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the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
−Removed: specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief
+Added: specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
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we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined) in Exchange Act Rules 13a –15(e).
+Added: and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined) in Exchange Act Rules 13a –15(e).
Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered
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will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
−Removed: Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial
+Added: Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial
Our management is responsible
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to financial statement preparation and presentation.
−Removed: We carried out an
−Removed: evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the
−Removed: effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020.
−Removed: In making this assessment, our
−Removed: management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in
−Removed: “Internal Control —
−Removed: Integrated Framework (2013).”
−Removed: Based on this assessment, management believes that, as of
−Removed: December 31, 2020, our internal control over financial reporting was effective based on those criteria.
+Added: We carried out an evaluation,
+Added: under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our
+Added: internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021.
+Added: In making this assessment, our management used the criteria
+Added: set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in “Internal Control — Integrated
+Added: Framework (2013).” Based on this assessment, management believes that, as of December 31, 2021, our internal control over
+Added: financial reporting was effective based on those criteria.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial
−Removed: There have been no
−Removed: changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting through the date of this report or during the quarter ended
−Removed: December 31, 2020, that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control
−Removed: over financial reporting.
−Removed: Independent Registered Accountant’s Internal
+Added: There have been no changes
+Added: in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting through the date of this report or during the quarter ended December 31, 2021,
+Added: that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Independent Registered Accountant’s Internal
Control Attestation
This annual report does not
−Removed: include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to applicable
+Added: include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to applicable
OTHER INFORMATION
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Chief Executive Officer, Director
−Removed: Brad Burke (1)
Chief Financial Officer
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(1) Member of audit committee.
+Added: Creed resigned as a director effective
+Added: March 28, 2022.
Claudia Goldfarb has
been our chief executive officer since October 1, 2020.
−Removed: Goldfarb i s the co-founder of the freeze-dried
−Removed: foods business which the Company recently acquired.
−Removed: Goldfarb previously served as Prairie Dog Pet Products, LLC’s President
−Removed: from 2016 to 2020 and Chief Operating Officer from 2012 to 2016.
−Removed: Goldfarb’s tenure at Prairie Dog Pet Products she was
−Removed: responsible for managing four food manufacturing facilities with over 300 employees and 200,000 sq.
+Added: Goldfarb is the co-founder of the freeze-dried foods business which
+Added: the Company acquired.
+Added: Goldfarb previously served as Prairie Dog Pet Products, LLC’s President from 2016 to 2020 and Chief Operating
+Added: Officer from 2012 to 2016.
+Added: Goldfarb’s tenure at Prairie Dog Pet Products she was responsible for managing four food
+Added: manufacturing facilities with over 300 employees and 200,000 sq.
feet of manufacturing space.
−Removed: Goldfarb’s expertise in product research and development is underscored by her successful launch of over 200 unique products.
−Removed: has also served as Chief Operating Officer of the pet apparel company, PGT Holdings, from 2010-2012.
−Removed: Goldfarb co-founded and served
−Removed: as the Chief Executive Officer of Operation Ava, Inc.
+Added: Goldfarb’s expertise in product
+Added: research and development is underscored by her successful launch of over 200 unique products.
+Added: She has also served as Chief Operating Officer
+Added: of the pet apparel company, PGT Holdings, from 2010-2012.
+Added: Goldfarb co-founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of Operation
Previously, Mrs.
−Removed: Goldfarb served as a Project Development Consultant for the North
−Removed: American Development Bank, specializing in infrastructure development and financing on the US-Mexican Border.
−Removed: Goldfarb has spent
−Removed: the last 10 years specializing in product development, implementing best-in-class quality food systems, and freeze-dried pet food manufacturing .
+Added: Goldfarb served as a Project Development Consultant for the North American Development Bank, specializing in
+Added: infrastructure development and financing on the US-Mexican Border.
+Added: Goldfarb has spent the last 10 years specializing in product development,
+Added: implementing best-in-class quality food systems, and freeze-dried pet food manufacturing.
Ira Goldfarb, who is our
Chairman of the Board of Directors, is Mrs.
−Removed: Claudia Goldfarb’s husband.
−Removed: Goldfarb’s qualifications:
−Removed: experience –
+Added: Claudia Goldfarb’s husband.
+Added: Goldfarb’s qualifications:
+Added: Leadership experience – Mrs.
Goldfarb is the CEO of Sow Good Inc.
−Removed: She was previously the President of Prairie Dog Pet Products and, prior
−Removed: to that role, the company’s Chief Operating Officer.
−Removed: experience –
−Removed: Goldfarb served as a Project Development Consultant for the North American Development Bank, specializing in
−Removed: infrastructure development and financing on the US-Mexican border.
−Removed: experience –
−Removed: Goldfarb was responsible for managing four food manufacturing facilities for Prairie Dog Pet Products, which
−Removed: over 300 employees and 200,000 sq.
+Added: She was previously the President of Prairie Dog Pet Products and, prior to that role, the company’s Chief Operating Officer.
+Added: Finance experience – Mrs.
+Added: Goldfarb served as a Project Development
+Added: Consultant for the North American Development Bank, specializing in infrastructure development and financing on the US-Mexican border.
+Added: Industry experience – Mrs.
+Added: Goldfarb was responsible for managing
+Added: four food manufacturing facilities for Prairie Dog Pet Products, which over 300 employees and 200,000 sq.
feet of manufacturing space.
Over her career, Mrs.
−Removed: Goldfarb has launched over 200 unique products,
−Removed: underscoring her expertise in product research and development.
+Added: Goldfarb has launched over 200 unique products, underscoring her expertise in product research and development.
Brad Burke has
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through December 28, 2020.
−Removed: Burke was most recently the Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance and Investor
−Removed: Relations at CBRE Group Inc., reporting to CBRE’s Chief Financial Officer.
−Removed: In that role, he led CBRE’s investor relations
−Removed: strategy, acting as the interface between the company and CBRE’s shareholders.
−Removed: He also led CBRE’s forecasting, budgeting and
−Removed: financial analysis activities.
−Removed: Burke joined CBRE in 2017 as the Vice President of Investor Relations, having previously worked at
−Removed: Goldman Sachs as an equity research analyst where he led the research coverage of 17 real estate companies.
−Removed: Prior to joining Goldman Sachs
−Removed: Burke was an equity research analyst at UBS Securities, covering the Industrials and Energy sectors.
−Removed: financial services career in the audit practice group of Ernst & Young in 2003.
−Removed: Burke earned an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University
−Removed: in 2009, an MS in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame in 2004 and a BS in Marketing from The Pennsylvania State University in
−Removed: He is a Certified Public Accountant (license inactive) and a CFA Charterholder .
+Added: Burke was most recently the Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations at CBRE Group
+Added: Inc., reporting to CBRE’s Chief Financial Officer.
+Added: In that role, he led CBRE’s investor relations strategy, acting as the
+Added: interface between the company and CBRE’s shareholders.
+Added: He also led CBRE’s forecasting, budgeting and financial analysis activities.
+Added: Burke joined CBRE in 2017 as the Vice President of Investor Relations, having previously worked at Goldman Sachs as an equity research
+Added: analyst where he led the research coverage of 17 real estate companies.
+Added: Prior to joining Goldman Sachs & Co.
+Added: an equity research analyst at UBS Securities, covering the Industrials and Energy sectors.
+Added: He began his financial services career in the
+Added: audit practice group of Ernst & Young in 2003.
+Added: Burke earned an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009, an MS in Accountancy
+Added: from the University of Notre Dame in 2004 and a BS in Marketing from The Pennsylvania State University in 2003.
+Added: He is a Certified Public
+Added: Accountant (license inactive) and a CFA Charterholder.
Ira Goldfarb has
been our chairman since October 1, 2020.
−Removed: Goldfarb i s the co-founder of the freeze-dried foods
−Removed: business which the Company recently acquired.
−Removed: Goldfarb previously founded Prairie Dog Pet Products, LLC in 2012 and served as its
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer until 2020 when he sold the company to Kinderhook Industries.
−Removed: Prairie Dog Pet Products is a leading freeze-dried
−Removed: pet food and treat manufacturing company based in Grand Prairie, Texas.
+Added: Goldfarb is the co-founder of the freeze-dried foods business which the Company
+Added: Goldfarb previously founded Prairie Dog Pet Products, LLC in 2012 and served as its Chief Executive Officer until 2020 when
+Added: he sold the company to Kinderhook Industries.
+Added: Prairie Dog Pet Products is a leading freeze-dried pet food and treat manufacturing company
+Added: based in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Previously, Mr.
−Removed: Goldfarb was Chief Executive Officer of PGT Holdings
−Removed: from 2010-2012 and founder and Chief Executive Officer of DS Retail Holdings, LLC from 2006 until 2013.
−Removed: Goldfarb co-founded
−Removed: and funded Operation Ava Inc., the second largest dog and cat rescue group in Pennsylvania.
−Removed: Operation Ava saved over 2,000 animals each
−Removed: year from euthanasia.
−Removed: Goldfarb has extensive experience in both the retail and manufacturing industries spanning over 30 years;
−Removed: first specialized in the leather fashion industry then in the pet food industry with a focus on dehydrated and freeze-dried products.
−Removed: He has also founded, developed, and sold numerous companies to public and private groups.
+Added: Goldfarb was Chief Executive Officer of PGT Holdings from 2010-2012 and founder and Chief
+Added: Executive Officer of DS Retail Holdings, LLC from 2006 until 2013.
+Added: Goldfarb co-founded and funded Operation Ava Inc., the
+Added: second largest dog and cat rescue group in Pennsylvania.
+Added: Operation Ava saved over 2,000 animals each year from euthanasia.
+Added: has extensive experience in both the retail and manufacturing industries spanning over 30 years;
+Added: he first specialized in the leather fashion
+Added: industry then in the pet food industry with a focus on dehydrated and freeze-dried products.
+Added: He has also founded, developed, and sold
+Added: numerous companies to public and private groups.
Goldfarb is the husband of Claudia Goldfarb.
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is our Chief Executive Officer, is Mr.
−Removed: Ira Goldfarb’s wife.
−Removed: Goldfarb’s qualifications:
−Removed: experience –
−Removed: Goldfarb is the Executive Chairman of Sow Good, Inc.
−Removed: He previously founded Prairie Dog Pet Products in 2012 and
−Removed: served as the company’s CEO until 2020.
−Removed: experience –
−Removed: Prairie Dog Pet Products is a leading freeze-dried pet food and treat manufacturing company.
−Removed: Goldfarb has extensive
−Removed: experience in both the retail and manufacturing industries over his greater than 30-year career.
−Removed: He first specialized in the leather
−Removed: fashion industry before focusing on the pet food industry with an emphasis on dehydrated and freeze-dried products
+Added: Ira Goldfarb’s wife.
+Added: Goldfarb’s qualifications:
+Added: Leadership experience – Mr.
+Added: Goldfarb is the Executive Chairman of
+Added: Sow Good Inc.
+Added: He previously founded Prairie Dog Pet Products in 2012 and served as the company’s CEO until 2020.
+Added: Industry experience – Prairie Dog Pet Products is a leading freeze-dried
+Added: pet food and treat manufacturing company.
+Added: Goldfarb has extensive experience in both the retail and manufacturing industries over his
+Added: greater than 30-year career.
+Added: He first specialized in the leather fashion industry before focusing on the pet food industry with an emphasis
+Added: on dehydrated and freeze-dried products
Bradley Berman has
−Removed: been a director of Black Ridge since our inception and was our chairman from November 12, 2010 until October 1, 2020.
−Removed: our chief executive officer from November 12, 2010 to November 9, 2011, our chief financial officer between November 12, 2010
+Added: been a director since our inception and was our chairman from November 12, 2010 until October 1, 2020.
+Added: He was our chief executive
+Added: officer from November 12, 2010 to November 9, 2011, our chief financial officer between November 12, 2010
and November 15, 2010, and our corporate secretary from November 12, 2010 to February 22, 2011.
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of our directors, is Mr.
−Removed: Brad Berman’s father.
−Removed: Berman’s qualifications:
−Removed: experience –
−Removed: Berman was our chairman from November 12, 2010 until October 1, 2020 and was our chief executive
−Removed: officer from November 12, 2010 to November 9, 2011 and he is the founder and president of King Show Games, Inc.
−Removed: experience –
−Removed: Berman is the founder and president of King Show Games, Inc.
−Removed: experience - Mr.
−Removed: Berman attended Mankato State University in Minnesota and University of Nevada at Las Vegas in Nevada concentrating
−Removed: in business and computer science.
−Removed: Lahti has been a director of the Company since August 31, 2012.
−Removed: Lahti is a Minneapolis native and leader in
−Removed: numerous Minnesota business and community organizations.
+Added: Brad Berman’s father.
+Added: Berman’s qualifications:
+Added: Leadership experience – Mr.
+Added: Berman was our chairman from November 12, 2010
+Added: until October 1, 2020 and was our chief executive officer from November 12, 2010 to November 9, 2011 and he is the
+Added: founder and president of King Show Games, Inc.
+Added: Finance experience – Mr.
+Added: Berman is the founder and president
+Added: of King Show Games, Inc.
+Added: Education experience - Mr.
+Added: Berman attended Mankato State University
+Added: in Minnesota and University of Nevada at Las Vegas in Nevada concentrating in business and computer science.
+Added: has been a director of the Company since August 31, 2012.
+Added: Lahti is a Minneapolis native and leader in numerous Minnesota
+Added: business and community organizations.
As principal of JL Holdings since 1989, Mr.
−Removed: Lahti has provided funding and
−Removed: management leadership to several early-stage or distressed companies.
−Removed: From 1993 to 2002, he held the positions of chief operating officer,
+Added: Lahti has provided funding and management leadership
+Added: to several early-stage or distressed companies.
+Added: From 1993 to 2002, he held the positions of chief operating officer, chief financial officer,
president, chief executive officer and chairman at Shuffle Master, Inc., a company that provided innovative products to the gaming
−Removed: Lahti served as Chairman of the Board of PokerTek, Inc., a publicly traded company sold in October 2014, and he
−Removed: also served as an independent director and Chairman of AFAM Capital until October of 2018 and then as Chairman of the Board of Innealta,
−Removed: an investment manager.
−Removed: Within the past five years Mr.
−Removed: Lahti served on the board of directors of Voyager
−Removed: Oil & Gas, Inc., and more than five years ago Mr.
−Removed: Lahti served as the Chairman of the Board of directors of Shuffle Master, Inc.
−Removed: and served on the board of directors of Zomax, Inc.
−Removed: Through his public company Board experience, he has participated on, and chaired,
−Removed: both Audit and Compensation Committees.
−Removed: Lahti has been a director of Allied Esports Entertainment Inc.
−Removed: (AESE) (fka Black Ridge
−Removed: Acquisition Corp.) since May 2017.
−Removed: Lahti’s qualifications:
−Removed: experience –
−Removed: Lahti is a principal of JL Holdings (1989 to present).
+Added: Lahti served as a Director of PokerTek, Inc., a publicly traded company, from 2008 until it was sold in October
+Added: 2014 (including serving as chairman of the board from 2012 to 2014), and since 2018 has been an independent director and chairman of the
+Added: board of Innealta Capital and Acclivity Capital, investment managers.
+Added: In 2021 Mr Lahti was named chairman of an early-stage company which
+Added: has created a financial services marketplace for Latin America.
+Added: Mr Lahti also served as chairman of AF Holdings, Inc, an asset manager,
+Added: until its sale in October 2018 and remains as CEO of the surviving shareholder representative company until the earn out period ends in
+Added: Previously, Mr.
+Added: Lahti also served on the board of directors of Voyager Oil & Gas, Inc.
+Added: and Zomax, Inc., and served as the chairman
+Added: of the board of directors of Shuffle Master, Inc.
+Added: Lahti’s qualifications:
+Added: Leadership experience – Mr.
+Added: Lahti is a principal of JL Holdings
+Added: (1989 to present).
Lahti served as Chairman of AFAM Capital.
−Removed: He served as Chairman of the Board of PokerTek, Inc., a publicly traded company.
−Removed: He served as chief executive officer and chairman
−Removed: of Shuffle Master, Inc., a publicly traded company (1997-2002).
−Removed: experience –
−Removed: Lahti holds Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Harvard University.
−Removed: Berman has been a director of the Company since October 26, 2016.
−Removed: Berman began his career with Berman Buckskin, his family's
−Removed: leather business.
+Added: He served as Chairman of the Board of PokerTek, Inc., a publicly
+Added: traded company.
+Added: He served as chief executive officer and chairman of Shuffle Master, Inc., a publicly traded company (1997-2002).
+Added: Education experience – Mr.
+Added: Lahti holds Bachelor of Arts degree
+Added: in economics from Harvard University.
+Added: has been a director of the Company since October 26, 2016.
+Added: Berman began his career with Berman Buckskin, his family's leather business.
He helped grow the business into a major specialty retailer with 27 outlets.
−Removed: After selling Berman
−Removed: Buckskin to WJL Grace in 1979, Mr.
−Removed: Berman continued as President and Chief Executive Officer and led the company to become one the county's
−Removed: largest retail leather chains, with over 200 stores nationwide.
−Removed: Berman participated in the founding
−Removed: of Grand Casinos, Inc.
−Removed: Berman is credited as one of the early visionaries in the development of casinos outside of the traditional
−Removed: gaming markets of Las Vegas and Atlantic City.
−Removed: In less than five years, the company opened eight casino resorts in four states.
−Removed: Berman financed the initial development of Rainforest Cafe.
+Added: After selling Berman Buckskin to WJL Grace in 1979, Mr.
+Added: continued as President and Chief Executive Officer and led the company to become one the county's largest retail leather chains, with
+Added: over 200 stores nationwide.
+Added: Berman participated in the founding of Grand Casinos, Inc.
+Added: Berman is credited as one of the
+Added: early visionaries in the development of casinos outside of the traditional gaming markets of Las Vegas and Atlantic City.
+Added: five years, the company opened eight casino resorts in four states.
+Added: Berman financed the initial development of Rainforest
He served as the Chairman and CEO from 1994 unti1 2000.
−Removed: In October 1995,
−Removed: Berman was honored with the B'nai B'rith "Great American Traditions Award."
−Removed: In April 1996, he received the Gaming Executive
−Removed: of the Year Award;
−Removed: Berman was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame;
−Removed: and in 2009, he received the Casino Lifetime Achievement
−Removed: Award from Raving Consulting & Casino Journal.
−Removed: In 1998, Lakes Entertainment, Inc.
−Removed: 2002, as Chairman of the Board and CEO of Lakes Entertainment, Inc., Mr.
+Added: In October 1995, Mr.
+Added: Berman was honored with the B'nai B'rith "Great
+Added: American Traditions Award." In April 1996, he received the Gaming Executive of the Year Award;
+Added: Berman was inducted into
+Added: the Poker Hall of Fame;
+Added: and in 2009, he received the Casino Lifetime Achievement Award from Raving Consulting & Casino Journal.
+Added: 1998, Lakes Entertainment, Inc.
+Added: In 2002, as Chairman of the
+Added: Board and CEO of Lakes Entertainment, Inc., Mr.
Berman was instrumental in creating the World Poker Tour.
−Removed: Berman served as the Executive Chairman of the Board of WPT Enterprises, Inc.
+Added: Berman served as the Executive
+Added: Chairman of the Board of WPT Enterprises, Inc.
(later known as Voyager Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: Oil, Inc.) from its inception in February 2002 until July 2013.
+Added: and Emerald Oil, Inc.) from its inception in
+Added: February 2002 until July 2013.
Berman also served as a director of PokerTek, Inc.
−Removed: from January 2005
−Removed: until October 2014, including serving as Chairman of the Board from January 2005 until October 2011.
−Removed: Berman has been a director
−Removed: of Allied Esports Entertainment Inc.
−Removed: (AESE) (fka Black Ridge Acquisition Corp.) since May 2017.
+Added: from January 2005 until October 2014, including
+Added: serving as Chairman of the Board from January 2005 until October 2011.
+Added: Berman has been a director of Allied Esports Entertainment
+Added: (AESE) (fka Black Ridge Acquisition Corp.) since May 2017 and currently services as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Allied Esports
+Added: Entertainment Inc.
Bradley Berman, who is
the chairman of our Board of Directors, is Mr.
−Removed: Lyle Berman’s son.
−Removed: Berman’s qualifications:
−Removed: Leadership experience –
−Removed: Berman served as Chairman of the Board and
−Removed: CEO of Lakes Entertainment, Inc.
+Added: Lyle Berman’s son.
+Added: Berman’s qualifications:
+Added: Leadership experience – Mr.
+Added: Berman served as Chairman of the Board and CEO of Lakes Entertainment,
He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Grand Casinos, Inc.
−Removed: (the predecessor
−Removed: to Lakes) (1991-1998).
−Removed: He served as the Executive Chairman of the Board of WPT Enterprises, Inc.
−Removed: (later known as Voyager Oil & Gas,
+Added: (the predecessor to Lakes) (1991-1998).
+Added: served as the Executive Chairman of the Board of WPT Enterprises, Inc.
+Added: (later known as Voyager Oil & Gas, Inc.
and Emerald Oil, Inc.)
He served as Chairman of the Board of PokerTek, Inc.
−Removed: He served as Chairman
−Removed: of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Rainforest Café, Inc.
−Removed: Berman currently
−Removed: serves on the Board of Directors of Golden Entertainment, Inc., Redstone American Grill, Inc., Allied Esports Entertainment Inc., Augeo
−Removed: Affinity Marketing, Inc., Poker52, LLC, LubeZone, Inc., and Mill City Ventures, Ltd.
−Removed: experience –
−Removed: Berman holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota.
+Added: He served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
+Added: Officer of Rainforest Café, Inc.
+Added: Berman currently serves on the Board of Directors of Golden Entertainment, Inc.,
+Added: Redstone American Grill, Inc., Allied Esports Entertainment Inc., Augeo Affinity Marketing, Inc., Poker52, LLC, LubeZone, Inc., and Mill
+Added: City Ventures, Ltd.
+Added: Education experience – Mr.
+Added: Berman holds a degree in Business Administration
+Added: from the University of Minnesota.
Greg Creed was
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Creed was Chief Executive Officer of Yum!
−Removed: from January 2015 to December 2019 and served as a Director of the Board from November 2014 to May 2020.
−Removed: Creed retired after a successful
−Removed: 25-year career with the Company.
−Removed: He has more than 40 years of extensive global experience in marketing and operations with leading packaged
−Removed: goods and restaurant brands.
+Added: Brands from January 2015 to December
+Added: 2019 and served as a Director of the Board from November 2014 to May 2020.
+Added: Creed retired after a successful 25-year career with the
+Added: He has more than 40 years of extensive global experience in marketing and operations with leading packaged goods and restaurant
Previously, Mr.
−Removed: head of Taco Bell, the nation’s leading Mexican-style quick service restaurant chain.
+Added: head of Taco Bell, the nation’s leading Mexican-style quick service restaurant chain.
He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of
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He has held various roles with the Company including Chief Marketing Officer
−Removed: at Taco Bell where he spearheaded the “Think Outside the Bun”
−Removed: campaign and new product introductions that generated strong
+Added: at Taco Bell where he spearheaded the “Think Outside the Bun” campaign and new product introductions that generated strong
sales and profit growth for five consecutive years, as well as Chief Operating Officer for Yum!.
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is also a member of the American Society of Corporate Executives (ASCE).
−Removed: Creed’s qualifications:
−Removed: experience –Mr.
−Removed: Creed was Chief Executive Officer of Yum!
−Removed: Brands from January 2015 to December 2019 and served as a Director of
−Removed: the Board from November 2014 to May 2020.
+Added: Creed’s qualifications:
+Added: Leadership experience –Mr.
+Added: Creed was Chief Executive Officer of
+Added: Brands from January 2015 to December 2019 and served as a Director of the Board from November 2014 to May 2020.
Previously, Mr.
−Removed: Creed was head of Taco Bell, the nation’s leading Mexican-style quick
−Removed: service restaurant chain.
−Removed: He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Taco Bell in early 2011 after serving as President and Chief Concept
−Removed: experience - Mr.
−Removed: Creed earned a business degree from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia.
+Added: was head of Taco Bell, the nation’s leading Mexican-style quick service restaurant chain.
+Added: He was appointed Chief Executive Officer
+Added: of Taco Bell in early 2011 after serving as President and Chief Concept Officer.
+Added: Education experience - Mr.
+Added: Creed earned a business degree from Queensland
+Added: University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia.
+Added: On March 28, 2022, Greg Creed
+Added: tendered his resignation, effective immediately, from our Board of Directors and as a member of our audit committee.
+Added: Creed will be
+Added: transitioning to the Company's Advisory Board of Directors for the remainder of his term.
+Added: Creed's resignation was not as a result
+Added: of any disagreement with the Company.
Chris Ludeman has
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Chris Ludeman is Global President
−Removed: of Capital Markets for CBRE, the world’s leading commercial real estate services firm and one of the largest U.S.-based public companies.
−Removed: Ludeman drives the company’s advisory business for investors, including responsibility for equity sales, debt and structured
+Added: of Capital Markets for CBRE, the world’s leading commercial real estate services firm and one of the largest U.S.-based public companies.
+Added: Ludeman drives the company’s advisory business for investors, including responsibility for equity sales, debt and structured
finance and real estate investment banking, both globally and in the Americas.
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Ludeman served in several regional and local market leadership positions across the United States.
−Removed: Ludeman’s qualifications:
−Removed: experience –Mr.
−Removed: Ludeman is Global President of Capital Markets for CBRE, with responsibility for equity sales, debt and structured
−Removed: finance and real estate investment banking, both globally and in the Americas.
−Removed: experience –
−Removed: During his more than three decades in the real estate services industry and with CBRE, Mr.
−Removed: Ludeman has served in several
−Removed: key management roles, including serving as the president of various businesses including Brokerage, Transaction Management and Global
−Removed: Corporate Services.
−Removed: experience –
−Removed: Ludeman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
+Added: Ludeman’s qualifications:
+Added: Leadership experience –Mr.
+Added: Ludeman is Global President of Capital
+Added: Markets for CBRE, with responsibility for equity sales, debt and structured finance and real estate investment banking, both globally
+Added: and in the Americas.
+Added: Industry experience – During his more than three decades in the
+Added: real estate services industry and with CBRE, Mr.
+Added: Ludeman has served in several key management roles, including serving as the president
+Added: of various businesses including Brokerage, Transaction Management and Global Corporate Services.
+Added: Education experience – Mr.
+Added: Ludeman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree
+Added: from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
No director is required to
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The Board of Directors has
−Removed: determined this is appropriate given the size of the Board of Directors and the Company’s current size.
+Added: determined this is appropriate given the size of the Board of Directors and the Company’s current size.
The Board will consider
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and the Company.
−Removed: Of particular importance is the candidate’s wisdom, integrity, ability to make independent analytical inquiries,
+Added: Of particular importance is the candidate’s wisdom, integrity, ability to make independent analytical inquiries,
understanding of the business environment in which the Company operates, as well as his or her potential contribution to the diversity
of the Board of Directors and his or her willingness to devote adequate time to fulfill his or her duties as a director.
−Removed: Directors will consider director candidates recommended by the Company’s stockholders.
+Added: Directors will consider director candidates recommended by the Company’s stockholders.
Stockholders may recommend director candidates
−Removed: by contacting the Chairman of the Board as provided under the heading “Communications with the Board of Directors.”
+Added: by contacting the Chairman of the Board as provided under the heading “Communications with the Board of Directors.” The Company
did not employ a search firm or pay fees to other third parties in connection with seeking or evaluating board nominee candidates.
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During the year ended December 31, 2021,
−Removed: the Board of Directors held eight meetings, the Audit Committee held five meetings.
−Removed: The Company does not have a separate Compensation
−Removed: Each of our elected Directors attended at least 75% of all meetings of the Board of Directors and the committees on which he
−Removed: served during the year.
+Added: the Board of Directors held four meetings, the Audit Committee held four meetings.
+Added: The Company does not have a separate Compensation Committee.
+Added: Each of our elected Directors attended at least 75% of all meetings of the Board of Directors and the committees on which he served during
Annual Meeting Attendance
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The Board has determined
−Removed: that having Ira Goldfarb serve as Chairman and Claudia Goldfarb as the CEO is in the best interest of the Company’s stockholders
+Added: that having Ira Goldfarb serve as Chairman and Claudia Goldfarb as the CEO is in the best interest of the Company’s stockholders
at this time.
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Our Board of Directors believes
−Removed: that risk management is an important component of the Company’s corporate strategy.
+Added: that risk management is an important component of the Company’s corporate strategy.
The Board, as a whole, oversees our risk management
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We currently qualify as a
−Removed: “smaller reporting company”
−Removed: as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K.
+Added: “smaller reporting company” as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K.
Accordingly, and in accordance with relevant SEC rules and guidance, we have elected, with respect to the disclosures required by Item
402 (Executive Compensation) of Regulation S-K, to comply with the disclosure requirements applicable to smaller reporting companies.
−Removed: The following Compensation Overview is not comparable to the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis”
−Removed: that is required of SEC
+Added: The following Compensation Overview is not comparable to the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” that is required of SEC
reporting companies that are not smaller reporting companies.
The following Compensation
−Removed: Overview describes the material elements of compensation for our executive officers identified in the Summary Compensation Table (“Named
−Removed: Executive Officers”), and executive officers that we may hire in the future.
+Added: Overview describes the material elements of compensation for our executive officers identified in the Summary Compensation Table (“Named
+Added: Executive Officers”), and executive officers that we may hire in the future.
As more fully described below, our board of directors
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all relevant factors in determining executive compensation, including the competition for talent, our desire to link pay with performance,
−Removed: the use of equity to align executive interests with those of our stockholders, individual contributions, teamwork, and each executive’s
+Added: the use of equity to align executive interests with those of our stockholders, individual contributions, teamwork, and each executive’s
total compensation package.
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· Incentive compensation awards are designed to focus employees on the business objectives for a particular
−Removed: Equity incentive awards, such as stock options and non-vested stock, focus executives’
−Removed: the behaviors within the recipients’
−Removed: control that they believe are designed to ensure our long-term success as reflected in increases
+Added: · Equity incentive awards, such as stock options and non-vested stock, focus executives’ efforts on
+Added: the behaviors within the recipients’ control that they believe are designed to ensure our long-term success as reflected in increases
to our stock prices over a period of several years, growth in our profitability and other elements.
−Removed: Severance and change in control plans are designed to facilitate a company’s ability to attract
+Added: · Severance and change in control plans are designed to facilitate a company’s ability to attract
and retain executives as we compete for talented employees in a marketplace where such protections are commonly offered.
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are not necessarily a determining factor in setting executive compensation.
−Removed: Each executive officer’s compensation relative to the
+Added: Each executive officer’s compensation relative to the
benchmark varies based on the scope of responsibility and time in the position.
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this purpose.
−Removed: The Elements of The Company’s Compensation Program
+Added: The Elements of The Company’s Compensation Program
Executive officer base salaries
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January 4, 2021, under which she serves as our Chief Executive Officer.
−Removed: Pursuant to the employment agreement,
−Removed: Goldfarb (a) for the period beginning on October 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2021, the issuance of 5,541 shares of
−Removed: the Company’s common stock per month, and (b) beginning on January 1, 2022, a base salary payable in monthly increments in an amount
−Removed: equal to the base salary of $292,500 per year through at least October 1, 2025, subject to annual 10% increases.
−Removed: We entered into an employment agreement with Ira Goldfarb on October 1, 2020, which was amended on January 4,
−Removed: 2021, under which he serves as our Executive Chairman of the Board.
−Removed: Pursuant to the employment agreement, we
−Removed: Goldfarb (a) for the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending December 31, 2021, the issuance of 6,044 shares of the Company’s
+Added: Pursuant to the employment agreement, we pay Mrs.
+Added: (a) for the period beginning on October 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2021, the issuance of 5,541 shares of the Company’s
common stock per month, and (b) beginning on January 1, 2022, a base salary payable in monthly increments in an amount equal to the base
salary of $292,500 per year through at least October 1, 2025, subject to annual 10% increases.
+Added: · We entered into an employment agreement with Ira Goldfarb on October 1, 2020, which was amended on January 4,
+Added: 2021, under which he serves as our Executive Chairman of the Board.
+Added: Pursuant to the employment agreement, we pay Mr.
+Added: Goldfarb (a) for
+Added: the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending December 31, 2021, the issuance of 6,044 shares of the Company’s common stock
+Added: per month, and (b) beginning on January 1, 2022, a base salary payable in monthly increments in an amount equal to the base salary of
+Added: $330,000 per year through at least October 1, 2025, subject to annual 10% increases.
· We entered into an employment agreement with Brad Burke on December 28, 2020, under which she serves as
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Pursuant to the employment agreement, we pay Mr.
−Removed: Burke an annual base salary of
−Removed: $275,000, commencing January 1, 2021 through at least December 31, 2023.
+Added: Burke an annual base salary of $275,000, commencing January
+Added: 1, 2021 through at least December 31, 2023.
From October 5, 2020 through December 31, 2020, we paid Mr.
−Removed: at the rate of $22,917 per month.
+Added: Burke at the rate of $22,917 per
Additional factors reviewed
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(1) the growth in our revenue, (2) the growth in our earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
−Removed: and amortization, as adjusted (“EBITDA”), and (3) our stock price.
+Added: and amortization, as adjusted (“EBITDA”), and (3) our stock price.
The board has not adopted specific performance goals and
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for the reverse stock split) have been reserved for issuance pursuant to the grant and exercise of non-qualified stock options.
−Removed: On March 1, 2018, the Board
−Removed: of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company approved and adopted the Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: 2018 Management Incentive
−Removed: Plan (the “Plan”) and the form of 2018 Management Incentive Plan Award Agreement (the “Award Agreement”).
−Removed: In connection with the approval
−Removed: of the Plan and Award Agreement, the Board approved the issuance of awards (the “Awards”) to certain individuals including
−Removed: officers and directors (the “Grantees”), representing a percentage of the shares of BRAC held by the Company as of the date
−Removed: of closing of a business combination for the acquisition of a target business as described in the BRAC prospectus dated October 4, 2017,
−Removed: Percentage of BRAC Shares Owned by the
−Removed: Company Granted to the Grantee
−Removed: Bradley Berman
−Removed: Benjamin Oehler
−Removed: Kenneth DeCubellis
−Removed: Michael Eisele
−Removed: We believe equity incentive
−Removed: awards motivate our employees to work to improve our business and stock price performance, thereby further linking the interests of our
−Removed: senior management and our stockholders.
−Removed: The board considers several factors in determining whether awards are granted to an executive
−Removed: officer, including those previously described, as well as the executive’s position, his or her performance and responsibilities,
−Removed: and the number of options or other awards, if any, currently held by the officer and their vesting schedule.
−Removed: Our policy prohibits backdating
−Removed: options or granting them retroactively.
Effective December 5, 2019,
as amended on October 1, 2020, January 4, 2021 and again on March 19, 2021, our board of directors adopted the 2020 Stock
−Removed: Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”) under which a total of 814,150 shares of our common stock have been reserved for issuance
+Added: Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”) under which a total of 814,150 shares of our common stock have been reserved for issuance
pursuant to the grant and exercise of stock options.
−Removed: The amendments remain subject to shareholder approval,
−Removed: to be provided, if at all, by October 1, 2021.
+Added: The amendments were approved by a majority of shareholders of record on September
Benefits and Prerequisites
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and confer other fringe benefits for our executive officers in the future.
−Removed: Separation Arrangements
−Removed: Effective September 30, 2020,
−Removed: the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Ken DeCubellis (the “A&R DeCubellis Employment Agreement”),
−Removed: pursuant to which Mr.
−Removed: DeCubellis stepped down from his roles as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and interim Chief Financial
−Removed: Under the A&R DeCubellis Employment Agreement, Mr.
−Removed: DeCubellis served as a transition resource employee and assist with
−Removed: the integration of the Seller’s freeze-dried fruit business into the Company's existing operations through December 15, 2020.
−Removed: In exchange for Mr.
−Removed: DeCubellis’
−Removed: continued service to the Company, the Company agreed to pay Mr.
−Removed: DeCubellis an annual base salary
−Removed: rate of $300,000 (“Base Salary”).
−Removed: Following his termination
−Removed: and receipt of release, Mr.
−Removed: DeCubellis is entitled to ongoingpayments at the Base Salary rate from December 15, 2020 through September
−Removed: The payments may be made in a combination of cash and AESE Stock, at the Company’s election.
−Removed: In addition, certain stock
−Removed: options granted by the Company that would otherwise have been forfeited upon separation from employment have fully vest.
−Removed: The foregoing summary of the
−Removed: A&R DeCubellis Employment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the agreement, a copy of which will
−Removed: be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period in which the agreement was entered into.
−Removed: Departure of Chief Operating
−Removed: Officer, Michael Eisele
−Removed: Effective September 30, 2020,
−Removed: and as a condition to closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company terminated the employment of its Chief Operating Officer, Michael
−Removed: In connection with the termination, the Company and Mr.
−Removed: Eisele entered into a Separation Agreement and Release (the “Eisele
−Removed: Separation Agreement”) under which Mr.
−Removed: Eisele agreed to a customary release in exchange for severance compensation as follows:
−Removed: the continuation of Mr.
−Removed: Eisele’s annual base salary for the twelve (12) month period following the effective date, payable bi-weekly through September 30, 2021;
−Removed: immediate and full vesting of all outstanding unvested incentive and non-qualified stock options awarded from the date of grant through the date of separation.
−Removed: The Separation Agreement
−Removed: contains a release and certain restrictive covenants that are binding upon Mr.
Executive Officer Compensation
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Summary Compensation Table
−Removed: Non-Qualified
Principal Position
−Removed: Compensation (6)
+Added: Non-Qualified
Ira Goldfarb, (1)
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Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: DeCubellis, (4)
−Removed: Former Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: Michael Eisele, (5)
−Removed: Former Chief Operating Officer
−Removed: Goldfarb was appointed Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors on October 1, 2020.
+Added: Goldfarb was appointed Executive
+Added: Chairman of the Board of Directors on October 1, 2020.
We have agreed to compensate Mr.
−Removed: Goldfarb a total
−Removed: of $330,000 in cash per year commencing on January 1, 2022, and 6,044 shares per month through December 31, 2021.
−Removed: On January 4, 2021,
−Removed: we issued 18,133 shares for Mr.
−Removed: Goldfarb’s services in 2020.
+Added: Goldfarb a total of $330,000 in cash per year
+Added: commencing on January 1, 2022, and 6,044 shares per month through December 31, 2021.
+Added: On January 4, 2021, we issued 18,133 shares
+Added: Goldfarb’s services in 2020, and a total of 72,528 shares during 2021, of which 6,044 shares were subsequently issued on
+Added: March 24, 2022.
On October 2, 2020, we granted Mr.
−Removed: Goldfarb an option to purchase 50,000
−Removed: shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.25 per share.
−Removed: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a
−Removed: volatility rate of 533% and a call option value of $5.2102, was $260,509.
+Added: Goldfarb an option to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of
+Added: $5.25 per share.
+Added: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 533% and a call option value
+Added: of $5.2102, was $260,509.
On December 28, 2020, we granted Mr.
−Removed: Goldfarb an option to purchase
−Removed: 16,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share.
−Removed: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based
−Removed: on a volatility rate of 201% and a call option value of $3.9657, was $65,435.
+Added: Goldfarb an option to purchase 16,500 shares of common stock at an exercise
+Added: price of $4.00 per share.
+Added: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 201% and a call option
+Added: value of $3.9657, was $65,435.
+Added: On January 4, 2021, we granted Mr.
+Added: Goldfarb an option to purchase 75,000 shares of common stock at an exercise
+Added: price of $3.70 per share.
+Added: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 198% and a call option
+Added: value of $3.9412, was $295,589.
Goldfarb was appointed Chief
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On January 4, 2021, we issued 16,623 shares for Mrs.
−Removed: Goldfarb’s services
−Removed: On October 2, 2020, we granted Mrs.
−Removed: Goldfarb an option to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.25
−Removed: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 533% and a call option value of $5.2102,
−Removed: was $260,509.
−Removed: On December 28, 2020, we granted Mrs.
−Removed: Goldfarb an option to purchase 16,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price
−Removed: of $4.00 per share.
−Removed: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 201% and a call option value
−Removed: of $3.9657, was $65,435.
+Added: Goldfarb’s services
+Added: in 2020, and a total of 66,492 shares during 2021, of which 5,541 shares were subsequently issued on March 24, 2022.
+Added: On October 2, 2020,
+Added: we granted Mrs.
+Added: Goldfarb an option to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.25 per share.
+Added: The estimated value
+Added: using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 533% and a call option value of $5.2102, was $260,509.
+Added: 28, 2020, we granted Mrs.
+Added: Goldfarb an option to purchase 16,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share.
+Added: The estimated
+Added: value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 201% and a call option value of $3.9657, was $65,435.
+Added: 4, 2021, we granted Mrs.
+Added: Goldfarb an option to purchase 75,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.70 per share.
+Added: The estimated
+Added: value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 198% and a call option value of $3.9412, was $295,589.
Burke was appointed Chief Financial
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and a call option value of $3.9657, was $79,455.
−Removed: February 26, 2020, we granted Mr.
−Removed: DeCubellis an option to purchase 60,377 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.41
−Removed: The aggregate estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 147.98% and
−Removed: a call option value of $3.7354, was $225,534.
−Removed: DeCubellis resigned as our Chief Executive Officer on September 30, 2020.
−Removed: (5) On February
−Removed: 26, 2020, we granted Mr.
−Removed: Eisele an option to purchase 42,264 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.41 per share.
−Removed: aggregate estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 147.98% and a call option value of $3.7354,
−Removed: was $157,874.
−Removed: Eisele resigned on September 30, 2020.
−Removed: Eisele’s salary includes $135,197 of accrued
−Removed: severance to be paid in 2021.
−Removed: (6) All Other
−Removed: Compensation consists of the fair value of 107,420 and 75,194 shares of Allied Esports Entertainment
−Removed: ("AESE") that were distributed to Mr.
−Removed: DeCubellis and Mr.
−Removed: Eisele, respectively, on August 9, 2020, pursuant to the Management
−Removed: Incentive Plan that was established in 2019 .
+Added: On April 21, 2021, we granted Mr.
+Added: Burke an option to purchase 27,500 shares of common
+Added: stock at an exercise price of $5.50 per share.
+Added: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of
+Added: 193% and a call option value of $5.4381, was $149,547.
Employment Agreements
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Ira Goldfarb, Executive Chairman
−Removed: October 1, 2030
+Added: January 3, 2031
December 27, 2030
−Removed: Claudia Goldfarb, Chief Executive Officer
October 1, 2030
+Added: Claudia Goldfarb, Chief Executive Officer
+Added: January 3, 2031
December 27, 2030
+Added: October 1, 2030
Brad Burke, Chief Financial Officer
+Added: April 20, 2031
December 27, 2030
−Removed: granted on October 2, 2020, vests 60% on third anniversary, 20% on fourth, and 20% on fifth anniversary.
+Added: (1) Options granted on January
+Added: 4, 2021, vests 60% on third anniversary, 20% on fourth, and 20% on fifth anniversary.
(2) Options granted on December 28, 2020,
vests 60% on third anniversary, 20% on fourth, and 20% on fifth anniversary.
+Added: (3) Options granted on October
+Added: 2, 2020, vests 60% on third anniversary, 20% on fourth, and 20% on fifth anniversary.
+Added: (4) Options granted on April 21, 2020,
+Added: vests 60% on third anniversary, 20% on fourth, and 20% on fifth anniversary.
Option Exercises and Stock Vested
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Director Compensation
−Removed: The following table
−Removed: summarizes the compensation paid or accrued by us to our directors that are not Named Executive Officers for the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2020.
+Added: The following table summarizes
+Added: the compensation paid or accrued by us to our directors that are not Named Executive Officers for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Fees Earned or Paid in Cash
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Bradley Berman (1)
+Added: Chris Ludeman (2)
Joseph Lahti (3)
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Greg Creed (5)
−Removed: ______________________
−Removed: On October 1, 2020, we issued Mr.
+Added: (1) On December 8, 2021, we issued
Bradley Berman 8,333 shares of common stock for annual director services.
−Removed: The fair value of the
−Removed: common stock was $25,002 based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
−Removed: On February 26, 2020,
−Removed: we granted Mr.
−Removed: Bradley Berman an option to purchase 24,151 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.41 per share.
−Removed: The estimated
−Removed: value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 148% and a call option value of $3.7354, was $90,215.
−Removed: (2) On October 1, 2020, we issued Mr.
−Removed: Oehler a total of 6,667 shares of common stock for annual director and audit committee services.
−Removed: The fair value of the common stock was
−Removed: $40,002 based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
−Removed: On February 26, 2020, we granted Mr.
−Removed: Oehler an option to purchase 24,151 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.41 per share.
−Removed: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes
−Removed: Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 148% and a call option value of $3.7354, was $90,215.
−Removed: Effective January 27, 2021, Mr.
−Removed: tendered his resignation.
−Removed: (3) On October 1, 2020, we issued Mr.
+Added: The fair value of the common stock was $25,000 based on
+Added: the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
+Added: (2) On December 8, 2021 and January
+Added: 27, 2021, we issued Mr.
+Added: Ludeman a total of 13,333 and 6,400 shares of common stock, respectively, for annual director and audit committee
+Added: The aggregate fair value of the common stock was $80,000 based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the
+Added: respective grant dates.
+Added: On January 27, 2021, we granted Mr.
+Added: Ludeman an option to purchase 24,151 shares of common stock at an exercise
+Added: price of $6.25 per share.
+Added: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 198% and a call option
+Added: value of $6.1794, was $149,239.
+Added: (3) On December 8, 2021, we issued
Lahti a total of 8,333 shares of common stock for annual director services.
−Removed: The fair value of the common stock was $25,002 based on the
−Removed: closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
−Removed: On February 26, 2020, we granted Mr.
−Removed: Lahti an option to purchase
−Removed: 24,151 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.41 per share.
−Removed: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based
−Removed: on a volatility rate of 148% and a call option value of $3.7354, was $90,215.
−Removed: (4) On October 1, 2020, we issued Mr.
+Added: The fair value of the common stock was $25,000 based on
+Added: the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
+Added: (4) On December 8, 2021, we issued
Lyle Berman a total of 8,333 shares of common stock for annual director services.
The fair value of the common stock was $25,000 based
−Removed: on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
−Removed: On February 26, 2020, we granted Mr.
−Removed: Lyle Berman an
−Removed: option to purchase 24,151 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.41 per share.
−Removed: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes
−Removed: Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 148% and a call option value of $3.7354, was $90,215.
−Removed: (5) On October 1, 2020, we issued Mr.
+Added: on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
+Added: (5) On December 8, 2021, we issued
Creed a total of 8,333 shares of common stock for annual director services.
−Removed: The fair value of the common stock was $25,002 based on the
−Removed: closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
−Removed: On October 1, 2020, we granted Mr.
−Removed: Creed an option to purchase
−Removed: 24,151 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $6.00 per share.
−Removed: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based
−Removed: on a volatility rate of 552% and a call option value of $5.9660, was $144,084.
+Added: The fair value of the common stock was $25,000 based on
+Added: the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
Directors are entitled to
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policy regarding board compensation, this may be subject to change by the directors.
−Removed: SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN
−Removed: BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
+Added: SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL
+Added: OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The following table sets forth
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As used in the table below
−Removed: and elsewhere in this form, the term “beneficial ownership”
−Removed: with respect to a security consists of sole or shared voting power,
+Added: and elsewhere in this form, the term “beneficial ownership” with respect to a security consists of sole or shared voting power,
including the power to vote or direct the vote and/or sole or shared investment power, including the power to dispose or direct the disposition,
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Unless otherwise indicated, (i) each person or entity
−Removed: named in the table has sole voting power and investment power (or shares that power with that person’s spouse) with respect to all
+Added: named in the table has sole voting power and investment power (or shares that power with that person’s spouse) with respect to all
shares of capital stock listed as owned by that person or entity, and (ii) the address of each person or entity named in the table is
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New York, NY 10018
−Removed: *Indicates beneficial ownershi p of
−Removed: less than 1%.
+Added: *Indicates beneficial ownership of less than 1%.
(1) Except as pursuant to applicable
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(2) Includes 1,620,973 shares held in
−Removed: the name of S-FDF, LLC, which is an entity that Ira owns with his spouse, Claudia Goldfarb.
+Added: the name of S-FDF, LLC, which is an entity that Ira owns with his spouse, Claudia Goldfarb, 58,824 shares held in joint tenancy and 225,000
+Added: shares which may be purchased pursuant to warrants exercisable within 60 days of March 15, 2022 that are jointly held with his spouse,
+Added: Claudia Goldfarb.
+Added: (3) Includes 3,750 shares which may
+Added: be purchased pursuant to stock options and warrants exercisable within 60 days of March 15, 2022.
(4) Includes 1,620,973 shares held in
−Removed: the name of S-FDF, LLC, which is an entity that Claudia owns with her spouse, Ira Goldfarb.
+Added: the name of S-FDF, LLC, which is an entity that Claudia owns with her spouse, Ira Goldfarb, 58,824 shares held in joint tenancy and 225,000
+Added: shares which may be purchased pursuant to warrants exercisable within 60 days of March 15, 2022 that are jointly held with her spouse,
+Added: Ira Goldfarb.
(5) Includes 37,576 shares which may
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Bradley Berman, and 6,196 shares owned by Mr.
−Removed: Bradley Berman’s spouse.
+Added: Bradley Berman’s spouse.
(6) Includes 112,491 shares which may
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be purchased pursuant to stock options and warrants exercisable within 60 days of March 15, 2022, and 666 shares held by Mr.
−Removed: Lahti’s
(8) Includes 50,000 shares held by the
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Does not include 600 shares held by Mr.
−Removed: Sell’s spouse, for which Mr.
+Added: Sell’s spouse, for which Mr.
Sell disclaims beneficial ownership.
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Related Party Transactions
+Added: Common Stock Sold for Cash
+Added: On July 2, 2021, the Company entered into a Stock
+Added: Purchase Agreement with multiple accredited investors to sell and issue to the purchasers, thereunder, an aggregate of 714,701 shares
+Added: of the Company’s common stock at a price of $4.25 per Share.
+Added: Proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Shares were $3,037,511,
+Added: of which $2,472,136 was received on June 30, 2021, and the other $565,375 was received in July 9, 2021.
+Added: The shares were all issued
+Added: on July 9, 2021.
+Added: A total of 407,204 of these shares, or proceeds of $1,730,621 were purchased by officers and directors, including
+Added: 347,057 shares, or $1,474,996, received on June 30, 2021.
+Added: On February 5, 2021, the Company entered into
+Added: a Stock Purchase Agreement with multiple accredited investors to sell and issue to the purchasers an aggregate 631,250 shares of the Company’s
+Added: common stock at a price of $4.00 per share for total proceeds of $2,525,000.
+Added: A total of 225,000 of these shares, or proceeds of $900,000
+Added: were purchased by officers and directors.
Common Stock Awarded Pursuant to Business Combination
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pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement, between the Company and the Seller.
−Removed: The issuance represented 41.18% of the Company’s issued
+Added: The issuance represented 41.18% of the Company’s issued
and outstanding common stock at the time.
−Removed: The fair value of the common stock was $6,720,000 based on the closing price of the Company’s
+Added: The fair value of the common stock was $6,720,000 based on the closing price of the Company’s
common stock on the date of grant.
−Removed: number of Seller Shares to be issued was subject to adjustment, as specified in the amended Asset Purchase Agreement, based on the extent
−Removed: to which the amount of cash proceeds held by the Company, as derived from the sale of the Company’s holdings of Allied Esports Entertainment
−Removed: ("AESE") Shares, were less than $5 million or greater than $6 million on the date specified in the Asset Purchase
+Added: of Seller Shares to be issued was subject to adjustment, as specified in the amended Asset Purchase Agreement, based on the extent to
+Added: which the amount of cash proceeds held by the Company, as derived from the sale of the Company’s holdings of Allied Esports Entertainment
+Added: ("AESE") Shares, were less than $5 million or greater than $6 million on the date specified in the Asset Purchase
This resulted in an additional 500,973 Seller Shares that were issued on January 4, 2021.
The combined issuances represented
−Removed: approximately 46% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock, on a fully diluted basis.
+Added: approximately 46% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock, on a fully diluted basis.
The fair value of the 500,673
−Removed: shares was $1,853,600, based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant, was presented as Common Stock
+Added: shares was $1,853,600, based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant, was presented as Common Stock
Payable as of December 31, 2020.
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Common Stock Payable
−Removed: January 4, 2021, the Board amended Claudia and Ira Goldfarb’s employment agreements to
−Removed: issue shares of common stock in equal monthly increments of 5,541 and 6,044 shares, respectively, following each month of employment from
−Removed: October 2020 through December 31, 2021.
−Removed: The Company awarded an aggregate 16,623 and 18,133 shares
−Removed: of common stock to Claudia and Ira, respectively, for their services from October through December 31, 2020 as a common stock payable.
−Removed: The aggregate fair value of the shares was $61,505 and $67,092 for Claudia and Ira, respectively, based on the closing price of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock on the date of grant , was presented as Common Stock Payable as of December 31, 2020 .
−Removed: The shares were subsequently issued on January 4, 2021.
+Added: On December 31, 2021,
+Added: the Company awarded 5,541 and 6,044 shares of common stock to Claudia and Ira Goldfarb , respectively, for services earned during
+Added: December 31, 2021.
+Added: The aggregate fair value of the shares was $12,467 and $13,599 for Claudia and
+Added: Ira, respectively, based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant .
+Added: The shares were subsequently
+Added: issued on March 24, 2022, in satisfaction of the outstanding common stock payable.
+Added: Common Stock Issued to Officers for Services
+Added: dates between January 31, 2021 and December 31, 2021, the Company issued an aggregate 60,951 and 66,484 shares in
+Added: monthly increments of 5,541 and 6,044 shares to Claudia and Ira Goldfarb , respectively ,
+Added: for their services.
+Added: The aggregate fair value of the shares was $290,792 and $317,188 for Claudia and Ira, respectively, based on the closing
+Added: price of the Company’s common stock on the dates of grant.
+Added: On January 7, 2021,
+Added: the Company issued an aggregate 16,623 and 18,133 shares of common stock to Claudia and Ira Goldfarb , respectively, for services
+Added: from October 2020 through December 31, 2020 in satisfaction of the outstanding common stock payable
+Added: at December 31, 2020.
+Added: The aggregate fair value of the shares was $61,505 and $67,092 for Claudia and Ira, respectively, based on
+Added: the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant , was presented as Common Stock Payable as of December 31,
Common Stock Issued to Directors for Services
+Added: December 8, 2021, the Company issued an aggregate 41,665 shares of common stock amongst its five Directors for annual services
+Added: to be rendered.
+Added: The aggregate fair value of the common stock was $125,000, based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock
+Added: on the date of grant.
+Added: The shares were expensed upon issuance.
+Added: On December 8, 2021,
+Added: the Company issued an additional 5 ,000 shares to Mr.
+Added: Chris Ludeman, for Audit Committee Chair services.
+Added: fair value of the common stock was $15,000, based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
+Added: were expensed upon issuance.
+Added: 2021, the Company issued 2,000 shares to each of two advisory board members for their services.
+Added: The total aggregate fair value of the
+Added: shares was $20,000, based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
+Added: 27, 2021, upon Benjamin Oehler’s resignation, the Company appointed Chris Ludeman as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company,
+Added: and appointed him to the Company’s Audit Committee as Chairperson.
+Added: Pursuant to his appointment, Mr.
+Added: Ludeman was issued 6,400 shares
+Added: of common stock for his services to be rendered.
+Added: The aggregate fair value of the common stock was $40,000, based on the closing price
+Added: of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
On October 1, 2020,
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The aggregate
−Removed: fair value of the common stock was $125,010, based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
+Added: fair value of the common stock was $125,010, based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
shares were expensed upon issuance.
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Benjamin Oehler, for Audit Committee Chair services.
−Removed: fair value of the common stock was $15,000, based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
+Added: fair value of the common stock was $15,000, based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
were expensed upon issuance.
+Added: Options Granted for Services to Officers and
+Added: On April 22, 2021, Brad Burke was granted options
+Added: to purchase 27,500 shares of the Company’s common stock, having an exercise price of $5.50 per share, exercisable over a 10-year
+Added: The options will vest 60% on the third anniversary, and 20% each anniversary thereafter until fully vested.
+Added: The estimated value
+Added: using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 193% and a call option value of $5.4381, was $149,547.
+Added: are being expensed over the vesting period, resulting in $20,814 of stock-based compensation expense during the year ended December 31,
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, a total of $128,733 of unamortized expenses are expected to be expensed over the vesting period.
+Added: On January 27, 2021, one of our Directors, Mr.
+Added: Chris Ludeman, was granted options to purchase 24,151 shares of the Company’s common stock, having an exercise price of $6.25 per
+Added: share, exercisable over a 10-year term.
+Added: The options will vest in three equal annual installments beginning of January 27, 2022 and continuing
+Added: on each of the two anniversaries thereafter until fully vested.
+Added: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a
+Added: volatility rate of 198% and a call option value of $6.1794, was $149,239.
+Added: The options are being expensed over the vesting period, resulting
+Added: in $22,815 of stock-based compensation expense during the year ended December 31, 2021.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, a total of $126,424
+Added: of unamortized expenses are expected to be expensed over the vesting period.
+Added: On January 4, 2021, our CEO and Chairman, Claudia
+Added: and Ira Goldfarb, were each granted options to purchase 75,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, having an exercise price of
+Added: $3.70 per share, exercisable over a 10-year term.
+Added: The options will vest in three equal installments beginning of January 4, 2022 and continuing
+Added: on each of the two anniversaries thereafter until fully vested.
+Added: The aggregate estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based
+Added: on a volatility rate of 198% and a call option value of $3.9412, was $591,178.
+Added: The options are being expensed over the vesting period,
+Added: resulting in $194,900 of stock-based compensation expense during the year ended December 31, 2021.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, a total of
+Added: $396,278 of unamortized expenses are expected to be expensed over the vesting period.
+Added: On December 28, 2020, (a) Mr.
+Added: Burke was granted
+Added: options to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, (b) Ira Goldfarb was granted options to purchase 16,500 shares
+Added: of the Company’s common stock, and (c) Claudia Goldfarb was granted options to purchase 16,500 shares of the Company’s common
+Added: stock, each grant having an exercise price of $4.00 per share, which represents the closing price of the Company’s shares on the
+Added: OTCQB marketplace on December 28, 2020 (collectively, the “Executive Option Grants”).
+Added: The Executive Option Grants will vest
+Added: 60% as of January 1, 2024 and 20% each anniversary thereafter until fully vested.
+Added: The aggregate estimated value using the Black-Scholes
+Added: Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 201.05% and a call option value of $3.9657, was $210,185.
+Added: The options are being expensed
+Added: over the vesting period, resulting in $41,923 and $344 of stock-based compensation expense during the years ended December 31, 2021 and
+Added: 2020, respectively.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, a total of $167,918 of unamortized expenses are expected to be expensed over the vesting
+Added: On October 2, 2020, the Company’s Board
+Added: of Directors granted an aggregate amount of 115,250 stock options pursuant to the 2020 Equity Plan to purchase shares of the Company’s
+Added: common stock to several officers, directors, and employees at an exercise price of $5.25 per share, which represents the closing price
+Added: of the Company’s shares on the OTCQB marketplace on October 2, 2020.
+Added: The options are exercisable over a ten-year term, and
+Added: vest 60% on the 3 rd anniversary of the grant date and 20% each anniversary thereafter, until fully vested.
+Added: The aggregate estimated
+Added: value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 532.91% and a call option value of $5.2102, was $600,473.
+Added: options are being expensed over the vesting period, resulting in $104,485 and $27,667 of stock-based compensation expense during the years
+Added: ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, a total of $421,760 of unamortized expenses are expected to be
+Added: expensed over the vesting period.
+Added: The officers and directors receiving grants and the amounts of such grants were as follows:
+Added: Name and Title at Time of Grant
+Added: Shares Granted
+Added: Ira Goldfarb, Chairman of the Board and Director
+Added: Claudia Goldfarb, Chief Executive Officer
+Added: On October 1, 2020, one of our Directors, Mr.
+Added: Greg Creed, was granted options to purchase 24,151 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $6.00 per share,
+Added: which represented the closing price of the Company’s shares on the OTCQB marketplace on October 1, 2020.
+Added: These options will
+Added: vest 60% as of January 1, 2024 and 20% each anniversary thereafter until fully vested.
+Added: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing
+Added: Model, based on a volatility rate of 552.14% and a call option value of $5.9660, was $144,084.
+Added: The options are being expensed over the
+Added: vesting period, resulting in $26,605 and $6,633 of stock-based compensation expense during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020,
+Added: respectively.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, a total of $110,846 of unamortized expenses are expected to be expensed over the vesting period.
+Added: On February 26, 2020, the Company’s Board
+Added: of Directors granted an aggregate amount of 240,000 stock options pursuant to the 2020 Equity Plan to purchase shares of the Company’s
+Added: common stock to several officers, directors, and employees at an exercise price of $5.41 per share, which represents the closing price
+Added: of the Company’s shares on the OTCQB marketplace on February 20, 2020.
+Added: The aggregate estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing
+Added: Model, based on a volatility rate of 147.98% and a call option value of $3.7354, was $896,506.
+Added: The options are being expensed over the
+Added: vesting period, resulting in $105,792 and $408,964 of stock-based compensation expense during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020,
+Added: respectively.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, a total of $227,936 of unamortized expenses are expected to be expensed over the vesting period.
+Added: The officers and directors receiving grants and the amounts of such grants were as follows:
+Added: Name and Title at Time of Grant
+Added: Shares Granted
+Added: Ken DeCubellis, former Chief Executive Officer and former Interim Chief Financial Officer
+Added: Michael Eisele, former Chief Operating Officer
+Added: Bradley Berman, Director
+Added: Joseph Lahti, Director
+Added: Benjamin Oehler, former Director
+Added: Lyle Berman, Director
+Added: All of the stock options granted under the 2020
+Added: Equity Plan presented in the table above will vest in five equal installments, commencing one year from the date of grant on February
+Added: 26, 2021, and continuing for the next four anniversaries thereof until fully vested.
+Added: Warrants Granted
+Added: 31, 2021, the Company closed a private placement and concurrently entered into a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with related parties
+Added: to sell an aggregate $2,075,000 of promissory notes, bearing 8% interest, and warrants to purchase an aggregate 311,250 shares of common
+Added: stock, representing 15,000 warrant shares per $100,000 of promissory notes.
+Added: The warrants are exercisable at a price of $2.21 per share
+Added: over a ten-year term.
+Added: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 198% and a call
+Added: option value of $2.25, was $699,213.
+Added: The warrants will be expensed as a debt discount over the life of the loans.
+Added: The officers, directors
+Added: and related parties receiving grants and the amounts of such grants were as follows:
+Added: Stock Warrant
+Added: Name and Title at Time of Grant
+Added: Shares Granted
+Added: Ira and Claudia Goldfarb, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
+Added: Brad Burke, Chief Financial Officer
+Added: Lyle Berman, Director
+Added: Gutierrez, brother of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer
+Added: In consideration for four officers and director’s
+Added: willingness to serve as guarantors of the Cadence Loan, the Company issued warrants to each of the Guarantors (the “Guarantor Warrants”)
+Added: for the purchase of the Company’s common stock on March 12, 2020.
+Added: The Guarantor Warrants entitle each Guarantor to purchase 26,250
+Added: shares of the Company's common stock (the “Warrant Shares”) at an exercise price of $4.00 per share.
+Added: The Guarantor Warrants
+Added: expire on March 12, 2030.
+Added: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 146% and a call option
+Added: value of $3.59, was $377,440.
+Added: The warrants were expensed as a debt discount during the year ended December, 31, 2020.
+Added: The officers and
+Added: directors receiving grants and the amounts of such grants were as follows:
+Added: Stock Warrant
+Added: Name and Title at the Time of Grant
+Added: Shares Granted
+Added: Ken DeCubellis, former Chief Executive Officer and former Interim Chief Financial Officer
+Added: Bradley Berman, Director
+Added: Lyle Berman, Director
+Added: Benjamin Oehler, former Director
Management Incentive Plan
On March 1, 2018, the Board of Directors (the
−Removed: “Board”) of the Company approved and adopted the Black Ridge Gas, Inc.
−Removed: 2018 Management Incentive Plan (the “Plan”)
−Removed: and the form of 2018 Management Incentive Plan Award Agreement (the “Award Agreement”).
+Added: “Board”) of the Company approved and adopted the Black Ridge Gas, Inc.
+Added: 2018 Management Incentive Plan (the “Plan”)
+Added: and the form of 2018 Management Incentive Plan Award Agreement (the “Award Agreement”).
In connection with the approval of the Plan and
−Removed: Award Agreement, the Board approved the issuance of awards (the “Awards”) to certain individuals including officers and directors
−Removed: (the “Grantees”), representing a percentage of the shares of BRAC held by the Company as of the date of closing of a business
+Added: Award Agreement, the Board approved the issuance of awards (the “Awards”) to certain individuals including officers and directors
+Added: (the “Grantees”), representing a percentage of the shares of BRAC held by the Company as of the date of closing of a business
combination for the acquisition of a target business as described in the BRAC prospectus dated October 4, 2017, as follows:
−Removed: Percentage of BRAC Shares Owned by the
−Removed: Company Granted to the Grantee
+Added: Percentage of BRAC Owned by the
+Added: Company Granted
+Added: to the Grantee
Bradley Berman
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The AESE Plan Shares had a fair market value of $1,133,281 on August 10, 2020, when the shares were distributed.
−Removed: Company recognized $1,396,460 of compensation expense related to the Plan during the year ended December 31, 2019.
Lease Agreement
Upon closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement,
−Removed: the Company assumed the Seller’s obligations under a real property lease for its 20,945 square foot facility in Irving, Texas, under
+Added: the Company assumed the Seller’s obligations under a real property lease for its 20,945 square foot facility in Irving, Texas, under
which an entity owned entirely by Ira Goldfarb is the landlord.
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to extend, at a monthly lease term of $10,036, with approximately a 3% annual escalation of lease payments commencing September 15, 2021.
−Removed: Shares Transferred to Purchasers of BRAC Common
−Removed: As presented in Note 5, in July and August 2019,
−Removed: BRAC and BROG entered into several share purchase agreements (the “Purchase Agreements”) with several parties (collectively
−Removed: referred to as the “Purchasers”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Purchase Agreements, the Purchasers agreed to purchase an aggregate of $18,000,000
−Removed: of shares of BRAC’s common stock in open market or privately negotiated transactions.
−Removed: If the Purchasers were unable to purchase
−Removed: the full $18,000,000 of shares of common stock in open market or privately negotiated transactions, BRAC will issue to the Purchasers
−Removed: newly issued shares at the Closing at a per-share price equal to the per-share amount held in BRAC’s trust account ($10.30 per share),
−Removed: and having an aggregate value equal to the difference between $18,000,000 and the dollar amount of shares purchased by them in the open
−Removed: market or in privately negotiated transactions.
−Removed: At the Closing, BRAC agreed to issue to the Purchasers 1.5 shares of common stock for
−Removed: every 10 shares purchased by them under the Purchase Agreements.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company agreed to transfer an aggregate of 720,000
−Removed: shares held by it of BRAC common stock to the Purchasers.
−Removed: The Purchasers included a $3 million investment from Lyle Berman, a member
−Removed: of the board of directors of both BRAC and BROG and the largest shareholder of BROG.
−Removed: Berman received 43,800 bonus shares of BRAC common
−Removed: stock issued by BRAC and 120,000 shares of BRAC common stock transferred from the Company.
Review and Approval of Transactions with Related
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a related party transaction policy whereby any proposed transaction between the Company and any officer or director, any stockholder owning
−Removed: in excess of 5% of the Company’s stock, immediate family member of an officer or director, or an entity that is substantially owned
+Added: in excess of 5% of the Company’s stock, immediate family member of an officer or director, or an entity that is substantially owned
or controlled by one of these individuals, must be approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Audit Committee.
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If the proposed transaction involves executive or director compensation, it must be approved by the Compensation Committee.
−Removed: if a significant opportunity is presented to any of the Company’s officers or directors, such officer or director must first present
+Added: if a significant opportunity is presented to any of the Company’s officers or directors, such officer or director must first present
the opportunity to the Board for consideration.
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We are not currently subject to corporate governance standards
−Removed: defining the independence of our directors, and we have chosen to define an “independent”
−Removed: director in accordance with the
−Removed: NASDAQ Global Market’s requirements for independent directors.
+Added: defining the independence of our directors, and we have chosen to define an “independent” director in accordance with the
+Added: NASDAQ Global Market’s requirements for independent directors.
Our Board of Directors has determined that each of our directors,
−Removed: other than Ira and Claudia Goldfarb, is “independent”
−Removed: in accordance with the NASDAQ Global Market’s requirements.
+Added: other than Ira and Claudia Goldfarb, is “independent” in accordance with the NASDAQ Global Market’s requirements.
a majority of the current Board of Directors is independent.
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PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
−Removed: M&K CPAS, PLLC (“M&K”)
−Removed: was the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and
+Added: M&K CPAS, PLLC (“M&K”)
+Added: was the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 and
has served the Company as its independent registered public accounting firm since our inception.
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The following table presents
−Removed: fees for professional services rendered by M&K for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements for the years ended
+Added: fees for professional services rendered by M&K for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements for the years ended
December 31, 2021 and 2020.
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_________________________________
−Removed: Audit fees were principally for audit services and work performed in the preparation and review of the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
+Added: Audit fees were principally for audit services and work performed in the preparation and review of the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit
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The Audit Committee is responsible
−Removed: for appointing, setting compensation for, and overseeing the work of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
+Added: for appointing, setting compensation for, and overseeing the work of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
The Audit Committee has established a policy regarding pre-approval of all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the independent
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The Audit Committee will consider whether
−Removed: such services are consistent with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s and SEC’s rules on auditor independence.
+Added: such services are consistent with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s and SEC’s rules on auditor independence.
In addition, the Audit Committee will determine whether the independent registered public accounting firm is best positioned to provide
−Removed: the most effective and efficient service based upon the members’
−Removed: familiarity with the Company’s business, people, culture,
−Removed: accounting systems, risk profile and whether the service might enhance the Company’s ability to manage or control risk or improve
+Added: the most effective and efficient service based upon the members’ familiarity with the Company’s business, people, culture,
+Added: accounting systems, risk profile and whether the service might enhance the Company’s ability to manage or control risk or improve
audit quality.
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The primary purpose of the
−Removed: Audit Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in its general oversight of the Company’s financial reporting process.
−Removed: Committee’s function is more fully described in its charter, which can be found on the Company’s website at www.blackridgeoil.com,
−Removed: which we expect to move to www.sowgoodinc.com.
+Added: Audit Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in its general oversight of the Company’s financial reporting process.
+Added: Committee’s function is more fully described in its charter, which can be found on the Company’s website at www.sowginc.com.
The Committee reviews the charter on an annual basis.
−Removed: The Board of Directors has determined
−Removed: that each member of the Committee is independent in accordance with the NASDAQ Global Market’s requirements for independent directors.
−Removed: The Board of Directors has also determined that Benjamin Oehler qualified, and Chris Ludeman now qualifies, as an “audit committee
−Removed: financial expert”
−Removed: within the meaning of Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K.
−Removed: Management has the primary responsibility for the financial
−Removed: statements and reporting process.
−Removed: The independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for auditing those financial statements
−Removed: and expressing an opinion on the fairness of the audited financial statements based on the audit conducted in accordance with the standards
−Removed: of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
−Removed: In connection with the Audit Committee’s
+Added: The Board of Directors has determined that each member of the Committee is independent
+Added: in accordance with the NASDAQ Global Market’s requirements for independent directors.
+Added: The Board of Directors has also determined
+Added: that Chris Ludeman qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K.
+Added: Management has the primary responsibility for the financial statements and reporting process.
+Added: The independent registered public accounting
+Added: firm is responsible for auditing those financial statements and expressing an opinion on the fairness of the audited financial statements
+Added: based on the audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
+Added: In connection with the Audit Committee’s
responsibilities set forth in its charter, the Audit Committee has:
−Removed: Reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 with management and M&K CPAS, PLLC, the Company’s independent auditors;
−Removed: Discussed with M&K CPAS, PLLC the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ("PCAOB") and the SEC;
−Removed: Received the written disclosures and the letter from M&K CPAS, PLLC required by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding M&K CPAS, PLLC’s communications with the audit committee concerning independence, and has discussed with M&K CPAS, PLLC its independence.
+Added: Reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 with management and M&K CPAS, PLLC, the Company’s independent auditors;
+Added: Discussed with M&K CPAS, PLLC the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ("PCAOB") and the SEC;
+Added: Received the written disclosures and the letter from M&K CPAS, PLLC required by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding M&K CPAS, PLLC’s communications with the audit committee concerning independence, and has discussed with M&K CPAS, PLLC its independence.
The Audit Committee also considered,
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has oversight.
−Removed: Based on the Audit Committee’s
+Added: Based on the Audit Committee’s
review and discussions described above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited financial statements
−Removed: be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 for filing with the
+Added: be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 for filing with the
THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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on January 10, 2020)
−Removed: Amendment to 2020 Stock Incentive Plan, dated October 1, 2020
−Removed: Amendment to 2020 Stock Incentive Plan, dated January 4, 2021
−Removed: Amendment to 2020 Stock Incentive Plan, dated March 19, 2021
+Added: HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490161/000168316821001122/sowgood_ex0409.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract:
+Added: exhibit" Amendment to 2020 Stock Incentive Plan,
+Added: dated October 1, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 of the Form 10-K filed
+Added: with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sow Good Inc.
+Added: on March 31, 2021)
+Added: Amendment to 2020 Stock Incentive Plan, dated January 4, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 of the Form 10-K filed
+Added: with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sow Good Inc.
+Added: on March 31, 2021)
+Added: Amendment to 2020 Stock Incentive Plan, dated March 19, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 of the Form 10-K filed
+Added: with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sow Good Inc.
+Added: on March 31, 2021)
Form of 2020 Incentive Stock Option Grant Agreement (incorporated by
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by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sow Good Inc.
−Removed: Description of Securities
+Added: Description of Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 of the Form 10-K filed
+Added: with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sow Good Inc.
+Added: on March 31, 2021)
+Added: Form of Common Stock Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sow Good Inc.
+Added: on January 4, 2022)
of Voting Agreement used in connection with our private placement which closed on December 16, 2010 (incorporated by
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on March 28, 2013)
−Removed: Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: 2018 Management Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
−Removed: by Sow Good Inc.
−Removed: on March 6, 2018)
−Removed: Form of 2018 Incentive Plan Award Agreement (incorporated
−Removed: by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sow Good Inc.
−Removed: Business Loan Agreement dated March 12, 2020,
−Removed: between Cadence Bank, N.A.
−Removed: and Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Form 10-Q filed
−Removed: with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: on May 15, 2020)
−Removed: Promissory Note dated March 12, 2020, between
−Removed: Cadence Bank, N.A.
−Removed: and Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Form 10-Q filed with the
−Removed: Securities and Exchange Commission by Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: on May 15, 2020)
−Removed: Commercial Pledge and Security Agreement dated
−Removed: March 12, 2020, between Cadence Bank, N.A.
−Removed: and Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the
−Removed: Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: on May 15, 2020)
−Removed: Form of Commercial Guaranty dated March 12, 2020,
−Removed: between Cadence Bank, N.A.
−Removed: and Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Form 10-Q filed
−Removed: with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: on May 15, 2020)
−Removed: Asset Purchase Agreement dated June 9, 2020, between
−Removed: S-FDF, LLC and Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Form SC 13D/A filed with the Securities
−Removed: and Exchange Commission by Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
+Added: Asset Purchase Agreement dated June 9, 2020, between S-FDF, LLC and Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Form SC 13D/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
on June 17, 2020)
−Removed: Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement dated October
−Removed: 1, 2020, between S-FDF, LLC and Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Form 8-K filed with
−Removed: the Securities and Exchange Commission by Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
+Added: Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement dated October 1, 2020, between S-FDF, LLC and Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
on October 6, 2020)
−Removed: Promissory Note dated April 24, 2020, between
−Removed: Kensington Bank and Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Form 10-Q filed with the Securities
−Removed: and Exchange Commission by Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: on August 11, 2020)
Promissory Note dated June 16, 2020, between the
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on August 11, 2020)
−Removed: Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated
−Removed: September 30, 2020, between Kenneth DeCubellis and Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 of
−Removed: the Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: on November 12, 2020)
−Removed: Separation Agreement and Release dated September
−Removed: 30, 2020, between Michael Eisele and Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 of the Form 10-Q
−Removed: filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: on November 12, 2020)
Employment Agreement, dated December 28, 2020,
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on February 5, 2021)
−Removed: Employment Agreement, dated October 1, 2020, between Claudia Goldfarb and Sow Good Inc.
−Removed: Employment Agreement, dated October 1, 2020, between Ira Goldfarb and Sow Good Inc.
−Removed: Amended Employment Agreement, dated January 4, 2021, between Claudia Goldfarb and Sow Good Inc.
−Removed: Amended Employment Agreement, dated January 4, 2021, between Ira Goldfarb and Sow Good Inc.
+Added: Agreement, dated October 1, 2020, between Claudia Goldfarb and Sow Good Inc .
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 of the Form 10-K filed
+Added: with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sow Good Inc.
+Added: on March 31, 2021)
+Added: Employment Agreement, dated October 1, 2020,
+Added: between Ira Goldfarb and Sow Good Inc.
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 of the Form 10-K filed
+Added: with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sow Good Inc.
+Added: on March 31, 2021)
+Added: Amended Employment Agreement, dated January 4,
+Added: 2021, between Claudia Goldfarb and Sow Good Inc.
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 of the Form 10-K filed
+Added: with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sow Good Inc.
+Added: on March 31, 2021)
+Added: Amended Employment Agreement, dated January 4,
+Added: 2021, between Ira Goldfarb and Sow Good Inc.
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 of the Form 10-K filed
+Added: with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sow Good Inc.
+Added: on March 31, 2021)
+Added: Stock Purchase Agreement, dated July 2, 2021, by and among the Company and the Purchasers named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sow Good Inc.
+Added: on July 7, 2021)
+Added: Form of Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sow Good Inc.
+Added: on January 4, 2022)
+Added: Form of 2021 Promissory Note (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sow Good Inc.
+Added: on January 4, 2022)
Power of Attorney (including on signature pages)
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* Filed herewith.
−Removed: Form 10–K Summary.
+Added: Form 10–K Summary.
Pursuant to the requirements
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Each of the undersigned members
−Removed: of the Board of Directors of SOW GOOD INC., whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Claudia Goldfarb, such person’s
+Added: of the Board of Directors of SOW GOOD INC., whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Claudia Goldfarb, such person’s
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution for such person and in such name, place
−Removed: and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (the “Annual Report”) of
+Added: and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Annual Report”) of
SOW GOOD INC.
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Joseph Lahti, Director
−Removed: /s/ Greg Creed
−Removed: March 31, 2021
−Removed: Greg Creed, Director
/s/ Chris Ludeman
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