MDWerks, Inc. 10-K

ITEM 1. BUSINESS Business Overview MDwerks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“MDwerks”, the “Company, “we”, “us” or “our”) is a public shell company seeking to create value for its shareholders by merging with another entity with experienced management and opportunities for growth in return for shares of our common stock. As of December 31, 2022, we had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022, relates to our focus on effecting a “reverse merger,” capital exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more unrelated businesses (the “Business Combination”) that would benefit from our public reporting status. In addition, we completed a change of control transaction on July 21, 2022 (the “Change of Control”) as discussed below. See Item 1. Business – Recent Developments - Change of Control. In furtherance of our plans to consummate a Business Combination, on January 19, 2023 we entered into an Exchange Agreement to acquire RF Specialties LLC (“RFS”) and on February 13, 2023, we entered into a Merger Agreement to acquire Two Trees Beverage Co. (“Two Trees”) discussed below (collectively, the “Planned Acquisitions”). See Item 1. Business – Recent Developments – RF Specialties, Inc. and Item 1. Business – Recent Developments –Two Trees. RFS is engaged in the business of developing sustainable radio frequency (RF) applications, and for over 12 years, has addressed the challenges faced by companies by implementing automated radio frequency technology. RFS has developed a system and method for the rapid aging of distilled spirits with RF energy that reduces energy and production costs thus increasing the speed to market for distilled beverages when compared to traditional technologies. ● Two Trees is engaged in the business of producing aged alcoholic beverages by using a proprietary, scalable, and sustainable rapid-aging system. ● We expect to complete the Planned Acquisitions once all closing conditions discussed below have been met. All activity through the date of this report relates to preserving cash, making settlements with creditors, attempting to raise capital, and continuing the Company’s public reporting and efforts to complete the Change of Control and Planned Acquisitions. History of the Company We were organized and incorporated in the State of Delaware on July 22, 2003 under the name Western Exploration, Inc. as a resource exploration stage company. In November 2005, we ceased operations as a resource exploration company due to inadequate financing. On November 16, 2005, Western Exploration, Inc. engaged in a merger with MDwerks Global Holdings, Inc. and MDwerks Acquisition Corp., a Florida corporation (‘‘Acquisition Corp.’’), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Western Exploration, Inc., with MDwerks Global Holdings, Inc. surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Western Exploration, Inc. Upon the closing of the Merger, we changed our corporate name from ‘‘Western Exploration, Inc.’’ to ‘‘MDwerks, Inc.’’ and succeeded to the business of MDwerks Global Holdings, Inc. as our sole line of business under the direction of MDwerks Global Holdings, Inc.’s management. On February 12, 2010, MDwerks, Inc. ceased all operations. On or about June 23, 2021, we began the process of seeking to create value for our shareholders by merging with another entity with experienced management and opportunities for growth in return for shares of our common stock and on June 23, 2021 we filed a Registration Statement on Form 10 with the SEC to register our common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Additional information on our historical business has been disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2021 (incorporated by reference to the Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2022 (File No. 000-56299)). Recent Developments Change of Control On July 21, 2022, the Company in connection with the change of control and composition of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with (i) Tradition Reserve I LLC, a New York limited liability company (“Buyer”); and (ii) Ronin Equity Partners, Inc., a Texas corporation (“Seller”). 4 Pursuant to the SPA, the Seller sold to the Buyer, on July 21, 2022 (the “Closing Date”) free and clear of all liens, 10,000,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 (“Preferred Stock”) of the Company, held by the Seller (the “Shares”), representing 100% of the Company’s authorized and issued Preferred Stock, as of the Closing Date. In exchange for the sale of the Shares to Buyer, Buyer paid the Seller a total purchase price of $520,000 (the “Purchase Price”). Further, at the closing of the transactions contemplated within the SPA (which include, but are not limited to, the purchases and sales of the Shares described above) (the “Closing”), the parties agreed that as of the Closing: a) The Forgiven Debt (as defined hereinafter) was forgiven, as well as the Asia Note (as defined hereinafter), and any other loan agreements between the Company and Asia Pacific Partners, Inc. (“APP”), a Florida corporation. The Parties acknowledge and agreed that the Company was indebted to APP, an affiliate of the Seller, in the amount of approximately $239,444, comprised of (i) the principal amount and accrued interest pursuant to a convertible promissory note dated July 18, 2014 in the amount of $210,000 as originally issued by the Company to Azure Associates, Inc. and purchased by APP on July 28th, 2020 (the “Asia Note”), and (ii) various cash advances for a total of $29,444 as advanced by APP to the Company for working capital (the “Asia Cash Advances” and, together with any and all amounts that may have been due and payable pursuant to the Asia Note, the “Forgiven Debt”); b) The Company’s Board of Directors was required to undertake such actions as required to: (i) Expand the Company Board to be a number of persons as determined by Buyer, and to name such persons as selected by Buyer as directors on the Company Board; (ii) Name such persons as selected by Buyer as officers of the Company, to the positions as determined by Buyer; and (iii) Following (i) and (ii), all of the directors and officers of the Company, other than those named in or pursuant to (i) and (ii) shall resign from all such positions with the Company. The Closing was subject to certain customary closing conditions, including, but not limited to, the accuracy of the representations and warranties made by the parties, all necessary consents having been obtained to effect the transactions, and the receipt of any necessary government approvals in order to effect the transactions contemplated in the SPA. Prior to the Closing of the SPA, voting control of the Company was held by the Seller, of which Jacob D. Cohen was the primary shareholder, and held voting and dispositive control over the Shares. On the Closing Date, Buyer purchased the Shares, which both pre- and post-conversion represented approximately 98.23% of the Company’s outstanding voting securities as of the date of the Current Report, resulting in a change in control of the Company. The Company had previously designated the Preferred Stock so that each share would hold with it conversion rights of one hundred (100) shares of common stock for every share of Preferred stock held, and that each share of Preferred stock will also hold with it the same number of common share votes prior to conversion as it would if fully converted to be used in voting on any company matter requiring a vote of shareholders. At the Closing Date, there were 18,010,208 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. Kerry Cassidy is the majority membership unit holder and Managing Member of the Buyer, and therefore is deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the Company’s Shares held by the Buyer. As a result of the Closing, the Company was no longer a company controlled by the Seller. Prior to the Closing, the Company was a shell company, and following the Closing, the Company continues to be a shell company. There has been no change in the Company’s shell company status or the Company’s operations as a result of the Closing. Planned Acquisitions RF Specialties, Inc. On January 19, 2023, we entered into an Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) by and between the Company, RFS and Keith A. Mort as the sole member of RFS. Pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement, the Company agreed to acquire from Mr. Mort, and Mr. Mort agreed to sell to the Company, 100% of the equity interests and membership interests of RFS, in exchange for the issuance by the Company to Mr. Mort of 7,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Exchange”). Immediately following the Exchange, RFS will be a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. 5 The shares received by Mr. Mort in the Exchange (the “Exchange Shares”) will be subject to a 24-month lock-up; provided, however, that (i) one-third of the Exchange Shares will be released from the lock-up restrictions on the 12-month anniversary of the closing of the Exchange, and (ii) one-third of the Exchange Shares will be released from the lock-up restrictions on the 18-month anniversary of the closing of the Exchange. The remaining one-third of the Exchange Shares will be released from the lock-up restrictions on the 24-month anniversary of the closing of the Exchange. The parties have made customary representations, warranties and covenants in the Exchange Agreement. In addition to certain customary closing conditions, the obligations of the Company to consummate the closing of the Exchange are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Company), at or before the closing date, of certain conditions, including that (i) RFS will have provided to the Company audited financial statements for RFS for each of the two most recently ended fiscal years and unaudited financial statements for any other required interim periods (the “Financial Statements Closing Condition”), and (ii) the Company will have completed its due diligence review and examination of RFS to its satisfaction in its sole discretion (the “Due Diligence Closing Condition”). The Exchange Agreement may be terminated on or prior to the closing date of the Exchange: (a) By the mutual written consent of all the parties to the Exchange Agreement. (b) By the Company (i) if the closing conditions applicable to all parties and applicable to the Company as set forth in the Exchange Agreement, including the Financial Statements Closing Condition and the Due Diligence Closing Condition, have not been satisfied or waived by the Company, which waiver the Company may give or withhold in its sole discretion, by May 31, 2023 (the “Termination Date”); provided, however, that the Company may not terminate the Exchange Agreement if the reason for the failure of any such condition to occur was the breach of the terms of the Exchange Agreement by the Company; or (ii) if there has been a material violation, breach or inaccuracy of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of RFS or Mr. Mort as set forth in the Exchange Agreement; (c) By RFS and Mr. Mort acting together (i) if the closing conditions applicable to all parties and applicable to RFS and Mr. Mort have not been satisfied or waived by RFS and Mr. Mort, which waiver RFS and Mr. Mort may give or withhold in their sole discretion, by the Termination Date; provided, however, that RFS and Mr. Mort may not terminate the Exchange Agreement if the reason for the failure of any such condition to occur was the breach of the terms of the Exchange Agreement by any of RFS or Mr. Mort; or (ii) if there has been a material violation, breach or inaccuracy of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of the Company as set forth in the Exchange Agreement; (d) By any party to the Exchange Agreement, if a court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental authority shall have issued an order or taken any other action permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement and such order or action shall have become final and nonappealable; or (e) By the Company, if the Company, in its sole discretion, at any time prior to the closing of the Exchange determines that its due diligence review of RFS is not satisfactory to the Company. Two Trees On February 13, 2023, we entered into a Merger Agreement (the “Merger Agreement”), by and between the Company, MD-TT Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”) and Two Trees Beverage Co. (“Two Trees”). The Company, Merger Sub and Two Trees may be referred to herein collectively as the “Parties” and separately as a “Party.” The Merger Agreement provides that, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, the Parties wish to effect a business combination through a merger of Merger Sub with and into Two Trees (the “Merger”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, with Two Trees continuing as the surviving corporation (“Surviving Corporation”). As a result of the Merger, the certificate of incorporation of Two Trees as in effect immediately prior to the closing date will be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, and the bylaws of Two Trees as in effect immediately prior to the closing date will be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the closing of the Merger, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Company Board”) will be expanded and a number of persons as named by Two Trees will be named to the Company Board such that such persons comprise a majority of the Company Board, and the Company Board as such newly constituted will name or replace any officers of the Company as it may determine. In addition, at the closing of the Merger, the directors and officers of Two Trees as in place immediately prior to the closing will remain in place as the directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation. 6 The Board of Directors of Merger Sub and the Company Board unanimously approved the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, and the Company as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub approved the Merger Agreement and the Merger. In consideration of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, each of the holders of Two Trees stock, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Merger Agreement, shall have the right to convert all of the shares of Two Trees stock into a total of 60,000,000 shares of Company common stock, which shall be apportioned between the Two Trees stockholders, pro rata, based on the number of shares of Two Trees stock held by each of the Two Trees stockholders as of the closing of the Merger (the “Merger Consideration”). Under the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, each of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Two Trees, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Merger Agreement, shall be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock. At the effective time of the Merger, shares of Two Tree’s common stock generally will be treated in the following manner: ● (1) Any shares of Two Trees common stock held as treasury stock or held or owned by Two Trees or Merger Sub immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger will be canceled and retired and will cease to exist, and no consideration will be delivered in exchange therefor; and (2) each share of Two Trees common stock outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, excluding shares to be canceled pursuant to (1) herein and excluding shares of Two Trees common stock who have exercised and perfected appraisal rights for such shares in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law, will be automatically converted solely into the right to receive a number of shares of Company common stock equal to those set forth in the Merger Consideration. ● No fractional shares of Company common stock will be issued in connection with the Merger and any fractional share otherwise issuable to any Two Trees stockholder will be rounded up to the next whole share. ● Each share of common stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger will be converted into and exchanged for one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Surviving Corporation. Each stock certificate of Merger Sub evidencing ownership of any such shares will, as of the effective time of the Merger, evidence shares of common stock of the Surviving Corporation. According to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Company common stock issued at the closing of the Merger will be subject to a lock-up, pursuant to which the Two Trees stockholders receiving shares of the Company’s common stock will not transfer or dispose of the shares except according to the following schedule: (1) one-third of the shares will be released from the restriction on the nine-month anniversary of the effective date of the Merger; (2) one-third of the shares will be released from the restrictions on the 18-month anniversary of the effective date of the Merger; and (3) the remaining one-third of the shares will be released from the restrictions on the 36-month anniversary of the effective date of the Merger. At the effective time of the Merger, Two Trees’ stock options (the “Two Trees Options”) generally will be treated in the following manner: ● Two Trees option holders will exchange all of their Two Trees Options for options to acquire shares of Company common stock (the “MDwerks Options”). ● The MDwerks Options will provide for substantially the same terms as the Two Trees Options, other than (1) they will be fully vested at issuance, and will increase the number of shares of Company common stock underlying the MDwerks Options from the number of shares of Two Trees common stock underlying the Two Trees Options, and (2) will retain the same exercise price per share of Company common stock underlying the MDwerks Options as the exercise price per share of Two Trees common stock underlying the Two Trees Options, in each case as necessary to provide for the same spread value for each applicable option holder. Consummation of the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions, including: (1) approval of the Merger Agreement by the Two Trees stockholders; (2) the absence of any law or order by a governmental authority of the United States or certain non-United States jurisdictions that has the effect of rendering illegal or prohibiting consummation of the Merger, or causing the Merger to be rescinded following the completion thereof. In addition, consummation of the Merger by the Company and Merger Sub are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions, including that (i) the Company will have completed its due diligence review of Two Trees to its satisfaction in its sole discretion; and (ii) Two Trees will have provided to the Company audited financial statements for Two Trees and related auditor reports thereon, as provided in the Merger Agreement. 7 Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Two Trees agreed that at the closing of the Merger, Joe Ragazzo, Two Trees’ Chief Executive Officer, will shall enter into an indemnification agreement, pursuant to which Mr. Ragazzo will agree to indemnify the Company for certain breaches of the representations and warranties of Two Trees. The Merger Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants made by each of the Company, Merger Sub and Two Trees, including, among others, covenants by Two Trees regarding the conduct of its business prior to the closing of the Merger. Either the Company or Two Trees may terminate the Merger Agreement prior to the closing date if, among certain other circumstances, certain conditions of the closing have not been satisfied. The Merger Agreement may be terminated by the Company if, among other things, (1) the Two Trees stockholders vote against the adoption of the Merger Agreement; (2) any Action is brought by a third-party non-Affiliate to enjoin or otherwise restrict the consummation of the closing; or (3) within five business days after receipt by the opposing Party of written notice thereof that the other Party is not reasonably capable of curing a material breach of the Merger Agreement prior to the termination date thereof. The Parties intend, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, that the Merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and that the Merger Agreement was adopted as a plan of reorganization within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-2(g). Amendment No. 1 to Two Trees Merger Agreement On February 16, 2023, the Company, Merger Sub and Two Trees entered into Amendment No. 1 to Merger Agreement (“Amendment No. 1”). Pursuant to the terms of Amendment No. 1, the Merger Agreement was amended to reflect Two Trees’ authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock as of the effective date of the Merger Agreement, which capital stock consisted of 15,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which 9,999,604.69 shares were issued and outstanding as of the effective date of the Merger Agreement, and 3,529,500 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which 2,045,672.16 shares were issued and outstanding as of the effective date of the Merger Agreement. In addition, pursuant to the terms of Amendment No. 1, the Merger Agreement was amended to replace Mr. Ragazzo with James Cassidy, Two Trees’ Chairman of the Board as the party to indemnify the Company for certain breaches of the representations and warranties of Two Trees. Patent and Trademarks We do not currently own any domestic or foreign patents relating to our proposed products. Employees As of December 31, 2022, the Company had two employees. We consider our relations with our employees to be good.