NOTE 12 – EQUITY

Preferred Stock

On January 22, 2021, the Company entered into a Resignation and Release Agreement and a Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement with Michael A. Nahass. Mr. Nahass agreed to resign from his positions as a director, executive officer and employee of the Company, and the Company agreed to purchase from Mr. Nahass the four shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock held by Mr. Nahass for an aggregate purchase price of $3,100,000, of which (i) $1,000,000 was paid in cash, and $2.1 million was paid in the form of promissory notes. The Company recorded severance expense equal to the fair value of consideration paid to Mr. Nahass in current period earnings.

On January 22, 2021, the Company entered into a Resignation and Release Agreement with Derek Peterson, pursuant to which Mr. Peterson agreed to resign from his positions as a director, executive officer and employee of the Company effective immediately upon the Company’s closing of a private placement in the amount of not less than $3,500,000, which occurred on January 25, 2021. In addition, the Company extended the time within which vested common stock options held by Mr. Peterson may be exercised to 150 days after the date of resignation.

Mr. Peterson agreed to the cancellation of his Series A Preferred Stock through conversion into 16,485,714 shares of common stock and, in consideration of the conversion, was issued 4,945,055 warrants to purchase common stock, expiring in June 2026, with an exercise price of $0.01 per share, which are subject to a one-year lockup with registration rights. The Company recorded severance expense equal to the fair value of consideration paid to Mr. Peterson in current period earnings.

On February 3, 2021, the Company filed (1) a Certificate of Withdrawal of Certificate of Designation of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, which withdraws the Certificate of Designation establishing the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock and eliminates the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock from the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and (2) a Certificate of Withdrawal of Certificate of Designation of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, which withdraws the Certificate of Designation establishing the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock and eliminates the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock from the Company’s Articles of Incorporation.

Common Stock

The Company authorized 990.0 million shares of common stock with $0.001 par value per share. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, 234.24 million and 194.2 million shares of common stock were outstanding, respectively.

Treasury Stock

During 2021, the Company acquired 8 shares of Series A Preferred stock as part of the resignation and release agreements entered into with Mr. Nahass and Mr. Peterson, as described above. The shares were recorded at fair market value as of the date the agreements were executed.