−Removed: Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
−Removed: Market Information
−Removed: Our common stock was quoted through the
−Removed: facilities of the OTC Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”) from April 1, 2009 until July 6, 2009 under the symbol “LDMI.OB”.
−Removed: On July 6, 2009, quotation of our shares of common stock on the OTCBB ceased due to our failure to comply with Rule 15c2-11 of
−Removed: the Exchange Act.
−Removed: On February 25, 2010 our shares were again cleared for quotation on the OTCBB under the symbol “LDMI.OB.”
−Removed: On November 23, 2011, in connection with our name change to Stevia First Corp., our symbol changed “STVF”.
−Removed: no shares of our common stock traded on the OTCBB or any other over-the-counter market prior to March 5, 2012.
−Removed: Our common stock
−Removed: is currently quoted on the OTC Market Group QB tier, or OTCQB, under the symbol “STVF.”
−Removed: There is no established public
−Removed: trading market for our common stock.
−Removed: The liquidity of our shares on the OTCQB market is extremely limited, and prices quoted may
−Removed: not be a reliable indication of the value of our common stock.
−Removed: The following table sets forth the range
−Removed: of reported high and low closing bid quotations for our common stock for the fiscal quarters indicated as reported by the OTCBB
−Removed: or the OTCQB, as applicable.
−Removed: First Quarter ended June 30, 2010*
−Removed: Second Quarter ended September 30, 2010*
−Removed: Third Quarter ended December 31, 2010*
−Removed: Fourth Quarter ended March 31, 2011*
−Removed: First Quarter ended June 30, 2011*
−Removed: Second Quarter ended September 30, 2011*
−Removed: Third Quarter ended December 31, 2011*
−Removed: Fourth Quarter ended March 31, 2012#
−Removed: First Quarter ended June 30, 2012
−Removed: # There was no market for our common stock during portions of
−Removed: * There was no market for our common stock during this period.
−Removed: Holders of Common Stock
−Removed: As of May 29, 2012, there were 8,351 holders
+Added: Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
+Added: common stock has been quoted through various over-the-counter quotation systems at various times since 2009.
+Added: Our common stock currently
+Added: trades on the OTC Markets under the symbol “RNGE.”
+Added: following table sets forth the range of reported high and low closing bid quotations for our common stock for the fiscal quarters indicated
+Added: as reported by OTC Markets Group.
+Added: Common stock price reflects inter-dealer quotations, does not include retail markups, markdowns or
+Added: commissions and does not necessarily represent actual transactions.
+Added: Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
+Added: First Quarter ended March 31, 2022
+Added: Second Quarter ended June 30, 2022
+Added: Third Quarter ended September 30, 2022
+Added: Fourth Quarter ended December 31, 2022
+Added: Year Ended December 31, 2023
+Added: Quarter ended March 31, 2023
+Added: Quarter ended June 30, 2023
+Added: Quarter ended September 30, 2023
+Added: Quarter ended December 31, 2023
+Added: transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Securities Transfer Corporation, 2901 North Dallas Parkway, Suite 380, Plano, Texas
+Added: of Common Stock
+Added: of March 28 , 2024, there were 70 holders
of record of our common stock.
−Removed: We have never declared or paid any cash
−Removed: dividends or distributions on our capital stock.
−Removed: We currently intend to retain our future earnings, if any, to support operations
−Removed: and to finance expansion and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.
−Removed: Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation
−Removed: On February 3, 2012, our Board of Directors
−Removed: approved and adopted the Stevia First Corp.
−Removed: 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”), and a majority of stockholders
−Removed: of the Company executed a written consent approving and adopting the 2012 Plan.
−Removed: Under the 2012 Plan, we are authorized to issue
−Removed: up to 5,000,000 shares of our common stock in stock incentive awards to employees, directors and consultants.
−Removed: Except as listed in the table below, as
−Removed: of March 31, 2012, we do not have any equity based plans, including individual compensation arrangements that have not been approved
−Removed: by our stockholders.
−Removed: The following table provides information as of March 31, 2012 with respect to our equity compensation plans:
+Added: have never declared or paid any cash dividends or distributions on our common stock.
+Added: We currently intend to retain our future earnings,
+Added: if any, to support operations and to finance expansion, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the
+Added: foreseeable future.
+Added: Compensation Plan Information
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2023, we issued options to purchase 2,050,000 shares of the Company’s common stock under the Range
+Added: 2021 Stock Incentive Plan.
+Added: Except as listed in the table below, as of December 31, 2023, we do not have any equity-based
+Added: plans, including individual compensation arrangements, which have not been approved by our stockholders.
+Added: following table provides information as of December 31, 2023 with respect to our equity compensation plans:
+Added: Compensation Plan Information
Plan Category
−Removed: Number of securities
−Removed: to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights
−Removed: Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights
−Removed: Number of securities
−Removed: remaining available for
−Removed: future issuance under
−Removed: equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a))
+Added: securities to be
+Added: options, warrants
+Added: average exercise
+Added: available for
+Added: future issuance
+Added: plans (excluding
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
−Removed: Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
−Removed: As of March 31, 2012, 2,900,000 shares of our common stock remained available for future issuance pursuant to the 2102 Plan.
Selected Financial Data
−Removed: Not applicable.
−Removed: Management’s Discussion
−Removed: and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
−Removed: This Annual Report contains forward-looking
−Removed: statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
−Removed: Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements concerning property acquisitions and dispositions, development
−Removed: activity and capital expenditures, capital raising activities, rent growth, occupancy, and rental expense growth.
−Removed: Words such as
−Removed: “expects,”
−Removed: “anticipates,”
−Removed: “intends,”
−Removed: “plans,”
−Removed: “likely,”
−Removed: “will,”
−Removed: “believes,”
−Removed: “seeks,”
−Removed: “estimates,”
−Removed: and variations of such words and similar expressions are
−Removed: intended to identify such forward-looking statements.
−Removed: Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
−Removed: factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the results of operations
−Removed: or plans expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
−Removed: Actual results may differ substantially from those referred to
−Removed: herein due to a number of factors, including but not limited to risks described under the heading “Risk Factors”
−Removed: elsewhere in this Annual Report.
−Removed: Although we believe that the assumptions
−Removed: underlying the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate, and therefore
−Removed: such statements included in this Annual Report may not prove to be accurate.
−Removed: In light of the significant uncertainties inherent
−Removed: in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation
−Removed: by us or any other person that the results or conditions described in such statements or our objectives and plans will be achieved.
−Removed: Forward-looking statements and such risks,
−Removed: uncertainties and other factors speak only as of the date of this Report, and we expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking
−Removed: to update or revise any forward-looking statement contained herein, to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto,
−Removed: or any other change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except to the extent otherwise
−Removed: required by law.
−Removed: The following discussion should be read
−Removed: in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere herein and is based primarily on the consolidated
−Removed: financial statements and the accompanying notes for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2012.
−Removed: Company Overview
−Removed: We were incorporated in the State of Nevada
−Removed: on June 29, 2007 and commenced operations as a development stage exploration company.
−Removed: On October 10, 2011, we completed a merger
−Removed: with our wholly-owned subsidiary, Stevia First Corp., whereby we changed our name from “Legend Mining Inc.”
−Removed: to “Stevia
−Removed: First Corp.”
−Removed: As a result of our management change, the addition of key personnel, and the lease of property for laboratory
−Removed: and office space and agricultural land in California, we are pursuing our new business as an agricultural biotechnology company
−Removed: engaged in the cultivation and harvest of stevia leaf and the development of stevia products.
−Removed: We are in the early stages of establishing
−Removed: a vertically-integrated enterprise that controls the process of stevia extract production using biotechnological methods including
−Removed: fermentation, or uses traditional farming, cultivation, and extraction from the stevia plant, and which also develops, markets,
−Removed: and sells stevia consumer products.
−Removed: Our common stock is currently quoted on
−Removed: the OTC Market Group’s OTCQB tier under the symbol “STVF.”
−Removed: No shares of our common stock traded until March 5,
−Removed: 2012 and there is only a limited trading market for our common stock.
−Removed: Plan of Operations
−Removed: We have not yet generated or realized any
−Removed: revenues from our business operations.
−Removed: In their report on the annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012,
−Removed: our independent auditors included an explanatory paragraph regarding concerns about our ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: This means that there is substantial doubt that we can continue as an on-going business unless we obtain additional capital or
−Removed: generate sufficient cash from our operations.
−Removed: We do not expect to generate cash from our operations for the foreseeable future.
−Removed: The continuation of our business is dependent upon our ability to obtain loans or sell securities to new and existing investors.
−Removed: As described further under the heading “Liquidity
−Removed: and Capital Resources”
−Removed: below, (i) on January 31, 2012, we issued a $250,000 convertible debenture to an investor in a private
−Removed: placement (the “January Private Placement”) and (ii) on February 7, 2012, we entered into a subscription agreement
−Removed: (the “February Subscription Agreement”) with one investor, pursuant to which such investor irrevocably agreed to pay
−Removed: us $1,250,000 over a 12 month period beginning on March 1, 2012, in consideration for our issuance of 625,000 shares of common
−Removed: stock and convertible debentures with an aggregate principal amount of $625,000.
−Removed: On May 22, 2012, we received advance payment from
−Removed: the investor for all remaining tranches under the February Subscription Agreement and issued the remaining shares of common stock
−Removed: and convertible debentures thereunder.
−Removed: Our current strategy is to build a vertically
−Removed: integrated stevia enterprise in North America through our internal research and development, cultivation of stevia in California’s
−Removed: Central Valley, product development activities combined with acquiring rights to additional intellectual property and land suitable
−Removed: for stevia production, and forming alliances with leading California growers, current manufacturers and distributors of high-grade
−Removed: but low-cost stevia extracts with superior taste profiles.
−Removed: We are focused on the production of stevia extract through use of fermentation
−Removed: technologies, the production of stevia extract through California stevia leaf production, the development of consumer stevia products
−Removed: such as a tabletop sweetener, and more broadly at building a vertically-integrated stevia enterprise in the United States.
−Removed: We have begun development of a stevia consumer
−Removed: product utilizing stevia extract purchased from other suppliers until we are able to produce our own stevia extract.
−Removed: related to stevia product development include the formulation and testing of a stevia tabletop sweetener.
−Removed: We plan to initiate consumer
−Removed: product testing in the first half of 2013.
−Removed: Assuming favorable results from our consumer product testing efforts, we would expect
−Removed: to release our planned tabletop sweetener product in 2013 and generate revenues from this proposed product as soon as the second
−Removed: half of 2013.
−Removed: We expect additional expenses related to this development work to be approximately $30,000, costs for initial manufacturing
−Removed: runs and distribution of the product to be approximately $20,000, and that each of these activities would be funded internally.
−Removed: Our present operations primarily consist
−Removed: of research and development related to stevia extract production through use of biotechnology or fermentation, including the directed
−Removed: conversion of steviol, undesirable steviol glycosides, or low-cost substrates to high-value and desirable steviol glycosides such
−Removed: as Rebaudioside A (“Reb A”) that are sweet and normally present within the stevia leaf.
−Removed: Operations related to production
−Removed: of stevia extract through fermentation include microbial strain development and characterization work.
−Removed: Prior to the launch of California-produced
−Removed: stevia extract, we will need to achieve certain operational milestones, including but not limited to further microbial strain development,
−Removed: fermentation process development and optimization, work which we currently estimate to cost $250,000.
−Removed: Assuming our research and
−Removed: development efforts are successful, we would seek manufacturing capacity with contract manufacturers and regulatory approvals for
−Removed: products developed using these methods, which we currently estimate would cost $750,000.
−Removed: Assuming our research and development
−Removed: and regulatory approval efforts are successful, we expect the first revenues on sales of products resulting from use of our biotechnological
−Removed: or fermentation work could occur in 2014.
−Removed: However, we will require additional investment obtained through additional funding from
−Removed: our stockholders and other qualified investors in order to complete these milestones, and for initial commercialization as described
−Removed: will also require the availability of contract manufacturing capacity on desirable terms from outside companies.
−Removed: We may be unsuccessful
−Removed: in our development and commercialization of stevia extracts using biotechnology or fermentation methods, and may never commercialize
−Removed: any related product, generate revenue, or become profitable.
−Removed: To a lesser extent, our present operations
−Removed: also consist of pursuing traditional industry means of stevia extract production, including stevia crop cultivation, harvest, and
−Removed: extraction of steviol glycosides from the stevia leaf., Operations related to production of stevia extract through traditional
−Removed: means include establishing stevia field trial production outputs, and development and scale-up of stevia leaf extraction and processing
−Removed: methods, work which we currently estimate will cost $250,000 and which we expect to complete in the second half of 2013.
−Removed: research and development is successful, and we still plan to pursue traditional industry means of stevia extract production, we
−Removed: would seek to expand stevia leaf production through contract stevia growers, seek contract processing capacity with operators of
−Removed: extraction facilities, and obtain any necessary regulatory approvals for these stevia extracts and processing facilities, work
−Removed: which we currently estimate to cost $250,000.
−Removed: If these efforts prove successful, we expect the first revenues on sales of California
−Removed: stevia extract could occur in 2014.
−Removed: However, we will require additional investment obtained through additional funding from our
−Removed: stockholders and other qualified investors in order to complete these milestones, and for initial commercialization of California
−Removed: stevia extract as described will require the participation of local growers and the availability of contract extraction facilities
−Removed: on desirable terms.
−Removed: We may be unsuccessful in our development and commercialization of stevia extracts using traditional industry
−Removed: means, and may never commercialize any related product, generate revenue, or become profitable.
−Removed: Over the 12 months following the date of
−Removed: this report, we expect to continue to review potential acquisitions and alliances, and to increase the scale of research and development
−Removed: As of July 3, 2012, we had one full-time employee and three part-time employees.
−Removed: Total expenditures over the 12 months
−Removed: following March 31, 2012, are expected to be approximately $1,000,000.
−Removed: After giving effect to the funds raised in the January Private
−Removed: Placement and the February Subscription Agreement, as of July 3, 2012, we expect to have sufficient funds to operate our business
−Removed: for at least 12 months.
−Removed: However, our estimate of total expenditures could increase if we encounter unanticipated difficulties.
−Removed: In addition, our estimates of the amount of cash necessary to fund our business may prove to be wrong, and we could spend our available
−Removed: financial resources much faster than we currently expect.
−Removed: If we cannot raise the money that we need in order to continue to develop
−Removed: our business, we will be forced to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of our proposed operations.
−Removed: If any of these were
−Removed: to occur, there is a substantial risk that our business would fail.
−Removed: We expect to continue to seek funding from our stockholders
−Removed: and other qualified investors in order to pursue our business plan.
−Removed: We do not have any arrangements in place for any future financing.
−Removed: Sources of additional funds may not be available on acceptable terms or at all.
−Removed: As further discussed in “Liquidity
−Removed: and Capital Resources”
−Removed: below, we will need to raise additional funds in order to continue operating our business.
−Removed: Critical Accounting Policies
−Removed: Our financial statements and accompanying
−Removed: notes have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis.
−Removed: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S.
−Removed: generally accepted accounting principles requires management to
−Removed: make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets
−Removed: and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting
−Removed: We regularly evaluate the accounting policies
−Removed: and estimates that we use to prepare our financial statements.
−Removed: In general, management’s estimates are based on historical
−Removed: experience, on information from third party professionals, and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable
−Removed: under the facts and circumstances.
−Removed: Actual results could differ from those estimates made by management.
−Removed: We believe the following critical accounting
−Removed: policies require us to make significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: Basis of Presentation
−Removed: The financial statements of the Company
−Removed: have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America and are presented
−Removed: Development Stage Company
−Removed: We comply with our characterization of the
−Removed: Company as a development stage enterprise.
−Removed: Use of Estimates and Assumptions
−Removed: The preparation of financial statements
−Removed: in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions
−Removed: that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the
−Removed: financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period.
−Removed: Actual results could differ from those
−Removed: It is management's opinion that all adjustments
−Removed: necessary for the fair statement of the results for the interim period have been made.
−Removed: All adjustments are of normal recurring
−Removed: nature, or a description is included of the nature and amount of any adjustments other than normal recurring adjustments.
−Removed: Stock-Based Compensation
−Removed: We periodically issue stock options and
−Removed: warrants to employees and non-employees in non-capital raising transactions for services and for financing costs.
−Removed: We account for
−Removed: stock option and warrant grants issued and vesting to employees based on the authoritative guidance provided by the Financial Accounting
−Removed: Standards Board whereas the value of the award is measured on the date of grant and recognized over the vesting period.
−Removed: for stock option and warrant grants issued and vesting to non-employees in accordance with the authoritative guidance of the Financial
−Removed: Accounting Standards Board whereas the value of the stock compensation is based upon the measurement date as determined at either
−Removed: a) the date at which a performance commitment is reached, or b) at the date at which the necessary performance to earn the equity
−Removed: instruments is complete.
−Removed: Non-employee stock-based compensation charges generally are amortized over the vesting period on a straight-line
−Removed: In certain circumstances where there are no future performance requirements by the non-employee, option grants are immediately
−Removed: vested and the total stock-based compensation charge is recorded in the period of the measurement date.
−Removed: The fair value of our common stock option
−Removed: and warrant grant is estimated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, which uses certain assumptions related to risk-free
−Removed: interest rates, expected volatility, expected life of the common stock options, and future dividends.
−Removed: Compensation expense is recorded
−Removed: based upon the value derived from the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, and based on actual experience.
−Removed: The assumptions
−Removed: used in the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model could materially affect compensation expense recorded in future periods.
−Removed: Fair Value of Financial Instruments
−Removed: The carrying value of cash and accounts
−Removed: payable and accrued liabilities approximates their fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.
−Removed: Unless otherwise
−Removed: noted, it is management's opinion the Company is not exposed to significant interest, currency or credit risks arising from these
−Removed: financial instruments.
−Removed: Advertising Costs
−Removed: We expense advertising costs as incurred.
−Removed: Leasehold Impairment
−Removed: The Company reviews for impairment of leasehold
−Removed: assets subject to amortization whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not
−Removed: be recoverable.
−Removed: An impairment loss is recognized when sum of the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from
−Removed: the use of the leasehold asset and its eventual disposition is less than its carrying amount.
−Removed: The assessment is based on the carrying
−Removed: amount of the leasehold asset at the date it is tested for recoverability, whether in use or under development.
−Removed: Revenue Recognition
−Removed: We have no current source of revenue;
−Removed: we have yet adopted any policy regarding the recognition of revenue or cost.
−Removed: We follow the liability method of accounting
−Removed: for income taxes.
−Removed: Under this method, deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated tax consequences
−Removed: attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying values and their respective income tax basis (temporary differences).
−Removed: The effect on deferred income tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes
−Removed: the enactment date.
−Removed: Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share
−Removed: We compute loss per share in accordance
−Removed: with ASC 260, “Earnings per Share”
−Removed: which requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share on the
−Removed: face of the statement of operations.
−Removed: Basic loss per share is computed by dividing net loss available to common stockholders by
−Removed: the weighted average number of outstanding common shares during the period.
−Removed: Diluted loss per share gives effect to all dilutive
−Removed: potential common shares outstanding during the period.
−Removed: Dilutive loss per share excludes all potential common shares if their effect
−Removed: is anti-dilutive.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2012, we had no potential
−Removed: dilutive instruments and accordingly basic loss and diluted loss per share are equal.
−Removed: Recent Accounting Pronouncements
−Removed: Management has evaluated the recently issued
−Removed: accounting pronouncements through June 9, 2012 and has determined that their adoption will not have a material impact on the financial
−Removed: position, results of operations, or cash flows of the Company.
−Removed: Results of Operations
−Removed: Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011
−Removed: The following table sets forth our results
−Removed: of operations for the years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.
−Removed: Twelve Months Ended
−Removed: (Inception) to
−Removed: Operating Expenses:
−Removed: General and Administrative
−Removed: Leasehold Impairment Expense
−Removed: Mineral Properties
−Removed: Professional fees
−Removed: Related Party Rent
−Removed: Related Party Consulting Fee
−Removed: Loss from operations
−Removed: Other expenses
−Removed: Foreign currency translation
−Removed: Interest expense
−Removed: Loss before income taxes
−Removed: Provision for income taxes
−Removed: $ (1,321,253 )
−Removed: $ (1,431,515 )
−Removed: Loss per share - Basic and diluted
−Removed: Weighted Average Number of Common
−Removed: Shares Outstanding
−Removed: Our net loss during the fiscal year ended
−Removed: March 31, 2012 was $1,321,253 compared to a net loss of $35,275 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 (an increase in net loss
−Removed: of $1,285,978).
−Removed: During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, we did not generate any revenue.
−Removed: During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012,
−Removed: we incurred general and administrative expenses in the aggregate amount of $1,127,402 compared to $1,137 incurred during the fiscal
−Removed: year ended March 31, 2011 (an increase of $1,126,265).
−Removed: General and administrative expenses generally include corporate overhead,
−Removed: salaries and other compensation costs, financial and administrative contracted services, marketing, consulting costs and travel
−Removed: In addition, during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, we incurred related party consulting fees paid to Tao Chen,
−Removed: the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer, in the amount of $6,000 compared to $5,000 incurred during the fiscal year
−Removed: ended March 31, 2011 (an increase of $1,000).
−Removed: During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, we incurred related party rent totaling
−Removed: $8,500 compared to $0 incurred during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 (an increase of $8,500).
−Removed: Also during the fiscal year
−Removed: ended March 31, 2012, we incurred stock-based compensation totaling $979,880 compared to $0 incurred during the fiscal year ended
−Removed: March 31, 2011.
−Removed: This resulted in a loss of $1,300,430 during
−Removed: the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 compared to a loss from operations of $31,719 during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.
−Removed: During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012,
−Removed: we recorded total other expenses consisting of interest expense and foreign currency translation in the amount of $18,300 and $2,523,
−Removed: respectively, compared to total other expenses consisting of interest expense and foreign currency translation recorded during
−Removed: the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 in the amount of $3,556 and $0, respectively.
−Removed: This resulted in a net loss of $1,321,253 during
−Removed: the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 compared to a net loss of $35,275 during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.
−Removed: The increase in net loss during the fiscal
−Removed: year ended March 31, 2012 compared to the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 is attributable primarily to higher general and administrative
−Removed: expenses incurred in the transition of our business from one with nominal operations to an agricultural biotechnology company engaged
−Removed: in the cultivation and harvest of stevia leaf and the development of stevia products, including expenses related to consulting
−Removed: and professional fees as we underwent a change of control and management as well as a name change and forward stock split.
−Removed: we instituted a stock incentive plan and granted options to employees and consultants, which has resulted in stock-based compensation
−Removed: The Company had no revenues during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012.
−Removed: Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: Our financial statements have been prepared
−Removed: assuming that we will continue as a going concern and, accordingly, do not include adjustments relating to the recoverability and
−Removed: realization of assets and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue in operation.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2012, we had total current
−Removed: assets of $534,906.
−Removed: Our total current assets as of March 31, 2012 were comprised of cash in the amount of $532,206, a security
−Removed: deposit of $1,500 and, prepaid expenses in the amount of $1,200.
−Removed: Our total current liabilities as of March 31, 2012 were $306,613
−Removed: represented primarily by accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $79,762, accounts payable to related party of $10,921, notes
−Removed: payable of $196,800, and accrued interest of $19,130.
−Removed: As a result, on March 31, 2012, we had a working capital of $228,293.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2012 our long term liabilities
−Removed: were $277,524, which consisted of convertible notes payable in the amount of $450,000, net of a discount of $172,476
−Removed: Recent Financings
−Removed: On January 31, 2012, we issued a $250,000
−Removed: convertible debenture to a single investor in the January Private Placement.
−Removed: The debenture bears interest at the rate of 6.0% per
−Removed: annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 30 and December 31 of each year beginning on June 30, 2012.
−Removed: The debenture is convertible
−Removed: at the holder’s option into our common stock at an initial conversion price of $0.50 per share.
−Removed: We may elect to make interest
−Removed: payments in common stock valued at the conversion price.
−Removed: The entire principal balance of the debenture is due and payable three
−Removed: years following its issuance unless earlier redeemed by us in accordance with its terms.
−Removed: We may repay the principal and interest
−Removed: owing under the debenture in common stock at maturity or upon redemption of the debenture.
−Removed: The debenture also provides for customary
−Removed: events of default which, if any of them occurs, would permit or require the principal of and accrued interest on the debenture
−Removed: to become or to be declared due and payable.
−Removed: On February 7, 2012, we entered into the
−Removed: February Subscription Agreement pursuant to which, beginning on March 1, 2012, the investor thereunder irrevocably agreed to pay
−Removed: $1,250,000 in consideration for our issuance of 625,000 shares of our common stock and convertible debentures with an aggregate
−Removed: principal amount of $625,000.
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of the February Subscription
−Removed: Agreement, the investor agreed to purchase such shares and such convertible debentures in five tranches, for proceeds to us of
−Removed: $250,000 per tranche, under the following schedule:
−Removed: (i) on March 1, 2012, 125,000 shares of common stock and a $125,000 debenture
−Removed: convertible into shares of our common stock at a conversion price of $0.65;
−Removed: (ii) on June 1, 2012, 125,000 shares of common stock
−Removed: and a $125,000 debenture convertible into shares of our common stock at a conversion price of $0.80;
−Removed: (iii) on September 1, 2012,
−Removed: 125,000 shares of common stock and a $125,000 note convertible into shares of our common stock at a conversion price of $0.95;
−Removed: (iv) on December 1, 2012, 125,000 shares of common stock and a $125,000 note convertible into shares of our common stock at a conversion
−Removed: price of $1.10;
−Removed: and (v) on March 1, 2013, 125,000 shares of common stock and a $125,000 note convertible into shares of our common
−Removed: stock at a conversion price of $1.25.
−Removed: The conversion price of the common stock underlying each of the convertible debentures is
−Removed: subject to adjustment upon a reclassification or other change in our outstanding common stock and certain distributions to all
−Removed: holders of our common stock, and the conversion prices for all tranches may be set to $1.50 in the event that funding does not
−Removed: occur pursuant to the defined schedule.
−Removed: On May 22, 2012, we received an advance payment of $850,000 from the investor under the
−Removed: February Subscription Agreement, which represented all remaining amounts owed by the investor under the February Subscription Agreement.
−Removed: After our receipt of the investor’s advance payment of $850,000, the investor has purchased common stock and convertible
−Removed: debentures under the February Subscription Agreement for total proceeds to us of $1,250,000.
−Removed: Each convertible debenture issued pursuant
−Removed: to the February Subscription Agreement bears interest at the rate of 6.0% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 30
−Removed: and December 31 of each year, and is convertible at the holder’s option into our common stock at the applicable conversion
−Removed: We may elect to make interest payments in common stock valued at the conversion price.
−Removed: The entire principal balance of each
−Removed: debenture is due and payable three years following its date of issuance unless earlier redeemed by us in accordance with its terms.
−Removed: We may repay the principal and interest owing under each of the debentures in common stock at maturity or upon redemption of the
−Removed: The debenture also provides for customary events of default which, if any of them occurs, would permit or require the
−Removed: principal of and accrued interest on the debenture to become or to be declared due and payable.
−Removed: We are a development stage company and have
−Removed: not generated any revenue to date from our activities.
−Removed: We believe that if we do generate revenues in the foreseeable future, such
−Removed: revenues would be sparse and irregular and they would be less than necessary to carry our business forward without additional financing.
−Removed: We had cash in the amount of $532,206 as of March 31, 2012 and obtained $250,000 in new financing on January 31, 2012 through issuance
−Removed: of the convertible debenture in the January Private Placement.
−Removed: We also obtained $400,000 in new financing in March 2012 and $850,000
−Removed: in new financing through issuance of stock and convertible debentures pursuant to the February Subscription Agreement.
−Removed: we discuss under the heading “Plan of Operations”
−Removed: above, our total expenditures over the 12 months following March
−Removed: 31, 2012, are expected to be approximately $1,000,000.
−Removed: After giving effect to the funds raised in the January Private Placement
−Removed: and the February Subscription Agreement, as of the date of this report we expect to have sufficient funds to operate our business
−Removed: for at least 12 months.
−Removed: However, our estimate of total expenditures could increase if we encounter unanticipated difficulties.
−Removed: In addition, our estimates of the amount of cash necessary to fund our business may prove to be wrong, and we could spend our available
−Removed: financial resources much faster than we currently expect.
−Removed: If we cannot raise the money that we need in order to continue to develop
−Removed: our business, we will be forced to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of our proposed operations.
−Removed: If any of these were
−Removed: to occur, there is a substantial risk that our business would fail.
−Removed: Management’s plans are to continue to seek funding from
−Removed: our stockholders and other qualified investors in order to pursue our business plan.
−Removed: We do not have any arrangements in place for
−Removed: any future financing.
−Removed: Sources of additional funds may not be available on acceptable terms or at all.
−Removed: Net Cash Used in Operating Activities
−Removed: We have not generated positive cash flows
−Removed: from operating activities.
−Removed: For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, net cash used in operating activities was $241,890 compared
−Removed: to net cash used in operating activities of $26,120 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.
−Removed: This increase is due to the increase
−Removed: in our operations as we began transitioning to our new business as an agricultural biotechnology company during the second half
−Removed: of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012.
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 consisted
−Removed: primarily of a net loss of $1,321,253 offset by $71,614 for increases in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and $979,880
−Removed: related to stock-based compensation.
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 consisted
−Removed: of a net loss of $35,275 offset by a $5,000 increase in expenses paid on behalf of the Company by a third party and a $3,555 increase
−Removed: in accrued interest on loans and $862 for prepaid expense and $1,462 for accounts payable and accrued liabilities.
−Removed: Net Cash Provided By Financing Activities
−Removed: During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012,
−Removed: net cash provided by financing activities was $765,000 compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $35,000 for the
−Removed: fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.
−Removed: Net cash provided from financing activities during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 was derived
−Removed: primarily from $250,000 received in connection with the January Private Placement and $400,000 received in connection with the
−Removed: February Subscription Agreement.
−Removed: Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
−Removed: During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012,
−Removed: net cash used in investing activities was $1,500 compared to net cash used in investing activities of $0 for the fiscal year ended
−Removed: March 31, 2011.
−Removed: Loan Obligations
−Removed: On May 24, 2012, we entered into note exchange
−Removed: agreements (each, a “Note Exchange Agreement”) with two holders of eleven separate outstanding promissory notes with
−Removed: an aggregate principal amount of $196,800 that were issued between December 23, 2008 and October 26, 2011.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Note
−Removed: Exchange Agreements, on May 25, 2012, all principal and accrued but unpaid interest under these outstanding promissory notes, totaling
−Removed: approximately $214,008, were canceled in exchange for our issuance to the holders of such notes of 214,008 shares of our common
−Removed: stock at a conversion rate of $1.00 per share.
−Removed: Going Concern Statement
−Removed: We have not yet received revenues from sales
−Removed: of products or services, and have recurring losses from operations.
−Removed: The continuation of our company as a going concern is dependent
−Removed: upon our company attaining and maintaining profitable operations and raising additional capital.
−Removed: The financial statements do not
−Removed: include any adjustment relating to the recovery and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amount and classification of
−Removed: liabilities that might be necessary should our company discontinue operations.
−Removed: Due to the uncertainty of our ability to
−Removed: meet our current operating expenses and the capital expenses noted above, in their report on the annual financial statements for
−Removed: the year ended March 31, 2012, our independent auditors included an explanatory paragraph regarding substantial doubt about our
−Removed: ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: Our financial statements contain additional note disclosures describing the circumstances
−Removed: that lead to this disclosure by our independent auditors.
−Removed: The continuation of our business is dependent
−Removed: upon us raising additional financial support.
−Removed: The issuance of additional equity securities by us could result in a significant
−Removed: dilution in the equity interests of our current stockholders.
−Removed: Obtaining commercial loans, assuming those loans would be available,
−Removed: will increase our liabilities and future cash commitments.
−Removed: Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: We have no significant off-balance sheet
−Removed: arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial
−Removed: condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to
−Removed: stockholders.
−Removed: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
−Removed: Not applicable.
−Removed: Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
−Removed: The financial statements required by this
−Removed: item are set forth at the end of this annual report beginning on page F-1 and are incorporated herein by reference.
−Removed: Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on
−Removed: Accounting and Financial Disclosure
−Removed: Not applicable.
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