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of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
−Removed: maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed
−Removed: by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
−Removed: specified in the rules and forms promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and that such information is accumulated and
−Removed: communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely
−Removed: decisions regarding required disclosure.
−Removed: Because of the inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls
−Removed: and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances
−Removed: of fraud, if any, with a company have been prevented or detected on a timely basis.
−Removed: Even disclosure controls and procedures determined
−Removed: to be effective can only provide reasonable assurance that their objectives are achieved.
+Added: maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be
+Added: disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the
+Added: time periods specified in the rules and forms promulgated by the U.S.
+Added: Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and that such information
+Added: is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate
+Added: to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
+Added: Because of the inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of
+Added: disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that all
+Added: control issues and instances of fraud, if any, with a company have been prevented or detected on a timely basis.
+Added: Even disclosure
+Added: controls and procedures determined to be effective can only provide reasonable assurance that their objectives are
of December 31, 2024, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our
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assurance level.
−Removed: size has prevented us from being able to employ sufficient resources to enable us to have an adequate level of supervision and segregation
−Removed: Therefore, it is difficult to effectively segregate accounting duties which comprises a material weakness in internal controls.
−Removed: This lack of segregation of duties leads management to conclude that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective
−Removed: to give reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed in reports that the Company files under the Exchange Act is
−Removed: recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required.
+Added: Our size has prevented us from being able to employ
+Added: sufficient resources to enable us to have an adequate level of supervision and segregation.
+Added: Therefore, it is difficult to effectively
+Added: segregate accounting duties which comprises a material weakness in internal controls.
+Added: We also lack effective board oversight and formal
+Added: accounting controls for the timely and accurate closing of financial information.
the extent reasonably possible given our limited resources, we intend to take measures to cure the aforementioned weaknesses, including,
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consistent across the organization and that we have adequate control over our Exchange Act reporting disclosures.
+Added: Management’s Report on Internal Controls
+Added: over Financial Reporting
+Added: Management is responsible for establishing and
+Added: maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act.
+Added: internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
+Added: reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
+Added: Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
+Added: Also, projections
+Added: of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in
+Added: conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
+Added: Management utilized the criteria established in
+Added: the Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission
+Added: (COSO) to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024.
+Added: that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have identified a material weakness due to lack of segregation
+Added: of duties and have therefore concluded that our internal controls over financial reporting are not effective at the reasonable assurance
+Added: A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in our internal controls over financial reporting such that
+Added: there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our consolidated financial statements would not be prevented or detected
+Added: on a timely basis.
+Added: Our size has prevented us from being able to employ
+Added: sufficient resources to enable us to have an adequate level of supervision and segregation of duties.
+Added: Therefore, it is difficult to effectively
+Added: segregate accounting duties which comprises a material weakness in internal controls.
+Added: To the extent reasonably possible given our limited
+Added: resources, we intend to take measures to cure the aforementioned weaknesses, including, but not limited to, increasing the capacity of
+Added: our qualified financial personnel to ensure that accounting policies and procedures are consistent across the organization and that we
+Added: have adequate controls over our Exchange Act reporting disclosures.
+Added: As an emerging growth company, management’s
+Added: assessment of internal control over financial reporting was not subject to attestation by our independent registered public accounting
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
have been no changes in our internal control procedures over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the
−Removed: Exchange Act) during our fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
−Removed: affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Exchange Act) during our year ended December 31, 2024, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect,
+Added: our internal control over financial reporting.
OTHER INFORMATION
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DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
−Removed: following table and biographical summaries set forth information, including principal occupation and business experience about our directors
−Removed: and executive officers as of April 1, 2024:
−Removed: Sean Dollinger
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer and Director
−Removed: Kumar Abhishek
−Removed: Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: Jaclyn Hoffman
−Removed: Chief Marketing Officer
−Removed: Alexandra Hoffman
−Removed: Director and Technical Writer
−Removed: James O’Brien
−Removed: Dollinger has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our board of directors since January 2023, and
−Removed: he founded our company in January 2021.
+Added: The following table and biographical summaries set forth information,
+Added: including principal occupation and business experience about our directors and executive officers as of March 31, 2025:
+Added: Executive Officer and Director
+Added: Financial Officer
+Added: Marketing Officer
+Added: and Technical Writer
+Added: Director, Chairman of the Board
+Added: Sean Dollinger has
+Added: served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board since January 2023, and he founded our company in January 2021.
Dollinger has also been on the board of directors of Veg House Holdings Inc.
−Removed: December 2022 and has served as its Chief Executive Officer since January 2023.
−Removed: Since December 2019 to, Mr.
−Removed: was involved in the founding and development of PlantX Life Inc.
+Added: since December 2022 and has served as its
+Added: Chief Executive Officer from January 2023 to July 2023.
+Added: Since December 2019 Mr.
+Added: Dollinger has been involved in the founding
+Added: and development of PlantX Life Inc.
VEGA), an exchange listed and public company in Canada.
−Removed: June 2015 to February 2019, Mr.
−Removed: Dollinger acted as the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Lifeist Wellness
−Removed: (formerly Namaste Technologies Inc., or Namaste), a registered company under the Canadian securities laws that is a portfolio of
−Removed: wellness companies, where he oversaw the day-to-day operations of the company and its growth strategies.
+Added: From June 2015 to February 2019,
+Added: Dollinger acted as the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Lifeist Wellness Inc.
+Added: (formerly Namaste Technologies
+Added: Inc., or Namaste), a registered company under the Canadian securities laws that is a portfolio of wellness companies, where he oversaw
+Added: the day-to-day operations of the company and its growth strategies.
In October 2018, Mr.
−Removed: became a part of a British Columbia Securities Commission compliance review of Namaste, a Canadian class action lawsuit, and a United States
−Removed: class action lawsuit, by way of his position as Chief Executive Officer and President of Namaste.
−Removed: For more information, see the risk
−Removed: factor that starts “ Our Chief Executive Officer and Director, Sean Dollinger, has been the subject of a compliance review that
−Removed: was initiated by the British Columbia Securities Commission, and has not formally been concluded.
−Removed: Dollinger has a
−Removed: wealth of experience in e-commerce, where he has had success across numerous different digital markets.
−Removed: We believe that Mr.
−Removed: is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive operational experience, background in ecommerce, and international
−Removed: capital markets experience.
−Removed: Abhishek has served as our Chief Financial Officer since May 2023.
−Removed: Prior to joining our company as Chief Financial
−Removed: Abhishek was the owner and director of Boston Crest Private Limited, a knowledge processing output company located
−Removed: in India, where he simultaneously oversaw multiple companies’ financial and daily operations and was responsible for managing a
−Removed: team of 10+ accountants who assisted controllers and auditors in ensuring the financial success of each company.
−Removed: Through his work at
−Removed: Boston Crest, Mr.
−Removed: Abhishek served as our director of finance and operations from January 2021 to May 2023, as the director
−Removed: of finance and operations at PlantX Life Inc., a publicly listed company in Canada, from January 2020 to May 2023.
−Removed: at Aspen Communications Pvt LTD, another knowledge processing output company in India, he served as director of finance and operations
−Removed: at Lifeist Wellness Inc.
−Removed: (formerly Namaste Technologies Inc.) from January 2015 to January 2020.
−Removed: Abhishek holds a
−Removed: Bachelor of Computer Applications degree from Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
−Removed: Hoffman has served as the Chief Marketing Officer for LQR House since January 2021, where she oversees internal design
−Removed: projects, as well as design projects for partnering brands.
−Removed: She is also responsible for brand development, brand communication, and digital
−Removed: Since October 2021, Jaclyn has worked as the Creative Director at PlantX Life Inc, where she oversees all creative projects
−Removed: for PlantX and its subsidiaries.
−Removed: This role includes working closely with teams of graphic designers, copywriters, web developers, and
−Removed: email marketing specialists to support the overall marketing strategy with creative content.
−Removed: From November 2019 until September 2021,
−Removed: Hoffman worked as a Web Design and Development Manager for Falcon Marketing, LLC, a marketing and search engine optimization agency,
−Removed: where she worked with graphic designers and web developers to create optimized websites for a wide range of clients.
−Removed: From October 2018
−Removed: to November 2019, Ms.
−Removed: Hoffman worked as a Branding Consultant for Joyva Corp, a specialty candy company founded in 1907, where she
−Removed: helped modernize the brand’s identity.
+Added: Dollinger became a part of a
+Added: British Columbia Securities Commission compliance review of Namaste, a Canadian class action lawsuit, and a United States class
+Added: action lawsuit, by way of his position as Chief Executive Officer and President of Namaste.
+Added: For more information, see the risk factor
+Added: in this Annual Report on Form 10-K that starts “ Our Chief Executive Officer and Director, Sean Dollinger, has been the subject
+Added: of a compliance review that was initiated by the British Columbia Securities Commission, and has not formally been concluded.
+Added: Dollinger has a wealth of experience in e-commerce, where he has had success across numerous different digital markets.
+Added: Dollinger is qualified to serve on our Board due to his extensive operational experience, background in ecommerce, and
+Added: international capital markets experience.
+Added: Kumar Abhishek has served as
+Added: our Chief Financial Officer since May 2023.
+Added: Prior to joining our company as Chief Financial Officer, Mr.
+Added: Abhishek was the owner
+Added: and director of Boston Crest Private Limited, a knowledge processing output company located in India, where he simultaneously oversaw
+Added: multiple companies’ financial and daily operations and was responsible for managing a team of 10+ accountants who assisted controllers
+Added: and auditors in ensuring the financial success of each company.
+Added: Through his work at Boston Crest, Mr.
+Added: Abhisek has served as the director
+Added: of finance and operations at PlantX Life Inc., a publicly listed company in Canada, since January 2020.
+Added: Through his work at Boston
+Added: Abhishek also served as our director of finance and operations from January 2021 to May 2023,.
+Added: Aspen Communications Pvt LTD, another knowledge processing output company in India, he served as director of finance and operations at
+Added: Lifeist Wellness Inc.
+Added: (formerly Namaste Technologies Inc.) from November 2015 to October 2020.
+Added: Abhishek holds a Bachelor
+Added: of Computer Applications degree from Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
+Added: Jaclyn Hoffman has served as
+Added: the Chief Marketing Officer for LQR House since January 2021, where she oversees internal design projects, as well as design projects
+Added: for partnering brands.
+Added: She is also responsible for brand development, brand communication, and digital campaigns.
+Added: Since October 2021,
+Added: Jaclyn has worked as the Creative Director at PlantX Life Inc, where she oversees all creative projects for PlantX and its subsidiaries.
+Added: This role includes working closely with teams of graphic designers, copywriters, web developers, and email marketing specialists to support
+Added: the overall marketing strategy with creative content.
+Added: From November 2019 until September 2021, Ms.
+Added: Hoffman worked as a Web Design
+Added: and Development Manager for Falcon Marketing, LLC, a marketing and search engine optimization agency, where she worked with graphic designers
+Added: and web developers to create optimized websites for a wide range of clients.
+Added: From October 2018 to November 2019, Ms.
+Added: worked as a Branding Consultant for Joyva Corp, a specialty candy company founded in 1907, where she helped modernize the brand’s
From September 2016 to August 2018, Ms.
−Removed: Hoffman worked as a graphic designer for
−Removed: Lakeside Photoworks, a print, photo and signage shop in New Orleans, LA, where she was responsible for building the brand identity of
−Removed: several local businesses.
−Removed: Hoffman holds a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University in Montreal, QC, and an Associate in Graphic Design
−Removed: degree from Delgado Community College in New Orleans, LA.
−Removed: Hoffman has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2023.
−Removed: From January 2021 to May 2023
−Removed: Hoffman provided the company with marketing and branding services.
+Added: Hoffman worked as a graphic designer for Lakeside Photoworks, a print, photo
+Added: and signage shop in New Orleans, LA, where she was responsible for building the brand identity of several local businesses.
+Added: holds a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University in Montreal, QC, and an Associate in Graphic Design degree from Delgado Community College
+Added: in New Orleans, LA.
+Added: Alexandra Hoffman has served
+Added: as a member of our Board since April 2023.
+Added: From January 2021 to May 2023 Ms.
+Added: Hoffman provided the Company with marketing
+Added: and branding services.
On May 1, 2023, Ms.
−Removed: Hoffman entered into an employment agreement
−Removed: with the Company as a Technical Writer.
−Removed: Since January 2023, she has served as the Chief Marketing Officer of Veg House Holdings
−Removed: where she oversees all marketing activities from branding to web design and messaging both print and digital.
−Removed: Since August 2020,
−Removed: Hoffman has served as Chief Marketing Officer and Director at PlantX Life Inc.
−Removed: VEGA), where she oversees all marketing
−Removed: activities, manages design & development teams, digital marketing teams, and PlantX Life’s overall branding and messaging
−Removed: for all of its subsidiaries.
−Removed: Additionally, since July 2018, Ms.
−Removed: Hoffman has served as a Director of Marketing and Technical Writer
−Removed: at Falcon Marketing LLC, a marketing and search engine optimization agency, where she oversees all marketing activities within the agency
−Removed: and is responsible for Falcon Marketing’s overall strategy as well as tailored strategies for its clients.
−Removed: From May 2017 to
−Removed: July 2018, Ms.
−Removed: Hoffman served as a technical Writer and Marketing Manager at Fabuwood Cabinetry Corporation, a kitchen cabinet fabrication
−Removed: company, where she managed a team of designers and developers, wrote strategic content for marketing manuals and search engine optimization.
−Removed: Hoffman holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.
+Added: Hoffman entered into an employment agreement with the Company as a Technical Writer.
+Added: January to October 2023, she served as the Chief Marketing Officer of Veg House Holdings Inc.
+Added: where she oversaw all marketing activities
+Added: from branding to web design and messaging both print and digital.
+Added: Since March 2023, Ms.
+Added: Hoffman has serves as a member of the Board of
+Added: Directors and since October 2023 as the Chief Executive Officer of Veg House Holdings Inc.
+Added: Since April 2019, Ms.
+Added: Hoffman has served
+Added: as Chief Marketing Officer and Director at PlantX Life Inc.
+Added: VEGA), where she oversees all marketing activities, manages design &
+Added: development teams, digital marketing teams, and PlantX Life’s overall branding and messaging for all of its subsidiaries.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: between June 2018 and June 2023, Ms.
+Added: Hoffman has served as a Director of Marketing and Technical Writer at Falcon Marketing LLC,
+Added: a marketing and search engine optimization agency, where she oversees all marketing activities within the agency and is responsible for
+Added: Falcon Marketing’s overall strategy as well as tailored strategies for its clients.
+Added: From May 2017 to June 2018, Ms.
+Added: served as a technical Writer and Marketing Manager at Fabuwood Cabinetry Corporation, a kitchen cabinet fabrication company, where she
+Added: managed a team of designers and developers, wrote strategic content for marketing manuals and search engine optimization.
+Added: holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.
We believe that Ms.
−Removed: Hoffman is qualified
−Removed: to serve on our board of directors due to her background in branding and product/platform positioning as well as her previous experience
−Removed: as a senior member of other public companies.
−Removed: Herman was appointed to serve as a member of our Board on August 8, 2023.
−Removed: Herman is a seasoned investor with
−Removed: many years of investment and business experience.
−Removed: From 2005 to 2020 he co-managed Strategic Turnaround Equity Partners, LP (Cayman)
−Removed: and its affiliates.
−Removed: From January 2011 to August 2013, he was a managing member of Abacoa Capital Management, LLC, which managed
−Removed: Abacoa Capital Master Fund, Ltd., focused on a Global-Macro investment strategy.
−Removed: From 2005 to 2020, Mr.
−Removed: Herman was affiliated
−Removed: with Arcadia Securities LLC, a New York-based broker-dealer.
−Removed: From 1997 to 2002, he was an investment banker with Burnham Securities,
−Removed: From 1993 to 1997, he was a managing partner of Kingshill Group, Inc., a merchant banking and financial firm with offices in New York
−Removed: Since March 2005, Mr.
−Removed: Herman has served as a managing member at GH Ventures, LLC.
−Removed: Herman has a B.S.
−Removed: from the University at Albany with a major in Political Science and minors in Business and Music.
−Removed: Herman has many years
−Removed: of experience serving on the boards of private and public companies.
−Removed: He presently sits on the boards and is an Audit Committee member
−Removed: of XS Financial, Inc.
−Removed: XS) (a position he has held since September 2019), and SusGlobal Energy Corp.
−Removed: (a position he has held since April 2021).
−Removed: He also sits on the boards of SRM Entertainment, Inc.
−Removed: SRM) (a position
−Removed: he has held since March 2022) and Siyata Mobile, Inc.
−Removed: SYTA) (a position he has held since August 2023).
−Removed: Herman is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive background in investment services.
−Removed: Huber was appointed to serve as a member of our board of directors effective as of August 9, 2023.
−Removed: Starting in October 2021,
−Removed: Huber has worked as a Senior Vice President of Strategic Accounts at Siemens.
−Removed: From April 2014 to October 2021, Mr.
−Removed: worked as a Vice President of Strategic Accounts at Siemens.
−Removed: From January 2012 to April 2014, Mr.
−Removed: Huber worked as an Executive
−Removed: VP of Major Accounts at Caradigm, a GE Healthcare and Microsoft Joint Venture.
−Removed: From August 2009 to January 2012, Mr.
−Removed: worked as a Vice President of National Accounts at Microsoft Health Solutions Group.
−Removed: From December 2006 — August 2009,
−Removed: Huber Worked as an Account executive at Microsoft Health Solutions Group.
−Removed: From April 2002 to November 2006, Mr.
−Removed: worked as a Vice President of Enterprise IT Sales at GE Healthcare IT.
−Removed: From November 2000 to April 2002, Mr.
−Removed: Worked as an Account Manager of Clinical Systems at GE Healthcare.
−Removed: From July 1999 to July 2004, Mr.
−Removed: Huber owned his own
−Removed: retail store in Vail, Colorado, named Brighton Collectibles.
−Removed: From November 1993 to November 2000, Mr.
−Removed: Huber worked in
−Removed: the Western Territory Sales Department at Leegin Leather.
−Removed: Huber has a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from DePaul University,
−Removed: located in Chicago, Illinois.
+Added: Hoffman is qualified to serve on
+Added: our Board due to her background in branding and product/platform positioning as well as her previous experience as a senior member of
+Added: other public companies.
+Added: appointed to serve as a member of our Board and the President of the Company in October 2024.
+Added: Lazar has served as the Chief
+Added: Executive Officer of Titan Pharmaceuticals Inc.
+Added: listed on the Nasdaq (TTNP) since August 2022, where he also served as a
+Added: director and board chairman from August 2022 until October 2023.
+Added: On December 28, 2023, Mr.
+Added: Lazar was appointed
+Added: Chief Executive Officer and to the board of directors of Minim, Inc.
+Added: Lazar has successfully served as a
+Added: custodian to numerous public companies across a wide range of industries, including without limitation, C2E Energy, Inc.
+Added: OOGI), China Botanic Pharmaceutical Inc.
+Added: CBPI), One 4 Art Ltd., Romulus Corp., Moveix, Inc., Arax Holdings Corp.
+Added: ARAT), ESP Resources, Inc.
+Added: ESPIQ), Adorbs, Inc., Exobox Technologies Corp.
+Added: EXBX), Petrone Worldwide, Inc.
+Added: PFWIQ), Superbox, Inc.
+Added: SBOX), Sino Green Land Corp.
+Added: SGLA), SIPP International Industries, Inc.
+Added: SIPN), Cereplast, Inc.
+Added: CERPQ), Energy 1 Corp.
+Added: EGOC), ForU Holdings, Inc.
+Added: Yanyuan Yuhui National Education Group, Inc.
+Added: YYYH), Pan Global Corp.
+Added: PGLO), Shengtang International, Inc.
+Added: SHNL), Alternaturals, Inc.
+Added: ANAS), USA Recycling Industries, Inc.
+Added: USRI), Tele Group Corp., Xenoics
+Added: Holdings, Inc.
+Added: XNNHQ), Richland Resources International Group, Inc.
+Added: RIGG), AI Technology Group, Inc., Reliance
+Added: Global Group, Inc.
+Added: RELI), Melt, Inc., Ketdarina Corp., 3D MarkerJet, Inc.
+Added: MRJT), Lvpai Group Ltd., Gushen, Inc.,
+Added: FHT Future Technology Ltd., Inspired Builders, Inc., Houmu Holdings Ltd.
+Added: HOMU), Born, Inc.
+Added: BRRN), Changsheng
+Added: International Group Ltd., Sollensys Corp.
+Added: SOLS), Guozi Zhongyu Capital Holdings Co.
+Added: GZCC) and Cang Bao Tian Xia
+Added: International Art Trade Center, Inc.
+Added: Lazar also served as the Interim CEO of Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
+Added: (Nasdaq:CYCC) from January – March 2025.
+Added: From 2017 Mr.
+Added: Lazar serves as the CEO of Custodian Ventures LLC, a company focused on
+Added: buying and reselling public companies via court ordered custodianships.
We believe that Mr.
−Removed: Huber is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his experience in
−Removed: sales, marketing and strategy and business planning.
−Removed: O’Brien was appointed to serve as a member of our board of directors effective as of August 9, 2023.
−Removed: Since January 2019,
−Removed: O’Brien has been a partner at MLT Aikins LLP, one of Western Canada’s leading law firms, where he practices primarily
−Removed: in the areas of corporate and commercial law with a specific focus on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance and securities.
+Added: Lazar is qualified to serve on our
+Added: Board due to his extensive experience serving on the boards of other public companies.
+Added: James O’Brien was appointed
+Added: to serve as a member of our Board of Directors in August 2023.
+Added: O’Brien is a Founder of Oakridge Law Professional Corporation
+Added: (“Oakridge”), a boutique law firm based in Toronto, Ontario that specializes in M&A and Securities.
+Added: Oakridge will officially
+Added: open its doors January 6, 2025.
+Added: Since October of 2024, Mr.
+Added: O’Brien has operated Blackthorn Law Corporation, also specializing in M&A
+Added: and Securities.
+Added: From January 2019 to December 2023, Mr.
+Added: O’Brien has been a partner at MLT Aikins LLP, one of Western Canada’s
+Added: leading law firms, where he practices primarily in the areas of corporate and commercial law with a specific focus on mergers and acquisitions
+Added: and corporate finance and securities.
Before that, he joined MLT Aikins LLP as an associate attorney in 2012.
−Removed: O’Brien received his Bachelor of Laws degree from
−Removed: the University of Manitoba in 2010.
−Removed: He also received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Manitoba in 2007.
−Removed: is admitted to practice law in Manitoba, Canada and has passed Levels 1 and 2 of the Chartered Financial Analyst programs.
−Removed: O’Brien is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to the combination of his extensive legal and finance
−Removed: Dhaliwal was appointed to serve as a member of our board of directors effective as of August 21, 2023.
−Removed: He has served
−Removed: as interim CEO of Ravenquest Biomed Inc, a Canadian cannabis company since May 2020.
−Removed: Since March 2019, Mr.
−Removed: also served as CEO and director of Global Health Clinics Ltd, a business that engages in the cannabis industry and operates medical clinics
−Removed: which guide patients through the process of becoming legal users of marijuana.
−Removed: In addition, since January 2022, Mr.
−Removed: has served as CEO and director of Binovi Technologies Corp, a healthcare company with a best-in-class neuro-visual performance platform
−Removed: designed to test, analyze, track and report on individual cognitive performance.
+Added: O’Brien received
+Added: his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Manitoba in 2010.
+Added: He also received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University
+Added: of Manitoba in 2007.
+Added: O’Brien is admitted to practice law in Manitoba, Canada and has passed Levels 1 and 2 of the Chartered
+Added: Financial Analyst programs.
+Added: We believe that Mr.
+Added: O’Brien is qualified to serve on our Board due to the combination of his extensive
+Added: legal and finance background.
+Added: Yilin Lu has served as the
+Added: member of our Board of Directors since December 2024.
Since June 2023, Mr.
−Removed: Dhaliwal has served as
−Removed: independent director of Akanda Corp, an international medical cannabis and wellness platform company seeking to help people lead better
−Removed: lives through improved access to high quality and affordable products.
−Removed: Previously, Mr.
−Removed: Dhaliwal served as a Pharmacy Manager from
−Removed: July 2015 to November 2019 for Rexall Pharmacy Group, as director from August 2021 to March 2022 of Makara Mining
−Removed: Corp, a junior mineral exploration company engaged in the business of acquiring, exploring, and evaluating natural resource properties,
−Removed: as CEO and director from January 2020 to August 2022 of EGF Theramed Health Corp, a consumer technology company engaged in
−Removed: the provision of biomedical on-line services for monitoring and treating common health problems, as director from November 2019
−Removed: to January 2020 of Intact Gold Corp, a junior mineral exploration company, as CEO and director from August 2022 to May 2023
−Removed: of Kiaro Holdings Corp, an independent, omnichannel cannabis retailer and distributor.
−Removed: The Company believes that Mr.
−Removed: is qualified to serve on its board of directors due to his wealth of knowledge with government bodies and proven track record in navigating
−Removed: complex issues within the financial markets.
+Added: Lu has served as the Founder and CEO of Senchi Morgan
+Added: Capital Market and Senchi Morgan Asset Management, broker dealers and asset management firms.
+Added: Lu started his investment banking career
+Added: at Goldman Sachs in 2006.
+Added: He joined China International Capital Corporation (CICC) later and was named the responsible offer of CICC US
+Added: Securities (Hong Kong) Ltd in 2011.
+Added: He also held positions as managing director with Cantor Fitzgerald Capital Markets in Hong Kong, Which
+Added: he left to set up his own investment bank in 2016.
+Added: From July 2018 to June 2023, Mr.
+Added: Lu served as a Founder and the CEO of Cheung On Securities
+Added: Limited, a broker dealer and asset management firm.
+Added: He has over 15 years of experience in equity investment and trading.
+Added: Lu is a Chartered
+Added: Financial Analyst (CFA) and a Financial Risk Manager (FRM).
+Added: We believe that Mr.
+Added: Lu is qualified to serve on our Board due to his experience
+Added: in portfolio management, investment analysis, financial analysis and reporting as well as financial advisory services.
+Added: Hong Chun Yeung has served
+Added: as the member of our Board of Directors since December 2024.
+Added: Hong Chun Yeung has been serving as a Director of Zhonghui Anda CPA, a CPA
+Added: firm, specializing in audit and assurance, starting August 2014.
+Added: Prior to that, he had worked in international firm RSM Hong Kong for
+Added: over five years.
+Added: He has around 13-year experience in auditing and business consultation.
+Added: He has extensive experience in providing audit
+Added: and assurance service, M&A advisory service and pre-listing advisory service to listed and pre-listing companies operating in a variety
+Added: of industries including manufacturing, mining, logistics, engineering, etc.
+Added: Hong Chun Yeung holds a Bachelor of Business Administration
+Added: degree in Accounting from Hong Kong Baptist University.
+Added: He is a practicing member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountant.
+Added: We believe that Mr.
+Added: Hong Chun Yeung is qualified to serve on our Board due to his accounting experience as well as experience in providing
+Added: advisory services to listed company.
+Added: Lijun Chen has served as a
+Added: Chairman of our Board of Directors since December 2024.
+Added: Lijun Chen is a dedicated leader with a rich background in various
+Added: Chen graduated from the Central University of Finance and Economics with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial
+Added: Economics in 1989.
+Added: He began his career at Shijiazhuang Changlu Trading Company, where he worked diligently as the Head of the Import
+Added: and Export Trade Department and later as General Manager, contributing to the company’s operations in coal trading and daily
+Added: necessities, from October 1989 to May 2004.
+Added: Chen co-founded Fuli Real Estate Development Co.
+Added: Ltd., where he served as
+Added: Executive Director until May 2014.
+Added: His efforts in this role helped shape the company’s growth in the real estate market
+Added: through thoughtful development and sales strategies.
+Added: Following this, he founded Hebei Jiujiukang Biotechnology Development Co.
+Added: in 2014, focusing on biotechnology research and pharmaceutical production, where Mr.
+Added: Chen served until July 2018.
+Added: Since August 2018,
+Added: Chen has been serving as the Chairman of Shenzhen Yihu Tea Technology Innovation Group Co.
+Added: Ltd., where he is involved in
+Added: e-commerce and technology promotion.
+Added: His journey reflects a commitment to learning and adapting across different industries, and he
+Added: remains grateful for the opportunities to contribute to each organization he has been part of.
+Added: We believe that Mr.
+Added: Chen is qualified
+Added: to serve on our Board of Directors due to his extensive experience in various sectors.
+Added: Lu has served as a member of our Board of Directors since December 2024.
+Added: From April 2023, Dr.
+Added: Lu serves as Chief
+Added: Financial Officer of Bowen Acquisition Corporation, a Nasdaq-listed SPAC company.
+Added: From August 2024, Dr.
+Added: Lu also serves as an
+Added: independent director of Autozi Internet Technology (Global) Ltd, auto-parts e-commerce company listed on Nasdaq.
+Added: From February 2021
+Added: to April 2024, she served as Chief Financial Officer of Keyarch Acquisition Corporation, also a Nasdaq-listed SPAC company, which
+Added: went successfully from independent IPO in 2022 to De-SPAC IPO in 2024.
+Added: Before that, from September 2019 to February 2021, Dr.
+Added: served as Chief Investment Officer of the New Hope Fertility Center in New York, sourcing and managing PE investments, bank loans
+Added: and government PPP loans.
+Added: Lu also served as a Managing Director and then Chief Operating Officer of China Bridge Capital
+Added: International Inc., a PE/VC investment advisory company specialized in innovative technologies from 2017 to 2019 and from March 2021
+Added: to January 2022.
+Added: Prior to that, Dr.
+Added: Lu was President of ACE AV Consulting Inc.
+Added: from 2005 to 2017.
+Added: Lu was an Executive Director
+Added: at CIBC World Markets in 2001 working on corporate securities.
+Added: Between 1998 and 2001, Dr.
+Added: Lu worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of
+Added: New York as a bank regulator and supervisor.
+Added: Before moving to New York, Dr.
+Added: Lu was a professor of economics at York University in
+Added: Canada for four years, specializing her teaching and research in Macroeconomics, Institutional Economics, and Econometrics.
+Added: received a Ph.D.
+Added: in Economics from Western University in Canada, a Graduate Certificate in Economics from the
+Added: People’s University in China, and a B.A in World Economy from Fudan University in China.
+Added: We believe that Dr.
+Added: Lu is qualified
+Added: to serve on our Board of Directors due to her extensive experience in the financial service industry.
Relationships
−Removed: Hoffman, a member of our board of directors and a Technical Writer for the Company, and Jaclyn Hoffman, our Chief Marketing Officer,
+Added: Alexandra Hoffman, a member of our Board of Directors
+Added: and a Technical Writer for the Company, and Jaclyn Hoffman, our Chief Marketing Officer, are sisters.
in Certain Legal Proceedings
the best of our knowledge, none of our directors or executive officers has, during the past ten years:
−Removed: convicted in a criminal proceeding or been subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding
−Removed: traffic violations and other minor offences);
−Removed: any bankruptcy petition filed by or against the business or property of the person, or of
−Removed: any partnership, corporation or business association of which he was a general partner or
−Removed: executive officer, either at the time of the bankruptcy filing or within two years prior
−Removed: to that time;
−Removed: subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated,
−Removed: of any court of competent jurisdiction or federal or state authority, permanently or temporarily
−Removed: enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting, his involvement in any type of business,
−Removed: securities, futures, commodities, investment, banking, savings and loan, or insurance activities,
−Removed: or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;
−Removed: found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Securities and Exchange
−Removed: Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state
−Removed: securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated;
−Removed: the subject of, or a party to, any federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment,
−Removed: decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated (not including any settlement
−Removed: of a civil proceeding among private litigants), relating to an alleged violation of any federal
−Removed: or state securities or commodities law or regulation, any law or regulation respecting financial
−Removed: institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent
−Removed: injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent
−Removed: cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order, or any law or regulation prohibiting
+Added: convicted in a criminal proceeding or been subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor
+Added: any bankruptcy petition filed by or against the business or property of the person, or of any partnership, corporation or business
+Added: association of which he was a general partner or executive officer, either at the time of the bankruptcy filing or within two years
+Added: prior to that time;
+Added: subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction
+Added: or federal or state authority, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting, his involvement in
+Added: any type of business, securities, futures, commodities, investment, banking, savings and loan, or insurance activities, or to be
+Added: associated with persons engaged in any such activity;
+Added: found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures
+Added: Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended,
+Added: the subject of, or a party to, any federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently
+Added: reversed, suspended or vacated (not including any settlement of a civil proceeding among private litigants), relating to an alleged
+Added: violation of any federal or state securities or commodities law or regulation, any law or regulation respecting financial institutions
+Added: or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution,
+Added: civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order, or any law or regulation prohibiting
mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity;
−Removed: the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended
−Removed: or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of
−Removed: the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C.
−Removed: 78c(a)(26))), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of
−Removed: the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C.
−Removed: 1(a)(29))), or any equivalent exchange, association,
−Removed: entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated
−Removed: with a member.
+Added: the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization
+Added: (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C.
+Added: 78c(a)(26))), any registered entity (as defined in
+Added: Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C.
+Added: 1(a)(29))), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity
+Added: or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.
Board’s Role in Risk Oversight
−Removed: board of directors oversees that the assets of our company are properly safeguarded, that the appropriate financial and other controls
−Removed: are maintained, and that our business is conducted wisely and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and proper governance.
−Removed: Included in these responsibilities is the board’s oversight of the various risks facing our company.
−Removed: In this regard, our board
−Removed: seeks to understand and oversee critical business risks.
+Added: The Board of Directors oversees that the assets
+Added: of our company are properly safeguarded, that the appropriate financial and other controls are maintained, and that our business is conducted
+Added: wisely and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and proper governance.
+Added: Included in these responsibilities is the Board’s
+Added: oversight of the various risks facing our company.
+Added: In this regard, our Board seeks to understand and oversee critical business risks.
Our Board does not view risk in isolation.
−Removed: Risks are considered in virtually
−Removed: every business decision and as part of our business strategy.
−Removed: Our board recognizes that it is neither possible nor prudent to eliminate
−Removed: Indeed, purposeful and appropriate risk-taking is essential for our company to be competitive on a global basis and to achieve
−Removed: its objectives.
−Removed: the board oversees risk management, company management is charged with managing risk.
−Removed: Management communicates routinely with the board
−Removed: and individual directors on the significant risks identified and how they are being managed.
−Removed: Directors are free to, and indeed often
−Removed: do, communicate directly with senior management.
−Removed: board administers its risk oversight function as a whole by making risk oversight a matter of collective consideration.
−Removed: work has been delegated to committees, which will meet regularly and report back to the full board.
−Removed: The audit committee oversees risks
−Removed: related to our financial statements, the financial reporting process, accounting and legal matters, the compensation committee evaluates
−Removed: the risks and rewards associated with our compensation philosophy and programs, and the nominating and corporate governance committee
−Removed: evaluates risk associated with management decisions and strategic direction.
−Removed: rules generally require that a majority of an issuer’s board of directors consist of independent directors.
−Removed: Our board of directors
−Removed: consists of six (6) directors, four (4) of whom are independent within the meaning of Nasdaq’s rules.
−Removed: Sean Dollinger
−Removed: and Alexandra Hoffman are not independent within the meaning of Nasdaq’s rules.
+Added: Risks are considered in virtually every business decision and as part of our business strategy.
+Added: Our Board recognizes that it is neither possible nor prudent to eliminate all risk.
+Added: Indeed, purposeful and appropriate risk-taking is
+Added: essential for our company to be competitive on a global basis and to achieve its objectives.
+Added: While the Board oversees risk management, company
+Added: management is charged with managing risk.
+Added: Management communicates routinely with the Board and individual directors on the significant
+Added: risks identified and how they are being managed.
+Added: Directors are free to, and indeed often do, communicate directly with senior management.
+Added: Our Board administers its risk oversight function
+Added: as a whole by making risk oversight a matter of collective consideration.
+Added: Much of this work has been delegated to committees, which will
+Added: meet regularly and report back to the full Board.
+Added: The audit committee oversees risks related to our financial statements, the financial
+Added: reporting process, accounting and legal matters, the compensation committee evaluates the risks and rewards associated with our compensation
+Added: philosophy and programs, and the nominating and corporate governance committee evaluates risk associated with management decisions and
+Added: strategic direction.
+Added: Nasdaq’s rules generally require that a
+Added: majority of an issuer’s board of directors consist of independent directors.
+Added: Our Board of Directors consists of eight (8) directors,
+Added: five (5) of whom are independent within the meaning of Nasdaq’s rules.
+Added: Sean Dollinger, David Lazar, and Alexandra Hoffman are
+Added: not independent within the meaning of Nasdaq’s rules.
of the Board of Directors
−Removed: board has established an audit committee, a compensation committee, and a nominating and corporate governance committee, each with its
−Removed: own charter approved by the board.
−Removed: The committee charters have been filed as exhibits to this annual report on the form 10-K.
−Removed: Each committee’s
−Removed: charter is available on our website at www.lqrhouse.com .
−Removed: addition, our board of directors may, from time to time, designate one or more additional committees, which shall have the duties and
−Removed: powers granted to it by our board of directors.
−Removed: Huber, James O’Brien, and Gary Herman, each of whom satisfies the “independence” requirements of Rule 10A-3 under
−Removed: the Exchange Act and Nasdaq’s rules serve on our audit committee with James O’Brien serving as the chairman.
−Removed: has determined that James O’Brien qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert.” The audit committee oversees
−Removed: our accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the financial statements of our company.
−Removed: audit committee is responsible for, among other things:
+Added: Our Board has established an audit committee,
+Added: a compensation committee, and a nominating and corporate governance committee, each with its own charter approved by the Board.
+Added: The committee
+Added: charters have been filed as exhibits to this Annual Report on the Form 10-K.
+Added: Each committee’s charter is available on our website
+Added: at www.lqrhouse.com .
+Added: In addition, our Board of Directors may, from
+Added: time to time, designate one or more additional committees, which shall have the duties and powers granted to it by our Board of Directors.
+Added: James O’Brien, Jing Lu and Lijun Chen, each
+Added: of whom satisfies the “independence” requirements of Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act and Nasdaq’s rules
+Added: serve on our audit committee with James O’Brien serving as the chairman.
+Added: Our Board has determined that James O’Brien qualifies
+Added: as an “audit committee financial expert.” The audit committee oversees our accounting and financial reporting processes and
+Added: the audits of the financial statements of our company.
+Added: The audit committee is responsible for, among
+Added: other things:
(i) retaining and overseeing our independent accountants;
−Removed: (ii) assisting
−Removed: the board in its oversight of the integrity of our financial statements, the qualifications, independence and performance of our independent
−Removed: auditors and our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements;
−Removed: (iii) reviewing and approving the plan and scope of the internal
−Removed: and external audit;
−Removed: (iv) pre-approving any audit and non-audit services provided by our independent auditors;
−Removed: (v) approving
−Removed: the fees to be paid to our independent auditors;
−Removed: (vi) reviewing with our chief executive officer and principal financial officer
−Removed: and independent auditors the adequacy and effectiveness of our internal controls;
+Added: (ii) assisting the Board in its oversight of the integrity
+Added: of our financial statements, the qualifications, independence and performance of our independent auditors and our compliance with legal
+Added: and regulatory requirements;
+Added: (iii) reviewing and approving the plan and scope of the internal and external audit;
+Added: (iv) pre-approving
+Added: any audit and non-audit services provided by our independent auditors;
+Added: (v) approving the fees to be paid to our independent auditors;
+Added: (vi) reviewing with our chief executive officer and principal financial officer and independent auditors the adequacy and effectiveness
+Added: of our internal controls;
(vii) reviewing hedging transactions;
−Removed: and (viii) reviewing
−Removed: and assessing annually the audit committee’s performance and the adequacy of its charter.
−Removed: Huber, James O’Brien, and Gary Herman, each of whom satisfies the “independence” requirements of Rule 10C-1 under
−Removed: the Exchange Act and Nasdaq’s rules serve on our compensation committee, with James Huber serving as the chairman.
−Removed: of the compensation committee are also “outside directors” as defined in Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue
−Removed: Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, and “non-employee directors” within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
−Removed: The compensation committee assists the board in reviewing and approving the compensation structure, including all forms of compensation
−Removed: relating to our directors and executive officers.
−Removed: compensation committee is responsible for, among other things:
+Added: and (viii) reviewing and assessing annually the audit committee’s
+Added: performance and the adequacy of its charter.
+Added: James O’Brien, and Jing Lu, each of whom
+Added: satisfies the “independence” requirements of Rule 10C-1 under the Exchange Act and Nasdaq’s rules serve on
+Added: our compensation committee, with James O’Brien serving as the chairman.
+Added: The members of the compensation committee are also “outside
+Added: directors” as defined in Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, and “non-employee
+Added: directors” within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
+Added: The compensation committee assists the Board in reviewing
+Added: and approving the compensation structure, including all forms of compensation relating to our directors and executive officers.
+Added: The compensation committee is responsible for,
+Added: among other things:
(i) reviewing and approving the remuneration of our executive officers;
−Removed: (ii) making recommendations to the board regarding the compensation of our independent directors;
−Removed: (iii) making recommendations
−Removed: to the board regarding equity-based and incentive compensation plans, policies and programs;
−Removed: and (iv) reviewing and assessing annually
−Removed: the compensation committee’s performance and the adequacy of its charter.
+Added: (ii) making recommendations to the
+Added: Board regarding the compensation of our independent directors;
+Added: (iii) making recommendations to the Board regarding equity-based and
+Added: incentive compensation plans, policies and programs;
+Added: and (iv) reviewing and assessing annually the compensation committee’s
+Added: performance and the adequacy of its charter.
and Corporate Governance Committee
−Removed: Huber, James O’Brien, and Gary Herman, each of whom satisfies the “independence” requirements of Nasdaq’s rules,
−Removed: serve on our nominating and corporate governance committee, with Gary Herman, serving as the chairman.
−Removed: The nominating and corporate governance
−Removed: committee assists the board of directors in selecting individuals qualified to become our directors and in determining the composition
−Removed: of the board and its committees.
−Removed: nominating and corporate governance committee is responsible for, among other things:
−Removed: (i) identifying and evaluating individuals
−Removed: qualified to become members of the board by reviewing nominees for election to the board submitted by stockholders and recommending to
−Removed: the board director nominees for each annual meeting of stockholders and for election to fill any vacancies on the board;
−Removed: (ii) advising
−Removed: the board with respect to board organization, desired qualifications of board members, the membership, function, operation, structure
−Removed: and composition of committees (including any committee authority to delegate to subcommittees), and self-evaluation and policies;
−Removed: (iii) advising
−Removed: on matters relating to corporate governance and monitoring developments in the law and practice of corporate governance;
−Removed: (iv) overseeing
−Removed: compliance with our code of ethics;
+Added: James O’Brien, Lijun Chen, and Jing Lu, each of whom satisfies
+Added: the “independence” requirements of Nasdaq’s rules, serve on our nominating and corporate governance committee, with
+Added: Jing Lu, serving as the chairman.
+Added: The nominating and corporate governance committee assists the Board of Directors in selecting individuals
+Added: qualified to become our directors and in determining the composition of the Board and its committees.
+Added: The nominating and corporate governance committee
+Added: is responsible for, among other things:
+Added: (i) identifying and evaluating individuals qualified to become members of the Board by reviewing
+Added: nominees for election to the Board submitted by stockholders and recommending to the Board director nominees for each annual meeting of
+Added: stockholders and for election to fill any vacancies on the Board;
+Added: (ii) advising the Board with respect to Board organization, desired
+Added: qualifications of Board members, the membership, function, operation, structure and composition of committees (including any committee
+Added: authority to delegate to subcommittees), and self-evaluation and policies;
+Added: (iii) advising on matters relating to corporate governance
+Added: and monitoring developments in the law and practice of corporate governance;
+Added: (iv) overseeing compliance with our code of ethics;
and (v) approving any related party transactions.
−Removed: nominating and corporate governance committee’s methods for identifying candidates for election to our board of directors (other
−Removed: than those proposed by our stockholders, as discussed below) include the solicitation of ideas for possible candidates from a number
−Removed: of sources — members of our board of directors, our executives, individuals personally known to the members of our board
−Removed: of directors, and other research.
−Removed: The nominating and corporate governance committee may also, from time-to-time, retain one or more third-party
−Removed: search firms to identify suitable candidates.
−Removed: making director recommendations, the nominating and corporate governance committee may consider some or all of the following factors:
−Removed: (i) the candidate’s judgment, skill, experience with other organizations of comparable purpose, complexity and size, and subject
−Removed: to similar legal restrictions and oversight;
−Removed: (ii) the interplay of the candidate’s experience with the experience of other
−Removed: board members;
−Removed: (iii) the extent to which the candidate would be a desirable addition to the board and any committee thereof;
−Removed: or not the person has any relationships that might impair his or her independence;
−Removed: and (v) the candidate’s ability to contribute
−Removed: to the effective management of our company, taking into account the needs of our company and such factors as the individual’s experience,
−Removed: perspective, skills and knowledge of the industry in which we operate.
−Removed: October 18, 2023, the Company’s board of directors established a Special Committee to assist in the evaluation, supervision and
−Removed: negotiation of all matters relating to certain transactions and to consider and make recommendations to the board with respect to potential
−Removed: transactions of the Company with the entities owned and/or controlled by Sean Dollinger, its Chief Executive Officer.
−Removed: The Special Committee
−Removed: consists of Gary Herman, James Huber, and James O’Brien, and is created for a term of 6 months which is subject to extension by
−Removed: stockholder may nominate one or more persons for election as a director at an annual meeting of stockholders if the stockholder complies
−Removed: with the notice and information provisions contained in our bylaws.
−Removed: Such notice must be in writing to our company not later than the
−Removed: close of business on the ninetieth (90 th ) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one-hundred-twentieth (120 th ) day
−Removed: prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting;
−Removed: provided, however, that in the event that the date of the
−Removed: annual meeting is advanced more than thirty (30) days prior to or delayed by more than thirty (30) days after the anniversary
−Removed: of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close
−Removed: of business on the one hundred twentieth (120 th ) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business
−Removed: on the later of the ninetieth (90 th ) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10 th ) day following
−Removed: the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made or as otherwise required by the Exchange Act.
−Removed: In addition, stockholders furnishing such notice must be a holder of record on both (i) the date of delivering such notice and (ii) the
−Removed: record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting.
+Added: The nominating and corporate governance committee’s
+Added: methods for identifying candidates for election to our Board of Directors (other than those proposed by our stockholders, as discussed
+Added: below) include the solicitation of ideas for possible candidates from a number of sources — members of our Board of Directors,
+Added: our executives, individuals personally known to the members of our Board of Directors, and other research.
+Added: The nominating and corporate
+Added: governance committee may also, from time-to-time, retain one or more third-party search firms to identify suitable candidates.
+Added: In making director recommendations, the nominating
+Added: and corporate governance committee may consider some or all of the following factors:
+Added: (i) the candidate’s judgment, skill,
+Added: experience with other organizations of comparable purpose, complexity and size, and subject to similar legal restrictions and oversight;
+Added: (ii) the interplay of the candidate’s experience with the experience of other Board members;
+Added: (iii) the extent to which
+Added: the candidate would be a desirable addition to the Board and any committee thereof;
+Added: (iv) whether or not the person has any relationships
+Added: that might impair his or her independence;
+Added: and (v) the candidate’s ability to contribute to the effective management of our
+Added: company, taking into account the needs of our company and such factors as the individual’s experience, perspective, skills and knowledge
+Added: of the industry in which we operate.
have adopted a code of ethics that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive officer,
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laws, and reporting of violations of the code.
−Removed: copy of the code of ethics has been filed as an exhibit to this annual report on the form 10-K .
+Added: copy of the code of ethics has been filed as an exhibit to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
It is also available on our website
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of any such amendment to, or waiver from, a provision of our code of ethics.
−Removed: November 29, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company adopted the LQR House Inc.
−Removed: Clawback Policy for the
−Removed: recovery of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation (the “Clawback Policy”), with an effective date of November
−Removed: 29, 2023, in order to comply with Section 10D of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
−Removed: Rule 10D-1 of the Exchange Act (“Rule 10D-1”), and the listing rules adopted by The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (collectively,
−Removed: the “Final Clawback Rules”).
−Removed: The Board was designated as the administrator of the Clawback Policy.
+Added: On November 29, 2023,
+Added: the Board of Directors adopted the LQR House Inc.
+Added: Clawback Policy for the recovery of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation
+Added: (the “Clawback Policy”), with an effective date of November 29, 2023, in order to comply with Section 10D of the United States
+Added: Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), Rule 10D-1 of the Exchange Act (“Rule 10D-1”),
+Added: and the listing rules adopted by The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (collectively, the “Final Clawback Rules”).
+Added: The Board was designated
+Added: as the administrator of the Clawback Policy.
Clawback Policy provides for the mandatory recovery of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation from current and former executive
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lookback period of the three completed fiscal years preceding the date on which the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement.
−Removed: Insider Trading Policy
−Removed: In March 2024, we adopted
−Removed: an insider trading policy governing the purchase, sale, and/or other dispositions of our securities by our directors, officers, and employees,
−Removed: to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and applicable Nasdaq listing standards applicable to us.
−Removed: insider trading policy, among other things, prohibits our directors, officers, and employees from holding our securities in a margin account
−Removed: or pledging our securities as collateral for a loan.
−Removed: In addition, our insider trading policy prohibits employees, officers, and directors
−Removed: from engaging in put or call options, short selling, or similar hedging activities involving our stock.
+Added: Trading Policy
+Added: March 2024, we adopted an insider trading policy governing the purchase, sale, and/or other dispositions of our securities by our directors,
+Added: officers, and employees, to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and applicable Nasdaq listing standards
+Added: applicable to us.
+Added: Our insider trading policy, among other things, prohibits our directors, officers, and employees from holding our securities
+Added: in a margin account or pledging our securities as collateral for a loan.
+Added: In addition, our insider trading policy prohibits employees,
+Added: officers, and directors from engaging in put or call options, short selling, or similar hedging activities involving our stock.
Section 16(a) Reports
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furnished to us, the following directors, executive officers and Ten Percent Holders did not comply with all Section 16(a) filing requirements
−Removed: as of April 1, 2024 as follows:
−Removed: Sean Dollinger, Ms.
−Removed: Alexandra Hoffman, Ms.
−Removed: Jaclyn Hoffman, Mr.
−Removed: Kumar Abhishek, Mr.
−Removed: Gary Herman, Mr.
−Removed: James Huber, Mr.
−Removed: James O’Brien,
−Removed: Darren Collins, Mr.
−Removed: Guy Dollinger filed their Form 3s late in 2023.
−Removed: Jay Dhaliwal failed to file his form 3 in 2023.
−Removed: We have requested that Mr.
−Removed: Dhaliwal file his form 3 as soon as possible to comply
−Removed: with the filing requirements.
+Added: as of March 31, 2025:
+Added: Alexandra Hoffman filed her form 4 regarding four (4) transactions
+Added: as of November 26, 2024, late in 2024.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Compensation Table
−Removed: following summary compensation table provides information concerning all cash and non-cash compensation that have been or will be awarded
−Removed: to, earned by or paid during our fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 to our Chief Executive Officer (principal
−Removed: executive officer) and our Chief Financial Officer.
+Added: The following summary compensation table provides information concerning
+Added: all cash and non-cash compensation that have been or will be awarded to, earned by or paid during our fiscal year ended December 31, 2024
+Added: and December 31, 2023 to our Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer), our Chief Financial Officer, and our Chief Marketing
We refer to these individuals as our “named executive officers” (“NEO”).
−Removed: None of our other executives received compensation in excess of $100,000 during 2023 or 2022.
−Removed: and Principal Position
+Added: Name and Principal Position
Sean Dollinger,
Chief Executive Officer
+Added: 5,000,100 (3)
Kumar Abhishek,
Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: January 1, 2021, Sean Dollinger and the Company entered into an independent contractor agreement,
−Removed: pursuant to which the Company pays Mr.
−Removed: Dollinger $12,000 per month for consulting services.
−Removed: This agreement was in effect until the consummation of the Company’s IPO.
−Removed: January 1, 2021, the Company entered into an independent contractor agreement with Boston
−Removed: Ltd, a private company limited organized under the laws of India owned by Kumar
−Removed: Abhishek, our Chief Financial Officer as of May 2023, pursuant to which the Company
−Removed: paid Boston Crest $5,200 per month for its business management consulting services.
−Removed: agreement was in effect until May 1, 2023.
+Added: Jaclyn Hoffman,
+Added: Chief Marketing Officer
+Added: (1) In October 2024, the Company entered into a retention agreement with
+Added: its Chief Executive Officer, and entities affiliated with the CEO, whereby a retention bonus of $850,000 was awarded for continued services.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, $800,000 remained unpaid and has been paid in January 2025.
+Added: In October 2024, the Company entered into a retention agreement with
+Added: its Chief Financial Officer whereby a retention bonus of $550,000 was awarded for continued services.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, $250,000
+Added: remained unpaid and has been paid in 2025.
(3) Represents
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Dollinger in 2023.
−Removed: have executed the following employment agreements and consulting agreements with our NEOs.
−Removed: The material terms of each of those arrangements
−Removed: are summarized below.
−Removed: The summaries are not complete description of all provisions of the employment arrangements and are qualified in
−Removed: their entirety by reference to the written employment arrangements, each filed as an exhibit to this Annual Report.
+Added: (4) In October 2024, the Company entered into a retention agreement
+Added: with its Chief Marketing Officer whereby a retention bonus of $285,000 was awarded for continued services.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, $255,000
+Added: remained unpaid.
+Added: Of this amount, $100,000 was paid in January 2025, and $155,000 remains unpaid.
+Added: We have executed the following employment agreements
+Added: and consulting agreements with our NEOs.
+Added: The material terms of each of those arrangements are summarized below.
+Added: The summaries are not
+Added: complete description of all provisions of the employment arrangements and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the written
+Added: employment arrangements, each filed as an exhibit to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: Sean Dollinger
our employment agreement dated March 29, 2023, as amended on November 1, 2023, with our Chief Executive Officer, Sean Dollinger,
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Dollinger will also be entitled to the following types of bonuses:
−Removed: an annual incentive bonus as determined by the Board of Directors within thirty (30) days of the filing of the Company’s annual
−Removed: reports with the U.S.
+Added: annual incentive bonus as determined by the Board of Directors within thirty (30) days of the filing of the Company’s annual reports
+Added: with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”);
−Removed: a monthly performance bonuses (the “Bonuses”), payable on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the calendar month immediately
+Added: monthly performance bonuses (the “Bonuses”), payable on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the calendar month immediately
following the calendar month with respect to which the amount of the performance bonus is determined, commencing with the calendar month
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Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00).
−Removed: is entitled to 3 weeks of paid vacation for the first year of his employment and 4 weeks of paid vacation for the second and
−Removed: third years of his employment.
−Removed: The Company also provides standard indemnification and directors’ and officers’ insurance
−Removed: in addition to the ability to participate in standard employee benefits, such as health, medical, dental and visions insurance.
−Removed: can be terminated without cause and upon death or disability.
−Removed: Dollinger is also subject to certain confidentiality and non-competition
+Added: Company provides standard indemnification and directors’ and officers’ insurance in addition to the ability to participate
+Added: in standard employee benefits, such as health, medical, dental and visions insurance.
+Added: Dollinger can be terminated without cause
+Added: and upon death or disability.
+Added: Dollinger is also subject to certain confidentiality and non-competition provisions.
Dollinger’s employment agreement is terminated by the Company without cause, all compensation payable to Mr.
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as applicable) shall not receive the Base Salary but will receive all other sums.
+Added: Kumar Abhishek
our employment agreement dated May 1, 2023 with our Chief Financial Officer, Kumar Abhishek, effective as of May 1, 2023, we
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as applicable) shall not receive the Base Salary but will receive all other sums.
+Added: Jaclyn Hoffman
+Added: Under our employment agreement dated May 1,
+Added: 2023 with our Chief Marketing Officer, Jaclyn Hoffman effective as of May 1, 2023, we agreed that, for a 1-year term renewed automatically,
+Added: unless terminated earlier in accordance with its terms, we will pay Ms.
+Added: Hoffman an annual base salary (the “Base Salary”)
+Added: of $63,000, which will increase by no less than 5% on each anniversary of her employment.
+Added: Hoffman will be eligible to receive an annual
+Added: incentive bonus as determined by the Board of Directors within thirty (30) days of filing of the Company’s annual reports.
+Added: Hoffman is entitled to 3 weeks of paid vacation for the first year of her employment and 4 weeks of paid vacation for the
+Added: second and third years of her employment.
+Added: The Company also provides standard indemnification and directors’ and officers’
+Added: insurance in addition to the ability to participate in standard employee benefits, such as health, medical, dental and visions insurance.
+Added: Hoffman can be terminated without cause and upon death or disability.
+Added: Hoffman will also be entitled to certain severance payments
+Added: if her employment is terminated with or without cause and on death or disability.
+Added: Hoffman is also subject to certain confidentiality
+Added: and non-competition provisions.
+Added: Hoffman’s employment agreement is
+Added: terminated by the Company without cause, all compensation payable to Ms.
+Added: Hoffman shall cease as of the date of termination specified in
+Added: the Company’s notice (the “Termination Date”) and the Company shall pay Ms.
+Added: Hoffman, the following sums:
+Added: Base Salary on the Termination Date for the shorter of (x) six months and (y) the remainder of the term of the employment
+Added: agreement (the “Term”) (the applicable period being referred to as the “Severance Period”), payable in monthly
+Added: installments;
+Added: (ii) benefits under group health and life insurance plans in which Ms.
+Added: Hoffman participated prior to termination through
+Added: the Severance Period;
+Added: (iii) all previously earned, accrued, and unpaid benefits from the Company and its employee benefit plans,
+Added: including any such benefits under the Company’s pension, disability, and life insurance plans, policies, and programs;
+Added: long as the Company has achieved its budgeted EBITDA level for the period commencing with the end of the Company’s immediately previous
+Added: fiscal year through the Termination Date, an amount equal to the product of the bonus paid to Ms.
+Added: Hoffman in respect of the immediately
+Added: preceding fiscal year times the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the number of full calendar months occurring since the end
+Added: of the immediately previous fiscal year through the Termination Date, by (y) 12.
+Added: If, prior to the date on which the Company’s
+Added: obligations to pay Ms.
+Added: Hoffman the Base Salary on the Termination Date cease, Ms.
+Added: Hoffman certain covenants as listed in her Employment
+Added: Agreement, then the Company shall have no obligation to make any of the payments that remain payable by the Company in the form of Base
+Added: Salary or benefits on or after the date of such violation.
+Added: The payment of severance may be conditioned by the Company on the delivery
+Added: Hoffman of a release of any and all claims that Ms.
+Added: Hoffman may have against the Company.
+Added: If the employment agreement is terminated by the
+Added: Company for cause, death or disability, Ms.
+Added: Hoffman (or her estate or representative as applicable) shall not receive the Base Salary
+Added: but will receive all other sums.
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
−Removed: As of December 31, 2023, no NEO holds any options, however, Sean Dollinger,
−Removed: our CEO, has 25,000 outstanding restricted stock units (“RSU”), none of which have vested, and have a grant-date fair value
−Removed: of $5,000,100.
+Added: of December 31, 2024, no NEO holds any options, however, Sean Dollinger, our CEO, has 25,000 restricted stock units (“RSU”),
+Added: have a grant-date fair value of $5,000,100.
No other NEO holds any RSUs.
−Removed: following summary board compensation table provides information regarding the board compensation paid during our fiscal year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2023 to our board members.
−Removed: Only our independent directors received compensation for being directors during fiscal year 2023.
−Removed: $ 249,900 (1)
+Added: Policies and Practices for Granting Certain
+Added: Equity Awards
+Added: Our policies and practices regarding the granting
+Added: of equity awards are carefully designed to ensure compliance with applicable securities laws and to maintain the integrity of our executive
+Added: compensation program.
+Added: The Compensation Committee is responsible for the timing and terms of equity awards to executives and other eligible
+Added: The timing of equity award grants is determined
+Added: with consideration to a variety of factors, including but not limited to, the achievement of pre-established performance targets, market
+Added: conditions and internal milestones.
+Added: The Company does not follow a predetermined schedule for the granting of equity awards;
+Added: instead, each
+Added: grant is considered on a case-by-case basis to align with the Company’s strategic objectives and to ensure the competitiveness of
+Added: our compensation packages.
+Added: In determining the timing and terms of an equity
+Added: award, the Board or the Compensation Committee may consider material nonpublic information to ensure that such grants are made in compliance
+Added: with applicable laws and regulations.
+Added: The Board’s or the Compensation Committee’s procedures to prevent the improper use of
+Added: material nonpublic information in connection with the granting of equity awards include oversight by legal counsel and, where appropriate,
+Added: delaying the grant of equity awards until the public disclosure of such material nonpublic information.
+Added: The Company is committed to maintaining transparency
+Added: in its executive compensation practices and to making equity awards in a manner that is not influenced by the timing of the disclosure
+Added: of material nonpublic information for the purpose of affecting the value of executive compensation.
+Added: The Company regularly reviews its
+Added: policies and practices related to equity awards to ensure they meet the evolving standards of corporate governance and continue to serve
+Added: the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.
+Added: Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider
+Added: Participation
+Added: None of our executive officers serve as a member
+Added: of the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors (or other committee performing equivalent functions) of any entity that has one
+Added: or more executive officers serving on our Board of Directors or Compensation Committee.
+Added: The following summary Board compensation table
+Added: provides information regarding the Board compensation paid during our fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 to our Board members.
+Added: independent directors received compensation for being directors during fiscal year 2024.
James O’Brien
−Removed: of 1,250 RSUs, none of which has vested.
−Removed: (2) Consists of 1,250 RSUs, none of which has vested.
−Removed: of 1,250 RSUs, none of which has vested.
−Removed: of 500 RSUs, none of which has vested.
+Added: Hong Chun Yeung (1)
+Added: Lijun Chen (1)
+Added: December 2024 Yilin Lu, Hong Chun Yeung, Lijun Chen and Jing Lu were appointed as directors of the Board.
+Added: Each of them is entitled
+Added: to receive annual cash fee of $36,000 to be paid in monthly installments.
+Added: In addition, each of these directors shall also receive equity
+Added: compensation in form of 50,000 RSUs vesting in eight (8) equal quarterly installments commencing in the first quarter of 2025.
+Added: compensation has a grant-date fair value of $79,500.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
−Removed: following table sets forth certain information, as of April 1, 2024 with respect to the holdings of (1) each person, or group of affiliated
−Removed: persons, who is the beneficial owner of more than 5% of Company voting stock, (2) each of our directors, (3) each executive officer,
−Removed: and (4) all of our current directors and executive officers as a group.
−Removed: have determined beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC.
−Removed: These rules generally provide that a person
−Removed: is the beneficial owner of securities if such person has or shares the power to vote or direct the voting thereof, or to dispose or direct
−Removed: the disposition thereof or has the right to acquire such powers within 60 days.
−Removed: Shares of common stock subject to options that are currently
−Removed: exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of March 30, 2022 are deemed to be outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding
−Removed: Shares issuable pursuant to stock options or warrants are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage ownership of the
−Removed: person holding such options or warrants, but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage ownership of any other person.
−Removed: as indicated by the footnotes below, we believe, based on the information furnished to us, that the persons and entities named in the
−Removed: table below will have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock that they will beneficially own, subject
−Removed: to applicable community property laws.
−Removed: Our calculation
−Removed: of the number of shares and percentage of beneficial ownership is based on 4,829,438 shares of common stock outstanding as of April 1,
−Removed: and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)
+Added: The following table sets forth certain information,
+Added: as of March 28, 2025 with respect to the holdings of (1) each person, or group of affiliated persons, who is the beneficial owner of more
+Added: than 5% of Company voting stock, (2) each of our directors, (3) each executive officer, and (4) all of our current directors and executive
+Added: officers as a group.
+Added: We have determined beneficial ownership in accordance
+Added: with the rules and regulations of the SEC.
+Added: These rules generally provide that a person is the beneficial owner of securities if such person
+Added: has or shares the power to vote or direct the voting thereof, or to dispose or direct the disposition thereof or has the right to acquire
+Added: such powers within 60 days.
+Added: Shares of common stock subject to options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of
+Added: March 28, 2025 are deemed to be outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding the options.
+Added: Shares issuable pursuant to stock
+Added: options or warrants are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage ownership of the person holding such options or warrants, but
+Added: are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage ownership of any other person.
+Added: Except as indicated by the footnotes below, we
+Added: believe, based on the information furnished to us, that the persons and entities named in the table below will have sole voting and investment
+Added: power with respect to all shares of common stock that they will beneficially own, subject to applicable community property laws.
+Added: Our calculation of the number of shares and percentage
+Added: of beneficial ownership is based on 36,400,709 shares of common stock outstanding as of March 28, 2025.
+Added: Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)
Officers and Directors
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Director and Technical Writer
−Removed: Gary Herman (4)
−Removed: James Huber (5)
James O’Brien (4)
−Removed: Jay Dhaliwal (7)
−Removed: Officers and Directors as a Group (total of 8 persons)
−Removed: 5% Beneficial Owners of
−Removed: a Class of Voting Stock
−Removed: otherwise indicated, the address of each beneficial owner listed in the table below is c/o
−Removed: our Company, LQR House Inc., 6800 Indian Creek Dr.
−Removed: Suite 1E, Miami Beach, FL 33141.
−Removed: Based on 4,829,438 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of April 1, 2024.
−Removed: Our board of directors determined it was in the best interest of the
−Removed: Company and its stockholders to grant Sean Dollinger an award of 25,000 RSUs, under the Company’s 2021 Plan, to compensate him for
−Removed: his employment with the Company.
−Removed: Dollinger was granted an award of 25,000 RSUs under the Company’s 2021 Plan, with one
−Removed: (1) RSU corresponding to one (1) share of common stock.
−Removed: The RSUs will only start vesting once the 2021 Plan has been amended
−Removed: to increase the number of shares reserved under the 2021 Plan to cover the issuance of the shares of common stock underlying the RSUs.
−Removed: Accordingly, these 25,000 RSUs are not reflected in this table.
−Removed: Under the independent director agreement between Gary Herman and the Company, Mr.
−Removed: Herman was granted an award of 1,250 RSUs under the Company’s 2021 Plan, with one (1) RSU corresponding to one (1) share of common stock.
−Removed: The RSUs will only start vesting once the 2021 Plan has been amended to increase the number of shares reserved under the 2021 Plan to cover the issuance of the common shares underlying the RSUs.
−Removed: Accordingly, these 1,250 RSUs are not reflected in this table.
−Removed: Under the independent director agreement between James Huber and the Company, Mr.
−Removed: Huber was granted an award of 1,250 RSUs under the Company’s 2021 Plan, with one (1) RSU corresponding to one (1) share of common stock.
−Removed: The RSUs will only start vesting once the 2021 Plan has been amended to increase the number of shares reserved under the 2021 Plan to cover the issuance of the common shares underlying the RSUs.
−Removed: Accordingly, these 1,250 RSUs are not reflected in this table.
−Removed: Under the independent director agreement between James O’Brien and the Company, Mr.
−Removed: O’Brien was granted an award of 1,250 RSUs under the Company’s 2021 Plan, with one (1) RSU corresponding to one (1) share of common stock.
−Removed: The RSUs will only start vesting once the 2021 Plan has been amended to increase the number of shares reserved under the 2021 Plan to cover the issuance of the common shares underlying the RSUs.
−Removed: Accordingly, these 1,250 RSUs are not reflected in this table.
−Removed: Under the independent director agreement between Jay Dhaliwal and the Company, Mr.
−Removed: Dhaliwal was granted an award of 500 RSUs under the Company’s 2021 Plan, with one (1) RSU corresponding to one (1) share of common stock.
−Removed: The RSUs will only start vesting once the 2021 Plan has been amended to increase the number of shares reserved under the 2021 Plan to cover the issuance of the common shares underlying the RSUs.
−Removed: Accordingly, these 500 RSUs are not reflected in this table.
+Added: Hong Chun Yeung (6)
+Added: Lijun Chen (7)
+Added: All Officers and Directors as a Group (total of 8 persons)
+Added: 5% Beneficial Owners of a Class of Voting Stock
+Added: Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each beneficial owner listed
+Added: in the table below is c/o our Company, LQR House Inc., 6538 Collins Ave.
+Added: Suite 344, Miami Beach, FL 33141.
+Added: Based on 36,400,709 shares of common stock outstanding as of March 28, 2025.
+Added: Consists of (i) 15,625 shares of common stock issued upon vesting of RSUs granted to Mr.
+Added: Dollinger under the 2021 Plan and (ii) 3,125 RSUs scheduled to vest and convert into shares of common stock of the Company within 60 days of March 31, 2025.
+Added: Consists of (i) 780 shares of common stock issued upon vesting of RSUs
+Added: granted to Mr.
+Added: O’Brien under the 2021 Plan and (ii) 156 RSUs scheduled to vest and convert into shares of common stock of the Company
+Added: within 60 days of March 31, 2025.
+Added: Consists of 6,250 RSUs, scheduled to vest and convert into shares of common stock of the Company within 60 days of March 31, 2025, in accordance with the terms of independent director agreement signed by the Company and the director on December 19, 2024.
+Added: Pursuant to the agreement Mr.
+Added: Yilin Lu is entitled to receive equity compensation in form of 50,000 RSUs vesting in eight (8) equal quarterly installments commencing in first quarter of 2025.
+Added: Consists of 6,250 RSUs, scheduled to vest and convert into shares of common stock of the Company within 60 days of March 31, 2025, in accordance with the terms of independent director agreement signed by the Company and the director on December 19, 2024.
+Added: Pursuant to the agreement Mr.
+Added: Yeung is entitled to receive equity compensation in form of 50,000 RSUs vesting in eight (8) equal quarterly installments commencing in first quarter of 2025.
+Added: Consists of 6,250 RSUs, scheduled to vest and convert into shares of common stock of the Company within 60 days of March 31, 2025, in accordance with the terms of independent director agreement signed by the Company and the director on December 19, 2024.Pursuant to the agreement Mr.
+Added: Chen is entitled to receive equity compensation in form of 50,000 RSUs vesting in eight (8) equal quarterly installments commencing in first quarter of 2025.
+Added: Consists of 6,250 RSUs, scheduled to vest and convert into shares of common stock of the Company within 60 days of March 31, 2025, in accordance with the terms of independent director agreement signed by the Company and the director on December 19, 2024.Pursuant to the agreement Dr.
+Added: Jing Lu is entitled to receive equity compensation in form of 50,000 RSUs vesting in eight equal quarterly installments commencing in first quarter of 2025.
+Added: Equity Plan Information
+Added: See Part II, Item 5 “Market for Registrant’s Common Equity,
+Added: Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
−Removed: We, as buyer, and Dollinger Holdings LLC, Dollinger Innovations Inc., and Sean Dollinger, our Chief Executive Officer and a director, as sellers, are parties to an asset purchase agreement, dated March 19, 2021.
−Removed: Dollinger Holdings LLC and Dollinger Innovations Inc.
−Removed: are wholly owned by Sean Dollinger.
−Removed: Pursuant to the asset purchase agreement, the purchase price was equal to $4,000,000 (in addition to the assumption of assumed liabilities) and consisted of (i) 266,667 shares of our common stock (66,666 shares on a post-split basis) and (ii) US$220,000 in cash payable to Dollinger Holdings, LLC, and we obtained ownership of the assets and liabilities that constitute the SWOL brand and SWOL Tequila branding.
−Removed: The assets and liabilities constituting the SWOL Brand and SWOL Tequila branding were held in part by Dollinger Holdings LLC and Dollinger Innovations Inc.
+Added: Related Party Transactions
+Added: Set forth below is a description of certain relationships
+Added: and related person transactions since January 1, 2023, between us or our subsidiaries, and our directors, executive officers and holders
+Added: of more than 5% of our voting securities that involve the lower of $120,000 or 1% of the average of total assets in the last two fiscal
+Added: We believe that all of the following transactions were entered into with terms as favorable as could have been obtained from unaffiliated
+Added: third parties.
We, CWS, and Ssquared are parties to an Exclusive Marketing Agreement dated April 1, 2021.
Pursuant to that agreement, CWS and Ssquared granted us exclusive marketing rights regarding any of CWS and Ssquared’s products.
−Removed: Pursuant to that agreement, Sean Dollinger, our Chief Executive Officer and a director, and 50% owner of Ssquared, received 33,333 shares of our common stock (8,334 shares of common stock on a post-split basis), and KBROS, LLC, the owner of CWS and 50% owner of Ssquared, received 133,333 shares of our common stock (33,333 shares on a post-split basis).
−Removed: We and Dollinger Holdings LLC are parties to an asset purchase agreement, the Soleil Vino Asset Purchase Agreement, dated May 31, 2021.
−Removed: Pursuant to that agreement, we purchased the assets and liabilities associated with the Soleil Vino wine club and its products, and Dollinger Holding LLC, wholly owned by Sean Dollinger, received $100,000 in cash, Sean Dollinger received 63,333 shares of our common stock (15,834 shares of common stock on a post-stock split basis), and Andrea Cooke received 3,333 shares of our common stock (834 shares of common stock on a post-stock split basis).
−Removed: In conjunction with the acquisition the Company entered into a finder’s fee agreement with a third party in which 6,667shares of our common stock were issued (1,667 shares of common stock on a post-stock split basis).
−Removed: Gregory Hoffman, a brother of Ms.
−Removed: Alexandra Hoffman, our director, entered into an advisor agreement with the Company on June 1, 2023, pursuant to which the Company issued to Mr.
+Added: Pursuant to that agreement, Sean Dollinger, our Chief Executive Officer and Director, and 50% owner of Ssquared, received 33,333 shares of our common stock (8,334 shares of common stock on a post-split basis), and KBROS, LLC, the owner of CWS and 50% owner of Ssquared, received 133,333 shares of our common stock (33,333 shares of common stock on a post-split basis).
+Added: Hoffman, a brother of Ms.
+Added: Alexandra Hoffman, our director, entered into an advisor agreement with the Company on June 1, 2023,
+Added: pursuant to which the Company issued to Mr.
Hoffman 12,500 shares of common stock.
We and 1226053 B.C.
−Removed: Ltd, our shareholder, are parties to a debt settlement agreement, dated September 27, 2023, pursuant to which the Company issued to 1226053 B.C.
+Added: Ltd, our shareholder, are parties to a debt settlement
+Added: agreement, dated September 27, 2023, pursuant to which the Company issued to 1226053 B.C.
Ltd 19,130 shares of common stock.
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Avtar Dhaliwal, a brother of Mr.
−Removed: Jay Dhaliwal, our director.
+Added: Jay Dhaliwal, a former Director on our Board.
+Added: In August 2023, the Company entered into an independent
+Added: contractor agreement with Catalyst LLC, for investor relations and advisory services with an entity for up to $1,000,000, for which the
+Added: Company paid $500,000 through December 31, 2023.
+Added: The contractor co-owns a company with the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, which
+Added: is not controlled by LQR.
+Added: Therefore, the contractor and his related entities are considered affiliates.
+Added: ● On November 1, 2023, LQR House Acquisition Corp.
+Added: (the “Buyer”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Ssquared entered into a Domain Name Transfer Agreement pursuant
+Added: to which, Ssquared sold to the Buyer all right, title, and interest in and to the domain name www.cwspirits.com and trademark rights associated
+Added: with the domain name in any jurisdiction, all Internet traffic through the domain name and all website content, together with any goodwill
+Added: associated therewith in exchange for the payment by the Buyer of the purchase price of $10,000.
+Added: The Company’s Chief Executive Officer
+Added: and Director, Sean Dollinger, owns 50% of the equity of Ssquared, and the other 50% is owned by a minority shareholder of the
+Added: Company, who is considered a related party.
+Added: ● On November 1, 2023, the Company entered into
+Added: the Product Handling Agreement with KBROS.
+Added: KBROS acts as the Company’s Product Handler, whereby they are entitled to compensation
+Added: of $40,000 per month plus reimbursement for shipping and handling fees incurred by them for orders fulfilled through the CWS Platform,
+Added: and bonus for reaching certain revenue milestones.
+Added: The spouse of the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and Director, is the
+Added: President and controlling stockholder of KBROS, the managing member and director of Ssquared, and a minority shareholder with the Company.
+Added: ● On November 1, 2023, the Company entered into
+Added: the Funding Commitment Agreement with KBROS.
+Added: Pursuant to this agreement, the Company committed to provide annual funding to the Product
+Added: 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: The spouse of the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and Director, is the President and controlling stockholder of
+Added: KBROS, the managing member and director of Ssquared, and a minority shareholder with the Company.
+Added: On October 15, 2024, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with David E.
+Added: Lazar, our President and Director, pursuant to which he acquired 1,101,818 shares of common stock (which represented approximately 19.99% of our outstanding stock on October 15, 2024) at a price of $0.55 per share for proceeds of $606,000.
+Added: October 2024, the Company entered into a settlement and release agreement with KBROS, and its controlling stockholder, for an aggregate
+Added: amount equal to $4,100,000.
+Added: The spouse of the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and Director, is the President and controlling
+Added: stockholder of KBROS, the managing member and director of Ssquared, and a minority shareholder with the Company.
+Added: ● In October 2024, the Company entered into a retention
+Added: agreement with its Chief Financial Officer whereby a retention bonus of $550,000 was awarded for continued services.
+Added: ● In October 2024, the Company entered into a retention
+Added: agreement with its Chief Executive Officer, and entities affiliated with the CEO, whereby a retention bonus of $850,000 was awarded for
+Added: continued services.
+Added: ● In October 2024, the Company entered into a retention
+Added: agreement with its Chief Marketing Officer, Jaclyn Hoffman, whereby a retention bonus of $285,000 was awarded for continued services.
+Added: ● In October 2024, the Company entered into a retention
+Added: agreement with its Director, Alexandra Hoffman, whereby a retention bonus of $600,000 was awarded for continued services.
+Added: ● In October 2024, the Company entered into a settlement
+Added: agreement with South Doll LP, its former landlord, pursuant to which the Company agreed to pay this entity $40,000.
+Added: Sean Dollinger our
+Added: Chief Executive Officer and Director, owns an entity that acts as a general partner of South Doll LP.
+Added: ● In October 2024, the Company entered into settlement
+Added: agreement and general and mutual release with its independent director, James O’Brien, pursuant to which the Company settled outstanding
+Added: liabilities amongst the parties in the amount of $30,000.
+Added: ● In October 2024, the Company
+Added: entered into settlement agreement and general and mutual release with each of the following former independent directors of the Company:
+Added: James Huber and Jay Dhaliwal, pursuant to which the Company settled outstanding liabilities with each of the directors for a amount of
+Added: Independence of the Board of Directors
+Added: Our Board of Directors has determined that a majority
+Added: of the members of our Board of Directors, including Yilin Lu, Hong Chun Yeung, James O’Brian, Lijun Chen, and Ling Lu, are “independent”
+Added: as that term is defined under applicable SEC rules and regulations.
+Added: In addition, each of the members of each of the Audit Committee, the
+Added: Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are independent, as determined in accordance with the applicable
+Added: independence requirements for such committee.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
6 unchanged sentences
All other fees
−Removed: the above tables, “audit fees” are fees billed for services provided related to the audit of our annual financial statements,
−Removed: quarterly reviews of our interim financial statements, and services normally provided by the independent accountant in connection with
−Removed: regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal periods.
−Removed: “Audit-related fees” are fees not included in audit fees that
−Removed: are billed by the independent accountant for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit
−Removed: or review of our financial statements.
−Removed: These audit-related fees also consist of the review of our registration statements filed with
−Removed: the SEC and related services normally provided in connection with regulatory filings or engagements.
−Removed: “All other fees” are
−Removed: fees billed by the independent accountant for products and services not included in the foregoing categories.
−Removed: All audit fees are pre-approved
−Removed: by the audit committee.
+Added: In the above tables, “audit fees”
+Added: are fees billed for services provided related to the audit of our annual financial statements, quarterly reviews of our interim financial
+Added: statements, and services normally provided by the independent accountant in connection with regulatory filings or engagements for those
+Added: fiscal periods.
+Added: “Audit-related fees” are fees not included in audit fees that are billed by the independent accountant for
+Added: assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements.
+Added: other fees” are fees billed by the independent accountant for products and services not included in the foregoing categories.
+Added: audit fees are pre-approved by the audit committee.
EXHIBIT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
−Removed: (a) Financial
−Removed: Statements and Financial Statement Schedules are set forth under Part II, Item 8 of this
−Removed: See the Exhibit
−Removed: Index immediately preceding the signature page of this Annual Report.
+Added: Statements and Financial Statement Schedules are set forth under Part II, Item 8 of this report.
+Added: See the Exhibit Index immediately preceding the signature page of this
+Added: Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Form 10-K Summary
−Removed: EXHIBIT INDEX
−Removed: of Conversion of LQR House Inc., dated as of January 26, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Company’s
−Removed: Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Plan of Conversion of LQR House Inc., dated as of January 26, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Incorporation of LQR House Inc.
−Removed: filed on February 3, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s
−Removed: Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Articles of Incorporation of LQR House Inc.
+Added: filed on February 3, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of LQR House Inc.
−Removed: filed on March 29, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2
−Removed: of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of LQR House Inc.
+Added: filed on March 29, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of LQR House Inc.
−Removed: filed on June 5, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3
−Removed: of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of LQR House Inc.
+Added: filed on June 5, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Correction to the Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation filed on April 11, 2023(incorporated by reference to Exhibit
−Removed: 3.4 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Certificate of Correction to the Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation filed on April 11, 2023(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of LQR House Inc.
+Added: Certificate of Change Pursuant to NRS 78.209 of LQR House filed on November 28, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 1, 2023)
+Added: Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of LQR House Inc.
+Added: filed on February 13, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024)
+Added: Bylaws of LQR House Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: First Amendment to the By-laws of the Company dated November 13, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s
−Removed: quarterly report on the form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 16, 2023)
−Removed: of Change Pursuant to NRS 78.209 of LQR House filed on November 28, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s
−Removed: current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 1, 2023)
−Removed: to Articles of Incorporation of LQR House Inc.
−Removed: filed on February 13, 2024
+Added: First Amendment to the By-laws of the Company dated November 13, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s quarterly report on the form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 16, 2023)
Description of Registrant’s securities
−Removed: of Private Placement Subscription Agreement 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement
−Removed: on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Form of Warrant dated December 30, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 3, 2025)
+Added: Packaging of Origin Co-Responsibility Agreement dated July 6, 2020, between Leticia Hermosillo Ravelero and Sean Dollinger (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Private Placement Subscription Agreement 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Company’s Registration Statement
−Removed: on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Shared Responsibility & Bonding Agreement dated March 19, 2021, between Leticia Hermosillo Ravelero and Dollinger Innovations Inc.
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Origin Co-Responsibility Agreement dated July 6, 2020, between Leticia Hermosillo Ravelero and Sean Dollinger (incorporated
−Removed: by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
−Removed: 333-272660) filed with the SEC as
−Removed: of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: Responsibility & Bonding Agreement dated March 19, 2021, between Leticia Hermosillo Ravelero and Dollinger Innovations
+Added: Exclusive License Agreement dated May 18, 2020 by and between Dollinger Holdings and Dollinger Innovations (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: 333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
+Added: Product Distribution Agreement, dated July 1, 2020, between Dollinger Holdings and Country Wine & Spirits Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
−Removed: 333-272660) filed
−Removed: with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: License Agreement dated May 18, 2020 by and between Dollinger Holdings and Dollinger Innovations (incorporated by reference
−Removed: to Exhibit 10.5 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: Distribution Agreement, dated July 1, 2020, between Dollinger Holdings and Country Wine & Spirits Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated
−Removed: by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
−Removed: 333-272660) filed with the SEC as
−Removed: of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: Purchase Agreement, dated May 31, 2021, between LQR House Inc.
−Removed: and Dollinger Holdings LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
−Removed: 10.7 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Asset Purchase Agreement, dated May 31, 2021, between LQR House Inc.
+Added: and Dollinger Holdings LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: Purchase Agreement, dated March 19, 2021, among LQR House Inc.
−Removed: and Dollinger Innovations Inc., Dollinger Holdings LLC and Sean
−Removed: Dollinger (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Asset Purchase Agreement, dated March 19, 2021, among LQR House Inc.
+Added: and Dollinger Innovations Inc., Dollinger Holdings LLC and Sean Dollinger (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: Marketing Agreement, dated April 1, 2021, by and among Country Wine & Spirits, Inc., Ssquared Spirits, LLC, and LQR
+Added: Exclusive Marketing Agreement, dated April 1, 2021, by and among Country Wine & Spirits, Inc., Ssquared Spirits, LLC, and LQR House, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: Agreement between LQR House Inc.
−Removed: and Sean Dollinger, dated March 29, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the
−Removed: Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Employment Agreement between LQR House Inc.
+Added: and Sean Dollinger, dated March 29, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: Agreement between LQR House Inc.
−Removed: and Kumar Abhishek, dated May 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 of the Company’s
−Removed: Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Employment Agreement between LQR House Inc.
+Added: and Kumar Abhishek, dated May 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: Agreement between LQR House Inc.
−Removed: and Jaclyn Hoffman, dated May 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 of the Company’s
−Removed: Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Employment Agreement between LQR House Inc.
+Added: and Jaclyn Hoffman, dated May 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: Agreement between LQR House Inc.
−Removed: and Alexandra Hoffman, dated May 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 of the
−Removed: Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Employment Agreement between LQR House Inc.
+Added: and Alexandra Hoffman, dated May 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Independent Director Agreement between LQR House Inc.
−Removed: and each director nominee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 of
−Removed: the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Form of Independent Director Agreement between LQR House Inc.
+Added: and each director nominee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Non-Independent Director Agreement between LQR House Inc.
−Removed: and Non-Independent Director (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15
−Removed: of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Form of Non-Independent Director Agreement between LQR House Inc.
+Added: and Non-Independent Director (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement between LQR House Inc.
−Removed: and each officer or director (incorporated by reference
−Removed: to Exhibit 10.16 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement between LQR House Inc.
+Added: and each officer or director (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 of the Company’s Registration Statement
−Removed: on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: LQR House Inc.
+Added: 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
+Added: Amendment No.
1 to the LQR House Inc.
−Removed: 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 of the Company’s
−Removed: Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Incentive Stock Option Agreement (included in Exhibit 10.17) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 of the Company’s
−Removed: Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Amendment No.
+Added: 2 to the LQR House Inc.
+Added: 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
+Added: Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement (included in Exhibit 10.17) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement for Non-Employee Directors (included in Exhibit 10.17) (incorporated by reference to
−Removed: Exhibit 10.20 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement for Non-Employee Directors (included in Exhibit 10.17) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement for Company Employees (included in Exhibit 10.17) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
−Removed: 10.21 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement for Company Employees (included in Exhibit 10.17) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement for Non-Employee Consultants (included in Exhibit 10.17) (incorporated by reference
−Removed: to Exhibit 10.22 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement for Non-Employee Consultants (included in Exhibit 10.17) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Restricted Stock Award Agreement (included in Exhibit 10.17) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 of the Company’s
−Removed: Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement (included in Exhibit 10.17) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors (included in Exhibit 10.17) (incorporated by reference to
−Removed: Exhibit 10.24 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors (included in Exhibit 10.17) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Company Employees (included in Exhibit 10.17) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
−Removed: 10.25 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Company Employees (included in Exhibit 10.17) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Advisor Agreement, dated June 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 of the Company’s Registration Statement
−Removed: on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Form of Advisor Agreement, dated June 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: Lease Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Commercial Lease Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: of Advisor Agreement, dated June 30, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 of the Company’s Registration Statement
−Removed: on Form S-1 (File No.
−Removed: 333-272660) filed with the SEC as of July 14, 2023).
−Removed: Assignment of the Bonding Agreement, dated July 7, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 of the Company’s Registration
−Removed: Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Ratification Assignment of the Bonding Agreement, dated July 7, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of July 14, 2023).
−Removed: Agreement of the Packaging of Origin and Co-Responsibility Agreement, dated June 30, 2023, between Dollinger Innovations Inc.,
−Removed: Dollinger Holdings LLC, and LQR House Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 of the Company’s Registration Statement
−Removed: on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Assignment Agreement of the Packaging of Origin and Co-Responsibility Agreement, dated June 30, 2023, between Dollinger Innovations Inc., Dollinger Holdings LLC, and LQR House Inc.
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of July 14, 2023).
−Removed: at Origin Joint Responsibility Agreement, dated July 11, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 of the Company’s
−Removed: Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Bottled at Origin Joint Responsibility Agreement, dated July 11, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of July 14, 2023).
−Removed: obtained in connection with registering the Bottled at Origin Joint Responsibility Agreement with the Mexican Institute of Industrial
−Removed: property, dated July 13, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form
−Removed: S-1 (File No.
+Added: Writ obtained in connection with registering the Bottled at Origin Joint Responsibility Agreement with the Mexican Institute of Industrial property, dated July 13, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of July 24, 2023).
−Removed: obtained in connection with registering the Shared Responsibility & Bonding Agreement with the Mexican Institute of Industrial
−Removed: property, dated July 12, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form
−Removed: S-1 (File No.
+Added: Writ obtained in connection with registering the Shared Responsibility & Bonding Agreement with the Mexican Institute of Industrial property, dated July 12, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of July 24, 2023).
−Removed: of Independent Director Agreement between LQR House Inc.
−Removed: and Jay Dhaliwal (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s
−Removed: Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on August 23, 2023).
−Removed: of Independent Contractor Agreement 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 of the Company’s Registration Statement
−Removed: on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Form of Independent Director Agreement between LQR House Inc.
+Added: and Jay Dhaliwal (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on August 23, 2023).
+Added: Form of Independent Contractor Agreement 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-274903) filed with the SEC as of October 6, 2023).
−Removed: Repurchase Program (the “Program”) Letter of Engagement with Dominari Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
−Removed: 10.1 of the Company’s quarterly report on the form 10-Q filed with the SEC on September 21, 2023)
−Removed: Agreement between LQR House Inc.
−Removed: and 1226053 B.C.
−Removed: Ltd., dated August 30, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Company’s
−Removed: quarterly report on the form 10-Q/A filed with the SEC on September 29, 2023)
−Removed: Agreement between LQR House Inc.
−Removed: and Mercantile Holdings Inc., dated August 30, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of
−Removed: the Company’s quarterly report on the form 10-Q/A filed with the SEC on September 29, 2023)
−Removed: Agreement between LQR House Inc.
−Removed: and 1226053 B.C.
−Removed: Ltd., dated September 21, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the
−Removed: Company’s quarterly report on the form 10-Q/A filed with the SEC on September 29, 2023)
−Removed: Agreement between LQR House Inc.
−Removed: and Mercantile Holdings Inc., dated September 21, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5
−Removed: of the Company’s quarterly report on the form 10-Q/A filed with the SEC on September 29, 2023)
−Removed: Agreement between LQR House Inc.
−Removed: and 2200049 AB Inc., dated September 21, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the
−Removed: Company’s quarterly report on the form 10-Q/A filed with the SEC on September 29, 2023)
−Removed: Agreement, dated October 15, 2023, by and between X-Media Inc.
+Added: 10b-18 Repurchase Program (the “Program”) Letter of Engagement with Dominari Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s quarterly report on the form 10-Q filed with the SEC on September 21, 2023)
+Added: Services Agreement, dated October 15, 2023, by and between X-Media Inc.
and LQR House Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the
−Removed: Company’s current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 17, 2023)
−Removed: Agreement between the Company and IR Agency LLC dated October 27, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s
−Removed: current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 2, 2023)
−Removed: Name Transfer Agreement between LQR House Acquisition Corp.
−Removed: and SSquared Spirits LLC dated November 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference
−Removed: to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 6, 2023)
−Removed: to the Employment Agreement by and between the Company and Sean Dollinger dated November 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
−Removed: 10.2 of the Company’s current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 6, 2023)
−Removed: Agreement between the Company and KBROS, LLC dated November 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Company’s
−Removed: current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 6, 2023)
−Removed: of Independent Contractor Agreement 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 of the Company’s Registration Statement
−Removed: on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 17, 2023)
+Added: Consulting Agreement between the Company and IR Agency LLC dated October 27, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 2, 2023)
+Added: Domain Name Transfer Agreement between LQR House Acquisition Corp.
+Added: and SSquared Spirits LLC dated November 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 6, 2023)
+Added: Amendment to the Employment Agreement by and between the Company and Sean Dollinger dated November 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Company’s current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 6, 2023)
+Added: Form of Independent Contractor Agreement 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-274903) filed with the SEC as of October 6, 2023).
−Removed: Agreement, dated October 15, 2023, by and between X-Media Inc.
+Added: Services Agreement, dated October 15, 2023, by and between X-Media Inc.
and LQR House Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the
−Removed: Company’s current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 17, 2023)
−Removed: Agreement between the Company and IR Agency LLC dated October 27, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s
−Removed: current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 2, 2023)
−Removed: Name Transfer Agreement between LQR House Acquisition Corp.
−Removed: and SSquared Spirits LLC dated November 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference
−Removed: to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 6, 2023)
−Removed: to the Employment Agreement by and between the Company and Sean Dollinger dated November 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
−Removed: 10.2 of the Company’s current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 6, 2023)
−Removed: Agreement between the Company and KBROS, LLC dated November 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Company’s
−Removed: current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 6, 2023)
−Removed: of Warrant Cancellation Agreement for warrants issued on August 11, 2023 and October 16, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
−Removed: 10.1 of the Company’s current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 21, 2023)
−Removed: of Warrant Cancellation Agreement for a warrant issued on November 13, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Company’s
−Removed: current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 21, 2023)
−Removed: Handling Agreement by and between the Company and KBROS, LLC dated November 1, 2023
−Removed: Commitment Agreement by and between the Company and KBROS, LLC dated November 1, 2023
−Removed: of Ethics and Business Conduct (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 17, 2023)
+Added: Consulting Agreement between the Company and IR Agency LLC dated October 27, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s current report on the form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 2, 2023)
+Added: Product Handling Agreement by and between the Company and KBROS, LLC dated November 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.55 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024)
+Added: Funding Commitment Agreement by and between the Company and KBROS, LLC dated November 1, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.56 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024)
+Added: Form of the Share Exchange Agreement between the Company and the Seller dated May 19, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 23, 2024)
+Added: Form of the Subscription Agreement between the Company and DRNK dated June 7, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 13, 2024)
+Added: Form of Director Agreement by and between the Company and Avraham Ben Tzvi, dated October 15, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 18, 2024)
+Added: Form of Amendment No.
+Added: 1 to Director Agreement by and between the Company and Avraham Ben Tzvi, dated October 17, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 18, 2024)
+Added: Form of the Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company and David Lazar dated October 15, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 18, 2024)
+Added: Form of a Warrant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 18, 2024)
+Added: Form of Director Settlement Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 18, 2024)
+Added: Form of Settlement Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 18, 2024)
+Added: Form of KBROS Settlement Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 18, 2024)
+Added: Form of Independent Director Agreement, dated December 19, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 26, 2024)
+Added: Form of Purchase Agreement dated December 30, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 3, 2025)
+Added: Supplier Agreement between the Company and Of The Earth Distribution Corp., dated June 28, 2024.
+Added: Code of Ethics and Business Conduct (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: Insider Trading Policy, dated March 28, 2024
−Removed: of subsidiaries (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
−Removed: filed with the SEC as of November 7, 2023).
−Removed: of dbbmckennon
−Removed: Certification
−Removed: of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
−Removed: Certification
−Removed: of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
−Removed: Certification
−Removed: of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
−Removed: Certification
−Removed: of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
LQR House Inc.
−Removed: Clawback Policy
−Removed: Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Insider Trading Policy, dated March 28, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 19.1 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024)
+Added: List of subsidiaries (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 14, 2024).
+Added: Consent of dbbmckennon
+Added: Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
+Added: Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
+Added: Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
+Added: Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
+Added: Audit Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Compensation Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
−Removed: and Corporate Governance Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 of the Company’s Registration Statement
−Removed: on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-272660) filed with the SEC as of June 15, 2023).
+Added: LQR House Inc.
+Added: Clawback Policy (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 97.1 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024)
Inline XBRL Instance Document
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension
−Removed: Schema Document
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension
−Removed: Calculation Linkbase Document
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension
−Removed: Definition Linkbase Document
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension
−Removed: Label Linkbase Document
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension
−Removed: Presentation Linkbase Document
−Removed: Cover Page Interactive
−Removed: Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
−Removed: Executive compensation
−Removed: plan or arrangement.
−Removed: Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2
−Removed: are being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise
−Removed: subject to the liability of that section, nor shall such exhibits be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any registration statement
−Removed: or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise specifically stated
−Removed: in such filing.
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
+Added: Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
+Added: Executive compensation plan or arrangement.
+Added: Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 are being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall such exhibits be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise specifically stated in such filing.
accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
+Added: March 31, 2025
Sean Dollinger
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Sean Dollinger
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: Sean Dollinger
−Removed: (Principal Executive Officer)
−Removed: Kumar Abhishek
−Removed: Chief Financial Officer
+Added: Executive Officer
+Added: Executive Officer)
Kumar Abhishek
−Removed: (Principal Financial and
−Removed: Accounting Officer)
−Removed: Alexandra Hoffman
+Added: Financial Officer
+Added: Financial and Accounting Officer)
Alexandra Hoffman
−Removed: James O’Brien
+Added: Hong Chun Yeung
James O’Brien
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: 31, 2023 AND 2022
+Added: March 31, 2025
+Added: March 31, 2025
+Added: /s/ David Lazar
+Added: March 31, 2025
+Added: LQR HOUSE, INC.
+Added: INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: DECEMBER 31, 2024 AND 2023
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM (PCAOB ID # 3501 ) F-2
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS F-4
−Removed: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY F-5
+Added: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY ( DEFICIT) F-5
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS F-6
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS F-7
−Removed: OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
−Removed: Board of Directors and Stockholders
−Removed: on the Financial Statements
−Removed: have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of LQR House, Inc., and subsidiary (the “Company”) as of December
−Removed: 31, 2023 and 2022, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then
−Removed: ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”).
−Removed: In our opinion, the financial statements
−Removed: referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and
−Removed: the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
−Removed: in the United States of America.
+Added: REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
+Added: The Board of Directors and Stockholders
+Added: LQR House, Inc.
+Added: Opinion on the Financial Statements
+Added: We have audited the
+Added: accompanying consolidated balance sheets of LQR House, Inc., and subsidiary (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2024 and
+Added: 2023, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for the years
+Added: then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”).
+Added: In our opinion, the
+Added: financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of
+Added: December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with
+Added: accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
+Added: Going Concern
accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern.
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to operate, which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: Management’s plans in regard to these
+Added: Management’s plans in regards to these
matters are also described in Note 2.
The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this
+Added: Emphasis of Matter
+Added: As discussed in Notes 7 and
+Added: 9 to the financial statements, the Company entered into certain retention and settlement agreements, primarily with related parties.
+Added: has disclosed the nature, terms and financial impact of these transactions.
+Added: Basis for Opinion
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.
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Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
−Removed: audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error
−Removed: or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks.
+Added: audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or
+Added: fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks.
Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding
2 unchanged sentences
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
−Removed: We believe that our audits
−Removed: provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
+Added: We believe that our audits provide
+Added: a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ dbb mckennon
−Removed: have served as the Company’s auditor since 2021
−Removed: Beach, California
−Removed: I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
−Removed: – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Balance Sheets
−Removed: of December 31, 2023 and 2022
+Added: We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2021
+Added: Newport Beach, California
+Added: March 31, 2025
+Added: PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
+Added: ITEM 1 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: LQR House, Inc.
+Added: Consolidated Balance Sheets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Accounts receivable
Accounts receivable, related party
3 unchanged sentences
Total current assets
+Added: Investments, at cost
Intangible assets, net
Right of use asset
−Removed: LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
+Added: LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Current liabilities:
2 unchanged sentences
Accrued expenses
+Added: Accrued expenses, related party
Right of use liability, current portion
3 unchanged sentences
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
−Removed: Stockholders’ equity:
−Removed: Common stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 350,000,000 shares authorized, 4,829,438 and 230,011 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively
+Added: Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
+Added: Common stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 350,000,000 shares authorized, 15,252,580 and 15,061,952 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2024 and 4,829,438 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023, respectively
Additional paid-in capital
+Added: Treasury stock, at cost ( 190,628 shares)
Accumulated deficit
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( 19,552,625 )
−Removed: Total stockholders’ equity
−Removed: Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
−Removed: the accompanying notes to the unaudited financial statements.
−Removed: Statements Of Operations
−Removed: the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
+Added: Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)
+Added: Total liabilities and stockholders’
+Added: equity (deficit)
+Added: See the accompanying notes to the audited financial
+Added: LQR House, Inc.
+Added: Consolidated Statements of Operations
Revenue - services
8 unchanged sentences
Sales and marketing
−Removed: Impairment expense
+Added: Impairment of intangible asset
Total operating expenses
4 unchanged sentences
Interest expense
−Removed: Total other expense
+Added: Impairment of investment
+Added: Gain on sale of marketable securities
+Added: Total other income (expense)
( 4,266,859 )
+Added: Provision for income taxes
$ ( 22,754,178 )
+Added: $ ( 15,747,724 )
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted
−Removed: the accompanying notes to the unaudited financial statements.
−Removed: STATEMENTS STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
−Removed: the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
+Added: See the accompanying notes to the audited financial
+Added: LQR House, Inc.
+Added: STATEMENTS STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Treasury Stock
−Removed: Stockholders’
−Removed: Balances at December 31, 2021
−Removed: $ ( 1,962,726 )
−Removed: Vesting of restricted stock units
−Removed: ( 1,842,175 )
−Removed: ( 1,842,175 )
+Added: Shareholder’s
Balances at December 31, 2022
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$ ( 19,552,625 )
−Removed: the accompanying notes to the unaudited financial statements.
+Added: Vesting of restricted stock units
+Added: Repurchase of common stock
+Added: Corrective issuance from stock dividend
+Added: Common stock issued for investment
+Added: Issuance of common stock pursuant to public offerings
+Added: Issuance of common stock pursuant to private placement
+Added: Exercise of warrants
+Added: Offering costs
+Added: ( 22,754,178 )
+Added: ( 22,754,178 )
+Added: Balances at December 31, 2024
+Added: $ ( 547,415 )
+Added: $ ( 42,306,803 )
+Added: $ ( 517,961 )
+Added: See the accompanying notes to the audited financial
+Added: LQR House, Inc.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
2 unchanged sentences
$ ( 15,747,724 )
−Removed: to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
−Removed: of restricted stock units
−Removed: of common stock for services
−Removed: in operating assets and liabilities:
−Removed: receivable, related party
+Added: Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
+Added: Write off of advances to related party
+Added: Impairment of investment
+Added: Impairment of intangible asset
+Added: Vesting of restricted stock units
+Added: Gain on sale of marketable securities
+Added: Issuance of common stock for services
+Added: Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
+Added: Accounts receivable
+Added: Accounts receivable, related party
+Added: Prepaid expenses
( 2,189,955 )
−Removed: payable, related party
−Removed: of use liability, net
−Removed: cash used in operating activities
+Added: Accounts payable
+Added: Accounts payable, related party
+Added: Accrued expenses
+Added: Accrued expenses, related party
+Added: Right of use liability, net
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities
( 6,618,417 )
−Removed: flows from investing activities:
−Removed: Net repayments
−Removed: from (advances to) related party
−Removed: of CWS Platform
( 9,113,855 )
−Removed: cash used in investing activities
+Added: Cash flows from investing activities:
+Added: Purchases of marketable securities
( 7,758,523 )
−Removed: flows from financing activities:
−Removed: from note payable
−Removed: of common stock pursuant to private placement
−Removed: of common stock pursuant to IPO, net of offering costs
−Removed: of common stock pursuant to public offerings, net of offering costs
−Removed: of common stock
+Added: Sales of marketable securities
+Added: Acquisition of CWS Platform
+Added: Net repayments from related party
+Added: Deposits in escrow
( 5,470,000 )
−Removed: cash provided by financing activities
−Removed: change in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Return of deposits in escrow
+Added: Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
( 5,342,574 )
−Removed: and cash equivalents at beginning of year
−Removed: and cash equivalents at end of year
−Removed: disclosure of cash flow information:
−Removed: paid for income taxes
−Removed: paid for interest
−Removed: disclosure of non-cash financing activities:
−Removed: of note payable including accrued interest into common stock
−Removed: the accompanying notes to the unaudited financial statements.
−Removed: TO CONSOLDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: (“LQR” or the “Company”) was incorporated on January 11, 2021, in the state of Delaware.
−Removed: operates primarily in the beverage alcohol industry owning specialty brands, providing marketing and distribution services.
−Removed: Reorganization
−Removed: and Reverse Stock Split
−Removed: February 3, 2023, the Company changed its state of incorporation to the State of Nevada by merging into LQR House Inc., a Nevada corporation.
−Removed: On February 3, in accordance with our reincorporation to Nevada, the Company’s authorized capital stock changed from 100,000,000
−Removed: shares of common stock, $ 0.001 par value, to 350,000,000 shares, consisting of 300,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $ 0.0001
−Removed: per share, and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $ 0.0001 per share.
−Removed: At the same time, the Company also completed a 1-for-6
−Removed: reverse stock split of its outstanding common stock through the merger by issuing one share of common stock for every six previously
−Removed: outstanding shares of common stock of the predecessor Delaware company.
−Removed: The accompanying financial statements and related disclosures
−Removed: have been presented to retroactively reflect the Reorganization.
−Removed: November 30, 2023, the Company effected a 1-for-60 reverse stock split of its outstanding common stock.
−Removed: Accordingly, all share and
−Removed: per share amounts for all periods presented in the accompanying financial statements and notes thereto have been adjusted retroactively,
−Removed: where applicable, to reflect the reverse stock split.
−Removed: There was no effect on the number of shares of common stock or preferred stock
−Removed: authorized for issuance under the Company’s certificate of incorporation or the par value of such securities.
−Removed: 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: 28,750 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock which included the exercise by the underwriters in full of
−Removed: the over-allotment option to purchase an additional 2,500 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an offering price of
−Removed: $ 300 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 $ 4.5 million after deducting underwriting
−Removed: discounts and commissions and total offering expenses.
−Removed: Wine & Spirits (“CWS”) Platform
−Removed: On November 1, 2023, LQR House Acquisition Corp.
−Removed: (the “Buyer”),
−Removed: a subsidiary of the Company, and SSquared Spirits LLC (the “Seller”) entered into a Domain Name Transfer Agreement (“Agreement”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Agreement, the Seller irrevocably sold, assigned, transferred, and conveyed to the Buyer (a) all right, title, and interest
−Removed: in and to the domain name www.cwspirits.com (the “Domain Name”, “CWS Platform”), including its current registration
−Removed: and (b) any other rights (including, but not limited to, trademark rights associated with the Domain Name in any jurisdiction, all Internet
−Removed: traffic through the Domain Name and all Website Content (as defined in the Agreement) the Seller may have in the Domain Name, together
−Removed: with any goodwill associated therewith in exchange for the payment by the Buyer of the purchase price of $ 10,000 .
−Removed: Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Sean Dollinger, owns 50 % of the equity of the Seller, and the other 50 % is owned by a minority
−Removed: shareholder of the Company.
−Removed: A Special Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors consisting of all independent directors approved
−Removed: the terms of the Agreement on November 1, 2023.
+Added: Cash flows from financing activities:
+Added: Proceeds from note payable
+Added: Issuance of common stock and pursuant to private placement
+Added: Issuance of common stock and pursuant to IPO, net of offering costs
+Added: Issuance of common stock and pursuant to public offerings, net of offering costs
+Added: Repurchase and buyback of common stock
+Added: ( 1,458,852 )
+Added: Cancellation of warrants
+Added: Offering costs
+Added: Net cash provided by financing activities
+Added: Net change in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: ( 1,677,559 )
+Added: Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
+Added: Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
+Added: Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
+Added: Cash paid for income taxes
+Added: Cash paid for interest
+Added: Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities:
+Added: Common stock issued for investment
+Added: Reclassification of deposit in escrow to investment
+Added: Conversion of note payable and accrued interest into common stock
+Added: See the accompanying notes to the audited financial
+Added: LQR House, Inc.
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: NATURE OF OPERATIONS
+Added: LQR House Inc.
+Added: or the “Company”) was incorporated on January 11, 2021, in the state of Delaware.
+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: Country Wine & Spirits
+Added: (“CWS”) Platform
+Added: On November 1, 2023, LQR
+Added: House Acquisition Corp.
+Added: (the “Buyer”), a subsidiary of the Company, and SSquared Spirits LLC (the “Seller”) entered
+Added: into a Domain Name Transfer Agreement (“Agreement”).
+Added: Pursuant to the Agreement, the Seller irrevocably sold, assigned, transferred,
+Added: and conveyed to the Buyer (a) all right, title, and interest in and to the domain name www.cwspirits.com (the “Domain Name”,
+Added: or “CWS Platform”), including its current registration and (b) any other rights (including, but not limited to, trademark
+Added: rights associated with the Domain Name in any jurisdiction, all Internet traffic through the Domain Name and all Website Content (as defined
+Added: in the Agreement) the Seller may have in the Domain Name, together with any goodwill associated therewith in exchange for the payment
+Added: by the Buyer of the purchase price of $ 10,000 .
+Added: The Company’s Chief
+Added: Executive Officer, Sean Dollinger, owns 50 % of the equity of the Seller, and the other 50 % is owned by a minority shareholder
+Added: of the Company, who is considered a related party.
+Added: A Special Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors consisting of all independent
+Added: directors approved the terms of the Agreement on November 1, 2023.
Stock Dividend in the
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In February 2024, the Board
−Removed: of Directors declared a 50 % stock dividend for distribution to all of the Company’s shareholders of record at the close of business
−Removed: on February 12, 2024.
−Removed: On March 1, 2024, 1,609,817 shares were issued per the dividend (see Note 11).
+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 the dividend.
As a result of the stock dividend,
−Removed: 2 stock split was effected.
+Added: a 3:2 stock split was effected.
Accordingly, all share and per share amounts for all periods presented in the accompanying financial
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GOING CONCERN
−Removed: Company has evaluated whether there are certain conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about
−Removed: the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the consolidated financial statements
−Removed: accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets
−Removed: and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.
−Removed: The Company sustained net losses of $ 15,747,724 and $ 1,842,175
−Removed: during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and had cash used in operations of $ 9,113,855 during the year ended
+Added: The Company has evaluated
+Added: whether there are certain conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability
+Added: to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the consolidated financial statements are issued.
+Added: The accompanying
+Added: consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the
+Added: satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.
+Added: The Company sustained net losses of $ 22,754,178 and $ 15,747,724 during
+Added: the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and had cash used in operations of $ 6,618,417 during the year ended
December 31, 2024.
The Company requires additional capital to operate and expects losses to continue for the foreseeable future.
−Removed: factors raise substantial doubts about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: Company’s ability to continue as a going concern until it reaches profitability is dependent upon its ability to generate cash
−Removed: from operating activities and to raise additional capital to fund operations.
−Removed: Management plans to raise additional capital to fund operations
−Removed: through debt and/or equity financings.
−Removed: The Company has raised funds from the IPO (Note 1) and an additional $ 16.6 million from its public
−Removed: offerings in October and November 2023 (see Note 7).
−Removed: Our failure to raise additional capital could have a negative impact on not only
−Removed: our financial condition but also our ability to execute our business plan.
−Removed: No assurance can be given that the Company will be successful
−Removed: in these efforts.
−Removed: The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
−Removed: Company may not be able to obtain financing on acceptable terms, or at all.
−Removed: OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
−Removed: of Presentation
−Removed: accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
−Removed: The Company’s fiscal year end is December 31.
−Removed: 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
−Removed: reduced public company reporting requirements, however, the Company may adopt accounting standards based on the effective dates for public
−Removed: entities when early adoption is permitted.
−Removed: of Consolidation
−Removed: consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, LQR House Acquisition Corp.
−Removed: inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated on consolidation.
−Removed: The preparation of the Company’s financial statements in conformity
−Removed: with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure
−Removed: of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during
−Removed: the reporting period.
−Removed: Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in these financial statements include, but are not limited to the
−Removed: valuation of assets acquired and liabilities assumed pursuant to business combinations, and stock-based compensation.
−Removed: The Company bases
−Removed: its estimates on historical experience, known trends and other market-specific or other relevant factors that it believes to be reasonable
−Removed: under the circumstances.
+Added: These factors raise substantial doubts about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: See Note 12 for capital
+Added: raised subsequent to December 31, 2024.
+Added: The Company’s ability
+Added: to continue as a going concern until it reaches profitability is dependent upon its ability to generate cash from operating activities
+Added: and to raise additional capital to fund operations.
+Added: Management plans to raise additional capital to fund operations through debt and/or
+Added: equity financings.
+Added: Our failure to raise additional capital could have a negative impact on not only our financial condition but also our
+Added: ability to execute our business plan.
+Added: No assurance can be given that the Company will be successful in these efforts.
+Added: The unaudited condensed
+Added: consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
+Added: The Company may
+Added: not be able to obtain financing on acceptable terms, or at all.
+Added: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
+Added: Basis of Presentation
+Added: The accounting and reporting
+Added: policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).
+Added: Company’s fiscal year end is December 31.
+Added: The Company is an emerging
+Added: growth company as the term is used in The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act and has elected to comply with certain reduced public company
+Added: reporting requirements, however, the Company may adopt accounting standards based on the effective dates for public entities when early
+Added: adoption is permitted.
+Added: Principles of Consolidation
+Added: These consolidated financial
+Added: statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, LQR House Acquisition Corp.
+Added: All inter-company transactions
+Added: and balances have been eliminated on consolidation.
+Added: Use of Estimates
+Added: The preparation of the Company’s
+Added: financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
+Added: assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported
+Added: amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
+Added: Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in these financial statements
+Added: include, but are not limited to the cost method investments and stock-based compensation.
+Added: The Company bases its estimates on historical
+Added: experience, known trends and other market-specific or other relevant factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances.
On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates when there are changes in circumstances, facts and experience.
−Removed: Changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which they become known.
+Added: Changes in estimates
+Added: are recorded in the period in which they become known.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.
−Removed: Risks and Uncertainties
−Removed: Company is subject to customary risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the need for protection of proprietary technology,
−Removed: dependence on key personnel, costs of services provided by third parties and limited operating history.
−Removed: Interest Entities
−Removed: Company evaluates its relationships with other entities to identify whether they are variable interest entities as defined by Financial
−Removed: Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 810, Consolidation (“ASC
−Removed: 810”), and to assess whether it is the primary beneficiary of such entities.
−Removed: If the determination is made that the Company is the
−Removed: primary beneficiary, then that entity is consolidated.
−Removed: The Company evaluated whether it was the primary beneficiary in its common control
−Removed: asset acquisitions and related party agreements and determined it is not the primary beneficiary of any entities.
−Removed: Concentrations
−Removed: of Credit Risk
−Removed: Company maintains its cash with a major financial institution located in the United States of America which it believes to be credit
−Removed: Balances are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $ 250,000 .
−Removed: At times, the Company maintains
−Removed: balances in excess of the federally insured limits.
+Added: Concentrations of Credit Risk
+Added: The Company maintains its
+Added: cash with a major financial institution located in the United States of America which it believes to be credit worthy.
+Added: insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $ 250,000 .
+Added: At times, the Company maintains balances in excess of the
+Added: federally insured limits.
Concentrations
−Removed: Company’s ability to derive revenue is reliant on its relationship with CWS who currently handles product for the CWS Platform
+Added: The Company’s ability
+Added: to derive revenue is reliant on its relationship with KBROS, LLC (“KBROS”) who currently handles product for the CWS Platform
and fulfills the products sold by clientele using our marketing services.
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CWS Platform agreements would have a material negative impact on the Company’s operations.
−Removed: the Company 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
−Removed: short-term impact on the Company’s operations.
−Removed: However, the Company believes there are acceptable substitute vendors that can be
−Removed: utilized longer term.
−Removed: and Cash Equivalents
−Removed: Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.
−Removed: Value Measurements
−Removed: assets and liabilities of the Company are carried at fair value under GAAP.
−Removed: Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be
−Removed: 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
−Removed: in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.
−Removed: Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize
−Removed: the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
−Removed: Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are
−Removed: to be classified and disclosed in one of the following three levels of the fair value hierarchy, of which the first two are considered
−Removed: observable and the last is considered unobservable:
+Added: Furthermore, the Company
+Added: 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 short-term impact
+Added: on the Company’s operations.
+Added: However, the Company believes there are acceptable substitute vendors that can be utilized longer term.
+Added: Cash and Cash Equivalents
+Added: The Company considers all
+Added: highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.
+Added: Marketable Securities
+Added: The Company held investments
+Added: in mutual funds.
+Added: The investments were classified as available-for-sale and are held at fair value.
+Added: The investments have a readily determinable
+Added: fair value and as such, were recognized as Level 1 financial instruments.
+Added: Investments, at Cost
+Added: In accordance with FASB
+Added: ASC Subtopic 321, Investments – Others – Cost Method Investments , investments where the Company does not have a
+Added: significant influence are accounted for at cost.
+Added: The Company reviews all material investments on an annual basis to determine
+Added: whether a significant event or change in circumstances has occurred that may have an adverse effect on the fair value of the
+Added: In the event the fair value of the investment declines below the cost basis, the Company records an impairment.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, the Company recognized
+Added: an impairment expense of $ 4,500,000 related to its investment in DRNK Beverage Corp, which was recorded within other income (expense)
+Added: in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: This impairment was triggered by company specific information and progress
+Added: of the investee against expectations.
+Added: The impairment also reflects the ongoing challenges in the
+Added: marketplace and the reduced prospects for recovery of the carrying value of the investment.
+Added: The Company continues to monitor the situation
+Added: and will assess the need for any further adjustments in future periods.
+Added: See Note 6 for further detail.
+Added: Fair Value Measurements
+Added: Certain assets and liabilities
+Added: of the Company are carried at fair value under GAAP.
+Added: Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or
+Added: paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction
+Added: between market participants on the measurement date.
+Added: Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable
+Added: inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
+Added: Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are to be classified and disclosed
+Added: 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
+Added: 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
−Removed: markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active for
−Removed: identical or similar assets or liabilities, or other inputs that are observable or can be
−Removed: corroborated by observable market data.
−Removed: 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity that are significant
−Removed: to determining the fair value of the assets or liabilities, including pricing models, discounted
−Removed: cash flow methodologies and similar techniques.
−Removed: carrying values of the Company’s accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their fair values due to the short maturity
−Removed: of these instruments.
−Removed: The Company believes the carrying amount of its advances to related parties approximate fair value due to its short-term
−Removed: receivable are derived from services and products delivered to customers and are stated at their net realizable value.
−Removed: Each month, the
−Removed: Company reviews its receivables on a customer-by-customer basis and evaluates whether an allowance for doubtful accounts is necessary
−Removed: based on any known or perceived collection issues.
−Removed: Any balances that are eventually deemed uncollectible are written off against the
−Removed: allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote.
−Removed: assets are amortized over the respective estimated lives on a straight-line basis, unless the lives are determined to be indefinite and
−Removed: reviewed for impairment whenever events or other changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.
−Removed: Company owns domain names indefinitely.
+Added: 2—Observable inputs (other than Level 1 quoted prices), such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities,
+Added: quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets or liabilities, or other inputs that are observable or can
+Added: be corroborated by observable market data.
+Added: 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity that are significant to determining the fair value of
+Added: the assets or liabilities, including pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques.
+Added: The carrying values of the
+Added: Company’s accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their fair values due to the short maturity of these instruments.
+Added: The Company believes the carrying amount of its advances to related parties approximate fair value due to its short-term maturity.
+Added: The Company’s investments
+Added: are accounted for under the cost method.
+Added: See above and Note 6.
+Added: Accounts Receivable
+Added: Accounts receivable are derived
+Added: from services and products delivered to customers and are stated at their net realizable value.
+Added: Each month, the Company reviews its receivables
+Added: on a customer-by-customer basis and evaluates whether an allowance for doubtful accounts is necessary based on any known or perceived
+Added: collection issues.
+Added: Any balances that are eventually deemed uncollectible are written off against the allowance after all means of collection
+Added: have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote.
+Added: Intangible Assets
+Added: Intangible assets are amortized
+Added: over the respective estimated lives on a straight-line basis, unless the lives are determined to be indefinite and reviewed for impairment
+Added: whenever events or other changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.
+Added: The Company owns domain names
+Added: indefinitely.
Costs to renew domains are expensed as incurred.
−Removed: of Long-Lived Assets
−Removed: Company continually monitors events and changes in circumstances that could indicate carrying amounts of long-lived assets may not be
−Removed: When such events or changes in circumstances are present, the Company assesses the recoverability of long-lived assets by
−Removed: determining whether the carrying value of such assets will be recovered through undiscounted expected future cash flows.
−Removed: of the future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of those assets, the Company recognizes an impairment loss based on the excess
−Removed: of the carrying amount over the fair value of the assets.
−Removed: Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or
−Removed: the fair value less costs to sell.
−Removed: parties are any entities or individuals that, through employment, ownership or other means, possess the ability to direct or cause the
−Removed: direction of the management and policies of the Company.
−Removed: The Company discloses related party transactions that are outside of normal
−Removed: compensatory agreements, such as salaries.
−Removed: The Company follows ASC 850, Related Party Disclosures , for the identification of related
−Removed: parties and disclosure of related party transactions.
−Removed: accordance with FASB ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ¸ the Company determines revenue recognition through
−Removed: the following steps:
+Added: Impairment of Long-Lived
+Added: The Company continually monitors
+Added: events and changes in circumstances that could indicate carrying amounts of long-lived assets may not be recoverable.
+Added: When such events
+Added: or changes in circumstances are present, the Company assesses the recoverability of long-lived assets by determining whether the carrying
+Added: value of such assets will be recovered through undiscounted expected future cash flows.
+Added: If the total of the future cash flows is less
+Added: than the carrying amount of those assets, the Company recognizes an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying amount over the
+Added: fair value of the assets.
+Added: Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or the fair value less costs to sell.
+Added: Related Parties
+Added: Related parties are any entities
+Added: or individuals that, through employment, ownership or other means, possess the ability to direct or cause the direction of the management
+Added: and policies of the Company.
+Added: The Company discloses related party transactions that are outside of normal compensatory agreements, such
+Added: The Company follows ASC 850, Related Party Disclosures , for the identification of related parties and disclosure of
+Added: related party transactions.
+Added: Revenue Recognition
+Added: In accordance with FASB ASC
+Added: 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ¸ the Company determines revenue recognition through the following steps:
● Identification
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of the performance obligations in the contract;
−Removed: ● Determination
−Removed: of the transaction price;
−Removed: of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract;
−Removed: ● Recognition
−Removed: of revenue when or as the performance obligations are satisfied.
−Removed: is recognized when performance obligations are satisfied through the transfer of control of promised goods to the Company’s customers
−Removed: in an amount that reflects the consideration expected to be received in exchange for transferring goods or services to customers.
−Removed: transfers once a customer has the ability to direct the use of, and obtain substantially all of the benefits from, the product.
−Removed: includes the transfer of legal title, physical possession, the risks and rewards of ownership, and customer acceptance.
−Removed: Company derives its revenue from marketing services, sales via the CWS Platform, distribution of its SWOL Tequila product to CWS and
−Removed: subscription-based membership revenue.
−Removed: Revenue is reported net of discounts.
−Removed: Company contracts with third-party alcoholic beverage brands to utilize access to the CWS Platform.
−Removed: The Company and the brands enter
−Removed: into a commercial relationship.
−Removed: The Company performs services such as creating a marketing campaign strategy, developing promotional
−Removed: materials and advertising promotional materials through the CWS Platform.
−Removed: Revenue is recognized over a period time, as the marketing
−Removed: services are being continually provided on a daily and monthly basis over the life of an agreed upon campaign.
−Removed: Marketing campaigns generally
−Removed: range from one to three months.
−Removed: Cwsspirits.com is an e-commerce platform that sells in wine and spirits
+Added: Determination of the transaction price;
+Added: Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract;
+Added: Recognition of revenue when or as the performance obligations are satisfied.
+Added: Revenue is recognized when
+Added: performance obligations are satisfied through the transfer of control of promised goods to the Company’s customers in an amount
+Added: that reflects the consideration expected to be received in exchange for transferring goods or services to customers.
+Added: Control transfers
+Added: once a customer has the ability to direct the use of, and obtain substantially all of the benefits from, the product.
+Added: This includes the
+Added: transfer of legal title, physical possession, the risks and rewards of ownership, and customer acceptance.
+Added: The Company derives its revenue
+Added: from marketing services, sales via the CWS Platform, distribution of its SWOL Tequila and subscription-based membership revenue.
+Added: is reported net of discounts.
+Added: Marketing Services
+Added: The Company contracts with
+Added: third-party alcoholic beverage brands to utilize access to the CWS Platform.
+Added: The Company and the brands enter into a commercial relationship.
+Added: The Company performs services such as creating a marketing campaign strategy, developing promotional materials and advertising promotional
+Added: materials through the CWS Platform.
+Added: Revenue is recognized over a period time, as the marketing services are being continually provided
+Added: on a daily and monthly basis over the life of an agreed upon campaign.
+Added: Marketing campaigns generally range from one to three months.
+Added: Cwsspirits.com is an e-commerce platform that sells wine and spirits.
The Company is responsible for contracting with CWS and customers to fulfill orders through the website.
−Removed: The Company has the
−Removed: ability to direct customers to CWS to fulfill the order.
−Removed: The Company, though not legally able to own alcohol inventory, does take on financial
−Removed: inventory risk.
−Removed: The Company is solely responsible for any risk of loss of the end customer and paying to replenish the loss order.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: the Company enters into minimum guaranteed purchase commitments with its vendor that require the Company to pay for any inventory not
−Removed: sold during the year.
−Removed: The Company establishes the price and selection of products to be sold on the CWS Platform, and directs all marketing
−Removed: activities pertaining to the Platform.
−Removed: As such, the Company is the primary obligor for transactions with customers on the CWS Platform
−Removed: and records gross revenue.
−Removed: Revenue is recognized at the point in time when products are delivered to the end customer, when LQR has fulfilled
−Removed: its performance obligation, net of returns.
−Removed: Company wholly owns SWOL Tequila, a tequila made in limited batches from a third-party producer located in Mexico.
−Removed: The Company facilitates
−Removed: all efforts to get the product delivered to CWS for retail distribution in the United States, including advancing costs for production,
−Removed: shipping and other importing and delivery charges.
−Removed: The Company is entitled to payment of cost plus an additional 20 % on each bottle of
−Removed: SWOL Tequila sold to CWS.
−Removed: Revenue is recognized at the point in which the products are delivered to CWS, when LQR has fulfilled its performance
−Removed: Due to certain restrictions on the delivery and custodianship of alcoholic beverage, CWS is requires to take ownership of
−Removed: the product at time of delivery, and there is no recourse or right of return.
−Removed: The Company records gross revenue as it’s the primary
−Removed: obligor in the transaction.
−Removed: is the exclusive membership program for CWS Platform customers.
−Removed: Through the CWS Platform, users can sign up for membership where they
−Removed: will have access to all products available through CWS combined with special membership benefits including discounted products, free
−Removed: shipping and promotional offers.
−Removed: Prior to the acquisition of the CWS Platform, the Company marketed this membership program on the
−Removed: CWS Platform and was entitled to 50 % of the revenue from the subscriptions as the agent of the transaction.
−Removed: Upon the acquisition of the
−Removed: CWS Platform, the Company records gross revenue as it is the principal in the transaction.
−Removed: The Company records a reserve for chargebacks
−Removed: and cancellations at the time of the transaction based on historical experience.
−Removed: During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022,
−Removed: revenue from Vault memberships totaled $ 31,386 and $ 20,524 , respectively.
−Removed: Disaggregation
−Removed: following is a summary of the disaggregation of revenue for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:
−Removed: Disaggregation
+Added: The Company, though not legally
+Added: able to own alcohol inventory, does take on financial inventory risk.
+Added: The Company is solely responsible for any risk of loss of the end
+Added: customer and paying to replenish the loss order.
+Added: The Company establishes the price and selection of products to be sold on the CWS Platform,
+Added: and directs all marketing activities pertaining to the Platform.
+Added: As such, the Company is the primary obligor for transactions with customers
+Added: on the CWS Platform and records gross revenue.
+Added: Revenue is recognized at the point in time when products are delivered to the end customer,
+Added: when LQR has fulfilled its performance obligation, net of returns.
+Added: Product Sales
+Added: The Company wholly owns SWOL
+Added: Tequila, a tequila produced in limited batches by a third-party manufacturer in Mexico.
+Added: The Company handles all logistics to deliver the
+Added: product to CWS for retail distribution in the United States, including advancing production, shipping, and other import-related expenses.
+Added: Under historical agreements, the Company is entitled to receive payment for these costs, plus an additional 20 % for each bottle of SWOL
+Added: Tequila sold via wholesale channels.
+Added: Revenue is recognized when the product is delivered, fulfilling the Company’s performance obligation.
+Added: Due to regulatory restrictions surrounding the delivery and custodianship of alcoholic beverages, CWS assumes ownership at the time of
+Added: delivery, with no recourse or right of return.
+Added: Vault is the exclusive membership
+Added: program for CWS Platform customers.
+Added: Through the CWS Platform, users can sign up for membership where they will have access to all products
+Added: available through CWS combined with special membership benefits including discounted products, free shipping and promotional offers.
+Added: Prior to the acquisition of the CWS Platform, the Company marketed this membership program on the CWS Platform and was entitled to 50 %
+Added: of the revenue from the subscriptions as the agent of the transaction.
+Added: Upon the acquisition of the CWS Platform, the Company records gross
+Added: revenue as it is the principal in the transaction.
+Added: The Company records a reserve for chargebacks and cancellations at the time of the
+Added: transaction based on historical experience.
+Added: Disaggregation of Revenue
+Added: The following is a summary
+Added: of the disaggregation of revenue for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:
+Added: Disaggregation of Revenues
SWOL product sales
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Revenue - services
−Removed: receivable represent amounts owed from marketing and product sales invoiced, but not yet received.
−Removed: liabilities represent obligations to transfer services to a customer for which the Company has already received consideration.
−Removed: for marketing services are generally received upfront in advance of the Company satisfying the related performance obligation and are
−Removed: recorded as accrued expenses.
−Removed: The accrued expenses are reduced as the services are performed and the revenue is recognized.
−Removed: As of December
−Removed: 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had nominal amounts in accrued expenses.
−Removed: of revenue consists of all direct costs attributable to performing marketing services and the Company’s product sales.
−Removed: revenue includes product costs, affiliate payouts, contracted marketing services, direct advertising costs for marketing campaigns, packaging,
−Removed: shipping and other importing and delivery charges.
−Removed: Cost of revenue also includes customer service personnel and amortization of the Company’s
−Removed: marketing license asset (see Note 4).
−Removed: and Marketing
−Removed: and marketing costs primarily consist of advertising, promotional expenses and marketing consulting and advisory services.
−Removed: marketing costs also include sales commissions.
−Removed: Offering Costs
−Removed: Company complies with the requirements of FASB ASC 340-10-S99-1 with regards to offering costs.
−Removed: Prior to the completion of an offering,
−Removed: offering costs are capitalized.
−Removed: The deferred offering costs are charged to additional paid-in capital or as a discount to debt, as applicable,
−Removed: upon the completion of an offering or to expense if the offering is not completed.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company has
−Removed: no deferred offering costs.
−Removed: compensation is accounted for in accordance with ASC Topic 718-10, Compensation-Stock Compensation (“ASC 718-10”).
−Removed: The Company measures all equity-based awards granted to employees, independent contractors and advisors based on the fair value on the
−Removed: date of the grant and recognizes compensation expense for those awards over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting
−Removed: period of the respective award.
−Removed: Company classifies equity-based compensation expense in its statement of operations in the same manner in which the award recipient’s
−Removed: payroll or contractor costs are classified or in which the award recipient’s service payments are classified.
−Removed: Company uses the liability method of accounting for income taxes as set forth in ASC 740, Income Taxes.
−Removed: Under the liability method, deferred
−Removed: taxes are determined based on the temporary differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using
−Removed: tax rates expected to be in effect during the years in which the basis differences reverse.
−Removed: A valuation allowance is recorded when it
−Removed: is unlikely that the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
−Removed: We assess our income tax positions and record tax benefits for all years
−Removed: subject to examination based upon our evaluation of the facts, circumstances and information available at the reporting date.
−Removed: In accordance
−Removed: with ASC 740-10, for those tax positions where there is a greater than 50 % likelihood that a tax benefit will be sustained, our policy
−Removed: will be to record the largest amount of tax benefit that is more likely than not to be realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing
−Removed: authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information.
−Removed: For those income tax positions where there is less than 50 % likelihood
−Removed: that a tax benefit will be sustained, no tax benefit will be recognized in the financial statements.
−Removed: Loss per Share
−Removed: earnings or loss per share is computed by dividing net income or loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during
−Removed: the period, excluding shares subject to redemption or forfeiture.
+Added: Total revenues
+Added: Cost of Revenue
+Added: Cost of revenue consists
+Added: of all direct costs attributable to prost sales and performing marketing services.
+Added: Cost of revenue includes product costs, packaging,
+Added: shipping and other importing and delivery charges, as well contracted marketing services.
+Added: Cost of revenue also includes customer service
+Added: personnel and amortization of the Company’s marketing license asset in 2023.
+Added: Sales and Marketing
+Added: Sales and marketing costs
+Added: primarily consist of advertising, promotional expenses and marketing consulting and advisory services.
+Added: Sales and marketing costs also
+Added: include sales commissions.
+Added: Advertising costs were approximately $ 628,000 in 2024, and nominal in 2023.
+Added: Deferred Offering Costs
+Added: The Company complies with
+Added: the requirements of FASB ASC 340-10-S99-1 with regards to offering costs.
+Added: Prior to the completion of an offering, offering costs are capitalized.
+Added: The deferred offering costs are charged to additional paid-in capital or as a discount to debt, as applicable, upon the completion of
+Added: an offering or to expense if the offering is not completed.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company has no deferred offering costs.
+Added: Stock-Based Compensation
+Added: Stock-based compensation
+Added: is accounted for in accordance with ASC Topic 718-10, Compensation-Stock Compensation (“ASC 718-10”).
+Added: The Company measures
+Added: all equity-based awards granted to employees, independent contractors and advisors based on the fair value on the date of the grant and
+Added: recognizes compensation expense for those awards over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period of the respective
+Added: The Company classifies equity-based
+Added: compensation expense in its statement of operations in the same manner in which the award recipient’s payroll or contractor costs
+Added: are classified or in which the award recipient’s service payments are classified.
+Added: Segment Information
+Added: In accordance with ASC 280,
+Added: Segment Reporting (“ASC 280”), we identify our operating segments according to how our business activities are managed and
+Added: ASC 280 establishes standards for companies to report financial statement information about operating segments, products, services,
+Added: geographic areas, and major customers.
+Added: Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial
+Added: information is available that is regularly evaluated by the Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), or group,
+Added: in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance.
+Added: The CODM has been identified
+Added: as the Chief Executive Officer, who reviews the operating results for the Company as a whole to make decisions about allocating resources
+Added: and assessing financial performance.
+Added: Accordingly, management has determined that the Company only has one operating and reportable segment.
+Added: The key measures of segment
+Added: profit or loss reviewed by our CODM are revenue and operating costs.
+Added: These metrics are reviewed and monitored by the CODM to manage and
+Added: forecast cash.
+Added: The CODM also reviews operating costs to manage, maintain and enforce all contractual agreements to ensure costs are aligned
+Added: with all agreements and budget.
+Added: The Company uses the liability
+Added: method of accounting for income taxes as set forth in ASC 740, Income Taxes.
+Added: Under the liability method, deferred taxes are determined
+Added: based on the temporary differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using tax rates expected to
+Added: be in effect during the years in which the basis differences reverse.
+Added: A valuation allowance is recorded when it is unlikely that the deferred
+Added: tax assets will not be realized.
+Added: We assess our income tax positions and record tax benefits for all years subject to examination based
+Added: upon our evaluation of the facts, circumstances and information available at the reporting date.
+Added: In accordance with ASC 740-10, for those
+Added: tax positions where there is a greater than 50% likelihood that a tax benefit will be sustained, our policy will be to record the largest
+Added: amount of tax benefit that is more likely than not to be realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority that has full knowledge
+Added: of all relevant information.
+Added: For those income tax positions where there is less than 50% likelihood that a tax benefit will be sustained,
+Added: no tax benefit will be recognized in the financial statements.
+Added: Net Loss per Share
+Added: Net earnings or loss per
+Added: share is computed by dividing net income or loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, excluding
+Added: shares subject to redemption or forfeiture.
The Company presents basic and diluted net earnings or loss per share.
−Removed: Diluted net earnings or loss per share reflect the actual weighted average of common shares issued and outstanding during the period,
−Removed: adjusted for potentially dilutive securities outstanding.
−Removed: Potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the computation of the diluted
−Removed: net loss per share if their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.
−Removed: As all potentially dilutive securities are anti-dilutive as of December
+Added: Diluted net earnings
+Added: or loss per share reflect the actual weighted average of common shares issued and outstanding during the period, adjusted for potentially
+Added: dilutive securities outstanding.
+Added: Potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the computation of the diluted net loss per share if
+Added: their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.
+Added: As all potentially dilutive securities are anti-dilutive as of December 31, 2024 and December
31, 2023, diluted net loss per share is the same as basic net loss per share.
Potentially dilutive items outstanding as of December 31,
−Removed: 2023 include the Company’s outstanding restricted stock units (See Note 7).
−Removed: Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
−Removed: June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326):
−Removed: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU 2016-13”).
−Removed: This standard establishes an impairment model (known
−Removed: as the current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model) that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses.
−Removed: new guidance, an entity recognizes as an allowance its estimate of expected credit losses, which is intended to result in a timelier
−Removed: recognition of losses.
−Removed: Under the CECL model, entities will estimate credit losses over the entire contractual term of the instrument
−Removed: (considering estimated prepayments, but not expected extensions or modifications) from the date of initial recognition of the financial
−Removed: Measurement of expected credit losses are to be based on relevant forecasts that affect collectability.
−Removed: The scope of financial
−Removed: assets within the CECL methodology is broad and includes trade receivables from certain revenue transactions and certain off-balance
−Removed: sheet credit exposures.
−Removed: Different components of the guidance require modified retrospective or prospective adoption.
−Removed: April 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-04, Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses, Topic 815, Derivatives
−Removed: and Hedging, and Topic 825, Financial Instruments, which amends and clarifies several provisions of Topic 326.
−Removed: In May 2019, the FASB
−Removed: issued ASU 2019-05, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326):
−Removed: Targeted Transition Relief, which amends Topic 326 to allow the
−Removed: fair value option to be elected for certain financial instruments upon adoption.
−Removed: ASU 2019-10 extended the effective date of ASU 2016-13
−Removed: until December 15, 2022.
−Removed: The Company adopted this new guidance, including the subsequent updates to Topic 326, on January 1, 2023 and
−Removed: the adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements and related disclosures.
−Removed: does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards could have a material effect on the accompanying
−Removed: financial statements.
+Added: 2024 include the Company’s outstanding restricted stock units and warrants to purchase common stock (See Note 8).
+Added: Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
+Added: In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic
+Added: 280) - Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which requires disclosure of incremental segment information on an annual and interim
+Added: basis, primarily disclosure of significant segment expense categories and amounts for each reportable segment.
+Added: The new standard is effective
+Added: for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024.
+Added: adopted ASU 2023-07 in the annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, and for interim periods beginning in 2025.
+Added: The adoption of ASU 2023-07 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Management does not believe
+Added: that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards could have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.
As new accounting pronouncements are issued, the Company will adopt those that are applicable under the circumstances.
−Removed: OF CWS PLATFORM
−Removed: November 1, 2023, LQR House Acquisition Corp.
−Removed: (the “Buyer”), a subsidiary of the Company, and SSquared Spirits LLC (the “Seller”,
−Removed: “SSquared”) entered into a Domain Name Transfer Agreement (“Agreement”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Agreement, the Seller
−Removed: irrevocably sold, assigned, transferred, and conveyed to the Buyer (a) all right, title, and interest in and to the domain name www.cwspirits.com
−Removed: (the “Domain Name”, “CWS Platform”), including its current registration and (b) any other rights (including,
−Removed: but not limited to, trademark rights associated with the Domain Name in any jurisdiction, all Internet traffic through the Domain Name
−Removed: and all Website Content (as defined in the Agreement) the Seller may have in the Domain Name, together with any goodwill associated therewith
−Removed: in exchange for the payment by the Buyer of the purchase price of $ 10,000 .
−Removed: connection with the Company’s purchase of the Domain Name, on November 1, 2023, the Company entered into a product handling agreement
−Removed: (“Product Handling Agreement”) with KBROS LLC (“KBROS”).
+Added: ACQUISITION OF CWS PLATFORM
+Added: On November 1, 2023, LQR
+Added: House Acquisition Corp.
+Added: (the “Buyer”), a subsidiary of the Company, and SSquared Spirits LLC (the “Seller”, “SSquared”)
+Added: entered into a Domain Name Transfer Agreement (“Agreement”).
+Added: Pursuant to the Agreement, the Seller irrevocably sold, assigned,
+Added: transferred, and conveyed to the Buyer (a) all right, title, and interest in and to the domain name www.cwspirits.com (the “Domain
+Added: Name”, “CWS Platform”), including its current registration and (b) any other rights (including, but not limited to,
+Added: trademark rights associated with the Domain Name in any jurisdiction, all Internet traffic through the Domain Name and all Website Content
+Added: (as defined in the Agreement) the Seller may have in the Domain Name, together with any goodwill associated therewith in exchange for
+Added: the payment by the Buyer of the purchase price of $ 10,000 .
+Added: In connection with the Company’s
+Added: purchase of the Domain Name, on November 1, 2023, the Company entered into a product handling agreement (“Product Handling Agreement”)
+Added: with KBROS LLC (“KBROS”).
Pursuant to the Product Handling Agreement:
−Removed: as of the Effective Date of this Agreement, Product Handler shall provide to the Company the following services relating to the purchase
−Removed: and delivery (“Handling”) of spirits and other beverage products (referred to herein as “Product” and the “Products”)
−Removed: purchased by customers of the Company through or in relation to websites associated with the Domain:
−Removed: of Products to be delivered to customers of the Company, delivery of such Products, and related
−Removed: receipt of returns of Products and delivery of replacements of the Products from time to
−Removed: time, necessary for the operation of the Business by the Company, pursuant to orders for
−Removed: the Products by the Company’s customers generated as the result of sales, promotion
−Removed: and marketing of the Products through the Website (sale, promotion and marketing of the Products
−Removed: through the Website is collectively referred to herein as “Processing”);
−Removed: - Procurement
−Removed: and maintenance of all certificates, licenses, authorizations and registrations required
−Removed: to import, possess, promote, sell, distribute and receive payment for the Products and compliance
−Removed: with all laws, rules and regulations applicable thereto and to the operation of the Website
−Removed: and conduct of sales and Processing of the Products, as reasonably deemed necessary by the
−Removed: Regulation S-X 3-05, management determined that the CWS Platform acquisition constituted a business combination as the revenue producing
−Removed: activity (e-commerce sales) is expected to be similar both pre and post-domain name acquisition.
−Removed: As such, the Company recorded an intangible
−Removed: asset of $ 10,000 for the purchase price consideration of the domain name as acquired assets and liabilities were nominal.
−Removed: assessed the fair value of the Domain Name and CWS Platform in determining to allocate the $ 10,000 to the domain name.
−Removed: In making such
−Removed: determination, management considered the related party nature of the transaction, the current environment for direct-to-consumer alcoholic
−Removed: beverage companies and the related competition in which they operate, and the fact that the initial and continued operation of the CWS
−Removed: platform is completely dependent on the relationship between the Company, our CEO and a minority shareholder, who co-owned SSquared and
−Removed: operates KBROS, the Company’s contracted product handler.
−Removed: Without such relationship, which can be terminated in certain circumstances,
−Removed: the underlying CWS Platform would be unable to operate as intended until a suitable alterative product handler would be identified.
−Removed: no fair value in excess of the consideration provided was considered.
−Removed: Company has consolidated the results of operations of the CWS Platform since November 1, 2023.
−Removed: Pro Forma Financial Information
−Removed: following unaudited pro forma financial information presents the Company’s financial results as if the CWS Platform acquisition
−Removed: had occurred as of January 1, 2022.
−Removed: The unaudited pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of what the financial
−Removed: results actually would have been had the acquisitions been completed on this date.
−Removed: In addition, the unaudited pro forma financial information
−Removed: is not indicative of, nor does it purport to project, the Company’s future financial results.
−Removed: The pro forma information does not
−Removed: give effect to any estimated and potential cost savings or other operating efficiencies that could result from the acquisition:
−Removed: ( 16,037,213 )
+Added: Commencing as of the Effective
+Added: Date of this Agreement, Product Handler shall provide to the Company the following services relating to the purchase and delivery (“Handling”)
+Added: of spirits and other beverage products (referred to herein as “Product” and the “Products”) purchased by customers
+Added: of the Company through or in relation to websites associated with the Domain:
+Added: - Purchase of Products to be delivered to customers of the Company, delivery of such Products, and related
+Added: receipt of returns of Products and delivery of replacements of the Products from time to time, necessary for the operation of the Business
+Added: by the Company, pursuant to orders for the Products by the Company’s customers generated as the result of sales, promotion and marketing
+Added: of the Products through the Website (sale, promotion and marketing of the Products through the Website is collectively referred to herein
+Added: as “Processing”);
+Added: - Procurement and maintenance of all certificates, licenses, authorizations and registrations required to
+Added: import, possess, promote, sell, distribute and receive payment for the Products and compliance with all laws, rules and regulations applicable
+Added: thereto and to the operation of the Website and conduct of sales and Processing of the Products, as reasonably deemed necessary by the
+Added: Under Regulation S-X
+Added: 3-05, management determined that the CWS Platform acquisition constituted a business combination as the revenue producing activity (e-commerce
+Added: sales) was expected to be similar both pre and post-domain name acquisition.
+Added: As such, the Company recorded an intangible asset of $ 10,000 for
+Added: the purchase price consideration of the domain name.
+Added: Management assessed the fair
+Added: value of the Domain Name and CWS Platform in determining to allocate the $ 10,000 to the domain name.
+Added: In making such determination,
+Added: management considered the related party nature of the transaction, the current environment for direct-to-consumer alcoholic beverage companies
+Added: and the related competition in which they operate, and the fact that the initial and continued operation of the CWS platform is completely
+Added: dependent on the relationship between the Company, our CEO and a minority shareholder, who co-owned SSquared and operates KBROS, LLC (“KBROS”,
+Added: or “Product Handler”), the Company’s contracted product handler.
+Added: Without such relationship, which can be terminated
+Added: in certain circumstances, the underlying CWS Platform would be unable to operate as intended until a suitable alterative product handler
+Added: would be identified.
+Added: Therefore, no fair value in excess of the consideration provided was considered.
+Added: The Company has consolidated
+Added: the results of operations of the CWS Platform since November 1, 2023.
+Added: Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information
+Added: The following unaudited pro
+Added: forma financial information presents the Company’s financial results as if the CWS Platform acquisition had occurred as of January
+Added: The unaudited pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of what the financial results actually would have
+Added: been had the acquisitions been completed on this date.
+Added: In addition, the unaudited pro forma financial information is not indicative of,
+Added: nor does it purport to project, the Company’s future financial results.
+Added: The pro forma information does not give effect to any estimated
+Added: and potential cost savings or other operating efficiencies that could result from the acquisition:
( 16,037,213 )
Net loss per common share
−Removed: Exclusive Marketing Agreement
−Removed: April 1, 2021, the Company, CWS Platform, and another related entity, 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 had the sole right to manage and make decisions with regard to user facing content on the website, including the
−Removed: placement and removal of products and the creation and management of promotional initiatives.
−Removed: The term of the CWS Agreement was ten years.
−Removed: Pursuant to the agreement, the Company issued 41,667 shares of common stock to the members of Ssquared.
−Removed: Company capitalized the fair value of the consideration transferred, $ 2,500,000 (or $ 60 per share), as an intangible asset which was
−Removed: to be amortized over the term agreement of ten ( 10 ) years.
−Removed: During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company amortized
−Removed: $ 208,333 and $ 250,000 , respectively, which is included in cost of revenue – services in the statement of operations.
−Removed: the acquisition of the CWS Platform (see Note 4), the Company determined that the license under the CWS Agreement was no longer applicable
−Removed: as the Company now maintained ownership over the CWS Platform and the relevant marketing efforts.
−Removed: As such, the Company recorded an impairment
−Removed: of the remaining carrying value of $ 1,875,000 , which is included in operating expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
−Removed: of December 31, 2023, the Company had $ 5,470,000 in deposits held in escrow for potential investments.
−Removed: In 2024, the Company received
+Added: Prepaid Expenses
+Added: The Company determined it
+Added: was no longer pursuing the website development services as per its October 2023 agreement with X-Media.
+Added: As such, the Company recognized
+Added: an expense of $ 1,350,000 as of December 31, 2024, representing the remaining unamortized prepaid amount.
+Added: The amount was included
+Added: in sales and marketing expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: Deposits in Escrow
+Added: As of December 31, 2023,
+Added: the Company had $ 5,470,000 in deposits held in escrow for potential investments.
+Added: In the first quarter of 2024, the Company received
$ 670,000 back from an investment it was no longer pursuing.
−Removed: The remaining $ 4,800,000 is subject to an escrow share agreement for a potential
−Removed: investment into a third party entity.
−Removed: While the terms of the investment have not been finalized, the agreement indicates the funds are
−Removed: to only be used for an investment in the target company and is not subject to return to the Company unless otherwise agreed upon.
−Removed: August and September 2023, the Company entered into several loan agreements for aggregate proceeds of $ 950,000 .
−Removed: The loans bore interest
−Removed: at 18 % and were payable on demand, regardless of whether paid before the anniversary of the loan agreements.
−Removed: On September 27, 2023, the
−Removed: Company entered into debt settlement agreements with the noteholders in full settlement of the loan amounts, including interest, using
−Removed: the closing price of $ 17.58 of the Company’s common stock on September 27, 2023.
−Removed: As such, a total amount of $ 1,121,000 , including
−Removed: principal of $ 950,000 and accrued interest of $ 171,000 , was converted into 63,766 shares of the Company’s common stock.
−Removed: STOCKHOLDERS’
−Removed: Reorganization
−Removed: to the Reorganization described in Note 1, the Company was authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $ 0.001
−Removed: Upon the Reorganization in the first quarter of 2023 (see Note 1), the Company was authorized to issue 300,000,000 shares
−Removed: of common stock and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $ 0.0001 per share.
−Removed: to Articles of Incorporation
−Removed: Class Share Structure
−Removed: March 29, 2023, the Company amended its articles of incorporation to institute a dual class share structure consisting of Class A
−Removed: Common Stock, and Class B Common Stock, and any number of classes of preferred stock.
−Removed: Class A Common Stock was entitled to
−Removed: twenty (20) votes per share on proposals requiring or requesting stockholder approval, and Class B Common Stock was entitled
−Removed: to one (1) vote on any such matter.
−Removed: A share of Class A Common Stock could have been voluntarily converted into a share of Class B
−Removed: Common Stock.
−Removed: A transfer of a share of Class A Common Stock would have resulted in its automatic conversion into Common Stock upon
−Removed: such transfer, subject to certain exceptions, including that the transfer of shares of Class A Common Stock to another holder of
−Removed: Class A Common Stock would not have resulted in such automatic conversion.
+Added: The remaining $ 4,800,000 was transferred to an investment in the
+Added: common stock of a third-party entity, DRNK Beverage Corp.
+Added: which became Chase Mocktails Ltd.
+Added: INVESTMENTS, AT COST
+Added: The Company’s investments at cost includes
+Added: a minority stake in the common shares of Cannon Estate Winery Ltd and DRNK Beverage Corp.
+Added: These investments are primarily held for strategic
+Added: Cannon Estate Winery Ltd.
+Added: On May 19, 2024, the Company and a majority shareholder
+Added: and a director (the “Seller”) of Cannon Estate Winery Ltd., a British Columbia corporation (“Cannon”) consummated
+Added: an acquisition of approximately 9.99 % of common shares of Cannon by the Company pursuant to a Share Exchange Agreement (“Cannon
+Added: Agreement”) between the Company and the Seller.
+Added: Pursuant to the Cannon Agreement, the Seller transferred and delivered to the Company 113,085 of
+Added: the common shares of Cannon (the “Cannon Shares”), and in exchange the Company issued and delivered to the Seller 750,000 shares
+Added: of the Company’s common stock.
+Added: The Company recorded an investment of $ 817,500 ,
+Added: which is the fair value of the 750,000 shares issued to Cannon at a fair value per share of $ 1.09 on May 19, 2024.
+Added: Company accounted for the investment in Cannon under the cost method as it owns 9.99 % of Cannon’s common shares and does not
+Added: exert significant influence.
+Added: Chase Mocktails Ltd (f/k/a DRNK Beverage Corp.)
+Added: On June 7, 2024, the Company
+Added: consummated an acquisition of approximately 8.58 % of common shares of DRNK Beverage Corp.
+Added: (“DRNK”) which became Chase
+Added: Mocktails Ltd., pursuant to a Subscription Agreement (“DRNK Agreement”).
+Added: Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company subscribed
+Added: for and purchased from DRNK 1,920,000 common shares of DRNK at a price of $ 2.50 per share for an aggregate amount of $ 4,800,000 .
+Added: Upon the closing of the DRNK Agreement, the Company reclassified $ 4,800,000 which was held as a deposit in escrow to investments.
+Added: of December 31, 2024, the Company recognized an impairment expense of $ 4,500,000 related to its investment in DRNK based on
+Added: impairment indicators on DRNK’s financial performance and DRNK’s progress as compared to initial expectations.
+Added: In determining the impairment, management used a market approach using
+Added: projected revenue information obtained from DRNK and market multiples for companies in similar industry segments.
+Added: As a result of this
+Added: adjustment, the carrying value of the investment has been reduced to $ 300,000 , and the impairment charge of $ 4,500,000 has been
+Added: recorded within other income (expense) in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: ACCRUED EXPENSES
+Added: Accrued expenses consist of the following:
+Added: Accrued retention and settlement payments
+Added: Accrued professional and other fees
+Added: Taxes payable
+Added: Other accrued
+Added: Total accrued expenses
+Added: Accrued retention and settlement payments, related parties
+Added: Total accrued expenses, related parties
+Added: From October to December
+Added: 2024, the Company entered into several settlement, bonus and retention agreements, of which $ 6,484,729 were accrued and unpaid as of December
+Added: Through the issuance date of these financial statements, approximately $ 5,600,000 of the accrued balances have been paid.
+Added: The following is a summary
+Added: of the amounts incurred, paid and accrued with respect to the agreements noted above:
+Added: Retention and settlement expenses, related parties
+Added: Retention and settlement expenses
+Added: Total expenses (general and administrative)
+Added: 2024 payments, related parties
+Added: ( 1,100,000 )
+Added: 2024 payments
+Added: Total payments in 2024
+Added: ( 1,536,271 )
+Added: Accrued retention and settlement payments, related parties
+Added: Accrued retention and settlement payments
+Added: Total accrued retention and settlement payments
+Added: The Company entered into
+Added: bonus and retention agreements reflect to retain key talent and incentivize critical personnel, including executives, directors, other
+Added: related entities (see Note 9) and vendors.
+Added: These were designed to ensure continuity in leadership, governance and support the Company’s
+Added: long-term goals with key consultants and vendors, even though the Company is not currently profitable
+Added: STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
+Added: Dual Class Share
+Added: On March 29, 2023, the
+Added: Company amended its articles of incorporation to institute a dual class share structure consisting of Class A Common Stock, and Class B
+Added: Common Stock, and any number of classes of preferred stock.
+Added: Class A Common Stock was entitled to twenty (20) votes per share
+Added: on proposals requiring or requesting stockholder approval, and Class B Common Stock was entitled to one (1) vote on any such
+Added: A share of Class A Common Stock could have been voluntarily converted into a share of Class B Common Stock.
+Added: of a share of Class A Common Stock would have resulted in its automatic conversion into Common Stock upon such transfer, subject
+Added: to certain exceptions, including that the transfer of shares of Class A Common Stock to another holder of Class A Common Stock
+Added: would not have resulted in such automatic conversion.
Class B Common Stock was not convertible.
−Removed: than as to voting and conversion rights, Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock had the same rights and preferences
−Removed: and ranked equally, shared ratably and were identical in all respects as to all matters.
−Removed: to this amendment, the Company’s authorized capital stock became 350,000,000 shares, consisting of:
−Removed: (i) 300,000,000 shares
−Removed: of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which 20,000,000 shares were designated Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par
−Removed: value per share, and 280,000,000 shares were designated as Class B Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share;
+Added: Other than as to voting and conversion
+Added: rights, Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock had the same rights and preferences and ranked equally, shared ratably
+Added: and were identical in all respects as to all matters.
+Added: Due to this amendment, the
+Added: Company’s authorized capital stock became 350,000,000 shares, consisting of:
+Added: (i) 300,000,000 shares of
+Added: common stock, par value $ 0.0001 per share, of which 20,000,000 shares were designated Class A Common Stock, $ 0.0001 par value
+Added: per share, and 280,000,000 shares were designated as Class B Common Stock, $ 0.0001 par value per share;
and (ii) 50,000,000 shares
of preferred stock, $ 0.0001 par value per share.
−Removed: All 153,340 shares of common stock issued and outstanding at the time of the amendment
−Removed: became shares of Class B Common Stock.
−Removed: Common Stock Structure
−Removed: June 5, 2023, the Company further amended its articles of incorporation to amend the share structure by (i) eliminating a dual
−Removed: class share structure consisting of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock and establishing a single common stock
−Removed: structure consisting of shares of common stock only, with 350,000,000 authorized shares being all designated as common stock with a par
−Removed: value of $0.0001 per share (the “Single Common Stock Structure”), entitled to one (1) vote per share;
−Removed: and by (ii) eliminating
−Removed: all authorized shares of preferred stock.
−Removed: All shares of Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding at the time of the amendment
−Removed: became shares of common stock .
−Removed: The accompanying financial statements reflect the single common stock structure in place as of December
−Removed: Company filed on November 28, 2023 a Certificate of Change to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company with the Secretary of State
−Removed: of the State of Nevada (the “Certificate of Change”) that provides for a 1-for-60 reverse stock split (the “Split”)
−Removed: of its shares of common stock, par value $ 0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) that became effective on November 30, 2023.
−Removed: No fractional shares were issued in connection with the Split and fractional amounts were rounded up to one whole share.
−Removed: The Company filed on February
−Removed: 13, 2024 a Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada
−Removed: increasing its authorized shares to 350,000,000 shares of common stock.
+Added: All 153,340 shares of common stock issued and outstanding at the time
+Added: of the amendment became shares of Class B Common Stock.
+Added: Single Common Stock Structure
+Added: On June 5, 2023,
+Added: the Company further amended its articles of incorporation to amend the share structure by (i) eliminating a dual class
+Added: share structure consisting of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock and establishing a single common stock
+Added: structure consisting of shares of common stock only, with 350,000,000 authorized shares being all designated as common stock with a
+Added: par value of $ 0.0001 per share (the “Single Common Stock Structure”), entitled to one (1) vote per share;
+Added: (ii) eliminating all authorized shares of preferred stock.
+Added: All shares of Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding at
+Added: the time of the amendment became shares of common stock.
+Added: The accompanying financial statements reflect the single common stock
+Added: structure in place as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.
+Added: The Company filed on November
+Added: 28, 2023 a Certificate of Change to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada (the
+Added: “Certificate of Change”) that provides for a 1-for-60 reverse stock split (the “Split”) of its shares of common
+Added: stock, par value $ 0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) that became effective on November 30, 2023.
+Added: No fractional shares
+Added: were issued in connection with the Split and fractional amounts were rounded up to one whole share.
+Added: 2024 Stock Transactions
+Added: In May 2024, the Company
+Added: issued 750,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the Cannon Agreement for a fair value of $ 817,500 .
+Added: On October 15, 2024, the
+Added: Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with David E.
+Added: Lazar (“Lazar”), pursuant to which the Company issued 1,101,818 shares of common stock at a price of $ 0.55 per share for proceeds of $ 606,000 .
+Added: In December 2024, the
+Added: Company issued 4,352,727 shares of common stock to several accredited investors at a price of $ 0.55 per share and five-year warrants to
+Added: purchase an aggregate of 10,909,090 shares of common stock at the exercise price of $ 0.55 per share (the “Warrant”) pursuant
+Added: to the Securities Purchase Agreement (“Lazar Purchase Agreement”), dated October 15, 2024 by and between the Company and David
+Added: These investors obtained the rights to the issuance of such securities pursuant to the assignment of rights of a purchaser
+Added: by David Lazar as provided for in the Lazar Purchase Agreement.
+Added: The Company received net proceeds of $ 2,394,000 pursuant to the transaction.
+Added: In December 2024, the Company
+Added: entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with various investors, pursuant to which the Company issued 636,400 shares of common stock
+Added: at a price of $ 0.55 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $ 350,020 .
+Added: In December 2024, the Company
+Added: issued 2,077,800 shares of common stock pursuant to the cashless exercise of warrants.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company issued an
+Added: aggregate of 1,485,575 shares of common stock pursuant to an at-the-market public offering for net proceeds of $ 1,543,079 .
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, the Company had 15,252,580 shares issued and
+Added: 15,061,952 shares outstanding.
+Added: 2023 Stock Transactions
2023 Private Placement
−Removed: April to June 2023, the Company conducted a private placement of and entered into certain subscription agreements with several accredited
−Removed: Pursuant to the agreements, the Company issued 23,875 shares of common stock at $ 60 per share for a total of $ 955,000 .
−Removed: and Consulting Agreements
−Removed: June 2023, the Company entered into advisor agreements with certain advisors, pursuant to which the advisors will provide business and
−Removed: corporate advice in connection with the Offering to the Company.
−Removed: In consideration for the advisor’s services, the Company issued
−Removed: 12,500 shares of common stock to six individuals and entities, for an aggregate of 75,000 shares.
−Removed: The Company recorded an expense
−Removed: of $ 3,000,000 , or fair value of $ 40 per share, pertaining to these issuances, which is included in general and administrative expense
−Removed: in the statements of operations.
−Removed: The fair value was determined based on recent sales of stock under the 2023 Private Placement disclosure
−Removed: August 2023, the board of directors approved an issuance of and the Company issued an aggregate total of 62,501 shares of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock under the LQR House Inc.
−Removed: Stock Option and Incentive Plan (“2021 Plan”) to certain consultants with whom the
−Removed: Company entered into independent contractor agreements, in consideration for their providing consulting services to the Company.
−Removed: Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of $ 2,552,500 , or $ 40.80 per share based on the fair value of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock at the time of the agreements, for the year ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: The amount was included in general and administrative
−Removed: expenses in the statements of operations.
−Removed: Public Offering
−Removed: the IPO, which closed on August 11, 2021, the Company issued and sold 28,750 shares of common stock, including the exercise of the over-allotment
+Added: From April to June 2023,
+Added: the Company conducted a private placement of and entered into certain subscription agreements with several accredited investors.
+Added: to the agreements, the Company issued 23,875 shares of common stock at $ 60 per share for a total of $ 955,000 .
+Added: Advisor and Consulting
+Added: In June 2023, the Company
+Added: entered into advisor agreements with certain advisors, pursuant to which the advisors will provide business and corporate advice in connection
+Added: with the Offering to the Company.
+Added: In consideration for the advisor’s services, the Company issued 12,500 shares of common
+Added: stock to six individuals and entities, for an aggregate of 75,000 shares.
+Added: The Company recorded an expense of $ 3,000,000 , or
+Added: fair value of $ 40 per share, pertaining to these issuances, which is included in general and administrative expense in the statements
+Added: of operations.
+Added: The fair value was determined based on recent sales of stock under the 2023 Private Placement disclosure noted above.
+Added: In August 2023, the board
+Added: of directors approved the issuance of an aggregate total of 62,501 shares of the Company’s common stock under the LQR
+Added: Stock Option and Incentive Plan (“2021 Plan”) to certain consultants with whom the Company entered into independent
+Added: contractor agreements, in consideration for their providing consulting services to the Company.
+Added: The Company recognized stock-based compensation
+Added: expense of $ 2,552,500 , or $ 40.80 per share based on the fair value of the Company’s common stock at the time of the agreements,
+Added: for the year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: The amount was included in general and administrative expenses in the statements of operations.
+Added: Initial Public Offering
+Added: In the IPO, which closed
+Added: on August 11, 2021, the Company issued and sold 28,750 shares of common stock, including the exercise of the over-allotment
option, at a public offering price of $ 200 per share.
Total gross proceeds to the Company from the IPO were $ 5.75 million.
−Removed: The aggregate
−Removed: net proceeds to the Company from the IPO were approximately $ 4.5 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and total
−Removed: offering expenses.
−Removed: connection to the IPO, the Company agreed to issue the underwriters five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,437 shares
−Removed: of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $ 200 per share.
+Added: aggregate net proceeds to the Company from the IPO were approximately $ 4.5 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions
+Added: and total offering expenses.
+Added: In connection to the IPO,
+Added: the Company agreed to issue the underwriters five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,437 shares of the Company’s common stock
+Added: with an exercise price of $ 200 per share.
The warrants are immediately exercisable.
−Removed: Public Offerings
−Removed: October 16, 2023, the Company completed a subsequent closing of the public offering and issued 710,526 shares of common stock for gross
−Removed: proceeds of $ 5.4 million, or $ 7.60 per share.
+Added: Follow-On Public Offerings
+Added: On October 16, 2023, the
+Added: Company completed a subsequent closing of the public offering and issued 710,526 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of
+Added: $ 5.4 million, or $ 7.60 per share.
The Company received $ 4.9 million in net proceeds.
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common stock with an exercise price of $ 7.60 per share.
−Removed: November 13, 2023, the Company completed an additional closing of the public offering and issued 3,928,572 shares of common stock for
−Removed: gross proceeds of $ 11.0 million, or $ 2.80 per share.
+Added: On November 13, 2023, the
+Added: Company completed an additional closing of the public offering and issued 3,928,572 shares of common stock for gross proceeds
+Added: of $ 11.0 million, or $ 2.80 per share.
The Company received $ 5.3 million in net proceeds, as $ 4.8 million of the gross
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In connection with the November follow-on offering, the Company issued
−Removed: to the underwriters five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 196,428 shares of the Company’s common stock with an exercise
−Removed: price of $ 2.80 per share.
−Removed: December 27, 2023, the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option from the November offering and the Company issued an additional
−Removed: 589,286 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $ 1.65 million, or $ 2.80 per share.
+Added: to the underwriters five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 196,428 shares of the Company’s common stock with an
+Added: exercise price of $ 2.80 per share.
+Added: On December 27, 2023, the
+Added: underwriters exercised their over-allotment option from the November offering and the Company issued an additional 589,286 shares
+Added: of common stock for gross proceeds of $ 1.65 million, or $ 2.80 per share.
The Company received $ 1.56 million in net proceeds.
−Removed: Settlement for Shares
−Removed: September 27, 2023, the Company issued 63,766 shares of common stock as settlement for outstanding principal on notes of $ 950,000 and
−Removed: accrued interest of $ 171,000 (see Note 5).
−Removed: Cancellations
+Added: Debt Settlement for Shares
+Added: On September 27, 2023, the
+Added: Company issued 63,766 shares of common stock as settlement for outstanding principal on notes of $ 950,000 and accrued interest
+Added: of $ 171,000 (see Note 5).
Cancellations
−Removed: June 2023, the Company entered into a Cancellation Agreement with four stockholders, who each owned 18,750 shares of common stock
−Removed: or an aggregate of 75,000 shares.
−Removed: The stockholders purchased these shares from the founder, Sean Dollinger, pursuant to a stock
−Removed: purchase agreement on January 12, 2023, between Mr.
+Added: Stock cancellations
+Added: In June 2023, the Company
+Added: entered into a Cancellation Agreement with four stockholders, who each owned 18,750 shares of common stock or an aggregate of 75,000 shares.
+Added: The stockholders purchased these shares from the founder, Sean Dollinger, pursuant to a stock purchase agreement on January 12, 2023,
Dollinger and each of these four stockholders.
−Removed: As of the date these financial
−Removed: statements were available to be issued these shares were either cancelled or pending cancellation with the transfer agent.
−Removed: repurchased the shares for $ 18,000 .
−Removed: cancellations
−Removed: December 16, 2023, the Company cancelled all outstanding warrants issued to the underwriter for consideration of $ 60,000 .
−Removed: September 1, 2023, the board of directors of the Company authorized a share buyback program for up to 20 % 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,
−Removed: 2023 to effect the share buyback program.
−Removed: From September 8, 2023 through December 22, 203 , the Company confirmed the acquisition of 865,070
−Removed: shares of common stock for a total of $ 1,440,852 , which was initially recorded as treasury stock on the balance sheet and statement of
−Removed: stockholders’ equity.
+Added: The Company repurchased the shares for $ 18,000 .
+Added: Warrant cancellations
+Added: On December 16, 2023, the
+Added: Company cancelled all outstanding warrants issued to the underwriter for consideration of $ 60,000 .
+Added: Share Buyback
+Added: On September 1, 2023, the
+Added: board of directors of the Company authorized a share buyback program for up to 20 % of the Company’s common stock and approved
+Added: an agreement entered by and between the Company and Dominari Securities LLC (“Dominari”) on August 28, 2023 to effect the
+Added: share buyback program.
+Added: From September 8, 2023 through December 22, 2023, the Company confirmed the acquisition of 865,070 shares
+Added: of common stock for a total of $ 1,440,852 , which was initially recorded as treasury stock on the balance sheet and statement of stockholders’
+Added: equity (deficit).
On December 22, 2023, the 865,070 shares were sent to the Company’s transfer agent for retirement.
−Removed: of December 31, 2023, the Company had 4,829,438 shares issued and outstanding.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, the Company had 230,011 shares
−Removed: issued and outstanding.
−Removed: August 2023 the Company granted 31,250 restricted stock units (the Director RSU’s) which were to vest in eight equal quarterly
−Removed: installments commencing on October 1, 2023.
−Removed: On August 21, 2023, Jay Dhaliwal was added to the Board and was granted 500 Director RSUs
−Removed: which were to vest in eight 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: In January 2024, the Company
+Added: purchased a total of 190,628 shares of the Company’s common stock for $ 547,415 , which was recorded as treasury stock
+Added: on the balance sheet and statement of stockholders’ equity (deficit).
+Added: On December 30, 2024, the Company issued five-year warrants to several
+Added: accredited investors to purchase an aggregate of 10,909,090 shares of common stock at the exercise price of $ 0.55 per share (the “Warrant
+Added: The warrants are immediately exercisable.
+Added: These warrants can also be exercised, in whole or in part, by means of a “cashless
+Added: exercise” in which the holder shall be entitled to receive the number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing
+Added: a) the volume weighted-average price of the stock on the trading day preceding the exercise notice less the exercise price multiplied
+Added: by the Warrant Shares by b) the volume weighted-average price.
+Added: On December 30, 2024, 2,077,800
+Added: shares were issued pursuant to the immediate cashless exercise of the warrants.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, 7,366,209 warrants remained outstanding.
+Added: Restricted Stock Units
+Added: In August 2023, the Company
+Added: granted 31,250 restricted stock units (the Director RSU’s) which were to vest in eight equal quarterly installments commencing on
+Added: October 1, 2023.
+Added: On August 30, 2023, the Board authorized deferring the vesting of the Director RSUs until such date that the 2021 Plan
The RSUs had a grant-date fair value of $ 6,266,533 .
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of $ 1,091,648 , which is included in general
−Removed: and administrative expenses in the statement of operations.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2023, there were 29,250 Director RSUs outstanding after
−Removed: cancellations.
−Removed: PARTY TRANSACTIONS
−Removed: and Ssquared Spirits LLC
−Removed: Company’s founder who is a stockholder and member of the board of directors has an economic interest in Ssquared Spirits LLC, the
−Removed: seller of the CWS Platform acquisition.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recognized stock-based
+Added: compensation expense of $ 1,091,648 , which is included in general and administrative expenses in the statement of operations.
+Added: As of December
+Added: 31, 2023, there were 29,250 Director RSUs outstanding after cancellations.
+Added: On December 19, 2024, the
+Added: Company granted 50,000 restricted stock units (the 2024 Director RSU’s) to each newly elected independent director (see Note 8)
+Added: which shall vest in eight (8) equal quarterly installments commencing in the first quarter of 2025, provided that such directors remain
+Added: in continuous service of the Company on such dates.
+Added: The RSUs had a grant-date fair value of $ 318,000 .
+Added: During the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2024, 3,000 restricted stock units were forfeited following the resignation of three directors.
+Added: During the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2024, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of $ 2,533,256 in the statement of operations pertaining to the vesting
+Added: of director RSUs.
+Added: Total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted stock units amounted to $ 1,953,482 as of December
+Added: 31, 2024, which is expected to be recognized over approximately 2 years.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, 209,845 RSUs remained unvested.
+Added: The following table summarizes RSU activity for the year ended December
+Added: Restricted Stock Units
+Added: Unvested of December 31, 2023
+Added: Unvested as of December 31, 2024
+Added: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
+Added: KBROS and Ssquared Spirits
+Added: The Company’s founder
+Added: and Chief Executive Officer, who is a stockholder and member of the board of directors has an economic interest in Ssquared Spirits LLC,
+Added: the seller of the CWS Platform acquisition.
The spouse of the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and director, is the President
−Removed: and controlling stockholder of CWS, the managing member and director of Ssquared Spirits LLC, and a minority shareholder with the Company.
−Removed: In 2022, the former Chief Executive Officer resigned from the Company.
−Removed: See Note 4 for the CWS Platform acquisition from Squared.
−Removed: of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had $ 172,493 and $ 224,692 , respectively, in accounts receivable, related party with CWS pertaining
−Removed: to SWOL product revenues.
−Removed: the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, revenue from Vault memberships totaled $ 31,386 and 20,524 as of December 31, 2023 and 2022,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company paid certain costs pertaining to alcoholic products on behalf of CWS in order
−Removed: finance the purchase of brand product for which the Company was promoting through marketing services.
−Removed: The advances totaled $ 7,340 and
−Removed: $ 190,340 , respectively, during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, $ 7,340 and $ 314,766 , respectively,
−Removed: remained unpaid and outstanding from CWS.
−Removed: 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 year ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: House Illinois
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company paid $ 170,000 to a contractor for assistance in completion of the food hall bar owned by
−Removed: a related party under common management with the Company’s CEO, Veg House Illinois, Inc.
−Removed: Payable, Related Party
−Removed: of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had accounts payable of $ 58,589 and $ 104,002 , respectively, with related parties, including
−Removed: KBROS, the Company’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, and officers and directors.
−Removed: September 2023, two directors resigned from the Board of Directors, and agreed to cancel 1,250 RSU’s each.
−Removed: The cancellation was
−Removed: formalized in October 2023.
−Removed: Contractor Agreement
−Removed: August 2023, the Company entered into an independent contractor agreement for investor relations and advisory services with an entity
−Removed: for up to $ 1,000,000 , for which the Company paid $ 500,000 through December 31, 2023.
−Removed: The contractor co-owns a Company with the Company’s
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer, which is not controlled by LQR.
−Removed: Therefore the contractor and his related entities are considered affiliates.
−Removed: the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company did not record a current or deferred income tax expense or benefit due to
−Removed: current and historical losses incurred by the Company.
−Removed: The Company’s losses before income taxes consist solely of losses from domestic
−Removed: taxes are recognized for temporary differences between the basis of assets and liabilities for financial statement and income tax purposes.
−Removed: The following table presents the deferred tax assets and liabilities by source:
+Added: and controlling stockholder of KBROS, the managing member and director of Ssquared Spirits LLC, and a minority shareholder with the Company.
+Added: See Note 4 for the CWS Platform acquisition from SSquared.
+Added: KBROS acts as the Company’s Product Handler, whereby they are entitled
+Added: to compensation of $ 40,000 per month plus reimbursement for shipping and handling fees incurred by them for orders fulfilled through the
+Added: CWS Platform, and bonus for reaching certain revenue milestones.
+Added: Pursuant to the Product Handling Agreement, the Company incurred $ 480,000 ,
+Added: to KBROS for the year ended December 31, 2024, which is included in cost of revenue in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company paid $ 200,000 in incentive compensation, which is included in sales and marketing expenses
+Added: in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: October, 2024, the Company entered into a settlement and release agreement with KBROS, and its controlling stockholder, for an aggregate
+Added: amount equal to $ 4,100,000 , which is included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: of December 31, 2024, $ 3,600,000 remained unpaid and was included as accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: Of this amount,
+Added: $ 1,800,000 was paid in 2025 and $ 1,800,000 remained unpaid as of issuance date of these consolidated financial statements.
+Added: See Note 11 for funding commitment
+Added: Country Wine & Spirits,
+Added: CWS has 6 brick and mortar
+Added: locations for the sale of beer, wine, spirits and create value in retail locations throughout Southern California and specializes in logistics
+Added: of shipping and helping brands reach customers.
+Added: To date CWS has distributed all of the alcohol ordered by customers through the CWS Platform,
+Added: via our Product Handler agreement with KBROS.
+Added: The President of CWS is also the 100 % owner of KBROS, the Product Handler.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024 and
+Added: 2023, the Company had $ 149,510 and $ 172,493 , respectively, in accounts receivable, related party with CWS pertaining to product revenues .
+Added: In the event that CWS fails to repay the trade receivables, the Company believes it can offset the outstanding receivables against regular
+Added: payables due to KBROS.
+Added: Accounts Payable, Related
+Added: As of December 31, 2024 and
+Added: 2023, the Company had accounts payable of $ 21,175 and $ 58,589 , respectively, with related parties, including KBROS, the Company’s
+Added: founder and Chief Executive Officer, and officers and directors.
+Added: Board of Directors
+Added: In October 2024, Jay Dhaliwal
+Added: resigned from the Board of Directors, and pursuant to his resignation 500 RSU’s were cancelled which were unvested at time of resignation.
+Added: In December 2024, two directors,
+Added: James Huber and Gary Herman resigned from the Board of Directors, and pursuant to their resignation unvested 1,250 RSU’s to each
+Added: director, were cancelled.
+Added: On December 19, 2024, after
+Added: the Annual Meeting, the Board appointed Mr.
+Added: Lijun Chen and Dr.
+Added: Jing Lu to fill the vacancies on the Board resulting from the resignations
+Added: Huber and Mr.
+Added: Herman, effective as of December 19, 2024.
+Added: The initial terms as director for Mr.
+Added: Lu will expire at the
+Added: Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders.
+Added: Chen was also appointed to serve as the Chairman of the Board, a member of the
+Added: Audit Committee of the Board and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board.
+Added: Lu was appointed to serve
+Added: as a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board, a Chairperson of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board
+Added: and a Member of the Audit Committee of the Board.
+Added: On December 19, 2024 and
+Added: immediately after the Annual Meeting, the Board appointed newly elected director James O’Brien to serve as Chairman of the Compensation
+Added: Committee of the Board.
+Added: In connection with such director
+Added: appointments and the election of Mr.
+Added: Yilin Lu and Mr.
+Added: Hong Chun Yeung as directors of the Company on December 19, 2024, the Company entered
+Added: into an independent director agreement with each of the newly elected and appointed directors:
+Added: Yilin Lu, Mr.
+Added: Hong Chun Yeung, Mr.
+Added: Lijun Chen and Dr.
+Added: Jing Lu (each, the “Director Agreement”).
+Added: Pursuant to the Director Agreement, each of the abovementioned
+Added: directors will be entitled to receive from the Company an annual cash fee of $ 36,000 , to be paid in monthly installments, for their services
+Added: as a director of the Board.
+Added: Each of these directors shall also receive equity compensation in the form of 50,000 restricted stock units
+Added: (“RSUs”), vesting in eight (8) equal quarterly installments commencing in the first quarter of 2025, provided that such directors
+Added: remain in continuous service of the Company on such dates.
+Added: Performance Bonus
+Added: During the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2024, the Company paid its Chief Executive Officer and KBROS a performance bonus of $ 200,000 each for achieving certain revenue
+Added: levels through the CWS Platform.
+Added: Retention Agreements
+Added: See Note 7 for a summary
+Added: reconciliation of related and non-related party retention agreements.
+Added: See below for a detailed description.
+Added: In October 2024, the Company entered into a retention agreement with
+Added: its Chief Financial Officer whereby a retention bonus of $ 550,000 was awarded for continued services.
+Added: This amount was included in general
+Added: and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, $ 250,000 remained unpaid and was included
+Added: within accrued expenses, related party on the consolidated balance sheet, which has been paid as of the date of issuance of these consolidated
+Added: financial statements.
+Added: In October 2024, the Company
+Added: entered into a retention agreement with its Chief Executive Officer, and entities affiliated with the CEO, whereby a retention bonus of
+Added: $ 850,000 was awarded for continued services.
+Added: This amount was included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements
+Added: of operations.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, $ 800,000 remained unpaid and was included within accrued expenses, related party on the consolidated
+Added: balance sheet, which has been paid in January 2025.
+Added: In October 2024, the Company entered into a retention agreement with
+Added: its Chief Marketing Officer, Jaclyn Hoffman, whereby a retention bonus of $ 285,000 was awarded for continued services.
+Added: This amount was
+Added: included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, $ 255,000 remained
+Added: unpaid and was included within accrued expenses, related party on the consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: Of this amount, $ 100,000 was paid in
+Added: January 2025, and $ 155,000 remained unpaid as of issuance date of these consolidated financial statements.
+Added: In October 2024, the Company entered into a retention agreement with
+Added: its director Alexandra Hoffman whereby a retention bonus of $ 600,000 was awarded for continued services.
+Added: This amount was included in general
+Added: and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, $ 500,000 remained unpaid and was included
+Added: within accrued expenses, related party on the consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: This amount was paid in January 2025.
+Added: During the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2024, the Company paid an aggregate of $ 120,000 to four former directors as per their respective settlement agreements.
+Added: The Company historically
+Added: leased space from a related party entity, which is now month-to-month.
+Added: As part of the retention and settlement agreements above, the Company
+Added: agreed to pay this entity $ 40,000 .
+Added: For the years ended December 31,
+Added: 2024 and 2023, the Company did not record a current or deferred income tax expense or benefit due to current and historical losses incurred
+Added: by the Company.
+Added: The Company’s losses before income taxes consist solely of losses from domestic operations.
+Added: Deferred taxes are recognized
+Added: for temporary differences between the basis of assets and liabilities for financial statement and income tax purposes.
+Added: The following table
+Added: presents the deferred tax assets and liabilities by source:
Deferred tax assets:
−Removed: Net operating
−Removed: loss carryforwards
+Added: Net operating loss carryforwards
Valuation allowance
( 7,213,981 )
−Removed: deferred tax assets
−Removed: Company recognizes deferred tax assets to the extent that it believes that these assets are more likely than not to be realized.
−Removed: such a determination, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable
−Removed: temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax-planning strategies, and results of recent operations.
−Removed: The Company assessed
−Removed: the need for a valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets and determined a full valuation allowance is required due, cumulative
−Removed: losses through December 31, 2023, and no history of generating taxable income.
−Removed: Therefore, valuation allowances of $ 2,714,847 and $ 765,808 ,
−Removed: respectively, were recorded as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.
−Removed: Valuation allowance increased by $ 1,949,039 and $ 356,192 during the years
−Removed: ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
−Removed: Deferred tax assets were calculated using the Company’s combined effective tax
−Removed: rate, which it estimated to be approximately 28.0 %.
−Removed: The effective rate is reduced to 0 % for 2023 and 2022 due to the full valuation allowance
−Removed: on its net deferred tax assets.
−Removed: Company’s ability to utilize net operating loss carryforwards will depend on its ability to generate adequate future taxable income.
−Removed: At December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards available to offset future taxable income in the amounts
−Removed: of approximately $ 9,712,000 and $ 2,740,000 , respectively, which can be carried forward indefinitely.
−Removed: Certain changes in ownership can
−Removed: result in a limitation on the amount of net operating loss and tax credit carryovers that can be utilized each year.
−Removed: As of December 31,
−Removed: 2023, management has not determined the extent of any such limitations, if any.
−Removed: Company has evaluated its income tax positions and has determined that it does not have any uncertain tax positions.
−Removed: The Company will
−Removed: recognize interest and penalties related to any uncertain tax positions through its income tax expense.
−Removed: Company is subject to taxation in the U.S.
+Added: ( 2,714,847 )
+Added: Net deferred tax assets
+Added: The Company recognizes deferred
+Added: tax assets to the extent that it believes that these assets are more likely than not to be realized.
+Added: In making such a determination, the
+Added: Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences,
+Added: projected future taxable income, tax-planning strategies, and results of recent operations.
+Added: The Company assessed the need for a valuation
+Added: allowance against its net deferred tax assets and determined a full valuation allowance is required due, cumulative losses through December
+Added: 31, 2024, and no history of generating taxable income.
+Added: Therefore, valuation allowances of $ 7,213,981 and $ 2,714,847 , respectively, were
+Added: recorded as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.
+Added: Valuation allowance increased by $ 4,499,134 and $ 1,949,039 during the years ended December
+Added: 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: Deferred tax assets were calculated using the Company’s combined effective tax rate, which it estimated
+Added: to be approximately 28.0 %.
+Added: The effective rate is reduced to 0 % for 2024 and 2023 due to the full valuation allowance on its net deferred
+Added: The Company’s ability
+Added: to utilize net operating loss carryforwards will depend on its ability to generate adequate future taxable income.
+Added: At December 31, 2024
+Added: and 2023, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards available to offset future taxable income in the amounts of approximately $ 25,808,400
+Added: and $ 9,712,000 , respectively, which can be carried forward indefinitely.
+Added: Certain changes in ownership can result in a limitation on the
+Added: amount of net operating loss and tax credit carryovers that can be utilized each year.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, management has not determined
+Added: the extent of any such limitations, if any.
+Added: The Company has evaluated
+Added: its income tax positions and has determined that it does not have any uncertain tax positions.
+Added: The Company will recognize interest and
+Added: penalties related to any uncertain tax positions through its income tax expense.
+Added: The Company is subject to
+Added: taxation in the U.S.
and various state jurisdictions.
−Removed: The Company is not presently subject to any income tax audit
−Removed: in any taxing jurisdiction, though all tax years from 2021 on remain open to examination.
−Removed: AND CONTINGENCIES
−Removed: In February 2023, the Company
−Removed: entered into a lease agreement for office space in Miami, Florida.
−Removed: The agreement matures in February 2025 and requires monthly payments
−Removed: The Company adopted ASC 842 on January 1, 2022 and recognized a right of use asset and liability of $ 19,007 using
−Removed: a discount rate of 8.0 %.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2023,
−Removed: the outstanding right of use liability was $ 9,858 , including a current portion of $ 7,324 and a non-current liability of $ 2,534 .
−Removed: As of December 31, 2023,
−Removed: there are future annual minimum payments totaling $ 10,200 through January 2024.
−Removed: Commitment Agreement
−Removed: November 1, 2023, the Company entered into a Funding Commitment Agreement with KBROS, the Product Handler pursuant to the Product Handling
−Removed: Agreement as defined in Note 4.
−Removed: Pursuant to this agreement, the Company commits to provide annual funding to the Product Handler from
−Removed: time to time in the minimum amount of $ 2,500,000 to enable the Product Handler to purchase inventory from Company-approved vendors (“Vendors”).
+Added: The Company is not presently subject to any income tax audit in any taxing jurisdiction,
+Added: though all tax years from 2021 on remain open to examination.
+Added: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
+Added: Funding Commitment Agreement
+Added: On November 1, 2023, the
+Added: Company entered into a Funding Commitment Agreement with KBROS, the Product Handler pursuant to the Product Handling Agreement as defined
+Added: Pursuant to this agreement, the Company committed to provide annual funding to the Product Handler from time to time in the
+Added: minimum amount of $ 2,500,000 to enable the Product Handler to purchase inventory from Company-approved vendors (“Vendors”).
The Company may, without notice to Product Handler, elect not to advance funding for any inventory sold by particular Vendors with respect
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Handler or Vendors.
+Added: For further details regarding
+Added: the settlement agreement, see Note 9.
Contingencies
−Removed: Company may be subject to pending legal proceedings and regulatory actions in the ordinary course of business.
−Removed: The results of such proceedings
−Removed: cannot be predicted with certainty, but the Company does not anticipate that the final outcome, if any, arising out of any such matters
−Removed: will have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition or results of operations.
−Removed: January 2024, the Company purchased a total of 190,628 shares of the Company’s common stock at an average price of $ 2.90 per share.
−Removed: February 2024, the Board of Directors declared a 50 % stock dividend for distribution to all of the Company’s shareholders of record
−Removed: at the close of business on February 12, 2024.
−Removed: On March 1, 2024, 1,609,817 shares were issued per the dividend.
−Removed: As a result of the stock
−Removed: dividend, a 3 :
−Removed: 2 stock split was effected.
−Removed: Accordingly, all share and per share amounts for all periods presented in the accompanying
−Removed: financial statements and notes thereto have been adjusted retroactively, where applicable, to reflect the stock split.
−Removed: The Company filed on February
−Removed: 13, 2024 a Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada
−Removed: increasing its authorized shares to 350,000,000 shares of common stock.
+Added: The Company may be subject
+Added: to pending legal proceedings and regulatory actions in the ordinary course of business.
+Added: The results of such proceedings cannot be predicted
+Added: with certainty, but the Company does not anticipate that the final outcome, if any, arising out of any such matters will have a material
+Added: adverse effect on its business, financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
+Added: Through the issuance date,
+Added: the Company has issued common shares pursuant to the exercise of 7,366,209 warrants for proceeds of approximately $ 4,050,000 .
+Added: Through the issuance date,
+Added: the Company has issued 13,816,082 shares of common stock pursuant to its ATM Agreement for net proceeds of $ 5,014,022 .
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