PART II - OFFERING CIRCULAR
An offering statement pursuant to Regulation A relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Information contained in this Preliminary Offering Circular is subject to completion or amendment. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted before the offering statement filed with the Commission is qualified. The Preliminary Offering Circular shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor may there be any sales of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful before registration or qualification under the laws of any such state. We may elect to satisfy our obligation to deliver a Final Offering Circular by sending you a notice within two business days after the completion of our sale to you that contains the URL where the Final Offering Circular or the Offering Statement in which such Final Offering Circular was filed may be obtained.
Preliminary Offering Circular Subject to Completion
Dated February 10, 2025
MED-X, INC. |
8236 Remmet Avenue Canoga Park, California 91304 (818) 349-2870 www.MEDX-RX.com |
$10,000,000
2,500,000 Shares of Common Stock at $4.00 per Share by the Company
Minimum Investment: $600.00
FORM 1-A: TIER 2
FOR SOPHISTICATED INVESTORS ONLY
Med-X, Inc. (the “Company,” “Med-X,” “we,” “us,” and “our”) is offering up to 2,500,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, for $4.00 per share (the “Offering Price”), for gross proceeds to the Company of up to $10,000,000, before deduction of offering expenses, assuming all shares are sold. The Offering Price has been arbitrarily determined by the Company and is not based on book value, assets, earnings or any other recognizable standard of value. This offering will begin as soon as practicable after this offering circular has been qualified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”). As of February 7, 2025, the Company had 20,507,443 shares of common stock outstanding.
THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OF OR GIVE ITS APPROVAL TO ANY SECURITIES OFFERED OR THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, NOR DOES IT PASS UPON THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OFFERING CIRCULAR OR OTHER SELLING LITERATURE. THESE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE COMMISSION, HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREUNDER ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.
GENERALLY, NO SALE MAY BE MADE TO YOU IN THIS OFFERING IF THE AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE YOU PAY IS MORE THAN 10% OF THE GREATER OF YOUR ANNUAL INCOME OR NET WORTH. DIFFERENT RULES APPLY TO ACCREDITED INVESTORS AND NON-NATURAL PERSONS. BEFORE MAKING ANY REPRESENTATION THAT YOUR INVESTMENT DOES NOT EXCEED APPLICABLE THRESHOLDS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW RULE 251(D)(2)(I)(C) OF REGULATION A FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ON INVESTING. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REFER TO WWW.INVESTOR.GOV.
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The offering will terminate on the first to occur of (i) the date on which all 2,500,000 shares have been sold, (ii) the date which is one year from this offering being qualified by the SEC or (c) the date on which this offering is earlier terminated by us, in our sole discretion, with respect to the Company’s shares offered in this offering, regardless of the amount of capital raised (in each case, the “Termination Date There is no minimum capital required from this offering, and therefore an initial closing and release of funds from the subscription escrow account established for the offering may occur at any funding amount. Funds released from escrow will be deposited directly into the Company’s operating account for immediate use.
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(1) | The Company has engaged Dealmaker Securities LLC (“Broker”) to act as lead selling agent (the “Selling Agent”) to offer the shares of our common stock, par value $0.001, to prospective investors in this offering on a “best efforts” basis, which means that there is no guarantee that any minimum amount will be received by the Company in this offering. Broker is not purchasing the shares of common stock offered by us and is not required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of shares in this offering before a closing occurs. The Company will pay a cash commission of 4.5% to Broker on sales of the shares of common stock in this, and a one-time advance of accountable expenses not to exceed $12,500. There is also other compensation paid to Broker affiliates as part of this offering that is not included in the table above but constitute part of the underwriting compensation. See “Plan of Distribution” on page 61 for details of compensation payable to the Selling Agent in connection with the offering. The maximum underwriting compensation to be paid to Broker and affiliates is $852,500 (8.53%) of the Offering total . Further, the Company confirms that the 2% payment processing fee is not provided to DealMaker Securities LLC, but rather, is provided to unaffiliated third-party payment providers. |
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(2) | Does not account for the expenses of the offering. The Company expects that the amount of expenses of the offering that it will pay will be approximately $440,000 at the maximum offering amount, not including state filing fees. |
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THIS OFFERING IS HIGHLY SPECULATIVE AND THESE SECURITIES INVOLVE A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ONLY BY PERSONS WHO CAN AFFORD THE LOSS OF THEIR ENTIRE INVESTMENT. SEE “RISK FACTORS” ON PAGE 33.
THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR IS NOT KNOWN TO CONTAIN AN UNTRUE STATEMENT OF A MATERIAL FACT, NOR TO OMIT MATERIAL FACTS WHICH IF OMITTED, WOULD MAKE THE STATEMENTS HEREIN MISLEADING. IT CONTAINS A FAIR SUMMARY OF THE MATERIAL TERMS OF DOCUMENTS PURPORTED TO BE SUMMARIZED HEREIN. HOWEVER, THIS IS A SUMMARY ONLY AND DOES NOT PURPORT TO BE COMPLETE. ACCORDINGLY, REFERENCE SHOULD BE MADE TO THE CERTIFICATION OF RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND PRIVILEGES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO HEREIN, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ATTACHED HERETO OR WILL BE SUPPLIED UPON REQUEST, FOR THE EXACT TERMS OF SUCH AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS.
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THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS CONCERNING THE COMPANY OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR, AND IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH OTHER INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON.
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PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS ARE NOT TO CONSTRUE THE CONTENTS OF THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR, OR OF ANY PRIOR OR SUBSEQUENT COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR AFFILIATES, AS INVESTMENT, LEGAL, FINANCIAL OR TAX ADVICE. EACH INVESTOR SHOULD CONSULT HIS OWN COUNSEL, ACCOUNTANT AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS AS TO LEGAL, TAX AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS CONCERNING HIS INVESTMENT.
JURISDICTIONAL (NASAA) LEGENDS
FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL STATES: THE PRESENCE OF A LEGEND FOR ANY GIVEN STATE REFLECTS ONLY THAT A LEGEND MAY BE REQUIRED BY THAT STATE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED TO MEAN AN OFFER OR SALE MAY BE MADE IN A PARTICULAR STATE. IF YOU ARE UNCERTAIN AS TO WHETHER OR NOT OFFERS OR SALES MAY BE LAWFULLY MADE IN ANY GIVEN STATE, YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED TO CONTACT THE COMPANY. THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED IN THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS (COMMONLY CALLED "BLUE SKY" LAWS).
This Offering Circular follows the disclosure format of Form S-1, pursuant to the General Instructions of Part II(a)(1)(ii) of Form 1-A.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This offering circular contains forward-looking statements that are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to us. All statements other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are contained principally in, but not limited to, the sections entitled “Summary,” “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Business.” These statements relate to future events or to our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:
● | our goals and strategies; |
● | our future business development, financial condition and results of operations; |
● | expected changes in our revenue, costs or expenditures; |
● | growth of and competition trends in our industry; |
● | our expectations regarding demand for, and market acceptance of, our products and services; |
● | our expectations regarding our relationships with investors, institutional funding partners and other parties we collaborate with; |
● | our expectation regarding the use of proceeds from this offering; |
● | fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in the market in which we operate; and |
● | relevant government policies and regulations relating to our industry. |
In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “could,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “project” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which are, in some cases, beyond our control and which could materially affect results. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, those listed under the heading “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this offering statement. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties occur, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual events or results may vary significantly from those implied or projected by the forward-looking statements. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future performance.
The forward-looking statements made in this offering circular relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this offering circular. Although we will become a public company after this offering and have ongoing disclosure obligations under U.S. federal securities laws, we do not intend to update or otherwise revise the forward-looking statements in this offering circular, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this offering circular. It does not include all of the information you should consider before investing. You should read the entire offering circular carefully, including the "Risk Factors" section beginning on page 33 and the financial statements and notes.
Overview
Med-X, Inc., a Nevada corporation founded in 2014, focuses on developing, marketing, and distributing natural, eco-friendly products. The company is dedicated to providing innovative solutions in pest control, pain management, and natural wellness, addressing the growing demand for sustainable alternatives across industries. Our product lines include Nature-Cide®, Thermal-Aid®, and Malibu Brands, each targeting unique market needs. Additionally, Med-X operates The MJT Network®, an online media platform providing cannabis-related content and advertising opportunities.Our business model leverages strategic partnerships, e-commerce platforms, and direct sales to generate revenue. By combining innovative product development with an emphasis on environmentally conscious practices, Med-X is positioned to capitalize on expanding market opportunities in the natural products sector.
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Acquisition of Pacific Shore.
In 2018, Med-X completed its acquisition of Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc., a California-based company. This acquisition integrated Pacific Shore’s existing product portfolio, distribution networks, and intellectual property into Med-X’s operations, significantly enhancing the company’s capacity to innovate and scale its product lines.
As part of the merger, Pacific Shore became a wholly owned subsidiary of Med-X. To protect shareholder value, Matthew Mills, Med-X’s Chairman and CEO, tendered a substantial number of shares, ensuring minimal dilution for existing shareholders. Pacific Shore’s contribution includes a strong distribution network for its Nature-Cide products, an established presence in the pest control and wellness markets, and a pipeline of innovations aligned with Med-X’s vision. The acquisition has been instrumental in expanding Med-X’s reach and operational capabilities, particularly in leveraging Pacific Shore’s pest control expertise and regulatory compliance frameworks.
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Nature-Cide.
Nature-Cide is Med-X’s flagship product line of all-natural pest control solutions. These products, developed in collaboration with Pacific Shore, are designed to provide effective, chemical-free alternatives to traditional pesticides. Comprising essential oils like cedar, cinnamon, and citronella, Nature-Cide products are safe for humans and pets, making them ideal for residential, commercial, and agricultural use.
Nature-Cide’s product range includes:
| · | All-Purpose Insecticide: Effective against ants, cockroaches, fleas, and more. |
| · | Pest Management X2: A professional-grade solution for pest control operators. |
| · | Granular and Dust Formulations: Designed for agricultural use, including cannabis cultivation. |
Nature-Cide products are classified as minimum risk pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), exempting them from federal registration. The products are registered in multiple states and distributed nationally through partnerships with pest control distributors such as Target Specialty Products (TSP) and Veseris (VES).Additionally, Nature-Cide has a growing presence in international markets, including the Caribbean and parts of Asia. The product’s appeal is bolstered by increasing regulatory restrictions on toxic pesticides, driving demand for safer, natural alternatives. Med-X continues to invest in research and development to expand Nature-Cide’s applications and market reach.
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Thermal-Aid
Thermal-Aid is a line of therapeutic heating and cooling products targeting pain relief for humans and animals. The product range includes:
| · | Thermal-Aid Zoo®: Child-friendly, animal-shaped heating and cooling packs. |
| · | Thermal-Aid Headache Relief System®: A patented solution for migraines and tension headaches. |
| · | Traditional Thermal-Aid Packs: For arthritis, sports injuries, and general pain management. |
Thermal-Aid products are made from 100% natural materials, including a patented corn-based filler that retains temperature for extended periods. Clinical trials have demonstrated their efficacy in reducing pain and the need for medication.The Thermal-Aid line is distributed through e-commerce platforms like Amazon, retail chains such as Kroger, and healthcare-focused distributors. Med-X continues to explore new applications and consumer-friendly designs to enhance the product line’s appeal.
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The MJT Network
The MJT Network® is Med-X, Inc.'s online media platform hosted on www.marijuanatimes.org, which has been publishing cannabis and hemp industry news since July 2015. The platform generates revenue from advertisers and traffic optimization strategies and provides content covering a broad range of topics, including news, current events, business, financial, legislative, legal, cultural, medical, scientific, and technological aspects of the cannabis and hemp industries, both nationally and internationally.Content is contributed by consultants, freelance and staff writers, Med-X personnel, and public news sources. The MJT Network is accessible through web, smartphone, and tablet applications, with its original content distributed via digital platforms like iOS apps, Vimeo Video, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Apple NewsMed-X plans to integrate e-commerce into the MJT Network in 2024-2025, enabling the sale of branded industry products from third-party suppliers and its own product lines, subject to federal and state compliance. However, the timeline for adding e-commerce capabilities remains uncertain.
Distributors
Med-X generates most of its revenue through large distributors, with its Nature-Cide products distributed by several pest control distributors, including VES, TSP, PV, PCS, ENX, and FOR. These products are also available through major marketplaces such as Amazon, Kroger, and Walmart, and they are increasingly supplied to TSP's parent company, Rentokil Initial International, as well as through ENX in countries like Singapore and Hong Kong.
For the year ending December 31, 2023, Med-X derived 18% of its revenue from a single customer, Target Specialty Products. In 2022, 32% of revenue came from two customers, with 19% from Target Specialty Products and 13% from Veseris. Med-X’s relationships with distributors are demand-driven, operating as a supplier within their distribution systems without written agreements. The lack of formal contracts introduces uncertainty, as any significant reduction in purchases by major customers could materially impact the company’s financial performance. This revenue concentration is expected to persist for the foreseeable future, and the company acknowledges the potential risks associated with this dependency.
Vendors
Med-X relies on single supplier relationships for raw materials and filling capacity due to the unique formulation and components of its product lines. This reliance poses a business risk, as operational issues or supply disruptions from these vendors could adversely affect the company’s operations.
In 2023, two vendors accounted for 78% of total purchases:
| · | Berje: 45% |
| · | Actions & Company: 33% |
In 2022, two vendors similarly accounted for 77% of total purchases:
| · | Berje: 57% |
| · | Actions & Company: 20% |
While Med-X recognizes the risks associated with this vendor concentration, the company believes that alternative suppliers are available to provide comparable inventory if significant vendors become unable or unwilling to deliver on time.
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Our chairman and founder, Mr. Mills, has licensed two trademarks to the Company on a royalty free basis that he acquired for “Thermal-Aid” and “Nature’s Therapeutic Source.” He also owns two patents related to Thermal-Aid which have since expired in 2023. The first is a patent for a thermal device for applying thermal energy to the body of a person, animal, or other surface utilizing segmented organic filler. The second is for a thermal device and ornamental design for applying thermal energy to the body of a person, animal, or other surface utilizing segmented organic filler that may have the general appearance of a child’s toy or other configuration. Our chairman and founder Matthew Mills, has granted us an exclusive worldwide royalty-free license to utilize and sublicense these trademarks to market, distribute, and sell Thermal-Aid, for which he was issued 4,605,337 shares of PSH-CA’s common stock which he subsequently exchanged for shares of our common stock (the “License Agreement”). Mr. Mills has not received any payments to date under this License Agreement. There are no milestones and no royalty rate associated with the License Agreement. The License Agreement was entered into as of January 15, 2010 (the “Effective Date”) and the initial term of the License Agreement was for a period of one year from the Effective Date. Thereafter, the License Agreement automatically renews each year for an additional year unless terminated in writing by either party to the License Agreement at least 30 days prior to the termination of the then current term. The license has been renewed every year since 2010. During the term, the license is exclusive to the Company. There have been no payments made to date and there are no milestones payments in the License Agreement.
On June 22, 2012, we entered into an exclusive license agreement with Dr. Hyson, d.b.a. Hyson Medical Products, pursuant to which we were granted an exclusive license to utilize three patents currently owned by Dr. Hyson: (1) Device and Method for Treatment of Headache – 5,700,238 (December 23, 1997), (2) Medicated Wrap – 6,313,370 (November 6, 2001), and (3) Medicated Wrap – 7,186,260 (March 6, 2007). The patents have since expired and we are using the technology and case study covered by these patents to market additional private label consumer products under our brand to address headache pain relief, both migraine and tension. Dr. Hyson already sells his own line of headache pain relief and medicated wrap products for consumers. We have a license to utilize these patents for any branded products developed by us during the term of the license agreement. For such branded products, Dr. Hyson receives a license fee equal to 5% of net sales made by us of those products. There are no milestone payments associated with this license agreement. We will own the intellectual property to all of our branded products developed under this license agreement. The initial term of the license agreement is five (5) years with options exercisable for one-year extensions, subject to termination after two (2) years if by then we have not brought a branded product to market. We commercialized this technology within two (2) years by the launch of our Thermal-Aid Headache Relief System and have extended the one-year(1) extensions since the original five (5) license agreement expired.
Recent Developments
Med-X has undertaken several strategic initiatives to strengthen its market position and operational capabilities:
| 1. | International Expansion of Nature-Cide: In 2023, Med-X entered into a distribution agreement with Ensystex to expand Nature-Cide’s reach into 29 international territories, including Australia, Southeast Asia, and parts of Africa. Ensystex is responsible for obtaining regulatory approvals, facilitating entry into these markets. |
| 2. | Development of New Products: Med-X is working on next-generation formulations of Nature-Cide, including an insecticidal paint additive designed to repel pests. The product is undergoing efficacy testing and is expected to launch in 2025. |
| 3. | Reg CF Offering and Reverse Stock Split: To align with investor expectations and facilitate access to public markets, Med-X implemented a 1-for-16 reverse stock split in April 2024. The company is also currently conducting a Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) offering to raise additional capital prior to the Company’s launch of an anticipated qualification of its Regulation A+ offering contemplated in this offering circular. Furthermore, the Company plans to close its current Reg CF prior to the launch of its contemplated Regulation A+ mentioned in this offering circular. |
| 4. | Partnership with Dealmaker Securities: Med-X has engaged Dealmaker Securities LLC as the lead selling agent for its Regulation A offering. This partnership supports the company’s efforts to reach a broad investor base while maintaining compliance with regulatory standards. |
| 5. | Advisory Agreement with Maxim Group: In July 2024, Med-X entered into an agreement with Maxim Group for investment banking and financial advisory services. The agreement aligns with Med-X’s strategic focus on scaling its operations and pursuing growth opportunities. |
| 6. | Operational Efficiencies: Med-X has streamlined its production and distribution processes to meet rising demand for Nature-Cide and Thermal-Aid products. The company continues to work closely with key distributors to optimize inventory management and customer outreach. |
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| On April 15, 2024, the Board of Med-X, Inc. approved a 1-for-16 reverse stock split of its outstanding common stock, effective April 16, 2024. This decision was made to establish a valuation that the Company believes will be attractive to potential investors in connection with a proposed Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) offering. The reverse stock split will not change the number of authorized shares, which will remain at 300,000,000. Med-X has retained DealMaker Securities LLC as the intermediary for the Reg CF offering. DealMaker will receive fees totaling 8.5% of the securities sold, which include payment processing fees, a one-time activation fee of $32,500 (covering onboarding, due diligence, and asset creation costs), and a monthly subscription fee of $2,000 after the offering's effective date. Additionally, Med-X will pay $10,000 per month for marketing services provided by DealMaker. |
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Patents and Trademarks
Below is a list of the Company’s patents and trademarks as of February 7, 2025:
Med-X Patent and Trademark Summary
Country | Official No. | Title | Case Status | Property Type |
USA | 88/218348 | THE MARIJUANA TIMES IC 41 | Pending | Trademark |
USA | 88/218390 | M. THE MARIJUANA TIMES (stylized) IC 41 | Pending | Trademark |
USA | 88/243436 | MALIBU BRANDS (logo) IC 5 | Pending | Trademark |
USA | 88/243444 | MALIBU BRANDS (logo) IC 25 | Pending | Trademark |
Canada | 2931915 | SOIL BLENDS CONTAINING AN INSECTICIDE AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF | Published | Patent application; Anticipated expiration date May 31, 2036; Composition of matter and method patent |
USA | 11,147,266 | SOIL BLENDS CONTAINING AN INSECTICIDE AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF (non-provisional) | Issued | Patent; Expiration date May 31, 2036; Composition of matter and method patent |
USA | 62/170320 | SOIL BLENDS CONTAINING AN INSECTICIDE AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF (provisional) | Expired | Provisional Patent Application |
USA | 17/502228 | SOIL BLENDS CONTAINING AN INSECTICIDE AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF (non-provisional) | Published | Patent No. 12,022,824 B2 Anticipated expiration date May 31, 2036; Composition of matter and method patent |
All of the trademarks listed above are owned by the Company.
Below is a list of Pacific Shore Holdings’ patents and trademarks as of February 7, 2025:
Pacific Shore Holdings Patent and Trademark Summary
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Australia | 1366146 | ENERGY-X IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
Australia | 1366144 | BURNER BALM IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
Canada | 1788556 | NATURE-CIDE IC5 (owner: Matthew Mills) | Allowed | Trademark |
China | 21017818 | NATURE-CIDE IC5 (owner: Matthew Mills) | Registered | Trademark |
China | 7911478 | BURNER BALM IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
China | 1559469 | THERMAL AID ZOO (stylized) IC 10* | Registered | Trademark |
China | 15519468 | THERMAL AID logo IC 5 & 10* | Registered | Trademark |
EU | 0085884203 | PERFORMANCE-X IC 3, 5 & 35 | Registered | Trademark |
EU | 008583932 | BURNER BALM IC 3, 5 & 35 | Registered | Trademark |
EU | 008584088 | ENERY-X IC 3, 5 &35 | Registered | Trademark |
Japan | 5318604 | ENERY-X IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
Japan | 5329859 | BURNER BALM IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
Korea | 40-855739 | ENERY-X IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
Korea | 40-0855633 | BURNER BALM IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
New Zealand | 825514 | BURNER BALM IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
New Zealand | 825515 | ENERGY-X IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
Thailand | 756974 | BURNER BALM IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 3753893 | BURNER BALM IC 3 & 5 | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 3777982 | ENERGY-X IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 3628026 | NATURE-CIDE IC 5 (owner: Matthew Mills) | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 3777984 | ENERGY-X IC 5 (lip balm) | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 4444076 | ENERGY-X IC 30 | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 3064560 | THERMAL AID IC 10 (suppl. Reg.)* | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 4190596 | ENERGY X IC 5 (gum)* | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 6074312 | THERMAL-AID* | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 7182777 | THERMAL DEVICE AND METHOD | Issued | Patent; Expiration date Feb. 9, 2024; Composition of matter patent |
USA | 7179280 | THERMAL DEVICE | Issued | Patent; Expiration date Feb. 9, 2024; Composition of matter patent |
*These patents have been licensed to the Company by our Chief Executive Officer, Matthew Mills.
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The market for insecticides and related products for both business and consumer customers is highly competitive, with low barriers to entry. Existing and new competitors can easily launch products, intensifying competition. Med-X competes or may compete with large, well-resourced companies like Bayer, Ecolabs, Envincio, and Essentra, which already benefit from strong brand recognition and significant human and financial resources. The company also faces competition for readers and advertisers on its online news platform, The MJT Network®. Nature-Cide encounters intense competition from both chemical-based and all-natural pesticides, many of which have been established in the market for years, particularly in agricultural sectors like cannabis cultivation. While management believes that Med-X can compete effectively, there is no guarantee that competition will not impact the company's ability to maintain and grow its planned business operations.
Government Regulation
Med-X is subject to various federal, state, and local regulations that increase costs and potentially impact business operations. These include employment laws covering wages, safety, and working conditions; environmental laws applicable to farming; advertising regulations enforced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); and safety and labeling rules governed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Federal Regulations
The United States regulates cannabis primarily through the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Marijuana, classified as a Schedule I controlled substance, is deemed to have high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use. Cannabis with THC concentrations above 0.3% is classified as marijuana, while cannabis with THC levels below 0.3% is defined as hemp. This classification conflicts with the medical and recreational use of marijuana legalized in at least 36 states and the District of Columbia, creating regulatory ambiguity. Despite these conflicts, 15 states and the District of Columbia have legalized adult-use cannabis. However, state laws remain vulnerable to legal challenges and federal enforcement under the CSA, which prohibits the possession, use, cultivation, and transfer of marijuana.
Evolving Federal Policy
In 2013, the Cole Memorandum issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) outlined enforcement priorities for marijuana-related activities in states where it was legalized. These priorities included preventing underage sales, diversion to illegal markets, and public health issues like drugged driving. However, the Cole Memorandum was rescinded in 2018 by the Sessions Memorandum, which provided no specific marijuana enforcement guidance, leaving federal prosecutors to use their discretion.
Under the Biden administration, Attorney General Merrick Garland has suggested that prosecuting marijuana activities in compliant states is not an effective use of federal resources. However, no formal marijuana enforcement policy has been announced, leaving regulatory uncertainty.
State Regulations
Unlike Canada, which regulates cannabis federally, marijuana laws in the U.S. vary by state. Businesses must comply with state and local licensing requirements. In California, where medicinal cannabis has been legal since 1996, cannabis is now permitted for both medicinal and recreational use. Federal enforcement remains a risk until Congress amends the CSA to address marijuana's legal status. Med-X's compliance with state laws does not eliminate the risk of federal prosecution, and the lack of uniform federal guidance continues to pose challenges for the cannabis industry.
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California Cannabis Regulations and Federal Challenges
California’s Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) provides the framework for cannabis licensing, oversight, and enforcement. Regulations by the California Department of Cannabis Control cover licensing procedures, operational rules, product safety, packaging, and enforcement actions. Some cities and counties offer equity programs to support individuals impacted by historical drug laws, providing faster licensing, operational assistance, and financial aid. The cannabis industry faces significant regulatory challenges, with evolving laws at the local, state, and federal levels. Compliance requires substantial resources, and violations—or allegations of violations—could disrupt operations. Future regulatory changes could also impact federal tax policies, potentially limiting deductions for cannabis-related businesses. At the federal level, the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment restricts the Department of Justice (DOJ) from interfering with state-legal medical cannabis programs but requires annual renewal and expired in 2022. Proposed reforms, such as the CARERS Act to reclassify cannabis and the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act to protect state-compliant businesses, have not passed. This regulatory uncertainty creates operational risks for Med-X, but the company is committed to compliance with applicable state and local laws to mitigate these challenges.
Relevant California Regulations
The California Department of Cannabis Control makes regulations for cannabis businesses. These regulations specify:
| · | License application procedures; |
| · | Rules for running a cannabis business; |
| · | What can and cannot be made into a cannabis product, and what ingredients can and cannot be used; |
| · | Packaging requirements to prevent contamination and to inform consumers about what’s inside; |
| · | The testing that each product must pass before it can be sold; and |
| · | Enforcement actions that may be taken if a business is not following the rules. |
Equity Ordinances in California
Some cities and counties in California have ordinances for equity programs to help people negatively affected by the federal” war on drugs” policies from the 1970s and create a more inclusive marketplace. Each ordinance supports equity applicants in different ways, such as:
| · | Faster application processes; |
| · | Assistance during the licensing process; |
| · | Help with operating your business; and |
| · | Direct financial support |
Laws and regulations affecting the adult-use marijuana industry are constantly changing, which could detrimentally affect our proposed operations. Local, state, and federal adult-use marijuana laws and regulations are broad in scope and subject to evolving interpretations, which could require us to incur substantial costs associated with compliance or alter our business plan. In addition, violations of these laws, or allegations of such violations, could disrupt our business and result in a material adverse effect on our operations. It is also possible that regulations may be enacted in the future that will be directly applicable to our business. These ever-changing regulations could even affect federal tax policies that may make it difficult to claim tax deductions on our returns. We cannot predict the nature of any future laws, regulations, interpretations, or applications, nor can we determine what effect additional governmental regulations or administrative policies and procedures, when and if promulgated, could have on our business.
In 2014, the United States House of Representatives passed an amendment (the “Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment”) to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, which funds DOJ. The Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment prohibits the DOJ from using funds to prevent states with medical cannabis laws from implementing such laws. In August 2016, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in United States v. McIntosh that the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment bars the DOJ from spending funds on the prosecution of conduct that is allowed by state legislation titled the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act (the “CARERS Act”) was introduced, proposing to allow states to regulate the medical use of cannabis by changing applicable federal law, including by reclassifying cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act to a Schedule II controlled substance and thereby changing the plant from a federally-criminalized substance to one that has recognized medical issues. More recently, the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2017 has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, which proposes to exclude persons who produce, possess, distribute, dispense, administer or deliver marijuana in compliance with state laws from the regulatory controls and administrative, civil and criminal penalties of the CSA. These developments previously were met with a certain amount of optimism in the cannabis industry, but, as of the date of the filing of this registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, (i) neither the CARERS Act nor the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2017 have yet been adopted, and (ii) the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment, being an amendment to an appropriations Bill that must be renewed annually, has not currently been renewed beyond February 18, 2022.
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Regulatory Considerations
Nature-Cide products are classified as minimum risk pesticides under EPA guidelines, exempting them from registration under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). While the EPA does not regulate these products, producers are responsible for ensuring compliance with minimum risk criteria. State-level regulations, however, require product label registration. Nature-Cide products are registered in 40+ states, including California, Florida, Texas, and New York.An international distribution agreement with Ensystex, Inc. has been established for Nature-Cide products. Licensing is required on a country-by-country basis, with Ensystex managing costs and administrative processes. Licenses are expected to be obtained by mid-2024, but delays may postpone sales in international markets.
Thermal-Aid and Malibu Brands
| · | Thermal-Aid: Exempt from FDA registration as it functions as a heating and cooling pack. |
| · | Malibu Brands: Classified as a homeopathic cream, also not requiring FDA registration. |
MJT Network
The MJT Network serves as a media platform featuring cannabis-related industry content. It does not produce or sell products and is not subject to government regulations.
Employees
As of February 7, 2025, we had sixteen (16) full-time employees, five of whom are executive officers of Med-X. We plan to actively hire employees at such time as we have sufficient capital or financing to fund the expanded launch of its business plan.
Property
Effective October 15, 2020, Pacific Shore along with Med-X entered into the 1st Amendment to the Lease of 8236 Remmet Avenue Canoga Park, CA 91304 in order to extend the term of the lease for an additional five years, or until October 14, 2025. The facility is approximately 30,000 square feet of which Med-X currently occupies approximately 2,500 square feet of office space. Pacific Shore leases that space from an unaffiliated landlord pursuant to a five-year commercial lease that was renewed for an additional five years in October 2020 in an arms-length transaction. The lease is subject to an annual adjustment based upon an increase in the Consumer Price Index in the Los Angeles Area. We currently pay $29,938.00 a month for rent for this facility.
Seasonality
Our operations may be materially affected by seasonality for outdoor cultivation operations. Nature-Cide is likely to have high sales volumes during the spring and summer months when insects and pests are more likely to be present and agricultural operations are at their peak. Lower sales volumes may be experienced at other times during the year.
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Credit Facilities
Crestmark Bank
On November 27, 2012 the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) and a promissory note (the “Note”) with Crestmark Bank. The maximum amount that can be borrowed under the Promissory Note is $1,500,000. The Loan Agreement establishes the collateral and required terms for establishing a factoring of Accounts Receivable. Accounts Receivable are collected 87% up-front from Crestmark Bank, 13% collected upon customer payment, and deduction of fees by Crestmark Bank are paid as a deduction against factored amounts remitted to the Company. Interest on the outstanding balance is calculated at two (2%) percent above Prime Rate. At no time will the rate be lower than five and one quarter (5.25%) percent per annum. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022 the outstanding balance was $20,635 and $45,587 respectively.
The Loan Agreement calls for a security interest in the assets of the Company such as Accounts, Goods, Inventory, Equipment, Chattel Paper, Instruments, Investment Property, specifically identified Commercial Tort Claims, Documents, Deposit Accounts, Letter of Credit Rights, General Intangibles, Contract Rights, customer lists, furniture and fixtures, books and records and supporting obligations for any of the foregoing.
The Company also agreed to certain fees such as loan fees, late reporting fees, lockbox fees, documentation fees, maintenance fees and an exit fee.
Line of Credit Agreement
On August 6, 2022, the Company entered into a Line of Credit Agreement with two of its Executive Officers. The line of credit provides for advances as needed up to a maximum of $500,000 for working capital. The amount outstanding on the Line of Credit shall be due and payable on the earlier to occur of (a) Event of Default or (b) the effective date the Company lists on a public stock exchange or one year from the Execution Date. Events of default under the terms of the agreement include nonpayment of principal or interest, when due, subject to a five (5) day cure period; voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or receivership or declaration of insolvency; misrepresentation in the Line of Credit agreement or documentation; material defaults under any term of the Line of Credit which has been noticed and remains uncured for thirty (30) days. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company has drawn $499,666 and $500,000, respectively against the Line of Credit Agreement and had interest payable of $2,787 and $2,744, respectively.
Corporate Information
We were formed in February 2014 in Nevada. Our subsidiaries consist of Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc., a California corporation. Our executive offices are located at 8236 Remmet Avenue, Canoga Park, California 91304 and our telephone number is (818) 349-2870. Our website address is www.MEDX-RX.com. Information contained on, or accessible through, our website is not a part of this offering statement.
The purchase of shares of our common stock involves substantial risks. You should carefully consider the risks described below, together with all of the other information included in this Offering Circular, before making an investment decision. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations could suffer. See “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements” above for a discussion of forward-looking statements and the significance of such statements in the context of this Offering Circular. Each prospective investor should carefully consider the following risk factors, in addition to any other risks associated with this investment and should consult with his own legal and financial advisors.
Risk Factors
Investing in the Securities involves a high degree of risk and may result in the loss of your entire investment. Before making an investment decision with respect to the Securities, The Company urges you to carefully consider the risks described in this section and other factors set forth in this offering circular. In addition to the risks specified below, the Company is subject to same risks that all companies in its business, and all companies in the economy, are exposed to. These include risks relating to economic downturns, political and economic events and technological developments (such as hacking and the ability to prevent hacking). Additionally, early-stage companies are inherently riskier than more developed companies. Prospective Investors should consult with their legal, tax and financial advisors prior to making an investment in the Securities. The Securities should only be purchased by persons who can afford to lose all of their investment.
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Risks Related to the Company's Business and Industry
Med-X, Inc. has a limited operating history, which makes it difficult to accurately evaluate our business prospects.
We were formed in February 2014 to originally engage in the business of (a) publishing content about the cannabis industry, primarily online, for industry participants and the general public, (b) growing and selling cannabis on a wholesale basis, initially for the California medical cannabis market, which the Company may engage in if the federal government declares it legal to do so, (c) supplying related agricultural products to other commercial cannabis growers which the Company may already be engaged in by supplying its Nature-Cide pest control products to cannabis and hemp cultivators through the Company's national distribution venues, and (d) developing and selling commercial medicinal supplements based on beneficial compounds extracted from cannabis if the federal government declares it legal to do so. Because the federal government has not legalized marijuana and the FDA has not clarified its position with respect to CBD products, the Company has not moved forward with engaging in the CBD or marijuana businesses. We launched our cannabis news website, and commenced marketing Nature-Cide, but have not yet launched the other components of our original business plan.
The Company may not be successful in attaining the objectives necessary for it to overcome these risks and uncertainties.
We may not have adequate capital to fund our business.
We will have limited capital available to us, to the extent that we raise capital from this offering. If our entire original capital is fully expended and additional costs cannot be funded from borrowings or capital from other sources, then our financial condition, results of operations, and business performance would be materially adversely affected. We may not be able to raise needed additional capital or financing due to market conditions or for regulatory or other reasons. We cannot assure that we will have adequate capital to conduct our business.
Our ability to protect our intellectual property is uncertain.
We have filed several applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for service marks and trademarks. While we have been granted several service marks and trademarks, we still have applications pending for other marks. We cannot assure that we will be successful in obtaining the service marks or trademarks, that these applications will not be challenged, that others will not attempt to infringe upon our marks, or that these marks will afford us any protection or competitive advantages. If we are unable to protect our rights to our trademarks or if such marks infringe on the rights of others, our business could be materially adversely affected. In addition to the Thermal-Aid patents licensed to us by our president, we currently have two patents pending with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, one related to our Nature Cide infused soil and one related to our lip balm products. We cannot assure that we will be successful in obtaining patents, that these applications will not be challenged, that others will not attempt to infringe upon our patents should they be awarded, or that these patents will afford us any protection or competitive advantages. The existing expired patents (held by Matthew Mills, our chairman, who has licensed them to us) covering Thermal-Aid may not protect us from legal challenges by competitors or infringement by third parties.
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We may not be able to successfully compete against companies with substantially greater resources.
The health and medical therapy, essential oils, and insecticide industries are intensely competitive, and we expect competition to intensify further in the future. We are also subject to intense competition from chemical insecticides, as well as other all-natural insect repellents utilizing cedar wood oil, which have been on the market longer than Nature-Cide and which are manufactured and marketed by competitors with more resources and brand recognition than us. We cannot assure that Nature-Cide will compete effectively and experience continuing and growing sales. As a supplier of other products, we compete with several larger and better-known companies that specialize in supplying and distributing a vast array of consumer goods to retailers. We cannot assure that we will continue to obtain supply contracts with Walmart.com, Ralphs, or from any other retailers. Barriers to entry are relatively low, and current and new competitors can launch new products that compete in the marketplace. We currently or potentially compete with a number of other companies. We face competition from a number of large health and medical therapy, essential oil, and insecticide brand name manufacturers that have greater financial and managerial resources, more experience in developing products, and greater name recognition than we have.
We may incur uninsured losses.
Although we maintain modest theft, casualty, liability, and property insurance coverage, along with workmen’s compensation and related insurance, we cannot assure that we will not incur uninsured liabilities and losses as a result of the conduct of our business. In particular, we may incur liability if Nature-Cide, Pacific Pain Relief Cream, Thermal-Aid, Home Spa Shower Spray, Energy-X, Burner Balm, or one of our other products is deemed to have caused a personal injury. Should uninsured losses occur, the holders of our common stock could lose their invested capital.
Our business is subject to various government regulations.
We are subject to various federal, state and local laws affecting therapeutic medical and insecticide products. The Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Food and Drug Administration and equivalent state agencies regulate advertising and representations made by businesses in the sale of products, which apply to us. We may be required to obtain permits from various states in order to ship certain of our products to those states. We are also subject to government laws and regulations governing health, safety, working conditions, employee relations, wrongful termination, wages, taxes and other matters applicable to businesses in general.
Cannabis is categorized under federal law as a Schedule 1 drug. Accordingly, the cultivation, production, transport, export, import, distribution, sale, marketing and use of cannabis are prohibited under federal law. Certain activities that comply with state law, such as medical cannabis in states where it has been legalized, are treated by the federal government with a non-enforcement policy under the internal guidelines of the “Cole Memorandum” published by the US Department of Justice. We may be required to obtain permits from various states in order to produce, supply and sell cannabis and certain of our other products in those states. We currently have no government permits to grow or sell cannabis in any jurisdiction. Even if cannabis is generally legalized at the federal and state government levels, commerce in cannabis is still expected to be heavily regulated and taxed, which will have a material effect on our operating results, financial condition and business performance. We expect to be required to apply for licenses in California, even though it is generally legalized in that state, and there is no assurance that those licenses will be granted to us. Furthermore, because cannabis remains illegal under federal law, banking, certain advertising, and trademark registration services, among other services, are generally not available to the cannabis industry.
We are not currently subject to direct federal, state or local regulation, or laws or regulations applicable to access to or commerce on the Internet, other than regulations applicable to businesses generally. Due to the increasing popularity and use of the Internet and other online services, and recent controversial breaches of cyber security, it is possible that a number of laws and regulations may be adopted with respect to the Internet or other online services covering issues such as user privacy, freedom of expression, pricing, content and quality of products and services, taxation, advertising, intellectual property rights and information security. Although sections of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 were held to be unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court, we cannot assure that similar laws will not be proposed and adopted in the future. In addition, applicability to the Internet of existing laws governing issues such as property ownership, copyrights and other intellectual property issues, taxation, libel, obscenity and personal privacy is uncertain. The vast majority of such laws was adopted prior to the advent of the Internet and, as a result, do not contemplate or address the unique issues of the Internet and related technologies. In addition, numerous states, including the State of California in which our headquarters are located, have regulations regarding the manner in which “wholesalers/retailers” may conduct business and the liability of “wholesalers/retailers” in conducting such business. We cannot assure that any state will not attempt to impose additional regulations upon us in the future or that such imposition will not have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
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Several states have also proposed legislation that would limit the uses of personal user information gathered online or require online services to establish privacy policies. The Federal Trade Commission has also settled a proceeding with one online service regarding the manner in which personal information is collected from users and provided to third parties. Changes to existing laws or the passage of new laws intended to address these issues, including some recently proposed changes, could create uncertainty in the marketplace that could reduce demand for our services or increase the cost of doing business as a result of litigation costs or increased service delivery costs, or could in some other manner have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition. In addition, because our services are accessible worldwide, and we make sales of goods to users worldwide, other jurisdictions may claim that we are required to qualify to do business as a foreign corporation in a particular state or foreign country. We are qualified to do business in two states in the United States, Nevada and California, and our failure to qualify as a foreign corporation in a jurisdiction where it is required to do so could subject us to taxes and penalties for the failure to qualify, resulting in our inability to enforce contracts in such jurisdictions. Any such new legislation or regulation, or the application of laws or regulations from jurisdictions whose laws do not currently apply to our business, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
We may acquire businesses, intellectual property or products, or form strategic alliances in the future, and we may not realize the benefits of such acquisitions.
We may acquire additional businesses, intellectual property or products, form strategic alliances or create joint ventures with third parties that we believe will complement or augment our existing business. If we acquire businesses with promising markets or technologies, we may not be able to realize the benefit of acquiring such businesses if we are unable to successfully integrate them with our existing operations and Company culture. We may encounter numerous difficulties in developing, manufacturing and marketing any new products resulting from a strategic alliance or acquisition. Such difficulties may delay or prevent us from realizing the expected benefits or enhancements to our business from such transaction. We cannot assure you that, following any such acquisition, we will achieve the expected synergies to justify the transaction.
Global crises such as COVID-19 can have a significant effect on The Company's business operations and revenue projections.
There is an ongoing outbreak of a novel and highly contagious form of coronavims ("COVID- 19"), which the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused a worldwide public health emergency with a substantial number of hospitalizations and deaths and has significantly adversely impacted global commercial activity and contributed to both volatility and material declines in equity and debt markets. The global impact of the outbreak is rapidly evolving, and many national, state, and local governments have reacted by instituting mandatory or voluntary quarantines, travel prohibitions and restrictions, closures or reductions of offices, businesses, schools, retail stores, restaurants, and other public venues and/or cancellations, suspensions and/or postponements of certain events and activities, including certain non-essential government and regulatory activities. Businesses are also implementing their own precautionary measures, such as voluntary closures, temporary or permanent reductions in work force, remote working arrangements and emergency contingency plans.
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Such measures, as well as the general uncertainty surrounding the dangers, duration, and impact of COVID-19, are creating significant disruption to supply chains and economic activity, impacting consumer confidence and contributing to significant market losses, including by having particularly adverse impacts on transportation, hospitality, healthcare, tourism, sports, entertainment and other industries dependent upon physical presence. Technological infrastructure has, and will likely continue to be, strained for so long as mandatory or voluntary quarantines are instituted, which will change, and potentially disrupt, the operations of the Company. As COVID-19 continues to spread, potential additional adverse impacts, including a global, regional or other economic recession of indeterminate duration, are increasingly likely and difficult to assess and, if the spread of COVID- 19 is prolonged, it could adversely affect many economies, global financial markets and the Company even after COVID-19 is contained.
The extent of the impact of COVID-19 on the Company's operational and financial performance will depend on many factors, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted. Those factors include the duration and scope of the resulting public health emergency; the extent of any related restrictions implemented; the impact of such public health emergency on overall supply and demand, goods and services, investor liquidity, consumer confidence and levels of economic activity; and the extent of its disruption to important global, regional and local supply chains and economic markets. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic may materially and adversely impact the value, performance and liquidity of the Company.
In addition, COVID-19 and the resulting changes to global businesses and economies likely will adversely impact the business and operations of the Company and therefore the business and operations of the Company. Certain businesses and activities may be temporarily or permanently halted as a result of government or other quarantine measures, voluntary and precautionary restrictions on travel or meetings and other factors, including the potential adverse impact of COVID-19 on the health of key personnel.
Like most manufacturers and sellers of consumer goods, and companies that raise capital, we are subject to potential litigation.
As a manufacturer and seller of consumer goods, and a company that raises capital, we are exposed to the risk of litigation for a variety of reasons, including product liability lawsuits, employee lawsuits, commercial contract disputes, defects in supplies and products, government investigations and enforcement actions, shareholder and investor lawsuits and other legal proceedings. We cannot assure that future litigation in which we may become involved will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, operating results, business performance, and business reputation.
Directors and officers have limited liability.
Our bylaws provide that we will indemnify and hold harmless our officers and directors against claims arising from our activities, to the maximum extent permitted by Nevada law, and, in the case of PSH-CA, California law, and in the case of Pacific Shore, Delaware law. If we were called upon to perform under our indemnification obligations, (we have not yet signed individual separate indemnification agreements with each one of our directors and officers), then the portion of our assets expended for such purpose would reduce the amount otherwise available for our business.
If we are unable to hire, retain or motivate qualified personnel, consultants, independent contractors, and advisors, we may not be able to grow effectively.
Our performance will be largely dependent on the talents and efforts of highly skilled individuals. Our future success depends on our continuing ability to identify, hire, develop, motivate and retain highly qualified personnel for all areas of our organization. Competition for such qualified employees is intense. If we do not succeed in attracting excellent personnel or in retaining or motivating them, we may be unable to grow effectively. In addition, our future success will depend in large part on our ability to retain key consultants and advisors. We cannot assure that any skilled individuals will agree to become an employee, consultant, or independent contractor of the Company or Pacific Shore. Our inability to retain their services could negatively impact our business and our ability to execute our business strategy.
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We cannot assure that we will have the resources to repay all of our liabilities in the future.
We have liabilities and may in the future have other liabilities to affiliated or unaffiliated lenders. These liabilities represent fixed costs, which are required to be paid regardless of the level of business or profitability experienced by us. We cannot assure that we will not incur debt in the future, that we will have sufficient funds to repay our indebtedness or that we will not default on our debt, jeopardizing our business viability. Furthermore, we may not be able to borrow or raise additional capital in the future to meet our needs or to otherwise provide the capital necessary to conduct our business. We often utilize purchase order financing from third party lenders when we are supplying or distributing consumer goods, which increases our costs and the risks that we may incur a default, which would harm its business reputation and financial condition. We cannot assure that we will be able to pay all of our liabilities, or that we will not experience a default on our indebtedness.
Financial projections which may be included with this Offering Circular may prove to be inaccurate.
Financial projections concerning our estimated operating results may be included with the Offering Circular. Any projections would be based on certain assumptions which could prove to be inaccurate and which would be subject to future conditions, which may be beyond our control, such as general industry conditions. We may experience unanticipated costs, or anticipated revenues may not materialize, resulting in lower operating results than forecasted. We cannot assure that the results illustrated in any financial projections will in fact be realized by us. Any financial projections would be prepared by our management and would not be examined or compiled by independent certified public accountants. Counsel to us has had no participation in the preparation or review of any financial projections prepared by us. Accordingly, neither the independent certified public accountants nor our counsel would be able to provide any level of assurance on them. We cannot assure that we will earn net profits. We cannot assure that we will be able to raise capital in this offering of common stock, or that we will have sufficient capital to fund our business operations. We cannot assure that we could obtain additional financing or capital from any source, or that such financing or capital would be available to us on terms acceptable to us.
Our bylaws may be amended by our board and our articles and bylaws may be amended by a majority vote of our shareholders.
Under the Nevada Corporations Law, a corporation’s articles of incorporation may be amended by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, and a majority of the outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote as a class, unless the certificate requires the vote of a larger percentage of shares. Our Articles of Incorporation, as amended, do not require the vote of a larger percentage of shares. As permitted under the Nevada Corporations Law, our bylaws give our board of directors the power to adopt, amend, or repeal our bylaws. Our shareholders entitled to vote have concurrent power to adopt, amend, or repeal our bylaws.
Regulatory changes and uncertainties.
The Company operates in a highly regulated industry subject to substantial change. In addition, both its labor and customer base are licensed and regulated by local, state, and federal governments. Policies may be changed for several reasons including, but not limited to economic conditions, public safety, socio-political factors, and such. As policy changes are made by regulators, there is no guarantee that the company will be able to provide services in its current form, which may place a substantial hardship on operations, causing an Investor to lose all or a portion of their investment.
The amount of capital the Company is attempting to raise in this Offering may not be enough to sustain the Company's current business plan.
In order to achieve the Company's near and long-term goals, the Company may need to procure funds in addition to the amount raised in the Offering. There is no guarantee the Company will be able to raise such funds on acceptable terms or at all. If The Company is not able to raise sufficient capital in the future, it may not be able to execute its business plan, The Company's continued operations may require a significant pivot in strategy and execution, which could cause an Investor to lose all or a portion of their investment.
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The Company may face potential difficulties in obtaining capital.
The Company may have difficulty raising needed capital in the future as a result of, among other factors, its lack of revenue, as well as the inherent business risks associated with The Company and present and future market conditions.
The Company's success depends on the experience and skill of its management and other key personnel.
In particular, The Company is dependent on its management team. The loss of the principals or any other key personnel could harm the Company's business, financial condition, cash flow and performance. Accordingly, you should not invest in the Company unless you are willing to entrust all aspects of the management of the Company and the investment decisions they make on behalf of the Company.
Damage to The Company's reputation could negatively impact the business, financial condition and results of operations.
The Company's reputation and the quality of its brand are critical to its business success and will be critical to its success as it forms and advises new markets. Any incident that erodes confidence in the brand could significantly reduce the Company's value and damage the business. The Company may be adversely affected by any negative publicity, regardless of its accuracy. Also, there has been a marked increase in the use of social media platforms and similar devices, including blogs, social media websites and other forms of internet-based communications that provide individuals with access to a broad audience. The availability of information on social media platforms is virtually immediate as is its impact. Information posted may be adverse to its interests or may be inaccurate, each of which may harm The Company's performance, prospects or business. The harm may be immediate and may disseminate rapidly and broadly, without affording us an opportunity for redress or correct.
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Risks Related to the Offering
Neither the Offering nor the Securities have been registered under federal or state securities laws.
No governmental agency has reviewed or passed upon this Offering or the Securities. Neither the Offering nor the Securities have been registered under federal or state securities laws. Investors will not receive any of the benefits available in registered Offerings, which may include access to quarterly and annual financial statements that have been audited by an independent accounting firm. Investors must therefore assess the adequacy of disclosure and the fairness of the terms of this Offering based on the information provided in this offering statement and the accompanying exhibits.
The Company's management may have broad discretion in how the Company uses the net proceeds of the Offering.
Unless the Company has agreed to a specific use of the proceeds from the Offering, the Company's management will have considerable discretion over the use of proceeds from the Offering. You may not have the opportunity, as part of your investment decision, to assess whether the proceeds are being used appropriately.
The Company has the right to limit individual Investor commitment amounts based on the Company's determination of an Investor's sophistication.
The Company may prevent any Investor from committing more than a certain amount in this Offering based on the Company's determination of the Investor's sophistication and ability to assume the risk of the investment. This means that your desired investment amount may be limited or lowered based solely on the Company's determination and not in line with relevant investment limits set forth by the Regulation A rules. This also means that other Investors may receive larger allocations of the Offering based solely on the Company's determination.
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The Company has the right to conduct multiple closings during the Offering.
If the Company meets certain terms and conditions, an intermediate close of the Offering can occur, which will allow the Company to draw down on all the proceeds cleared of the proceeds committed and captured in the Offering during the relevant period. The Company may choose to continue the Offering thereafter. Investors should be mindful that this means they can make multiple investment commitments in the Offering, which may be subject to different cancellation rights. For example, if an intermediate close occurs and later a material change occurs as the Offering continues, Investors whose investment commitments were previously closed upon will not have the right to re-confirm their investment as it will be deemed to have been completed prior to the material change.
There is no minimum capitalization required in this offering.
We cannot assure that all or a significant number of shares of common stock will be sold in this offering. Investors’ subscription funds will be used by us as soon as they are deposited into the Company’s operating account, and no refunds will be given if an inadequate amount of money is raised from this offering to enable us to conduct our business. Management has no obligation to purchase shares of common stock. If we raise less than the entire amount that we are seeking in the offering, then we may not have sufficient capital to meet our operating requirements. We cannot assure that we could obtain additional financing or capital from any source, or that such financing or capital would be available to us on terms acceptable to us. Under such circumstances, investors in our common stock could lose their investment in us. Furthermore, investors who subscribe for shares in the earlier stages of the offering will assume a greater risk than investors who subscribe for shares later in the offering as subscriptions approach the maximum amount.
We determined the price of the shares arbitrarily.
The offering price of the shares of common stock has been determined by management, and bears no relationship to our assets, book value, potential earnings, net worth or any other recognized criteria of value. We cannot assure that price of the shares is the fair market value of the shares or that investors will earn any profit on them.
After the completion of this offering, we may be at an increased risk of securities class action litigation.
Historically, securities class action litigation has often been brought against a company following a decline in the market price of its securities. This risk is especially relevant for us because technology and new product companies have experienced significant stock price volatility in recent years. If we were to be sued, it could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources, which could harm our business.
Risks Related to the Securities
The Securities will not be freely tradable under the Securities Act until one year from the initial purchase date. Although the securities may be tradable under federal securities law, state securities regulations may apply, and each Investor should consult with their attorney.
You should be aware of the long-term nature of this investment. There is not now and likely will not ever be a public market for the Securities. Because the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or under the securities laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction, the Securities have transfer restrictions and cannot be resold in the United States except pursuant certain restrictions. It is not currently contemplated that registration under the Securities Act or other securities laws will be affected. Limitations on the transfer of the Securities may also adversely affect the price that you might be able to obtain for the Securities in a private sale. Investors should be aware of the long-term nature of their investment in the Company. Each Investor in this Offering will be required to represent that they are purchasing the Securities for their own account, for investment purposes and not with a view to resale or distribution thereof.
Although Investors will have no right to voluntarily withdraw capital from the Company or withdraw their Securities, in certain circumstances they may be forced to withdraw from the Company.
An Investor may be forced to withdraw from the Company if the Company reasonably determines that it is necessary or desirable to do so in order to comply with applicable law or regulations, or to avoid a material adverse effect on the Company or the other holders of securities in the Company.
Investors will have no right to control the Company's operations.
The Investors will have no opportunity to control the day-to-day operations of the Company, including, without limitation, the investment and disposition decisions of the Portfolio Companies. In order to safeguard your limited liability for the liabilities and obligations of the Company, you must rely entirely on the Manager and Principals to conduct and manage the business affairs of the Company
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Investors will not be entitled to any inspection or information rights other than those required by law.
Investors will not have the right to inspect the books and records of the Company or to receive financial or other information from the Company, other than as required by law. Other security holders of the Company may have such rights. Additionally, there are numerous methods by which the Company can terminate annual report obligations, resulting in no information rights, contractual, statutory or otherwise, owed to Investors. This lack of information could put Investors at a disadvantage in general and with respect to other security holders, including certain security holders who have rights to periodic financial statements and updates from the Company such as quarterly unaudited financials, annual projections and budgets, and monthly progress reports, among other things.
The Company may never undergo a liquidity event and Investors may have to hold the Securities indefinitely.
The Company may never undergo a liquidity event such as a repurchase of the Securities by the Company, a sale of the Company or an initial public or coin/token offering. If a liquidity event does not occur, Investors could be left holding the Securities in perpetuity. The Securities have numerous transfer restrictions and will likely be highly illiquid, with no secondary market on which to sell them. The Securities have no voting rights or ability to direct the Company or its actions.
The Securities may be significantly diluted as a consequence of subsequent equity financings.
The Company's equity securities will be subject to dilution. The Company may issue additional equity to third-party financing sources in amounts that are uncertain at this time, and as a consequence holders of the Securities will be subject to dilution in an unpredictable amount.
Such dilution may reduce the Investor's economic interests in the Company. The amount of additional financing needed by the Company will depend upon several contingencies not foreseen at the time of this Offering. Generally, additional financing (whether in the form of loans or the issuance of other securities) will be intended to provide the Company with enough capital to reach the next major corporate milestone. If the funds received in any additional financing are not sufficient to meet the Company's needs, the Company may have to raise additional capital at a price unfavorable to their existing investors, including the holders of the Securities. The availability of capital is at least partially a function of capital market conditions that are beyond the control of the Company. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to accurately predict the future capital requirements necessary for success or that additional funds will be available from any source. Failure to obtain financing on favorable terms could dilute or otherwise severely impair the value of the Securities.
The Securities may be substantially different from other equity securities offered or issued by the Company.
The Securities may be materially different from the other equity securities of the Company in many ways, including, but not limited to, liquidation preferences, dividend rights, or anti-dilution protection. The Securities may not provide the holders of such Securities with the same rights, preferences, protections, and other benefits or privileges provided to other investors of the Company.
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In the event of the dissolution or bankruptcy of the Company, Investors will not be treated as debt holders and therefore are unlikely to recover any proceeds.
In the event of the dissolution or bankruptcy of the Company, the holders of the Securities will be entitled to distributions as described in the Securities. This means that such holders will only receive distributions once all of the creditors and more senior security holders, including any holders of preferred membership interests, have been paid in full. Neither holders of the Securities can be guaranteed any proceeds in the event of the dissolution or bankruptcy of the Company.
There is no guarantee of a return on an Investor's investment.
There is no assurance that an Investor will realize a return on their investment or that they will not lose their entire investment. For this reason, each Investor should read this offering statement and all exhibits carefully and should consult with their attorney and business advisor prior to making any investment decision.
If we issue additional shares of our stock, shareholders may experience dilution in their ownership of us.
We are authorized to issue up to 300,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. We have the right to raise additional capital or incur borrowings from third parties to finance our business. Our board of directors has the authority, without the consent of any of our stockholders, to cause us to issue more shares of our common stock and preferred stock. Consequently, shareholders may experience more dilution in their ownership of us in the future. Our board of directors and majority shareholders have the power to amend our certificate of incorporation in order to effect forward and reverse stock splits, recapitalizations, and similar transactions without the consent of our other shareholders. We may also issue net profits interests in Med-X. The issuance of additional shares of capital stock or net profits interests by us would dilute shareholders’ ownership in us.
We cannot assure that we will pay dividends.
We do not currently anticipate declaring and paying dividends to our shareholders in the near future. It is our current intention to apply net earnings, if any, in the foreseeable future to increasing our capital base and marketing resources in order to increase our sales. Prospective investors seeking or needing dividend income or liquidity should therefore not purchase shares of our common stock. We cannot assure that we will ever have sufficient earnings to declare and pay dividends to the holders of our common stock, and in any event, a decision to declare and pay dividends is at the sole discretion of our board of directors.
Our principal shareholders own voting control of Med-X.
Our current officers, directors, and principal shareholders currently own a total of 1,483,826 shares of our common stock and 100% of our outstanding Series A (super voting) Preferred Stock, or approximately 55.3% of the total issued and outstanding voting capital stock of the Company. Our principal shareholders will own approximately 54.8% of the outstanding voting capital stock assuming that 2,500,000 shares of common stock are issued by the Company pursuant to this offering. These shareholders are able to exercise significant control over all matters requiring shareholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. This concentration of ownership may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control and might adversely affect the market price of our common stock. This concentration of ownership may not be in the best interests of all of our shareholders.
Our failure to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting could have an adverse impact on us.
We are required to establish and maintain appropriate internal controls over financial reporting. Failure to establish those controls, or any failure of those controls once established, could adversely impact our public disclosures regarding our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, management’s assessment of internal controls over financial reporting may identify weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed in our internal controls over financial reporting or other matters that may raise concerns for investors. Any actual or perceived weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed in our internal control over financial reporting, disclosure of management’s assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting or disclosure of our public accounting firm’s attestation to or report on management’s assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting may have an adverse impact on the price of our common stock.
IN ADDITION TO THE RISKS LISTED ABOVE, RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES NOT PRESENTLY KNOWN, OR WHICH THE COMPANY CONSIDERS IMMATERIAL AS OF THE DATE OF THIS OFFERING STATEMENT, MAY ALSO HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON MED-X, INC. AND RESULT IN THE TOTAL LOSS OF YOUR INVESTMENT.
We are offering our common stock pursuant to recently adopted rules by the Commission mandated under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. These offering rules are often referred to as “Regulation A+.” We are relying upon “Tier 2” of Regulation A+, which allows us to offer of up to $75 million in a 12-month period.
In accordance with the requirements of Tier 2 of Regulation A+, we will be required to publicly file annual, semiannual, and current event reports with the Commission after the qualification of the offering statement of which this Offering Circular is a part.
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Issuer |
| Med-X, Inc., a Nevada corporation |
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Common Stock offered by us |
| 2,500,000 shares |
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Common Stock outstanding |
| 20,507,443 shares |
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Series A Preferred Stock outstanding (1) |
| 10,000 shares |
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Preferred and Common Stock to be outstanding after the issuance of the shares in this offering (2) |
| 22,716,375 shares |
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Price Per Share |
| $4.00 |
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Use of Proceeds |
| See “Use of Proceeds” |
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Risk Factors |
| Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” |
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(1) | These shares are owned by our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Matthew Mills, and entitle him to 51% voting power for all matters that are submitted to the shareholders for a vote or written consent. |
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(2) | The total number of shares of our common stock outstanding assumes that the maximum number of shares of our common stock is sold by the Company. |
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Assuming the sale of all 2,500,000 shares of common stock offered by us, the maximum gross proceeds to the Company from the sale of the shares of our common stock in this offering are $10,000,000, before deducting placement agent fees and other expenses. The estimated net proceeds from the offering to the Company is expected to be approximately $8,592,000, after the payment of offering costs including printing, mailing, legal and accounting costs, filing fees, escrow fees, Broker and affiliate compensation, and expense reimbursements that may be incurred. The estimate of the budget for offering costs is an estimate only and the actual offering costs may differ from those expected by management. We expect to use the net proceeds from this offering for marketing, acquisitions, inventory, products, registration, and for general working capital purposes. A portion of the proceeds may also be used to acquire other companies and products related to the Company’s business, similar to the acquisition of Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc. As of the date of this Offering Circular, we cannot specify with certainty all of the particular uses for the net proceeds to us from the sale of common stock. Accordingly, we will retain broad discretion over the use of these proceeds, if any.
Because this is a best-efforts offering and there is no minimum offering amount required as a condition to the initial closing of this offering, the actual offering amount, the selling agent’s fees and net proceeds to us are not presently determinable and may be substantially less than the maximum amounts set forth on the cover page of this offering circular.
Each 10% decrease in the number of units sold at the public offering price of $4.00 per share, would decrease our net proceeds, after deducting estimated selling agent fees and offering expenses payable by us, by approximately $920,500 (1,052,500 selling expenses and fees plus $440,000 of other expenses). For example, we estimate that our net proceeds from the sale of 50% of the shares offered in this offering will be approximately $3,902,500. This estimate excludes the proceeds, if any, from the exercise of investor warrants in this offering.
We plan to use the net proceeds of this offering to repay certain debt, and for marketing, acquisitions, inventory, products, registration, and for general working capital purposes.
The following table below sets forth the uses of proceeds assuming the sale of 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of the securities offered for sale in this offering by us.
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Offering Proceeds * |
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Shares Sold |
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| 625,000 |
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| 1,250,000 |
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| 1,875,000 |
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| 2,500,000 |
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Gross Proceeds |
| $ | 2,500,000 |
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| $ | 5,000,000 |
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| $ | 7,500,000 |
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| $ | 10,000,000 |
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Total Before Expenses |
| $ | 2,500,000 |
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| $ | 5,000,000 |
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| $ | 7,500,000 |
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| $ | 10,000,000 |
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Offering Expenses |
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4.5% Sales Commission & Fees |
| $ | 515,000 |
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| $ | 627,500 |
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| $ | 740,000 |
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| $ | 852,500 |
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Payment Processing |
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| 50,000 |
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| 100,000 |
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| 150,000 |
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| 200,000 |
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Legal & Accounting |
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| 100,000 |
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| 100,000 |
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| 100,000 |
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| 100,000 |
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Publishing/EDGAR |
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| 10,000 |
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| 10,000 |
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| 10,000 |
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| 10,000 |
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Transfer Agent |
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| 5,000 |
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| 10,000 |
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| 15,000 |
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| 20,000 |
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Marketing |
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| 125,000 |
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| 250,000 |
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| 375,000 |
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| 500,000 |
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Total Offering Expenses |
| $ | 805,000 |
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| $ | 1,092,500 |
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| $ | 1,380,000 |
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| $ | 1,480,000 |
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Amount of Offering Proceeds Available for Use |
| $ | 1,695,000 |
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| $ | 3,907,500 |
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| $ | 6,120,000 |
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| $ | 8,332,500 |
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Debt Payoff(1) |
| $ | 0 |
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| $ | 0 |
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| $ | 250,000 |
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| $ | 250,000 |
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Marketing |
| $ | 125,000 |
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| $ | 250,000 |
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| $ | 375,000 |
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| $ | 500,000 |
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Acquisitions |
| $ | 500,000 |
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| $ | 1,000,000 |
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| $ | 1,500,000 |
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| $ | 2,000,000 |
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Inventory |
| $ | 500,000 |
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| $ | 1,000,000 |
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| $ | 1,500,000 |
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| $ | 2,000,000 |
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Product Registration |
| $ | 200,000 |
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| $ | 400,000 |
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| $ | 600,000 |
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| $ | 800,000 |
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Working Capital/General Corporate |
| $ | 370,000 |
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| $ | 1,257,500 |
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| $ | 1,895,000 |
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| $ | 2,782,500 |
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Total Expenditures |
| $ | 1,695,000 |
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| $ | 3,907,500 |
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| $ | 6,120,000 |
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| $ | 8,332,500 |
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*The above table does not include $440,000 of other expenses related to the offering.
(1) | On August 6, 2022, the Company entered into a Line of Credit Agreement with two of its Executive Officers. The line of credit provides for advances as needed up to a maximum of $500,000 for working capital. The amount outstanding on the Line of Credit shall be due and payable on the earlier to occur of (a) Event of Default or (b) the effective date the Company lists on a public stock exchange or one year from the Execution Date. Events of default under the terms of the agreement include nonpayment of principal or interest, when due, subject to a five (5) day cure period; voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or receivership or declaration of insolvency; misrepresentation in the Line of Credit agreement or documentation; material defaults under any term of the Line of Credit which has been noticed and remains uncured for thirty (30) days. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company has drawn $499,666 and $500,000, respectively against the Line of Credit Agreement and had interest payable of $2,787 and $2,744, respectively. |
The above figures represent only estimated costs. This expected use of net proceeds from this offering represents our intentions based upon our current plans and business conditions. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures may vary significantly depending on numerous factors, including the status of and results from operations. As a result, our management will retain broad discretion over the allocation of the net proceeds from this offering. We may find it necessary or advisable to use the net proceeds from this offering for other purposes, and we will have broad discretion in the application of net proceeds from this offering. Furthermore, we anticipate that we will need to secure additional funding for the fully implement our business plan. Please see the section entitled “Risk Factors” on page 33.
We reserve the right to change the above use of proceeds if management believes it is in the best interests of our company.
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Overview
We are a Nevada corporation formed in February 2014 engaged in the business of product development, distribution, and marketing of our products, which currently consist of Nature-Cide®, Thermal-Aid®, and Malibu Brands. On April 16, 2018, we completed the Merger with Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc. (“PSH” or “Pacific Shore”), pursuant to which PSH became our 99% owned subsidiary, on April 16, 2018. We have developed a series of natural “green” branded products under division names Nature-Cide®, Thermal-Aid®, and Malibu Brands. Nature-Cide® products are all-natural essential oil blends of indoor and outdoor pesticide/insecticide/repellent developed for multiple industries, including professional pest control, janitorial, hospitality, transportation and agriculture, as well as the Hemp and Cannabis cultivation industry. Thermal-Aid®, Thermal-Aid Zoo® and the Thermal-Aid Headache Relief System® are 100% natural heating/cooling pain and physical therapy products for painful ailments affecting adults, children and animals. Nature-Cide® and Thermal-Aid® are distributed through ecommerce platforms and through national distribution outlets positioned around the United States. Malibu Brands are all-natural essential oil products, which also includes Hemp and CBD oil products which are not eligible for sale at this time, designed for various ailments and are still in the development stage. We also operate the MJT Network® through the Company’s online media platform, www.marijuanatimes.org, which publishes high quality media content regarding Cannabis to generate revenue from advertisers and traffic optimizing venues. The network includes smart phone and tablet applications and also publishes a daily news video through social and news applications. Med-X also plans, to the extent it is federally legal to do so, to cultivate high quality custom-bred Hemp and Cannabis for the medical market to treat such aliments as pain, sleep deprivation, appetite disorders, and neurological pathologies or their symptoms.
Besides supplying Nature-Cide products to pest control, hospitality, janitorial and agricultural industries, Med-X also plans to supply products, including Nature-Cide insecticides, pesticides, granular and soil blends to legally operating Hemp and Cannabis agricultural operators. As these core businesses evolve, and it becomes federally legal to do so, we will seek to develop and monetize techniques for the recognition and extraction of Hemp and Cannabis compounds for the medical industry.
We plan to supply products to the agricultural and supply industries, including Nature-Cide® brands such as Nature-Cide’s® Pest Management and All-Purpose formulations, which were licensed to Med-X in 2014 and 2015. We also plan to do the same with our Nature-Cide special insecticidal soil, for which Med-X and Matthew Mills were recently issued a Patent. Nature-Cide® is an all-natural essential oil insecticide/miticide/nematicide that repels and kills a wide variety of pests, including insects that are commonly known to damage agriculture crops which also includes Hemp and Cannabis crops. Nature-Cide® is owned, manufactured and distributed by PSH.
Our primary sources of revenue are expected to be revenue from Nature-Cide, Thermal-Aid Malibu Brands products and The Marijuana Times advertising dollars generated from content published on our media outlet, www.marijuanatimes.org, as well as through the sale of industry related merchandise. Currently the Company’s significant revenue is generated through Nature-Cide and Thermal-Aid. Malibu Brands has been growing steadily since its launch in the second half of 2021, while The MJT Network revenue is currently immaterial. During 2023, Nature-Cide accounted for approximately 39.4% of our revenue, Thermal-Aid accounted for approximately 58.8% of our revenue, Malibu Brands accounted for 1.8% of our revenue. Nature-Cide generates its revenue mostly through direct sales to distributors, both domestically and internationally, while Thermal-Aid generates revenue through distribution channels while continuing to increase its sales activity via ecommerce channels.
Revenues are earned from selling products to customers and distributors using (i) the Amazon eCommerce portal other online portals; (ii) our owned and operated eCommerce website; (iii) third party distributors; and, (iv) on occasion, direct to end user. Our earnings process is considered complete upon receipt of payment from the customer when the customer is the end user (sales generated on our eCommerce website, eCommerce reseller portals or direct to end user), and upon issuance of an invoice to our distribution partners, provided shipment and/or delivery of the purchased products has been made to the customer, with respect to sales processed online; or shipment of the product for sales made to distributors or direct to end user consumers. Revenue from our MJT Network and Malibu brands operations are immaterial to our earnings process and are recorded once the transaction is considered complete.
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Management also believes that substantial revenue can be earned from the online sale of Nature-Cide® and other products and services to medicinal use patients who are engaged in legal Hemp and Cannabis cultivation as well as the Hemp and Cannabis agricultural business, including indoor greenhouse operations. We may also earn revenue from providing consulting services to other Hemp and Cannabis industry participants. In the long run, revenue is anticipated from our ongoing product sales as well as planned Hemp and Cannabis compound identification and extraction system and our planned Cannabis products, assuming it is federally legal to do so and our research and development of those planned products and services are successful. No revenue is expected from the sale of Hemp and Cannabis or medicinal Hemp and Cannabis compounds for medical or recreational use until such sale is federally legal to do so. Management believes it will eventually see revenue from growing, harvesting and selling high quality, custom-bred Hemp and Cannabis for the California medical and recreational Hemp and Cannabis markets. As a California grower, we will approach other markets that become federally legal available in the future, if any.
Our operational expenditures are primarily related to development of The Marijuana Times platform, marketing costs associated with getting users to join our network and engage with other users, and the costs related to being a fully reporting company with the SEC. Since its inception in 2015, The Marijuana Times has built a growing network of users. This growth has been aided by the growing use of mobile applications and the popularity of the Cannabis legalization movement among young adults.
Acquisition of Pacific Shore.
In April 2018, Med-X closed an Agreement of Merger and Plan of Reorganization with its affiliate, Pacific Shore, pursuant to which Pacific Shore has become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The Merger did not result in significant dilution to Med-X shareholders upon its closing on April 16, 2018. In order to prevent dilution to existing Med-X shareholders, our current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Mills, and PSH collectively tendered to Med-X for cancellation approximately 55 million outstanding shares of Med-X common stock on the closing. Upon closing of the Merger, we issued to Mr. Mills 10,000 shares of newly authorized super-voting Series A Preferred Stock, having de minimus economic rights (i.e. no conversion right, no dividend rights, and virtually no liquidation preference), but conferring on him 51% voting control of the Company. See “Business-Merger with Pacific Shore.” We plan to continue similar efforts to acquire other companies that have similar business models of developing natural products, as well as offering pest control services nationally. Our management believes it can create strong value for shareholders by acquiring companies that have growing revenues and assets.
The primary sources of revenue for Med-X and Pacific Shore moving forward are expected to be the proceeds from continued sales of Nature-Cide and Thermal-Aid through our national distribution channels. We also expect to generate revenue from advertising and the online sale of products on the Company’s media platform, www.marijuanatimes.org. We have launched various online sales venues for this purpose, such as www.nature-cide.com, www.thermalaidproducts.com, and www.malibu-brands.com. We plan to aggressively market our Nature-Cide and Thermal-Aid brands while positioning our media venue, www.marijuanatimes.org, to attract sponsorship and advertisers as well as companies that desire to utilize the crowdfunding initiatives under the Jobs Act. During this cycle, we plan to ramp up our ready-to-use consumer version of the Nature-Cide products scheduled to be on retail shelves in 2024 and 2025.
Nature-Cide.
Comprised of various essential oils such as cedar oil, cinnamon oil, clove oil, cottonseed oil and other natural ingredients, Nature-Cide is a pleasantly aromatic, chemical free insecticide/pesticide/miticide/nematicide and repellent that kills or deters a variety of different pests, including cockroaches, bed bugs, ants, spider mites, white flies, caterpillars, and other pests associated pest control operations, janitorial, turf care, hospitality, transportation and agriculture. Nature-Cide products are also proven in commercial and residential environments and kill or deter a wide variety of household insects including, flies, fleas, and mosquitoes, which sometimes can carry deadly diseases.
Nature-Cide contains no harmful poisonous chemicals to humans most commonly found in many other insecticides and insect repellents. In addition to cedar oil, cinnamon oil, clove oil and cottonseed oil, Nature-Cide may also contain citronella oil, garlic oil, mint oil, peppermint oil, geranium oil, lemon grass oil, and rosemary oil, all of which are recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) as FIFRA 25b MINIMUM RISK PESTICIDE compounds. Cedar oil is a natural repellent found to be effective in the states with swamps for eradicating mosquitoes without harming the ecosystem. By the same token, cinnamon oil is known in Guam for warding off snakes from train cars and shipping containers. One of our Nature-Cide formulas is an insecticide that kills various insects on contact, including but not limited to ants, fleas, mites, slugs, snails, silverfish, mosquitoes, cockroaches and a variety of other insects. The Nature-Cide Pest Management X2 formula also acts as an effective repellent for other insects, reptiles and rodents.
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Nature-Cide is classified as a MINIMUM RISK PESTICIDE under FIFRA (25b) and is exempt from federal registration by the (“EPA”). Unlike other repellents and insecticide products which contain toxic chemicals, Nature-Cide is safe for use in all environments. Pacific Shore has developed several formulations of Nature-Cide for use indoors, outdoors, on humans, and on pets. As of July 31, 2014, the Nature-Cide All-Purpose and Pest Management X2 insecticide formulations have been registered in states that require EPA registration if the Company sells in that state. In addition, the Colorado, Oregon and Washington Departments of Agriculture have approved the Nature-Cide All-Purpose product for use on cannabis crops grown in those states. The Company’s is developing multiple new formulations of Nature-Cide products which are yet registered and accordingly is not yet sold.
Nature-Cide products have been field tested for over seven years on ranch homes in the Santa Monica Mountains, from Bel Air to Malibu as well as being third party tested in laboratory settings. Nature-Cide’s research and development and field testing has evolved into a Pest Management Service, a division of Pacific Shore, and is now recognized and licensed in the State of California as a state applicator with a Qualified Applicators License # 133658 for agricultural and landscape use in commercial and residential settings. This being said, the Nature-Cide products and services division has also begun supplying and servicing small hemp and cannabis cultivators in Southern California through its distribution partners.
Nature-Cide products are currently offered nationally to commercial pest control, janitorial, hospitality, transportation, turf care and agricultural professionals nationally through various commercial distributors such as TSP, VES, ENX, PCS and FOR . Collectively the pest management market encompasses a wide variety of sectors that encompass a substantial revenue stream worldwide. The demand for all-natural products like Nature-Cide is becoming continuous as regulatory bodies continue to ban traditional poisonous pest control applications around the world. Currently Nature-Cide products are being utilized by a gamut of professional applicators using the products in such places as school districts, hospitals, hotels/motels, zoos, food plants, livestock farms, greenhouses, passenger rail cars, passenger and cargo aircraft and agricultural settings including hemp and cannabis cultivation. In 2017 TSP’s parent company, “Rentokil Initial”, began testing Nature-Cide in Hong Kong, Macau, China and Mumbai, India. Results from testing warranted an immediate focus on registration in Hong Kong, Macau and Mumbai, where product orders have been received and usage has commenced. At the request of Rentokil Initial operations in multiple countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, where we are now focused on testing protocols for Nature-Cide products, ENX is working to supply Rentokil Initial pest control operations in various location around the world, which include the counties listed above. In early 2018, VES , has now begun ordering the full Nature-Cide line within the United States.
In January 2023, one of our Nature-Cide distribution customers, Pest Control Supplies, came forward with a plan to begin registration of the Nature-Cide products within the Caribbean Island countries. As of January 2023, product applications for Nature-Cide All-Purpose Commercial Concentrate, Nature-Cide Granular, Nature-Cide Insecticidal Dust, and Nature-Cide Pest Management X2 Concentrate have been submitted for registration in Barbados, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Guyana. In May 2023, with an approval of the above products in Trinidad, Tabago, St Lucia and Guyana, the first order in Guyana was shipped.
In January 2019, the Nature-Cide team was invited to participate in platinum marketing designation with TSP and VES . For the Company to participate in this high level of marketing within these distribution venues, the Company needed to have established a demand for its products nationally. Its products must already be positioned within most of the customers and multiple distribution centers throughout the country. The Company has been doing business with TSP and VES for more than three years and has established a solid customer base around the United States which has enabled the Company to position its products within the distributor’s platinum marketing programs. The Company participates in the highest-level marketing campaigns and has not made any payments to attain this status. We have attended annual sales meetings various location throughout the United States such as but not limited to Savannah GA, Las Vegas NV and Fort Worth TX with TSP and Chicago IL with VES . During these meetings, both distributors announced that Nature-Cide will be represented as a top-level platinum sponsor, and our Nature-Cide product line will be presented to the entire customer base of both distributors, which consists of over 15,000 customers nationally. Going forward, due to the platinum sponsorship designation, Nature-Cide will be showcased as a go to 25b minimum risk green program. We are working closely with two of its distributors, TSP and VES , to distribute samples and information to both customer bases, and collectively monitor and record results from the applications of Nature-Cide in places around the country as well as in Asia, for social media to share with potential new customers who can understand the vast amount of applications that can be realized for the Nature-Cide brand. TSP and VES have solid footprints in the USA as suppliers of products for pest control, turf grass care, and for professional use in the hospitality, parks and recreation, transportation, sanitation, and golf care industries, as well as the recent addition of the hemp and cannabis cultivation industry. Management of the Company as well as distributor management agrees that the 25b minimum risk market has a solid future in the pest control sector. VES and TSP, along with TSP’s parent company, Rentokil Initial as well as ENX, are constantly working with the Nature-Cide team to deploy and plan ways that the product can be utilized, and to build scalable programs for the various industries where Nature-Cide can receive the best positioning for long term sales growth.
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Due to the continued planning and sponsorship coupled with the positive reception of Nature-Cide by the professional end user, the Nature-Cide product development team has entered into discussions with TSP product development personnel to create a unique product designed for turf grass applications in golf and other turf grass venues, including parks and recreation, by combining Nature-Cide with a blend of TSP Turf Fuel for the golf and turf care industries. The Turf Fuel and Nature-Cide product blend is currently in laboratory development. The Company is also in discussion with TSP management to register Nature-Cide in Canada. In 2017, Nature-Cide announced a new compressed air 16-ounce all-purpose insecticide prototype which was eventually produced for professional use. Due to the response and continued professional usage, along with social media promotion, we are in the process of finalizing development of a ready to use group of compressed air products to release to consumers. These products consist of the All-Purpose which was released in early 2020, Flea & Tick, Insect Repellent, and an outdoor formulation that is expected to be released in 2025.
Thermal-Aid Headache Relief System. One of our directors, Dr. Hyson, is the inventor and grantee of three patents which have been licenced to Pacific Shore to commercialize the Thermal-Aid Headache Relief System and Malibu Brands Pain Relief Cream. Patent details are as follows:
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF HEADACHE
Patent Number 5,700,238
Date Granted: December 23, 1997 – United Stated Patent Office
MEDICATED WRAP
Patent Number 6,313,370 B1
Date Granted: November 6, 2001 - United Stated Patent Office
MEDICATED WRAP
Patent Number: 7186260
Date Granted: March 6, 2007 - United Stated Patent Office
The license agreement with Dr. Hyson was executed in June 2012 for an initial five (5) year term with automatic annual 12-month renewal unless earlier terminated as provided for in the license agreement. As of December 31, 2023 we have paid to Dr. Hyson aggregate royalties of $24,831 and have accrued royalties of $870 as of December 31, 2023. The patents have since expired and we are using the technology and case study covered by these patents to market additional private label consumer products under our brand to address headache pain relief, both migraine and tension.
Nature-Cide License and Patent Application. Pacific Shore has an exclusive royalty-free worldwide master license from Matthew Mills, one of the founders of the Company and Pacific Shore, to commercialize the Nature-Cide brand and line of products. The master license can be terminated by Mr. Mills in certain circumstances, such as a material breach of the agreement by Pacific Shore or its insolvency. Upon the closing of the Merger on April 16, 2018, a Nature-Cide sublicense agreement between Pacific Shore, as sublicense or, and Med-X, as sublicensee, was merged and terminated. Accordingly, Pacific Shore can sell Nature-Cide directly to all potential customers for the product throughout the world.
In June 2015, Med-X filed a patent application with the United States Office of Patents and Trademarks for its process of infusing Nature-Cide and other beneficial substances into growing soil for the agricultural and hemp and cannabis industries. Mr. Mills, our Chief Executive Officer, is named as the inventor. The patent was granted October 19, 2021 with Patent No. US 11,147,266 B2. Med-X plans to market and sell its Nature-Cide insecticidal soil to hemp, cannabis and other mainstream agricultural cultivators.
The license agreement with Matthew Mills has no termination date as exhibited in Exhibit 6.5 . The license agreement has a one-year term that automatically renews each year for one additional year unless terminated by either party for any reason or no reason at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the term. The Company owns all improvements to products that pertain to any and all license agreements. As of December 31, 2023 no royalty payments are due under the license agreement.
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The MJT Network. We also operate the MJT Network® through our online media platform, www.marijuanatimes.org, which publishes media content regarding cannabis and hemp industries to generate revenue from advertisers and traffic optimizing venues. This platform has been publishing cannabis industry news and information since its launch in July 2015. The content is designed to cover a wide variety of topics relating to the cannabis and hemp industries on an ongoing basis, including news and current events, as well as the business, financial, legislative, legal, cultural, medical, scientific and technological aspects of the industry on a national and international level. Stories, columns, advice and analysis may come from a combination of regular consultants, contributors, freelance and staff writers, our personnel and public news sources. Once capitalized in late 2024 and 2025, we plan to eventually add online ecommerce to the MJT Network website, offering branded industry products for sale from third party suppliers and from its own product lines, subject in all cases to compliance with applicable federal and state law. The network includes smart phone and tablet applications, and its original content is distributed across several digital platforms including web, native iOS, Vimeo Video, YouTube, Apple Podcast Audio and Apple News. At this time, it is uncertain if and when the Company will add e-commerce to the www.marijuanatimes.org website.
Distributors
Most of the Company’s revenue is generated through a number of large distributors. Currently, Nature-Cide products are distributed by multiple pest control distributors such as VES, TSP, ENX, PCS and FOR and deployed to hundreds of pest control companies nationwide. Nature-Cide products can also be found within the Amazon, Kroger and Walmart marketplaces. You can see some of these customers within our partner network using the following link: https://nature-cide.com/pages/store-locator. We also have begun supplying our products to Rentokil International in various countries such as India , Singapore and Hong Kong.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company received 18% of its revenue from one customer; specifically 18% from Target Specialty Products. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company received 32% of its revenue from two customers; specifically 19% from Target Specialty Products 13% from Veseris. Our relationship with our distributors is demand driven and the Company is set up within their distribution system as a supplier. There are no contracts in place at this time as the distributors do not require a written agreement. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to generate similar levels of sales from our largest customers in the future. Should one or more of these customers substantially reduce their purchases from us, our results of operations could be materially adversely affected. We anticipate this concentration to continue for the foreseeable future.
Vendors
The Company uses single supplier relationships for its raw materials purchases and filling capacity due to the unique formulation and components of each product line, which potentially subjects the Company to a concentration of business risk. If these suppliers had operational problems or ceased making product available to the Company, operations could be adversely affected.
The Company had two vendors that accounted for 78% of purchases during the year ended December 31, 2023. Specific concentration for the two vendors were Berje with approximately 45% and Actions & Company 33%.
The Company had two vendors that accounted for 77% of purchases during the year ended December 31, 2022. Specific concentration for the two vendors were Berje with approximately 57% and Actions & Company 20%.
If significant suppliers become unable or unwilling to provide inventory in a timely manner, the Company believes that other suppliers are available to provide similar inventory at comparable prices.
Business of Pacific Shore
Pacific Shore is a Delaware corporation which, through its 99% owned subsidiary, Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc., a California corporation formed in January 2010 (hereinafter, “PSH-CA”), is engaged in the business of product development, distribution, and marketing. On December 31, 2012, Pacific Shore, which prior to this date was an inactive public shell company without material assets or liabilities, consummated the acquisition of PSH-CA, a privately-held company, through a share exchange (the “Business Combination”). The closing of the Business Combination resulted in PSH-CA’s security holders becoming the controlling security holders of Pacific Shore, and PSH-CA becoming a 99% owned subsidiary of Pacific Shore. Pacific Shore had a trading symbol, “PSHR”, which we expect will remain inactive for the foreseeable future. Pacific Shore’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Matthew Mills, is the President, a director, and a principal shareholder of Med-X, Inc.
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Pacific Shore manufactures and distributes two 100% natural essential oil products owned by us, Nature-Cide and Malibu-Brands. Our Nature-Cide products have been tested in various regions across the United States and in Asia with positive results by multiple pest control companies, hotel and motel operators, agricultural personnel for various pests, and fire department personnel for snake control. Extensive testing by us and an independent third-party laboratory also indicates that our Nature-Cide products kill or deter a wide variety of pests, including but not limited to bed bugs, ants, fleas, ticks, cockroaches, crickets, and stink bugs, while repelling and or deterring various birds, rodents, and reptiles.
After years of research and development, in February 2014, we became a certified and licensed pest control applicator in California for agricultural commercial pest control. In July 2015, we received our pest control business main license and officially launched as a California licensed pest control company in Los Angeles, California. In 2016, we became licensed to maintain landscaping in residential and commercial settings and we obtained our applicator license, which allows us to provide pest control services for agriculture and landscape. Our pest management service is growing and is servicing numerous ranch style and upscale homes and properties in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. Management’s intention is to partner with other pest control service companies to offer the services and methods of our Nature-Cide service division as the Nature-Cide brand matures in the pest control, janitorial, transportation, and hospitality arenas. We also plan to increase its service footprint nationally by acquiring other established pest control service businesses that practice Integrated Pest Management protocols, if we have sufficient capital or financing to do so.
In 2014, as required for sale, we began registering our Nature-Cide products with multiple state Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) offices around the country. Our Ready to Use Nature-Cide All-Purpose Insecticide, Flea & Tick Insecticide, and Nature-Cide All-Purpose Commercial Concentrate in one and five-gallon containers for indoor and outdoor professional use were our first products to be registered with state EPA offices in 39 states. In 2016, we registered our Nature-Cide Ready to Use Outdoor insecticide as well as our Pest Management X2 Commercial Concentrate in sixty four ounce, one, two and a half, five, and 55 gallons for outdoor professional use. In 2018, Pacific Shore developed and released two new products, the Nature-Cide Insecticidal Dust for indoor and outside use, and Nature-Cide Pest Management Granular, for outdoor use. Both of the products are also in the process of being registered where applicable.
Currently the Nature-Cide products are positioned with national distributors including TSP, VES ENX, PCS and FOR . Nature-Cide and its distributors have been able to promote Nature-Cide as a recognizable product line in the pest control industry in multiple states, as well as to promote the brand in social media (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn). TSP, headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, California has approximately 35 distribution centers nationally, VES/UNI has approximately 30 distribution centers nationally, and Forshaw has 12 locations nationally and ENX has distribution offices in more than 29 countries.
We are currently selling Thermal-Aid and the Thermal-Aid Zoo online through various web sites including but not limited to FSAStore.com, Walmrt.com and Amazon.
Thermal-Aid
In addition to developing our own products, we also currently own an exclusive worldwide royalty-free license to sell a patented 100% natural therapeutic heating/cooling treatment pack called Thermal-Aid. Thermal-Aid is a clinically proven microwaveable heat treatment pack that doubles as a cold therapy source to assist with reducing swelling and relieving pain. In a four-month, 96 patient clinical trial, the Thermal-Aid arthritis packs proved to reduce arthritis medications by 20% and it was perceived to have a 35% reduction in pain. During 2014, the entire Thermal-Aid product line, which includes 23 different configurations, became eligible for Flexible Spending Accounts for consumers nationally as well as being eligible for Worker Compensation reimbursement for patients nationally. Our full line of Thermal-Aid products is currently available through the Cardinal Health Distribution network, which includes FSAStore.com, AssuraMed, and Independence Medical. The entire Thermal-Aid line is also being carried by WBC Healthcare Distribution venues, which include Meyer Chiropractic Distribution, Meyer Physical Therapy, Meyer DC, Milliken Medical and Elivate Fitness. The Cardinal Health distribution network, of which AssuraMed and Independence Medical are a part, now also offers all Thermal-Aid products. Our Thermal-Aid Zoo Animals are also available at all California Kroger owned Ralphs Grocery Pharmacy locations as well as Colorado Kroger owned King Soopers locations, Utah Kroger owned City Market locations, and Kroger locations in Georgia, which encompass approximately 376 locations. We continue negotiating with Kroger to place our Thermal-Aid products in all Kroger chains nationally but there can be no assurance that we will reach such an agreement. Cardinal Health carries inventory of Thermal-Aid products in distribution centers throughout the United States. Thermal-Aid has been seen on the Home Shopping Network and on NBC’s ShopHQ. In addition, we continue to run a Thermal-Aid Zoo infomercial in a national television campaign in the “As Seen on TV” category. The Kroger chain continues to invite the Thermal-Aid showcasing team to present the Thermal-Aid line to pharmacists that operate its pharmacy divisions.
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Our chairman and founder, Mr. Mills, has licensed two trademarks to the Company on a royalty free basis that he recently acquired for “Thermal-Aid” and “Nature’s Therapeutic Source.” He also owns two patents related to Thermal-Aid that recently expired. The first was a patent for a thermal device for applying thermal energy to the body of a person, animal, or other surface utilizing segmented organic filler. The second was for a thermal device and ornamental design for applying thermal energy to the body of a person, animal, or other surface utilizing segmented organic filler that may have the general appearance of a child’s toy or other configuration. Our chairman and founder Matthew Mills, has granted us an exclusive worldwide royalty-free license in perpetuity to utilize and sublicense these trademarks to market, distribute, and sell Thermal-Aid, for which he was issued 4,605,337 shares of PSH-CA’s common stock which he subsequently exchanged for shares of our common stock (the “License Agreement”). Mr. Mills has not received any payments to date under this License Agreement. There are no milestones and no royalty rate associated with the License Agreement. The License Agreement was entered into as of January 15, 2010 (the “Effective Date”) and the initial term of the License Agreement was for a period of one year from the Effective Date. Thereafter, the License Agreement automatically renews each year for an additional year unless terminated in writing by either party to the License Agreement at least 30 days prior to the termination of the then current term. During the term, the license is exclusive to the Company. There have been no payments made to date and there are no milestones payments in the License Agreement.
On June 22, 2012, we entered into an exclusive license agreement with Dr. Hyson, d.b.a. Hyson Medical Products, pursuant to which we were granted an exclusive license to utilize three patents currently owned by Dr. Hyson: (1) Device and Method for Treatment of Headache – 5,700,238 (December 23, 1997), (2) Medicated Wrap – 6,313,370 (November 6, 2001), and (3) Medicated Wrap – 7,186,260 (March 6, 2007). We are using the technology and case study covered by these patents to market additional private label consumer products under our brand to address headache pain relief, both migraine and tension. Dr. Hyson already sells his own line of headache pain relief and medicated wrap products for consumers. We have a license to utilize these patents for any branded products developed by us during the term of the license agreement. For such branded products, Dr. Hyson receives a license fee equal to 5% of net sales made by us of those products. There are no milestone payments associated with this license agreement. We will own the intellectual property to all of our branded products developed under this license agreement. The initial term of the license agreement is five (5) years with options exercisable for one-year extensions, subject to termination after two (2) years if by then we have not brought a branded product to market. We commercialized this technology within two (2) years by the launch of our Thermal-Aid Headache Relief System.
Recent Developments
On July 26, 2024 the Company entered into an Advisory Agreement with Maxim Group (the “Maxim Advisory Agreement”) to provide general financial advisory and investment banking services to the Company. In connection with the Maxim Advisory Agreement, as consideration for Maxim’s services, The Company will issue to Maxim one and one half percent (1.5%) of the total outstanding shares of Company common stock (the “Stock Fee”), in which one-half percent (.5%) of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock was issued upon the execution of the Maxim Advisory Agreement; one-half percent (.5%) of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock upon the Company’s filing of an S-1 and any additional documents necessary for the Company’s listing on a national exchange; and one-half percent (.5%) of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock upon the Company’s Common Stock upon the Company’s listing to a national exchange. If the Company does not become listed on a national, one-half percent (.5%) of the Company’s Common Stock will be returned to the Company (and one-half percent (.5%) will be retained by Maxim).
On March 6, 2024, the Company entered into an agreement with Dealmaker to act as the Lead selling Agent for the Company’s Regulation A offering (the “DealMaker Agreement”). In connection with the DealMaker Agreement, the Company has agreed to pay DealMaker an advance of $32,500 (which shall be an advance against accountable expenses and will be refunded to the extent not actually incurred); a $10,000 monthly account management fee; and 6.5% cash fees from all proceeds.
On September 15, 2023, the Company entered into an Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Capital Stock with Joseph Winograde to purchase from Mr. Winograde 49% of the outstanding capital stock of Napco Painting Contractors, Inc. (“Napco” and the “Napco SPA”). Napco is wholly owned by Mr. Winograde. Pursuant to the Napco SPA, in exchange for the 49% interest in Napco, the Company agreed to pay Napco $500,000 in cash within two business days following the completion the Company’s proposed IPO and to issue a convertible promissory note (“Napco Note”) in the principal amount of $2,500,000 (collectively, the “Napco Transaction”). However, the Company did not complete its proposed IPO and withdrew its registration statement in April of 2024. The Napco Transaction was contingent upon the Company’s successful listing on the Nasdaq within 90 days. On December 13, 2023, the Company and Napco entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Napco SPA and Napco Note through March 14, 2023. Subsequently, on March 14, 2024 the Napco SPA and Napco Note expired. As a result, the transaction set out above has been unwound as of the issue date of the financial statements included herein, retroactively impacted to December 31, 2023 and the Company’s financial results for the year ended December 31, 2023 do not include an investment in Napco. The Company is currently negotiating a new transaction with Napco and Joseph Winograde whereby the Company would acquire 49-51% of Napco.
Napco is an environmentally friendly commercial and residential painting company operating in the Napa Valley region of Northern California for over 20 years. Napco customers include many established wineries, resorts, commercial buildings, restaurants, housing projects and estate properties. In early 2022, the Company’s Nature-Cide division began development of a unique Nature-Cide insecticidal painting additive which can be blended into paint/stains which repels various wood destroying insects, pests and birds. The Company is in its second-generation formulation and expects to begin efficacy testing to prepare for state environmental protection agency office registration with hopes of releasing for sale and commercial use in late 2024 to early 2025. The Company believes that the Napco painting platform will enable the Company to test and showcase the insecticidal paint additive product’s effectiveness within the painting industry, which includes the painting manufacturing sector as well as other painting contractors nationally through the existing clients of Napco. The Company also intends to operate a Nature-Cide pest control service business from within Napco, similar to the Nature-Cide services in Southern California. The Company will assist Joseph Winograde and Napco in obtaining all necessary pest control licenses for its personnel as well as in building a service truck to jump start this new service division utilizing the Company’s products in Northern California. Napco employees will also be taught to use the Company’s full line of Nature-Cide products, and the Company will utilize its California license to facilitate this new Nature-Cide service division within Napco. Joseph Winograde is the brother of Lester Winograde who is an outside attorney for the Company handling general legal and business affairs.
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The Company has determined the Equity Method is the appropriate accounting treatment for its investment in Napco (“Investee”). The Napco Transaction closed on September 15, 2023, and was deemed effective for accounting purposes on October 1, 2023. The Company measured its investment in accordance with ASC 805, including the consideration paid and transaction costs incurred related to the investment.
On December 13, 2023 the Company and Napco entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Promissory Note as well as Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Capital Stock providing for T an extension of the listing date for the common stock of Napco for an additional 90 days through March 14, 2023. Subsequently, on March 14, 2024 the Company’s and Napco’s Amendment No. 1 to the Promissory Note as well as Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Capital Stock expired. The Company is negotiating a renewal to both Amendments. As a result, the transaction set out above has been unwound as of the issue date of the financial statements included herein, retroactively impacted to December 31, 2023 and the Company’s financial results for the year ended December 31, 2023 do not include an investment in Napco.
On March 14, 2024 the Company’s and Napco’s Amendment No. 1 to the Promissory Note as well as Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Capital Stock expired. The Company is negotiating a renewal to both Amendments.
Napco is an environmentally friendly commercial and residential painting company operating in the Napa Valley region of Northern California for over 20 years. Napco customers include many established wineries, resorts, commercial buildings, restaurants, housing projects and estate properties. In early 2022, the Company’s Nature-Cide division began development of a unique Nature-Cide insecticidal painting additive which can be blended into paint/stains which repels various wood destroying insects, pests and birds. The Company is in its second generation formulation and expects to begin efficacy testing to prepare for state environmental protection agency office registration with hopes of releasing for sale and commercial use in early- to mid-2024. The Company believes that the Napco painting platform will enable the Company to test and showcase the insecticidal paint additive product’s effectiveness within the painting industry, which includes the painting manufacturing sector as well as other painting contractors nationally through the existing clients of Napco. The Company also intends to operate a Nature-Cide pest control service business from within Napco, similar to the Nature-Cide services in Southern California. The Company will assist Joseph Winograde and Napco in obtaining all necessary pest control licenses for its personnel as well as in building a service truck to jump start this new service division utilizing the Company’s products in Northern California. Napco employees will also be taught to use the Company’s full line of Nature-Cide products, and the Company will utilize its California license to facilitate this new Nature-Cide service division within Napco. Joseph Winograde is the brother of Lester Winograde who is an outside attorney for the Company handling general legal and business affairs.
On September 25, 2023, the Company entered into an international distribution agreement with the Australian arm of Ensystex, Inc., one of our current United States distribution partners located in Fayetteville North Carolina (“Ensystex”), effective October 1, 2023. Ensystex has been purchasing Nature-Cide products in bulk from the Company for over one year. From the beginning of the distribution relationship, Ensystex has been marketing the Nature-Cide products on a national basis through mainstream pest control media outlets such as PCT (Pest Control Technology) and PMP (Pest Management Professional) magazines, which along with Ensystex’s current customer base, continues to draw regular sales of the Nature-Cide products to pest control operators nationally. The Company has been testing the Nature-Cide products in various regions for several years with multiple pest control professionals that have a relationship with both Ensystex and the Nature-Cide division of Med-X, Inc. The new distribution relationship will cover the following countries: Australia and associated islands, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Fiji, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Philippines, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Indonesia, Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, Cambodia, South Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Iraq, Israel and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ensystex will be responsible for obtaining and maintaining any and all regulatory registrations and or authorizations that are required to sell or use Nature-Cide products within any country or political subdivision within the geographical areas listed above. All expenses associated with the approval or authorization process will be borne by Ensystex. Ensystex will continue, at its expense, to engage and maintain a sales and service organization in all of the territories above, which are to be staffed with such experienced personnel as are necessary to enable Ensystex to perform its obligations under the agreement. Ensystex will ensure that its sales and service force have proper knowledge in the field of pest control and are adequately trained in the nature and use of the Nature-Cide products.
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On April 15, 2024 our Board has approved a 1-for-16 reverse stock split of our outstanding common stock effective April 16, 2024 prior to the effective time of a proposed Reg CF becoming effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The ratio of the reverse split was arrived at in order to achieve a valuation that the Company believes would be acceptable to potential investors. We intend for our Board to effect such reverse stock split in connection with the consummation of the Reg CF Offering. The reverse stock split will not impact the number of authorized shares of common stock which will remain at 300,000,000 shares. The Company has retained the services of DealMaker Securities LLC (the "Intermediary") to facilitate the CF Offering. The Intermediary will be entitled to receive fees related to the purchase and sale of the Securities of 8.5%, which amount includes payment processing fees, one time activation fees including onboarding, due diligence and asset creation costs of $32,500 and monthly subscription fees of $2,000 following notice of effect. The Company will also pay $10,000 per month for additional marketing services.
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Patents and Trademarks
Below is a list of the Company’s patents and trademarks as of February 7, 2025:
Med-X Patent and Trademark Summary
Country | Official No. | Title | Case Status | Property Type |
USA | 88/218348 | THE MARIJUANA TIMES IC 41 | Pending | Trademark |
USA | 88/218390 | M. THE MARIJUANA TIMES (stylized) IC 41 | Pending | Trademark |
USA | 88/243436 | MALIBU BRANDS (logo) IC 5 | Pending | Trademark |
USA | 88/243444 | MALIBU BRANDS (logo) IC 25 | Pending | Trademark |
Canada | 2931915 | SOIL BLENDS CONTAINING AN INSECTICIDE AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF | Published | Patent application; Anticipated expiration date May 31, 2036; Composition of matter and method patent |
USA | 11,147,266 | SOIL BLENDS CONTAINING AN INSECTICIDE AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF (non-provisional) | Issued | Patent; Expiration date May 31, 2036; Composition of matter and method patent |
USA | 62/170320 | SOIL BLENDS CONTAINING AN INSECTICIDE AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF (provisional) | Expired | Provisional Patent Application |
USA | 17/502228 | SOIL BLENDS CONTAINING AN INSECTICIDE AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF (non-provisional) | Published | Pending patent application; Anticipated expiration date May 31, 2036; Composition of matter and method patent |
Below is a list of Pacific Shore Holdings’ patents and trademarks as of February 7, 2025:
Pacific Shore Holdings Patent and Trademark Summary
Country | Official No. | Title | Case Status | Property Type |
Australia | 1366146 | ENERGY-X IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
Australia | 1366144 | BURNER BALM IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
Canada | 1788556 | NATURE-CIDE IC5 (owner: Matthew Mills) | Allowed | Trademark |
China | 21017818 | NATURE-CIDE IC5 (owner: Matthew Mills) | Registered | Trademark |
China | 7911478 | BURNER BALM IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
China | 1559469 | THERMAL AID ZOO (stylized) IC 10 | Registered | Trademark |
China | 15519468 | THERMAL AID logo IC 5 & 10 | Registered | Trademark |
EU | 0085884203 | PERFORMANCE-X IC 3, 5 & 35 | Registered | Trademark |
EU | 008583932 | BURNER BALM IC 3, 5 & 35 | Registered | Trademark |
EU | 008584088 | ENERY-X IC 3, 5 &35 | Registered | Trademark |
Japan | 5318604 | ENERY-X IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
Japan | 5329859 | BURNER BALM IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
Korea | 40-855739 | ENERY-X IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
Korea | 40-0855633 | BURNER BALM IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
New Zealand | 825514 | BURNER BALM IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
New Zealand | 825515 | ENERGY-X IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
Thailand | 756974 | BURNER BALM IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 3753893 | BURNER BALM IC 3 & 5 | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 3777982 | ENERGY-X IC 3 | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 3628026 | NATURE-CIDE IC 5 (owner: Matthew Mills) | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 3777984 | ENERGY-X IC 5 (lip balm) | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 4444076 | ENERGY-X IC 30 | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 3064560 | THERMAL AID IC 10 (suppl. Reg.) | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 4190596 | ENERGY X IC 5 (gum) | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 6074312 | THERMAL-AID | Registered | Trademark |
USA | 7182777 | THERMAL DEVICE AND METHOD | Issued | Patent; Expiration date Feb. 9, 2024; Composition of matter patent |
USA | 7179280 | THERMAL DEVICE | Issued | Patent; Expiration date Feb. 9, 2024; Composition of matter patent |
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Competition
The sale of insecticides and other products for business and consumer customers are intensely competitive. We expect competition to intensify further in the future. Barriers to entry are relatively low. Current and new competitors can launch new products and can compete in the marketplace. We currently compete or potentially will compete with a number of other companies such as Bayer, Ecolabs, Envincio and Essentra, whose numbers will increase in the future, many of which are larger and possess greater human and capital resources than us, and already have well-established brand recognition. We face competition for readers and advertisers for our online news service. Nature-Cide will encounter intense competition from other all-natural and chemical-based pesticides that have been on the market for years, including those designed for the agricultural markets such as cannabis cultivators. Management believes we can compete effectively, but we cannot assure that competition will not impair the maintenance and growth of our planned businesses.
Government Regulation
We are subject to government regulations in the conduct of its business which tend to increase costs and potentially have a material adverse impact on our operating results, financial condition and business performance, including but not limited to (1) employment laws generally applicable to all businesses, including laws covering wages, working conditions, health, safety, working hours and similar matters, (2) laws designed to protect the environment, including those applicable to farming operations, (3) laws enforced by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and equivalent state agencies governing advertising and representations made by businesses, and (4) laws enforced by the FDA which govern safety and claims made with respect to food and other products consumed by the public. See “Risk Factors – Risks Relating to Our Business - Our business is subject to various government regulations.”
Below is a discussion of the federal and state-level U.S. regulatory regimes in those jurisdictions where we may become involved, through our subsidiaries, in the cannabis industry.
The United States federal government regulates drugs in large part through the CSA. Marijuana, which is a form of cannabis, is classified as a Schedule I controlled substance. As a Schedule I controlled substance, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (the “DEA”) considers marijuana to have a high potential for abuse. Three is no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States nor an accepted safety for use of the drug under medical supervision. The federal government classifies cannabis having a THC concentration of greater than 0.3% as marijuana. Cannabis with a THC concentration below 0.3% is classified as hemp.
The scheduling of marijuana as a Schedule I controlled substance is inconsistent with what we believe to be widely accepted medical and recreational uses for marijuana by physicians, researchers, patients, and consumers. Moreover, as of February 4, 2021 and despite the clear conflict with federal law, at least 36 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for medical use, although Mississippi’s medical cannabis legalization measure is under challenge. Fifteen of those states and the District of Columbia have legalized the adult-use of cannabis for recreational purposes, although South Dakota’s adult-use measure is also subject to potential challenge. In November 2020, voters in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota voted by referendum to legalize marijuana for adult use, and voters in Mississippi and South Dakota voted to legalized marijuana for medical use.
Unlike in Canada, which uniformly regulates the cultivation, distribution, sale, and possession of marijuana at the federal level under its Cannabis Act, marijuana is largely regulated at the state level in the United States. Although certain states and territories of the United States authorize medical or adult-use marijuana production and distribution by licensed or registered entities, under the CSA, the possession, use, cultivation, and transfer of marijuana and any related drug paraphernalia is illegal. Although our activities are compliant with the applicable state and local laws in the states in which we plan to operate, strict compliance with state and local laws with respect to cannabis may neither absolve us of liability under United States federal law nor provide a defense to any federal criminal action that may be brought against us.
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In 2013, as more and more states began to legalize medical and/or adult-use marijuana, the federal government attempted to provide clarity on the incongruity between federal law and these state-legal regulatory frameworks. Until 2018, the federal government provided guidance to federal agencies and banking institutions through a series of DOJ memoranda. The most notable of this guidance came in the form of a memorandum issued by former U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Cole on August 29, 2013 (the “Cole Memorandum”). The Cole Memorandum offered guidance to federal agencies on how to prioritize civil enforcement, criminal investigations and prosecutions regarding marijuana in all states and quickly set a standard for marijuana-related businesses to comply with. The Cole Memorandum put forth eight prosecution priorities:
| 1. | Preventing the distribution of marijuana to minors; |
2. | Preventing revenue from the sale of marijuana from going to criminal enterprises, gangs and cartels; |
3. | Preventing the diversion of marijuana from states where it is legal under state law in some form to other states; |
4. | Preventing the state-authorized marijuana activity from being used as a cover or pretext for the trafficking of other illegal drugs or other illegal activity; |
5. | Preventing violence and the use of firearms in the cultivation and distribution of marijuana; |
6. | Preventing drugged driving and the exacerbation of other adverse public health consequences associated with marijuana use; |
7. | Preventing the growing of marijuana on public lands and the attendant public safety and environmental dangers posed by marijuana production on public lands; and |
8. | Preventing marijuana possession or use on federal property. |
On January 4, 2018, former U.S. Attorney General Sessions rescinded the Cole Memorandum by issuing a new memorandum to all United States Attorneys (the “Sessions Memo”). Rather than establishing national enforcement priorities particular to marijuana-related crimes in jurisdictions where certain marijuana activity was legal under state law, the Sessions Memo simply rescinded the Cole Memorandum and instructed that “[i]n deciding which marijuana activities to prosecute... with the [DOJ’s] finite resources, prosecutors should follow the well-established principles that govern all federal prosecutions.” Namely, these include the seriousness of the offense, history of criminal activity, deterrent effect of prosecution, the interests of victims, and other principles.”
President Biden’s Attorney General, Merrick Garland, was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 10, 2021. It is not yet known whether the DOJ under President Biden and Attorney General Garland will re-adopt the Cole Memorandum or announce a substantive marijuana enforcement policy. Attorney General Garland indicated at a confirmation hearing before the United States Senate that it did not seem to him to be a useful use of limited resources to pursue prosecutions in states that have legalized and that are regulating the use of marijuana, either medically or otherwise.
Nonetheless, there is no guarantee that state laws legalizing and regulating the sale and use of marijuana will not be repealed or overturned, or that local governmental authorities will not limit the applicability of state laws within their respective jurisdictions. Unless and until the United States Congress amends the CSA with respect to marijuana (and as to the timing or scope of any such potential amendments there can be no assurance), there is a risk that federal authorities may enforce current federal law. Currently, in the absence of uniform federal guidance, as had been established by the Cole Memorandum, enforcement priorities are determined by respective United States Attorneys.
In order to participate in either the medical or recreational sides of the marijuana industry in California and elsewhere, all businesses and employees must obtain badges and licenses from the state and, for businesses, local jurisdictions. California became the first state to allow medicinal cannabis use when voters passed the Compassionate Use Act in 1996. Today, cannabis is legal in California for both medicinal and adult (recreational) use.
Relevant California Statutes
The main statute for cannabis businesses in California is in the Business and Professions Code. It is called the Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (“MAUCRSA”). MAUCRSA sets up a basic framework for licensing, oversight and enforcement related to cannabis businesses.
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Relevant California Regulations
The California Department of Cannabis Control makes regulations for cannabis businesses. These regulations specify:
| · | License application procedures; |
| · | Rules for running a cannabis business; |
| · | What can and cannot be made into a cannabis product, and what ingredients can and cannot be used; |
| · | Packaging requirements to prevent contamination and to inform consumers about what’s inside; |
| · | The testing that each product must pass before it can be sold; and |
| · | Enforcement actions that may be taken if a business is not following the rules. |
Equity Ordinances in California
Some cities and counties in California have ordinances for equity programs to help people negatively affected by the federal ”war on drugs” policies from the 1970s and create a more inclusive marketplace. Each ordinance supports equity applicants in different ways, such as:
| · | Faster application processes; |
| · | Assistance during the licensing process; |
| · | Help with operating your business; and |
| · | Direct financial support |
Laws and regulations affecting the adult-use marijuana industry are constantly changing, which could detrimentally affect our proposed operations. Local, state, and federal adult-use marijuana laws and regulations are broad in scope and subject to evolving interpretations, which could require us to incur substantial costs associated with compliance or alter our business plan. In addition, violations of these laws, or allegations of such violations, could disrupt our business and result in a material adverse effect on our operations. It is also possible that regulations may be enacted in the future that will be directly applicable to our business. These ever-changing regulations could even affect federal tax policies that may make it difficult to claim tax deductions on our returns. We cannot predict the nature of any future laws, regulations, interpretations, or applications, nor can we determine what effect additional governmental regulations or administrative policies and procedures, when and if promulgated, could have on our business.
In 2014, the United States House of Representatives passed an amendment (the “Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment”) to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, which funds DOJ. The Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment prohibits the DOJ from using funds to prevent states with medical cannabis laws from implementing such laws. In August 2016, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in United States v. McIntosh that the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment bars the DOJ from spending funds on the prosecution of conduct that is allowed by state legislation titled the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act (the “CARERS Act”) was introduced, proposing to allow states to regulate the medical use of cannabis by changing applicable federal law, including by reclassifying cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act to a Schedule II controlled substance and thereby changing the plant from a federally-criminalized substance to one that has recognized medical issues. More recently, the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2017 has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, which proposes to exclude persons who produce, possess, distribute, dispense, administer or deliver marijuana in compliance with state laws from the regulatory controls and administrative, civil and criminal penalties of the CSA. These developments previously were met with a certain amount of optimism in the cannabis industry, but, as of the date of the filing of this registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, (i) neither the CARERS Act nor the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2017 have yet been adopted, and (ii) the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment, being an amendment to an appropriations Bill that must be renewed annually, has not currently been renewed beyond February 18, 2022.
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Regulatory Considerations
Pursuant to EPA guidelines, the Company’s currently sold Nature-Cide products are a minimum risk pesticide. Because the EPA has determined that certain “minimum risk pesticides” pose little to no risk to human health or the environment, the EPA has exempted them from the requirement that they be registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Generally, the FDA does not review products that claim to meet the criteria for determining whether a product is exempt from pesticide regulation. Rather, the producer of the product is responsible for evaluating whether the product meets the criteria.
Although the FDA does not require “minimum risk pesticides” to be registered, various states require product label registration. The Company’s Nature-Cite products are registered in the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
The Company’s newest formulation of Nature-Cide is not yet registered with any states and it is not yet being sold.
The Company recently entered into an international distribution agreement with Ensystex, Inc., an international pest control distributor to distribute our Nature-Cide products in certain countries See “Business-Distributors”. These countries have their own licensing requirements which must be complied with prior to the sale of such products. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, Ensystex is responsible for the costs and administrative efforts in obtaining such licensing. The Company expects the licensing to be done on a country-by-country basis throughout the first half of 2024. To the extent that the process takes longer than expected to accomplish, the Company will not be able to generate sales in such markets until the necessary licenses are obtained.
The Company believes that its Thermal-Aid product is exempt from FDA requirements. The product is basically used and treated as a heating and cooling pack which is exempt from FDA registration. The Company does not believe that its Malibu Brands product is subject to FDA registration as it is a homeopathic cream which does not require registration with the FDA. The MJT Network does not produce or sell any products. It is merely an industry publication that features stories focusing on companies who are involved in the cannabis industry. Accordingly, the Company does not believe that the activities of the MJT Network are subject to any government regulation.
Employees
As of February 7, 2025, we had sixteen (16) full-time employees, five of whom are executive officers of Med-X. We plan to actively hire employees at such time as we have sufficient capital or financing to fund the expanded launch of its business plan.
Property
Effective October 15, 2020, Pacific Shore along with Med-X entered into the 1st Amendment to the Lease of 8236 Remmet Avenue Canoga Park, CA 91304 in order to extend the term of the lease for an additional five years, or until October 14, 2025. The facility is approximately 30,000 square feet of which Med-X currently occupies approximately 2,500 square feet of office space. Pacific Shore leases that space from an unaffiliated landlord pursuant to a five-year commercial lease that was renewed for an additional five years in October 2020 in an arms-length transaction (See Note 7 to the financial statements). The lease is subject to an annual adjustment based upon an increase in the Consumer Price Index in the Los Angeles Area. We currently pay $29,938.00 a month for rent for this facility.
Seasonality
Our operations may be materially affected by seasonality for outdoor cultivation operations. Nature-Cide is likely to have high sales volumes during the spring and summer months when insects and pests are more likely to be present and agricultural operations are at their peak. Lower sales volumes may be experienced at other times during the year.
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Credit Facilities
Crestmark Bank
On November 27, 2012 the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) and a promissory note (the “Note”) with Crestmark Bank. The maximum amount that can be borrowed under the Promissory Note is $1,500,000. The Loan Agreement establishes the collateral and required terms for establishing a factoring of Accounts Receivable. Accounts Receivable are collected 87% up-front from Crestmark Bank, 13% collected upon customer payment, and deduction of fees by Crestmark Bank are paid as a deduction against factored amounts remitted to the Company. Interest on the outstanding balance is calculated at two (2%) percent above Prime Rate. At no time will the rate be lower than five and one quarter (5.25%) percent per annum. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022 the outstanding balance was $20,635 and $45,587 respectively.
The Loan Agreement calls for a security interest in the assets of the Company such as Accounts, Goods, Inventory, Equipment, Chattel Paper, Instruments, Investment Property, specifically identified Commercial Tort Claims, Documents, Deposit Accounts, Letter of Credit Rights, General Intangibles, Contract Rights, customer lists, furniture and fixtures, books and records and supporting obligations for any of the foregoing.
The Company also agreed to certain fees such as loan fees, late reporting fees, lockbox fees, documentation fees, maintenance fees and an exit fee.
Line of Credit Agreement
On August 6, 2022, the Company entered into a Line of Credit Agreement with two of its Executive Officers. The line of credit provides for advances as needed up to a maximum of $500,000 for working capital. The amount outstanding on the Line of Credit shall be due and payable on the earlier to occur of (a) Event of Default or (b) the effective date the Company lists on a public stock exchange or one year from the Execution Date. Events of default under the terms of the agreement include nonpayment of principal or interest, when due, subject to a five (5) day cure period; voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or receivership or declaration of insolvency; misrepresentation in the Line of Credit agreement or documentation; material defaults under any term of the Line of Credit which has been noticed and remains uncured for thirty (30) days. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company has drawn $499,666 and $500,000, respectively against the Line of Credit Agreement and had interest payable of $2,787 and $2,744, respectively.
Corporate Information
We were formed in February 2014 in Nevada. Our subsidiaries consist of Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc., a California corporation. Our executive offices are located at 8236 Remmet Avenue, Canoga Park, California 91304 and our telephone number is (818) 349-2870. Our website address is www.MEDX-RX.com. Information contained on, or accessible through, our website is not a part of this offering statement.
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis summarizes the significant factors affecting our consolidated operating results, financial condition, liquidity and cash flows as of and for the periods presented below. The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this offering statement. The discussion contains forward-looking statements that are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, our management. Actual results could differ materially from those discussed in or implied by forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those discussed below and elsewhere in this offering statement.
Overview
We are a Nevada corporation formed in February 2014 engaged in the business of product development, distribution, and marketing of our products, which currently consist of Nature-Cide®, Thermal-Aid®, and Malibu Brands. On April 16, 2018, we completed the Merger with Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc. (“PSH” or “Pacific Shore”), pursuant to which PSH became our 99% owned subsidiary, on April 16, 2018. We have developed a series of natural “green” branded products under division names Nature-Cide®, Thermal-Aid®, and Malibu Brands. Nature-Cide® products are all-natural essential oil blends of indoor and outdoor pesticide/insecticide/repellent developed for multiple industries, including professional pest control, janitorial, hospitality, transportation and agriculture, as well as the Cannabis cultivation industry. Thermal-Aid®, Thermal-Aid Zoo® and the Thermal-Aid Headache Relief System® are 100% natural heating/cooling pain and physical therapy products for painful ailments affecting adults, children and animals. Nature-Cide® and Thermal-Aid® are distributed through ecommerce platforms and through national distribution outlets positioned around the United States. Malibu Brands are all-natural essential oils, including Hemp and CBD oil products, designed for various ailments and are still in the development stage. We also operate the MJT Network® through the Company’s online media platform, www.marijuanatimes.org, which publishes high quality media content regarding Cannabis to generate revenue from advertisers and traffic optimizing venues. The network includes smart phone and tablet applications and also publishes a daily news video through social and news applications. Med-X also plans, to the extent it is legal to do so, to cultivate high quality custom-bred Cannabis for the medical market to treat such aliments as pain, sleep deprivation, appetite disorders, and neurological pathologies or their symptoms.
Besides supplying Nature-Cide products to pest control, hospitality, janitorial and agricultural industries, Med-X also plans to supply products, including Nature-Cide insecticides, pesticides, granular and soil blends to legally operating Cannabis agricultural operators. As these core businesses evolve, and it becomes legal to do so, we will seek to develop and monetize techniques for the recognition and extraction of Cannabis compounds for the medical industry.
We plan to supply products to the agricultural and supply industries, including Nature-Cide® brands such as Nature-Cide’s® Pest Management and All-Purpose formulations, which were licensed to Med-X in 2014 and 2015. We also plan to do the same with our Nature-Cide special insecticidal soil, for which Med-X and Matthew Mills were recently issued a Patent. Nature-Cide® is an all-natural essential oil insecticide/miticide/nematicide that repels and kills a wide variety of pests, including insects that are commonly known to damage Cannabis crops. Nature-Cide® is owned, manufactured and distributed by PSH.
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Our primary sources of revenue are expected to be revenue from Nature-Cide, Thermal-Aid Malibu Brands products and The Marijuana Times advertising dollars generated from content published on our media outlet, www.marijuanatimes.org, as well as through the sale of industry related merchandise. Currently the Company’s significant revenue is generated through Nature-Cide and Thermal-Aid. Malibu Brands has been growing steadily since its launch in the second half of 2021, while The MJT Network revenue is currently immaterial. During 2022, Nature-Cide accounted for approximately 42.7% of our revenue, Thermal-Aid accounted for approximately 47.8% of our revenue, Malibu Brands accounted for 9.4% of our revenue and The MJT Network accounted for the remaining 0.1%. Nature-Cide generates its revenue mostly through direct sales to distributors, both domestically and internationally, while Thermal-Aid generates revenue through distribution channels while continuing to increase its sales activity via ecommerce channels.
Revenues are earned from selling products to customers and distributors using (i) the Amazon eCommerce portal other online portals; (ii) our owned and operated eCommerce website; (iii) third party distributors; and, (iv) on occasion, direct to end user. Our earnings process is considered complete upon receipt of payment from the customer when the customer is the end user (sales generated on our eCommerce website, eCommerce reseller portals or direct to end user), and upon issuance of an invoice to our distribution partners, provided shipment and/or delivery of the purchased products has been made to the customer, with respect to sales processed online; or shipment of the product for sales made to distributors or direct to end user consumers. Revenue from our MJT Network and Malibu brands operations are immaterial to our earnings process and are recorded once the transaction is considered complete.
Management also believes that substantial revenue can be earned from the online sale of Nature-Cide® and other products and services to medicinal use patients who are engaged in legal Cannabis cultivation as well as the Cannabis agricultural business, including indoor greenhouse operations. We may also earn revenue from providing consulting services to other Cannabis industry participants. In the long run, revenue is anticipated from our ongoing product sales as well as planned Cannabis compound identification and extraction system and our planned Cannabis products, assuming it is legal to do so and our research and development of those planned products and services are successful. No revenue is expected from the sale of Cannabis or medicinal Cannabis compounds for medical or recreational use until such sale is legal. Management believes it will eventually see revenue from growing, harvesting and selling high quality, custom-bred Cannabis for the California medical and recreational Cannabis markets. As a California grower, we will approach other markets that become legally available in the future, if any.
Our operational expenditures are primarily related to development of The Marijuana Times platform, marketing costs associated with getting users to join our network and engage with other users, and the costs related to being a fully reporting company with the SEC. Since its inception in 2015, The Marijuana Times has built a growing network of users. This growth has been aided by the growing use of mobile applications and the popularity of the Cannabis legalization movement among young adults.
Results of Operations
For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022
Revenue. Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2023 was $1,894,784 compared to $1,852,775 for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase in revenue of $42,009 is attributable to an increase in sales specifically from our Thermal-Aid brand, predominantly as a result of a large increase in online sales, offset by a decline in sales of our Malibu Brands items. Costs of goods sold were $1,641,617 and $1,570,977, respectively in the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
As of December 31, 2023, the Company’s trade accounts receivable was $50,105 from 50 customers. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company received 18% of its revenue from one customer; specifically 18% from Target Specialty Products.
As of December 31, 2022, the Company’s trade accounts receivable was $65,373 from 79 customers. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company received 32% of its revenue from two customers; specifically 19% from Target Specialty Products 13% from Veseris.
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Operating Expenses. Operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2023 were $6,676,536 as compared to $7,603,656 for the year ended December 31, 2022. The decrease in operating expenses is attributable mainly to an decrease in selling and marketing expense as the Company’s online/ecommerce sales marketing platform found additional efficiencies.
Other Income/(Expense). Other income in each of the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 was limited to interest expense of $55,127 and $16,687, respectively.
Net Loss. Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2023 was $6,478,496 compared to $7,338,431 for the year ended December 31, 2022. This decrease in net loss is due to a decrease in operating expenses which is attributable mainly to a decrease in selling and marketing expenses, professional fees and personnel related expenses, offset but a slight increase to general and administrative costs. Currently operating costs exceed revenue due to revenue growing at a slower pace than anticipated. We cannot assure when or if revenue will exceed operating costs. Operating expenses for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 include non cash compensation expenses in the form of shares issued for consulting fees valued at $2,081,833 and $1,877,334, respectively.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We had cash and equivalents of $65,747 and $209,472 at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, the decrease in cash balance at year end is primarily related to additional expenditures in the final quarter of fiscal 2023 related to our ongoing efforts to conclude our IPO and associated legal, audit and other fees. We raised proceeds of $3,989,767 and $3,229,930 from the sale of common stock in the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
During the year ended December 31, 2023, we used $4,103,260 of cash for operating activities. During the year ended December 31, 2022 we used $4,878,979 of cash for operating activities. A portion of the funds was used to pay general and administrative costs, professional fees and sales and marketing activities. Noncash operating activities included compensation expenses in the form of shares issued for consulting fees valued at $2,081,833 and $1,877,334, respectively.
Cash provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2023 was $3,959,535. Of this amount, $3,989,767 was related to the issuance of shares of common stock, repayment of principal on debt was $2,202, repayments to a related party promissory note were $3,078 and repayments towards a promissory note were $24,952. Cash provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2022 was $3,769,876. Of this amount, $3,229,930 was related to the issuance of shares of common stock, repayment of principal on debt was $9,694, borrowings from third parties was $30,945, borrowings from related parties was $502,744, and the repurchase of shares sold by an executive officer was $15,951. Since our inception, our capital needs have primarily been funded from net proceeds from private placements and other equity offerings.
Cash used in investing activities was $48,710 in the year ended December 31, 2022 related to the purchase of property and equipment compared to cash provided by investing activities of $0 in the year ended December 31, 2023.
We will have additional capital requirements during the remainder of 2024 and into 2025. We do not expect to be able to satisfy our cash requirements through sales of the Nature-Cide and Thermal-Aid product lines as well as digital media advertising, and therefore we will attempt to raise additional capital through the sale of our common stock. Should we be successful, we believe that the proceeds from a future offering may be sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next 18 months.
The Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) and a promissory note (the “Note”) with Crestmark Bank on November 27, 2012. The maximum amount that can be borrowed under the Promissory Note is $1,500,000. The Loan Agreement establishes the collateral and required terms for establishing a factoring of Accounts Receivable. Accounts Receivable are collected 87% up-front from Crestmark Bank, 13% collected upon customer payment, and deduction of fees by Crestmark Bank are paid as a deduction against factored amounts remitted to the Company. Interest on the outstanding balance is calculated at two (2%) percent above Prime Rate. At no time will the rate be lower than five and one quarter (5.25%) percent per annum. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the outstanding balance was $20,635 and $45,587 respectively. The Loan Agreement calls for a security interest in the assets of the Company such as Accounts, Goods, Inventory, Equipment, Chattel Paper, Instruments, Investment Property, specifically identified Commercial Tort Claims, Documents, Deposit Accounts, Letter of Credit Rights, General Intangibles, Contract Rights, customer lists, furniture and fixtures, books and records and supporting obligations for any of the foregoing. The Company also agreed to certain fees such as loan fees, late reporting fees, lockbox fees, documentation fees, maintenance fees and an exit fee.
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On August 6, 2022, the Company entered into a Line of Credit Agreement with two of its Executive Officers. The line of credit provides for advances as needed up to a maximum of $500,000 for working capital. The amount outstanding on the Line of Credit shall be due and payable on the earlier to occur of (a) Event of Default or (b) the effective date the Company lists on a public stock exchange or one year from the Execution Date. Events of default under the terms of the agreement include nonpayment of principal or interest, when due, subject to a five (5) day cure period; voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or receivership or declaration of insolvency; misrepresentation in the Line of Credit agreement or documentation; material defaults under any term of the Line of Credit which has been noticed and remains uncured for thirty (30) days. On September 28, 2023, Med-X agreed to an Amendment to the aforementioned Promissory Note dated August 6, 2022 with two of its executive officers to have the Note automatically be converted in full to Med-X common stock at the price of an initial offering of our common stock to the public (and “IPO”). Since the Company did not consummate an IPO, the original terms of the Note shall apply. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company has drawn $499,666 and $500,000, respectively against the Line of Credit Agreement and had interest payable of $2,787 and $2,744, respectively.
Without the proceeds from proposed additional offerings, we cannot be sure that we will have sufficient capital to finance our growth and business operations or that such capital will be available on terms that are favorable to us or at all. We are currently incurring operating deficits that are expected to continue for the foreseeable future.
Critical Accounting Policies
Revenue Recognition
The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Updated (“ASU”) ASU 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers and all subsequent amendments to the ASU (collectively, “ASC 606”). The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, the core principle of which is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for those goods or services. To achieve this core principle, five basic criteria must be met before revenue can be recognized: (1) identify the contract with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when or as the Company satisfies a performance obligation.
Through the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company generated revenues from selling its products to customers and distributors using (i) the Amazon eCommerce portal; (ii) its owned and operated eCommerce website; (iii) third party distributors; and (iv) on occasion, direct to end user. The Company considers its performance obligations satisfied upon shipment of the purchased products to the customer with respect to sales processed by third party fulfilment centers and delivery of the product for sales made to distributors or direct to end user. Returns of products from customer purchases using the Amazon resale portal are refunded by Amazon to the customer and products are returned to the Company’s warehouse inventory with no restocking fees incurred by the customer. The Company evaluates returns from customers purchasing product using its eCommerce site on a case-by-case basis and generally will issue replacement product in the limited cases of product returns. Returns by distributors or direct to end user customers are also reviewed on a case-by-case basis for product replacement if the Company determines it is warranted. The Company has no policy requiring cash refunds. Revenue also includes immaterial advertising sales from our online media platform.
Cost of Sales
Cost of sales includes actual product cost, shipping to distribution centers and reseller warehouses, labor, cost of warehousing and allocated overheard, which is applied on a per Unit basis.
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Stock-Based Compensation
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation to both employees and non-employees in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation. Under the fair value recognition provisions of ASC 718, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense ratably over the requisite service period, which is generally the option vesting period. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of stock options.
Results of Operations
The following summarizes the results of our operations for the 2024 Interim Period as compared to the 2023 Interim Period:
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Net revenues |
| $ | 834,255 |
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| $ | 864,668 |
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| $ | (30,413 | ) |
Cost of Goods Sold |
| $ | 686,866 |
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| $ | 701,156 |
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| $ | (14,290 | ) |
Gross profit/(loss) |
| $ | 147,389 |
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| $ | 163,512 |
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| $ | (16,123 | ) |
Operating Expenses |
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General and Administrative |
| $ | 4,049,177 |
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| $ | 3,108,095 |
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| 941,082 |
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| $ | 495,577 |
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| $ | 530,484 |
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Total Operating Expenses |
| $ | 4,544,754 |
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| $ | 3,638,579 |
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| $ | 906,175 |
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Loss from operations |
| $ | (4,397,365 | ) |
| $ | (3,475,067 | ) |
| $ | 922,298 |
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Interest Expense |
| $ | 27,324 |
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| $ | 27,477 |
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| $ | 153 |
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Net loss |
| $ | (4,424,689 | ) |
| $ | (3,502,544 | ) |
| $ | 922,145 |
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For the six months ended June 30, 2024, we had net revenues of $834,255, compared to $864,668 net revenues of for the six months ended June 30, 2023. While revenue decreased during the six months ended June 30, 2024, our costs of goods sold also decreased from to $701,156 for the six months ended June 30, 2023 to $686,866 for the six months ended June 30, 2024. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, we had a gross profit of 147,389, compared to a gross profit of $163,512 for the six months ended June 30,2023. The small decrease in revenue and costs of goods sold during the six months ended June 30, 2024 Interim Period is a result of slightly reduced sales period over period.
For the six months ended June 30, 2023, our operating expenses were $3,638,579, consisting of $530,484 for sales and marketing expenses, $3,108,095 for general and administrative costs. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, our operating expenses were $4,544,754, consisting of $495,577 for sales and marketing expenses and $4,049,177 for general and administrative costs. The significant increase in general and administrative costs was predominantly due to higher costs for legal and accounting fees and the Company undertook several new financing initiatives as well as negotiations for a target acquisition, requiring additional filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For the six months ended June 30, 2024 six months ended June 30, we had an operating loss of $4,397,365, compared to an operating loss of $3,475,067 for the six months ended June 30, 2023.
For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and the six months ended June 30, 2024 our interest expenses remained relatively constant at $27,477 and $27,324 respectively.
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For the six months ended June 30, 2024 Interim Period, we had a net loss of $4,424,689, compared to a net loss of $3,502,544 for the six months ended June 30, 2023.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of June 30, 2024, we had total current assets in the amount of $1,001,288, consisting of $245,923 in cash, $147,077 in accounts receivables, $78,274 in prepaid expenses, and $530,014 in inventory. As of December 31, 2023, we had total current assets in the amount of $732,383 consisting of $65,747 in cash, $50,105 in accounts receivables, $80,290 in prepaid expenses, $536,241 in inventory.
During the six months ended June 30, 2023, we used $2,384,202 of cash for operating activities as compared to $1,957,493 in the six months ended June 30, 2024. Cash used in operating activities in each of the comparative six month periods includes substantial fees paid for selling and marketing expenses and ongoing personnel and professional fees, offset by non cash expenditures in the period of stock issued for consulting services of $1,418,333 in the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to $2,264,000 in the six months ended June 30, 2024.
Cash provided by financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2023 was $2,452,395. Of this amount, $2,343,194 was related to the issuance of shares of common stock, $112,279 as a result of an increase of principal on debt, offset by a repayment of principal on debt of $3,078. Cash provided by financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $2,137,669. Of this amount, $2,137,718 was related to the issuance of shares of common stock, offset by a repayment of principal debt of $49. Since our inception, our capital needs have primarily been funded from net proceeds from private placements.
We will have additional capital requirements during the remainder of 2024 and 2025. We do not expect to be able to satisfy our cash requirements through sales of the Nature-Cide and Thermal-Aid product lines as well as digital media advertising, and therefore we will attempt to raise additional capital through the sale of our common stock, including through an offering of securities on Form 1-A and Form CF, as well as private placements from accredited investors. We believe that the proceeds of the proposed and current Offerings may be sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next 18 months.
On November 27, 2012, PSH entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) and a promissory note (the “Note”) with Crestmark Bank. The maximum amount that can be borrowed under the Promissory Note is $1,500,000. The Loan Agreement establishes the collateral and required terms for establishing a factoring of Accounts Receivable. Accounts Receivable are collected 87% up-front from Crestmark Bank, 13% collected upon customer payment, and deduction of fees by Crestmark Bank are paid as a deduction against factored amounts remitted to the Company. Interest on the outstanding balance is calculated at two (2%) percent above Prime Rate. At no time will the rate be lower than five and one quarter (5.25%) percent per annum. As of June 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the outstanding balance was $116,455 and $45,587 respectively.
The Loan Agreement calls for a security interest in the assets of the Company such as Accounts, Goods, Inventory, Equipment, Chattel Paper, Instruments, Investment Property, specifically identified Commercial Tort Claims, Documents, Deposit Accounts, Letter of Credit Rights, General Intangibles, Contract Rights, customer lists, furniture and fixtures, books and records and supporting obligations for any of the foregoing.
The Company also agreed to certain fees such as loan fees, late reporting fees, lockbox fees, documentation fees, maintenance fees and an exit fee.
Without additional proceeds from private placements and both pending and current offerings we cannot assure you that we will have sufficient capital to finance our growth and business operations or that such capital will be available on terms that are favorable to us or at all. We are currently incurring operating deficits that are expected to continue for the foreseeable future.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.
Critical Accounting Policies
We have identified the policies outlined below as critical to our business operations and an understanding of our results of operations. The list is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all of our accounting policies. In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, with no need for management’s judgment in their application. The impact and any associated risks related to these policies on our business operations is discussed throughout management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation where such policies affect our reported and expected financial results. Note that our preparation of the financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. There can be no assurance that actual results will not differ from those estimates.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. In determining when and how revenue is to be recognized from contracts with customers, the Company performs the following five step analysis laid under Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: (1) identification of contract with customers, (2) determination of performance obligations, (3) measurement of the transaction price, (4) allocation of transaction price to the performance obligations, and (5) recognition of revenue when or as the company satisfies each performance obligation.
Through the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 and during the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, the Company generated revenues from selling its products to customers and distributors using (i) the Amazon eCommerce portal; (ii) its owned and operated eCommerce website; (iii) third party distributors; and (iv) on occasion, direct to end user. The Company considers its performance obligations satisfied upon shipment of the purchased products to the customer with respect to sales processed by third party fulfilment centers and delivery of the product for sales made to distributors or direct to end user. Returns of products from customer purchases using the Amazon resale portal are refunded by Amazon to the customer and products are returned to the Company’s warehouse inventory with no restocking fees incurred by the customer. The Company evaluates returns from customers purchasing products using its eCommerce site on a case-by- case basis and generally will issue a replacement product in the limited cases of product returns. Returns by distributors or direct to end user customers are also reviewed on a case-by-case basis for product replacement if the Company determines it is warranted. The Company has no policy requiring cash refunds. Revenue also includes immaterial advertising sales from our online media platform.
Segment Reporting
The Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) is its Chief Executive Officer. The Company is organized primarily by product line and has determined it has a single operating segment which includes online sales via our managed ecommerce site, distributor sales and reseller sales via Amazon, of a like line of products, which have an intertwined production and distribution model and are distributed from one operating location. The Company derives immaterial revenue from advertising sales from our online media platform “MJT Network®”.
Stock Based Compensation Expense
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation to both employees and non-employees in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation. Under the fair value recognition provisions of ASC 718, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense ratably over the requisite service period, which is generally the option vesting period. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of stock options.
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We have not declared or paid any cash dividends and does not intend to pay cash dividends in the near future on the shares of common stock. Cash dividends, if any, that may be paid in the future to holders of common stock will be payable when, as and if declared by our board of directors, based upon the board’s assessment of our financial condition, our earnings, our need for funds, whether any preferred stock is outstanding, to the extent the preferred stock has a prior claim to dividends, and other factors including any applicable laws. We are not currently a party to any agreement restricting the payment of dividends.
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The following table sets forth as of June 30, 2024 (i) our capitalization, (ii) our capitalization as adjusted to reflect the sale by the Company of 2,500,000 shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $4.00 per share in this offering, and (iii) the application of the estimated net proceeds from this offering as described under “USE OF PROCEEDS.”
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| The information below is illustrative only, and our capitalization following the completion of this offering will be adjusted based on the actual public offering price and other terms of the offering determined at the pricing of this offering. You should read this table together with the sections of this prospectus titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, “Use of Proceeds,” and our audited financial statements as of December 31, 2023 and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. |
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Cash and Cash Equivalents |
| $ | 245,923 |
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| $ | 3,278,097 |
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| 11,595,597 |
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Total debt |
| $ | 616,072 |
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| $ | 616,072 |
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| 616,072 |
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Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, 300,000,000 shares authorized, 17,090,567 shares issued and outstanding, actual, 19,412,000 shares issued and outstanding, pro forma, 21,912,000, shares issued and outstanding pro forma as adjusted |
| $ | 17,091 |
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| $ | 20,508 |
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| 23,008 |
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Additional Paid-in Capital |
| $ | 34,817,204 |
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| $ | 38,3933,105 |
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| 46,508,105 |
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Accumulated deficit |
| $ | (35,393,743 | ) |
| $ | (35,393,743 | ) |
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Total Stockholders’ Equity (deficit) |
| $ | (559,449 | ) |
| $ | 3,019,870 |
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| 11,137,370 |
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| $ | 56,623 |
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| $ | 3,635,942 |
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| 11,753,442 |
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The above table is based on 17,090,567 shares of common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2024 and excludes (i) 247,8111 shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options, (ii) 17,587 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants
The information above is illustrative only and our capitalization following the completion of this offering will be adjusted based on the actual public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing, assumes no exercise of the Representative’s over-allotment option. Actual numbers give effect to our reverse stock split.
You should read this table in conjunction with the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.
A $1.00 increase (decrease) in the public offering price of $4.00 per Share would increase (decrease) the amount of cash and cash equivalents, additional paid-in capital, total stockholders’ equity (deficit) and total capitalization on a pro forma as adjusted basis by approximately $2,337,500, assuming the number of Units by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. Similarly, each increase (decrease) of 100,000 Shares offered by us would increase (decrease) cash and cash equivalents, total stockholders’ equity (deficit) and total capitalization on a pro forma as adjusted basis by approximately $374,000, assuming the public offering price remains the same, and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.
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As of June 30, 2024, the net tangible book value of Med-X, Inc. was $(559,449) or approximately $(.04), per share of common stock. See “CAPITALIZATION.” Net tangible book value per share consists of stockholders’ equity adjusted for the retained earnings (deficit), divided by the total number of shares of common stock outstanding. After giving effect to our sale of 1,137,626 shares of our common stock for proceeds of $3,579,318 in private placements, issuance of shares to consultants for services and a Regulation CF Offering subsequent to June 30, 2024 without giving effect to any changes in such net tangible book value after June 30, 2024, other than to give effect to the sale of 2,500,000 shares of common stock being offered by us in this Offering Circular, the pro forma net tangible book value at June 30,2024 would have been $11,337,370 or approximately $.58 per share. Thus, as of June 30, 2024, the net tangible book value per share of common stock owned by our current stockholders would have increased by approximately $.18 without any additional investment on their part and the purchasers of the shares will incur an immediate dilution of approximately $3.42 per share from the offering price. “Dilution” means the difference between the private placement price and the net tangible book value per share after giving effect this offering. The following table illustrates the dilution which investors participating in this offering will incur and the benefit to current stockholders as a result of this offering.
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Net Tangible Book Value per Share before Offering |
| $ | .18 |
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| $ | .40 |
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| $ | .58 |
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| $ | 3.42 |
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Executive Officers and Directors of Med-X
The following table sets forth the names and ages of all of our directors and executive officers as of the date of this prospectus. Our Board is currently comprised of eight members, who are elected annually to serve for one year or until their successor is duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal. Executive officers serve at the discretion of the Board and are appointed by the Board.
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Dr. David E. Toomey |
| Chief Science Officer |
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Matthew A. Mills |
| Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
| 59 |
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Ronald J. Tchorzewski |
| Director and Chief Financial Officer |
| 74 |
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Jennifer J. Mills |
| Director, President and Corporate Secretary |
| 53 |
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Nick Phillips |
| Chief Media Officer |
| 41 |
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| 75 |
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Dr. Allan Kurtz(2) |
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| 67 |
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| 83 |
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| 61 |
| October 29, 2021 to Present(1) |
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(1) | This person serves in the indicated position until the person resigns or is removed or replaced by a duly authorized action of the Board or the shareholders. This person has been in the indicated position with the Company since the Company’s inception in February 2014, or since the date indicated, if not since inception. |
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David E. Toomey, D.O., A.C.O.F.P., has served as our Chief Science Officer since our inception. Dr. Toomey was a member of our board of directors from our inception until October 21, 2021. From our inception in February 2014 until October 2021, Dr. Toomey was the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. In October 2021, Dr. Toomey resigned as our Chief Executive Officer and became the Company’s Chief Science Officer. He has been the Executive Vice President and a Director of Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc. since its inception in December 2007. Dr. Toomey is a board-certified family physician specializing in family medicine, geriatric care, and hospice and palliative care for more than twenty years. He has served on the Physician Consultant Board of several Fortune 500 insurance companies, where he was responsible for developing physician practice guidelines. He has participated in numerous phase 3 and 4 study protocols for several multi-national pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Toomey is currently the President of TDP Enterprises, LLC. Medical Group, a position he has held for the last 15 years. Dr. Toomey is a Medical Director for several hospice and palliative care organizations, a position he has held for the last 8 years. He continues to actively practice clinical medicine and works for Med-X in a part time capacity 15 to 20 hours weekly. Dr. Toomey attended Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated in 1991 from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Matthew A. Mills has been our Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Operating Officer since our inception in February 2014 through October 2021. In October 2021, he resigned as President and Chief Operating Officer and became our Chief Executive Officer. He is also the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Pacific Shore, positions he has held since January 2008. From July 2001 to June 2003, Mr. Mills was the Chief Operating Officer of Bidz.com Inc., an online auction company (“Bidz”). He began working for Bidz in 1998 where his responsibilities included operations, banking, marketing, Investor relations, public relations, and business development. In January 2002, Mr. Mills was promoted to the position of Investor Relations Director of Bidz. From March 2001 to January 2002, Mr. Mills was the Vice President of Marketing for Bidz and was responsible for managing all areas of marketing for Bidz. From December 1995 to August 1998, Mr. Mills was a regional manager for Ford Motor Company in Los Angeles, California, where he was responsible for financing documentation, customer service and returned vehicle processing. From November 1993 to November 1995, he owned and operated Imports Plus, a private company that imported floral products from Mexico to Los Angeles, California. From June 1987 to September 1993, Mr. Mills was a wholesale auction manager for Sports Cars West Ltd. located in Reseda and Oceanside, California. Mr. Mills attended the University of Arizona from January 1983 until June 1986, where he concentrated in Psychology and Economics. We believe that Mr. Mills is qualified to serve as a member of the Board because of his extensive business background.
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Ronald J. Tchorzewski has been one of our Director and our Chief Financial Officer since our inception in February 2014. He is also the Chief Financial Officer of Pacific Shore, a position he has held since June 2010. Mr. Tchorzewski has over 35 years of experience in financial accounting and reporting. He is currently the owner of CFO Consultancy in Escondido, California. Founded by Mr. Tchorzewski in 2009, CFO Consultancy is an independent consulting service providing chief financial officer level support, including business plan development, capital raising advice, and day-to-day accounting services to start-up and developmental stage companies. Mr Tchorzewski is consulting on his off duty time from the Company. From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Tchorzewski was the chief financial officer and corporate controller of TV Magic, Inc., a full service technology company encompassing all aspects of systems design, engineering, procurement of equipment and materials, installation, testing, and maintenance of broadcast quality television, and audio visual installations located in San Diego, California. From 2005 to 2008, he was the chief financial officer and corporate controller of Framemax, Inc., a light gauge steel prefabricated panelized wall systems manufacturer and installer located in Poway, California. From 2003 to 2005, he was the chief financial officer and corporate controller of Skyriver Communications, Inc., a high-speed wireless broadband internet access and Wi-Fi solution provider located in San Diego, California. From 1999 to 2001 he was chief financial officer for Internet Appliance and iPolicy Networks which were startups in the Internet space. From 1996 to 1999 he was chief financial officer for SoloPoint, a consumer telephonic device company which was a publicly traded company. From 1993 to 1996 he was chief financial officer for ULTRADATA Corporation, a financial services software company which he managed through an IPO. From 1987 to 1993 he was Vice President and Corporate Controller for Cadence Design Systems, a public company which is a world leader in Electronic Design Automation software. Mr. Tchorzewski holds a master’s degree in business administration (finance) and a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration (accounting) from Seton Hall University. We believe that Mr. Tchorzewski is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of his background in finance and accounting.
Jennifer J. Mills has been one of our Directors and our Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary since our inception in February 2014 and a director and Corporate Secretary of Pacific Shore since January 2011. In October 2021, she was appointed President of the Company. From September 1993 to November 2000, Mrs. Mills worked for McNutt & Taylor, CPAs as a bookkeeper. Her duties included handling accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll, reconciling financial and bank statements, preparing month-to-date, quarter-to-date, and year-to-date financial reports, and corresponding with clientele. From June 1992 to September 1993, Mrs. Mills was a member of the accounting department for South Pacific Rehab Services (“SPRS”) in Encino, California. Her responsibilities at SPRS included assisting the Vice President, handling accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll and corresponding with therapists and rehab facilities. From March 1990 to June 1992, Mrs. Mills was the office manager of Park Place Management, where she was in charge of all rental agreements, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll. Mrs. Mills received her bachelor’s degree in liberal studies with an emphasis in mathematics from California State University, Northridge in 1994. We believe that Ms. Mills is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of her accounting background and knowledge of the Company.
Nick Phillips has been our Chief Media Officer since September 19, 2019. In 2010, Mr. Phillips became the Digital Marketing Director of Pacific Shore, and in 2015, our Vice President of Business Development. Before working for Pacific Shore, Mr. Phillips started a boutique digital marketing agency called Bloczone that managed local and corporate business digital marketing efforts. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Phillips worked in Hollywood at GMT Studios and Raleigh Studios. It was there that he worked on numerous film, television, and commercial productions. Nick holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Michigan State University.
Dr. Allan Kurtz has been one of our directors since April 15, 2015 and a director of Pacific Shore since January 2011. Dr. Kurtz is board certified in internal medicine and has owned and operated Allan Kurtz, a Professional Medical Corporation, since 1986. Dr. Kurtz received his medicine doctor degree from the College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa in 1980 and completed a rotating internship and an internal residency at Botsford General Hospital in Farmington Hills, Michigan in 1984. Since 1986, Dr. Kurtz has been the Medical Director of Warner Medical Center and the California Center of Longevity Medicine. He is also a long time member of the American Osteopathic College of Internal Medicine. We believe that Dr. Kurtz is qualified to serve as a member of our Board of because of his background in medicine.
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Dr. Morton I. Hyson has been one of our directors since April 15, 2015. Since November 1990, Dr. Hyson has been in private practice as a Board Certified Neurologist in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is also a Clinical Assistant Professor at Touro University in San Francisco, California, where he has been teaching since September 2000. He also serves as a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, School of Medicine, where he has been teaching since October 1993. He was a Neurologist in private practice in Arlington, Texas from 1983 until 1990, where he also served as a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas from October 1983 until October 1990. Dr. Hyson also served as the Medical Director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association in Las Vegas, Nevada from September 1991 until June 1993. Dr. Hyson earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music in 1992 from the Cleveland Institute of Music, Case Western Reserve University, after attending the University of Michigan from 1967 to 1969 in pre-medical studies. From 1972 until 1974, Dr. Hyson attended Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, where he studied Opera. Dr. Hyson returned to his medical studies in 1974 when he attended Columbia University from September 1974 until May 1975. He earned his M.D. from Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1979, and was an Intern in Internal Medicine at Sinai Hospital of Detroit from 1979 until 1980. Dr. Hyson did his Neurology Residency at McGill University, Montreal Neurological Hospital from 1980 to 1983. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the National Board of Medicine Examiners. His professional affiliations include the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Neurology, the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons, the American Headache Society, the Clark County Medical Society, the Nevada State Medical Association and the Conroe Regional Medical Center. Dr. Hyson is the inventor and grantee of three patents in the medical field issued by the United States Office of Patents and Trademarks, which he has licensed to Pacific Shore. We believe that Dr. Hyson is qualified to serve as a member of our Board of because of his background in medicine.
Fred Dashiell, Jr. has been a director of Pacific Shore since June 2011. Mr. Dashiell has been an adjunct professor at Chapman University in Orange, California since 2010 and a visiting scholar at the University of California at Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California since 2007. From 2000 to 2009, he was a senior computer scientist at MindBox, Inc., a software technology company located in Greenbrae, California. From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Dashiell was a computer scientist at Brightware, Inc., an artificial intelligence company located in Novato, California. From 1984 to 1995, Mr. Dashiell worked and consulted for Inference Corporation, a software technology company. From 1981 to 1984, he was a principal member of the technical staff of Citicorp, Transaction Technology, Inc. From 1977 to 1981, Mr. Dashiell was a senior research scientist with R and D Associates. From 1975 to 1977, Mr. Dashiell was a Bateman research Instructor in mathematics at the California Institute of Technology. From 1973 to 1975, he was an adjunct assistant professor in mathematics at the University of California at Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Dashiell received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1963 and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1973.
Michael J Kuntz. has been one of our directors since October 29, 2021. Mr. Kuntz is currently Managing Director of Young America Capital, a boutique investment bank focused exclusively on middle- market growth companies, a position that he has held since 2016. For the last 32 years, he has worked exclusively with middle market and start-up growth companies, both as an investment banker and as Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer. From 1989-1999, he worked at Pacific Growth Equities, Ferris, Baker Watts and Pennsylvania Merchant Group where he raised over $1.2 billion for companies in the technology, healthcare, medical devices and consumer products industries. From 1999-2005, he worked on the operational side as CFO/COO for 2 start-up technology companies, CyberAction, a developer of digital collectable cards and Wet Electrics/Cyberaction a developer of video integration software targeted at the theatrical community. In 2000, he founded Cirrus Digital, a broadband deliver company focused on providing internet protocol based cable television services over legacy copper wire infrastructure. In 2006, he joined ROGO Capital, as Head of Investment Banking. He received his MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and is B.S. in finance. We believe that Mr. Kuntz is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of his executive and management experience.
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Family Relationships and Other Arrangements
Jennifer Mills, our President and Corporate Secretary, is the spouse of Matthew Mills, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Other than as set forth above, there are no familial relationships or arrangements or understandings between or among our executive officers and directors pursuant to which any director or executive officer was or is to be selected as a director or executive officer.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
To our knowledge, during the last ten years, except as set forth below, none of our directors, executive officers (including those of our subsidiaries), promoters or control persons have:
| · | had a bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which such person was a general partner or executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time; |
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| · | been subject to any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities; |
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| · | been found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the SEC, or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended or vacated; and |
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| · | been the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization, any registered entity, or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member. |
The Company was previously subject to a temporary suspension from the SEC and Cease and Desist orders from two state agencies.
On November 3, 2015, we were declared qualified by the SEC for our proposed crowdfunding offering of common stock under the revised SEC Regulation A+ rules. After amending the proposed crowdfunding offering, we were requalified by the SEC in February 2016 and then launched our Regulation A+ offering. While conducting this offering, we have been subject to the SEC reporting requirements under these regulations. We miscalculated our initial requirements for filing an annual Form 1-K report based on this 2016 requalification date and not the original date. On September 2, 2016, we received notice from the SEC that we had failed to meet the Form 1-K deadline of April 30, 2016. On the next business day, September 6, 2016, we notified the SEC of the mistake and that we would get the report filed as fast as possible which we anticipated to be two to three weeks, as the SEC estimates that the preparation of a Form 1-K reports require approximately 600 hours to complete. We filed the Form 1-K report on September 19, 2016. Unfortunately, the SEC had issued a temporary suspension order on September 16, 2016, which we did not receive until after our 1-K filing. As such, we then terminated the offering and requested that the SEC lift the temporary suspension.
Despite filing the report, the SEC decided not to lift the temporary suspension and instead pursued an administrative proceeding to make the suspension of our Regulation A+ offering permanent due to (i) the late filing and (ii) the fact that shares were sold pursuant to the qualified offering during the period when the filing was delinquent. We opposed the SEC’s request for a permanent suspension and sought to vacate the temporary order via an administrative proceeding before an SEC Administrative Law Judge Jason S. Patil. Hearings on the matter were held on January 10, 2017 and January 25, 2017 and a post-hearing briefing was submitted thereafter. On May 8, 2017, Judge Patil found in favor of Med-X, granting Med-X’s request to vacate the temporary order and denying the SEC’s request for a permanent suspension. The SEC declined to appeal the decision and thereafter issued an order, dated August 24, 2017, declaring Judge Patil’s Decision final and effective.
Since five years have passed since the violation and there is no pending or active case, we are no longer subject to any further enforcement action for this inadvertent failure to timely file the Form 1-K. While we terminated our Reg A offering in August 2022, we must still abide by the SEC Regulation A+ filing rules. This past inadvertent failure to timely file a Form 1-K may be taken into account in any potential future actions alleging violations of SEC rules.
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In addition to SEC regulations, while selling our common stock we are also subject to the rules and regulations of state agencies which regulate sales of securities in their states. In the past, our company, officers and a subsidiary have been notified of alleged state securities violations as described in detail below.
Settlement Agreement with the California Department of Business Oversight
In May 2017, the Company was verbally informed by the DBO that a former employee of the Company, Arthur Avanesov, had been the subject of a Desist and Refrain Order by the DBO in July 2010 (the “Order”). We had no knowledge of the Order when we hired him on April 1, 2015. Thus, the Company did not have knowledge of Mr. Avanesov’s past hearing decision or final order.
Initially, the DBO requested that we consent to an order covering the omission of Mr. Avanesov’s Order in our disclosure documents. We declined because we did not believe it was legally required (he was not an officer or director), we were unaware of the Order, and we could demonstrate reasonable care in conducting our due diligence of Mr. Avanesov. We also refused to consent to any adverse order by the DBO because we did not want to risk triggering SEC disqualification from the exemptions under Regulation A+ or Regulation D for being deemed a “bad actor” pursuant to Rules 262 and 506 under these regulations.
The Company and the DBO continued to discuss the merits of the matter. The DBO eventually indicated it was not their intent to trigger any “bad actor” disqualification, and that litigating the matter would be time-consuming, costly and uncertain given the facts we had presented. No formal case or complaint was ever filed. Instead, on September 4, 2017, a voluntary settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) was entered into by the Company, its officers and directors and the DBO, avoiding any order being issued by the DBO. In the Settlement Agreement, the Company agreed not to violate Section 25401 of the California Corporations Code, which governs disclosures in selling securities within California. The Settlement Agreement became effective on September 6, 2017 when it was signed by the DBO Commissioner.
Administrative Order and Settlement with State Securities Commissions
On August 7, 2013, the California Department of Business Oversight (the “DBO”) issued a Desist and Refrain Order (the “DBO Order”) against Pacific Shore and Mr. Mills. The DBO Order asserted that in June 2011, the respondents had offered shares from the State of California by calling a person with whom they did not have a pre-existing relationship. Respondents believe that this DBO Order stems from the same call as the Pennsylvania Summary Order which was rescinded. The DBO Order stated that the respondents were to desist and refrain from further offer or sale of securities in the State of California until qualification is made or unless the offer and sale are exempt from qualification. In September 2013 Pacific Shore and Mills filed for a hearing to appeal the DBO Order. In October 2013 Pacific Shores filed a new 506(c) offering enabled through the Jobs Act, which now permits such offering participants to generally solicit without a pre-existing relationship. As such, as a matter of law, Pacific Shore had come into compliance with the Order. Consequently, the DBO and respondents moved to drop the appeal hearing and removed the matter from the administrative court calendar as no further enforcement or defense was necessary.
Board Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight
The Board, as a unified body and through its committee participation, will organize the execution of its monitoring and oversight roles and currently expects the Chairman to organize those functions. For now, the CEO and Chairman roles are held by Mathew Mills. In the future the roles may be separated and be held by two individuals. Our primary rationale for separating these positions in the future of Chairman and CEO is the recognition of the time commitments and activities required to function effectively as the Chairman and as the CEO of a company with a relatively flat management structure. The separation of roles could permit the Board to recruit senior executives into the CEO position with skills and experience that meet the Board’s planning for the position, some of which such individuals may not have extensive public company board experience.
Risk is inherent with every business, and how well a business manages risk can ultimately determine its success. Management is responsible for the day-to-day management of the risks we face, while the Board, as a whole has responsibility for the oversight of risk management. In its risk oversight role, the Board is responsible for ensuring that the risk management processes designed and implemented by management will be effective.
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The Board believes that establishing the right “tone at the top” and that full and open communication between executive management and the Board are essential for effective risk management and oversight. Our CEO communicates frequently with members of the Board to discuss strategy and challenges facing our company. Each quarter, the Board will receive presentations from senior management on matters involving our key areas of operations.
Director Independence
Our Board currently consists of seven directors. Dr. Hyson, Dr. Kurtz and Fred Dashiell, Jr., and Michael Kuntz are “independent” as defined in Rule 4200 of FINRA’s listing standards. We may appoint additional independent directors to our Board in the future, to serve on our planned committees.
Rule 251(d)(3)(i)(F) of Regulation A+
The Company has raised capital under Regulation A+ of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, through an Offering Statement initially declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 3, 2015, followed by a series of Post-Qualification Amendments to it filed by us with the Commission with complete, comprehensive updated financial statements and business information regarding the Company in each case. At all times, investors in our common stock have had access to complete disclosure by the Company in current Post-Qualification Offering Statements filed with and declared effective by the Commission on a timely basis. In content, these filings are substantially equivalent to a new Offering Statement such as the one which covers this Offering Circular. The Company is and has since September 2016 been current in filing all of its periodic reports under Regulation A+ with the Commission, including its annual and semi-annual reports.
Rule 251(d)(3)(i)(F) of Regulation A+ provides that a new Offering Statement should be filed within three years of the initial qualification of the Offering Statement, generally allowing for at least two rounds of amendments. The Company did two rounds of amendments, but because of the above described delay from September 20, 2016 until May 8, 2017, it took more than three years from initial qualification to complete the offering covered by those amendments.
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Compensation of Executive Officers and Directors
Summary Compensation Table
During the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, we paid the following aggregate salaries to our current executive officers:
Name and Principal Position |
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Dr. David Toomey, |
| 2023 |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| 0 |
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Chief Science Officer |
| 2022 |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| 0 |
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Matthew A. Mills, |
| 2023 |
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| 390,625 |
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| 16,897 |
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| - |
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| - |
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| 407,522 |
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Chief Executive Officer |
| 2022 |
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| 359,375 |
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| 28,773 |
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| - |
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| - |
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| 388,148 |
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Ronald J. Tchorzewski |
| 2023 |
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| 234,375 |
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| - |
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| - |
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| 234,375 |
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Chief Financial Officer |
| 2022 |
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| 215,625 |
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| - |
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| 215,625 |
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Jennifer J. Mills, |
| 2023 |
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| 197,917 |
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| - |
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| 197,917 |
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President and Corporate Security |
| 2022 |
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| 182,083 |
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| - |
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| 182,083 |
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Nick Phillips |
| 2023 |
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| 190,000 |
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| - |
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| 190,000 |
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Chief Media Officer |
| 2022 |
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| 190,000 |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| 190,000 |
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Dr. Allan Kuntz |
| 2023 |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| 0 |
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Director |
| 2022 |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| 0 |
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Dr. Morton I. Hyson |
| 2023 |
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| 0 |
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Director |
| 2022 |
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| - |
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Fred Dashiell |
| 2023 |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| 0 |
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Director |
| 2022 |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| 0 |
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Michael Kuntz |
| 2023 |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| 0 |
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Director |
| 2022 |
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| - |
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| 0 |
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| (1) | The figures in the above table include compensation paid in 2023 and 2022 and therefore reflect the salary reductions made in 2022 due to COVID-19. The Company returned to pre-COVID-19 salary levels for 2023. |
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Employment Agreements
We have not entered into any employment agreements with our executive officers or other employees to date.
Stock Option Plan
On May 2, 2016, the Company adopted its 2016 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan allows the Company to offer an option or a share purchase right to an employee, director, consultant or a member of the Board. Under the Plan, the maximum number of shares that may be issued will not exceed 625,000. The term of the option will not exceed 10 years from the date of grant. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, there are a total of 247,813 stock options outstanding. The exercise price of the stock options is $9.60 per share for 167,500 of them, $10.56 per share for 62,500 and $12.80 per share for 17,813 of them.
The fair market value of each option granted was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions for each applicable period:
| (1) | Risk-free interest rate - Risk-free interest rate was based on the US Treasury bond yield for a similar duration, as of the day of grant. |
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| (2) | Volatility - Volatility was based on the volatility of the Company, analyzed over historical weekly share prices for one year immediately prior to the day of grant. |
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| (3) | Dividend yield - Dividend yield was estimated by the Company based on its expected dividend policy over the contractual life of the options. |
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| (4) | Fair value of the ordinary shares - When estimating the fair value of the ordinary shares on the grant dates, management used the pricing in the most recent financing activities. |
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock as of February 7, 2025, and as adjusted to reflect the sale of shares of our common stock included in the Units being offered in this offering, by:
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Beneficial ownership and percentage ownership are determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and includes voting or investment power with respect to shares of stock. This information does not necessarily indicate beneficial ownership for any other purpose.
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Unless otherwise indicated and subject to applicable community property laws, to our knowledge, each stockholder named in the following table possesses sole voting and investment power over their shares of common stock, except for those jointly owned with that person’s spouse. Percentage of beneficial ownership is based on 20,507,443 shares of common stock outstanding as of February 7, 2025, plus the voting power of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock owned by our Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer as of February 7, 2025. Unless otherwise noted below, the address of each person listed on the table is c/o Med-X, Inc., 8236 Remmet Avenue, Canoga Park, California 91304.
Name of Beneficial Owner (1) |
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Matthew Mills, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer |
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| 22,197,607 | (2)(4) |
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Ronald Tchorzewski, Chief Financial Officer and Director |
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| 343,750 | (5) |
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Jennifer Mills, President, Corporate Secretary and Director |
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Dr. David Toomey, Chief Science Officer (6) |
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| 282,262 |
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Nick Phillips, Chief Media Officer (10) |
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Dr. Allan Kurtz, Director (7) |
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| 96,875 |
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Dr. Morton I. Hyson, Director (8) |
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Fred Dashiell, Jr., Director (9) |
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| 7,813 |
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Michael Kuntz, Director (11) |
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(1) | Assumes the issuance of 2,500,000 Units pursuant to this offering at a public offering price of $4.00 per Unit |
(2) | Reflects 10,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned by Matthew Mills conferring on him the right to vote 51% of the total outstanding shareholder voting power (41,851,924 voting shares as of February 7, 2025 ), plus 821,876 shares of outstanding voting common stock owned by him and includes vested stock options to purchase up to 31,250. These shares are owned jointly with Jennifer Mills, the wife of Matthew Mills, under applicable community property laws. |
(3) | Jennifer Mills is the wife of Matthew Mills and may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the shares of our common stock owned by him. |
(4) | Includes vested stock options to purchase up to 31,250 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $10.56 per share, exercisable until May 2, 2026. |
(5) | Includes vested stock options to purchase up to 31,250 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $9.60 per share, exercisable until May 2, 2026. |
(6) | Includes vested stock options to purchase up to 31,250 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $9.60 per share, exercisable until May 2, 2026. |
(7) | Includes vested stock options to purchase up to 3,125, shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $9.60 per share, exercisable until May 2, 2026. |
(8) | Includes vested stock options to purchase up to 1,875 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $9.60 per share, exercisable until May 2, 2026. |
(9) | Mr. Dashiell was granted 3,125 options to purchase the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $9.60 per share in July 2018 when he accepted a position on the Board. These options vest 25% on the first anniversary of his Board appointment and 25% annually on his anniversary date over the remaining three years of the term of the options, exercisable until June 30, 2028. |
(10) | Includes vested stock options to purchase up to 25,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $9.60 per share, exercisable until May 2, 2026. |
(11) | Mr. Kuntz was granted 3,125 options to purchase the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $12.80 per share in October 2021 when he accepted a position on the Board. These options vest 25% on the first anniversary of his Board appointment and 25% annually on his anniversary date over the remaining three years of the term of the options, exercisable until October 30, 2031. |
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INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
Policies for Approval of Related Party Transactions
Our Board reviews and approves transactions with directors, officers and holders of 5% or more of our voting securities and their affiliates, or each, a related party. The material facts as to the related party’s relationship or interest in the transaction are disclosed to our Board prior to their consideration of such transaction, and the transaction is not considered approved by our Board unless a majority of the directors who are not interested in the transaction approve the transaction. Further, when stockholders are entitled to vote on a transaction with a related party, the material facts of the related party’s relationship or interest in the transaction are disclosed to the stockholders, who must approve the transaction in good faith.
Related Person Transaction Policy
We have not had a formal policy regarding approval of transactions with related parties. We expect to adopt a related person transaction policy that sets forth our procedures for the identification, review, consideration and approval or ratification of related person transactions. For purposes of our policy only, a related person transaction is a transaction, arrangement or relationship, or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships, in which we and any related person are, were or will be participants in which the amount involved exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of our total assets at year-end for our last two completed fiscal years. Transactions involving compensation for services provided to us as an employee or director are not covered by this policy. A related person is any executive officer, director or beneficial owner of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities, including any of their immediate family members and any entity owned or controlled by such persons.
Under the policy, if a transaction has been identified as a related person transaction, including any transaction that was not a related person transaction when originally consummated or any transaction that was not initially identified as a related person transaction prior to consummation, our management must present information regarding the related person transaction to an independent body of our Board, for review, consideration and approval or ratification. The presentation must include a description of, among other things, the material facts, the interests, direct and indirect, of the related persons, the benefits to us of the transaction and whether the transaction is on terms that are comparable to the terms available to or from, as the case may be, an unrelated third party or to or from employees generally. Under the policy, we will collect information that we deem reasonably necessary from each director, executive officer and, to the extent feasible, significant stockholder to enable us to identify any existing or potential related-person transactions and to effectuate the terms of the policy. In addition, under our code of conduct, our employees and directors will have an affirmative responsibility to disclose any transaction or relationship that reasonably could be expected to give rise to a conflict of interest. In considering related person transactions, an independent body of our Board, will take into account the relevant available facts and circumstances including, but not limited to:
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| · | the impact on a director’s independence in the event that the related person is a director, immediate family member of a director or an entity with which a director is affiliated; |
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The policy requires that, in determining whether to approve, ratify or reject a related person transaction, an independent body of our Board, must consider, in light of known circumstances, whether the transaction is in, or is not inconsistent with, our best interests and those of our stockholders, an independent body of our Board, determines in the good faith exercise of its discretion.
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Related Party Transactions
On April 18, 2018, Mr. Mills, in connection with the Merger of PSH and Med-X, exchanged 3,010,259 of his shares of the Company’s common stock for shares of our Series A Preferred Stock.
Mr. Mills received an advance from the Company in the amount of $57,711 which, as of December 31, 2021, was repaid from the proceeds of additional sales of shares of the Company’s common stock by Mr. Mills.
During the years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021, the Company purchased and resold 6,592 and 10,200 shares of its common stock, respectively, from its CEO, Matthew Mills for cash of $84,398 and $130,560, or $12.80 per share. In the year 2022, the fair market value of 1,533 of the repurchased shares was $2.40, as determined by an independent valuation report; the fair market value of the remaining 5,059 shares repurchased was $12.80 per share. In the year 2021, the fair market value of 10,200 shares was $2.40, as determined by an independent valuation report. The Company recorded share-based compensation in consideration of the purchase price of the shares in excess of fair market value of $15,952 and $106,080 in the years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021. There were no shares purchased from Mr. Mills for resale in the year ended December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the amount due to Matthew Mills for shares repurchased is $0 and $84,398, respectively.
The Company leases and shares office space with Pacific Shore on a five-year lease basis for our executive offices. The Company also has a five-year lease at no cost, except payment of utility costs, for a 600 square foot cannabis research and cultivation center. The building is owned by our Chief Executive Officer, and the cultivation center and related equipment are owned by the Company. Imputed annual rental costs of $736 in respect to the related party lease are reflected in our statement of stockholders’ equity as additional paid in capital.
The Company has been granted a license for the existing patents and trademarks held by Mr. Mills, our chairman. Additionally, one of our directors, Dr. Hyson, has granted us an exclusive license for his patents for Thermal-Aid and Malibu Brands Pain Relief Cream. Dr. Hyson receives a 5% royalty for product sales related to his patented and related products. Since inception through December 31, 2023, Dr. Hyson has received a cumulative total of $24,831 and have accrued royalties of $870 as of December 31, 2023.
On August 6, 2022, the Company entered into a Line of Credit Agreement (the “Line of Credit Agreement”) with two of its executive officers. The Line of Credit Agreement provides for advances as needed up to a maximum of $500,000 for working capital. The amount outstanding on the Line of Credit Agreement shall be due and payable on the earlier to occur of (a) event of default or (b) the effective date the Company lists on a public stock exchange or one year from the execution date. Events of default under the terms of the agreement include nonpayment of principal or interest, when due, subject to a five (5) day cure period; voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or receivership or declaration of insolvency; misrepresentation in the Line of Credit Agreement or documentation; material defaults under any term of the Line of Credit Agreement which has been noticed and remains uncured for thirty (30) days.
On September 28, 2023, Med-X agreed to an Amendment to the aforementioned Promissory Note dated August 6, 2022 with two of its executive officers to have the Note automatically be converted in full to Med-X common stock at the IPO price. Since the Company did not consummate an IPO, the original terms of the Note shall apply.
As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company has drawn $499,666 and $500,000, respectively against the Line of Credit Agreement and had interest payable of $2,787 and $2,744, respectively.
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General
Our authorized capital stock consists of 300,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which approximately 19,207,397 shares are issued and outstanding as of September 15, 2024. Our authorized capital stock also includes 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001, 10,000 of which are issued and outstanding as Series A (super voting) Preferred Stock, effective April 16, 2018, issued to Matthew Mills, our Chairman and President, in connection with the closing of the merger of Med-X, Inc. and Pacific Shore. See “CAPITALIZATION.” Under Nevada law and generally under state corporation laws, the holders of our common and preferred stock will have limited liability pursuant to which their liability is limited to the amount of their investment in us.
Common Stock
Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. The holders of common stock do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors. Accordingly, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of voting capital stock entitled to vote in any election of directors may elect all of the directors standing for election. Currently, Matthew Mills, our President and Chief Operating Officer, has 51% voting power over all matters subject to a vote of the shareholders of the Company, including without limitation the election of directors, by virtue of his ownership of 10,000 shares of Series A (super voting) Preferred Stock of Med-X, Inc. Subject to preferential rights with respect to any series of preferred stock that may be issued, holders of the common stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends as may be declared by the board of directors on the common stock out of funds legally available therefore and, in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our affairs, are entitled to share equally and ratably in all of our remaining assets and funds.
Preferred Stock
We are authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, having such rights, preferences and privileges, and issued in such series, as are determined by our Board of Directors. We currently have 10,000 shares of Series A super voting Preferred Stock outstanding, held by our Chairman and President, effectively conferring on Mr. Mills 51% voting control over all matters subject to a shareholder vote, including the election of directors. The Series A super voting Preferred Stock have de minimus economic rights (i.e. no conversion right, no dividend rights and no liquidation preference), but do confer Matthew Mills 51% voting control of the Company. For the sake of clarity, the only rights designated to the series A super voting Preferred Stock are voting rights. As of February 7, 2025, 10,000 shares of Series A super voting preferred stock are authorized, and 4,990,000 remain available for issuance.
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Securities Offered
We are offering shares of common stock for a purchase price of $4.00 per share with a minimum purchase requirement of 150 shares ($600). The maximum offering is $10,000,000 by us. We will have the unrestricted right to reject tendered subscriptions for any reason and to accept less than the minimum investment from a limited number of subscribers. In the event the shares available for sale are oversubscribed, they will be sold to those investors subscribing first, provided they satisfy the applicable investor suitability standards. See “INVESTOR SUITABILITY STANDARDS.” The order of sale of shares by the Company in this offering will be determined by agreement of the Company in its sole discretion.
The purchase price for the shares will be payable in full upon subscription. Subscription funds which are deposited into the subscription escrow account established for the offering with Enterprise Bank & Trust as the Escrow Agent, and which are thereafter accepted by us and the Selling Agent, will be deposited into our operating account in a series of closings for immediate use by us. We have no obligation to refund subscriptions for shares in this offering. We have no required minimum offering amount for this offering and therefore an initial closing may occur after the first accepted subscription agreement regardless of the amount of the investment, upon written agreement by the Selling Agent and us for the initial closing and each subsequent closing.
Subscription Period
The offering will terminate on the first to occur of (i) the date on which all 2,500,000 shares have been sold, (ii) the date which is one year from this offering being qualified by the SEC or (c) the date on which this offering is earlier terminated by us, in our sole discretion, with respect to the Company’s shares offered in this offering, regardless of the amount of capital raised (in each case, the “Termination Date”).
The Sales Termination Date may occur prior to [_____] [__], 202[__] if subscriptions for the maximum number of shares have been received and accepted by us before such date. Subscriptions for shares must be received and accepted by us on or before such date to qualify the subscriber for participation in Med-X.
Subscription Procedures
Completed and signed subscription documents and subscription checks should be sent to the Company, Med-X, Inc., at the following address: 8236 Remmet Avenue, Canoga Park, California 91304, unless the investment is made through our crowdfunding platform hosted by us directly at [_____], in which case the subscription procedures on the website for the offering should be utilized. In any event, subscription checks should be made payable to “[______]” If a subscription is rejected, all funds will be returned to subscribers within one business day of such rejection without deduction or interest. Upon acceptance by us of a subscription, a confirmation of such acceptance will be sent to the subscriber.
In order to subscribe for shares on the Med-X, Inc. portal, investors should access the website at www.[_______], then click on the Invest Now button which will reveal an investment form to be completed by the investor. The form includes a request for payment type from the investor. The investor may pay for the shares by either ACH or wire transfer. In either case sufficient investor banking information is required to be provided on the investment form to enable payment to be facilitated. The investor should fill in the form with the information requested, and electronically sign it pursuant to which he agrees to all of the terms and conditions of the Subscription Agreement. By then pressing the Submit button, the investor completes the subscription and payment process.
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Investor Suitability Standards
Shares will be sold to accredited and non-accredited investors if the aggregate purchase price paid by such person is no more than 10% of the greater of such person’s annual income or net worth, not including the value of his primary residence, as calculated under Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. See the Purchaser Qualification Questionnaire in the Subscription Documents in Exhibit A to this Offering Circular. In the case of sales to fiduciary accounts (Keogh Plans, Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and Qualified Pension/Profit Sharing Plans or Trusts), the above suitability standards must be met by the fiduciary account, the beneficiary of the fiduciary account, or by the donor who directly or indirectly supplies the funds for the purchase of shares. Investor suitability standards in certain states may be higher than those described in this Offering Circular. These standards represent minimum suitability requirements for prospective investors, and the satisfaction of such standards does not necessarily mean that an investment in the Company is suitable for such persons.
Each non-accredited investor must represent in writing that he/she meets the applicable requirements set forth above and in the Subscription Agreement, including, among other things, that (i) he/she is purchasing the shares for his/her own account and (ii) he/she has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he/she is capable of evaluating without outside assistance the merits and risks of investing in the shares, or he/she and his/her purchaser representative together have such knowledge and experience that they are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investing in the shares. Broker-dealers and other persons participating in the offering must make a reasonable inquiry in order to verify an investor’s suitability for an investment in us. Transferees of shares will be required to meet the above suitability standards.
Shares may not be offered, sold, transferred, or delivered, directly or indirectly, to any person who (i) is named on the list of “specially designated nationals” or “blocked persons” maintained by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) at www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sdn or as otherwise published from time to time, (ii) an agency of the government of a Sanctioned Country, (iii) an organization controlled by a Sanctioned Country, or (iv) is a person residing in a Sanctioned Country, to the extent subject to a sanctions program administered by OFAC. A “Sanctioned Country” means a country subject to a sanctions program identified on the list maintained by OFAC and available at www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sdn or as otherwise published from time to time.
Shares may not be offered, sold, transferred, or delivered, directly or indirectly, to any person who (i) has more than fifteen percent (15%) of its assets in Sanctioned Countries or (ii) derives more than fifteen percent (15%) of its operating income from investments in, or transactions with, sanctioned persons or Sanctioned Countries.
Interim Investments
Company funds not needed on an immediate basis to fund our operations may be invested in government securities, money market accounts, deposits or certificates of deposit in commercial banks or savings and loan associations, bank repurchase agreements, funds backed by government securities, short-term commercial paper, or in other similar interim investments.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
V-Stock Transfer, Inc., 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere, New York 11598, is the transfer agent and registrar for the shares.
We are offering, at an offering price of $4.00 per share (the “Offering Price”), 2,500,000 shares of our common stock (the “Offered Shares”) for up to $10,000,000. The Company has the right to agree on any order of sale of their respective shares in this offering, as subscriptions are received, as they determine in their discretion.
The minimum number of Offered Shares that a prospective investor may purchase is 150 shares for a subscription price of $600.
All of our shares of common stock are being offered on a “best efforts” basis under Regulation A+ of Section 3(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for Tier 2 offerings. The offering will terminate on the first to occur of (i) the date on which all 2,500,000 shares have been sold, (ii) the date which is one year from this offering being qualified by the SEC or (c) the date on which this offering is earlier terminated by us, in our sole discretion, with respect to the Company’s shares offered in this offering, regardless of the amount of capital raised (in each case, the “Termination Date”).
The Company engaged DealMaker Securities LLC (“Broker”), a broker-dealer registered with the Commission and admitted to membership in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (“SIPC”). Under the terms of its agreement with the Company, neither the Broker nor sub-selling agents, if any, are obligated to purchase any of the shares of common stock being offered by the Company in this offering, and are not required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of such shares in the offering.
Offers and sales of the Shares in the Offering will commence within two calendar days after the Qualification Date. The offering will terminate on the first to occur of (i) the date on which all 2,500,000 shares have been sold, (ii) the date which is one year from this offering being qualified by the SEC or (c) the date on which this offering is earlier terminated by us, in our sole discretion, with respect to the Company’s shares offered in this offering, regardless of the amount of capital raised. The Company has the right to terminate this Offering at any time, regardless of the number of Shares that have been sold in the Offering.
No investor purchasing Shares will have any assurance that other purchasers will invest in this Offering. Once Shares are subscribed for, subscription funds will become available to us and may be transferred by the Company directly from our administrative account into our operating account for use as described in “Use of Proceeds” as set forth herein. Once subscriptions are accepted during the Offering Period, subscribers have no right to a return of their funds and could lose their entire investment. If the Company should file for bankruptcy protection or a petition for insolvency bankruptcy is filed by creditors against the Company, investor funds may become part of the bankruptcy estate and administered according to the bankruptcy laws.
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Commissions and Discounts
The following table shows the maximum discounts, commissions, and fees payable to the Broker and its affiliates, as well as certain other fees, in connection with this Offering by the Company, assuming a fully subscribed offering. Actual fees are anticipated to be lower than the maximum shown below.
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When we signed the engagement agreement (the “DealMaker Order Form”) with the Broker, we paid it a $12,500 advance against accountable expenses anticipated to be incurred in this Offering (refundable to the Company to the extent of expenses not actually incurred by the Broker), and we have agreed to pay the Broker a cash commission equal to four and a half percent ( 4.5% ) of the amount raised in the Offering.
Other Terms
The aggregate fees payable to the Broker and its affiliates are described below. The Broker, a broker-dealer registered with the Commission and a member of FINRA, has been engaged to provide (i) pre-offering analysis, (ii) pre-offering consulting for self-directed electronic roadshow, and (iii) advisory, compliance and consulting services in connection with this Offering.
Pre-Offering Analysis
● | Reviewing the Company, its affiliates, executives, and other parties as described in Rule 262 of Regulation A and consulting with the Company regarding the same. |
Pre-Offering Consulting for Self-Directed Electronic Roadshow
1. | Review with the Company on best business practices regarding Offering; |
2. | Review with the Company on question customization for investor questionnaire, selection of webhosting services, and template for campaign page. |
3. | Advising the Company on compliance of marketing material and other communications with the public. |
4. | Providing advice to the Company on this Offering Statement and revisions. |
5. | Providing review, training, and advice to the Company and Company personnel on configuration and use of electronic platform powered by the Broker’s website, DealMaker.tech. |
6. | Assisting in the preparation of SEC and FINRA filings. |
7. | Working with the Company’s SEC counsel in providing information to the extent necessary. |
Advisory, Compliance and Consulting Services during Offering
1. | Reviewing investor information, including identity verification, performing Anti-Money Laundering) and other compliance background checks, and providing the Company with information on an investor in order for the Company to determine whether to accept such investor into the Offering; |
2. | Discussions with the Company regarding additional information or clarification on an investor invited into the Offering by the Company (as necessary); |
3. | Coordinating with third party agents and vendors in connection with performance of services; |
4. | Reviewing each investor’s subscription agreement to confirm such investor’s participation in the Offering and providing recommendations to the Company regarding whether to accept the subscription agreement for the investor’s participation in the Offering; |
5. | Contacting and/or notifying the Company, if needed, to gather additional information or clarification on an investor; |
6. | Providing ongoing advice to the Company on compliance of marketing material and other communications with the public, including with respect to applicable legal standards and requirements; |
7. | Review with the Company any material changes to the Offering Statement; |
8. | Reviewing third party provider work product with respect to compliance with applicable rules and regulations. |
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The maximum compensation to be paid to the Broker for its pre-offering analysis, pre-offering consulting, and advisory, compliance and consulting services provided during the Offering, and as set forth in this “Advisory, Compliance and Consulting Services during Offering” subsection, is $462,500 (4.63%), representing the sum of (i) Broker Commission assuming the Offering is fully subscribed ($450,000) and (ii) the Company’s $12,500 advance of accountable expenses the Broker.
The Broker’s affiliates also agreed to provide the following services to us:
Marketing and Advisory Services
The Company has also engaged Reach to provide certain digital marketing services, including (i) both pre-Offering marketing and advisory services and (ii) ongoing marketing and advisory services during the Offering. In particular, pre-Offering marketing and advisory services include those relating to design and development of the Company’s Offering website and audience-building infrastructure and video production on such website. Ongoing marketing and advisory services during the Offering include services related to conversion rate optimization, email marketing, Google advertisements, social media presence, sourcing and negotiating private advertisement placements with publishers and email newsletters, and reporting (weekly calls following the Offering’s launch; planning, implementation and execution of marketing budget; and coordinating with third-party agents regarding performance of services).
For Reach’s services, we will pay Reach (i) a $15,000 advance against accountable expenses anticipated to be incurred and fully refunded to the extent not incurred and prepaid to Reach for developing materials for the Company’s self-directed electronic roadshow; (ii) additional monthly accountable expenses of $8,000 not to exceed $24,000 for consulting and developing materials for our self-directed electronic roadshow for this Offering; and (ii) after the commencement of this Offering, $8,000 in monthly marketing advisory fees (up to a maximum of $72,000 during the duration of the Offering).
On a supplemental basis, Reach may be asked to provide marketing services on a case-by-case basis and is authorized to charge up to $250,000 for these services.
The maximum compensation to be paid to Reach for its marketing and advisory services, as set forth in this “Marketing and Advisory Services” subsection, is $361,000 (3.61% of the gross Offering proceeds) .
Technology Services
The Company has engaged Novation Solutions to create and maintain the online subscription processing platform for the Offering.
After the Commission’s qualification of the Offering Statement, this Offering will be conducted using the online subscription processing platform of Novation Solutions at www.invest.lionpower.tech and is embedded on the investment landing page of the issuer’s website. On this website, investors can receive, review, execute and deliver subscription agreements electronically and pay the purchase price through a third-party processor by ACH debit transfer, wire transfer or credit card to an account we designate.
For the above services pertaining to infrastructure creation, we will pay Novation Solutions an advance of $5,000 of accountable expenses anticipated to be incurred, but refunded if not incurred for our self-directed electronic roadshow. We will also pay an additional monthly accountable expense of $2,000 not to exceed $6,000. Starting on the first month after the commencement of this Offering, we will also pay Novation Solutions $2,000 monthly in account maintenance fees (up to a maximum of $18,000 during the duration of the Offering).
The maximum compensation to be paid to Novation Solutions for its technology services set forth in this “Technology Services” subsection is $29,000 (0.29% of the gross Offering proceeds).
The maximum compensation to be paid to the Broker and its affiliates is $852,500 (8.53%) of the Offering total.
The Broker and participating broker-dealers, if any, and others will be indemnified by the Company with respect to the offering and the disclosures made by the Company in its Form 1-A and related Offering Circular.
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This Offering Circular does not purport to restate all of the relevant provisions of the documents referred to or pertinent to the matters discussed herein, all of which must be read for a complete description of the terms relating to an investment in us. Such documents are available for inspection during regular business hours at our office by appointment, and upon written request, copies of documents not annexed to this Offering Circular will be provided to prospective investors. Each prospective investor is invited to ask questions of, and receive answers from, our representatives. Each prospective investor is invited to obtain such information concerning us and this offering, to the extent we possess the same or can acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense, as such prospective investor deems necessary to verify the accuracy of the information referred to into his Offering Circular. Arrangements to ask such questions or obtain such information should be made by contacting Matthew Mills at our executive offices. The telephone number is (818) 349-2870. We reserve the right, however, in its sole discretion, to condition access to information that management deems proprietary in nature, on the execution by each prospective investor of appropriate confidentiality agreements prior to having access to such information.
The offering of the common stock is made solely by this Offering Circular and the exhibits hereto. The prospective investors have a right to inquire about and request and receive any additional information they may deem appropriate or necessary to further evaluate this offering and to make an investment decision. Our representatives may prepare written responses to such inquiries or requests if the information requested is available. The use of any documents other than those prepared and expressly authorized by us in connection with this offering is not permitted and should not be relied upon by any prospective investor.
ONLY INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS CONTAINED HEREIN MAY BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY US. NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER BEING MADE HEREBY, AND IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY US. INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO RELY UPON ANY INFORMATION NOT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR. THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IS AS OF THE DATE ON THE COVER HEREOF UNLESS ANOTHER DATE IS SPECIFIED, AND NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR NOR ANY SALE HEREUNDER SHALL CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE INFORMATION PRESENTED SUBSEQUENT TO SUCH DATES(S).
Certain legal matters with respect to the shares of Common Stock offered hereby will be passed upon by Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP, New York, New York.
The consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its subsidiary at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, and the consolidated statements of operations, consolidated statements of cash flows and consolidated statements of stockholders equity for the calendar fiscal years 2023 and 2022 on the following pages have been prepared by management and have been audited by our independent certified public accounting firm, SetApart Accountancy Corp., with respect to 2023 and 2022.
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PART III
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The balance sheet of the Company on December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and the statement of operations for the one-year periods ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 on the following pages have been prepared by management and have been audited by our independent certified public accounting firm.
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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT
To the Board of Directors
Med-X, Inc.
Canoga Park, California
Opinion
We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Med-X, Inc., which comprise the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Med-X, Inc. as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, and the result of its consolidated operations and its consolidated cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Going Concern
As discussed in Note 15, certain conditions indicate that the Company may be unable to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAS). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the consolidated Financial Statements section of our report. We are required to be independent of Med-X, Inc., and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to our audits. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and for the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about Med-X, Inc.’s ability to continue as a going concern for period of twelve months from the date of issuance of these financial statements.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with GAAS will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. Misstatements are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users made on the basis of these consolidated financial statements.
In performing an audit in accordance with GAAS, we:
· | Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. |
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· | Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. |
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· | Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of Med-X, Inc.’s internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed. |
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· | Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluate the overall presentation of the financial statements. |
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· | Conclude whether, in our judgment, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about Med-X, Inc.’s ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time |
We are required to communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit, significant audit findings, and certain internal control–related matters that we identified during the audit.
June 4, 2024 except for Note 14 “Subsequent Events”, which is dated January 27, 2025
Los Angeles, California
F-3 |
Table of Contents |
Consolidated Balance Sheets |
As of December 31, |
| 2023 |
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| 2022 |
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(USD $ in Dollars) |
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ASSETS |
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Current Assets: |
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Cash & Cash Equivalents |
| $ | 65,747 |
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| $ | 209,472 |
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Accounts Receivable, net |
|
| 50,105 |
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|
| 65,373 |
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Inventory |
|
| 536,241 |
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|
| 770,453 |
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Prepaids and Other Current Assets |
|
| 80,290 |
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|
| 146,710 |
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Total Current Assets |
|
| 732,383 |
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| 1,192,008 |
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|
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Property and Equipment, net |
|
| 30,955 |
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| 44,881 |
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Right-of-Use Asset |
|
| 521,862 |
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| 804,142 |
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Intangible Assets |
|
| 5,504 |
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|
| 7,304 |
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Security Deposit |
|
| 54,624 |
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|
| 54,624 |
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Total Assets |
| $ | 1,345,328 |
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| $ | 2,102,959 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
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Current Liabilities: |
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
| $ | 667,461 |
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| $ | 602,031 |
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Credit Cards |
|
| 75,851 |
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| 87,086 |
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Current Portion of Loans and Notes |
|
| - |
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| 2,202 |
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities, related party |
|
| - |
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| 84,398 |
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Line of Credit |
|
| 20,635 |
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| 45,587 |
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Line of Credit Agreement, related party |
|
| 499,666 |
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| 502,744 |
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Current Portion of Lease Liability |
|
| 339,524 |
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| 278,563 |
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Total Current Liabilities |
|
| 1,603,137 |
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| 1,602,611 |
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Lease Liability, net of current portion |
|
| 282,293 |
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| 640,802 |
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Total Liabilities |
|
| 1,885,430 |
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| 2,243,413 |
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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
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Common Stock: $0.001 par value, 300,000,000 shares authorized. 14,115,368 and 9,687,647 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. |
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| 14,115 |
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| 9,688 |
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Preferred Stock: 5,000,000 authorized, $0.001 par value; Series A Preferred Stock: 10,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding |
|
| 10 |
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| 10 |
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Additional Paid in Capital |
|
| 30,414,827 |
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| 24,340,406 |
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Accumulated Deficit |
|
| (30,969,054 | ) |
|
| (24,490,558 | ) |
Total Stockholders' Equity |
|
| (540,102 | ) |
|
| (140,454 | ) |
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity |
| $ | 1,345,328 |
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| $ | 2,102,959 |
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-4 |
Table of Contents |
Consolidated Statements of Operations |
For The Year Ended December 31, |
| 2023 |
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| 2022 |
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(USD $ in Dollars) |
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Net Revenue |
| $ | 1,894,784 |
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| $ | 1,852,775 |
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Cost of Goods Sold |
|
| 1,641,617 |
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| 1,570,977 |
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Gross Profit |
|
| 253,167 |
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| 281,798 |
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Operating Expenses: |
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General and Administrative |
|
| 5,587,807 |
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| 5,835,147 |
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Sales and Marketing |
|
| 1,088,729 |
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| 1,768,509 |
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Total Operating Expenses |
|
| 6,676,536 |
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| 7,603,656 |
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Operating Loss |
|
| (6,423,369 | ) |
|
| (7,321,858 | ) |
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Interest Expense |
|
| 55,127 |
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| 16,687 |
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Other Loss/(Income) |
|
| - |
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|
| (114 | ) |
Loss Before Provision for Income Taxes |
|
| (6,478,496 | ) |
|
| (7,338,431 | ) |
Provision/(Benefit) for income taxes |
|
| - |
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| - |
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Net Loss |
| $ | (6,478,496 | ) |
| $ | (7,338,431 | ) |
Net (loss) per Share – basic and diluted |
| $ | (0.54 | ) |
| $ | (0.32 | ) |
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Weighted Average Shares Outstanding – basic and diluted |
|
| 12,049,960 |
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| 8,925,454 |
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-5 |
Table of Contents |
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity |
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| Common Stock |
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| Preferred Shares |
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| Additional |
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| Accumulated |
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| Stockholders' |
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(in, $US) |
| Shares |
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| Amount |
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| Shares |
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| Amount |
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| Paid In |
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| Deficit |
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| Equity |
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Balance—December 31, 2021 |
|
| 8,578,365 |
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| $ | 48,578 |
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|
| 10,000 |
|
| $ | 10 |
|
| $ | 19,210,768 |
|
| $ | (17,152,127 | ) |
| $ | 2,067,229 |
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Stock Based Compensation for Consulting Services |
|
| 146,667 |
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|
| 147 |
|
|
| - |
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|
| - |
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| 1,877,187 |
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|
| - |
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|
| 1,877,334 |
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Issuance of Common Stock for Cash, net of offering costs |
|
| 962,615 |
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| 963 |
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|
| - |
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|
| - |
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| 3,228,967 |
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|
| - |
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| 3,229,930 |
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Shares Repurchased |
|
| (6,592 | ) |
|
| (6 | ) |
|
| - |
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|
| - |
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| (68,440 | ) |
|
| - |
|
|
| (68,446 | ) |
Resale of Purchased Shares |
|
| 6,592 |
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|
| 6 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 84,391 |
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|
| - |
|
|
| 84,397 |
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Stock Option, Non-Cash Compensation |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 7,533 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 7,533 |
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Net Loss |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| (7,338,431 | ) |
|
| (7,338,431 | ) |
Balance—December 31, 2022 |
|
| 9,687,647 |
|
| $ | 39,688 |
|
|
| 10,000 |
|
| $ | 10 |
|
| $ | 24,340,406 |
|
| $ | (24,490,558 | ) |
| $ | (140,454 | ) |
Stock Option, Non-Cash Compensation |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 7,248 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 7,248 |
|
Stock Based Compensation for Consulting Services |
|
| 1,301,147 |
|
|
| 1,301 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 2,080,532 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 2,081,833 |
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Issuance of Common Stock for Cash, net of offering costs |
|
| 3,126,571 |
|
|
| 3,126 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 3,986,641 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 3,989,767 |
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Net Loss |
|
|
|
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| (6,478,496 | ) |
|
| (6,478,496 | ) |
Balance—December 31, 2023 |
|
| 14,115,365 |
|
| $ | 14,115 |
|
|
| 10,000 |
|
| $ | 10 |
|
| $ | 30,414,827 |
|
| $ | (30,969,054 | ) |
| $ | (540,102 | ) |
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-6 |
Table of Contents |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows |
For Fiscal Year Ended December 31, |
| 2023 |
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| 2022 |
| ||
(USD $ in Dollars) |
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CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
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Net Loss |
| $ | (6,478,496 | ) |
| $ | (7,338,431 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
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|
|
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Depreciation Expense |
|
| 13,926 |
|
|
| 27,614 |
|
Amortization Expense |
|
| 1,800 |
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|
| 1,428 |
|
Non-cash Lease Expense |
|
| (15,268 | ) |
|
| 34,130 |
|
Consulting Expense, settled through stock issuance |
|
| 2,081,833 |
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|
| 1,877,334 |
|
Share-Based Compensation Expense |
|
| 7,248 |
|
|
| 7,533 |
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts Receivable, net |
|
| 15,268 |
|
|
| (36,677 | ) |
Inventory |
|
| 234,212 |
|
|
| 162,952 |
|
Prepaids and Other Current Assets |
|
| 66,420 |
|
|
| 123,327 |
|
Accounts Payable |
|
| 65,430 |
|
|
| 198,587 |
|
Credit Cards |
|
| (11,235 | ) |
|
| 87,086 |
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities, related party |
|
| (84,398 | ) |
|
| 30,762 |
|
Security Deposit |
|
| - |
|
|
| (54,624 | ) |
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities |
|
| (4,103,260 | ) |
|
| (4,878,979 | ) |
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|
|
|
|
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CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of Property and Equipment |
|
| - |
|
|
| (48,710 | ) |
Net Cash Used In Investing Activities |
|
| - |
|
|
| (48,710 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock Issued for Cash, net of offering costs |
|
| 3,989,767 |
|
|
| 3,229,930 |
|
Payments for Repurchased Shares |
|
| - |
|
|
| 15,951 |
|
Borrowings/ (Repayment) - Line of Credit |
|
| (24,952 | ) |
|
| 30,945 |
|
Borrowing / (Repayment) - Line of Credit Agreement, related party |
|
| (3,078 | ) |
|
| 502,744 |
|
Repayment of Loans and Notes |
|
| (2,202 | ) |
|
| (9,694 | ) |
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities |
|
| 3,959,535 |
|
|
| 3,769,876 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents |
|
| (143,725 | ) |
|
| (1,157,814 | ) |
Cash—Beginning of the Year |
|
| 209,472 |
|
|
| 1,367,286 |
|
Cash—End of the Year |
| $ | 65,747 |
|
| $ | 209,472 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Paid During the Year for Interest |
| $ | 52,338 |
|
| $ | 319 |
|
Cash Paid During the Year for Income Taxes |
| $ | - |
|
| $ | - |
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-7 |
Table of Contents |
Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS
Med-X, Inc. was incorporated on February 24, 2014, in the state of Nevada. The company has a wholly-owned subsidiary, Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc., which was established on August 12, 1981, in the state of Delaware. Med-X acquired this subsidiary through a merger in April of 2018. The consolidated financial statements of Med-X, Inc. (which may be referred to as the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The Company’s headquarters are located in Canoga Park, California.
The Company and PSH developed a series of natural “green” branded products under our product names: Nature-Cide®, Thermal-Aid®, and Malibu Brands. Nature-Cide® products are all-natural essential oil blends of indoor and outdoor pesticide/insecticide/repellent developed for multiple industries, including professional pest control, Turf, janitorial, hospitality, transportation and agriculture, and the Cannabis and Hemp cultivation and products industries. Thermal-Aid®, Thermal-Aid Zoo® and the Thermal-Aid Headache Relief System® are 100% natural heating/cooling pain and physical therapy products for painful ailments affecting adults, children and animals. Nature-Cide® and Thermal-Aid® are distributed through ecommerce platforms and through national and international distribution outlets positioned around the United States (US) and Asia.
Malibu Brands are all-natural essential oils, including Hemp and CBD oil products, designed to treat a variety of ailments and while we are marketing certain formats of these products, other formulations are still in the development stage. The Company also operates the MJT Network® through the Company’s online media platform, www.marijuanatimes.org, which publishes Cannabis media content to generate revenue from advertisers and traffic optimizing venues. The network includes smart phone and tablet applications and publishes a daily news video through social and news applications. As these core businesses evolve, we will seek to develop and monetize techniques for the recognition and extraction of Cannabis compounds for the medical industry, and a cost-effective pharmacy automation system for the pharmaceutical and cannabis industries.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The summary of significant accounting policies is presented to assist in understanding the Company’s financial statements. The accounting policies conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP” and “US GAAP”).
Basis of Consolidation
The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Med-X Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc., over which the Company exercises control. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Basis of Presentation
The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”). The Company has adopted the calendar year as its basis of reporting.
F-8 |
Table of Contents |
MED-X, INC. Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidation financial statements in conformity with United States GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include all cash in banks. The Company’s cash is deposited in demand accounts at financial institutions that management believes are creditworthy. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents in bank deposit accounts, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents did not exceeded FDIC insured limits.
Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Expected Credit Loss
Accounts receivable are carried net of allowance for expected credit losses. The allowance for expected credit losses is increased by provision charged to expense and reduced by accounts charged off, net of recoveries. The allowance is maintained at a level considered adequate to provide for potential account losses based on management’s evaluation of the anticipated impact on the balance of current economic conditions, changes in character and size of the balance, past and expected future loss experience and other pertinent factors.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instrument – Credit Losses.”. This ASU, and the related ASUs issued subsequently by the FASB introduce a new model for recognizing credit loss on financial assets not accounted for at fair values through net income, including loans, debt securities, trade receivables, net investment in leases and available-for-sale debt securities. The new ASU broadens the information that an entity must consider in developing estimates of expected credit losses and requires an entity to estimate credit losses over the life of an exposure based on historical information, current information and reasonable supportable forecasts.
The Company adopted this ASU on January 1, 2023, using the modified retrospective approach. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on financial statements as the Company’s customers are direct consumers and pay at the time of purchase. As of December 31, 2023, and 2022, the Company determined that no allowance for expected credit loss was not material to these consolidated financial statements.
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out basis) or net realizable value. Inventories are periodically evaluated to identify obsolete or otherwise impaired products and are written off when management determines usage is not probable. The Company estimates the balance of excess and obsolete inventory by analyzing inventory by age using last used and original purchase date and existing sales pipeline for which the inventory could be used.
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets with finite lives, such as trademark & copyrights, are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. The useful life of the trademark is deemed as 15 years.
F-9 |
Table of Contents |
MED-X, INC. Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost. Normal repairs and maintenance costs are charged to earnings as incurred and additions and major improvements are capitalized. The cost of assets retired or otherwise disposed of and the related depreciation are eliminated from the accounts in the period of disposal and the resulting gain or loss is credited or charged to earnings.
Depreciation is computed over the estimated useful lives of the related asset type or term of the operating lease using the straight-line method for financial statement purposes. The estimated service lives for property and equipment is as follows:
Category | Useful Life |
Buildings & improvements | Lease term |
Furniture & equipment | 3 years |
Software | 5 years |
Vehicles | Lease term |
Impairment of Long-lived Assets
Long-lived assets, such as property and equipment and identifiable intangibles with finite useful lives, are periodically evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. We look for indicators of a trigger event for asset impairment and pay special attention to any adverse change in the extent or manner in which the asset is being used or in its physical condition. Assets are grouped and evaluated for impairment at the lowest level of which there are identifiable cash flows, which is generally at a location level. Assets are reviewed using factors including, but not limited to, our future operating plans and projected cash flows. The determination of whether impairment has occurred is based on an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows directly related to the assets, compared to the carrying value of the assets. If the sum of the undiscounted future cash flows of the assets does not exceed the carrying value of the assets, full or partial impairment may exist. If the asset carrying amount exceeds its fair value, an impairment charge is recognized in the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the asset. Fair value is determined using an income approach, which requires discounting the estimated future cash flows associated with the asset.
Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share
Basic and diluted earnings or loss per share (“EPS”) amounts in the consolidated financial statements are computed in accordance ASC 260- 10 “earnings per share”, which establishes the requirements for presenting EPS. Basic EPS is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and dilutive common stock equivalents. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income or loss available to common stockholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding (denominator) during the period. Potentially dilutive securities were excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share because their effect would be anti-dilutive. During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, there were 265,400 potentially dilutive shares as a result of certain outstanding, exercisable stock options and share purchase warrants.
Income Taxes
The Company is taxed as a C corporation for income tax purposes. The Company accounts for income taxes under the liability method, and deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying values of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. A valuation allowance is provided on deferred tax assets if it is determined that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will not be realized. The Company records interest, net of any applicable related income tax benefit, on potential income tax contingencies as a component of income tax expense. The Company records tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return based upon the amount that is more likely than not to be realized or paid, including in connection with the resolution of any related appeals or other legal processes. Accordingly, the Company recognizes liabilities for certain unrecognized tax benefits based on the amounts that are more likely than not to be settled with the relevant taxing authority. The Company recognizes interest and/or penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense.
F-10 |
Table of Contents |
MED-X, INC. Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
Concentration of Credit Risk
Cash Concentrations
The Company maintains its cash with a major financial institution located in the United States of America which it believes to be creditworthy. Balances are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $250,000. At times, the Company may maintain balances in excess of the federally insured limits.
Customer Concentrations
As of December 31, 2023, and 2022, the Company earned 18% and 32%, respectively, revenue from one specific customer.
Supplier Concentrations
As of December 31, 2023, and 2022, the Company made purchases from 2 major suppliers that accounted for 78% and 77%, respectively.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. In determining when and how revenue is to be recognized from contracts with customers, the Company performs the following five step analysis laid under Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: (1) identification of contract with customers, (2) determination of performance obligations, (3) measurement of the transaction price, (4) allocation of transaction price to the performance obligations, and (5) recognition of revenue when or as the company satisfies each performance obligation.
Through the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, the Company generated revenues from selling its products to customers and distributors using (i) the Amazon eCommerce portal; (ii) its owned and operated eCommerce website; (iii) third party distributors; and (iv) on occasion, direct to end user. The Company considers its performance obligations satisfied upon shipment of the purchased products to the customer with respect to sales processed by third party fulfilment centers and delivery of the product for sales made to distributors or direct to end user. Returns of products from customer purchases using the Amazon resale portal are refunded by Amazon to the customer and products are returned to the Company’s warehouse inventory with no restocking fees incurred by the customer. The Company evaluates returns from customers purchasing products using its eCommerce site on a case-by- case basis and generally will issue a replacement product in the limited cases of product returns. Returns by distributors or direct to end user customers are also reviewed on a case-by-case basis for product replacement if the Company determines it is warranted. The Company has no policy requiring cash refunds. Revenue also includes immaterial advertising sales from our online media platform.
Cost of sales
Cost of sales includes actual product cost, shipping to distribution centers and reseller warehouses, labor, cost of warehousing and allocated overheard, which is applied on a per Unit basis.
Advertising and Promotion
Advertising and promotional costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising and promotional expenses for the years ended December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, amounted to $1,049,098 and $1,768,509, which is included in sales and marketing expenses.
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MED-X, INC. Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
Offering Costs
Costs incurred in connection with raising capital by the issuance of common stock under our Regulation A+ offering and Rule 506(c) private placements have been recorded as contra equity and deducted from the capital raised. Costs associated with the proceeds from an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Form S-1 are capitalized under prepaid expenses and other current assets until such time as the success or failure of the IPO can be determined, at which time the costs will be recorded as contra equity or expensed. Offering costs include legal, accounting, investment banking, underwriting, printing, and regulatory and filing fees.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation to both employees and non-employees in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation. Under the fair value recognition provisions of ASC 718, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense ratably over the requisite service period, which is generally the option vesting period. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of stock options.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying value of the Company’s financial instruments included in current assets and current liabilities (such as cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of such instruments).
The inputs used to measure fair value are based on a hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used in valuation techniques. These levels, in order of highest to lowest priority, are described below:
Level 1—Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2—Observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted on active markets but corroborated by market data.
Level 3—Unobservable inputs reflecting the Company’s assumptions, consistent with reasonably available assumptions made by other market participants. These valuations require significant judgment.
Subsequent Events
The Company considers events or transactions that occur after the balance sheet date, but prior to the issuance of the financial statements to provide additional evidence relative to certain estimates or to identify matters that require additional disclosure. Subsequent events have been evaluated through September 15, 2024, which is the date the financial statements were issued.
Lease Accounting
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). The new standard introduces a new lessee model that brings substantially all leases onto the balance sheets. The amendments in the ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021.
Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted the provisions of Topic 842 using the alternative modified transition method, with a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of accumulated deficit on the date of adoption, and prior periods not restated, as allowed under the provisions of Topic 842.
The Company also elected to use the practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance of Topic 842, which provides for the following: the carryforward of the Company’s historical lease classification, no requirement for reassessment of whether an expired or existing contract contains an embedded lease, no reassessment of initial direct costs for any leases that exist prior to the adoption of the new standard, and the election to consolidate lease and non-lease components. The Company also elected to keep all leases with an initial term of 12 months or less off the balance sheet.
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MED-X, INC. Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
3. INVENTORY
Inventory consists of the following items:
As of December 31, |
| 2023 |
|
| 2022 |
| ||
Raw Materials |
|
| 326,214 |
|
|
| 425,529 |
|
Finished Goods |
|
| 210,027 |
|
|
| 344,924 |
|
Total Inventory |
| $ | 536,241 |
|
| $ | 770,453 |
|
4. DETAILS OF CERTAIN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Prepaid and other current assets consist of the following items:
As of December 31, |
| 2023 |
|
| 2022 |
| ||
Advances to Suppliers |
|
| 31,831 |
|
|
| 87,782 |
|
Prepaid Rent |
|
| 14,969 |
|
|
| 13,472 |
|
Other Current Assets |
|
| 33,490 |
|
|
| 45,456 |
|
Total Prepaids and Other Current Assets |
| $ | 80,290 |
|
| $ | 146,710 |
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consists of the following items:
As of December 31, |
| 2023 |
|
| 2022 |
| ||
Accounts Payable |
|
| 464,345 |
|
|
| 391,464 |
|
Accrued Employee Compensation |
|
| 134,155 |
|
|
| 143,641 |
|
Other Payroll Liabilities |
|
| 68,961 |
|
|
| 66,926 |
|
Total Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities |
| $ | 667,461 |
|
| $ | 602,031 |
|
5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
As of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, property and equipment consists of:
As of December 31, |
| 2023 |
|
| 2022 |
| ||
Buildings & Improvements |
| $ | 337,806 |
|
| $ | 337,806 |
|
Furniture & Equipment |
|
| 320,218 |
|
|
| 320,218 |
|
Software and Website |
|
| 166,514 |
|
|
| 166,514 |
|
Vehicles |
|
| 164,485 |
|
|
| 164,485 |
|
Property and Equipment, at cost |
|
| 989,023 |
|
|
| 989,023 |
|
Accumulated Depreciation |
|
| (958,068 | ) |
|
| (944,142 | ) |
Property and Equipment, Net |
| $ | 30,955 |
|
| $ | 44,881 |
|
Depreciation expenses for property and equipment for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, and 2022 were in the amount of $13,926 and $27,614, respectively.
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MED-X, INC. Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
6. INTANGIBLE ASSETS
As of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, intangible asset consist of:
As of December 31, |
| 2023 |
|
| 2022 |
| ||
Trademark |
| $ | 26,994 |
|
| $ | 26,994 |
|
Intangible assets, at cost |
|
| 26,994 |
|
|
| 26,994 |
|
Accumulated Amortization |
|
| (21,490 | ) |
|
| (19,690 | ) |
Intangible Assets, net |
| $ | 5,504 |
|
| $ | 7,304 |
|
Entire intangible assets have been amortized. Amortization expense for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, and 2022 was in the amount of $1,800 and $1,428, respectively.
The following table summarizes the estimated amortization expense relating to the Company's intangible assets as of December 31, 2023:
For The Year Ended December 31, |
|
|
| |
2024 |
| $ | (1,800 | ) |
2025 |
|
| (1,800 | ) |
2026 |
|
| (1,800 | ) |
2027 |
|
| (104 | ) |
Thereafter |
|
| - |
|
Total |
| $ | (5,504 | ) |
7. CAPITALIZATION AND EQUITY TRANSACTIONS
On April 15, 2024 the Company’s Board of Directors approved a 1 for 16 Reverse Split of the Company’s common stock. The Reverse Split was effective April 16, 2024 and has been retroactively applied to the share and per share data included herein.
Common Stock
The Company is authorized to issue 300,000,000 shares of common stock at a par value of $0.001 per share. As of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, 14,115,365 and 9,687,647 shares were issued and outstanding, respectively.
On October 26, 2022, the Company began offering shares of common stock under a Private Placement Memorandum for accredited investors only at $1.60 per share to raise proceeds of up to $3,000,000 or up to $3,450,000 if an over-allotment provision was exercised. This offering was fully subscribed, including an overallotment of shares and the Company subsequently filed a second Private Placement Memorandum for accredited investors only on the same terms. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company sold 3,126,571 shares of common stock under these placements and received proceeds of $3,989,767, net of offering costs.
During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company also issued 1,301,147 shares of common stock for consulting services which were valued at $2,081,833.
During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company issued 217,098 shares of common stock at $9.60 per share under a private placement. The Company also issued 669,688 shares of common stock at $1.60 per share under private placement.
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MED-X, INC. Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company issued 75,829 shares of common stock at $12.80 per share under its second Regulation A+ Offering and resold 6,592 shares of common stock at $12.80 per share which had been previously issued to one of its Executive Officers.
During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company also issued 2,346,667 shares of common stock for consulting services which were valued at $1,877,987.
Preferred Stock
The Company is authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of preferred shares at a par value of $0.001. As of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, 10,000 shares of preferred stock have been issued and are outstanding.
8. SHAREBASED COMPENSATION
During 2016, the Company authorized the Stock Incentive Plan (which may be referred to as the “Plan”). The Company reserved 625,000 shares of its Common Stock pursuant to the Plan, which provides for the grant of shares of stock options, stock appreciation rights, and stock awards (performance shares) to employees, non-employee directors, and non-employee consultants.
The option exercise price generally may not be less than the underlying stock's fair market value at the date of the grant and generally have a term of four years. The amounts granted each calendar year to an employee or non-employee is limited depending on the type of award.
Stock Options
The Company granted stock options. The stock options were valued using the Black-Scholes pricing model with a range of inputs indicated below:
For The Year Ended December 31, |
| 2023 |
| |
Expected life (years) |
|
| 10.00 |
|
Risk-free interest rate |
|
| 1.56 | % |
Expected volatility |
|
| 88 | % |
Annual dividend yield |
|
| 0 | % |
The risk-free interest rate assumption for options granted is based upon observed interest rates on the United States government securities appropriate for the expected term of the Company's employee stock options.
The expected term of employee stock options is calculated using the simplified method which takes into consideration the contractual life and vesting terms of the options.
The Company determined the expected volatility assumption for options granted using the historical volatility of comparable public company's common stock. The Company will continue to monitor peer companies and other relevant factors used to measure expected volatility for future stock option grants, until such time that the Company’s common stock has enough market history to use historical volatility.
The dividend yield assumption for options granted is based on the Company's history and expectation of dividend payouts. The Company has never declared or paid any cash dividends on its common stock, and the Company does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
Management estimated the fair value of common stock based on recent sales to third parties. Forfeitures are recognized as incurred.
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MED-X, INC. Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
A summary of the Company’s stock options activity and related information is as follows:
|
| Number of Awards |
|
| Weighted Average Exercise |
|
| Weighted Average Contract Term |
| |||
Outstanding at December 31, 2021 |
|
| 247,813 |
|
| $ | 10.08 |
|
|
| - |
|
Granted |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Exercised |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Expired/Cancelled |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2022 |
|
| 247,813 |
|
| $ | 10.08 |
|
|
| 3.76 |
|
Exercisable Options at December 31, 2022 |
|
| 234,453 |
|
| $ | 0.92 |
|
|
| 3.76 |
|
Granted |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Exercised |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Expired/Cancelled |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2023 |
|
| 247,813 |
|
| $ | 10.08 |
|
|
| 2.76 |
|
Exercisable Options at December 31, 2023 |
|
| 243,453 |
|
| $ | 9.92 |
|
|
| 2.76 |
|
Stock option expense for the years ended December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, was $7,248 and $7,533, respectively.
Warrants
A summary of the Company’s warrants activity and related information is as follows:
|
| Number of Awards |
|
| Weighted Average Exercise |
|
| Weighted Average Contract Term |
| |||
Outstanding at December 31, 2021 |
|
| 17,587 |
|
| $ | 9.60 |
|
|
| 4.70 |
|
Granted |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Exercised |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Expired/Cancelled |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2022 |
| $ | 17,587 |
|
| $ | 9.600 |
|
|
| 3.70 |
|
Granted |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Exercised |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Expired/Cancelled |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2023 |
| $ | 17,587 |
|
| $ | 9.60 |
|
|
| 2.70 |
|
The aggregate intrinsic value of the warrants as of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, is $0.
9. DEBT
Promissory Notes & Loans
During the years presented, the Company entered into promissory notes & loans agreements. The details of the Company’s loans, notes, and the terms are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| For the Year Ended December 2023 |
|
| For the Year Ended December 2022 |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
| Principal Amount |
|
| Interest Rate |
|
| Borrowing Period |
| Maturity Date |
| Current Portion |
|
| Non-Current Portion |
|
| Total Indebtedness |
|
| Current Portion |
|
| Non-Current Portion |
|
| Total Indebtedness |
| ||||||||
Ford Truck - 2018 |
| $ | 38,845 |
|
|
| 5.49 | % |
| 3/30/2018 |
| 4/13/2023 |
| $ | - |
|
| $ | - |
|
| $ | - |
|
| $ | 2,202 |
|
| $ | - |
|
| $ | 2,202 |
|
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MED-X, INC. Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
Line of Credit
The Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) and a promissory note (the “Note”) with Crestmark Bank. The maximum amount that can be borrowed under the Promissory Note is $1,500,000. The Loan Agreement establishes the collateral and required terms for establishing a factoring of Accounts Receivable. Accounts Receivable are collected 87% up-front from Crestmark Bank, 13% collected upon customer payment, and deduction of fees by Crestmark Bank are paid as a deduction against factored amounts remitted to the Company. Interest on the outstanding balance is calculated at two (2%) percent above Prime Rate. At no time will the rate be lower than five and one quarter (5.25%) percent per annum. As of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the outstanding balance was $20,635 and $45,587 respectively.
Line of Credit- Related Party
On August 6, 2022, the Company entered into a Line of Credit Agreement (the “Line of Credit Agreement”) with two of its executive officers. The Line of Credit Agreement provides for advances as needed up to a maximum of $500,000 for working capital. The amount outstanding on the Line of Credit Agreement shall be due and payable on the earlier to occur of (a) event of default or (b) the effective date the Company lists on a public stock exchange or one year from the execution date.
Events of default under the terms of the agreement include nonpayment of principal or interest, when due, subject to a five (5) day cure period; voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or receivership or declaration of insolvency; misrepresentation in the Line of Credit Agreement or documentation; material defaults under any term of the Line of Credit Agreement which has been noticed and remains uncured for thirty (30) days.
On September 28, 2023, Med-X agreed to an Amendment to the aforementioned Promissory Note dated August 6, 2022, with two of its executive officers to have the Note automatically be converted in full to Med-X common stock at the IPO price. Since the Company did not consummate an IPO, the original terms of the Note shall apply. As of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the Company has drawn $499,666 and $500,000, respectively against the Line of Credit Agreement and had interest payable of $2,787 and $2,744, respectively.
10. LEASES
The Company conducts its operations from facilities in Canoga Park, California that was initially leased under a five-year lease which expired September 14, 2020. The Company renewed its lease for an additional five-year term which expires October 14, 2025. The lease is subject to an annual adjustment based upon an increase in the Consumer Price Index in the Los Angeles Area. Monthly payments range from $22,453 to $34,429 and contain escalation clauses. Rent expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
As of December 31, |
| 2023 |
|
| 2022 |
| ||
Operating Leases: |
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Right-of-use Assets |
| $ | 521,862 |
|
| $ | 894,142 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease Liabilities |
| $ | 621,817 |
|
| $ | 919,365 |
|
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MED-X, INC. Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
The weighted average lease term for the Company’s operating leases as of December 31, 2023, and 2022 was 1.8 years and 2.8 years, respectively.
The weighted average discount rate used for operating leases is 6.75% for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022.
Minimum future lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases as of December 31, 2023, are as follows:
For The Year Ended December 31, |
|
|
| |
2023 |
| $ | 342,790 |
|
2024 |
|
| 309,858 |
|
2025 |
|
| - |
|
2026 |
|
| - |
|
Thereafter |
|
| - |
|
Less: Present Value Discount |
|
| (30,831 | ) |
Total |
| $ | 621,817 |
|
11. INCOME TAXES
The provision for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022 consists of the following:
For The Year Ended December 31, |
| 2023 |
|
| 2022 |
| ||
Net Operating Loss |
| $ | (1,933,183 | ) |
| $ | (2,191,443 | ) |
Valuation Allowance |
|
| 1,933,183 |
|
|
| 2,191,443 |
|
Net Provision for income tax |
| $ | - |
|
| $ | - |
|
Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022 are as follows:
As of December 31, |
| 2023 |
|
| 2022 |
| ||
Net Operating Loss |
| $ | (5,607,687 | ) |
| $ | (3,674,504 | ) |
Valuation Allowance |
|
| 5,607,687 |
|
|
| 3,674,504 |
|
Total Deferred Tax Asset |
| $ | - |
|
| $ | - |
|
Management assesses the available positive and negative evidence to estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated to use the existing deferred tax assets. On the basis of this evaluation, the Company has determined that it is more likely than not that the Company will not recognize the benefits of the federal and state net deferred tax assets, and, as a result, full valuation allowance has been set against its net deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. The amount of the deferred tax asset to be realized could be adjusted if estimates of future taxable income during the carry-forward period are reduced or increased.
For the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, the Company had federal cumulative net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards of $18,792,518, and the Company had state net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards of approximately $18,792,518. Utilization of some of the federal and state NOL carryforwards to reduce future income taxes will depend on the Company’s ability to generate sufficient taxable income prior to the expiration of the carryforwards. The federal net operating loss carryforward is subject to an 80% limitation on taxable income, does not expire, and will carry on indefinitely.
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MED-X, INC. Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
The Company recognizes the impact of a tax position in the consolidated financial statements if that position is more likely than not to be sustained on a tax return upon examination by the relevant taxing authority, based on the technical merits of the position. As of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the Company had no unrecognized tax benefits.
The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. As of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the Company had no accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions.
12. RELATED PARTY
On August 6, 2022, the Company entered into a Line of Credit Agreement (the “Line of Credit Agreement”) with two of its executive officers. The Line of Credit Agreement provides for advances as needed up to a maximum of $500,000 for working capital. The amount outstanding on the Line of Credit Agreement shall be due and payable on the earlier to occur of (a) event of default or (b) the effective date the Company lists on a public stock exchange or one year from the execution date. Events of default under the terms of the agreement include nonpayment of principal or interest, when due, subject to a five (5) day cure period; voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or receivership or declaration of insolvency; misrepresentation in the Line of Credit Agreement or documentation; material defaults under any term of the Line of Credit Agreement which has been noticed and remains uncured for thirty (30) days. On September 28, 2023, Med-X agreed to an Amendment to the aforementioned Promissory Note dated August 6, 2022, with two of its executive officers to have the Note automatically be converted in full to Med-X common stock at the IPO price. Since the Company did not consummate an IPO, the original terms of the Note shall apply. As of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the Company has drawn $499,666 and $500,000, respectively against the Line of Credit Agreement and had interest payable of $2,787 and $2,744, respectively.
During the years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021, the Company purchased and resold 6,592 and 10,200 shares of its common stock, respectively, from its CEO, Matthew Mills for cash of $84,398 and $130,560, or $12.80 per share. In the year 2022, the fair market value of 1,533 of the repurchased shares was $2.40, as determined by an independent valuation report; the fair market value of the remaining 5,059 shares repurchased was $0.80 per share. In the year 2021, the fair market value of 10,200 shares was $2.40, as determined by an independent valuation report. The Company recorded share-based compensation in consideration of the purchase price of the shares in excess of fair market value of $15,952 and $106,080 in the years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021. There were no shares purchased from Mr. Mills for resale in the year ended December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the amount due to Matthew Mills for shares repurchased is $0 and $84,398, respectively.
Mark Richardson of the law firm Richardson & Associates, a shareholder of the Company, provides legal services for the Company’s SEC reporting and compliance activities. During the years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021, Mr. Richardson invoiced the Company $11,000 and $60,705, respectively. There were no additional invoices incurred during the year ended December 31, 2023.
The Company’s subsidiary, PSH, has an exclusive royalty-free worldwide master license from Matthew Mills, our CEO and one of the founders of the Company to commercialize the Nature-Cide brand and line of products. The master license can be terminated by Mr. Mills in certain circumstances, such as a material breach of the agreement by PSH or its insolvency. Upon the closing of the Merger on April 16, 2018, a Nature-Cide sublicense agreement between PSH, as sub licensor, and the Company, as sublicensee, was merged and terminated. Accordingly, PSH can sell Nature-Cide directly to all potential customers for the product throughout the world.
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MED-X, INC. Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
In June 2012 the Company’s subsidiary, PSH, entered into a licensing agreement with Dr, Morton I Hyson, MD, PC, a director of the Company, dba Hyson Medical Products whereunder PSH was granted an exclusive license to utilize patents for certain branded products in consideration of a fee of 5% of the net sales of associated PSH branded products thirty days after each calendar quarter for five (5) years from commencement of sales, or the term of the agreement, whichever is longer. The agreement carried an initial term of five (5) years and is automatically extended thereafter for additional 12-month terms unless either party notifies the other party of the termination of the agreement, with at least six (6) months prior written notice.
13. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Contingencies
The Company’s operations are subject to a variety of local and state regulations. Failure to comply with one or more of those regulations could result in fines, restrictions on its operations, or losses of permits that could result in the Company ceasing operations.
Litigation and Claims
From time to time, the Company may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of operations in the normal course of business. As of December 31, 2023, there were no pending or threatened lawsuits that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the results of the Company’s operations.
14. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company has evaluated subsequent events for the period from December 31, 2023, through September 15, 2024, which is the date the consolidated financial statements were available to be issued.
On September 15, 2023, the Company entered an agreement with Joseph Winograde to purchase 49% of Napco Painting Contractors, Inc. for $500,000 in cash and issued a $2,500,000 convertible promissory note. The note converts into common stock at the IPO price. Since the Company's stock wasn’t listed on Nasdaq within 90 days, the transaction was canceled. On December 13, 2023, an amendment extended the listing date to March 14, 2024, which later expired. Consequently, the transaction has been reversed as of the financial statement's issue date, retroactively affecting results from December 31, 2023, with no investment in NAPCO included. The Company is negotiating a renewal to both Amendments.
On April 15, 2024 the Company’s Board of Directors approved a 1 for 16 Reverse Split of the Company’s common stock. The Reverse Split was effective April 16, 2024.
Between January 1, 2024, and January 17, 2025, the Company sold 1,115,001 shares of common stock at $1.60 per share in its private placement. The Company received net proceeds of $1,738,850.
Between January 1, 2024, and January 17, 2025, the Company sold 1,937,375 shares of common stock at $2.00 per share in its private placement. The Company received net proceeds of $3,099,800 net of offering costs.
Between January 1, 2024, and January 17, 2025, the Company issued 1,415,000 shares of common stock to several consultants for consulting services provided in the period, which were valued at $2,264,000 and expensed.
Between January 1, 2024, and January 17, 2025, the Company issued 1,347,750 shares of common stock to several consultants for consulting services provided in the period, which were valued at $2,695,500 and expensed.
In May 2024 the Company launched a Regulation CF Crowdfunding Offering. Shares of Common Stock was offered at $3.00 per share. As of January 17, 2025 the Company has sold 275,810 shares of common stock at $3.00 per share. The Company received net proceeds of $558,320.
On July 26, 2024 the Company entered into an Advisory Agreement with Maxim Group to provide general financial advisory and investment banking services to the Company. Upon execution of the agreement the Company issued 88,514 shares of common stock to Maxim Group LLC.
There have been no other events or transactions during this time which would have a material effect on these consolidated financial statements.
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MED-X, INC. Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For Year Ended to December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
15. GOING CONCERN
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has a net operating loss of $6,423,369, an operating cash outflow of $4,103,260 and liquid assets in cash of $65,747, which are less than a year worth of cash reserves as of December 31, 2023. These factors normally raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern in the next twelve months following the date the consolidated financial statements were available to be issued is dependent upon its ability to produce revenues and/or obtain financing sufficient to meet current and future obligations and deploy such to produce profitable operating results.
Management has evaluated these conditions and plans to generate revenues and raise capital as needed to satisfy its capital needs. During the next twelve months, the Company intends to fund its operations through debt and/or equity financing.
There are no assurances that management will be able to raise capital on terms acceptable to the Company. If it is unable to obtain sufficient amounts of additional capital, it may be required to reduce the scope of its planned development, which could harm its business, financial condition, and operating results. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from these uncertainties.
16. UNAUDITED SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company started a capital raise under Regulation CF Crowd Funding with DealMaker Securities as its fundraising platform. The Company is offering its Common Stock at $3.00 per share. As of September 15, 2024 the Company has raised gross proceeds of $293,850 through the sale of 97,950 shares of common stock.
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MED-X, INC. Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) |
|
| June 30, 2024 |
|
| December 31, 2023 |
| ||
(USD $ in Dollars) |
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Current Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Cash & Cash Equivalents |
| $ | 245,923 |
|
| $ | 65,747 |
|
Accounts Receivable, net |
|
| 147,077 |
|
|
| 50,105 |
|
Inventory |
|
| 530,014 |
|
|
| 536,241 |
|
Prepaids and Other Current Assets |
|
| 78,274 |
|
|
| 80,290 |
|
Total Current Assets |
|
| 1,001,288 |
|
|
| 732,383 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and Equipment, net |
|
| 26,084 |
|
|
| 30,955 |
|
Right-of-Use Asset |
|
| 375,985 |
|
|
| 521,862 |
|
Intangible Assets |
|
| 4,604 |
|
|
| 5,504 |
|
Security Deposit |
|
| 54,624 |
|
|
| 54,624 |
|
Total Assets |
| $ | 1,462,585 |
|
| $ | 1,345,328 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
| $ | 801,807 |
|
| $ | 667,461 |
|
Credit Cards |
|
| 142,585 |
|
|
| 75,851 |
|
Line of Credit |
|
| 116,455 |
|
|
| 20,635 |
|
Line of Credit Agreement, related party |
|
| 499,617 |
|
|
| 499,666 |
|
Current Portion of Lease Liability |
|
| 378,466 |
|
|
| 339,524 |
|
Total Current Liabilities |
|
| 1,938,930 |
|
|
| 1,603,137 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease Liability, net of current portion |
|
| 83,104 |
|
|
| 282,293 |
|
Total Liabilities |
|
| 2,022,034 |
|
|
| 1,885,430 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock: $0.001 par value, 300,000,000 shares authorized. 17,090,567 and 14,115,368 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. |
|
| 17,090 |
|
|
| 14,115 |
|
Preferred Stock: 5,000,000 authorized, $0.001 par value; Series A Preferred Stock: 10,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding |
|
| 10 |
|
|
| 10 |
|
Additional Paid in Capital |
|
| 34,817,194 |
|
|
| 30,414,827 |
|
Accumulated Deficit |
|
| (35,393,743 | ) |
|
| (30,969,054 | ) |
Total Stockholders' Equity |
|
| (559,449 | ) |
|
| (540,102 | ) |
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity |
| $ | 1,462,585 |
|
| $ | 1,345,328 |
|
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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MED-X, INC. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) |
For Six Months Periods Ended June 30, |
| 2024 |
|
| 2023 |
| ||
(USD $ in Dollars) |
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Net Revenue |
| $ | 834,255 |
|
| $ | 864,668 |
|
Cost of Goods Sold |
|
| 686,866 |
|
|
| 701,156 |
|
Gross Profit |
|
| 147,389 |
|
|
| 163,512 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General and Administrative |
|
| 4,049,177 |
|
|
| 3,108,095 |
|
Sales and Marketing |
|
| 495,577 |
|
|
| 530,484 |
|
Total Operating Expenses |
|
| 4,5544,754 |
|
|
| 3,638,579 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Loss |
|
| (4,397,365 | ) |
|
| (3,475,067 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest Expense |
|
| 27,324 |
|
|
| 27,477 |
|
Loss Before Provision for Income Taxes |
|
| (4,424,689 | ) |
|
| (3,502,544 | ) |
Provision/(Benefit) for income taxes |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Net Loss |
| $ | (4,424,689 | ) |
| $ | (3,502,544 | ) |
Net (loss) per Share – basic and diluted |
| $ | (0.28 | ) |
| $ | (0.32 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding – basic and diluted |
|
| 15,689,423 |
|
|
| 10,950,480 |
|
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statement.
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional |
|
|
|
| Total |
| ||||||||||||||
|
| Common Stock |
|
| Preferred Shares |
|
| Paid In |
|
| Accumulated |
|
| Stockholders' |
| |||||||||||||
(in, $US) |
| Shares |
|
| Amount |
|
| Shares |
|
| Amount |
|
| Capital |
|
| Deficit |
|
| Equity |
| |||||||
Balance—December 31, 2023 |
|
| 14,115,368 |
|
| $ | 14,115 |
|
|
| 10,000 |
|
| $ | 10 |
|
| $ | 30,414,827 |
|
| $ | (30,969,054 | ) |
| $ | (540,102 | ) |
Stock Based Compensation for Consulting Services |
|
| 1,415,000 |
|
|
| 1,415 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 2,262,585 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 2,264,000 |
|
Issuance of Common Stock for Cash, net of offering costs |
|
| 1,560,199 |
|
|
| 1,560 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 2,136,158 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 2,137,718 |
|
Stock Option, Non-Cash Compensation |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 3,624 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 3,624 |
|
Net Loss |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| (4,424,689 | ) |
|
| (4,424,689 | ) |
Balance—June 30, 2024 |
|
| 17,090,567 |
|
| $ | 17,090 |
|
|
| 10,000 |
|
| $ | 10 |
|
| $ | 34,817,194 |
|
| $ | (35,393,743 | ) |
| $ | (559,449 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional |
|
|
|
| Total |
| ||||||||||||||
|
| Common Stock |
|
| Preferred Shares |
|
| Paid In |
|
| Accumulated |
|
| Stockholders' |
| |||||||||||||
(in, $US) |
| Shares |
|
| Amount |
|
| Shares |
|
| Amount |
|
| Capital |
|
| Deficit |
|
| Equity |
| |||||||
Balance—December 31, 2022 |
|
| 9,687,647 |
|
| $ | 9,688 |
|
|
| 10,000 |
|
| $ | 10 |
|
| $ | 24,340,406 |
|
| $ | (24,490,558 | ) |
| $ | (140,454 | ) |
Stock Option, Non-Cash Compensation |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 3,624 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 3,624 |
|
Stock Based Compensation for Consulting Services |
|
| 886,459 |
|
|
| 886 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 1,417,447 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 1,418,333 |
|
Issuance of Common Stock for Cash, net of offering costs |
|
| 1,864,385 |
|
|
| 1,864 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 2,341,330 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 2,343,194 |
|
Net Loss |
|
|
|
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| (3,502,544 | ) |
|
| (3,502,544 | ) |
Balance—June 30, 2023 |
|
| 12,438,491 |
|
| $ | 12,438 |
|
|
| 10,000 |
|
| $ | 10 |
|
| $ | 28,102,807 |
|
| $ | (27,993,102 | ) |
| $ | 122,153 |
|
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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MED-X, INC. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows |
For The Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2024 |
|
| 2023 |
| ||
(USD $ in Dollars) |
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Net Loss |
| $ | (4,424,689 | ) |
| $ | (3,502,544 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation Expense |
|
| 4,871 |
|
|
| 8,617 |
|
Amortization Expense |
|
| 900 |
|
|
| - |
|
Non-cash Lease Expense |
|
| (14,370 | ) |
|
| 3,592 |
|
Consulting Expense, settled through stock issuance |
|
| 2,264,000 |
|
|
| 1,418,333 |
|
Share-Based Compensation Expense |
|
| 3,624 |
|
|
| 3,624 |
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts Receivable, net |
|
| (96,972 | ) |
|
| (165,632 | ) |
Inventory |
|
| 6,227 |
|
|
| 34,302 |
|
Prepaids and Other Current Assets |
|
| 2,016 |
|
|
| (60,301 | ) |
Accounts Payable |
|
| 134,346 |
|
|
| (39,795 | ) |
Credit Cards |
|
| 66,734 |
|
|
| - |
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities, related party |
|
| 95,820 |
|
|
| (84,398 | ) |
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities |
|
| (1,957,493 | ) |
|
| (2,384,202 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of Property and Equipment |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Net Cash Used In Investing Activities |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock Issued for Cash, net of offering costs |
|
| 2,137,718 |
|
|
| 2,343,194 |
|
Borrowings/ (Repayment) - Line of Credit |
|
| - |
|
|
| 112,279 |
|
Borrowing / (Repayment) - Line of Credit Agreement, related party |
|
| (49 | ) |
|
| (3,078 | ) |
Repayment of Loans and Notes |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities |
|
| 2,137,669 |
|
|
| 2,452,395 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents |
|
| 180,176 |
|
|
| 68,193 |
|
Cash—Beginning of the Year |
|
| 65,747 |
|
|
| 209,472 |
|
Cash—End of the Year |
| $ | 245,923 |
|
| $ | 277,665 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Paid During the period for Interest |
| $ | 27,323 |
|
| $ | 27,476 |
|
Cash Paid During the period for Income Taxes |
| $ | - |
|
| $ | - |
|
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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Condensed Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For The Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 (Unaudited) |
1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS
Med-X, Inc. was incorporated on February 24, 2014, in the state of Nevada. The company has a wholly-owned subsidiary, Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc., which was established on August 12, 1981, in the state of Delaware. Med-X acquired this subsidiary through a merger in April of 2018. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Med-X, Inc. (which may be referred to as the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The Company’s headquarters are located in Canoga Park, California.
The Company and PSH developed a series of natural “green” branded products under our product names: Nature-Cide®, Thermal-Aid®, and Malibu Brands. Nature-Cide® products are all-natural essential oil blends of indoor and outdoor pesticide/insecticide/repellent developed for multiple industries, including professional pest control, Turf, janitorial, hospitality, transportation and agriculture, and the Cannabis and Hemp cultivation and products industries. Thermal-Aid®, Thermal-Aid Zoo® and the Thermal-Aid Headache Relief System® are 100% natural heating/cooling pain and physical therapy products for painful ailments affecting adults, children and animals. Nature-Cide® and Thermal-Aid® are distributed through ecommerce platforms and through national and international distribution outlets positioned around the United States (US) and Asia.
Malibu Brands are all-natural essential oils, including Hemp and CBD oil products, designed to treat a variety of ailments and while we are marketing certain formats of these products, other formulations are still in the development stage. The Company also operates the MJT Network® through the Company’s online media platform, www.marijuanatimes.org, which publishes Cannabis media content to generate revenue from advertisers and traffic optimizing venues. The network includes smart phone and tablet applications and publishes a daily news video through social and news applications. As these core businesses evolve, we will seek to develop and monetize techniques for the recognition and extraction of Cannabis compounds for the medical industry, and a cost-effective pharmacy automation system for the pharmaceutical and cannabis industries.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The summary of significant accounting policies is presented to assist in understanding the Company’s financial statements. The accounting policies conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP” and “US GAAP”).
Basis of Consolidation
The Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Med-X Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc., over which the Company exercises control. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including the instructions contained in Regulation S-X. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted from these statements pursuant to such rules and regulations and, accordingly, they do not include all the information and notes necessary for comprehensive financial statements and should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 1-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
In the opinion of the management of the Company, all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring nature, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the six-month periods have been made. Results for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that might be expected for the entire fiscal year.
The Company has adopted the calendar year as its basis of reporting.
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MED-X, INC. Condensed Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For The Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidation financial statements in conformity with United States GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include all cash in banks. The Company’s cash is deposited in demand accounts at financial institutions that management believes are creditworthy. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents in bank deposit accounts, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents did not exceeded FDIC insured limits.
Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Expected Credit Loss
Accounts receivable are carried net of allowance for expected credit losses. The allowance for expected credit losses is increased by provision charged to expense and reduced by accounts charged off, net of recoveries. The allowance is maintained at a level considered adequate to provide for potential account losses based on management’s evaluation of the anticipated impact on the balance of current economic conditions, changes in character and size of the balance, past and expected future loss experience and other pertinent factors.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instrument – Credit Losses.”. This ASU, and the related ASUs issued subsequently by the FASB introduce a new model for recognizing credit loss on financial assets not accounted for at fair values through net income, including loans, debt securities, trade receivables, net investment in leases and available-for-sale debt securities. The new ASU broadens the information that an entity must consider in developing estimates of expected credit losses and requires an entity to estimate credit losses over the life of an exposure based on historical information, current information and reasonable supportable forecasts.
The Company adopted this ASU on January 1, 2023, using the modified retrospective approach. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on financial statements as the Company’s customers are direct consumers and pay at the time of purchase. As of June 30, 2024, and 2023, the Company determined that no allowance for expected credit loss was not material to these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out basis) or net realizable value. Inventories are periodically evaluated to identify obsolete or otherwise impaired products and are written off when management determines usage is not probable. The Company estimates the balance of excess and obsolete inventory by analyzing inventory by age using last used and original purchase date and existing sales pipeline for which the inventory could be used.
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets with finite lives, such as trademark & copyrights, are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. The useful life of the trademark is deemed as 15 years.
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MED-X, INC. Condensed Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For The Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost. Normal repairs and maintenance costs are charged to earnings as incurred and additions and major improvements are capitalized. The cost of assets retired or otherwise disposed of and the related depreciation are eliminated from the accounts in the period of disposal and the resulting gain or loss is credited or charged to earnings.
Depreciation is computed over the estimated useful lives of the related asset type or term of the operating lease using the straight-line method for financial statement purposes. The estimated service lives for property and equipment is as follows:
Category |
| Useful Life |
Buildings & improvements |
| Lease term |
Furniture & equipment |
| 3 years |
Software |
| 5 years |
Vehicles |
| Lease term |
Impairment of Long-lived Assets
Long-lived assets, such as property and equipment and identifiable intangibles with finite useful lives, are periodically evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. We look for indicators of a trigger event for asset impairment and pay special attention to any adverse change in the extent or manner in which the asset is being used or in its physical condition. Assets are grouped and evaluated for impairment at the lowest level of which there are identifiable cash flows, which is generally at a location level. Assets are reviewed using factors including, but not limited to, our future operating plans and projected cash flows. The determination of whether impairment has occurred is based on an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows directly related to the assets, compared to the carrying value of the assets. If the sum of the undiscounted future cash flows of the assets does not exceed the carrying value of the assets, full or partial impairment may exist. If the asset carrying amount exceeds its fair value, an impairment charge is recognized in the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the asset. Fair value is determined using an income approach, which requires discounting the estimated future cash flows associated with the asset.
Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share
Basic and diluted earnings or loss per share (“EPS”) amounts in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are computed in accordance ASC 260- 10 “earnings per share”, which establishes the requirements for presenting EPS. Basic EPS is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and dilutive common stock equivalents. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income or loss available to common stockholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding (denominator) during the period. Potentially dilutive securities were excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share because their effect would be anti-dilutive. During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, there were 265,400 potentially dilutive shares as a result of certain outstanding, exercisable stock options and share purchase warrants.
Income Taxes
The Company is taxed as a C corporation for income tax purposes. The Company accounts for income taxes under the liability method, and deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying values of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. A valuation allowance is provided on deferred tax assets if it is determined that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will not be realized. The Company records interest, net of any applicable related income tax benefit, on potential income tax contingencies as a component of income tax expense. The Company records tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return based upon the amount that is more likely than not to be realized or paid, including in connection with the resolution of any related appeals or other legal processes. Accordingly, the Company recognizes liabilities for certain unrecognized tax benefits based on the amounts that are more likely than not to be settled with the relevant taxing authority. The Company recognizes interest and/or penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense.
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MED-X, INC. Condensed Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For The Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Concentration of Credit Risk
Cash Concentrations
The Company maintains its cash with a major financial institution located in the United States of America which it believes to be creditworthy. Balances are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $250,000. At times, the Company may maintain balances in excess of the federally insured limits.
Customer Concentrations
As of June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company earned 51% and 51% respectively, of gross revenue from two specific customers.
Supplier Concentrations
As of June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company made purchases from 2 major suppliers that accounted for 80% and 75% of cost of goods, respectively.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. In determining when and how revenue is to be recognized from contracts with customers, the Company performs the following five step analysis laid under Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: (1) identification of contract with customers, (2) determination of performance obligations, (3) measurement of the transaction price, (4) allocation of transaction price to the performance obligations, and (5) recognition of revenue when or as the company satisfies each performance obligation.
Through the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 and during the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, the Company generated revenues from selling its products to customers and distributors using (i) the Amazon eCommerce portal; (ii) its owned and operated eCommerce website; (iii) third party distributors; and (iv) on occasion, direct to end user. The Company considers its performance obligations satisfied upon shipment of the purchased products to the customer with respect to sales processed by third party fulfilment centers and delivery of the product for sales made to distributors or direct to end user. Returns of products from customer purchases using the Amazon resale portal are refunded by Amazon to the customer and products are returned to the Company’s warehouse inventory with no restocking fees incurred by the customer. The Company evaluates returns from customers purchasing products using its eCommerce site on a case-by- case basis and generally will issue a replacement product in the limited cases of product returns. Returns by distributors or direct to end user customers are also reviewed on a case-by-case basis for product replacement if the Company determines it is warranted. The Company has no policy requiring cash refunds. Revenue also includes immaterial advertising sales from our online media platform.
Cost of sales
Cost of sales includes actual product cost, shipping to distribution centers and reseller warehouses, labor, cost of warehousing and allocated overheard, which is applied on a per Unit basis.
Advertising and Promotion
Advertising and promotional costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising and promotional expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, amounted to $495,575 and $532,000, which is included in sales and marketing expenses.
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MED-X, INC. Condensed Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For The Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Offering Costs
Costs incurred in connection with raising capital by the issuance of common stock under our Regulation A+ offering and Rule 506(c) private placements have been recorded as contra equity and deducted from the capital raised. Costs associated with the proceeds from an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Form S-1 are capitalized under prepaid expenses and other current assets until such time as the success or failure of the IPO can be determined, at which time the costs will be recorded as contra equity or expensed. Offering costs include legal, accounting, investment banking, underwriting, printing, and regulatory and filing fees.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation to both employees and non-employees in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation. Under the fair value recognition provisions of ASC 718, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense ratably over the requisite service period, which is generally the option vesting period. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of stock options.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying value of the Company’s financial instruments included in current assets and current liabilities (such as cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of such instruments).
The inputs used to measure fair value are based on a hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used in valuation techniques. These levels, in order of highest to lowest priority, are described below:
Level 1—Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2—Observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted on active markets but corroborated by market data.
Level 3—Unobservable inputs reflecting the Company’s assumptions, consistent with reasonably available assumptions made by other market participants. These valuations require significant judgment.
Subsequent Events
The Company considers events or transactions that occur after the balance sheet date, but prior to the issuance of the financial statements to provide additional evidence relative to certain estimates or to identify matters that require additional disclosure. Subsequent events have been evaluated through September 15, 2024, which is the date the financial statements were issued.
Lease Accounting
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). The new standard introduces a new lessee model that brings substantially all leases onto the balance sheets. The amendments in the ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021.
Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted the provisions of Topic 842 using the alternative modified transition method, with a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of accumulated deficit on the date of adoption, and prior periods not restated, as allowed under the provisions of Topic 842.
The Company also elected to use the practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance of Topic 842, which provides for the following: the carryforward of the Company’s historical lease classification, no requirement for reassessment of whether an expired or existing contract contains an embedded lease, no reassessment of initial direct costs for any leases that exist prior to the adoption of the new standard, and the election to consolidate lease and non-lease components. The Company also elected to keep all leases with an initial term of 12 months or less off the balance sheet.
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MED-X, INC. Condensed Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For The Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 (Unaudited) |
3. INVENTORY
Inventory consists of the following items:
As of |
| June 30, 2024 |
|
| December 31, 2023 |
| ||
Raw Materials |
|
| 342,793 |
|
|
| 326,214 |
|
Finished Goods |
|
| 187,221 |
|
|
| 210,027 |
|
Total Inventory |
| $ | 530,014 |
|
| $ | 536,241 |
|
4. DETAILS OF CERTAIN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Prepaid and other current assets consist of the following items:
As of |
| June 30, 2024 |
|
| December 31, 2023 |
| ||
Advances to Suppliers |
|
| 35,379 |
|
|
| 31,831 |
|
Prepaid Rent |
|
| 14,969 |
|
|
| 14,969 |
|
Other Current Assets |
|
| 27,926 |
|
|
| 33,490 |
|
Total Prepaids and Other Current Assets |
| $ | 78,274 |
|
| $ | 80,290 |
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consists of the following items:
As of |
| June 30, 2024 |
|
| December 31, 2023 |
| ||
Accounts Payable |
|
| 565,516 |
|
|
| 464,345 |
|
Accrued Employee Compensation |
|
| 163,333 |
|
|
| 134,155 |
|
Other Payroll Liabilities |
|
| 72,958 |
|
|
| 68,961 |
|
Total Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities |
| $ | 801,807 |
|
| $ | 667,461 |
|
5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, property and equipment consists of:
As of |
| June 30, 2024 |
|
| December 31, 2023 |
| ||
Buildings & Improvements |
| $ | 337,806 |
|
| $ | 337,806 |
|
Furniture & Equipment |
|
| 320,218 |
|
|
| 320,218 |
|
Software and Website |
|
| 166,514 |
|
|
| 166,514 |
|
Vehicles |
|
| 164,485 |
|
|
| 164,485 |
|
Property and Equipment, at cost |
|
| 989,023 |
|
|
| 989,023 |
|
Accumulated Depreciation |
|
| (962,939 | ) |
|
| (958,068 | ) |
Property and Equipment, Net |
| $ | 26,084 |
|
| $ | 30,955 |
|
Depreciation expenses for property and equipment for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023 were in the amount of $4,871 and $8,617, respectively.
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MED-X, INC. Condensed Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For The Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 (Unaudited) |
6. INTANGIBLE ASSETS
As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, intangible asset consist of:
As of |
| June 30, 2024 |
|
| December 31, 2023 |
| ||
Trademark |
| $ | 26,994 |
|
| $ | 26,994 |
|
Intangible assets, at cost |
|
| 26,994 |
|
|
| 26,994 |
|
Accumulated Amortization |
|
| (22,390 | ) |
|
| (21,490 | ) |
Intangible Assets, net |
| $ | 4,604 |
|
| $ | 5,504 |
|
Entire intangible assets have been amortized. Amortization expense for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 was in the amount of $900 and $0, respectively.
The following table summarizes the estimated amortization expense relating to the Company's intangible assets as of June 30, 2024:
For The Year Ended December 31, |
|
|
| |
2024 |
| $ | (900 | ) |
2025 |
|
| (1,800 | ) |
2026 |
|
| (1,800 | ) |
2027 |
|
| (104 | ) |
Thereafter |
|
| - |
|
Total |
| $ | (4,604 | ) |
7. CAPITALIZATION AND EQUITY TRANSACTIONS
Common Stock
On April 15, 2024 the Company’s Board of Directors approved a 1 for 16 Reverse Split of the Company’s common stock. The Reverse Split was effective April 16, 2024 and has been retroactively applied to the share and per share data included herein.
The Company is authorized to issue 300,000,000 shares of common stock at a par value of $0.001 per share. As of June 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023, 17,090,567 and 14,115,368 shares were issued and outstanding, respectively.
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MED-X, INC. Condensed Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For The Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Shares issued during the six months ended June 30, 2024
During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company sold 1,177,501 shares of common stock at $1.60 per share under a private placement offering memorandum. The Company also sold 335,000 shares of common stock at $2.00 per share under the terms of a private placement. The Company received total proceeds of $2,020,092, net of offering costs.
In May 2024 the Company launched a Regulation CF Crowdfunding. offering shares of common stock at $3.00 per share. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company issued 47,698 shares of common stock under this offering and received proceeds of $117,626, net of offering costs.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company also issued 1,415,000 shares of common stock for consulting services which were valued at $2,264,000 or $1.60 per share.
Shares issued during the six months ended June 30, 2023
During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company issued 886,458 shares of common stock for consulting services which were valued at $1,418,333 or $1.60 per share.
On October 26, 2022, the Company began offering shares of common stock under a Private Placement Memorandum for accredited investors only at $1.60 per share to raise proceeds of up to $3,000,000 or up to $3,450,000 if an over-allotment provision was exercised. During the six months ended June 30, 2023 the Company issued 1,864,385 shares of common stock under this placement at $1.60 per share. The Company received proceeds of $2,343,194, net of offering costs.
Preferred Stock
The Company is authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of preferred shares at a par value of $0.001. As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, 10,000 shares of preferred stock have been issued and are outstanding.
8. SHAREBASED COMPENSATION
During 2016, the Company authorized the Stock Incentive Plan (which may be referred to as the “Plan”). The Company reserved 625,000 shares of its Common Stock pursuant to the Plan, which provides for the grant of shares of stock options, stock appreciation rights, and stock awards (performance shares) to employees, non-employee directors, and non-employee consultants.
The option exercise price generally may not be less than the underlying stock's fair market value at the date of the grant and generally have a term of four years. The amounts granted each calendar year to an employee or non-employee is limited depending on the type of award.
Stock Options
The Company granted stock options. The stock options were valued using the Black-Scholes pricing model with a range of inputs indicated below:
For The Year Ended December 31, |
| 2023 |
| |
Expected life (years) |
|
| 10.00 |
|
Risk-free interest rate |
|
| 1.56 | % |
Expected volatility |
|
| 88 | % |
Annual dividend yield |
|
| 0 | % |
The risk-free interest rate assumption for options granted is based upon observed interest rates on the United States government securities appropriate for the expected term of the Company's employee stock options.
The expected term of employee stock options is calculated using the simplified method which takes into consideration the contractual life and vesting terms of the options.
The Company determined the expected volatility assumption for options granted using the historical volatility of comparable public company's common stock. The Company will continue to monitor peer companies and other relevant factors used to measure expected volatility for future stock option grants, until such time that the Company’s common stock has enough market history to use historical volatility.
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The dividend yield assumption for options granted is based on the Company's history and expectation of dividend payouts. The Company has never declared or paid any cash dividends on its common stock, and the Company does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
Management estimated the fair value of common stock based on recent sales to third parties. Forfeitures are recognized as incurred.
A summary of the Company’s stock option activity and related information is as follows:
|
| Number of Awards |
|
| Weighted Average Exercise |
|
| Weighted Average Contract Term |
| |||
Outstanding at December 31, 2023 |
|
| 247,813 |
|
| $ | 10.08 |
|
|
| 2.76 |
|
Granted |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Exercised |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Expired/Cancelled |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Outstanding at June 30, 2024 |
|
| 247,813 |
|
| $ | 10.08 |
|
|
| 2.26 |
|
Exercisable Options at June 30, 2024 |
|
| 243,359 |
|
| $ | 9.92 |
|
|
| 2.26 |
|
|
| Number of Awards |
|
| Weighted Average Exercise |
|
| Weighted Average Contract Term |
| |||
Outstanding at December 31, 2022 |
|
| 247,813 |
|
| $ | 10.08 |
|
|
| 3.76 |
|
Granted |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Exercised |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Expired/Cancelled |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Outstanding at June 30, 2023 |
|
| 247,813 |
|
| $ | 10.08 |
|
|
| 3.25 |
|
Exercisable Options at June 30, 2023 |
|
| 234,453 |
|
| $ | 9.92 |
|
|
| 3.25 |
|
Stock option expense for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2023, was $3,624.
Warrants
A summary of the Company’s warrants activity and related information is as follows:
|
| Number of Warrants |
|
| Weighted Average Exercise |
|
| Weighted Average Contract Term |
| |||
Outstanding at December 31, 2023 |
|
| 17,587 |
|
| $ | 9.60 |
|
|
| 2.70 |
|
Granted |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Exercised |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Expired/Cancelled |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Outstanding at June 30, 2024 |
|
| 17,587 |
|
| $ | 9.60 |
|
|
| 2.45 |
|
|
| Number of Warrants |
|
| Weighted Average Exercise |
|
| Weighted Average Contract Term |
| |||
Outstanding at December 31, 2022 |
|
| 17,587 |
|
| $ | 9.60 |
|
|
| 3.70 |
|
Granted |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Exercised |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Expired/Cancelled |
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| - |
|
Outstanding at June 30, 2023 |
|
| 17,587 |
|
| $ | 9.60 |
|
|
| 3.45 |
|
The aggregate intrinsic value of the warrants as of June 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023, is $0.
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MED-X, INC. Condensed Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements For The Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 (Unaudited) |
9. DEBT
Line of Credit
The Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) and a promissory note (the “Note”) with Crestmark Bank. The maximum amount that can be borrowed under the Promissory Note is $1,500,000. The Loan Agreement establishes the collateral and required terms for establishing a factoring of Accounts Receivable. Accounts Receivable are collected 87% up-front from Crestmark Bank, 13% collected upon customer payment, and deduction of fees by Crestmark Bank are paid as a deduction against factored amounts remitted to the Company. Interest on the outstanding balance is calculated at two (2%) percent above Prime Rate. At no time will the rate be lower than five and one quarter (5.25%) percent per annum. As of June 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the outstanding balance was $116,455 and $45,587 respectively.
Line of Credit- Related Party
On August 6, 2022, the Company entered into a Line of Credit Agreement (the “Line of Credit Agreement”) with two of its executive officers. The Line of Credit Agreement provides for advances as needed up to a maximum of $500,000 for working capital. The amount outstanding on the Line of Credit Agreement shall be due and payable on the earlier to occur of (a) event of default or (b) the effective date the Company lists on a public stock exchange or one year from the execution date.
Events of default under the terms of the agreement include nonpayment of principal or interest, when due, subject to a five (5) day cure period; voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or receivership or declaration of insolvency; misrepresentation in the Line of Credit Agreement or documentation; material defaults under any term of the Line of Credit Agreement which has been noticed and remains uncured for thirty (30) days.
On September 28, 2023, Med-X agreed to an Amendment to the aforementioned Promissory Note dated August 6, 2022, with two of its executive officers to have the Note automatically be converted in full to Med-X common stock at the IPO price. Since the Company did not consummate an IPO, the original terms of the Note shall apply. As of June 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the Company has drawn $499,617 and $499,666, respectively against the Line of Credit Agreement and had interest payable of $2,787 and $2,744, respectively.
10. LEASES
The Company conducts its operations from facilities in Canoga Park, California that was initially leased under a five-year lease which expired September 14, 2020. The Company renewed its lease for an additional five-year term which expires October 14, 2025. The lease is subject to an annual adjustment based upon an increase in the Consumer Price Index in the Los Angeles Area. Monthly payments range from $22,453 to $34,429 and contain escalation clauses. Rent expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
As of |
| June 30, 2024 |
|
| December 31, 2023 |
| ||
Operating Leases: |
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Right-of-use Assets |
| $ | 375,985 |
|
| $ | 521,862 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease Liabilities |
| $ | 461,570 |
|
| $ | 621,817 |
|
The weighted average lease term for the Company’s operating leases as of June 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023 was 1.3 years and 1.8 years, respectively.
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The weighted average discount rate used for operating leases is 6.75% for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022.
Minimum future lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases as of June 30, 2024, are as follows:
For The Year Ended December 31, |
|
|
| |
2024 |
| $ | 193,100 |
|
2025 |
|
| 309,858 |
|
Thereafter |
|
| - |
|
Less: Present Value Discount |
|
| (41,388 | ) |
Total |
| $ | 461,570 |
|
11. RELATED PARTY
On August 6, 2022, the Company entered into a Line of Credit Agreement (the “Line of Credit Agreement”) with two of its executive officers. The Line of Credit Agreement provides for advances as needed up to a maximum of $500,000 for working capital. The amount outstanding on the Line of Credit Agreement shall be due and payable on the earlier to occur of (a) event of default or (b) the effective date the Company lists on a public stock exchange or one year from the execution date. Events of default under the terms of the agreement include nonpayment of principal or interest, when due, subject to a five (5) day cure period; voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or receivership or declaration of insolvency; misrepresentation in the Line of Credit Agreement or documentation; material defaults under any term of the Line of Credit Agreement which has been noticed and remains uncured for thirty (30) days. On September 28, 2023, Med-X agreed to an Amendment to the aforementioned Promissory Note dated August 6, 2022, with two of its executive officers to have the Note automatically be converted in full to Med-X common stock at the IPO price. Since the Company did not consummate an IPO, the original terms of the Note shall apply. As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company has drawn $499,617 and $499,666, respectively against the Line of Credit Agreement and had interest payable of $2,767 and $2,787, respectively.
The Company’s subsidiary, PSH, has an exclusive royalty-free worldwide master license f rom Matthew Mills, our CEO and one of the founders of the Company to commercialize the Nature-Cide brand and line of products. The master license can be terminated by Mr. Mills in certain circumstances, such as a material breach of the agreement by PSH or its insolvency. Upon the closing of the Merger on April 16, 2018, a Nature-Cide sublicense agreement between PSH, as sub licensor, and the Company, as sublicensee, was merged and terminated. Accordingly, PSH can sell Nature-Cide directly to all potential customers for the product throughout the world.
In June 2012 the Company’s subsidiary, PSH, entered into a licensing agreement with Dr, Morton I Hyson, MD, PC, a director of the Company, dba Hyson Medical Products whereunder PSH was granted an exclusive license to utilize patents for certain branded products in consideration of a fee of 5% of the net sales of associated PSH branded products thirty days after each calendar quarter for five (5) years from commencement of sales, or the term of the agreement, whichever is longer. The agreement carried an initial term of five (5) years and is automatically extended thereafter for additional 12-month terms unless either party notifies the other party of the termination of the agreement, with at least six (6) months prior written notice.
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12. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Contingencies
The Company’s operations are subject to a variety of local and state regulations. Failure to comply with one or more of those regulations could result in fines, restrictions on its operations, or losses of permits that could result in the Company ceasing operations.
Litigation and Claims
From time to time, the Company may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of operations in the normal course of business. As of June 30, 2024, there were no pending or threatened lawsuits that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the results of the Company’s operations.
13. OTHER EVENTS
On September 15, 2023, the Company entered an agreement with Joseph Winograde to purchase 49% of Napco Painting Contractors, Inc. for $500,000 in cash and issued a $2,500,000 convertible promissory note. The note converts into common stock at the IPO price. Since the Company's stock wasn't listed on Nasdaq within 90 days, the transaction was canceled. On December 13, 2023, an amendment extended the listing date to March 14, 2024, which later expired. Consequently, the transaction has been reversed as of the financial statement's issue date, retroactively affecting results from December 31, 2023, with no investment in NAPCO included. The Company is negotiating a renewal to both Amendments.
14. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company has evaluated subsequent events for the period from June 30, 2024, through September 15, 2024, which is the date the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were available to be issued .
On July 26, 2024 the Company entered into an Advisory Agreement with Maxim Group to provide general financial advisory and investment banking services to the Company. Upon execution of the agreement the Company issued 88,514 shares of common stock to Maxim Group LLC.
Between June 30, 2024 and January 17, 2025, the Company sold 1,527,375 shares of common stock at $2.00 per share in its private placement. The Company received net proceeds of $2,443,800.
Between June 30, 2024 and January 17, 2025, the Company sold 228,612 shares of common stock at $3.00 per share through its Regulation CF Crowdfunding Offering. The Company received net proceeds of $444,378.
Between June 30, 2024 and January 17, 2025, the Company issued 1,347,750 shares of common stock to several consultants for consulting services provided in the period, which were valued at $2.00 and expensed.
There have been no other events or transactions during this time which would have a material effect on these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
15. GOING CONCERN
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has a net operating loss of $4,394,176, an operating cash outflow of $1,957,493 and liquid assets in cash of $245,923, which are less than a year worth of cash reserves as of June 30, 2024. These factors normally raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern in the next twelve months following the date the consolidated financial statements were available to be issued is dependent upon its ability to produce revenues and/or obtain financing sufficient to meet current and future obligations and deploy such to produce profitable operating results.
Management has evaluated these conditions and plans to generate revenues and raise capital as needed to satisfy its capital needs. During the next twelve months, the Company intends to fund its operations through debt and/or equity financing.
There are no assurances that management will be able to raise capital on terms acceptable to the Company. If it is unable to obtain sufficient amounts of additional capital, it may be required to reduce the scope of its planned development, which could harm its business, financial condition, and operating results. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from these uncertainties.
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
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*Filed with the first Offering Statement on Form 1-A, first filed by the Company on August 26, 2015, and thereafter with amendments to it, or previously filed with this new Offering Statement, as amended.
**Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Reports on Form 1-U filed with the Commission, dated May 9, 2021.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A, the issuer has duly caused this annual report on Form 1-A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Washington, D.C. on February 10, 2025.
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EXHIBIT 4.1
SUBSCRIPTION DOCUMENTS
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MED-X, INC.
a Nevada Corporation
2,500,000 Shares at $4.00 Per Share
Minimum Investment: 150 Shares ($600 )
FOR SOPHISTICATED INVESTORS ONLY
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBSCRIPTION
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SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
DealMaker Securites LLC, for Med-X, Inc. |
4000 Eagle Point Corporate Drive Suite 950 Birmingham, AL 35242 |
| Re: | MED-X, INC. – 2,500,000 Shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”) |
Gentlemen:
1. Subscription. The undersigned hereby tenders this subscription and applies to purchase the number of Shares in Med-X, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) indicated below, pursuant to the terms of this Subscription Agreement. The purchase price of each Share is eighty cents ($4.00), payable in cash in full upon subscription. The undersigned further sets forth statements upon which you may rely to determine the suitability of the undersigned to purchase the Shares. The undersigned understands that the Shares are being offered pursuant to the Offering Circular, dated [___] [__], 202[__] and its exhibits (the “Offering Circular”). In connection with this subscription, the undersigned represents and warrants that the personal, business and financial information contained in the Purchaser Questionnaire is complete and accurate, and presents a true statement of the undersigned’s financial condition.
2. Representations and Understandings. The undersigned hereby makes the following representations, warranties and agreements and confirms the following understandings:
(i) The undersigned has received a copy of the Offering Circular, has reviewed it carefully, and has had an opportunity to question representatives of the Company and obtain such additional information concerning the Company as the undersigned requested.
(ii) The undersigned has sufficient experience in financial and business matters to be capable of utilizing such information to evaluate the merits and risks of the undersigned’s investment, and to make an informed decision relating thereto; or the undersigned has utilized the services of a purchaser representative and together they have sufficient experience in financial and business matters that they are capable of utilizing such information to evaluate the merits and risks of the undersigned’s investment, and to make an informed decision relating thereto.
(iii) The undersigned has evaluated the risks of this investment in the Company, including those risks particularly described in the Offering Circular, and has determined that the investment is suitable for him. The undersigned has adequate financial resources for an investment of this character, and at this time he could bear a complete loss of his investment. The undersigned understands that any projections which may be made in the Offering Circular are mere estimates and may not reflect the actual results of the Company’s operations.
(iv) The undersigned understands that the Shares are not being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) on the ground that the issuance thereof is exempt under Regulation A of Section 3(b) of the 1933 Act, and that reliance on such exemption is predicated in part on the truth and accuracy of the undersigned’s representations and warranties, and those of the other purchasers of Shares.
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(v) The undersigned understands that the Shares are not being registered under the securities laws of certain states on the basis that the issuance thereof is exempt as an offer and sale not involving a registerable public offering in such state, since the Shares are “covered securities” under the National Securities Market Improvement Act of 1996. The undersigned understands that reliance on such exemptions is predicated in part on the truth and accuracy of the undersigned’s representations and warranties and those of other purchasers of Shares. The undersigned covenants not to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of a Share unless such Share has been registered under the applicable state securities laws, or an exemption from registration is available.
(vi) The amount of this investment by the undersigned does not exceed 10% of the greater of the undersigned’s net worth, not including the value of his/her primary residence, or his/her annual income in the prior full calendar year, as calculated in accordance with Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the undersigned is an “accredited investor,” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (see the attached Purchaser Questionnaire), or is the beneficiary of a fiduciary account, or, if the fiduciary of the account or other party is the donor of funds used by the fiduciary account to make this investment, then such donor, who meets the requirements of net worth, annual income or criteria for being an “accredited investor.”
(vii) The undersigned has no need for any liquidity in his investment and is able to bear the economic risk of his investment for an indefinite period of time. The undersigned has been advised and is aware that: (a) there is no public market for the Shares and a public market for the Shares may not develop; (b) it may not be possible to liquidate the investment readily; and (c) the Shares have not been registered under the 1933 Act and applicable state law and an exemption from registration for resale may not be available.
(viii) All contacts and contracts between the undersigned and the Company regarding the offer and sale to him of Shares have been made within the state indicated below his signature on the signature page of this Subscription Agreement and the undersigned is a resident of such state.
(ix) The undersigned has relied solely upon the Offering Circular and independent investigations made by him or his purchaser representative with respect to the Shares subscribed for herein, and no oral or written representations beyond the Offering Circular have been made to the undersigned or relied upon by the undersigned.
(x) The undersigned agrees not to transfer or assign this subscription or any interest therein.
(xi) The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that, except as may be specifically provided herein, the undersigned is not entitled to withdraw, terminate or revoke this subscription.
(xii) If the undersigned is a partnership, corporation or trust, it has been duly formed, is validly existing, has full power and authority to make this investment, and has not been formed for the specific purpose of investing in the Shares. This Subscription Agreement and all other documents executed in connection with this subscription for Shares are valid, binding and enforceable agreements of the undersigned.
(xiii) The undersigned meets any additional suitability standards and/or financial requirements which may be required in the jurisdiction in which he resides, or is purchasing in a fiduciary capacity for a person or account meeting such suitability standards and/or financial requirements, and is not a minor.
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3. Indemnification. The undersigned hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and all of its affiliates, attorneys, accountants, employees, officers, directors, Shareholders and agents from any liability, claims, costs, damages, losses or expenses incurred or sustained by them as a result of the undersigned’s representations and warranties herein or in the Purchaser Questionnaire being untrue or inaccurate, or because of a breach of this agreement by the undersigned. The undersigned hereby further agrees that the provisions of Section 3 of this Subscription Agreement will survive the sale, transfer or any attempted sale or transfer of all or any portion of the Shares. The undersigned hereby grants to the Company the right to set-off against any amounts payable by the Company to the undersigned, for whatever reason, of any and all damages, costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney’s fees) which are incurred by the Company or any of its affiliates as a result of matters for which the Company is indemnified pursuant to Section 3 of this Subscription Agreement.
4. Taxpayer Identification Number/Backup Withholding Certification. Unless a subscriber indicates to the contrary on the Subscription Agreement, he will certify that his taxpayer identification number is correct and, if not a corporation, IRA, Keogh, or Qualified Trust (as to which there would be no withholding), he is not subject to backup withholding on interest or dividends. If the subscriber does not provide a taxpayer identification number certified to be correct or does not make the certification that the subscriber is not subject to backup withholding, then the subscriber may be subject to twenty-eight percent (28%) withholding on interest or dividends paid to the holder of the Shares.
5. Foreign Investors. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned is not (i) named on the list of “specially designated nationals” or “blocked persons” maintained by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) at www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sdn or as otherwise published from time to time, (ii) an agency of the government of a Sanctioned Country, (iii) an organization controlled by a Sanctioned Country, (iv) a person residing in a Sanctioned Country, to the extent subject to a sanctions program administered by OFAC, (v) a person who owns more than fifteen percent (15%) of its assets in Sanctioned Countries, or (vi) a person who derives more than fifteen percent (15%) of its operating income from investments in, or transactions with, sanctioned persons or Sanctioned Countries. A “Sanctioned Country” means a country subject to a sanctions program identified on the list maintained by OFAC and available at www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sdn or as otherwise published from time to time.
6. Governing Law. This Subscription Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada.
7. Acknowledgement of Risks Factors. The undersigned has carefully reviewed and thoroughly understands the risks associated with an investment in the Shares as described in the Offering Circular. The undersigned acknowledges that this investment entails significant risks.
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The undersigned has (have) executed this Subscription Agreement on this _____ day of ________ , 20 ______ , at ____________.
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MANNER IN WHICH TITLE IS TO BE HELD:
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EXHIBIT 6.7
Licensing Agreement
This Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into as of June 22, 2012 (“Effective Date”) by and between Dr. Morton I Hyson, M.D., P.C. d.b.a. Hyson Medical Products (“Dr. Hyson”, ‘‘HMP”) and Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc. (“PSH”). Dr. Hyson and PSH are hereinafter collectively referred to as the Parties or, individually, as a Party.
WHEREAS:
(i) Dr. Hyson has experience developing headache pain relief products including medicated wraps for resale through appropriate sales channels in the US. Dr. Hyson represents that he controls and has been granted three Patents for these products (See Schedule A). Dr. Hyson asserts these three patents have been assigned to HMP.
(ii) PSH has made a significant investment in developing a market and sales channel for such similar products, Thermal-Aid, in the United States and worldwide. PSH now intends to make a further investment and use its current resources in similarly creating a market and sales channel for PSH’s own private label products which will be sourced and supplied by supplier/manufacturers used by Dr. Hyson in exchange for the compensation set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Specific Terms. For the purposes of this Agreement, the following words, terms and phrases, where written with an initial capital letter, shall have the meanings given to them below:
(a) “Agreement” shall mean this Agreement together with any Appendices attached hereto.
(b) “Products” means headache pain relief and medicated wrap products which were developed by Dr. Hyson and which are currently marketed and sold by his wholly owned company Hyson Medical Products.
(c) “Branded Products” means the private label products which will be developed and sold by PSH using the Products as ingredients as well as any new products developed or sold using Dr. Hyson’s patented technology.
(d) “Effective Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
1.2 Other Defined Terms; Interpretation. All other terms, words or phrases, other than those defined in Section 1.1 above, which are written with an initial capital letter shall have the meanings given to them elsewhere in this Agreement. As used in this Agreement, any references to appendices, articles or sections shall mean the Appendices, Articles or Sections of this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise.
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2. DR. HYSON RESPONSIBILITIES
2.1 Assistance. Dr. Hyson will introduce PSH to potential new products which are synergistic to his Products. Dr. Hyson will use commercially reasonable efforts to consult and assist PSH on all development of the Branded Products. Such duties will include, but are not limited to:
(a) Recommend to PSH suitable alternative new products for production of PSH’s Branded Products;
(b) Provide input as requested to PSH regarding new materials, ingredients, components or processes which may be used to create new Branded Products;
(c) Not to provide similar services to any third parties who sell or plan on selling products which directly compete with the Branded products.
3. LICENSE
3.1 Dr. Hyson agrees to grant an exclusive license to PSH to utilize his Patents, identified in Schedule A, in the development of Branded Products during the term of this Agreement. License to utilize these Patents will be in perpetuity for all Branded Products developed during the Term of this Agreement.
4. PAYMENT
4.l Fees. For the services provided by Dr. Hyson throughout the Term of this Agreement, PSH shall pay a fee of five percent (5%) of the Net Sales of PSH’s Branded Products. This fee will be payable for five (5) years from the date of the first payment received by PSH from the Sale of Branded Products or as long as this Agreement remains in full force and effect, whichever is longer.
(a) “Net Sales” in this Agreement means the gross amount (excluding customary freight, shipping insurance and other transportation expenses) invoiced and collected by PSH for the sale of any of its Branded Products to any party other than Dr. Hyson, less normal and customary trade, cash and quantity discounts actually given, rebates, credits, price adjustments or allowances for damaged products, returns or rejections of products, all of which shall only be provided in good faith and on commercially reasonable terms by PSH and none of which shall be given to PSH’s affiliates.
4.2 Payment. Within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter, a report shall be prepared by PSH to Dr. Hyson setting forth a breakdown of Branded Products sold under this Agreement for which funds have been collected during the preceding calendar quarter. PSH’s remittance for the full amount of payments due for that quarter shall accompany the reports.
4.3 Audit. Dr. Hyson shall have the right, to have an independent third party auditor reasonably acceptable to PSH audit PSH’s books and records relating to the sales by PSH of the Branded Product to the extent and insofar as it deems necessary to verify the accuracy of the reports. PSH agrees to provide the auditor with access to any books, records, or other information reasonably necessary for the auditor to determine PSH’s compliance with its obligations under this Agreement.
4.4 Expenses. Dr. Hyson will pay all of his own ordinary operating expenses relating to this Agreement, including without limitation, administration, salaries, overhead, etc. PSH will reimburse Dr. Hyson for any extraordinary expenses so long as they were pre-approved in writing by an officer of PSH. Travel expenses to visit manufacturers, potential customers and attend trade shows as requested shall be considered extraordinary expenses.
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5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
5.1 Representations & Warranties. The Parties hereby represent and warrant to each other that (i) each has the full power, capacity and right to enter into this Agreement; (ii) neither Party has entered into any agreements or granted any rights or licenses which would conflict with the rights granted to PSH hereunder; (iii) neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor compliance with the obligations of the Parties hereunder, will violate any law or regulation, or any order or decrees of any court or government instrumentality, or will conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any contract, agreement, instrument or judgment to which either is a party; (iv) to the best of the Parties knowledge, no action, approval or consent by any federal, state, municipal or other governmental agency, commission, board, bureau or instrumentality is necessary in order to constitute this Agreement as a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Parties in accordance with its terms; (v) there is no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court, arbitrator or other government body pending or threatened against it which questions the validity or legality of this Agreement or any act to be performed or taken by it in connection with this Agreement.
6. BRANDED PRODUCT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
6.1 Intellectual Property Rights. PSH has the right to enhance, repackage and rebrand Products thereby creating new Branded Products. PSH will have the right to create intellectual property rights and to retain ownership of all Branded Product formulations and other intellectual property rights created by PSH at PSH’s expense. Dr. Hyson will assist PSH in securing any patent or intellectual property rights protection which is deemed by PSH to be desirable or appropriate. However Dr. Hyson shall not be obligated to incur any costs on behalf of PSH in providing such assistance, and any costs arising in securing any patent or intellectual property rights protection, including any costs incurred in connection with Dr. Hyson’s assistance therein, shall be the sole responsibility of PSH. Dr. Hyson agrees that all Branded Products developed during the course of their work and duties with PSH shall be owned by PSH, that any ideas, inventions, advancements, developments and intellectual property rights relating to or developed during such work or duties with PSH shall be considered “work for hire” and that Dr. Hyson shall have no ownership, license or use rights of any sort in any such materials, ideas, inventions, advancements, developments and intellectual property rights..
7. INDEMNIFICATION; INSURANCE
7.1. Indemnification by Parties. Parties shall defend, indemnify, and hold the Parties, their officers, directors, employees, and agents (the Party’s Indemnitees) harmless from and against any and all third- party claims, suits, proceedings, damages, expenses (including court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses), and recoveries (collectively, Claims) to the extent that such Claims arise out of, are based on, or result from: (a) either Party’s material breach of its obligations under the Agreement; (b) either Party’s material breach of its representations or warranties under the Agreement; (c) the willful misconduct or negligent acts of either Party or its directors, officers, agents, and employees; or (d) infringement of a third party’s intellectual property rights in connection with the Branded Products. Any of the PSH indemnified parties or Dr. Hyson indemnified parties shall give prompt written notice to the Party against whom indemnity is sought of the assertion by any third party of any Claim.
7.2 Insurance. PSH shall at all times during the term of this Agreement and any renewals and extensions thereof, maintain Product Liability Insurance of a minimum Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) relating to Branded Products. Upon request, PSH shall provide Dr. Hyson with written evidence of such coverage.
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8. CONFIDENTIALITY
8.1 PSH and Dr. Hyson’s wholly owned company Hyson Medical Products have previously entered into a mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement dated May 14, 2012 and agree to abide by those terms for the duration of this Agreement. Furthermore, if Dr. Hyson receives from PSH any confidential and/or proprietary information, Dr. Hyson agrees (i) not to use such information except in the performance of this Agreement; (ii) to treat such information in the same manner as Dr. Hyson treats its own confidential information but exercise not less than a reasonable standard of care; and (iii) to prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of the confidential information. PSH’s confidential information includes the identity of any of its Branded Products, the prices of any products (other than standard price lists available to the public), PSH’s manner of operation, PSH’s marketing plans and strategies, PSH’s books, records, diagrams, drawings, designs, formulas and other information or data regarding PSH’s products and general and specific business plans. The obligation to keep information confidential shall not apply to any such information that (i) has been disclosed in publicly available sources by the disclosing party; (ii) is, through no fault of the party receiving the confidential information, hereafter disclosed in a publicly available source; (iii) is in rightful possession of the party receiving the confidential information without an obligation of confidentiality; or (iv) is required to be disclosed by operation of law.
9. TERM AND TERMINATION
9.1 Initial Term. This Agreement shall become effective as of the Effective Date and shall remain in force for five (5) years therefrom (the Initial Term) unless earlier terminated in accordance with Section
9.2. At the expiration of the Initial Term this Agreement will automatically be extended for succeeding
(12) month periods (each an Extended Term and together with the initial term ‘‘Term”) unless either Party provides the other Party with at least six (6) months prior written notice that it does not desire to renew this Agreement for the relevant Extended Period, which notice may be given during the Initial Tenn or any Extended Term.
9.2 Termination for Lack of Performance. If during the first two years of this Agreement PSH fails to bring its Branded Product to market utilizing Dr. Hyson’s Products this Agreement will terminate.
9.3 Termination for Cause. Each Party may terminate the Agreement immediately on written notice to the other Party in the event the other Party (i) has committed a material breach of its obligations arising out of the Agreement and fails to cure such breach within ten ( I0) days from the date of a written notice from the non-breaching Party specifying in reasonable detail the nature of the material breach, (ii) has made a material misrepresentation inducing the other party into entering this Agreement, (iii) enters into voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy, enters into liquidation or dissolution proceedings, becomes insolvent, makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or otherwise loses legal control of its business, or (iv) undergoes an event of Force Majeure which prevents such Party’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement.
9.4 Effects of a Termination and Expiration. Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, Dr. Hyson shall retain no rights whatsoever in PSH’s Branded Products, except for Dr. Hyson’s underlying rights in the Products. If the termination occurs due to a material breach of this Agreement by Dr. Hyson, PSH shall remain obligated to pay all payments due up until the date of the next payment period as defined in Section 3.3 after the termination and shall have no further obligations to pay after such termination.
9.5 Non-Compete. While this agreement is still in effect, and for one (1) year in event of a breach by Dr. Hyson, Dr. Hyson agrees that he shall not sell products that directly compete with the Branded Products other than the Products.
9.6 While PSH is developing its Branded Products Dr. Hyson is granted permission to sell his existing Products through Direct Sales, Catalogues, etc. Once PSH introduces its Branded Product Dr. Hyson agrees to cease selling his Products through any channel and refer any future Product sales directly to PSH.
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10. GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, and the venue for any legal proceeding will be in the appropriate forum in the County of Los Angeles, State of California.
10.2 Fees and Expenses. The prevailing Party in any arbitration, litigation or other proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the subject matter, enforceability or breach thereof, shall be entitled to recover from the non-prevailing Party its costs and reasonable attorney’s fees, as determined by the arbitrator(s) or court.
10.3 Severability. If any covenant or other provision of this Agreement is deemed to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, by reason of any rule, law or public policy, all other covenants and provisions of the Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect and no covenant or provision shall be deemed dependent on any other covenant or provision unless so expressed herein. To the extent this Agreement is in violation of applicable law, then the Parties consent and agree to negotiate in good faith to amend the Agreement, to the extent possible consistent with its purposes, to conform to law.
10.4 No Waivers. The failure or delay of any Party in exercising any right granted it hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of any such right and any single or partial exercise of any particular right by such Party shall not exhaust the same or constitute a waiver of any other right provided herein.
10.5 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto, and their respective representatives, successors and authorized assigns.
10.6 Force Majeure. Neither Dr. Hyson or PSH shall be liable in damages, or shall be subject to termination of this Agreement by the other party, for any delay or default in performing any obligation hereunder if that delay or default is due to Force Majeure and without fault or negligence of that Party; provided that, in order to excuse its delay or default hereunder, a Party shall notify the other of the occurrence or the cause, specifying the nature and particulars thereof and the expected duration thereof; and provided, further, that within fifteen (15) calendar days after the termination of such occurrence or cause, such party shall give notice to the other party specifying the date of termination thereof. All obligations of both parties shall return to being in full force and effect upon the termination of such occurrence or cause (including without limitation any payments which became due and payable hereunder prior to the termination of such occurrence or cause). (b) For the purposes of this Agreement, a “Force Majeure shall include, without limiting the generality of the phrase, any act of God, act of any government or other authority or statutory undertaking, industrial dispute, fire, explosion, accident, power failure, flood, riot or war (declared or undeclared).
10.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts via facsimile or electronically and each thereof shall be deemed to be an original; and all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
10.8 Assignment. Neither Party shall assign or otherwise dispose of the whole or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party, which will not be unreasonable withheld.
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10.9 Notices. All notices provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing in English and shall be deemed validly sent when sent by first class post, special delivery, registered mail, or overnight air mail postage prepaid, addressed to the respective Parties as listed on the signature page hereto. Notices under this Agreement shall also be deemed to be validly sent if sent by facsimile to the facsimile number of the Parties as each last gave written notice of to the other or by e-mail to either Party’s contact person with confirmed delivery. Facsimile or e-mail notices shall be confirmed by first class post, special delivery, registered mail, airmail postage prepaid, but failure to do so shall not render any notice invalid.
10.10 Relationship of the Parties. The Parties shall act as independent contractors in the performance of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to constructively create, give effect to or otherwise recognize a joint venture, partnership or formal business entity of any kind, and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be limited to those expressly set forth herein.
10.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Appendices attached hereto) constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all previous agreements, proposals, oral or written and all negotiations, conversations, and discussions thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the Effective Date.
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SCHEDULE A
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF HEADACHE
Patent Number: 5,700,238
Date Granted: December 23, 1997 - USPO
MEDICATED WRAP
Patent Number: 6,313,370 Bl
Date Granted: November 6, 2001 - USPO
MEDICATED WRAP
Patent Number: 7,186,260
Date Granted: March 6, 2007- USPO
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EXHIBIT 6.8
MED-X, INC.
2016 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(As adopted on January 31, 2016)
1. Purpose. The purpose of the 2016 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) of Med-X, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) is to increase stockholder value and to advance the interests of the Company by furnishing a variety of economic incentives (“Incentives”) designed to attract, retain and motivate employees, directors and certain key consultants of the Company. Incentives may consist of opportunities to purchase or receive shares of voting common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) on terms determined under this Plan.
2. Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors or by a stock option or compensation committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company. The Committee, if constituted, shall consist of not less than one director of the Company who shall be appointed from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company. Each member of the Committee shall be (i) a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b‑3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “1934 Act”) (a “Non‑Employee Director”), and (ii) shall be an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and the regulations promulgated thereunder. The Committee shall have complete authority to award Incentives under the Plan, to interpret the Plan, and to make any other determination which it believes necessary and advisable for the proper administration of the Plan, except in the case where the Committee is an existing compensation committee, to the extent that the Board of Directors of the Company or the Charter of the compensation committee otherwise limits its authority. The Committee’s decisions and matters relating to the Plan shall be final and conclusive on the Company and its participants. If at any time there is no stock option or compensation committee, the term “Committee”, as used in the Plan, shall refer to the Board of Directors.
3. Eligible Participants. Officers of the Company, employees of the Company or its subsidiaries, members of the Board of Directors, and consultants or other independent contractors who provide services to the Company or its subsidiaries shall be eligible to receive Incentives under the Plan when designated by the Committee. Participants may be designated individually or by groups or categories (for example, by pay grade) as the Committee deems appropriate. Participation by officers of the Company or its subsidiaries and any performance objectives relating to such officers must be approved by the Committee. Participation by others and any performance objectives relating to others may be approved by groups or categories (for example, by pay grade) and authority to designate participants who are not officers and to set or modify such targets may be delegated.
4. Types of Incentives. Incentives under the Plan may be granted in any one or a combination of the following forms: (a) incentive stock options and non-statutory stock options (section 6); (b) stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) (section 7); (c) stock awards (section 8); (d) restricted stock (section 8); and (e) performance shares (section 9).
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5. Shares Subject to the Plan.
5.1. Number of Shares. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10.6, the number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan shall not exceed 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock. Shares of Common Stock that are issued under the Plan or are subject to outstanding Incentives will be applied to reduce the maximum number of shares of Common Stock remaining available for issuance under the Plan. In addition, on each anniversary of January 31, 2016 (the “Effective Date”) on or before the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date, commencing on January 31, 2016, the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock reserved for issuance under this Plan shall be increased automatically by the lesser of: (a) a number of shares equal to five percent (5%) of the total number of remaining authorized shares on the immediately preceding December 31st; or (b) such lesser number of shares as the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, determines. These limits on the number of shares subject to the share reserve shall be subject to adjustment under Section 10.6 of the Plan.
5.2. Cancellation. To the extent that cash in lieu of shares of Common Stock is delivered upon the exercise of an SAR pursuant to Section 7.4, the Company shall be deemed, for purposes of applying the limitation on the number of shares, to have issued the greater of the number of shares of Common Stock which it was entitled to issue upon such exercise or on the exercise of any related option. In the event that a stock option or SAR granted hereunder expires or is terminated or canceled unexercised as to any shares of Common Stock, such shares may again be issued under the Plan either pursuant to stock options, SARs or otherwise. In the event that shares of Common Stock are issued as restricted stock or pursuant to a stock award and thereafter are forfeited or reacquired by the Company pursuant to rights reserved upon issuance thereof, such forfeited and reacquired shares may again be issued under the Plan, either as restricted stock, pursuant to stock awards or otherwise. The Committee may also determine to cancel, and agree to the cancellation of, stock options in order to make a participant eligible for the grant of a stock option at a lower price than the option to be canceled.
5.3. Type of Common Stock. Common Stock issued under the Plan in connection with stock options, SARs, performance shares, restricted stock or stock awards may be authorized and unissued shares or treasury stock, as designated by the Committee.
6. Stock Options. A stock option is a right to purchase shares of Common Stock from the Company. Each stock option granted by the Committee under this Plan shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
6.1. Price. The option price per share shall be determined by the Committee, subject to adjustment under Section 10.6.
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6.2. Number. The number of shares of Common Stock subject to the option shall be determined by the Committee, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10.6. The number of shares of Common Stock subject to a stock option shall be reduced in the same proportion that the holder thereof exercises a SAR if any SAR is granted in conjunction with or related to the stock option.
6.3. Duration and Time for Exercise. Subject to earlier termination as provided in Section 10.4, the term of each stock option shall be determined by the Committee but shall not exceed ten years and one day from the date of grant. Each stock option shall become exercisable at such time or times during its term as shall be determined by the Committee at the time of grant. The Committee may accelerate the exercisability of any stock option. Subject to the foregoing and with the approval of the Committee, all or any part of the shares of Common Stock with respect to which the right to purchase has accrued may be purchased by the Company at the time of such accrual or at any time or times thereafter during the term of the option.
6.4. Manner of Exercise. A stock option may be exercised, in whole or in part, by giving written notice to the Company, specifying the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased and accompanied by the full purchase price for such shares. The option price shall be payable (a) in United States dollars upon exercise of the option and may be paid by cash, uncertified or certified check or bank draft; (b) at the discretion of the Committee, by delivery of shares of Common Stock in payment of all or any part of the option price, which shares shall be valued for this purpose at the Fair Market Value on the date such option is exercised; or (c) at the discretion of the Committee, by instructing the Company to withhold from the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the stock option shares of Common Stock in payment of all or any part of the exercise price and/or any related withholding tax obligations, which shares shall be valued for this purpose at the Fair Market Value or in such other manner as may be authorized from time to time by the Committee. The shares of Common Stock delivered by the participant pursuant to Section 6.4(b) must have been held by the participant for a period of not less than six months prior to the exercise of the option, unless otherwise determined by the Committee. Prior to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of a stock option, a participant shall have no rights as a stockholder.
6.5. Incentive Stock Options. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the following additional provisions shall apply to the grant of stock options which are intended to qualify as Incentive Stock Options (as such term is defined in Section 422 of the Code):
(a) The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time the option is granted) of the shares of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any participant during any calendar year (under all of the Company’s plans) shall not exceed $100,000. The determination will be made by taking incentive stock options into account in the order in which they were granted. If such excess only applies to a portion of an Incentive Stock Option, the Committee, in its discretion, will designate which shares will be treated as shares to be acquired upon exercise of an Incentive Stock Option.
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(b) Any Incentive Stock Option certificate authorized under the Plan shall contain such other provisions as the Committee shall deem advisable, but shall in all events be consistent with and contain all provisions required in order to qualify the options as Incentive Stock Options.
(c) All Incentive Stock Options must be granted within ten years from the earlier of the date on which this Plan was adopted by Board of Directors or the date this Plan was approved by the stockholders.
(d) Unless sooner exercised, all Incentive Stock Options shall expire no later than 10 years after the date of grant.
(e) The option price for Incentive Stock Options shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the option on the date of grant.
(f) If Incentive Stock Options are granted to any participant who, at the time such option is granted, would own (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code) stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the employer corporation or of its parent or subsidiary corporation, (i) the option price for such Incentive Stock Options shall be not less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the option on the date of grant and (ii) such Incentive Stock Options shall expire no later than five years after the date of grant.
7. Stock Appreciation Rights. A SAR is a right to receive, without payment to the Company, a number of shares of Common Stock, cash or any combination thereof, the amount of which is determined pursuant to the formula set forth in Section 7.4. An SAR may be granted (a) with respect to any stock option granted under this Plan, either concurrently with the grant of such stock option or at such later time as determined by the Committee (as to all or any portion of the shares of Common Stock subject to the stock option), or (b) alone, without reference to any related stock option. Each SAR granted by the Committee under this Plan shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
7.1. Number. Each SAR granted to any participant shall relate to such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be determined by the Committee, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10.6. In the case of an SAR granted with respect to a stock option, the number of shares of Common Stock to which the SAR pertains shall be reduced in the same proportion that the holder of the option exercises the related stock option.
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7.2. Duration. Subject to earlier termination as provided in Section 10.4, the term of each SAR shall be determined by the Committee but shall not exceed ten years and one day from the date of grant. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, each SAR shall become exercisable at such time or times, to such extent and upon such conditions as the stock option, if any, to which it relates is exercisable. The Committee may in its discretion accelerate the exercisability of any SAR.
7.3. Exercise. A SAR may be exercised, in whole or in part, by giving written notice to the Company, specifying the number of SARs which the holder wishes to exercise. Upon receipt of such written notice, the Company shall, within 90 days thereafter, deliver to the exercising holder certificates for the shares of Common Stock or cash or both, as determined by the Committee, to which the holder is entitled pursuant to Section 7.4.
7.4. Payment. Subject to the right of the Committee to deliver cash in lieu of shares of Common Stock (which, as it pertains to officers and directors of the Company, shall comply with all requirements of the 1934 Act), the number of shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable upon the exercise of an SAR shall be determined by dividing:
(a) the number of shares of Common Stock as to which the SAR is exercised multiplied by the amount of the appreciation in such shares (for this purpose, the “appreciation” shall be the amount by which the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock subject to the SAR on the exercise date exceeds (1) in the case of an SAR related to a stock option, the purchase price of the shares of Common Stock under the stock option or (2) in the case of an SAR granted alone, without reference to a related stock option, an amount which shall be determined by the Committee at the time of grant, subject to adjustment under Section 10.6); by
(b) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the exercise date.
In lieu of issuing shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of a SAR, the Committee may elect to pay the holder of the SAR cash equal to the Fair Market Value on the exercise date of any or all of the shares which would otherwise be issuable. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon the exercise of an SAR; instead, the holder of the SAR shall be entitled to receive a cash adjustment equal to the same fraction of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the exercise date or to purchase the portion necessary to make a whole share at its Fair Market Value on the date of exercise.
8. Stock Awards and Restricted Stock. A stock award consists of the transfer by the Company to a participant of shares of Common Stock, without other payment therefor, as additional compensation for services to the Company. A share of restricted stock consists of shares of Common Stock which are sold or transferred by the Company to a participant at a price determined by the Committee (which price shall be at least equal to the minimum price required by applicable law for the issuance of a share of Common Stock) and subject to restrictions on their sale or other transfer by the participant. In either case, Common Stock issuable as a stock award or restricted stock under the Plan may vest and be issuable to the grantee in accordance with the schedule for such amounts, dates and conditions as are determined by the Committee. The transfer of Common Stock pursuant to stock awards and the transfer and sale of restricted stock shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
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8.1. Number of Shares. The number of shares to be transferred or sold by the Company to a participant pursuant to a stock award or as restricted stock shall be determined by the Committee.
8.2. Sale Price. The Committee shall determine the price, if any, at which shares of restricted stock shall be sold to a participant, which may vary from time to time among participants and which may be below the Fair Market Value of such shares of Common Stock at the date of sale.
8.3. Restrictions. All shares of restricted stock transferred or sold hereunder shall be subject to such restrictions as the Committee may determine, including, without limitation any or all of the following:
(a) a prohibition against the sale, transfer, pledge or other encumbrance of the shares of restricted stock, such prohibition to lapse at such time or times as the Committee shall determine (whether in annual or more frequent installments, at the time of the death, disability or retirement of the holder of such shares, or otherwise);
(b) a requirement that the holder of shares of restricted stock forfeit, or (in the case of shares sold to a participant) resell back to the Company at his or her cost, all or a part of such shares in the event of termination of his or her employment or consulting engagement during any period in which such shares are subject to restrictions;
(c) such other conditions or restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable.
8.4. Escrow. In order to enforce the restrictions imposed by the Committee pursuant to Section 8.3, the participant receiving restricted stock shall enter into an agreement with the Company setting forth the conditions of the grant. Shares of restricted stock shall be registered in the name of the participant and deposited, together with a stock power endorsed in blank, with the Company. Each such certificate shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
The transferability of this certificate and the shares of Common Stock represented by it are subject to the terms and conditions (including conditions of forfeiture) contained in the 2016 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) of Med-X, Inc. (the “Company”), and an agreement entered into between the registered owner and the Company. A copy of the Plan and the agreement is on file in the office of the secretary of the Company.
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8.5. End of Restrictions. Subject to Section 10.5, at the end of any time period during which the shares of restricted stock are subject to forfeiture and restrictions on transfer, such shares will be delivered free of all restrictions to the participant or to the participant’s legal representative, beneficiary or heir.
8.6. Stockholder. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, each participant receiving restricted stock shall have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to shares of stock during any period in which such shares are subject to forfeiture and restrictions on transfer, including without limitation, the right to vote such shares. Dividends paid in cash or property other than Common Stock with respect to shares of restricted stock shall be paid to the participant currently.
9. Performance Shares. A performance share consists of an award which shall be paid in shares of Common Stock, as described below in this Plan. The grant of performance shares shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate, including the following:
9.1. Performance Objectives. Each performance share will be subject to performance objectives for the Company or one of its operating units to be achieved by the end of a specified period. The number of performance shares granted shall be determined by the Committee and may be subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine. If the performance objectives are achieved, each participant will be paid in shares of Common Stock or cash. If such objectives are not met, each grant of performance shares may provide for lesser payments in accordance with formulas established in the award.
9.2. Not Stockholder. The grant of performance shares to a participant shall not create any rights in such participant as a stockholder of the Company until the payment of shares of Common Stock with respect to an award.
9.3. No Adjustments. No adjustment shall be made in performance shares granted on account of cash dividends which may be paid or other rights which may be issued to the holders of Common Stock prior to the end of any period for which performance objectives were established.
9.4. Expiration of Performance Shares. If any participant’s employment or consulting engagement with the Company is terminated for any reason other than normal retirement, death or disability prior to the achievement of the participant’s stated performance objectives, all the participant’s rights on the performance shares shall expire and terminate unless otherwise determined by the Committee. In the event of termination of employment or consulting by reason of death, disability, or normal retirement, the Committee, in its own discretion may determine what portions, if any, of the performance shares should be paid to the participant.
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10. General.
10.1. Effective Date. The Plan will become effective upon its approval by the Company’s Board of Directors, subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders. Unless approved by the Company’s stockholders within one year after the date of the Plan’s adoption by the Board of Directors, the Plan shall not be effective for any purpose.
10.2. Duration. The Plan shall remain in effect until all Incentives granted under the Plan have either been satisfied by the issuance of shares of Common Stock or the payment of cash or been terminated under the terms of the Plan and all restrictions imposed on shares of Common Stock in connection with their issuance under the Plan have lapsed. No Incentives may be granted under the Plan after the tenth anniversary of the date the Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Company.
10.3. Non-transferability of Incentives. No stock option, SAR, stock, restricted stock or performance award may be transferred, pledged or assigned by the holder thereof (except, in the event of the holder’s death, by will or the laws of descent and distribution to the limited extent provided in the Plan or the Incentive), or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined by the Code or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or the rules thereunder, and the Company shall not be required to recognize any attempted assignment of such rights by any participant. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, stock options may be transferred by the holder thereof to the holder’s spouse, children, grandchildren or parents (collectively, the “Family Members”), to trusts for the benefit of Family Members, to partnerships or limited liability companies in which Family Members are the only partners or shareholders, or to entities exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. During a participant’s lifetime, a stock option may be exercised only by him or her, by his or her guardian or legal representative or by the transferees permitted by the preceding sentence.
10.4. Effect of Termination or Death. In the event that a participant ceases to be an employee or director of or consultant to the Company for any reason, including death or disability, any Incentives may be exercised or shall expire at such times as may be determined by the Committee.
10.5. Additional Condition. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary: (a) the Company may, if it shall determine it necessary or desirable for any reason, at the time of award of any Incentive or the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any Incentive, require the recipient of the Incentive, as a condition to the receipt thereof or to the receipt of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant thereto, to deliver to the Company a written representation of present intention to acquire the Incentive or the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant thereto for his or her own account for investment and not for distribution; and (b) if at any time the Company further determines, in its sole discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification (or any updating of any such document) of any Incentive or the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant thereto is necessary on any securities exchange or under any federal or state securities or blue sky law, or that the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with the award of any Incentive, the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant thereto, or the removal of any restrictions imposed on such shares, such Incentive shall not be awarded or such shares of Common Stock shall not be issued or such restrictions shall not be removed, as the case may be, in whole or in part, unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company.
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10.6. Adjustment. In the event of any recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares or other change in the Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock then subject to the Plan, including shares subject to restrictions, options or achievements of performance shares, shall be adjusted in proportion to the change in outstanding shares of Common Stock. In the event of any such adjustments, the purchase price of any option, the performance objectives of any Incentive, and the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to any Incentive shall be adjusted as and to the extent appropriate, in the discretion of the Committee, to provide participants with the same relative rights before and after such adjustment.
10.7. Incentive Plans and Agreements. Except in the case of stock awards or cash awards, the terms of each Incentive shall be stated in a plan or agreement approved by the Committee. The Committee may also determine to enter into agreements with holders of options to reclassify or convert certain outstanding options, within the terms of the Plan, as Incentive Stock Options or as non-statutory stock options and in order to eliminate SARs with respect to all or part of such options and any other previously issued options.
10.8. Withholding.
(a) The Company shall have the right to withhold from any payments made under the Plan or to collect as a condition of payment, any taxes required by law to be withheld. At any time when a participant is required to pay to the Company an amount required to be withheld under applicable income tax laws in connection with a distribution of Common Stock or upon exercise of an option or SAR, the participant may satisfy this obligation in whole or in part by electing (the “Election”) to have the Company withhold from the distribution the number of shares of Common Stock having a value up to the minimum amount of withholding taxes required to be collected on the transaction. The value of the shares to be withheld shall be based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld shall be determined (“Tax Date”).
(b) Each Election must be made prior to the Tax Date. The Committee may disapprove of any Election, may suspend or terminate the right to make Elections, or may provide with respect to any Incentive that the right to make Elections shall not apply to such Incentive. An Election is irrevocable.
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10.9. No Continued Employment, Engagement or Right to Corporate Assets. No participant under the Plan shall have any right, because of his or her participation, to continue in the employ of the Company for any period of time or to any right to continue his or her present or any other rate of compensation. Nothing contained in the Plan shall be construed as giving an employee, a consultant, such persons’ beneficiaries or any other person any equity or interests of any kind in the assets of the Company or creating a trust of any kind or a fiduciary relationship of any kind between the Company and any such person.
10.10. Deferral Permitted. Payment of cash or distribution of any shares of Common Stock to which a participant is entitled under any Incentive shall be made as provided in the Incentive. Payment may be deferred at the option of the participant if provided in the Incentive.
10.11. Amendment of the Plan. The Board may amend or discontinue the Plan at any time. However, no such amendment or discontinuance shall adversely change or impair, without the consent of the recipient, an Incentive previously granted. Further, no such amendment shall, without approval of the shareholders of the Company, (a) increase the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued to all participants under the Plan, (b) change or expand the types of Incentives that may be granted under the Plan, (c) change the class of persons eligible to receive Incentives under the Plan, or (d) materially increase the benefits accruing to participants under the Plan.
10.12 Sale, Merger, Exchange or Liquidation. Unless otherwise provided in the agreement for an Incentive, in the event of an acquisition of the Company through the sale of substantially all of the Company’s assets or through a merger, exchange, reorganization or liquidation of the Company or a similar event as determined by the Committee (collectively a “transaction”), the Committee shall be authorized, in its sole discretion, to take any and all action it deems equitable under the circumstances, including but not limited to providing for any one or more of the following:
(1) The Plan and all Incentives shall terminate and the holders of (i) all outstanding vested options shall receive, in lieu of any shares of Common Stock they would be entitled to receive under such options, such stock, securities or assets, including cash, as would have been paid to such participants if their options had been exercised and such participant had received Common Stock immediately prior to such transaction (with appropriate adjustment for the exercise price, if any), (ii) performance shares and/or SARs that entitle the participant to receive Common Stock shall receive, in lieu of any shares of Common Stock each participant was entitled to receive as of the date of the transaction pursuant to the terms of such Incentive, if any, such stock, securities or assets, including cash, as would have been paid to such participant if such Common Stock had been issued to and held by the participant immediately prior to such transaction, and (iii) any Incentive under this Agreement which does not entitle the participant to receive Common Stock shall be equitably treated as determined by the Committee.
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(2) Participants holding outstanding vested Common Stock based Incentives shall receive, with respect to each share of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such Incentives as of the effective date of any such transaction, at the determination of the Committee, cash, securities or other property, or any combination thereof, in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of such Common Stock on a date within ten days prior to the effective date of such transaction over the option price or other amount owed by a participant, if any, and that such Incentives shall be cancelled, including the cancellation without consideration of all options that have an exercise price below the per share value of the consideration received by the Company in the transaction.
(3) The Plan (or replacement plan) shall continue with respect to Incentives not cancelled or terminated as of the effective date of such transaction and provide to participants holding such Incentives the right to earn their respective Incentives on a substantially equivalent basis (taking into account the transaction and the number of shares or other equity issued by such successor entity) with respect to the equity of the entity succeeding the Company by reason of such transaction.
(4) All unvested, unearned or restricted Incentives, including but not limited to restricted stock for which restrictions have not lapsed as of the effective date of such transaction, shall be void and deemed terminated, or, in the alternative, for the acceleration or waiver of any vesting, earning or restrictions on any Incentive.
The Board of Directors may restrict the rights of participants or the applicability of this Section 10.12 to the extent necessary to comply with Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Internal Revenue Code or any other applicable law or regulation. The grant of an Incentive award pursuant to the Plan shall not limit in any way the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or changes of its capital or business structure or to merge, exchange or consolidate or to dissolve, liquidate, sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.
10.13. Definition of Fair Market Value. For purposes of this Plan, the “Fair Market Value” of a share of Common Stock at a specified date shall, unless otherwise expressly provided in this Plan, be the amount which the Committee or the Board of Directors determines in good faith to be 100% of the fair market value of such a share as of the date in question; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, if such shares are listed on a U.S. securities exchange or are quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, Nasdaq Small-Cap Market or over-the-counter market for companies that file public reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively, “Nasdaq”), then Fair Market Value shall be determined by reference to the last sale price of a share of Common Stock on such U.S. securities exchange or Nasdaq on the applicable date. If such U.S. securities exchange or Nasdaq is closed for trading on such date, or if the Common Stock does not trade on such date, then the last sale price used shall be the one on the date the Common Stock last traded on such U.S. securities exchange or Nasdaq.
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10.14. Change in Control. (a) Upon a Change in Control, as defined in paragraph (b) of this Section 10.14, any stock option or restricted stock award granted to any Participant under this Plan that would have become vested upon continued employment by the Participant shall immediately vest in full and become exercisable, unless otherwise specifically provided in any provision to the contrary in such award.
(b) For purposes of this Section 10.14, “Change in Control” means:
(1) The acquisition by any person, entity or “group,” within the meaning of Section 13(d) (3) or 14(d) (2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) (excluding, for this purpose, (A) the Company, or (B) any employee benefit plan of the Company or its subsidiaries which acquires beneficial ownership of voting securities of the Company) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 33% or more of either the then outstanding shares of common stock or the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; or
(2) Individuals who, as of January 31, 2016, constitute the Board of Directors (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to January 31, 2016 whose appointment to fill a vacancy, or whose election or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board (other than an election or nomination of an individual whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of the directors of the Company, as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) shall be, for purposes of this Agreement, considered as though such person were a member of the Incumbent Board; or
(3) Approval by the stockholders of the Company of (A) a reorganization, merger or consolidation, in each case, with respect to which persons who were the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation do not, immediately thereafter, own more than 50% of the combined voting power of the reorganized, merged or consolidated company’s then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the reorganized, merged or consolidated company, or (B) a liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (C) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.
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EXHIBIT6.9
TRI-PARTY ESCROW AGREEMENT
This ESCROW AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of March 20, 2024, by and among Med X, Inc., a Nevada Corporation (the “Company”), DealMaker Securities LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Managing Broker-Dealer”) and ENTERPRISE BANK & TRUST, a Missouri chartered trust company with banking powers (in its capacity as escrow holder, the “Escrow Agent”).
RECITALS
This Agreement is being entered into in reference to the following facts:
(a) The Company intends to offer and sell to prospective investors (“Investors”), as disclosed in its offering materials, in a registered offering pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or as exemption from registration thereunder (the “Offering”), the equity, debt, or other securities of the Company (the “Securities”) with a minimum of $10,000.00 (Ten Thousand) (the “Minimum”) and a maximum of $3,000,000.00 (Three Million) (the “Maximum”) as described in the Company’s disclosure materials and the Subscription Agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) applicable to the Offering.
(b) In connection with the Offering, the Company and Managing Broker-Dealer desire to establish an Escrow Account (as defined herein) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Soliciting Dealer” refers to the Managing Broker-Dealer and any other securities dealer that may be retained by the Managing Broker-Dealer in connection with the Managing Broker-Dealer’s services to the Company.
ARTICLE 1-ESCROW FUNDS
1.1 Appointment of Escrow Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Escrow Agent to act as escrow holder for the Escrow Funds (as defined below) under the terms of this Agreement. The Escrow Agent hereby accepts such appointment, subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations hereof.
1.2 Establishment of Escrow. Immediately following the Escrow Agent’s execution of this Agreement, the Escrow Agent will open a non-interest bearing bank checking account with Escrow Agent (the “Escrow Account”) for the purpose of receiving and holding Cash Deposits (as defined below) and the remaining portion of the Total Purchase Price (as defined below) payable by each Investor (as defined below) in connection with the Offering (the “Escrow Funds”).
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1.3 Escrow Funds.
(a) Each Investor or Soliciting Dealer will be instructed by the Company or its Intermediary (as defined herein) to remit to the Company, a predetermined cash deposit (the “Cash Deposit”), as indicated on the applicable Subscription Agreement (as defined below), in the form of a check, draft, wire or ACH payable to the order of “Enterprise Bank & Trust, as Escrow Agent for “Med X, Inc.”. Following receipt by the Company of an Investor’s Cash Deposit, the Company or its Intermediary will promptly: (i) send to the Escrow Agent the Investor’s name, address, executed IRS Form W-9 and total purchase price to be remitted for the Securities to be purchased by the Investor (the “Total Purchase Price”), and (ii) remit to the Escrow Agent the Cash Deposit. Escrow Agent shall promptly deposit the Cash Deposit into the Escrow Account, which deposit shall occur within two (2) business days after the Escrow Agent’s receipt of the Cash Deposit. For purposes of this Agreement, “Intermediary” shall mean a broker registered under Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or a funding portal registered under Regulation CF, 17 C.F.R. Part 227, and includes, where relevant, an associated person of the registered broker or registered funding portal. Notwithstanding the above, if the Company has retained an Intermediary, the Intermediary may instruct an Investor or Soliciting Dealer to remit the Cash Deposit amount in a method authorized by such Intermediary’s portal or other website hosted by the Company or Intermediary in connection with the Offering, which may be remitted in the form of a credit card, wire, ACH payment, or other method, payable to the order of “Enterprise Bank & Trust, as Escrow Agent for “Med-X, Inc.” as applicable. Such Cash Deposit amounts shall be paid into the Escrow Account.
(b) On or prior to the consummation of the Offering, each Investor or Soliciting Dealer may be further instructed by the Company or its Intermediary to remit directly to the Escrow Agent an amount equal to the difference between such Investor’s Total Purchase Price and the amount of such Investor’s Cash Deposit, in a form of payment as described in Section 1.3(a), payable to the order of “Enterprise Bank & Trust, as Escrow Agent for “Med X, Inc.” as applicable.
(c) Escrow Agent shall have no obligation to accept Escrow Funds or documents from any party other than the Investors, the Soliciting Dealers or the Company. Any checks that are made payable to a party other than the Escrow Agent shall be returned to the party submitting the check, and if received by the Company shall not be remitted to the Escrow Agent. Proceeds in the form of wire or other electronic funds transfers are deemed deposited into the Escrow Account and considered “Collected Funds” when received by the Escrow Agent. Any Proceeds deposited in the form of a check, draft or similar instrument are deemed deposited when the collectability thereof has been confirmed; after such time, such Proceeds are considered “Collected Funds.” The Escrow Agent shall have no duty or responsibility to enforce the collection or demand payment of any funds deposited into the Escrow Account. Should any check be deemed uncollectible for any reason, the Escrow Agent will notify the Company of the amount of such return check, the name of the Investor and the reason for return and return the check to the Investor.
(d) Escrow Agent will hold all Escrow Funds in escrow, free from any liens, claims or offsets, and such monies shall not become the property of the Company, the Investor or any Soliciting Dealer, nor shall such monies become subject to the debts thereof or the debts of the Escrow Agent, unless and until the conditions set forth in these instructions to disbursement of such monies have been fully satisfied.
(e) The Escrow Funds shall be disbursed by the Escrow Agent from the Escrow Account by wire transfer or by a check payable to the appropriate payee(s) in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
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(f) Escrow Agent shall not be required to take any action under this Section 1.3 or any other section hereof until it has received proper written instruction from both (i) an Authorized Representative of the Company or authorized representative of its Intermediary and (ii) an Authorized Representative of the Managing Broker-Dealer, delivered in compliance with all applicable laws and pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Such written instructions shall be in the form prescribed by the applicable Exhibit and signed by all required parties. Except as otherwise expressly contemplated herein, all parties hereby direct and instruct Escrow Agent to accept any payment or other instructions provided by both (i) an Authorized Representative of the Company or authorized representative of its Intermediary and (ii) an Authorized Representative of the Managing Broker-Dealer, and Escrow Agent shall have no duty or obligation to authenticate such payment or other instructions or the authorization thereof. The Escrow Agent shall not be required to release any funds that constitute Escrow Funds unless the funds represented thereby are Collected Funds.
(g) The Company, any Intermediary, and the Managing Broker-Dealer shall conduct all aspects of the Offering in full compliance with all applicable law, including all federal and state securities laws.
1.4 Investments.
(a) All funds in the Escrow Account will be held by Escrow Agent in a non-interest bearing bank account at Escrow Agent. The Escrow Funds will not earn interest.
1.5 Cancellation of Subscriptions.
(a) The Company may reject or cancel any Investor’s offer to purchase Securities (the “Subscription”), in whole or in part. If all or any portion of the Total Purchase Price for such rejected or canceled Subscription has been delivered to the Escrow Agent, then the Company oritsIntermediary will inform Escrow Agent in writing of the rejection or cancellation, and instruct Escrow Agent in writing in the form of Exhibit “C” attached hereto to refund some or all of the Escrow Funds. Such instruction must be made and delivered in compliance with all applicable state and federal rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, the Securities Act and signed by an Authorized Representative of the Company or authorized representative of the Intermediary.
ARTICLE 2-DISBURSEMENT PROCEDURES
2.1 Disbursement of Proceeds. Escrow Agent shall hold and disburse the Escrow Funds in accordance with the following procedures:
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.1(b) through Section 2.1(g), in the event Escrow Agent receives Collected Funds for the Minimum Offering prior to the termination of this Agreement, and for any point thereafter, and from time to time, promptly after the Escrow Agent’s receipt of written instructions from both (i) an Authorized Representative of the Company or authorized representative of its Intermediary and (ii) an Authorized Representative of the Managing Broker-Dealer in the form of Exhibit “A” attached hereto, the Escrow Agent shall disburse (by wire transfer or by a check payable to the appropriate payee(s)) the principal amount of all Escrow Funds then held by Escrow Agent, or such lesser amount as may be specified in such written instructions (but not less than the amount covered by the Minimum Offering) in accordance with such written instructions, as provided from time to time. Escrow Funds shall be distributed within one (1) business day of the Escrow Agent’s receipt of such written instructions, which must be received by the Escrow Agent no later than 1:00 p.m. Central Standard time on a business day for the Escrow Agent to process such instructions that business day.
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(b) Escrow Agent shall continue to accept deposits of additional Escrow Funds until a date (the “Final Closing Date”) which is the earlier of (i) the date on which the Escrow Agent receives written notification, signed by both (A) an Authorized Representative of the Company or an authorized representative of the Intermediary and (B) an Authorized Representative of the Managing Broker-Dealer, that the Company has accepted Subscriptions for the Maximum Offering, or (ii) the date on which the Escrow Agent receives written notification, signed by both (A) an Authorized Representative of the Company or an authorized representative of the Intermediary and (B) an Authorized Representative of the Managing Broker-Dealer, of a final closing date for receipt of Escrow Funds. Promptly from and after the Final Closing Date, the Escrow Agent shall return directly to the Investor, the principal amount of any Escrow Funds received by the Escrow Agent after the Final Closing Date and shall cease to accept any additional Escrow Funds.
(c) If both (i) an Authorized Representative of the Company or authorized representative of its Intermediary and (ii) an Authorized Representative of the Managing Broker-Dealer give written notice to the Escrow Agent of the termination or withdrawal of the Offering, in the form of Exhibit “B” attached hereto, then promptly after such notification, the Escrow Agent shall return, as a complete distribution, each Investor’s Escrow Funds, without deduction, penalty, or expense, to such Investor in the same method as the Investor caused payment pursuant to Section 1.3(a); provided, however, that to the extent an Investor’s Escrow Funds were received by Escrow Agent from a qualified intermediary, such funds shall be returned to such qualified intermediary. In the event of the termination of the Offering pursuant to this Section 2.1(c), the Escrow Funds shall not under any circumstance be returned to the Soliciting Dealers or the Company. The Company represents, warrants, and agrees that the Escrow Funds returned to each Investor (or to such Investor’s qualified intermediary) are and shall be free and clear of any and all claims of the Company and its creditors.
(d) If an Investor is entitled to terminate its Subscription, or the Company rejects such Subscription in whole or in part, for which the Escrow Agent has received Escrow Funds, the Escrow Agent shall, upon a written instruction signed by both (i) an Authorized Representative of the Company or authorized representative of its Intermediary and (ii) an Authorized Representative of the Managing Broker-Dealer, in the form of Exhibit “C” attached hereto, promptly return directly to such Investor that portion of the Escrow Funds associated with such Investor and specified in the written instruction in the same method as the Investor caused payment pursuant to Section 1.3(a). If the Escrow Agent has not yet collected funds but has submitted the Investor’s check for collection, the Escrow Agent shall promptly return the funds in the amount of the Investor’s check to such Investor after such funds have been collected. If the Escrow Agent has not yet submitted such Investor’s check for collection, the Escrow Agent shall promptly remit the Investor’s check directly to the Investor. If applicable, any disbursement instructions shall be delivered in compliance with Regulation CF, 17 C.F.R. 227.304.
(e) If an Investor elects to remit the Total Purchase Price for such Investor’s purchase of the Securities in lieu of applying the Investor’s Cash Deposit to the Purchase Price, the Escrow Agent shall, upon the written request of both (i) an Authorized Representative of the Company or authorized representative of its Intermediary and (ii) an Authorized Representative of the Managing Broker- Dealer, promptly return directly to such Investor, in the same method as the Investor caused payment pursuant to Section 1.3(a), the Cash Deposit deposited in the Escrow Account on behalf of such Investor. If the Escrow Agent has not yet collected funds but has submitted the Investor’s check for the Cash Deposit for collection, the Escrow Agent shall promptly return the funds in the amount of the Investor’s check to such Investor after such funds have been collected. If the Escrow Agent has not yet submitted such Investor’s check for collection, the Escrow Agent shall promptly remit the Investor’s check directly to the Investor.
(f) If any date that is a deadline under this Agreement for giving the Escrow Agent notice or instructions or for the Escrow Agent to take action is not a business day, then such date shall be the business day that immediately precedes such date. A “business day” is any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions located in the state of Missouri, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
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(g) Any delivery of written disbursement and other instructions by an Authorized Representative of the Company, Authorized Representative of the Managing Broker-Dealer, or an authorized representative of an Intermediary pursuant to this Article 2 shall be made in compliance with all applicable state and federal rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
ARTICLE 3- GENERAL ESCROW PROCEDURES
3.1 Accounts and Records. Escrow Agent shall keep accurate books and records of all transactions hereunder. The Company shall be responsible for maintaining accurate books and records as to owners of the beneficial interest in the Escrow. The Company and Escrow Agent shall each have reasonable access to one another’s books and records concerning the Offering and the Escrow Account. Upon final disbursement of the Escrow Funds, the Escrow Agent shall deliver to the Company a complete accounting of all transactions relating to the Escrow Account.
3.2 Duties. Escrow Agent’s duties and obligations hereunder shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement. Escrow Agent’s duties and obligations are purely ministerial in nature, and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give rise to any fiduciary obligations of the Escrow Agent with respect to the Investors or to the other parties to this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Escrow Agent is not charged with any duties or responsibilities with respect to any documentation associated with the Offering and shall not otherwise be concerned with the terms thereof. For purposes of communications and directives, the Escrow Agent shall not accept any instructions from a Soliciting Dealer participating in the Offering. The Escrow Agent shall not be required to notify or obtain the consent, approval, authorization, or order of court or governmental body to perform its obligations under this Agreement, except as expressly provided herein. The parties agree that Escrow Agent shall not be required to expend or risk any of its own funds or otherwise incur any liability, financial or otherwise, in the performance of any of its duties hereunder.
3.3 Liability Limited. Escrow Agent shall not be liable to anyone whatsoever by any reason of error of judgment or for any act done or step taken or omitted by them in good faith or for any mistake of fact or law or for anything which they may do or refrain from doing in connection herewith unless caused by or arising out of their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. In no event shall the Escrow Agent be liable for any indirect, special, consequential damages, or punitive damages. Escrow Agent shall have no responsibility to ensure anyone’s compliance with any securities laws in connection with the Offering, and Escrow Agent shall not be required to inquire as to the performance or observation of any obligation, term or condition under any other agreements or arrangements.
3.4 Fees. The Company shall pay the Escrow Agent the fees based on the fee schedule attached hereto as Exhibit “D”. In addition, the Company shall be obligated to reimburse the Escrow Agent for all fees, costs and expenses incurred or that become due in connection with this Agreement or the Escrow Account, including reasonable attorneys’ fees. Neither the modification, cancellation, termination or rescission of this Agreement nor the resignation or termination of the Escrow Agent shall affect the right of the Escrow Agent to retain the amount of any fee which has been paid, or to be reimbursed or paid any amount which has been incurred or becomes due, prior to the effective date of any such modification, cancellation, termination, resignation or rescission. Escrow Agent is hereby authorized by the Company to deduct from the Escrow Fund any fees not timely paid, and any unpaid fees before final distribution of the Escrow Fund to the Company in accordance with this Agreement; provided, however, that no fees shall be deducted from any amount of Escrow Funds to be returned to Investors. To the extent the Escrow Agent has incurred any such expenses, or any such fee becomes due, prior to any closing, the Escrow Agent shall advise the Company and the Company shall direct all such amounts to be paid directly at any such closing.
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3.5 Exculpation. Escrow Agent’s duties hereunder shall be strictly limited to the safekeeping of monies, instruments or other documents received by the Escrow Agent and any further responsibilities expressly provided in this Agreement. The Escrow Agent will not be liable for:
(a) the genuineness, sufficiency, correctness as to form, manner or execution or validity of any instrument deposited in the Escrow, nor the identity, authority or rights of any person executing the same;
(b) any misrepresentation or omission in any documentation associated with the Offering or any failure to keep or comply with any of the provisions of any agreement, contract, or other instrument referred to therein; or
(c) the failure of any Soliciting Dealer or Investor to transmit, or any delay in transmitting, any Investor’s Purchase Price to the Company or Escrow Agent.
3.6 Interpleader. If (i) conflicting demands are made or notice served upon the Escrow Agent with respect to the escrow or (ii) the Escrow Agent is otherwise uncertain as to its duties or rights hereunder, then the Escrow Agent shall have the absolute right at its election to do either or both of the following:
(a) withhold and stop all further proceedings in, and performance of, this Agreement; or
(b) file a suit in interpleader and obtain an order from the court requiring the parties to litigate their several claims and rights among themselves. In the event such interpleader suit is brought, the Escrow Agent shall be fully released from any obligation to perform any further duties imposed upon it hereunder, and the Company shall pay the Escrow Agent actual costs, expenses and reasonable attorney’s fees expended or incurred by Escrow Agent, the amount thereof to be fixed and a judgment thereof to be rendered by the court in such suit.
3.7 Indemnification and Contribution. The Company and the Managing Broker-Dealer (each, an “Indemnifying Party”) jointly and severally agree to defend, indemnify and hold Escrow Agent and its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, agents (“Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against all costs, damages, judgments, attorneys’ fees, expenses, obligations and liabilities of any kind or nature (“Damages”) to the fullest extent permitted by law, from and against any Damages or liabilities related to or arising out of this Agreement which the Indemnified Parties may reasonably incur or sustain in connection with or arising out of the escrow or this Agreement and will reimburse the Indemnified Parties for all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) as they are incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any such action or claim whether or not in connection with pending or threatened litigation in which the Indemnified Parties is or are a party; provided, however, the Indemnifying Party will not be responsible for Damages or expenses which are finally judicially determined to have resulted from an Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The provisions of this section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and any resignation of the Escrow Agent.
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3.8 Compliance with Orders. If at any time Escrow Agent is served with any judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, writ or other form of judicial or administrative process which in any way affects the Escrow Funds (including but not limited to orders of attachment or any other forms of levies or injunctions or stays relating to the transfer of the Escrow Funds), Escrow Agent is authorized to comply therewith in any manner as it or its legal counsel of its own choosing deems appropriate; and if Escrow Agent complies with any such judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, writ or other form of judicial or administrative process, Escrow Agent shall not be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any other person or entity even though such order, judgment, decree, writ or process may be subsequently modified or vacated or otherwise determined to have been without legal force or effect.
3.9 Resignation.
(a) Escrow Agent may resign as escrow holder hereunder upon fourteen (14) days prior written notice to the Company and shall thereupon be fully released from any obligation to perform any further duties imposed upon it hereunder. The Company and Managing Broker-Dealer shall promptly appoint a successor escrow agent. The Escrow Agent will transfer all files and records relating to the Escrow and Escrow Account to any successor escrow holder mutually agreed to in writing by the Company and Managing Broker-Dealer upon receipt of a copy of the executed escrow instructions designating such successor. If the Company and Managing Broker-Dealer have failed to appoint a successor escrow agent prior to the expiration of fourteen (14) calendar days following the delivery of such notice of resignation from Escrow Agent, the Escrow Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor escrow agent or for other appropriate relief, and any such resulting appointment shall be binding upon the Company and Managing Broker-Dealer. The Company and Managing Broker-Dealer shall be jointly and severally liable for Escrow Agent’s costs and expenses including attorneys incurred in such proceeding.
(b) In the case of a resignation of the Escrow Agent, the Escrow Agent shall have no responsibility for the appointment of a successor escrow agent hereunder. The successor escrow agent appointed by the Company and Managing Broker-Dealer shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Escrow Agent and the other parties an instrument in writing accepting its appointment hereunder. Thereafter, the Escrow Agent shall deliver all of the then-remaining balance of the Escrow Funds, less any expenses then incurred by and unpaid to the Escrow Agent, to such successor escrow agent in accordance with the joint written direction of the Company and Managing Broker-Dealer and upon receipt of the Escrow Funds, the successor escrow agent shall be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement.
3.10 Filings and Resolution. Concurrently or prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall deliver to the Escrow Agent a copy of its certificate of formation or other charter documents, resolutions, and any other account agreements requested by Escrow Agent.
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3.11 Authorized Representatives. The Company hereby identifies to Escrow Agent the officers, employees or agents designated on Schedule I attached hereto as an authorized representative (each, an “Authorized Representative”) with respect to any notice, certificate, instrument, demand, request, direction, instruction, waiver, receipt, consent or other document or communication required or permitted to be furnished to Escrow Agent. Schedule I may be amended and updated by written notice to Escrow Agent. Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely on such original or amended Schedule I with respect to any party until a new Schedule I is furnished by such party to Escrow Agent. The Managing Broker-Dealer hereby agrees that any of its officers, employees or agents shall have authority to sign any notice, certificate, instrument, demand, request, direction, instruction, waiver, receipt, consent or other document or communication required or permitted to be furnished to Escrow Agent. If applicable, the Company hereby identifies to Escrow Agent the officers, employees or agents of any Intermediary designated on Schedule I attached hereto as an authorized representative of the Intermediary with respect to any instruction or notice that such Intermediary is required or eligible to give pursuant to this Agreement, including with respect to the disbursement of Escrow Funds and other cash.
3.12 Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence as of the date first above written and shall end on the date that all funds in the Escrow Account are disbursed pursuant to this Agreement and all reporting obligations specified herein have been satisfied.
3.13 Identification Number. The Company represents and warrants that (a) its Federal tax identification number (“TIN”) specified on the signature page of this Agreement underneath its signature is correct and is to be used for 1099 tax reporting purposes, and (b) it is not subject to backup withholding. The Company shall provide the Escrow Agent with the TIN and verification that the person or entity is not subject to backup withholding for any person or entity to whom interest is paid on any of the Proceeds, if applicable. Such verification may be evidenced by providing the Escrow Agent a Subscription Agreement containing appropriate language or a copy of a W-9.
3.14 Reliance. When Escrow Agent acts on any communication (including, but not limited to, communication with respect to the transfer of funds) sent by electronic transmission, Escrow Agent, absent gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall not be responsible or liable in the event such communication is not an authorized or authentic communication of the party involved or is not in the form the party involved sent or intended to send (whether due to fraud, distortion or otherwise). Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from Escrow Agent’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Company and the Managing Broker-Dealer agree to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic transmission to submit instructions and directions to Escrow Agent, including without limitation the risk of Escrow Agent acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.
3.15 Force Majeure. Escrow Agent shall not incur liability for not performing any act or not fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond the control of Escrow Agent (including but not limited to any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, pandemic or public health emergency, any act of God or war, terrorism or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank or other wire or communication facility).
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ARTICLE 4- GENERAL PROVISIONS
4.1 Notice. Any notice, request, demand or other communication provided for hereunder to be given shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by transmission by a telecommunications device, and shall be effective (a) on the day when personally served, including delivery by overnight mail and courier service, (b) on the third business day after its deposit in the United States mail, and (c) on the business day of confirmed transmission by telecommunications device. The addresses of the parties hereto (until notice of a change thereof is served as provided in this Section 4.1) shall be as follows:
To the Managing Broker-Dealer:
Dealmaker Securities, LLC 4000 Eagle Point Corporate Drive, Suite 950 Birmingham, Alabama, 35242 Attn: Jonathan Self 647-236-9021 Jself@dealmakersecurities.com | To the Company:
Med X, Inc. 8236 Remmet Avenue Canoga Park, CA 91304 Attn: Matthew Mills 818-349-2870 matt@medx-rx.com |
To the Escrow Agent:
Enterprise Bank & Trust
Attn: Specialty Banking Group, Escrow
1281 N. Warson
St. Louis, Missouri 63132
sbg@enterprisebank.com
with a copy to: Legal Department via email
legaltracking@enterprisebank.com
4.2 Amendments. Except as otherwise permitted herein, this Agreement may be modified only by a written amendment signed by the parties hereto, and no waiver of any provision hereof will be effective unless expressed in a writing signed by the parties hereto.
4.3 Wiring Instructions. In the event fund transfer instructions are given, such instructions must be communicated to Escrow Agent in writing delivered pursuant to Section 4.1. Escrow Agent shall seek confirmation of such instructions by telephone call-back to an Authorized Representative (in the case of the Company), authorized representative of the Intermediary, or other authorized person, and Escrow Agent may rely upon the confirmations of anyone purporting to be the Authorized Representative of the Company, authorized representative of the Intermediary, or other authorized person so designated. Escrow Agent and the beneficiary’s bank in any funds transfer may rely solely upon any account numbers or similar identifying numbers provided by the Company or the Intermediary to identify (i) the beneficiary, (ii) the beneficiary’s bank, or (iii) an intermediary bank. Escrow Agent may apply any of the Escrow Funds for any payment order it executes using any such identifying number, even when its use may result in a person other than the beneficiary being paid, or the transfer of funds to a bank other than the beneficiary’s bank or an intermediary bank designated. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that such security procedure is commercially reasonable.
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4.4 Notifications.
(a) The Escrow Agent may, but need not, honor and follow instructions, amendments or other orders (“orders”) which shall be provided by telephone facsimile transmission (“faxed”) to the Escrow Agent in connection with this Agreement and may act thereon without further inquiry and regardless of whom or by what means the actual or purported signature of the Company may have been affixed thereto if such signature in Escrow Agent’s sole judgment resembles the signature of the Company. The Company indemnifies and holds the Escrow Agent free and harmless from any and all liability, suits, claims or causes of action which may arise from loss or claim of loss resulting from any forged, improper, wrongful or unauthorized faxed order. The Company shall pay all actual attorney fees and costs reasonably incurred by the Escrow Agent (or allocable to its in-house counsel), in connection with said claim(s).
(b) Furthermore, all parties hereby agree that all current and future notices, confirmations and other communications regarding this Agreement specifically, and future communications in general between the parties, may be made by email, sent to the email address of record as set forth above or, solely with regards to business in the normal course, as otherwise from time to time changed or updated, directly by the party changing such information, without necessity of confirmation of receipt, delivery or reading, and such form of electronic communication is sufficient for all matters regarding the relationship between the parties. If any such electronically-sent communication fails to be received for any reason, including but not limited to such communications being diverted to the recipients’ spam filters by the recipients email service provider or technology, or due to a recipients’ change of address, or due to technology issues by the recipients’ service provider, the parties agree that the burden of such failure to receive is on the recipient and not the sender, and that the sender is under no obligation to resend communications via any other means, including but not limited to postal service or overnight courier, and that such communications shall for all purposes, including legal and regulatory, be deemed to have been delivered and received.
(c) The Company is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all communications given by it including those given pursuant to electronic means, including but not limited to email, internet, facsimile or text. Escrow Agent shall not be responsible for any interruption in such communication services and the Company shall be responsible for security of all such services.
4.5 Assignment. Except as permitted in this Section 4.5, neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations hereunder may be assigned by any party hereto without the express written consent of each of the other parties hereto. This Agreement shall inure to and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors, heirs and permitted assigns. Any corporation into which Escrow Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which Escrow Agent will be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the business of Escrow Agent will be the successor of Escrow Agent hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper with any party hereto or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto except where an instrument of transfer or assignment is required by law to effect such succession, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
4.6 USA PATRIOT Act. The Company shall provide to Escrow Agent such information as Escrow Agent may reasonably require to permit Escrow Agent to comply with its obligations under the federal USA PATRIOT Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001). Escrow Agent shall not make any payment of all or a portion of the Escrow Fund, to any person unless and until such person has provided to Escrow Agent such documents as Escrow Agent may require to permit Escrow Agent to comply with its obligations under such Act. Further, Company represents and warrants to Escrow Agent that if it is a hedge fund, it will promptly notify Escrow Agent and enter into any agreement or provide any documentation requested by Escrow Agent.
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4.7 Termination. This Agreement shall terminate when all the Escrow Funds have been disbursed or returned in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
4.8 Time of Essence. Time is of the essence of these and all additional or changed instructions.
4.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which so executed shall, irrespective of the date of its execution and delivery, be deemed an original, and said counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
4.10 Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and shall be construed according to, the laws of the State of Missouri. The parties hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts of St. Louis County, Missouri or, if proper subject matter jurisdiction exists, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Each party hereto further irrevocably consents to the service of any complaint, summons, notice or other process relating to any such action or proceeding by delivery thereof to it by hand or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, in the manner provided for herein. Each party hereto hereby expressly and irrevocably waives any claim or defense in any such action or proceeding based on improper venue or forum non conveniens or any similar basis.
4.11 Waiver of Jury Trial. TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW THAT CANNOT BE WAIVED, EACH PARTY HEREBY EXPRESSLY, INTENTIONALLY, AND DELIBERATELY WAIVES, AND COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE), ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY FORUM IN RESPECT OF ANY ISSUE, CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING IN WHOLE OR IN PART UNDER, RELATED TO, BASED ON OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT OR CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE (EACH, A “CLAIM”). ANY PARTY HERETO MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 4.11 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF EACH SUCH PARTY TO THE WAIVER OF ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. In the event that the waiver of jury trial set forth in the previous sentence is not enforceable under the law applicable to this Agreement, the parties to this Agreement agree that any Claim, including any question of law or fact relating thereto, shall, at the written request of any party, be determined by judicial reference pursuant to Missouri law. The parties shall select a single neutral referee, who shall be a retired state or federal judge. In the event that the parties cannot agree upon a referee, the court shall appoint the referee. The referee shall report a statement of decision to the court. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the right of any party at any time to exercise self- help remedies, foreclose against collateral or obtain provisional remedies. The parties shall bear the fees and expenses of the referee equally, unless the referee orders otherwise. The referee shall also determine all issues relating to the applicability, interpretation, and enforceability of this paragraph. The parties acknowledge that if a referee is selected to determine the Claims, then the Claims will not be decided by a jury.
4.12 Use of Name. The Company and the Managing Broker-Dealer will not make any reference to Enterprise Bank & Trust in connection with the Offering except with respect to its role as Escrow Agent hereunder, and in no event will the Company or the Managing Broker-Dealer state or imply the Escrow Agent has investigated or endorsed the Offering in any manner whatsoever.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement pursuant to due authority as of the date set forth above.
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EXHIBIT A
DISBURSEMENT NOTICE
DISBURSEMENT OF OFFERING PROCEEDS
To the Escrow Agent:
Enterprise Bank & Trust
Attn: Specialty Banking Group, Escrow
1281 N. Warson
St. Louis, Missouri 63132
[DATE]
| Re: | Escrow Account No. MX-73113 |
Dear Escrow Agent:
| 1. | Reference is made to that certain Escrow Agreement dated as of March 20, 2024 (the “Escrow Agreement”) by and among Med X, Inc., a Nevada Corporation (the “Company”), DealMaker Securities LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Managing Broker-Dealer”) and ENTERPRISE BANK & TRUST (in its capacity as escrow holder, the “Escrow Agent”). All terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given such terms in the Escrow Agreement. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this statement as of the date first hereinabove set forth.
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EXHIBIT B
DISBURSEMENT NOTICE TERMINATION
To the Escrow Agent:
Enterprise Bank & Trust
Attn: Specialty Banking Group, Escrow
1281 N. Warson
St. Louis, Missouri 63132
[DATE]
| Re: | Escrow Account No. MX-73113 |
Dear Escrow Agent:
| 1. | Reference is made to that certain Escrow Agreement dated as of March 20, 2024 (the “Escrow Agreement”) by and among Med X, Inc., a Nevada Corporation (the “Company”), DealMaker Securities LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Managing Broker-Dealer”) and ENTERPRISE BANK & TRUST (in its capacity as escrow holder, the “Escrow Agent”). All terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given such terms in the Escrow Agreement. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this statement as of the date first hereinabove set forth.
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EXHIBIT C
DISBURSEMENT NOTICE CANCELLATION OF SUBSCRIPTION
To the Escrow Agent:
Enterprise Bank & Trust
Attn: Specialty Banking Group, Escrow
1281 N. Warson
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Dear Escrow Agent:
| 1. | Reference is made to that certain Escrow Agreement dated as of March 20, 2024 (the “Escrow Agreement”) by and among Med X, Inc., a Nevada Corporation (the “Company”), DealMaker Securities LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Managing Broker-Dealer”) and ENTERPRISE BANK & TRUST (in its capacity as escrow holder, the “Escrow Agent”). All terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given such terms in the Escrow Agreement. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this statement as of the date first hereinabove set forth.
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EXHIBIT D
ESCROW AGENT SCHEDULE OF FEES
Escrow Account Servicing Fee (Annually): | $1,500.00 |
Tax Reporting: | $10.00/per 1099 filing |
Outgoing Domestic Wire | $25.00 per wire |
Incoming Domestic Wire | $12.50 per wire |
International Wire | $40.00 per wire |
NOTE: All other standard bank fees apply. Please see current fee schedule for a summary of all bank fees.
*Escrow fees due upon account opening. Disbursement fees may apply
NOTE: All other standard bank fees apply. Please see current fee schedule for a summary of all bank fees.
The Escrow Account Servicing Fee, if not paid at the time of final disbursement of the funds, may debited by Escrow Agent from the balance remaining in the Escrow Account upon final disbursement of the funds to the Company in accordance with the Agreement.
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SCHEDULE I
ESCROW ACCOUNT SIGNING AUTHORITY
Authorized Representative(s) of Company
The undersigned certifies that each of the individuals listed below is an authorized representative of the Company with respect to any instruction or other action to be taken in connection with the Escrow Agreement and Enterprise Bank & Trust shall be entitled to rely on such list until a new list is furnished to Enterprise Bank & Trust.
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The undersigned further certifies that he or she is duly authorized to sign this Escrow Account Signing Authority.
Signature: **
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**To be signed by corporate secretary/assistant secretary. When the secretary is among those authorized above, the president must sign in the additional signature space provided below. For entities other than corporations, an authorized signatory not signing above should sign this Escrow Account Signing Authority.
(Additional signature, if required)`
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If Company is using an Intermediary, (as defined by Regulation CF, 17 C.F.R. Part 227), the following shall be authorized representatives of the Intermediary:
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EXHIBIT 6.10
DEALMAKER ORDER FORM
Regulation A Offerings (each, an “Offering”)
Customer:. | Med-X, Inc. | Contact: | Nick Phillips |
Address: | 8236 Remmet Ave. Canoga Park CA | Phone: | |
91304 Commencement Date (optional): | E-Mail: | nick@med-rx.com |
This Order Form sets forth the terms of service by which a number of separate DealMaker affiliates are engaged to provide services to Customer (collectively, the “Services”). By its signature below in each applicable section, Customer hereby agrees to the terms of service of each company referenced in such section. Unless otherwise specified above, the Services shall commence on the date hereof.
By preceding with its order, Customer agrees to be bound contractually with each respective company. The Applicable Terms of Service include and contain, among other things, warranty disclaimers, liability limitations and use limitations.
In particular, Customer agrees and understands that it is carrying out a self-hosted capital raise and bears primary responsibility for the success of its own raise. No DealMaker entity is ever responsible for the success of Customer’s campaign and no guarantees or representations are ever in place with respect to (i) capital raised (ii) investor solicitation or (iii) completion of investor transactions with Customers. Customer agrees and acknowledges that online capital formation is uncertain, and that nothing in this agreement prevents Customer from pursuing concurrent or sequential alternative forms of capital formation. Customer should use its discretion in choosing to engage the vendors described in this Agreement and agrees that such entities bear no responsibility to Customer with respect to raising capital. |
There shall be no force or effect to any different terms other than as described or referenced herein (including all terms included or incorporated by reference) except as entered into by one of the companies referenced herein and Customer in writing.
A summary of Services purchased is described on Schedule A attached. The applicable Terms of Service are described on the Schedules thereafter, and are incorporated herein.
Services NEVER include providing any investment advice nor any investment recommendations to any investor.
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Schedule “A”
Summary of Fees
A. | Regulation A Offering Fees |
| · | $32,500 $65,000 Advance (an advance against accountable expenses anticipated to be incurred, and refunded to extent not actually incurred) Due Net 90 of Signing Date |
This advance fee includes
i. $12,500 $25,000 prepaid to DealMaker Securities LLC for Pre-Offering Analysis
ii. $5,000 $10,000 prepaid to Novation Solutions Inc. O/A DealMaker for infrastructure for self-directed electronic roadshow
iii. $15,000 $30,000 prepaid to DealMaker Reach LLC for consulting and developing materials for self-directed electronic roadshow
| · | $10,000 monthly account management fees. |
| ○ | Monthly account management fees commence on the first month following the Commencement Date |
| ○ | To the extent services are commenced in advance of a FINRA no objection letter being received, such amounts shall be considered an advance against accountable expenses anticipated to be incurred, and fully refunded to extent not actually incurred). A maximum of $30,000 or three months of account management fees are payable prior to a no objection letter being received. |
| ○ | Monthly fees include: |
| ■ | $2,000 account maintenance fees payable to DealMaker (up to a maximum of $24,000 during the Offering) |
| ■ | $8,000 marketing advisory fees payable to Reach (up to a maximum of $96,000 during the Offering) |
| · | 6.5% Cash Fees From All Proceeds: |
| ○ | Customer may elect to offset all or a portion of these fees by levying an administrative fee to investors. |
| · | Supplementary Marketing Services to be determined on a case-by-case basis, as may be authorized by the Customer, up to a maximum of an additional $250,000 of compensation during the Offering. |
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Fair Compensation
To ensure adherence to fair compensation guidelines, DealMaker Securities will ensure that, in any scenario, the aggregate fees payable to DealMaker Securities and its affiliates in respect of Services related to the Offering shall never exceed the amounts set forth in the table below (the column entitled “Maximum Compensation”).
If the Offering is fully subscribed, the maximum amount of underwriting compensation will be $
*In the event that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Department of Corporate Finance does not issue a no objection letter for the Offering, all DMS Fees are fully refundable other than services actually rendered in accordance with DMS standard hourly rates.
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B. | Non-Regulation A Offering Fees |
| · | $500 monthly subscription fee for DealMaker Engage shareholder management portal, commencing on the first month after which securities are issued by DealMaker Transfer Agent. |
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Schedule “B”
DealMaker Securities Services
Pre-Offering Analysis
| · | Reviewing Customer, its affiliates, executives and other parties as described in Rule 262 of Regulation A, and consulting with Customer regarding same. |
Pre-Offering Consulting for Self-Directed Electronic Roadshow
| · | Consulting with Customer on best business practices regarding raise in light of current market conditions and prior self-directed capital raises |
| · | Consulting with Customer on question customization for investor questionnaire, selection of webhosting services, and template for campaign page |
| · | Advising Customer on compliance of marketing material and other communications with the public with applicable legal standards and requirements |
| · | Providing advice to Customer on content of Form 1A and Revisions |
| · | Provide extensive, review, training, and advice to Customer and Customer personnel on how to configure and use electronic platform powered by DealMaker.tech |
| · | Assisting in the preparation of SEC and FINRA filings |
| · | Working with the Client’s SEC counsel in providing information to the extent necessary |
Advisory, Compliance and Consulting Services During the Offering
| · | Reviewing investor information, including identity verification, performing AML (Anti-Money Laundering) and other compliance background checks, and providing Customer with information on an investor in order for Customer to determine whether to accept such investor into the Offering; |
| · | If necessary, discussions with the Customer regarding additional information or clarification on an Customer-invited investor; |
| · | Coordinating with third party agents and vendors in connection with performance of services; |
| · | Reviewing each investor’s subscription agreement to confirm such investor’s participation in the offering and provide a recommendation to the company whether or not to accept the subscription agreement for the investor’s participation; |
| · | Contacting and/or notifying the company, if needed, to gather additional information or clarification on an investor; |
| · | Providing ongoing advice to Customer on compliance of marketing material and other communications with the public, including with respect to applicable legal standards and requirements; |
| · | Consulting with Customer regarding any material changes to the Form 1A which may require an amended filing; and |
| · | Reviewing third party provider work-product with respect to compliance with applicable rules and regulations. |
Customer hereby engages and retains DealMaker Securities LLC, a registered Broker-Dealer, to provide the applicable services described above. Customer hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the DealMaker Securities Terms linked here, with fees described on Schedule A hereto.
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Schedule “C”
DealMaker Reach Services
Pre-Offering Marketing & Advisory Services
| (1) | Website design and development |
| · | Copywriting, wireframing, and website design |
| · | Website development in Webflow |
| · | Integration of tracking, analytics, and pixels |
| · | Ongoing upkeep and management of website content |
| (2) | Audience-Building Infrastructure |
| · | Audience building via email capture on landing page |
| · | Copywriting and design for investor educational series (4 to 6-part email series delivered to emails are captured on the website) |
| · | Ongoing email list nurturing via updates repurposed from the Customer’s campaign-wide announcements, other relevant news, and webinars |
| · | Design and implement email capture in Klaviyo |
| · | Integrate DealMaker webhooks to build investor funnel and tracking of investor progress/status |
| (3) | Video production |
| · | Creating campaign video to highlight the investment opportunity |
| · | Storyboarding, scripting, and site selection for video shoot |
| · | Up to two (2) full days of video shooting |
| · | Up to three (3) revisions on final campaign video |
Ongoing Marketing & Advisory Services During the Offering
| (1) | Conversion rate optimization |
| · | Continuous website content testing to improve conversion rate |
| (2) | Email marketing |
| · | Ongoing email list nurturing via updates repurposed from the Customer’s campaign-wide announcements, other relevant news, and webinars |
| (3) | Google Ads |
| · | Search, Display, Google Discovery, and YouTube |
| · | Creation of ad designs, copy, and audience targeting across Google Ads platform |
| · | Ongoing testing of ad copy and creative |
| (4) | Paid Social |
| · | Facebook and Instagram prospecting and retargeting |
| · | Creation of ad designs, copy, and audience targeting |
| · | Ongoing testing of ad copy and creative |
| (5) | Partnerships |
| · | Source and negotiate private ad placements with relevant publishers and email newsletters |
| (6) | Reporting: |
| · | Regular calls weekly for month one after launch and 2/month thereafter |
| · | Strategic planning, implementation, and execution of the marketing budget |
| · | Coordinating with third party agents in connection with performance of services |
Marketing Services are provided by DealMaker Reach LLC. Customer hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the DealMaker Reach Terms of Service linked [here], with fees described on Schedules A and B hereto.
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Schedule “D”
DealMaker.tech Subscription Platform and Shareholder Engagement Online Portal
During the Offering, Subscription Processing and Payments Functionality
| · | Creation and maintenance of deal portal powered by DealMaker.tech software with fully-automated tracking, signing, and reconciliation of investment transactions |
| · | Full analytics suite to track all aspects of the offering and manage the conversion of prospective investors into actual investors. |
Apart from the Offering, Shareholder Management via DealMaker Engage
| · | Shareholder management software to provide corporate updates, announce additional financings, and track engagement |
| · | Document-sharing functionality to disseminate share certificates, tax documentation, and other files to investors |
| · | Monthly fee is payable to DealMaker.tech while the client has engaged DealMaker Transfer Agent |
Subscription Management and Shareholder Engagement Technology is provided by Novation Solutions Inc. O/A DealMaker. Customer hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the DealMaker Terms of Service linked [here] with fees described on Schedules A and B hereto.
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EXHIBIT 6.11
LINE OF CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS LINE OF CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered into effective as of the 6th day of August (the “Execution Date”) by and among MATTHEW MILLS and JENNIFER MILLS (collectively, the “Lender”) and MED-X, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Borrower”).
RECITALS
| A. | The Borrower wishes to obtain from the Lender a line of credit for advances as needed which shall be up to a maximum of $500,000 (the “Line of Credit”) for the purpose of providing Borrower with funds necessary for working capital and to complete listing the Borrower on a public stock exchange. |
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, Borrower and Lender mutually agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, certain terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Advances” shall mean one or more amounts funded by the Lender to the Borrower (including the Prior Advances”) as part of the Line of Credit under this Agreement.
“Business” shall mean the Borrower’s primary business of being leading developer and distributor of all-natural green scene solutions addressing the domestic and international pest control, health and wellness markets.
“Business Day” shall mean any day of the week other than Saturday, Sunday or other day that is recognized as a holiday in the State of California.
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“Closing Date” shall mean the individual and collective reference to the various dates of funding of each of the Line of Credit during the term of this Agreement, and shall include the Execution Date.
“Event of Default” shall mean the occurrence and continuance of any of the events listed in Sections 4.1 or 4.2 of this Agreement.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean the government of the United States, any state, province or political subdivision thereof, any other foreign country, any multi-national organization or body and any entity exercising executive, judicial, legislative, police, taxing, regulatory or administrative authority or power of any nature.
“Line of Credit” shall mean the financing provided by Lender to Borrower under the terms of this Agreement in the maximum principal amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000).
“Line of Credit Documents” shall mean the following documents executed in conjunction with and supporting this Agreement: (i) Line of Credit (ii) the Note (iii) Mills Line of Equity I, and (iv) Mills line of Equity II. All of the Line of Credit Documents are incorporated herein by reference.
“Material Adverse Event” means any circumstance or event that, individually or collectively with other circumstances or events, may reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or Business of the Borrower, as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted.
“Maturity Date” shall mean the effective date the company lists on a public stock exchange or one year from the Execution Date as determined by the Borrower.
“Mills Line of Equity I” shall mean reference to the Matthew and Jennifer Mills $250,000 revolving equity line of credit with Bank of the West secured by their Nevada real property and dated July 14, 2022 which is attached hereto as Exhibit B and made a part hereof.
“Mills Line of Equity II” shall mean reference to the Matthew and Jennifer Mills $250,000 revolving equity line of credit with Bank of the West secured by their California real property and dated July 18, 2022 which is attached hereto as Exhibit C and made a part hereof.
“Note” shall mean reference to the Promissory Note issued by the Borrower to the Lender to evidence the Line of Credit and in the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto and made a part hereof.
“Person” shall mean and includes an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, a trust, an unincorporated association, a joint venture or any other entity or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
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ARTICLE II
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF LINE OF CREDIT
2.1 Line of Credit. Following the Execution Date, the Lender shall make periodic Advances to the Borrower as part of the Line of Credit up to a maximum amount of Advances not to exceed the sum of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000), representing the total principal amount of the Line of Credit (the “Principal Indebtedness”). The entire Principal Indebtedness of the Line of Credit shall be due and payable on the earlier to occur of (a) the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default hereunder, or (b) the Maturity Date (as the same may be extended as herein provided).
2.2 Interest. Interest shall be calculated and payable on the outstanding Principal Indebtedness at the variable rate described in the Promissory Note and in the Mills Line of Equity I & II, Paragraphs 8 and 9.
2.3 Default Interest Rate. During any period in which an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, interest shall accrue on the outstanding Principal Indebtedness at the rate per annum equal to fifteen (15%) percent (the “Default Interest Rate”).
2.4 Disbursement of Funds; Use of Proceeds. The Advances representing the Principal Indebtedness of the Line of Credit shall be funded to the Borrower in accordance with a funding request submitted by the Borrower to the Lender and approved by the Lender. The proceeds of funding under the Line of Credit shall be used by the Borrower solely for working capital and to act as a bridge loan until Borrower is able to list the Company on a public stock exchange.
2.5 Prepayment. Borrower may prepay, in whole or in part, the Principal Indebtedness of the Line of Credit, at any time prior to the Maturity Date, without the prior written consent of each of the Lender and without payment of any premium or penalty.
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
For so long as any principal amount and accrued interest in respect of the Line of Credit remains outstanding, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lender as follows:
3.1 Use of Proceeds. Unless otherwise consented to by Lender, Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Line of Credit only in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
3.2 Insurance. Borrower shall provide and maintain, at all times, not less than $1,000,000 of business insurance coverage.
3.3 Information. Borrower shall furnish to Lender with reasonable promptness such data and information, financial and otherwise, concerning Borrower as from time to time may reasonably be requested by Lender for purposes of administering compliance with the Line of Credit Documents.
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3.4 Notice. Borrower shall promptly notify Lender in writing of any of the following:
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3.5 Compliance with Laws. Borrower shall comply with all local, state and federal laws, except where non-compliance could not reasonably be expected to constitute a Material Adverse Event.
3.6 Transfer. Without the prior written approval of Lender, Borrower shall not authorize or permit a change in the ownership or control of Borrower (including any sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, hypothecation or conveyance (collectively, “Transfer”) of all or part of the securities of Borrower), or any Transfer of any material assets of Borrower, including its Intellectual Property, without written consent of the Lender.
3.7 Contract Changes. Without the prior written approval of the Lender, neither the Borrower nor any of its Affiliates shall amend or modify any material contract or agreement to which the Borrower is a party.
ARTICLE IV
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
4.1 Events of Default Not Requiring Notice. The occurrence and continuation of any of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement and the Line of Credit Documents without the requirement of notice from Lender to Borrower:
(a) Nonpayment. The failure of Borrower to pay when due any principal or interest at the Interest Rate on the Line of Credit or other charge with respect to the Principal Indebtedness, or the amount of any fee or payment required of Borrower under this Agreement or any of the Line of Credit Documents; provided, that Borrower shall have a five (5) business day period after which such payment is due in order to cure such breach.
(b) Voluntary Bankruptcy or Insolvency. The occurrence and continuance of any of the following with respect to the Borrower: (1) the filing by it of a petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization or for an arrangement under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or for a receiver or trustee for any of their respective properties; (2) an assignment by it for the benefit of creditors or an admission by any of them, in writing, of an inability to pay their respective debts as they become due; or (3) the entry of a judgment of insolvency against it by any state, provincial or federal court of competent jurisdiction.
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(c) Misrepresentation. Any representation or warranty made by Borrower in this Agreement or any of the Line of Credit Documents is or proves to have been incorrect when made and such inaccuracy causes a Material Adverse Event.
4.2 Events of Default Requiring Notice. The occurrence and continuation of any of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement and the Line of Credit Documents following written notice from Lender to Borrower as described below:
(a) Default of Covenants. The occurrence and continuance of a material default by Borrower under any material term, covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or any of the Line of Credit Documents, which default shall not be cured within thirty (30) days following notice of default.
(b) Involuntary Bankruptcy or Receivership. The occurrence and continuance of any of the following with respect to the Borrower: (1) the filing against any of them of a petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization or for an arrangement under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or for a receiver or trustee for any of their respective properties which is not dismissed within sixty (60) days; (2) the appointment of a receiver or trustee of any of their respective properties which is not discharged within sixty (60) days; or (3) the attachment or execution by levy against any substantial portion of any of their respective properties which is not discharged within sixty (60) days.
(c) Governmental Action. If any action is taken or any power is exercised by any municipality or government, or by any department, agency or instrumentality thereof, which is reasonably likely to adversely affect the financial performance, condition or prospects of Borrower or the Guarantors, including without limitation any action or power which may result in the expropriation of any material portion of the Property or personal property of Borrower or or in the lapse, revocation or restriction of any license, permit franchise or approval held or enjoyed by it.
(d) Line of Credit Documents. If the Line of Credit Documents cease for any reason to be enforceable in full force and effect in accordance with its terms at any time, with or without the Lender being notified thereof.
4.3 Notice. If any Event of Default shall occur (whether or not any required notice has been given or an applicable grace period has elapsed), Lender shall not be obligated to make any further advances or disbursements until such Event of Default is remedied. Unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement, or the Line of Credit Documents, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, Lender shall give written notice of such occurrence to Borrower as follows:
(a) Monetary Default. In the event of a monetary default for which Borrower is given a cure period, Lender shall give Borrower written notice of the Event of Default and Borrower shall be given an opportunity to cure the default within the applicable cure period.
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(b) Nonmonetary Default. In the event of a nonmonetary default for which Borrower is given a cure period, Lender shall give Borrower written notice of the Event of Default and Borrower shall be given an opportunity to cure the default within the applicable cure period. However, if the nonmonetary default cannot reasonably be corrected within the applicable cure period, Borrower shall have an additional thirty (30) days to remedy such nonmonetary default if Borrower notifies Lender of the manner in which the nonmonetary default shall be cured, and if appropriate corrective action is instituted within the initial specified cure period and is diligently pursued thereafter. In the event that correction of the default requires action by a Governmental Authority which cannot reasonably be obtained within an additional twenty (20) days, and Borrower has complied with the conditions of the previous sentence, such twenty (20) day cure period shall be extended to some other reasonable amount of time, so long as the Borrower’s Business is not impaired and continues in the ordinary course until the default is cured.
4.4 Election of Remedies. If an Event of Default shall occur and continue after any required notice and lapse of any applicable grace period, all obligations of Lender under this Agreement and under the Line of Credit Documents shall cease and terminate, and at the election of Lender, the Lender may: (i) declare the outstanding Principal Indebtedness evidenced by the Note and secured by the Line of Credit Document immediately due and payable; (ii) exercise any remedy provided for in the Line of Credit Documents; (iii) exercise Lender’s rights with respect to any other Collateral given as security for the repayment of the Line of Credit; or (iv) subject to the provisions of Section 4.5(b) below, exercise any other right or remedy available to Lender pursuant to any Line of Credit Document, or as provided at law or in equity.
4.5 No Remedy Exclusive. No remedy conferred upon or reserved to Lender under this Agreement shall be exclusive of any other available remedy or remedies, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given under this Agreement, the Line of Credit Documents, or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute. No delay or failure to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver thereof, but any such right and power may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Non-Waiver. No disbursement of the proceeds of the Line of Credit shall constitute a waiver of any covenant or condition to be performed by Borrower. In the event Borrower are unable to satisfy any such covenant or condition, Lender shall not be precluded from thereafter declaring such failure to be an Event of Default.
5.2 Amendments. Neither this Agreement nor any provisions hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally and may only be modified or amended by an instrument in writing, signed by each of the Lender and the Borrower.
5.3 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of Borrower, Lender and their respective successors and assigns.
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5.4 Waivers. The failure by Lender or Borrower at any time or times hereafter to require strict performance by the other of any of the undertakings, agreements or covenants contained in this Agreement shall not waive, affect or diminish any right of Borrower or Lender hereunder to demand strict compliance and performance therewith. Any waiver by Lender of any Event of Default under this Agreement shall not waive or affect any other Event of Default hereunder, whether such Event of Default is prior or subsequent thereto and whether of the same or a different type. None of the undertakings, agreements or covenants of Borrower and Lender under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been waived unless such waiver is evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged specifying such waiver.
5.5 Survival. This Agreement shall survive the disbursement of the proceeds of the Line of Credit, and each and every one of the obligations and undertakings of Borrower and Lender contained herein shall be continuing obligations and undertakings and shall not cease and terminate until all amounts which may accrue pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Line of Credit Documents shall have been fully paid and all obligations and undertakings of Borrower shall have been fully discharged.
5.6 Assignment and Notices.
(a) Borrower may not assign, in whole or in part, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, the Line of Credit Documents or any other agreement or commitment (in addition to this Agreement and the Line of Credit Documents) in existence between Lender on one hand, and Borrower, on the other hand, without the prior written consent of the Lender, the Lender may assign this Agreement or any of the other Line of Credit Documents.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or in any Line of Credit Document, whenever Lender or Borrower desire to give or serve any notice, demand, request or other communication with respect to this Agreement or any other Line of Credit Documents, each such notice shall be in writing and shall be effective only if the notice is delivered by personal service, by nationally-recognized overnight courier or by facsimile, addressed in the same manner as provided in this Agreement. Any notice delivered personally or by courier shall be deemed to have been given when delivered. Any notice sent by facsimile (confirmed orally by telephone, with a copy sent by overnight courier) shall be presumed to have been received on the date transmitted. Any party may change its address by giving notice to the other party of its new address in the manner provided above.
5.7 Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement shall, to any extent, be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void, voidable or unenforceable, such void, voidable or unenforceable term or provision shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement.
5.8 Interpretation. Whenever the context shall require, the plural shall include the singular, the whole shall include any part thereof, and any gender shall include both other genders. The article and section headings contained in this Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit, expand or otherwise affect the construction of any provisions hereof.
5.9 Governing Law. This Agreement and all matters relating hereto shall be governed by, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.
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5.10 Conflicts. The provisions of this Agreement are not intended to be superseded by the provisions of the Line of Credit Documents executed in conjunction with this Agreement but shall be construed as supplemental thereto. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions hereof and the Line of Credit Documents, it is intended that this Agreement shall control.
5.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute only one instrument.
5.12 Attorney Fees. Borrower and Lender agree that should either of them default in any of the covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement or any of the Line of Credit Documents, the defaulting party shall pay all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees and costs, incurred by the non-defaulting party to protect its rights hereunder, regardless of whether an action is commenced or prosecuted to judgment.
5.13 Jurisdiction. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other of the Line of Credit Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the County of Los Angeles, State of California.
5.14 Currency. All references to monetary amounts in this Agreement, and in the other Line of Credit Documents, shall be deemed to refer to U.S. dollars, lawful currency of the United States of America.
5.15 Final Expression. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE LINE OF CREDIT DOCUMENTS ARE THE FINAL EXPRESSION OF THE AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF LENDER AND BORROWER WITH RESPECT TO THE LINE OF CREDIT AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF ANY ALLEGED ORAL AGREEMENT.
5.16 Electronic Signatures. This Agreement and all Line of Credit Documents may be executed by electronic or facsimile signatures and delivered electronically in pdf format, each of which shall be given the same legal weight as though they were ribbon original signatures.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Line of Credit Agreement this 6th day of August, 2022.
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EXHIBIT A
PROMISSORY NOTE
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, MED-X, INC., a Nevada corporation (referred to herein as “Borrower”) hereby unconditionally agrees and promises to pay to the order of MATTHEW MILLS and JENNIFER MILLS (the “Lender” and/or their successors and assigns (collectively, with the Lender, the “Holder”), at, or such other place as the Holder may from time to time designate, the principal sum of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000) DOLLARS or such lesser amount as may be advanced and outstanding under the Line of Credit Agreement (the “Principal Indebtedness”), together with interest on the outstanding Principal Indebtedness evidenced by this Note at the Interest Rate defined in the Line of Credit Agreement, dated August 5, 2022 between the Borrower and the Lender (the “Line of Credit Agreement”).
Unless otherwise expressly defined in this Note, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Line of Credit Agreement.
(a) Principal Indebtedness of the Loan. The entire Principal Indebtedness advanced under the Line of Credit Agreement (the “Loan”) shall be due and payable upon the Borrower listing on a public stock market or one year from the date of this Note at the option of the Borrower.
(b) Interest. Interest shall be payable on the outstanding Principal Indebtedness at the variable interest rate defined in the Mills Equity Line I and Mills Equity Line II (collectively, the “Interest Rate”). Interest at the Interest Rate shall be accrued monthly and payable according to the terms of the Mills Equity Lines with the final payment of interest due and payable, together with the then outstanding Principal Indebtedness on the Maturity Date or any time prior to this time without additional payments or penalties.
(c) Default Interest Rate. During any period in which an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, interest shall accrue on the outstanding Principal Indebtedness at the rate per annum equal to fifteen (15%) percent (the “Default Interest Rate”).
(d) All payments shall be applied first to interest and then to principal. The Borrower may not prepay any amounts contemplated under this Note in full or in part prior to the Maturity Date, except as otherwise provided in the Line of Credit Agreement.
(e) This Note is intended to be governed by the laws of the State of California.
(f) It is agreed that time is of the essence in the performance of this Note. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default under this Note that is not cured within the applicable cure period, if any, set forth in the Line of Credit Agreement, the Holder shall have the right and option to declare, without notice, all the remaining indebtedness of unpaid principal and interest evidenced by this Note immediately due and payable.
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(g) Borrower shall pay all of Holder’s reasonable fees and costs incurred in the preparation of this Note and any related documents, including the pro-rata amount of the costs for the Lender obtaining the Equity Lines. If this Note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection, by suit or otherwise, or to enforce its collection, the Borrower shall pay all reasonable costs of collection including reasonable attorneys’ fees.
(h) The Borrower hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, and any other notice of any kind. No delay or omission on the part of the Holder in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right or of any other remedy under this Note. A waiver on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any such right or remedy on a future occasion.
(i) All agreements between the Holder and the Borrower are hereby expressly limited so that in no contingency or event whatsoever, whether by reason of acceleration of maturity of the indebtedness evidenced hereby or otherwise, shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid to the Holder for the use, forbearance, loaning or detention of the indebtedness evidenced hereby exceed the maximum permissible under applicable law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Note has been executed by Borrower as of the day and year first set forth above.
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EXHIBIT B
Matthew & Jennifer Mills July 14, 2022
Bank of the West $250,000
Home Equity Line of Credit Agreement I
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EXHIBIT C
Matthew & Jennifer Mills July 18, 2022
Bank of the West $250,000
Home Equity Line of Credit Agreement II
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EXHIBIT 11.1
CONSENT
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INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the inclusion in this Offering Statement on Form 1-A of our report dated June 04, 2024, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Med-X Inc. as of December 31, 2023, and 2022, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements, which report appears in the Offering Circular that is a part of this Offering Statement.
Our opinion covers subsequent events till January 27, 2025 and our audit report has been dual-dated for that effect.
SetApart Accountancy Corp
February 10, 2025
Los Angeles, California
EXHIBIT 12.1
February 10, 2025
Med-X, Inc.
8236 Remmet Avenue,
Canoga Park, CA 91304
Re: Offering Statement on Form 1-A
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Med-X, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing of an offering statement on Form 1-A (the “Offering Statement”). The Offering Statement covers the contemplated sale of up to 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Shares”).
In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following:
1. Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended;
2. Bylaws of the Company, as amended;
3. The Offering Statement; and
4. Written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company approving the offering of the Shares under the Offering Statement.
We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates and receipts of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions stated below.
In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, including endorsements, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. In making our examination of executed documents, we have assumed (i) that the parties thereto, other than the Company, had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and (ii) the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and the execution and delivery by such parties of such documents, and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties.
1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS | 31ST FLOOR | NEW YORK, NY | 10036
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In rendering our opinion, we have relied on the applicable laws of the State of Nevada, as those laws presently exist and as they have been applied and interpreted by courts having jurisdiction within the State of Nevada. We express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares being sold pursuant to the Offering Statement are duly authorized and will be, when issued in the manner described in the Offering Statement, legally and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Offering Statement. We also hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the offering circular. This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof unless otherwise expressly stated, and we disclaim any undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or of any subsequent changes in applicable laws.
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