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Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
−Removed: We maintain a system of disclosure
−Removed: controls and procedures that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file or furnish to
−Removed: 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
−Removed: Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2021,
−Removed: 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).
−Removed: Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered
−Removed: in this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed
−Removed: under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and is accumulated
−Removed: and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely
−Removed: decisions regarding required disclosure.
−Removed: Our Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: and Chief Financial Officer do not expect that our disclosure controls or internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud.
−Removed: our disclosure controls and procedures were designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and our Chief Executive
−Removed: Officer and Chief Financial Officer have determined that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective at doing so, a control system,
−Removed: no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute assurance that the objectives of the system are met.
−Removed: Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be
−Removed: considered relative to their costs.
−Removed: Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide
−Removed: absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected.
−Removed: These inherent limitations
−Removed: include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake.
−Removed: Additionally, controls can be circumvented if there exists in an individual a desire to do so.
−Removed: There can be no assurance that any design
−Removed: will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
+Added: maintain a system of disclosure controls and procedures that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in
+Added: the reports we file or furnish to the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and
+Added: reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated
+Added: to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer, who is one and the same ,
+Added: to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
+Added: of December 31, 2022, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including
+Added: our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure
+Added: controls and procedures (as defined) in Exchange Act Rules 13a –15(e).
+Added: Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and
+Added: Interim Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered in this report, our disclosure controls and procedures
+Added: were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded,
+Added: processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our
+Added: Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions
+Added: regarding required disclosure.
+Added: Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer do not expect that our disclosure controls
+Added: or internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud.
+Added: Although our disclosure controls and procedures were designed to provide reasonable
+Added: assurance of achieving their objectives and our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer have determined that our disclosure
+Added: controls and procedures are effective at doing so, a control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable,
+Added: not absolute assurance that the objectives of the system are met.
+Added: Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there
+Added: are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs.
+Added: Because of the inherent limitations
+Added: in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any,
+Added: within the Company have been detected.
+Added: These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty,
+Added: and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake.
+Added: Additionally, controls can be circumvented if there exists in an individual
+Added: a desire to do so.
+Added: There can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial
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We carried out an evaluation,
−Removed: under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our
−Removed: internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021.
−Removed: In making this assessment, our management used the criteria
−Removed: set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in “Internal Control — Integrated
+Added: under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness
+Added: of our internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022.
+Added: In making this assessment, our management used the
+Added: criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in “Internal Control — Integrated
Framework (2013).” Based on this assessment, management believes that, as of December 31, 2022, our internal control over
−Removed: financial reporting was effective based on those criteria.
+Added: financial reporting was ineffective based on those criteria.
+Added: As a small Company with limited resources that is mainly focused on the development
+Added: and sales of our freeze dried products, the Company does not employ a sufficient number of staff in its finance department to possess
+Added: an optimal segregation of duties or to provide optimal levels of oversight.
+Added: This has resulted in certain audit adjustments and management
+Added: believes that there may be a possibility for a material misstatement to occur in future periods while it employs the current number of
+Added: personnel in its finance department.
+Added: To address these material
+Added: weaknesses, management performed additional analyses and other procedures to ensure that the financial statements included herein fairly
+Added: present, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.
+Added: we believe that the financial statements included in this report fairly present, in all material respects, our financial condition, results
+Added: of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial
−Removed: There have been no changes
−Removed: in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting through the date of this report or during the quarter ended December 31, 2021,
−Removed: that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: There have been no
+Added: changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting through the date of this report or during the quarter ended
+Added: December 31, 2022, that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control
+Added: over financial reporting.
Independent Registered Accountant’s Internal
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Claudia Goldfarb
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer, Director
−Removed: Chief Financial Officer
+Added: Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer, Director
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Bradley Berman (1)
−Removed: Joseph Lahti (1)
+Added: Joe Mueller (1)
Lyle Berman (1)
−Removed: Greg Creed (1)(2)
+Added: Tim Creed (1)
Chris Ludeman (1)
(1) Member of audit committee.
−Removed: Creed resigned as a director effective
−Removed: March 28, 2022.
Claudia Goldfarb has
−Removed: been our chief executive officer since October 1, 2020.
−Removed: Goldfarb is the co-founder of the freeze-dried foods business which
−Removed: the Company acquired.
−Removed: Goldfarb previously served as Prairie Dog Pet Products, LLC’s President from 2016 to 2020 and Chief Operating
−Removed: Officer from 2012 to 2016.
+Added: been our chief executive officer since October 1, 2020 and became our interim chief financial officer on April 1, 2022.
+Added: Goldfarb i s the co-founder of the freeze-dried foods business which the Company acquired.
+Added: Goldfarb previously served as Prairie Dog Pet Products, LLC’s President from 2016 to 2020 and Chief Operating Officer from
+Added: 2012 to 2016.
Goldfarb’s tenure at Prairie Dog Pet Products she was responsible for managing four food
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feet of manufacturing space.
−Removed: Goldfarb’s expertise in product
−Removed: research and development is underscored by her successful launch of over 200 unique products.
−Removed: She has also served as Chief Operating Officer
−Removed: of the pet apparel company, PGT Holdings, from 2010-2012.
−Removed: Goldfarb co-founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of Operation
+Added: Goldfarb’s expertise in
+Added: product research and development is underscored by her successful launch of over 200 unique products.
+Added: She has also served as Chief
+Added: Operating Officer of the pet apparel company, PGT Holdings, from 2010-2012.
+Added: Goldfarb co-founded and served as the Chief
+Added: Executive Officer of Operation Ava, Inc.
Previously, Mrs.
−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: Goldfarb has spent the last 10 years specializing in product development,
−Removed: 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
+Added: Development Bank, specializing in infrastructure development and financing on the US-Mexican Border.
+Added: Goldfarb has spent the
+Added: last 10 years specializing in product development, implementing best-in-class quality food systems, and freeze-dried pet food
+Added: manufacturing .
Ira Goldfarb, who is our
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Goldfarb has launched over 200 unique products, underscoring her expertise in product research and development.
−Removed: Brad Burke has
−Removed: been our chief financial officer since December 28, 2020, and served as our interim chief financial officer from October 5, 2020
−Removed: through December 28, 2020.
−Removed: Burke was most recently the Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations at CBRE Group
−Removed: Inc., reporting to CBRE’s Chief Financial Officer.
−Removed: In that role, he led CBRE’s investor relations strategy, acting as the
−Removed: interface between the company and CBRE’s shareholders.
−Removed: He also led CBRE’s forecasting, budgeting and financial analysis activities.
−Removed: Burke joined CBRE in 2017 as the Vice President of Investor Relations, having previously worked at Goldman Sachs as an equity research
−Removed: analyst where he led the research coverage of 17 real estate companies.
−Removed: Prior to joining Goldman Sachs & Co.
−Removed: an equity research analyst at UBS Securities, covering the Industrials and Energy sectors.
−Removed: He began his financial services career in the
−Removed: audit practice group of Ernst & Young in 2003.
−Removed: Burke earned an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009, an MS in Accountancy
−Removed: from the University of Notre Dame in 2004 and a BS in Marketing from The Pennsylvania State University in 2003.
−Removed: He is a Certified Public
−Removed: Accountant (license inactive) and a CFA Charterholder.
Ira Goldfarb has
been our chairman since October 1, 2020.
−Removed: Goldfarb is the co-founder of the freeze-dried foods business which the Company
−Removed: Goldfarb previously founded Prairie Dog Pet Products, LLC in 2012 and served as its Chief Executive Officer until 2020 when
−Removed: he sold the company to Kinderhook Industries.
−Removed: Prairie Dog Pet Products is a leading freeze-dried pet food and treat manufacturing company
−Removed: based in Grand Prairie, Texas.
+Added: Goldfarb i s the co-founder of the freeze-dried foods
+Added: business which the Company acquired.
+Added: Goldfarb previously founded Prairie Dog Pet Products, LLC in 2012 and served as its Chief Executive
+Added: Officer until 2020 when he sold the company to Kinderhook Industries.
+Added: Prairie Dog Pet Products is a leading freeze-dried pet food and
+Added: treat manufacturing company based in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Previously, Mr.
−Removed: Goldfarb was Chief Executive Officer of PGT Holdings from 2010-2012 and founder and Chief
−Removed: Executive Officer of DS Retail Holdings, LLC from 2006 until 2013.
−Removed: Goldfarb co-founded and funded Operation Ava Inc., the
−Removed: second largest dog and cat rescue group in Pennsylvania.
+Added: Goldfarb was Chief Executive Officer of PGT Holdings from 2010-2012
+Added: and founder and Chief Executive Officer of DS Retail Holdings, LLC from 2006 until 2013.
+Added: Goldfarb co-founded and funded Operation
+Added: Ava Inc., the second largest dog and cat rescue group in Pennsylvania.
Operation Ava saved over 2,000 animals each year from euthanasia.
−Removed: has extensive experience in both the retail and manufacturing industries spanning over 30 years;
−Removed: he first specialized in the leather fashion
−Removed: industry then in the pet food industry with a focus on dehydrated and freeze-dried products.
−Removed: He has also founded, developed, and sold
−Removed: numerous companies to public and private groups.
+Added: Goldfarb has extensive experience in both the retail and manufacturing industries spanning over 30 years;
+Added: he first specialized in
+Added: the leather fashion industry then in the pet food industry with a focus on dehydrated and freeze-dried products.
+Added: He has also founded,
+Added: developed, and sold numerous companies to public and private groups.
Goldfarb is the husband of Claudia Goldfarb .
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been a director since our inception and was our chairman from November 12, 2010 until October 1, 2020.
−Removed: He was our chief executive
−Removed: officer from November 12, 2010 to November 9, 2011, our chief financial officer between November 12, 2010
+Added: He was our chief
+Added: executive 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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in Minnesota and University of Nevada at Las Vegas in Nevada concentrating in business and computer science.
−Removed: has been a director of the Company since August 31, 2012.
−Removed: Lahti is a Minneapolis native and leader in numerous Minnesota
−Removed: business and community organizations.
−Removed: As principal of JL Holdings since 1989, Mr.
−Removed: Lahti has provided funding and management leadership
−Removed: to several early-stage or distressed companies.
−Removed: From 1993 to 2002, he held the positions of chief operating officer, chief financial officer,
−Removed: president, chief executive officer and chairman at Shuffle Master, Inc., a company that provided innovative products to the gaming
−Removed: Lahti served as a Director of PokerTek, Inc., a publicly traded company, from 2008 until it was sold in October
−Removed: 2014 (including serving as chairman of the board from 2012 to 2014), and since 2018 has been an independent director and chairman of the
−Removed: board of Innealta Capital and Acclivity Capital, investment managers.
−Removed: In 2021 Mr Lahti was named chairman of an early-stage company which
−Removed: has created a financial services marketplace for Latin America.
−Removed: Mr Lahti also served as chairman of AF Holdings, Inc, an asset manager,
−Removed: until its sale in October 2018 and remains as CEO of the surviving shareholder representative company until the earn out period ends in
−Removed: Previously, Mr.
−Removed: Lahti also served on the board of directors of Voyager Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: and Zomax, Inc., and served as the chairman
−Removed: of the board of directors of Shuffle Master, Inc.
−Removed: Lahti’s qualifications:
+Added: has been a director of the Company since April 11, 2022.
+Added: Mueller is the Vice President of Industry
+Added: and Customer Development for Kellogg Company, where he leads Kellogg Company’s external engagement strategy, and represents Kellogg
+Added: across the global industry.
+Added: He also serves as a board member for the American Heart Association.
+Added: During his more than three decades in
+Added: the consumer packaged goods industry, Mr.
+Added: Mueller has served in several key management roles, including serving as the vice president
+Added: of sales of various divisions within Kellogg, including its Walmart, Keurig Green Mountain, Breakfast, and Health & Wellness teams.
+Added: In these roles, Mr.
+Added: Mueller was responsible for marketing strategy, product development, and sales organization, alongside regularly interfacing
+Added: with key corporate leaders.
+Added: Prior to his executive roles, Mr.
+Added: Mueller managed retail stores across the country and worked in several sales
+Added: positions at Kellogg.
+Added: Mueller's qualifications:
· Leadership experience –Mr.
−Removed: Lahti is a principal of JL Holdings
−Removed: (1989 to present).
−Removed: Lahti served as Chairman of AFAM Capital.
−Removed: He served as Chairman of the Board of PokerTek, Inc., a publicly
−Removed: traded company.
−Removed: He served as chief executive officer and chairman of Shuffle Master, Inc., a publicly traded company (1997-2002).
+Added: Mueller is the Vice President of Industry
+Added: and Customer Development for Kellogg Company, with responsibilities for the Kellogg Company's global engagement strategy.
+Added: · Industry experience – During his three decades in the consumer goods
+Added: industry and with Kellogg, Mr.
+Added: Mueller has served in several management roles.
· Education experience – Mr.
−Removed: Lahti holds Bachelor of Arts degree
−Removed: in economics from Harvard University.
+Added: Mueller earned his Bachelor of Science
+Added: degree in Marketing and Management from Missouri State University and completed his MBA from the University of Phoenix.
has been a director of the Company since October 26, 2016.
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He helped grow the business into a major specialty retailer with 27 outlets.
−Removed: After selling Berman Buckskin to WJL Grace in 1979, Mr.
−Removed: continued as President and Chief Executive Officer and led the company to become one the county's largest retail leather chains, with
+Added: After selling Berman Buckskin to WR Grace in 1979, Mr.
+Added: continued as President and Chief Executive Officer and led the company to become one the country's largest retail leather chains, with
over 200 stores nationwide.
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Berman financed the initial development of Rainforest
−Removed: He served as the Chairman and CEO from 1994 unti1 2000.
+Added: He served as the Chairman and CEO from 1994 until 2000.
In October 1995, Mr.
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and in 2009, he received the Casino Lifetime Achievement Award from Raving Consulting & Casino Journal.
−Removed: 1998, Lakes Entertainment, Inc.
−Removed: In 2002, as Chairman of the
−Removed: Board and CEO of Lakes Entertainment, Inc., Mr.
−Removed: Berman was instrumental in creating the World Poker Tour.
−Removed: Berman served as the Executive
−Removed: Chairman of the Board of WPT Enterprises, Inc.
−Removed: (later known as Voyager Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: and Emerald Oil, Inc.) from its inception in
−Removed: February 2002 until July 2013.
−Removed: Berman also served as a director of PokerTek, Inc.
−Removed: from January 2005 until October 2014, including
−Removed: serving as Chairman of the Board from January 2005 until October 2011.
−Removed: Berman has been a director of Allied Esports Entertainment
−Removed: (AESE) (fka Black Ridge Acquisition Corp.) since May 2017 and currently services as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Allied Esports
−Removed: Entertainment Inc.
Bradley Berman, who is
−Removed: the chairman of our Board of Directors, is Mr.
+Added: also on the Board of Directors, is Mr.
Lyle Berman’s son.
Berman’s qualifications:
−Removed: Leadership experience – Mr.
−Removed: Berman served as Chairman of the Board and CEO of Lakes Entertainment,
−Removed: He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Grand Casinos, Inc.
−Removed: (the predecessor to Lakes) (1991-1998).
−Removed: served as the Executive Chairman of the Board of WPT Enterprises, Inc.
+Added: Berman currently serves
+Added: on the following Boards:
+Added: · Redstone American Grill
+Added: · Augeo Affinity Marketing
+Added: · Mill City Ventures, LTD
+Added: Berman has served on the following Boards:
+Added: · Chairman of the Board and CEO of Lakes Entertainment, Inc., (1999 – 2015)
+Added: · Executive Chairman of the Board of WPT Enterprises, Inc.
(later known as Voyager Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: and Emerald Oil, Inc.)
−Removed: He served as Chairman of the Board of PokerTek, Inc.
−Removed: He served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
−Removed: Officer of Rainforest Café, Inc.
−Removed: Berman currently serves on the Board of Directors of Golden Entertainment, Inc.,
−Removed: Redstone American Grill, Inc., Allied Esports Entertainment Inc., Augeo Affinity Marketing, Inc., Poker52, LLC, LubeZone, Inc., and Mill
−Removed: City Ventures, Ltd.
−Removed: Education experience – Mr.
−Removed: Berman holds a degree in Business Administration
−Removed: from the University of Minnesota.
−Removed: Greg Creed was
−Removed: appointed as a director of the Company on October 1, 2020.
−Removed: Creed was Chief Executive Officer of Yum!
−Removed: Brands from January 2015 to December
−Removed: 2019 and served as a Director of the Board from November 2014 to May 2020.
−Removed: Creed retired after a successful 25-year career with the
−Removed: He has more than 40 years of extensive global experience in marketing and operations with leading packaged goods and restaurant
−Removed: Previously, Mr.
−Removed: head of Taco Bell, the nation’s leading Mexican-style quick service restaurant chain.
−Removed: He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of
−Removed: Taco Bell in early 2011 after serving as President and Chief Concept Officer and was responsible for driving overall brand strategy and
−Removed: performance of the business in the U.S.
−Removed: and internationally.
−Removed: He has held various roles with the Company including Chief Marketing Officer
−Removed: at Taco Bell where he spearheaded the “Think Outside the Bun” campaign and new product introductions that generated strong
−Removed: sales and profit growth for five consecutive years, as well as Chief Operating Officer for Yum!.
−Removed: Creed earned a business
−Removed: degree from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, was named the 2014 QUT Alumnus of the Year, was awarded
−Removed: an honorary doctorate in 2019 and currently serves as President of The Friends of QUT in America Foundation.
−Removed: He serves on the Board of
−Removed: Directors for Whirlpool Corporation where he chairs the Human Resources Committee, Aramark Corporation, NetBase Quid and Girls Inc.
−Removed: is also a member of the American Society of Corporate Executives (ASCE).
+Added: Emerald Oil, Inc.) (2002 – 2013)
+Added: · Director of PokerTek, Inc.
+Added: (2005 – 2014) Chairman of the Board (2005 – 2011)
+Added: · Director of Allied Esports Entertainment Inc.
+Added: (AESE) (fka Black Ridge Acquisition Corp.) (2017 –
+Added: · Chairman of the Board and CEO, Rainforest Café (1994 – 2000)
+Added: · Chairman of the Board and CEO, Grand Casinos (1991 – 1998)
+Added: · Director, Golden Entertainment (2015 – 2022)
+Added: Education experience –
+Added: Berman holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota
+Added: Tim Creed has
+Added: been a director of the Company since July 22, 2022.
+Added: Creed is the Co-Founder and Partner of Creed UnCo, LLC, a consulting company focused
+Added: on brand management and franchising.
+Added: Creed utilizes his years of experience working in the food, pet care, and automotive industries
+Added: to help brands grow, scale, and sustain their businesses.
+Added: Prior to consulting, Mr.
+Added: Creed spent over a decade at Mars, Inc., working in
+Added: human resources, sales management, and e-commerce.
+Added: While there, he served as the Digital Commerce Lead for Mars' KIND products, and was
+Added: responsible for their international growth.
+Added: Most recently, Mr.
+Added: Creed was Director of eCommerce for international tire and mobility company,
+Added: Bridgestone, Inc.
Creed's qualifications:
· Leadership experience –Mr.
−Removed: Creed was Chief Executive Officer of
−Removed: Brands from January 2015 to December 2019 and served as a Director of the Board from November 2014 to May 2020.
−Removed: Previously, Mr.
−Removed: was head of Taco Bell, the nation’s leading Mexican-style quick service restaurant chain.
−Removed: He was appointed Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: of Taco Bell in early 2011 after serving as President and Chief Concept Officer.
+Added: Creed is the Co-Founder and Partner
+Added: of Creed UnCo, LLC and provides consulting services for brand management and franchising.
+Added: · Industry experience – During his fifteen years in the food, pet
+Added: care, and automotive industries, Mr.
+Added: Creed has served in a variety of management, sales, and human resources roles.
· Education experience – Mr.
−Removed: Creed earned a business degree from Queensland
−Removed: University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia.
−Removed: On March 28, 2022, Greg Creed
−Removed: tendered his resignation, effective immediately, from our Board of Directors and as a member of our audit committee.
−Removed: Creed will be
−Removed: transitioning to the Company's Advisory Board of Directors for the remainder of his term.
−Removed: Creed's resignation was not as a result
−Removed: of any disagreement with the Company.
+Added: Creed earned his Bachelor of Science
+Added: degrees in both Psychology and Management from Macquarie University.
Chris Ludeman has
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During the year ended December 31, 2022,
−Removed: the Board of Directors held four meetings, the Audit Committee held four meetings.
−Removed: The Company does not have a separate Compensation Committee.
−Removed: 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
+Added: the Board of Directors held four meetings and the Audit Committee held four meetings.
+Added: The Company does not have a separate Compensation
+Added: Each of our elected Directors attended at least 75% of all meetings of the Board of Directors and the committees on which he
+Added: served during the year.
Annual Meeting Attendance
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January 4, 2021, under which she serves as our Chief Executive Officer.
−Removed: Pursuant to the employment agreement, we pay Mrs.
−Removed: (a) for the period beginning on October 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2021, the issuance of 5,541 shares of the Company’s
−Removed: 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
−Removed: salary of $292,500 per year through at least October 1, 2025, subject to annual 10% increases.
+Added: Pursuant to the employment agreement,
+Added: Goldfarb (a) for the period beginning on October 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2021, the issuance of 5,541 shares of
+Added: the Company’s common stock per month, and (b) beginning on January 1, 2022, a base salary payable in monthly increments in an amount
+Added: equal to the base salary of $292,500 per year through at least October 1, 2025, subject to annual 10% increases.
· We entered into an employment agreement with Ira Goldfarb on October 1, 2020, which was amended on January 4,
2021, under which he serves as our Executive Chairman of the Board.
−Removed: Pursuant to the employment agreement, we pay Mr.
−Removed: Goldfarb (a) for
−Removed: the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending December 31, 2021, the issuance of 6,044 shares of the Company’s common stock
−Removed: 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
−Removed: $330,000 per year through at least October 1, 2025, subject to annual 10% increases.
−Removed: · We entered into an employment agreement with Brad Burke on December 28, 2020, under which she serves as
−Removed: our Chief Financial Officer.
−Removed: Pursuant to the employment agreement, we pay Mr.
−Removed: Burke an annual base salary of $275,000, commencing January
−Removed: 1, 2021 through at least December 31, 2023.
−Removed: From October 5, 2020 through December 31, 2020, we paid Mr.
−Removed: Burke at the rate of $22,917 per
+Added: Pursuant to the employment agreement, we
+Added: 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: 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
+Added: salary of $330,000 per year through at least October 1, 2025, subject to annual 10% increases.
Additional factors reviewed
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pursuant to the grant and exercise of stock options.
−Removed: The amendments were approved by a majority of shareholders of record on September
+Added: The amendments were approved by a majority of shareholders
+Added: of record on September 3, 2021.
Benefits and Prerequisites
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Brad Burke, (3)
−Removed: Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: Goldfarb was appointed Executive
−Removed: Chairman of the Board of Directors on October 1, 2020.
−Removed: We have agreed to compensate Mr.
−Removed: Goldfarb a total of $330,000 in cash per year
−Removed: commencing on January 1, 2022, and 6,044 shares per month through December 31, 2021.
−Removed: On January 4, 2021, we issued 18,133 shares
−Removed: Goldfarb’s services in 2020, and a total of 72,528 shares during 2021, of which 6,044 shares were subsequently issued on
−Removed: March 24, 2022.
+Added: Former Chief Financial Officer
+Added: ____________________
+Added: Goldfarb was appointed Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors on October 1, 2020.
+Added: agreed to compensate Mr.
+Added: Goldfarb a total of $330,000 in cash per year commencing on January 1, 2022, and 6,044 shares per month
+Added: through December 31, 2021.
+Added: On January 4, 2021, we issued 18,133 shares for Mr.
+Added: Goldfarb’s services in 2020, and a total
+Added: of 72,528 shares during 2021, of which 6,044 shares were subsequently issued on March 24, 2022.
On October 2, 2020, we granted Mr.
+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 using the
+Added: Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 533% and a call option value of $5.2102, was $260,509.
+Added: On December 28,
+Added: 2020, we granted Mr.
+Added: Goldfarb an option to purchase 16,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share.
+Added: estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 201% and a call option value of $3.9657, was
+Added: On January 4, 2021, we granted Mr.
Goldfarb an option to purchase 75,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of
$3.70 per share.
−Removed: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 533% and a call option value
−Removed: of $5.2102, was $260,509.
−Removed: On December 28, 2020, we granted Mr.
−Removed: Goldfarb an option to purchase 16,500 shares of common stock at an exercise
−Removed: price of $4.00 per share.
The estimated 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.
−Removed: On January 4, 2021, we granted Mr.
−Removed: Goldfarb an option to purchase 75,000 shares of common stock at an exercise
−Removed: price of $3.70 per share.
−Removed: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 198% and a call option
−Removed: value of $3.9412, was $295,589.
−Removed: Goldfarb was appointed Chief
−Removed: Executive Officer on October 1, 2020.
−Removed: We have agreed to compensate Mrs.
−Removed: Goldfarb a total of $292,500 in cash per year commencing on January
−Removed: 1, 2022, and 5,541 shares per month through December 31, 2021.
+Added: Goldfarb was appointed Chief Executive Officer on October 1, 2020.
+Added: We have agreed to compensate
+Added: Goldfarb a total of $292,500 in cash per year commencing on January 1, 2022, and 5,541 shares per month through December 31,
On January 4, 2021, we issued 16,623 shares for Mrs.
−Removed: Goldfarb’s services
−Removed: in 2020, and a total of 66,492 shares during 2021, of which 5,541 shares were subsequently issued on March 24, 2022.
−Removed: On October 2, 2020,
−Removed: we granted Mrs.
−Removed: Goldfarb an option to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.25 per share.
−Removed: The estimated value
−Removed: using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 533% and a call option value of $5.2102, was $260,509.
−Removed: 28, 2020, we granted Mrs.
+Added: Goldfarb’s services in 2020, and a total of 66,492 shares during
+Added: 2021, of which 5,541 shares were subsequently issued on March 24, 2022.
+Added: On October 2, 2020, we granted Mrs.
+Added: Goldfarb an option to
+Added: purchase 50,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.25 per share.
+Added: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing
+Added: Model, based on a volatility rate of 533% and a call option value of $5.2102, was $260,509.
+Added: On December 28, 2020, we granted Mrs.
Goldfarb an option to purchase 16,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share.
−Removed: The estimated
−Removed: 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: The estimated value using the
+Added: Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 201% and a call option value of $3.9657, was $65,435.
+Added: On January 4, 2021,
we granted Mrs.
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value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 198% and a call option value of $3.9412, was
−Removed: Burke was appointed Chief Financial
−Removed: Officer on December 28, 2020, after serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer on an independent contractor basis from October 1, 2020.
−Removed: We have agreed to compensate Mr.
+Added: Burke served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer from December 28, 2020 through
+Added: April 30, 2022, after serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer on an independent contractor basis from October 1, 2020.
+Added: had agreed to compensate Mr.
Burke a total of $275,000 in cash per year.
−Removed: Prior to December 28, 2020, Mr.
−Removed: Burke was paid $22,917 per
−Removed: month as an independent contractor.
−Removed: On December 28, 2020, we granted Mr.
−Removed: Burke an option to purchase 20,000 shares of common stock
−Removed: at an exercise price of $4.00 per share.
−Removed: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 201%
−Removed: and a call option value of $3.9657, was $79,455.
On April 1, 2022, we granted Mr.
−Removed: Burke an option to purchase 27,500 shares of common
−Removed: stock at an exercise price of $5.50 per share.
−Removed: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of
−Removed: 193% and a call option value of $5.4381, was $149,547.
+Added: Burke an option to
+Added: purchase 27,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.75 per share.
+Added: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing
+Added: Model, based on a volatility rate of 406% and a call option value of $2.6433, was $72,692.
+Added: On April 21, 2021, we granted Mr.
+Added: Burke an option to purchase 27,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.50 per share.
+Added: The estimated value using the
+Added: Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 193% and a call option value of $5.4381, was $149,547.
Employment Agreements
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Outstanding Option Awards at Fiscal Year-End
−Removed: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable
−Removed: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable
+Added: Number of Securities
+Added: Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable
+Added: Number of Securities Underlying
+Added: Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable
Option Exercise Price
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October 1, 2030
−Removed: Brad Burke, Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: April 20, 2031
−Removed: December 27, 2030
−Removed: (1) Options granted on January
−Removed: 4, 2021, vests 60% on third anniversary, 20% on fourth, and 20% on fifth anniversary.
−Removed: (2) Options granted on December 28, 2020,
−Removed: vests 60% on third anniversary, 20% on fourth, and 20% on fifth anniversary.
−Removed: (3) Options granted on October
−Removed: 2, 2020, vests 60% on third anniversary, 20% on fourth, and 20% on fifth anniversary.
−Removed: (4) Options granted on April 21, 2020,
−Removed: vests 60% on third anniversary, 20% on fourth, and 20% on fifth anniversary.
+Added: (1) Options granted on
+Added: January 4, 2021, vests annually over three years.
+Added: (2) Options granted on
+Added: December 28, 2020, vests 60% on third anniversary, 20% on fourth, and 20% on fifth anniversary.
+Added: (3) Options granted on
+Added: October 2, 2020, vests 60% on third anniversary, 20% on fourth, and 20% on fifth anniversary.
Option Exercises and Stock Vested
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Chris Ludeman
−Removed: Joseph Lahti (3)
−Removed: Lyle Berman (4)
−Removed: Greg Creed (5)
−Removed: (1) On December 8, 2021, we issued
−Removed: Bradley Berman 8,333 shares of common stock for annual director services.
−Removed: The fair value of the common stock was $25,000 based on
−Removed: the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
−Removed: (2) On December 8, 2021 and January
−Removed: 27, 2021, we issued Mr.
−Removed: Ludeman a total of 13,333 and 6,400 shares of common stock, respectively, for annual director and audit committee
−Removed: The aggregate fair value of the common stock was $80,000 based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the
−Removed: respective grant dates.
−Removed: On January 27, 2021, we granted Mr.
−Removed: Ludeman an option to purchase 24,151 shares of common stock at an exercise
−Removed: price of $6.25 per share.
−Removed: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 198% and a call option
−Removed: value of $6.1794, was $149,239.
−Removed: (3) On December 8, 2021, we issued
−Removed: Lahti a total of 8,333 shares of common stock for annual director services.
+Added: Joe Mueller (1)
+Added: Tim Creed (1)
+Added: (1) On April 11, 2022, we issued Mr.
+Added: Mueller a total of 8,064 shares of common stock for annual director services.
The fair value of the common stock was $24,998 based on
the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
−Removed: (4) On December 8, 2021, we issued
−Removed: Lyle Berman a total of 8,333 shares of common stock for annual director services.
−Removed: 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: (5) On December 8, 2021, we issued
+Added: On April 11, 2022, we granted Mr.
+Added: Mueller an option
+Added: to purchase 24,151 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.10 per share.
+Added: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing
+Added: Model, based on a volatility rate of 153% and a call option value of $2.9574, was $71,423.
+Added: (2) On July 22, 2022, we issued Mr.
Creed a total of 6,410 shares of common stock for annual director services.
−Removed: The fair value of the common stock was $25,000 based on
−Removed: the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
+Added: The fair value of the common stock was $25,000 based on the
+Added: closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
+Added: On July 22, 2022, we granted Mr.
+Added: Creed an option to purchase
+Added: 24,151 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.90 per share.
+Added: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based
+Added: on a volatility rate of 137% and a call option value of $3.6166, was $87,346.
Directors are entitled to
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Percentage of Ownership
−Removed: Claudia Goldfarb, Chief Executive Officer (2)
−Removed: Brad Burke, Chief Financial Officer (3)
+Added: Claudia Goldfarb, Chief Executive Officer, Interim, Chief Financial Officer, Director (2)
Ira Goldfarb, Chairman of Board (3)
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Lyle Berman, Director (5)
−Removed: Joseph Lahti, Director (7)
−Removed: Greg Creed, Director (8)
+Added: Tim Creed, Director
Chris Ludeman, Director (6)
All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (7 persons)
−Removed: Neil Sell (10)
−Removed: 3300 Wells Fargo Center
−Removed: 90 South 7 th Street
−Removed: Minneapolis, MN 55402
Morris Goldfarb (7)
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New York, NY 10018
+Added: __________________
* Indicates beneficial ownership of less than 1%.
−Removed: (1) Except as pursuant to applicable
−Removed: community property laws, the persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock
−Removed: beneficially owned.
−Removed: The total number of issued and outstanding shares and the total number of shares owned by each person does not include
−Removed: unexercised warrants and stock options owned by parties other than for whom the calculation is presented, and is calculated as of March
−Removed: (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, 58,824 shares held in joint tenancy and 225,000
−Removed: shares which may be purchased pursuant to warrants exercisable within 60 days of March 15, 2022 that are jointly held with his spouse,
−Removed: Claudia Goldfarb.
−Removed: (3) Includes 3,750 shares which may
−Removed: be purchased pursuant to stock options and warrants exercisable within 60 days of March 15, 2022.
−Removed: (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, 58,824 shares held in joint tenancy and 225,000
−Removed: shares which may be purchased pursuant to warrants exercisable within 60 days of March 15, 2022 that are jointly held with her spouse,
−Removed: Ira Goldfarb.
−Removed: (5) Includes 37,576 shares which may
−Removed: be purchased pursuant to stock options and warrants exercisable within 60 days of March 15, 2022.
−Removed: Includes 1,385 shares held by certain
−Removed: trusts for the children of Mr.
−Removed: Bradley Berman, and 6,196 shares owned by Mr.
+Added: (1) Except as pursuant to applicable community property laws, the
+Added: persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock beneficially owned.
+Added: number of issued and outstanding shares and the total number of shares owned by each person does not include unexercised warrants and
+Added: stock options owned by parties other than for whom the calculation is presented, and is calculated as of March 31, 2023.
+Added: (2) Includes 1,620,973 shares held in the name of S-FDF, LLC, which
+Added: is an entity that Claudia owns with her spouse, Ira Goldfarb, 58,824 shares held in joint tenancy, 50,000 shares which may be purchased
+Added: pursuant to stock options exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2023, and 250,000 shares which may be purchased pursuant to warrants
+Added: exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2023 that are jointly held with her spouse, Ira Goldfarb.
+Added: (3) Includes 1,620,973 shares held in the name of S-FDF, LLC, which
+Added: is an entity that Ira owns with his spouse, Claudia Goldfarb, 58,824 shares held in joint tenancy, and 50,000 shares which may be purchased
+Added: pursuant to stock options exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2023.
+Added: Also includes 1,087,500 shares which may be purchased pursuant
+Added: to warrants exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2023, 250,000 of which are jointly held with his spouse, Claudia Goldfarb, 812,500
+Added: of which are held by Mr.
+Added: Goldfarb's irrevocable trust, and 25,000 of which are held by IG Union Bower, for which Mr.
+Added: Goldfarb is the
+Added: beneficial owner.
+Added: (4) Includes 16,157 shares which may be purchased pursuant to stock
+Added: options exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2023, and 26,250 shares which may be purchased pursuant to warrants exercisable within
+Added: 60 days of March 31, 2023.
+Added: Also includes 23,735 shares held by certain trusts for the children of Mr.
+Added: Bradley Berman, and 6,196
+Added: shares owned by Mr.
Bradley Berman’s spouse.
−Removed: (6) Includes 112,491 shares which may
−Removed: be purchased pursuant to stock options and warrants exercisable within 60 days of March 15, 2022.
−Removed: Does not include 123,910 shares held
−Removed: by trusts for the children of Mr.
+Added: (5) Includes 15,824 shares which may be purchased pursuant to stock
+Added: options exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2022, and 581,250 shares which may be purchased pursuant to warrants exercisable within
+Added: 60 days of March 31, 2023.
+Added: Does not include 123,910 shares held by trusts for the children of Mr.
Lyle Berman, for which Mr.
−Removed: Neil Sell and Mr.
−Removed: Gary Raimist are co-trustees.
−Removed: (7) Includes 12,363 shares which may
−Removed: be purchased pursuant to stock options and warrants exercisable within 60 days of March 15, 2022, and 666 shares held by Mr.
−Removed: (8) Includes 50,000 shares held by the
−Removed: Creed Revocable Living Trust, for which Mr.
−Removed: Creed is trustee.
−Removed: (9) Includes 50,000 shares held by Christopher
−Removed: Ludeman JTWROS.
−Removed: (10) Includes 50 shares which may be
−Removed: purchased pursuant to stock warrants exercisable within 60 days of March 15, 2022, and includes an aggregate of 210,026 shares owned by
−Removed: certain trusts, for which Mr.
−Removed: Sell is trustee and inclusive of 123,908 shares for which Mr.
−Removed: Sell is a co-trustee with Mr.
−Removed: Does not include 600 shares held by Mr.
−Removed: Sell’s spouse, for which Mr.
−Removed: Sell disclaims beneficial ownership.
−Removed: (11) Includes 150,000 shares held by
−Removed: Sirrom, LLC, for which Morris Goldfarb is the beneficial ownership.
+Added: Raimist is trustee.
+Added: (6) Includes 97,058 shares held by Christopher R.
+Added: Includes 16,101 shares which may be purchased pursuant to stock options exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2023.
+Added: (7) Includes 150,000 shares held by Sirrom, LLC, for which Morris Goldfarb
+Added: is the beneficial ownership.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED
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Related Party Transactions
+Added: Debt Financing
+Added: On August 23, 2022, we
+Added: closed on an offering to sell up to $2,500,000 of promissory notes and warrants to purchase an aggregate 625,000 shares of the Company’s
+Added: common stock, exercisable over a ten-year period at a price of $2.60 per share, representing 25,000 warrant shares per $100,000 of Notes
+Added: The notes mature on August 23, 2025.
+Added: Interest on the Notes accrue at a rate of 8% per annum, payable on January 1, 2025.
+Added: Loans may be advanced to the Company from time to time from August 23, 2023 to the Maturity Date.
+Added: On December 21, 2022 and September 29,
+Added: 2022, the Company received aggregate proceeds of $250,000 and $750,000 from two of the Company’s Directors on the sale of these
+Added: notes and warrants.
+Added: 8, 2022 , the Company closed a private placement and concurrently entered into a Note and Warrant
+Added: Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) to sell an aggregate $3,700,000
+Added: of Promissory Notes (the “Notes”) and warrants (the “Warrants”)
+Added: to purchase an aggregate 925,000 shares of common stock, representing 25,000 warrant shares per
+Added: $100,000 of promissory notes.
+Added: Accrued interest on the Notes was payable semi-annually beginning September 30, 2022 at the rate
+Added: of 6% per annum, but on August 23, 2022, the notes were amended to update the terms of the interest payment to be payable at the
+Added: earlier of the maturity date or January 1, 2025, rather than being paid semi-annually.
+Added: The principal amount of the Notes mature and become
+Added: due and payable on April 8, 2025.
+Added: The Warrants are exercisable immediately and for a period of 10 years at a price of $2.35 per share.
+Added: Proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Securities were $3,700,000.
+Added: The Company may redeem outstanding warrants prior to their expiration,
+Added: at a price of $0.01 per share, provided that the volume weighted average sale price per share of Common Stock equals or exceeds $9.00
+Added: per share for thirty (30) consecutive trading days ending on the third business day prior to the mailing of notice of such redemption.
+Added: Assuming full exercise thereof, further proceeds to the Company from the exercise of the Warrant Shares is calculated as $2,173,750.
+Added: Offering closed simultaneously with execution of the Purchase Agreement.
+Added: Of the aggregate $3,700,000 of Notes, a total of $3,120,000 of
+Added: Notes were sold to officers or directors, along with 780,000 of the Warrants.
Common Stock Sold for Cash
−Removed: On July 2, 2021, the Company entered into a Stock
−Removed: Purchase Agreement with multiple accredited investors to sell and issue to the purchasers, thereunder, an aggregate of 714,701 shares
−Removed: of the Company’s common stock at a price of $4.25 per Share.
−Removed: Proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Shares were $3,037,511,
−Removed: of which $2,472,136 was received on June 30, 2021, and the other $565,375 was received in July 9, 2021.
−Removed: The shares were all issued
−Removed: on July 9, 2021.
−Removed: A total of 407,204 of these shares, or proceeds of $1,730,621 were purchased by officers and directors, including
−Removed: 347,057 shares, or $1,474,996, received on June 30, 2021.
+Added: O n July 2, 2021, the
+Added: Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with multiple accredited investors to sell and issue to the purchasers, thereunder, an
+Added: aggregate of 714,701 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $4.25 per Share.
+Added: Proceeds to the Company from the sale of
+Added: the Shares were $3,037,511, 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 on July 9, 2021.
+Added: A total of 407,204 of these shares, or proceeds of $1,730,621 were purchased by officers
+Added: and directors, including 347,057 shares, or $1,474,996, received on June 30, 2021.
On February 5, 2021, the Company entered into
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were purchased by officers and directors.
−Removed: Common Stock Awarded Pursuant to Business Combination
−Removed: On October 1, 2020, the
−Removed: Company issued 1,120,000 shares of common stock to S-FDF, LLC, a Texas limited liability company co-owned by Claudia and Ira Goldfarb,
−Removed: pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement, between the Company and the Seller.
−Removed: The issuance represented 41.18% of the Company’s issued
−Removed: 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
−Removed: common stock on the date of grant.
−Removed: of Seller Shares to be issued was subject to adjustment, as specified in the amended Asset Purchase Agreement, based on the extent to
−Removed: 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
−Removed: This resulted in an additional 500,973 Seller Shares that were issued on January 4, 2021.
−Removed: The combined issuances represented
−Removed: approximately 46% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock, on a fully diluted basis.
−Removed: 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
−Removed: Payable as of December 31, 2020.
Common Stock Issued to Officers for Services,
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price of the Company’s common stock on the dates of grant.
−Removed: On January 7, 2021,
−Removed: the Company issued an aggregate 16,623 and 18,133 shares of common stock to Claudia and Ira Goldfarb , respectively, for services
−Removed: from October 2020 through December 31, 2020 in satisfaction of the outstanding common stock payable
−Removed: at December 31, 2020.
−Removed: The aggregate fair value of the shares was $61,505 and $67,092 for Claudia and Ira, respectively, based on
−Removed: the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant , was presented as Common Stock Payable as of December 31,
+Added: January 7, 2021, the Company issued an aggregate 16,623 and 18,133 shares of common stock to Claudia and Ira Goldfarb ,
+Added: respectively, for services from October 2020 through December 31, 2020 in satisfaction of the outstanding common
+Added: stock payable at December 31, 2020.
+Added: The aggregate fair value of the shares was $61,505 and $67,092 for Claudia and Ira, respectively,
+Added: based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant , was presented as Common Stock Payable
+Added: as of December 31, 2020 .
Common Stock Issued to Directors for Services
−Removed: December 8, 2021, the Company issued an aggregate 41,665 shares of common stock amongst its five Directors for annual services
−Removed: to be rendered.
−Removed: The aggregate fair value of the common stock was $125,000, based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock
−Removed: on the date of grant.
−Removed: The shares were expensed upon issuance.
+Added: On July 22, 2022, the
+Added: Company accepted Mr.
+Added: Joseph Lahti’s resignation from the Board of Directors and appointed Tim Creed as a member of the Board.
+Added: to the Company’s Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan, Mr.
+Added: Creed received 6,410 shares of common stock as compensation.
+Added: to the Company’s 2020 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2020 Equity Plan”), Mr.
+Added: Creed was also granted options to purchase
+Added: 24,151 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $3.90 per share.
+Added: These options will vest 20% as of July 22,
+Added: 2023 and 20% each anniversary thereafter until fully vested.
+Added: On April 11, 2022, the
+Added: Company appointed Joe Mueller as a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee.
+Added: Pursuant to the Company’s Non-Employee
+Added: Director Compensation Plan, Mr.
+Added: Mueller received 8,064 shares of common stock as compensation.
+Added: Pursuant to the Company’s 2020 Equity
+Added: Mueller was also granted options to purchase 24,151 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $3.10
+Added: These options will vest 20% as of April 11, 2023 and 20% each anniversary thereafter until fully vested.
+Added: On March 25, 2022, a newly appointed advisory
+Added: board member was granted options to purchase an aggregate 6,382 shares of the Company’s common stock, having an exercise price of
+Added: $2.35 per share, exercisable over a 10-year term.
+Added: The options will vest 20% on each anniversary over a five-year period, until fully vested.
+Added: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 406% and a call option value of $2.2584, was
On December 8, 2021,
+Added: the Company issued an aggregate 41,665 shares of common stock amongst its five Directors for annual services to be rendered.
+Added: The aggregate
+Added: fair value of the common stock was $125,000, based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
+Added: shares were expensed upon issuance.
+Added: On December 8, 2021,
the Company issued an additional 5 ,000 shares to Mr.
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of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
−Removed: On October 1, 2020,
−Removed: the Company issued an aggregate 20,835 shares of common stock amongst its five Directors for annual services to be rendered.
−Removed: 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.
−Removed: shares were expensed upon issuance.
−Removed: On October 1, 2020,
−Removed: the Company issued an additional 2 ,500 shares to Mr.
−Removed: 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.
−Removed: were expensed upon issuance.
Options Granted for Services to Officers and
−Removed: On April 22, 2021, Brad Burke was granted options
−Removed: 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: On May 25, 2021, two advisory board members were
+Added: granted options to purchase an aggregate 6,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, having an exercise price of $5.00 per share,
+Added: exercisable over a 10-year term.
The options will vest 60% on the third anniversary, and 20% each anniversary thereafter until fully vested.
−Removed: The estimated value
−Removed: using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 193% and a call option value of $5.4381, was $149,547.
−Removed: are being expensed over the vesting period, resulting in $20,814 of stock-based compensation expense during the year ended December 31,
−Removed: As of December 31, 2021, a total of $128,733 of unamortized expenses are expected to be expensed over the vesting period.
+Added: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 191% and a call option value of $4.9272, was
On January 27, 2021, one of our Directors, Mr.
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$396,278 of unamortized expenses are expected to be expensed over the vesting period.
−Removed: On December 28, 2020, (a) Mr.
−Removed: Burke was granted
−Removed: options to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, (b) Ira Goldfarb was granted options to purchase 16,500 shares
−Removed: of the Company’s common stock, and (c) Claudia Goldfarb was granted options to purchase 16,500 shares of the Company’s common
−Removed: stock, each grant having an exercise price of $4.00 per share, which represents the closing price of the Company’s shares on the
−Removed: OTCQB marketplace on December 28, 2020 (collectively, the “Executive Option Grants”).
−Removed: The Executive Option Grants will vest
−Removed: 60% as of January 1, 2024 and 20% each anniversary thereafter until fully vested.
−Removed: The aggregate estimated value using the Black-Scholes
−Removed: Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 201.05% and a call option value of $3.9657, was $210,185.
−Removed: The options are being expensed
−Removed: over the vesting period, resulting in $41,923 and $344 of stock-based compensation expense during the years ended December 31, 2021 and
−Removed: 2020, respectively.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2021, a total of $167,918 of unamortized expenses are expected to be expensed over the vesting
−Removed: On October 2, 2020, the Company’s Board
−Removed: of Directors granted an aggregate amount of 115,250 stock options pursuant to the 2020 Equity Plan to purchase shares of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock to several officers, directors, and employees at an exercise price of $5.25 per share, which represents the closing price
−Removed: of the Company’s shares on the OTCQB marketplace on October 2, 2020.
−Removed: The options are exercisable over a ten-year term, and
−Removed: vest 60% on the 3 rd anniversary of the grant date and 20% each anniversary thereafter, until fully vested.
−Removed: The aggregate estimated
−Removed: 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.
−Removed: options are being expensed over the vesting period, resulting in $104,485 and $27,667 of stock-based compensation expense during the years
−Removed: ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2021, a total of $421,760 of unamortized expenses are expected to be
−Removed: expensed over the vesting period.
−Removed: The officers and directors receiving grants and the amounts of such grants were as follows:
−Removed: Name and Title at Time of Grant
−Removed: Shares Granted
−Removed: Ira Goldfarb, Chairman of the Board and Director
−Removed: Claudia Goldfarb, Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: On October 1, 2020, one of our Directors, Mr.
−Removed: 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,
−Removed: which represented the closing price of the Company’s shares on the OTCQB marketplace on October 1, 2020.
−Removed: These options will
−Removed: vest 60% as of January 1, 2024 and 20% each anniversary thereafter until fully vested.
−Removed: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing
−Removed: Model, based on a volatility rate of 552.14% and a call option value of $5.9660, was $144,084.
−Removed: The options are being expensed over the
−Removed: vesting period, resulting in $26,605 and $6,633 of stock-based compensation expense during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2021, a total of $110,846 of unamortized expenses are expected to be expensed over the vesting period.
−Removed: On February 26, 2020, the Company’s Board
−Removed: of Directors granted an aggregate amount of 240,000 stock options pursuant to the 2020 Equity Plan to purchase shares of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock to several officers, directors, and employees at an exercise price of $5.41 per share, which represents the closing price
−Removed: of the Company’s shares on the OTCQB marketplace on February 20, 2020.
−Removed: The aggregate estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing
−Removed: Model, based on a volatility rate of 147.98% and a call option value of $3.7354, was $896,506.
−Removed: The options are being expensed over the
−Removed: vesting period, resulting in $105,792 and $408,964 of stock-based compensation expense during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2021, a total of $227,936 of unamortized expenses are expected to be expensed over the vesting period.
−Removed: The officers and directors receiving grants and the amounts of such grants were as follows:
−Removed: Name and Title at Time of Grant
−Removed: Shares Granted
−Removed: Ken DeCubellis, former Chief Executive Officer and former Interim Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: Michael Eisele, former Chief Operating Officer
−Removed: Bradley Berman, Director
−Removed: Joseph Lahti, Director
−Removed: Benjamin Oehler, former Director
−Removed: Lyle Berman, Director
−Removed: All of the stock options granted under the 2020
−Removed: Equity Plan presented in the table above will vest in five equal installments, commencing one year from the date of grant on February
−Removed: 26, 2021, and continuing for the next four anniversaries thereof until fully vested.
Warrants Granted
−Removed: 31, 2021, the Company closed a private placement and concurrently entered into a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with related parties
−Removed: to sell an aggregate $2,075,000 of promissory notes, bearing 8% interest, and warrants to purchase an aggregate 311,250 shares of common
−Removed: stock, representing 15,000 warrant shares per $100,000 of promissory notes.
−Removed: The warrants are exercisable at a price of $2.21 per share
−Removed: over a ten-year term.
−Removed: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 198% and a call
−Removed: option value of $2.25, was $699,213.
+Added: December 31, 2021, the Company closed a private placement and concurrently entered into a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with related
+Added: parties to sell an aggregate $2,075,000 of promissory notes, bearing 8% interest, and warrants to purchase an aggregate 311,250 shares
+Added: of common stock, representing 15,000 warrant shares per $100,000 of promissory notes.
+Added: The warrants are exercisable at a price of $2.21
+Added: per share over a ten-year term.
+Added: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 198% and
+Added: a call option value of $2.25, was $699,213.
The warrants will be expensed as a debt discount over the life of the loans.
−Removed: The officers, directors
−Removed: and related parties receiving grants and the amounts of such grants were as follows:
+Added: officers, directors and related parties receiving grants and the amounts of such grants were as follows:
Stock Warrant
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Gutierrez, brother of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: In consideration for four officers and director’s
−Removed: willingness to serve as guarantors of the Cadence Loan, the Company issued warrants to each of the Guarantors (the “Guarantor Warrants”)
−Removed: for the purchase of the Company’s common stock on March 12, 2020.
−Removed: The Guarantor Warrants entitle each Guarantor to purchase 26,250
−Removed: shares of the Company's common stock (the “Warrant Shares”) at an exercise price of $4.00 per share.
−Removed: The Guarantor Warrants
−Removed: expire on March 12, 2030.
−Removed: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model, based on a volatility rate of 146% and a call option
−Removed: value of $3.59, was $377,440.
−Removed: The warrants were expensed as a debt discount during the year ended December, 31, 2020.
−Removed: The officers and
−Removed: directors receiving grants and the amounts of such grants were as follows:
+Added: In consideration for
+Added: four officers and director’s willingness to serve as guarantors of the Cadence Loan, the Company issued warrants to each of the
+Added: Guarantors (the “Guarantor Warrants”) for the purchase of the Company’s common stock on March 12, 2020.
+Added: The Guarantor
+Added: Warrants entitle each Guarantor to purchase 26,250 shares of the Company's common stock (the “Warrant Shares”) at an exercise
+Added: price of $4.00 per share.
+Added: The Guarantor Warrants expire on March 12, 2030.
+Added: The estimated value using the Black-Scholes Pricing
+Added: Model, based on a volatility rate of 146% and a call option value of $3.59, was $377,440.
+Added: The warrants were expensed as a debt discount
+Added: during the year ended December, 31, 2020.
+Added: The officers and directors receiving grants and the amounts of such
+Added: grants were as follows:
Stock Warrant
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Benjamin Oehler, former Director
−Removed: Management Incentive Plan
−Removed: 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”).
−Removed: 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
−Removed: combination for the acquisition of a target business as described in the BRAC prospectus dated October 4, 2017, as follows:
−Removed: Percentage of BRAC Owned by the
−Removed: Company Granted
−Removed: to the Grantee
−Removed: Bradley Berman
−Removed: Benjamin Oehler
−Removed: Kenneth DeCubellis
−Removed: Michael Eisele
−Removed: Following the AESE merger on August 9, 2019, the
−Removed: Company owned 2,685,500 shares of AESE common stock and 505,000 warrants to purchase AESE (NASDAQ:
−Removed: During the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2020, the Company sold some of these securities, resulting in gross proceeds of $3,181,735, consisting of 1,970,920 shares of common
−Removed: stock for total proceeds of $3,108,067, and the sale of warrants to purchase 505,000 shares for total proceeds of $73,668.
−Removed: also distributed 537,101 Sponsor Shares on August 9, 2020 to employees and directors under the 2018 Management Incentive Plan.
−Removed: and directors were required to remain in their positions for a one-year period from the AESE merger, with certain exceptions, to receive
−Removed: the granted shares.
−Removed: The AESE Plan Shares had a fair market value of $1,133,281 on August 10, 2020, when the shares were distributed.
Lease Agreement
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on January 10, 2020)
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−Removed: exhibit" Amendment to 2020 Stock Incentive Plan,
+Added: Amendment to 2020 Stock Incentive Plan,
dated October 1, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 of the Form 10-K filed
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on January 4, 2022)
+Added: Form of April 2022 Common Stock Warrant (incorporated by reference
+Added: to Exhibit 4.1 of the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sow Good Inc.
+Added: on April 14, 2022)
+Added: Form of August 2022 Common Stock Warrant (incorporated by reference
+Added: to Exhibit 4.1 of the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sow Good Inc.
+Added: on August 25, 2022)
of Voting Agreement used in connection with our private placement which closed on December 16, 2010 (incorporated by
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on August 11, 2020)
−Removed: Employment Agreement, dated December 28, 2020,
−Removed: between Brad Burke and Sow Good Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
−Removed: Commission by Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc.
−Removed: on January 4, 2021)
Stock Purchase Agreement dated February 5, 2021,
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on March 31, 2021)
+Added: Separation Agreement and Release, dated May 3, 2022, between Brad Burke
+Added: and Sow Good Inc.
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by
+Added: Sow Good Inc.
+Added: on May 3, 2022)
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.
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on January 4, 2022)
+Added: Form of Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated April 8, 2022, by and among Sow Good Inc.
+Added: 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 April 14, 2022)
+Added: Form of April 2022 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 April 14, 2022)
+Added: First Amendment to April 2022 Promissory Note, dated August 23, 2022, by and among Sow Good Inc.
+Added: and the Required Note Holders named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sow Good Inc.
+Added: on August 25, 2022)
+Added: Form of Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated August 23, 2022, by and among Sow Good Inc.
+Added: 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 August 25, 2022)
+Added: Form of August 2022 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 August 25, 2022)
Power of Attorney (including on signature pages)
−Removed: Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a)
−Removed: Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a)
−Removed: Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-14(b) or 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C.
−Removed: Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
−Removed: Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-14(b) or 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C.
+Added: Certification of
+Added: Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-14(a) or
+Added: Certification of
+Added: Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-14(b) or 15d-14(b) and 18
Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
−Removed: March 29, 2022
+Added: April 14, 2023
SOW GOOD INC.
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(Principal Executive Officer)
−Removed: / s/ Brad Burke
−Removed: Brad Burke, Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: (Principal Financial Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Claudia Goldfarb
−Removed: March 29, 2022
−Removed: Claudia Goldfarb, Chief Executive Officer
+Added: April 14, 2023
+Added: Claudia Goldfarb, Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
−Removed: /s/ Brad Burke
−Removed: March 29, 2022
−Removed: Brad Burke, Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Ira Goldfarb
−Removed: March 29, 2022
+Added: April 14, 2023
Ira Goldfarb, Executive Chairman
/s/ Bradley Berman
−Removed: March 29, 2022
+Added: April 14, 2023
Bradley Berman, Director
/s/ Lyle Berman
−Removed: March 29, 2022
+Added: April 14, 2023
Lyle Berman, Director
−Removed: /s/ Joseph Lahti
−Removed: March 29, 2022
−Removed: Joseph Lahti, Director
+Added: April 14, 2023
+Added: Joe Mueller, Director
/s/ Chris Ludeman
−Removed: March 29, 2022
+Added: April 14, 2023
Chris Ludeman, Director
+Added: April 14, 2023
+Added: Tim Creed, Director
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