THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (“SEC”) 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 THIS INVESTMENT INVOLVES A DEGREE OF RISK THAT MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL PERSONS. ONLY THOSE INVESTORS WHO CAN BEAR THE LOSS OF A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THEIR INVESTMENT SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE INVESTMENT. (SEE “RISK FACTORS” BELOW.)
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. THIS 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. THE COMPANY MAY ELECT TO SATISFY ITS OBLIGATION TO DELIVER A FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR BY SENDING YOU A NOTICE WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE SALE THAT CONTAINS THE URL WHERE THE FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR OR THE OFFERING STATEMENT IN WHICH SUCH FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR WAS FILED MAY BE OBTAINED.
THE SECURITIES OFFERED HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY ANY STATE REGULATORY AUTHORITY NOR HAS ANY STATE REGULATORY AUTHORITY PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THE OFFERING OR THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.
Preliminary Offering Circular
For
HealthySole, Inc.
A Delaware Corporation
June 15, 2022
SECURITIES OFFERED : Equity in the form of Shares of common stock
PRICE PER SHARE: $5.80 per Share of Common Stock
MAXIMUM OFFERING AMOUNT : $40,000,000.00
MINIMUM OFFERING AMOUNT: Not Applicable (No Minimum Offering Amount)
MINIMUM INVESTMENT: $116.00
CONTACT INFORMATION :
HealthySole, Inc.
774 Mays Blvd. #10-220
Incline Village, NV 89451
(415) 722-3147
Healthysole.com
Generally, no sale may be made to you in this Offering if the aggregate purchase price you pay is more than ten (10%) percent 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, Investors are encouraged to review rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) of Regulation A. For general information on investing, Investors are encouraged to refer to www.investor.gov.
HealthySole, Inc. (the “Company,” or “HealthySole,” or the “Issuer”) is a Delaware corporation, originally formed on August 3, 2011 as a limited liability company and converted to a corporation on May 10, 2022 by filing a Certificate of Incorporation and Certificate of Conversion with the Secretary of the State of Delaware. (see Exhibit 2 “Certificate of Incorporation and other Documents”). The Company is offering (the “Offering”) by means of this offering circular (the “Offering Circular”) Company equity in the form of common stock denominated in shares (the “Shares”) on a “best efforts” and ongoing basis to investors who meet the suitability standards as set forth herein (see “Investor Suitability Standards” in the “Summary” below). The Company will offer Shares through healthysole.com (“Platform”), and through Rialto Markets, a FINRA-registered broker-dealer entitled to commissions upon the sale of the Shares. (See “Terms of the Offering” below.) Persons who purchase Shares will be shareholders of the Company (“Shareholders” or “Investors”). The Company intends to use the proceeds of this Offering (“Proceeds”) for marketing, sales and industry outreach, general and administrative expansion, increasing manufacturing capacity, research and development, working capital, industry compliance and increasing personnel. (See “Use of Proceeds” below)
The minimum investment amount per Investor is one hundred sixteen dollars ($116.00), representing Twenty (20) Shares at five dollars and eighty cents ($5.80) per Share. The Company is run by a board of directors, comprised of two (2) directors (the “Board” collectively, “Director” when referring to a director). The day-to-day management and investment decisions of the Company are vested in the Board and in the Officers.
Sales of the Shares pursuant to the Offering will commence immediately upon qualification of the Offering by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Effective Date”) and will terminate at the discretion of the Board or twelve (12) months following the Effective Date, whichever is earlier. The maximum amount of the Offering shall not exceed Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000) in any twelve (12) month period (“Maximum Offering Amount”) in accordance with Tier II of Regulation A as set forth under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (“Reg A Tier II” or “Tier II”). The Company intends to offer the Shares described herein on a continuous and ongoing basis pursuant to Rule 251(d)(3)(i)(F). Further, the acceptance of Investor subscriptions, may be briefly paused at times to allow the Company to effectively and accurately process and settle subscriptions that have been received. (See “Terms of the Offering” below.) The Company may increase the Maximum Offering Amount at its sole and absolute discretion, subject to qualification by the SEC of a post-qualification amendment. The Company is following the Form 1-A format for this Offering Circular.
Prior to this Offering, there has been no public market for the Shares, and none is expected to develop. The Offering price is arbitrary and does not bear any relationship to the value of the assets of the Company. The Company does not currently have plans to list any Shares on any securities market, however reserves the right to do so in the future. Investing in the Company through the purchase of Shares involves risks, some of which are set forth below. See the section titled “Risk Factors” to read about the factors an Investor should consider prior to purchasing Shares.
Investors who purchase Shares will become shareholders of the Company (“Investors” or “Shareholders” subject to the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Company (see Exhibit 2A and 2B, respectively) once the Company deposits the Investor’s investment into the Company’s main operating account.
The Officers will receive compensation from the Company as employees (see “Risk Factors” and “Compensation of Directors and Officers” below). Investing in the Shares is speculative and involves substantial risks, including risk of complete loss. Prospective Investors should purchase these securities only if they can afford a complete loss of their investment (see “Risk Factors” below starting on Page 7).
As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company has engaged KoreConX as transfer agent in relation to this Offering.
RULE 251(D)(3)(I)(F) DISCLOSURE. RULE 251(D)(3)(I)((F) PERMITS REGULATION A OFFERINGS TO CONDUCT ONGOING CONTINUOUS OFFERINGS OF SECURITIES FOR MORE THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE QUALIFICATION DATE IF: (1) THE OFFERING WILL COMMENCE WITHIN TWO (2) DAYS AFTER THE QUALIFICATION DATE; (2) THE OFFERING WILL BE MADE ON A CONTINUOUS AND ONGOING BASIS FOR A PERIOD THAT MAY BE IN EXCESS OF THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE INITIAL QUALIFICATION DATE; (3) THE OFFERING WILL BE IN AN AMOUNT THAT, AT THE TIME THE OFFERING CIRCULAR IS QUALIFIED, IS REASONABLY EXPECTED TO BE OFFERED AND SOLD WITHIN TWO (2) YEARS FROM THE INITIAL QUALIFICATION DATE; AND (4) THE SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED AND SOLD ONLY IF NOT MORE THAN THREE (3) YEARS HAVE ELAPSED SINCE THE INITIAL QUALIFICATION DATE OF THE OFFERING, UNLESS A NEW OFFERING CIRCULAR IS SUBMITTED AND FILED BY THE COMPANY PURSUANT TO RULE 251(D) (3)(I)((F) WITH THE SEC COVERING THE REMAINING SECURITIES OFFERED UNDER THE PREVIOUS OFFERING; THEN THE SECURITIES MAY CONTINUE TO BE OFFERED AND SOLD UNTIL THE EARLIER OF THE QUALIFICATION DATE OF THE NEW OFFERING CIRCULAR OR THE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (180) CALENDAR DAYS AFTER THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE INITIAL QUALIFICATION DATE OF THE PRIOR OFFERING CIRCULAR. THE COMPANY INTENDS TO OFFER THE SHARES DESCRIBED HEREIN ON A CONTINUOUS AND ONGOING BASIS PURSUANT TO RULE 251(D)(3)(I)(F). THE COMPANY INTENDS TO COMMENCE THE OFFERING IMMEDIATELY AND NO LATER THAN TWO (2) DAYS FROM THE INITIAL QUALIFICATION DATE. THE COMPANY REASONABLY EXPECTS TO OFFER AND SELL THE SECURITIES STATED IN THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR FROM THE INITIAL QUALIFICATION DATE.
The Company will commence sales of the Shares immediately upon qualification of the Offering by the SEC. The Company approximates that sales will commence at during Q3 - 2022
| Price to Public* | Commissions** | Proceeds to Other Persons*** | Proceeds to the Company | |||||||||||||
| Amount to be Raised per Share | $ | 5.80 | $ | 0.29 | 1.07 | $ | 4.44 | |||||||||
| Minimum Investment Amount | $ | 116 | $ | 5.80 | 21.30 | $ | 88.90 | |||||||||
| Minimum Offering Amount | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||
| Maximum Offering Amount | $ | 40,000,000 | $ | 2,000,000 | $ | 7,345,195 | $ | 30,654,805 | ||||||||
*The Offering price to Investors was arbitrarily determined by the Board.
** The Company is not using an underwriter for the sale of Shares. These commissions listed are those for Rialto Markets, a FINRA broker-dealer. Rialto Markets is entitled to 2% on all passive sales of securities as placement agent. If securities are sold through the efforts of Rialto Markets, 8% will be due to Rialto Markets (instead of 2%) up to a maximum of $1,600,000 – for potential maximum commissions of $2,000,000. The commissions due to Rialto Markets are conditional on the services provided by Rialto Markets with respect to any one sale. See “Plan of Distribution “ below.
*** The Company intends to have selling shareholders as part of this Offering. See Plan of Distribution and Selling Shareholders below.
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Investors should not rely on forward-looking statements because they are inherently uncertain. Investors should not rely on forward-looking statements in this Offering Circular. This Offering Circular contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The use of words such as “anticipated”, “projected”, “forecasted”, “estimated”, “prospective”, “believes”, “expects,” “plans”, “future”, “intends”, “should”, “can”, “could”, “might”, “potential”, “continue”, “may”, “will”, and similar expressions identify these forward-looking statements. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which may apply only as of the date of this Offering Circular, and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information, other than as required by applicable law.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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The following information is only a brief summary of, and is qualified in its entirety by, the detailed information appearing elsewhere in this Offering. This Offering Circular, together with the exhibits attached including, but not limited to, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws (attached hereto as Exhibit 2A and Exhibit 2B, respectively), and should be carefully read in their entirety before any investment decision is made. If there is a conflict between the terms contained in this Offering Circular and these documents, Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws shall prevail and control, and no Investor should rely on any reference herein to the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws without consulting the actual underlying documents.
| COMPANY INFORMATION AND BUSINESS | HealthySole, Inc. is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business located at 774 Mays Blvd. #10-220 Incline Village, NV 89451. |
| MANAGEMENT | The Company is managed by a Board of Directors. The Board is comprised of two (2) Directors. The Company has three (3) Officers. See “Directors, Officers, and Significant Employees” below. |
| THE OFFERING | This Offering is the first capital raise by the Company in its history. The Company was previously operating as a Nevada limited liability company. The Company is selling Company equity in the form of common stock (the “Common Stock” or the “Shares”) through this Offering. The Company will use the Proceeds of this Offering to scale up its operations. See “Use of Proceeds” below |
| SECURITIES BEING OFFERED | The Shares are being offered at a purchase price of $5.80 per Share. The Minimum Offering Amount for any Investor is $116.00. Upon purchase of the Shares, a Shareholder is granted (i) the right to vote on all matters subject to a Common Stock vote; and (ii) the right to receive dividends or disbursements, when the Board declares such dividends or disbursements. For a complete summary of the rights granted to Shareholders, see “Description of the Securities” below. |
| COMPENSATION TO DIRECTORS | The Company pays the Directors and Officers salaries for their roles as Directors and Officers. For more information on this compensation see “Compensation of the Directors and Officers” below. The Directors, Officers, and employees of the Company will not be compensated through commissions for the sale of the Shares through this Offering. |
| PRIOR EXPERIENCE OF COMPANY MANAGEMENT | The Directors and Officers have experience in operations and manufacturing. See “Directors, Officers, and Significant Employees” below. |
| INVESTOR SUITABILITY STANDARDS | The Shares will not be sold to any person unless they are
a “Qualified Purchaser”. A Qualified Purchaser includes: (1) an “Accredited Investor” as that term is
defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”); or (2) all
other Investors who meet the investment limitations set forth in Rule 251(d)(i)(C) of Regulation A. Such persons as stated in (2)
above must conform with the “Limitations on Investment Amount” as described in below in this Summary. Each person acquiring Shares may be required to represent that he, she, or it is purchasing the Shares for his, her, or its own account for investment purposes and not with a view to resell or distribute the securities. Each prospective purchaser of Shares may be required to furnish such information or certification as the Company may require determining whether any person or entity purchasing Shares is an Accredited Investor if such is claimed by the Investor. |
| LIMITATIONS ON INVESTMENT AMOUNT | For Qualified Purchasers who are Accredited Investors,
there is no limitation as to the amount invested through the purchase of Shares. For non-Accredited Investors, the aggregate
purchase price paid to the Company for the purchase of the Shares cannot be more than 10% of the greater of the purchaser’s
(1) annual income or net worth as determined under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, if purchaser is a natural person; or (2) revenue or
net assets for the purchaser’s most recently completed fiscal year if purchaser is a non-natural person. Different rules apply to Accredited Investors and non-Accredited Investors. Each Investor should review Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) of Regulation A before purchasing the Shares. |
| COMMISSIONS FOR SELLING Shares | The Shares will be offered and sold directly by the Company, the Board, the Officers, and Company’s employees. No commissions for selling the Shares will be paid to the Company, the Board, the Officers, or the Company’s employees. |
| NO LIQUIDITY | There is no public market for the Shares, and none is expected to develop in the near future. The Shares will be transferable, in accordance with Federal and state securities laws and Delaware corporate law. However, the Shares will not be listed for trading on any exchange or automated quotation system. (See “Description of the Securities” below.) Prospective Investors are urged to consult their own legal advisors with respect to secondary trading of the Shares. See “Risk Factors” below. |
| SELLING SECURITYHOLDERS | 1,260,413 Shares of Common stock are being offered for the account of Selling Shareholders. This represents 3.4% of the outstanding Shares of Common Stock as of the Date of this Offering Circular. |
| BONUS SHARES | The Company is offering Bonus Shares as part of this Offering. This includes Discounts from 15% to 40% under certain circumstances. See “Plan of Distribution” below. |
| COMPANY EXPENSES | Except as otherwise provided herein, the Company shall bear all costs and expenses associated with the Offering and the operation of the Company, including, but not limited to, the annual tax preparation of the Company's tax returns, any state and federal income tax due, accounting fees, filing fees, independent audit reports, costs, legal fees, and advisory fees. |
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The SEC requires the Company to identify risks that are specific to its business and its financial condition. The Company is still subject to all the 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. You should consider general risks as well as specific risks when deciding whether to invest.
RISKS RELATED TO THE COMPANY AND ITS BUSINESS
The Company is brand new and has no operating history.
The Company has no established business operations, and it is unclear at this point which, if any, of the Company’s current and intended plans may come into fruition and, if they do, which ones will be a success. The Company has incurred a net loss and has recorded no revenues since inception. There is no assurance that the Company will ever be able to establish successful business operations, become profitable or generate sufficient revenues to operate business or pay dividends.
The Company may not be able to develop commercially viable products on the timetable they anticipate, or at all.
The Company’s products may be difficult to scale to a commercially viable level since it must meet expectations that it is equivalent or superior to other UV-C sterilization devices in terms of efficacy, safety, and cost efficiency. The Company still needs to develop and refine the HealthySole PLUS and the HealthySole PLUS manufacturing process to ensure that the product meets performance goals and cost targets. The Company may encounter problems and delays. Scaling of the manufacturing process may result in technical defects or reveal that the Company’s products do not meet performance goals and cost targets, the Company’s commercialization schedule could be delayed as the Company would need to attempt to devise solutions to the defects or problems. If the Company were unable to find solutions, the Company’s business may not be viable.
The Company may not be able to successfully execute the business plan.
In addition to the requirement to successfully develop the HealthySole PLUS technology for commercial success, the Company must also raise significant amounts of capital, foster relationships with key suppliers and attract customers. There is no guarantee that the Company will be able to achieve or sustain any of the foregoing within the anticipated timeframe or at all – even though the Company’s principals are long-time industry professionals. The Company may exceed the budget, encounter obstacles in research and development activities, or be hindered or delayed in implementing the Company’s commercialization plans, any of which could imperil the Company’s ability to secure customer contracts and begin generating revenues. In addition, any such delays or problems would require the Company to secure additional funding over and above what the Company currently anticipates they require to sustain business, which the Company may not be able to raise.
The Company relies on a single product line.
The Company’s primary product line is the HealthySole PLUS UV-C sterilization device. The Company’s survival in near term depends on being able to sell HealthySole PLUS devices to sufficient number of customers to make a profit. The Company’s current customer base is still small and the Company will only succeed if it can attract more customers for its primary product and maintain those customers.
The Company has not yet generated significant revenue or profit and it may take a long time for the Company to become profitable.
The Company has not yet generated any significant revenue or profit. The Company will work towards having increased sales of products after a successful Offering. The Company’s ability to raise capital and to commercialize the HealthySole PLUS devices may be materially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The full impact on the economy and the capital markets in the U.S. and the rest of the world from the COVID-19 pandemic are uncertain, in terms of both scale and duration. The high level of volatility in the capital markets may make it difficult to raise funds, especially for early stage companies that involve higher risk. If the Company is able to raise sufficient funds to begin the work of commercializing Company products, the Company may have difficulty securing supplies needed or manufacturing and distribution partners. The impact of social distancing measures and related workforce reductions may negatively impact the ability of suppliers to deliver the Company the components the Company needs for manufacture or the ability of any of the Company’s potential partners to operate effectively to meet Company requirements. In addition, many of the third parties that the Company would rely on for production and distribution are likely to be highly engaged in manufacturing products aimed at combatting the pandemic by manufacturing testing supplies and equipment, medical equipment and/or potential treatments. The Company cannot assure an Investors that, should they raise sufficient funds, they will be able to contract with suppliers, manufacturing partners or distribution partners at a level that would allow the Company to achieve profitability, or at all.
The Company’s products may not achieve market acceptance thereby reducing the chance for success.
The Company is in the early stages of selling its products. It is unclear whether these products and their features or other unanticipated events may result in lower sales than anticipated, which could force the Company to limit expenditures on research and development, advertising, and general Company requirements for improving and expanding product offerings. The Company cannot guarantee consumer demand or interest in current or future product offerings, which could have a material adverse effect on the business, results of operations, and overall financial condition.
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If the market chooses to buy competitive products and services, the Company may fail.
Although the Company believes that its HealthySole PLUS devices will be commercially viable, there is no verification by the marketplace that the HealthySole PLUS will be accepted by or purchased by customers at the scale desired by the Company. If the market chooses to continue to use competing products/procedures, it may be more difficult for the Company to ever become profitable which would substantially harm the business and, possibly, cause it to fail whereby the Investors could lose their entire investment. In addition to the Company’s dependency on the continued services of its key executives, the Company’s future success will also depend on the ability to attract and retain additional future key personnel. The Company may face intense competition for such qualified individuals from well-established and better financed competitors. The Company may not be able to attract qualified new employees or retain existing employees, which may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition.
Although the Company believes that its HealthySole PLUS devices will be commercially viable, there is no verification by the marketplace that the HealthySole PLUS will be accepted by or purchased by customers at the scale desired by the Company. If the market chooses to continue to use competing products/procedures, it may be more difficult for the Company to ever become profitable which would be substantially harm the business and, possibly, cause it to fail whereby the Investors could lose their entire investment. In addition to Company dependency on their continued services, Company future success will also depend on the ability to attract and retain additional future key personnel. The Company may face intense competition for the such qualified individuals from well-established and better financed competitors. The Company may not be able to attract qualified new employees or retain existing employees, which may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition.
The Company will require additional funding to develop and commercialize the HealthySole PLUS devices. If the Company is unable to secure additional financing on acceptable terms, or at all, the Company may be forced to modify its current business plan or to curtail Company planned operations.
The Company anticipates incurring significant operating losses and using significant funds for the execution of manufacturing capability scaling, marketing/advertising, and sales activities. The
Company’s existing cash resources are currently insufficient to finance these operations. Accordingly, the Company will need to secure additional sources of capital to develop its business as planned. The Company may seek substantial additional financing through public and/or private financing, which may include equity and/or debt financings, and through other arrangements, including collaborative arrangements with strategic partners. As part of such efforts, the Company may seek loans from certain of their executive officers, directors and/or current shareholders.
If the Company is unable to secure additional financing in the near term, the Company may be forced to: (1) Curtail or abandon the Company’s existing business plans; (2) Default on any debt obligations; (3) File for bankruptcy; (4) Seek to sell some or all of Company assets; and/or (4) Cease business operations.
If the Company is forced to take any of these steps the Company’s Common Stock may lose significant value or become worthless.
Any future financing may result in ownership dilution to the Company’s existing Shareholders and may grant rights to future investors more favorable than the rights currently held by the Company’s existing Shareholders.
If the Company raises additional capital by issuing equity, equity-related, or convertible securities, the economic, voting and other rights of the Company’s existing shareholders (which would include Investors in this Offering) may be diluted, and those newly-issued securities may be issued at prices that are at a significant discount to the Offering price and/or the then fair market value of the Shares. In addition, any such newly issued securities may have rights superior to those of the Company’s Common Stock as offered through this Offering. If the Company obtains additional capital through collaborative arrangements, they may be required to relinquish greater rights to technologies or product candidates than the Company might otherwise have or become subject to restrictive covenants that may affect business.
Any future financing may result in ownership dilution to the Company’s existing Shareholders and may grant rights to future investors more favorable than the rights currently held by the Company’s existing Shareholders.
If the Company raises additional capital by issuing equity, equity-related, or convertible securities, the economic, voting and other rights of the Company’s existing shareholders may be diluted, and those newly-issued securities may be issued at prices that are at a significant discount to current and/or then fair market value of the Shares. In addition, any such newly issued securities may have rights superior to those of the Company’s common stock as offered through this Offering. If the Company obtains additional capital through collaborative arrangements, they may be required to relinquish greater rights to technologies or product candidates than the Company might otherwise have or become subject to restrictive covenants that may affect business.
Revenue derived from large orders could adversely affect the Company’s gross margin and could lead to greater variability in the Company’s quarterly, semi-annual, and annual results.
Large orders may be more sensitive to changes in the global industrial economy, may be subject to greater discount variability, lower gross margins, and may contract at a faster pace during an economic downturn compared to smaller orders. To the extent that the amount of Company net sales derived from large orders increases in future periods, either in absolute dollars or as a percentage of overall business, the Company’s gross margins could decline, and the Company could experience greater volatility and see a greater negative impact from future downturns in the global industrial economy.
Failure to comply with relevant federal and state regulations may have an adverse effect on the Company’s profitability.
While the Company believes it has complied with all rules promulgated by regulatory authorities germane to the Company’s business, there exists a risk that the Company, through its operations or its products, has not complied with regulations currently unknown to the Company. If the Company were found by any regulatory authority to be operating its business out of compliance with regulations, it may require the Company to devote considerable resources to becoming compliant with such regulations.
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The Company’s ability to raise capital and commercialize their products may be materially affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In December 2019, the 2019 novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) surfaced in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization declared a global emergency on January 30, 2020, with respect to the outbreak and several countries, including the United States, have initiated travel restrictions. The final impacts of the outbreak, and economic consequences, are unknown and still evolving.
The Company’s ability to raise capital and to commercialize the Company’s HealthySole PLUS devices may be materially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The full impact on the economy and the capital markets in the U.S. and the rest of the world from the COVID-19 pandemic are uncertain, in terms of both scale and duration. The high level of volatility in the capital markets may make it difficult to raise funds, especially for early stage companies that involve higher risk. If the Company is able to raise sufficient funds to begin the work of commercializing the HealthySole PLUS device, the Company may have difficulty security supplies needed or manufacturing and distribution partners at a level that would allow the Company to achieve profitability, or at all.
Risks Related to the Securities and the Offering
There is no current market for the Shares.
There is no market for the resale of Company Shares and none is expected to arise for the foreseeable future. Investors should assume that they may not be able to liquidate their investment.
The Offering Price was not established on an independent basis; the actual value of an investment may be substantially less than what Investors pay for the securities.
The Company’s Board of Directors established the Offering price of the Company’s Shares on an arbitrary basis. The Offering price of the Shares bears no relationship to the book or asset values or to any other established criteria for valuing Shares. Because the Offering price is not based upon any independent valuation, the Offering price may not be indicative of the proceeds that an Investor would receive upon liquidation. Further, the Offering price may be significantly more than the price at which the Shares would trade if they were to be listed on an exchange or actively traded by broker-dealers.
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On May 10, 2022, the Company converted from a Nevada limited liability company to a Delaware corporation. This conversion was executed through the filing of a Certificate of Conversion with the Delaware Secretary of State (see Exhibit 2A “Certificate of Incorporation and Other Corporate Documents”). The members of the Nevada limited liability company received a 200:1 conversion of their LLC Membership Units for Shares of Common Stock of the Company. Also at conversion, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the issuance of additional shares of Common Stock to Officers and Directors.
The Company may engage in other financings including future equity raises. In the event the Company sells equity securities subsequent to an Investor’s purchase of Shares through this Offering or future offerings, the Investor’s proportionate ownership of the Company will be diluted.
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The Offering will be made through general solicitation, direct solicitation, and marketing efforts whereby Investors will be directed to the Portal (healthysole.com) to invest. The Company has engaged Rialto Markets, an independent FINRA broker-dealer to assist with the Share sales in exchange for a 2% commission fee on the aggregate sales. The Offering is conducted on a best-efforts basis. No Commissions or any other renumeration for the Share sales will be provided to the Company, the Directors, any Officer, or any employee of the Company, relying on the safe harbor from broker-dealer registration set forth in Rule 3a4-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
The Company will not limit or restrict the sale of the Shares during this 12-month Offering. No market exists for the Shares and no market is anticipated or intended to exist in the near future, therefore there is no plan to stabilize the market for any securities to be offered.
Directors, Officers, and employees of the Company are primarily engaged in the Company’s business of developing products that use ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light to kill pathogens, and none of them are, or have ever
been, brokers nor dealers of securities. The Directors, Officers, and employees will not be compensated in connection with the sale of securities through this Offering. The Company believes that the Directors, Officers, and employees are associated persons of the Company not deemed to be brokers under Exchange Act Rule 3a4-1 because: (1) no Director, Officer, or employee is subject to a statutory disqualification, as that term is defined in section 3(a)(39) of Exchange Act at the time of their participation; (2) no Director, Officer, or employee will be compensated in connection with his participation by the payment of commissions or by other renumeration based either directly or indirectly on transactions in connection with the sale of securities through this Offering; (3) no Director, Officer, or employee is an associated person of a broker or dealer; (4) the Directors, Officers, and employees primarily perform substantial duties for the Company other than the sale or promotion of securities; (5) no Director, Officer, or employee has acted as a broker or dealer within the preceding twelve months of the date of this Offering Circular; (6) no Director, Officer, or employee will participate in selling this Offering after more than twelve months from the Effective Date of the Offering.
Rialto Markets LLC (“Rialto”) has agreed to act as placement agent to assist in connection with this Offering. Rialto is not purchasing or selling any securities offered by this Offering Circular, nor is it required to arrange the purchase or sale of any specific number or dollar amount of securities. However, Rialto has agreed to use their best efforts to arrange for the sale of the Shares offered through this Offering Circular. In addition, Rialto may engage other brokers to sell the securities on their behalf. Rialto will receive compensation for all passive sales of the Shares offered and sold pursuant to this Offering Circular at a rate of 2% of the gross Proceeds for a maximum of $800,000. The Company may pay Rialto 8% of the gross Proceeds from the sale of up to $20,000,000 in Common Stock resulting from the direct selling efforts of Rialto not to exceed $1,600,000.
In the event that Rialto’s targeted selling efforts lead to sales of up to $20,000,000 in Shares of Common Stock, Rialto will be entitled to 8% of the gross Proceeds from the sale of such Shares of Common Stock not to exceed $1,600,000. If Rialto’s efforts lead to all $20,000,000, the maximum commissions to be charged would be $2,000,000. The $2,000,000 is made up of 8% of $20,000,000, or $1,600,000, and 2% on the remaining $20,000,000 for $400,000. There will not be any commissions charged at a combined 10%.
The Company will also publicly market the Offering using general solicitation through methods that include emails to potential Investors, the internet, social media, and any other means of widespread communication.
The Offering Circular will be furnished to prospective Iinvestors via download 24 hours per day, 7 days per week on the Company’s website at healthysole.com and via of the EDGAR filing system.
The following table shows the total discounts and commissions payable to Rialto in connection with this Offering by the Company:
| Price Per Share | Total Offering | |||||||
| Public Offering Price | $ | 5.80 | $ | 40,000,000 | ||||
| Placement Agent Commissions | $ | 0.29 | * | $ | 2,000,000 | * | ||
| Proceeds, Before Expenses | $ | 5.51 | $ | 38,000,000 | ||||
*This represents the maximum potential commissions due to Rialto, the commissions actually due may be less than this number conditional on the success of Rialto’s targeted sales efforts.
Other Terms
Rialto has also agreed to perform the following services in exchange for the compensation discussed above:
- Act as lead broker for the Offering, coordinating efforts of parties involved and providing regulatory guidance;
- Manage the back-end process of the Offering Platform technology, Investors use to invest in the Offering;
- Reviewing marketing materials if requested;
- Performing AML/KYC checks on all Investors, and;
- Providing other financial advisory services normal and customary for Regulation A offerings and coordinate with the Company’s registered transfer agent and legal representatives.
In addition to the commissions described above, the Company will also pay $5,000 to Rialto for out-of-pocket accountable expenses paid prior to commencing the Offering. This fee will be used for the purpose of coordinating filings with FINRA (Form 5110). In addition, the Company will pay Rialto $6,500 consulting fee upon the issuance of the FINRA No Objection Letter and a $5,000 Blue Sky filing service fee for managing the filings required for state Blue Sky regulations. The Company will forward the fees required for state notice filing fees, estimated to be approximately $13,000. Assuming the full amount of the offering is raised and that Rialto's targeted selling efforts lead to sales of $20,000,000, the Company estimates that the total fees and expenses of the Offering payable by the Company to Rialto will be approximately $2,000,000. Maximum expected out of pocket expenses total $29,500.
Selling Securityholders
| Name | Amount Held Prior to Offering | Number Offered through this Offering | Amount Held After Offering | |||||||||
| Chris Griffith | 1,547,241 | 185,669 | 1,361,572 | |||||||||
| Douglas Brown | 560,000 | 67,200 | 492,800 | |||||||||
| James Morley | 3,203,800 | 384,456 | 2,819,344 | |||||||||
| Lauren and Robert Bullock | 349,000 | 41,880 | 307,120 | |||||||||
| Colin Gray | 156,600 | 18,792 | 137,808 | |||||||||
| Pioneer Healthcare Parker | 782,600 | 93,912 | 688,688 | |||||||||
| RP3 Limited LLC | 961,600 | 115,392 | 846,208 | |||||||||
| Corey Paus | 158,200 | 18,984 | 139,216 | |||||||||
| Paul Rutledge/Van White | 78,200 | 9,384 | 68,816 | |||||||||
| Eric Custardo | 78,200 | 9,384 | 68,816 | |||||||||
| Nelson Patterson | 520,000 | 62,400 | 457,600 | |||||||||
| Nick DeOrio | 208,000 | 24,960 | 183,040 | |||||||||
| Life Science Intelligence Inc. | 1,000,000 | 120,000 | 880,000 | |||||||||
| Medical Funding Professionals LLC* | 900,000 | 108,000 | 792,000 | |||||||||
| Total | 10,503,441 | 1,260,413 | 9,243,028 | |||||||||
*The Company engaged Medical Funding Professionals, a state-registered investment advisor (“MFP”), to provide capital and cash flow planning solutions to the Company. MFP is not affiliated or associated with any members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
1,260,413 Shares of Common stock are being offered for the accounts of Selling Shareholders. This represents 3.4% of the outstanding Shares of Common Stock as of the Date of this Offering Circular.
No Proceeds will go to the accounts of Selling Shareholders until the Company has raised gross Proceeds of $7,500,000.
Bonus Shares
Certain Investors will be eligible to receive additional Shares of Common Stock (“Bonus Shares”) depending upon the amount invested and timing of such investment by such Investors.
First 30 days of Offering – Less than $100,000 investment
The Company will be offering 20% bonus in the form of Bonus Shares for Investors that invest less than $100,000 within the first thirty (30) days following the start of the Offering, which will occur as soon as practicable after Qualification.
First 30 days of Offering – More than $100,000 investment
The Company will be offering 40% bonus in the form of Bonus Shares for Investors that invest more than $100,000 within the first thirty (30) days following the start of the Offering, which will occur as soon as practicable after Qualification.
After first 30 days of Offering – More than $100,000 investment
The Company will be offering 15% bonus in the form of Bonus Shares for Investors that invest more than $100,000 after the first thirty (30) days following the start of the Offering, which will occur as soon as practicable after Qualification.
The Company will absorb the cost of the issuance of the Bonus Shares; to the extent any are issued, it will reduce the Proceeds that the Company receives. The issuance of these Bonus Shares will have a maximum potential dilutive effect of approximately 2,758,620 Shares.
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| 25% | 50% | 75% | 100% | |
| Marketing | 1,084,985 | 3,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
| Sales & Industry Outreach | 1,500,000 | 3,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 7,000,000 |
| General and Administrative Expansion | 1,000,000 | 1,500,000 | 2,500,000 | 3,000,000 |
| Increasing Manufacturing Capacity | 1,250,000 | 1,250,000 | 2,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
| Research and Development | 1,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 2,500,000 | 4,000,000 |
| General Working Capital | 1,500,000 | 4,000,000 | 5,914,865 | 6,654,805 |
| Industry Compliance and Standards | 1,000,000 | 750,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Expansion of Personnel | 1,100,000 | 1,674,925 | 2,000,000 | 2,500,000 |
| Capital To Selling Shareholders | 565,015 | 2,825,075 | 5,085,135 | $7,345,195 |
| Total | 10,000,000 | 20,000,000 | 30,000,000 | 40,000,000 |
1. Marketing - $4,000,000
The Company intends to spend upwards of $4,000,000 on marketing the HealthySole PLUS device and this Offering. The Company intends to hire full-time marketing staff to produce marketing materials related to the HealthySole PLUS device and the Company. The Company also intends to hire full-time, experienced marketing managers to service the different target markets identified by the Company. The Company has also engaged a third party marketing Company to help market this Offering to potential Investors. Included in these costs are administrative expenses for raising capital, such as marketing campaign management, broker-dealer commissions, and other professional and administrative services derived from the Offering.
2. Sales & Industry Outreach- $7,000,000
The Company anticipates using approximately $7,000,000 of the Proceeds to support sales activities. The Company intends hire sales executives to generate new business for the Company. The Company expects these sales executives to engage in sales activities in different regions of the country. The Company similarly expects to hire operations staff to fulfill orders placed by customers. A portion of the Proceeds are intended to go to the creation of a European office of the Company to develop the Company’s business efforts in Europe. The Company intends to devote a portion of the Proceeds to create new pilot studies to continue to measure the HealthySole PLUS device’s effectiveness in various settings. The Company intends to participate in tradeshows and other industry events, using the Proceeds of this Offering to attend such industry events.
3. General and Administrative Expansion - $3,000,000
The Company anticipates using approximately $3,000,000 of the Proceeds to support general and administrative expansion activities. The Company intends to rent real property for the purpose of housing its management, research, and development activities. The Company intends to use a portion of the Proceeds to source human resources personnel as the Company employee count rises.
4. Increasing Manufacturing Capacity - $4,000,000
The Company anticipates using approximately $4,000,000 of the Proceeds on increasing the manufacturing capacity of the Company. The Company intends to source US-based manufacturing facilities, warehouses, and the raw parts used to create the HealthySole PLUS device. The Company intends to hire staff for the purpose of increasing the Company’s manufacturing capacity.
5. Research and Development - $4,000,000
The Company anticipates using approximately $4,000,000 of the Proceeds for research and development purposes. The Company intends to develop more versions of the HealthySole PLUS device tailored for specific markets and customers. The Company plans to hire third-party developers to create new software that tracks user interactions with the HealthySole PLUS device and provides feedback to the Company that may allow improvements to be implemented.
6. General Working Capital - $6,654,805
The Company intends to use approximately $6,654,805 of the Proceeds for working capital. The Company may from time to time incur costs in the course of its business activities that are unanticipated at the time of this Offering.
7. Industry Compliance and Standards - $1,500,000
The Company anticipates using approximately $1,500,000 of the Proceeds on its compliance efforts for the HealthySole PLUS device. The Company intends to expand sales of its HealthySole PLUS device to other countries, which may require additional compliance efforts to be made. The Company intends to expand protection of its portfolio of its intellectual property by seeking patents for its devices internationally.
8. Expansion of Personnel - $2,500,000
The Company anticipates using approximately $2,500,000 of the Proceeds to expand the Company’s employee base, including the hiring of management-level employees to oversee the Company’s business activities and expansion. The Company intends to hire personnel responsible for developing and executive forward business plans, setting the Company’s objectives, and reporting to the Board of Directors.
9. Capital To Selling Shareholders - $7,345,195
The Company anticipates using approximately $7,345,195 of the Proceeds to go to the accounts of Selling Shareholders. (See “Plan of Distribution and Selling Shareholders” above)
THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE USE OF PROCEEDS AS STATED ABOVE AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE COMPANY.
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Corporate History
The Company was originally formed as Healthy Sole, L.L.C. on August 3, 2011, a Nevada limited liability company. On May 10, 2022, the Company completed its conversion to HealthySole, Inc., a Delaware corporation through the filing of a Certificate of Conversion with the Delaware Secretary of State. (See Exhibits 2A “Certificate of Incorporation and other Documents”)
Conversion
The Company has authorized 75,000,000 shares of stock over all classes of capital stock. Of the authorized shares, 74,000,000 shares are common stock having a par value of $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”). The Company has also authorized 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock having a par value of $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”). The Company has 37,027,568 Shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the date of this Offering Circular.
Summary of the Business
The Company has developed the HealthySole PLUS shoe sanitizer technology (the “Device”). The Device uses UV-C light to eliminate shoe-borne pathogens, which reduces the risk of contamination of in various settings, specifically hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and long-term care facilities. The Company is in the business of manufacturing (through third-party sources) and selling the Device. As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company’s only sold product is the HealthySole PLUS shoe sanitizer technology. Derivations of the technology have been developed but have not been sold.
The HealthySole PLUS Device
HealthySole PLUS is the first independently-validated shoe sanitizer designed to prevent pathogen contamination and transmission. The Device ensures organisms that are deposited on floors do not proliferate to work spaces, high-touch surfaces, and other regularly touched equipment. The HealthySole PLUS shoe sanitizer uses germicidal UV-C light to eliminate shoe-borne pathogens, decrease ambient contamination, and reduce the risk of contamination-causing bacteria spreading indoors.
Product Highlights:
· Uses peak germicidal UV-C light to bathe the bottom of shoe soles.
· In 8 seconds, it kills up to 99.99% of pathogens found on the soles of shoes.
· Uses zero chemicals and releases zero ozone.
The Device can be used by a person entering a medical facility to ensure that fewer outside pathogens are tracked in on the soles of shoes. A person using the Device simply stands on the platform, which activates the Device. The built-in UV-C light is activated for 8 seconds and treats the visitor’s footwear, eliminating potentially dangerous pathogens. After 8 seconds elapses, the visitor may step off of the Device’s platform and proceed.
The HealthySole Plus device retails for approximately $6,000 per unit. The Company offers two methods of acquiring the unit by customers – outright purchase (in full) or leasing the unit. The Company has partnered with Hitachi Financial to lease the product. The Company offers two options for leasing the Device through Hitachi Financial: a 2-year and 3-year lease, paid monthly with a buy out option. The Company offers customers a warranty as well as replacement parts.
Research on Effectiveness of the Device
An independent ASTM-accredited laboratory test was performed to gauge the efficacy of the HealthySole PLUS shoe sanitizer technology against Healthcare-Acquired Infections (HAIs)-causing pathogens, along with other pathogens such as human coronavirus, influenza A, listeria, and salmonella. The testing was conducted at Microchem, CREMCo, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga College of Medicine/Erlanger Children’s Hospital, and University of Houston/University of Texas School of Public Health.
Testing of the HealthySole shoe sanitizer technology shows that the Device has been proven to eliminate up to 99.99% of potential infection-causing pathogens in 8 seconds of use.
Independent Clinical Lab Test Results
| Pathogen Name | % Pathogen Reduction | Log Reduction |
| Streptococcus pyogenes | 99.99% | 4.20 log |
| Enterococcus faecalis (VRE) | 99.98% | 3.97 log |
| Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) | 99.98% | 3.66 log |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 99.92% | 3.09 log |
| Escherichia coli (CRE) | 99.87% | 2.87 log |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 99.84% | 2.80 log |
| Salmonella enterica | 99.82% | 2.75 log |
| Human coronavirus 229E | 99.74% | 2.53 log |
| Candida auris (fungi) | 99.27% | 2.14 log |
| Influenza A | 97.76% | 1.65 log |
| Clostridium difficile | 85.30% | 0.83 log |
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Intellectual Property
Patents
The Company currently owns six (6) issued utility patents with the following Agencies (1) United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) (2) China National Intellectual Property Administration; (3) Spanish Patent and Trademark Office; and (4) Korean Intellectual Property Office. The Company currently has several patents pending as well. These patents represent the core technology behind the HealthySole PLUS device.
Trademarks
The Company currently holds registered trademarks for the following word marks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office:
· HEALTHYSOLE
· THEUVSOLUTION
Market for the HealthySole PLUS Shoe Sanitizer Technology
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the “CDC”), there were almost 700,000 Healthcare-Acquired Infections (“HAIs”) in the United States in 2015, resulting in over
72,000 deaths. The financial cost of treating these HAIs amounts to an estimated $40 Billion to $50 Billion per year. The CDC has estimated that up to 70% of HAIs are avoidable.
The Company anticipates that medical facilities, such as hospitals, will be the primary driver of sales of the HealthySole PLUS shoe sanitizer technology. The Company intends to market the Product to first responders and sterile facilities, such as laboratories, manufacturing facilities, and pharmacies. The Company estimates the current addressable market for its product to be $2.6 Billion.
Competition
The Company has identified the following competing products in the market:
· Shoe booties
· Tacky mats
· Wet baths
· Chemical sprays
· Patho3Gen
Patho3Gen is another UV-C shoe device on the market. Unlike Patho3Gen, the HealthySole PLUS device emits no ozone. Additionally, the HealthySole PLUS device has several safety structures to prevent light leakage and UVC exposure. The HealthySole PLUS device is currently competitively priced compared to Patho3Gen.
Employees
As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company has two (2) full-time employees, and one (1) part time:
Special Characteristics of the Company, Regulatory Environment
The Company does not believe its HealthySole PLUS device is subject to regulation by the FDA as a medical device; however, the Company believes the Product will be subject to pesticide product registration in Colorado, Hawaii, Indiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma West Virginia, and Wyoming, as well as in the District of Columbia, and intends to accomplish the registration process after the qualification of this Offering.
Plan of Operations
1. Increase marketing efforts to raise awareness of the Company’s brand and product catalog;
2. Building and deploying a robust sales team to further increase awareness of the Company’s brand and product catalog;
3. Increase manufacturing capacity of the Device;
4. Research and development of derivative versions of the HealthySole PLUS device;
5. Expand the number of the Company’s administrative personnel.
The Company anticipates this Plan of Operations will take approximately $32,000,000 to execute, not including reserves for working capital.
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As of the Date of this Offering Circular, the Company does not own real property or business personal property of material significance.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
The following is a discussion of the financial condition Healthy Sole, L.L.C., direct predecessor of the Company. On May 10, 2022 the Company executed a conversion from Healthy Sole, L.L.C., a Nevada limited liability company, to HealthySole, Inc. a Delaware Corporation. This conversion occurred subsequent to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (FY2021) - therefore, all figures and disclosures for this section will be that of Healthy Sole, L.L.C. For this reason, references to the “Company” will include Healthy Sole, L.L.C. and HealthySole, Inc. only throughout this section.
Components of Results of Operations
The following discussion of our financial conditions and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Offering Circular. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. The Company’s actual results could differ significantly from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Unless otherwise indicated, the latest results discussed below are as of December 31, 2021.
Revenue/Net Loss from Operating Acvtivites
The Company is engaged in the business of development, manufacture, and sale, of a footwear decontamination device using UV-C Germicidal light in highly sensitive, controlled areas, with a primary focus on healthcare and public services. As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company has not yet been profitable. In FY2021 the Company had a net loss of $1,574,479. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (FY2020) the Company had a net loss of $1,289,513. This represents an increase in net loss of $284,966 or 22.10%. The reason for this increase was the continued depression of sales efforts of innovative products due to the inability to interface with customers due to restrictions imposed during the COVID 19 pandemic.
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Operating Expenses
The Company classifies its operating expenses as research and development, salaries, manufacturing, filing and maintenance of domestic and international intellectual property including patents trademarks and trade secrets, contracted services, general and administrative, legal and accounting, insurance, branding marketing and advertising, travel, and other expenses. In FY2021 the Company had operating expenses totaling $1,929,628. In FY2020 the Company had operating expenses totaling of $1,887,847. This represents an increase in operating expenses of $41,781 or 2.21%. The reason for this increase in Company expenditures was additional outside contracting expenditures and clinical studies/research.
Salaries and benefits
In FY2021, the Company spent $787,427 on salaries and benefits expenses. In FY2020, the Company spent $549,283 on salaries and benefits expenses. This represents an increase of $238,144 or 43.35%. The reason for this increase is the addition of personnel.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2021, the Company had cash of $398,594, and total assets of $637,222. On December 31, 2020, the Company had cash of $1,040,884 and total assets of $1,510,011. This represents a decrease in $238,628 (or 22.9%) in cash and $469,127 (or 31%) in total assets.
The Company has financed its operations primarily from revenues and capital contributions to equity.
The Company will have additional capital requirements during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 to execute its business plan in light of the anticipated uses of the Proceeds (see “Use of Proceeds” above). Therefore, the Company will attempt to raise additional capital through the sale of its securities in this Offering for a maximum of 6,896,552 Common Shares at a price of $5.80 per Share, with potential aggregate gross Proceeds of $40,000,000.
There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in acquiring additional funding at levels sufficient to fund its future capital requirements. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital in sufficient amounts or on terms acceptable to it, the Company may have to significantly reduce, delay, scale back or discontinue the development of its technologies and patents or discontinue operations completely.
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DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, & SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYEES
Robert Kassel – Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board, Chief Operating Officer, and Secretary
Robert Kassel, Chairman of the Board and COO, has been a businessman and entrepreneur for 40 years. He has started several companies and ultimately sold them to management. He has experience in every facet of a company’s business including, administration, advertising, intellectual property, sales, HR and fund raising. Robert Kassel will initially be responsible for those areas of the Company’s business until the Company raises sufficient capital to hire additional personnel.
Robert Kassel also handles day-to-day operations and overseas expansion, hiring, manufacturing, and structuring back office operations.
Peter Kassel – Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer, Director
Peter Kassel has been an integral part of HealthySole since day one. With experience in the creation of the device, management of patents, management of operations and the bookkeeping, Peter has had his hands in each and every aspect of the Company. With prior experience in medical marketing and advertising prior to the inception of HealthySole, Peter has over a decade of experience in the UV-C and Medical industries.
Prior to co-founding HealthySole in 2011, Peter Kassel worked within marketing and content production, both for large, Fortune 500 companies and boutique operations. He represented international clients working with Bank of America, GE and Pfizer. His first jobs were data management for a cognitive research company focusing on marketing, and then a team leader at a marketing firm specializing in medical equipment.
He has headed up every major development at HealthySole, from IP to technology to corporate structuring and has taken the lead of the Company in this new period of capital raising and rapid scaling.
Peter Kassel is also in charge of long term strategic planning, the overview of c-suite and management, as well as developing technology and developing future revenue streams.
Nick DeOrio - Vice President of Sales and Distribution, Secretary
Nick DeOrio is the Vice President of Sales and Distribution for HealthlySole. Nick has over 23 successful years of healthcare sales experience in the commercialization and implementation of novel and clinically-driven technologies and products with a concentration in infection control and prevention. During the course of Nick’s career, he has held leadership positions in organizations varying in size from startups to globally-recognized companies. A proven and effective leader utilizing thought leadership, ingenuity, acumen, and innovative approaches to drive continuous positive results, Nick has been responsible for developing proficient sales teams and distribution channels along with strategic partnerships nationally and internationally, to accelerate product awareness, revenues, and sustaining growth while ultimately improving profits.
Prior to joining HealthySole, Nick held the position of Southeast US Regional Director of Sales with Aerogen of Galway Ireland. Where he was responsible for a $35,000,000 producing territory. Throughout his career, Nick has also held positions with well-established globally recognized companies such as EMPI (DJO Global), Medi-Flex, Cardinal Health, CareFusion and IrriSept.
Nick is also in charge of managing current distributors, bringing on any new distributors in both Medical and future markets. He is also in charge of coaching and backing-up licensed distributors in the field, and conducting market research for HealthySole PLUS device for the Company.
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COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
| Name | Position | Cash Compensation | Other Compensation | Total Compensation | ||||||||
| Robert Kassel | Director, COO | $ | 0 | N/A | $ | 0 | ||||||
| Peter Kassel | Director, CEO | $ | 121,000 | N/A | $ | 121,000 | ||||||
| Nick DiOrio | V.P. Of Distribution, Secretary | $ | 153,000 | $6,000 | 159,000 | |||||||
Changes to Compensation
If the Company raises gross Proceeds of $1,000,000, the Company intends to increase the compensation of Peter Kassel to $300,000 annually and Robert Kassel to $250,000 annually.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN SECURITYHOLDERS
| Title of Class | Name and Address of Beneficial Owner | Amount and nature of beneficial ownership | Amount and nature of beneficial ownership acquirable | Percent of Class | ||||||||||
| Common Stock | Robert Kassel (1) | 22,103,439 | 0 | 59.6 | % | |||||||||
| Common Stock | Peter Kassel (1) | 4,420,688 | 0 | 11.9 | % | |||||||||
(1) 774 Mays Blvd. #10-220, Incline Village, NV 89451
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INTERESTS OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHER PERSONS IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
There are no transactions that require disclosure under Item 13 of the Form 1-A.
Summary of Company Equity
The Company has two authorized classes of capital stock consisting of 74,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Preferred Stock). As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company has 37,027,568 shares of Common Stock and no shares of Preferred stock outstanding.
Conversion
On May 10, 2022 the Company executed a conversion from Healthy Sole, L.L.C., a Nevada limited liability company, to HealthySole, Inc. a Delaware corporation. Upon conversion, the Company had 20,800,000 Shares of Common Stock outstanding.
Description of the Common Stock Offered through this Offering
The voting, dividend and liquidation rights of the holders of the Common Stock are set by the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws (see Exhibits 2A and 2B) and the relevant Delaware laws.
Dividends
The Board, subject to any restrictions contained in either (i) Delaware law, or (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation, may declare and pay dividends upon the Shares of its capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Company’s capital stock.
The Board may set apart out of any of the funds of the Company available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve.
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Voting
Except as otherwise required by Delaware law, the Certificate of Incorporation, any certificate of designations, or the Bylaws, (i) at all meetings of stockholders for the election of Directors, a plurality of votes cast shall be sufficient to elect such Directors; (ii) any other action taken by stockholders shall be valid and binding upon the Company with the affirmative vote of the holders of the majority of the Shares entitled to vote on, and who voted for, against, or expressly abstained with respect to, the matter at a stockholders’ meeting of the Company at which a quorum is present, except that adoption, amendment or repeal of the Bylaws by Stockholders will require the vote of a majority of the Shares entitled to vote. Each stockholder shall have one vote for every Share of stock having voting rights registered in his/her name on the record date for the meeting, except as otherwise provided in any preferred stock designation setting forth the right of preferred stock stockholders. The Company shall not have the right to vote treasury stock of the Company, nor shall another corporation have the right to vote its stock of the Company if the Company holds, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation. Persons holding stock of the Company in a fiduciary capacity shall have the right to vote such stock. Persons who have pledged their stock of the Company shall have the right to vote such stock unless in the transfer on the books of the Company the pledgor expressly empowered the pledgee to vote such stock. In that event, only the pledgee, or his/her proxy, may represent such stock and vote thereon.
Where a separate vote by a class or classes is required, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or classes, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter and the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class or classes present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class.
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Redemption Provisions
Common Stock does not have any redemption rights.
Sinking Fund Provisions
The Certificate of Incorporation does not contain any sinking fund provisions.
Liability to Further Calls
The Certificate of Incorporation does not contain any provisions regarding liability to further calls.
Restrictions on Alienability
A holder of record of shares of the Company’s stock, or his attorney-in-fact authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary, Transfer Agent or registrar of the Company, may transfer his shares only on the stock transfer books of the Company. Such person shall furnish to the Secretary, Transfer Agreement, or registrar of the Company proper evidence of his authority to make the transfer and shall properly endorse and surrender for cancellation his existing certificate or certificates for such shares. Whenever a holder of record of shares of the Company’s stock makes a transfer of shares for collateral security, the Secretary, Transfer Agent, or registrar of the Company shall state such fact in the entry of transfer if the transferor and the transferee request, When a transfer of shares is requested and there is reasonable doubt as to the right of the person seeking the transfer, the Company or its Transfer Agent, before recording the transfer of the shares on its books or issuing any certificate there for, may require from the person seeking the transfer reasonable proof of that person’s right to the transfer. If there remains a reasonable doubt of the right to the transfer, the Company may refuse a transfer unless the person gives adequate security or a bond of indemnity executed by a corporate surety or by two individual sureties satisfactory to the Company as to form, amount, and responsibility of sureties. The bond shall be conditioned to protect the Company, its officers, Transfer Agents and registrars, or any of them, against any loss, damage, expense, or other liability for the transfer or the issuance of a new certificate for the shares.
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Financial Statements and Independent Auditor’s
Report
Healthy Sole, LLC
December 31, 2021 and 2020
To the Members of
Healthy Sole, LLC
Opinion
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Healthy Sole, LLC (the “Company”), which comprise the balance sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the related statements of operations, changes in member’s equity, and cash flow for the years then ended, and the related notes to the financial statements.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are required to be independent of the Company 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.
Substantial Doubt about the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note C to the financial statements, for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company incurred net losses of approximately $1,574,000 and $1,290,000, respectively. The net cash used in operating activities for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, totaled approximately $1,142,000 and $1,726,000. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans regarding these matters are also described in Note C. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the 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 financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, management is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are available to be issued.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 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 generally accepted auditing standards 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 there is a substantial likelihood that, individually or in the aggregate, they would influence the judgement made by a reasonable user based on the financial statements.
In performing an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, we:
· Exercise professional judgement and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit.
· 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.
· 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 the Company’s internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed.
· 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.
· Conclude whether, in our judgement, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’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.
s//: Assurance Dimensions
Tampa, Florida
April 11, 2022
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Healthy Sole, LLC
Balance Sheets
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current Assets: | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | 398,594 | $ | 1,040,884 | ||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 30,331 | 231,131 | ||||||
| Inventory | 208,297 | 237,996 | ||||||
| Total Current Assets | 637,222 | 1,510,011 | ||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | 637,222 | $ | 1,510,011 | |||||
| LIABILITIES AND MEMBER’S EQUITY | ||||||||
| Current Liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 176,319 | 26,984 | |||||
| Accrued liabilities | 92,444 | 40,089 | ||||||
| Total Current Laibilities | 268,763 | 67,073 | ||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 268,763 | 67,073 | ||||||
| TOTAL MEMBER’S EQUITY | 368,459 | 1,442,938 | ||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND MEMBER’S EQUITY | $ | 637,222 | $ | 1,510,011 | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financials statements.
Healthy Sole, LLC
Statements of Operations
For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Revenues | $ | 518,423 | $ | 837,011 | ||||
| Cost of goods sold | 163,083 | 237,471 | ||||||
| Gross profit | 355,340 | 599,540 | ||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses: | ||||||||
| Salaries and benefits | 787,427 | 549,283 | ||||||
| Professional fees | 70,994 | 178,760 | ||||||
| Office expenses | 903,307 | 1,061,495 | ||||||
| Insurance | 154,699 | 73,177 | ||||||
| Travel and entertainment | 7,930 | 24,118 | ||||||
| Rent expense | 3,967 | — | ||||||
| Automobile expense | 1,304 | 1,014 | ||||||
| Total selling, general and administrative expenses | 1,929,628 | 1,887,847 | ||||||
| Operating loss | (1,574,288 | ) | (1,288,307 | ) | ||||
| Other expenses: | ||||||||
| Interest expense | (191 | ) | (712 | ) | ||||
| Other expense | — | (494 | ) | |||||
| Net loss | $ | (1,574,479 | ) | $ | (1,289,513 | ) | ||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Healthy Sole, LLC
Statements of Changes in Member’s Equity
For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
| Members’ Units | Members’ Equity | |||||||
| December 31, 2019 | 76,722 | $ | (28,318 | ) | ||||
| Purchase of member units | 23,278 | 2,700,000 | ||||||
| Contributions | — | 60,769 | ||||||
| Net loss | — | (1,289,513 | ) | |||||
| December 31, 2020 | 100,000 | 1,442,938 | ||||||
| Purchase of member units | 4,000 | 500,000 | ||||||
| Net loss | — | (1,574,479 | ) | |||||
| December 31, 2021 | 104,000 | $ | 368,459 | |||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Healthy Sole, LLC
Statement of Cash Flows
For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (1,574,479 | ) | $ | (1,289,513 | ) | ||
| Change in assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 200,800 | (231,885 | ) | |||||
| Inventory | 29,699 | (237,996 | ) | |||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 201,690 | 33,199 | ||||||
| Net cash used by operating | (1,142,290 | ) | (1,726,195 | ) | ||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from purchase of members’ units | — | 2,700,000 | ||||||
| Member contributions | 500,000 | 60,769 | ||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 500,000 | 2,760,769 | ||||||
| Net change in cash | (642,290 | ) | 1,034,574 | |||||
| Cash at beginning of year | 1,040,884 | 6,310 | ||||||
| Cash at end of year | $ | 398,594 | $ | 1,040,884 | ||||
| Supplemental and non-cash disclosures | ||||||||
| Cash paid during year for interest | $ | 191 | $ | 712 | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Healthy Sole, LLC
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2021 and 2020
Note A – Nature of Business and Organizations
Healthy Sole, LLC (“the Company”) is a privately-held entity organized on August 3, 2011 in the State of Nevada. The Company is a medical technology and consumer health company focused on developing innovative products that use ultraviolet-C (UVC) light to kill pathogens. In hospitals, these products are adopted as part of infection prevention and control protocols to mitigate the risk of infections spread by pathogens on footwear. In the consumer market, they are
marketing and developing products that use UVC light to reduce the introduction of footwear-borne pathogens into a living and working spaces.
Note B – Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting standards promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) are subject to change. Changes in such standards may have an impact on the Company’s future financial statements.
The Company periodically reviews new accounting standards that are issued. Although some of these accounting standards may be applicable to the Company, the Company has not identified any new standards that it believes merit further discussion, and the Company expects that none would have a significant impact on its financial merit further discussion, and the Company expects that none would have a significant impact on its financial statements.
Recent Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted
The Company periodically reviews new accounting standards that are issued as Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). The Company carefully considers all new pronouncements that alter previous U.S. GAAP, and has identified the following new accounting standards that it believes merits further discussion. Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by FASB that do not require adoption until a further date are not expected to have a material impact on the financial statements upon adoption.
In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). The guidance amends the existing accounting standards for lease accounting, including requiring lessees to recognize most leases on their balance sheet. Under ASU 2020-05, ASU 2016-02 is effective for years beginning on or after December 15, 2021. Management is evaluating the impact of this ASU on the Company’s financial reporting.
Cash
The Company places its cash with high quality financial institutions. At times, cash may be in excess of FDIC insurance limits as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 cash balances exceeded FDIC insurance limits by approximately $149,000 and $791,000, respectively. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and does not believe that it is exposed to significant risks from excess deposits.
Accounts Receivable, Net
Accounts receivable are customer obligations due under normal trade terms. Management reviews accounts receivable on a regular basis to determine collectability. Balances that are determined to be uncollectible are written off to the allowance for doubtful accounts. Based on the information available to management, the Company believes that de minimis balance of allowance for doubtful accounts is adequate as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Inventory
The Company’s inventory consists entirely of finished goods. Inventory is stated at the lower of cost of realizable value determined on a first-in first-out basis. The Company regularly reviews its inventory to determine if an allowance is required. The Company determined that no inventory allowance was required for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. Inventory values at December 31, 2021 and 2020 were approximately $208,000 and $238,000 respectively.
Revenue Recognition
The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC Topic 606”). The Company adopted ASC Topic 606 as of January 1, 2020 using the modified retrospective method. The standard did not affect the Company’s net income, financial position, or cash flows. There were no changes to the timing of revenue recognition as a result of the adoption. ASC Topic 606 is based on the principle that revenue is recognized to depict the contractual transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services utilizing a new five-step revenue recognition model, which steps include (i) identify the contract(s) with the customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (v) recognize revenue when (or at) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.
The Company derives its revenue from the sale of consumer products. The Company considers customer order confirmations to be a contract with the customer. For all of the Company’s sales, revenue is recognized when control of the product is transferred to the customer (i.e., when the Company’s performance obligation is satisfied), which typically occurs at shipping date. As a result, the Company has a present and unconditional right to payment and records the amount due from the customer in accounts receivable. For each contract, the Company considers the promise to transfer products to be the only identified distinct performance obligation. Revenue from consumer product sales is recorded at the net sales price (transaction price). All of the Company’s revenue for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were recognized at a point in time (delivery date).
The Company has elected to treat shipping and handling as fulfillment activities, and not a separate performance obligation.
Cost of Sales
Cost of sales are recorded at a point in time when a sale is made and includes the inventory expense. During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 approximately 98% of the total cost of sales related to one vendor.
Advertising
Advertising costs are expensed when incurred. During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, advertising related expenses were approximately $286,000 and $462,000 respectively.
Note C – Going Concern
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, the Company incurred net losses of $1,574,479 and $1,289,513. The net cash used in operating activities for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, totaled approximately $1,142,000 and $1,726,000. These matters raise doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent upon increasing sales and obtaining additional capital and financing. While the Company believes in the viability of its ability to raise additional funds, there can be no assurances to that effect. The financial statements do not include adjustments to reflect the possible effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Note D – Member’s Equity
The Company has authorized one class of membership units. Total proceeds from purchases of members’ units for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, were $500,000 and $2,700,000.
Member units have the following characteristics:
Voting: Each Member will be entitled in accordance with his or her Membership Interest in the Company to vote.
Distributions: The Managers will determine the amount of cash, if any, available for distribution at such times as the Managers of the Company deem advisable. The distributions will be based upon all relevant factors, including, but not limited to, the operating expenses and debt service of the Company, sums expended by the Company for capital expenditures and a reasonable reserve for working capital. No distribution will be made if, after the distribution is made, the assets of the Company are less than all liabilities of the Company, except liabilities to Members on account of their contributions. Distributions will be made to the Members and Interest Holders in proportion to the Interests in the Company owned by such Member or Interest Holder, as of the date of distribution, unless otherwise agreed by the unanimous vote of the Members.
Note E – Commitments and Contingencies
Operating Leases
The Company has entered a month-to-month operating lease agreement for virtual office space. Total rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, was approximately $4,000 and $0.
Contingencies
Certain conditions may exist as of the date the financial statements are issued, which may result in a loss to the Company but which will only be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. The Company’s management and its legal counsel assets such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgement. In assessing loss contingencies related to legal proceedings that are pending against the Company or unasserted claims that may result in such proceedings, the Company’s legal counsel evaluates the perceived merits of any legal proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought therein. If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss has been incurred and the amount or the liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability would be accrued in the Company’s financial statements. If the assessment indicates that a potentially material loss contingency is not probable, but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable and material, would be disclosed. As of the date the financial statements. If the assessment indicates that a potentially material loss contingency is not probable, but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable and material, would be disclosed. As of the date the financial statements were available for issuance, there was no pending or threatened litigation.
COVID-19
The COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 resulted in decreased revenues as the Company faced increased challenges in their ability to sell to hospitals. COVID-19 halted all progress, marketing, and sales efforts. The Company is a startup with no previous relationships, therefore selling to hospitals was nearly impossible.
Management believes that with the lingering effects from COVID, there will be greater investment and research on infection control products, leading to greater adoption of their product.
Management has concluded that the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 may have a significant impact on business in general, but the potential impact on the Company is not currently measurable. Due to the level of risk this virus has had on the global economy, it is at least reasonably possible that it could have an impact on the operations of the Company in the near term that could materially impact the Company’s financials. Management has not been able to measure the potential financial impact on the Company.
Note F – Subsequent Events
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements through April 11, 2022, the date the financial statements were available for issuance, and determined that the following items required disclosure.
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Exhibit 2A: Certificate of Incorporation
Exhibit 2B: Bylaws
Exhibit 4: Subscription Agreement
Exhibit 11: Accountant's Consent
Exhibit 12: Attorney Letter Certifying Legality
Exhibit 13A: Testing the Waters Materials
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Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A, the issuer certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 1-A and has duly caused this Offering Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Incline Village, NV, on June 15, 2022.
(Exact name of the Issuer as specified in its Charter)
HealthySole, Inc.
774 Mays Blvd. #10-220
Incline Village, NV 89451
(415) 722-3147
By:
s/Robert Kassel
Director, COO, Secretary of HealthySole Inc.
(Date): June 15, 2022
Location Signed: Incline Village, NV
s/Peter Kassel
Director, CEO, President, Treasurer of HealthySole Inc.
(Date): June 15, 2022
Location Signed: Incline Village, NV
This Offering Statement has been signed by the following Officers in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By:
s/Robert Kassel
COO, Secretary of HealthySole Inc.
(Date): June 15, 2022
Location Signed: Incline Village, NV
s/Peter Kassel
CEO, President, Treasurer of HealthySole Inc.
(Date): June 15, 2022
Location Signed: Incline Village, NV
s/Nick DiOrio
Secretary of HealthySole Inc.
(Date): June 15, 2022
Location Signed: Incline Village, NV
This Offering Statement has been signed by the following Directors in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By:
s/Robert Kassel
Director
(Date): June 15, 2022
Location Signed: Incline Village, NV
s/Peter Kassel
Director
(Date): June 15, 2022
Location Signed: Incline Village, NV
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CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
HEALTHYSOLE, INC.
The undersigned Incorporator, desiring to form a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of the Corporation is HealthySole, Inc.
ARTICLE II
REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT
The Registered Office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is located at 919 North Market Street, Suite 950, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Zip Code 19801. The name of the Registered Agent at such address upon whom process against this Corporation may be served is Incorp Services, Inc.
ARTICLE III
PURPOSE AND POWERS
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation
may now or hereafter be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
The Corporation shall have all powers that may now or hereafter be lawful for a corporation to
exercise under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL STOCK
(A) Classes of Stock. The total number of shares of stock of all classes of capital stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is 75,000,000 shares. The authorized capital stock is divided into 74,000,000 shares of common stock having a par value of $0.001 per share (hereinafter, the “Common Stock”) and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock having a par value of $0.001 per share (hereinafter, the “Preferred Stock”).
(B) Common Stock. All shares of Common Stock of the Corporation shall be of one and the same class, shall be identical in all respects and shall have equal rights, powers and privileges. Except as otherwise provided for by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors pursuant to this Article IV with respect to the issuance of any series of Preferred Stock or by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote on all matters requiring stockholder action. On each matter on which holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote, each outstanding share of such Common Stock will be entitled to one (1) vote; provided, however, that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this
Certificate of Incorporation that relates solely to the terms of one (1) or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one (1) or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation including any amendments hereto or a designation of one (1) or more series of Preferred Stock or pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. There shall be no cumulative voting. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of outstanding Preferred Stock, holders of shares of Common Stock shall have equal rights of participation in the dividends and other distributions in cash, stock or property of the Corporation when, as and if declared thereon by the Board of Directors from time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor and shall have equal rights to receive the assets and funds of the Corporation available for distribution to stockholders in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary. The number of authorized shares of Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by (in addition to any vote of the holders of one (1) or more series of Preferred Stock that may be required by the terms of this Certificate of Incorporation including any amendments hereto or a designation of one (1) or more series of Preferred Stock) the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of capital stock of the Corporation representing a majority of the votes represented by all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the General Corporation Law.
(C) Preferred Stock.
1. Shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation may be issued from time to time in one or more series, the shares of each series to have such voting powers, full or limited, if any, and such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as are stated and expressed herein or in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series, adopted by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided.
2. Authority is hereby expressly granted to the Board of Directors of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of this Article IV and to the limitations prescribed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, to authorize by resolution or resolutions from time to time the issuance of one or more series of Preferred Stock out of the authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock and with respect to each such series to fix, by filing a certificate of designation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware setting forth such resolution or resolutions and providing for the issuance of such series, the voting powers, full or limited, if any, of the shares of such series and the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof. The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each series shall include, but not be limited to, the determination or fixing of the following:
(i) the designation of such series;
(ii) the number of shares of such series, which number the Board of Directors may thereafter (except where otherwise provided in the certificate of designation for such series) increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding);
(iii) the dividend rate, if any, payable to holders of shares of such series, any conditions and dates upon which such dividends shall be payable, the relation which such dividends shall bear to the dividends payable on any other class or classes of stock or any other series of any class of stock of the Corporation, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or non-cumulative;
(iv) whether the shares of such series shall be subject to redemption by the Corporation, in whole or in part, at the option of the Corporation or of the holder thereof, and, if made subject to such redemption, the times, prices, form of payment and other terms and conditions of such redemption;
(v) the terms and amount of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of the shares of such series;
(vi) whether or not the shares of such series shall be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of any other class or classes of any stock or any other series of any class of stock of the Corporation or any other security, and, if provision is made for conversion or exchange, the times, prices, rates, adjustments, and other terms and conditions of such conversion or exchanges;
(vii) the extent, if any, to which the holders of shares of such series shall be entitled to vote generally, with respect to the election of directors, upon specified events or otherwise;
(viii) the restrictions, if any, on the issue or reissue of any additional Preferred Stock; and
(ix) the rights and preferences of the holders of the shares of such series upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of, or upon the distribution of assets of, the Corporation.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the resolutions providing for issuance of any series of Preferred Stock may provide that such series shall be superior to, rank equally with or be junior to any other series of Preferred Stock to the extent permitted by law and the terms of any other series of Preferred Stock.
ARTICLE V
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(A) Power of the Board of Directors. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. In furtherance, and not in limitation, of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors shall be expressly authorized to:
1. determine the rights, powers, duties, rules and procedures that affect the power of the Board of Directors to manage and direct the business and affairs of the Corporation;
2. establish one or more committees of the Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors, to which may be delegated any or all of the powers and duties of the Board of Directors to the fullest extent permitted by law; and
3. exercise all such powers and do all such acts as may be exercised by the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware, this Certificate of Incorporation, and the bylaws of the Corporation (as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the “Bylaws”).
(B) Number of Directors. The number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by a vote of a majority of the Board of Directors in the manner provided in the Bylaws.
(C) Vacancies. Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, any vacancies on the Board of Directors for any reason, including from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of any director, and any newly created directorships resulting by reason of any increase in the number of directors shall be filled exclusively by the Board of Directors, acting by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and shall not be filled by stockholders. Any directors elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
(D) Removal of Directors. Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, any director, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause only by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting as a single class.
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE
(A) Limitation of Liability of Directors. A Director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a Director to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware as the same now exists or hereafter may be amended.
(B) Indemnification. The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by said section, and the indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such person.
(C) Insurance. The Corporation shall have the power to maintain insurance on behalf of any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify as discussed above against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability.
Neither any amendment nor repeal of this Article VI, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article VI, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article VI, in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit, claim or proceeding that, but for this Article VI, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
ARTICLE VII
AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS
(A) Amendment by the Board of Directors. In furtherance, and not in limitation, of the powers conferred upon it by law, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to amend, alter, change, adopt or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation; provided, however, that no Bylaws hereafter adopted shall invalidate any prior act of the directors that would have been valid if such Bylaws had not been adopted.
(B) Amendment by Stockholders. In addition to any requirements of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware), unless otherwise specified in the Bylaws, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of all of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders of the Corporation to amend, alter, change, adopt or repeal any Bylaws of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
The Corporation hereby reserves the right at any time and from time to time to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and any other provisions authorized by the General Corporation Law of Delaware may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred on stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever therein granted are subject to this reservation.
ARTICLE IX
NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS OF INCORPORATOR
The name and mailing address of the Incorporator is as follows:
Peter Kassel
774 Mays Blvd, Ste 10-220
Incline Village, NV 89451
By:
Incorporator
Name: Peter Kassel
STATE OF DELAWARE
CERTIFICATE OF CONVERSION
FROM A LIABILITY COMPANY TO A
CORPORATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 265 OF
THE DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW
Pursuant to Title 8, Section 265 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the undersigned converting limited liability company does hereby submit this Certificate of Conversion for the purposes of converting to a business corporation.
1. The jurisdiction where the limited liability company first formed is Nevada.
2. The jurisdiction immediately prior to filing this Certificate of Conversion is Nevada.
3. The date the limited liability company was first formed is August 3, 2011.
4. The name of the limited liability company immediately prior to filing this Certificate of Conversion is “Healthy Sole, L.L.C.”.
5. The name of the corporation set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation is “HealthySole, Inc.”.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being duly authorized to sign on behalf of the converting limited liability company has executed this Certificate of Conversion on this 5th day of May, 2022.
HEALTHYSOLE, L.L.C.
Name: Robert Kassel
Title: Manager
BYLAWS
OF
HEALTHYSOLE, INC.
a Delaware Corporation
As adopted on May 10, 2022
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS | 1 | |||
| 1.1. Definitions. | 1 | |||
| 1.2. Offices. | 1 | |||
| ARTICLE II. OFFICES | 1 | |||
| 2.1. Principal Office. | 1 | |||
| 2.2. Registered Office. | 1 | |||
| 2.3. Other Offices. | 2 | |||
| ARTICLE III. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS | 2 | |||
| 3.1. Annual Meetings. | 2 | |||
| 3.2. Special Meetings. | 2 | |||
| 3.3. Place of Meetings. | 2 | |||
| 3.4. Notice of Meetings. | 2 | |||
| 3.5. Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations. | 3 | |||
| 3.6. Waiver of Notice. | 4 | |||
| 3.7. Adjournment of Meeting. | 5 | |||
| 3.8. Quorum. | 5 | |||
| 3.9. Organization. | 5 | |||
| 3.10. Conduct of Business. | 5 | |||
| 3.11. List of Stockholders. | 6 | |||
| 3.12. Fixing of Record Date. | 6 | |||
| 3.13. Voting of Shares. | 6 | |||
| 3.14. Inspectors. | 7 | |||
| 3.15. Proxies. | 7 | |||
| 3.16. Action by Consent. | 7 | |||
| 3.17. Cumulative Voting. | 9 | |||
| 3.18. Telephonic or Virtual Meetings. | 9 | |||
| ARTICLE IV. BOARD OF DIRECTORS | 9 | |||
| 4.1. General Powers. | 9 | |||
| 4.2. Number. | 9 | |||
| 4.3. Election of Directors and Term of Office. | 9 | |||
| 4.4. Resignations. | 9 | |||
| 4.5. Removal. | 9 | |||
| 4.6. Vacancies. | 9 | |||
| 4.7. Chairman of the Board. | 10 | |||
| 4.8. Compensation. | 10 | |||
| 4.9. Insuring Directors, Officers, and Employees. | 10 | |||
| 4.10. Delegation of Authority. | 10 | |||
| ARTICLE V. MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS | 10 | |||
| 5.1. Regular Meetings. | 10 | |||
| 5.2. Place of Meetings. | 10 |
| 5.3. Meetings by Telecommunications or other Electronic Meetings. | 10 | |||
| 5.4. Special Meetings. | 11 | |||
| 5.5. Notice of Special Meetings. | 11 | |||
| 5.6. Waiver by Presence. | 11 | |||
| 5.7. Quorum. | 11 | |||
| 5.8. Conduct of Business. | 11 | |||
| 5.9. Action by Consent. | 12 | |||
| 5.10. Transactions with Interested Directors. | 12 | |||
| ARTICLE VI. COMMITTEES | 12 | |||
| 6.1. Committees of the Board. | 12 | |||
| 6.2. Selection of Committee Members. | 12 | |||
| 6.3. Conduct of Business. | 12 | |||
| 6.4. Authority. | 13 | |||
| 6.5. Minutes. | 13 | |||
| 6.6. Committees. | 13 | |||
| All Committees and all powers provided to such Committees shall be consistent | 13 | |||
| ARTICLE VII. OFFICERS | 13 | |||
| 7.1. Officers of the Company. | 13 | |||
| 7.2. Election and Term. | 13 | |||
| 7.3. Compensation of Officers. | 13 | |||
| 7.4. Removal of Officers and Agents. | 13 | |||
| 7.5. Resignation of Officers and Agents. | 13 | |||
| 7.6. Bond. | 14 | |||
| 7.7. Chief Executive Officer. | 14 | |||
| 7.8. President. | 14 | |||
| 7.9. Vice Presidents. | 14 | |||
| 7.10. Chief Operating Officer. | 14 | |||
| 7.11. Chief Financial Officer. | 14 | |||
| 7.12. Secretary. | 15 | |||
| 7.13. Assistant Secretaries. | 15 | |||
| 7.14. Treasurer. | 15 | |||
| 7.15. Assistant Treasurers. | 15 | |||
| 7.16. Other Officers. | 15 | |||
| 7.17. Delegation of Authority. | 15 | |||
| 7.18. Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations. | 16 | |||
| 7.19. Vacancies. | 16 | |||
| ARTICLE VIII. CONTRACTS, DRAFTS, DEPOSITS AND ACCOUNTS | 16 | |||
| 8.1. Contracts. | 16 | |||
| 8.2. Drafts. | 16 | |||
| 8.3. Deposits. | 16 | |||
| 8.4. General and Special Bank Accounts. | 16 | |||
| ARTICLE IX. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER | 16 | |||
| 9.1. Certificates for Shares. | 16 |
| 9.2. Transfer of Shares. | 17 | |||
| 9.3. Lost Certificates. | 18 | |||
| 9.4. Regulations. | 18 | |||
| 9.5. Holder of Record. | 18 | |||
| 9.6. Treasury Shares. | 18 | |||
| 9.7. Consideration For Shares. | 18 | |||
| ARTICLE X. INDEMNIFICATION | 18 | |||
| 10.1. Indemnification. | 18 | |||
| 10.2. Insurance. | 19 | |||
| 10.3. Effect of Amendment. | 19 | |||
| ARTICLE XI. TAKEOVER OFFERS | 19 | |||
| 11.1. Takeover Offers. | 19 | |||
| ARTICLE XII. DIVIDENDS | 19 | |||
| 12.1. General. | 19 | |||
| 12.2. Dividend Reserve. | 19 | |||
| ARTICLE XIII. NOTICES | 19 | |||
| 13.1. General. | 19 | |||
| 13.2. Waiver of Notice. | 19 | |||
| 13.3. Electronic Notice. | 20 | |||
| 13.4. Undeliverable Notices. | 20 | |||
| ARTICLE XIV. MISCELLANEOUS | 21 | |||
| 14.1. Facsimile Signatures. | 21 | |||
| 14.2. Corporate Seal. | 21 | |||
| 14.3. Fiscal Year. | 21 | |||
| 14.4. Bylaw Provisions Additional and Supplemental to Provisions of Law. | 21 | |||
| 14.5. Bylaw Provisions Contrary to or Inconsistent with Provisions of Law. | 21 | |||
| ARTICLE XV. AMENDMENTS | 21 | |||
| 15.1. Amendments. | 21 |
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BYLAWS
OF
HEALTHYSOLE, INC,
a Delaware Corporation
Adopted on May 5, 2022
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1. Definitions. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, in these Bylaws:
1.1.1 “Board” means the board of directors of the Company and/or an authorized Committee of the Board, as applicable.
1.1.2 “Bylaws” means these Bylaws as adopted by the Board and includes amendments subsequently adopted by the Board or by the Stockholders.
1.1.3 “Certificate of Incorporation” or “Certificate” means the Certificate of Incorporation of Kurve Therapeutics, Inc., as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and includes all amendments thereto and restatements thereof subsequently filed.
1.1.4 “Company” means HealthySole, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
1.1.5 “Delaware Law” means the Delaware General Corporation Law (Title 8, Chapter 1 of the Delaware Code).
1.1.6 “Section” refers to sections of these Bylaws.
1.1.7 “Stockholder” means stockholders of record of the Company.
1.2. Offices. The title of an office refers to the person or persons who at any given time perform the duties of that particular office for the Company.
ARTICLE
II.
OFFICES
2.1. Principal Office. The Company may locate its principal office within or without the state of incorporation as the Board may determine.
2.2. Registered Office. The registered office of the Company required by law to be maintained in the state of incorporation may be, but need not be, the same as the principal place of business of the Company. The Board may change the address of the registered office from time to time.
2.3. Other Offices. The Company may have offices at such other places, either within or without the state of incorporation, as the Board may designate or as the business of the Company may require from time to time.
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ARTICLE
III.
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
3.1. Annual Meetings. The Stockholders of the Company shall hold their annual meetings for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other proper business as may come before such meetings at such time, date and place as the Board shall determine by resolution, provided the Board may also determine that a virtual meeting of Stockholders by means of remote communication shall be held in addition to or instead of a physical meeting as permitted by Delaware law.
3.2. Special Meetings. The Board, the Chairman of the Board, the President, a majority of the members of the Board or a committee of the Board duly designated and whose powers and authority include the power to call meetings may call special meetings of the Stockholders of the Company at any time for any purpose or purposes. Special meetings of the Stockholders of the Company may also be called by the holders of at least 25% of all shares entitled to vote at the proposed special meeting.
If any person(s) other than the Board or the Chairman call a special meeting, the request shall:
(i) be in writing;
(ii) specify the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted; and
(iii) be delivered personally or sent by registered mail or by facsimile transmission to the Secretary of the Company.
(iv) additionally, if the special meeting is called by Stockholders as provided above, the request shall include documentation sufficient to confirm the Stockholder(s) total ownership of shares entitled to vote at the proposed special meeting.
Upon receipt of such a request, the Board shall determine the date, time and place of such special meeting, which must be scheduled to be held on a date that is within ninety (90) days of receipt by the Secretary of the request therefor, and the Secretary of the Company shall prepare a proper notice thereof. No business may be transacted at such special meeting other than the business specified in the notice to Stockholders of such meeting.
3.3. Place of Meetings. The Stockholders shall hold all meetings at such places, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board or a committee of the Board shall specify in the notice or waiver of notice for such meetings.
3.4. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise required by law, the Board or a committee of the Board shall give notice of each meeting of Stockholders, whether annual or special, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. The Board or a committee of the
Board shall deliver a notice to each Stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting by delivering a typewritten or printed notice thereof to him personally, or by depositing such notice in the United States mail, in a postage prepaid envelope, directed to him at his address as it appears on the records of the Company, or by transmitting a notice thereof to him at such address by telegraph, telecopy, cable or wireless or, if the Stockholder has provided the Company his, her or its, email and authorization to be contacted via email, via email. If mailed, notice is given on the date deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the Stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Company. If emailed, in accordance with the above, notice is given on the date the email is sent to the Stockholder at his, her or its email address as it appears on the records of the Company. An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the Transfer Agent of the Company that he has given notice shall constitute, in the absence of fraud, prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
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Every notice of a meeting of the Stockholders shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, also shall state the purpose or purposes of the meeting. Furthermore, if the Company will maintain the list at a place other than where the meeting will take place, every notice of a meeting of the Stockholders shall specify where the Company will maintain the list of Stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting.
3.5. Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Stockholders who intend to nominate persons to the Board of Directors, subject where applicable to these Bylaws and applicable law, or propose any other action at an annual meeting of Stockholders must timely notify the Secretary of the Company of such intent. To be timely, a Stockholder’s notice must be delivered, mailed or emailed, and received at the principal executive offices of the Company or via email, as applicable, not earlier than the close of business on the day which falls 120 days prior to the one year anniversary of the Company’s last annual meeting of Stockholders and not later than the close of business on the day which falls 90 days prior to the one year anniversary of the Company’s last annual meeting of Stockholders, together with written notice of the stockholder’s intention to present a proposal for action at the meeting, unless the Company’s annual meeting date occurs more than 30 days before or 30 days after the one year anniversary of the Company’s last annual meeting of Stockholders. In that case, the Company must receive proposals not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the date of the annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the date of the annual meeting or, if the first public announcement (or announcement to the stockholders if the Company is privately held) of the date of the annual meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of the meeting, the 10th day following the day on which the Company first makes a public announcement of the date of the annual meeting (or if the Company is privately held, the first stockholder announcement of the date of the annual meeting). Such notice must be in writing and must include (a) the name and record address of the Stockholder who intends to propose the business and the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Company which are owned beneficially or of record by such Stockholder; (b) a representation that the Stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Company entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to introduce the business specified in the notice; (c) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting; (d) any material interest of the Stockholder in such business; and (e) any other information that is required to be provided by the
Stockholder pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (such act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the “Exchange Act”), if the Company is subject to the Exchange Act. In the event the Stockholder proposal relates to a nomination for appointment of a director of the Company, the notice shall also forth (a) as to each person whom the Stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Company which are owned beneficially or of record by the person and (iv) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.
Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at any annual meeting of Stockholders, or at any special meeting of Stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (b) by any Stockholder of the Company (i) who is a Stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 3.5 and on the record date for the determination of Stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 3.5.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to include information with respect to a Stockholder proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a stockholder’s meeting, Stockholders must provide notice as required by, and otherwise comply with the requirements of, the Exchange Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder. The Board of Directors reserves the right to refuse to submit any such proposal to Stockholders at an annual meeting if, in its judgment, the information provided in the notice is inaccurate or incomplete. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing Section 3.5 shall be the exclusive means for a Stockholder to make nominations or propose business (other than business included in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, if the Company is subject to the Exchange Act) at an annual meeting of stockholders. For purposes of these Bylaws, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or if the Company is privately held, a private announcement by the Company to its stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.5, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and applicable state law with respect to matters set forth in this Section 3.5, if the Company is subject to the Exchange Act. Nothing in this Section 3.5 shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act (if the Company is subject to the Exchange Act), or the Company’s or the Board of Director’s rights and obligations under the Exchange Act (if the Company is subject to the Exchange Act) and state law, as applicable.
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3.6. Waiver of Notice. Whenever these Bylaws require written notice, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall constitute the equivalent of notice. Attendance of a person at any meeting shall constitute a waiver
of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. No written waiver of notice need specify either the business to be transacted at, or the purpose or purposes of any regular or special meeting of the Stockholders, directors or members of a committee of the Board.
3.7. Adjournment of Meeting. When the Stockholders, the Board of Directors, or an officer (as provided in Section 3.8 below), adjourn a meeting to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Stockholders may transact any business which they may have transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days or, if after the adjournment, the Board or a committee of the Board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, the Board or a committee of the Board shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each Stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
3.8. Quorum. Except as otherwise required by law, the holders of 33 1/3% of all of the shares of the stock entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for all purposes at any meeting of the Stockholders except as otherwise provided by applicable law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws. In the absence of a quorum at any meeting or any adjournment thereof, (A) the Board of Directors, without a vote of the Stockholders, may (1) postpone, reschedule, or cancel any previously scheduled annual meeting of stockholders and (2) postpone, reschedule, or cancel any previously scheduled special meeting of the Stockholders called by the Board of Directors or management (but not by the Stockholders); or (B) the holders of a majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy, or, in the absence therefrom of all the Stockholders, any officer entitled to preside at, or to act as secretary of, such meeting may adjourn such meeting to another place, date or time.
If the chairman of the meeting gives notice of any adjourned special meeting of Stockholders to all Stockholders entitled to vote thereat, stating that the minimum percentage of Stockholders for a quorum as provided by Delaware Law shall constitute a quorum, then, except as otherwise required by law, that percentage at such adjourned meeting shall constitute a quorum and a majority of the votes cast at such meeting shall determine all matters.
Votes cast shall include votes cast against any proposal and shall exclude abstentions and broker non-votes, provided that votes cast against any proposal, abstentions and broker non-votes shall be counted in determining a quorum at any meeting.
3.9. Organization. Such person as the Board may have designated or, in the absence of such a person, the highest ranking officer of the Company who is present shall call to order any meeting of the Stockholders, determine the presence of a quorum, and act as chairman of the meeting. In the absence of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, the chairman shall appoint someone to act as the secretary of the meeting.
3.10. Conduct of Business. The chairman of any meeting of Stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such regulations of the manner of voting and the conduct of discussion as he/she deems in order.
3.11. List of Stockholders. At least 10 days before every meeting of Stockholders, the Secretary shall prepare a list of the Stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each Stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each Stockholder. The Company shall make the list available for examination by any Stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting will take place or at the place designated in the notice of the meeting.
The Secretary shall produce and keep the list at the time and place of the meeting during the entire duration of the meeting, and any Stockholder who is present may inspect the list at the meeting. The list shall constitute presumptive proof of the identity of the Stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares each Stockholder holds.
A determination of Stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of Stockholders pursuant to this Section shall apply to any adjournment thereof.
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3.12. Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining Stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or Stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of Stockholders for any other proper purpose, the Board or a committee of the Board may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of Stockholders. However, the Board shall not fix such date, in any case, more than 60 days nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the particular action.
If the Board or a committee of the Board does not fix a record date for the determination of Stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Stockholders, the record date shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held or the date on which the Board adopts the resolution declaring a dividend.
3.13. Voting of Shares. Except as otherwise required by Delaware Law, the Certificate, any certificate of designations, or the Bylaws, (i) at all meetings of Stockholders for the election of directors, a plurality of votes cast shall be sufficient to elect such directors; (ii) any other action taken by Stockholders shall be valid and binding upon the Company with the affirmative vote of the holders of the majority of the shares entitled to vote on, and who voted for, against, or expressly abstained with respect to, the matter at a Stockholders’ meeting of the Company at which a quorum is present, except that adoption, amendment or repeal of the Bylaws by Stockholders will require the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote; and (iii) broker non-votes are considered for purposes of establishing a quorum but not considered as votes cast for or against a proposal or director nominee. Each Stockholder shall have one vote for every share of stock having voting rights registered in his/her name on the record date for the meeting, except as otherwise provided in any preferred stock designation setting forth the right of preferred stock stockholders. The Company shall not have the right to vote treasury stock of the Company, nor shall another corporation have the right to vote its stock of the Company if the Company holds, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation. Persons holding stock of the Company in a fiduciary capacity shall have the right to vote such stock. Persons who have pledged their stock of the Company shall have the right to vote such stock unless in the transfer on the books of the Company the pledgor expressly empowered
the pledgee to vote such stock. In that event, only the pledgee, or his/her proxy, may represent such stock and vote thereon.
Where a separate vote by a class or classes is required, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or classes, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter and the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class or classes present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class.
3.14. Inspectors. At any meeting in which the Stockholders vote by ballot, the chairman may appoint one or more inspectors. Each inspector shall take and sign an oath to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting faithfully, with strict impartiality, and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors shall ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each; determine the shares represented at a meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots; count all votes and ballots; determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors; and certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting, and their count of all votes and ballots. The certification required herein shall take the form of a subscribed, written report prepared by the inspectors and delivered to the Secretary of the Company. An inspector need not be a Stockholder of the Company, and any officer of the Company may be an inspector on any question other than a vote for or against a proposal in which he/she has a material interest.
3.15. Proxies. A Stockholder may exercise any voting rights in person or by his/her proxy appointed by an instrument in writing, which he/she or his/her authorized attorney-in-fact has subscribed and which the proxy has delivered to the Secretary of the meeting pursuant to the manner prescribed by law.
A proxy is not valid after the expiration of 3 years after the date of its execution, unless the person executing it specifies thereon the length of time for which it is to continue in force or limits its use to a particular meeting. Each proxy is irrevocable if it expressly states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power.
The attendance at any meeting of a Stockholder who previously has given a proxy shall not have the effect of revoking the same unless he notifies the Secretary in writing prior to the voting of the proxy.
3.16. Action by Consent. Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of Stockholders of the Company or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such Stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action that is the subject of the consent at a meeting in which each Stockholder entitled to vote on the action is present and votes, and shall be delivered to the Company by delivery to its registered office, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Company having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded.
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Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each Stockholder who signs the consent, and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within 60 days (or such other period as provided by applicable law) of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this Section to the Company, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Company by delivery to its registered office, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the Company having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Company’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those Stockholders who have not consented in writing, provided further that failure to provide such notice shall not effect the validity of such action.
In the event of the delivery to the Company of a consent or consents in writing (“Consents”), the Secretary of the Company, or such other officer of the Company as the Board may designate, shall provide for the safe-keeping of such Consents and any related revocations and shall promptly conduct such ministerial review of the sufficiency of all Consents and any related revocations and of the validity of the action to be taken by Stockholder consent as the Secretary of the Company, or such other officer of the Company as the Board may designate, as the case may be, deems necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, whether the Stockholders of a number of shares having the requisite voting power to authorize or take the action specified in Consents have given consent; provided, however, that if the corporate action to which the Consents relate is the removal or replacement of one or more members of the Board, the Secretary of the Company, or such other officer of the Company as the Board may designate, as the case may be, shall promptly designate two persons, who shall not be members of the Board, to serve as inspectors (“Inspectors”) with respect to such Consent and such Inspectors shall discharge the functions of the Secretary of the Company, or such other officer of the Company as the Board may designate, as the case may be, under this section. If after such investigation the Secretary of the Company, such other officer of the Company as the Board may designate or the Inspectors, as the case may be, shall determine that the action purported to have been taken is duly authorized by the Consents, that fact shall be certified on the records of the Company kept for the purpose of recording the proceedings of meetings of Stockholders and the Consents shall be filed in such records.
In conducting the investigation required by this section, the Secretary of the Company, such other officer of the Company as the Board may designate or the Inspectors, as the case may be, may, at the expense of the Company, retain special legal counsel and any other necessary or appropriate professional advisors as such person or persons may deem necessary or appropriate and shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the opinion of such counsel or advisors.
No action by written consent without a meeting shall be effective until such date as the Secretary of the Company, such other officer of the Company as the Board may designate, or the Inspectors, as applicable, certify to the Company that the Consents delivered to the Company in accordance with this section, represent at least the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to take the corporate action in accordance with Delaware Law and the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company.
Nothing contained in this Section 3.16 shall in any way be construed to suggest or imply that the Board or any Stockholder shall not be entitled to contest the validity of any Consents or related revocations, whether before or after such certification by the Secretary of the Company, such other officer of the Company as the Board may designate or the Inspectors, as the case may be, or to take any other action (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution, or defense of any litigation with respect thereto, and the seeking of injunctive relief in such litigation).
3.17. Cumulative Voting. Cumulative voting is expressly forbidden.
3.18. Telephonic or Virtual Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, meetings of the Stockholders may be held through the use of conference telephone or similar communications equipment (including, but not limited to video conferencing), email or instant mail as long as all members participating in such meeting can communicate with one another at the time of such meeting. Participation in such meeting constitutes presence in person at such meeting.
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IV.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
4.1. General Powers. The Board shall manage the property, business and affairs of the Company.
4.2. Number. The number of directors who shall constitute the Board shall equal not less than 1 nor more than 10, as the Board or majority Stockholders may determine by resolution from time to time.
4.3. Election of Directors and Term of Office. The Stockholders of the Company shall elect the directors at the annual or adjourned annual meeting (except as otherwise provided herein for the filling of vacancies). Each director shall hold office until his death, resignation, retirement, removal, or disqualification, or until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.
4.4. Resignations. Any director of the Company may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board or to the Secretary of the Company. Any resignation shall take effect upon receipt or at the time specified in the notice. Unless the notice specifies otherwise, the effectiveness of the resignation shall not depend upon its acceptance.
4.5. Removal. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any applicable certificate of designation or these Bylaws, stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at an election of directors may remove any director or the entire Board of Directors at any time, with or without cause.
4.6. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any applicable certificate of designation or these Bylaws, and subject to applicable law, any vacancy on the Board, whether because of death, resignation, disqualification, an increase in the number of directors, or any other cause may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, a sole remaining director, or the majority Stockholders. Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Certificate
of Incorporation or any applicable certificate of designation, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of the directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole remaining director so elected. Any director elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office until his death, resignation, retirement, removal, or disqualification, or until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.
4.7. Chairman of the Board. At the initial and annual meeting of the Board, the directors may elect from their number a Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall perform such other duties as the Board may direct. The Board also may elect a Vice Chairman and other officers of the Board, with such powers and duties as the Board may designate from time to time.
4.8. Compensation. The Board may compensate directors for their services and may provide for the payment of all expenses the directors incur by attending meetings of the Board or otherwise.
4.9. Insuring Directors, Officers, and Employees. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Company, or on behalf of any person serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against that person and incurred by that person in any such company, whether or not the Company has the power to indemnify that person against liability for any of those acts.
4.10. Delegation of Authority. Notwithstanding any provision of these Bylaws to the contrary, the Board may delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent.
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V.
MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS
5.1. Regular Meetings. The Board may hold regular meetings at such places, dates and times as the Board shall establish by resolution. If any day fixed for a meeting falls on a legal holiday, the Board shall hold the meeting at the same place and time on the next succeeding business day. The Board need not give notice of regular meetings.
5.2. Place of Meetings. The Board may hold any of its meetings in or out of the State of Delaware, at such places as the Board may designate, at such places as the notice or waiver of notice of any such meeting may designate, or at such places as the persons calling the meeting may designate.
5.3. Meetings by Telecommunications or other Electronic Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, meetings of the Board or of any committee designated by the Board may be held through the use of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment such as email, instant messaging or similar communication so long as all members participating in such meeting can communicate with one another at the time of such meeting. Participation in such a meeting constitutes presence in person at such meeting. Each person participating in the meeting, or a duly appointed Secretary of the meeting, who
attended such meeting, shall sign the minutes thereof, which may be in counterparts. Approval of said meeting may be accomplished via email or fax.
5.4. Special Meetings. The Chairman of the Board (or if there is no Chairman, any member of the Board of Directors), the President (or any Vice President if the President is absent or unable or refuses to act), or any two directors then in office (not including the Chairman, if the Company has a Chairman) may call a special meeting of the Board. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board may fix any place, either in or out of the State of Delaware as the place for the meeting.
5.5. Notice of Special Meetings. The person or persons calling a special meeting of the Board shall give written notice to each director of the time, place, date and purpose of the meeting of not less than three business days if by mail and not less than 24 hours if by facsimile (with confirmation of delivery), email or in person before the date of the meeting, or as otherwise provided by law. If mailed, notice is given on the date deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, to such director. If emailed, notice is given on the date the email is sent the member of the Board at his or her email address as it appears on the records of the Company. A director may waive notice of any special meeting, and any meeting shall constitute a legal meeting without notice if all the directors are present or if those not present sign either before or after the meeting a written waiver of notice, a consent to such meeting, or an approval of the minutes of the meeting. A notice or waiver of notice need not specify the purposes of the meeting or the business which the Board will transact at the meeting. Generally, a tentative agenda will be included, but the meeting shall not be confined to any agenda included with the notice.
Upon providing notice, the Secretary or other officer sending notice shall sign and file in the Corporate Record Book a statement of the details of the notice given to each director. If such statement should later not be found in the Corporate Record Book, due notice shall be presumed.
5.6. Waiver by Presence. Except when expressly for the purpose of objecting to the legality of a meeting, a director’s presence at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting.
5.7. Quorum. A majority of the directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for all purposes at any meeting of the Board. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of directors present at any meeting may adjourn the meeting to another place, date or time without further notice. No proxies shall be given by directors to any person for purposes of voting or establishing a quorum at a directors’ meeting.
5.8. Conduct of Business. The Board shall transact business in such order and manner as the Board may determine. Except as the law requires otherwise, the Board shall determine all matters by the vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present. The directors shall act as a Board, and the individual directors shall have no power as such. At every meeting of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, if there is such an officer, and if not, the President, or in the President’s absence, a Vice President designated by the President, or in the absence of such designation, a Chairman chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall preside. The Secretary of the Company shall act as Secretary of the Board of Directors’
meetings. When the Secretary is absent from any meeting or in the discretion of the Chairman, the Chairman may appoint any person to act as Secretary of that meeting.
5.9. Action by Consent. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporationor these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.
5.10. Transactions with Interested Directors. Any contract or other transaction between the Company and any of its directors (or any corporation or firm in which any of its directors are directly or indirectly interested) shall be valid for all purposes notwithstanding the presence of that director at the meeting during which the contract or transaction was authorized, and notwithstanding the directors’ participation in that meeting. This Section shall apply only if the contract or transaction is just and reasonable to the Company at the time it is authorized and ratified, the interest of each director is known or disclosed to the Board of Directors, and the Board (or an authorized committee thereof) nevertheless authorizes or ratifies the contract or transaction by a majority of the disinterested directors present (or by authorized committee of the Board). Each interested director is to be counted in determining whether a quorum is present, but shall not vote and shall not be counted in calculating the majority necessary to carry the vote. This Section shall not be construed to invalidate contracts or transactions that would be valid in its absence.
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VI.
COMMITTEES
6.1. Committees of the Board. The Board may designate, by a vote of a majority of the directors then in office, committees of the Board. The committees shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and shall possess such lawfully delegable powers and duties as the Board may confer.
6.2. Selection of Committee Members. The Board shall elect by a vote of a majority of the directors then in office a director or directors to serve as the member or members of a committee. By the same vote, the Board may designate other directors as alternate members who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of a committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of any committee and any alternate member in his/her place, the member or members of the committee present at the meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he/she or they constitute a quorum, may appoint by unanimous vote another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of the absent or disqualified member.
6.3. Conduct of Business. Each committee may determine the procedural rules for meeting and conducting its business and shall act in accordance therewith, except as the law or these Bylaws require otherwise and except as the Board shall otherwise determine. Each committee shall make adequate provision for notice of all meetings to members. A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum, unless the committee consists of one or two members. In that event, one member shall constitute a quorum. A majority vote of the members
present shall determine all matters. A committee may take action without a meeting if all the members of the committee consent in writing and file the consent or consents with the minutes of the proceedings of the committee.
6.4. Authority. Any committee, to the extent the Board provides, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Company, and may authorize the affixation of the Company’s seal to all instruments which may require or permit it. However, no committee shall have any power or authority with regard to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the Stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Company’s property and assets, recommending to the Stockholders a dissolution of the Company or a revocation of a dissolution of the Company, or amending these Bylaws of the Company. Unless a resolution of the Board expressly provides, no committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock, or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger.
6.5. Minutes. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required.
6.6. Committees. All Committees and all powers provided to such Committees shall be consistent with Delaware Law, the Certificate and the rules and regulations of the principal market or exchange on which the Company’s capital stock then trades.
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VII.
OFFICERS
7.1. Officers of the Company. The officers of the Company may consist of a Chief Executive Officer, President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such Vice Presidents, a Chief Financial Officer, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers, and other officers as the Board may designate and elect from time to time. The same person may hold at the same time any two or more offices.
7.2. Election and Term. The Board shall elect the officers of the Company. Each officer shall hold office until his/her death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, or until his/her successor shall have been elected and qualified.
7.3. Compensation of Officers. The Board shall fix the compensation of all officers of the Company. No officer shall serve the Company in any other capacity and receive compensation, unless the Board authorizes the additional compensation.
7.4. Removal of Officers and Agents. The Board may remove any officer or agent it has elected or appointed at any time, with or without cause.
7.5. Resignation of Officers and Agents. Any officer or agent the Board has elected or appointed may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the President, or the Secretary of the Company. Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such notice or at any later time specified. Unless otherwise specified in the notice, the Board need not accept the resignation to make it effective.
7.6. Bond. The Board may require by resolution any officer, agent, or employee of the Company to give bond to the Company, with sufficient sureties conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties of his respective office or agency. The Board also may require by resolution any officer, agent or employee to comply with such other conditions as the Board may require from time to time.
7.7. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) shall be the general manager and chief executive officer of the Company, subject to the Board’s control, and as such shall supervise and direct all of the business, operations and affairs of the Company, shall have general supervision of the officers of the Company and shall have all such other authority as is incident to such office. When present, he/she shall sign (with or without the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, or any other officer or agent of the Company which the Board has authorized) deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments which the Board has authorized an officer or agent of the Company to execute. However, the Chief Executive Officer shall not sign any instrument which the law, these Bylaws, or the Board expressly require some other officer or agent of the Company to sign and execute. In general, the Chief Executive Officer shall perform all duties incident to the office of Chief Executive Officer and such other duties as the Board may prescribe from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer may be the President of the Company.
7.8. President. Each President shall have such powers and duties as may be delegated to him or her by the Board. A President may be designated by the Board to perform the duties and exercise the powers of the CEO in the event of the CEO’s absence or disability. In the event the Company does not have a Chief Executive Officer, all of the powers of the CEO, as set forth in Section 7.7, above, shall be held by the President.
7.9. Vice Presidents. In the absence of the President or in the event of his death, inability or refusal to act, the Vice Presidents in the order of their length of service as Vice Presidents, unless the Board determines otherwise, shall perform the duties of the President. When acting as the President, a Vice President shall have all the powers and restrictions of the Presidency. A Vice President shall perform such other duties as the President or the Board may assign to him from time to time.
7.10. Chief Operating Officer. The Chief Operating Officer (COO) shall oversee the day-to-day administrative and operational functions of the Company, see that all orders of the Board, the Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer are carried into effect, and perform other duties commonly incident to this office and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers and authority as the Board, the Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe.
7.11. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the Company, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, retained earnings and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.
The Chief Financial Officer shall deposit all money and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Company with such depositories as the Board may designate. The Chief Financial
Officer shall disburse the funds of the Company as may be ordered by the Board, shall render to the Chief Executive Officer or, in the absence of a Chief Executive Officer, any president and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all of his or her transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the Company, and shall have other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or these Bylaws.
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The Chief Financial Officer may be the Treasurer of the Company.
7.12. Secretary. The Secretary shall (a) keep the minutes of the meetings of the Stockholders and of the Board in one or more books for that purpose, (b) give all notices which these Bylaws or the law requires, (c) serve as custodian of the records and seal of the Company, (d) affix the seal of the Company to all documents which the Board has authorized execution on behalf of the Company under seal, (e) maintain a register of the address of each Stockholder of the Company (unless maintained by a duly appointed Transfer Agent), (f) sign, with the President, a Vice President, or any other officer or agent of the Company which the Board has authorized, certificates for shares of the Company, (g) have charge of the stock transfer books of the Company, and (h) perform all duties which the President or the Board may assign to him/her from time to time.
7.13. Assistant Secretaries. In the absence of the Secretary or in the event of his/her death, inability or refusal to act, the Assistant Secretaries in the order of their length of service as Assistant Secretary, unless the Board determines otherwise, shall perform the duties of the Secretary. When acting as the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary shall have the powers and restrictions of the Secretary. An Assistant Secretary shall perform such other duties as the President, Secretary or Board may assign from time to time.
7.14. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall (a) have responsibility for all funds and securities of the Company, (b) receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the Company from any source whatsoever, (c) deposit all moneys in the name of the Company in depositories which the Board selects, and (d) perform all of the duties which the President or the Board may assign to him/her from time to time.
7.15. Assistant Treasurers. In the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of his/her death, inability or refusal to act, the Assistant Treasurers in the order of their length of service as Assistant Treasurer, unless the Board determines otherwise, shall perform the duties of the Treasurer. When acting as the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer shall have the powers and restrictions of the Treasurer. An Assistant Treasurer shall perform such other duties as the Treasurer, the President, or the Board may assign to him/her from time to time.
7.16. Other Officers. The Board may appoint, or empower the Chief Executive Officer, or any other duly appointed officer of the Company, to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the Company may require. Each of such officers and agents shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these Bylaws or as the Board, Chief Executive Officer, or other designated officer may from time to time determine.
7.17. Delegation of Authority. Notwithstanding any provision of these Bylaws to the contrary, the Board may delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent.
7.18. Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations. Unless the Board directs otherwise, the Chief Executive Officer and President shall have the power to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the Company, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of stockholders of or with respect to any action of stockholders of any other corporation in which the Company holds securities. Furthermore, unless the Board directs otherwise, the Chief Executive Officer and President shall exercise any and all rights and powers which the Company possesses by reason of its ownership of securities in another corporation.
7.19. Vacancies. The Board may fill any vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause in the manner which these Bylaws prescribe for the regular appointment to such office.
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VIII.
CONTRACTS, DRAFTS, DEPOSITS AND ACCOUNTS
8.1. Contracts. Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, the Board, or any officers of the corporation authorized thereby, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Company; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
8.2. Drafts. From time to time, the Board shall determine by resolution which person or persons may sign or endorse all checks, drafts, other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness that are issued in the name of or payable to the corporation, and only the persons so authorized shall sign or endorse those instruments.
8.3. Deposits. The Treasurer shall deposit all funds of the Company not otherwise employed in such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as the Board may select or as any officer, assistant, agent or attorney of the Company to whom the Board has delegated such power may select. For the purpose of deposit and collection for the account of the Company, the President or the Treasurer (or any other officer, assistant, agent or attorney of the Company whom the Board has authorized) may endorse, assign and deliver checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of money payable to the order of the Company.
8.4. General and Special Bank Accounts. The Board may authorize the opening and keeping of general and special bank accounts with such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as the Board may select or as any officer, assistant, agent or attorney of the Company to whom the Board has delegated such power may select. The Board may make such special rules and regulations with respect to such bank accounts, not inconsistent with the provisions of these Bylaws, as it may deem expedient.
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CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
9.1. Certificates for Shares. Shares of the capital stock of the Company may be certificated or uncertificated, as provided under Delaware Law. Each Stockholder, upon written request to the Transfer Agent or registrar of the Company, shall be entitled to a certificate of the capital stock of the Company in such form as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board
of Directors. The Secretary, Transfer Agent, or registrar of the Company shall number the certificates representing shares of the stock of the Company in the order in which the Company issues them. The President or any Vice President and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary shall sign the certificates in the name of the Company. Any or all certificates may contain facsimile signatures. In case any officer, Transfer Agent, or registrar who has signed a certificate, or whose facsimile signature appears on a certificate, ceases to serve as such officer, Transfer Agent, or registrar before the Company issues the certificate, the Company may issue the certificate with the same effect as though the person who signed such certificate, or whose facsimile signature appears on the certificate, was such officer, Transfer Agent, or registrar at the date of issue. The Secretary, Transfer Agent, or registrar of the Company shall keep a record in the stock transfer books of the Company of the names of the persons, firms or corporations owning the stock represented by the certificates, the number and class of shares represented by the certificates and the dates thereof and, in the case of cancellation, the dates of cancellation. The Secretary, Transfer Agent, or registrar of the Company shall cancel every certificate surrendered to the Company for exchange or transfer. Except in the case of a lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated certificate, the Secretary, Transfer Agent, or registrar of the Company shall not issue a new certificate in exchange for an existing certificate until he has canceled the existing certificate.
If the Company shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualification, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the Company shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, provided that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of Delaware Law, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate which the Company shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the Company will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
9.2. Transfer of Shares. A holder of record of shares of the Company’s stock, or his attorney-in-fact authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary, Transfer Agent or registrar of the Company, may transfer his shares only on the stock transfer books of the Company. Such person shall furnish to the Secretary, Transfer Agent, or registrar of the Company proper evidence of his authority to make the transfer and shall properly endorse and surrender for cancellation his existing certificate or certificates for such shares. Whenever a holder of record of shares of the Company’s stock makes a transfer of shares for collateral security, the Secretary, Transfer Agent, or registrar of the Company shall state such fact in the entry of transfer if the transferor and the transferee request. When a transfer of shares is requested and there is reasonable doubt as to the right of the person seeking the transfer, the Company or its Transfer Agent, before recording the transfer of the shares on its books or issuing any certificate there for, may require from the person seeking the transfer reasonable proof of that person’s right to the transfer. If there remains a reasonable doubt of the right to the transfer, the Company may refuse a transfer unless the person gives adequate security or a bond of indemnity executed by a corporate surety or by two individual sureties satisfactory to the Company as to form, amount, and responsibility of sureties. The bond shall be conditioned to protect the Company, its officers,
Transfer Agents, and registrars, or any of them, against any loss, damage, expense, or other liability for the transfer or the issuance of a new certificate for shares.
9.3. Lost Certificates. The Board may direct the Secretary, Transfer Agent, or registrar of the Company to issue a new certificate to any holder of record of shares of the Company’s stock claiming that he/she has lost such certificate, or that someone has stolen, destroyed or mutilated such certificate, upon the receipt of an affidavit from such holder to such fact. When authorizing the issue of a new certificate, the Board, in its discretion may require as a condition precedent to the issuance that the owner of such certificate give the Company a bond of indemnity in such form and amount as the Board may direct.
9.4. Regulations. The Board may make such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with these Bylaws, as it deems expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of the stock of the Company. The Board may appoint or authorize any officer or officers to appoint one or more Transfer Agents, or one or more registrars, and may require all certificates for stock to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.
9.5. Holder of Record. The Company may treat as absolute owners of shares the person in whose name the shares stand of record as if that person had full competency, capacity and authority to exercise all rights of ownership, despite any knowledge or notice to the contrary or any description indicating a representative, pledge or other fiduciary relation, or any reference to any other instrument or to the rights of any other person appearing upon its record or upon the share certificate. However, the Company may treat any person furnishing proof of his/her appointment as a fiduciary as if he/she were the holder of record of the shares.
9.6. Treasury Shares. Treasury shares of the Company shall consist of shares which the Company has issued and thereafter acquired but not canceled. Treasury shares shall not carry voting or dividend rights.
9.7. Consideration For Shares. Shares may be issued for such consideration as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, but not less than the par value stated in the Certificate.
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X.
INDEMNIFICATION
10.1. Indemnification. The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by said section, and the indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorproation, any law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such person.
10.2. Insurance. The Company shall have the power to maintain insurance on behalf of any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify as discussed in Section 10.1 above against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability.
10.3. Effect of Amendment. Neither any amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor the adoption of any provision of these Bylaws inconsistent with this Article, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article, in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit, claim or proceeding that, but for this Article, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
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XI.
TAKEOVER OFFERS
11.1. Takeover Offers. In the event the Company receives a takeover offer, the Board of Directors shall consider all relevant factors in evaluating such offer, including, but not limited to, the terms of the offer, and the potential economic and social impact of such offer on the Company’s Stockholders, employees, customers, creditors and community in which it operates.
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XII.
DIVIDENDS
12.1. General. The Board, subject to any restrictions contained in either (i) Delaware Law, or (ii) the Certificate, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of its capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Company’s capital stock.
12.2. Dividend Reserve. The Board may set apart out of any of the funds of the Company available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve.
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XIII.
NOTICES
13.1. General. Whenever these Bylaws require notice to any Stockholder, director, officer or agent, such notice does not mean personal notice. A person may give effective notice under these Bylaws in every case by depositing a writing in a post office or letter box in a postpaid, sealed wrapper, or by dispatching a prepaid telegram addressed to such Stockholder, director, officer or agent at his/her address on the books of the Company. Unless these Bylaws expressly provide to the contrary, the time when the person sends notice shall constitute the time of the giving of notice.
13.2. Waiver of Notice. Whenever the law or these Bylaws require notice, the person entitled to said notice may waive such notice in writing, either before or after the time stated therein.
13.3. Electronic Notice. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to Stockholders pursuant to Delaware Law, the Certificate or these Bylaws, any notice to Stockholders given by the Company under any provision of Delaware Law, the Certificate or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the Stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the Stockholder by written notice to the Company. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if:
(i) the Company is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the Company in accordance with such consent; and
(ii) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or to the Transfer Agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice.
However, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.
Any notice given pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be deemed given:
(i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the Stockholder has consented to receive notice;
(ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the Stockholder has consented to receive notice;
(iii) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the Stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and
(iv) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the Stockholder.
An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the Transfer Agent or other agent of the Company that the notice has been given by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. An “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
Notwithstanding the above, no notice by a form of electronic transmission shall be effective if prohibited by Delaware Law, the Certificate or these Bylaws.
13.4. Undeliverable Notices. Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of Delaware Law, the Certificate or these Bylaws, to any Stockholder to whom (a) notice of two (2) consecutive annual meetings, or (b) all, and at least two (2) payments (if sent by first-class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a twelve (12) month period, have been mailed addressed to such person at such person’s address as shown on the records of the Company
and have been returned undeliverable, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to such person shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. If any such person shall deliver to the Company a written notice setting forth such person’s then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such person shall be reinstated. In the event that the action taken by the Company is such as to require the filing of an amendment to the Certificate with the Secretary of State of Delaware, the amendment need not state that notice was not given to persons to whom notice was not required to be given pursuant to Delaware Law.
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XIV.
MISCELLANEOUS
14.1. Facsimile Signatures. In addition to the use of facsimile signatures which these Bylaws specifically authorize, the Company may use such facsimile signatures of any officer or officers, agents or agent, of the Company as the Board or a committee of the Board may authorize.
14.2. Corporate Seal. The Board may provide for a suitable seal containing the name of the Company, of which the Secretary shall be in charge. The Treasurer, any Assistant Secretary, or any Assistant Treasurer may keep and use the seal or duplicates of the seal if and when the Board or a committee of the Board so directs.
14.3. Fiscal Year. The Board shall have the authority to fix and change the fiscal year of the Company.
14.4. Bylaw Provisions Additional and Supplemental to Provisions of Law. All restrictions, limitations, requirements and other provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed, insofar as possible, as supplemental and additional to all provisions of law applicable to the subject matter thereof and shall be fully complied with in addition to the said provisions of law unless such compliance shall be illegal.
14.5. Bylaw Provisions Contrary to or Inconsistent with Provisions of Law. Any article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause or phrase of these Bylaws which, upon being construed in the manner provided in Section 14.4 of these Bylaws, shall be contrary to or inconsistent with any applicable provision of law, shall not apply so long as said provisions of law shall remain in effect, but such result shall not affect the validity or applicability of any other portions of these Bylaws, it being hereby declared that these Bylaws, and each article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, would have been adopted irrespective of the fact that any one or more articles, sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses or phrases is or are illegal.
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XV.
AMENDMENTS
15.1. Amendments. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors, when such power is conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Certificate of Incorporation at any regular meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors, or at any special meeting of the stockholders or of the
Board of Directors if notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new by laws be contained in the notice of such special meeting. Bylaw changes shall take effect upon adoption unless otherwise specified.
The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing constitutes a true and correct copy of the Bylaws of the Company as adopted by the Directors on the 10th day of May, 2022.
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Robert Kassel, Secretary
HEALTHYSOLE, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION
COMMON STOCK SHARES
REGULATION A+ SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
Investing in securities represented by shares of common stock (“Shares”) of HealthySole, Inc. (the “Company”) involves significant risks. This investment is suitable only for persons who can afford to lose their entire investment and such investment could be illiquid for an indefinite period of time. No public market currently exists for the Shares, and if a public market develops following this offering, it may not continue.
The Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities or blue-sky laws and are being offered and sold in reliance on exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and state securities or blue-sky laws. Although an offering statement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), that offering statement does not include the same information that would be included in a registration statement under the Securities Act. The Shares have not been approved or disapproved by the SEC, any state securities commission or other regulatory authority, nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed upon the merits of this offering or the adequacy or accuracy of the offering circular or any other materials or information made available to subscriber in connection with this offering, through the online website platform https://www. healthysole.com, (the “Platform” or “Portal”) or the SEC’s EDGAR website at www.sec.gov.
No sale may be made to persons in this offering who are not “accredited investors” if the aggregate purchase price is more than 10% of the greater of such investors’ annual income or net worth. The Company is relying on the representations and warranties set forth by each subscriber in this Subscription Agreement and the other information provided by subscriber in connection with this offering to determine compliance with this requirement.
Prospective investors may not treat the contents of the Subscription Agreement, the offering circular or any of the other materials available (collectively, the “Offering Materials”) or any prior or subsequent communications from the Company or any of its affiliates, officers, employees or agents as investment, legal or tax advice. In making an investment decision, investors must rely on their own examination of the Company and the terms of this offering, including the merits and the risks involved. Each prospective investor should consult the investor’s own counsel, accountant and other professional advisor as to investment, legal, tax and other related matters concerning the investor’s proposed investment.
The Company reserves the right in its sole discretion and for any reason whatsoever to modify, amend and/or withdraw all or a portion of the offering and/or accept or reject in whole or in part any prospective investment in the Shares or to allot to any prospective investor less than the amount of Shares such investor desires to purchase.
Except as otherwise indicated, the Offering Materials speak as of their date. Neither the delivery nor the purchase of the Shares shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of the Company since that date.
This agreement (“Subscription Agreement,” or “Agreement”) is made as of the date set forth below by and between the undersigned (“Subscriber”) and the Company and is intended to set forth certain representations, covenants and agreements between Subscriber and the Company with respect to the offering (the “Offering”) for sale by the Company of the Shares as described in the Company’s Offering Circular dated , 2022 (the “Offering Circular”), a copy of which has been delivered to Subscriber. The Shares are also referred to herein as the “Securities.”
SUBSCRIPTION
1. Subscription. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Subscriber hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase from the Company the number of Shares set forth on the Subscription Agreement Signature Page, and the Company agrees to sell such Shares to Subscriber at a purchase price of $5.80 per Share for the total amount set forth on the Subscription Agreement Signature Page (the “Purchase Price”), subject to the Company’s right to sell to Subscriber such lesser number of Shares as the Company may, in its sole discretion, deem necessary or desirable.
2. Delivery of Subscription Amount; Acceptance of Subscription; Delivery of Securities. Subscriber understands and agrees that this Subscription is made subject to the following terms and conditions:
a. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement through the Platform, Subscriber shall pay the Purchase Price for the Shares in the form of ACH debit transfer, wire transfer, or credit card. Your subscription is irrevocable. The escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”) appointed by the Company will maintain all such funds for Subscriber’s benefit until the earliest to occur of: (i) the Closing (as defined below), (ii) the rejection of such subscription or (iii) the termination of the Offering by the Company in its sole discretion;
b. Payment of the Purchase Price shall be made by Subscriber via the Portal, and shall be held in escrow by the Escrow Agent until Closing, after which time, the funds tendered by Subscriber will be available to the Company;
c. This subscription shall be deemed to be accepted only when this Agreement has been signed by an authorized officer or agent of the Company (the “Closing”), and the deposit of the payment of the Purchase Price for clearance will not be deemed an acceptance of this Agreement;
d. The Company shall have the right to reject this subscription, in whole or in part;
e. The payment of the Purchase Price (or, in the case of rejection of a portion of the Subscriber’s subscription, the part of the payment relating to such rejected portion) will be
returned promptly, without interest or deduction, if Subscriber’s subscription is rejected in whole or in part or if the Offering is withdrawn or canceled;
f. Subscriber shall receive notice and evidence of the digital entry (or other manner of record) of the number of the Shares owned by Subscriber reflected on the books and records of the Company and verified by the company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”), which books and records shall bear a notation that the Shares were sold in reliance upon Regulation A;
g. The Offering is described in the Offering Circular, that is available through the online website platform https://www.healthysole.com, or the SEC’s EDGAR website at www.sec.gov. Please read this Agreement, the Offering Circular, and the Exhibits attached to the Offering Circular including, but not limited to, the Certificate of Incorporation of HealthySole, Inc. (the “Certificate”) and its bylaws (the “Bylaws”). While they are subject to change, as described below, the Company advises you to print and retain a copy of these documents for your records.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SUBSCRIBER
By executing this Subscription Agreement, Subscriber (and, if Subscriber is purchasing the Securities subscribed for hereby in a fiduciary capacity, the person or persons for whom Subscriber is so purchasing) represents and warrants, which representations and warranties are true and complete in all material respects as of the date of the Closing:
3. Requisite Power and Authority. Such Subscriber has all necessary power and authority under all applicable provisions of law to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement. All action on Subscriber’s part required for the lawful execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement has been or will be effectively taken prior to the Closing. Upon execution and delivery, this Subscription Agreement will be a valid and binding obligation of Subscriber, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except (a) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights and (b) as limited by general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable remedies.
4. Investment Representations. Subscriber understands that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act. Subscriber also understands that the Securities are being offered and sold pursuant to an exemption from registration contained in the Securities Act based in part upon Subscriber’s representations contained in this Agreement. Subscriber is purchasing the Shares for Subscriber’s own account. Subscriber has received and reviewed this Agreement, The Offering Circular, the Certificate and the Bylaws. Subscriber and/or Subscriber’s advisors, who are not affiliated with and not compensated directly or indirectly by the Company or an affiliate thereof, have such knowledge and experience in business and financial matters as will enable them to utilize the information which they have received in connection with the Offering to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment, to make an informed investment decision and to protect Subscriber’s own interest in connection with an investment in the Shares.
5. Illiquidity and Continued Economic Risk. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that there is no ready public market for the Securities and that there is no guarantee that a market for their resale will ever exist. Subscriber must bear the economic risk of this investment indefinitely and the Company has no obligation to list the Securities on any market or take any steps (including registration under the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) with respect to facilitating trading or resale of the Securities. Subscriber acknowledges that Subscriber is able to bear the economic risk of losing Subscriber’s entire investment in the Securities. Subscriber also understands that an investment in the Company involves significant risks and has taken full cognizance of and understands all of the risk factors relating to the purchase of Securities.
6. Accredited Investor Status or Investment Limits. Subscriber represents that either:
a. Subscriber is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act; or
b. The Purchase Price set out below, on the signature page of this Agreement, together with any other amounts previously used to purchase Securities in this Offering, does not exceed 10% of the greater of the Subscriber’s annual income or net worth. Subscriber represents that to the extent it has any questions with respect to its status as an accredited investor, or the application of the investment limits, it has sought professional advice.
7. Additional Subscriber Information; Payment Information. Subscriber agrees to provide any additional documentation the Company may reasonably request, including documentation as may be required by the Company to form a reasonable basis that the Subscriber qualifies as an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501 under Regulation D promulgated under the Act, or otherwise as a “qualified purchaser” as that term is defined in Regulation A promulgated under the Act, or as may be required by the securities administrators or regulators of any state, to confirm that the Subscriber meets any applicable minimum financial suitability standards and has satisfied any applicable maximum investment limits. Subscriber acknowledges that Subscriber’s responses to questions on the Platform are true, complete and accurate in all respects. Payment information provided by Subscriber through the Platform is true, accurate and correct and such payment information shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement as if and to the same extent that such information was set forth herein.
8. Company Information. Subscriber has read the Offering Circular filed with the SEC, including the section titled “Risk Factors.” Subscriber understands that the Company is subject to all the risks that apply to early-stage companies, whether or not those risks are explicitly set out in the Offering Circular. Subscriber acknowledges that no representations or warranties have been made to Subscriber, or to Subscriber’s advisors or representative, by the Company or others with respect to the business or prospects of the Company or its financial condition.
9. Neither the Company nor the Platform is an Investment Advisor. Subscriber understands that neither the Company nor the Platform is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
10. Valuation. Subscriber acknowledges that the price of the Securities was set by the Company on the basis of the Company’s internal valuation and no warranties are made as to value. Subscriber further acknowledges that future offerings of Securities may be made at lower valuations, with the result that the Subscriber’s investment will bear a lower valuation.
11. Domicile. Subscriber maintains Subscriber’s domicile (and is not a transient or temporary resident) at the address shown on the signature page and provided on the Platform.
12. Power of Attorney. Any power of attorney of the Subscriber granted in favor of the Company has been executed by the Subscriber in compliance with the laws of the state, province or jurisdiction in which such agreements were executed.
13. No Brokerage Fees. Other than commissions payable to Rialto Markets, a licensed broker-dealer, as placement agent, there are no claims for brokerage commission, finders’ fees or similar compensation in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement or related documents based on any arrangement or agreement binding upon Subscriber. Subscriber will indemnify and hold the Company harmless against any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such claim.
14. Foreign Investors. If Subscriber is not a United States person (as defined by Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended), Subscriber hereby represents that it has satisfied itself as to the full observance of the laws of its jurisdiction in connection with any invitation to subscribe for the Securities or any use of this Subscription Agreement, including (a) the legal requirements within its jurisdiction for the purchase of the Securities, (b) any foreign exchange restrictions applicable to such purchase, (c) any governmental or other consents that may need to be obtained, and (d) the income tax and other tax consequences, if any, that may be relevant to the purchase, holding, redemption, sale, or transfer of the Securities. Subscriber’s subscription and payment for and continued beneficial ownership of the Securities will not violate any applicable securities or other laws of the Subscriber’s jurisdiction.
15. Terms and Conditions of the Platform. Subscriber acknowledges that it has read, understands and agrees to the terms and conditions, privacy policy and disclaimers on the Platform.
16. Transfer Restrictions. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Shares may be subject to restrictions on transfer pursuant to applicable federal and state laws, the Company’s Certificate, and this Agreement. The Shares may not be sold, offered for sale, pledged or hypothecated in the absence of a registration statement in effect with respect to the Shares under the Securities Act or an opinion of legal counsel satisfactory to the Company that such registration is not required or unless the Shares are sold pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A of the Securities Act. The Shares shall bear a digital or physical restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop transfer order may be placed against transfer of such certificates or instruments):
THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITES ACT OF 1933 AND THEY ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE
LAWS, THE COMPANY’S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO WHICH THESE SECURITIES WERE ORIGINALLY SOLD. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF A REGISTRATION STATEMENT IN EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO THE SECURITIES UNDER SUCH ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A OF SUCH ACT.
ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF SUCH PROVISIONS SHALL BE VOID, AB INITIO.
SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION
17. Survival; Indemnification. All representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement and the indemnification contained herein shall survive (a) the acceptance of this Agreement by the Company, (b) changes in the transactions, documents and instruments described herein which are not material or which are to the benefit of Subscriber, and (c) the death or disability of Subscriber. Subscriber acknowledges the meaning and legal consequences of the representations, warranties and covenants herein, and that the Company has relied upon such representations, warranties and covenants in determining Subscriber’s qualification and suitability to purchase the Securities. Subscriber hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements), judgments or amounts paid in settlement of actions arising out of or resulting from the untruth of any representation of Subscriber herein or the breach of any warranty or covenant herein by Subscriber. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, no representation, warranty, covenant or acknowledgment made herein by Subscriber shall in any manner be deemed to constitute a waiver of any rights granted to it under the Securities Act or state securities laws.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
18. Caption and Headings. The Article and Section headings throughout this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall in no way be deemed to define, limit or add to any provision of this Agreement.
19. Notification of Changes. Subscriber agrees and covenants to notify the Company immediately upon the occurrence of any event prior to the consummation of this Offering that would cause any representation, warranty, covenant or other statement contained in this Agreement to be false or incorrect or of any change in any statement made herein occurring prior to the consummation of this Offering.
20. Assignability. This Agreement is not assignable by Subscriber, and may not be modified, waived or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of such modification, waiver or termination is sought.
21. Binding Effect. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and assigns, and the agreements, representations, warranties and acknowledgments contained herein shall be deemed to be made by and be binding upon such heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and assigns.
22. Obligations Irrevocable. The obligations of Subscriber shall be irrevocable, except with the consent of the Company, until the consummation or termination of the Offering.
23. Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement states the entire agreement and understanding of the parties relating to the matters contained herein, superseding all prior contracts or agreements, whether oral or written. No amendment of the Agreement shall be made without the express written consent of the parties.
24. Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision of this Agreement shall not affect any other provision hereof, which shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provision were omitted.
25. Notices. All notices and communications to be given or otherwise made to the Subscriber shall be deemed to be sufficient if sent by electronic mail to such address as set forth for the Subscriber at the records of the Company (or that you submitted to us via the Platform). You shall send all notices or other communications required to be given hereunder to the Company via email at (with a copy to be sent concurrently via prepaid certified mail to: HealthySole, Inc., , Attention: Investor Relations. Any such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been delivered and received on the first business day following that on which the electronic mail has been sent (assuming that there is no error in delivery). As used in this Section, “business day” shall mean any day other than a day on which banking institutions in the State of Delaware are legally closed for business.
26. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement.
27. Digital Signatures. Digital (“electronic”) signatures, often referred to as an “e-signature”, enable paperless contracts and help speed up business transactions. The 2001 E-Sign Act was meant to ease the adoption of electronic signatures. The mechanics of this Subscription Agreement’s electronic signature include your signing this Agreement below by typing in your name, with the underlying software recording your IP address, your browser identification, the timestamp, and a securities hash within an SSL encrypted environment. This electronically signed Subscription Agreement will be available to both you and the Company, as well as any associated brokers, so they can store and access it at any time, and it will be stored and accessible on the Platform and hosting provider, including backups. You and the Company each hereby consents and agrees that electronically signing this Agreement constitutes your signature, acceptance and agreement as if actually signed by you in writing. Further, all parties agree that no certification authority or other third-party verification is necessary to validate any electronic signature; and that
the lack of such certification or third-party verification will not in any way affect the enforceability of your signature or resulting contract between you and the Company. You understand and agree that your e-signature executed in conjunction with the electronic submission of this Subscription Agreement shall be legally binding and such transaction shall be considered authorized by you. By signing electronically below, you agree your electronic signature is the legal equivalent of your manual signature on this Subscription Agreement and you consent to be legally bound by this Subscription Agreement’s terms and conditions. Alternatively, you may opt-out of this provision by printing a copy of this Agreement, signing it manually and returning it to the Company and, if your subscription is accepted, the Company will manually countersign it and return a countersigned copy to you via email.
28. Consent to Electronic Delivery of Tax Documents. Please read this disclosure about how the Company will provide certain documents that it is required by the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) to send to you (“Tax Documents”) in connection with your Shares. A Tax Document provides important information you need to complete your tax returns. Tax Documents include Form 1099 and/or Schedule K-1. Occasionally, the Company is required to send you CORRECTED Tax Documents. Additionally, the Company may include inserts with your Tax Documents. The Company is required to send Tax Documents to you in writing, which means in paper form. When you consent to electronic delivery of your Tax Documents, you will be consenting to delivery of Tax Documents, including these corrected Tax Documents and inserts, electronically instead of in paper form. By executing this Agreement on the Platform, you are consenting in the affirmative that the Company may send Tax Documents to you electronically and acknowledging that you are able to access Tax Documents from the site. If you subsequently withdraw consent to receive Tax Documents electronically, a paper copy will be provided. Your consent to receive the Tax Documents electronically continues for every tax year until you withdraw your consent. You can withdraw your consent before the Tax Document is furnished by mailing a letter including your name, mailing address, effective tax year, and indicating your intent to withdraw consent to the electronic delivery of Tax Documents to: HealthySole, Inc., , Attention: Investor Relations. If you withdraw consent to receive Tax Documents electronically, a paper copy will be provided. You Must Keep Your E-mail Address Current with the Company. You must promptly notify the Company of a change of your email address. If your mailing address, email address, telephone number or other contact information changes, you may also provide updated information by contacting the Company at the address provided in this Section 28, or via phone at or email at .
29. Electronic Delivery of Information. Subscriber and the Company each hereby agrees that all current and future notices, confirmations and other communications regarding this Agreement and future communications in general between the parties, may be made by email, sent to the email address of record as set forth in this Agreement or as otherwise from time to time changed or updated and disclosed to the other party, 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 due to a recipient’s 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. No physical, paper documents will be sent to you, and if you desire physical documents then you agree to be satisfied by directly and personally printing, at your own expense, the electronically sent communication(s) and maintaining such physical records in any manner or form that you desire.
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ESCROW AGREEMENT
This ESCROW AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of this 8th day of June 2022 by and among HealthySole LLC, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), having an address at 774 Mays Blvd, Ste 10-220, Incline Village, NV 89451; Rialto Markets, LLC, having an address at 42 Broadway, Ste 12-129, NY, NY 10004 (“Placement Agent”), and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Escrow Agent”), with its principal corporate trust office at 99 Wood Avenue South, 10th Floor, Iselin, NJ 08830. The Company and the Placement Agent, each a “Party,” are collectively referred to as “Parties” and individually, a “Party.”
All capitalized terms not herein defined shall have the meaning ascribed to them in that certain Subscription Agreement, dated as of or about DATE, as amended or supplemented from time-to-time, including all attachments, schedules and exhibits thereto (the “Subscription Agreement”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to sell (the “Financing Transaction”) a maximum of ______ shares of our common stock, par value $______ (“Common Stock”), at an offering price of $____ per share (the “Shares”) for an offering amount of $40,000,000 raised, in a public offering (the “Offering”) to investors (each, an “Investor”); and
WHEREAS, subject to all conditions to closing being satisfied or waived, the closing(s) of the Offering shall take place from time to time until the earlier of (a) the date which is one year after this Offering being qualified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”), or (b) the date on which this Offering is earlier terminated by the Company in its sole discretion (the “Termination Date”) (the earlier of (a) or (b), the “Final Termination Date”); and
WHEREAS, there is no minimum offering amount and all funds shall only be returned to the potential Investors in the event the Offering is not consummated or if the Company, in its sole discretion, rejects all or a part of a particular potential Investor’s subscription; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the Financing Transaction contemplated by the Subscription Agreement, the Company entered into a Placement Agent Agreement between the Company and the Placement Agent, and certain other agreements, documents, instruments and certificates necessary to carry out the purposes thereof, including without limitation the Subscription Agreement (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”); and
WHEREAS, the Company and Placement Agent desire to establish an escrow account with the Escrow Agent into which the Company and Placement Agent shall instruct the Investors to deposit checks or make a wire transfer for the payment of money made payable to the order of “WILMINGTON TRUST, N.A. as Escrow Agent for HealthySole LLC,” and the Escrow Agent is willing to accept said checks and other instruments for the payment of money in accordance with the terms hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS, the Company and Placement Agent represent and warrant to the Escrow Agent that they have not stated to any individual or entity that the Escrow Agent’s duties will include anything other than those duties stated in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, THE ISSUER AND THE PLACEMENT AGENT UNDERSTAND THAT THE ESCROW AGENT, BY ACCEPTING THE APPOINMTMENT AND DESIGNATION AS ESCROW AGENT HEREUNDER, IN NO WAY ENDORSES THE MERITS OF THE OFFERING OF THE SECURITIES. THE ISSUER AND THE PLACEMENT AGENT AGREE TO NOTIFY ANY PERSON ACTING ON ITS BEHALF THAT THE ESCROW AGENT’S POSITION AS ESCROW AGENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE SUCH AN ENDORSEMENT, AND TO PROHIBIT SAID PERSONS FROM THE USE OF THE ESCROW AGENT’S NAME AS AN ENDORSER OF SUCH OFFERING. The Issuer and the Placement Agent further agree to include with any sales literature, in which the Escrow Agent’s name appears and which is used in connection with such offering, a statement to the effect that the Escrow Agent in no way endorses the merits of the offering; and
WHEREAS, the Company and Placement Agent represent and warrant to the Escrow Agent that a copy of each document that has been delivered to the Investor and third parties that include Escrow Agent’s name and duties, has been attached hereto as Schedule I.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED as follows:
Article 1
ESCROW DEPOSIT
Section 1.1 Delivery of Escrow Funds.
(a) Placement Agent and the Company shall instruct the Investor to deliver to Escrow Agent checks made payable to the order of “WILMINGTON TRUST, N.A. as Escrow Agent for HealthySole LLC Escrow”, or wire transfer to:
Wilmington Trust Company
ABA #:
A/C #:
A/C Name: HealthySole LLC Escrow
Attn: Ellen Jean-Baptiste
International Wires:
M&T
Buffalo, New York
ABA:
SWIFT:
Beneficiary Bank: Wilmington Trust
Beneficiary ABA:
A/C #:
A/C Name: HealthySole LLC Escrow
All such checks and wire transfers remitted to the Escrow Agent shall be accompanied by information identifying each Investor, subscription, the Investor’s social security or taxpayer identification number and address. In the event the Investor’s address and/or social security number or taxpayer identification number are not provided to Escrow Agent by the Investor, then Placement Agent and/or the Company agree to promptly upon request provide Escrow Agent with such information in writing. The checks or wire transfers shall be deposited into a non interest-bearing account at WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION entitled “WILMINGTON TRUST, N.A. as Escrow Agent for HealthySole LLC” (the “Escrow Account”).
Investors can also send funds using credit or debit card by utilizing the Invoice and Pay® service offered by M&T Bank by visiting the portal listed below:
https://www.sampleportal.mtb.com”
(b) The collected funds deposited into the Escrow Account are referred to as the “Escrow Funds.”
(c) The Escrow Agent shall have no duty or responsibility to enforce the collection or demand payment of any funds deposited into the Escrow Account. If, for any reason, any check deposited into the Escrow Account shall be returned unpaid to the Escrow Agent, the sole duty of the Escrow Agent shall be to return the check to the Investor and advise the Company and Placement Agent promptly thereof.
(d) All funds received by the Escrow Agent shall be held only in non-interest bearing bank accounts at WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
(e) In the event that market conditions are such that negative interest applies to amounts deposited with the Escrow Agent, the Company and Placement Agent jointly and severally shall be responsible for the payment of such interest and the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to deduct from amounts on deposit with it an amount necessary to pay such negative interest. For the avoidance of doubt, the indemnification protections afforded to the Escrow Agent under Section 2.2 of this Agreement shall cover any interest-related expenses (including, but not limited to, negative interest) incurred by the Escrow Agent in the performance of its duties hereunder.
Section 1.2 Release of Escrow Funds. The Escrow Funds shall be paid by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the following:
(a) In the event that the Company advises the Escrow Agent in writing that the Offering has been terminated (the “Termination Notice”), the Escrow Agent shall promptly return the funds paid by each Investor to such Investor without interest or offset.
(b) At each Closing, the Company and the Placement Agent shall provide the Escrow Agent with written instructions regarding the disbursement of the Escrow Funds in accordance with Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof and signed by the Company and the Placement Agent (the “Disbursement Instructions”).
(c) If by 5:00 P.M. Eastern time on the Final Termination Date, the Escrow Agent has not received written Disbursement Instructions from the Company and Placement Agent regarding the disbursement of the Escrow Funds in the Escrow Account, if any, then the Escrow Agent shall promptly return such Escrow Funds, if any, to the Investors without interest or offset. The Escrow Funds returned to the Investors shall be free and clear of any and all claims of the Escrow Agent.
(d) The Escrow Agent shall not be required to pay any uncollected funds or any funds that are not available for withdrawal.
(e) The Placement Agent or the Company will provide the Escrow Agent with the payment instructions for each Investor, to whom the funds should be returned in accordance with this section.
(f) In the event that Escrow Agent makes any payment to any other party pursuant to this Escrow Agreement and for any reason such payment (or any portion thereof) is required to be returned to the Escrow Account or another party or is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a receiver, trustee or other party under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, other federal or state law, common law or equitable doctrine, then the recipient party shall repay to the Escrow Agent upon written request the amount so paid to it.
(g) The Escrow Agent shall, in its sole discretion, comply with judgments or orders issued or process entered by any court with respect to the Escrow Amount, including without limitation any attachment, levy or garnishment, without any obligation to determine such court's jurisdiction in the matter and in accordance with its normal business practices. If the Escrow Agent complies with any such judgment, order or process, then it shall not be liable to any of the Parties or any other person by reason of such compliance, regardless of the final disposition of any such judgment, order or process.
(h) Each Party understands and agrees that Escrow Agent shall have no obligation or duty to act upon a written direction delivered to Escrow Agent for the disbursement of all or part of the Escrow Amount under this Agreement (a “Written Direction”) if such Written Direction is not
(i) in writing,
(ii) signed by representatives of both Parties listed in Schedule II to this Agreement, in each case, each such individual an “Authorized Representative” of such Party), and
(iii) delivered to, and able to be authenticated by, Escrow Agent in accordance with Section 1.4 below.
(i) Upon request by any Party, the Escrow Agent set up each Party with on-line access to the account(s) established pursuant to this Agreement, which each Party can use to view and verify transaction on such account(s).
(j) A Party may specify in a Written Direction whether such Escrow Amount shall be disbursed by way of wire transfer or check. If the written notice for the disbursement of funds does not so specify the disbursement means, Escrow Agent may disburse the Escrow Amount by wire transfer.
Section 1.3 Written Direction and Other Instruction.
(a) With respect to any Written Direction or any other notice, direction or other instruction required to be delivered by a Party to Escrow Agent under this Agreement, Escrow Agent is authorized to follow and rely upon any and all such instructions given to it from time to time if the Escrow Agent believes, in good faith, that such instruction is genuine and to have been signed by an Authorized Representative of such Party. Escrow Agent shall have no duty or obligation to verify that the person who sent such instruction is, in fact, a person duly authorized to give instructions on behalf of a Party, other than to verify that the signature of the Authorized Representative on any such instruction appears to be the signature of such person. Each Party acknowledges and agrees that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting instructions to Escrow Agent, and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting instructions other than the method selected by such Party. Escrow Agent shall have no responsibility or liability for any loss which may result from (i) any action taken or not taken by Escrow Agent in good faith reliance on any such signatures or instructions, (ii) as a result of a Party’s reliance upon or use of any particular method of delivering instructions to Escrow Agent, including the risk of interception of such instruction and misuse by third parties, or (iii) any officer or Authorized Representative of a Party named in Exhibit B delivered hereunder prior to actual receipt by Escrow Agent of a more current incumbency certificate or an updated Exhibit and a reasonable time for Escrow Agent to act upon such updated or more current certificate or Exhibit .
(b) Each Party may, at any time, update Exhibit B-1 and Exhibit B-2by signing and submitting to Escrow Agent an update of Exhibit B-1 and Exhibit B-2. Any updated Exhibit shall not be effective unless Escrow Agent countersigns a copy thereof. Escrow Agent shall be entitled to a reasonable time to act to implement any changes on an updated Exhibit B-1 and Exhibit B-2.
Section 1.4 Delivery and Authentication of Written Direction.
(a) A Written Direction must be delivered to Escrow Agent by one of the delivery methods set forth in Section 4.3.
(b) Each Party and Escrow Agent hereby agree that the following security procedures will be used to verify the authenticity of a Written Direction delivered by any Party to Escrow Agent under this Agreement:
| (i) | The Written Direction must include the name and signature of the person delivering the disbursement request to Escrow Agent. Escrow Agent will check that the name and signature of the person identified on the Written Direction appears to be the same as the name and signature of an Authorized Representative of such Party; |
| (ii) | Escrow Agent will make a telephone call to an Authorized Representative of the Party purporting to deliver the Written Direction (which Authorized Representative may be the same as the Authorized Representative who delivered the Written Direction) at any telephone number for such Authorized Representative as set forth on Exhibit B-1 and Exhibit B-2 to obtain oral confirmation of delivery of the Written Direction. If the Written Direction is a joint written notice of the Parties, the Escrow Agent shall call back an Authorized Representative of both of those Parties; and |
| (iii) | If the Written Direction is sent by email to Escrow Agent, Escrow Agent also shall review such email address to verify that it appears to have been sent from an email address for an Authorized Representative of one of the Parties as set forth on Exhibit B-1 and Exhibit B-2, as applicable, or from an email address for a person authorized under Exhibit B-1 and Exhibit B-2, as applicable, to email a Written Direction to Escrow Agent on behalf of the Authorized Representative). |
(c) Each Party acknowledges and agrees that given its particular circumstances, including the nature of its business, the size, type and frequency of its instructions, transactions and files, internal procedures and systems, the alternative security procedures offered by Escrow Agent and the security procedures in general use by other customers and banks similarly situated, the security procedures set forth in this Section 1.4 are a commercially reasonable method of verifying the authenticity of a payment order in a Written Direction.
(d) Escrow Agent is authorized to execute, and each Party expressly agrees to be bound by any payment order in a Written Direction issued in its name (and associated funds transfer) (i) that is accepted by Escrow Agent in accordance with the security procedures set forth in this Section 1.4, whether or not authorized by such Party and/or (ii) that is authorized by or on behalf
of such Party or for which such Party is otherwise bound under the law of agency, whether or not the security procedures set forth in this Section 1.4 were followed, and to debit the Escrow Account for the amount of the payment order. Notwithstanding anything else, Escrow Agent shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and without negligence, gross negligence or misconduct if Escrow Agent is authorized to execute the payment order under this Section 1.4. Any action taken by Escrow Agent pursuant to this paragraph prior to Escrow Agent’s actual receipt and acknowledgement of a notice of revocation, cancellation or amendment of a Written Direction shall not be affected by such notice.
(e) The security procedures set forth in this Section 1.4 are intended to verify the authenticity of payment orders provided to Escrow Agent and are not designed to, and do not, detect errors in the transmission or content of any payment order. Escrow Agent is not responsible for detecting an error in the payment order, regardless of whether any of the Parties believes the error was apparent, and Escrow Agent is not liable for any damages arising from any failure to detect an error.
(f) When instructed to credit or pay a party by both name and a unique numeric or alpha-numeric identifier (e.g. ABA number or account number), Escrow Agent, and any other banks participating in the funds transfer, may rely solely on the unique identifier, even if it identifies a party different than the party named. Each Party agrees to be bound by the rules of any funds transfer network used in connection with any payment order accepted by Escrow Agent hereunder.
(g) Escrow Agent shall not be obliged to make any payment requested under this Escrow Agreement if it is unable to validate the authenticity of the request by the security procedures set forth in this Section 1.4. Escrow Agent’s inability to confirm a payment order may result in a delay or failure to act on that payment order. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, Escrow Agent shall not be required to treat a payment order as having been received until Escrow Agent has authenticated it pursuant to the security procedures in this Section 2.3 and shall not be liable or responsible for any losses arising in relation to such delay or failure to act.
ARTICLE 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE ESCROW AGENT
Section 2.1 Acceptance by Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent hereby accepts and agrees to perform its obligations hereunder, provided that:
(a) The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any order, judgment, opinion, or other writing delivered to it in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement without being required to determine the authenticity or the correctness of any fact stated therein or the propriety or validity of service thereof.
(b) The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely on and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the advice of counsel or other professionals retained or consulted by the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall be reimbursed
as set forth in Section 2.2 for any and all compensation (fees, expenses and other costs) paid and/or reimbursed to such counsel and/or professionals. The Escrow Agent may perform any and all of its duties through its agents, representatives, attorneys, custodians, and/or nominees and shall not be responsible for the acts or omissions of such agents, representatives, attorneys, custodians or nominees appointed with due care.
(c) In the event that the Escrow Agent shall be uncertain as to its duties or rights hereunder, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to (i) refrain from taking any action other than to keep safely the Escrow Funds until it shall be directed otherwise by a court of competent jurisdiction, or (ii) deliver the Escrow Funds to a court of competent jurisdiction.
(d) The Escrow Agent shall have no duty, responsibility or obligation to interpret or enforce the terms of any agreement other than Escrow Agent’s obligations hereunder, and the Escrow Agent shall not be required to make a request that any monies be delivered to the Escrow Account The Escrow Agent makes no representation as to the validity, value, genuineness or collectability of any security or other document or instrument held by or delivered to it.
(e) The Escrow Agent shall be obligated to perform only such duties as are expressly set forth in this Agreement. No implied covenants or obligations shall be inferred from this Agreement against the Escrow Agent, nor shall the Escrow Agent be bound by the provisions of any agreement by the Company beyond the specific terms hereof. Without limiting the foregoing, the Escrow Agent shall dispose of the Escrow Funds in accordance with the express provisions of this Agreement, and has not reviewed and shall not make, be required to make or be liable in any manner for its failure to make, any determination under any other document, or any other agreement.
(f) No term or provision of this Agreement is intended to create, nor shall any such term or provision be deemed to have created, any trust, joint venture, partnership, between or among the Escrow Agent and any of the Parties.
Section 2.2. Indemnification. Placement Agent and the Company agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold the Escrow Agent and its employees, officers, directors and agents (the “Indemnified Parties”) the “Indemnified Parties”) harmless from any and against all liabilities, losses, actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity, and any other expenses, fees or charges of any character or nature, (including, without limitation, negative interest, attorney's fees and expenses and the costs of enforcement of this Escrow Agreement or any provision thereof), which an Indemnified Party may incur or with which it may be threatened by reason of acting as or on behalf of the Escrow Agent under this Escrow Agreement or arising out of the existence of the Escrow Account, except to the extent the same shall be have been finally adjudicated to have been directly caused by the Escrow Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Placement Agent and the Company agree, jointly and severally, to pay or reimburse the Escrow Agent upon request for any transfer taxes or other taxes relating to the Escrow Funds incurred in connection herewith and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Escrow Agent with respect to any amounts that it is obligated to pay in the way of such taxes. The terms of this paragraph shall survive termination of this Agreement.
Section 2.3. Limitation of Liability. the escrow agent SHALL NOT be liable, directly or indirectly, for any (i) damages, Losses or expenses arising out of the services provided hereunder, other than damages, losses or expenses which have been finally adjudicated to have DIRECTLY resulted from the escrow agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, or (ii) special, Indirect, PUNITIVE or consequential damages or LOSSES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS), even if the escrow agent has been advised of the possibility of such LOSSES OR damages AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, OR (III) AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF THE ESCROW FUNDS.
Section 2.4. Resignation and Termination of the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent may resign at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice of such resignation to Placement Agent and the Company. Upon providing such notice, the Escrow Agent shall have no further obligation hereunder except to hold as depositary the Escrow Funds that it receives until the end of such 30-day period. In such event, the Escrow Agent shall not take any action, other than receiving and depositing the Investor’s checks and wire transfers in accordance with this Agreement, until the Company has designated a banking corporation, trust company, attorney or other person as successor. Upon receipt of such written designation signed by Placement Agent and the Company, the Escrow Agent shall promptly deliver the Escrow Funds to such successor and shall thereafter have no further obligations hereunder. If the Company and Placement Agent have failed to appoint a successor escrow agent prior to the expiration of thirty (30) days following the delivery of such notice of resignation or removal, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled, at its sole discretion and at the expense of the Company and/or Placement Agent, to (a) return the Escrow Funds to the Company, or (b) 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 parties. In either case provided for in this paragraph, the Escrow Agent shall be relieved of all further obligations and released from all liability thereafter arising with respect to the Escrow Funds.
Section 2.5 Termination. The Company and Placement Agent may terminate the appointment of the Escrow Agent hereunder upon written notice specifying the date upon which such termination shall take effect, which date shall be at least 30 days from the date of such notice. In the event of such termination, the Company and Placement Agent shall, within 30 days of such notice, appoint a successor escrow agent and the Escrow Agent shall, upon receipt of written instructions signed by the Company and Placement Agent, turn over to such successor escrow agent all of the Escrow Funds Upon receipt of the Escrow Funds, the successor escrow agent shall become the escrow agent hereunder and shall be bound by all of the provisions hereof and the Escrow Agent shall be relieved of all further obligations and released from all liability thereafter arising with respect to the Escrow Funds and under this Agreement. If the Company has failed to appoint a successor escrow agent prior to the expiration of thirty (30) days following the delivery of the notice of termination, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled, at its sole discretion and at the expense of the Company, to (a) return the Escrow Funds to the Company, or (b) 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 parties.
Section 2.6 Compensation. Escrow Agent shall be entitled, for the duties to be performed by it hereunder, to compensation as stated in the schedule attached hereto as Schedule III, which fee shall be paid by the Company upon the signing of this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be obligated to reimburse Escrow Agent for all fees, costs and expenses incurred or that become due in connection with this Agreement or the Escrow Account, including attorney’s fees. Neither the modification, cancellation, termination, resignation or rescission of this Agreement nor the resignation or termination of the Escrow Agent shall affect the right of 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. 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. As security for the due and punctual performance of any and all of the Company’s obligations to the Escrow Agent hereunder, now or hereafter arising, the Company, hereby pledges, assigns and grants to the Escrow Agent a continuing security interest in, and a lien on and right of setoff against, the Escrow Funds and all distributions thereon, investments thereof or additions thereto. If any fees, expenses or costs incurred by, or any obligations owed to, the Escrow Agent hereunder are not promptly paid when due, the Escrow Agent may reimburse itself therefor from the Escrow Funds, and may sell, convey or otherwise dispose of any Escrow Funds for such purpose. The security interest and setoff rights of the Escrow Agent shall at all times be valid, perfected and enforceable by the Escrow Agent against the Parties and all third parties in accordance with the terms of this Escrow Agreement. The terms of this paragraph shall survive termination of this Agreement.
Section 2.7. Merger or Consolidation. Any corporation or association into which the Escrow Agent may be converted or merged, or with which it may be consolidated, or to which it may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its corporate trust business and assets as a whole or substantially as a whole, or any corporation or association resulting from any such conversion, sale, merger, consolidation or transfer to which the Escrow Agent is a party, shall be and become the successor escrow agent under this Agreement and shall have and succeed to the rights, powers, duties, immunities and privileges as its predecessor, without the execution or filing of any instrument or paper or the performance of any further act.
Section 2.8. Attachment of Escrow Funds; Compliance with Legal Orders. In the event that any Escrow Amount shall be attached, garnished or levied upon by any court order, or the delivery thereof shall be stayed or enjoined by an order of a court, or any order, judgment or decree shall be made or entered by any court order affecting the Escrow Funds , the Escrow Agent is hereby expressly authorized, in its sole discretion, to respond as it deems appropriate or to comply with all writs, orders or decrees so entered or issued, or which it is advised by legal counsel of its own choosing is binding upon it, whether with or without jurisdiction. In the event that the Escrow Agent obeys or complies with any such writ, order or decree it shall not be liable to any Party or
to any other person, firm or corporation, should, by reason of such compliance notwithstanding, such writ, order or decree be subsequently reversed, modified, annulled, set aside or vacated.
Section 2.9 Force Majeure. The Escrow Agent shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligation under this Agreement arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; wars; acts of terrorism; civil or military disturbances; sabotage; epidemic; pandemics; riots; interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communications services; accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authority or governmental action; hacking, cyber-attacks or other unauthorized infiltration of Escrow Agent’s information technology infrastructure it being understood that the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as reasonably practicable under the circumstances.
Section 2.10 No Financial Obligation. Escrow Agent shall not be required to use its own funds in the performance of any of its obligations or duties or the exercise of any of its rights or powers, and shall not be required to take any action which, in Escrow Agent's sole and absolute judgment, could involve it in expense or liability unless furnished with security and indemnity which it deems, in its sole and absolute discretion, to be satisfactory.
ARTICLE 3
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 3.1. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of each Party and the Escrow Agent and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No other persons shall have any rights under this Agreement. No assignment of the interest of any of the Parties shall be binding unless and until written notice of such assignment shall be delivered to the other Parties and Escrow Agent and shall require the prior written consent of the other Parties and Escrow Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).
Section 3.2. Escheat. Each Party is aware that under applicable state law, property which is presumed abandoned may under certain circumstances escheat to the applicable state. The Escrow Agent shall have no liability to any of the Parties, their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns, or any other party, should any or all of the Escrow Funds escheat by operation of law.
Section 3.3. Notices. All notices, requests, demands, and other communications required under this Escrow Agreement shall be in writing, in English, and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered (i) personally, (ii) by facsimile transmission with written confirmation of receipt, (iii) by overnight delivery with a reputable national overnight delivery service, (iv) by mail or by certified mail, return receipt requested, and postage prepaid, or (v) by electronic transmission; including by way of e-mail (as long as such email is accompanied by a PDF or similar version of
the relevant document bearing the signature of an Authorized Representative for the Party sending the notice) with email confirmation of receipt. If any notice is mailed, it shall be deemed given five business days after the date such notice is deposited in the United States mail. If notice is given to a party, it shall be given at the address for such party set forth below. It shall be the responsibility of the Company to notify the Escrow Agent in writing of any name or address changes. In the case of communications delivered to the Escrow Agent, such communications shall be deemed to have been given on the date received by the Escrow Agent. :
If to Placement Agent:
Rialto Markets, LLC
Name Ryan Simmons
Title Head of Operations
Company Rialto Markets LLC
Address 42 Broadway, Ste 12-129, NY, NY 1004
Telephone # (917) 279-7453
Email Address ryan@rialtomarkets.com
If to the Company:
Name Peter Kassel
Title Chief Executive Officer
Company HealthySole LLC
Address 774 Mays Blvd, Ste 10-220, Incline Village, NV 89451
Telephone # 415-722-3417
Email Address pkassel@healthysole.com
Copy:
Name
Title
Company
Address
Telephone #
Email Address
If to Escrow Agent:
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
99 Wood Avenue South, 10th Floor
Iselin, NJ 08830
Attention: Ellen Jean-Baptiste
Phone: (212) 941-4425
Email: ejean-baptiste@wilmingtontrust.com
Section 3.4. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. Each Party and Escrow Agent hereby consents to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the courts located in the State of Delaware in the event of a dispute arising out of or under this Agreement. Each Party and Escrow Agent hereby irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such court in such suit, action or proceeding.
Section 3.5. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Exhibits attached hereto (as updated from time to time in accordance herewith) set forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties related to the Escrow Amount. If a court of competent jurisdiction declares a provision invalid, it will be ineffective only to the extent of the invalidity, so that the remainder of the provision and Escrow Agreement will continue in full force and effect.
Section 3.6. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended, modified, superseded, rescinded, or canceled only by a written instrument executed by each of the Parties and the Escrow Agent.
Section 3.7. Waivers. The failure of any party to this Agreement at any time or times to require performance of any provision under this Agreement shall in no manner affect the right at a later time to enforce the same performance. A waiver by any party to this Agreement of any such condition or breach of any term, covenant, representation, or warranty contained in this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall neither be construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such condition or breach nor a waiver of any other condition or breach of any other term, covenant, representation, or warranty contained in this Agreement.
Section 3.8. Headings. Section headings of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall in no way restrict or otherwise modify any of the terms or provisions of this Escrow Agreement.
Section 3.9. Electronic Signatures; Facsimile Signatures; Counterparts. This Escrow Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts. Such execution of counterparts may occur by manual signature, electronic signature, facsimile signature, manual signature transmitted by means of facsimile transmission or manual signature contained in an imaged document attached to an email transmission, and any such execution that is not by manual signature shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manual signature. Each such counterpart executed in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed an original, with all such counterparts together constituting one and the same instrument. The exchange of executed copies of this Escrow Agreement or of executed signature pages to this Escrow Agreement by electronic transmission, facsimile transmission or as an imaged document attached to an email transmission
shall constitute effective execution and delivery hereof. Any copy of this Escrow Agreement which is fully executed and transmitted in accordance with the terms hereof may be used for all purposes in lieu of a manually executed copy of this Escrow Agreement and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as if executed by manual signature.
Section 3.10. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE ESCROW AGENT EXPRESSLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESOLVING ANY CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 3.11 Termination. This Agreement will terminate upon the Final Termination Date.
Section 3.12 Anti-Terrorism/Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PROCEDURES FOR OPENING A NEW ACCOUNT - To help the United States government fight the funding of terrorism or money laundering activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens a new account. What this means for the parties to this Agreement: the Escrow Agent will ask for your name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow the Escrow Agent to identify you (e.g., your social security number or tax identification number.) The Escrow Agent may also ask to see your driver’s license or other identifying documents (e.g., passport, evidence of formation of corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, etc., certificate of good standing.)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
HealthySole LLC Rialto Markets Inc. (Placement Agent)
By: ______________________________ By: _______________________
Name: Peter Kassel Name: Ryan Simmons
Title: CEO Title: Head of Operations
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Escrow Agent
By: ______________________________
Name: Ellen Jean-Baptiste
Title: Assistant Vice President
Schedule I
EXHIBIT B-1
Certificate as to Authorized Signatures
of HealthySole LLC
HealthySole LLC hereby designates each of the following persons as its Authorized Representative for purposes of this Agreement, and confirms that the title, contact information and specimen signature of each such person as set forth below is true and correct. Each such Authorized Representative is authorized to initiate and approve transactions of all types for the Escrow Account[s] established under the Agreement to which this Exhibit B-1is attached, on behalf of HealthySole LLC.
| Name (print): | Peter Kassel |
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| Title: | CEO |
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Telephone Number (required): If more than one, list all applicable telephone numbers. |
Office: Cell: 415-722-3417
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E-mail (required): If more than one, list all applicable email addresses. |
Email 1: pkassel@healthysole.com Email 2: |
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| Title: | |
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Telephone Number (required): If more than one, list all applicable telephone numbers. |
Office: Cell:
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E-mail (required): If more than one, list all applicable email addresses. |
Email 1: Email 2: |
Additional Email Addresses:
The following additional email addresses also may be used by Escrow Agent to verify the email address used to send any Payment Notice to Escrow Agent:
Email 1:
Email 2:
Email 3:
COMPLETE BELOW TO UPDATE EXHIBIT B-1
If Company wishes to update this Exhibit B, Company must complete, sign and send to Escrow Agent an updated copy of this Exhibit B with such changes. Any updated Exhibit B shall be effective once signed by Company and Escrow Agent and shall entirely supersede and replace any prior Exhibit B to this Agreement.
HealthySole LLC
By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (as Escrow Agent)
By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
EXHIBIT B-2
Certificate as to Authorized Signatures
of rialto markets llc
Rialto Markets, LLC hereby designates each of the following persons as its Authorized Representative for purposes of this Agreement, and confirms that the title, contact information and specimen signature of each such person as set forth below is true and correct. Each such Authorized Representative is authorized to initiate and approve transactions of all types for the Escrow Account[s] established under the Agreement to which this Exhibit B-2 is attached, on behalf of Rialto Markets LLC.
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Telephone Number (required): If more than one, list all applicable telephone numbers. |
Office:
Cell: |
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E-mail (required): If more than one, list all applicable email addresses. |
Email 1: Email 2: |
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| Specimen Signature: |
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| Title: | |
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Telephone Number (required): If more than one, list all applicable telephone numbers. |
Office: Cell:
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E-mail (required): If more than one, list all applicable email addresses. |
Email 1: Email 2: |
Additional Email Addresses:
The following additional email addresses also may be used by Escrow Agent to verify the email address used to send any Payment Notice to Escrow Agent:
Email 1:
Email 2:
Email 3:
COMPLETE BELOW TO UPDATE EXHIBIT B-2
If Company wishes to update this Exhibit B, Company must complete, sign and send to Escrow Agent an updated copy of this Exhibit B with such changes. Any updated Exhibit B shall be effective once signed by Company and Escrow Agent and shall entirely supersede and replace any prior Exhibit B to this Agreement.
Rialto Markets LLC
By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (as Escrow Agent)
By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
Schedule III
Fees of Escrow Agent
| Acceptance Fee: | Waived |
Initial Fees as they relate to Wilmington Trust acting in the capacity of Escrow Agent – includes review of the Escrow Agreement; acceptance of the Escrow appointment; setting up of Escrow Account(s) and accounting records; and coordination of receipt of Escrow Information for deposit to the Escrow Account(s). Acceptance Fee payable at time of Escrow Agreement execution.
| Escrow Agent Administration Fee: | $8,000 |
For ordinary administrative services by Escrow Agent – includes daily routine account management; monitoring claim notices pursuant to the agreement; and disbursement of Escrow Information in accordance with the agreement.
Wilmington Trust’s bid is based on the following assumptions:
| · | Number of Escrow Accounts to be established: 1 |
| · | Est. Term: Under 12 months |
| · | Escrow funds remain un-invested |
Out-of-Pocket Expenses: Billed At Cost
Exhibit A
FORM OF ESCROW DISBURSEMENT INSTRUCTIONS
AND RELEASE NOTICE
Date:
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
99 Wood Avenue South, 10th Floor
Iselin, NJ 08830
Attention: Ellen Jean-Baptiste
Dear Mr./Ms _______:
In accordance with the terms of Section 1.2 of the Escrow Agreement dated as of ____, 2022 (the "Escrow Agreement"), by and between HealthySole LLC (the “Company”), Rialto Markets LLC (“Placement Agent”) and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the "Escrow Agent"), the Company and Placement Agent hereby direct the Escrow Agent to distribute all of the Escrow Funds (as defined in the Escrow Agreement) in accordance with the following wire instructions:
________________________: $
________________________: $
________________________: $
Very truly yours,
HealthySole LLC
By:__________________
Name:
Title:
Rialto Markets LLC
By:__________________
Name: _______________
Title: ________________
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR
We consent to the use, in this Offering Circular on Form 1-A, of our independent auditor’s report dated April 11, 2022, with respect to the audited balance sheets of Healthy Sole, LLC as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the related statements of operations, changes in members’ equity, cash flows and related notes to the financial statements for the years then ended.
Very truly yours, ASSURANCE DIMENSIONS
/s/ Assurance Dimensions
Tampa, Florida June 13, 2022
TRAE O’NEIL HIGH LEGAL SERVICE PC
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(347) 663-8063
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CORPORATE ● SECURITIES ● MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS ● CONTRACTS
June 15, 2022
HealthySole, Inc.
Peter Kassel, CEO
774 Mays Boulevard, Suite 10-220
Incline Village, NV 89451
Re: Regulation A Offering
Dear Mr. Kassel:
In connection with the Regulation A offering dated on or about June 15, 2022 (the “Offering”) of the issuance and sale by HealthySole, Inc. (the “Company”) of shares of common stock of the Company (the “Shares”), and up to 1,260,413 shares of common stock of the Company offered for resale by the selling shareholders (the “Resale Shares”), please accept this letter as my opinion as to the legality of the Shares and Resale Shares covered by the Offering Circular associated therewith.
We have examined such documents and such matters of fact and law that we have deemed necessary for the purpose of rendering the opinion set forth herein. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied on certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company. In rendering the opinion expressed below, we have assumed without verification the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when sold, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable under the laws of the State of Delaware,** in which the Company is incorporated. Furthermore, we are of the opinion that the Resale Shares being offered by the selling shareholders have been validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
Our opinion that any document is legal, valid and binding is qualified as to:
| (a) | limitations imposed by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally; |
| (b) | rights to indemnification and contribution, which may be limited by applicable law or equitable principles; and |
| (c) | general principles of equity, including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief and limitation of rights of acceleration, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. |
This opinion letter is given as of the date hereof, and we express no opinion as to the effect of subsequent events or changes in law occurring or becoming effective after the date hereof. We assume no obligation to update this opinion letter or otherwise advise you with respect to any facts or circumstances or changes in law that may hereafter occur or come to our attention (even though the change may affect the legal conclusions stated in this opinion letter).
Very truly yours,
Trae O'Neil High Legal Services PC
Trae O'Neil High, Attorney
For the Firm
**Not licensed in the State of Delaware








