CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
−Removed: Management’s Annual Report on Internal
+Added: Disclosure Controls and Procedures
+Added: We maintain disclosure controls and procedures as
+Added: defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act that are designed to ensure that material information relating to us is
+Added: made known to the officers who certify our financial reports and to other members of senior management and the Board of Directors.
+Added: disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports that are filed or submitted
+Added: under the Exchange Act are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and
+Added: Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required
+Added: to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management,
+Added: including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow
+Added: timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
+Added: Management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
+Added: Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness, as of December 31, 2020, of our disclosure controls and procedures.
+Added: Based on that evaluation,
+Added: our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December
+Added: Management’s Annual Report on Internal
Control Over Financial Reporting
−Removed: Our management is responsible for establishing
−Removed: and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange
−Removed: Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of the CEO to provide reasonable
−Removed: assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
−Removed: accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
−Removed: Internal controls over financial reporting includes those policies and
−Removed: procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records which in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions
+Added: Our management is responsible for establishing and
+Added: maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act.
+Added: Internal control
+Added: over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer,
+Added: to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
+Added: purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
+Added: Internal controls over financial reporting includes those policies
+Added: and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records, which in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions
and disposition of our assets;
(ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation
−Removed: of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are
−Removed: being made in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the issuer;
−Removed: and (iii) provide reasonable assurance
−Removed: regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material
−Removed: effect on our consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: Because of its inherent limitations, internal
−Removed: control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
−Removed: Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness
−Removed: to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree
−Removed: of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
+Added: of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being
+Added: made in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the issuer;
+Added: and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding
+Added: prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on our
+Added: consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Because of its inherent limitations, internal control
+Added: over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
+Added: Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods
+Added: are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the
+Added: policies or procedures may deteriorate.
A material weakness is a deficiency or a combination
of deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement
−Removed: of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
−Removed: In evaluating the effectiveness of our internal
−Removed: control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, management used the criteria established in the Internal Control –
−Removed: Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”).
−Removed: Based on the criteria established by COSO, management (with the participation of the CEO and the CFO) determined that the internal
−Removed: controls over financial reporting are effective as of December 31, 2019, and that there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s
−Removed: internal controls over financial reporting as of such date.
+Added: of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
+Added: In evaluating the effectiveness of our internal control
+Added: over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, management used the criteria established in the Internal Control – Integrated
+Added: Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”).
+Added: Based on the criteria
+Added: established by COSO, management (with the participation of the CEO and the CFO) determined that the internal controls over financial reporting
+Added: are effective as of December 31, 2020, and that there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls over financial
+Added: reporting as of such date.
This Annual Report does not include an attestation
report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: Management’s
−Removed: report is not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the SEC that permit us to satisfy
−Removed: these requirements by providing the management’s report only.
−Removed: Changes in Internal Control Over Financial
−Removed: There have been no changes in internal control
−Removed: over financial reporting during the last fiscal quarter of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: Management’s report
+Added: is not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the SEC that permit us to satisfy these requirements
+Added: by providing the management’s report only.
+Added: Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
+Added: There have been no changes in internal control over
+Added: financial reporting during the last fiscal quarter of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.
Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls
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controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and all fraud.
−Removed: control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control
−Removed: system’s objectives will be met.
−Removed: Further, the design of the control system must reflect that there are resource constraints
−Removed: and that the benefits must be considered relative to their costs.
−Removed: Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no
−Removed: evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the company
−Removed: have been detected.
−Removed: These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that
−Removed: breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake.
−Removed: Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some
−Removed: persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of controls.
−Removed: The design of any system of controls is
−Removed: based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will
−Removed: succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
−Removed: Projections of any evaluation of controls
−Removed: effectiveness to future periods are subject to risks.
−Removed: Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions
−Removed: or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures.
+Added: system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s
+Added: objectives will be met.
+Added: Further, the design of the control system must reflect that there are resource constraints and that the benefits
+Added: must be considered relative to their costs.
+Added: Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can
+Added: provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the company have been detected.
+Added: These inherent
+Added: limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error
+Added: Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management
+Added: override of controls.
+Added: The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future
+Added: events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
+Added: of any evaluation of controls effectiveness to future periods are subject to risks.
+Added: Over time, controls may become inadequate because
+Added: of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures.
OTHER INFORMATION
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−Removed: DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE
−Removed: Identification of Directors and Executive
−Removed: Our executive officers and directors and their
−Removed: respective ages, positions and biographical information are set forth below.
+Added: DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
+Added: Identification of Directors and Executive Officers
+Added: Our executive officers and directors and their respective
+Added: ages, positions and biographical information are set forth below.
Positions Held
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November 2018
−Removed: Matthew Atkinson*
−Removed: Terry Addington*
−Removed: February 2018
+Added: December 2017
February 2018
Jeffrey Pearl
−Removed: Atkinson, Savage and Addington resigned their respective
−Removed: director/officer positions subsequent to December 31, 2019, however, prior to the date of the filing of this Annual Report.
Background and Business Experience
McEwen is 59 years of age and founded KonaTel
−Removed: Nevada in 2014, a wireless data and voice service reseller, and currently focuses his efforts exclusively on our current and planned
−Removed: business operations.
+Added: Nevada in 2014, a wireless data and voice service reseller, and currently focuses his efforts exclusively on our current and planned business
From 2011 to 2013, Mr.
−Removed: McEwen consulted with multiple international Mobile virtual network operators (“MVNOs”)
+Added: McEwen consulted with multiple international Mobile virtual network operators (“MVNOs”)
in the U.S., Peru, Croatia and China.
From 2010 to 2011, he served as a founding board member of One Fund, a NYSE listed (NYSE:
−Removed: ONEF) exchange traded fund.
−Removed: One Fund pioneered the “ETF of ETFs”
−Removed: concept, and in 2011, came to the attention of Russell
−Removed: Investments, known for their stock indices (i.e., the Russell 2000).
+Added: exchange traded fund.
+Added: One Fund pioneered the “ETF of ETFs” concept, and in 2011, came to the attention of Russell Investments,
+Added: known for their stock indices (i.e., the Russell 2000).
Russell Investments purchased One Fund in 2011.
−Removed: McEwen became a member of the venture/angel investment group, Sierra Angels (www.sierraangels.com) serving on several high-tech
−Removed: due diligence committees and participating in early stage funding transactions.
−Removed: In early 1983, after departing college prior to
−Removed: graduation, he co-founded Online Data Corp.
−Removed: Through a series of acquisitions/mergers, this company was eventually renamed “TriTech
−Removed: Software Systems”
−Removed: (www.tritech.com) “TriTech”.
−Removed: From 1983 to 1990, it developed custom strategic software applications
−Removed: for numerous businesses, including E.
−Removed: Hutton Life Insurance, Travel Lodge Hotels, Foodmaker (Jack in the Box restaurants), AT&T,
−Removed: UCSD’s Scripps Institute of Oceanography and Visa’s Plus Systems national ATM network.
−Removed: In 1991, TriTech transformed from a custom
−Removed: software development firm to an enterprise software development and systems integration company specializing in mission critical
−Removed: public safety (e.g., police, fire, and EMS) telecom software solutions.
−Removed: TriTech’s flagship product, VisiCAD, was the world’s
−Removed: first 9-1-1 emergency dispatching system based on Microsoft technology with integrated GPS based tracking and predictive routing
−Removed: In 1995, TriTech won the Microsoft Most Innovative Windows Application award competing against all Windows applications
−Removed: In 1998, while Mr.
+Added: McEwen became a member
+Added: of the venture/angel investment group, Sierra Angels (www.sierraangels.com) serving on several high-tech due diligence committees and
+Added: participating in early-stage funding transactions.
+Added: In early 1983, after departing college prior to graduation, he co-founded Online Data
+Added: Through a series of acquisitions/mergers, this company was eventually renamed “TriTech Software Systems” (www.tritech.com)
+Added: From 1983 to 1990, it developed custom strategic software applications for numerous businesses, including E.
+Added: Hutton Life Insurance, Travel Lodge Hotels, Foodmaker (Jack in the Box restaurants), AT&T, UCSD’s Scripps Institute of Oceanography
+Added: and Visa’s Plus Systems national ATM network.
+Added: In 1991, TriTech transformed from a custom software
+Added: development firm to an enterprise software development and systems integration company specializing in mission critical public safety
+Added: (e.g., police, fire, and EMS) telecom software solutions.
+Added: TriTech’s flagship product, VisiCAD, was the world’s first 9-1-1
+Added: emergency dispatching system based on Microsoft technology with integrated GPS based tracking and predictive routing technology.
+Added: TriTech won the Microsoft Most Innovative Windows Application award competing against all Windows applications worldwide.
+Added: In 1998, while
McEwen was CEO, TriTech was named to the Inc.
−Removed: 500 as the 344 th fastest growing privately
−Removed: held company in the United States.
−Removed: The following year, Bill Gates cited TriTech and VisiCAD in his book Business at the Speed
−Removed: of Thought as an example of a mission critical Windows based telecom system utilizing GPS.
+Added: 500 as the 344 th fastest growing privately held company in the United States.
+Added: The following year, Bill Gates cited TriTech and VisiCAD in his book Business at the Speed of Thought as an example of a mission
+Added: critical Windows based telecom system utilizing GPS.
McEwen served as Vice President of TriTech
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until controlling interest was sold to Westview Capital Partners in 2006.
−Removed: In 2017, TriTech celebrated 34 years of continuous operation
−Removed: and today, with over 700 employees and over 1000 mission critical software installations across five countries, is the largest
−Removed: public safety software company in the world.
−Removed: Riffle is 60 years of age and the founder
−Removed: of CFO Strategies LLC of Johnstown, Pennsylvania (“CFO Strategies”), an accounting firm and consulting firm, which
−Removed: he founded in May 2008.
+Added: In 2017, TriTech celebrated thirty four (34) years of
+Added: continuous operation and today, with over 700 employees and over 1000 mission critical software installations across five countries,
+Added: is the largest public safety software company in the world.
+Added: Riffle is 61 years of age and the founder of CFO
+Added: Strategies LLC of Johnstown, Pennsylvania (“CFO Strategies”), an accounting firm and consulting firm, which he founded in
CFO Strategies has thirteen (13) employees;
−Removed: approximately 180 small business clients and approximately
−Removed: 650 tax clients.
−Removed: It provides consulting, CFO, accounting, bookkeeping, payroll and tax services, including:
+Added: approximately 180 small business clients and approximately 650 tax clients.
+Added: consulting, CFO, accounting, bookkeeping, payroll and tax services, including:
CFO for businesses;
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complete payroll processing;
−Removed: CFO consulting and
−Removed: small business start-up services;
−Removed: and prepares taxes for corporations, small businesses, non-profits and individuals.
−Removed: is the Managing Partner and has extensive experience in various industries, including:
+Added: CFO consulting and small business start-up services;
+Added: and prepares taxes
+Added: for corporations, small businesses, non-profits and individuals.
+Added: Riffle is the Managing Partner and has extensive experience in various
+Added: industries, including:
Chief Financial Officer, healthcare industry;
−Removed: telecommunications, security, manufacturing and non-profit industries experience;
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer in the financial services
−Removed: industry and healthcare;
−Removed: Controller in the retail industry;
+Added: telecommunications, security, manufacturing and non-profit industries
+Added: Chief Executive Officer in the financial services industry and healthcare;
+Added: Assistant Controller in the retail industry;
in non-profit, healthcare and event management arenas;
governmental treasurer and board member for over thirty (30) years;
−Removed: as a college instructor at Mount Aloysius College since 1994.
+Added: and as a college
+Added: instructor at Mount Aloysius College since 1994.
He is also a Certified Public Accountant (May 1987).
−Removed: Beaty is 50 years old and currently the
−Removed: President of AGS Construction Inc., a premier reconstruction company in Denver Metropolitan area.
−Removed: Previously, he was the founder
−Removed: and CEO of Impact Telecom, a leader in the telecommunications market, which focused on delivering flexible and effective solutions
−Removed: to carriers, businesses and homes.
−Removed: Impact Telecom is comprised of a family of brands all dedicated to innovation, affordability
−Removed: and execution.
−Removed: Beaty brings twenty-three (23) years of
−Removed: experience in telecommunications and managing wholesale and commercial customer bases.
−Removed: Prior to starting Impact Telecom in 2005,
−Removed: he served as the Senior Vice President of Sales for ICG Communications.
−Removed: He helped guide ICG through bankruptcy and was a valued
−Removed: member of the senior executive team tasked with growing and managing the customer base.
+Added: Beaty is 51 years old and currently the President
+Added: of AGS Construction Inc., a premier reconstruction company in Denver Metropolitan area.
+Added: Previously, he was the founder and CEO of Impact
+Added: Telecom, a leader in the telecommunications market, which focused on delivering flexible and effective solutions to carriers, businesses
+Added: Impact Telecom is comprised of a family of brands all dedicated to innovation, affordability and execution.
+Added: Beaty brings twenty-four (24) years of experience
+Added: in telecommunications and managing wholesale and commercial customer bases.
+Added: Prior to starting Impact Telecom in 2005, he served as the
+Added: Senior Vice President of Sales for ICG Communications.
+Added: He helped guide ICG through bankruptcy and was a valued member of the senior executive
+Added: team tasked with growing and managing the customer base.
He earned a B.A.
−Removed: in Psychology from the University of Kansas and
+Added: in Psychology from the University of Kansas and his M.B.A.
in Business Administration from Webster University.
−Removed: LaPier is 61 years of age and has over
−Removed: twenty (20) years of telecommunications experience working for Fortune 500 companies and small/medium startup companies with annual
−Removed: revenues ranging from $1 million to $23 billion.
+Added: LaPier is 62 years of age and has over twenty-one
+Added: (21) years of telecommunications experience working for Fortune 500 companies and small/medium startup companies with annual revenues
+Added: ranging from $1 million to $23 billion.
During this time, Mr.
−Removed: LaPier has held various telecommunications related positions
−Removed: in the areas of finance, accounting, taxation, billing and regulatory (government) compliance.
−Removed: Immediately prior to joining KonaTel
−Removed: in 2018, he served as Finance Manager-Regulatory Fees/Taxes for British Telecom Americas, Inc., from July, 2016, to November, 2018;
−Removed: and has served as our Vice President of Finance since joining us in November, 2018.
+Added: LaPier has held various telecommunications related positions in the areas
+Added: of finance, accounting, taxation, billing and regulatory (government) compliance.
+Added: Immediately prior to joining KonaTel in 2018, he served
+Added: as Finance Manager-Regulatory Fees/Taxes for British Telecom Americas, Inc., from July 2016 to November 2018;
+Added: and has served as our Vice
+Added: President of Finance since joining us in November 2018.
Prior to British Telecom, Mr.
−Removed: LaPier served
−Removed: for over four years as CFO, then President, of US Connect, LLC, a regional wireless Lifeline carrier, from May, 2012, to July,
−Removed: While at US Connect, Mr.
−Removed: LaPier oversaw all company operations and the activation/management of over fifty (50) thousand
−Removed: lines of Lifeline service.
+Added: LaPier served for over
+Added: four years as CFO, then President, of US Connect, LLC, a regional wireless Lifeline carrier, from May 2012, to July 2016.
+Added: LaPier oversaw all company operations and the activation/management of over fifty (50) thousand lines of Lifeline service.
Previously, Mr.
−Removed: LaPier served as Financial Controller of dPi Teleconnect, a regional prepaid wireline
−Removed: While at dPi, he lead the creation of the financial and reporting platform for dPi Mobile, which later became the Lifeline
−Removed: carrier TAG Mobile.
−Removed: LaPier has held other telecommunications
−Removed: related management positions across several regional and national telecommunications carriers, including Director of Taxes &
−Removed: Regulatory Reporting at Sage Telecom, a regional CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier).
−Removed: While at Sage, his responsibilities
−Removed: included overseeing all tax compliance, end user billing for 200,000 customers and regulatory compliance across 12 states.
−Removed: Telecom and Excel Telecommunications, both national providers of long-distance service across 48 states, Mr.
−Removed: LaPier served as Director
−Removed: of Taxes & Regulatory Reporting.
−Removed: He has also served as a telecommunications and technology tax consultant for Price Waterhouse
−Removed: LaPier holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting
−Removed: from The University of Texas at Austin.
+Added: LaPier served as Financial Controller of dPi Teleconnect, a regional prepaid wireline provider.
+Added: While at dPi, he led the
+Added: creation of the financial and reporting platform for dPi Mobile, which later became the Lifeline carrier TAG Mobile.
+Added: LaPier has held other telecommunications related
+Added: management positions across several regional and national telecommunications carriers, including Director of Taxes & Regulatory Reporting
+Added: at Sage Telecom, a regional CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier).
+Added: While at Sage, his responsibilities included overseeing all tax
+Added: compliance, end user billing for 200,000 customers and regulatory compliance across twelve (12) states.
+Added: At VarTec Telecom and Excel Telecommunications,
+Added: both national providers of long-distance service across forty-eight (48) states, Mr.
+Added: LaPier served as Director of Taxes & Regulatory
+Added: He has also served as a telecommunications and technology tax consultant for Price Waterhouse Coopers.
+Added: LaPier holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from
+Added: The University of Texas at Austin.
Jeffrey Pearl
−Removed: Pearl is 56 years of age and brings more
−Removed: than thirty (30) years of Telecommunications/Cloud Service Provider experience to our Board of Directors.
−Removed: Jeffrey has experience
−Removed: in both the startup environment as well as working inside of some of the larger incumbent players, both privately held as well
−Removed: as publicly traded companies.
−Removed: This experience will assist us in building out our go to market strategy, focusing both on direct
−Removed: sales as well as the alternative channels of distribution.
−Removed: His extensive sales and marketing experience, knowledge of the marketplace
−Removed: and personal connections in the industry are valuable to us at this stage and throughout our evolution.
−Removed: Jeffrey currently is involved in running three
+Added: Pearl is 57 years of age and brings more than
+Added: thirty-one (31) years of Telecommunications/Cloud Service Provider experience to our Board of Directors.
+Added: Jeffrey has experience in both
+Added: the startup environment as well as working inside of some of the larger incumbent players, both privately held as well as publicly traded
+Added: This experience will assist us in building out our go to market strategy, focusing both on direct sales as well as the alternative
+Added: channels of distribution.
+Added: His extensive sales and marketing experience, knowledge of the marketplace and personal connections in the industry
+Added: are valuable to us at this stage and throughout our evolution.
+Added: Jeffrey currently is involved in running three companies:
He is currently CEO and Co-founder of OTG Consulting,
which was founded May 2016.
−Removed: OTG Consulting is a Sales Agency formed by a group of industry
−Removed: leaders in order to fill a gap in the marketplace.
−Removed: The group assists executives of SMB and Enterprise businesses as they make the
−Removed: move to cloud-based services.
−Removed: OTG Consulting works with most Carriers and service providers delivering solutions for voice
−Removed: and data Communications, Internet, hosting, managed services and other cloud offerings.
−Removed: He also consults under PearlCom, a consulting
−Removed: practice Focusing on telecom companies and Service Providers which was founded in January
−Removed: PearlCom offers strategic advice, providing direction on sales management, technology implementation, product pricing and
−Removed: Positioning, bringing his 30 plus years of experience to the table, accelerating timelines and creating efficiencies.
−Removed: Jeffrey also co-founded Secure View, where
−Removed: he is Chief Revenue Officer and Partner, which was founded in December 2016.
+Added: OTG Consulting is a Sales Agency formed by a group of industry leaders
+Added: in order to fill a gap in the marketplace.
+Added: The group assists executives of SMB and Enterprise businesses as they make the move to cloud-based
+Added: OTG Consulting works with most Carriers and service providers delivering solutions for voice and data Communications,
+Added: Internet, hosting, managed services and other cloud offerings.
+Added: He also consults under PearlCom, a consulting practice
+Added: Focusing on telecom companies and Service Providers which was founded in January 2016.
+Added: offers strategic advice, providing direction on sales management, technology implementation, product pricing and Positioning, bringing
+Added: his thirty (30) plus years of experience to the table, accelerating timelines and creating efficiencies.
+Added: Jeffrey also co-founded Secure View, where he is
+Added: Chief Revenue Officer and Partner, which was founded in December 2016.
Secure View is focused
−Removed: on delivering “best in class”
−Removed: unified IP-based security solutions.
+Added: on delivering “best in class” unified IP-based security solutions.
Its systems are designed to be more accessible
−Removed: and simpler to use allowing customers to feel that their security needs are 100% covered providing peace of mind allowing them
−Removed: to focus elsewhere in their business.
−Removed: Secure View offers the experience, knowledge and technical understanding coupled with relationships
−Removed: with the players/partners needed to move security systems to the cloud.
−Removed: to starting and running these three companies, Jeffrey worked at Broadsoft (recently acquired by Cisco) July 2013 to May
−Removed: 2016, where he successfully ran North America Carrier Sales.
−Removed: In this role he cultivated strong relationships with C-Level executives
−Removed: within the major Telcos and Service Providers utilizing BroadSoft in the US.
−Removed: Under his guidance, his organization also pursued
−Removed: new relationships with startups and providers not utilizing BroadSoft.
−Removed: After successfully fulfilling those duties, Jeffrey was
−Removed: next tasked with starting an entirely new division:
−Removed: Channel Acceleration, focusing on some of the largest customers in and outside
−Removed: In this role, Jeffrey and his teams engaged with executives and sales organizations to productively assist in accelerating
−Removed: their efforts around “Go to Market”
−Removed: strategies, sales training and sales assistance in the area of Hosted VoIP and
−Removed: SIP Trunking services.
−Removed: Prior to Broadsoft Jeffrey successfully started, operated and sold two VoIP companies.
+Added: and simpler to use allowing customers to feel that their security needs are 100% covered providing peace of mind allowing them to
+Added: focus elsewhere on their business.
+Added: Secure View offers the experience, knowledge and technical understanding coupled with
+Added: relationships with the players/partners needed to move security systems to the cloud.
+Added: Prior to starting
+Added: and running these three (3) companies, Jeffrey worked at Broadsoft (recently acquired by Cisco) July 2013 to May 2016, where he
+Added: successfully ran North America Carrier Sales.
+Added: In this role he cultivated strong relationships with C-Level executives within the major
+Added: Telcos and Service Providers utilizing BroadSoft in the US.
+Added: Under his guidance, his organization also pursued new relationships with startups
+Added: and providers not utilizing BroadSoft.
+Added: After successfully fulfilling those duties, Jeffrey was next tasked with starting an entirely new
+Added: Channel Acceleration, focusing on some of the largest customers in and outside the US.
+Added: In this role, Jeffrey and his teams engaged
+Added: with executives and sales organizations to productively assist in accelerating their efforts around “Go to Market” strategies,
+Added: sales training and sales assistance in the area of Hosted VoIP and SIP Trunking services.
+Added: Prior to Broadsoft Jeffrey successfully started,
+Added: operated and sold two VoIP companies.
Significant Employees
−Removed: We have three (3) significant employees who
−Removed: are not executive officers of the Company, and who are expected to make a substantial contribution to the Company’s business,
−Removed: Nicholas Metherd as Vice President of IM Telecom, Joshua Ploude as CEO of Apeiron Systems and Vyacheslav “Slava”
−Removed: as CTO of Apeiron Systems.
−Removed: All three (3) of these employees have Employment Agreements with our respective wholly-owned subsidiaries.
−Removed: Nicholas Metherd, 36, Vice President for IM
−Removed: Telecom, has over fifteen (15) years of telecommunications operational management experience.
−Removed: Metherd worked at T-Mobile
−Removed: as a Call Center Manager where he was responsible for managing over ninety (90) agents, responding to 2.3M customer inquiries per
−Removed: He has also held operational management roles at TAG Mobile, a Lifeline Eligible Telecommunications Carrier and at
−Removed: RealPage (NASDAQ:
−Removed: RP), an American multinational corporation that provides property management software solutions for the multifamily,
−Removed: commercial, single-family and vacation housing industries.
+Added: We have currently have two (2) significant employees who are not executive
+Added: officers of the Company, and who are expected to make a substantial contribution to the Company’s business, Nicholas Metherd as
+Added: Vice President of IM Telecom, and Joshua Ploude as CEO of Apeiron Systems.
+Added: Vyacheslav “Slava” Yanson, a third significant
+Added: employee since the acquisition by the Company of Apeiron Systems in 2018, resigned as the CTO of Apeiron Systems on February 19, 2021;
+Added: however, his resume is also contained below.
+Added: Nicholas Metherd
+Added: Nicholas Metherd, 37, Vice President for IM Telecom,
+Added: has over sixteen (16) years of telecommunications operational management experience.
+Added: Metherd worked at T-Mobile as a Call Center
+Added: Manager where he was responsible for managing over ninety (90) agents, responding to 2.3M customer inquiries per year.
+Added: held operational management roles at TAG Mobile, a Lifeline Eligible Telecommunications Carrier and at RealPage (NASDAQ:
+Added: RP), an American
+Added: multinational corporation that provides property management software solutions for the multifamily, commercial, single-family and vacation
+Added: housing industries.
While serving as VP of Operations for TAG Mobile, Mr.
−Removed: oversaw the operation of over 160 customer service staff in three countries, FCC compliance requirements, vendor relations, IT
−Removed: Development, Logistics, Sales support, and over 400,000 cellular lines of service.
−Removed: His experience includes Project Management Office
−Removed: leadership, customer service management, information technology, business optimization, data analysis, and leadership development.
+Added: Metherd oversaw the operation of over 160 customer service
+Added: staff in three countries, FCC compliance requirements, vendor relations, IT Development, Logistics, Sales support, and over 400,000 cellular
+Added: lines of service.
+Added: His experience includes Project Management Office leadership, customer service management, information technology, business
+Added: optimization, data analysis, and leadership development.
For IM Telecom, Mr.
−Removed: Metherd is responsible for executing operational support of new IM Telecom products such as Lifeline+, expansion
−Removed: into new states, revenue assurance and financial modeling.
+Added: Metherd is responsible for executing operational support
+Added: of new IM Telecom products such as Lifeline+, expansion into new states, revenue assurance and financial modeling.
Joshua Ploude
Ploude is 44 years old.
−Removed: December 31, 2018, Apeiron Systems and Mr.
−Removed: Ploude executed and delivered a 36-month Employment Agreement under which Mr.
−Removed: will be the Chief Executive Officer of Apeiron Systems, with the attendant duties and responsibilities outlined in his Employment
−Removed: Agreement, at a monthly salary of $16,667.
+Added: Effective December
+Added: 31, 2018, Apeiron Systems and Mr.
+Added: Ploude executed and delivered a 36-month
+Added: Employment Agreement under which Mr.
+Added: Ploude will be
+Added: the Chief Executive Officer of Apeiron Systems, with the attendant duties and responsibilities outlined in his Employment Agreement, at
+Added: a monthly salary of $16,667.
The Employment Agreement has customary provisions regarding trade secrets;
−Removed: (1) year covenant not to compete;
+Added: a one (1) year covenant
+Added: not to compete;
confidentiality;
1 unchanged sentence
a duty to cooperate;
−Removed: free, fully-paid licensing to Apeiron Systems of inventions created by Mr.
−Removed: Ploude that he provides or incorporates into any Employer
−Removed: product or system during his employment with Apeiron Systems;
+Added: free, fully-paid licensing
+Added: to Apeiron Systems of inventions created by Mr.
+Added: Ploude that he provides or incorporates into any Employer product or system during his
+Added: employment with Apeiron Systems;
and an assignment of Mr.
−Removed: Ploude’s interest in all relevant
−Removed: intellectual property utilized by Apeiron Systems, among other terms and conditions.
+Added: Ploude’s interest in all relevant intellectual property utilized by Apeiron
+Added: Systems, among other terms and conditions.
Ploude is the President and CEO and Co-Founder
−Removed: of Apeiron Systems, and since 2013, he has been responsible for defining the product vision and operational strategy for Apeiron
−Removed: He has worked directly with software, hardware and carrier network vendors to oversee the development of Apeiron
−Removed: Systems’
−Removed: and has also had the responsibility to work with internal software development teams to ensure Apeiron
−Removed: Systems’
−Removed: software provides the requisite function to support product and operational initiatives.
−Removed: He has also been responsible
−Removed: for planning and building Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (“CLEC”) and Internet Service Provider (“ISP”)
−Removed: facilities-based networks since 2001 and has managed 5+ “Greenfield network”
−Removed: (the installation of a network where
−Removed: there was not previously one in use) builds across all types of wire-line and wireless network infrastructures.
+Added: of Apeiron Systems, and since 2013, he has been responsible for defining the product vision and operational strategy for Apeiron Systems.
+Added: He has worked directly with software, hardware and carrier network vendors to oversee the development of Apeiron Systems’ product
+Added: and has also had the responsibility to work with internal software development teams to ensure Apeiron Systems’ software provides
+Added: the requisite function to support product and operational initiatives.
+Added: He has also been responsible for planning and building
+Added: Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (“CLEC”) and Internet Service Provider (“ISP”) facilities-based networks since
+Added: 2001 and has managed 5+ “Greenfield network” (the installation of a network where there was not previously one in use) builds
+Added: across all types of wireline and wireless network infrastructures.
Ploude holds a Bachelor of Science in Political
4 unchanged sentences
- President/CEO of Ethos Communications - A consultancy helping CLECs and ISPs with operational and technology development;
−Removed: - CTO of TNCI - A facilities-based CLEC & ISP, serving a 48 state footprint;
−Removed: and 2013-Present - Co-Founder, CEO and President
−Removed: of Apeiron Systems.
−Removed: Vyacheslav “Slava”
+Added: - CTO of TNCI - A facilities-based CLEC & ISP, serving a forty-eight (48)-state footprint;
+Added: and 2013-Present - Co-Founder, CEO and
+Added: President of Apeiron Systems.
+Added: Vyacheslav “Slava” Yanson
Yanson is 35 years old.
−Removed: December 31, 2018, Apeiron Systems and Mr.
+Added: Effective December
+Added: 31, 2018, Apeiron Systems and Mr.
Yanson executed and delivered a 36-month Employment Agreement under which Mr.
−Removed: will be the Chief Technology Officer of Apeiron Systems, with the attendant duties and responsibilities outlined in his Employment
−Removed: Agreement, at a monthly salary of $12,500.
+Added: Yanson will be the Chief
+Added: Technology Officer of Apeiron Systems, with the attendant duties and responsibilities outlined in his Employment Agreement, at a monthly
+Added: salary of $12,500.
The Employment Agreement has customary provisions regarding trade secrets;
−Removed: (1) year covenant not to compete;
+Added: a one (1) year covenant not to compete;
confidentiality;
1 unchanged sentence
a duty to cooperate;
−Removed: free, fully-paid licensing to Apeiron Systems of inventions created by Mr.
−Removed: Yanson that he provides or incorporates into any Employer
−Removed: product or system during his employment with Apeiron Systems;
+Added: free, fully-paid licensing to Apeiron
+Added: Systems of inventions created by Mr.
+Added: Yanson that he provides or incorporates into any Employer product or system during his employment
+Added: with Apeiron Systems;
and an assignment of Mr.
−Removed: Yanson’s interest in all relevant
−Removed: intellectual property utilized by Apeiron Systems, among other terms and conditions.
+Added: Yanson’s interest in all relevant intellectual property utilized by Apeiron Systems,
+Added: among other terms and conditions.
Yanson is the CTO of Apeiron Systems.
−Removed: As CTO of Apeiron Systems, he has overseen the development of all of Apeiron Systems software development operations, with a focus
−Removed: on code stewardship for sustainable operations at scale.
−Removed: Apeiron Systems’
−Removed: business is built on an industry leading “
−Removed: BSS/OSS ,”
+Added: CTO of Apeiron Systems, he has overseen the development of all of Apeiron Systems software development operations, with a focus on code
+Added: stewardship for sustainable operations at scale.
+Added: Apeiron Systems’ business is built on an industry leading “ BSS/OSS ,”
Yanson has been responsible for this software platform and its integration to the network, product and external partners.
He has had the following business experience since 2006:
−Removed: 2006-2008 - Senior Framework Architect at Wiredrive - Cloud-media sharing
−Removed: platform for advertising, entertainment and consumer marketing companies;
−Removed: 2008-2010 - CTO of OneCubicle - Social collaboration
−Removed: and job search platform for college graduates;
−Removed: 2010-2012 - CTO and President of Killer Beaver - Software and Business Process Consultancy
−Removed: delivering scalable and automated solutions for clients of the company;
−Removed: 2012-2013 - Infrastructure Architect for Grail - news feed
−Removed: and video content aggregation and distribution platform;
+Added: 2006-2008 - Senior Framework Architect at Wiredrive - Cloud-media sharing platform
+Added: for advertising, entertainment and consumer marketing companies;
+Added: 2008-2010 - CTO of OneCubicle - Social collaboration and job search platform
+Added: for college graduates;
+Added: 2010-2012 - CTO and President of Killer Beaver - Software and Business Process Consultancy delivering scalable
+Added: and automated solutions for clients of the company;
+Added: 2012-2013 - Infrastructure Architect for Grail - news feed and video content aggregation
+Added: and distribution platform;
and 2013-Present - Co-Founder and CTO of Apeiron Systems.
Family Relationships
−Removed: There are no family relationships between any
−Removed: of our officers and directors.
+Added: There are no family relationships between any of our
+Added: officers and directors.
Involvement in Other Public Companies
−Removed: Except as may be indicated above, none of our officers or directors
−Removed: is an “affiliate”
−Removed: of any other publicly held companies.
+Added: Except as may be indicated above, none of our officers or directors is
+Added: an “affiliate” of any other publicly held companies.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
−Removed: During the past ten (10) years, none of our
−Removed: directors, executive officers or persons nominated to become directors or executive officers (or those in similar positions with
−Removed: us) has been the subject of any of the following:
−Removed: (1) A petition under the federal bankruptcy
−Removed: laws or any state insolvency law was filed by or against, or a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer was appointed by a court
−Removed: for the business or property of such person, or any partnership in which he was a general partner at or within two (2) years before
−Removed: the time of such filing, or any corporation or business association of which he was an executive officer at or within two (2) years
−Removed: before the time of such filing;
−Removed: (2) Such person was convicted in a criminal
−Removed: proceeding or is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
−Removed: (3) Such person was the subject of any order,
−Removed: judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily
−Removed: enjoining him or her from, or otherwise limiting, the following activities:
−Removed: (i) Acting as a futures commission
−Removed: merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage transaction merchant,
−Removed: any other person regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or an associated person of any of the foregoing, or as
−Removed: an investment adviser, underwriter, broker or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or employee of any investment
−Removed: company, bank, savings and loan association or insurance company, or engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection
−Removed: with such activity;
−Removed: (ii) Engaging in any type of business
−Removed: (iii) Engaging in any activity in
−Removed: connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation of Federal or State securities
−Removed: laws or Federal commodities laws;
−Removed: (4) Such person was the subject of any order,
−Removed: judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any Federal or State authority barring, suspending or otherwise
−Removed: limiting for more than sixty (60) days the right of such person to engage in any activity described in paragraph (f)(3)(i) of this
−Removed: section, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;
+Added: During the past ten (10) years, none of our directors,
+Added: executive officers or persons nominated to become directors or executive officers (or those in similar positions with us) has been the
+Added: subject of any of the following:
+Added: (1) A petition under the federal bankruptcy laws or
+Added: any state insolvency law was filed by or against, or a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer was appointed by a court for the business
+Added: or property of such person, or any partnership in which he was a general partner at or within two (2) years before the time of such filing,
+Added: or any corporation or business association of which he was an executive officer at or within two (2) years before the time of such filing;
+Added: (2) Such person was convicted in a criminal proceeding
+Added: or is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
+Added: (3) Such person was the subject of any order, judgment,
+Added: or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining
+Added: him or her from, or otherwise limiting, the following activities:
+Added: (i) Acting as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading
+Added: advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage transaction merchant, any other person regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading
+Added: Commission, or an associated person of any of the foregoing, or as an investment adviser, underwriter, broker or dealer in securities,
+Added: or as an affiliated person, director or employee of any investment company, bank, savings and loan association or insurance company, or
+Added: engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with such activity;
+Added: (ii) Engaging
+Added: in any type of business practice;
+Added: (iii) Engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection
+Added: with any violation of Federal or State securities laws or Federal commodities laws;
+Added: (4) Such person was the subject of any order, judgment
+Added: or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any Federal or State authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting
+Added: for more than sixty (60) days the right of such person to engage in any activity described in paragraph (f)(3)(i) of this section, or
+Added: to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;
(5) Such person was found by a court of competent
−Removed: jurisdiction in a civil action or by the SEC to have violated any federal or state securities law, and the judgment in such civil
−Removed: action or finding by the SEC has not been subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated;
+Added: jurisdiction in a civil action or by the SEC to have violated any federal or state securities law, and the judgment in such civil action
+Added: or finding by the SEC has not been subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated;
(6) Such person was found by a court of competent
−Removed: jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated any Federal commodities law, and
−Removed: the judgment in such civil action or finding by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended
−Removed: (7) Such person was the subject of, or a party
−Removed: to, any federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or
−Removed: vacated, relating to an alleged violation of:
−Removed: (i) Any federal or state securities
−Removed: or commodities law or regulation;
−Removed: (ii) Any law or regulation respecting
−Removed: financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement
−Removed: or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order;
+Added: jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated any Federal commodities law, and the judgment
+Added: in such civil action or finding by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated;
+Added: (7) Such person was the subject of, or a party to,
+Added: any federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated,
+Added: relating to an alleged violation of:
+Added: (i) Any federal or state securities or commodities
+Added: law or regulation;
+Added: (ii) Any law or regulation respecting financial
+Added: institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution,
+Added: civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order;
(iii) Any law or regulation prohibiting
mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity;
−Removed: (8) Such person was the subject of, or a party
−Removed: to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in
−Removed: Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C.
−Removed: 78c(a)(26)), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity
−Removed: Exchange Act (7 U.S.C.
−Removed: 1(a)(29)), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority
−Removed: over its members or persons associated with a member.
−Removed: Compliance with Section 16(a) of the
+Added: (8) Such person was the subject of, or a party to,
+Added: any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26)
+Added: of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C.
+Added: 78c(a)(26)), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C.
+Added: 1(a)(29)), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons
+Added: associated with a member.
+Added: Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange
The common stock of the Company is registered
−Removed: under the Exchange Act, and therefore, the officers, directors and holders of more than 10% of our outstanding shares are subject
−Removed: to the provisions of Section 16(a) which requires them to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes
−Removed: in ownership of common stock and our other equity securities.
−Removed: Officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners are required
−Removed: by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file.
−Removed: Based solely upon review of the copies of
−Removed: such forms furnished to us during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, and based upon a review of the filings contained in
−Removed: the Edgar Archives, all such required reports were believed to be timely filed.
+Added: under the Exchange Act, and therefore, the officers, directors and holders of more than 10% of our outstanding shares are subject to the
+Added: provisions of Section 16(a) which requires them to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership
+Added: of common stock and our other equity securities.
+Added: Officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners are required by SEC regulations
+Added: to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file.
+Added: Based solely upon review of the copies of such forms furnished to us
+Added: during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, and based upon a review of the filings contained in the Edgar Archives, all such required
+Added: reports were believed to be timely filed.
Code of Ethics
2 unchanged sentences
See Exhibit 14 in Part IV, Item 15.
−Removed: We anticipate that our Code of Ethics will
−Removed: be updated in the near future by our current Board of Directors.
+Added: We anticipate that our Code of Ethics will be
+Added: updated in the near future by our current Board of Directors.
Corporate Governance
Nominating Committee
−Removed: We have not established a Nominating Committee
−Removed: because until our closing of the KonaTel Merger, we had only one (1) director and two (2) executive officers, and we believed
−Removed: that we were able to effectively manage the issues normally considered by a Nominating Committee and currently believe we can
−Removed: do without a Nominating Committee.
−Removed: If we do establish a Nominating Committee,
−Removed: we will disclose our procedures in recommending nominees by our Board of Directors.
+Added: We have not established a Nominating Committee because
+Added: until our closing of the KonaTel Nevada Merger, we had only one (1) director and two (2) executive officers, and we believed that we were
+Added: able to effectively manage the issues normally considered by a Nominating Committee and currently believe we can do without a Nominating
+Added: If we do establish a Nominating Committee, we will
+Added: disclose our procedures in recommending nominees by our Board of Directors.
Audit Committee
−Removed: We have not established an Audit Committee
−Removed: for the same reasons why we have not established a Nominating Committee, and a further review of this issue will no doubt be necessitated
−Removed: and undertaken by our management in the future.
+Added: We have not established an Audit Committee for the
+Added: same reasons why we have not established a Nominating Committee, and a further review of this issue will no doubt be necessitated and
+Added: undertaken by our management in the future.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
All Compensation
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer will be compensated according to the terms of his Employment Agreement that was filed as an Exhibit to
−Removed: our 8-KA-1 Current Report dated November 15, 2017, filed with the SEC on December 20, 2017 , which
−Removed: may be accessed by Hyperlink in Part IV, Item 15 hereof, and which is discussed below under the heading “Employment Agreement
−Removed: Sean McEwen”
−Removed: of this Item.
−Removed: There are no other employment contracts, compensatory plans or arrangements, including payments
−Removed: to be received from us with respect to any executive officer, that would result in payments to such person because of his or her
−Removed: resignation, retirement or other termination of employment with the Company, or its subsidiaries, any change in control, or a change
−Removed: in the person’s responsibilities following a change in control of the Company.
−Removed: However, see the heading “Outstanding
−Removed: Equity Awards”
−Removed: of the caption “Executive Compensation”
−Removed: in Part III, Item 11 hereof.
+Added: Our Chief Executive
+Added: Officer will be compensated according to the terms of his Employment Agreement that was filed as an Exhibit to our 8-KA-1 Current Report
+Added: dated November 15, 2017, filed with the SEC on December 20, 2017 ,
+Added: which may be accessed by Hyperlink in Part IV, Item 15 hereof, and which is discussed below under
+Added: the heading “Employment Agreement of D.
+Added: Sean McEwen” of this Item.
+Added: As indicated below, on December 19, 2019, Mr.
+Added: annual salary under his Employment Agreement was increased to $200,000, effective January 1, 2020, with all other terms and provision
+Added: of his Employment Agreement remaining unchanged.
+Added: There are no other employment contracts, compensatory plans or arrangements, including
+Added: payments to be received from us with respect to any executive officer, that would result in payments to such person because of his or
+Added: her resignation, retirement or other termination of employment with the Company, or its subsidiaries, any change in control, or a change
+Added: in the person’s responsibilities following a change in control of the Company.
+Added: However, see the heading “Outstanding Equity
+Added: Awards” of the caption “Executive Compensation” in Part III, Item 11 hereof.
Summary Compensation Table
Principal Position
−Removed: D Sean McEwen, Chairman, President
−Removed: Riffle, Chief
−Removed: Financial Officer
−Removed: Matthew Atkinson,
−Removed: Former Secretary
−Removed: Mark Savage, Former
+Added: D Sean McEwen, Chairman and CEO
+Added: Robert Beaty, Director
+Added: Jeffrey Pearl, Director
+Added: Riffle, Chief Financial Officer
+Added: Paul LaPier, Secretary
+Added: and Vice President of Finance
+Added: Joshua Ploude, President,
+Added: Apeiron Systems
+Added: Nick Metherd, Vice President, IM Telecom
+Added: Matthew Atkinson, Former Secretary (3)
+Added: Mark Savage, Former Director (4)
+Added: Terry Addington, Former Director (2)
Schneider, Jr., Former
1 unchanged sentence
William Riner, Former Significant
−Removed: Daniel Ryweck,
−Removed: Former Director (2)
−Removed: Jeffrey Pearl,
−Removed: Nick Metherd,
−Removed: Significant Employee
−Removed: Paul LaPier, Secretary and Vice
−Removed: President of Finance
−Removed: Robert Beaty,
−Removed: Dennis Miller, Former Director (3)
−Removed: Terry Addington,
−Removed: Former Director (4)
(1) See the heading “Outstanding Equity Awards”
−Removed: Ryweck was appointed as a director
−Removed: on July 6, 2016 and resigned on August 31, 2017.
−Removed: He was issued 50,000 shares valued at $0.05 per share on July 25, 2017, for services
−Removed: rendered and in consideration of a general release.
−Removed: Miller was appointed as a director
−Removed: February 12, 2018, and resigned on October 1, 2018.
−Removed: Addington was appointed as a director
−Removed: on February 12, 2018, and resigned on January 1, 2020.
+Added: Addington was appointed as a director on February 12, 2018, and
+Added: resigned on January 1, 2020.
+Added: Atkinson was appointed Secretary on July 19, 2017, and resigned
+Added: on April 15, 2020.
+Added: Savage was appointed as a director on July 19, 2017, and resigned
+Added: on May 6, 2020.
Employment Agreement of D.
−Removed: At the Effective Time of the KonaTel Merger,
−Removed: we entered into an Employment Agreement with Mr.
−Removed: McEwen for a term of two (2) years, under which he will serve as the Chairman,
−Removed: President and CEO of our Company, with customary duties applicable to these positions, which are described in Exhibit A
−Removed: McEwen will receive the following compensation under his Employment Agreement:
+Added: At the Effective Time of the KonaTel Merger, we entered
+Added: into an Employment Agreement with Mr.
+Added: McEwen for a term of two (2) years, under which he will serve as the Chairman, President and CEO
+Added: of our Company, with customary duties applicable to these positions, which are described in his Employment Agreement that can be viewed
+Added: under the heading “KonaTel Merger Current Reports” in Part IV, Item 15.
+Added: After the initial term, the Employment Agreement will
+Added: continue on a year-to-year basis as specified under Section 3.0 thereof.
+Added: During the initial term (2018-2019), Mr.
+Added: McEwen received the
+Added: following compensation under his Employment Agreement:
$1,000 per month base salary;
−Removed: and inclusion
−Removed: in our healthcare plan for employees, including medical, dental and vision, which coverage also includes his spouse.
−Removed: receive a monthly bonus, computed as follows:
−Removed: If the combined EBITDA (“Combined EBITDA”) exceeds $85,000 in any calendar
−Removed: month, where Combined EBITDA is defined to mean the combined earnings (net profits) of the Company and all of its subsidiaries
−Removed: or other companies owned, and from all other sources before subtracting all interest expense, all income tax, all depreciation
−Removed: expense, and all amortization expense, on an accrual accounting basis according to GAAP as calculated by the regular account for
−Removed: the Company, the Company shall pay the employee, within twenty (20) days after the end of the calendar month, a bonus equal to
−Removed: 10% of the monthly Combined EBITDA.
+Added: and inclusion in our healthcare plan for employees,
+Added: including medical, dental and vision, which coverage also includes his spouse.
+Added: Effective January 1, 2020, the Employment Agreement was
+Added: amended to adjust the per month base salary to $16,667 per month.
+Added: He will also receive a monthly bonus, computed as follows:
+Added: If the combined
+Added: EBITDA (“Combined EBITDA”) exceeds $85,000 in any calendar month, where Combined EBITDA is defined to mean the combined earnings
+Added: (net profits) of the Company and all of its subsidiaries or other companies owned, and from all other sources before subtracting all interest
+Added: expense, all income tax, all depreciation expense, and all amortization expense, on an accrual accounting basis according to GAAP as calculated
+Added: by the regular account for the Company, the Company shall pay the employee, within twenty (20) days after the end of the calendar month,
+Added: a bonus equal to 10% of the monthly Combined EBITDA.
The Employment Agreement has customary termination,
trade secret and dispute resolution clauses, among others.
−Removed: Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation
+Added: Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
Outstanding Equity Awards
1 unchanged sentence
unexercisable
−Removed: Mark Savage (1)
Matthew Atkinson
−Removed: Sean McEwen (3)
−Removed: William Riner (4)
Schneider Jr.
−Removed: John Shadek (6)
Terry Addington
−Removed: Robert Beaty (7)
−Removed: Miller (7)(8)
+Added: Terry Addington
+Added: Terry Addington
Jeffrey Pearl
−Removed: Nick Metherd (10)
−Removed: Paul Lapier (10)
−Removed: options vested on the following dates and are exercisable in the following tranches, as vested, and do not expire for a period
−Removed: of five (5) years from vesting:
+Added: Jeffrey Pearl
+Added: Jeffrey Pearl
+Added: Jeffrey Pearl
+Added: Jeffrey Pearl
+Added: *Rounded to the nearest whole cent.
+Added: (1) These options vested on the following dates and are exercisable in the
+Added: following tranches, as vested, and expire December 18, 2022:
31,250 shares exercisable March 18, 2018;
7 unchanged sentences
Savage resigned as a director on May
−Removed: options vested on the following dates and are exercisable in the following tranches, as vested, and do not expire for a period
−Removed: of five (5) years from vesting:
+Added: (2) These options vested on the following dates and are exercisable in the
+Added: following tranches, as vested, and expire December 18, 2022:
31,250 shares exercisable March 18, 2018;
6 unchanged sentences
and December 18, 2019.
−Removed: Atkinson resigned as the Secretary on April 15, 2020.
−Removed: options vested on the following dates and are exercisable in the following tranches, as vested, and do not expire for a period
−Removed: of five (5) years from vesting:
+Added: Atkinson resigned as the Secretary on
+Added: April 15, 2020.
+Added: (3) These options vested on the following dates and are exercisable in the
+Added: following tranches, as vested, and expire December 18, 2022:
187,250 shares exercisable March 18, 2018;
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and December 18, 2019.
−Removed: options all vested on the December 31, 2018, and do not expire for a period of five (5) years from vesting.
−Removed: options vest on the following dates and are exercisable in the following tranches, as vested, and do not expire for a period of
−Removed: five (5) years from vesting:
−Removed: 500,000 shares exercisable December 18, 2018;
−Removed: December 18, 2019;
−Removed: and December 18, 2020.
−Removed: options vested on the date of grant, which was the Effective Time of the KonaTel Merger or December 18, 2017, and do not expire
−Removed: for a period of five (5) years.
+Added: (4) These options all vested on the December 31, 2018, and expire December
+Added: (5) These options all vested on December 18, 2017, and expire December 18,
part of their designation as directors, Messrs.
−Removed: Addington, Beaty, Miller and Pearl will receive a monthly cash payment of $2,000;
−Removed: and a quarterly stock option grant of 25,000 shares of our common stock, with the shares being valued at 110% of the fair market
−Removed: value of the closing price of our common stock on the date of the grant or $0.33 per share.
−Removed: These options expire five (5)
−Removed: years from the date of grant, which was February 12, 2018 (February 12, 2023);
−Removed: and they vest in 25,000 share tranches on May 12,
−Removed: August 12, 2018;
−Removed: November 12, 2018;
−Removed: and February 12, 2019.
−Removed: See the Summary Compensation Table above.
−Removed: Miller resigned
−Removed: as a director on October 1, 2018;
−Removed: Addington resigned as a director on January 1, 2020.
−Removed: options vested on the following dates and are exercisable in the following tranches, as vested, and do not expire for a period of
−Removed: five years from vesting:
−Removed: 100,000 shares exercisable January 28, 2019, April 28, 2019, July 28, 2019 and October 28, 2019.
−Removed: was designated as a director on October 28, 2028, to fill the vacancy by the resignation of Mr.
−Removed: options vest on the following dates and are exercisable in the following tranches, as vested, and do not expire for a period of
−Removed: five years from grant date (October 24, 2019):
−Removed: 100,000 shares exercisable December 31, 2019;
−Removed: December 31, 2020;
−Removed: and December 31,
+Added: Addington, Beaty and Dennis Miller (commencing with the quarter beginning on
+Added: February 12, 2018) and Pearl (commencing with the quarter beginning on January 28, 2019) were granted quarterly stock option grants
+Added: to purchase 25,000 shares of our common stock, with the shares being valued at 110% of the fair market value or the closing price of
+Added: our common stock on the date of the grant for the first year, and thereafter at 110% of the fair market value or the closing price
+Added: of our common stock on the quarterly date of vesting for the remaining quarters of service as a director.
+Added: These options expire
+Added: at the earlier of five (5) years from the date of grant or one (1) year from termination or resignation as a director.
+Added: directors were also paid $2,000 per month for their service on the Board of Directors.
+Added: See the “Summary Compensation
+Added: Miller and Addington resigned as directors of the Company on October 1, 2018, and January 1, 2020,
+Added: respectively, and Mr.
+Added: Miller forfeited 50,000 options that were not exercised within the one (1) year of his resignation;
+Added: Addington forfeited 175,000 options that were not exercised within the one (1) year period of his resignation on January 1,
+Added: options were granted on October 24, 2019, and vest 100,000 shares on December 31, 2019;
+Added: 100,000 shares on December 31, 2020;
+Added: shares on December 31, 2021;
+Added: and they expire on the earlier of five (5) years or three (3) months from the termination of employment.
Compensation of Directors
−Removed: Currently, and except for compensation of
−Removed: McEwen under his Employment Agreement and the $2,000 monthly compensation set out above for certain directors, our directors
−Removed: do not receive any compensation other than the Incentive Stock Options outlined above in this Item under the heading “Outstanding
−Removed: Equity Awards.”
+Added: Currently, and except for compensation of Mr.
+Added: under his Employment Agreement and the $2,000 monthly compensation set out above for certain directors, our directors do not receive any
+Added: compensation other than the Incentive Stock Options outlined above in this Item under the heading “Outstanding Equity Awards.”
Transactions with Related Persons
−Removed: For information regarding transactions with
−Removed: related persons, see the heading “Transactions with Related Persons,”
−Removed: in Part III, Item 13 below.
+Added: For information regarding transactions with related
+Added: persons, see the heading “Transactions with Related Persons,” in Part III, Item 13 below.
Promoters and Certain Control Persons
−Removed: See the heading “Transactions with Related Persons,”
−Removed: under Item 13 below.
+Added: See the heading “Transactions with Related Persons,” under
+Added: Item 13 below.
Parents of the Smaller Reporting Company
We have no parents.
−Removed: ( This space intentionally left blank )
−Removed: SECURITY OWNERSHIP
−Removed: OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
−Removed: Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial
−Removed: The following table sets forth the ownership
−Removed: by any person known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of any of our outstanding voting securities
−Removed: as of the filing of this Annual Report with the SEC.
−Removed: Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules
−Removed: of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities.
−Removed: Other than as indicated below
−Removed: in footnotes to this table, the persons named in the table below have sole voting power and investment power with respect to all
−Removed: shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by them.
−Removed: Beneficial Owners
+Added: intentionally left blank )
+Added: SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
+Added: AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
+Added: Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
+Added: The following table sets forth the ownership by any
+Added: person known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of any of our outstanding voting securities as of the filing
+Added: of this Annual Report with the SEC.
+Added: Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally
+Added: includes voting or investment power with respect to securities.
+Added: Other than as indicated below in footnotes to this table, the
+Added: persons named in the table below have sole voting power and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially
+Added: owned by them.
+Added: Security Ownership of Beneficial Owners
Name and Address* of
−Removed: Officer or Director
+Added: Beneficial Owner
Title of Class
−Removed: Amount and Nature
−Removed: of Beneficial Ownership (1),
−Removed: Percent of Class (1), (2) & (3)
+Added: Amount and Nature of Beneficial
+Added: Ownership (1), (2) & (3)
+Added: of Class (1), (2) & (3)
Matthew Atkinson
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Title of Class
−Removed: Amount and Nature
−Removed: of Beneficial Ownership (1),
+Added: Amount and Nature of Beneficial
+Added: Ownership (1), (2) & (3)
Percent of Class (1), (2) &
−Removed: Matthew Atkinson
Jeffrey Pearl
All Officers and Directors as a Group
+Added: Company’s principal executive office address on the cover page.
(1) The number and percentage of shares beneficially
−Removed: owned is determined under rules of the SEC and the information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other
−Removed: Under such rules, beneficial ownership includes any shares as to which the individual has sole or shared voting power
−Removed: or investment power and also any shares, which the individual has the right to acquire within 60 days through the exercise of any
−Removed: stock option or other right.
−Removed: The persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of
−Removed: common stock shown as beneficially owned by them, subject to community property laws where applicable and the information contained
−Removed: in the footnotes to this table.
−Removed: (2) Based on 40,692,286 issued and outstanding
−Removed: shares of common stock, together with 3,400,000 vested options, for a total of 44,092,286 issued (or issuable with respect to
−Removed: such options) and outstanding shares of common stock, as of the date of this Annual Report.
−Removed: SEC Rule 13d-3 generally provides
−Removed: that beneficial owners of securities include any person who, directly or indirectly, has or shares voting power and/or investment
−Removed: power with respect to such securities, and any person who has the right to acquire beneficial ownership of such security within
−Removed: sixty (60) days.
−Removed: Any securities not outstanding which are subject to such options, warrants or conversion privileges exercisable
−Removed: within sixty (60) days are treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of outstanding securities owned
−Removed: by that person.
−Removed: Such securities are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of the class owned
−Removed: by any other person.
−Removed: Joshua Ploude and Vyacheslav Yanson
−Removed: acquired an aggregate of 7,000,000 shares of our common stock, 6,300,000 and 700,000 shares, respectively, under the Apeiron Systems
−Removed: Merger Agreement outlined in our 8-K Current Report dated December 31, 2018, and filed with the SEC on December 31, 2018.
−Removed: these shares are subject to the Shareholder Voting Agreement and the Lock-Up/Leak-Out Agreement described in this Item below.
−Removed: Under the Shareholder Voting Agreement, Messrs.
−Removed: Ploude and Yanson have granted Mr.
−Removed: McEwen an irrevocable proxy to vote all shares
−Removed: owned by them for a period of two (2) years, among other terms and conditions;
−Removed: accordingly, Mr.
−Removed: McEwen is deemed to be the beneficial
−Removed: owner of approximately 22,000,000 shares of our outstanding 44,092,286 shares of common stock, which includes the 3,400,000 vested
−Removed: options referenced above.
−Removed: The beneficial ownership of Mr.
−Removed: McEwen in the “Beneficial Owners”
−Removed: table includes 13,500,000
−Removed: shares directly owned;
−Removed: 1,500,000 shares underlying personally owned vested options, all of which vested options can be exercised
−Removed: within sixty (60) days of the filing of this Annual Report;
−Removed: and the 7,000,000 shares of Messrs.
−Removed: Ploude and Yanson.
−Removed: Apeiron Systems Shareholder Voting Agreement
−Removed: Apeiron Systems Merger
−Removed: Shareholder Voting Agreement
−Removed: The closing of the KonaTel Nevada Merger was
−Removed: subject, among other conditions, to the execution and delivery of a Shareholder Voting Agreement between the Company and Messrs.
−Removed: Ploude and Yanson, whereby Mr.
−Removed: McEwen was granted an irrevocable proxy to vote the respective shares of our common stock owned
−Removed: or acquired by each of the foregoing, together with various additional rights, including a right of veto on certain corporate
−Removed: actions, for a period of two (2) years, including corporate action regarding the following matters:
−Removed: (i) an increase in the compensation
−Removed: of any employee of the Company by more than $20,000 in any one calendar year and for these purposes, the term compensation included
−Removed: any form of remuneration or monetary benefit;
−Removed: (ii) the issuance of stock, the creation of a new class of stock, the grant of options
−Removed: or warrants, modification of any shareholder, option holder or warrant holder’s rights, grants, conversion rights or the
−Removed: taking of any other action that directly or indirectly diluted the outstanding securities of the Company, (iii) the issuance of
−Removed: debt in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate in any one (1) calendar year;
−Removed: (iv) the approval of a plan of merger, reorganization
−Removed: or conversion;
−Removed: (v) the sale, transfer or other conveyance of assets of the Company having an aggregate value in excess of $100,000
−Removed: in any one (1) calendar year, other than in the ordinary course of the business;
−Removed: (vi) the entry into a contract or other transaction
−Removed: having a total aggregate contractual liability for the Company in excess of $100,000 in any one (1) calendar year;
−Removed: (vii) any change
−Removed: in the Bylaws of the Company modifying these requirements (all of which are included in our Amended and Restated Bylaws incorporated
−Removed: herein by reference as an Exhibit [see Part IV, Item 15, Exhibit 3(ii)]);
−Removed: and (viii) that Mr.
−Removed: McEwen be named as a “nominee”
−Removed: to the Board of Directors of the Company at any special or annual meeting of the Company’s shareholders to elect members
−Removed: to the Board of Directors and to vote all proxies provided to management in connection with any such meeting for Mr.
−Removed: one of the “nominees”
−Removed: to our Board of Directors, so long as Mr.
−Removed: McEwen owns 5% or more of the outstanding shares of
−Removed: our common stock, among other provisions.
−Removed: The irrevocable proxy granted in the Shareholder Voting Agreement shall not prohibit
−Removed: any person whose shares are subject to the grant from depositing such person’s shares of common stock for public sale with
−Removed: a broker-dealer and allowing such broker-dealer to transfer such shares into “street name”
−Removed: for deposit with the Depository
−Removed: Trust Company;
−Removed: provided, however, so long as such person’s shares have not been publicly sold, they shall remain subject
−Removed: to the terms and provisions of the Shareholder Voting Agreement regardless of any such transfer without legend during the term
−Removed: of the Shareholder Voting Agreement.
−Removed: The Shareholder Voting Agreement also provides, however, that if Mr.
−Removed: McEwen has been removed
−Removed: as a director for cause by our shareholders and such removal has been confirmed by a Delaware court of competent jurisdiction
−Removed: under Delaware law, this “nominee”
−Removed: provision shall not be enforceable by Mr.
−Removed: McEwen and shall be void.
−Removed: Lock-Up/Leak-Out Agreement
−Removed: Apeiron Systems Merger
−Removed: Lock-Up/Leak-Out Agreement
−Removed: Subject to compliance with all of the applicable
−Removed: provisions of SEC Rule 144 as now in effect or hereafter amended, including SEC interpretations thereof, or another available exemption
−Removed: from the registration provisions of the Securities Act, or an effective S-1 registration statement filed with the SEC under the
−Removed: Securities Act, which is accompanied by a “current”
−Removed: resale prospectus that includes the shares of common stock that
−Removed: are sought to be publicly sold by a shareholder subject to the Lock-Up/Leak-Out Agreement through a registered broker-dealer (respectively,
−Removed: a “Registration Statement,”
−Removed: the “Shareholder”
−Removed: and the “Shareholder Broker”), the Shareholder
−Removed: may only sell shares of common stock of the Company commencing on the later of six (6) months from December 31, 2018, which was
−Removed: the effective date of the Apeiron Systems Merger (the “Lock-Up Period”);
−Removed: provided, however, the Lock-Out Period shall
−Removed: not cover any common Stock owned by the Shareholder that is included in a Registration Statement, though the provisions of the
−Removed: Leak-Out Period (as defined below) shall continue to be applicable to the Shareholder and the common stock.
−Removed: The Lock-Up Period
−Removed: Following the Lock-Up Period, the Shareholder may sell the Common Stock as follows (the “Leak-Out Period”):
−Removed: one (1) week, no more than the greater
−Removed: of (5%) of the total shares of the Company publicly traded on any nationally recognized medium of a stature no less than
−Removed: the OTC Pink Tier over the previous ten (10) trading days;
−Removed: one percent of the
−Removed: total outstanding shares of the Company as reported in the Company’s most recently filed SEC report or registration
−Removed: statement in the Edgar Archives of the SEC, divided by thirteen (13) weeks, which number may be updated from time to time,
−Removed: based upon the number of shares reflected as being outstanding in the Company’s SEC filings, on a non-cumulative basis,
−Removed: meaning that if the amount of shares allowed to be sold under this subparagraph are not sold in any specific week, that the
−Removed: unsold amount cannot be accumulated and sold in any subsequent week or weeks with the sale of other shares that are allowed
−Removed: to be sold in a specific week and that all of such sales be shall made at the “ask”
−Removed: price and not at the “bid”
−Removed: price for the Company’s shares in any applicable public market for such shares.
−Removed: Any sales made by “affiliates”
−Removed: of the Company during the Leak-Out Period are also subject to the standard volume limitations applicable to any “affiliate”
−Removed: of the Company under SEC Rule 144.
−Removed: except as otherwise
−Removed: provided, all shares of common stock shall be sold by a covered shareholder in “broker’s transactions”
−Removed: in compliance with the “manner of sale”
−Removed: requirements as those terms are defined in Rule 144 of the SEC during
−Removed: the Leak-Out Period.
−Removed: an appropriate legend indicating that the Lock-Up/Leak-Out Agreement is in effect shall be imprinted on each stock certificate representing shares of common stock covered thereby, and the transfer records of the Company’s transfer agent shall reflect such resale restrictions.
+Added: owned is determined under rules of the SEC and the information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose.
+Added: Under such rules, beneficial ownership includes any shares as to which the individual has sole or shared voting power or investment power
+Added: and also any shares, which the individual has the right to acquire within 60 days through the exercise of any stock option or other right.
+Added: The persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially
+Added: owned by them, subject to community property laws where applicable and the information contained in the footnotes to this table.
+Added: (2) Based on 40,692,286 issued and outstanding shares
+Added: of common stock, together with 2,725,000 vested options, for a total of 43,417,286 issued (or issuable with respect to such options) and
+Added: outstanding shares of common stock, as of the date of this Annual Report.
+Added: SEC Rule 13d-3 generally provides that beneficial owners of
+Added: securities include any person who, directly or indirectly, has or shares voting power and/or investment power with respect to such securities,
+Added: and any person who has the right to acquire beneficial ownership of such security within sixty (60) days.
+Added: Any securities not outstanding
+Added: which are subject to such options, warrants or conversion privileges exercisable within sixty (60) days are treated as outstanding for
+Added: the purpose of computing the percentage of outstanding securities owned by that person.
+Added: Such securities are not treated as outstanding
+Added: for the purpose of computing the percentage of the class owned by any other person.
+Added: Joshua Ploude acquired 6,300,000 shares
+Added: of our common stock under the Apeiron Systems Merger Agreement outlined in our 8-K Current Report dated December 31, 2018, and filed with
+Added: the SEC on December 31, 2018.
+Added: See the heading “Apeiron Systems Merger Current Reports” in Part IV, Item 15 hereof.
+Added: The beneficial
+Added: ownership of Mr.
+Added: McEwen in the “Beneficial Owners” table includes 15,500,000 shares directly owned;
+Added: and 1,500,000 shares underlying
+Added: personally owned vested options, all of which vested options can be exercised within sixty (60) days of the filing of this Annual Report;
+Added: and 250,000 options granted to Messrs.
+Added: Atkinson and Savage.
Changes in Control
−Removed: There are no additional present arrangements
−Removed: or pledges of our securities which may result in a change in control of the Company.
−Removed: However, provisions in our Amended
−Removed: and Restated Bylaws could delay, defer or prevent a change in control for a period of two (2) years.
−Removed: See the heading “Shareholder
−Removed: Voting Agreement”
+Added: There are no additional present arrangements or pledges
+Added: of our securities which may result in a change in control of the Company.
+Added: However, provisions in our Amended and Restated Bylaws
+Added: could delay, defer or prevent a change in control for a period of two (2) years.
+Added: See the heading “Shareholder Voting Agreement”
of this Item above.
−Removed: CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS
−Removed: AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
+Added: CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND
+Added: RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Transactions with Related Persons
−Removed: Transactions with JBS Holdings Inc.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2016, amounts payable to
−Removed: JBS Holdings Inc.
−Removed: amounted to $15,892.
−Removed: This amount was part of the liabilities assumed when an entity was acquired in 2014.
−Removed: A significant
−Removed: employee partly owns JBS Holding, Inc.
−Removed: This was fully paid as of September 2017.
Transactions with Shareholders
−Removed: As of December 31, 2017, amounts due from advances
−Removed: to shareholders were $214,127.
−Removed: During 2017, the Company’s shareholders, Sean McEwen, Matthew Atkinson, and Mark Savage advanced
−Removed: $191,500, $15,063, and $7,564, respectively.
−Removed: The amount advanced was used for working capital purposes and bears no interest and
−Removed: does not have a maturity date.
−Removed: On July 25, 2015, we issued 50,000 shares of
−Removed: our common stock to Daniel Ryweck for his service on our Board of Directors and for a general release.
+Added: During 2019, Apeiron System’s CEO Josh Ploude
+Added: advanced $200,000 to the Company.
+Added: This amount was fully repaid as of October 2020.
+Added: During 2017, the Company’s shareholders, D.
+Added: Sean McEwen, Matthew Atkinson, and Mark Savage advanced $191,500, $15,063, and $7,564, respectively.
+Added: The amounts advanced were used for
+Added: working capital purposes and did not bear any interest and had no maturity date.
+Added: All advances were fully repaid as of December 31, 2019.
+Added: On July 25, 2015, we issued 50,000 shares of our common
+Added: stock to Daniel Ryweck for his service on our Board of Directors and for a general release.
Transactions with CFO Strategies LLC
−Removed: Riffle, CFO of the Company, is the Managing Partner of
−Removed: CFO Strategies, LLC.
+Added: Riffle, CFO of the Company, is the Managing Partner of CFO Strategies,
Payments of $28,548 were made to CFO Strategies LLC as compensation for the CFO services of Mr.
Promoters and Certain Control Persons
−Removed: See the heading “Transactions with Related Persons”
−Removed: of this Item above, and Part III, Item 12 for identification of control persons.
+Added: See the heading “Transactions with Related Persons” of this
+Added: Item above, and Part III, Item 12 hereof for identification of control persons.
Parents of the Smaller Reporting Company
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For purposes of determining director independence,
−Removed: we have applied the definitions set out in NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4200(a)(15), which states that “Independent director”
−Removed: means “a person other than an executive officer or employee of the company or any other individual having a relationship
−Removed: which, in the opinion of the issuer’s board of directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying
−Removed: out the responsibilities of a director.”
−Removed: None of the following named directors come within any of the exceptions to
−Removed: this definition regarding:
−Removed: being or having been an executive officer;
+Added: we have applied the definitions set out in NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4200(a)(15), which states that “Independent director” means
+Added: “a person other than an executive officer or employee of the company or any other individual having a relationship which, in the
+Added: opinion of the issuer’s board of directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities
+Added: of a director.” None of the following named directors come within any of the exceptions to this definition regarding:
+Added: or having been an executive officer;
having an employee-employer relationship with us;
−Removed: received compensation from us in an amount in excess of $100,000;
−Removed: and having certain relationships with us, in the case of membership
−Removed: of a director on an audit committee, including applicable family relationships.
+Added: having received compensation from us in an amount
+Added: in excess of $100,000;
+Added: and having certain relationships with us, in the case of membership of a director on an audit committee, including
+Added: applicable family relationships.
Accordingly, Messrs.
−Removed: Robert Beaty and Jeffrey
−Removed: Pearl, two (2) of our current directors, are independent directors.
+Added: Robert Beaty and Jeffrey Pearl, two (2) of our current directors, are independent
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PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
−Removed: The following is a summary of the fees billed
−Removed: to us by our principal accountants during the years ended December 31, 2019, and 2018, respectively:
+Added: The following is a summary of the fees billed to us
+Added: by our principal accountants, Haynie & Company, CPAs during the years ended December 31, 2020, and 2019, respectively:
Audit-related Fees
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Audit Fees - Consists of fees for professional
−Removed: services rendered by our principal accountants for the audit of our annual financial statements and review of the financial statements
−Removed: included in our Forms 10-Q or services that are normally provided by our principal accountants in connection with statutory and
−Removed: regulatory filings or engagements.
−Removed: Audit-related Fees - Consists of fees
−Removed: for assurance and related services by our principal accountants that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or
−Removed: review of our financial statements and are not reported under “Audit fees.”
+Added: services rendered by our principal accountants for the audit of our annual financial statements for our 10-K Annual Reports and review
+Added: of the financial statements included in our 10-Q Quarterly Reports or services that are normally provided by our principal accountants
+Added: in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.
+Added: Audit-related Fees - Consists of fees for assurance
+Added: and related services by our principal accountants that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial
+Added: statements and are not reported under “Audit fees.”
Tax Fees - Consists of fees for professional
services rendered by our principal accountants for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.
−Removed: All Other Fees - Consists of fees for
−Removed: products and services provided by our principal accountants, other than the services reported under “Audit Fees,”
−Removed: “Audit-related
−Removed: and “Tax Fees”
−Removed: Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of
−Removed: Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Auditors
+Added: All Other Fees - Consists of fees for products
+Added: and services provided by our principal accountants, other than the services reported under “Audit Fees,” “Audit-related
+Added: Fees,” and “Tax Fees” above.
+Added: Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit
+Added: and Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Auditors
We have not adopted an Audit Committee;
there is no Audit Committee policy in this regard.
−Removed: However, we do require approval in advance of the performance of professional
−Removed: services to be provided to us by our principal accountant.
−Removed: Additionally, all services rendered by our principal accountant are
−Removed: performed pursuant to a written engagement letter between us and the principal accountant.
−Removed: EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
+Added: However, we do require approval in advance of the performance of professional services
+Added: to be provided to us by our principal accountant.
+Added: Additionally, all services rendered by our principal accountant are performed pursuant
+Added: to a written engagement letter between us and the principal accountant.
+Added: FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
Financial Statements.
−Removed: See the audited
−Removed: financial statements of the Company contained in Part II, Item 8 above, of this Annual Report, which are incorporated herein by
−Removed: this reference.
+Added: See the audited financial
+Added: statements of the Company contained in Part II, Item 8 above, of this Annual Report, which are incorporated herein by this reference.
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−Removed: The following exhibits are filed as part of
−Removed: this Annual Report:
+Added: The following exhibits are filed as part of this Annual
(a) Exhibits.
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Exhibits incorporated by reference:
−Removed: IM Telecom Press Release Current Report
−Removed: 8-K Current Report dated February 19, 2019 and filed with the SEC on February 19, 2019 .
−Removed: Apeiron Systems Merger Current Report
+Added: Apeiron Systems Merger Current Reports
8-K Current Report dated January 31, 2019, and filed with the SEC on January 31, 2019 (Press Release)
20 unchanged sentences
8-KA-1 Current Report of the February 7, 2018, and filed with the SEC on January 14, 2019 .
+Added: 8-K Current Report dated February 19, 2019 and filed with the SEC on February 19, 2019 .
+Added: Press Release
8-K Current Report dated September 4, 2019, filed with the SEC on September 6, 2019 .
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FORM 10-K SUMMARY
−Removed: Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13
−Removed: or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
−Removed: thereunto duly authorized.
+Added: Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d)
+Added: of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
+Added: duly authorized.
KonaTel, Inc.
+Added: April 6, 2021
Chairman, President and CEO
+Added: April 6, 2021
Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
−Removed: Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities
−Removed: and on the dates indicated.
+Added: Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
+Added: Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates
+Added: April 6, 2021
Chairman, President, CEO and a Director
+Added: April 6, 2021
Chief Financial Officer
+Added: April 6, 2021
/s/ Robert Beaty
−Removed: /s/ Jeffrey Pearl
−Removed: Jeffrey Pearl
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