Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
+Added: Acquisition, Change in Control and Change in Business Plan
+Added: Effective March 14, 2024, Geoffrey Selzer, our former Chief Executive Officer and Director, and Jim Morrison, our
+Added: current President and Director, entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the Control Agreement), pursuant to which Mr.
+Added: all 2,000,000 outstanding shares of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock to Mr.
+Added: Morrison now possesses voting control
+Added: of the Company.
+Added: Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters .
+Added: Acquisition Transaction .
+Added: On February 26, 2024, we entered into entered into a Share Exchange Agreement, as amended (the Exchange
+Added: Agreement), with Emergent Health Corp., a publicly-traded (symbol:
+Added: EMGE) Wyoming corporation (EMGE), and the holders (the EMGE Preferred
+Added: Shareholders) of Series Class A Preferred Stock and the Series C Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock (collectively, the EMGE Equity
+Added: March 14, 2024, the parties closed the Exchange Agreement.
+Added: At the closing of the Exchange Agreement:
+Added: (a) the EMGE Preferred Shareholders
+Added: exchanged all of their respective EMGE Equity Interests for an equal number of shares of the Company’s to-be-designated Series
+Added: F Convertible Preferred Stock that shall convert into 93% of the common stock of the Company on a fully-diluted basis (the Series F Preferred
+Added: Stock), which shares of Series F Preferred Stock are currently issuable to the EMGE Preferred Shareholders and are to be issued upon
+Added: the Company’s filing of a Certificate of Designation with the State of Nevada;
+Added: (b) the Company consummated the Conveyance Agreement;
+Added: and (c) all persons serving as directors and officers of the Company prior to the consummation of the Exchange Agreement resigned and
+Added: appointed four new members of the Company’s Board of Directors.
+Added: March 14, 2024, in conjunction with our acquisition of EMGE, we entered into an Agreement of Conveyance, Transfer and Assignment of Subsidiary
+Added: (the Conveyance Agreement) with two of our then-wholly-owned subsidiaries, Resonate Blends, LLC, a California limited liability company,
+Added: and Entourage Labs, LLC, a California limited liability company (collectively, Resonate Blends, LLC and Entourage Labs, LLC are referred
+Added: to as the “Subsidiary”), and our former Chief Executive Officer and Director, Geoffrey Selzer.
+Added: Pursuant to the Conveyance
+Added: Agreement, we assigned our ownership in the Subsidiary to Mr.
+Added: In consideration of our assignment of the Subsidiary, Mr.
+Added: (a) assumed and agreed to pay, perform and discharge, fully and completely, all liabilities of the Subsidiary, (b) indemnified us for
+Added: any loss arising from or in connection with any of such liabilities and (c) agreed to pay us (i) 20% of any proceeds from the sale of
+Added: the Subsidiary that occurs prior to the one-year anniversary of the Conveyance Agreement and (ii) 10% of any proceeds from the sale of
+Added: the Subsidiary that occurs after the one-year anniversary and prior to the two-year anniversary of the Conveyance Agreement.
+Added: Business Plan .
+Added: business plan and operations of EMGE now represent the entirety of our company’s business operations.
+Added: The discussion below concerning
+Added: our company’s results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the financial condition of our company
+Added: at December 31, 2023, relates only to our company prior to the consummation of the Exchange Agreement with the EMGE Preferred Shareholders.
+Added: None of the information in the discussion below should be considered to be an indication of our company’s operating results for
+Added: the year ending December 31, 2024, and beyond .
+Added: connection with the EMGE transaction, we obtained a loan from a third party and, subsequent to the closing of the EMGE transaction, we
+Added: have obtained an additional loan from another third party.
+Added: We remain, nevertheless, dependent on additional investment capital to
+Added: continue our survival.
+Added: Historically, we have raised money through convertible debt, almost always on unfavorable terms.
+Added: There is no guarantee
+Added: that any capital, including through convertible loan transactions, will be available to us in the future or, if available, on terms acceptable
+Added: The terms of the recently obtained loans are discussed below.
+Added: Capital Investments, LLC .
+Added: In March 2024, the Company obtained a loan from AJB Capital Investments, LLC (“AJB”) which
+Added: netted the Company $252,000 in proceeds.
+Added: In consideration of such loan, the Company issued a $280,000 face amount promissory note (the
+Added: “AJB Note”), with OID of $28,000, bearing interest at 12% per annum, with principal and interest payable on September 4,
+Added: The Company has the right to repay the AJB Note at any time.
+Added: Should the Company be in default, which shall not have been cured,
+Added: the AJB Note is convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price that shall equal the volume weighted
+Added: average trading price (a) during the previous 20 trading-day period ending on the date of issuance of the AJB Note or (b) during the
+Added: previous 20 trading-day period ending on the relevant conversion date, whichever is lower.
+Added: AJB Note is secured by all assets of our company.
+Added: addition, we issued to AJB a pre-funded common stock purchase warrant (the “AJB Warrant”) to purchase 3,428,571 shares of
+Added: our common stock, with a nominal exercise price of $.00001 per share.
+Added: The AJB Warrant may be exercised on a cashless basis,
+Added: In March 2024, the Company obtained a loan from Ray Vollintine (“Vollintine”) which netted the Company
+Added: $250,000 in proceeds.
+Added: In consideration of such loan, the Company issued a $280,000 face amount promissory note (the “Vollintine
+Added: Note”), with OID of $30,000, bearing interest at 12% per annum, with principal and interest payable on September 29, 2024.
+Added: Company has the right to repay the Vollintine Note at any time.
+Added: The Vollintine Note is convertible at any time and from time to time
+Added: into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price that shall equal to $.035;
+Added: provided, however, that, upon an event
+Added: of default, the conversion price shall be the lower of (a) $.035 or (b) the volume weighted average trading price during the previous
+Added: 20 trading-day period ending on the date of issuance of the Vollintine Note or during the previous 20 trading-day period ending on the
+Added: relevant conversion date, whichever is lower.
+Added: Vollintine Note is unsecured.
+Added: addition, we issued to Vollintine a pre-funded common stock purchase warrant (the “Vollintine Warrant”) to purchase 7,200,000
+Added: shares of our common stock, with a nominal exercise price of $.00001 per share.
+Added: The Vollintine Warrant may be exercised on a cashless
+Added: basis, As further consideration for Vollintine’s purchasing the Vollintine Note, we entered into a make-whole agreement that assures
+Added: that Vollintine shall derive not less than $250,000 in net proceeds from Vollintine’s sales of the common stock underlying the
+Added: Vollintine Warrant.
of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
−Removed: have generated $49,501 in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2022, as compared with sales of $27,031 for the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2021 on our current product line.
−Removed: We have launched our first line of six Cordial products in California, with a seventh introduced
−Removed: at the end of September 2022, and we have started to generate revenues from the sale of these products.
−Removed: We anticipate increased revenues on our seven Cordials
−Removed: including our newly launched Sleep Cordial, for the rest of 2023.
−Removed: In Q3 2022, we rolled out a new packaging configuration for our Cordials:
−Removed: to include a one-pack, a 4-pack to replace the 3-pack and a multi-dose bottle which is expected to bring the cost per dose down considerably.
−Removed: Our family of Cordial products are now fully in the market;
−Removed: however, it may take some time for the markets to react, gain traction and
−Removed: result in brand awareness among our customers.
−Removed: There can be no assurances, however, that customers will positively react to our products.
−Removed: accrued $33,068 in cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2022, resulting in a gross profit of $16,433 for the year ended December
−Removed: We have had little historical data to compare our margins for the sale of our new products, which were introduced into the
−Removed: retail channel in late Q2 of 2021.
−Removed: We accrued $19,148 in cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2021, resulting in a gross
−Removed: profit of $7,883 for the year ended December 31, 2021.
−Removed: Our gross margin, which is the difference between our revenues and our cost of
−Removed: revenues, is expected to increase in future quarters as we work to increase our efficiency and lessen costs.
−Removed: In addition, our gross margin
−Removed: percentage, which was 33.20% for the year ended December 31, 2022, and we hope will stabilize in the 35% to 43% range as we implement
−Removed: cost saving measures and roll out new products to increase sales for the balance of 2023.
−Removed: We are also implementing new packaging configurations
−Removed: which we expect to stabilize our overall gross margin.
−Removed: Our operating expenses were $1,405,828 for the year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2022, as compared with $2,539,288 for the year ended December 31, 2021.
−Removed: The main drivers for the
−Removed: overall decrease in operating expenses in 2022 were the reduction of legal, professional fees and salaries as well as a significant decrease
−Removed: in non-cash management fees.
−Removed: Our continued focus on sales,
−Removed: advertising, marketing and new product development costs to support our planned growth is expected to increase throughout 2023.
−Removed: We spent $233,208 less on
−Removed: advertising for year ended December 31, 2022, than for the year ended 2021.
−Removed: We spent more on advertising for the year ended December 31,
−Removed: 2021 particularly the first quarter to introduce our Koan Cordials to the California retail channel, perform Search Engine Optimization
+Added: generated $16,468 in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared with revenues of $49,501 for the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2022, during which year we launched our first line of cordial products in California.
+Added: to our acquisition of EMGE and divestiture of the Subsidiary on March 14, 2024, any revenues reported during the first quarter of 2024
+Added: will be attributed to the Subsidiary through March 14, 2024;
+Added: thereafter, any revenues reported by our company would be attributable to
+Added: the business operations of EMGE.
+Added: There are no assurances that we will be successful in the implementation of our EMGE-centered business
+Added: plan or become financially viable and continue as a going concern.
+Added: accrued $114,140 in cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2023, resulting in a gross profit of ($97,762) for the year then
+Added: We accrued $33,068 in cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2022, resulting in a gross profit of $16,433 for the year
+Added: Our negative gross margin was due to promotions and the write down of products.
+Added: to our acquisition of EMGE and divestiture of the Subsidiary on March 14, 2024, the gross margin reported during the first quarter of
+Added: 2024 will be attributed to the Subsidiary through March 14, 2024;
+Added: thereafter, gross margin reported by our company would be attributable
+Added: to the business operations of EMGE.
+Added: operating expenses were $301,551 for the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared with $1,405,828 for the year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: main drivers for the overall decrease in operating expenses in 2023 were the reduction of legal, professional fees and salaries, as well
+Added: as a significant decrease in non-cash management fees.
+Added: spent $354,934 less on advertising for year ended December 31, 2023, than for the year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: We spent more on advertising
+Added: for the year ended December 31, 2022, to introduce our Koan Cordials to the California retail channel, perform Search Engine Optimization
(SEO), conduct Programmatic advertising, hire a professional agency to promote our Cordials on social media channels and other general
advertising methods.
−Removed: We believe our advertising efforts will pay dividends for the rest of 2023 as the awareness groundwork has been established
−Removed: to educate the market on our family of Cordial formulations.
−Removed: Professional fees decreased
−Removed: by $390,547 for the year ended December 31, 2022, over the year ended 2021.
−Removed: Our professional fees were less for this year compared to
−Removed: last year, but we expect that professional fees will increase in 2023 as we continue to ramp up operations.
−Removed: and administrative expenses increased by $32,793 for the year ended December 31, 2022, over the year ended 2021.
−Removed: The increased expenses
−Removed: resulted from establishing our internal sales team, attending strategic trade shows and bringing on consultants and financial analysts
−Removed: to assist in analyzing our acquisition strategy.
−Removed: We expect general and administrative expenses to remain fairly constant throughout 2023,
−Removed: but expenses could increase significantly if we acquire new companies as part of our overall corporate strategy.
−Removed: also expect that our operating expenses will increase in 2023 over 2022 as we roll out new products along with our existing products,
−Removed: and the increased expenses associated with operations, and in connection with any acquisitions.
−Removed: Income/Expenses
−Removed: We had other income of $2,043,022 for the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2022 compared with other expenses of $2,341,651 for the year ended December 31, 2021.
−Removed: Our other income for the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2022 was mainly attributable to the gain on revaluation of derivative liabilities.
−Removed: Our other expenses for the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2021 was mainly attributable to a loss on revaluation of derivative liabilities.
−Removed: Net Income/Loss
−Removed: We had net income of $653,627 for the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2022, as compared with a net loss of $4,873,056 for the year ended December 31, 2021.
−Removed: Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, we had total assets
−Removed: of $399,121 consisting of $64,419 in cash, $0 in advances to suppliers, $150,000 in other receivable and $160,492 in inventories.
+Added: and professional fees decreased by $91,352 for the year ended December 31, 2023, over the year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: It is anticipated
+Added: that, for all of 2024, legal and professional fees will be higher than 2023 levels, due to our acquisition of EMGE.
+Added: However, no prediction
+Added: can be made in this regard.
+Added: and administrative expenses decreased by $46,154 for the year ended December 31, 2023, over the year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: It is anticipated
+Added: that, for all of 2024, general and administrative expenses will be higher than 2023 levels, due to our acquisition of EMGE.
+Added: no prediction can be made in this regard.
+Added: compensation decreased by $405,375 for the year ended December 31, 2023, over the year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: Our officer compensation
+Added: declined as we suspended payments of officer salaries during 2023, but we expect that officer compensation will increase for all of 2024,
+Added: following our acquisition of EMGE.
+Added: management fees decreased by $206,462 for the year ended December 31, 2023, over the year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: Our non-cash management
+Added: fees were less in 2023 compared to 2022, as we did not issue shares for services during 2023.
+Added: It is possible, however, that non-cash
+Added: management fees may increase for all of 2024, in light of our acquisition of EMGE.
+Added: However, no prediction can be made in this regard.
+Added: Income / Expense
+Added: had other expense of $1,016,759 and other income of $2,043,022 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: other expense for the year ended December 31, 2023, was mainly attributable to a loss on the change in derivative liability, interest
+Added: expense and the amortization of debt issuance costs.
+Added: other income for the year ended December 31, 2022, was mainly attributable to the gain on revaluation of derivative liabilities.
+Added: are unable to predict our other income/expense for all of 2024.
+Added: Income / Loss
+Added: had a net loss of $1,415,979 and net income of $653,627 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: is expected that, for all of 2024, we will report a net loss.
+Added: However, we are unable to make any prediction, in this regard.
+Added: and Capital Resources
+Added: In connection with the EMGE transaction, we obtained
+Added: a loan from a third party and, subsequent to the closing of the EMGE transaction, we have obtained an additional loan from another third
+Added: We remain, nevertheless, dependent on additional investment capital to continue our survival.
+Added: Historically, we have raised money
+Added: through convertible debt, almost always on unfavorable terms.
+Added: There is no guarantee that any capital, including through convertible loan
+Added: transactions, will be available to us in the future or, if available, on terms acceptable to us .
+Added: The terms of the recently obtained
+Added: loans are discussed below.
+Added: AJB Capital Investments, LLC .
+Added: 2024, the Company obtained a loan from AJB Capital Investments, LLC (AJB) which netted the Company $252,000 in proceeds.
+Added: In consideration
+Added: of such loan, the Company issued a $280,000 face amount promissory note (the AJB Note), with OID of $28,000, bearing interest at 12% per
+Added: annum, with principal and interest payable on September 4, 2024.
+Added: The Company has the right to repay the AJB Note at any time.
+Added: Company be in default, which shall not have been cured, the AJB Note is convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at
+Added: a conversion price that shall equal the volume weighted average trading price (a) during the previous 20 trading-day period ending on
+Added: the date of issuance of the AJB Note or (b) during the previous 20 trading-day period ending on the relevant conversion date, whichever
+Added: The AJB Note is secured by all assets of our company.
+Added: In addition, we issued to AJB a pre-funded common
+Added: stock purchase warrant (the AJB Warrant) to purchase 3,428,571 shares of our common stock, with a nominal exercise price of $.00001 per
+Added: The AJB Warrant may be exercised on a cashless basis,
+Added: Ray Vollintine .
+Added: In March 2024, the Company
+Added: obtained a loan from Ray Vollintine (Vollintine) which netted the Company $250,000 in proceeds.
+Added: In consideration of such loan, the Company
+Added: issued a $280,000 face amount promissory note (the Vollintine Note), with OID of $30,000, bearing interest at 12% per annum, with principal
+Added: and interest payable on September 29, 2024.
+Added: The Company has the right to repay the Vollintine Note at any time.
+Added: The Vollintine Note is
+Added: convertible at any time and from time to time into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price that shall equal to
+Added: provided, however, that, upon an event of default, the conversion price shall be the lower of (a) $.035 or (b) the volume weighted
+Added: average trading price during the previous 20 trading-day period ending on the date of issuance of the Vollintine Note or during the previous
+Added: 20 trading-day period ending on the relevant conversion date, whichever is lower.
+Added: The Vollintine Note is unsecured.
+Added: In addition, we issued to Vollintine a pre-funded common stock purchase
+Added: warrant (the Vollintine Warrant) to purchase 7,200,000 shares of our common stock, with a nominal exercise price of $.00001 per share.
+Added: The Vollintine Warrant may be exercised on a cashless basis, As further consideration for Vollintine’s purchasing the Vollintine
+Added: Note, we entered into a make-whole agreement that assures that Vollintine shall derive not less than $250,000 in net proceeds from Vollintine’s
+Added: sales of the common stock underlying the Vollintine Warrant.
+Added: of December 31, 2023, we had total current assets of $976,938 consisting of $6,938 in cash and $970,000 in an advance to Pegasus Specialty
Our total current liabilities as of December 31, 2023, were $3,127,913.
−Removed: We had a working capital deficit of $1,170,940 as of December 31,
−Removed: 2022 compared with a working capital deficit of $4,133,368 as of December 31, 2021.
−Removed: Cash Flows from Operating Activities
−Removed: Operating activities used $1,428,467 in cash year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2022, compared with cash used of $2,782,102 for the year ended December 31, 2021.
−Removed: Our negative operating cash flow
−Removed: for the year ended December 31, 2022 was largely the result of our unrealized gain on derivative liability of $2,213,527, offset by our
−Removed: net income of $653,627.
−Removed: Our negative operating cash flow for the year ended December 31, 2021 was largely the result of our net loss of
−Removed: $4,873,056, offset mainly by the loss on derivative liabilities of $2,011,881.
−Removed: Cash Flows from Investing Activities
−Removed: Investing activities used $0 in cash for year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2022, as compared with $36,048 to purchase computer equipment for the year ended December 31, 2021.
−Removed: Cash Flows from Financing Activities
−Removed: Cash flows provided by financing activities during
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2022 amounted to $1,479,973, compared with cash flows provided by financing activities of $2,716,738 for the
−Removed: year ended December 31, 2021.
−Removed: Our positive cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2022, consisted of proceeds from issuance of common
−Removed: stock of $91,173 and proceeds from Convertible notes payable of $1,388,800.
−Removed: Our positive cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2021,
−Removed: consisted of proceeds from issuance of common stock of $1,367,115, proceeds from Convertible notes payable of $1,865,000, offset by payments
−Removed: of notes payable of $515,377.
−Removed: The features of the debt instruments and payables
−Removed: concerning our financing activities are detailed in the footnotes to our financial statements.
−Removed: are dependent on investment capital to continue our survival.
−Removed: We have raised money through convertible debt, almost always on unfavorable
−Removed: There is no guarantee that these small convertible loans will be available to us in the future or on terms acceptable to us.
−Removed: also plan to raise money in the sale of our equity and debt securities.
−Removed: There can be no assurance of funds from these efforts or that
−Removed: any other type of additional financing will be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all.
+Added: We had a working capital deficit of $2,150,975 as of
+Added: December 31, 2023, compared with a working capital deficit of $1,170,940 as of December 31, 2022.
+Added: Flows Provided by / Used in Operating Activities
+Added: activities provided $11,166 in cash for the year period ended December 31, 2023, compared with cash used of $1,428,467 for the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2022.
+Added: Our positive operating cash flow for the year ended December 31, 2023, was largely the result of an increase in accounts
+Added: payable and accrued expenses.
+Added: Our negative operating cash flow for the year ended December 31, 2022, was largely the result of our unrealized
+Added: gain on derivative liability of $2,213,527, offset by our net income of $653,627.
+Added: light of the EMGE acquisition, we are unable to predict cash flows from operating activities for all of 2024.
+Added: Flows Used in Investing Activities
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2023, we used $805,000 in investing activities as an advance to Pegasus Specialty Vehicles.
+Added: We did not use
+Added: cash for investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: light of the EMGE acquisition, we are unable to predict cash flows from investing activities for all of 2024.
+Added: Flows Provided by Financing Activities
+Added: flows provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2023, amounted to $736,353, compared with cash flows
+Added: provided by financing activities of $1,479,973 for the year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: Our positive cash flows for the year
+Added: ended December 31, 2023, consisted of net proceeds from convertible debentures of $791,200, proceeds from the sale of warrants of
+Added: $30,000, proceeds from the sale of common stock of $10,000 offset by the repayment of related party advances of $94,847.
+Added: positive cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2022, consisted of proceeds from issuance of common stock of $91,173 and
+Added: proceeds from convertible notes payable of $1,388,800.
+Added: light of the EMGE acquisition, we are unable to predict cash flows from financing activities for all of 2024.
of December 31, 2023, we have an accumulated deficit of $26,736,403.
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