Metavesco, Inc. 10-K

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures Zindel Zelmanovitch, our Chief Executive Officer (who is also our Chief Financial Officer), is also our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer. Mr. Zelmanovitch evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2021. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on its evaluation, management concluded as of June 30, 2021 that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective because of material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, described below in Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Notwithstanding the identified material weaknesses, management believes the financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K fairly represent in all material respects our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows at and for the periods presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Mr. Zelmanovitch, as our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act. An evaluation was performed of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The evaluation was based on the framework in 2013 Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Based on our evaluation under the criteria set forth in 2013 Internal Control — Integrated Framework, our management concluded that, as of June 30, 2021, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective because of the identification of material weaknesses described as follows: ● We did not have controls designed to validate the completeness and accuracy of underlying data used in the determination of accounting transactions. As a result, errors were identified in the underlying data used to support accounting transactions. Accordingly, we believe we have a material weakness because there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement to the interim or annual financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. ● We do not have written documentation of our internal control policies and procedures. Written documentation of key internal controls over financial reporting is a requirement of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act which is applicable to us. Management evaluated the impact of our failure to have written documentation of our internal controls and procedures on our assessment of our disclosure controls and procedures and has concluded that the control deficiency that resulted represented a material weakness. 35 ● We do not have sufficient segregation of duties within accounting functions, which is a basic internal control. Due to our size and nature, segregation of all conflicting duties may not always be possible and may not be economically feasible. However, to the extent possible, the initiation of transactions, the custody of assets and the recording of transactions should be performed by separate individuals. Management evaluated the impact of our failure to have segregation of duties on our assessment of our disclosure controls and procedures and has concluded that the control deficiency that resulted represented a material weakness. ● We have an inadequate number of personnel with requisite expertise in the key functional areas of finance and accounting. ● We do not have a functioning audit committee or outside directors on our board of directors, resulting in ineffective oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures. Remediation Plan for Material Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting Management of the Company is committed to improving its internal controls and subject to sufficient financial resources being available will (i) continue to use third party specialists to address shortfalls in staffing and to assist the Company with accounting and finance responsibilities; (ii) increase the frequency of independent reconciliations of significant accounts which will mitigate the lack of segregation of duties until there is sufficient personnel; and, (iii) may consider appointing outside directors and audit committee members in the future. Management has discussed the material weaknesses noted above with our independent registered public accounting firm. Due to the nature of these material weaknesses, it is reasonably possible that misstatements that could be material to the annual or interim financial statements could occur that would not be prevented or detected during our financial close and reporting process. This annual report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the SEC that permit us to provide only management’s report in this annual report. Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting There have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act or in other factors that materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal controls and procedures over financial reporting during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION None. 36 PART III ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Information Regarding Our Board of Directors Pursuant to our bylaws, the number of directors is fixed and may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of our Board of Directors (the “Board”). The Company currently has one individual serving on the Board. The Company will seek to fill vacancies on the Board as it executes on its business plan and is able to fund the cost of errors and omissions insurance coverage for the Board. Information with respect to our current directors is shown below. Name Age Director Since Position(s) Held Zindel Zelmanovitch 74 2017 Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, Secretary, Chief Financial Officer Set forth below is a brief description of the background and business experience of our executive officers and directors for the past five years. Zindel Zelmanovitch. Mr. Zelmanovitch has been Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Secretary, and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since September, 2017. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of East Coast Capital Holdings (a diversified private investment fund) since 2002, previously serving as the President and a Director of East Coast Capital Holdings (including its predecessor) since 1986. From 1982 through October 2000 Mr. Zelmanovitch was President and a director and stockholder of Freshstart Venture Capital Corp., a public company which was licensed as an SBA SBIC, which was listed on NASDAQ. Mr. Zelmanovitch guided Freshstart through its initial public offering; the company was eventually sold to Medallion Financial Corp. Mr. Zelmanovitch received an M.B.A. degree from C.W. Post Center of Long Island University in 1979. Family Relationships Zindel Zelmanovitch is the father of Yitzhak Zelmanovitch, who is the manager of Roran. Information Regarding Our Executive Officers Zindel Zelmanovitch is our sole executive officer. Since Mr. Zelmanovitch also serves as our sole director, his executive officer’s biography is set forth under “Information Regarding the Board of Directors”, above. Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings To the best of our knowledge, none of our directors or executive officers has, during the past ten years: ● been convicted in a criminal proceeding or been subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses); ● had any bankruptcy petition filed by or against the business or property of the person, or of any partnership, corporation or business association of which he was a general partner or executive officer, either at the time of the bankruptcy filing or within two years prior to that time; ● been subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction or federal or state authority, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting, his involvement in any type of business, securities, futures, commodities, investment, banking, savings and loan, or insurance activities, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity; 37 ● been found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated; ● been the subject of, or a party to, any federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated (not including any settlement of a civil proceeding among private litigants), relating to an alleged violation of any federal or state securities or commodities law or regulation, any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order, or any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or ● been the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member. Except as set forth in our discussion below in “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions,” none of our directors or executive officers has been involved in any transactions with us or any of our directors, executive officers, affiliates or associates which are required to be disclosed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Commission. Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our directors and executive officers and persons who own more than 10% of our common stock to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. Officers, directors and greater than ten percent shareholders are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. Based solely upon our review of the Forms 3, 4 and 5 filed during fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, we believe that as of June 30, 2021 our executive officers, directors and greater than 10 percent beneficial owners have complied on a timely basis with all Section 16(a) filing requirements. Corporate Governance Board Committees and Charters Audit Committee We do not currently have a separately constituted audit committee. We will consider forming an Audit Committee in fiscal 2022 and if appropriate will commence a search for new qualified board members, one of whom will meet the definition of an “audit committee financial expert”. The board of directors will also consider adopting a written audit committee charter. Compensation Committee We do not currently have a separately constituted compensation committee. Our board of directors has not yet determined whether to create a compensation committee. Nominating Committee We do not currently have a separately constituted nominating committee. Our board of directors has not yet determined whether to create a nominating committee. 38 Code of Business Conduct We have not yet adopted a Code of Business Conduct, which would apply to our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, or to all directors and employees. Our board of directors plans to adopt a Code of Business Conduct as soon as practicable. Board Diversity While we do not have a formal policy on diversity, our board of directors considers diversity to include the skill set, background, reputation, type and length of business experience of our board of directors members, as well as, a particular nominee’s contributions to that mix. Our board of directors believes that diversity brings a variety of ideas, judgments, and considerations that can benefit our shareholders and us. Stockholder Communications We do not have a formal policy regarding communications with our board of directors, or for the consideration of director candidates recommended by shareholders. To date, no shareholders have made any such recommendations. ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION There was no executive compensation for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Outstanding Equity Awards At Fiscal Year-End As of June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, there were no outstanding equity awards. At this time, we have no plans to adopt any equity award program, though that could change in the future. Director Compensation For the years ended June 30, 2021, and 2020, there was no director compensation. At this time we have no plans to compensate our directors, though that could change in the future. Executive Employment Agreements and Change-in-Control Arrangements We have not entered into employment agreements or change-in-control arrangements with any of our executive officers. Each of our executive officers is an at-will employee, and their employment relationship with us may be terminated at any time. Mr. Zelmanovitch has agreed to work with no remuneration until such time as the Company receives sufficient revenues necessary to provide management salaries. At this time, we cannot accurately estimate when sufficient revenues will occur to implement this compensation, or what the amount of the compensation will be. There are no annuity, pension or retirement benefits proposed to be paid to officers, directors or employees in the event of retirement at normal retirement date pursuant to any presently existing plan provided or contributed to by the Company or any of its subsidiaries if any. 39 ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS The following table provides information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of August 31, 2021, which is also referred to herein as the “Evaluation Date”, by: (i) each person or group who is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our common stock; (ii) each of our current directors; (iii) each of our named executive officers as set forth in Item 11 of this Annual Report; and, (iv) all such directors and executive officers as a group. The table is based upon information supplied by our officers, directors and principal shareholders and a review of Schedules 13D and 13G, if any, filed with the SEC. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to the table and subject to community property laws where applicable, we believe that each of the shareholders named in the table has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares indicated as beneficially owned. Applicable percentages are based on 6,082,214 shares outstanding as of the Evaluation Date, adjusted as required by rules promulgated by the SEC. These rules generally attribute beneficial ownership of securities to persons who possess sole or shared voting power or investment power with respect to those securities. In addition, the rules include shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to the exercise of stock options or warrants that are either immediately exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of the Evaluation Date. These shares are deemed to be outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding those options for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person, but they are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Name and Address of Beneficial Owner Shares Beneficially Owned Percentage of Total Voting Power Directors and Named Executive Officers: None -0- % All executive officers and directors as a group (persons) None -0- % 5% Shareholders Roran Capital LLC 140 West 31 st Street New York, NY 10001 4,247,666 70 % Michael L. Field 1340 N. Great Neck Road 1272-384 Virginia Beach, VA 23454 337,610 5.5 % ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE Certain Relationships and Related Transactions Our sole executive officer and sole director is the father of Yitzhak Zelmanovitch, who is the manager of Roran. The Company’s outstanding judgment payable owed to the SBA was purchased by Roran from the SBA in July 2017. As such, all amounts due under the outstanding judgment payable were owed to Roran rather than the SBA. Waterside satisfied the judgment in full on May 16, 2019 as Roran agreed to forgive the judgment. On September 19, 2017, the Company issued a Convertible Promissory Note in an amount up to $150,000 in favor of Roran which was increased to $200,000 on June 17, 2019 and $250,000 on December 13, 2019 (the “ Note ”). The Note was issued pursuant to a Convertible Loan Agreement with Roran (the “ Loan Agreement ”). All outstanding principal and accrued interest on the Note is due and payable on the maturity date, which was March 19, 2019 and then extended to September 19, 2019 and then June 19, 2020 and a further extension is being negotiated. Amounts borrowed under the Note bear interest at 12% per annum. Roran has the right to convert all or any portion of the Note into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price equal to 60% of the share price. On June 8, 2020, Roran Capital converted $124,500 principal amount of its promissory note with Waterside Capital Corporation (the “Company”) and $25,500 of accrued and unpaid interest thereon, totaling $150,000, into 4,166,666 shares of Company Common Stock at the stated conversion price per share of $0.036. The remaining balance due on the promissory note, as of the conversion date, was $104,838 in principal and $19,988 in interest, and the Company has not yet amended its Loan Agreement and Promissory Note with Roran Capital to extend the maturity date, which expired on June 19, 2020. Director Independence We are not currently subject to listing requirements of any national securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system which has requirements that a majority of the board of directors be “independent” and, as a result, we are not at this time required to have our Board of Directors comprised of a majority of “independent directors”. 40 ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES The following table provides information regarding the fees billed to us by Haskell & White LLP in the years ended June 30, 2021, and 2020. All fees described below were approved by the Board: For the years ended June 30 2021 2020 Audit Fees (1) $ 24,000 $ 24,000 Audit Related Fees (2) - - Tax Fees (3) - - All Other Fees (4) - - Total Fees: $ 24,000 $ 24,000 (1) Audit Fees include fees for services rendered for the audit of our financial statements, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. (2) Audit Related Fess consists of assurance and related services by the independent registered public accounting firm that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported above under “Audit Fees.” The services for the fees disclosed under this category include consultation regarding our correspondence with the SEC and other accounting consulting. (3) Tax Fees consists of professional services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm for tax compliance and tax advice. The services for the fees disclosed under this category include tax return preparation and technical tax advice. (4) All Other Fees consists of fees for other miscellaneous items. Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures The policy of our Board is to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by our independent auditors. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services, and other services. Pre-approval is generally provided for up to one year and any pre-approval is detailed as to the particular service or category of services. The independent auditor and management are required to periodically report to the Board regarding the extent of services provided by the independent auditor in accordance with this pre-approval. Any proposed services not included within the list of pre-approved services or any proposed services that will cause the Company to exceed the pre-approved aggregate amount requires specific pre-approval by the Board. 41 PART IV ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES (a) (1) The Company’s financial statements and related notes thereto are listed and included in this Annual Report (Item 8). (2) Schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto. (3) The following exhibits are filed as part of this Annual Report pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K: Exhibit Number Description 3.1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to Financial Statements and Exhibits on Form N-5/A as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, 1999. 3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to Financial Statements and Exhibits on Form N-5/A as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, 1999. 10.1 The Registrant’s License From the Small Business Administration, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 8 to Financial Statements and Exhibits on Form N-5/A as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, 1999. 10.2 Convertible Loan Agreement dated September 19, 2017 between the Registrant and Roran Capital LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 10-Q as filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2018. 10.3 Convertible Promissory Note dated September 19, 2017 issued by the Registrant in favor of Roran Capital LLC in an amount up to $150,000, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 10-Q as filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2018. 10.4 Form of First Amendment to Loan Agreement** 10.5 Form of First Amendment to Note** 31.1 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(*). 31.2 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(*). 32.1 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002(*). 32.2 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002(*). 99.1 Final order Approving and Confirming The Receiver’s Final Report, Terminating The Receivership And Discharging The Receiver, as filed in the United States District Court for The Eastern District of Virginia Norfolk Division on 06-28-2017, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commissions on April 12, 2018. 101.INS Inline XBRL Instance Document 101.SCH Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document 101.CAL Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document 101.DEF Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document 101.LAB Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document 101.PRE Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) (*) Filed herewith. (**) Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 21, 2019. + Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the Interactive Data Files on Exhibit 101 hereto shall not be deemed “filed” or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Section 11 or 12 of the Securities Act, Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing or document. 42 SIGNATURES In accordance with the requirements of Section 13 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, thereunto duly authorized. Date: September 1, 2021 WATERSIDE CAPITAL CORPORATION By: /s/ Zindel Zelmanovitch Name: ZINDEL ZELMANOVITCH Title: Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report is signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. NAME TITLE DATE /s/ Zindel Zelmanovitch Chairman of the Board; September 1, 2021 Chief Executive Officer; Chief Financial Officer 43