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The material weaknesses identified were:
−Removed: to ongoing financial constraints, we have not been devoting adequate resources to our
−Removed: accounting and reporting functions in order to properly record, file and review our financial
−Removed: transactions on a regular basis in order to ensure accuracy;
−Removed: the year, management authorized a number of payments for services without providing proper
−Removed: support and documentation, nor notifiying accounting of the expenditures so that they
−Removed: could be properly documented and recorded;
−Removed: do not have a properly documented internal control system in accordance with the requirements
−Removed: of COSO or some similarly appropriate internal control methodology or formal documentation
−Removed: of our systems of internal control.
+Added: to ongoing financial constraints, we have not been devoting adequate resources to our accounting and reporting functions in
+Added: order to properly record, file and review our financial transactions on a regular basis in order to ensure accuracy;and
+Added: do not have a properly documented internal control system in accordance with the requirements of COSO or some similarly appropriate
+Added: internal control methodology or formal documentation of our systems of internal control.
are currently working to remediate the material weaknesses.
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weaknesses or whether compensating controls will be effective in preventing or detecting material errors.
−Removed: The remediation
−Removed: may require substantial time and resources to successfully implement.
−Removed: We may be unable to remediate these weaknesses until
−Removed: we have received additional funding that may be necessary to hire additional personnel.
−Removed: Until we have sufficient internal finance
−Removed: and accounting staff, we plan to work closely with external financial advisors to document the existing financial processes, risk
+Added: The remediation may
+Added: require substantial time and resources to successfully implement.
+Added: We may be unable to remediate these weaknesses until we have
+Added: received additional funding that may be necessary to hire additional personnel.
+Added: Until we have sufficient internal finance and
+Added: accounting staff, we plan to work closely with external financial advisors to document the existing financial processes, risk
assessment, and internal controls systematically.
−Removed: These material weaknesses could cause creditors, customers, investors,
−Removed: regulators, strategic alliances and others to lose confidence in the effectiveness of our internal controls and the accuracy of
−Removed: our financial statements and other information, all of which could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of
−Removed: operations and financial condition.
+Added: These material weaknesses could cause creditors, customers, investors, regulators,
+Added: strategic alliances and others to lose confidence in the effectiveness of our internal controls and the accuracy of our financial
+Added: statements and other information, all of which could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and
+Added: financial condition.
Annual Report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal
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boards of directors and committees of both public and private entities and other experience as a practicing attorney.
−Removed: Dieterich, Director.
−Removed: Dieterich is the founder and managing partner of Dieterich & Associates, a litigation
−Removed: and commercial law firm based in Los Angeles, California, providing legal services to entrepreneurial and emerging technology
−Removed: companies during the past 34 years.
−Removed: His firm specializes in venture capital and private equity financings, as well as in SEC compliance
−Removed: issues for public companies.
−Removed: He obtained his undergraduate engineering degree from Virginia Tech, graduate engineering degree
−Removed: from UC Berkeley (1970) and graduated from the joint Law and Economics program at UCLA in 1979, after serving six years in the
−Removed: US Air Force as a flight instructor in advanced jets.
−Removed: He has been a Director of the Company since 2008 and was Secretary from
−Removed: 2008 until November 2013.
−Removed: Dieterich was chosen as a Director because of his experience in a broad range of businesses as well
−Removed: experience serving on the boards of directors and committees of private entities.
−Removed: Christopher Scott Yenzer,
−Removed: Director , has served on the board since January 2019.
−Removed: Yenzer has served as corporate development officer of Blackeagle
−Removed: Energy Services until May 2019, is a 30-year engineering industry veteran with demonstrated strengths in the area of global
−Removed: relationships and operations growth plans.
−Removed: Yenzer’s extensive engineering and management background includes domestic
−Removed: and global, commercial oil and gas transaction management for some of the world’s largest engineering firms.
−Removed: the SEER management team with a complementary perspective that is grounded in practical, hands-on experience in growing diverse
−Removed: businesses in both up and down cycles.
+Added: Dieterich, Director, has served on the board since January 2008 .
+Added: Dieterich is the founder and
+Added: managing partner of Dieterich & Associates, a litigation and commercial law firm based in Los Angeles, California, providing
+Added: legal services to entrepreneurial and emerging technology companies during the past 34 years.
+Added: His firm specializes in venture
+Added: capital and private equity financings, as well as in SEC compliance issues for public companies.
+Added: He obtained his undergraduate
+Added: engineering degree from Virginia Tech, graduate engineering degree from UC Berkeley (1970) and graduated from the joint Law and
+Added: Economics program at UCLA in 1979, after serving six years in the US Air Force as a flight instructor in advanced jets.
+Added: been a Director of the Company since 2008 and was Secretary from 2008 until November 2013.
+Added: Dieterich was chosen as a Director
+Added: because of his experience in a broad range of businesses as well experience serving on the boards of directors and committees
+Added: of private entities.
+Added: Scott Yenzer, Director , has served on the board since January 2019.
+Added: Yenzer has served as corporate development
+Added: officer of Blackeagle Energy Services from May 2018 until May 2019, is a 30-year engineering industry veteran with demonstrated
+Added: strengths in the area of global relationships and operations growth plans.
+Added: Yenzer’s extensive engineering and management
+Added: background includes domestic and global, commercial oil and gas transaction management for some of the world’s largest engineering
+Added: He provides the SEER management team with a complementary perspective that is grounded in practical, hands-on experience
+Added: in growing diverse businesses in both up and down cycles.
Prior to his current role, Mr.
−Removed: Yenzer was COO and co-owner of Caribou Energy Corporation,
−Removed: which was sold in 2017.
+Added: Yenzer was COO and co-owner of Caribou
+Added: Energy Corporation, which was sold in 2017.
Prior to Caribou Energy, Mr.
−Removed: Yenzer served as vice president of Jacobs/CH2M, responsible for developing
−Removed: Enterprise Account Management on the executive committee for all business groups:
−Removed: Oil & Gas and Chemicals, Environmental &
−Removed: Nuclear, Water, and Infrastructure and Power.
−Removed: Yenzer built the successful Oil & Gas and Chemicals Global Strategic Account
−Removed: Team which included BP, ExxonMobil, Shell, Conoco, Hess TransCanada and Noble and led development of uniform account plans and
−Removed: growth strategies.
+Added: Yenzer served as vice president of Jacobs/CH2M, responsible
+Added: for developing Enterprise Account Management on the executive committee for all business groups:
+Added: Oil & Gas and Chemicals,
+Added: Environmental & Nuclear, Water, and Infrastructure and Power.
+Added: Yenzer built the successful Oil & Gas and Chemicals
+Added: Global Strategic Account Team which included BP, ExxonMobil, Shell, Conoco, Hess TransCanada and Noble and led development of
+Added: uniform account plans and growth strategies.
During his tenure with Jacobs, Mr.
−Removed: Yenzer has held various positions from Project Engineer to Program Manager
−Removed: to VP of Business Development and his CV hosts a list of impressive ‘wins’
−Removed: resulting from his ability to grow relationships
−Removed: and revenues across all markets, while increasing value to clients.
+Added: Yenzer has held various positions from Project
+Added: Engineer to Program Manager to VP of Business Development and his CV hosts a list of impressive ‘wins’
+Added: resulting from
+Added: his ability to grow relationships and revenues across all markets, while increasing value to clients.
Knopik, Interim Chief Financial Officer.
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of this filing there was no compensation committee.
+Added: The entire board of directors acts as the compensation committee.
Section 16(a) Reports
−Removed: Board has adopted a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct for Officers, Directors and Employees, which includes our principal executive
−Removed: officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions.
−Removed: copy of the code is posted on our website, www.seer-corp.com.
+Added: Scott Yenzer, a director, is delinquent in filing a Form 3,
+Added: and a Form 4 at the time of this filing.
+Added: board of directors has adopted a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct for Officers, Directors and Employees, which includes
+Added: our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing
+Added: similar functions.
+Added: A current copy of the code is posted on our website, www.seer-corp.com.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
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December 31, 2020 and 2019.
−Removed: or Option Awards (1)
−Removed: Incentive Plan Compensation ($)
−Removed: Deferred Compensation Earnings ($)
−Removed: Other Compensation ($)
+Added: Warrants or Option Awards
+Added: Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation
+Added: Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings
+Added: All Other Compensation
John Combs III (1)
−Removed: Chief Execurive Officer, President and Secretary
+Added: Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary
Fortunato Villamagna
−Removed: Chief Execurive Officer, Paragon Waste Systems
+Added: Chief Executive Officer, Paragon Waste Systems (2)
VP Business Development, MV Technologies (3)
table is on an accrual basis.
−Removed: Amounts accrued and unpaid at December 31, 2019 for Mr.
+Added: Amounts accrued and unpaid as of December 31, 2020 for Mr.
Combs is approximately $12,200.
−Removed: Jones salary was increased to $150,000 annually, commencing on July 16, 2018.
+Added: table is on an accrual basis.
+Added: Amounts accrued and unpaid as of December 31, 2020 for Mr.
+Added: Villamagna is approximately
+Added: Jones salary was increased to $160,000 annually, commencing on August 1, 2020.
are no employment agreements or contracts with any named executive officers.
Director Compensation
−Removed: the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, compensation paid to directors (other than those listed in the Summary Compensation Table
−Removed: above) was as follows:
−Removed: or Option Awards (1)
−Removed: Incentive Plan Compensation ($)
−Removed: Deferred Compensation Earnings
−Removed: Other Compensation ($)
−Removed: Christopher H.
−Removed: options and restricted stock awards presented in this table for 2019 and 2018 reflect the entire fair value of such awards
−Removed: in the year of grant.
−Removed: However, the accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect the dollar amount expensed by the
−Removed: company during applicable fiscal year for financial statement reporting purposes pursuant to guidance issued by the FASB.
−Removed: Such guidance requires the company to determine the overall value of the stock awards and options as of the date of grant.
−Removed: The stock awards are valued based on the fair market value of such shares on the date of grant and are charged to compensation
−Removed: expense over the related vesting period.
−Removed: The options are valued at the date of grant based upon the Black-Scholes method of
−Removed: valuation, which is expensed over the service period over which the options become vested.
−Removed: As a general rule, for time-in-service-based
−Removed: options, the company will immediately expense any option or portion thereof which is vested upon grant, while expensing the
−Removed: balance on a pro rata basis over the remaining vesting term of the option.
−Removed: For a description of the guidance issued by the
−Removed: FASB and the assumptions used in determining the value of the options under the Black-Scholes model of valuation, see the
−Removed: notes to the consolidated financial statements included with this Prospectus.
−Removed: Equity Awards to Directors at Fiscal Year-End 2019
−Removed: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable
+Added: For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020,
+Added: no compensation was paid to directors other than those listed in the Summary Compensation Table above.
+Added: implement director compensation arrangements or programs in the future.
+Added: Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2020
+Added: Number of Securities
+Added: Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable
Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable
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Yenzer was granted options to purchase 1,000,000 shares of common stock at $0.70.
−Removed: The options vest
−Removed: quarterly over 2 years, becoming fully vested on September 1, 2021.
−Removed: Each tranche of vested options begins to expire 5 years
−Removed: after they vest, therefore these options expire quarterly, as they vested, between September 1, 2024 through September 1,
+Added: The options vest quarterly
+Added: over 2 years, becoming fully vested on September 1, 2021.
+Added: Each tranche of vested options begins to expire 5 years after they
+Added: vest, therefore these options expire quarterly, as they vested, between September 1, 2024 through September 1, 2026.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
−Removed: following table sets forth as of May 14, 2020 certain information regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock by:
+Added: following table sets forth as of March 30, 2021 certain information regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock by:
person known to us to beneficially own 5% or more of our common stock;
−Removed: executive officer who in this proxy statement are collectively referred to as the “Named Executive Officers;”
+Added: executive officer who in this report are collectively referred to as the “Named Executive Officers;”
of our directors;
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forth opposite the shareholder’s name.
−Removed: As of May 14, 2020, 62,703,575shares of our Common Stock were issued and outstanding.
+Added: As of March 30, 2021, 64,688,575shares of our Common Stock were issued and outstanding.
Name and address of beneficial owners
−Removed: Number of shares beneficially
+Added: Number of shares beneficially owned (1)
Joseph John Combs, III
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Cardillo has beneficial
−Removed: of options to purchase 500,000 shares of common stock, which were exercisable as of the date of this report, and shares
−Removed: becoming vested within 60 days of this report.
+Added: of options to purchase 875,000 shares of common stock, which were exercisable as of the date of this report, and shares becoming
+Added: vested within 60 days of this report.
of 5,140,832 shares according to Form 13G filed on August 29, 2014, 200,000 shares of common stock issued in August 2017 related
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of 3,800,000 shares owned by Mr.
−Removed: Clyde Berg, warrants to purchase 500,000 shares of common stock, which are currently exercisable,
−Removed: and 687,500 shares which are issuable as of December 31, 2018 related to penalty on late payment of short-term note.
+Added: Clyde Berg, and 2,210,000 shares which are issuable as of December 31, 2020 related to penalty
+Added: on late payment of short-term notes, issued in fiscal year 2019.
of 400,000 shares owned by Mr.
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Berg has beneficial
−Removed: ownership, warrants to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock issued on August 27, 2015 which are currently exercisable,
−Removed: and 200,000 shares which are issuable as of December 31, 2019 related to long term debt issued in July 2018.
+Added: ownership, options to purchase 60,000 shares of common stock issued on March 16, 2020 which are currently exercisable, 125,000
+Added: shares issuable related to a short-term note issued July 8, 2020, and 575,000 shares which are issuable as of December 31,
+Added: 2020 related to long term debt issued in July 2018.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.
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payable, related parties and accrued interest due to certain related parties as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:
−Removed: Unsecured short
−Removed: term note payable dated August 21, 2019 with principal and interest due 60 days from
−Removed: The note requires a one-time fee in the amount of $500 to compensate for the
−Removed: first two weeks of the term and each week thereafter (weeks 3-8) a fee of $50 shall be
−Removed: due and owing accruing on the first day of the week, after which the fee is $75 per week
−Removed: which was recorded as interest expense.
+Added: Unsecured short term note payable dated August 21, 2019 with principal and interest
+Added: due 60 days from issuance.
+Added: The note requires a one-time fee in the amount of $500 to compensate for the first two weeks of
+Added: the term and each week thereafter (weeks 3-8) a fee of $50 shall be due and owing accruing on the first day of the week, after
+Added: which the fee is $75 per week, which is recorded as interest expense.
+Added: The note is from the CEO, and thus classified as a related
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recorded interest expense of $3,600.
+Added: Unpaid interest as of December
+Added: 31, 2020 is approximately $5,200.
+Added: The outstanding principal and interest under this note as of February 28, 2021 is $20,750.
+Added: Secured short term note payable dated August 21, 2019 with principal and interest due
+Added: 60 days from issuance.
+Added: The note requires a one-time fee in the amount of $4,150 to compensate for the first two weeks of the
+Added: term and each week thereafter (weeks 3-8) a fee of $415 shall be due and owing accruing on the first day of the week, after
+Added: which the fee is $600 per week, which is recorded as interest expense.
+Added: The note is from Dorothy Combs, a family member
+Added: of the CEO, and thus classified as a related party note.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recorded interest
+Added: expense of $28,800.
+Added: Unpaid interest as of December 31, 2020 is approximately $41,400.
+Added: The outstanding principal and interest
+Added: under this note as of February 28, 2021 is $171,240.
+Added: Unsecured short term note payable dated October 7, 2019 with principal
+Added: and interest due 60 days from issuance.
+Added: The note requires a one-time fee in the amount of $500 to compensate for the first
+Added: two weeks of the term and each week thereafter (weeks 3-8) a fee of $50 shall be due and owing accruing on the first day of
+Added: the week, after which the fee is $75 per week, which is recorded as interest expense.
The note is from the CEO, and thus classified
as a related party note.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded interest
−Removed: expense of $1,600, which included the $500 upfront fee.
−Removed: Unpaid interest at December
−Removed: 31, 2019 is approximately $1,600.
−Removed: Unsecured short term note
−Removed: payable dated August 21, 2019 with principal and interest due 60 days from issuance.
−Removed: requires a one-time fee in the amount of $4,150 to compensate for the first two weeks of the
−Removed: term and each week thereafter (weeks 3-8) a fee of $415 shall be due and owing accruing on the
−Removed: first day of the week, after which the fee is $600 per week which was recorded as interest
−Removed: The note is from a family member of the CEO, and thus classified as a related party
For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recorded interest expense of $3,600.
−Removed: which included the $4,150 upfront fee.
−Removed: Unpaid interest at September 30, 2019 is approximately
−Removed: short term note payable dated October 7, 2019 with principal and interest due 60
−Removed: days from issuance.
−Removed: The note requires a one-time fee in the amount of $500 to compensate
−Removed: for the first two weeks of the term and each week thereafter (weeks 3-8) a fee of $50
−Removed: shall be due and owing accruing on the first day of the week, after which the fee is
−Removed: $75 per week which was recorded as interest expense.
−Removed: The note is from the CEO,
−Removed: and thus classified as a related party note.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2019, the
−Removed: Company recorded interest expense of $1,600, which included the $500 upfront fee.
−Removed: Unpaid interest at December 31, 2019 is approximately $1,600.
+Added: Unpaid interest
+Added: as of December 31, 2020 is approximately $4,700.
+Added: The outstanding principal and interest under this note as of February
+Added: 28, 2021 is $20,300.
Total short-term notes - related party
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or engagements.
−Removed: The 2019 and 2018 fees include not only the annual audit fees but the review of the three quarterly 10-Q’s
−Removed: in 2019 and 2018, respectively.
+Added: The 2020 and 2019 fees include not only the annual audit fees but the review of the three quarterly
+Added: 10-Q’s in 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Audit-Related
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Irrevocable License and Royalty Agreement between the Company and Paragon Waste Solutions, LLC, dated March 21, 2012 (3)
−Removed: Form of Option Grant SEER 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (4)
Code of Ethics (1)
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statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
+Added: April 15, 2021
ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
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John Combs III
−Removed: Chairman of the Board of Directors
+Added: of the Board of Directors
John Combs III
−Removed: /s/ Christopher Scott Yenzer
Christopher Scott Yenzer
−Removed: /s/ Christopher Dieterich
Christopher Dieterich
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