EX-99 3 fc0220ex-b_viromentcap.htm EXHIBIT B: BUSINESS AND BUSINESS PLAN

Exhibit B

 

BUSINESS AND BUSINESS PLAN

 

Business Plan Summary

 

Viroment Capital, LLC is a real estate development and operations company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota which has licensed or otherwise acquired the right to use proprietary hog waste treatment technology and purchased treatment systems incorporating such technology from an affiliate. The Company plans to:

 

purchase real estate in Nebraska;

 

construct a barn specially purposed for growing hogs commercially on such property;

 

lease the barn to a commercial hog grower; and,

 

utilize the proprietary hog waste treatment technology and treatment systems to harvest dried hog waste from the barn to sell to third parties.

 

The Company expects revenues to be generated from (1) the triple net lease entered into with the hog farmer tenant and (2) sale of the dried hog waste.

 

 

 

 

 

Business Plan 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Rights Reserved, Viroment Capital LLC 2020

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
THE PROBLEM 2
OUR SOLUTION 2
TECHNICAL ADVANTAGES 3
FINANCIALS 4
DOMESTIC AGRICULTURAL MARKETS 5
THE OPPORTUNITY 5
COMPANY PRINCIPLES 6
SUSTAINABILITY 7
Pro Forma Projections 10
Investment Opportunity 12

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

VIROMENT CAPITAL’S PROMISSORY NOTE is a financial product paying out a fixed stream of payments at a rate of 8% per annum (up to 12% per annum, depending on the tier of investment – See Section 13 of Offering Statement – Ownership and Capital Structure). Payments will be made from the fund’s lockbox held at one of the largest global agribusiness companies ($15Bn in revenues per annum). The lockbox is funded by best-in class global agricultural livestock integrators contracted for 15-year terms.

 

ACCUMULATION PHASE: Will be closed at $750,000 USD.

 

ANNUITIZATION PHASE: Once the annuitization phase has been reached, the product begins paying out to the annuitant at APR of 8% (up to 12%, depending on the tier of investment – See Section 13 of Offering Statement – Ownership and Capital Structure – The Offering – Annual Rate of Return / Interest Rate) until the original investment is returned. The minimum time in the fund will be 3 years. Investor payments will be made quarterly, beginning on the last day of the fourth month following the closing date.

 

COMPANY BIO: Viroment’s proprietary technology solves the challenges of waste sludge disposal. Our treatment system significantly lowers the hauling cost – while reducing environmental impact and meeting regulatory standards. Viroment’s innovation paves the way for a redeployment of a validated adjacent industry application.

 

DISTRIBUTION MODEL / METHODOLOGY: Viroment develops strategic partnerships with best in class region partners in each vertical. These experienced market leaders become early adopters and distribution partners for our system in each market responsible for marketing, sales, installations, servicing and tech support. Viroment USA, in turn, supports this partner behind the scenes on an as needed basis. Lower Costs. Less Regulation. Sustainable Process.

 

MEDIA: Viroment has been featured in Forbes, Fortune Magazine, MSNBC, Reuters, China TV, Global Water Intelligence Magazine, South China Morning Post, Japan Times, Caixin Global (China), Financial Times, Biz Journals, Yahoo Finance, China Daily & Daily Mail (United Kingdom).

 

NOTABLE EVENTS: Hurricane Harvey (Houston, Texas)

Viroment deployed several wastewater processing units to assist the City of Houston’s Wastewater Treatment plant in responding to the natural disaster. The emergency response has led to a continued partnership and processing at their facilities to this day.

 

US Commercial Services Trade Mission (Beijing, China)

Viroment executed an $800M partnership agreement with government owned Hangzhou Iron and Steel. The contract signing was witness by both US President Trump and China President Xi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017.

 

THE PROBLEM

 

Market demand for pork is not being met resulting in a sharp demand by hog growers, called Integrators, for pig growing spaces (hog barns). Pork processing facilities in the region are currently operating at 30% potential capacity further indicting the extreme demand for market growth demands.

 

Integrators do not want to own land or barns preferring to invest in live animal assets. Farmers who own the land do not want to do the labor and typically only have the capacity for one site at a time.

 

OUR SOLUTION

 

Organize multi-build barn packages attracting best-in-class market corporate partners resulting in long-term corporate lease contracts.

 

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TECHNICAL ADVANTAGES

 

New Barn Current / Old Barn
Manure Footprint Reduced > 90% Large Sludge Footprint
Constant Flush Long Term Periodic (6 / 12 month)
Low / No Odor High Odor
No Fresh Water Needed to Flush High Fresh Water Flush Consumption
Less / No Flies Animal Agitation & Pathogen Risks
Promotes Animal Wellness 4% Minimum Death Rate
Promotes Faster Growth No
Manure Marketable Commodity Cost to Dispose Plus Regulatory
Barn Modernization / Optimization Increased Labor Animal Health Costs
Gridded / Planned Locations Random
40+ year life Near or End of Useful Life
Labor Friendly / Attractive Prone to Dissatisfaction /Staff Turnover
Organic Ready No
No Cross-Contamination Sludge Pumper Create a Bio-Security Risk

 

 

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FINANCIALS

 

Cash Flow Each Barn (Year 1)

 

Cost of Assets / Each  $2,100,000 
      
Gross Revenue / Year     
Lease  $195,000 
Other (Manure 50%)  $70,345 
   $265,345 
      
Expenses / Year     
OPEX (Triple-Net Lease)   0 
      
Debt Service / Taxes  $168,844 
   $-168,844 
      
Net Profit / Barn  $96,501 

 

Debt Service Coverage Ratio 1.57

 

Rollout Schedule

 

Barn #  June   July   Aug   Sept   Oct   Nov   Dec   2020 YE 
1  $8,042   $8,042   $8,042   $8,042   $8,042   $8,042   $8,042   $56,292 
2       $8,042   $8,042   $8,042   $8,042   $8,042   $8,042   $48,250 
3            $8,042   $8,042   $8,042   $8,042   $8,042   $40,209 
4                 $8,042   $8,042   $8,042   $8,042   $32,167 
CF/Mo  $8,042   $16,083   $24,125   $32,167   $32,167   $32,167   $32,167   $176,918 

 

 

 

First Five Years Cash Flows

 

   2020   2021   2022   2023   2024 
Cash Flow  $176,918   $386,004   $386,004   $386,004   $386,004 
Principal Reduce  $310,943   $368,424   $398,063   $413,765   $430,086 
   $487,851   $754,428   $784,067   $799,768   $816,090 

 

 

 

Twenty (20) Year Gain for Four (4) Barns (Including Debt Service) $19,000,000

 

*Financial Assumptions: Debt Service at 3.875%, barn size of 6,500 hog capacity, base lease rate of $30 / pig space triple net, 15-year leases, barn life exceeds 40 years with historical supportive data/experience, and amortization of 17 years.

 

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DOMESTIC AGRICULTURAL MARKETS

 

Livestock production rankings by state:

 

Pork   Beef
#1 Iowa   #1 Texas
#2 North Carolina   #2 Nebraska
#3 Minnesota    
#4 Illinois    
#5 Indiana    
#6 Nebraska    

 

In 1982 Nebraska enacted unique legislation barring corporate farm ownership and/or operations. Although this law was recently overturned in 2015, it did establish and promote larger family farm growth within the state of Nebraska during that span of time. Several home-grown Nebraska operations have expanded substantially and as an end result, control the Nebraska regional market which funnels meat to in-state meat processing facilities.

 

The resulting pork market (about 80%) in Nebraska is currently controlled by just a handful of organizations or individuals. Similar metrics can be said for Nebraska’s beef market. These organizations have operations that span the surrounding states and even heavily into Illinois and beyond. Coincidentally, or perhaps by unintended legislative design, the epicenter of these organizations is in NE Nebraska between Lincoln and Omaha.

 

THE OPPORTUNITY

 

Partners:

 

Well-connected feed mill owner with ownership of 30,000 pig spaces concerned over giving his manure nutrients away for free;

 

Major player in the barn builder market deals with land acquisition for discard of nutrients for past and future clients; and

 

Sludge/manure dewatering expert with a business development background.

 

Strategic Partners:

 

Top 20 global corporate integrators with 15-yr guaranteed leases; and

 

Cooperative with $700M in assets guaranteeing the loans.

 

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COMPANY PRINCIPLES

 

Paul Koenig

CEO

 

Raised on a family “Century Award” farm in central Minnesota USA and later attended the University of Minnesota where he participated in varsity football for the Gophers while majoring in business and science.

 

 

After college Paul became involved in real estate starting out volunteering for property owners eventually becoming one of the largest private voucher-based Section 8 HUD housing provider in the upper Midwest. Paul's personal real estate portfolio has included 750+ real estate transactions, new construction builds of 100+ new properties in low income neighborhoods and 100+ fully remodeled (complete code compliance properties) multi-family properties.

 

Currently, Paul is the CEO of Viroment, an award-winning clean tech company in the wastewater space. The company’s innovative technology reduces wastewater sludge footprints by up to 95% creating clean reuse water and a valuable multiuse bio-cake.

 

(November 2017) Paul was invited to a Beijing China to participate in the historic US Commercial Services Trade Mission event held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing China. Viroment executed contracts in the amount of $800M with Hangzhou Iron and Steel and $100M with Guanye Guangdong Environmental Protection Company Limited; both of which are Chinese Government State Owned Companies. The signing event was personally witnessed by United States Secretary Commerce Wilbur Ross, President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping (China).

 

Media Link: https://eblnews.com/video/paul-koenig-us-business-delegation-president-trump-china-253693

 

Paul has been a strong and influencing advocate on both a professional and personal basis. He is widely known to his clients and friends as a resourceful. Paul enjoys coaching youth sports, volunteering on community association boards and solving large scale problems.

 

Russ Vering

Partner

 

Russ Vering resides in Scribner, NE and operates Central Plains Milling (CPM) in Howells, Nebraska in a partnership with Frontier Cooperative of Lincoln, Nebraska.

 

CPM manufactures feed for swine, cattle and poultry. CPM’s revenues are in excess of $25M/year with growth projections to reach $50M/year. In 2016 Russ purchased the former Husker Coop in Columbus, NE investing $850,000 to update the facility under the CPM brand. CPM owns a proprietary home-grown recipe or blend of feed for its clients in addition to traditional feed stock it sells. This unique blend netted a $1,000,000 distribution agreement with feed giant JBS for distribution of the product across the region.

 

 

After college Russ worked on his family farm and eventually became owner of the family farm. Russ is personally involved with contract wean-to-finish sites in eastern Nebraska.

Russ is a board member of the Nebraska Pork Producers Council. In his role as a board member Russ has been on several US Trade Missions, played a critical role in both charitable events / donations as well as in an advisory position for government oversight and regulatory compliance. Russ attended the University of Nebraska on a wrestling scholarship and is married with two daughters.

  

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Chris Reimers

Partner

 

Chris is from West Point, Nebraska. Chris attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln majoring in Agricultural Engineering. Chris was an operations manager at ADM in Sioux City, Iowa before he settled in with Settje Agri-Services. In his current role he manages manure marketing & application, agronomy services, and CAFO environmental compliance.

 

 

Recently, Chris played a integral role in the Costco “1 Billion Bird Facility” in Nebraska: https://civileats.com/2018/12/11/costcos-100-million-chickens-will-change-the-future-of-nebraska-farming/. Chris’s responsibilities for this first of its kind project addressed compliance, engineering and groundwork for this block chain supply of Costco’s famed “$4.99 for a Four-Pound Chicken” product.

 

Chris’s current footprint at Settje includes manure marketing that spans across their 8,000 barns built client-base across the Central USA. Chris’s top clients control 80% of the regional livestock space.

 

SUSTAINABILITY

 

The Viroment dewatering equipment used to process manure in real-time contributed to the project promotes improved animal health and less impact on the local ecosystems including humans. Because we are able to reintroduce our filtered water to the closed loop flushing system, we are able to reduce odor, gas emissions, flies, and pathogens.

 

The process creates to valuable reuse byproducts from the waste sludge:

 

1.Solids. A valuable bio-cake rich in nutrients with significant market value. This organic fertilizer reduces sludge haul away footprints from hog barn pits and retention ponds by approximately 25X reduction transportation costs (fuel, labor, vehicle).

 

2.Filtered Water. Reusable water is able to be used for animal cooling, washdown or flushing with the balance is able to be safely discharged.

 

Closed Loop Grow Cycle Process

 

 

(Front to back – Paul, Russ & Chris)

 

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MARKET SUMMARY RADIUS – FEED MILL vs. KILL PLANT

 

 

 

30 miles Tyson (Madison NE) 2,920,000 hogs
40 miles WholeStone Farms (Fremont NE) 3,833,000 hogs
80 miles Smithfield Foods (Crete NE) 4,015,000 hogs
83 miles Seaboard Triumph Foods (Sioux City, IO) 3,723,000 hogs
210 miles Seaboard Triumph Foods (St. Joseph, MO)  
220 miles Prestidge Farms (Eagle Grove, Iowa)  

 

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SELECTED FACILITY SITES

 

  

(30+ close proximity to partner owned feed mills & meat processing)

 

DEALS (shovel ready with contract)

 

1. 4 barns @ 6,500 spaces          $8,400,000  
2. 20 barns @ 5,500 spaces          $40,000,000  
3. 5 barns @ 6,250 spaces          $10,500,000  

 

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Pro Forma Projections

 

Corporate Integrator projected pace is one barn per week in year one increasing the pace by one barn per month over a 4-year period.

 

PROJECTIONS - 6500 Barn Series

($2,100,000 / Barn)

 

2020

                                                    
Barn #  Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   2020 YE 
1                                                         8,042    8,042    8,042    8,042    8,042    8,042    8,042    56,292 
2                                 8,042    8,042    8,042    8,042    8,042    8,042    48,250 
3                                      8,042    8,042    8,042    8,042    8,042    40,209 
4                                           8,042    8,042    8,042    8,042    32,167 
5                                                8,042    8,042    8,042    24,125 
6                                                     8,042    8,042    16,083 
7                                                          8,042    8,042 
CF / Mo   0    0    0    0    0    8,042    16,083    24,125    32,167    40,209    48,250    56,292    225,169 
                                                                  
2021                                                    
Barn #  Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   2021 YE 
Existing   56,292    56,292    56,292    56,292    56,292    56,292    56,292    56,292    56,292    56,292    56,292    56,292    675,506 
8-9   16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    193,002 
10-11        16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    176,918 
12-13             16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    160,835 
14-15                  16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    144,751 
16-17                       16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    128,668 
18-19                            16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    112,584 
20-21                                 16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    96,501 
22-23                                      16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    80,417 
24-25                                           16,083    16,083    16,083    16,083    64,334 
26-27                                                16,083    16,083    16,083    48,250 
28-29                                                     16,083    16,083    32,167 
30-31                                                          16,083    16,083 
CF / Mo   72,376    88,459    104,543    120,626    136,710    152,793    168,877    184,960    201,044    217,127    233,210    249,294    1,930,018 

  

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2022                                                     
Barn #  Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   2022 YE 
Existing   249,294    49,294    249,294    249,294    249,294    249,294    249,294    249,294    249,294    249,294    249,294    249,294    2,991,528 
32-34   24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    289,503 
35-37        4,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    265,377 
38-40             24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    241,252 
41-43                  24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    217,127 
44-46                       24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    193,002 
47-49                            24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    168,877 
50-52                                 24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    144,751 
53-55                                      24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    120,626 
56-58                                           24,125    24,125    24,125    24,125    96,501 
59-61                                                24,125    24,125    24,125    72,376 
62-64                                                     24,125    24,125    48,250 
65-67                                                          24,125    24,125 
CF / Mo   273,419    297,544    321,670    345,795    369,920    394,045    418,171    442,296    466,421    490,546    514,671    538,797    4,873,295 
                                                                  
2023                                                     
Barn #  Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   2023 YE 
Existing   538,797    538,797    538,797    538,797    538,797    538,797    538,797    538,797    538,797    538,797    538,797    538,797    6,465,560 
68-71   32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    386,004 
72-75        32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    353,837 
76-79             32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    321,670 
80-83                  32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    289,503 
84-87                       32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    257,336 
88-91                            32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    225,169 
92-95                                 32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    193,002 
96-99                                      32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    160,835 
100-103                                           32,167    32,167    32,167    32,167    128,668 
104-107                                                32,167    32,167    32,167    96,501 
108-111                                                     32,167    32,167    64,334 
112-115                                                          32,167    32,167 
CF / Mo   570,964    603,131    635,298    667,465    699,631    731,798    763,965    796,132    828,299    860,466    892,633    924,800    8,974,583 

  

2024+                                                    
Barns  Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   2024 YE 
                                                                  
115   924,800    924,800    924,800    924,800    924,800    924,800    924,800    924,800    924,800    924,800    924,800    924,800    11,097,603 

 

Year  Cumulative CF   Year  Cumulative CF   Year  Cumulative CF 
                   
2020   225,169   2025   38,198,271   2030   93,686,286 
2021   2,155,187   2026   49,295,874   2031   104,783,889 
2022   7,028,482   2027   60,393,477   2032   115,881,492 
2023   16,003,065   2028   71,491,080   2033   126,979,095 
2024   27,100,668   2029   82,588,683   2034   138,076,698 

 

Equity @ 15 years   241,500,000   Number of Barns  115 Barns
15-year Cash Flow   138,076,698   Lease Terms:  15 year
Equity + Cash Flow   379,576,698   Lease Type  Triple Net
            
Cash Flow @ 16+   22,425,000   Debt Service Coverage Ratio  1.572

 

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Investment Opportunity

 

Viroment Capital, LLC is seeking capital to finance and build pre-leased cash flowing hog barns. Investors will receive annual return of up to 12%. The investor will receive quarterly dividend payments with a final balloon payoff at the end of the 3 year note term.

 

 

 

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