−Removed: ITEM 1 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: LQR HOUSE, INC.
−Removed: BALANCE SHEETS
−Removed: September 30,
+Added: 1 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: CONSOLDIATED BALANCE SHEETS
Current assets:
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Advances to related party
+Added: Deposits in escrow
Prepaid expenses
+Added: Marketable securities
Total current assets
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Total liabilities
+Added: Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
−Removed: Common stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 350,000,000 shares authorized, 16,356,056 and 16,276,746 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2023 and 9,200,405 shares issued and outstanding as December 31, 2022, respectively
+Added: Common stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 350,000,000 shares authorized, 4,829,438 and 4,638,810 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2024 and 4,829,438 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023, respectively
Additional paid-in capital
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
−Removed: See the accompanying notes to the unaudited financial
−Removed: LQR HOUSE, INC.
−Removed: STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
+Added: the accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
+Added: CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Three Months Ended
−Removed: Nine Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: September 30,
Revenue - services
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( 2,472,373 )
−Removed: ( 9,248,793 )
−Removed: ( 1,699,484 )
−Removed: Other income (expense):
−Removed: Interest expense
−Removed: Total other expense
−Removed: $ ( 5,541,228 )
−Removed: $ ( 451,224 )
+Added: Other income:
+Added: Total other income
+Added: Provision for income taxes
$ ( 2,427,392 )
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Net loss per common share - basic and diluted
−Removed: See the accompanying notes to the unaudited financial
−Removed: LQR HOUSE, INC.
−Removed: OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
+Added: the accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
+Added: condensed consolidated STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Treasury Stock
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$ ( 3,804,901 )
−Removed: Vesting of restricted stock units
+Added: Recapitalization
Balances at March 31, 2023
$ ( 4,126,975 )
−Removed: Vesting of restricted stock units
−Removed: Balances at June 30, 2022
+Added: Balances at December 31, 2023
$ ( 19,552,625 )
Vesting of restricted stock units
−Removed: Balances at September 30, 2022
+Added: Repurchase of common stock
( 2,427,392 )
−Removed: Balances at December 31, 2022
( 2,427,392 )
−Removed: Recapitalization (Note 5)
Balances at March 31, 2024
$ ( 547,415 )
−Removed: Issuance of common stock pursuant to private placement
−Removed: Issuance of common stock for services
−Removed: Repurchase of shares
$ ( 21,980,017 )
−Removed: ( 3,556,491 )
−Removed: ( 3,556,491 )
−Removed: Balances at June 30, 2023
−Removed: ( 7,683,466 )
−Removed: Issuance of common stock pursuant to IPO
−Removed: Offering costs
−Removed: ( 1,255,843 )
−Removed: ( 1,255,843 )
−Removed: Conversion of note payable into common stock
−Removed: Issuance of common stock for services
−Removed: Buyback of common shares
−Removed: Vesting of restricted stock units
−Removed: ( 5,541,228 )
−Removed: ( 5,541,228 )
−Removed: Balances at September 30, 2023
−Removed: ( 13,224,694 )
−Removed: See the accompanying notes to the unaudited financial
−Removed: LQR HOUSE, INC.
−Removed: OF CASH FLOWS
−Removed: Nine Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
+Added: the accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
+Added: CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
+Added: Three Month Ended
Cash flows from operating activities:
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Vesting of restricted stock units
−Removed: Issuance of common stock for services
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
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Prepaid expenses
−Removed: ( 1,296,422 )
Accounts payable
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( 1,374,040 )
−Removed: ( 1,035,463 )
Cash flows from investing activities:
+Added: Purchase of marketable securities
+Added: ( 4,030,986 )
Net repayments from (advances to) related party
+Added: Return of deposits in escrow
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
−Removed: Cash flows from financing activities:
−Removed: Proceeds from note payable
−Removed: Issuance of common stock pursuant to private placement
−Removed: Issuance of common stock pursuant to IPO, net of offering costs
−Removed: Repurchase and buyback of shares
−Removed: Net cash provided by financing activities
+Added: ( 3,360,986 )
+Added: Cash flows from investing activities:
+Added: Repurchase of common stock
+Added: Deferred offering costs
+Added: Net cash used in financing activities
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
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Cash paid for interest
−Removed: Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities:
−Removed: Conversion of note payable and accrued interest into common stock
−Removed: See the accompanying notes to the unaudited financial
−Removed: LQR HOUSE, INC.
−Removed: NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: the accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
+Added: TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NATURE OF OPERATIONS
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or the “Company”) was incorporated on January 11, 2021, in the state of Delaware.
−Removed: The Company operates primarily in the beverage
−Removed: alcohol industry owning specialty brands, providing marketing and distribution services.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023,
−Removed: the Company has not achieved its planned level of operations.
−Removed: The Company’s activities since inception have been limited and consisted
−Removed: of formation activities, commencement of operations and capital raising activities.
−Removed: To date, the Company has only generated limited amounts
−Removed: of revenue and the Company is dependent on external capital, including funds from the initial public offering (described below) to execute
−Removed: its planned operations.
−Removed: Reorganization and Reverse
−Removed: On February 3, 2023, the
−Removed: Company changed its state of incorporation to the State of Nevada by merging into LQR House Inc., a Nevada corporation.
−Removed: On February 3,
−Removed: in accordance with our reincorporation to Nevada, the Company’s authorized capital stock changed from 100,000,000 shares of common
−Removed: stock, $ 0.001 par value, to 350,000,000 shares, consisting of 300,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $ 0.0001 per share, and 50,000,000
−Removed: shares of preferred stock, par value $ 0.0001 per share.
−Removed: At the same time, the Company also completed a 6-for-1 reverse stock split of
−Removed: its outstanding common stock through the merger by issuing one share of common stock for every six previously outstanding shares of common
−Removed: stock of the predecessor Delaware company.
−Removed: The accompanying financial statements and related disclosures have been presented to retroactively
−Removed: reflect the Reorganization.
−Removed: Initial Public Offering
−Removed: On August 9, 2023, the Company
−Removed: entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC
−Removed: (“EF Hutton”), relating to the Company’s initial public offering (the “Offering” or “IPO”) of
−Removed: 1,150,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock which included the exercise by the underwriters in full
−Removed: of the over-allotment option to purchase an additional 150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an offering price
−Removed: of $ 5.00 per share.
−Removed: The closing of the IPO took place on August 11, 2023.
−Removed: Total gross proceeds, including the exercise of the over-allotment
−Removed: option, was $ 5.75 million.
−Removed: The aggregate net proceeds to the Company from the IPO were approximately
−Removed: $ 4.5 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and total offering expenses.
+Added: On February 3, 2023, the Company changed
+Added: its state of incorporation to the State of Nevada by merging into LQR House Inc., a Nevada corporation.
+Added: The Company operates primarily
+Added: in the beverage alcohol industry owning specialty brands, providing marketing and distribution services.
+Added: of March 31, 2024, the Company has not achieved its planned level of operations.
+Added: The Company’s activities since inception have
+Added: been limited and consisted of formation activities, commencement of operations and capital raising activities.
+Added: To date, the Company has
+Added: only generated limited amounts of revenue and the Company is dependent on external capital, including funds from the initial public offering
+Added: (described below) to execute its planned operations.
+Added: Wine & Spirits (“CWS”) Platform
+Added: November 1, 2023, LQR House Acquisition Corp.
+Added: (the “Buyer”), a subsidiary of the Company, and SSquared Spirits LLC (the
+Added: “Seller”) entered into a Domain Name Transfer Agreement (“Agreement”).
+Added: Pursuant to the Agreement, the Seller
+Added: irrevocably sold, assigned, transferred, and conveyed to the Buyer (a) all right, title, and interest in and to the domain name
+Added: www.cwspirits.com (the “Domain Name”, or “CWS Platform”), including its current registration and (b) any
+Added: other rights (including, but not limited to, trademark rights associated with the Domain Name in any jurisdiction, all Internet
+Added: traffic through the Domain Name and all Website Content (as defined in the Agreement) the Seller may have in the Domain Name,
+Added: together with any goodwill associated therewith in exchange for the payment by the Buyer of the purchase price of $ 10,000 .
+Added: Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Sean Dollinger, owns 50 % of the equity of the Seller, and the other 50 % is owned by
+Added: a minority shareholder of the Company.
+Added: A Special Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors consisting of all independent directors
+Added: approved the terms of the Agreement on November 1, 2023.
+Added: Dividend in the Form of Stock Split
+Added: In February 2024, the Board
+Added: of Directors declared a 50 % stock dividend for distribution to all of the Company’s shareholders of record at the close of
+Added: business on February 12, 2024.
+Added: On March 1, 2024, 1,609,817 shares were issued per dividend.
+Added: As a result of the stock dividend,
+Added: a 3:2 stock split was effected.
+Added: Accordingly, all share and per share amounts for all periods presented in the accompanying financial
+Added: statements and notes thereto have been adjusted retroactively, where applicable, to reflect the stock split.
GOING CONCERN
−Removed: The accompanying financial
−Removed: statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities
−Removed: in the normal course of business.
−Removed: The Company has not generated profits since inception, has sustained net losses of $ 9,419,793 and has
−Removed: negative cash flows from operations of $ 4,568,848 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
−Removed: Management’s Plans
−Removed: The Company has raised funds
−Removed: from the IPO (Note 1) and an additional $ 15.0 million from its public offerings in October and November 2023 (see Note 9).
−Removed: Company expects that its cash and cash equivalents as of the date of issuance of these unaudited interim condensed financial statements
−Removed: may not be sufficient to fund its operating expenses and acquisition plans for at least one year.
−Removed: The Company’s ability to continue
−Removed: as a going concern for the next twelve months is dependent upon its ability to generate sufficient cash flows from operations to meet
−Removed: its obligations, which it has not been able to accomplish to date, or to obtain additional capital financing to support current negative
−Removed: cash flow trends.
−Removed: No assurance can be given that the Company will be successful in these efforts.
−Removed: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
−Removed: Basis of Presentation
−Removed: The accounting and reporting
−Removed: policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).
−Removed: Company’s fiscal year end is December 31.
−Removed: The Company is an emerging
−Removed: growth company as the term is used in The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act and has elected to comply with certain reduced public company
−Removed: reporting requirements, however, the Company may adopt accounting standards based on the effective dates for public entities when early
−Removed: adoption is permitted.
−Removed: Unaudited Interim Financial Information
−Removed: The unaudited interim financial
−Removed: statements and related notes have been prepared in accordance with U.S.
−Removed: GAAP for interim financial information, within the rules and regulations
−Removed: of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
−Removed: Certain information and disclosures normally included
−Removed: in the annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S.
−Removed: GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations.
−Removed: The unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared on a basis consistent with the audited financial statements and in the opinion
−Removed: of management, reflect all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the results
−Removed: for the interim periods presented and of the financial condition as of the date of the interim balance sheet.
−Removed: The financial data and the
−Removed: other information disclosed in these notes to the interim financial statements related to the nine-month periods are unaudited.
−Removed: interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full fiscal year.
+Added: Company has evaluated whether there are certain conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about
+Added: the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial
+Added: statements are issued.
The accompanying unaudited
−Removed: interim condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and the notes
−Removed: thereto for the year ended December 31, 2022 included in the Company’s prospectus that forms a part of the Company’s
−Removed: Registration Statement on Form S-1 ( File No.
−Removed: 333-272660 ) which was declared effective
−Removed: on August 9, 2023.
−Removed: Use of Estimates
+Added: condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets
+Added: and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.
+Added: The Company has not generated profits since inception, has sustained
+Added: net losses of $ 2,427,392 and $ 322,074 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, and has negative cash flows from operations
+Added: of $ 1,374,040 for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: The Company requires additional capital to operate and expects losses to continue
+Added: in the foreseeable future.
+Added: These factors raise substantial doubts about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: Company’s ability to continue as a going concern until it reaches profitability is dependent upon its ability to generate cash
+Added: from operating activities and to raise additional capital to fund operations.
+Added: Management plans to raise additional capital to fund operations
+Added: through debt and/or equity financings.
+Added: The Company has raised funds from the initial public offering in August 2023 and an additional
+Added: $ 16.6 million from its public offerings in October and November 2023.
+Added: Our failure to raise additional capital could have a negative
+Added: impact on not only our financial condition but also our ability to execute our business plan.
+Added: No assurance can be given that the Company
+Added: will be successful in these efforts.
+Added: The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might
+Added: result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
+Added: The Company may not be able to obtain financing on acceptable terms, or at all.
+Added: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
+Added: of Presentation
+Added: accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
+Added: The Company’s fiscal year end is December 31.
+Added: Company is an emerging growth company as the term is used in The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act and has elected to comply with certain
+Added: reduced public company reporting requirements, however, the Company may adopt accounting standards based on the effective dates for public
+Added: entities when early adoption is permitted.
+Added: of Consolidation
+Added: consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, LQR House Acquisition Corp.
+Added: inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated on consolidation.
+Added: Interim Financial Information
+Added: The unaudited condensed consolidated
+Added: interim financial statements and related notes have been prepared in accordance with U.S.
+Added: GAAP for interim financial information, within
+Added: the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
+Added: Certain information and disclosures
+Added: normally included in the annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S.
+Added: GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to
+Added: such rules and regulations.
+Added: The unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared on a basis consistent with the audited financial
+Added: statements and in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the
+Added: fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented and of the financial condition as of the date of the interim balance
+Added: The financial data and the other information disclosed in these notes to the interim financial statements related to the three-month
+Added: periods are unaudited.
+Added: Unaudited interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full fiscal year.
+Added: accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited
+Added: financial statements and the notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in the Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April
The preparation of the Company’s
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Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in these financial statements
−Removed: include, but are not limited to stock-based compensation.
−Removed: The Company bases its estimates on historical experience, known trends and other
−Removed: market-specific or other relevant factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances.
−Removed: On an ongoing basis, management evaluates
−Removed: its estimates when there are changes in circumstances, facts and experience.
−Removed: Changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which
−Removed: they become known.
−Removed: Actual results could differ from those estimates.
−Removed: Significant Risks and Uncertainties
−Removed: The Company is subject to
−Removed: customary risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the need for protection of proprietary technology, dependence on key
−Removed: personnel, costs of services provided by third parties and limited operating history.
−Removed: Variable Interest Entities
−Removed: The Company evaluates its
−Removed: relationships with other entities to identify whether they are variable interest entities as defined by Financial Accounting Standards
−Removed: Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 810, Consolidation (“ASC 810”), and
−Removed: to assess whether it is the primary beneficiary of such entities.
−Removed: If the determination is made that the Company is the primary beneficiary,
−Removed: then that entity is consolidated.
−Removed: The Company evaluated whether it was the primary beneficiary in its common control asset acquisitions
−Removed: and related party agreements and determined it is not the primary beneficiary of any entities.
−Removed: Concentrations of Credit Risk
−Removed: The Company maintains its
−Removed: cash with a major financial institution located in the United States of America which it believes to be credit worthy.
−Removed: insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $ 250,000 .
−Removed: At times, the Company maintains balances in excess of the
−Removed: federally insured limits.
+Added: include, but are not limited to, the valuation of assets acquired and liabilities assumed pursuant to business combinations, and stock-based
+Added: compensation.
+Added: The Company bases its estimates on historical experience, known trends and other market-specific or other relevant factors
+Added: that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances.
+Added: On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates when there are changes
+Added: in circumstances, facts, and experience.
+Added: Changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which they become known.
+Added: Actual results could
+Added: differ from those estimates.
Concentrations
+Added: of Credit Risk
+Added: Company maintains its cash with a major financial institution located in the United States of America which it believes to be credit
+Added: Balances are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $ 250,000 .
+Added: At times, the Company maintains
+Added: balances in excess of the federally insured limits.
+Added: Concentrations
The Company’s ability
−Removed: to derive revenue from marketing services is reliant on its relationship and marketing license agreement with Ssquared Spirits LLC, a
−Removed: related party entity, and CWS who fulfills sales for the products sold by clientele using our marketing services.
−Removed: The discontinuance of
−Removed: such relationships or termination of the marketing license agreement would have a material negative impact on the Company’s operations.
−Removed: Furthermore, the Company
−Removed: relies and expects to continue to rely on a small number of vendors.
−Removed: The loss of one of these vendors may have a negative short-term impact
−Removed: on the Company’s operations.
−Removed: However, the Company believes there are acceptable substitute vendors that can be utilized longer term.
−Removed: Fair Value Measurements
−Removed: Certain assets and liabilities
−Removed: of the Company are carried at fair value under GAAP.
−Removed: Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or
−Removed: paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction
−Removed: between market participants on the measurement date.
−Removed: Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable
−Removed: inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
−Removed: Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are to be classified and disclosed
−Removed: in one of the following three levels of the fair value hierarchy, of which the first two are considered observable and the last is considered
−Removed: unobservable:
+Added: to derive revenue is reliant on its relationship with KBROS who currently handles product for the CWS Platform and fulfills the products
+Added: sold by clientele using our marketing services.
+Added: The discontinuance of such relationship or termination of the CWS Platform agreements
+Added: would have a material negative impact on the Company’s operations.
+Added: the Company relies and expects to continue to rely on a small number of vendors.
+Added: The loss of one of these vendors may have a negative
+Added: short-term impact on the Company’s operations.
+Added: However, the Company believes there are acceptable substitute vendors that can be
+Added: utilized longer term.
+Added: and Cash Equivalents
+Added: Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.
+Added: Marketable Securities
+Added: Company has investments in mutual funds.
+Added: The investments are classified as available-for-sale and are held at fair value.
+Added: The investments
+Added: have a readily determinable fair value and as such, are recognized as a Level 1 instrument.
+Added: Value Measurements
+Added: assets and liabilities of the Company are carried at fair value under GAAP.
+Added: Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be
+Added: received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability
+Added: in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.
+Added: Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize
+Added: the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
+Added: Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are
+Added: to be classified and disclosed in one of the following three levels of the fair value hierarchy, of which the first two are considered
+Added: observable and the last is considered unobservable:
1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
−Removed: 2—Observable inputs (other than Level 1 quoted prices), such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities,
−Removed: quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets or liabilities, or other inputs that are observable or can
−Removed: be corroborated by observable market data.
−Removed: 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity that are significant to determining the fair value of
−Removed: the assets or liabilities, including pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques.
−Removed: The carrying values of the
−Removed: Company’s accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their fair values due to the short maturity of these instruments.
−Removed: The Company believes the carrying amount of its advances to related parties approximate fair value due to its short-term maturity.
−Removed: Accounts Receivable
−Removed: Accounts receivable are derived
−Removed: from services and products delivered to customers and are stated at their net realizable value.
−Removed: Each month, the Company reviews its receivables
−Removed: on a customer-by-customer basis and evaluates whether an allowance for doubtful accounts is necessary based on any known or perceived
−Removed: collection issues.
−Removed: Any balances that are eventually deemed uncollectible are written off against the allowance after all means of collection
−Removed: have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote.
−Removed: Prepaid Expenses
−Removed: Prepaid expenses consist
−Removed: of prepaid advertising, marketing and investor relations costs.
−Removed: The agreements have terms ranging from three months to one year.
−Removed: are amortized to the respective expenses over the life of the agreements.
−Removed: Related Parties
−Removed: Related parties are any entities
−Removed: or individuals that, through employment, ownership or other means, possess the ability to direct or cause the direction of the management
−Removed: and policies of the Company.
−Removed: The Company discloses related party transactions that are outside of normal compensatory agreements, such
−Removed: The Company follows ASC 850, Related Party Disclosures , for the identification of related parties and disclosure of
−Removed: related party transactions.
−Removed: Revenue Recognition
−Removed: In accordance with FASB ASC
−Removed: 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ¸ the Company determines revenue recognition through the following steps:
+Added: 2—Observable inputs (other than Level 1 quoted prices), such as quoted prices in active
+Added: markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active for
+Added: identical or similar assets or liabilities, or other inputs that are observable or can be
+Added: corroborated by observable market data.
+Added: 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity that are significant
+Added: to determining the fair value of the assets or liabilities, including pricing models, discounted
+Added: cash flow methodologies and similar techniques.
+Added: carrying values of the Company’s accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their fair values due to the short maturity
+Added: of these instruments.
+Added: The Company believes the carrying amount of its advances to related parties approximate fair value due to its short-term
+Added: accordance with FASB ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ¸ the Company determines revenue recognition through
+Added: the following steps:
● Identification
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of revenue when or as the performance obligations are satisfied.
−Removed: Revenue is recognized when
−Removed: performance obligations are satisfied through the transfer of control of promised goods to the Company’s customers in an amount
−Removed: that reflects the consideration expected to be received in exchange for transferring goods or services to customers.
−Removed: Control transfers
−Removed: once a customer has the ability to direct the use of, and obtain substantially all of the benefits from, the product.
−Removed: This includes the
−Removed: transfer of legal title, physical possession, the risks and rewards of ownership, and customer acceptance.
−Removed: The Company derives its revenue
−Removed: from marketing services, distribution of its SWOL Tequila product to CWS, and subscription-based membership revenue.
−Removed: Revenue is reported
−Removed: net of discounts.
−Removed: Marketing Services
−Removed: The Company contracts with
−Removed: third-party alcoholic beverage brands to utilize access to the CWS alcoholic beverage website (the “CWS Platform).
−Removed: The Company and
−Removed: the brands enter into a commercial relationship.
−Removed: The Company performs services such as creating a marketing campaign strategy, developing
−Removed: promotional materials and advertising promotional materials through the CWS Platform.
−Removed: Revenue is recognized over a period time, as the
−Removed: marketing services are being continually provided on a daily and monthly basis over the life of an agreed upon campaign.
−Removed: Marketing campaigns
−Removed: generally range from one to three months.
−Removed: Product Sales
−Removed: The Company wholly owns SWOL
−Removed: Tequila, a tequila made in limited batches from a third-party producer located in Mexico.
−Removed: The Company facilitates all efforts to get the
−Removed: product delivered to CWS for retail distribution in the United States, including advancing costs for production, shipping and other importing
−Removed: and delivery charges.
−Removed: The Company is entitled to payment of cost plus an additional 20 % on each bottle of SWOL Tequila sold to CWS.
−Removed: is recognized at the point in which the products are delivered to CWS, when LQR has fulfilled its performance obligation.
−Removed: Due to certain
−Removed: restrictions on the delivery and custodianship of alcoholic beverage, CWS is require to take ownership of the product at time of delivery,
−Removed: and there is no recourse or right of return.
−Removed: The Company records gross revenue as it’s the primary obligor in the transaction.
−Removed: Vault is the exclusive membership
−Removed: program for CWS customers.
−Removed: Through the CWS Platform, users can sign up for membership where they will have access to all products available
−Removed: through CWS combined with special membership benefits including discounted products, free shipping and promotional offers.
−Removed: markets this membership program on the CWS Platform and is entitled to 50 % of the revenue from the subscriptions.
−Removed: Members are charged
−Removed: monthly membership fees, and the Company recognizes the 50 % fee it is entitled to from CWS as net revenue.
−Removed: The Company records revenue
−Removed: on transactions when the user initially subscribes or renews their membership, as the Company is the agent of the transaction and do not
−Removed: typically provide significant post transaction services to the user or bear responsibility for the promised goods or services included
−Removed: in the membership.
−Removed: The Company records a reserve for chargebacks and cancellations at the time of the transaction based on historical
−Removed: During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, revenue from Vault memberships totaled $ 7,489 and $ 24,401 ,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: Contract Balances
−Removed: Accounts receivable represent
−Removed: amounts owed from marketing and product sales invoiced, but not yet received.
−Removed: Contract liabilities represent
−Removed: obligations to transfer services to a customer for which the Company has already received consideration.
−Removed: Payments for marketing services
−Removed: are generally received upfront in advance of the Company satisfying the related performance obligation and are recorded as a deferred
−Removed: revenue liability.
−Removed: The deferred revenue is reduced as the services are performed and the revenue is recognized.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023
−Removed: and December 31, 2022, the Company had $ 0 in deferred revenue.
−Removed: Cost of Revenue
−Removed: Cost of revenue consists
−Removed: of all direct costs attributable to performing marketing services and the Company’s product sales.
−Removed: Cost of revenue includes affiliate
−Removed: payouts, contracted marketing services, direct advertising costs for marketing campaigns, product costs, packaging, shipping and other
−Removed: importing and delivery charges.
−Removed: Cost of revenue also includes customer service personnel and amortization of the Company’s marketing
−Removed: license asset (see Note 4).
−Removed: Sales and Marketing
−Removed: Sales and marketing costs
−Removed: primarily consist of advertising, promotional expenses and marketing consulting and advisory services.
−Removed: Sales and marketing costs also
−Removed: include sales commissions.
−Removed: Deferred Offering Costs
−Removed: The Company complies with
−Removed: the requirements of FASB ASC 340-10-S99-1 with regards to offering costs.
−Removed: Prior to the completion of an offering, offering costs are capitalized.
−Removed: The deferred offering costs are charged to additional paid-in capital or as a discount to debt, as applicable, upon the completion of
−Removed: an offering or to expense if the offering is not completed.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023, the Company has no deferred offering costs.
−Removed: Stock-Based Compensation
−Removed: Stock-based compensation
−Removed: is accounted for in accordance with ASC Topic 718-10, Compensation-Stock Compensation (“ASC 718-10”).
−Removed: The Company measures
−Removed: all equity-based awards granted to employees, independent contractors and advisors based on the fair value on the date of the grant and
−Removed: recognizes compensation expense for those awards over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period of the respective
−Removed: The Company classifies equity-based
−Removed: compensation expense in its statement of operations in the same manner in which the award recipient’s payroll or contractor costs
−Removed: are classified or in which the award recipient’s service payments are classified.
−Removed: Net Loss per Share
−Removed: Net earnings or loss per
−Removed: share is computed by dividing net income or loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, excluding
−Removed: shares subject to redemption or forfeiture.
+Added: is recognized when performance obligations are satisfied through the transfer of control of promised goods to the Company’s customers
+Added: in an amount that reflects the consideration expected to be received in exchange for transferring goods or services to customers.
+Added: transfers once a customer has the ability to direct the use of, and obtain substantially all of the benefits from, the product.
+Added: includes the transfer of legal title, physical possession, the risks and rewards of ownership, and customer acceptance.
+Added: The Company derives its revenue from marketing services, sales via
+Added: the CWS Platform, distribution of its SWOL Tequila product and subscription-based membership revenue.
+Added: Revenue is reported net of discounts.
+Added: Company contracts with third-party alcoholic beverage brands to utilize access to the CWS Platform.
+Added: The Company and the brands enter
+Added: into a commercial relationship.
+Added: The Company performs services such as creating a marketing campaign strategy, developing promotional
+Added: materials and advertising promotional materials through the CWS Platform.
+Added: Revenue is recognized over a period time, as the marketing
+Added: services are being continually provided on a daily and monthly basis over the life of an agreed upon campaign.
+Added: Marketing campaigns generally
+Added: range from one to three months.
+Added: Cwsspirits.com
+Added: is an e-commerce platform that sells in wine and spirits in the USA.
+Added: The Company is responsible for contracting with CWS and customers
+Added: to fulfill orders through the website.
+Added: The Company has the ability to direct customers to CWS to fulfill the order.
+Added: The Company, though
+Added: not legally able to own alcohol inventory, does take on financial inventory risk.
+Added: The Company is solely responsible for any risk of loss
+Added: of the end customer and paying to replenish the loss order.
+Added: Additionally, the Company enters into minimum guaranteed purchase commitments
+Added: with its vendor that require the Company to pay for any inventory not sold during the year.
+Added: The Company establishes the price and selection
+Added: of products to be sold on the CWS Platform, and directs all marketing activities pertaining to the Platform.
+Added: As such, the Company is
+Added: the primary obligor for transactions with customers on the CWS Platform and records gross revenue.
+Added: Revenue is recognized at the point
+Added: in time when products are delivered to the end customer, when LQR has fulfilled its performance obligation, net of returns.
+Added: Company wholly owns SWOL Tequila, a tequila made in limited batches from a third-party producer located in Mexico.
+Added: The Company facilitates
+Added: all efforts to get the product delivered to CWS for retail distribution in the United States, including advancing costs for production,
+Added: shipping and other importing and delivery charges.
+Added: The Company is entitled to payment of cost plus an additional 20 % on each bottle
+Added: of SWOL Tequila sold to CWS.
+Added: Revenue is recognized at the point in which the products are delivered to CWS, when LQR has fulfilled its
+Added: performance obligation.
+Added: Due to certain restrictions on the delivery and custodianship of alcoholic beverage, CWS is requires to take
+Added: ownership of the product at time of delivery, and there is no recourse or right of return.
+Added: The Company records gross revenue as it’s
+Added: the primary obligor in the transaction.
+Added: is the exclusive membership program for CWS Platform customers.
+Added: Through the CWS Platform, users can sign up for membership where they
+Added: will have access to all products available through CWS combined with special membership benefits including discounted products, free
+Added: shipping and promotional offers.
+Added: Prior to the acquisition of the CWS Platform, the Company marketed this membership program on the
+Added: CWS Platform and was entitled to 50 % of the revenue from the subscriptions as the agent of the transaction.
+Added: Upon the acquisition
+Added: of the CWS Platform, the Company records gross revenue as it is the principal in the transaction.
+Added: The Company records a reserve for chargebacks
+Added: and cancellations at the time of the transaction based on historical experience.
+Added: During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023,
+Added: revenue from Vault memberships totaled $ 13,440 and $ 8,794 respectively.
+Added: Disaggregation
+Added: following is a summary of the disaggregation of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023:
+Added: Three Months Ended
+Added: Disaggregation of Revenues
+Added: SWOL product sales
+Added: Revenue – product
+Added: Revenue – services
+Added: Total revenues
+Added: of revenue consists of all direct costs attributable to performing marketing services and the Company’s product sales.
+Added: revenue includes product costs, affiliate payouts, contracted marketing services, direct advertising costs for marketing campaigns, packaging,
+Added: shipping and other importing and delivery charges.
+Added: Cost of revenue also includes customer service personnel and amortization of the Company’s
+Added: marketing license asset in 2023.
+Added: and Marketing
+Added: and marketing costs primarily consist of advertising, promotional expenses and marketing consulting and advisory services.
+Added: marketing costs also include sales commissions.
+Added: compensation is accounted for in accordance with ASC Topic 718-10, Compensation-Stock Compensation (“ASC 718-10”).
+Added: The Company measures all equity-based awards granted to employees, independent contractors and advisors based on the fair value on the
+Added: date of the grant and recognizes compensation expense for those awards over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting
+Added: period of the respective award.
+Added: Company classifies equity based compensation expense in its statement of operations in the same manner in which the award recipient’s
+Added: payroll or contractor costs are classified or in which the award recipient’s service payments are classified.
+Added: Loss per Share
+Added: earnings or loss per share is computed by dividing net income or loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during
+Added: the period, excluding shares subject to redemption or forfeiture.
The Company presents basic and diluted net earnings or loss per share.
−Removed: Diluted net earnings
−Removed: or loss per share reflect the actual weighted average of common shares issued and outstanding during the period, adjusted for potentially
−Removed: dilutive securities outstanding.
−Removed: Potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the computation of the diluted net loss per share if
−Removed: their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.
−Removed: As all potentially dilutive securities are anti-dilutive as of September 30, 2023, diluted net
−Removed: loss per share is the same as basic net loss per share.
−Removed: Potentially dilutive items outstanding as of September 30, 2023 and 2022 are as
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: Restricted stock units
−Removed: Common stock warrants
−Removed: Total potentially dilutive shares
−Removed: Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting
−Removed: Pronouncements
−Removed: Management does not believe
−Removed: that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards could have a material effect on the accompanying financial
+Added: Diluted net earnings or loss per share reflect the actual weighted average of common shares issued and outstanding during the period,
+Added: adjusted for potentially dilutive securities outstanding.
+Added: Potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the computation of the diluted
+Added: net loss per share if their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.
+Added: As all potentially dilutive securities are anti-dilutive as of March 31,
+Added: 2024 and 2023, diluted net loss per share is the same as basic net loss per share for each year.
+Added: dilutive items outstanding as of March 31, 2024 include the Company’s outstanding restricted stock units (See Note 6).
+Added: Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
+Added: does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards could have a material effect on the accompanying
+Added: financial statements.
As new accounting pronouncements are issued, the Company will adopt those that are applicable under the circumstances.
−Removed: INTANGIBLE ASSETS
−Removed: CWS Exclusive Marketing
−Removed: On April 1, 2021, the Company,
−Removed: CWS, and another related entity, Ssquared Spirits LLC (“Ssquared”), entered into an exclusive marketing agreement (the “CWS
−Removed: Pursuant to this agreement, CWS and Ssquared granted the Company the exclusive right to promote and market spirits
−Removed: and other beverage products through the CWS website (cwspirtis.com) for sale to customers located within Canada, Mexico and the United
−Removed: The Company has the sole right to manage and make decisions with regard to user facing content on the website, including the placement
−Removed: and removal of products and the creation and management of promotional initiatives.
−Removed: The term of the CWS Agreement is ten years.
−Removed: to the agreement, the Company issued 1,666,667 shares of common stock to the members of Ssquared.
−Removed: The Company capitalized the
−Removed: fair value of the consideration transferred, $ 2,500,000 (or $ 1.50 per share), as an intangible asset which will be amortized over the
−Removed: term agreement of ten ( 10 ) years.
−Removed: During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company amortized $ 62,500 , $ 62,500 ,
−Removed: $ 187,500 and $ 187,500 , respectively, which is included in cost of revenue – services in the statement of operations.
−Removed: As of September
−Removed: 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the unamortized balance was $ 1,895,833 and $ 2,083,333 , respectively.
−Removed: Annual amortization expense is expected
−Removed: to be $ 250,000 .
−Removed: In August and September 2023,
−Removed: the Company entered into several loan agreements for aggregate proceeds of $ 950,000 .
−Removed: The loans bore interest at 18 % and were payable on
−Removed: demand, regardless of whether paid before the anniversary of the loan agreements.
−Removed: On September 27, 2023, the Company entered into debt
−Removed: settlement agreements with the noteholders in full settlement of the loan amounts, including interest, using the closing price of $ 0.4395
−Removed: of the Company’s common stock on September 27, 2023.
−Removed: As such, a total amount of $ 1,121,000 , including principal of $ 950,000 and
−Removed: accrued interest of $ 171,000 , was converted into 2,550,622 shares of the Company’s common stock.
+Added: ACQUISITION OF CWS PLATFORM
+Added: November 1, 2023, LQR House Acquisition Corp.
+Added: (the “Buyer”), a subsidiary of the Company, and SSquared Spirits LLC (the
+Added: “Seller”, or “SSquared”) entered into a Domain Name Transfer Agreement (“Agreement”).
+Added: to the Agreement, the Seller irrevocably sold, assigned, transferred, and conveyed to the Buyer (a) all right, title, and interest
+Added: in and to the domain name www.cwspirits.com (the “Domain Name”, or “CWS Platform”), including its current
+Added: registration and (b) any other rights (including, but not limited to, trademark rights associated with the Domain Name in any
+Added: jurisdiction, all Internet traffic through the Domain Name and all Website Content (as defined in the Agreement) the Seller may have
+Added: in the Domain Name, together with any goodwill associated therewith in exchange for the payment by the Buyer of the purchase price
+Added: of $ 10,000 .
+Added: Regulation S-X 3-05, management determined that the CWS Platform acquisition constituted a business combination as the revenue producing
+Added: activity (e-commerce sales) is expected to be similar both pre and post-domain name acquisition.
+Added: As such, the Company recorded
+Added: an intangible asset of $ 10,000 for the purchase price consideration of the domain name.
+Added: Management assessed the
+Added: fair value of the Domain Name and CWS Platform in determining to allocate the $ 10,000 to the domain name.
+Added: In making such
+Added: determination, management considered the related party nature of the transaction, the current environment for direct-to-consumer
+Added: alcoholic beverage companies and the related competition in which they operate, and the fact that the initial and continued
+Added: operation of the CWS Platform is completely dependent on the relationship between the Company, our CEO and a minority shareholder,
+Added: who co-owned SSquared and operates KBROS, LLC (“KBROS” or the “Product Handler”), the Company’s
+Added: contracted product handler.
+Added: Without such relationship, which can be terminated in certain circumstances, the underlying CWS Platform
+Added: would be unable to operate as intended until a suitable alterative product handler would be identified.
+Added: Therefore, no fair
+Added: value in excess of the consideration provided was considered.
+Added: Company has consolidated the results of operations of the CWS Platform since November 1, 2023.
+Added: Pro Forma Financial Information
+Added: following unaudited pro forma financial information presents the Company’s financial results as if the CWS Platform acquisition
+Added: had occurred as of January 1, 2023.
+Added: The unaudited pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of what the financial
+Added: results actually would have been had the acquisitions been completed on this date.
+Added: In addition, the unaudited pro forma financial information
+Added: is not indicative of, nor does it purport to project, the Company’s future financial results.
+Added: The pro forma information does
+Added: not give effect to any estimated and potential cost savings or other operating efficiencies that could result from the acquisition:
+Added: Net loss per common share
+Added: of December 31, 2023, the Company had $ 5,470,000 in deposits held in escrow for potential investments.
+Added: In 2024, the Company received
+Added: $ 670,000 back from an investment it was no longer pursuing.
+Added: The remaining $ 4,800,000 at March 31, 2024 is subject to an escrow
+Added: share agreement for a potential investment into a third-party entity.
+Added: While the terms of the investment have not been finalized, the
+Added: agreement indicates the funds are to only be used for an investment in the target company and is not subject to return to the Company
+Added: unless otherwise agreed upon.
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
−Removed: Reorganization
−Removed: Prior to the Reorganization
−Removed: described in Note 1, the Company was authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $ 0.001 per share.
−Removed: Reorganization in the first quarter of 2023 (see Note 1), the Company was authorized to issue 300,000,000 shares of common stock and 50,000,000
−Removed: shares of preferred stock, par value $ 0.0001 per share.
−Removed: Amendment to Articles
−Removed: of Incorporation
−Removed: Dual Class Share
−Removed: On March 29, 2023, the
−Removed: Company amended its articles of incorporation to institute a dual class share structure consisting of Class A Common Stock, and Class B
−Removed: Common Stock, and any number of classes of preferred stock.
−Removed: Class A Common Stock was entitled to twenty (20) votes per share
−Removed: on proposals requiring or requesting stockholder approval, and Class B Common Stock was entitled to one (1) vote on any such
−Removed: A share of Class A Common Stock could have been voluntarily converted into a share of Class B Common Stock.
−Removed: of a share of Class A Common Stock would have resulted in its automatic conversion into Common Stock upon such transfer, subject
−Removed: to certain exceptions, including that the transfer of shares of Class A Common Stock to another holder of Class A Common Stock
−Removed: would not have resulted in such automatic conversion.
−Removed: Class B Common Stock was not convertible.
−Removed: Other than as to voting and conversion
−Removed: rights, Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock had the same rights and preferences and ranked equally, shared ratably
−Removed: and were identical in all respects as to all matters.
−Removed: Due to this amendment, the
−Removed: Company’s authorized capital stock became 350,000,000 shares, consisting of:
−Removed: (i) 300,000,000 shares of common stock,
−Removed: par value $0.0001 per share, of which 20,000,000 shares were designated Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and
−Removed: 280,000,000 shares were designated as Class B Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share;
−Removed: and (ii) 50,000,000 shares
−Removed: of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share.
−Removed: All 9,200,434 shares of common stock issued and outstanding at the time of the amendment
−Removed: became shares of Class B Common Stock.
−Removed: Single Common Stock
−Removed: On June 5, 2023, the
−Removed: Company further amended its articles of incorporation to amend the share structure by (i) eliminating a dual class share structure
−Removed: consisting of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock and establishing a single common stock structure consisting
−Removed: of shares of common stock only, with 350,000,000 authorized shares being all designated as common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per
−Removed: share (the “Single Common Stock Structure”), entitled to one (1) vote per share;
−Removed: and by (ii) eliminating all authorized
−Removed: shares of preferred stock.
−Removed: All shares of Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding at the time of the amendment became shares of
−Removed: common stock .
−Removed: The accompanying financial statements reflect the single common stock structure in place as of September 30, 2023.
−Removed: 2023 Private Placement
−Removed: From April to June 2023,
−Removed: the Company conducted a private placement of and entered into certain subscription agreements with several accredited investors.
−Removed: to the agreements, the Company issued 955,000 shares of common stock at $ 1.00 per share for a total of $ 955,000 .
−Removed: Advisor and Consulting
−Removed: In June 2023, the Company
−Removed: entered into advisor agreements with certain advisors, pursuant to which the advisors will provide business and corporate advice in connection
−Removed: with the Offering to the Company.
−Removed: In consideration for the advisor’s services, the Company issued 500,000 shares of common
−Removed: stock to six individuals and entities, for an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares.
−Removed: The Company recorded an expense of $ 3,000,000 , or fair
−Removed: value of $ 1.00 per share, pertaining to these issuances, which is included in general and administrative expense in the statements of
−Removed: The fair value was determined based on recent sales of stock under the 2023 Private Placement disclosure noted above.
−Removed: In August 2023, the board
−Removed: of directors approved an issuance of and the Company issued an aggregate total of 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock
−Removed: under the LQR House Inc.
−Removed: Stock Option and Incentive Plan (“2021 Plan”) to certain consultants with whom the Company entered
−Removed: into independent contractor agreements, in consideration for their providing consulting services to the Company.
−Removed: The Company recognized
−Removed: stock-based compensation expense of $ 2,552,500 , or $ 1.02 per share based on the fair value of the Company’s common stock at the
−Removed: time of the agreements, for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
−Removed: The amount was included in general and administrative expenses in
−Removed: the statements of operations.
−Removed: Initial Public Offering
−Removed: the IPO, which closed on August 11, 2021, the Company issued and sold 1,150,000 shares of common stock, including the exercise of the
−Removed: over-allotment option, at a public offering price of $ 5.00 per share.
−Removed: Total gross proceeds to the Company from the IPO were $ 5.75 million.
−Removed: The aggregate net proceeds to the Company from the IPO were approximately $ 4.5 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions
−Removed: and total offering expenses.
−Removed: connection to the IPO, the Company agreed to issue the underwriters five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 57,500 shares
−Removed: of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $ 5.00 per share.
−Removed: The warrants are immediately exercisable.
−Removed: Debt Settlement for Shares
−Removed: On September 27, 2023, the
−Removed: Company issued 2,550,622 shares of common stock as settlement for outstanding principal on notes of $ 950,000 and accrued interest of $ 171,000
−Removed: (see Note 5).
−Removed: Cancellations
−Removed: In June 2023, the Company
−Removed: entered into a Cancellation Agreement with four stockholders, who each owned 750,000 shares of common stock or an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares.
−Removed: The stockholders purchased these shares from the founder, Sean Dollinger, pursuant to a stock purchase agreement on January 12, 2023,
−Removed: Dollinger and each of these four stockholders.
−Removed: As of the date these financial statements were available to be issued
−Removed: these shares were either cancelled or pending cancellation with the transfer agent.
−Removed: The Company repurchased the shares for $ 18,000 .
−Removed: Share Buyback
−Removed: On September 1, 2023, the
−Removed: board of directors of the Company authorized a share buyback program for up to 20 % or up to $ 2.0 million of the Company’s common
−Removed: stock and approved an agreement entered by and between the Company and Dominari Securities LLC (“Dominari”) on August 28,
+Added: Company filed on February 13, 2024 a Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company with the Secretary of State
+Added: of the State of Nevada increasing its authorized shares to 350,000,000 shares of common stock.
+Added: February 2024, the Board of Directors declared a 50 % stock dividend for distribution to all of the Company’s shareholders
+Added: of record at the close of business on February 12, 2024.
+Added: On March 1, 2024, 1,609,817 shares were issued per the dividend.
+Added: a result of the stock dividend, a 3:2 stock split was effected.
+Added: Accordingly, all share and per share amounts for all periods
+Added: presented in the accompanying financial statements and notes thereto have been adjusted retroactively, where applicable, to reflect the
+Added: September 1, 2023, the board of directors of the Company authorized a share buyback program for up to 20 % of the Company’s
+Added: common stock and approved an agreement entered by and between the Company and Dominari Securities LLC (“Dominari”) on August
28, 2023 to effect the share buyback program.
−Removed: The Company confirmed the acquisition of 79,310 shares of common stock on September 8, 2023
−Removed: for a total of $ 93,464 , which was recorded as treasury stock on the balance sheet and statement of changes in stockholders’ equity.
−Removed: The repurchase of shares of common stock occurred in accordance with Rule 10b-18.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023,
−Removed: the Company had 16,356,056 shares issued and 16,276,746 shares outstanding.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, the Company had 9,200,405 shares
−Removed: issued and outstanding.
−Removed: Restricted Stock Units
−Removed: In August 2023 the Company
−Removed: granted 1,250,000 restricted stock units (the Director RSU’s) which were to vest in eight (8) equal quarterly installments commencing
−Removed: on October 1, 2023.
−Removed: On August 21, 2023, Jay Dhaliwal was added to the Board on and was granted 20,000 Director RSUs which Director RSUs
−Removed: were to vest in eight (8) equal quarterly installments commencing on October 1, 2023.
−Removed: On August 30, 2023, the Board authorized deferring
−Removed: the vesting of the Director RSUs until such date that the 2021 Plan is amended.
+Added: From September 8, 2023 through December 22, 2023, the Company confirmed the acquisition
+Added: of 865,070 shares of common stock for a total of $ 1,440,852 , which was initially recorded as treasury stock on the balance
+Added: sheet and statement of stockholders’ equity.
+Added: On December 22, 2023, the 865,070 shares were sent to the Company’s
+Added: transfer agent for retirement.
+Added: January 2024, the Company purchased a total of 190,628 shares of the Company’s common stock for $ 547,415 , which was recorded
+Added: as treasury stock on the balance sheet and statement of stockholders’ equity.
+Added: of March 31, 2024, the Company had 4,829,438 shares issued and 4,638,810 shares outstanding.
+Added: of December 31, 2023, the Company had 4,829,438 shares issued and outstanding.
+Added: August 2023 the Company granted 31,250 restricted stock units (the Director RSU’s) which were to vest in eight equal
+Added: quarterly installments commencing on October 1, 2023.
+Added: On August 21, 2023, Jay Dhaliwal was added to the Board and was granted 500 Director
+Added: RSUs which were to vest in eight equal quarterly installments commencing on October 1, 2023.
+Added: On August 30, 2023, the Board authorized
+Added: deferring the vesting of the Director RSUs until such date that the 2021 Plan is amended.
The RSUs had a grant-date fair value of $ 6,266,533 .
−Removed: the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of $ 88,378 , which is included in general
−Removed: and administrative expenses in the statement of operations.
+Added: During the three months ended December 31, 2023, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of $ 720,843 , which is included
+Added: in general and administrative expenses in the statement of operations.
+Added: As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were 29,250 Director
+Added: RSUs outstanding after cancellations.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
−Removed: CWS and Ssquared Spirits
−Removed: The Company’s founder
−Removed: and controlling stockholder has an economic interest in Ssquared Spirits LLC, the e-commerce affiliate of CWS.
−Removed: The spouse of the Company’s
−Removed: former Chief Executive Officer and director, is the President and controlling stockholder of CWS and the managing member and director
−Removed: of Ssquared Spirits LLC.
−Removed: In 2022, the former Chief Executive Officer resigned from the Company.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023
−Removed: and December 31, 2022, the Company had $ 116,884 and $ 224,692 , respectively, in accounts receivable, related party with CWS pertaining
−Removed: to SWOL product revenues.
−Removed: During the nine months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2023, revenue from Vault memberships totaled $ 24,401 , which is included in accounts receivable, related party as of September
−Removed: Advances to CWS
−Removed: During the nine months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company paid certain costs pertaining to alcoholic products on behalf of CWS in order finance the purchase
−Removed: of brand product for which the Company was promoting through marketing services.
−Removed: The advances totaled $ 7,340 and $ 59,068 , respectively,
−Removed: during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, $ 7,340 and $ 314,766 , respectively,
+Added: and Ssquared Spirits LLC
+Added: The Company’s founder who
+Added: is a stockholder and member of the board of directors has an economic interest in Ssquared Spirits LLC, the seller of the CWS Platform
+Added: The spouse of the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and director, is the President and controlling stockholder
+Added: of KBROS, the managing member and director of Ssquared Spirits LLC, and a minority shareholder with the Company.
+Added: In 2022, the former Chief
+Added: Executive Officer resigned from the Company.
+Added: See Note 4 for the CWS Platform acquisition from Squared.
+Added: Country Wine & Spirits, Inc.
+Added: has 6 brick and mortar locations for the sale of beer, wine, spirits and create value in retail locations throughout Southern California
+Added: and specializes in logistics of shipping and helping brands reach customers.
+Added: To date CWS has distributed all of the alcohol (other than
+Added: SWOL Tequila) ordered by customers through the CWS Platform.
+Added: The President of CWS is also the 100 % owner of KBROS.
+Added: of March 31, 2024 and December 31,2023, the Company had $ 149,510 and $ 172,493 , respectively, in accounts receivable, related party with
+Added: CWS pertaining to SWOL product revenues.
+Added: the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, revenue from Vault memberships totaled $ 13,440 and $ 8,794 , respectively.
+Added: During the year ended December
+Added: 2023, the Company paid certain costs pertaining to alcoholic products on behalf of CWS in order finance the purchase of brand product
+Added: for which the Company was promoting through marketing services.
+Added: As of both March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023,
$ 7,340 remained unpaid and outstanding from CWS.
The advances are non-interest bearing, unsecured and due on demand.
−Removed: The advances owed as of
−Removed: December 31, 2022 were collected in the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
−Removed: Veg House Illinois
−Removed: During the nine months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2023, the Company paid $ 170,000 to a contractor for assistance in completion of the food hall bar owned by a related party
−Removed: under common management with the Company’s CEO, Veg House Illinois, Inc.
−Removed: Accounts Payable, Related
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023
−Removed: and December 31, 2022, the Company had accounts payable of $ 60,611 and $ 104,002 , respectively, with related parties, including the Company’s
−Removed: founder and Chief Executive Officer, and officers and directors.
−Removed: Board of Directors
−Removed: In September 2023, two directors
−Removed: resigned from the Board of Directors, and agreed to cancel 50,000 RSU’s each.
−Removed: The cancellation was formalized in October 2023.
+Added: House Illinois
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company paid $ 170,000 to a contractor for assistance in completion of the food hall bar owned
+Added: by a related party under common management with the Company’s CEO, Veg House Illinois, Inc., which stand outstanding as on March
+Added: Payable, Related Party
+Added: of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had accounts payable of $ 45,000 and $ 58,589 , respectively, with related parties,
+Added: including KBROS, the Company’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, and officers and directors.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
−Removed: The Company may be subject
−Removed: to pending legal proceedings and regulatory actions in the ordinary course of business.
−Removed: The results of such proceedings cannot be predicted
−Removed: with certainty, but the Company does not anticipate that the final outcome, if any, arising out of any such matters will have a material
−Removed: adverse effect on its business, financial condition or results of operations.
−Removed: Underwriting Agreement
−Removed: On December 1, 2022,
−Removed: the Company entered into an engagement agreement with Boustead Securities, LLC to assist in the private placement of securities (“pre-IPO Financing”)
−Removed: and the initial public offering or other registered securities offerings (“IPO”) in the United States listing on NASDAQ.
−Removed: agreement was terminated on May 23, 2023.
−Removed: In connection with the termination of Boustead Securities, LLC, the Company agreed to pay
−Removed: Boustead Securities, LLC, $ 259,292 for out-of-pocket expenses.
−Removed: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
−Removed: Follow-On Offering
−Removed: On October 13, 2023, the
−Removed: Company entered into an underwriting agreement with EF Hutton relating to the Company’s public offering of 28,421,053 shares of
−Removed: the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Registration Statements on the Form S-1 (Registration Nos.
−Removed: 333-274903 and 333-274978)
−Removed: (“Follow-on Offering”), at an offering price of $ 0.19 per share.
−Removed: The closing of the Follow-on Offering took place on October
−Removed: Total gross proceeds were $ 5.4 million.
−Removed: The aggregate net proceeds to the Company from the Follow-on Offering were approximately
−Removed: $ 4.9 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.
−Removed: In connection with the Follow-on
−Removed: Offering, the Company issued to the underwriters five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,421,053 shares of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock with an exercise price of $ 0.19 per share.
−Removed: Second Follow-On Offering
+Added: February 2023, the Company entered into a lease agreement for office space in Miami, Florida.
+Added: The agreement matures in February 2025
+Added: and requires monthly payments of $ 850 .
+Added: The Company adopted ASC 842 on January 1, 2022 and recognized a right of use asset and
+Added: liability of $ 19,007 using a discount rate of 8.0 %.
+Added: of March 31, 2024, the outstanding right of use liability was $ 7,462 .
+Added: Commitment Agreement
On November 1, 2023, the
−Removed: Company entered into an underwriting agreement with EF Hutton relating to the Company’s public offering of 157,142,857 shares of
−Removed: the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Registration Statement on the Form S-1 (Registration No.
−Removed: 333-275363) (“Second Follow-on
−Removed: Offering”), at an offering price of $ 0.07 per share.
−Removed: The closing of the Second Follow-on Offering took place on November 13, 2023.
−Removed: Total gross proceeds were $ 11 million.
−Removed: The aggregate net proceeds to the Company from the Second Follow-on Offering were approximately
−Removed: $ 10.1 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.
−Removed: In connection with the Second
−Removed: Follow-on Offering, the Company issued to the underwriters five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,857,143 shares of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock with an exercise price of $ 0.07 per share.
−Removed: Domain Name Purchase
−Removed: On November 1, 2023, LQR
−Removed: Acquisition Corp.
−Removed: (the “LQRAC”), a Nevada corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company formed in October 2023,
−Removed: and Ssquared entered into the Domain Name Transfer Agreement, pursuant to which, Ssquared irrevocably sold, assigned, transferred, and
−Removed: conveyed to LQRAC (a) all right, title, and interest in and to the CWS Platform, including its current registration with GoDaddy.com,
−Removed: and (b) any other rights (including, but not limited to, trademark rights associated with the CWS Platform in any jurisdiction, all internet
−Removed: traffic through the CWS Platform and all Website Content (as defined in the Domain Transfer Agreement) Ssquared may have in the CWS Platform
−Removed: for a purchase price of $ 10,000 .
−Removed: Our Chief Executive Officer, Sean Dollinger, is a 50 % equity owner of Ssquared.
−Removed: The terms of the Domain
−Removed: Name Transfer Agreement were approved by the Special Committee of the Board (described below).
−Removed: In connection with the transfer
−Removed: of the CWS Platform as described above, on November 1, 2023 we also entered into the Management Agreement with KBROS which has a 10 -year
−Removed: Pursuant to the Management Agreement, KBROS will provide us with management services for the CWS Platform relating to the sale of
−Removed: spirits and other beverage products through the CWS Platform, including, but not limited to (1) performance of all functions necessary
−Removed: for the operation of the CWS Platform other than the promotion and marketing of the products, which is our responsibility;
−Removed: (2) procurement
−Removed: and maintenance of all certificates, licenses, authorizations and registrations required to import, possess, promote, sell, distribute
−Removed: and receive payment for the products and compliance with all laws, rules and regulations applicable thereto and to the operation of the
−Removed: CWS Platform;
−Removed: (3) fulfillment of orders placed through the CWS Platform;
−Removed: (4) maintenance at its expense of an inventory of products sufficient
−Removed: to fulfill all orders placed through the CWS Platform;
−Removed: (5) maintenance of financial records;
−Removed: and (6) other services set forth in the Management
−Removed: In its turn, the Company shall provide marketing services;
−Removed: and respond and handle all complaints, charge backs, refunds and
−Removed: disputes for customers of the website.
−Removed: In consideration for rendering
−Removed: the services, the Company will pay KBROS a monthly fee of $ 40,000 .
−Removed: KBROS is entitled to additional monthly payments in an amount equal
−Removed: to $ 100,000 for each $ 1,000,000 of gross revenue generated through sales made on or through the CWS Platform (or any successor website)
−Removed: (“Website Revenue”) for such calendar month;
−Removed: provided, that, within fifteen (15) days of the filing of each of the Company’s
−Removed: quarterly reports with the SEC, the Website Revenue will be subject to adjustment to reflect the actual amount reported in the applicable
−Removed: quarterly report.
−Removed: However, in no event shall the total amount of any additional payments paid to the KBROS exceed Five Million Dollars
−Removed: ($ 5,000,000 ) in any one fiscal year.
−Removed: The Management Agreement
−Removed: can be terminated by us at any time during the term with 30 days written notice and by either party in case of material breach by the
−Removed: other party, the bankruptcy of the other party or other events described in the Management Agreement.
−Removed: Special Board Committee
−Removed: On October 18, 2023, the
−Removed: Company’s board of directors established a Special Committee to assist in the evaluation, supervision and negotiation of all matters
−Removed: relating to certain transactions and to consider and make recommendations to our board of directors with respect to potential transactions
−Removed: between the Company and the entities owned and/or controlled by Sean Dollinger, its Chief Executive Officer.
−Removed: The Special Committee consists
−Removed: of Gary Herman, James Huber, and James O’Brien, and is created for a term of 6 months which is subject to extension by our board
−Removed: of directors.
−Removed: Amendment to the Bylaws
−Removed: On November 13, 2023, the board of directors of
−Removed: the Company approved an amendment to the by-laws of the Company changing the quorum requirement for any meetings of stockholders to a
−Removed: minimum requirement of 33 1/3% of issued and outstanding shares as required in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5620.
−Removed: Management has evaluated
−Removed: subsequent events through November 16, 2023, the date the financial statements were available to be issued.
−Removed: Based on this evaluation,
−Removed: no additional material events were identified which require adjustment or disclosure in these financial statements.
+Added: Company entered into a Funding Commitment Agreement with KBROS, the Product Handler pursuant to the Product Handling Agreement dated November
+Added: 1, 2023 (“Product Handling Agreement”).
+Added: Pursuant to this agreement, the Company commits to provide annual funding to the
+Added: Product Handler from time to time in the minimum amount of $ 2,500,000 to enable the Product Handler to purchase inventory from Company-approved
+Added: vendors (“Vendors”).
+Added: The Company may, without notice to Product Handler, elect not to advance funding for any inventory sold
+Added: by particular Vendors with respect to which the Company reasonably feels insecure.
+Added: This agreement concerns a funding commitment, and not
+Added: the purchase of Products from Product Handler or Vendors.
+Added: Contingencies
+Added: Company may be subject to pending legal proceedings and regulatory actions in the ordinary course of business.
+Added: The results of such proceedings
+Added: cannot be predicted with certainty, but the Company does not anticipate that the final outcome, if any, arising out of any such matters
+Added: will have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition or results of operations.
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