Mitesco, Inc. 10-K

ITEM 1. BUSINESS Company Overview Mitesco, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) was formed in the state of Delaware on January 18, 2012. On December 9, 2015, we restructured our operations and acquired Newco4pharmacy, LLC, a development stage company which sought to acquire compounding pharmacy businesses. As a part of the restructuring, we shut down our former business line. On April 24, 2020, we changed our name to Mitesco, Inc. In October 2023, the Company changed its domicile from Delaware to Nevada in order to effect reduced costs. From 2020 through 2022, our operations were focused on establishing medical clinics utilizing nurse practitioners under The Good Clinic name and development and acquisition of telemedicine technology. We opened our first The Good Clinic in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the first quarter of 2021 and had six operating clinics during the year ended December 31, 2022, with two additional sites under contract. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, we made the strategic decision to close the entire clinic operation and release our staff due to a lack of profitability. The majority of the holders of Series D and F Preferred stock, notes payable and accounts payable discussed herein, were investors, lenders and vendors to the Company during the operation of the clinic business and have now received either restricted common stock, or the Series A Preferred shares in consideration of the cancelation of, or in exchange for, the previous obligations. The financial results and obligations are now accounted for as “discontinued operations”. For details see “Debt Restructuring” herein. Current Business Operations We are a holding company seeking to provide products, services and technology. In June 2024 we announced the formation of two (2) new wholly owned business units, Centcore, LLC (“Centcore”) that is providing data center services including cloud computing and application hosting, and Vero Technology Ventures, LLC (“VTV”), whose aim is to seek investment and acquisition opportunities, generally in the areas of cloud computing and data center related applications. Centcore has two (2) areas of focus. The first, generic data center services, is aimed at hosting applications for a specific user, sometimes referred to as “managed services offerings” or MSO, where the client moves the software licensed from various vendors, or internally developed, into our data center where we maintain the computing, communications and backup environment. The second focus involves hosting application software developed by software vendors, from which they will sell the use of the software by their end user clients on a “cloud” basis. By taking this approach, we gain the business of the vendor, and their clients, perhaps allowing us to grow at a faster rate with lower cost of sales. We have developed the “Centcore Partner Program” where we will help promote the software vendors who are hosting in our data centers. If we are successful helping the vendor grow his business, we will have provided a “value added service”, and benefit from increased utilization of our computing resources by not only the vendor, but also his new end user clients. Our initial focus for this area is on software providers who serve the “infrastructure” market doing design, engineering, construction and maintenance of significant assets. We desire to create “life cycle” relationships as the design, construction and operational life of these systems includes document management and performance modeling over years, often from 5 to 20 years. We have retained proven professionals in the data center, cyber security and infrastructure services areas to support our needs on a per hour basis, which we believe will allow us to control our costs relative to business activity, without significant staffing internally. We have also formed an “Advisory Board” where individuals with experience in business areas where we have interest have agreed to assist us, receiving a nominal issuance of restricted common stock, in consideration of their advice. VTV is currently involved with the formation of a new software development project aimed at applying artificial intelligence (A.I.) to the sales process for various businesses including residential real estate. There are several other projects in evaluation, generally aimed at software that would operate on a cloud computing platform such as that which the Company has in its Centcore Data Center. The VTV arm is actively reviewing potential early-stage cloud computing solution vendors and is developing its own A.I. based application set. It is currently in development of a new sales automation tool set deemed the ‘Robo Agent’ application. This software is intended to utilize A.I. to promote more efficient sales and marketing within certain direct to consumer (D2C) markets, and with highly targeted market research. It expected early versions of this software to be available for evaluation in mid FY2025. There are several other projects in evaluation, generally aimed at software that would operate on a cloud computing platform such as that which the Company has in its Centcore Data Center. These may include joint venture or acquisition-oriented transactions, as well as internally developed software. 7 Table of Contents Advisory Board The Board of Directors has authorized the creation of a new Advisory Board whose participants shall include subject matter experts in certain business areas under consideration by the Company. These positions are “non-executive” and as such are not governed by Section 16 of the Securities Act. The compensation for the participants shall be $60,000 per year, paid through the issuance of restricted common stock. The per share valuation to be used shall be determined by the Board of Directors based on the market of the Company’s common stock at the time of the appointment. For all appointments in FY2024 the valuation used was $.80 per share, resulting in the issuance of 75,000 shares of restricted common stock to each participant. The members of the advisory board do not have the authority to vote on matters brought to the board of directors and may only attend a meeting of the board of directors if they are invited. Also, the members of the advisory board are not bound by fiduciary duties and are not entitled to indemnification. Competition We are in the early stage of developing our data center business, and while we believe there is a very large, and growing market for our offerings, there are also many competitors with significant experience and client base, of varying size. We believe our technology and services approach will be able to compete with other technology and services providers. We face competition primarily from: ● In-house IT departments of our customers and potential customers provide services for their respective organizations but typically need help scaling large technology environments and maximizing the value from their cloud investments, especially when speed, cost and innovation are key constraints. ● Traditional global IT systems integrators, such as Accenture, Atos, Capgemini, Cognizant, Deloitte, DXC Technology and IBM, offer consulting and outsourcing, in a labor-intensive model, for large enterprise customers. Many of these businesses largely support legacy technologies and, where cloud capabilities exist, legacy revenue streams disincentivize these companies from fully embracing cloud technologies. ● Cloud service providers and digital systems integrators provide either consultation and implementation services for digital workflows or cloud services for a single cloud vendor. The solutions offered by these companies are often narrow in scope and are not well-suited for companies with complex hybrid, multi-cloud objectives. ● Regional and national managed services providers use a local go-to-market approach, and provide cloud services such as AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). ● Colocation providers, such as Equinix, CyrusOne and QTS, provide secure environments for hardware and access to network connectivity. We believe that these companies provide limited services differentiation, and their customers do not benefit from the economics of cloud-based technologies. We believe the principal competitive factors in our market include, but are not limited to: ● Focus on the cloud ● Technology and services expertise ● Customer experience ● Speed of innovation ● Strength of relationships with technology partners ● Automation and scalability ● Standardized operational processes ● Geographic reach ● Brand recognition and reputation ● Price We aspire to compare favorably on the basis of the factors listed above. However, many of our competitors have: substantially greater financial, technical and marketing resources; relationships with large vendor partners; larger global presence; larger customer bases; longer operating histories; greater brand recognition; and more established relationships in the industry than we do. Furthermore, new entrants not currently considered to be competitors may enter the market through acquisitions, partnerships or strategic relationships. We cannot be assured that we will be able to compete in any of the markets in which we intend to operate. This could cause you to lose your investment. 8 Table of Contents Our Competitive Strengths We believe the following strengths and market dynamics provide us with a competitive advantage. As additional capital is available to the Company, we will pursue the acquisition of existing healthcare services and technology business, and we may consider opening new clinics using our revised and less capital-intensive approach going forward: ● Experienced team - with a proven track record of growing businesses both organically and through acquisition. ● Public company experience – solid knowledge of the equity markets and participants in the financing of public companies. ● Compliance experience – extensive securities law experience and in SEC reporting. ● Knowledge of audit and accounting requirements – any acquisition into a publicly held company must be able to be fully audited according to PCOAB standards. ● We have an Advisory Board which includes participants with significant experience and who are compensated through the issuance of restricted stock so as to align their interests with those of the shareholders. Management/Human Capital As of the date of this Annual Report, we have no full-time employees, rather our needs are being met from the efforts of our directors and a number of individuals under consulting or advisory agreements including accounting, SEC reporting, legal, sales, systems operation and software development. We do not now, or expect in the near term, to provide any benefits to our employees, advisors or consultants. We have historically provided incentive stock options and other equity incentives to officers, directors and key employees to provide ownership and alignment of interests with our shareholders, however in January 2024, the Board of Directors terminated the Mitesco Omnibus Securities and Incentive Plan so currently it has no active stock incentive plans. During FY2024 the Company compensated members of its Board of Directors and its Advisory Board with restricted stock issuances and expects to continue that practice going forward based on performance. We believe that the Company’s management team will remain relatively small in the near term and should consist of a team with experience in 1) public company accounting and finance, 2) software and systems, 3) brand marketing, and 4) public equities financing. As of December 31, 2024, none of our employees were represented by a union or covered by a collective bargaining agreement. We have not experienced any work stoppages, and we consider our relationship with our employees to be good. Government Regulation We are subject to a wide range of laws, regulations, and legal requirements in the U.S., including those that may apply to our products and online services offerings, and those that impose requirements related to user privacy, data storage and protection, cybersecurity, and as the role of regulation evolves, AI. For information about governmental regulations applicable to our business, refer to Risk Factors included elsewhere in this filing. If there are changes in laws, regulations, or administrative or judicial interpretations, we may have to change our future business practices, or our business practices could be challenged as unlawful, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. See the description below for certain of the laws, regulations, or administrative or judicial interpretations that we are currently subject to and the “Risk Factors” section. Recent Developments FY2024 Debt Restructuring From FY2021 until late FY2022 the Company invested in an operating subsidiary, The Good Clinic, which was developing a series of primary care healthcare facilities. In late FY2022, as a result of a lack of adequate revenues and limited funding, it ceased operations. As of June 30, 2024, the Company had over $30 million in senior securities, notes and accounts payable related to that discontinued operation. In order to clear those obligations management began a restructuring which involved negotiations to reduce the overall debt, converting the obligations of certain accredited institutional investors into a newly created Series A Amortizing Preferred stock (“Series A Preferred”), and others into restricted common stock using a price per share of $4.00. As of the date of this filing it has converted over $25 million of its obligations, representing over $20 million of its senior securities, and over $2 million of notes and accounts payable, into 2,712,302 of restricted Common Stock, and 538,879 shares of Series A Preferred stock. The Series A Preferred stock is held by six (6) accredited institutional investors, while over 40 holders of obligations of the Company elected to receive common stock using the $4 per share valuation. Additionally, effective December 31, 2024, the Company has entered into Obligation Exchange Agreements pursuant to which it has converted $580,132, including $32,132 of principal and interest, of its 2024 Bridge Notes into Series A Preferred shares, which resulted in the issuance of 23,206 shares of Series A Preferred shares to three (3) of its institutional investors. This extinguishes $580,132 of its short-term debt. As of the date of this filing all FY2024 bridge notes have been extinguished. 9 Table of Contents As part of the restructuring, the Company agreed to register shares of Common Stock issued and to be issued to Series A Preferred Stockholders. Discontinued Operations and the 2023 Clinic Related Debt Exchange Agreement On December 8, 2023, effective November 30, 2023, the Company sold the remaining assets of The Good Clinic, LLC to Leading Primary Care LLC, a company organized by Michael C. Howe, the former CEO of The Good Clinic, LLC for total consideration of approximately $2.5 million. Consideration consisted of cancelling existing notes payable and accrued interest owed to Mr. Howe in the amount of approximately $2.5 million. The Company recognized a contribution to capital on this transaction in the amount of approximately $2.5 million as Mr. Howe is a related party. On December 8, 2023, Mr. Howe also exchanged (i) 500,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock with a stated value of approximately $0.5 million and accrued dividends of approximately $67,000, and (ii) approximately $25,000 (investment incentive of 65% applied only to the accrued salary portion of $38,000), for 655 shares of the Company’s Series F Preferred Stock with a liquidation value of approximately $0.6 million. Other than the conversion of incentive of approximately $25,000, there was no gain or loss recorded on this transaction. Smaller Reporting Company We are subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Exchange Act, and subject to the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K of the SEC, as a “smaller reporting company.” That designation will relieve us of some of the informational requirements of Regulation S-K. Sarbanes-Oxley Act Except for the limitations excluded by the JOBS Act discussed under the preceding heading “Smaller Reporting Company,” we are also subject to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures, and internal control, over financial reporting. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act created a strong and independent accounting oversight board to oversee the conduct of auditors of public companies and strengthen auditor independence. It also requires steps to enhance the direct responsibility of senior members of management for financial reporting and for the quality of financial disclosures made by public companies; establishes clear statutory rules to limit, and to expose to public view, possible conflicts of interest affecting securities analysts; creates guidelines for audit committee members’ appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of public companies’ auditors; management assessment of our internal controls; prohibits certain insiders from trading during pension fund blackout periods; requires companies and auditors to evaluate internal controls and procedures; and establishes a federal crime of securities fraud, among other provisions. In addition, we will be required to comply with the requirements of the Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act when we cease to be an emerging growth company. We expect to incur significant expenses and devote substantial management effort toward ensuring compliance with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Exchange Act Reporting Requirements Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act requires all companies with securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, like we are, to comply with the rules and regulations of the SEC regarding proxy solicitations, as outlined in Regulation 14A. Matters submitted to shareholders at a special or annual meeting thereof or pursuant to a written consent will require us to provide our shareholders with the information outlined in Schedules 14A (where proxies are solicited) or 14C (where consents in writing to the action have already been received or anticipated to be received) of Regulation 14, as applicable; and preliminary copies of this information must be submitted to the SEC at least 10 days prior to the date that definitive copies of this information are forwarded to our shareholders. We are also required to file annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q with the SEC on a regular basis, and will be required to timely disclose certain material events (e.g., changes in corporate control; acquisitions or dispositions of a significant amount of assets other than in the ordinary course of business; and bankruptcy) in a Current Report on Form 8-K. Other Corporate Information Our website is www.mitescoinc.com and our principal executive offices is located at 505 Beachland Blvd, Vero Beach, Florida 32963. Our telephone number is (844) 383 8689. We make available free of charge on our website our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file or furnish such materials to the SEC. Our website (www.mitescoinc.com) and the information contained therein or connected thereto are not intended to be incorporated into this Form 10-K. Our filings are also available through the SEC website www.sec.gov. 10 Table of Contents