
−Removed: for no consideration, resulting in the Company becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of USSE Delaware.
−Removed: Also, immediately prior to
−Removed: the Holding Company Reorganization (as defined below), USSE Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“USSE Merger Sub”),
−Removed: was our wholly-owned subsidiary.
−Removed: Effective on September 19, 2018 (the “Effective
+Added: 1,000 shares of our common stock, which represented 100% of our then-outstanding shares of common stock, for no consideration,
+Added: resulting in us becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of USSE Delaware.
+Added: Also, immediately prior to the Holding Company Reorganization
+Added: (as defined below), USSE Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“USSE Merger Sub”), was our wholly-owned subsidiary.
+Added: On September 19, 2018 (the “Effective
Time”), and in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 251(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”),
−Removed: USSE Merger Sub, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of USSE Delaware and the Company’s direct wholly-owned subsidiary, merged
−Removed: with an into USSE Delaware, our then parent (the “Holding Company Reorganization”).
−Removed: USSE Delaware was the surviving
−Removed: corporation and our wholly-owned subsidiary.
+Added: USSE Merger Sub, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of USSE Delaware and our direct wholly-owned subsidiary, merged with and into
+Added: USSE Delaware, our then parent (the “Holding Company Reorganization”).
+Added: USSE Delaware was the surviving corporation
+Added: and our wholly-owned subsidiary.
USSE Delaware also changed its name to USSE Corp.
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issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Holding Company Reorganization was automatically converted
−Removed: into one validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable share of the Company’s common stock.
−Removed: Additionally, each share
−Removed: of USSE Delaware’s preferred stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into one
−Removed: validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable share of the Company’s preferred stock, having the same designations, rights,
−Removed: powers, and preferences, and the qualifications, limitation, and restrictions thereof, as the corresponding share of USSE Delaware’s
−Removed: preferred stock.
−Removed: Each share of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding and held by USSE Delaware immediately
−Removed: prior to the Effective Time was cancelled.
−Removed: This resulted in the Company being authorized
−Removed: to issue up to 1,005,000,000 shares, which consisted of:
−Removed: (i) 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share of
−Removed: which 66,397,574 shares were issued and outstanding;
−Removed: (ii) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which
−Removed: (a) 1,000,000 shares were designated as Convertible Series A, all of which were issued and outstanding;
−Removed: and (b) 500,000 shares
−Removed: were designated as Convertible Series B, of which 71,700 shares of Convertible Series B preferred stock were issued and outstanding.
+Added: into one validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable share of our common stock.
+Added: Additionally, each share of USSE Delaware’s
+Added: preferred stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into one validly issued, fully paid,
+Added: and non-assessable share of our preferred stock, having the same designations, rights, powers, and preferences, and the qualifications,
+Added: limitation, and restrictions thereof, as the corresponding share of USSE Delaware’s preferred stock.
+Added: Each share of our
+Added: common stock issued and outstanding and held by USSE Delaware immediately prior to the Effective Time was cancelled.
+Added: This resulted in us being authorized to issue
+Added: up to 1,005,000,000 shares, which consisted of:
+Added: (i) 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share of which 66,397,574
+Added: shares were issued and outstanding;
+Added: (ii) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which (a) 1,000,000
+Added: shares were designated as Convertible Series A, all of which were issued and outstanding;
+Added: and (b) 500,000 shares were designated
+Added: as Convertible Series B, of which 71,700 shares of Convertible Series B preferred stock were issued and outstanding.
Post-Holding Company Reorganization
−Removed: On October 19, 2018, the Company issued 500,000,000
+Added: On October 19, 2018, we issued 500,000,000
shares of restricted common stock and 400,000 shares of Convertible Series B preferred stock to GMRZ Holdings LLC, a Nevada limited
−Removed: liability company (“GMRZ”), for services rendered to the Company.
+Added: liability company (“GMRZ”), for services rendered to us.
Commensurate with the filing of our Amended
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22, 2018, the Convertible Series A and Series B preferred stock were removed from the status of authorized but unissued preferred
−Removed: On February 6, 2019, the Company entered into
−Removed: a non-binding Share Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) by and among the Company, GMRZ, and Kaival Holdings, LLC (formerly
−Removed: known as Kaival Brands Innovations Group, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (“KH”), pursuant to which, on
−Removed: February 20, 2019, GMRZ sold 504,000,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock, representing approximately 88.06
−Removed: percent of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, to KH, and KH paid GMRZ consideration in the amount
−Removed: set forth in the Agreement (the “Purchase Price”).
−Removed: The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement
−Removed: resulted in a change in control of the Company, with KH becoming the Company’s largest controlling stockholder.
−Removed: members of KH are Nirajkumar Patel and Eric Mosser.
−Removed: The Purchase Price was paid with personal funds of the members of KH.
+Added: On February 6, 2019, we entered into a non-binding
+Added: Share Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) by and among GMRZ, Kaival Holdings, LLC (formerly known as Kaival Brands
+Added: Innovations Group, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (“KH”), and us, pursuant to which, on February 20, 2019,
+Added: GMRZ sold 504,000,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock, representing approximately 88.06 percent of our then-issued
+Added: and outstanding shares of common stock, to KH, and KH paid GMRZ consideration in the amount set forth in the Agreement (the “Purchase
+Added: Price”).
+Added: The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement resulted in a change in control of us, with KH
+Added: becoming our largest controlling stockholder.
+Added: The sole voting members of KH are Nirajkumar Patel and Eric Mosser.
+Added: Price was paid with personal funds of the members of KH.
Effective July 12, 2019, we changed our corporate
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We were the surviving entity.
−Removed: To effectuate the merger, we filed Certificate of Ownership
−Removed: and Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 20, 2019 and a Certificate of Correction with the Secretary
−Removed: of State of the State of Delaware on July 15, 2019.
−Removed: The merger became effective at 5:00 PM Eastern Time on July 12, 2019 with
−Removed: the State of Delaware and, for purposes of the quotation of our common stock on the OTC Markets Group, Inc.’s Pink®
−Removed: Open Market (the “OTC Pink”), effective at the open of the market on July 15, 2019.
−Removed: Our board of directors approved
−Removed: the merger, which resulted in the name change on that date.
−Removed: In accordance with Section 253 of the Delaware General Corporation
−Removed: Law, stockholder approval of the merger was not required.
−Removed: Business Summary
−Removed: Since inception, we have been engaged in limited
−Removed: organizational efforts;
−Removed: however, we intend to commence business operations in the near term.
−Removed: Currently, we are exploring and evaluating
−Removed: various business opportunities, which may include entering into distribution or other contractual arrangements, or acquiring the
−Removed: assets of an existing company.
−Removed: We anticipate exploring potential business opportunities within the electronic cigarettes and vaporizers
−Removed: and CBD industries as a result of our management’s prior and current business experience within such industries.
−Removed: date of this Report, the Company has not entered into any definitive agreements with any party;
−Removed: however, we have engaged in discussions
−Removed: with various parties regarding potential business opportunities.
−Removed: Our principal business objective for the next 12 months and beyond
−Removed: such time will be to achieve long-term growth potential through a combination with a business or commencement of business operations,
−Removed: rather than immediate, short-term earnings.
−Removed: In the event that management is unable to otherwise
−Removed: commence business operations, and determines that it is necessary to engage in one or more business combinations, we may consider
−Removed: a business that has recently commenced operations, including an entity without an established record of sales or earnings, is in
−Removed: need of additional funds for expansion into new products or markets, is seeking to develop a new product or service, or is an established
−Removed: business that may be experiencing financial or operating difficulties and is in need of additional capital.
−Removed: Our management believes
−Removed: that the public company status that results from a combination with us could provide such company greater access to the capital
−Removed: markets, increase its visibility in the investment community, and offer the opportunity to utilize our stock to make acquisitions.
−Removed: However, there is no assurance that we will have greater access to capital due to our public company status and, therefore, a business
−Removed: combination with an operating company in need of additional capital may expose us to additional risks and challenges, including
−Removed: risks inherent in the business and operations of financially unstable and early stage or potential emerging growth companies.
−Removed: addition, we may commence business operations or combine with an entity in an industry characterized by a high level of risk and,
−Removed: although our management will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, there can be no assurance
−Removed: that we will properly ascertain or assess all significant risks.
−Removed: In the alternative, a business combination
−Removed: may involve the acquisition of, or merger with, a company which does not need substantial additional capital, but which desires
−Removed: to establish a public trading market for its shares, while avoiding, among other things, the time delays, significant expense,
−Removed: and loss of voting control that may occur in a public offering.
−Removed: We do not anticipate paying a finder’s fee, either in cash
−Removed: or through the issuance of securities, for the consummation of any business acquisition.
−Removed: We intend to search for business opportunities
−Removed: by contacting various sources including, but not limited to, our affiliates, lenders, investment banking firms, private equity
−Removed: funds, financial advisors and similar persons, accounting firms, and attorneys notwithstanding us contacting any business directly.
−Removed: The approximate number of persons or entities that will be contacted is unknown and dependent on whether any opportunities are
−Removed: presented by the sources that we contact.
−Removed: However, there is no assurance that we will identify any viable business opportunities.
−Removed: The risks we may face if we are unable to commence
−Removed: business operations, if such business operations are unsuccessful, if we are unable to acquire or merger with another entity, or
−Removed: if such acquisition or merger is unsuccessful, include, but are not limited to, difficulty in achieving future financing, continuing
−Removed: operations, bankruptcy, litigation, and increasing business operations on a limited or no budget.
−Removed: We do not currently engage in any business
−Removed: activities that provide cash flow.
−Removed: The costs of investigating and analyzing business combinations and opportunities for the next
−Removed: 12 months and beyond such time will be paid with money in our treasury, if any, or with additional amounts, as necessary, to be
−Removed: loaned to or invested in us by our stockholders, management, or other investors.
−Removed: At this time, we are entirely reliant upon cash
−Removed: contributions made by our officers and directors to pay for any and all expenses.
−Removed: During the next 12 months we anticipate incurring
−Removed: costs related to the filing of Exchange Act reports (legal, accounting, and auditing fees) in the amount of approximately $25,000,
−Removed: We believe we will be able to meet the costs of filing Exchange Act reports during the next 12 months through use of funds
−Removed: to be loaned to or invested in us by Mr.
−Removed: Nirajkumar Patel and Mr.
−Removed: Eric Mosser, our officers and directors, or other stockholders
−Removed: or investors;
−Removed: however, to date, we have had no discussions with these parties regarding funding and no funding commitment for future
−Removed: expenses has been obtained.
−Removed: If in the future we need funds to pay expenses, we will consider these and other yet to be identified
−Removed: options for raising funds and/or paying expenses.
−Removed: However, there is no guarantee that such additional funds will be made available
−Removed: to us or on terms that are favorable to us.
−Removed: Obviously, if our officers and directors, or other stockholders or investors do not
−Removed: loan or invest sufficient funds, then we will not be able to meet our reporting obligations.
−Removed: If we pursue any mergers or acquisitions, we
−Removed: anticipate incurring expenses of approximately between $10,000 and $20,000, or more, to pay for legal fees and audit fees.
−Removed: enter into a business combination with a target entity, we will attempt to require the target company to pay the acquisition related
−Removed: fees and expenses as a condition precedent to such an agreement.
+Added: Share Cancellation and Exchange Agreement
+Added: On August 19, 2020, we entered into a Share
+Added: Cancellation and Exchange Agreement (the “Share Cancellation and Exchange Agreement”) with our controlling stockholder,
+Added: Pursuant to the Share Cancellation and Exchange
+Added: Agreement, KH returned to us 300,000,000 shares of our common stock (the “Cancellation Shares”), which Cancellation
+Added: Shares were cancelled and retired by us.
+Added: Following such cancellation, KH owns 204,000,000 shares of our common stock.
+Added: August 19, 2020, we filed a Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights, and Limitations of the Series A Preferred
+Added: Stock (the “Series A Certificate of Designation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, which
+Added: authorized a total of 3,000,000 shares, par value $0.01 per share, of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred
+Added: Stock ”).
+Added: series of preferred stock, whether now or hereafter designated, may by their respective terms have a preference over the
+Added: Series A Preferred Stock in respect of distribution upon liquidation, dividends, or any other right or matter.
+Added: The number of
+Added: shares so designated is three million (3,000,000) shares, par value $0.001 per share, and such amount cannot be
+Added: increased except by the favorable vote or the written consent of the holders of at least a majority of the issued and
+Added: outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock or by a resolution of our Board of Directors (our “Board”).
+Added: number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be decreased by the written consent of the holders of at least a majority of
+Added: the issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock or by a resolution of our
+Added: provided, however, that no decrease will reduce the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to a
+Added: number less than the number of the shares then outstanding plus the number of shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding
+Added: rights, options, or warrants or upon conversion of outstanding securities issued by us.
+Added: The holders of the Series A Preferred
+Added: Stock do not have any preferential dividend rights and will be entitled to receive dividends, if any, only if,
+Added: when, and as declared by our Board in its sole and absolute discretion.
+Added: The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock have no
+Added: voting rights.
+Added: At any time on or after November 1, 2023, each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible, at the option
+Added: of the holder thereof.
+Added: Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to convert
+Added: their shares of Series A Preferred Stock prior to November 1, 2023 if any of the following events occur:
+Added: (i) a Change of
+Added: Control (as defined in the Certificate of Designation) or (ii) any other event as determined and agreed to by us and by
+Added: the holders holding a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
+Added: Each share of the Series A
+Added: Preferred Stock is convertible into one hundred shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share.
+Added: In exchange for the Cancellation Shares, we
+Added: issued 3,000,000 shares (the “Preferred Shares”) of our newly designated Series A Preferred Stock to KH.
+Added: of the Cancellation Shares and the issuance of the Preferred Shares was intended to comply with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities
+Added: Act , in that the issuance was exempt from the registration requirements of the Act because the exchange of the Cancellation Shares
+Added: for the Preferred Shares was an exchange between us, as issuer, with an existing stockholder, and no commission or other remuneration
+Added: was paid or given directly for the exchange.
+Added: On August 31, 2020, we formed Kaival Labs,
+Added: Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Kaival Labs”), as our wholly owned subsidiary.
+Added: Business Information
+Added: Description of Business
+Added: We are focused on growing and incubating innovative
+Added: and profitable products into mature, dominant brands.
+Added: In March 2020, we commenced business operations as a result of becoming the
+Added: exclusive distributor of certain electronic nicotine delivery systems and related components (the “Products”) manufactured
+Added: by Bidi Vapor, LLC (“Bidi”), a Florida limited liability company, and a related party company that is also owned by
+Added: Nirajkumar Patel, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
+Added: On March 9, 2020, we entered into an exclusive
+Added: distribution agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) with Bidi, a related party company, which Distribution Agreement
+Added: was amended and restated on May 21, 2020 (the “A&R Distribution Agreement”).
+Added: Pursuant to the A&R Distribution
+Added: Agreement, Bidi granted to us an exclusive worldwide right to distribute the Products for sale and resale to both retail level
+Added: customers and non-retail level customers.
+Added: In connection with the A&R Distribution
+Added: Agreement, we entered into non-exclusive sub-distribution agreements, some of which were subsequently amended and restated by the
+Added: parties in order to clarify certain provisions (all such sub-distribution agreements, as amended and restated, are collectively
+Added: referred to as the “Sub-Distribution Agreements”), whereby we appointed the counterparties as non-exclusive sub-distributors.
+Added: Pursuant to the Sub-Distribution Agreements, the sub-distributors agreed to purchase for resale the Products in such quantities
+Added: as they should need to properly service non-retail customers within the continental United States (the “Territory”).
+Added: September 28, 2020, we entered into a patent contribution agreement (the “Patent Contribution Agreement”) with Kaival
+Added: Labs, our wholly owned subsidiary, and Next Generation Labs, LLC, a California limited liability company (“Next Generation”),
+Added: whereby Next Generation will contribute
+Added: certain patents, patent applications, and patent data (collectively, the “Patents”) to us, which we plan to then subsequently
+Added: transfer to Kaival Labs.
+Added: Pursuant to the Patent Contribution
+Added: Agreement, we agreed to pay Next Generation a purchase price of $3 million for the Patents (the “Purchase
+Added: Price”), which is expected to be paid overtime upon two events.
+Added: First, we expect to pay part of the Purchase Price from
+Added: proceeds generated from a future securities offering (the “Offering Payment”).
+Added: Additionally, on the first date
+Added: that Kaival Labs sells a product that was developed using any portion of the Patents or based on the Patents, we will pay
+Added: Next Generation the difference between the Purchase Price and the Offering Payment.
+Added: Labs has also agreed to pay Next Generation a quarterly royalty equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the profits from sales of a product
+Added: that was developed using any portion of the Patents or based on the Patents ,
+Added: on an accrued basis.
+Added: Finally, we agreed to pay all of the applicable costs associated with obtaining product approval(s) from the
+Added: United States Food and Drug Administration.
+Added: As of the date of this Report, none of the
+Added: Patents have been transferred, no payments have been made to Next Generation, and none of the triggering events under the Patent
+Added: Contribution Agreement have occurred.
+Added: Product Offerings
+Added: Pursuant to the A&R Distribution Agreement,
+Added: we sell and resell electronic nicotine delivery systems, which we may refer to herein as “ENDS Products”, or “e-cigarettes”,
+Added: to both retail level customers and non-retail level customers.
+Added: Our primary Product we resell is the “Bidi Stick,”
+Added: disposable, tamper-resistant ENDS Product that comes in a variety of flavor options.
+Added: In addition to the Bidi Stick, we also recently
+Added: launched distribution of the “Bidi Pouch”
+Added: in February 2021.
+Added: The Bidi Pouch provides a tobacco-free nicotine formulation,
+Added: which contains natural fibers and a chew-base filler in six different flavors.
+Added: We do not manufacture any of the products we resell.
+Added: The Bidi Stick and Bidi Pouch are manufactured by Bidi, a related party company.
+Added: Pursuant to the terms of the A&R Distribution
+Added: Agreement, Bidi provides us with all branding, logos, and marketing materials to be utilized by us in connection with our marketing
+Added: and promotion of the Products.
+Added: We process all sales made to retail customers
+Added: and non-retail customers, with all sales to retail customers to be made through the website, www.bidivapor.com.
+Added: We provide all
+Added: customer service and support at our own expense.
+Added: Bidi sets the minimum prices for all sales made by us.
+Added: With respect to sales to
+Added: non-retail customers, we submit purchase orders to Bidi, Bidi delivers the Products to us, and we ship the Products directly to
+Added: these non-retail customers.
+Added: In the case of retail customers, we maintain adequate inventory levels of the Products in order to
+Added: meet these customers’
+Added: demand, and deliver the Products sold to these retail customers.
+Added: In addition to our current product offerings,
+Added: Bidi launched its recycling program, Bidi Cares, in the spring of 2020 that provides an opportunity for its adult (21+) customers
+Added: to recycle their Bidi Sticks and be rewarded with a free Bidi Stick after recycling ten used Bidi Sticks.
+Added: Each Bidi Stick contains
+Added: UL 8139 Certified batteries, which are high-quality, recyclable batteries that are distinguishable from batteries used in other
+Added: ENDS Products.
+Added: Bidi invests in recyclable batteries as a more sustainable solution to reduce electronic waste.
+Added: Marketing Strategy
+Added: Currently, we market and place our Products
+Added: into national distribution channels through long-standing industry relationships in accordance with the A&R Distribution Agreement.
+Added: We process all sales made to retail customers and non-retail customers, with all sales to retail customers made through the website,
+Added: www.bidivapor.com.
+Added: Our long-term marketing strategy remains based
+Added: on our commitment to preventing underage access to our Products.
+Added: As such, we steer away from social media marketing, and, instead,
+Added: are more focused on ground-level marketing and advertising within authorized retailer locations ( i.e .
+Added: advertisement on retail
+Added: partners’
+Added: back-bar tobacco products area).
+Added: Part of this ground-level marketing effort focuses on supporting our authorized
+Added: partner stores and distributors in spreading brand awareness of our Products to their adult (21+) consumer base by providing in-store
+Added: marketing materials.
+Added: Additionally, we supplement these efforts with informational videos on Bidi’s fight against underage
+Added: access to vape products and content on what makes the Bidi Stick and the Bidi Pouch unique, among other types of content.
+Added: stores also have access to online informative videos about the Bidi story, which can be used to educate and assist in training
+Added: all of their staff members about the core values of Bidi.
+Added: the recycling initiative to the commitment to preventing underage vaping, and stand against the illicit market of vapor products,
+Added: we believe that together with Bidi, we are taking the necessary steps to ensure that our partners are aligned with our community
+Added: also attends trade shows at established expos throughout the United States, such as the National Association for Convenience Stores
+Added: (NACS) Show held in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2020.
+Added: Bidi anticipates attending additional trade shows in calendar year
+Added: Further, Bidi has a dedicated marketing team that focuses on these marketing efforts and more.
+Added: Throughout fiscal 2020, we significantly increased
+Added: the distribution of the Bidi Stick through national retailers, which we believe will continue to grow significantly in fiscal 2021.
+Added: In March 2020, we entered into an agreement with Lakshmi Distributer Inc., doing business as C Store Master (“C Store Master”),
+Added: which currently distributes to Circle K convenience stores.
+Added: With this relationship, we expanded our distribution footprint to more
+Added: than 5,000 Circle K locations during fiscal 2020.
+Added: Currently, our distribution footprint includes more than 30,000 retail stores,
+Added: including Circle K and 7 ELEVEN locations across the country.
+Added: Our Products are also accessible through the digital delivery service
+Added: mobile applicable, GoPuff, in more than 50 cities across the U.S.
+Added: We expect that in the third or fourth quarter
+Added: of fiscal 2021, we will launch distribution of the Products in Europe, which will further expand our distribution footprint.
+Added: As of the date of this Report we have eight
+Added: employees, all of whom are full time, including our officers and directors.
+Added: In addition to our officers and directors, we have
+Added: employees who fulfill the roles of sales staff, information technology, web development, warehouse staff and account management.
+Added: All of our employees are eligible to enroll, or have already enrolled, in our medical plan.
+Added: and Government Regulation Related to our Operations
+Added: We are a retail and wholesale distributor of
+Added: pre-packaged products, namely the Bidi Stick, an e-cigarette that comes in a variety of flavors, designed and manufactured by Bidi.
+Added: Bidi is a related third party that sells us the Products that we resell to other retailers and wholesalers, which include, but
+Added: are not limited to, C Store Master, who distributes to Circle K convenience stores, and 7-Eleven convenience stores.
+Added: we are only a retailer and wholesale distributor of the Bidi Stick and Bidi Pouch, we believe that we are only subject to Federal,
+Added: state, and international laws pertaining to a distributor, not a manufacturer, of ENDS Products.
+Added: Our business is dependent entirely on the resale
+Added: of the Products provided by Bidi;
+Added: thus, there is a significant risk that our business could be materially adversely affected if
+Added: Bidi, as the manufacture, does not properly abide by any Federal, state, or international laws that regulate ENDS Products.
+Added: lapse in production or availability of the Products from Bidi would hamper our ability to operate as we would be limited in our
+Added: ability to supply our customers if our inventory ran low, or ceased to exist entirely.
+Added: As a manufacturer of ENDS Products, Bidi is
+Added: responsible for abiding by and following various rules and regulations pertaining to the manufacturing of the ENDS Products we
+Added: sell and any lapse in abiding by any pertinent rules and regulations may negatively impact our ability to operate.
+Added: As a distributor,
+Added: we are also subject to various rules and regulations.
+Added: Some of the below may not directly apply to us at this time due to the nature
+Added: of our present operations.
+Added: These rules and regulations include, but are not limited to, the following:
+Added: Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”)
+Added: and Related Regulations Relating to ENDS Products
+Added: Effective August 8, 2016, the
+Added: FDA’s regulatory authority under The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (the “Tobacco Control
+Added: Act”) was extended to all remaining tobacco products, including:
+Added: (i) certain “new generation”
+Added: (such as electronic cigarettes, vaporizers and e-liquids) and their components or parts (such as tanks, coils and batteries);
+Added: (ii) cigars and their components or parts (such as cigar tobacco);
+Added: (iii) pipe tobacco;
+Added: (iv) hookah products;
+Added: or (v) any other
+Added: tobacco product “newly deemed”
+Added: These “deeming regulations”
+Added: apply to all products made or
+Added: derived from tobacco intended for human consumption, but excluding accessories of tobacco products (such as lighters).
+Added: The deeming regulations require (i) products
+Added: be registered with the FDA and that products include ingredient listings;
+Added: (ii) newly deemed products be marketed only after FDA
+Added: review and approval;
+Added: (iii) products only make direct and implied claims of reduced risk if the FDA approves after finding that
+Added: scientific evidence supports the claim and that marketing the product will benefit public health as a whole;
+Added: (iv) sellers of such
+Added: products refrain from distributing free samples;
+Added: (v) sellers of such products implement minimum age and identification restrictions
+Added: to prevent sales to individuals under age 18;
+Added: (vi) packaging of and advertisements for products include prescribed health warnings;
+Added: and (vii) sellers refrain from selling the products in vending machines, unless the machine is located in a facility that never
+Added: admits youth.
+Added: We, along with Bidi, must comply with these regulations.
+Added: Any lapse in compliance by us, or Bidi, could hamper our
+Added: ability to operate, which would adversely affect our results of operations.
+Added: Newly deemed tobacco products are also
+Added: subject to the other requirements of the Tobacco Control Act, such as the products cannot be adulterated or misbranded.
+Added: could in the future promulgate good manufacturing practice regulations for these and our other Products, which could have a material
+Added: adverse impact on Bidi’s ability to, and the cost to, manufacture our Products, which would adversely affect our financial
+Added: condition and results of operations.
+Added: Failure to comply with the Tobacco Control
+Added: Act and or with any FDA regulatory requirements could result in litigation, criminal convictions or significant financial penalties
+Added: and could impair our ability to market and sell our electronic and vaporizer products.
+Added: At present, we are unable to predict whether
+Added: the Tobacco Control Act will impact our Products to a greater degree than competitors in the industry, thus affecting our competitive
+Added: State and Local Regulations
+Added: As a retail seller and/or wholesale distributor
+Added: of e-cigarette and related products, we must follow several state and local regulations.
+Added: Individual U.S.
+Added: state laws and regulations
+Added: concerning e-cigarette and related products are also relatively new and developing.
+Added: Currently, certain state laws on the subject
+Added: of e-cigarette and related products serve to define and/or tax tobacco products or e-cigarette and related products, restrict access
+Added: to youth and/or retail sale, require a license to sell such products, ban e-cigarette use in certain public spaces, and require
+Added: child resistant packaging on products containing e-liquids.
+Added: As a distributor, we hold all required state licenses and permits,
+Added: and pay all applicable state e-cigarette and related products excise taxes.
+Added: We work closely with Bidi to ensure that it is compliant
+Added: with any manufacturer specific state requirements, such as any warning requirements ( e.g., California Proposition 65).
+Added: Excise Taxes on Vapor Products
+Added: Vapor products are currently subject to
+Added: excise taxes at the state and local level.
+Added: Currently, approximately 28 states, plus various jurisdictions, impose a tax on
+Added: vapor products.
+Added: During 2020, approximately 11 states passed or implemented legislation to begin taxing vapor or related products.
+Added: We anticipate that state and localities will likely continue to impose new excise taxes on these products and / or increase existing
+Added: excise taxes for the purpose of funding various legislative initiatives, filling revenue shortfalls, and / or to reduce consumption.
+Added: In addition, while vapor products are not currently subject to excise tax at the federal level, legislation to impose excise taxes
+Added: at the federal level has been introduced in the past and could potentially be adopted in the future.
+Added: Any future enactment
+Added: of excise tax increases at the federal, state or local level could potentially result in lower consumption, a shift in sales to
+Added: discount brands, illicit trade channels or alternatives as consumers seek lower priced products, any of which could result in a
+Added: decline of our shipment volume, revenue, and profit.
+Added: International Regulations and Pertinent Information
+Added: The World Health Organization’s
+Added: Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (“FCTC”) is the first international public health treaty that establishes a
+Added: global agenda to reduce initiation of tobacco use and regulate tobacco in an effort to encourage tobacco cessation.
+Added: Over 170 governments
+Added: worldwide have ratified the FCTC.
+Added: The FCTC has led to increased efforts to reduce the supply and demand of tobacco products and
+Added: to encourage governments to further regulate the tobacco industry.
+Added: The tobacco industry expects significant regulatory developments
+Added: to take place over the next few years, driven principally by the FCTC.
+Added: Regulatory initiatives that have been proposed, introduced,
+Added: or enacted include:
+Added: the levying of substantial and increasing tax and duty charges;
+Added: restrictions or bans on advertising, marketing, and sponsorship;
+Added: restrictions or bans on advertising, marketing, and sponsorship;
+Added: the display of larger health warnings, graphic health warnings, and other labeling requirements;
+Added: restrictions on packaging design, including the use of colors and generic packaging;
+Added: restrictions or bans on the display of tobacco product packaging at the point of sale, and restrictions or bans on cigarette vending machines;
+Added: requirements regarding testing, disclosure, and performance standards for tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, and other smoke constituents levels;
+Added: requirements regarding testing, disclosure, and use of tobacco product ingredients;
+Added: increased restrictions on smoking in public and workplaces and, in some instances, in private places and outdoors;
+Added: elimination of duty-free allowances for travelers;
+Added: encouraging litigation against tobacco companies.
+Added: becomes a signatory to the FCTC
+Added: and/or national laws are enacted in the U.S.
+Added: that reflect the major elements of the FCTC, our business, results of operations and
+Added: financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.
+Added: Environmental Laws
+Added: may be subject to federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations.
+Added: Compliance with these provisions has not had nor
+Added: do we expect such compliance will have, any material adverse effect upon our capital expenditures, financial condition, or competitive
+Added: We believe that we are not subject to any material costs for compliance with any environmental laws.
+Added: Our primary goals during the next 12 months
+Added: (i) continue to significantly grow revenues and (ii) add the necessary infrastructure and partners appropriate for
+Added: a multi-hundred-million-dollar revenue company.
+Added: We believe that distribution growth through availability of the Products in retail
+Added: stores, new product offerings, and continued branding efforts will lead to further significant market share gains resulting in
+Added: accelerated revenue growth.
+Added: We have also added four new service providers
+Added: to further support our anticipated growth, improve our operations, and increase stockholder awareness.
+Added: We engaged a global leader
+Added: in executive recruitment to bolster our Corporate Suite Management Team.
+Added: We also expanded our legal team to assist us in our corporate
+Added: governance efforts and goal to up-list to Nasdaq in the near-term.
+Added: Additionally, we migrated vendor relationships
+Added: We engaged Fiserv, a global provider of financial services technology.
+Added: By integrating Fiserv and its services, we believe
+Added: that we are not only providing the most secure and efficient transaction possible for our customers, but also reducing processing
+Added: fees and, in turn, provides cost-savings to both the company and its valued customers.
+Added: We also engaged Insperity, a global leader
+Added: in human resources and benefits management, to assist with the development and ongoing management of HR Compliance, employee benefits,
+Added: employer liability management, co-development and implementation of employee training and development programs, and employee administration
+Added: We are committed
+Added: to recognizing excellence throughout the organization.
+Added: As such, throughout fiscal 2021, we anticipate continuing to execute on
+Added: our strategy of developing our brand, securing future growth and creating optimal value to stockholders.
+Added: Because we solely distribute Bidi’s
+Added: Products, which comprises all of our business operations, Bidi’s competitors in the e-cigarette and vaping industry are indirect
+Added: competitors of ours.
+Added: Many of these competitors in the e-cigarette and vaping industry are better capitalized than we are and have
+Added: access to greater resources, financial and otherwise.
+Added: We believe that our ability, and Bidi’s ability, to effectively compete
+Added: in the industry and acquire a strong market position is, and will continue to be, in large part due to the growing recognition
+Added: of the Bidi brand name, the perceived quality of each of our Products, and the ongoing efforts of our sales, marketing, and distribution
+Added: We, through Bidi, compete against, just to name a few, what we refer to as “big tobacco”
+Added: companies, including
+Added: Altria Group, Inc.
+Added: (formerly Philip Morris);
+Added: British American Tobacco p.l.c.
+Added: (formerly Reynolds);
+Added: Swedish Match;
+Added: Swisher International;
+Added: and manufacturers including U.K.
+Added: based Imperial Brands, PLC.
+Added: “Big tobacco”
+Added: has substantially greater resources, and
+Added: a customer base that has historically demonstrated loyalty to their brands, which can pose a significant hurdle to competitors
+Added: operating in the same, or similar, industries.
+Added: Competition in the e-cigarette and vaping
+Added: industry is based upon not only brand quality and positioning but also on price, packaging, promotion, and retail availability
+Added: and visibility.
+Added: Given the decreasing prevalence and public acceptance of cigarette consumption, the “big tobacco”
+Added: continue to demonstrate an increased interest and participation in other/additional tobacco industries/markets.
+Added: As such, we consider
+Added: the “big tobacco”
+Added: companies to be our primary competitors at this point in time, but it is our belief that we have
+Added: the capability to compete successfully.
+Added: on Goldman Sachs' Equity Research Report through November 28, 2020 on the Nielsen data for total nicotine volumes (the "Goldman
+Added: Report"), the Bidi Stick was the second largest disposable ENDS Product based on retail sales for the 52-week period ending
+Added: on November 28, 2020.
+Added: The Bidi Stick has increased its absolute-dollar market share of the disposable ENDS market share from 7.4%
+Added: during the 52-week period ending on October 27, 2020 to 24.2% of retail sales during the 52-week period ending on November 28,
+Added: According to the Goldman Report, total dollar sales growth has surged to 1,845% to lead the category for the 12-week period
+Added: ended November 28, 2020.
+Added: We believe our growth underscores the unique customer experience the Bidi Stick provides.
+Added: Intellectual Property
+Added: Currently, as of the date of this Report, we
+Added: have no intellectual property rights.
+Added: We rely on certain intellectual property rights, including logos, trademarks, and trade
+Added: names, of Bidi that were granted to us pursuant to the A&R Distribution Agreement to be used in connection with the marketing,
+Added: advertisement, and sale of the Products.
+Added: We also indirectly rely on Bidi’s intellectual property rights related to the Products,
+Added: such as patents.
+Added: If a third-party challenged Bidi’s patents, or infringed upon such rights, our business would be materially
+Added: adversely affected.
+Added: 28, 2020, we entered into the Patent Contribution Agreement with Kaival Labs, our wholly owned subsidiary, and Next Generation
+Added: Labs, LLC, whereby Next Generation will contribute
+Added: the Patents to us, which we plan to subsequently transfer to Kaival Labs.
+Added: As of the date of this Report, none of the Patents
+Added: have been transferred, no payments have been made and none of the triggering events under the Patent Contribution Agreement have
Emerging Growth Company
−Removed: We are an emerging growth company (“EGC”),
−Removed: that is exempt from certain financial disclosure and governance requirements for up to five years as defined in the Jumpstart Our
−Removed: Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”).
−Removed: The JOBS Act eases restrictions on the sale of securities and increases
−Removed: the number of stockholders a company must have before becoming subject to the reporting and disclosure rules of the Securities
−Removed: and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
−Removed: We have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or
−Removed: revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(2) of the JOBS Act, that allows us to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting
−Removed: standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies.
−Removed: As a result of this election, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective
−Removed: “Blank Check”
−Removed: and Shell Company
−Removed: We, based on current and proposed business
−Removed: activities, are a "blank check"
−Removed: The SEC defines a "blank check"
−Removed: company as "any development
−Removed: stage company that is issuing a penny stock, within the meaning of Section 3(a)(51)-1 of the Exchange Act, and that has no specific
−Removed: business plan or purpose, or has indicated that its business plan is to engage in a merger or acquisition with an unidentified
−Removed: company or companies or other entity or person."
−Removed: Pursuant to Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act, we also qualify
−Removed: as a shell company, because we have no or nominal assets (other than cash) and no or nominal operations.
−Removed: In addition, many states
−Removed: have enacted statutes, rules, and regulations limiting the sale of securities of "blank check"
−Removed: companies in their respective
−Removed: jurisdictions.
−Removed: We presently have no employees apart from our management, which consists of two individuals, Mr.
−Removed: Nirajkumar Patel and Mr.
−Removed: Our officers and directors are engaged in outside business activities and anticipate that they will devote to
−Removed: our business approximately five (5) hours per week until the acquisition of a successful business opportunity has been identified,
−Removed: or we otherwise commence business operations.
−Removed: We expect no significant changes in the number of our employees other than such
−Removed: changes, if any, incident to a business combination or commencement of business operations.
+Added: We are an emerging growth
+Added: company (“EGC”), that is exempt from certain financial disclosure and governance requirements for up to five years
+Added: as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”).
+Added: The JOBS Act eases restrictions on
+Added: the sale of securities and increases the number of stockholders a company must have before becoming subject to the reporting and
+Added: disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
+Added: We have not elected to use the extended transition
+Added: period for complying with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(2) of the JOBS Act, that allows us to delay
+Added: the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until
+Added: those standards apply to private companies.
Risk Factors.
−Removed: The Company qualifies as a smaller reporting company, as defined by Item 10 of Regulation S-K and, thus, is not required to
−Removed: provide the information required by this Item.
+Added: We qualify as a smaller reporting company, as defined by Item 10
+Added: of Regulation S-K and, thus, are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
Unresolved Staff Comments.
−Removed: We currently neither rent nor own any properties.
−Removed: We currently have no policy with respect to investments or interests in
−Removed: real estate, real estate mortgages or securities of, or interests in, persons primarily engaged in real estate activities.
−Removed: We currently utilize the home office space and equipment of our management at no cost.
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