−Removed: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S
−Removed: COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
−Removed: Our common stock is
−Removed: currently quoted on the OTCQB under the symbol “ANFC.”
−Removed: Quotations on the OTCQB
−Removed: reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail markup, mark-down, or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.
+Added: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON
+Added: EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
+Added: The Company changed its ticker
+Added: symbol from “ANFC”
+Added: to “SOWG”, effective as of the opening of trading on January 22, 2021.
+Added: Quotations on the OTCQB reflect
+Added: inter-dealer prices, without retail markup, mark-down, or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.
Effective February 21, 2020,
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there were approximately 341 record holders of our common stock, not including shares held in “street name”
−Removed: accounts which is unknown.
+Added: in brokerage accounts
+Added: which is unknown.
As of March 22, 2021, there were 3,939,439 shares of common stock outstanding on record.
−Removed: Equity Compensation Plan
−Removed: Effective March 2, 2012,
−Removed: the 2012 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”) was approved by our Board and the holders
−Removed: of a majority of our outstanding shares, replacing the Ante5, Inc.
−Removed: 2010 Stock Incentive Plan.
−Removed: Amongst other things, the
−Removed: 2012 Plan increased the number of shares reserved under the Plan to a total of 25,000 shares of our common stock.
−Removed: The following
−Removed: table sets forth certain information regarding the 2012 Plan as of December 31, 2019:
−Removed: of securities to be issued upon
−Removed: exercise of outstanding stock options
+Added: Equity Compensation Plan Information
+Added: Effective December 5, 2019,
+Added: the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”) was approved by our Board.
+Added: Amongst other things, the 2020 Plan authorized
+Added: a total of 320,000 shares of our common stock.
+Added: Subsequently, on October 1, 2020, January 4, 2021 and again
+Added: on March 19, 2021, the Board approved an increase in the number of shares of common stock reserved under the 2020 Plan, from 320,000 shares
+Added: to a total of 814,150 shares.
+Added: The increase remains subject to shareholder approval, to be provided, if at all, by October 1, 2021.
+Added: The following table sets forth certain information regarding our 2020 Plan as of December 31, 2020:
+Added: Number of securities
+Added: upon exercise of
+Added: outstanding stock options
Weighted-average
−Removed: exercise price
−Removed: of outstanding stock options
−Removed: of securities remaining available
−Removed: for future issuance under the 2012 Plan
−Removed: For the fiscal years
−Removed: ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, we issued no stock options pursuant to the 2012 Plan.
−Removed: There were 908 and 246 options
−Removed: cancelled or forfeited pursuant to the 2012 Plan during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
+Added: exercise price of
+Added: outstanding stock options
+Added: Number of securities
+Added: remaining available
+Added: for future issuance
+Added: under the 2020 Plan
+Added: For the fiscal years ended
+Added: December 31, 2020 and 2019, we issued 439,151 and -0- stock options pursuant to the 2020 Plan.
+Added: There were no options cancelled
+Added: or forfeited pursuant to the 2020 Plan during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Effective December 12, 2016,
the 2016 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (the “2016 Plan”) was approved by our Board.
+Added: Amongst other things, the 2016
+Added: Plan authorized a total of 12,712 shares of our common stock.
+Added: The following table sets forth certain information regarding our 2016 Plan
+Added: as of December 31, 2020:
+Added: Number of securities
+Added: upon exercise of
+Added: outstanding stock options
+Added: Weighted-average
+Added: exercise price of
+Added: outstanding stock options
+Added: Number of securities
+Added: remaining available
+Added: for future issuance
+Added: under the 2016 Plan
+Added: For the fiscal years ended
+Added: December 31, 2020 and 2019, we issued no stock options pursuant to the 2016 Plan.
+Added: There were 3,699 and 833 options cancelled
+Added: or forfeited pursuant to the 2016 Plan during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
+Added: Effective March 2,
+Added: 2012, the 2012 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”) was approved by our Board and the
+Added: holders of a majority of our outstanding shares, replacing the Ante5, Inc.
+Added: 2010 Stock Incentive Plan.
Amongst other
−Removed: things, the 2016 Plan authorized a total of 12,712 shares of our common stock.
−Removed: The following table sets forth certain information
−Removed: regarding our 2016 Plan as of December 31, 2019:
−Removed: of securities to be issued upon
−Removed: exercise of outstanding stock options
+Added: things, the 2012 Plan increased the number of shares reserved under the Plan to a total of 25,000 shares of our common stock.
+Added: following table sets forth certain information regarding the 2012 Plan as of December 31, 2020:
+Added: Number of securities
+Added: upon exercise of
+Added: outstanding stock options
Weighted-average
−Removed: exercise price
−Removed: of outstanding stock options
−Removed: of securities remaining available
−Removed: for future issuance under the 2016 Plan
−Removed: For the fiscal years
−Removed: ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, we issued no stock options pursuant to the 2016 Plan.
−Removed: There were 833 and -0- options
−Removed: cancelled or forfeited pursuant to the 2016 Plan during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
−Removed: We didn’t issue
−Removed: any warrants to purchase shares of registered or unregistered common stock for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019
−Removed: and 2018, respectively.
−Removed: There were no warrants forfeited or expired during the years ended December 31, 2019
−Removed: There were -0- and 150 warrants exercised during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
−Removed: A total of 1,300 warrants were outstanding as of December 31, 2019.
+Added: exercise price of
+Added: outstanding stock options
+Added: Number of securities
+Added: remaining available
+Added: for future issuance
+Added: under the 2012 Plan
+Added: For the fiscal years ended
+Added: December 31, 2020 and 2019, we issued no stock options pursuant to the 2012 Plan.
+Added: There were 10,131 and 908 options cancelled
+Added: or forfeited pursuant to the 2012 Plan during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
+Added: consideration for four of our officers and directors’
+Added: willingness to serve as guarantors of the Cadence Loan, the Company issued
+Added: warrants to each of the Guarantors (the “Guarantor Warrants”) for the purchase of the Company’s common stock on March
+Added: The Guarantor Warrants entitle each Guarantor to purchase 26,250 shares of the Company's common stock (the “Warrant Shares”)
+Added: at an exercise price of $4.00 per share.
+Added: The Guarantor Warrants expire on March 12, 2030.
+Added: No warrants were granted during the fiscal
+Added: year ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: The officers and directors receiving grants and the amounts of such grants were
+Added: Stock Warrant
+Added: Name and Title at Time of Grant
+Added: Shares Granted
+Added: Ken DeCubellis, Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer
+Added: Bradley Berman, Chairman of the Board and Director
+Added: Lyle Berman, Director
+Added: Benjamin Oehler, Director
+Added: no warrants exercised, forfeited or expired during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
+Added: A total of 106,300
+Added: warrants were outstanding as of December 31, 2020 with a weighted average exercise price of $3.99 and a weighted average life of 9.1
Unregistered Issuance of Equity Securities
−Removed: SELECTED FINANCIAL
+Added: The following issuances of
+Added: our securities during the three-month period ended December 31, 2020 were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities
+Added: Act of 1933 pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
+Added: October 1, 2020, we issued a total of 1,120,000 shares of common stock, restricted in accordance with Rule 144 ,
+Added: to S-FDF, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement.
+Added: On October 1, 2020,
+Added: we issued a total of 23,335 shares of common stock, restricted in accordance with Rule 144, among six board members for services rendered.
+Added: SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.
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DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: The following discussion
−Removed: should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes to those statements.
−Removed: In addition to historical information,
−Removed: the following discussion and other parts of this annual report contain forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties.
+Added: The following discussion should
+Added: be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes to those statements.
+Added: In addition to historical information, the following
+Added: discussion and other parts of this annual report contain forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties.
Overview and Outlook
−Removed: Effective April 2,
−Removed: 2012, we changed our name to Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: Our common stock is still quoted on the OTCQB under the trading symbol
−Removed: “ANFC.”
−Removed: the sponsor and manager of Black Ridge Acquisition Corp.
−Removed: (“BRAC”) beginning in May of 2017, the Company was focused
−Removed: on identifying and closing a business combination for BRAC, which closed on August 9, 2019.
−Removed: Upon BRAC (renamed Allied Esports Entertainment,
−Removed: following the merger or “AESE”, and hereafter named as such following the merger) completing its business combination,
−Removed: we continued to provide additional management services to BRAC until December 31, 2019 .
−Removed: the close of the Merger, the Company commenced a strategic review to identify, review and explore alternatives for the Company,
−Removed: including a merger, acquisition, or a business combination.
−Removed: The Company currently owns 2,685,500 Sponsor Shares.
−Removed: Of those shares,
−Removed: 537,100 of the Sponsor Shares are subject to distribution rights to officers and directors under the 2018 Management Incentive
−Removed: Plan dated March 6, 2018.
−Removed: Black Ridge is evaluating plans for the remaining Sponsor Shares which could include a distribution of
−Removed: some or all of the Sponsor Share proceeds after expiration of the lock-up agreement on August 9, 2020, presuming that as of such
−Removed: date AESE has repaid or converted amounts it owes pursuant to the bridge financing Note Purchase Agreement and Notes dated as of
−Removed: October 11, 2018 and May 17, 2019.
+Added: Effective January 21, 2021,
+Added: we changed our name from Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
+Added: to Sow Good Inc.
+Added: Our common stock is quoted on the OTCQB under the trading symbol
+Added: “SOWG”.
+Added: We intend to launch
+Added: our line of freeze-dried snacks, smoothies and soups, and our direct-to-consumer focused website, to coincide with initial production
+Added: from our state-of-the-art facility located in Irving, Texas in the first half of 2021.
+Added: will operate under two distinct brands, Sow Good and Sustain Us.
+Added: Our unique food products are targeting the large, and growing,
+Added: freeze-dried food products market.
+Added: The global freeze-dried food products market is estimated by Technavio to total nearly $60B
+Added: in 2020, with the United States representing almost 30% of the total.
+Added: Technavio further projects market growth to continue
+Added: at over 8% per year through 2024.
+Added: On March 20, 2021,
+Added: our first freeze drier successfully completed its production testing.
+Added: In addition, we completed the build-out of our production facility
+Added: in March, and have finalized products and packaging, while delivering samples to potential B2B customers.
+Added: With the extensive
+Added: freeze-dried manufacturing and food product-focused business development experience of our senior management team, including recent additions,
+Added: we believe we are well positioned to lead the Company's growth and development in the freeze-dried food industry.
+Added: S-FDF Business Combination
+Added: October 1, 2020, the Company completed its acquisition of S-FDF, LLC (the "Seller"), a Texas limited liability company, pursuant
+Added: to an Asset Purchase Agreement, between the Company and the Seller, dated June 9, 2020, as subsequently amended effective October 1,
+Added: In connection with the closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired approximately $2.2 million in cash and
+Added: certain assets and agreements related to the Seller’s freeze-dried fruits and vegetables business for human consumption and entered
+Added: into certain employment and registration rights agreements.
+Added: The Company did not assume any liabilities of Seller or any liabilities, liens,
+Added: or encumbrances pertaining to or encumbering the Purchased Assets, except for those related to agreements or arrangements specified in
+Added: the Asset Purchase Agreement.
+Added: The Seller transferred the Purchased Assets to the Company in exchange for the issuance of 1,120,000 shares
+Added: of the Company’s common stock to the Seller.
+Added: The number of shares to be issued to Seller was subject to adjustment, as specified
+Added: in the Asset Purchase Agreement, as amended, based on the extent to which the amount of cash proceeds held by the Company, as derived
+Added: from the sale of the Company’s holdings of AESE Shares, were less than $5 million or greater than $6 million on the date
+Added: specified in the Asset Purchase Agreement, which resulted in the issuance of an additional 500,973 Seller Shares that were issued on January
+Added: The combined issuances represented approximately 46% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock, on a fully diluted
+Added: Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
+Added: was determined to be the acquiror of the business combination.
+Added: to its obligations under the Asset Purchase Agreement, on the Closing Date the Company, (a) created three new seats on the Company’s
+Added: Board of Directors and appointed the Seller’s principals, Ira Goldfarb and Claudia Goldfarb, and a third person designated by the
+Added: Goldfarbs, Greg Creed, as directors, (b) entered into employment agreements with Ira Goldfarb and Claudia Goldfarb, (c) delivered a registration
+Added: rights agreement with respect to the shares to be issued to Seller and any shares of common stock delivered as part of the employment
+Added: compensation for Ira Goldfarb or Claudia Goldfarb, and (d) amended the Company’s 2020 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number
+Added: of shares of common stock reserved thereunder.
+Added: At closing, the Company also assumed the Seller’s obligations under a real property
+Added: lease for its facility in Irving, Texas under which an entity owned entirely by Ira Goldfarb is the landlord.
BRAC Business Combination
−Removed: On December 19, 2018,
−Removed: BRAC entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”) with Black Ridge Merger Sub, Corp.,
−Removed: a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of BRAC’s (“Merger Sub”), Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc.
−Removed: (“Allied Esports”), Ourgame International Holdings Ltd.
−Removed: (“Ourgame”), Noble Link Global Limited, a wholly-owned
−Removed: subsidiary of Ourgame (“Noble”), and Primo Vital Ltd., also a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ourgame (“Primo”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Agreement,
−Removed: as amended on August 5, 2019, (i) Noble merged with and into Allied Esports (the “Redomestication Merger”) with Allied
−Removed: Esports continuing as the surviving entity in such merger and (ii) immediately after the Redomestication Merger, Merger Sub merged
−Removed: with and into Allied Esports with Allied Esports continuing as the surviving entity of such merger (the “Transaction Merger”
−Removed: and together with the Redomestication Merger, the “Mergers”
−Removed: or the “Proposed Business Combination”) and
−Removed: became a wholly-owned subsidiary of BRAC.
−Removed: The Mergers closed on August 9, 2019 (the “Closing Date”).
−Removed: The Mergers resulted
−Removed: in BRAC acquiring two of Ourgame’s global esports and entertainment assets, Allied Esports and WPT.
−Removed: Allied Esports is a
−Removed: premier esports entertainment company with a global network of dedicated esports properties and content production facilities.
−Removed: WPT is the creator of the World Poker Tour®
−Removed: (WPT®) –
−Removed: the premier name in internationally televised gaming and entertainment
−Removed: with brand presence in land-based tournaments, television, online and mobile.
−Removed: The transaction strategically combined the globally
−Removed: recognized Allied Esports brand with the three-pronged business model of the iconic World Poker Tour, featuring in-person experiences,
−Removed: multiplatform content and interactive services, to leverage the high-growth opportunities in the global esports industry.
−Removed: Further information
−Removed: regarding the Business Combination, the combined company following consummation of the Business Combination and the risks related
−Removed: to the business of the combined company following consummation of the Business Combination can be found in BRAC’s Current
−Removed: Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2018, the preliminary proxy statement filed
−Removed: by BRAC with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 15, 2019 (and subsequently amended on April 29, 2019, May 20, 2019
−Removed: and June 5, 2019 and the definitive proxy statement filed by BRAC with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2019.
−Removed: The Extension Meeting
−Removed: 9, 2019, BRAC held a special meeting of its stockholders (the “Meeting”).
−Removed: At the Meeting, BRAC’s stockholders
−Removed: considered a proposal to adopt and approve an amendment to BRAC’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the
−Removed: “Charter”) to extend the date that BRAC has to consummate a business combination (the “Extension”) to August
−Removed: The amendment was approved by the stockholders and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July
−Removed: In connection
−Removed: with this vote, the holders of 9,246,727 shares of BRAC’s common stock properly exercised their right to convert their shares
−Removed: into cash at a conversion price of approximately $10.29 per share resulting in $95,125,574 in Trust Account assets being distributed
−Removed: back to shareholders.
−Removed: In connection with the Extension, BROG, loaned $30,000 to BRAC to be placed in the Trust Account for the
−Removed: benefit of the public shares that were not converted.
−Removed: The loan is non-interest bearing and is evidenced by a promissory note issued
−Removed: by BRAC on the same date.
−Removed: The loan was repaid by BRAC on August 12, 2019.
−Removed: Amendment to the Business Combination
−Removed: On August 5, 2019,
−Removed: BRAC entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Business Combination Agreement.
−Removed: The Amendment reduced the closing
−Removed: condition originally contained in the Business Combination Agreement requiring BRAC to have minimum cash on hand following the
−Removed: proper exercise of conversion rights by the holders of public shares from at least $80,000,000 to $22,000,000.
−Removed: This condition was
−Removed: waived by Ourgame prior to the close of the Business Combination.
−Removed: The Business Combination Agreement also originally provided for
−Removed: BRAC to repay $35,000,000 of indebtedness of Allied Esports and the World Poker Tour owed to Ourgame in cash at the closing of
−Removed: the transactions (the “Closing”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Amendment, the parties agreed that instead of paying the full $35,000,000
−Removed: in cash at the Closing, BRAC would (i) assume $10,000,000 of the debt obligations of Ourgame and Noble (including an additional
−Removed: $1,200,000 of accrued interest) and (ii) repay Ourgame the remaining balance of $23,800,000 by paying $3,500,000 in cash to Ourgame
−Removed: and its designees, issuing to Ourgame and its designees 2,928,679 shares of BRAC’s common stock and Ourgame retaining $1,000,000
−Removed: of the proceeds of such loans to pay its transaction expenses incurred in the Merger.
−Removed: In connection with entering into the Amendment,
−Removed: BROG agreed to transfer an aggregate of 600,000 shares of BRAC’s common stock held by it to Ourgame.
−Removed: In connection with
−Removed: the execution of the Amendment, the parties entered into an amendment and acknowledgment agreement (“Acknowledgment Agreement”)
−Removed: whereby the terms of the previously issued convertible notes (“Notes”) of Allied Esports and WPT (collectively “AEII/WPT”)
−Removed: whereby bridge holders provided $14 million to be used for the operations of AEII/WPT were amended.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Acknowledgement
−Removed: Agreement, the bridge holders have agreed to defer repayment of the Notes to one year and two weeks following the Closing (the
−Removed: “Maturity Date”).
−Removed: In consideration of agreeing to the deferred repayment, the bridge holders will be paid an additional
−Removed: six months of interest (i.e., a total of 18 months of interest) to the extent any bridge holder elects not to convert their Note
−Removed: BRAC agreed to assume the debt under the Notes as part of the mergers contemplated by the Agreement, and agreed that
−Removed: the debt will be secured by all the assets of BRAC following the Closing.
−Removed: BROG, as the Sponsor, has also agreed that it will not
−Removed: make any further transfer of its securities of BRAC, subject to certain exceptions, until the debt is repaid.
−Removed: The Notes are convertible
−Removed: at any time by a holder between the Closing and the Maturity Date at the “Conversion Price.”
−Removed: The “Conversion
−Removed: is the lesser of $8.50 per share or the price at which shares are issued to Ourgame or its affiliates in connection
−Removed: with the mergers.
−Removed: In July and August
−Removed: 2019, BRAC and BROG also entered into several share purchase agreements (the “Purchase Agreements”) with several parties
−Removed: (collectively referred to as the “Purchasers”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Purchase Agreements, the Purchasers agreed to purchase
−Removed: an aggregate of $18,000,000 of shares of BRAC’s common stock in open market or privately negotiated transactions.
−Removed: Purchasers are unable to purchase the full $18,000,000 of shares of common stock in open market or privately negotiated transactions,
−Removed: BRAC will issue to the Purchasers newly issued shares at the Closing at a per-share price equal to the per-share amount held in
−Removed: BRAC’s trust account (currently approximately $10.30 per share), and having an aggregate value equal to the difference between
−Removed: $18,000,000 and the dollar amount of shares purchased by them in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions.
−Removed: the agreements also contains certain restrictions on the use of cash from the purchase.
−Removed: At the Closing, BRAC agreed to issue to
−Removed: the Purchasers 1.5 shares of common stock for every 10 shares purchased by them under the Purchase Agreements.
−Removed: Additionally, BROG
−Removed: agreed to transfer an aggregate of 720,000 shares held by it of BRAC common stock to the Purchasers.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Purchase Agreements,
−Removed: BRAC was required to file a registration statement with the SEC as promptly as practicable following Closing to register the resale
−Removed: of any securities purchased by the Purchasers that are not already registered and cause such registration statement to become effective
−Removed: as soon as possible.
−Removed: The registration statement was filed by AESE on September 20, 2019 and became effective on October 3, 2019.
−Removed: The Purchasers included a $3 million investment from Lyle Berman, a member of the board of directors of both BRAC and BROG
−Removed: and the largest shareholder of BROG.
−Removed: Additionally, $5 million will be held in an escrow account and its usage will be limited
−Removed: to specific capital projects.
−Removed: Closing of the Business Combination
−Removed: The Business Combination
−Removed: was closed on August 9, 2019.
−Removed: In connection with the closing, the holders of 3,015,124 shares of the Company’s common stock
−Removed: properly exercised their right to convert their shares into cash at a conversion price of approximately $10.31 per share resulting
−Removed: in $31,080,410 in Trust Account assets being distributed back to shareholders.
−Removed: Additionally, the Purchasers fulfilled their purchase
−Removed: commitments purchasing approximately $12.1 million of BRAC’s shares in the open market or through privately negotiated
−Removed: transactions and directly purchasing 479,546 additional shares of BRAC common stock for $4.9 million directly from BRAC.
−Removed: Commensurate with the
−Removed: Business Combination BROG converted $600,000 of convertible loans to BRAC into 60,000 units (comprised 66,000 shares after conversion
−Removed: of stock rights and 60,000 warrants with terms similar to the IPO warrants).
−Removed: The remaining $150,000 in convertible loans were returned
−Removed: in cash by BRAC to BROG.
−Removed: Additionally, the underwriter agreed to an amendment to its agreement, modifying its payment due at the
−Removed: close of the Business Combination to $4 million, $2 million in cash and $2 million in equity.
−Removed: Other advisors used
−Removed: in the transaction agreed to accept payment for $3.8 million in contingent fees in BRAC equity.
−Removed: Upon, the close of
−Removed: the Business Combination, BROG owned 2,685,500 shares of BRAC stock, representing approximately 11.6% of the outstanding shares
−Removed: As per the Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: 2018 Management Incentive Plan, 20% of the shares, or 537,100 shares, owned
−Removed: by BROG are committed to employees and directors of the Company.
−Removed: Additionally, as the conditions warranting BROG’s treatment
−Removed: of BRAC as a VIE have been eliminated, BRAC will no longer be accounted for as a VIE and consolidated for financial statement reporting
−Removed: purposes from the date of the closing of the Business Combination forward.
+Added: October 10, 2017, the Company’s sponsored special purpose acquisition company, Black Ridge Acquisition Corp.
+Added: (“BRAC”),
+Added: completed an IPO raising $138,000,000 of gross proceeds (including proceeds from the exercise of an over-allotment option by the underwriters
+Added: on October 18, 2017).
+Added: In addition, the Company purchased 445,000 BRAC units at $10.00 per unit in a private placement transaction for
+Added: a total contribution of $4,450,000 in order to fulfill its obligations in sponsoring BRAC, a blank check company formed for the purpose
+Added: of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business
+Added: combination with one or more businesses or entities.
+Added: BRAC’s efforts to identify a prospective target business were not limited to
+Added: a particular industry or geographic region.
+Added: Following the IPO and over-allotment, BROG owned 22% of the outstanding common stock of BRAC
+Added: and managed BRAC’s operations via a management services agreement through December 31, 2019.
+Added: On December 19, 2018, BRAC entered
+Added: into a business combination agreement, which subsequently closed on August 9, 2019.
+Added: BRAC was renamed Allied Esports Entertainment,
+Added: following the merger, or “AESE”, and referred to herein, as such.
Going Concern Uncertainty
−Removed: As of December 31,
−Removed: 2019, the Company had a cash balance was $108,756 and total working capital of negative $1,289,995.
−Removed: We will continue to have general
−Removed: and administrative expenses to remain a public company and continue with our business plan.
−Removed: The cash on hand would be insufficient
−Removed: to cover our current cash needs over the next year.
−Removed: We continue to pursue
−Removed: sources of additional capital through various financing transactions or arrangements, including joint venturing of projects, equity
−Removed: financing or other means.
−Removed: We may not be successful in identifying suitable funding transactions in a sufficient time period or
−Removed: at all, and we may not obtain the capital we require by other means.
−Removed: If we do not succeed in raising additional capital, our resources
−Removed: may not be sufficient to fund our business.
+Added: As of December 31, 2020, the
+Added: Company had a cash balance of $1,912,729 and total working capital of $1,768,153.
+Added: Based on projections of cash expenditures in the Company’s
+Added: current business plan, the cash on hand would be insufficient to sustain operations over the next year.
+Added: On February 5, 2021, we raised
+Added: $2.525 million from the sale of an aggregate 631,250 shares of the Company’s common stock at $4.00 per share, resulting in approximately
+Added: $2.7 million of cash on hand and $650,000 of liquid securities for a combined liquidity of $3.35 million as of March 19, 2021.
+Added: We continue to pursue sources
+Added: of additional capital through various financing transactions or arrangements, including equity financing or other means.
+Added: We may not be
+Added: successful in identifying suitable funding transactions in a sufficient time period or at all, and we may not obtain the capital we require
+Added: by other means.
+Added: If we do not succeed in raising additional capital, our resources may not be sufficient to fund our business.
+Added: to scale production and distribution capabilities and further increase the value of our brands, is largely dependent on our success in
+Added: raising additional capital.
The report of the Company’s
−Removed: independent registered public accounting firm that accompanies its audited consolidated financial statements in this Annual Report
−Removed: on Form 10-K contains an explanatory paragraph regarding the substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue
−Removed: as a going concern.
−Removed: The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of
−Removed: the going concern uncertainty.
+Added: independent registered public accounting firm that accompanies its audited financial statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K
+Added: contains an explanatory paragraph regarding the substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of the going concern uncertainty.
Overview of 2020 results
−Removed: Our 2019 results were
−Removed: largely dominated by managing, searching for potential business combination candidates for BRAC and ultimately closing the Business
−Removed: We earned $466,595 in management fees for the year ended December 31, 2019, from our management agreement with BRAC
−Removed: subsequent to the Business Combination.
+Added: Our 2020 results were largely
+Added: dominated by managing, searching for potential business combination candidates and ultimately closing the business combination with S-FDF,
+Added: LLC to enter into the freeze-dried foods business.
+Added: We did not earn any revenues in 2020, compared to earning $466,595 in management fees
+Added: for the year ended December 31, 2019, from our management agreement with BRAC subsequent to the AESE transaction.
+Added: We anticipate generating
+Added: revenues from our freeze-dried foods business in 2021.
Our general and administrative
expenses remained relatively consistent throughout 2020, driven primarily by salaries and benefits amounting to $1,477,124.
−Removed: stock-based and deferred compensation included $1,396,460 of expense related to the 2018 Management Incentive Plan (the “2018
−Removed: Plan”), and $100,526 of expense related to the amortization of stock options.
+Added: Our stock-based
+Added: compensation of $1,104,096 consisted of $268,608 of stock issued to officers and directors, $458,048 of expense related to the amortization
+Added: of stock options and $377,440 of expense related to warrants issued to officers and directors as a debt discount for their personal guarantee
+Added: on a line of credit.
Application of Critical Accounting Policies
−Removed: Our discussion and
−Removed: analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our financial statements, which have been prepared
−Removed: in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
−Removed: The preparation of these financial
−Removed: statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses,
−Removed: and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities.
−Removed: On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related
−Removed: to impairment of property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, deferred tax assets and fair value computation using the Black
−Removed: Scholes option pricing model.
−Removed: We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions, such as the trading
−Removed: value of our common stock and estimated future undiscounted cash flows, that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances,
−Removed: the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily
−Removed: apparent from other sources.
−Removed: Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
−Removed: that our estimates, including those for the above-described items, are reasonable.
+Added: Our discussion and analysis
+Added: of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with
+Added: accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
+Added: The preparation of these financial statements requires us to
+Added: make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of
+Added: contingent assets and liabilities.
+Added: On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to impairment of property,
+Added: plant and equipment, intangible assets, deferred tax assets and fair value computation using the Black Scholes option pricing model.
+Added: base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions, such as the trading value of our common stock and estimated
+Added: future undiscounted cash flows, that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making
+Added: judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.
+Added: Actual results may differ
+Added: from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
+Added: We believe that our estimates, including those for the above-described
+Added: items, are reasonable.
Critical Accounting Policies
−Removed: The establishment and
−Removed: consistent application of accounting policies is a vital component of accurately and fairly presenting our financial statements
−Removed: in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP), as well as ensuring compliance with applicable
−Removed: laws and regulations governing financial reporting.
−Removed: While there are rarely alternative methods or rules from which to select in
−Removed: establishing accounting and financial reporting policies, proper application often involves significant judgment regarding a given
−Removed: set of facts and circumstances and a complex series of decisions.
−Removed: Deferred tax assets
−Removed: are recognized for temporary differences in financial statement and tax basis amounts that will result in deductible amounts and
−Removed: carry-forwards in future years.
−Removed: Deferred tax liabilities are recognized for temporary differences that will result in taxable amounts
−Removed: in future years.
−Removed: Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax law and tax rate(s) for the year in which we
−Removed: expect the temporary differences to be deducted or settled.
−Removed: The effect of a change in tax law or rates on the valuation of deferred
−Removed: tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period of enactment.
−Removed: Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance
−Removed: when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be
−Removed: Significant future taxable income would be required to realize this net tax asset.
−Removed: Estimating the amount
−Removed: of the valuation allowance is dependent on estimates of future taxable income, alternative minimum tax income, and changes in shareholder
−Removed: ownership that would trigger limits on use of net operating losses under Internal Revenue Code Section 382.
+Added: The establishment and consistent
+Added: application of accounting policies is a vital component of accurately and fairly presenting our financial statements in accordance with
+Added: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP), as well as ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations
+Added: governing financial reporting.
+Added: While there are rarely alternative methods or rules from which to select in establishing accounting and
+Added: financial reporting policies, proper application often involves significant judgment regarding a given set of facts and circumstances
+Added: and a complex series of decisions.
+Added: Deferred tax assets are recognized
+Added: for temporary differences in financial statement and tax basis amounts that will result in deductible amounts and carry-forwards in future
+Added: Deferred tax liabilities are recognized for temporary differences that will result in taxable amounts in future years.
+Added: tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax law and tax rate(s) for the year in which we expect the temporary differences
+Added: to be deducted or settled.
+Added: The effect of a change in tax law or rates on the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized
+Added: in income in the period of enactment.
+Added: Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it
+Added: is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
+Added: Significant future taxable income would
+Added: be required to realize this net tax asset.
+Added: Estimating the amount of the
+Added: valuation allowance is dependent on estimates of future taxable income, alternative minimum tax income, and changes in shareholder ownership
+Added: that would trigger limits on use of net operating losses under Internal Revenue Code Section 382.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Our cash and cash equivalents,
−Removed: investments, accounts receivable and accounts payable are stated at cost which approximates fair value due to the short-term nature
−Removed: of these instruments.
−Removed: In January 2010, the FASB issued an amendment to the accounting standards related to the disclosures
−Removed: about an entity’s use of fair value measurements.
−Removed: Among these amendments, entities are required to provide enhanced disclosures
−Removed: about transfers into and out of the Level 1 (fair value determined based on quoted prices in active markets for identical
−Removed: assets and liabilities) and Level 2 (fair value determined based on significant other observable inputs) classifications,
−Removed: provide separate disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements relating to the tabular reconciliation of beginning
−Removed: and ending balances of the Level 3 (fair value determined based on significant unobservable inputs) classification and provide
−Removed: greater disaggregation for each class of assets and liabilities that use fair value measurements.
+Added: investments, accounts receivable and accounts payable are stated at cost which approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of
+Added: these instruments.
+Added: In January 2010, the FASB issued an amendment to the accounting standards related to the disclosures about an
+Added: entity’s use of fair value measurements.
+Added: Among these amendments, entities are required to provide enhanced disclosures about transfers
+Added: into and out of the Level 1 (fair value determined based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities)
+Added: and Level 2 (fair value determined based on significant other observable inputs) classifications, provide separate disclosures about
+Added: purchases, sales, issuances and settlements relating to the tabular reconciliation of beginning and ending balances of the Level 3
+Added: (fair value determined based on significant unobservable inputs) classification and provide greater disaggregation for each class of assets
+Added: and liabilities that use fair value measurements.
Use of Estimates
−Removed: In accordance with
−Removed: accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, management utilizes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
−Removed: amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements,
−Removed: as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
+Added: In accordance with accounting
+Added: principles generally accepted in the United States, management utilizes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
+Added: assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the
+Added: reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.
−Removed: Results of Operations for the Years
−Removed: Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018.
−Removed: The following table
−Removed: summarizes selected items from the statement of operations for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018.
+Added: Results of Operations for the Years Ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 and 2019.
+Added: The following table summarizes
+Added: selected items from the statement of operations for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
Years Ended December 31,
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Salaries and benefits
−Removed: Stock-based and deferred compensation
+Added: Stock-based compensation
+Added: Deferred compensation
Professional services
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Gain on deconsolidation of subsidiary
−Removed: Settlement income
−Removed: Settlement expense
−Removed: Total other income
−Removed: Net income before provision for income taxes
+Added: (20,448,687 )
+Added: Interest expense
+Added: Loss on disposal of property and equipment
+Added: Loss on investment in Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc.
+Added: Total other income (expense)
+Added: (17,792,080 )
+Added: Net income (loss) before provision for income taxes
+Added: (18,205,021 )
Provision for income taxes
Net income from continuing operations, net of tax
+Added: (18,205,021 )
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations
Net income before non-controlling interest
+Added: (10,783,971 )
Net income attributable to redeemable non-controlling interest
−Removed: Net income (loss) attributable to Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
+Added: Net income (loss) attributable to Sow Good Inc.
+Added: $ (5,320,939 )
+Added: $ (9,451,442 )
Management Fee Revenue
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in management fees for the year ended December 31, 2019, from its management agreement with BRAC subsequent to the Mergers.
−Removed: The Company did not earn any management fees during the year ended December 31, 2018.
+Added: did not earn any management fees during the year ended December 31, 2020.
General and Administrative Expenses
Salaries and Benefits
−Removed: Salaries and benefits
−Removed: for the year ended December 31, 2019 were $1,172,745 compared to $1,199,729 for the year ended December 31, 2018, a decrease of
−Removed: $26,984 or 2%.
−Removed: The decrease in salaries and benefits was primarily due to a headcount decrease during the fourth quarter of 2019,
−Removed: offset by increased health benefit costs and a base salary increase for the CEO.
−Removed: Stock-based Compensation
+Added: Salaries and benefits for
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2020 were $1,477,124, compared to $1,172,745 for the year ended December 31, 2019, an increase of $304,379,
+Added: The increase in salaries and benefits was primarily due to severance pay accrued pursuant to the separation agreements for the
+Added: former management team, as we transitioned to our new line of business.
Stock-based Compensation
−Removed: expense for the year ended December 31, 2019 was $1,496,986, compared to $310,731 for year ended December 31, 2018, an increase
−Removed: of $1,186,255 or 382%.
−Removed: Included in the expense for year ended December 31, 2019, was $1,396,460 of expense related to the 2018
−Removed: Management Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”).
−Removed: Amortization of stock options decreased by $210,205 as a significant group
−Removed: of options became fully amortized at the end of 2018.
+Added: Stock-based compensation expense
+Added: for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $726,656, compared to $100,526 for the year ended December 31, 2019, an increase of $626,130,
+Added: Stock-based compensation consisted of stock options expense in both periods, in addition to $268,608 of expense related to the
+Added: issuance of common stock to officers and directors incurred during the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: Amortization of stock options
+Added: increased as new options were granted toward the end of February 2020, with a five-year vesting period, and the vesting period was accelerated
+Added: pursuant to separation agreements entered into on September 30, 2020.
+Added: Deferred Compensation
+Added: Deferred compensation expense
+Added: for the year ended December 31, 2019 was $1,396,460, consisting of expense related to the 2018 Management Incentive Plan (the “2018
+Added: Plan”).
+Added: There was no deferred compensation expense in the current period.
Professional Services
General and administrative
−Removed: expenses related to professional services were $132,505 for the 2019 period, compared to $105,796 for the 2018 period, an increase
−Removed: of $26,709 or 25%.
−Removed: The increase was primarily due to legal costs related to a reverse stock split and proposed business combinations.
+Added: expenses related to professional services were $451,125 for the 2020 period, compared to $132,505 for the 2019 period, an increase of
+Added: $318,620, or 240%.
+Added: The increase was primarily due to legal costs related to our asset purchase agreement with S-FDF,
Other General and Administrative Expenses
Other general and administrative
−Removed: expenses for the year ended December 31, 2019 were $259,968, compared to $250,088 for the year ended December 31, 2018, an increase
−Removed: of $9,880, or 4%.
−Removed: The increase is attributable to increased insurance costs, travel, and meals and entertainment expenses.
−Removed: Depreciation expense
−Removed: for the year ended December 31, 2019 was $872, compared to $9,472 for year ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: The decrease is attributable
−Removed: to certain equipment becoming fully amortized.
+Added: expenses for the year ended December 31, 2020 were $350,875, compared to $259,968 for the year ended December 31, 2019, an increase of
+Added: $90,907, or 35%.
+Added: The increase is attributable to increased administrative activity in the fourth quarter pursuant to the development of
+Added: our freeze-dried foods business.
+Added: Depreciation expense for the
+Added: year ended December 31, 2020 was $3,642, compared to $872 for year ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: The increase is attributable to the significant
+Added: increase in capital expenditures incurred as we developed our freeze-dried foods production facility.
Other Income (Expense)
In the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2019, other income was $20,448,738, consisting of the gain upon deconsolidation of BRAC of $26,322,687 and an offsetting merger
−Removed: incentive expense of $5,874,000 to recognize the cost related to transferring shares of AESE stock to the former owners of Allied
−Removed: Esports and WPT and other investors as incentive to participate in the merger.
+Added: 31, 2020, other expense was $2,311,517, consisting of $386,164 of interest expense derived from operating loans, including $377,440 of
+Added: warrants issued as consideration to officers and directors in exchange for their personal guarantees, a loss on the disposal of equipment
+Added: of $5,369, and a net loss on investments in Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc.
+Added: securities of $1,925,029, as offset by a $5,000 grant from
+Added: the Small Business Administration under their EIDL program and $45 of interest income.
In the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2018, other income was $2,139,496, consisting primarily of net settlement income of $2,137,500 resulting from the final settlement
−Removed: of the contingent portion of a 2012 settlement agreement.
+Added: 31, 2019, other income was $15,480,563, consisting of the gain upon deconsolidation of BRAC of $26,322,687 and an offsetting merger incentive
+Added: expense of $5,874,000 to recognize the cost related to transferring shares of AESE stock to the former owners of Allied Esports and WPT
+Added: and other investors as incentive to participate in the merger, and $51 of interest income, as offset by a net loss on investments in Allied
+Added: Esports Entertainment, Inc.
+Added: securities of $4,968,175.
Provision for Income Taxes
−Removed: The Company had no
−Removed: income tax expense in the 2019 or 2018 periods, as the Company continues to reserve against any deferred tax assets due to the
−Removed: uncertainty of realization of any benefit.
−Removed: Net Income (Loss)
−Removed: from Discontinued Operations
−Removed: Net income (loss) from
−Removed: discontinued operations relates to the income and expenses of BRAC during the periods prior to deconsolidation.
−Removed: Net income (loss)
−Removed: from discontinued operations consisted of a loss of $7,421,050, compared to income of $1,261,200, a difference of $8,682,250.
−Removed: the 2019 period, there were contingent closing costs from BRAC’s underwriter and other investment bankers involved in the
−Removed: merger of $7,917,500.
−Removed: Interest from investments in the trust account for the benefit of potential redeeming shareholders was $2,474,371
−Removed: in 2018, but decreased to $1,780,992 in 2019, due to trust account redemptions and the withdrawal of the remaining assets at the
−Removed: time of the Mergers.
+Added: The Company had no income
+Added: tax expense in the 2020 or 2019 periods, as the Company continues to reserve against any deferred tax assets due to the uncertainty of
+Added: realization of any benefit.
+Added: Net Loss from Discontinued
+Added: Net loss from discontinued
+Added: operations relates to the income and expenses of BRAC during the periods prior to deconsolidation.
+Added: Net loss from discontinued operations
+Added: consisted of a loss of $7,421,050 during the year ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: During the 2019 period, there were contingent closing
+Added: costs from BRAC’s underwriter and other investment bankers involved in the merger of $7,917,500.
+Added: Interest from investments in the
+Added: trust account for the benefit of potential redeeming shareholders was $1,780,992 in 2019, due to trust account redemptions and the withdrawal
+Added: of the remaining assets at the time of the Mergers.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: The following table
−Removed: summarizes our total current assets, liabilities and working capital at December 31, 2019 and 2018.
+Added: The following table summarizes
+Added: our total current assets, liabilities and working capital at December 31, 2020 and 2019.
Current Assets
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Working Capital
−Removed: $ (1,289,995 )
−Removed: As of December 31, 2019, we had negative
−Removed: working capital of $1,289,995.
−Removed: The following table
−Removed: summarizes our cash flows during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
+Added: As of December 31, 2020, we had working capital
+Added: of $1,768,153.
+Added: The following table summarizes
+Added: our cash flows during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Years Ended December 31,
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$ (1,743,409 )
+Added: $ (9,709,780 )
Net cash provided by investing activities
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Net cash used in operating
−Removed: activities was $9,709,780 and $187,936 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, a year over
−Removed: year increased use of $9,521,844.
−Removed: The increased use was primarily due to net settlement income $2,250,000 received in 2018, and
−Removed: an increase of $8,682,250 in net losses in discontinued operations of BRAC due primarily to the recognition of $7,917,500 of contingent
−Removed: fees upon BRAC’s business combination.
−Removed: Changes in working capital from continuing operating activities resulted in an increase
−Removed: in cash of $7,360 during the year ended December 31, 2019, as compared to a decrease in cash of $20,357 for the same period in
−Removed: the previous year.
+Added: activities was $1,743,409 and $9,709,780 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, a year over year
+Added: decreased use of $7,966,371.
+Added: The decreased use was primarily due to a decrease of $8,618,568 in net losses in discontinued operations
+Added: of BRAC due primarily to the recognition of $7,917,500 of contingent fees upon BRAC’s business combination.
+Added: Changes in working capital
+Added: from continuing operating activities resulted in an increase in cash of $340,735 during the year ended December 31, 2020, as compared
+Added: to an increase in cash of $7,360 for the same period in the previous year.
+Added: Net cash provided by investing
+Added: activities was $3,284,457 and $6,883,062 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
+Added: During the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2020, cash provided by investing activities consisted of $1,154,459 of cash received pursuant to our business combination
+Added: with S-FDF, LLC, and $3,181,735 of proceeds received from the sale of AESE securities, as offset by $257,626 of equipment purchases and
+Added: $794,111 paid on construction projects still in progress.
+Added: In the comparative period, virtually all the cash was provided from discontinued
+Added: operations and was the result of transfers and withdrawals from the Trust Account, other than $6,046 of equipment purchases during 2019.
+Added: Net cash provided by financing
+Added: activities was $262,925 and $1,431,974 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Net cash provided
−Removed: by investing activities was $6,883,062 and $213,897 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
−Removed: both periods virtually all the cash was provided from discontinued operations and was the result of transfers and withdrawals
−Removed: from the Trust Account, other than $6,046 of equipment purchases during 2019.
−Removed: Net cash provided by
−Removed: financing activities was $1,431,974 and $450 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
−Removed: the 2019 activity was the result of activities in the discontinued operations of BRAC, as compared to $450 received from warrant
−Removed: exercises in 2018.
−Removed: Satisfaction of our cash obligations
−Removed: for the next 12 months
−Removed: As of December 31, 2019, our
−Removed: balance of cash and cash equivalents was $108,756 and we had total working capital of negative $1,289,995.
+Added: by financing activities consisted of $802,025 of proceeds received from debt financing, including $112,925 of proceeds received under
+Added: the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) that were forgiven in January of 2021, as offset by $539,100 of debt repayments in
+Added: All of the 2019 activity was the result of activities in the discontinued operations of BRAC.
+Added: Satisfaction of our cash obligations for
+Added: the next 12 months
+Added: As of December 31, 2020,
+Added: our balance of cash and cash equivalents was $1,912,729 and we had total working capital of $1,768,153.
+Added: Based on projections of cash expenditures
+Added: in the Company’s current business plan, the cash on hand as of December 31, 2020 would be insufficient to sustain operations over
+Added: the next year.
We expect to incur significant
−Removed: costs related to a potential business combination which will put a strain on our cash resources.
−Removed: Our plan for satisfying our cash
−Removed: requirements for the next twelve months is through cash on hand and additional financing in the form of equity or debt as needed.
−Removed: On March 12, 2020, the Company received a business loan from Cadence Bank, N.A.
−Removed: via a $700,000
−Removed: Promissory Note, a Security Agreement by the Company and limited commercial guarantees by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: and Interim Chief Financial Officer and members of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Guarantors”).
−Removed: bears interest at a rate of 0.500 percentage points over the prime rate, currently 4.25% per annum, payable monthly, is due on
−Removed: March 9, 2021 and is secured by all of the Company’s rights, title and interests in and to 500,000 shares of the common stock
−Removed: of Allied Esports Entertainment Inc.
−Removed: AESE) currently owned by the Company and held in the Company’s brokerage account
−Removed: with RBC Capital Markets, LLC.
+Added: costs related to the development and operation of our freeze-dried foods business which will put a strain on our cash resources.
+Added: the Company be successful in launching its products, we may pursue the expansion of our production capabilities through the construction
+Added: of a second freeze drier.
+Added: Adding a second freeze drier would require approximately $1 million of incremental capital and would likely
+Added: require the Company to identify additional sources of funding.
+Added: Our plan for satisfying our
+Added: cash requirements for the next twelve months is through cash on hand and additional financing in the form of equity or debt as needed .
+Added: On February 5, 2021, we raised $2.525 million from the sale of an aggregate 631,250 shares of the Company’s common stock at $4.00
+Added: per share, resulting in approximately $2.7 million of cash on hand and $650,000 of liquid securities for a combined liquidity of $3.35
+Added: million as of March 19, 2021.
+Added: Our ability to scale production and distribution capabilities and further increase the value of our brands,
+Added: is largely dependent on our success in raising additional capital.
Effects of inflation and pricing
−Removed: We do not expect any
−Removed: significant effects from inflation and pricing.
+Added: We do not expect any significant
+Added: effects from inflation and pricing.
Contractual obligations and commitments
−Removed: We have no significant
−Removed: obligations and commitments as of December 31, 2019 to make future payments under contracts.
−Removed: Summary of product and research and
−Removed: development that we will perform for the term of our plan
−Removed: We are not anticipating
−Removed: significant research and development expenditures in the future.
−Removed: Expected purchase or sale of plant
−Removed: and significant equipment
−Removed: We do not anticipate
−Removed: the purchase or sale of any plant or significant equipment as such items are not required by us at this time.
+Added: Upon closing of the Asset
+Added: Purchase Agreement, the Company assumed the Seller’s obligations under a real property lease for its 20,945 square foot facility
+Added: Union Bower Rd.
+Added: Irving, TX 75061, under which an entity owned entirely by Ira Goldfarb is the landlord.
+Added: The lease term is through
+Added: September 15, 2025, with two five-year options to extend, at a monthly lease term of $10,036, with approximately a 3% annual escalation
+Added: of lease payments commencing September 15, 2021.
+Added: Summary of product and research and development
+Added: that we will perform for the term of our plan
+Added: We anticipate performing product
+Added: research and development as required for our products and distribution under our new plan of operation.
+Added: The Company currently has one
+Added: full-time employee dedicated to product research and development.
+Added: The Company’s research and development activities primarily consist
+Added: of product formulation, nutritional analysis, and taste analysis.
+Added: Expected purchase or sale of plant and significant
+Added: We anticipate the purchase
+Added: of significant property and equipment in 2021 as we complete our freeze-dried production facility.
Significant changes in the number of employees
As of December 31, 2020,
−Removed: we had five employees, our chief executive officer and interim chief financial officer, Kenneth DeCubellis, our chief operating
−Removed: officer, Michael Eisele and three other employees.
−Removed: Currently, there are no organized labor agreements or union agreements and we
−Removed: do not anticipate any in the future.
−Removed: Assuming we are able
−Removed: to identify and close on a business combination ;
−Removed: we may need to hire
−Removed: additional employees.
−Removed: In the interim, we intend to use the services of independent consultants and contractors to perform various
−Removed: professional services when appropriate.
−Removed: We believe the use of third-party service providers may enhance our ability to control
−Removed: general and administrative expenses and operate efficiently.
+Added: we had eighteen employees, our chief executive officer, Claudia Goldfarb, our Executive Chairman, Ira Goldfarb, our chief financial officer,
+Added: Brad Burke and fifteen other employees.
+Added: We expect a significant change in the number of full-time employees over the next 12 months based
+Added: upon our currently-projected business plan, as we commence production.
+Added: We are using and will continue to use the services of independent
+Added: consultants and contractors to perform various professional services for us or on behalf of our partners.
+Added: We believe that this use of
+Added: third-party service providers enhances our ability to contain general and administrative expenses.
+Added: Currently, there are no organized labor
+Added: agreements or union agreements and we do not anticipate any in the future.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: We do not have any
−Removed: off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition,
−Removed: revenues, expenses, results of operations liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors.
−Removed: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
−Removed: DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
+Added: We do not have any off-balance
+Added: sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, revenues, expenses,
+Added: results of operations liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors.
+Added: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES
+Added: ABOUT MARKET RISK
Commodity Price Risk
−Removed: We do not expect any
−Removed: significant effects from commodity price risk.
+Added: We do not expect any significant
+Added: effects from commodity price risk.
Interest Rate Risk
−Removed: We do not anticipate
−Removed: entering into any transactions that would expose us to any direct interest rate risk.
+Added: We do not anticipate entering
+Added: into any transactions that would expose us to any direct interest rate risk.
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