Preliminary Offering Circular dated July __, 2018
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. We may elect to satisfy our obligation to deliver a Final Offering Circular by sending you a notice within two business days after the completion of our sale to you that contains the URL where the Final Offering Circular or the Offering Statement in which such Final Offering Circular was filed may be obtained.
Preliminary Offering Circular
Subject to Completion. Dated July____, 2018
SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

The Offering
Common Stock we are offering
Up
to a Maximum 500,000,000 shares at a price of $0.03 for a sum total of $15,000,000.
Common Stock outstanding before this Offering
38,946,389
This is the initial public offering of securities of Soligen Technologies, Inc., a Wyoming corporation. We are offering 500,000,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 (“Common Stock”) at an offering price of $0.03 per share (the “Offered Shares”). This Offering will terminate on twelve months from the day the Offering is qualified or the date on which the maximum offering amount is sold (such earlier date, the “Termination Date”). The minimum purchase requirement per investor is 20,000 Offered Shares ($600); however, we can waive the minimum purchase requirement on a case-by-case basis in our sole discretion.
These securities are speculative securities. Investment in the Company’s stock involves significant risk. You should purchase these securities only if you can afford a complete loss of your investment. See the “Risk Factors” section on page 6 of this Offering Circular.
We are a shell company pursuant to Rule 405 of the Securities Act. This will have a material impact on our ability to attract additional capital. See “Risk Factors – We are a shell company pursuant to Rule 405 of the Securities Act. This may impact our ability to attract additional capital.
No Escrow
The proceeds of this offering will not be placed into an escrow account. We will offer our Common Stock on a best efforts basis. As there is no minimum offering, upon the approval of any subscription to this Offering Circular, the Company shall immediately deposit said proceeds into the bank account of the Company and may dispose of the proceeds in accordance with the Use of Proceeds.
Our common stock currently trades on the OTC Markets Pinksheets under the symbol “SGTN” and the closing price of our common stock on June 29, 2018 was $0.009. Our common stock currently trades on a sporadic and limited basis.
We are offering our shares without the use of an exclusive placement agent; however, we may engage various securities brokers to place shares in this offering with investors for commissions of up to 10% of the gross proceeds.
We expect to commence the sale of the shares as of the date on which the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular is approved by the Attorney General of the State of New York.
See “Risk Factors” to read about factors you should consider before buying shares of common stock.
The proceeds of this offering will not be placed into an escrow account. We will offer our Common Stock on a best efforts basis. As there is no minimum offering, upon the approval of any subscription to this Offering Circular, the Company shall immediately deposit said proceeds into the bank account of the Company and may dispose of the proceeds in accordance with the Use of Proceeds.
Subscriptions are irrevocable and the purchase price is non-refundable as expressly stated in this Offering Circular. All proceeds received by the Company from subscribers for this Offering will be available for use by the Company upon acceptance of subscriptions for the Securities by the Company.
Sale of these shares will commence within two calendar days of the qualification date and it will be a continuous Offering pursuant to Rule 251(d)(3)(i)(F).
This Offering will be conducted on a “best-efforts” basis, which means our Officers will use their commercially reasonable best efforts in an attempt to offer and sell the Shares. Our Officers will not receive any commission or any other remuneration for these sales. In offering the securities on our behalf, the Officers will rely on the safe harbor from broker-dealer registration set out in Rule 3a4-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
This Offering Circular shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sales of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful, prior to registration or qualification under the laws of any such state.
Investing in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 10 for a discussion of certain risks that you should consider in connection with an investment in our Common Stock.
| Per Share | Total Maximum (2) | |||||||
| Public Offering Price (1) | $ | 0.03 | $ | 15,000,000 | ||||
| Underwriting Discounts and Commissions (3) | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
| Proceeds to Us from this Offering to the Public (Before Expenses (4)) | $ | 0.03 | $ | 15,000,000 | ||||
| (1) | We are offering shares on a continuous basis. See “Distribution – Continuous Offering. |
| (2) | This is a “best efforts” offering. As there is no minimum offering, upon the approval of any subscription to this Offering Circular, the Company shall immediately deposit said proceeds into the bank account of the Company and may dispose of the proceeds in accordance with the Use of Proceeds. See “How to Subscribe.” |
| (3) | We are offering these securities without an underwriter. |
| (4) | Excludes estimated total Offering expenses, including underwriting discount and commissions, will be approximately $500,000 assuming the maximum offering amount is sold. |
Our Board of Directors used its business judgment in setting a value of $0.03 per share to the Company as consideration for the stock to be issued under the Offering. The sales price per share bears no relationship to our book value or any other measure of our current value or worth.
No sale may be made to you in this Offering if the aggregate purchase price you pay is more than 10% of the greater of your annual income or your net worth. Different rules apply to accredited investors and non-natural persons. Before making any representation that your investment does not exceed applicable thresholds, we encourage you to review Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) of Regulation A. For general information on investing, we encourage you to refer to www.investor.gov.
THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OF OR GIVE ITS APPROVAL TO ANY SECURITIES OFFERED OR THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, NOR DOES IT PASS UPON THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OFFERING CIRCULAR OR OTHER SOLICITATION MATERIALS. THESE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE COMMISSION; HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES OFFERED ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.
The date of this Offering Circular is July___, 2018.
This offering is being made on a self-underwritten basis without the use of an exclusive placement agent, however, we may engage various securities brokers to place shares in this offering with investors on a commission basis. As there is no minimum offering, upon the approval of any subscription to this Offering Circular, the Company shall immediately deposit said proceeds into the bank account of the Company and may dispose of the proceeds in accordance with the Use of Proceeds.
Management will make its best effort to fill the subscription in the state of New York. However, in the event that management is unsuccessful in raising the required funds in New York, the Company may file a post qualification amendment to include additional jurisdictions that Management has determined to be in the best interest of the Company for the purpose of raising the maximum offer. In the event that the Offering Circular is fully subscribed, any additional subscriptions shall be rejected and returned to the subscribing party along with any funds received.
In order to subscribe to purchase the shares, a prospective investor must complete a subscription agreement and send payment by check, wire transfer or ACH. Investors must answer certain questions to determine compliance with the investment limitation set forth in Regulation A Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) under the Securities Act of 1933, which states that in offerings such as this one, where the securities will not be listed on a registered national securities exchange upon qualification, the aggregate purchase price to be paid by the investor for the securities cannot exceed 10% of the greater of the investor’s annual income or net worth. In the case of an investor who is not a natural person, revenues or net assets for the investor’s most recently completed fiscal year are used instead. The Company has not currently engaged any party for the public relations or promotion of this offering. As of the date of this filing, there are no additional offers for shares, nor any options, warrants, or other rights for the issuance of additional shares except those described herein.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
We are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, our securities only in jurisdictions where such offers and sales are permitted. You should rely only on the information contained in this Offering Circular. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with any information other than the information contained in this Offering Circular. The information contained in this Offering Circular is accurate only as of its date, regardless of the time of its delivery or of any sale or delivery of our securities. Neither the delivery of this Offering Circular nor any sale or delivery of our securities shall, under any circumstances, imply that there has been no change in our affairs since the date of this Offering Circular. This Offering Circular will be updated and made available for delivery to the extent required by the federal securities laws.
In this Offering Circular, unless the context indicates otherwise, references to “Soligen Technologies”, “we”, the “Company”, “our” and “us” refer to the activities of and the assets and liabilities of the business and operations of Soligen Technologies, Inc.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Some of the statements under “Summary”, “Risk Factors”, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, “Our Business” and elsewhere in this Offering Circular constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “could”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “may”, “plan”, “potential”, “should”, “will” and “would” or the negatives of these terms or other comparable terminology.
You should not place undue reliance on forward looking statements. The cautionary statements set forth in this Offering Circular, including in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere, identify important factors which you should consider in evaluating our forward-looking statements. These factors include, among other things:
| ● | inability to attract and obtain additional development capital; | |
| ● | inability to achieve sufficient future sales levels or other operating results; | |
| ● | inability to efficiently manage our operations; | |
| ● | effect of our hedging strategies on our results of operations; | |
| ● | potential default under our secured obligations or material debt agreements; | |
| ● | estimated quantities and quality of oil and gas reserves; | |
| ● | declining local, national and worldwide economic conditions; | |
| ● | fluctuations in the price of oil and natural gas; | |
| ● | continued weather conditions that impact our abilities to efficiently manage our drilling and development activities; | |
| ● | the inability of management to effectively implement our strategies and business plans; | |
| ● | approval of certain parts of our operations by state regulators; | |
| ● | inability to hire or retain sufficient qualified operating field personnel; | |
| ● | increases in interest rates or our cost of borrowing; | |
| ● | deterioration in general or regional (Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas) economic conditions; | |
| ● | adverse state or federal legislation or regulation that increases the costs of compliance, or adverse findings by a regulator with respect to existing operations; | |
| ● | the occurrence of natural disasters, unforeseen weather conditions, or other events or circumstances that could impact our operations or could impact the operations of companies or contractors we depend upon in our operations; | |
| ● | inability to acquire mineral leases at a favorable economic value that will allow us to expand our development efforts; and | |
| ● | changes in U.S. GAAP or in the legal, regulatory and legislative environments in the markets in which we operate. |
Although the forward-looking statements in this Offering Circular are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations, taking into account all information currently available to us, we cannot guarantee future transactions, results, performance, achievements or outcomes. No assurance can be made to any investor by anyone that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements will be attained, or that deviations from them will not be material and adverse. We undertake no obligation, other than as maybe be required by law, to re-issue this Offering Circular or otherwise make public statements updating our forward-looking statements.
Projecting the effects of commodity prices, which in past years have been extremely volatile, on production and timing of development expenditures includes many factors beyond the Company’s control. The future estimates of net cash flows from the Company’s proved reserves and their present value are based upon various assumptions about future production levels, prices, and costs that may prove to be incorrect over time. Any significant variance from assumptions could result in the actual future net cash flows being materially different from the estimates.
GLOSSARY OF OIL AND GAS TERMS
The following are abbreviations and definitions of certain terms commonly used in the oil and gas industry and this document:
Bbl. One stock tank barrel, or 42 U.S. gallons liquid volume, used in reference to oil or other liquid hydrocarbons.
Bcf. One billion cubic feet of gas.
BOE. One stock tank barrel equivalent of oil, calculated by converting gas volumes to equivalent oil barrels at a ratio of 6 thousand cubic feet of gas to 1 barrel of oil.
BOPD. Barrels of oil per day.
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Btu. British thermal unit. One British thermal unit is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one-degree Fahrenheit.
Developed oil and gas reserves. Developed oil and gas reserves are reserves of any category that can be expected to be recovered: (i) through existing wells with existing equipment and operating methods or in which the cost of the required equipment is relatively minor compared to the cost of a new well; and (ii) through installed extraction equipment and infrastructure operational at the time of the reserves estimate if the extraction is by means not involving a well.
Development project. A development project is the means by which petroleum resources are brought to the status of economically producible. As examples, the development of a single reservoir or field, an incremental development in a producing field or the integrated development of a group of several fields and associated facilities with a common ownership may constitute a development project.
Development well. A well drilled within the proved area of an oil or gas reservoir to the depth of a stratigraphic horizon known to be productive.
Differential. An adjustment to the price of oil or gas from an established spot market price to reflect differences in the quality and/or location of oil or gas.
Economically producible. The term economically producible, as it relates to a resource, means a resource which generates revenue that exceeds, or is reasonably expected to exceed, the costs of the operation. The value of the products that generate revenue shall be determined at the terminal point of oil and gas producing activities. The terminal point is generally regarded as the outlet valve on the lease or field storage tank.
Estimated ultimate recovery (EUR). Estimated ultimate recovery is the sum of reserves remaining as of a given date and cumulative production as of that date,
Exploratory well. A well drilled to find a new field or to find a new reservoir in a field previously found to be productive of oil or gas in another reservoir. Generally, an exploratory well is any well that is not a development well, an extension well, a service well or a stratigraphic test well.
Farmout. An assignment of an interest in a drilling location and related acreage conditional upon the drilling of a well on that location.
Gas. Natural gas.
MBbl. One thousand barrels of oil or other liquid hydrocarbons.
MBOE. One thousand BOE.
Mcf. One thousand cubic feet of gas.
Mcfd. One thousand cubic feet of gas per day
MMcfe. One million cubic feet of gas equivalent.
MMBOE. One million BOE.
MMBtu. One million British thermal units.
MMcf. One million cubic feet of gas.
NYMEX. New York Mercantile Exchange.
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Oil. Crude oil, condensate and natural gas liquids.
Operator. The individual or company responsible for the exploration and/or production of an oil or gas well or lease.
Play. A geographic area with hydrocarbon potential.
Polymer. The purpose of the polymer gel treatment is to reduce excessive water production and increase oil or gas production from wells that produce from water-drive reservoirs. These wells are typically produced from naturally fractured carbonate reservoirs such as dolomites and limestone in mature fields. Successful treatments are also run in certain types of sandstone reservoirs. Other practical applications of polymer gels include the treatment of waterflood injection wells to correct channeling or change the injection profile, to improve the ability of the injected fluids to sweep the producing wells in the field, making the waterflood more efficient and allowing the operator to recover more oil in a shorter period of time.
Proved oil and gas reserves. Proved oil and gas reserves are those quantities of oil and gas, which, by analysis of geoscience and engineering data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible from a given date forward, from known reservoirs, and under existing economic conditions, operating methods, and government regulations prior to the time at which contracts providing the right to operate expire, unless evidence indicates that renewal is reasonably certain, regardless of whether deterministic or probabilistic methods are used for estimation. The project to extract the hydrocarbons must have commenced, or the operator must be reasonably certain that it will commence the project, within a reasonable time.
The area of the reservoir considered as proved includes all of the following: (i) the area identified by drilling and limited by fluid contacts, if any; and (ii) adjacent undrilled portions of the reservoir that can, with reasonable certainty, be judged to be continuous with it and to contain economically producible oil and gas on the basis of available geoscience and engineering data.
In the absence of data on fluid contacts, proved quantities in a reservoir are limited by the lowest known hydrocarbons as seen in a well penetration unless geoscience, engineering, or performance data and reliable technology establish a lower contact with reasonable certainty.
Where direct observation from well penetrations has defined a highest known oil elevation and the potential exists for an associated gas cap, proved oil reserves may be assigned in the structurally higher portions of the reservoir only if geoscience, engineering, or performance data and reliable technology establish the higher contact with reasonable certainty.
Reserves which can be produced economically through application of improved recovery techniques (including, but not limited to, fluid injection) are included in the proved classification when: (i) successful testing by a pilot project in an area of the reservoir with properties no more favorable than in the reservoir as a whole, the operation of an installed program in the reservoir or an analogous reservoir or other evidence using reliable technology establishes the reasonable certainty of the engineering analysis on which the project or program was based; and (ii) the project has been approved for development by all necessary parties and entities, including governmental entities.
Existing economic conditions include prices and costs at which economic producibility from a reservoir is to be determined. The price shall be the average price during the twelve-month period prior to the ending date of the period covered by the report, determined as an unweighted arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month price for each month within such period, unless prices are defined by contractual arrangements, excluding escalations based upon future conditions.
Proved reserve additions. The sum of additions to proved reserves from extensions, discoveries, improved recovery, acquisitions, and revisions of previous estimates.
Reserves. Reserves are estimated remaining quantities of oil and gas and related substances anticipated to be economically producible, as of a given date, by application of development projects to known accumulations. In addition, there must exist, or there must be a reasonable expectation that there will exist, the legal right to produce or a revenue interest in the production, installed means of delivering oil and gas or related substances to market and all permits and financing required to implement the project. Reserves should not be assigned to adjacent reservoirs isolated by major, potentially sealing, faults until those reservoirs are penetrated and evaluated as economically producible. Reserves should not be assigned to areas that are clearly separated from a known accumulation by a non-productive reservoir (i.e., absence of reservoir, structurally low reservoir or negative test results). Such areas may contain prospective resources (i.e., potentially recoverable resources from undiscovered accumulations).
Reserve additions. Changes in proved reserves due to revisions of previous estimates, extensions, discoveries, improved recovery and other additions and purchases of reserves in-place.
Reserve life. A measure of the productive life of an oil or gas property or a group of properties, expressed in years.
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Royalty interest. An interest in an oil and gas lease that gives the owner of the interest the right to receive a portion of the production from the leased acreage (or of the proceeds of the sale thereof), but generally does not require the owner to pay any portion of the costs of drilling or operating the wells on the leased acreage. Royalties may be either landowner’s royalties, which are reserved by the owner of the leased acreage at the time the lease is granted, or overriding royalties, which are usually reserved by an owner of the leasehold in connection with a transfer to a subsequent owner.
Standardized measure. The present value, discounted at 10% per year, of estimated future net revenues from the production of proved reserves, computed by applying sales prices used in estimating proved oil and gas reserves to the year-end quantities of those reserves in effect as of the dates of such estimates and held constant throughout the productive life of the reserves and deducting the estimated future costs to be incurred in developing, producing, and abandoning the proved reserves (computed based on year-end costs and assuming continuation of existing economic conditions). Future income taxes are calculated by applying the appropriate year-end statutory federal and state income tax rates with consideration of future tax rates already legislated, to pre-tax future net cash flows, net of the tax basis of the properties involved and utilization of available tax carryforwards related to proved oil and gas reserves.
SWD. Salt water disposal well.
Undeveloped oil and gas reserves. Undeveloped oil and gas reserves are reserves of any category that are expected to be recovered from new wells on undrilled acreage, or from existing wells where a relatively major expenditure is required for recompletion. Reserves on undrilled acreage shall be limited to those directly offsetting development spacing areas that are reasonably certain of production when drilled, unless evidence using reliable technology exists that establishes reasonable certainty of economic producibility at greater distances.
Undrilled locations can be classified as having undeveloped reserves only if a development plan has been adopted indicating that they are scheduled to be drilled within five years, unless the specific circumstances justify a longer time. Under no circumstances shall estimates for undeveloped reserves be attributable to any acreage for which an application of fluid injection or other improved recovery technique is contemplated, unless such techniques have been proved effective by actual projects in the same reservoir or an analogous reservoir, or by other evidence using reliable technology establishing reasonable certainty.
Waterflood. A method of secondary recovery in which water is injected into the reservoir formation to displace residual oil. The water from injection wells physically sweeps the displaced oil to adjacent production wells.
Working interest. An interest in an oil and gas lease that gives the owner of the interest the right to drill for and produce oil and gas from the leased acreage and requires the owner to pay a share of the costs of drilling and production operations.
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This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this Offering Circular. This summary is not complete and does not contain all the information that you should consider before deciding whether to invest in our Common Stock. You should carefully read the entire Offering Circular, including the risks associated with an investment in the company discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of this Offering Circular, before making an investment decision. Some of the statements in this Offering Circular are forward-looking statements. See the section entitled “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
Company Information
Soligen Technologies, Inc. is a Wyoming corporation that is the successor to an inactive British Columbia corporation organized in 1988 under the name Pars Resources, Ltd, which name was subsequently changed to WDF Capital Corp. In connection with its reincorporation in Wyoming in 1993, the Company changed its name to Soligen Technologies, Inc. On April 15, 1993, the Company merged with Soligen, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, in a reverse acquisition transaction. Pursuant to a share exchange agreement, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Soligen, Inc. in consideration of the issuance of 11,600,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock to the former shareholders of Soligen, Inc.
The Company’s principal executive office is located at Pennzoil Plza. Bldg., 700 Milam St., Suite 1300, Houston, TX 77002, telephone (832) 871-5107. References to the “Company” include Soligen Technologies, Inc., Soligen and predecessors unless the context indicates otherwise. As of the date of this report, Soligen Technologies, Inc. has no subsidiaries.
The Company’s Common Stock was formally listed for trading on the American Stock Exchange’s (the “AMEX) Emerging Company Marketplace under the symbol “SGT” and on the Canadian Venture Exchange (the “CDNX”), formally the Vancouver Stock Exchange, under the symbol “SGT.” On May 24, 1999, the AMEX notified the Company that its Common Stock listing did not meet their minimum listing guidelines of stockholders’ equity in an amount greater than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000), and a per share market price of greater than One Dollar ($1.00). As a result of the action taken by the AMEX, the last day of trading for the Company’s Common Stock on the AMEX was September 3, 1999. The Company’s Common Stock began trading on the Over-the-Counter Market (OTC Bulletin Board) on September 7, 1999 under the symbol “SGTN.”
On March 3, 2000, the Company approved plans to delist its common shares from trading on the CDNX. The Company acted to delist its shares because of the very low volume trading on that market. The last day of trading for the Company’s Common Stock on the CDNX was April 28, 2000.
The Issuer’s offices are located at Pennzoil Plza. Bldg., Suite 1300, 700 Milam St., Houston, TX 77002, telephone (832) 871-5107, Email support@soligentechnologies.com. We maintain a website at http://www.soligentechnologies.com. We do not incorporate the information on or accessible through our website into this Offering Circular, and you should not consider any information on, or that can be accessed through, our website a part of this Offering Circular.
Section 15(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Our shares are covered by section 15(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended that imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker/dealers who sell such securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors (generally institutions with assets in excess of $5,000,000 or individuals with net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual income exceeding $200,000 or $300,000 jointly with their spouses). For transactions covered by the Rule, the broker/dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchase and have received the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction prior to the sale. Consequently, the Rule may affect the ability of broker/dealers to sell our securities and also may affect your ability to sell your shares in the secondary market.
Section 15(g) also imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker/dealers who sell penny securities. These rules require a one-page summary of certain essential items. The items include the risk of investing in penny stocks in both public offerings and secondary marketing; terms important to in understanding of the function of the penny stock market, such as bid and offer quotes, a dealers spread and broker/dealer compensation; the broker/dealer compensation, the broker/dealers’ duties to its customers, including the disclosures required by any other penny stock disclosure rules; the customers’ rights and remedies in cases of fraud in penny stock transactions; and, FINRA’s toll free telephone number and the central number of the North American Administrators Association, for information on the disciplinary history of broker/dealers and their associated persons.
Dividends
The Company has not declared or paid a cash dividend to stockholders since it was organized and does not intend to pay dividends in the foreseeable future. The Board of Directors presently intends to retain any earnings to finance our operations and does not expect to authorize cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any payment of cash dividends in the future will depend upon the Company’s earnings, capital requirements and other factors.
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Trading Market
The Company’s Common Stock was formally listed for trading on the American Stock Exchange’s (the “AMEX) Emerging Company Marketplace under the symbol “SGT” and on the Canadian Venture Exchange (the “CDNX”), formally the Vancouver Stock Exchange, under the symbol “SGT.” On May 24, 1999, the AMEX notified the Company that its Common Stock listing did not meet their minimum listing guidelines of stockholders’ equity in an amount greater than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000), and a per share market price of greater than One Dollar ($1.00). As a result of the action taken by the AMEX, the last day of trading for the Company’s Common Stock on the AMEX was September 3, 1999. The Company’s Common Stock began trading on the Over-the-Counter Market (OTC Bulletin Board) on September 7, 1999 under the symbol “SGTN.”
On March 3, 2000, the Company approved plans to delist its common shares from trading on the CDNX. The Company acted to delist its shares because of the very low volume trading on that market. The last day of trading for the Company’s Common Stock on the CDNX was April 28, 2000.
The Issuer’s securities have not recently been delisted by any securities exchange. The Issuer filed a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission de-registering its Common Stock on August 5, 2003.
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THE OFFERING
| Issuer: | Soligen Technologies, Inc. | |
| Securities offered: | A maximum of 500,000,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 (“Common Stock”) at an offering price of $0.03 per share (the “Offered Shares”). | |
| Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding before the Offering: | 38,946,389 shares of Common Stock | |
| Number of shares of Common Stock to be outstanding after the Offering: | 538,946,389 shares of Common Stock, if the maximum amount of Offered shares are sold | |
| Price per share: | $0.03 | |
| Maximum offering amount: | 500,000,000 shares at $0.03 per share, or $15,000,000. | |
| Trading Market: | Our Common Stock trades on the OTC Markets Pinksheets under the symbol “SGTN.” | |
| Use of proceeds: | If we sell all of the shares being offered, our net proceeds (after our estimated offering expenses) will be $14,500,000 We will use these net proceeds for acquisitions and working capital and other general corporate purposes. | |
| Risk factors: | Investing in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk, including, but not limited to:
Speculative nature of our business.
Competition.
Long sales lead time.
Our need for more capital.
Risks of government programs and regulations in our business.
Risk of new technology.
Immediate and substantial dilution.
Limited market for our stock.
Dilution.
Use of Forward-Looking Statements
Investors are advised to read and pay careful attention to the section on Risk Factors. |
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An investment in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following risk factors, together with the other information contained in this Offering Circular, before purchasing our Common Stock. Any of the following factors could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects, and could result in a partial or complete loss of your investment. Some statements in this Offering Circular, including statements in the following risk factors, constitute forward-looking statements. Please refer to the section entitled “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”.
Risks Relating to Our Financial Condition
Our independent registered accounting firm has expressed concerns about our ability to continue as a going concern.
The report of our independent registered accounting firm expresses concern about our ability to continue as a going concern based on the absence of significant revenues, our significant losses from operations and our need for additional financing to fund all of our operations. It is not possible at this time for us to predict with assurance the potential success of our business. The revenue and income potential of our proposed business and operations are unknown. If we cannot continue as a viable entity, we may be unable to continue our operations and you may lose some or all of your investment in our common stock.
We have limited operational history in an emerging industry, making it difficult to accurately predict and forecast business operation.
As we have less than one year of operational history under our new business model and have yet to generate revenue, it is extremely difficult to make accurate predictions and forecasts on our finances. This is compounded by the fact that we operate in both a very competitive sector with high capital expenditures. There is no guarantee that we will properly execute our business model in either sector.
As a growing company, we have yet to achieve a profit and may not achieve a profit in the near future, if at all.
We have not yet produced a net profit and may not in the near future, if at all. While we expect our revenue to grow, we have not achieved profitability and cannot be certain that we will be able to sustain our current growth rate or realize sufficient revenue to achieve profitability. Further, many of our competitors in the field of oil and gas exploration and production have a significantly broader access to capital, but have yet to achieve profitability. Our ability to continue as a going concern may be dependent upon raising capital from financing transactions, increasing revenue throughout the year and keeping operating expenses below our revenue levels in order to achieve positive cash flows, none of which can be assured.
We may require additional capital to support business growth, and this capital might not be available on acceptable terms, if at all.
We intend to continue to make investments to support our business growth and may require additional funds to respond to business challenges, including the need to develop new features and products or enhance our existing products, improve our operating infrastructure or acquire complementary businesses and technologies. Accordingly, we may need to engage in continued equity or debt financings to secure additional funds. If we raise additional funds through future issuances of equity or convertible debt securities, our existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution, and any new equity securities we issue could have rights, preferences and privileges superior to those of our common stock. Any debt financing we secure in the future, could involve restrictive covenants relating to our capital raising activities and other financial and operational matters, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and to pursue business opportunities, including potential acquisitions. We may not be able to obtain additional financing on terms favorable to us, if at all. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us when we require it, our ability to continue to support our business growth and to respond to business challenges could be impaired, and our business may be harmed.
We expect our quarterly financial results to fluctuate.
We expect our net sales and operating results to vary significantly from quarter to quarter due to a number of factors, including changes in:
| ● | Regional economic conditions and the demand for oil and natural gas; and | |
| ● | Our ability to obtain and retain existing purchasing agents for our produced oil and natural gas; and | |
| ● | Our ability to develop our oil service division; and | |
| ● | General economic conditions, both domestically and in foreign markets; and | |
| ● | Our ability to obtain leases and previously producing wells; and | |
| ● | Costs of creating our oil service division; and | |
| ● | Retaining key personnel | |
| ● | Positive returns on our alternative investments. |
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As a result of the variability of these and other factors, our operating results in future quarters may be below the expectations of our stockholders.
The Company’s indebtedness, global recessions, or disruption in the domestic and global financial markets could have an adverse effect on the Company’s operating results and financial condition.
As of March 31, 2018, the Company had no outstanding principal amount of indebtedness. Although the Company had no bank indebtedness, should it experience an increased level of indebtedness, coupled with domestic and global economic conditions, the associated volatility of energy prices, and the levels of disruption and continuing relative illiquidity in the credit markets may, if continued for an extended period, have several important and adverse consequences on the Company’s business and operations. For example, any one or more of these factors could (i) make it difficult for the Company to service or refinance its existing indebtedness; (ii) increase the Company’s vulnerability to additional adverse changes in economic and industry conditions; (iii) require the Company to dedicate a substantial portion or all of its cash flow from operations and proceeds of any debt or equity issuances or asset sales to pay or provide for its indebtedness; (iv) limit the Company’s ability to respond to changes in our businesses and the markets in which we operate; (v) place the Company at a disadvantage to our competitors that are not as highly leveraged; or (vi) limit the Company’s ability to borrow money or raise equity to fund our working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, investments, general corporate activity or other financing needs. The Company continues to closely monitor the the global financial and credit markets, as well as the significant volatility in the market prices for oil and natural gas. As these events unfold, the Company will continue to evaluate and respond to any impact on Company operations. The Company has and will continue to adjust its drilling plans and capital expenditures as necessary. However, external financing in the capital markets may not be readily available, and without adequate capital resources, the Company’s drilling and other activities may be limited and the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations may suffer. Additionally, in light of the credit markets and the volatility in pricing for oil and natural gas, the Company’s ability to enter into future beneficial relationships with third parties for exploration and production activities may be limited, and as a result, may have an adverse effect on current operational strategy and related business initiatives.
Future agreements governing the Company’s indebtedness may limit the Company’s ability to execute capital spending or to respond to other initiatives or opportunities as they may arise.
In the event the Company were to enter into a credit facility to fund its operations it may be subject to an upper limit of the borrowing base as determined by the lender’s calculated estimated future cash flows from the Company’s oil and natural gas reserves, the Company expects any decline in the pricing for these commodities, if continued for any extended period, would very likely result in a reduction in the Company’s borrowing base. A reduction in the Company’s borrowing base could be significant and as a result, would not only reduce the capital available to the Company but may also require repayment of principal to the lender under the terms of the facility. Additionally, the terms of the Company’s amended and restated credit facility with Prosperity Bank restrict the Company’s ability to incur additional debt. The credit facility contains covenants and other restrictions customary for oil and gas borrowing base credit facilities, including limitations on debt, liens, and dividends, voluntary redemptions of debt, investments, and asset sales. In addition, the credit facility requires that the Company maintain compliance with certain financial tests and financial covenants. If future debt financing is not available to the Company when required as a result of limited access to the credit markets or otherwise, or is not available on acceptable terms, the Company may be unable to invest needed capital for drilling and exploration activities, take advantage of business opportunities, respond to competitive pressures or refinance maturing debt. In addition, the Company may be forced to sell some of the Company’s assets on an untimely basis or under unfavorable terms. Any of these results could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operating results and financial condition.
Risks Relating to Our Business and Industry
Declines in oil or gas prices may materially adversely affect the Company’s revenues.
The Company’s financial condition and results of operations depend in large part upon the prices obtainable for the Company’s oil and natural gas production and the costs of finding, acquiring, developing and producing reserves. As seen in recent years, prices for oil and natural gas are subject to extreme fluctuations in response to changes in supply, market uncertainty and a variety of additional factors that are beyond the Company’s control. These factors include worldwide political instability (especially in the Middle East and other oil producing regions), the foreign supply of oil and gas, the price of foreign imports, the level of drilling activity, the level of consumer product demand, government regulations and taxes, the price and availability of alternative fuels, speculating activities in the commodities markets, and the overall economic environment. The Company’s operations may be adversely impacted as oil prices decline. Lower prices may dramatically affect the Company’s revenues from its drilling operations. Further, drilling of new wells, development of the Company’s leases and acquisitions of new properties may also be adversely affected and limited. As a result, the Company’s potential revenues from operations as well as the Company’s reserves may substantially decrease from levels achieved during the period when oil prices were much higher. There can be no assurances as to the future prices of oil or gas. A substantial or extended decline in oil or gas prices would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, quantities of oil and gas that may be economically produced, and access to capital. Oil and natural gas prices have historically been and are likely to continue to be volatile.
This volatility makes it difficult to estimate with precision the value of producing properties in acquisitions and to budget and project the return on exploration and development projects involving the Company’s oil and gas properties. In addition, unusually volatile prices often disrupt the market for oil and gas properties, as buyers and sellers have more difficulty agreeing on the purchase price of properties.
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Risk in Rates of Oil and Gas Production, Development Expenditures, and Cash Flows May Have a Substantial Impact on the Company’s Finances.
Projecting the effects of commodity prices on production, and timing of development expenditures include many factors beyond the Company’s control. The future estimates of net cash flows from the Company’s proved and other reserves and their present value are based upon various assumptions about future production levels, prices, and costs that may prove to be incorrect over time. Any significant variance from assumptions could result in the actual future net cash flows being materially different from the estimates, which would have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position.
Markets for Sale of Production.
Our ability to market oil and gas found and produced, will depend on numerous factors beyond our control, the effect of which cannot be accurately predicted or anticipated. Some of these factors include, without limitation, the availability of a ready market, the effect of federal and state regulation of production, refining, transportation and sales, and general national and worldwide economic conditions. There is no assurance that we will be able to market any oil or gas we produced, or, if such oil or gas is marketed, that we can obtain favorable prices.
Price Control and Possible Energy Legislation.
There are currently no federal price controls on oil or gas production so that sales of our oil or gas can be made at uncontrolled market prices. However, there can be no assurance that Congress will not enact controls at any time. No prediction can be made as to what additional energy legislation may be proposed, if any, nor which bills may be enacted nor when any such bills, if enacted, would become effective.
We sell a limited number of products to a limited number of customers.
Our customers may be in a limited geographical area. Further our sales are likely to be concentrated in in a few products. Unfavorable conditions in our markets, unfavorable events that affect our customers, or unfavorable events affecting our products could materially affect us.
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Strategic relationships upon which we may rely are subject to change, which may diminish our ability to conduct our operations.
Our ability to successfully acquire additional properties, to discover reserves, to participate in drilling opportunities and to identify and enter into commercial arrangements with customers will depend on developing and maintaining close working relationships with industry participants and on our ability to select and evaluate suitable properties and to consummate transactions in a highly competitive environment. These realities are subject to change and may impair our ability to grow.
To develop our business, we will endeavor to use the business relationships of our management to enter into strategic relationships, which may take the form of joint ventures with other private parties and contractual arrangements with other oil and gas companies, including those that supply equipment and other resources that we will use in our business. We may not be able to establish these strategic relationships, or if established, we may not be able to maintain them. In addition, the dynamics of our relationships with strategic partners may require us to incur expenses or undertake activities we would not otherwise be inclined to in order to fulfill our obligations to these partners or maintain our relationships. If our strategic relationships are not established or maintained, our business prospects may be limited, which could diminish our ability to conduct our operations.
Competition in obtaining rights to explore and develop oil and gas reserves and to market our production may impair our business.
The oil and gas industry is highly competitive. Other oil and gas companies may seek to acquire oil and gas leases and other properties and services we will need to operate our business in the areas in which we expect to operate. Additionally, other companies engaged in our line of business may compete with us from time to time in obtaining capital from investors. Competitors include larger companies, which, in particular, may have access to greater resources, may be more successful in the recruitment and retention of qualified employees and may conduct their own refining and petroleum marketing operations, which may give them a competitive advantage. In addition, actual or potential competitors may be strengthened through the acquisition of additional assets and interests. If we are unable to compete effectively or adequately respond to competitive pressures, this inability may materially adversely affect our consolidated results of operations and financial condition.
Our proved reserves are estimates and depend on many assumptions. Any material inaccuracies in these assumptions could cause the quantity and value of our oil and gas reserves, and our revenues, profitability and cash flows to be materially different from our estimates.
The accuracy of estimated proved reserves and estimated future net cash flows from such reserves is a function of the quality of available geological, geophysical, engineering and economic data and is subject to various assumptions, including assumptions required by the SEC relating to oil and gas prices, drilling and operating expenses and other matters. Although we believe that our estimated proved reserves represent reserves that we are reasonably certain to recover, actual future production, oil and gas prices, revenues, taxes, development expenditures, operating expenses and quantities of recoverable oil and gas reserves will most likely vary from the assumptions and estimates used to determine proved reserves. Any significant variance could materially affect the estimated quantities and value of our oil and gas reserves, which in turn could adversely affect our cash flows, results of operations, financial condition and the availability of capital resources. In addition, we may adjust estimates of proved reserves to reflect production history, results of exploration and development, prevailing oil and gas prices and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. Downward adjustments to our estimated proved reserves could require us to impair the carrying value of our oil and gas properties, which would reduce our earnings and our stockholders’ equity.
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The present value of proved reserves will not necessarily equal the current fair market value of our estimated oil and gas reserves. In accordance with reserve reporting requirements of the SEC, we are required to establish economic production for reserves on an average historical price. Actual future prices and costs may be materially higher or lower than those required by the SEC. The timing of both the production and expenses with respect to the development and production of oil and gas properties will affect the timing of future net cash flows from proved reserves and their present value.
We may not be able to replace production with new reserves.
In general, the volume of production from an oil and gas property declines as reserves related to that property are depleted. The decline rates depend upon reservoir characteristics. Exploring for, developing or acquiring reserves is capital intensive and uncertain. We may not be able to economically find, develop or acquire additional reserves. Also, we may not be able to make the necessary capital investments if our cash flows from operations decline or external sources of capital become limited or unavailable. We cannot give assurance that our future exploration, development and acquisition activities will result in additional proved reserves or that we will be able to drill productive wells at acceptable costs.
Decommissioning costs are unknown and may be substantial. Unplanned costs could divert resources from other projects.
We may become responsible for costs associated with abandoning and reclaiming wells, facilities and pipelines which we use for production of oil and natural gas reserves. Abandonment and reclamation of these facilities and the costs associated therewith is often referred to as “decommissioning.” We have not yet determined whether we will establish a cash reserve account for these potential costs in respect of any of our properties or facilities, or if we will satisfy such costs of decommissioning from the proceeds of production in accordance with the practice generally employed in onshore and offshore oilfield operations. If decommissioning is required before economic depletion of our properties or if our estimates of the costs of decommissioning exceed the value of the reserves remaining at any particular time to cover such decommissioning costs, we may have to draw on funds from other sources to satisfy such costs. The use of other funds to satisfy such decommissioning costs could impair our ability to focus capital investment in other areas of our business.
Our inability to obtain necessary facilities could hamper our operations.
Oil and gas exploration and development activities are dependent on the availability of drilling and related equipment, transportation, power and technical support in the particular areas where these activities will be conducted, and our access to these facilities may be limited. To the extent that we conduct our activities in remote areas, the facilities required may not be proximate to our operations, which will increase our expenses. Demand for scarce equipment and other facilities or access restrictions may affect the availability of such equipment to us and may delay exploration and development activities. The quality and reliability of necessary facilities may also be unpredictable and we may be required to make efforts to standardize our facilities, which may entail unanticipated costs and delays. Shortages and/or the unavailability of necessary equipment or other facilities will impair our activities, either by delaying our activities, increasing our costs or otherwise.
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The Company’s oil and gas operations involve substantial cost and are subject to various economic risks.
The Company’s oil and gas operations are subject to the economic risks typically associated with exploration, development, and production activities, including the necessity of making significant expenditures to locate or acquire new producing properties or to drill exploratory and developmental wells. In conducting exploration and development activities, the presence of unanticipated pressure or irregularities in formations, miscalculations, and accidents may cause the Company’s exploration, development, and production activities to be unsuccessful. This could result in a total loss of the Company’s investment in such well(s) or property. In addition, the cost of drilling, completing and operating wells is often uncertain.
The Company’s failure to find or acquire additional reserves will result in the decline of the company’s reserves materially from their current levels.
The rate of production from the Company’s Kentucky oil properties generally declines as reserves are depleted. Except to the extent that the Company either acquires additional properties containing proved reserves, conducts successful exploration and development drilling, or successfully applies new technologies or identifies additional behind-pipe zones or secondary recovery reserves, the Company’s proved reserves will decline materially as production from these properties continues. The Company’s future oil and natural gas production is consequently highly dependent upon the level of success in acquiring or finding additional reserves or other alternative sources of production. Any decline in oil prices and any prolonged period of lower prices will adversely impact the Company’s future reserves since the Company is less likely to acquire additional producing properties during such periods. The lower oil prices may have a negative effect on new drilling and development as such activities become far less likely to be profitable. Thus, any acquisition of new properties poses a greater risk to the Company’s financial conditions as such acquisitions may be commercially unreasonable.
In addition, the Company’s drilling for oil and natural gas may involve unprofitable efforts not only from dry wells but also from wells that are productive but do not produce sufficient volumes to be commercially profitable after deducting drilling, operating, and other costs. Also, wells that are profitable may not achieve a targeted rate of return. The Company relies on seismic data and other technologies in identifying prospects and in conducting exploration activities. The seismic data and other technologies used do not allow the Company to know conclusively prior to drilling a well whether oil or natural gas is present or may be produced economically.
The Company’s reserve estimates may be subject to other material downward revisions.
The Company’s oil and natural gas reserve estimates may be subject to material downward revisions for additional reasons other than the factors mentioned in the previous risk factor entitled “The Company’s Failure to Find or Acquire Additional Reserves Will Result in the Decline of the Company’s Reserves Materially from their Current Levels.” While the future estimates of net cash flows from the Company’s proved reserves and their present value are based upon assumptions about future production levels, prices, and costs that may prove to be incorrect over time, those same assumptions, whether or not they prove to be correct, may cause the Company to make drilling or developmental decisions that will result in some or all of the Company’s proved reserves to be removed from time to time from the proved reserve categories previously reported by the Company.
This may occur because economic expectations or forecasts, together with the Company’s limited resources, may cause the Company to determine that drilling or development of certain of its properties may be delayed or may not foreseeably occur, and as a result of such decisions any category of proved reserves relating to those yet undrilled or undeveloped properties may be removed from the Company’s reported proved reserves. Consequently, the Company’s proved reserves of oil may be materially revised downward from time to time.
In addition, the Company may elect to sell some or all of its oil or gas reserves in the normal course of the Company’s business. Any such sale would result in all categories of those proved oil or gas reserves that were sold no longer being reported by the Company.
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There is risk that the Company may be required to write down the carrying value of its natural gas and crude oil properties.
The Company uses the full cost method to account for its natural gas and crude oil operations. Accordingly, the Company capitalizes the cost to acquire, explore for and develop natural gas and crude oil properties. Under full cost accounting rules, the net capitalized cost of natural gas and crude oil properties and related deferred income tax if any may not exceed a “ceiling limit” which is based upon the present value of estimated future net cash flows from proved reserves, discounted at 10%, plus cost of properties not being amortized and the lower of cost or estimated fair value of unproven properties included in the cost being amortized. If net capitalized cost of natural gas and crude oil properties exceeds the ceiling limit, the Company must charge the amount of the excess, net of any tax effects, to earnings. This charge does not impact cash flow from operating activities, but does reduce the Company’s stockholders’ equity and earnings. The risk that the Company will be required to write-down the carrying value of natural gas and crude oil properties increases when natural gas and crude oil prices are low. In addition, write-downs may occur if the Company experiences substantial downward adjustments to its estimated proved reserves. An expense recorded in a period may not be reversed in a subsequent period even though higher natural gas and crude oil prices may have increased the ceiling applicable to the subsequent period.
Shortages of oil field equipment, services or qualified personnel could adversely affect the Company’s results of operations.
The demand for qualified and experienced field personnel to drill wells and conduct field operations, geologists, geophysicists, engineers, and other professionals in the oil and natural gas industry can fluctuate significantly, often in correlation with oil and natural gas prices, causing periodic shortages. The Company does not own any drilling rigs and is dependent upon third parties to obtain and provide such equipment as needed for the Company’s drilling activities. There have also been shortages of drilling rigs and other equipment when oil prices have risen. As prices increased, the demand for rigs and equipment increased along with the number of wells being drilled. These factors also cause significant increases in costs for equipment, services and personnel. These shortages or price increases could adversely affect the Company’s profit margin, cash flow, and operating results or restrict the Company’s ability to drill wells and conduct ordinary operations.
The Company has significant costs to conform to government regulation of the oil and gas industry.
The Company’s exploration, production, and marketing operations are regulated extensively at the federal, state and local levels. The Company is currently in compliance with these regulations. In order to maintain its compliance, the Company has made and will continue to make substantial expenditures in its efforts to comply with the requirements of environmental and other regulations. Further, the oil and gas regulatory environment could change in ways that might substantially increase these costs. Hydrocarbon-producing states regulate conservation practices and the protection of correlative rights. These regulations affect the Company’s operations and limit the quantity of hydrocarbons it may produce and sell. Other regulated matters include marketing, pricing, transportation and valuation of royalty payments.
The Company has significant costs related to environmental matters.
The Company’s operations are also subject to numerous and frequently changing laws and regulations governing the discharge of materials into the environment or otherwise relating to environmental protection. The Company owns or leases, and has owned or leased, properties that have been leased for the exploration and production of oil and gas and these properties and the wastes disposed on these properties may be subject to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the federal Water Pollution Control Act, the federal Endangered Species Act, and similar state laws. Under such laws, the Company could be required to remove or remediate wastes or property contamination.
Laws and regulations protecting the environment have generally become more stringent and, may in some cases, impose “strict liability” for environmental damage. Strict liability means that the Company may be held liable for damage without regard to whether it was negligent or otherwise at fault. Environmental laws and regulations may expose the Company to liability for the conduct of or conditions caused by others or for acts that were in compliance with all applicable laws at the time they were performed. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations may result in the imposition of administrative, civil and criminal penalties.
The Company’s ability to conduct continued operations is subject to satisfying applicable regulatory and permitting controls. The Company’s current permits and authorizations and ability to get future permits and authorizations may be susceptible, on a going forward basis, to increased scrutiny, greater complexity resulting in increased cost or delays in receiving appropriate authorizations.
Insurance does not cover all risks.
Exploration for and development and production of oil can be hazardous, involving unforeseen occurrences such as blowouts, fires, and loss of well control, which can result in damage to or destruction of wells or production facilities, injury to persons, loss of life or damage to property or to the environment. Although the Company maintains insurance against certain losses or liabilities arising from its operations in accordance with customary industry practices and in amounts that management believes to be prudent, insurance is not available to the Company against all operational risks.
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Climate change legislation or regulations restricting emissions of “greenhouse gases” could result in increased operating costs and reduced demand for the crude oil and gas that we produce.
In December 2009, the EPA determined that emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other “greenhouse gases” present an endangerment to public health and the environment, because emissions of such gases are, according to the EPA, contributing to warming of the Earth’s atmosphere and other climatic changes. Based on these findings, the EPA adopted two sets of rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act, including emissions of greenhouse gases from certain large stationary sources. The EPA’s rules relating to emissions of greenhouse gases from large stationary sources of emissions are currently subject to a number of legal challenges, but the federal courts have thus far declined to issue any injunctions to prevent the EPA from implementing, or requiring state environmental agencies to implement, the rules. The EPA has also adopted rules requiring the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from specified large greenhouse gas emission sources in the United States, including certain onshore oil and gas production facilities, on an annual basis.
In addition, from time to time Congress has considered adopting legislation to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and almost one-half of the states have already taken legal measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, primarily through the planned development of greenhouse gas emission inventories and/or regional greenhouse gas cap and trade programs. Most of these cap and trade programs work by requiring major sources of emissions, such as electric power plants or major producers of fuels, such as refineries and gas processing plants, to acquire and surrender emission allowances. The number of allowances available for purchase is reduced each year in an effort to achieve the overall greenhouse gas emission reduction goal.
The adoption of legislation or regulatory programs to reduce emission of greenhouse gases could require us to incur increased operating costs, such as costs to purchase and operate emission control systems, to acquire emission allowances or comply with new regulatory or reporting requirements. Any such legislation or regulatory programs could also increase the cost of consuming, and thereby reduce demand for, the oil and gas we produce. Consequently, legislation and regulatory programs to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Finally, it should be noted that some scientists have concluded that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere may produce climate changes that have significant physical effects, such as increased frequency and severity of storms, droughts, floods and other climatic events. If any such effects were to occur, they could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
Federal and state legislation and regulatory initiatives relating to hydraulic fracturing could result in increased costs and additional operating restrictions or delays.
Hydraulic fracturing involves the injection of water, sand, and chemicals under pressure into dense subsurface rock formations to fracture the surrounding rock and stimulate production. We commonly use hydraulic fracturing as part of our operations. Hydraulic fracturing typically is regulated by state oil and natural gas commissions, but the EPA has asserted federal regulatory authority pursuant to the SDWA over certain hydraulic fracturing activities involving the use of diesel, and in February 2014, issued permitting guidance for such activities. Also, in May 2014, the EPA issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking under the Toxic Substances Control Act that would require companies to disclose information regarding the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.
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At the state level, several states have adopted or are considering legal requirements that could impose more stringent permitting, disclosure and well construction requirements on hydraulic fracturing activities. For example in May 2013, the Texas Railroad Commission adopted new rules governing well casing, cementing and other standards for ensuring that hydraulic fracturing operations do not contaminate nearby water resources. Local government also may seek to adopt ordinances within their jurisdictions regulating the time, place and manner of drilling activities in general or hydraulic fracturing activities in particular or prohibit the performance of well drilling in general or hydraulic fracturing in particular. If new or more stringent federal, state or local legal restrictions relating to the hydraulic fracturing process are adopted in areas where we operate, we could incur potentially significant added costs to comply with such requirements, experience delays or curtailment in the pursuit of exploration, development or production activities, and perhaps even be precluded from drilling wells.
The White House Council on Environmental Quality is coordinating an administration-wide review of hydraulic fracturing practices, and the EPA has commenced a study of the potential environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing on water resources. The EPA has indicated that it expects to issue its study report in the first half of 2015. Moreover, the EPA is developing effluent limitations for the treatment and discharge of wastewater resulting from hydraulic fracturing activities and plans to propose these standards sometime in 2015. Other governmental agencies, including the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of the Interior, are evaluating various other aspects of hydraulic fracturing. These ongoing or proposed studies, depending on their findings, could spur initiatives to further regulate hydraulic fracturing under the SDWA or other regulatory mechanisms. If new or more stringent federal, state or local legal restrictions relating to the hydraulic fracturing process are adopted in areas where we operate, we could incur potentially significant added costs to comply with such requirements, experience delays or curtailment in the pursuit of exploration, development, or production activities, and perhaps even be precluded from drilling wells.
Our operations are substantially dependent on the availability of water. Restrictions on our ability to obtain water may have an adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Water is an essential component of both the drilling and hydraulic fracturing processes. Historically, we have been able to purchase water from various sources for use in our operations. If we are unable to obtain water to use in our operations from local sources, we may be unable to economically produce oil and gas, which could have an adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
We may not be insured against all of the operating hazards to which our business is exposed.
Our operations are subject to the usual hazards incident to the drilling and production of oil and gas, such as windstorms, lightning strikes, blowouts, cratering, explosions, uncontrollable flows of oil, gas or well fluids (including fluids used in hydraulic fracturing activities), fires, severe weather and pollution and other environmental risks. These hazards can cause personal injury and loss of life, severe damage to and destruction of property and equipment, pollution or environmental damage, clean-up responsibilities, regulatory investigation and penalties, and suspension of operations, all of which could result in a substantial loss. We currently do not maintain insurance the risks described above. Although we do plan on acquiring insurance during the third quarter of 2018, such insurance may not be adequate to cover losses or liabilities. Also, we cannot give assurance of the continued availability of insurance at premium levels that justify its purchase.
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Our business will suffer if we cannot obtain or maintain the necessary licenses.
Our operations will require licenses, permits and in some cases renewals of licenses and permits from various governmental authorities. Our ability to obtain, sustain or renew such licenses and permits on acceptable terms is subject to changes in regulations and policies and to the discretion of the applicable government agencies, among other factors. Our inability to obtain, or our loss of or denial of extension, to any of these licenses or permits could hamper our ability to produce revenues from our operations.
Certain United States federal income tax deductions currently available with respect to oil and natural gas exploration and production may be eliminated as a result of proposed legislation.
Legislation has been proposed that would, if enacted into law, make significant changes to U.S. federal income tax laws, including the elimination of certain key U.S. federal income tax incentives currently available to oil and gas exploration and production companies. These changes include, but are not limited to:
| ● | the repeal of the percentage depletion allowance for oil and natural gas properties; |
| ● | the elimination of current deductions for intangible drilling and development costs; |
| ● | the elimination of the deduction for certain domestic production activities; and |
| ● | an extension of the amortization period for certain geological and geophysical expenditures. |
It is unclear whether these or similar changes will be enacted. The passage of this legislation or any similar changes in U.S. federal income tax laws could eliminate or postpone certain tax deductions that are currently available with respect to oil and natural gas exploration and development. Any such changes could have an adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
Challenges to our properties may impact our consolidated financial condition.
Title to oil and gas interests is often not capable of conclusive determination without incurring substantial expense. While we intend to make appropriate inquiries into the title of properties and other development rights we acquire, title defects may exist. In addition, we may be unable to obtain adequate insurance for title defects, on a commercially reasonable basis or at all. If title defects do exist, it is possible that we may lose all or a portion of our right, title and interests in and to the properties to which the title defects relate. If our property rights are reduced, our ability to conduct our exploration, development and production activities may be impaired.
We will need to raise additional capital to continue operations over the coming year.
We anticipate the need to raise approximately $15,000,000 in capital to fund our operations through June 30, 2019. We expect to use these cash proceeds, primarily to acquire oil and gas properties, enter into joint ventures, retain additional key personnel and remain in full legal and accounting compliance with the SEC. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to raise these required funds or generate sufficient revenue to remain operational.
Our monetization strategy is dependent on many factors outside our control.
There is no guarantee that our efforts to monetize Soligen Technologies, Inc., nor any of the oil and gas properties we plan on acquiring, will be successful. Furthermore, our competitors are significantly better capitalized and maintain an advantage over us as pertains to capital expenditures, acquisitions and general business development. All these factors individually or collectively may preclude us from effectively monetizing our business.
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We may be unable to manage growth, which may impact our potential profitability.
Successful implementation of our business strategy requires us to manage our growth. Growth could place an increasing strain on our management and financial resources. To manage growth effectively, we will need to:
| ● | Establish definitive business strategies, goals and objectives; | |
| ● | Maintain a system of management controls; and | |
| ● | Attract and retain qualified personnel, as well as, develop, train and manage management-level and other employees. |
If we fail to manage our growth effectively, our business, financial condition or operating results could be materially harmed, and our stock price may decline.
We may not be able to compete successfully with other established companies offering the same or similar services and, as a result, we may not achieve our projected revenue and user targets.
If we are unable to compete successfully with other businesses in our existing market, we may not achieve our projected revenue and/or targets. We compete with both start-up and established companies in the exploration and production of oil and gas fields. Compared to our business, some of our competitors may have greater financial and other resources, have been in business longer, have greater name recognition and be better established in the oil and gas sector.
Our lack of adequate D&O insurance may also make it difficult for us to retain and attract talented and skilled directors and officers.
We may in the future be subject to additional litigation, including potential class action and stockholder derivative actions. Risks associated with legal liability are difficult to assess and quantify, and their existence and magnitude can remain unknown for significant periods of time. To date, we have not obtained directors and officers liability (“D&O”) insurance. While neither Wyoming law nor our Articles of Incorporation or bylaws require us to indemnify or advance expenses to our officers and directors involved in such a legal action, we have entered into an indemnification agreement with our President and intend to enter into similar agreements with other officers and directors in the future. Without adequate D&O insurance, the amounts we would pay to indemnify our officers and directors should they be subject to legal action based on their service to the Company could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity. Furthermore, our lack of adequate D&O insurance may make it difficult for us to retain and attract talented and skilled directors and officers, which could adversely affect our business.
If we are unable to maintain effective internal control over our financial reporting, the reputational effects could materially adversely affect our business.
Under the provisions of Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended by the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, the SEC adopted rules requiring public companies to perform an evaluation of Internal Control over Financial Reporting (Internal Controls) and to report on our evaluation in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our Internal Controls constitute a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP. In the event we discover material weakness in our internal controls and our remediation of such reported material weakness is ineffective, or if in the future we are unable to maintain effective Internal Controls, additional resulting material restatements could occur, regulatory actions could be taken, and a resulting loss of investor confidence in the reliability of our financial statements could occur.
We expect to incur substantial expenses to meet our reporting obligations as a public company. In addition, failure to maintain adequate financial and management processes and controls could lead to errors in our financial reporting and could harm our ability to manage our expenses.
We estimate that it will cost approximately $50,000 annually to maintain the proper management and financial controls for our filings required as a public company. In addition, if we do not maintain adequate financial and management personnel, processes and controls, we may not be able to accurately report our financial performance on a timely basis, which could cause a decline in our stock price and adversely affect our ability to raise capital.
General Business Risks
The Company faces significant competition with respect to Acquisitions or Personnel.
The oil and gas business is a highly competitive industry. In seeking any suitable oil and gas properties for acquisition, or drilling rig operators and related personnel and equipment, the Company is a small entity with limited financial resources and may not be able to compete with most other companies, including large oil and gas companies and other independent operators with greater financial and technical resources and longer history and experience in property acquisition and operation.
The Company depends on key personnel, whom it may not be able to retain or recruit.
Certain members of present management and certain Company employees have substantial expertise in the areas of endeavor presently conducted and to be engaged in by the Company. To the extent that their services become unavailable, the Company would be required to retain other and additional qualified personnel to perform these services in technical areas upon which the Company is dependent to conduct exploration and production activities. The Company does not know whether it would be able to recruit and hire qualified and additional persons upon acceptable terms. The Company does not maintain “Key Person” insurance for any of the Company’s key employees.
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The Company’s operations are subject to changes in general economic conditions.
Virtually all of the Company’s operations are subject to the risks and uncertainties of adverse changes in general economic conditions, the outcome of potential legal or regulatory proceedings, changes in environmental, tax, labor and other laws and regulations to which the Company is subject, and the condition of the capital markets utilized by the Company to finance its operations.
Our business and operations may experience rapid growth. If we fail to manage our growth, our business and operating results could be harmed and we may have to incur significant expenditures to address the additional operational and control requirements of this growth.
We may experience rapid growth in our sales and operations, which may place significant demands on our management, operational and financial infrastructure. If we do not manage our growth, the quality of our products and services could suffer, which could negatively affect our brand and operating results. To manage this growth, we will need to continue to improve our operational, financial and management controls and our reporting systems and procedures. These systems enhancements and improvements will require significant capital expenditures and allocation of valuable management resources. If the improvements are not implemented successfully, our ability to manage our growth will be impaired and we may have to make significant additional expenditures to address these issues, which could harm our financial position. The required improvements may include: Enhancing our information and communication systems to attempt to optimize proper service to our customers, and Enhancing systems of internal controls to ensure timely and accurate reporting of all of our operations
If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud. As a result, current and potential stockholders could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which would harm our business and the trading price of our stock.
Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and effectively prevent fraud. If we cannot provide reliable financial reports or prevent fraud, our brand and operating results could be harmed. We may in the future discover areas of our internal controls that need improvement. We cannot be certain that any measures we implement will ensure that we achieve and maintain adequate controls over our financial processes and reporting in the future. Any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation, could harm our operating results or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. Inferior internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our stock.
We have no operating history under our new business model in the oil and gas industry. This makes it difficult to evaluate our future prospects and may increase the risk that we will not be successful.
We have no operating history under our new business model in the oil and gas industry. You must consider our business and prospects in light of the risks and difficulties we will encounter as an early-stage company in a new and rapidly evolving market. We may not be able to successfully address these risks and difficulties, which could materially harm our business and operating results.
We cannot be certain that additional financing will be available on reasonable terms when required, or at all.
From time to time, we may need additional financing. Our ability to obtain additional financing, if and when required, will depend on investor demand, our operating performance, the condition of the capital markets, and other factors. We cannot assure you that additional financing will be available to us on favorable terms when required, or at all. We may need to raise additional funds through the issuance of equity, equity-linked or debt securities, those securities may have rights, preferences, or privileges senior to the rights of our Common Stock, and our existing stockholders may experience dilution.
The Company’s Chairman of the Board beneficially controls a substantial amount of the Company’s voting rights and has significant influence over the Company’s business.
Gary Grimshaw, the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors, is the sole shareholder of the Company’s Series D Preferred stock. At June 26, 2018, Mr. Grimshaw individually controls 1,000 shares of the Company’s Series D Preferred stock. His ownership and voting control of 100.00% of the Company’s Series D Preferred stock gives him significant influence on the outcome of corporate transactions or other matters submitted to the Board of Directors or shareholders for approval, including mergers, consolidations, and the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
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Shares eligible for future sale may depress the Company’s stock price.
At June 29, 2018, the Company had 38,946,389 shares of common stock outstanding of which 9,503,874 shares were held by officers, directors, and affiliates.
All of the shares of common stock held by affiliates are restricted or controlled securities under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The shares of the common stock issuable upon exercise of the stock options have been registered under the Securities Act. Sales of shares of common stock under Rule 144 or another exemption under the Securities Act or pursuant to a registration statement could have a material adverse effect on the price of the common stock and could impair the Company’s ability to raise additional capital through the sale of equity securities.
Future issuance of additional shares of the Company’s common stock would cause dilution of ownership interest and adversely affect stock price.
The Company may in the future issue previously authorized and unissued securities, resulting in the dilution of the ownership interest of its current stockholders. The Company is currently authorized to issue a total of 980 million shares of common stock with such rights as determined by the Board of Directors. Of that amount, approximately 39.0 million shares have been issued. The potential issuance of the approximately 941.0 million remaining authorized but unissued shares of common stock may create downward pressure on the trading price of the Company’s common stock.
The Company may also issue additional shares of its common stock or other securities that are convertible into or exercisable for common stock for raising capital or other business purposes. Future sales of substantial amounts of common stock, or the perception that sales could occur, could have a material adverse effect on the price of the Company’s common stock.
The Company may issue shares of preferred stock with greater rights than Common Stock.
The Company’s charter authorizes the Board of Directors to issue one or more series of preferred stock and set the terms of the preferred stock without seeking any further approval from holders of the Company’s common stock. Any preferred stock that is issued may rank ahead of the Company’s common stock in terms of dividends, priority and liquidation premiums and may have greater voting rights than the Company’s common stock. On April 11, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the designation of a new series of Preferred stock, Series D Preferred stock. The Company is authorized to issue up to 1,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock of which 1,000 shares have been issued and are held by our President, Gary Grimshaw.
Lack of indications of product acceptability.
The success of the Company will be dependent upon its ability to develop commercially acceptable products and to sell such products in quantities sufficient to yield profitable results. To date, the Company has received no indications of the commercial acceptability of any of its proposed products. Accordingly, the Company cannot predict whether its products can be marketed and sold in a commercial manner.
Reliance upon third parties.
The Company does not intend on maintaining a significant technical staff nor does it intend on manufacturing its products. Rather it will rely heavily on consultants, contractors, and manufacturers to design, develop and manufacture its products. Accordingly, there is no assurance that such third parties will be available when needed at affordable prices.
Competition
Although management believes its products, if developed, will have significant competitive advantages to other products in their respective industries, with respect to such products, the Company will be competing in industries, such as the industrial wastewater industry, where enormous competition exists. Competitors in these industries have greater financial, engineering and other resources than the Company. No assurances can be given that any advances or developments made by such companies will not supersede the competitive advantages of the Company’s products.
Protection of intellectual property.
The success of the Company will be dependent, in part, upon the protection of various proprietary technologies from competitive use. Certain technologies are the subject of various patents in varying jurisdictions. In addition to the patent applications, the Company relies on a combination of trade secrets, nondisclosure agreements and other contractual provisions. Nevertheless, these measures may be inadequate to safeguard the Company’s use of underlying technologies. If these measures do not protect the intellectual property rights, third parties could complicate the Company’s use of technologies, and its ability to compete in the market would be reduced significantly.
In the future, the Company may be required to protect or enforce patents and patent rights through patent litigation against third parties, such as infringement suits or interference proceedings. These lawsuits could be expensive, take significant time, and could divert management’s attention from other business concerns. These actions could put the Company’s patents at risk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly and any patent applications at risk of not issuing. In defense of any such action, these third parties may assert claims against the Company. The Company cannot provide any assurance that it will have sufficient funds to vigorously prosecute any patent litigation, that it will prevail in any of these suits, or that the damages or other remedies awarded, if any, will be commercially valuable. During the course of these suits, there may be public announcements of the results of hearings, motions and other interim proceedings or developments in the litigation, which could result in the negative perception by investors, which could cause the price of the Company’s common stock to decline dramatically.
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Risks Related to this Offering
We are a shell company pursuant to Rule 405 of the Securities Act. This may impact our ability to attract additional capital.
We have no assets and our operations appear to have been primarily organizational since we discontinued previous operations when a Custodian was appointed to oversee the operations of the Company on March 22, 2018. We are a shell company pursuant to Rule 405 of the Securities Act. The consequences of shell company status may affect our ability attract additional capital. Under SEC Rule 144 restricted and control securities may be resold in reliance on Rule 144 unless and until the company has has ceased to be a shell company, is subject to the reporting requirements of section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, has filed all reports and other materials required to be filed by section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, during the preceding 12 months and has filed current “Form 10 information” with the SEC reflecting its status as an entity. When these conditions are satisfied, then those securities may be sold subject to the requirements Rule 144 after one year has elapsed from the date that the issuer filed “Form 10 information” with the SEC.
The unavailability of Rule 144 may affect our ability to attract additional capital as investors may not be willing to purchase restricted or control securities unless they can sell under Rule 144.
There has been a limited public market for our Common Stock prior to this Offering, and an active market in which investors can resell their shares may not develop.
Prior to this Offering, there has been a limited public market for our Common Stock. We cannot predict the extent to which an active market for our Common Stock will develop or be sustained after this Offering, or how the development of such a market might affect the market price of our Common Stock. The initial offering price of our Common Stock in this Offering will be agreed between us and the underwriters based on a number of factors, including market conditions in effect at the time of the Offering, and it may not be in any way indicative of the price at which our shares will trade following the completion of this Offering. Investors may not be able to resell their shares at or above the initial offering price.
Investors in this Offering will experience immediate and substantial dilution.
If all of the shares offered hereby are sold, investors in this Offering will own 92.77% of the then outstanding shares of all classes of common stock, resulting in a dilution of $0.003 per share to investors in this offering. Please see “Dilution” for further information.
The market price of our Common Stock may fluctuate, and you could lose all or part of your investment.
The offering price for our Common Stock will be set by us based on a number of factors and may not be indicative of prices that will prevail on OTCMarkets or elsewhere following this Offering. The price of our Common Stock may decline following this Offering. The stock market in general, and the market price of our Common Stock will likely be subject to fluctuation, whether due to, or irrespective of, our operating results, financial condition and prospects.
Our financial performance, our industry’s overall performance, changing consumer preferences, technologies and advertiser requirements, government regulatory action, tax laws and market conditions in general could have a significant impact on the future market price of our Common Stock. Some of the other factors that could negatively affect our share price or result in fluctuations in our share price include:
| ● | actual or anticipated variations in our periodic operating results; | |
| ● | changes in earnings estimates; | |
| ● | changes in market valuations of similar companies; | |
| ● | actions or announcements by our competitors; | |
| ● | adverse market reaction to any increased indebtedness we may incur in the future; | |
| ● | additions or departures of key personnel; | |
| ● | actions by stockholders; | |
| ● | speculation in the press or investment community; and | |
| ● | our intentions and ability to list our Common Stock on a national securities exchange and our subsequent ability to maintain such listing. |
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We do not expect to declare or pay dividends in the foreseeable future.
We do not expect to declare or pay dividends in the foreseeable future, as we anticipate that we will invest future earnings in the development and growth of our business. Therefore, holders of our Common Stock will not receive any return on their investment unless they sell their securities, and holders may be unable to sell their securities on favorable terms or at all.
Our financial statements are unaudited and have not been reviewed by an independent accountant.
Management has prepared the Company’s financial statements. These statements have not been audited. No independent accountant has reviewed these financial statements.
Because we do not have an audit or compensation committee, shareholders will have to rely on our directors, none of whom is not independent, to perform these functions.
We do not have an audit or compensation committee comprised of an independent director. Indeed, we do not have any audit or compensation committee. The Board of Directors performs these functions as a whole. No members of the Board of Directors are an independent director. Thus, there is a potential conflict in that board members who are also part of management will participate in discussions concerning management compensation and audit issues that may affect management decisions.
Because we lack certain internal controls over financial reporting in that we do not have an audit committee and our Board of Directors has no technical knowledge of U.S. GAAP and internal control of financial reporting and relies upon the Company’s financial personnel to advise the Board on such matters, we are subject to increased risk related to financial statement disclosures.
We lack certain internal controls over financial reporting in that we do not have an audit committee and our Board of Directors has no technical knowledge of U.S. GAAP and internal control of financial reporting and relies upon the Company’s financial personnel to advise the Board on such matters. Accordingly, we are subject to increased risk related to financial statement disclosures.
Our control shareholder holds a significant percentage of our outstanding voting securities, which could reduce the ability of minority shareholders to effect certain corporate actions.
Our control shareholder is the beneficial owner of 100.00% of our Series D Preferred Stock, which, along with his ownership of common stock, controls 94.73% of the voting securities prior to the Offering and 95.24% of our outstanding voting securities after the to the Offering, assuming all 500,000,000 shares of common stock in this Offering are sold. As a result of this ownership, he possesses and can continue to possess significant influence and can elect and can continue to elect a majority of our Board of Directors and authorize or prevent proposed significant corporate transactions. His ownership and control may also have the effect of delaying or preventing a future change in control, impeding a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business combination or discourage a potential acquirer from making a tender offer.
Upon the completion of this Offering, we expect to elect to become a public reporting company under the Exchange Act, and thereafter publicly report on an ongoing basis as an “emerging growth company” under the reporting rules set forth under the Exchange Act. If we elect not to do so, we will be required to publicly report on an ongoing basis under the reporting rules set forth in Regulation A for Tier 1 issuers. In either case, we will be subject to ongoing public reporting requirements that are less rigorous than Exchange Act rules for companies that are not “emerging growth companies”, and our stockholders could receive less information than they might expect to receive from more mature public companies.
Upon the completion of this Offering, we expect to elect to become a public reporting company under the Exchange Act. If we elect to do so, we will be required to publicly report on an ongoing basis as an “emerging growth company” (as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, which we refer to as the JOBS Act) under the reporting rules set forth under the Exchange Act. For so long as we remain an “emerging growth company”, we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other Exchange Act reporting companies that are not “emerging growth companies”, including but not limited to:
| ● | not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; | |
| ● | taking advantage of extensions of time to comply with certain new or revised financial accounting standards; | |
| ● | being permitted to comply with reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements; and | |
| ● | being exempt from the requirement to hold a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. |
We expect to take advantage of these reporting exemptions until we are no longer an emerging growth company. We would remain an “emerging growth company” for up to five years, although if the market value of our Common Stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any July 30 before that time, we would cease to be an “emerging growth company” as of the following December 31.
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If we elect not to become a public reporting company under the Exchange Act, we will be required to publicly report on an ongoing basis under the reporting rules set forth in Regulation A for Tier 1 issuers. The ongoing reporting requirements under Regulation A are more relaxed than for “emerging growth companies” under the Exchange Act. The differences include, but are not limited to, being required to file only annual and semiannual reports, rather than annual and quarterly reports. Annual reports are due within 120 calendar days after the end of the issuer’s fiscal year, and semiannual reports are due within 90 calendar days after the end of the first six months of the issuer’s fiscal year.
In either case, we will be subject to ongoing public reporting requirements that are less rigorous than Exchange Act rules for companies that are not “emerging growth companies”, and our stockholders could receive less information than they might expect to receive from more mature public companies.
The preparation of our consolidated financial statements involves the use of estimates, judgments and assumptions, and our consolidated financial statements may be materially affected if such estimates, judgments or assumptions prove to be inaccurate.
Financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) typically require the use of estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts. Often, different estimates, judgments and assumptions could reasonably be used that would have a material effect on such financial statements, and changes in these estimates, judgments and assumptions may occur from period to period over time. Significant areas of accounting requiring the application of management’s judgment include, but are not limited to, determining the fair value of assets and the timing and amount of cash flows from assets. These estimates, judgments and assumptions are inherently uncertain and, if our estimates were to prove to be wrong, we would face the risk that charges to income or other financial statement changes or adjustments would be required. Any such charges or changes could harm our business, including our financial condition and results of operations and the price of our securities. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for a discussion of the accounting estimates, judgments and assumptions that we believe are the most critical to an understanding of our consolidated financial statements and our business.
If securities industry analysts do not publish research reports on us, or publish unfavorable reports on us, then the market price and market trading volume of our Common Stock could be negatively affected.
Any trading market for our Common Stock will be influenced in part by any research reports that securities industry analysts publish about us. We do not currently have and may never obtain research coverage by securities industry analysts. If no securities industry analysts commence coverage of us, the market price and market trading volume of our Common Stock could be negatively affected. In the event we are covered by analysts, and one or more of such analysts downgrade our securities, or otherwise reports on us unfavorably, or discontinues coverage or us, the market price and market trading volume of our Common Stock could be negatively affected.
Future issuances of our Common Stock or securities convertible into our Common Stock, or the expiration of lock-up agreements that restrict the issuance of new Common Stock or the trading of outstanding stock, could cause the market price of our Common Stock to decline and would result in the dilution of your shareholding.
Future issuances of our Common Stock or securities convertible into our Common Stock, and/or conversion of the Notes convertible into Common Stock, or the expiration of lock-up agreements that restrict the sale of Common Stock by selling shareholders, or the trading of outstanding stock, could cause the market price of our Common Stock to decline. We cannot predict the effect, if any, of the exercise of conversion of the Notes into Common Stock or other future issuances of our Common Stock or securities convertible into our Common Stock, or the future expirations of lock-up agreements, on the price of our Common Stock. In all events, future issuances of our Common Stock would result in the dilution of your shareholding. In addition, the perception that locked-up parties will sell their securities when the lock-ups expire, could adversely affect the market price of our Common Stock.
Our shares are subject to the penny stock rules, making it more difficult to trade our shares.
The SEC has adopted rules that regulate broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in penny stocks. Penny stocks are generally equity securities with a price of less than $5.00, other than securities registered on certain national securities exchanges or authorized for quotation on certain automated quotation systems, provided that current price and volume information with respect to transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange or system. If the price of our Common Stock is less than $5.00, our Common Stock will be deemed a penny stock. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, before a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document containing specified information. In addition, the penny stock rules require that before effecting any transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, a broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive (i) the purchaser’s written acknowledgment of the receipt of a risk disclosure statement; (ii) a written agreement to transactions involving penny stocks; and (iii) a signed and dated copy of a written suitability statement. These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the trading activity in the secondary market for our Common Stock, and therefore stockholders may have difficulty selling their shares.
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Our management has broad discretion as to the use of certain of the net proceeds from this Offering.
We intend to use up to $900,000 of the net proceeds from this Offering (if we sell all of the shares being offered) for working capital and other general corporate purposes. However, we cannot specify with certainty the particular uses of such proceeds. Our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds designated for use as working capital or for other general corporate purposes. Accordingly, you will have to rely upon the judgment of our management with respect to the use of these proceeds. Our management may spend a portion or all of the net proceeds from this Offering in ways that holders of our Common Stock may not desire or that may not yield a significant return or any return at all. The failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could harm our business. Pending their use, we may also invest the net proceeds from this Offering in a manner that does not produce income or that loses value. Please see “Use of Proceeds” below for more information.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Offering Circular contains various “forward-looking statements.” You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “estimates” or “anticipates” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. These statements may be impacted by a number of risks and uncertainties.
The forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations of our future performance taking into account all information currently available to us. These beliefs, assumptions and expectations are subject to risks and uncertainties and can change as a result of many possible events or factors, not all of which are known to us. If a change occurs, our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations may vary materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements. You should carefully consider these risks before you make an investment decision with respect to our Securities. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could impact our future results, performance or transactions, see the section entitled “Risk Factors.”
If we sell all of the shares being offered, our net proceeds (after our estimated offering expenses of $500,000) will be $14,500,000. We will use these net proceeds for:
If 100% of the Shares offered are sold:
| Percentage of Offering Sold | Offering Proceeds | Approximate Offering Expenses | Total Net Offering Proceeds | Principal Uses of Net Proceeds | |||||||||||
| 3,200,000 | Acquire previously drilled wells | ||||||||||||||
| 975,000 | Acquire re-work rigs | ||||||||||||||
| 2,000,000 | Leasehold acquisitions | ||||||||||||||
| 100,000 | Leasehold maintenance | ||||||||||||||
| 5,700,000 | Re-work expenses on individual wells | ||||||||||||||
| 200,000 | Joint venture costs | ||||||||||||||
| 200,000 | Bond and state filing fees | ||||||||||||||
| 60,000 | Office space (field and corporate) | ||||||||||||||
| 495,000 | Salaries | ||||||||||||||
| 250,000 | Legal | ||||||||||||||
| 200,000 | Marketing | ||||||||||||||
| 175,000 | Consulting | ||||||||||||||
| 900,000 | Working capital | ||||||||||||||
| 45,000 | Loan Repayment | ||||||||||||||
| 100.00 | % | $ | 15,000,000 | $ | 500,000 | $ | 14,500,000 | ||||||||
If 50% of the Shares offered are sold:
| Percentage of Offering Sold | Offering Proceeds | Approximate Offering Expenses | Total Net Offering Proceeds | Principal Uses of Net Proceeds | |||||||||||
| 1,500,000 | Acquire previously drilled wells | ||||||||||||||
| 487,500 | Acquire re-work rigs | ||||||||||||||
| 1,000,000 | Leasehold acquisitions | ||||||||||||||
| 50,000 | Leasehold maintenance | ||||||||||||||
| 2,650,000 | Re-work expenses on individual wells | ||||||||||||||
| 100,000 | Joint venture costs | ||||||||||||||
| 100,000 | Bond and state filing fees | ||||||||||||||
| 30,000 | Office space (field and corporate) | ||||||||||||||
| 500,000 | Salaries | ||||||||||||||
| 100,000 | Legal | ||||||||||||||
| 100,000 | Marketing | ||||||||||||||
| 87,500 | Consulting | ||||||||||||||
| 650,000 | Working capital | ||||||||||||||
| 45,000 | Loan Repayment | ||||||||||||||
| 50.00 | % | $ | 7,500,000 | $ | 300,000 | $ | 7,200,000 | ||||||||
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If 25% of the Shares offered are sold:
| Percentage of Offering Sold | Offering Proceeds | Approximate Offering Expenses | Total Net Offering Proceeds | Principal Uses of Net Proceeds | |||||||||||
| 500,000 | Acquire previously drilled wells | ||||||||||||||
| 250,000 | Acquire re-work rigs | ||||||||||||||
| 500,000 | Leasehold acquisitions | ||||||||||||||
| 75,000 | Leasehold maintenance | ||||||||||||||
| 1,300,000 | Re-work expenses on individual wells | ||||||||||||||
| 50,000 | Joint venture costs | ||||||||||||||
| 50,000 | Bond and state filing fees | ||||||||||||||
| 30,000 | Office space (field and corporate) | ||||||||||||||
| 400,000 | Salaries | ||||||||||||||
| 75,000 | Legal | ||||||||||||||
| 50,000 | Marketing | ||||||||||||||
| 25,000 | Consulting | ||||||||||||||
| 500,000 | Working capital | ||||||||||||||
| 45,000 | Loan Repayment | ||||||||||||||
| 25.00 | % | $ | 3,750,000 | $ | 200,000 | $ | 3,550,000 | ||||||||
The precise amounts that we will devote to each of the foregoing items, and the timing of expenditures, will vary depending on numerous factors.
As indicated in the table above, if we sell only 25% or 50% of the shares offered for sale in this Offering, we would expect to use the resulting net proceeds for the same purposes as we would use the net proceeds from a sale of 100% of the shares, and in approximately the same proportions, until such time as such use of proceeds would leave us without working capital reserve. At that point we would expect to modify our use of proceeds by limiting our expansion, leaving us with the working capital reserve indicated.
The expected use of net proceeds from this Offering represents our intentions based upon our current plans and business conditions, which could change in the future as our plans and business conditions evolve and change. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures, specifically with respect to working capital, may vary significantly depending on numerous factors. The precise amounts that we will devote to each of the foregoing items, and the timing of expenditures, will vary depending on numerous factors. As a result, our management will retain broad discretion over the allocation of the net proceeds from this Offering.
In the event we do not sell all of the shares being offered, we may seek additional financing from other sources in order to support the intended use of proceeds indicated above. If we secure additional equity funding, investors in this Offering would be diluted. In all events, there can be no assurance that additional financing would be available to us when wanted or needed and, if available, on terms acceptable to us.
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If you purchase shares in this Offering, your ownership interest in our Common Stock will be diluted immediately, to the extent of the difference between the price to the public charged for each share in this Offering and the net tangible book value per share of our Common Stock after this Offering.
Our historical net tangible book value as of March 31, 2018 was $(12,677) or $0.00 per then-outstanding share of our Common Stock. Historical net tangible book value per share equals the amount of our total tangible assets less total liabilities, divided by the total number of shares of our Common Stock outstanding, all as of the date specified.
The following table illustrates the per share dilution to new investors discussed above, assuming the sale of, respectively, 100%, 50% and 25% of the shares offered for sale in this Offering (after deducting estimated offering expenses of $500,000, $300,000 and $200,000, respectively):
| 100% | 50% | 25% | ||||||||||
| Price to the public charged for each share in this Offering | $ | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||||||||
| Historical net tangible book value per share as of March 31, 2018 (1) | $ | (0.0003 | ) | (0.0003 | ) | (0.0003 | ) | |||||
| Increase in net tangible book value per share attributable to new investors in this Offering (2) | $ | 0.027 | 0.025 | 0.022 | ||||||||
| Net tangible book value per share, after this Offering | $ | 0.027 | 0.025 | 0.020 | ||||||||
| Dilution per share to new investors | $ | 0.003 | 0.005 | 0.008 |
| (1) | Based on net tangible book value as of March 31, 2018 of $(0) and 38,946,389 outstanding shares of Common stock. | |
| (2) | After deducting estimated offering expenses of $500,000, $300,000, and $200,000, respectively. | |
| (3) | At March 31, 2018, the par value of the Company’s common stock was $0.00. The par value was changed to $0.001 with the filing of the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation on April 11, 2018. | |
| (4) | The calculations utilized for the figures shown in the table above use the new par value of $0.001. |
On April 24, 2018, the Company entered into a Consulting Agreement with one of its directors, Jimmy Wayne Anderson. The Agreement has a term of two months and the compensation due to Mr. Anderson is Forty-Five Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($45,000) payable to Mr. Anderson upon the Company’s completion of a financing transaction.
On April 24, 2018, the Company issued an 5% unsecured promissory note to Mr. Anderson in the amount of $45,000. As of June 18, 2018, $45,000 was outstanding with accrued interest of $344.96 which will be reflected in the Company’s financials as of June 30, 2018 as accounts payable and notes payable – related party in the accompanying unaudited balance sheets. Please see INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS for further information.
On April 24, 2018, the Company executed an employment agreement with Gary Grimshaw to serve in the role as President, Treasurer, and Secretary of the Company upon the terms and provisions and, subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement, for a term of five (5) years, commencing on April 24, 2018, and terminating on April 24, 2023, unless earlier terminated as provided in the Agreement. The Agreement included options to Mr. Grimshaw to purchase 50,000,000 shares of common stock at an average price of $.002 per share. Mr. Grimshaw will receive an annual compensation of $300,000 for each of the five years of the Agreement.
Percentage Ownership Not Including Certain Shares
| Share Structure | Number
of Shares Outstanding | Percent
of Class Before Offering | Percent
of Class After Offering | |||||||||
| Shares outstanding prior to offering (a) | 38,946,389 | 100.00 | % | 7.23 | % | |||||||
| Shares offered in offering (b) | 500,000,000 | 0.00 | % | 92.77 | % | |||||||
| Total shares | 538,946,389 | 100.00. | % | 100.00 | % | |||||||
| (a) | Shares outstanding prior to the Offering Statement not including the 50,000,000 shares to be issued to Gary Grimshaw upon the exercise of the warrant issued to Mr. Grimshaw upon the entry into the Employment Agreement with the Company dated April 24, 2018. | |
| (b) | Total shares outstanding after the offering equals 538,946,389 and assumes that all shares in the offering are sold. |
Percentage Ownership Including All Shares Issued and Outstanding
| Share Structure | Number
of Shares Beneficially Owned | Percent
of Class Before Offering | Percent
of Class After Offering | |||||||||
| Shares outstanding prior to offering (a) | 38,946,389 | 43.79 | % | 6.61 | % | |||||||
| Shares issuable to Gary Grimshaw | 50,000,000 | 56.21 | % | 8.49 | % | |||||||
| Shares offered in offering (b) | 500,000,000 | 0 | % | 84.90 | % | |||||||
| Total shares | 588,946,389 | 100 | % | 100 | % | |||||||
| (a) | The 50,000,000 shares issuable to Gary Grimshaw are included in the Percent of Class Before and After Offering | |
| (b) | Total shares outstanding after the offering equals 588,946,389 and assumes that all shares in the offering are sold. | |
| (c) | Purchasers of the shares in the offering statement are diluted by 7.87% due to the 50,000,000 shares to be issued to Mr. Grimshaw upon exercise of the warrant. |
This Offering Circular is part of an Offering Statement that we filed with the SEC, using a continuous offering process. Periodically, as we have material developments, we will provide an Offering Circular supplement that may add, update or change information contained in this Offering Circular. Any statement that we make in this Offering Circular will be modified or superseded by any inconsistent statement made by us in a subsequent Offering Circular supplement. The Offering Statement we filed with the SEC includes exhibits that provide more detailed descriptions of the matters discussed in this Offering Circular. You should read this Offering Circular and the related exhibits filed with the SEC and any Offering Circular supplement, together with additional information contained in our annual reports, semi-annual reports and other reports and information statements that we will file periodically with the SEC. See the section entitled “Additional Information” below for more details.
Exchange Listing
Our Common Stock is traded on OTC Markets Pinksheets under the symbol “SGTN.”
Pricing of the Offering
Prior to the Offering, there has been a limited public market for the Offered Shares. The initial public offering price was determined by us. The principal factors considered in determining the initial public offering price include:
| ● | the information set forth in this Offering Circular and otherwise available; | |
| ● | our history and prospects and the history of and prospects for the industry in which we compete; | |
| ● | our past and present financial performance; | |
| ● | our prospects for future earnings and the present state of our development; | |
| ● | the general condition of the securities markets at the time of this Offering; | |
| ● | the recent market prices of, and demand for, publicly traded common stock of generally comparable companies; and | |
| ● | other factors deemed relevant by us. |
Offering Period and Expiration Date
This Offering will start on or after the Qualification Date and will terminate if the Maximum Offering is reached or, if it not is reached, on the Termination Date.
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Procedures for Subscribing
When you decide to subscribe for Offered Shares in this Offering, you should:
Go to www.minivest.com, click on the “Invest Now” button and follow the procedures as described.
| 1. | Electronically receive, review, execute and deliver to us a subscription agreement; and |
| 2. | Deliver funds directly by wire or electronic funds transfer via ACH to the specified account maintained by us. |
Any potential investor will have ample time to review the subscription agreement, along with their counsel, prior to making any final investment decision. We shall only deliver such subscription agreement upon request after a potential investor has had ample opportunity to review this Offering Circular.
Right to Reject Subscriptions. After we receive your complete, executed subscription agreement and the funds required under the subscription agreement have been transferred to the escrow account, we have the right to review and accept or reject your subscription in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason. We will return all monies from rejected subscriptions immediately to you, without interest or deduction.
Acceptance of Subscriptions. Upon our acceptance of a subscription agreement, we will countersign the subscription agreement and issue the shares subscribed at closing. Once you submit the subscription agreement and it is accepted, you may not revoke or change your subscription or request your subscription funds. All accepted subscription agreements are irrevocable.
Under Rule 251 of Regulation A, non-accredited, non-natural investors are subject to the investment limitation and may only invest funds which do not exceed 10% of the greater of the purchaser’s revenue or net assets (as of the purchaser’s most recent fiscal year end). A non-accredited, natural person may only invest funds which do not exceed 10% of the greater of the purchaser’s annual income or net worth (please see below on how to calculate your net worth).
NOTE: For the purposes of calculating your net worth, it is defined as the difference between total assets and total liabilities. This calculation must exclude the value of your primary residence and may exclude any indebtedness secured by your primary residence (up to an amount equal to the value of your primary residence). In the case of fiduciary accounts, net worth and/or income suitability requirements may be satisfied by the beneficiary of the account or by the fiduciary, if the fiduciary directly or indirectly provides funds for the purchase of the Offered Shares.
In order to purchase offered Shares and prior to the acceptance of any funds from an investor, an investor will be required to represent, to the Company’s satisfaction, that he is either an accredited investor or is in compliance with the 10% of net worth or annual income limitation on investment in this Offering.
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of our operations together with our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Offering Circular. This discussion contains forward-looking statements reflecting our current expectations, whose actual outcomes involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of events may differ materially from those stated in or implied by these forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including those discussed in the sections entitled “Risk Factors”, “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and elsewhere in this Offering Circular. Please see the notes to our Financial Statements for information about our Critical Accounting Policies and Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
The Company has not had material revenues from operations in each of the last two fiscal years.
From Inception through early 2006, the Company’s business model was centered around a license agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“M.I.T.”). The license granted the Company the right to develop, manufacture, market and sell products utilizing certain patented technology and processes for the production of ceramic casting molds for casting metal parts. Prior management abandoned the public operations in 2006 and took the Company’s subsidiary and its operations private. On April 24, 2018, the Company’s new and current management elected to change its business model to that of an exploration and production company in the oil and natural gas industry.
The Company plans to enter the oil and natural gas sector through the acquisition of previously producing wells, acquisition of leaseholds, mineral rights, fee simple land, drilling of new wells and the establishment of a service company.
Plan of Operation for the Next Twelve Months
The Company believes that the proceeds of this Offering will satisfy its cash requirements for the next twelve months. To complete the Company’s entire development plan, it may have to raise additional funds in the next twelve months.
The Company may make significant changes in the number of employees at the corporate level, as well as retaining the services of software developers as contract labor or employees.
Investments. The Company intends to make substantial investments in its two divisions: exploration and production (E & P) and service.
Marketing and sales. The Company will cause its divisions to make substantial marketing and sales expenses which will consist primarily of salaries, and benefits for our employees engaged in sales, sales support, marketing, business development, and customer service functions. Our marketing and sales expenses also include marketing and promotional expenditures.
Cost of revenue. The Company expects that the cost of revenue for its operations will consist primarily of expenses associated with the development and distribution of our services. These include expenses related to providing products and services and salaries and benefits for employees on our operations teams.
Research and development. The Company will continue to engage in research and development expenses. These will consist primarily of salaries, and benefits for employees who are responsible for building new products as well as improving existing products. We will expense all of our research and development costs as they are incurred.
General and administrative. The majority of our general and administrative expenses will consist of salaries, benefits, and share-based compensation for certain of our executives as well as our legal, finance, human resources, corporate communications and policy employees, and other administrative employees. In addition, general and administrative expenses include professional and legal services. The Company expects to incur substantial expenses in marketing the current Offering, in closing sales, and in promoting and managing its operations.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company has no off-balance sheet arrangements.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
In the ordinary course of our business, we are not exposed to market risk of the sort that may arise from changes in interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates, or that may otherwise arise from transactions in derivatives.
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The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires our management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company’s significant estimates and assumptions include the fair value of the Company’s common stock, stock-based compensation, the recoverability and useful lives of long-lived assets, and the valuation allowance relating to the Company’s deferred tax assets.
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, in consultation with its legal counsel as appropriate, assesses such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment. 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, in consultation with 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 it is probable that a material loss has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability would be accrued in the Company’s financial statements. If the assessment indicates 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. Loss contingencies considered remote are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the guarantees would be disclosed.
Relaxed Ongoing Reporting Requirements
Upon the completion of this Offering, we expect to elect to become a public reporting company under the Exchange Act. If we elect to do so, we will be required to publicly report on an ongoing basis as an “emerging growth company” (as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, which we refer to as the JOBS Act) under the reporting rules set forth under the Exchange Act. For so long as we remain an “emerging growth company”, we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other Exchange Act reporting companies that are not “emerging growth companies”, including but not limited to:
| ● | not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; | |
| ● | taking advantage of extensions of time to comply with certain new or revised financial accounting standards; | |
| ● | being permitted to comply with reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements; and | |
| ● | being exempt from the requirement to hold a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. |
We expect to take advantage of these reporting exemptions until we are no longer an emerging growth company. We would remain an “emerging growth company” for up to five years, although if the market value of our Common Stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any July 30 before that time, we would cease to be an “emerging growth company” as of the following December 31.
If we elect not to become a public reporting company under the Exchange Act, we will be required to publicly report on an ongoing basis under the reporting rules set forth in Regulation A for Tier 1 issuers. The ongoing reporting requirements under Regulation A are more relaxed than for “emerging growth companies” under the Exchange Act. The differences include, but are not limited to, being required to file only annual and semiannual reports, rather than annual and quarterly reports. Annual reports are due within 120 calendar days after the end of the issuer’s fiscal year, and semiannual reports are due within 90 calendar days after the end of the first six months of the issuer’s fiscal year.
In either case, we will be subject to ongoing public reporting requirements that are less rigorous than Exchange Act rules for companies that are not “emerging growth companies”, and our stockholders could receive less information than they might expect to receive from more mature public companies.
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Soligen Technologies, Inc. is a Wyoming corporation that is the successor to an inactive British Columbia corporation organized in 1988 under the name Pars Resources, Ltd, which name was subsequently changed to WDF Capital Corp. In connection with its reincorporation in Wyoming in 1993, the Company changed its name to Soligen Technologies, Inc. On April 15, 1993, the Company merged with Soligen, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, in a reverse acquisition transaction. Pursuant to a share exchange agreement, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Soligen, Inc. in consideration of the issuance of 11,600,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock to the former shareholders of Soligen, Inc.
The Company’s principal executive office is located at Pennzoil Plza. Bldg., Suite 1300, 700 Milam St., Houston, TX 77002, telephone (832) 871-5107. References to the “Company” include Soligen Technologies, Inc., Soligen and predecessors unless the context indicates otherwise. As of the date of this report, Soligen Technologies, Inc. has no subsidiaries.
The Company’s Common Stock was formally listed for trading on the American Stock Exchange’s (the “AMEX) Emerging Company Marketplace under the symbol “SGT” and on the Canadian Venture Exchange (the “CDNX”), formally the Vancouver Stock Exchange, under the symbol “SGT.” On May 24, 1999, the AMEX notified the Company that its Common Stock listing did not meet their minimum listing guidelines of stockholders’ equity in an amount greater than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000), and a per share market price of greater than One Dollar ($1.00). As a result of the action taken by the AMEX, the last day of trading for the Company’s Common Stock on the AMEX was September 3, 1999. The Company’s Common Stock began trading on the Over-the-Counter Market (OTC Bulletin Board) on September 7, 1999 under the symbol “SGTN.”
On March 3, 2000, the Company approved plans to delist its common shares from trading on the CDNX. The Company acted to delist its shares because of the very low volume trading on that market. The last day of trading for the Company’s Common Stock on the CDNX was April 28, 2000.
The Issuer’s offices are located at Pennzoil Plza. Bldg., Suite 1300, 700 Milam St., Houston, TX 77002, telephone (832) 871-5107, Email info@soligentechnologies.com. We maintain a website at http://www.soligentechnologies.com. We do not incorporate the information on or accessible through our website into this Offering Circular, and you should not consider any information on, or that can be accessed through, our website a part of this Offering Circular.
Our Business
The Company has had no revenues from operations in each of the last two fiscal years.
From Inception through early 2006, the Company’s business model was centered around a license agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“M.I.T.”). The license granted the Company the right to develop, manufacture, market and sell products utilizing certain patented technology and processes for the production of ceramic casting molds for casting metal parts. The Company abandoned its public operations in 2006. On April 24, 2018, Soligen Technologies, Inc.’s new and current management elected to change its business model to that of an exploration and production company in the oil and natural gas industry.
The Company plans to enter the oil and natural gas sector through the acquisition of previously producing wells, acquisition of leaseholds, mineral rights, fee simple land, drilling of new wells and the establishment of a service company.
ENVIROMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR)
Business Plan Summary
Current Operations
Soligen Technologies, Inc. has transformed into an environmentally friendly oil service company which contracts state of the art enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technologies to be utilized for its own acquisitions, leasing or joint ventures, and through its service division in the energy space globally. The trend in various environmental regulations worldwide has placed more restrictions and limitations on the oil industry resulting in increased operating costs. With its environmental focus, Soligen Technologies, Inc. will be particularly well positioned for the future of EOR by contracting technologies such as those which use only sound or small amounts of pulsating water to enhance the flow of oil. More environmentally friendly survey technologies that result in three dimensional maps of the formations and reservoirs below existing and planned new production will give Soligen very accurate data to help minimize costs and further its environmental offerings and capabilities.
Our principal strategy will be focused on the acquisition and development of oil and gas properties that have low production decline rates and offer drilling opportunities with low risk profiles.
Asset Purchases
As part of their transition, Soligen entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with US Natural Gas Corp KY (“KY”) for the purchase of 13 previously producing crude wells, approximately 1700 acres of leaseholds, tank batteries and gathering systems all located in multiple counties throughout the State of Kentucky.
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Under the terms of the Agreement, the Company will acquire the 13 crude wells for consideration of One Hundred Forty Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($140,000). At Closing, the Company assigned KY a royalty for payment out of production whereby KY shall receive thirty percent (30%) of the gross proceeds of production from the acquired assets. In addition, KY shall receive ten percent (10%) of the monthly gross proceeds of production from any new drilled wells on the acquired leases. KY shall receive payments from production until such time that KY has received a total of One Hundred Forty Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($140,000). Upon receipt of a total amount of One Hundred Forty Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($140,000), KY shall receive no further royalty payments.
KY Wells
| WHITLEY COUNTY, KENTUCKY WELLS | ||||||||
| WELL NAME | TOTAL DEPTH (a) | STATUS (b) | PRODUCT (c) | |||||
| HOBERT WHITE #1 | 1303 | SI | NG | |||||
| MILTON HARMON #1 | 1758 | SI | NG | |||||
| SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY OIL WELLS | ||||||||||||
| WELL NAME | COUNTY | TOTAL DEPTH (a) | STATUS (b) | PRODUCT (c) | ||||||||
| JAMES BRUMMETT #1 | ADAIR | 1562 | SI | O | ||||||||
| JAMES BRUMMETT #2 | ADAIR | 1439 | SI | O | ||||||||
| JASON CAMFIELD #1 | ADAIR | 750 | SI | O | ||||||||
| J.C. LASLEY #1 | ADAIR | 1620 | SI | O | ||||||||
| J.C. LASLEY #1A | ADAIR | 1565 | SI | O | ||||||||
| J.C. LASLEY #2 | ADAIR | 1574 | SI | O | ||||||||
| J.C. LASLEY #5 | ADAIR | 1657 | SI | O | ||||||||
| COLBY SMITH #1 | ADAIR | 1680 | SI | O | ||||||||
| D&M FARMS #1 | HART | 2250 | SI | O | ||||||||
| RANDY HATCHER #1 | ADAIR | 1574 | SI | O | ||||||||
| TROY ISOM #1 | MORGAN | 1705 | SI | NG | ||||||||
| (a) - | Total Depth as per completion report |
| (b) - | Status |
| i) PR - In Production | |
| ii) PL - Plugged | |
| iii) SI - Shut-In | |
| (c) - | Product |
| i) O - Oil production | |
| ii) NG - Natural Gas production | |
| iii) O/NG - Both Oil & Natural Gas production |
Along with its current holdings of oil and gas leases and previously producing wells in Kentucky, the Company will seek to joint venture or to acquire new properties and leases for EOR rework or development as well as servicing clients with environmental friendly EOR treatments globally. We seek to operate and maintain a substantial working interest in our properties. We believe the ability to control our drilling inventory will provide us with the opportunity to more efficiently allocate capital, manage resources, control operating and development costs, and utilize our knowledge of oil and gas field technologies.
Enhanced Oil Recovery
The EOR target market for Soligen Technologies, Inc. and its services is the overwhelming bulk of marginally producing (stripper) existing oil wells in the world. According to the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC), a stripper oil well is one that produces 10 barrels of oil per day (BOPD), or 60,000 cubic feet Mcf of natural gas per day or less. Stripper wells started life as normal wells producing much higher volumes via the natural underground pressure present in a new well. As time passes, the pressure drops and so does the volume of oil or gas produced from the wellbore. Even after the pressure and well production drops to marginal levels, up to two-thirds of the oil in the reservoir may still be there. Each reservoir is different, so the amount of oil left varies widely. The remaining oil may not be economically retrievable using conventional lifting technology. As a result, many of these marginal wells are at risk of being plugged or prematurely abandoned, leaving a lot of oil or gas behind.
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Soligen Technologies, Inc. will use proven and patented environmentally friendly technologies to help recover a higher percentage of the oil still left in these wells. The key point is that Soligen Technologies, Inc. is targeting known oil reserves instead of searching for unproven oil deposits and will do this in a most environmentally conscious way. New state of the art methods for EOR include using small amounts of water, sound, or environmentally friendly chemicals (Not acids) applied in a high-tech method to re-open and enhance the downhole zone as well as increase lost pressure, which can increase oil recovery.
A $15,000,000 Regulation A offering will fund Soligen Technologies, Inc.’s client EOR servicing set up, current and additional lease developments, global expansion into South America, and acquisitions. Soligen Technologies, Inc. will apply state of the art environmentally friendly patented Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods to improve the oil/gas productivity of existing wells for clients and on these acquired or leased properties. In some cases, Soligen will develop new production wells adjacent to existing production and sell the produced hydrocarbons on the market.
Service Company
In addition to reworking its assets in Kentucky, the offering proceeds will allow Soligen Technologies, Inc. to set up a service company for third party operators as well as expand its acquisitions and leases. Soligen Technologies, Inc. will market its services to independent oil and gas companies. Strategic alliances with drilling contractors and drilling services consultants are expected. In international markets, state-owned oil and gas companies will also be a significant customer group. Domestic sales will be made directly by Soligen Technologies, Inc. International sales will be made by Soligen directly, through independent international agents, or through cooperative marketing arrangements with local companies
Although every well, reservoir, and formation is unique, contracted state of the art survey and EOR technologies will give Soligen Technologies, Inc. the ability to see a three dimensional view below and around existing well sites which allow the accurate evaluation of the best approach to treat the wells for maximum increased enhanced oil recovery. Once data is evaluated, the different potential high tech environmentally friendly treatments will only use small amounts of water or sound to clean the bore hole and expand the surrounding region of existing oil entry with no acids needed to open fresh new cost-effective paths for additional oil to flow better. The depth for exploration and recovery of hydrocarbons is practically unlimited.
Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, and Leases
Acquisitions are the key to the growth of Soligen Technologies, Inc. By acquiring properties that have a proven production history, and then cost effectively enhancing that production is expected to increase the value of the acquisition. The search for these acquisitions will naturally lead to Joint Ventures, new lease opportunities, and clients for servicing.
New drilling
The EOR evaluation process in some cases will provide the opportunity for new drilling. Soligen Technologies, Inc. and JV partners, or clients can utilize three dimensional maps of the area below and around the known oil producing regions to identify precise new drilling points without the hit or miss approach of the past.
Production Estimates
FIRST YEAR
According to the National Stripper Well Association (NSWA), there are around 400,000 stripper oil wells in the United States, with about 320,000 still actively producing oil. Since 1994, the number of oil stripper wells has remained relatively constant. Soligen Technologies, Inc. plans to acquire and treat at least 57 old wells in the first transition year in USA alone. The survey phase will evaluate and then rework at least 57 low producing wells during the first 4 months. In the second month initial EOR/Recompletion costs of the first 15 low producing and closed wells is 15 X $100,000 = $1,500,000.
The EOR treatment and recompletion costs of 57 low producing wells is approximately 57 x $100,000 = $5,700,000 and will take 4 months after acquisition. After the 4 months, all 57 low productivity and closed wells will be treated by EOR/Recompletion methods and the total productivity in the fifth month should reach approximately 1,425 barrels per day. As we increase our oil and gas production and develop our existing properties, we expect that our unit cost structure will benefit from economies of scale. In particular, we anticipate reducing unit costs by greater utilization of our existing infrastructure over a larger number of wells. By the end of the first year Soligen Technologies, Inc. intends to expand its operations to additional countries in South America.
SECOND YEAR
During the second transition year, Soligen Technologies, Inc. plans to drill at least 100 offset wells adjacent to the previously drilled well acquired during year one.
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The estimated cost of drilling a new well 3000 feet total depth in lime, chalk and shale formations, plus well casing, cementing, rods, tubing and production equipment (valves, pumps, etc.) is $75,000. Production bonds, permits, registration and piping to major shipment pipe line, etc. is $25,000 on average. The estimated total new well construction cost is $100,000.
New well completion will be followed by EOR formation stimulation. The conservative cost of EOR formation stimulation is $100,000. The total cost of a new well from the start of drilling to the start of production is $200,000 and will take approximately 4 weeks.
The total cost of 100 new wells from the start of drilling to the start of production is 100 x $200,000 = $20,000,000.
In the second year 10 new off-set wells can be drilled and EOR treated every month adjacent and to the wells placed into production or treated in year one. Every month the total productivity of new drilled wells will reach 10 X 25 bbl. = 250 bbl. per day totaling 7,500 bbl. per month in new production.
The total productivity of 57 old and 100 new drilled wells after EOR treatment methods should reach at least 157 X 25 = 3,925 bbl. per day, 1,373,750 bbl. per year or approximately $34,343,750 in annual revenue based on $50 per barrel price of oil. The EOR treatment effect on a well’s productivity may last for 10 years or more but are expected to experience production depletion every year by a very small percentage. Periodic EOR re-treatments are done to the wells intermittently on an as needed basis to keep the oil flowing nicely but are far less costly. The net revenue after taxation, production cost, oil losses (usually 2%) for piping from wells to major shipping line, for wells productivity depletion and etc. is projected to reach approximately $30,000,000 per year after first year of operation.
Old Well Acquisition: Net Operating Income, expenses and profits
First year of operation: Gross Expenses versus Gross Revenue
Production cost is included into EOR treatment cost of old wells. Taxation is offset by federal and state incentives for wells restoration, recompletion and drilling. The calculation is based on very conservative assumptions. 50% of gross revenue ($23,625,000) is the expected return to Soligen Technologies, Inc. in the case of a Joint Venture.
FIRST YEAR 57 OLD WELL ACQUISITION AND TREATMENT
| Months
into Operation | Land Acquisition and Incurred Expenses | Geophysical Survey Expenses | EOR Expenses to Treat 57 Previously Producing Wells (Old) | Total Monthly Expenses | Monthly Production of 57 Previously Producing Wells (Old) after EOR (in bbls) | Gross Expenses versus/ Gross Revenue | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2,263,400 | 240,250 | 1,500,000 | 4,003,650 | 11,250 | 4,003,650/ 562,250 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1,023,946 | 240,250 | 1,500,000 | 2,764,196 | 22,500 | 2,764,196/ 1,125,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1,023,946 | 240,250 | 1,500,000 | 2,764,196 | 33,750 | 2,764,196/ 1,687,500 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 1,023,946 | 240,250 | 1,500,000 | 2,764,196 | 45,000 | 2,463,250/ 2,250,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 1,023,946 | 1,023,000 | 45,000 | 1,023,000/ 2,250,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 1,023,946 | 1,023,000 | 45,000 | 1,023,000/ 2,250,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 1,023,946 | 1,023,000 | 45,000 | 1,023,000/ 2,250,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 1,023,946 | 1,023,000 | 45,000 | 1,023,000/ 2,250,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 1,023,946 | 1,023,000 | 45,000 | 1,023,000/ 2,250,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 1,023,946 | 1,023,000 | 45,000 | 1,023,000/ 2,250,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 1,023,946 | 1,023,000 | 45,000 | 1,023,000/ 2,250,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 1,023,946 | 1,023,000 | 45,000 | 1,023,000/ 2,250,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Year | 13,526,806 | 961,000 | 6,000,000 | 20,480,238 | 472,500 Bbl | 20,179,292/ 23,625,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
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*Second year of operation: Gross Expenses versus Gross Revenue
*Based on drilling new wells including production increase from year one old well treatment.
| Month | Total Barrels Produced | Summarized Total Production Cost | Summarized Gross Revenue | Net revenue | Gross Expenses versus/ Gross Revenue | |||||||||||||
| 13 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,000/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 14 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,000/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 15 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,000/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 16 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,000/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 17 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,000/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 18 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,000/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 19 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,000/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 20 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,000/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 21 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,000/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 22 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,000/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 23 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,000/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 24 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,000/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| Total Year | 141,000 Bbl | 7,065,000 | 70,650,000 | 56,520,000 | 14,130,000/ 56,520,000 | |||||||||||||
Production cost: $5 per barrel. Total production cost = $5 X (total produced barrels)
Taxation: 10% yearly (federal and state tax incentives for restoration, EOR recompletion and new drilling are not included).
Conservative Oil loses due to new piping and oil shipment from wells to major shipping pipe line: 5%. The usual real loss is around 2%.
Total gross expenses: 20% of gross revenue.
50% of net revenue ($42,050,000) is the expected return to Soligen Technologies, Inc. in the case of Joint Venture.
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Third, fourth and fifth year of operation: Total Expenses versus Net Revenue
| Month | Total Barrels Produced | Summarized Total Production Cost | Summarized Gross Revenue | Net revenue | Gross Expenses versus/ Gross Revenue | |||||||||||||
| 25 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,500/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 26 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,500/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 27 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,500/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 28 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,500/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 29 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,500/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 30 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,500/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 31 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,500/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 32 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,500/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 33 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,500/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 34 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,500/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 35 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,500/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| 36 | 11,750 Bbl | 588,750 | 5,887,500 | 4,710,000 | 1,177,500/ 4,710,000 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 141,000 Bbl | 7,065,000 | 70,650,000 | 56,520,000 | 14,130,000/ 56,520,000 | |||||||||||||
Production cost: $5 per barrel. Total production cost = $5 X (total produced barrels)
Taxation: 10% yearly (federal and state tax incentives for restoration, EOR recompletion and new drilling are not included).
Conservative Oil loses due to new piping and oil shipment from wells to major shipping pipe line: 5%. The usual real loss is around 2%.
Total gross expenses: 20% of gross revenue.
50% of net revenue is expected return to SOLIGEN in a third, fourth and fifth year of operation in the case of Joint Venture.
Over $87,000,000 is the expected net return to Soligen Technologies, Inc. within the first 5 years of operation in the case of Joint Venture.
The possibility to drill additional wells during and after first year of operation estimates over 200 productive wells are expected in USA and may therefore increase the values of the original land acquisitions several times over.
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Milestones and Budget
We have the created the following milestones and budgets. It is important to note that achievement of these milestones and their budget targets is subject to substantial risk. See “Risk Factors” and “Forward Looking Statements.”
Operational Objectives July 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018:
| Expected
proceeds from Reg A offering |
Operational Objectives | |||||
| $ | 75,000 | Finalize consulting agreement with selected candidate(s), assemble advisory board, and loan repayment | ||||
| 238,000 | KY wells re-entry and stimulation, hire well tender, marketing plan | |||||
| 2,275,000 | Identify and purchase new wells and rework costs, bonding | |||||
| 236,250 | Office, Admin, Regulatory, Salaries, Legal, Accounting systems, Travel, Accrued expenses/invoices | |||||
| 818,750 | Joint Venture costs, leasehold acquisition and maintenance, Re-work rig acquisition | |||||
| 250,000 | Working capital reserve and Offering costs | |||||
| $ | 4,013,000 | Total | ||||
Operational Objectives October 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018:
| Expected
proceeds from Reg A offering | Operational Objectives | |||||
| $ | 20,000 | Advisory costs | ||||
| 38,000 | Marketing, well tender costs | |||||
| 2,275,000 | Identify and purchase new wells and rework costs, bonding | |||||
| 236,250 | Office, Admin, Regulatory, Salaries, Legal, Accounting systems, Travel, invoices | |||||
| 50,000 | Consultant costs | |||||
| 30,000 | Hire internal or outsourced chief financial officer | |||||
| 588,750 | Joint Venture costs, leasehold acquisition and maintenance | |||||
| 250,000 | Working capital reserve and offering costs | |||||
| $ | 3,488,000 | Total | ||||
Operational Objectives January 1, 2019 to March 31, 2019:
| Expected
proceeds from Reg A offering | Operational Objectives | |||||
| $ | 20,000 | Advisory costs | ||||
| 42,000 | Marketing, well tender costs | |||||
| 2,275,000 | Identify and purchase new wells and rework costs, bonding | |||||
| 236,250 | Office, Admin, Regulatory, Salaries, Legal, Accounting systems, Travel, invoices | |||||
| 50,000 | Consultant costs | |||||
| 30,000 | Chief financial officer cost | |||||
| 838,750 | Joint Venture costs, leasehold acquisition and maintenance, Re-work rig acquisition | |||||
| 250,000 | Working capital reserve and offering costs | |||||
| $ | 3,742,000 | Total | ||||
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Operational Objectives April 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019:
| Expected
proceeds from Reg A offering | Operational Objectives | |||||
| $ | 20,000 | Advisory costs | ||||
| 42,000 | Marketing, well tender costs | |||||
| 2,540,000 | Identify and purchase new wells and rework costs, bonding | |||||
| 236,250 | Office, Admin, Regulatory, Salaries, Legal, Accounting systems, Travel, Accrued expenses/invoices | |||||
| 50,000 | Consultant costs | |||||
| 30,000 | Chief financial officer cost | |||||
| 588,750 | Joint Venture costs, leasehold acquisition and maintenance | |||||
| 250,000 | Working capital reserve and offering costs | |||||
| $ | 3,757,000 | Total | ||||
Competition
Soligen Technologies, Inc. is pursuing a new business strategy in the oil and natural gas industry. The Company will operate under two divisions: (i) exploration and production and (ii) service.
Other public companies with divisions in oil and natural gas exploration and production as well as the service side of the industry include: British Petroleum, Chesapeake Energy, Baker Hughes, and Occidental Petroleum.
Our potential competitors may have greater resources, better access to capital, longer histories, more intellectual property and lower cost operations.
They may secure better terms during the investment negotiation process, make strategic decisions more quickly than us and devote more capital to better performing investments than we do.
Other companies also may enter into business combinations or alliances that strengthen their competitive positions.
Growth Issues
Service Delivery Controls
When awarded contracts that require additional resources, Soligen Technologies, Inc. will utilize its list of available consultants with expertise in the required areas. The collaborative nature of our professionals, coupled with our low overhead approach of hiring consultants on an as- needed basis creates challenges in the delivery of quality services and deliverables. Soligen Technologies, Inc. realizes that not everyone will share our vision, values, and methods.
In addition, Soligen Technologies, Inc. understands that as more competitors emerge it becomes increasingly difficult to acquire leases and previously drilled oil and natural gas wells.
Because Soligen Technologies, Inc. utilizes exhaustive interviewing, stringent contract candidate selection and referrals from trusted advisors there is a reasonable confidence that the majority of our concerns will be eliminated through these processes. Soligen Technologies, Inc. will enter into agreements with consultants and contractors who demonstrate a bold commitment to representing the core values of Soligen Technologies, Inc. in an effective manner.
Scalability
The ability to reproduce our acquisition model on a massive scale is a concern of Soligen Technologies, Inc. Every leasehold site is unique and presents different challenges. Such factors can negatively impact the growth and consistency of our methods and will ultimately challenge our ability to replicate our initial success. This will directly impact how fast Soligen Technologies, Inc. can scale its operations.
Insufficient Capital
Currently Soligen Technologies, Inc. is confronted with the need to attract and retain a consistent investment source in order to grow our operations rapidly. If Soligen Technologies, Inc. is not funded properly it will prevent us from capturing the majority of the market.
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To maintain our leadership role and first mover advantage in this space Soligen Technologies, Inc. is seeking funding from the capital markets which may include debt and equity offerings.
Production Lead Time
Currently lead time for each project is estimated at four (4) months for recompletions and 10 months for new drilling. This reflects permitting, drilling, above and below ground equipment installation, build-out of the tank battery, through to new production.
Marketing Strategy
Marketing Soligen Technologies, Inc.’s service division will be done through several different strategies. First, our relationship with like-minded companies will foster word of mouth advertising. Next, our consultants and sales personnel have meaningful relationships across a broad range of industries. These relationships can lead to contracts.
Legal Proceedings
We may from time to time be involved in various claims and legal proceedings of a nature we believe are normal and incidental to temporary employee staffing business. These matters may include product liability, intellectual property, employment, personal injury cause by our employees, and other general claims. We will accrue for contingent liabilities when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. We are not presently a party to any legal proceedings that, in the opinion of our management, are likely to have a material adverse effect on our business. Regardless of outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.
Employees
We currently have one employee. We have three directors of which two are independent.
Personnel will be added on an as-needed basis. These personnel can include executive management, salespersons, software engineers, chemists, quality control technicians, managers and in most instances outsourced processes.
Specific and current needs include an office administrator and project manager for our wells located in the State of Kentucky.
Contract labor will include other oil services outsourced for state of the art survey, EOR, and drilling technologies screened to comply with and compliment Soligen Technologies high environmental standards.
Description of Property
We maintain an office in Houston, Texas. We consider that this space is sufficient for our current needs. Upon funding, the Company plans on opening a satellite office in Kentucky to oversee our rework joint venture.
The following table sets forth information regarding our executive officers, directors and significant employees, including their ages as of June 30, 2018:
| Name and Principal Position | Age | Term of Office | Approximate hours per week | |||||||||
| Gary Grimshaw-President, Director | 61 | Since April 24, 2018 | 40 | |||||||||
Gary Grimshaw – President, Secretary, Principal Financial Officer and Director
Gary Grimshaw was appointed to the Board of Directors of Soligen Technologies, Inc. on April 24, 2018 and assumed the roles of President, Principal Financial Officer and Secretary on the same date. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Grimshaw served as the Chief Executive Officer of Goodcom, Inc., a company he founded in 2006. At Goodcom, Inc., Mr. Grimshaw identified, invested in and exploited emerging environmental technologies in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Grimshaw attended North Texas University and Northwestern University for his undergraduate studies.
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Family Relationships
There are no family relationships between any of our officers and directors.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings.
None of the following events have occurred during the past five years and which are material to an evaluation of the ability or integrity of any director or executive officer: (1) A petition under the federal bankruptcy laws or any state insolvency law was filed by or against, or a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer was appointed by a court for the business or property of such person, or any partnership in which he was general partner at or within two years before the time of such filing, or any corporation or business association of which he was an executive officer at or within two years before the time of such filing; or (2) Such person was convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses).
Board Composition
Our Board of Directors currently consists of three members. Each director of the Company serves until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is elected and duly qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Our board is authorized to appoint persons to the offices of Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Chief Executive Officer, one or more vice presidents, a Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer and a Secretary and such other offices as may be determined by the board.
We have no formal policy regarding board diversity. In selecting board candidates, we seek individuals who will further the interests of our stockholders through an established record of professional accomplishment, the ability to contribute positively to our collaborative culture, knowledge of our business and understanding of our prospective markets.
Each of our Board members has entered into a Director’s Service Agreement with the Company. Please see Financial Statements – NOTE 7 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES for further information.
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the members of our Board of Directors and our executive officers as of June 30, 2018.
The names and ages of our Directors and Executive Officers are set forth below. Our By-Laws provide for not less than one Director. All Directors are elected annually by the stockholders to serve until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The officers are elected by our Board.
| Name | Age | Position and Term | |||||
| Gary Grimshaw | 61 | President, Director and Chairman of the Board since April 24, 2018 | |||||
| Jimmy Wayne Anderson | 52 | Director since April 10, 2018 | |||||
Craig M. Borel, P.E. | 54 | Director since May 23, 2018 | |||||
Gary Grimshaw – President, Secretary, Principal Financial Officer and Director
Gary Grimshaw was appointed to the Board of Directors of Soligen Technologies, Inc. on April 24, 2018 and assumed the roles of President, Principal Financial Officer and Secretary on the same date. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Grimshaw served as the Chief Executive Officer of Goodcom, Inc., a company he founded in 2006. At Goodcom, Inc., Mr. Grimshaw identified, invested in and exploited emerging environmental technologies in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Grimshaw attended North Texas University and Northwestern University for his undergraduate studies.
Jimmy Wayne Anderson - Director
Jimmy Wayne Anderson was appointed to the Board of Directors on April 10, 2018 and is the co-founder and acting President and Chairman of the Board of Sylios Corp and has served in this capacity since the Company’s inception in 2008. Mr. Anderson has been instrumental in the establishment and development of each of the Sylios Corp’s operational subsidiaries as well as its oil and natural gas properties. Mr. Anderson leverages nearly 15 years of business experience in the financial and medical sectors prior to founding the Company. Mr. Anderson completed his undergraduate education at the University of Georgia and received his Doctorate degree from Temple University.
Craig M. Borel, P.E. – Director
Craig Borel is the Vice President of Engineering at North Star Energy Services. Prior to joining North Star Energy Mr. Borel was the Founder and President of Industrial Engineering Management, LLC based in Houston, TX where he performed oil and natural gas well evaluations, evaluated new and existing gas gathering lines, and provided Opinion of value and cost to cure on existing wells and lines to be relocated. Prior to founding Industrial Engineering management, Mr. Borel served as an engineer with several firms in the energy sector. Mr. Borel received his Bachelor of science in Petroleum Engineering from University of Southwestern Louisiana.
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Board Leadership Structure and Risk Oversight
The Board of Directors oversees our business and considers the risks associated with our business strategy and decisions. The board currently implements its risk oversight function as a whole. Each of the board committees when established will also provide risk oversight in respect of its areas of concentration and reports material risks to the board for further consideration.
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
Prior to one year from the date of this Offering’s qualification, we will be adopting a written code of business conduct and ethics that applies to our directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. We will post on our website a current copy of the code and all disclosures that are required by law or market rules in regard to any amendments to, or waivers from, any provision of the code.
The following table represents information regarding the total compensation our officers and directors of the Company as of June 30, 2018:
| Name and Principal Position | Cash Compensation ($) | Other Compensation | Total Compensation ($) | |||||||||
| Gary Grimshaw - President, Director | -0- | -0- | -0- | |||||||||
On April 24, 2018, the Company executed an employment agreement with Gary Grimshaw to serve in the role as President, Treasurer, and Secretary of the Company upon the terms and provisions and, subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement, for a term of five (5) years, commencing on April 24, 2018, and terminating on April 24, 2023, unless earlier terminated as provided in the Agreement. The Agreement included options to Mr. Grimshaw to purchase 50,000,000 shares of common stock at an average price of $.002 per share. Mr. Grimshaw will receive an annual compensation of $300,000 for each of the five years of the Agreement.
Director Agreements. We have entered into a Board Services Agreement with all three of the Company’s directors. Under the terms of the Agreement, commencing on the date each director accepts his position as a director, the Company is to pay each $2,500 per quarter for each quarter the director serves on its Board of Directors. In addition to cash compensation, the Company is to issue each director 10,000 shares of its common stock for each quarter served. Please see Financial Statements - NOTE 7 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES for further information.
Stock Options
The Company’s stockholders have approved a Stock Option Plan, as previously adopted by our Board of Directors (the “Plan”). Under this Plan, our officers, directors, and/or key employees and/or consultants can receive incentive stock options and non-qualified stock options to purchase shares of our Common Stock. To date, no options have been issued.
With respect to incentive stock options, the Plan provides that the exercise price of each such option must be at least equal to 100% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date that such option is granted. The Plan requires that all such options have an expiration date not later than that date which is one day before the tenth anniversary of the date of the grant of such options (or the fifth anniversary of the date of grant in the case of 10% stockholders). However, with certain limited exceptions, in the event that the option holder ceases to be associated with the Company or engages in or is involved with any business similar to ours, such option holder’s incentive options immediately terminate.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, the aggregate fair market value, determined as of the date(s) of grant, for which incentive stock options are first exercisable by an option holder during any one calendar year cannot exceed $100,000. No such options have yet been issued.
Bonus Plan for Executive Officers
The Company’s Board of Directors has established an annual Bonus Plan for Executive Officers (the “Bonus Plan.”) Under the Bonus Plan, a Committee of the Board of Directors sets performance targets for key employees who are or may become executive officers. Such executives are eligible for a bonus only if they meet the performance standards set in advance by the Committee. Aggregate bonuses may not exceed ten percent of income before taxes and bonuses may not exceed $1 million per employee.
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Management Stock Bonus Plan
Our Management Stock Bonus Plan provides that the Company shall establish a reserve of shares of Common Stock to be awarded to eligible salaried officers and directors. The Management Stock Bonus Plan Committee, composed of not less than three members, administers the Plan. The Board of Directors must review actions of the Committee. The Plan awards restricted stock to key executives. During the restricted period, the owner of the stock may not transfer the stock without first offering the Company the opportunity to buy back the stock at its issue price. In the first year of the restriction period, the Company has the right to buy back all of the awarded stock. In the second year, the Company has the right to buy back 75% of the awarded stock. After two years and until the end of the restriction period, a maximum of three years, the Company has the right to buy back 50% of the awarded stock. No shares have been issued under the plan.
Indemnification Agreements
We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors, executive officers and other key employees. The indemnification agreements and our amended and restated By-Laws will require us to indemnify our directors to the fullest extent permitted by Wyoming law.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), may be permitted to directors, executive officers or persons controlling us, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
To the best of our knowledge, from January 1, 2016 to June 30, 2018, other than as set forth above, there were no material transactions, or series of similar transactions, or any currently proposed transactions, or series of similar transactions, to which we were or are to be a party, in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and in which any director or executive officer, or any security holder who is known by us to own of record or beneficially more than 5% of any class of our Common Stock, or any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons, has an interest (other than compensation to our officers and directors in the ordinary course of business).
Statement of Policy
We have adopted a related-party transactions policy under which our executive officers, directors, nominees for election as a director, beneficial owners of more than 5% of any class of our Common Stock, and any members of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons are not permitted to enter into a related-party transaction with us without the consent of our audit committee. If the related party is, or is associated with, a member of our audit committee, the transaction must be reviewed and approved by another independent body of our Board of Directors, such as our governance committee. Any request for us to enter into a transaction with a related party in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000 and such party would have a direct or indirect interest must first be presented to our audit committee for review, consideration and approval. If advance approval of a related-party transaction was not feasible or was not obtained, the related-party transaction must be submitted to the audit committee as soon as reasonably practicable, at which time the audit committee shall consider whether to ratify and continue, amend and ratify, or terminate or rescind such related-party transaction. All of the transactions described above were reviewed and considered by, and were entered into with the approval of, or ratification by, our Board of Directors.
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The following table sets forth certain information known to us regarding beneficial ownership of our capital stock as of June 29, 2018 for (i) all executive officers and directors as a group and (ii) each person, or group of affiliated persons, known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than ten percent (10%) of our capital stock. The percentage of beneficial ownership in the table below is based on 38,946,389 shares of Common Stock.
Class D Preferred Stock $0.001 par value
| Name of Beneficial Owner | Number
of Shares Owned | Percent of Class | ||||||
| Gary Grimshaw (1) | 1,000 | 100.00 | % | |||||
| Total | 1,000 | 100.00 | % | |||||
***The Company’s 1,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock are convertible into 0 shares of Common Stock.
Common Stock $.001 par value
| Name of Beneficial Owner | Number
of Shares Beneficially Owned |
Percent
of Class Before Offering |
Percent
of Class After Offering(5) |
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| Gary Grimshaw (1)(2) | 50,000,000 | 56.21 | % | 8.49 | % | |||||||
| Yehoram Uziel (3)(4) | 9,503,874 | 24.40 | % | 1.76 | % | |||||||
| All Executive Officers, Directors and 10% Shareholders as a Group | 59,503,874 | 66.90 | % | 10.10 | % | |||||||
| (1) | Mr. Grimshaw is the Company’s President, Principal Financial Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Grimshaw was appointed to these roles with the Company on April 24, 2018. The shares included in Mr. Grimshaw’s ownership include 50,000,000 shares of common stock issuable to Mr. Grimshaw upon exercise of the warrant issued to Mr. Grimshaw with the entry into his Employment Agreement dated April 24, 2018. |
| (2) | The principal address of Mr. Grimshaw is 5753 Hwy 85 N. #3389, Crestview, FL 32536. |
| (3) | Yehoram Uziel served as the Company’s President and Chairman of the Board until March 22, 2018when Small Cap Compliance, LLC was appointed Custodian of the Corporation by the District Court of Laramie County, Wyoming. On this date, Mr. Uziel’s role as an officer and director was terminated. |
| (4) | The principal address of Yehoram Uziel is 19408 Londelius St, Northridge, CA 91324 |
| (5) | Assumes all 500,000,000 shares registered in the offering statement are sold. Total shares outstanding after the offering is 538,946,389. |
INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
On April 24, 2018, the Company entered into a Consulting Agreement with one of its directors, Jimmy Wayne Anderson. The Agreement has a term of two months and the compensation due to Mr. Anderson is Forty-Five Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($45,000) payable to Mr. Anderson upon the Company’s completion of a financing transaction.
On April 24, 2018, the Company issued an 5% unsecured promissory note to Mr. Anderson in the amount of $45,000. As of June 18, 2018, $45,000 was outstanding with accrued interest of $344.96 which will be reflected in the Company’s financials as of June 30, 2018 as accounts payable and notes payable – related party in the accompanying unaudited balance sheets. Please see Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence for further information.
On April 24, 2018, the Company executed an employment agreement with Gary Grimshaw to serve in the role as President, Treasurer, and Secretary of the Company upon the terms and provisions and, subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement, for a term of five (5) years, commencing on April 24, 2018, and terminating on April 24, 2023, unless earlier terminated as provided in the Agreement. The Agreement included options to Mr. Grimshaw to purchase 50,000,000 shares of common stock at an average price of $.002 per share. Mr. Grimshaw will receive an annual compensation of $300,000 for each of the five years of the Agreement.
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The following is a summary of the rights of our capital stock as provided in our articles of incorporation and bylaws. For more detailed information, please see our articles of incorporation and bylaws, which have been filed as exhibits to the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular is a part.
General
Market capital structure:
Preferred stock
The Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of Preferred stock, par value $0.001. The Company has designated four series of Preferred stock from its inception. As of the date of this filing, the Series D Preferred stock is the only series with shares outstanding.
Series A
On April 24, 1998, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the designation of a Series A Preferred stock with no par value.
In April 1998, the Company received net proceeds of $775,000 from the sale of 1,600 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred”) to two private investors. The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, as amended, between the Company and these investors, permitted additional sales of Series A Preferred to be completed prior to September 8, 1998. In July 1998, the Company received additional net proceeds of $88,000 from the sale of 200 shares of Series A Preferred to the same two private investors pursuant to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement. In addition, in September 1998, the Company received additional net proceeds of $94,000 from the sale of 200 shares of Series A Preferred to a third investor pursuant to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement.
In conjunction with a Series B Preferred financing completed on November 24, 1999, the Company entered into a Conversion Agreement with the holders of the Company’s Series A Preferred. Pursuant to this Agreement, all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred were converted into 2,372,388 shares of the Company’s Common Stock in accordance with the Company’s Articles of Incorporation. In consideration of the agreement of holders of Series A Preferred to make such conversion, the Company issued 404,697 additional shares of Common Stock to the holders of Series A Preferred and, in connection with the transaction, the Company recorded a beneficial conversion of $139,000. These shares are entitled to the same registration rights granted to the holders of Series B Preferred.
Under the terms of the designation, shares of Series A Preferred stock, the Company is authorized to issue 5,000 shares. Holders of the Series A Preferred stock have conversion rights equal to 500 to 1. Therefore, each one share of the Series A preferred stock can be converted into 500 shares of the Company’s common stock. Each share of the Series A Preferred stock is entitled to one vote on any matter voted brought before shareholders. As of June 29, 2018, there are no shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred stock outstanding.
Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock
On November 23, 1999, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the designation of a Series B Preferred stock with no par value. Under the terms of the designation, shares of Series B Preferred stock, the Company is authorized to issue 8,425,000 shares. On November 24, 1999, the Company entered into a Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement providing for the private placement of 8,425,000 shares of a newly authorized series of preferred stock (“Series B Preferred”). The Company received net proceeds of $1,538,000 from the sale of 8,425,000 shares of Series B Preferred to thirty-three (33) private investors (all of whom were accredited investors as defined in Regulation D) pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement. The purchasers of Series B Preferred also received Common Stock purchase warrants exercisable for a cumulative total of 3,622,750 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.20 per share. These warrants were initially exercisable for a period of one year, commencing November 24, 1999. The financing was completed in accordance with the exemption provided by Rule 506 of Regulation D.
In connection with the Series B financing, the Company paid a cash finder’s fee in the approximate amount of $100,000. In addition, the finders received warrants exercisable for 498,750 shares of Common Stock at a price of $0.20 per share. These warrants were initially exercisable for a period of one year, commencing November 24, 1999.
At a special stockholders meeting held on April 20, 1998, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation authorizing the issuance of up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock. This amendment authorizes the Company’s Board of Directors to issue preferred stock in one or more series on terms approved by the Board of Directors without the necessity of further action or approval by the stockholders. Pursuant to this authority, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the issuance of up to 8,425,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock having rights and preferences as set forth in a Statement of Rights and Preferences filed with the Secretary of State of Wyoming on November 23, 1999 (the “Series B Statement”). The following is a summary of certain terms of the Series B Preferred, and reference is made to the Series B Statement for a complete description of the rights and preferences of the Series B Preferred.
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The Series B Preferred is not entitled to any fixed or guaranteed dividend. Upon a liquidation of the Company, the Series B Preferred is entitled to receive a distribution of $0.20 per share in preference to any distribution to holders of Common Stock or junior preferred stock. The approval of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred is required for certain significant corporate actions, including mergers and sales of substantially all of the Company’s assets.
Each share of Series B Preferred was initially convertible into one share of the Company’s Common Stock, subject to adjustment for recapitalizations, stock splits and similar events. Subject to certain exceptions, the Series B conversion ratio is subject to adjustment in the event the Company issues shares of Common Stock for no consideration or for a consideration less than the fair market value of the Common Stock as of the date of such issuance. The Series B Preferred automatically converts into Common Stock in the event the average trading price of the Company’s Common Stock over 60 consecutive trading days is greater than $1.00 per share and the cumulative trading volume during such 60-day period is at least 1,000,000 shares, if traded on a national securities exchange, or 1,500,000 shares if traded on NASDAQ or over-the-counter. The Series B Preferred also automatically converts into Common Stock in the event the Company completes an underwritten public offering in which the Company receives gross proceeds of at least $10,000,000 and at a per share price of at least $1.00 per share (subject to adjustment for stock splits, recapitalizations, etc.).
The holders of Series B Preferred may tender their shares for redemption at a per share price equal to 150% of the liquidation preference in the event of a Change of Control (as defined in the Series B Statement). In addition, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Series B Preferred at a per share price equal to 150% of the liquidation preference in the event that, from and after November 24, 2000, the Common Stock trades above $0.75 per share for sixty (60) consecutive trading days.
Purchasers of Series B Preferred are also parties to an Investor Rights Agreement which grants certain demand and “piggyback” registration rights. The holders of Series B Preferred, voting as a separate class, are entitled to elect one member of the Company’s Board of Directors.
During fiscal 2001, three investors converted 225,000 shares of Series B Preferred into 235,459 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. During the quarter ended December 31, 2001, one investor converted 1,250,000 shares of Series B Preferred into 1,354,588 shares of the Company’s Common Stock.
On February 22, 2001, the Company sold and issued shares of Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of a Series C Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement. As a result of the sale and issuance of Series C Preferred, the Company was required by its Articles of Incorporation to make an adjustment to the Series B Preferred conversion price. The Series B Preferred conversion price was changed to $0.1846 from $0.20 as a result of the Series C Preferred financing. Thus, the holders of Series B Preferred will receive 1.08367 shares of the Company’s Common Stock upon conversion of each share of Series B Preferred. In addition, a corresponding change to the exercise price for each share of the Company’s Common Stock issuable to the Series B purchasers upon exercise of each Common Stock purchase warrant was required. Therefore, the per share exercise price under the Series B warrants was changed from $0.20 to $0.1846.
On November 17, 2000 and February 9, 2001, the Company’s Board of Directors extended the expiration date for each outstanding Series B warrant to February 21, 2001 and March 31, 2001, respectively. In connection with the Board of Director’s latest extension to March 31, 2001, the Board authorized the Company to propose to each holder of outstanding warrants an extension of each warrant’s expiration date to February 15, 2003 in exchange for the waiver of the warrant holder’s demand registration rights under the Investors Rights Agreement for the Common Stock issuable under the exercise of the warrants. On March 23, 2001, the majority of the registrable securities, as defined in the Investors Rights Agreement, approved the Company’s terms and conditions and the Series B warrants were extended to expire on February 15, 2003.
As of June 29, 2018, there are no shares of the Company’s Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock outstanding.
Series C Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock
On February 9, 2001, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the issuance of up to 1,000,000 shares of Series C Preferred with no par value having rights and preferences as set forth in a Statement of Rights and Preferences filed with the Secretary of State of Wyoming on February 16, 2001 (the “Series C Statement). The following is a summary of certain terms of the Series C Preferred, and reference is made to the Series C Statement for a complete description of the rights and preferences of the Series C Preferred.
The Series C Preferred is not entitled to any fixed or guaranteed dividend. Upon a liquidation of the Company, the Series C Preferred is entitled to receive a distribution of $1.00 per share in preference to any distribution to holders of Common Stock or junior preferred stock. The approval of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred is required for certain significant corporate actions, including mergers and sales of substantially all of the Company’s assets.
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Each share of Series C Preferred is convertible into ten shares of the Company’s Common Stock, subject to adjustment for recapitalizations, stock splits and similar events. Subject to certain exceptions, the Series C conversion ratio is subject to adjustment in the event the Company issues shares of Common Stock without consideration or for a consideration per share less than the Series C conversion price as of the date of such issuance. The Series C Preferred automatically converts into Common Stock if after February 22, 2002, the average trading price of the Company’s Common Stock over 60 consecutive trading days is greater than $1.00 per share and the cumulative trading volume during such 60 day period is at least 3,500,000 shares, if traded on a national securities exchange, or 5,000,000 shares if traded on NASDAQ or over-the-counter. The Series C Preferred also automatically converts into Common Stock in the event the Company completes an underwritten public offering in which the Company receives gross proceeds of at least $10,000,000 and at a per share price of at least $1.00 per share (subject to adjustment for stock splits, recapitalizations, etc.).
The holders of Series C Preferred may tender their shares for redemption at a per share price equal to 150% of the liquidation preference in the event of a Change of Control as defined in the Series C Statement. In addition, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Series C Preferred at a per share price equal to 150% of the liquidation preference in the event that, from and after February 22, 2003, the Common Stock trades above $0.50 per share for sixty (60) consecutive trading days.
Purchasers of Series C Preferred are also parties to an Investor Rights Agreement, which grants certain “piggyback” registration rights. The Series C Preferred holders, voting as a separate class, are entitled to elect one member of the Company’s Board of Directors if the Series B holders no longer have a right to elect the Series B Director, or if Series B holders do not exercise such right.
On February 22, 2001, the Company entered into a Series C Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement providing for the private placement of 943,500 shares of a newly authorized series of the Company’s preferred stock (“Series C Preferred”). The Company received net proceeds of $837,000 from the sale of 943,500 Series of Series C Preferred to twenty-five (25) private investors pursuant to the Series C Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement. The financing was completed in accordance with the exemption provided by Rule 506 of Regulation D.
In connection with the financing, the Company paid total costs of $106,500 in cash which included a finder’s fee of $58,975. In addition, 393,167 shares of the Company’s Common Stock were issued as a finder’s fee and the charge for this share issue is included within the beneficial feature of $592,000 booked in connection to the preferred issue in the year.
As a result of the Series C Preferred financing, Series B Preferred conversion price was changed to $0.1846 from $0.20. As of June 29, 2018, there are no shares of the Company’s Series C Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding.
Series D Super Voting Rights Preferred Stock
On April 11, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the designation of a Series D Super Voting Preferred stock whose par value is $.001. Under the terms of the designation, shares of Series D Super Voting Preferred stock, the Company is authorized to issue 1,000 shares. Holders of the Series D Super Voting Preferred stock have no conversion features. Holders of Series D Preferred stock have voting rights equal to 20 times the sum of: i) the total number of shares of Common stock which are issued and outstanding at the time of voting, plus ii) the total number of shares of all Series of Preferred stocks which are issued and outstanding at the time of voting. All shares of the Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock shall rank (i) senior to the Corporation’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share and any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter created. As of June 29, 2018, there are 1,000 shares of the Company’s Series D Super Voting Preferred stock outstanding.
Common Stock
The Company is authorized to issue 980,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.001. As of June 29, 2018, there are 38,946,389 shares issued and outstanding.
Voting Rights. The holders of the Company’s Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders, except as otherwise provided by law.
Dividends. Subject to preferences that may be granted to any then outstanding preferred stock, holders of common stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends as may be declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefore as well as any distributions to the shareholders. The payment of dividends on the common stock will be a business decision to be made by our Board of Directors from time to time based upon results of our operations and our financial condition and any other factors that our Board of Directors considers relevant. Payment of dividends on the common stock may be restricted by loan agreements, indentures and other transactions entered into by us from time to time.
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Liquidation Rights. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in all of our assets remaining after payment of liabilities and the liquidation preference of any then outstanding preferred stock.
Absence of Other Rights or Assessments. Holders of common stock have no preferential, preemptive, conversion or exchange rights. There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock. When issued in accordance with our articles of incorporation and law, shares of our common stock are fully paid and not liable to further calls or assessment by us.
Conversion Rights: None.
On April 11, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the filing of an Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation increasing the authorized common stock to 980,000,000 and changing the par value of its common stock to $0.001. The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Secretary of State of Wyoming.
Capitalization
| Security | Par Value | Authorized | Outstanding | Voting Rights | Conversion Into Shares of Common Stock | |||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | 0.001 | 980,000,000 | 38,946,389 | 38,946,389 | None | |||||||||||||||
| Series A Preferred Stock | 0.001 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 500 | |||||||||||||||
| Series B Preferred Stock | 0.001 | 8,425,000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Series C Preferred Stock | 0.001 | 1,000,000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Series D Preferred Stock | 0.001 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 20:1 | None | |||||||||||||||
Transfer Agent
Our Transfer Agent is Transfer Online whose address is 512 SE Salmon St, Portland, OR 97214, Phone: 503-227-2950, Website: http://www.transferonline.com, email: info@transferonline.com, Our transfer agent is registered with the SEC.
Certain Anti-Takeover Effects.
Certain provisions of Wyoming law may have an anti-takeover effect and may delay or prevent a tender offer or other acquisition transaction that a shareholder might consider to be in his or her best interest. The summary of the provisions of Wyoming law set forth below does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Wyoming law.
The issuance of shares of preferred stock, the issuance of rights to purchase such shares, and the imposition of certain other adverse effects on any party contemplating a takeover could be used to discourage an unsolicited acquisition proposal. For instance, the issuance of our Series D Convertible Preferred Stock if the option to acquire such shares is exercised would impede a business combination by the voting and conversion rights that would enable a holder to block such a transaction. In addition, under certain circumstances, the issuance of preferred stock could adversely affect the voting power of holders of our common stock.
Under Wyoming law, a director, in determining what he reasonably believes to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, does not need to consider only the interests of the corporation’s shareholders in any takeover matter but may also, in his discretion, may consider any of the following:
| (i) | The interests of the corporation’s employees, suppliers, creditors and customers; | |
| (ii) | The economy of the state and nation; | |
| (iii) | The impact of any action upon the communities in or near which the corporation’s facilities or operations are located; | |
| (iv) | The long-term interests of the corporation and its shareholders, including the possibility that those interests may be best served by the continued independence of the corporation; and | |
| (v) | Any other factors relevant to promoting or preserving public or community interests. |
Because our Board of Directors is not required to make any determination on matters affecting potential takeovers solely based on its judgment as to the best interests of our shareholders, our board could act in a manner that would discourage an acquisition attempt or other transaction that some, or a majority, of our shareholders might believe to be in their best interests or in which such shareholders might receive a premium for their stock over the then market price of such stock. Our board presently does not intend to seek shareholder approval prior to the issuance of currently authorized stock, unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange rules.
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Since our inception, we have not paid any dividends on our common stock, and we currently expect that, for the foreseeable future, all earnings (if any) will be retained for the development of our business and no dividends will be declared or paid. In the future, our Board of Directors may decide, at their discretion, whether dividends may be declared and paid, taking into consideration, among other things, our earnings (if any), operating results, financial condition and capital requirements, general business conditions and other pertinent facts.
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
Prior to this Offering, there has been a limited market for our Common Stock. Future sales of substantial amounts of our Common Stock, or securities or instruments convertible into our Common Stock, in the public market, or the perception that such sales may occur, could adversely affect the market price of our Common Stock prevailing from time to time. Furthermore, because there will be limits on the number of shares available for resale shortly after this Offering due to contractual and legal restrictions described below, there may be resales of substantial amounts of our Common Stock in the public market after those restrictions lapse. This could adversely affect the market price of our Common Stock prevailing at that time.
Rule 144
In general, a person who has beneficially owned restricted shares of our Common Stock for at least twelve months, in the event we are a reporting company under Regulation A, or at least six months, in the event we have been a reporting company under the Exchange Act for at least 90 days before the sale, would be entitled to sell such securities, provided that such person is not deemed to be an affiliate of ours at the time of sale or to have been an affiliate of ours at any time during the 90 days preceding the sale. A person who is an affiliate of ours at such time would be subject to additional restrictions, by which such person would be entitled to sell within any three-month period only a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of the following:
| ● | 1% of the number of shares of our Common Stock then outstanding; or | |
| ● | the average weekly trading volume of our Common Stock during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing by such person of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale; |
provided that, in each case, we are subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for at least 90 days before the sale. Rule 144 trades must also comply with the manner of sale, notice and other provisions of Rule 144, to the extent applicable.
Certain legal matters with respect to the shares of common stock offered hereby will be passed upon by John E. Lux, Esq. of Washington, D.C.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have filed with the SEC a Regulation A Offering Statement on Form 1-A under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of common stock offered hereby. This Offering Circular, which constitutes a part of the Offering Statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the Offering Statement or the exhibits and schedules filed therewith. For further information about us and the common stock offered hereby, we refer you to the Offering Statement and the exhibits and schedules filed therewith. Statements contained in this Offering Circular regarding the contents of any contract or other document that is filed as an exhibit to the Offering Statement are not necessarily complete, and each such statement is qualified in all respects by reference to the full text of such contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the Offering Statement. Upon the completion of this Offering, we will be required to file periodic reports, proxy statements, and other information with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. You may read and copy this information at the SEC’s Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy statements and other information about issuers, including us, that file electronically with the SEC. The address of this site is www.sec.gov.
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SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
| March 31, | March 31, | |||||||
| 2018 | 2017 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Total assets | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY | ||||||||
| Total liabilities | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
| Preferred stock; 10,000,000 shares authorized, $.001 par value, as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, there are no shares outstanding | - | - | ||||||
Common stock; 90,000,000 shares authorized, no par value, as of March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017, there are 38,946,389 and 38,946,389 shares outstanding, respectively | 12,677,000 | 12,677,000 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (12,677,000 | ) | (12,677,000 | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders’ deficit | - | - | ||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)
| For the years ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2018 | 2017 | |||||||
| Revenue | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
| Operating expenses | - | - | ||||||
| Income (loss) from operations | - | - | ||||||
| Other income and expenses | - | - | ||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
| Income (loss) per share: | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.00 | ||||
| W Weighted average common stock outstanding: | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted | 38,946,389 | 38,946,389 | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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SOLIGEN
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT)
(UNAUDITED)
For the Years Ended March 31,
| Series A Preferred Stock | Common Stock | Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Deficit | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2016 | - | $ | - | 38,946,389 | $ | 12,677,000 | $ | (12,677,000 | ) | $ | - | |||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2017 | 38,946,389 | 12,677,000 | (12,677,000 | ) | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2018 | - | $ | - | 38,946,389 | $ | 12,677,000 | $ | (12,677,000 | ) | $ | - | |||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)
| For the years ended | ||||||||
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2018 | 2017 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | - | - | ||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | - | - | ||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | - | - | ||||||
| Net increase (decrease) in cash | - | - | ||||||
| Cash, beginning of period | - | - | ||||||
| Cash, end of period | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
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SOLIGEN
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the years ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017
(Unaudited)
NOTE 1—NATURE OF BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION
Soligen Technologies, Inc. is a Wyoming corporation that is the successor to an inactive British Columbia corporation organized in 1988 under the name Pars Resources, Ltd, which name was subsequently changed to WDF Capital Corp. In connection with its reincorporation in Wyoming in 1993, the Company changed its name to Soligen Technologies, Inc. On April 15, 1993, the Company merged with Soligen, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, in a reverse acquisition transaction. Pursuant to a share exchange agreement, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Soligen, Inc. in consideration of the issuance of 11,600,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock to the former shareholders of Soligen, Inc.
The Issuer’s office is located at Pennzoil Plza. Bldg., Suite 1300, 700 Milam St., Houston, TX 77002, telephone (832) 871-5107, Email support@soligentechnologies.com. We maintain a website at http://www.soligentechnologies.com References to the “Company” include Soligen Technologies, Inc., Soligen and predecessors unless the context indicates otherwise. As of the date of this report, Soligen Technologies, Inc. has no subsidiaries.
Delisting of Common Stock
On May 24, 1999, the American Stock Exchange (the “AMEX”) notified the Company that its common stock listed on the Emerging Company Marketplace was to be delisted. The Company did not meet the AMEX’s guidelines of stockholders’ equity above $2,000,000, and the per share market price of its common stock was not above $1.00. As a result of the action taken by the AMEX, the last day of trading of the Company’s common stock on the AMEX under the symbol SGT was September 3, 1999. The Company’s common stock began trading on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board on September 7, 1999 under the symbol SGTN. On March 3, 2000, the Company approved plans to delist its common shares from trading on the Canadian Venture Exchange. The Company acted to delist its shares because of the very low volume trading in that market. The last day of trading for the Company’s common stock on the Canadian Venture Exchange was April 28, 2000.
NOTE 2—SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries after elimination of all significant intercompany transactions and balances.
Estimates
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates include reserve quantities and estimated future cash flows associated with proved reserves, which significantly impact depletion expense and potential impairments of oil and natural gas properties, income taxes and the valuation of deferred tax assets, stock-based compensation and commitments and contingencies. We analyze our estimates based on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable. While we believe that our estimates and assumptions used in preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements are appropriate, actual results could differ from those estimates.
Revenue Recognition
Effective May 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASU 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The Company identifies the contracts with each of its customers and the separate performance obligations associated with each of these contracts. Revenues are recognized when the performance obligations are satisfied and when it transfers control of goods or services to customers at an amount that reflects the consideration to which it expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.
Crude oil is sold on a month-to-month contract at a price based on an index price from the purchaser, net of differentials. Crude oil that is produced is stored in storage tanks. The Company will contact the purchaser to pick up the crude the storage tanks. When the purchaser picks up the crude from the storage tanks, control of the crude transfers to the purchaser, the
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SOLIGEN
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the years ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017
(Unaudited)
NOTE 2—SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Company’s contractual obligation is satisfied, and revenues are recognized. The sale of oil represents the Company’s share of revenues net of royalties and excluding revenue interests owned by others. When selling oil on behalf of royalty owners or working interest owners, the Company is acting as an agent and thus reports revenues on a net basis. Fees and other deductions incurred prior to transfer of control are recorded as production costs. Revenues are report net of fees and other deductions incurred after transfer of control.
As part of its business model, the Company will operate certain salt water disposal wells, some of which accept water from third parties. The contracts with the third parties primarily require a flat monthly fee for the third parties to dispose water into the wells. In some cases, the contract is based on a per barrel charge to dispose water into the wells. There is no requirement under the contracts for these third parties to use these wells for their water disposal. If the third parties do dispose water into the Company operated wells in a given month, the Company has met its contractual obligations and revenues are recognized for that month.
Credit Risk
The Company does not obtain collateral to secure its accounts receivable, but evaluates balances due to them on a regular basis for collectability and provides for an allowance for potential credit losses as deemed necessary. We incorporate a credit risk assumption into the measurement of certain assets and liabilities.
Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include temporary cash investments with a maturity of ninety days or less at date of purchase.
Full Cost Method of Accounting
The Company follows the full cost method of accounting for oil and gas property acquisition, exploration, and development activities. Under this method, all costs incurred in connection with acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and gas reserves are capitalized. Capitalized costs include lease acquisitions, seismic related costs, certain internal exploration costs, drilling, completion, and estimated asset retirement costs. The capitalized costs of oil and gas properties, plus estimated future development costs relating to proved reserves and estimated asset retirement costs which are not already included net of estimated salvage value, are amortized on the unit-of-production method based on total proved reserves. The Company has determined its reserves based upon reserve reports provided by LaRoche Petroleum Consultants Ltd. since 2009. The costs of unproved properties are excluded from amortization until the properties are evaluated, subject to an annual assessment of whether impairment has occurred. The Company had $0 in unevaluated properties as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017. Proceeds from the sale of oil and gas properties are accounted for as reductions to capitalized costs unless such sales cause a significant change in the relationship between costs and the estimated value of proved reserves, in which case a gain or loss is recognized.
At the end of each reporting period, the Company performs a “ceiling test” on the value of the net capitalized cost of oil and gas properties. This test compares the net capitalized cost (capitalized cost of oil and gas properties, net of accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization and related deferred income taxes) to the present value of estimated future net revenues from oil and gas properties using an average price (arithmetic average of the beginning of month prices for the prior 12 months) and current cost discounted at 10% plus cost of properties not being amortized and the lower of cost or estimated fair value of unproven properties included in the cost being amortized (ceiling). If the net capitalized cost is greater than the ceiling, a write-down or impairment is required. A write-down of the carrying value of the asset is a non-cash charge that reduces earnings in the current period. Once incurred, a write-down may not be reversed in a later period.
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SOLIGEN
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the years ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017
(Unaudited)
NOTE 2—SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Inventory
Inventory consists of crude oil in tanks and is carried at lower of cost or market value. The cost component of the oil inventory is calculated using the average cost per barrel for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017. These costs includes production costs and taxes, allocated general and administrative costs, depletion, and allocated interest cost. The market value component is calculated using the average March 2018 and December 2017 oil sales prices received from the Company’s Kentucky properties. In addition, the Company also carried equipment and materials to be used in its Kansas operation and is carried at the lower of cost or market value. The cost component of the equipment and materials inventory represents the original cost paid for the equipment and materials. The market component is based on estimated sales value for similar equipment and materials at the end of each period. At March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, inventory consisted of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | |||||||
| Oil – carried at cost | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
| Equipment and materials – carried at market | - | - | ||||||
| Total inventory | $ | - | $ | - |
Property, Plant, and Equipment
Property, plant, and equipment, including capitalized leases, are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization. The Company provides for depreciation and amortization using the straight-line method over the estimated lives of the assets as follows:
| Machinery and equipment | 5 years |
| Computer equipment | 3 to 5 years |
| Office furniture and fixtures | 3 to 5 years |
| Leasehold improvements | lesser of asset life or term of lease |
Stock Based Compensation
The Company records stock-based compensation to employees based on the estimated fair value of the award at grant date. We recognize expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. For stock-based compensation that vests immediately, the Company recognizes the entire expense in the quarter in which the stock-based compensation is granted.
Research and Development
Research and development expenditures are charged to operations as incurred.
Income Taxes
The Company utilizes Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each year-end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The provision for income taxes represents the tax payable for the period and the change during the period in deferred tax assets and liabilities.
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SOLIGEN
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the years ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017
(Unaudited)
NOTE 2—SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Net Loss Per Share
The Company utilizes SFAS No. 128, “Earnings per Share.” Basic loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares available. Diluted loss per share is computed similar to basic loss per share except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the potential common shares had been issued and if the additional common shares were dilutive.
Comprehensive Income
The Company utilizes SFAS No. 130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income.” This statement establishes standards for reporting comprehensive income and its components in a financial statement. Comprehensive income as defined includes all changes in equity (net assets) during a period from non-owner sources. Examples of items to be included in comprehensive income, which are excluded from net income, include foreign currency translation adjustments and unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities. Comprehensive income is not presented in the Company’s financial statements since the Company did not have any of the items of comprehensive income in any period presented.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. ASU 2014-09 will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles when it becomes effective. The new standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period and is to be applied retrospectively, with early application not permitted. The new standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. We are currently evaluating the effect that ASU 2014-09 will have on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. We have not yet selected a transition method nor have we determined the effect of the standard on our ongoing financial reporting.
In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08 Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) and Property, Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360): Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity. This guidance changes the criteria for reporting discontinued operations while enhancing disclosures in this area. Under the new guidance, only disposals representing a strategic shift in operations should be presented as discontinued operations. Those strategic shifts should have a major effect on the organization’s operations and financial results. In addition, the new guidance requires expanded disclosures about discontinued operations that will provide financial statement user with more information about the assets, liabilities, income, and expenses of discontinued operations. This guidance is effective in the first quarter of 2015 for public companies with calendar year ends. The Company does not expect this to impact its operating results, financial position, or cash flows.
In February 2016, the FASB issued Update 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842). This guidance was issued to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application of the amendments in this Update is permitted for all entities. To date, the Company has identified each of its leases and is in the process of determining the impact of this new guidance on each of the identified leases. The Company does not expect this to impact its operating results or cash flows, however, the Company does expect to carry a portion of future lease costs as an asset and a liability on its balance sheet.
In March 2016, the FASB issued Update 2016-09 Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. This guidance simplifies several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. This guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. The company implement this in 2017 with no impact on the Company’s operating results or cash flows.
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SOLIGEN
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the years ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017
(Unaudited)
NOTE 2—SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
In August 2016, the FASB issued Update 2016-15 Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. This amendment provides guidance on certain cash flow classification issues, thereby the current and potential future diversity in practice. This guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted for any entity in any interim or annual period. If an entity early adopts the amendments in an interim period, any adjustments should be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. An entity that elects early adoption must adopt all of the amendments in the same period. The Company does not expect this to impact operating results or cash flows.
NOTE 3—CASH
The Company currently does not have any accounts open at any financial institutions.
NOTE 4—INCOME TAXES
The tax effects of temporary differences which give rise to the deferred tax provision (benefit) at March 31, 2018 consisted of the following:
| Deferred tax assets | ||||
| Net operating loss carryforward | $ | 4,314,000 | ||
| Total net deferred tax assets | 4,314,000 | |||
| Valuation allowance | (4,314,000 | ) | ||
| Total | $ | — | ||
There is no assurance that the Company will be profitable in future periods; therefore, a valuation allowance has been recognized for the full amount of the deferred tax assets for the year ended March 31, 2018. As of March 31, 2018, the Company has federal and state income tax operating loss carryforwards of approximately $12,000,000 and $3,300,000, respectively, which expire through 2025. Under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, the availability of net operating loss and credit carryforwards may be reduced in the event of a greater than 50% change in ownership over a three-year period. In the event that such a change is deemed to have occurred, the Company’s use of net operating losses and credits may be limited.
NOTE 5- DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“M.I.T.”) located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, granted the Company an exclusive, world-wide license until October 1, 2006 to develop, manufacture, market and sell products utilizing certain patented technology and processes for the production of ceramic casting molds for casting metal parts. The license continued on a non-exclusive basis from October 1, 2006 until the expiration of the last patent relating to the licensed technology.
Based upon the M.I.T. patent, the Company developed a proprietary technology known as Direct Shell Production Casting (“DSPC®”), a process that is distinguished from typical rapid prototype systems that are characterized by the ability to rapidly produce non-functional three-dimensional representations of parts from Computer Aided Design (“CAD”) files. The DSPC technology is dedicated to metal casting; this technology enables the Company to produce functional cast metal parts thereby providing a substantial competitive advantage over existing producers by eliminating the need of time and labor spent on patterns and core boxes.
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SOLIGEN
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the years ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017
(Unaudited)
NOTE 5- DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (continued
During 2006, the Company’s prior management abandoned the management of the public entity Soligen Technologies, Inc. and took the Company’s operating subsidiary private.
The net disposition of these discontinued operations was calculated as follows: (estimated)
| Fair value as of December 31, 2005: | ||||
| Assets | $ | 90,000 | ||
| Accrued expenses | 75,000 | |||
| Other liabilities | 15,000 | |||
| Net disposition of discontinued operations | $ | - | ||
On March 22, 2018, Small Cap Compliance, LLC was appointed Custodian of the Company by the District Court of the First Judicial District of the State of Wyoming.
Please see NOTE 9- SUBSEQUENT EVENTS for further information.
NOTE 6—GOING CONCERN
As shown in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company has generated an accumulated deficit of $12,677,000 as of March 31, 2018. The Company also experienced insufficient cash flows from operations and will be required continuous financial support from the shareholders. The Company will need to raise capital to fund its operations until it is able to generate sufficient revenue to support the future development. Moreover, the Company may be continuously raising capital through the sale of debt and equity securities.
The Company’s ability to achieve these objectives cannot be determined at this stage. If the Company is unsuccessful in its endeavors, it may be forced to cease operations. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from this uncertainty which may include adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or amounts and classifications of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
These factors have raised substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. There can be no assurances that the Company will be able to obtain adequate financing or achieve profitability. These financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
NOTE 7 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Employment Agreements. On April 24, 2018, the Company executed an employment agreement with Mr. Grimshaw to serve in the role as President, Treasurer, and Secretary of the Company upon the terms and provisions and, subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement, for a term of five (5) years, commencing on April 24, 2018, and terminating on April 24, 2023, unless earlier terminated as provided in the Agreement. The Agreement included options to Mr. Grimshaw to purchase 50,000,000 shares of common stock at an average price of $.0002 per share. Mr. Grimshaw will receive an annual compensation of $300,000 for each of the five years of the Agreement. Through May 30, 2018, the wages due to Mr. Grimshaw have been accrued.
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SOLIGEN
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the years ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017
(Unaudited)
NOTE 7 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (continued)
Director Agreements. We have entered into a Board Services Agreement with all three of the Company’s directors. Under the terms of the Agreement, commencing on the date each director accepts his position as a director, the Company is to pay each $2,500 per quarter for each quarter the director serves on its Board of Directors. In addition to cash compensation, the Company is to issue each director 10,000 shares of its common stock for each quarter served.
Consulting Agreements. On April 24, 2018, the Company entered into a Consulting Agreement with one of its directors, Jimmy Wayne Anderson. The Agreement has a term of two months and the compensation due to Mr. Anderson is Forty-Five Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($45,000) payable to Mr. Anderson upon the Company’s completion of a financing transaction. Simultaneously
On April 24, 2018, the Company issued an 5% unsecured promissory note to Mr. Anderson in the amount of $45,000. As of June 18, 2018, $45,000 was outstanding with accrued interest of $344.96 which will be reflected in the Company’s financials as of June 30, 2018 as accounts payable and notes payable – related party in the accompanying unaudited balance sheets. Please see Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence for further information.
NOTE 8- CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT
On March 22, 2018, Small Cap Compliance, LLC was appointed Custodian of the Company by the District Court of the First Judicial District of the State of Wyoming. Please see NOTE 9- SUBSEQUENT EVENTS for further information.
NOTE 9- SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On April 10, 2018, the Custodian of the Company appointed Jimmy Wayne Anderson as the Company’s sole officer and director. All past officers and directors were terminated from their position for abandonment of the Company.
On April 11, 2018, the Company filed its Reinstatement with the State of Wyoming and its Annual list of officers and directors.
On April 11, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the designation of a new series of preferred stock titled, Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock (“Series D”). Under the terms of the designation, the Company is authorized to issue 1,000 shares of Series D and the holder of the Series D has voting rights equal to 20 times the sum of: i) the total number of shares of Common stock which are issued and outstanding at the time of voting, plus ii) the total number of shares of all Series of Preferred stocks which are issued and outstanding at the time of voting. The Series D has no conversion feature. The designation was filed with the Secretary of State of Wyoming.
On April 11, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the filing of an Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation increasing the authorized common stock to 980,000,000 and changing the par value of its common stock to $0.001. The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Secretary of State of Wyoming.
On April 24, 2018, the Company appointed Gary Grimshaw to its Board of Directors. Mr. Grimshaw entered into a Board of Directors Services Agreement with the Company on the same date.
On April 24, 2018, the Company entered into a Consulting Agreement with Jimmy Wayne Anderson to assist the Company in raising capital for its business operations. The Agreement has a term of two months and the compensation due to the Consultant is $45,000.
On April 24, 2018, Jimmy Wayne Anderson resigned in his role as an officer of the Company, The Board of Directors retained Gary Grimshaw as its sole officer. Mr. Anderson retained his role as a director of the Company. Mr. Anderson entered into a Board of Directors Services Agreement with the Company on the same date.
On May 23, 2018, the Company appointed Craig Borel to its Board of Directors. Mr. Borel entered into a Board of Directors Services Agreement with the Company on the same date.
On May 10, 2018, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with US Natural Gas Corp KY (“KY”) for the purchase of 13 previously producing crude wells, approximately 1700 acres of leaseholds, tank batteries and gathering systems all located in multiple counties throughout the State of Kentucky.
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SOLIGEN
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the years ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017
(Unaudited)
NOTE 9- SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (continued)
Under the terms of the Agreement, the Company will acquire the 13 crude wells for consideration of One Hundred Forty Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($140,000). At Closing, the Company assigned KY a royalty for payment out of production, whereby KY shall receive thirty percent (30%) of the gross proceeds of production from the acquired assets. In addition, KY shall receive ten percent (10%) of the monthly gross proceeds of production from any new drilled wells on the acquired leases. KY shall receive payments from production until such time that KY has received a total of One Hundred Forty Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($140,000).
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Index to Exhibits
* To be filed by an amendment.
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SIGNATURES
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 Crestview, State of Florida, on July 2, 2018.
| (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter): | Soligen Technologies, Inc. |
This Offering Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| By (Signature and Title): | /s/ Gary Grimshaw |
| Gary Grimshaw, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer). |
(Date): July 2, 2018
| /s/ Gary Grimshaw |
| Gary Grimshaw, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer). |
(Date): July 2, 2018
SIGNATURES OF DIRECTORS:
/s/ Gary Grimshaw |
July 2, 2018 |
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| Gary Grimshaw, Director | Date |
/s/ Jimmy Wayne Anderson |
July 2, 2018 |
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| Jimmy Wayne Anderson, Director | Date |
/s/ Craig M. Borel |
July 2, 2018 |
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| Craig M. Borel, Director | Date |
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of the 10th day of May, 2018 (the “Effective Date”) by and among SYLIOS CORP (“SYLIOS”), a Florida for profit corporation, US NATURAL GAS CORP KY (“KY”), a Florida for profit corporation, and E 3 PETROLEUM CORP (“E3”), a Florida for profit corporation, (collectively the “Seller”) and SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (“SOLIGEN”), a Wyoming for profit corporation (the “Buyer”).
RECITALS
A. Seller is the owner of (i) certain leases located in several counties within the State of Kentucky, (ii) certain gas and oil wells on said leases, (iii) certain fixtures on wells, field equipment, supplies, office records and equipment, (iv) certain flow-lines, taps and valves collectively creating the “gathering system, and (v) a Twenty-Five Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($25,000.00) cash bond with the Kentucky Department of Natural Resources (i-v collectively the “Assets”); and Seller desires to sell these assets to Buyer.
B. Buyer desires to purchase from Seller the assets located in several counties within the State of Kentucky as referenced above.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE PURCHASE AND SALE
1.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. The Seller agrees to sell and transfer to the Buyer, and the Buyer agrees to purchase and accept from Seller pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement the following assets (the “Purchased Assets”) of Seller:
A. All of Seller’s rights, title and interests (of whatever kind or character, whether legal or equitable, and whether vested or contingent) in and to the natural gas, oil and other minerals in and under and that may be produced from leases located in several counties within the State of Kentucky and further described in Exhibit A (Natural gas and oil wells and leases) including, without limitation, interests in gas, oil and/or mineral leases covering any part of the lands, overriding royalty interests, production payments, and net profits interests in any part of the lands or leases, fee royalty interests, fee mineral interests, and other interests in gas, oil and other minerals in any part of the lands, whether the lands are described in any of the descriptions set out in Exhibit A or by reference to another instrument for description, even though the Seller’s interests may be incorrectly described in Exhibit A;
(i) Seller makes no warranties as to the validity of any lease or ownership in any well other than what is of public record and Buyer has been afforded the right to examine all records to their satisfaction with regard to the validity of any title, lease, or property ownership described herein. As of the closing date, Seller warrants that the leases are valid to the best of Seller’s knowledge and affirms that there are no existing or pending actions or threats of actions by any landowners with regard to the leases.
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(ii) As more particularly described on Exhibit A, the: Leases and Rights-of-Way, and Natural Gas and Oil Wells include:
Exhibit A – Leases and Rights-of-Way:
| a) | Leases covering approximately 1,700 acres, and | |
| b) | All
rights-of-way owned or controlled by Seller, including rights-of-way obtained by US Natural Gas Corp KY and/or US Natural Gas Corp (f/k/a Adventure Energy, Inc.) | |
| c) | 13 gas and oil wells under bond and operation, of which 0 are in production. |
B. All rights, title, and interests of Seller in all presently existing and valid gas, oil and/or mineral unitization, pooling, and/or communitization agreements, declarations, and/or orders and the properties covered or included in the units (including, without limitation, units formed under orders, rules, regulations, or other official acts of any federal, state or other authority having jurisdiction, voluntary unitization agreements, designations, and/or declarations, and any “working interest units” (created under operating agreements or otherwise) which relate to any of the Properties described above.
C.
All rights, title and interests of Seller in all presently existing and valid production sales (and sales related) contracts,
operating agreements, and other agreements and contracts which relate to any of the Properties described above, or which
relate to the exploration, development, operation, or maintenance of the Properties or the treatment, storage,
transportation, or marketing of production from or allocated to the Properties.
D.
All rights, title and interests of Seller in and to all materials, supplies, machinery, equipment, improvements, office
records, files, equipment located in several counties within the State of Kentucky or St. Petersburg, Florida, or elsewhere,
and other personal property and fixtures (including, but not limited to the Properties, all wells, wellhead equipment,
pumping units, flow lines, tanks, buildings, injection facilities, salt water disposal facilities, compression facilities,
gathering systems, and other equipment), all easements, rights-of-way, surface leases, and other surface rights, all permits
and licenses, and all other appurtenances, used or held for use in connection with or related to the exploration,
development, operation, or maintenance of any of the Properties described above, or the treatment, storage, transportation,
or marketing of production from or allocated to the Properties as described above or in the attached
Exhibits.
E. The assets and property described in paragraphs A and B (the “Assets”) shall be transferred through assignment or conveyance of deed or other appropriate documentation from Seller to the Buyer and or its designee, and Seller has not knowingly allowed any liens, claims or encumbrances to be placed on these assets or properties, except as has been disclosed to Buyer.
1.2 Consideration. In exchange for the sale and transfer, through assignment or conveyance, by the Seller of the Purchased Assets to the Buyer, the Buyer agrees, subject to the terms of this Agreement, to pay to the Seller One Hundred Forty Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($140,000.00) as follows.
A. At closing, the Buyer shall assign a Royalty (“Exhibit B”) to Seller for production from said wells shown in Exhibit A. The royalty shall be structured as follows:
(i)
Structure- Seller shall receive thirty percent (30%) of the gross proceeds of production from the acquired assets. In
addition, Seller shall receive ten percent (10%) of the monthly gross proceeds of production from any new drilled wells on
the acquired leases. Seller shall receive payments from production until such time that Seller has received a total of One
Hundred Forty Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($140,000.00). At that time, the Seller shall receive no additional royalty
payments.
(ii) Payments to Seller shall be made directly from the Purchasing agent. Buyer shall not receive any of the funds due to Seller.
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B. Seller shall have a silent collateral security interest in all assets sold, transferred and conveyed to Buyer until Seller is paid in full the consideration described above. No Uniform Commercial Code shall be filed with the State of KY.
C. Assets - Buyer shall at no time, without prior approval of Seller, dispose of any assets included in this purchase agreement inclusive of wells, leases, gathering system, real property, equipment. Any such sale of assets, without prior approval by Seller, shall render Buyer in default of this Agreement
1.3 Adjustments, Assumptions and Payments.
A. Effective upon execution of this agreement by both parties, Seller shall not be entitled to solicit future revenue generation from production of gas on the real properties covered by the leases, except in the event to secure any leases listed in Exhibit B.
B. Buyer and Seller shall equally be responsible for the preparation, filing, and payment of all assignments, well transfers, any county, state, or federal registration, this agreement, legal fees related to escrow, deeds, and any other collateral documents with the appropriate governmental agencies.
1.4 Closing Deliveries. Closing shall be set on or before June 15, 2018 at the office of Seller. At the Closing:
A. Seller as applicable will deliver to Buyer:
(ii) a bill of sale conveying to Buyer the Property described above and in accompanying exhibits, free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances, except as referenced herein; and
(ii) an executed assignment of each lease and/or right of way being transferred and assigned to Buyer; Seller shall prepare all assignments, but Buyer shall be responsible for the cost associated in preparation; and
(iii) an executed assignment of the entire gathering system; and
(iv)
such other assignments, certificates of title, registrations, transfer tax declarations or certificates and other
instruments of transfer and conveyance as may reasonably be requested by Buyer, each in form and substance satisfactory to
Buyer and its legal counsel and executed by Seller, as the case may be; and
(v) any and all original maps of leases, e-logs, down-hole camera videos, or any additional documentation pertaining to the individual wells, leases, or operations in general; and
(vi) any and all office records, equipment and files whether located in Kentucky or, St. Petersburg, Florida, or elsewhere.
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B. Buyer will deliver to Seller:
(i) the consideration referenced in paragraph 1.2; and
(ii) an executed royalty as per the terms defined in Section 1.2.A.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
2.1 Representations by Buyer. The Buyer hereby represents and warrants unto the Seller that the following statements are true, correct, and complete as of the date of this Agreement and will be true, correct, and complete as of the Closing Date:
A. Organization and Power. The Buyer is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Wyoming and has full right, power, and authority to enter into this Agreement and to assume and perform all of its obligations under this Agreement; and, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance by the Buyer of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all requisite action of the Buyer and require no further action or approval of the Buyer’s members or of any other individuals or entities in order to constitute this Agreement as a binding and enforceable obligation of the Buyer. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Buyer, enforceable against such entity in accordance with its terms.
B. Non-contravention. Neither the entry into nor the performance of, or compliance with, this Agreement by the Buyer has resulted, or will result, in any violation of, or default under, or result in the acceleration of, any obligation under the Buyer’s organizational documents, mortgage, indenture, lien agreement, note, contract, permit, judgment, decree, order, restrictive covenant, statute, rule, or regulation applicable to the Buyer.
C. Litigation. There is no action, suit, or proceeding, pending or known to be threatened, against or affecting the Buyer in any court or before any arbitrator or before any federal, state, municipal, or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality which (i) in any manner raises any question affecting the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, or (ii) could materially and adversely affect the ability of the Buyer to perform its obligations hereunder, or under any document to be delivered pursuant hereto.
D. Consents. Except as may otherwise be set forth in herein, each consent, approval, authorization, order, license, certificate, permit, registration, designation, or filing by or with any governmental agency or body necessary for the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby by the Buyer has been obtained or will be obtained on or before the Closing Date.
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2.2 Representations by Seller. Seller, jointly and severally, hereby represents and warrants unto the Buyer that each and every one of the following statements is true, correct and complete as of the date of this Agreement and will be true, correct and complete as of the Closing Date:
A. Organization and Power. The Seller is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida. Seller has full right, power, and authority to enter into this Agreement and to assume and perform all of its obligations under this Agreement; and the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance by the Seller of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all requisite action of Seller and require no further action or approval of Seller’s members or managers or directors or shareholders, as the case may be, or of any other individuals or entities in order to constitute this Agreement as a binding and enforceable obligation of the Seller. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Seller, enforceable against such entity in accordance with its terms.
B. Non-contravention. Neither the entry into nor the performance of, or compliance with, this Agreement by Seller has resulted, or will result, in any violation of, or default under, or result in the acceleration of, any obligation under their organizational documents, or any regulations, mortgage, indenture, lien agreement, note, contract, permit, judgment, decree, order, restrictive covenant, statute, rule, or regulation applicable to it.
C. Litigation. There is no action, suit, or proceeding, pending or known to be threatened, against or affecting Seller in any court or before any arbitrator or before any federal, state, municipal, or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality which (A) in any manner raises any question affecting the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, (B) could materially adversely affect the business, financial position, or results of operations (C) could affect the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations hereunder, or under any document to be delivered pursuant hereto, or (D) could create a lien on the Property.
D. Operation. The personal property, wells, structures, and equipment of the Seller are sold in “as is” condition and after the Closing shall be in substantially the same manner as conducted prior to the Closing.
F. Personal Property. The Personal Property consists of all supplies, equipment, fixtures, all personal property, and all office records, files, equipment located in or at individual wells, on the leases, in storage on said leases, in the State of Kentucky or St. Petersburg, Florida or elsewhere as described herein including in the exhibits hereto, all of which is owned by Seller. Each item of personal property is sold “as is”.
G. Environmental Matters. To the best of Sellers’ knowledge: (A) Seller has not been and is not in violation of or liable under, any environmental law. There is no basis for and no pending or threatened order, notice, or communications pertaining to any environmental issues. Buyer shall rely on its own environmental assessment of the assets contained herein and is purchasing said assets “as is, where is”. Buyer shall have the right to perform its own environmental assessment of the assets to be transferred under the same terms and conditions as set forth herein for the title assessment.
(i) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of Buyer, threatened claims, encumbrances, or other restrictions of any nature, resulting from any environmental, health and safety liabilities or arising under or pursuant to any environment law, with respect to or affecting the leases or any other properties and assets (whether real, personal, or mixed) in which Seller has or had an interest.
H. Assets. Seller owns and has good marketable title to the Assets and Property, in each case free and clear and has not knowingly permitted any liens, claims and encumbrances, except as disclosed to Buyer.
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ARTICLE III
COVENANTS OF SELLER
BEFORE CLOSING
3.1. Access and Investigation. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date with reasonable advance notice from Buyer, Seller will (a) afford Buyer and its representatives and prospective lenders and their representatives full and free access to the personnel, properties (including subsurface testing), contracts, books and records, and other documents and data of Seller as is relevant to the operations specific to this acquisition, (b) furnish such persons with copies of all such contracts, books and records, and other documents and data relating to the business as Buyer may reasonably request which are specific to the operations, and (c) furnish such persons with such additional financial, operating and other data and information relating to the business as Buyer may reasonably request.
3.2 Operation of the Business. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, Seller will (a) conduct the business only in the ordinary course of business, (b) use its best efforts to preserve intact the current business organization, keep available the services of its current employees and agents, and maintain relations and goodwill with its suppliers, customers, landlords, lessors, employees, agents and others having business relationships with Seller as relates to the pending agreement.
3.3 Negative Covenant. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, Seller will not (a) make any modifications to any material contract or any governmental authorization or (b) remove any Equipment, except to attempt to generate revenue from any production.
3.4 Required Approvals. As promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, Seller will make all filings that are required by law to consummate the contemplated transactions. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, Seller will (a) cooperate with Buyer with respect to all filings that Buyer elects to make or that Buyer is required by law to make in connection with the contemplated transactions.
3.5 Notification. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the Seller will promptly notify Buyer in writing if Seller becomes aware of (a) any fact or condition that causes or constitutes a breach of any of Seller’s representations and warranties as of the date of this Agreement, (b) the occurrence after the date of this Agreement of any fact or condition that would cause or constitute a breach of any such representation or warranty had that representation or warranty been made as of the time of the occurrence or discovery of such fact or condition, (c) any material development affecting the leases or Property and the operations and results of operations related to the leases or Property; or (d) any material development affecting the ability of such party to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.6 Covenants to Remedy Breaches. Without limiting the obligations of Seller set forth in this Agreement, Seller covenants to use all reasonable efforts within its control (i) to prevent the breach of any representation or warranty of such Seller hereunder and (ii) to satisfy all covenants of such Seller hereunder.
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3.7 Damage or Destruction of Assets. In the event of destruction or material damage, at or before the moment of Closing, of any of the assets, then Buyer shall have the right to terminate this Agreement.
3.8 Production Burdens, Taxes, Expenses and Revenues. All rentals, royalties, excess royalty, overriding royalty interests, and other payments due under or with respect to the Properties have been properly and timely paid. All ad valorem, property, production, severance, and other taxes based on or measured by the ownership of the Properties or the production from the Properties have been properly and timely paid. All proceeds from the sale of production are being properly and timely paid to Seller by the purchasers of production, without suspense.
3.9 Pricing. The prices being received for production do not violate any contract, law or regulation. Where applicable, all of the wells and production from the wells have been properly classified under appropriate governmental regulations.
3.10 Production Balances. Except as disclosed to Buyer in writing, none of the purchasers under any production sales contracts are entitled to “makeup” or otherwise receive deliveries of oil or gas at any time after the Effective Date without paying, at such time, the full contract price for oil or gas. No person is entitled to receive any portion of the interest of Seller in any oil or gas, or to receive cash or other payments to “balance” any disproportionate allocation of oil or gas under any operating agreement, gas balancing and storage agreement, gas processing or dehydration agreement, or other similar agreements.
3.11 Well Status. There are no Wells located on the Properties that: (a) Seller is currently obligated by law or contract to plug and abandon; (b) Seller will not be obligated by law or contract to plug or abandon with the lapse of time or notice or both because the Well is not currently capable of producing in commercial quantities; (c) are subject to exceptions to a requirement to plug and abandon issued by a regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Properties; or, (d) to the best knowledge of Seller, have been plugged and abandoned but have not been plugged in accordance with all applicable requirements of each regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Properties.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS OF BUYER PRIOR TO CLOSING
4.1 Required Approvals. As promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, Buyer will make all filings that it is required by law to make to consummate the contemplated transactions. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, Buyer will (a) cooperate with Seller with respect to all filings Seller elects to make or that it is required by law to make in connection with the contemplated transactions.
4.2 Best Efforts. Buyer will use its best efforts to cause the conditions in Article IV to be satisfied; provided, however, that Buyer will not be required to make any material change to its business, dispose of any material asset, expend material funds, incur any material burden or take actions that would result in a material adverse change in the benefits to Buyer of this Agreement and the contemplated transactions.
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ARTICLE V
INSPECTION PERIOD
5.1 Inspection Period. Buyer shall have a due diligence period (the “Inspection Period”) beginning on the date this Agreement is executed by all parties and expiring on June 12, 2018.
5.2 Inspection. (a) At any reasonable time and from time to time during the Inspection Period, Buyer shall have the right to fully inspect the titles, leases, wells, bonds and field equipment to satisfy itself as to the condition of the assets. Seller shall use its best efforts to assure that Buyer has access to the Properties during normal business hours, and Seller shall provide all available information concerning the Properties the Buyer may reasonably request to assist Buyer in making such determinations.
ARTICLE VI
TERMINATION
6.1 Termination Events. This Agreement may, by notice given before or at the Closing, be terminated:
A. by the Seller if Buyer has committed a material breach of any provision of this Agreement and Sellers have not waived such breach;
B. by the Buyer if Seller has committed a material breach of any provision of this Agreement and Buyer has not waived such breach.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
7.1 Notices. Any notice provided for by this Agreement and any other notice, demand, or communication required hereunder shall be in writing and either delivered in person (including by confirmed facsimile transmission) or sent by hand delivered against receipt or sent by recognized overnight delivery service or by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, with return receipt requested. All notices shall be addressed as follows:
| If to Seller: | Mr. Wayne Anderson | ||
| US Natural Gas Corp KY | |||
| 244 2nd Ave N., Suite 9 | |||
| St. Petersburg, FL 33701 | |||
| With a copy to: | |||
| If to Buyer: | Mr. Gary Grimshaw | ||
| Soligen Technologies, Inc. | |||
| Pennzoil Plza. Bldg. | |||
| 700 Milam St., Suite 1300 | |||
| Houston, TX 77002 | |||
| With a copy to: | |||
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Any address or name specified above may be changed by a notice given by the addressee to the other party. Any notice, demand or other communication shall be deemed given and effective as of the date of delivery in person or receipt set forth on the return receipt. The inability to deliver because of changed address of which no notice was given, or rejection, or other refusal to accept any notice, demand or other communication, shall be deemed to be receipt of the notice, demand or other communication as of the date of such attempt to deliver or rejection or refusal to accept.
7.2 Entire Agreement; Modifications and Waivers; Cumulative Remedies. This Agreement supersedes any existing letter of intent or term sheet between the parties hereto, constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto and may not be modified or amended except by instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto, and no provisions or conditions may be waived other than by a writing signed by the party waiving such provisions or conditions. No delay or omission in the exercise of any right or remedy accruing to the Seller or the Buyer upon any breach under this Agreement shall impair such right, remedy, or be construed as a waiver of any such breach theretofore or thereafter occurring. The waiver by the Seller or the Buyer of any breach of any term, covenant, or condition herein stated shall not be deemed a waiver of any other breach, or of a subsequent breach of the same or any other term, covenant, or condition herein contained.
7.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as set forth in this Article, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Buyer or the Sellers without the prior approval of the other party hereto.
7.4 Article Headings. Article headings and article and section numbers are inserted herein only as a matter of convenience and in no way define, limit, or prescribe the scope or intent of this Agreement or any part hereof and shall not be considered in interpreting or construing this Agreement.
7.5 Time of Essence. With regard to all dates and time periods set forth or referred to in this Agreement, time is of the essence.
7.6 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to conflicts of laws principles.
7.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by any party hereto on a separate counterpart, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
7.8 Survival. All covenants and agreements contained in the Agreement which contemplate performance after the Closing Date shall survive the Closing.
7.9 Further Acts. In addition to the acts, instruments and agreements recited herein and contemplated to be performed, executed and delivered by the Buyer and the Seller, the Buyer and Seller shall perform, execute, and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, and delivered at the Closing or after the Closing, any and all further acts, instruments, and agreements and provide such further assurances as the other party hereto may reasonably require to consummate the transaction contemplated hereunder.
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7.10 Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.
7.11 Indemnification. Seller shall indemnify and hold Buyer, its directors, officers, employees, and agents harmless from and against any and all liability, liens, demands, judgments, suits, and claims of any kind or character arising out of, in connection with, or resulting from Seller’s ownership of the Properties, for all periods prior to the Closing Date. Seller shall remain responsible for all claims relating to the drilling, operating, production, and sale of hydrocarbons from the Properties and the proper accounting and payment to parties for their interests and any retroactive payments, refunds, or penalties to any party or entity, insofar as any claims relate to periods of time prior to the Closing Date.
Buyer shall indemnify and hold Seller, its directors, officers, employees, and agents harmless from and against any and all liability, liens, demands, judgments, suits, and claims of any kind or character arising out of, in connection with, or resulting from Buyer’s ownership of the Properties, for periods from and after the Closing Date. Buyer shall be responsible for all claims relating to the drilling, operating, production, and sale of hydrocarbons from the Properties and the proper accounting and payment to parties for their interests, and any retroactive payments, refunds, or penalties to any party or entity as such claims relate to periods from and after the Closing Date.
Buyer and Seller shall have the right to participate in the defense of any suit in which one of them may be a party without relieving the other party of the obligation to defend the suit.
7.12 Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each party to this Agreement will bear its respective expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and performance of this Agreement and the contemplated transactions, including all fees and expenses of its representatives.
7.13 Confidentiality. The Seller acknowledges that the matters relating to this Agreement, and the other documents, terms, conditions and information related thereto (collectively, the “Information”) are confidential in nature. Therefore, the Seller covenants and agrees to keep the Information confidential and will not (except as required by applicable law, regulation or legal process, and only after compliance with the provisions of this Section 7.13), without the Buyer’s prior written consent, disclose any Information in any manner whatsoever; provided, however, that the Information may be revealed only to Seller’s owners, Seller’s key employees, legal counsel and financial advisors, each of whom shall be informed of the confidential nature of the Information and shall agree to act in accordance with the terms of this Section 7.13. In the event that a Seller or its key employees, legal counsel or financial advisors (collectively, the “Information Group”) are requested pursuant to, or required by, applicable law, regulation or legal process to disclose any of the Information, the applicable member of the Information Group will notify the Buyer promptly so that it may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy or, in its sole discretion, waive compliance with the terms of this Section 7.13. In the event that no such protective order or other remedy is obtained, or that the Buyer waives compliance with the terms of this Section 7.13, the applicable member of the Information Group may furnish only that portion of the Information which it is advised by counsel is legally required and will exercise all reasonable efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the Information.
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The parties hereto have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date indicated in the first sentence of this Agreement.
| SELLER: | ||
| SYLIOS CORP | ||
| May 10, 2018 | ||
| By: | /s/ Wayne Anderson | |
| Name: | Wayne Anderson | |
| Its: | President | |
| US NATURAL GAS CORP KY | ||
| May 10, 2018 | ||
| By: | /s/ Wayne Anderson | |
| Name: | Wayne Anderson | |
| Its: | President | |
| E 3 PETROLEUM CORP | ||
| May 10, 2018 | ||
| By: | /s/ Wayne Anderson | |
| Name: | Wayne Anderson | |
| Its: | President | |
| BUYER: | ||
| SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
| June 10, 2018 | ||
| By: | /s/ Gary Grimshaw | |
| Name: | Gary Grimshaw | |
| Its: | President | |
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EXHIBIT A
| WHITLEY COUNTY, KENTUCKY WELLS | ||||||||
| WELL NAME | TOTAL DEPTH (a) | STATUS (b) | PRODUCT (c) | |||||
| HOBERT WHITE #1 | 1303 | SI | NG | |||||
| MILTON HARMON #1 | 1758 | SI | NG | |||||
| SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY OIL WELLS | ||||||||||||
| WELL NAME | COUNTY | TOTAL DEPTH (a) | STATUS (b) | PRODUCT (c) | ||||||||
| JAMES BRUMMETT #1 | ADAIR | 1562 | SI | O | ||||||||
| JAMES BRUMMETT #2 | ADAIR | 1439 | SI | O | ||||||||
| JASON CAMFIELD #1 | ADAIR | 750 | SI | O | ||||||||
| J.C. LASLEY #1 | ADAIR | 1620 | SI | O | ||||||||
| J.C. LASLEY #1A | ADAIR | 1565 | SI | O | ||||||||
| J.C. LASLEY #2 | ADAIR | 1574 | SI | O | ||||||||
| J.C. LASLEY #5 | ADAIR | 1657 | SI | O | ||||||||
| COLBY SMITH #1 | ADAIR | 1680 | SI | O | ||||||||
| D&M FARMS #1 | HART | 2250 | SI | O | ||||||||
| RANDY HATCHER #1 | ADAIR | 1574 | SI | O | ||||||||
| TROY ISOM #1 | MORGAN | 1705 | SI | NG | ||||||||
| (a) - Total Depth as per completion report | |
| (b) - Status | |
| i) PR - In Production | |
| ii) PL - Plugged | |
| iii) SI - Shut-In | |
| (c) - Product | |
| i) O - Oil production | |
| ii) NG - Natural Gas production | |
| iii) O/NG - Both Oil & Natural Gas production | |
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EXHIBIT B
ROYALTY
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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Pursuant to Section 17-16-602 and other provisions of the Wyoming Business Corporation Act (“Act”), the Board of Directors of Soligen Technologies, Inc., a Wyoming corporation by continuation, hereby adopts these Articles of Amendment on behalf of the Corporation, which amendments were duly approved by shareholder action pursuant to the provisions of the Act. The Corporation’s Articles of Continuance were filed with the Wyoming Secretary of State on April 13, 1993 (“Articles of Continuance”).
A. The name of the corporation is Soligen Technologies, Inc. (the “Corporation”).
B. Effective as of the date of filing of these Articles of Amendment with the Wyoming Secretary of State, Section 9 of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
i. The aggregate number of shares or other ownership units which the Corporation has the authority to issue, itemized by classes, par value of shares, shares without par value and series, if any, within a class is:
| Number of Shares | Class | Par Value per Share | |||||
| 90,000,000 | Common | $0 (“Common Shares”) | |||||
| 10,000,000 | Preferred | $0 (“Preferred Shares”) | |||||
The Preferred Shares may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby authorized to issue the Preferred Shares in one or more series if it so determines, and to give any such series of Preferred Shares a distinguishing designation.
The Board of Directors is further hereby authorized to determine, in whole or in part, the preferences, limitations, and relative rights of (a) the Preferred Shares before the issuance of any Preferred Shares, and (b) one or more series of Preferred Shares before the issuance of shares of any such series. All Preferred Shares shall have preferences, limitations and relative rights identical with those of all other Preferred Shares, provided that if the Preferred Shares are issued in one or more series, all shares of a series shall have preferences, limitations, and relative rights identical with those of other shares of the same series and, except to the extent otherwise provided in the description of the series, with those of other series of the same class. All actions by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in such regards shall be by resolutions duly adopted.
C. The foregoing amendment was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation at a meeting held for such purpose on February 26, 1998, and by the shareholders of the Corporation on April 20, 1998 (“Shareholders’ Meeting”).
D. As of the date of the Corporation’s authorization and execution of these Articles of Amendment, the Corporation had authority to issue, and has actually issued, only the Common Shares, and the total number of Common Shares authorized by the Corporation prior to these Articles of Amendment, is 50,000,000 Common Shares. The designation, number of outstanding shares, and number of votes entitled to be cast by each voting group, i.e., the holders of the Common Shares, entitled to vote separately on the foregoing amendment were 32,682,338 Common Shares. The number of votes of each voting group indisputably represented at the Shareholders’ Meeting was ______________ Common Shares.
E. The total number of undisputed votes cast for the foregoing amendment by each voting group, i.e., the holders of the Common Shares, was _______________, which is sufficient for approval by the holders of the Common Shares.
F. The foregoing amendments do not provide for an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment of the Corporation this _____ day of ______________, 1998.
| SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
| By: | ||
AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
ARTICLE I
The name of this corporation is:
SOLIGEN TEHCNOLOGIES, INC.
ARTICLE II
The aggregate number of shares this corporation is authorized to issue is 990,000,000 (Nine Hundred Ninety Million), allocated as follows among these classes and series of stock:
Common Stock Class, par value $0.001 per share - 980,000,000 shares authorized; and
Preferred Stock Class, par value $0.001 per share – 10,000,000 shares authorized; and
of the Preferred Stock authorized the following designations have been approved by the Board of Directors:
Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per shares- 5,000 shares authorized; and
Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share –8,425,000 shares authorized; and
Series C Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share – 1,000,000 shares authorized; and
Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share – 1,000 shares authorized.
The participating rights, relative rights, optional or other special rights, powers, designations, preferences, issuance rules, limitations, restrictions and qualifications for each of the five classes of stock, as well as the authorized amounts for each, shall be determined, where actively or passively allowed by state and/or federal law, by the Bylaws, as amended, as approved by a majority of the duly-elected Directors of this corporation.
ARTICLE III
The purpose for which the corporation is organized as:
A. To purchase, or in any way acquire for investment or for sale or other- wise, lands, contracts for the purchase or sale of lands, buildings, improvements ,and any real property of any kind or any interest therein, and as the consideration for the same to pay cash or to issue the capital stock, debenture bonds, mortgage bonds, or other obligations of the corporation, and to sell, convey, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, turn to account, otherwise deal with all or any part of the property of the corporation to make and obtain loans upon real estate, improve or unimproved, and upon personal property, giving or taking evidences of indebtedness and securing the payment thereof by mortgage, trust deed, pledge or otherwise, and to enter into contracts to buy or sell any property, real or personal, to buy and sell mortgages, trust deeds, contracts, and evidences, of indebtedness, paying for the same in cash, stock or bonds, of this corporation and to draw, make, accept endorse, discount, execute, and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, warrants, instruments, or obligations of the corporation, from time to time, for any of the objects or purposes of the corporation without restriction or limit as to amount.
B. To engage in any lawful business; to do all and everything necessary, suitable, or proper for the accomplishment of any of the purposes, attainment of any of the objectives, or the exercise of any of the powers herein set forth, either alone or in conjunction with other corporations, firms or individuals, and either as principals or agents, and to do every other act or acts, thing or things incidental or pertinent to or growing out of or connected with the above mentioned objectives, purpose, or powers.
C. In general, to have and to exercise any and all powers that corporations have and may have under the laws of the State of Wyoming, and as the same may be amended, for any lawful purpose.
ARTICLE IV
The street address of this corporation’s initial registered office, and the name of its initial registered agent at that office, is:
Buffalo Registered Agents, LLC
412 N. Main Street, Suite 100
Buffalo, Wyoming 82834
ARTICLE V
The name and address of this corporation’s incorporator is:
Small Cap Compliance, LLC
P.O. Box 26496
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
ARTICLE VI
The governing board of the corporation shall be known as directors, and the number of directors may from time to time be increased or decreased in such a manner as shall be provided by the Bylaws of this corporation, providing that the number of directors shall not be reduced to fewer than one (1). The Board of Directors shall be one (1) in number and the name and post office address of the Director is:
Jimmy Wayne Anderson
412 N. Main Street, Suite 100
Buffalo, Wyoming 82834
ARTICLE VII
The liability of any director to this corporation or its shareholders for money damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director, is eliminated, except liability for:
| (A) | The amount of financial benefit received by a director to which he is not entitled; | |
| (B) | An intentional infliction of harm on the corporation or shareholders; | |
| (C) | A violation of W.S 17-16-833; or | |
| (D) | An intentional violation of criminal law. |
ARTICLE VIII
Indemnification of any director for liability (as defined in W.S. 17-16-850(a)(iii)) to any person for any action taken, or failure to take any action, as director, is obligatory, except liability for:
| (A) | Receipt of a financial benefit to which he is not entitled; | |
| (B) | An intentional infliction of harm on the corporation or shareholders; | |
| (C) | A violation of W.S 17-16-833; or | |
| (D) | An intentional violation of criminal law. |
The Corporation shall indemnify a director or officer of the Corporation who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director or office was a party because the director or officer is or was a director or officer of the Corporation against reasonable attorney fees and expenses incurred by the director or officer in connection with the proceeding. The Corporation may indemnify an individual made a party to a proceeding because the individual is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation against liability if authorized in the specific case after determination, in the manner required by the board of directors, that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent, as the case may be, is permissible in the circumstances because the director, officer, employee or agent has met the standard of conduct set forth by the board of directors. The indemnification and advancement of attorney fees and expenses for directors, officers, employees and agents of the Corporation shall apply when such persons are serving at the Corporation’s request while a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, as the case may be, as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, whether or not for profit, as well as in their official capacity with the Corporation. The Corporation also may pay for or reimburse the reasonable attorney fees and expenses incurred by a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation who is a party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding. The Corporation also may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual arising from the individual’s status as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, whether or not the Corporation would have power to indemnify the individual against the same liability under the law. All references in these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation are deemed to include any amendment or successor thereto. Nothing contained in these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation shall limit or preclude the exercise of any right relating to indemnification or advance of attorney fees and expenses to any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or the ability of the Corporation otherwise to indemnify or advance expenses to any such person by contract or in any other manner. If any word, clause or sentence of the foregoing provisions regarding indemnification or advancement of the attorney fees or expenses shall be held invalid as contrary to law or public policy, it shall be severable and the provisions remaining shall not be otherwise affected. All references in these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to “director”, “officer”, “employee”, and “agent” shall include the heirs, estates, executors, administrators and personal representatives of such persons.
ARTICLE IX
The corporation is to have perpetual existence.
ARTICLE X
The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, or in any amendment hereto, or to add any provision to these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation or to any amendment hereto, in any manner now or hereafter prescribed or permitted by the provisions of any applicable statue of the State of Wyoming, and all rights conferred upon shareholders in these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation or any amendment hereto are granted subject to this reservation.
ARTICLE XI
Pursuant to W.S. 17-16-801, the Board of Director(s) of the Corporation shall have power, without the assent or vote of the shareholders, to make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation, but the affirmative vote of a number of Directors equal to a majority of the number who would constitute a full Board of Director(s) at the time of such action shall be necessary to take any action for the making, alteration, amendment or repeal of the Bylaws.
ARTICLE XII
All of the shares of stock of this Corporation may be subject to a Shareholders’ Restrictive Agreement containing numerous restrictions on the rights of shareholders of the Corporation and transferability of the shares of stock of the Corporation. A copy of the Shareholders’ Restrictive Agreement, if any, is on file at the principal office of the Corporation.
Executed this 10th day of April 2018, by the Board of Directors of the corporation.
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| Rhonda Keaveney | |
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AMENDMENT TO BYLAWS AS ADOPTED BY
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
ON APRIL 20, 1998
RESOLVED, that Section 2.9 of the Company’s Bylaws is hereby amended to provide in its entirety as follows:
“2.9 MANNER OF ACTING. At any shareholder meeting at which a quorum is present, action on a matter (other than the election of directors) by a voting group is approved if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the affirmative vote of a greater number is required by these Bylaws, the Articles of Incorporation or the Wyoming Business Corporation Act.”
SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
THIS INVESTMENT INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. THIS INVESTMENT IS SUITABLE ONLY FOR PERSONS WHO CAN BEAR THE ECONOMIC RISK FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME AND WHO CAN AFFORD TO LOSE THEIR ENTIRE INVESTMENT. FURTHERMORE, INVESTORS MUST UNDERSTAND THAT SUCH INVESTMENT IS ILLIQUID AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO BE ILLIQUID FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME. NO PUBLIC MARKET EXISTS FOR THE SECURITIES, AND NO PUBLIC MARKET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FOLLOWING THIS OFFERING.
THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “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 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 ACT. THE SECURITIES 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 SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER MATERIALS OR INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING THROUGH THE WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY THE COMPANY OR THROUGH WEALTHFORGE SECURITIES, LLC (THE “BROKER”). ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.
INVESTORS WHO ARE NOT “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 501 OF REGULATION D PROMULGATED UNDER THE ACT) ARE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS ON THE AMOUNT THEY MAY INVEST, AS SET OUT IN SECTION 4. 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 THE APPLICABILITY TO THIS OFFERING OF EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT.
PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS MAY NOT TREAT THE CONTENTS OF THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT, THE OFFERING CIRCULAR OR ANY OF THE OTHER MATERIALS RELATING TO THE OFFERING AND PRESENTED TO INVESTORS ON THE COMPANY’S WEBSITE OR PROVIDED BY THE BROKER (COLLECTIVELY, THE “OFFERING MATERIALS”) OR ANY PRIOR OR SUBSEQUENT COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS (INCLUDING “TESTING THE WATERS” MATERIALS) 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 OFFERING MATERIALS MAY CONTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION RELATING TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE COMPANY, ITS BUSINESS PLAN AND STRATEGY, AND ITS INDUSTRY. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON THE BELIEFS OF, ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY, AND INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY’S MANAGEMENT. WHEN USED IN THE OFFERING MATERIALS, THE WORDS “ESTIMATE,” “PROJECT,” “BELIEVE,” “ANTICIPATE,” “INTEND,” “EXPECT” AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ARE INTENDED TO IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE STATEMENTS REFLECT MANAGEMENT’S CURRENT VIEWS WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE EVENTS AND ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT COULD CAUSE THE COMPANY’S ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE ON WHICH THEY ARE MADE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT UNDERTAKE ANY OBLIGATION TO REVISE OR UPDATE THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS TO REFLECT EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER SUCH DATE OR TO REFLECT THE OCCURRENCE OF UNANTICIPATED EVENTS.
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THE COMPANY MAY NOT BE OFFERING THE SECURITIES IN EVERY STATE. THE OFFERING MATERIALS DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION IN ANY STATE OR JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE SECURITIES ARE NOT BEING OFFERED.
THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THE OFFERING MATERIALS WAS PREPARED BY THE COMPANY SOLELY FOR THE USE BY PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING. NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ARE MADE AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN ANY OFFERING MATERIALS, AND NOTHING CONTAINED IN THE OFFERING MATERIALS IS OR SHOULD BE RELIED UPON AS A PROMISE OR REPRESENTATION AS TO THE FUTURE PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY.
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 SECURITIES OR TO ALLOT TO ANY PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR LESS THAN THE AMOUNT OF SECURITIES 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 SECURITIES SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THAT DATE.
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
1. Subscription.
(a) The undersigned (“Subscriber”) hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase Common Stock (the “Securities”), of Soligen Technologies, Inc., a Wyoming corporation (the “Company”), at a purchase price of $0.03 per share of Common Stock (the “Per Security Price”), upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
(b) Subscriber understands that the Securities are being offered pursuant to an offering circular (the “Offering Circular”) filed with the SEC as part of the Offering Statement. By executing this Subscription Agreement, Subscriber acknowledges that Subscriber has received this Subscription Agreement, copies of the Offering Circular and Offering Statement, including exhibits thereto, and any other information required by the Subscriber to make an investment decision.
(c) The Subscriber’s subscription may be accepted or rejected in whole or in part, at any time prior to a Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), by the Company at its sole discretion. In addition, the Company, at its sole discretion, may allocate to Subscriber only a portion of the number of Securities Subscriber has subscribed for. The Company will notify Subscriber whether this subscription is accepted (whether in whole or in part) or rejected. If Subscriber’s subscription is rejected, Subscriber’s payment (or portion thereof if partially rejected) will be returned to Subscriber without interest and all of Subscriber’s obligations hereunder shall terminate.
(d) The aggregate number of Securities sold shall not exceed 500,000,000 shares (the “Maximum Offering”). The Company may accept subscriptions until the termination date given in the Offering Circular, unless otherwise extended by the Company in its sole discretion in accordance with applicable SEC regulations for such other period required to sell the Maximum Offering (the “Termination Date”). The Company may elect at any time to close all or any portion of this offering, on various dates at or prior to the Termination Date (each a “Closing Date”).
(e) In the event of rejection of this subscription in its entirety, or in the event the sale of the Securities (or any portion thereof) is not consummated for any reason, this Subscription Agreement shall have no force or effect, except for Section 5 hereof, which shall remain in force and effect.
2. Purchase Procedure.
(a) Payment. The purchase price for the Securities shall be paid simultaneously with the execution and delivery to the Company of the signature page of this Subscription Agreement. Subscriber shall deliver a signed copy of this Subscription Agreement (which may be executed and delivered electronically), along with payment for the aggregate purchase price of the Securities by ACH electronic transfer or wire transfer to an account designated by the Company, or by any combination of such methods.
(b) No Escrow. The proceeds of this offering will not be placed into an escrow account. As there is no minimum offering, upon the approval of any subscription to this Offering Circular, the Company shall immediately deposit said proceeds into the bank account of the Company and may dispose of the proceeds in accordance with the Use of Proceeds.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
The Company represents and warrants to Subscriber that the following representations and warranties are true and complete in all material respects as of the date of each Closing Date, except as otherwise indicated. For purposes of this Agreement, an individual shall be deemed to have “knowledge” of a particular fact or other matter if such individual is actually aware of such fact. The Company will be deemed to have “knowledge” of a particular fact or other matter if one of the Company’s current officers has, or at any time had, actual knowledge of such fact or other matter.
(a) Organization and Standing. The Company is a corporation duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Wyoming. The Company has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties and assets, to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement and any other agreements or instruments required hereunder. The Company is duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions in which the nature of its activities and of its properties (both owned and leased) makes such qualification necessary, except for those jurisdictions in which failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect on the Company or its business.
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(b) Issuance of the Securities. The issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities in accordance with this Subscription Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. The Securities, when so issued, sold and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the provisions of this Subscription Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(c) Authority for Agreement. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities) are within the Company’s powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. Upon full execution hereof, this Subscription Agreement shall constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies and (iii) with respect to provisions relating to indemnification and contribution, as limited by considerations of public policy and by federal or state securities laws.
(d) No filings . Assuming the accuracy of the Subscriber’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 hereof, no order, license, consent, authorization or approval of, or exemption by, or action by or in respect of, or notice to, or filing or registration with, any governmental body, agency or official is required by or with respect to the Company in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Subscription Agreement except (i) for such filings as may be required under Regulation A or under any applicable state securities laws, (ii) for such other filings and approvals as have been made or obtained, or (iii) where the failure to obtain any such order, license, consent, authorization, approval or exemption or give any such notice or make any filing or registration would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder.
(e) Capitalization. The authorized and outstanding securities of the Company immediately prior to the initial investment in the Securities is as set forth in “Securities Being Offered” in the Offering Circular. Except as set forth in the Offering Circular, there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights (including conversion or preemptive rights and rights of first refusal), or agreements of any kind (oral or written) for the purchase or acquisition from the Company of any of its securities.
(f) Financial statements. Complete copies of the Company’s financial statements consisting of the balance sheets of the Company given in the Offering Circular and the related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the two-year period then ended (the “Financial Statements”) have been made available to the Subscriber and appear in the Offering Circular. The Financial Statements are based on the books and records of the Company and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Company as of the respective dates they were prepared and the results of the operations and cash flows of the Company for the periods indicated.
(g) Proceeds. The Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Securities as set forth in “Use of Proceeds to issuer” in the Offering Circular.
(h) Litigation. There is no pending action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, mediation, complaint, claim, charge or investigation before any court, arbitrator, mediator or governmental body, or to the Company’s knowledge, currently threatened in writing (a) against the Company or (b) against any consultant, officer, manager, director or key employee of the Company arising out of his or her consulting, employment or board relationship with the Company or that could otherwise materially impact the Company.
4. 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 such Subscriber’s respective Closing Date(s):
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(a) 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 and other agreements required hereunder and to carry out their provisions. All action on Subscriber’s part required for the lawful execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement and other agreements required hereunder have been or will be effectively taken prior to the Closing Date. Upon their execution and delivery, this Subscription Agreement and other agreements required hereunder will be valid and binding obligations of Subscriber, enforceable in accordance with their 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.
(b) Investment Representations. Subscriber understands that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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 Subscription Agreement.
(c) Illiquidity and Continued Economic Risk. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that there is a limited 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.
(d) Accredited Investor Status or Investment Limits. Subscriber represents that either:
(i) Subscriber is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act. Subscriber represents and warrants that the information set forth in response to question (c) on the signature page hereto concerning Subscriber is true and correct; or
(ii) The purchase price set out in paragraph (b) of the signature page to this Subscription 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.
(e) Company Information. 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 has had such opportunity as it deems necessary (which opportunity may have presented through online chat or commentary functions) to discuss the Company’s business, management and financial affairs with managers, officers and management of the Company and has had the opportunity to review the Company’s operations and facilities. Subscriber has also had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Company and its management regarding the terms and conditions of this investment. Subscriber acknowledges that except as set forth herein, 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.
(f) Valuation. The 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. The 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.
(g) Domicile. Subscriber maintains Subscriber’s domicile (and is not a transient or temporary resident) at the address shown on the signature page.
(h) No Brokerage Fees. 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.
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(i) Issuer-Directed Offering; No Underwriter. Subscriber understands that the offering is being conducted by the Company directly (issuer-directed) and the Company has not engaged a selling agent such as an underwriter or placement agent.
(j) 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 (i) the legal requirements within its jurisdiction for the purchase of the Securities, (ii) any foreign exchange restrictions applicable to such purchase, (iii) any governmental or other consents that may need to be obtained, and (iv) 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.
5. Survival of Representations. The representations, warranties and covenants made by the Subscriber herein shall survive the Termination Date of this Agreement.
7. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Subscription Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wyoming.
EACH OF THE SUBSCRIBER AND THE COMPANY CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION LOCATED WITHIN WYOMING AND NO OTHER PLACE AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT MAY BE LITIGATED IN SUCH COURTS. EACH OF SUBSCRIBER AND THE COMPANY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND HIMSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS AND HIS RESPECTIVE PROPERTIES, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT. EACH OF SUBSCRIBER AND THE COMPANY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN THE MANNER AND IN THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 8 AND THE SIGNATURE PAGE OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT.
8. Notices. Notice, requests, demands and other communications relating to this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if and when (a) delivered personally, on the date of such delivery; or (b) mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, in the third day after the posting thereof; or (c) emailed, telecopied or cabled, on the date of such delivery to the address of the respective parties as follows:
If to the Company, to:
Soligen Technologies, Inc.
Pennzoil Plza. Bldg.
700 Milam St., Suite 1300,
Houston, Texas77002
If to a Subscriber, to Subscriber’s address as shown on the signature page hereto
or to such other address as may be specified by written notice from time to time by the party entitled to receive such notice. Any notices, requests, demands or other communications by telecopy or cable shall be confirmed by letter given in accordance with (a) or (b) above.
9. Miscellaneous.
(a) All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons or entity or entities may require.
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(b) This Subscription Agreement is not transferable or assignable by Subscriber.
(c) The representations, warranties and agreements contained herein shall be deemed to be made by and be binding upon Subscriber and its heirs, executors, administrators and successors and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns.
(d) None of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement may be waived, changed or terminated orally or otherwise, except as specifically set forth herein or except by a writing signed by the Company and Subscriber.
(e) In the event any part of this Subscription Agreement is found to be void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions are intended to be separable and binding with the same effect as if the void or unenforceable part were never the subject of agreement.
(f) The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of one or more of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remainder of this Subscription Agreement in such jurisdiction or the validity, legality or enforceability of this Subscription Agreement, including any such provision, in any other jurisdiction, it being intended that all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(g) This Subscription Agreement supersedes all prior discussions and agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and contains the sole and entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(h) The terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement are intended solely for the benefit of each party hereto and their respective successors and assigns, and it is not the intention of the parties to confer, and no provision hereof shall confer, third-party beneficiary rights upon any other person.
(i) The headings used in this Subscription Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and do not define or limit the provisions hereof.
(j) This Subscription Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.
(k) If any recapitalization or other transaction affecting the stock of the Company is effected, then any new, substituted or additional securities or other property which is distributed with respect to the Securities shall be immediately subject to this Subscription Agreement, to the same extent that the Securities, immediately prior thereto, shall have been covered by this Subscription Agreement.
| (l) | No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Subscription Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. |
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Soligen Technologies, Inc.
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT SIGNATURE PAGE
The undersigned, desiring to purchase Common Stock of Soligen Technologies, Inc., by executing this signature page, hereby executes, adopts and agrees to all terms, conditions and representations of the Subscription Agreement.
(a) The number of shares of Common Stock the undersigned hereby irrevocably subscribes for is: |
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(b) The aggregate purchase price (based on a purchase price of $0.03 per Share) for the Common Stock the undersigned hereby irrevocably subscribes for is:
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$_____________
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(c) EITHER (i) The undersigned is an accredited investor (as that term is defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act because the undersigned meets the criteria set forth in the following paragraph(s) of Appendix A attached hereto:
OR (ii) The amount set forth in paragraph (b) above (together with any previous investments in the Securities pursuant to this offering) does not exceed 10% of the greater of the undersigned’s net worth or annual income. |
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| (d) The Securities being subscribed for will be owned by, and should be recorded on the Company’s books as held in the name of: | |
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(print name of owner or joint owners) | |
| If the Securities are to be purchased in joint names, both Subscribers must sign: | ||
| Signature | ||
| Signature | ||
| Name (Please Print) | ||
| Name (Please Print) | ||
| Entity Name (if applicable) | ||
| Signatory title (if applicable) | ||
| Email address | Email address | |
| Address | Address | |
| Telephone Number | Telephone Number | |
| Social Security Number/EIN | Social Security Number | |
| Date | Date |
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| Soligen Technologies, Inc. | |||
| This Subscription is accepted | By: | ||
| on _____________, 2018 | Name: | ||
| Title: | |||
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APPENDIX A
An accredited investor includes the following categories of investor:
(1) Any bank as defined in section 3(a)(2) of the Act, or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; any broker or dealer registered pursuant to section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; any insurance company as defined in section 2(a)(13) of the Act; any investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in section 2(a)(48) of that Act; any Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; any employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in section 3(21) of such act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors;
(2) Any private business development company as defined in section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940;
(3) Any organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;
(4) Any director, executive officer, or general partner of the issuer of the securities being offered or sold, or any director, executive officer, or general partner of a general partner of that issuer;
(5) Any natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person’s spouse, exceeds $1,000,000.
(i) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(5)(ii) of this section, for purposes of calculating net worth under this paragraph (a)(5):
(A) The person’s primary residence shall not be included as an asset;
(B) Indebtedness that is secured by the person’s primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of sale of securities exceeds the amount outstanding 60 days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability); and
(C) Indebtedness that is secured by the person’s primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities shall be included as a liability;
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(ii) Paragraph (a)(5)(i) of this section will not apply to any calculation of a person’s net worth made in connection with a purchase of securities in accordance with a right to purchase such securities, provided that:
(A) Such right was held by the person on July 20, 2010;
(B) The person qualified as an accredited investor on the basis of net worth at the time the person acquired such right; and
(C) The person held securities of the same issuer, other than such right, on July 20, 2010.
(6) Any natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person’s spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;
(7) Any trust, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person as described in §230.506(b)(2)(ii); and
(8) Any entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors.
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CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS,
PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS OF
SERIES D SUPER VOTING PREFERRED STOCK,
$0.001 PAR VALUE PER SHARE
Soligen Technologies, Inc., a Corporation Incorporated under the laws of the State of Wyoming (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that the following resolution was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) on April 11, 2018, in accordance with the provisions of its Articles of Incorporation (as may be amended and restated through the date hereof, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) and Bylaws. The authorized series of the Corporation’s previously-authorized preferred stock shall have the following preferences, privileges, powers and restrictions thereof, as follows:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the Board in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Corporation, each as amended or amended and restated through the date hereof, the Board hereby designates a series of the Corporation’s previously authorized Preferred stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”) as its Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock, and hereby states the number of authorized shares, and the relative rights, preferences, limitations, privileges, powers and restrictions thereof are and shall be as set forth on the attached Annex A.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights to be signed by its duly authorized officers as of the 11th day of April 2018.
| SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Jimmy Wayne Anderson | |
| Name: | Jimmy Wayne Anderson | |
| Title: | President and Director | |
ANNEX A
SERIES D SUPER VOTING PREFERRED STOCK
1.DESIGNATION AND AMOUNT; DIVIDENDS
| A. | Designation. The designation of said series of preferred stock shall be Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock”). | |
| B. | Number of Shares. The number of shares of Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock authorized shall be One Thousand (1000) shares. Each share of Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock shall have a stated value equal to $0.001 (as may be adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations or splits with respect to such shares) (the “Series D Stated Value”). | |
| C. | Dividends. Initially, there will be no dividends due or payable on the Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock. Any future terms with respect to dividends shall be determined by the Board consistent with the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation. Any and all such future terms concerning dividends shall be reflected in an amendment to this Certificate, which the Board shall promptly file or cause to be filed. |
2. LIQUIDATION AND REDEMPTION RIGHTS
Upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event (as defined below), the holders of Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock are entitled to receive net assets on a pro-rata basis. Each holder of Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock is entitled to receive ratably any dividends declared by the Board, if any, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends. As used herein, “Liquidation Event” means (i) the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, whether voluntary or involuntary, of the Corporation, (ii) the purchase or redemption by the Corporation of shares of any class of stock or the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or corporations, unless (a) the holders of the Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock receive securities of the surviving Corporation having substantially similar rights as the Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock and the stockholders of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction are holders of at least a majority of the voting securities of the successor Corporation immediately thereafter (the “Permitted Merger”), unless the holders of the shares of Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock elect otherwise or (b) the sale, license or lease of all or substantially all, or any material part of, the Corporation’s assets, unless the holders of Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock elect otherwise.
3. CONVERSION
No conversion of the Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock is permitted.
4. RANK
All shares of the Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock shall rank (i) senior to the Corporation’s (A) Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share ( “Common Stock” ), and any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter created, except as otherwise provided in clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 4, (ii) pari passu with any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter created and specifically ranking, by its terms, on par with the Series D Super Voting Preferred-Stock and (iii) junior to any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter created specifically ranking, by its terms, senior to the Series D Preferred Stock, in each case as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary.
5. VOTING RIGHTS
A. If at least one share of Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock is issued and outstanding, then the total aggregate issued shares of Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock at any given time, regardless of their number, shall have voting rights equal to 20 times the sum of: i) the total number of shares of Common stock which are issued and outstanding at the time of voting, plus ii) the total number of shares of any and all Series of Preferred stock which are issued and outstanding at the time of voting.
B. Each individual share of Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock shall have the voting rights equal to:
[twenty times the sum of: {all shares of Common stock issued and outstanding at the time of voting + all shares of any Series of Preferred stock issued and outstanding at the time of voting}]
Divided by:
[ the number of shares of Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock issued and outstanding at the time of voting]
With respect to all matters upon which stockholders are entitled to vote or to which stockholders are entitled to give consent, the holders of the outstanding shares of Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock without regard to class, except as to those matters on which separate class voting is required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws.
6. PROTECTION PROVISIONS
So long as any shares of Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without first obtaining the unanimous written consent of the holders of Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock, alter or change the rights, preferences or privileges of the Series D Super Voting Preferred so as to affect adversely the holders of Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock.
7. MISCELLANEOUS
| A. | Status of Redeemed Stock. In case any shares of Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock shall be redeemed or otherwise repurchased or reacquired, the shares so redeemed, repurchased, or reacquired shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and shall no longer be designated as Series D Preferred Stock. | |
| B. | Lost or Stolen Certificates. Upon receipt by the Corporation of (1) evidence of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Preferred Stock Certificate(s) and (ii) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, indemnity (with a bond or other security) reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, or in the case of mutilation, the Preferred Stock Certificate(s) (surrendered for cancellation), the Corporation shall execute and deliver new Preferred Stock Certificates. | |
| C. | Waiver. Notwithstanding any provision in this Certificate of Designation to the contrary, any provision contained herein and any right of the holders of Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock granted hereunder may be waived as to all shares of Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock (and the holders thereof) upon the unanimous written consent of the holders of the Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock. | |
| D. | Notices. Any notices required or permitted to be given under the terms hereof shall be sent by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested) or delivered personally, by nationally recognized overnight carrier or by confirmed facsimile transmission, and shall be effective five (5) days after being placed in the mail, if mailed, or upon receipt or refusal of receipt, if delivered personally or by nationally recognized overnight carrier or confirmed facsimile transmission, in each case addressed to a party as set forth below, or such other address and telephone and fax number as may be designated in writing hereafter in the same manner its set forth in this Section. |
If to the Corporation:
Soligen Technologies, Inc.
Pennzoil Plza. Bldg.
700 Milam St., Suite 1300,
Houston, Texas77002
If to the holders of the Series D Super Voting Preferred Stock, to the address listed in the Corporation’s books and records.
The foregoing Amendment was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to the Wyoming Business Corporations Act, on April 11, 2018. Therefore, the number of votes cast for the Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation was sufficient for approval.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Designation as of the date first above written.
| /s/ Jimmy Wayne Anderson | |
| Jimmy Wayne Anderson, Director |
RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES OF SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK OF SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
9 (b) The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) shall consist of 5,000 (Five Thousand) shares, having the following particular rights and preferences:
(i) Dividends. Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any fixed or guaranteed dividends, nor to any cumulative dividend rights, but shall be entitled to receive out of the earnings and assets of the Corporation only such dividends as may be lawfully declared on such dates or may be determined in the discretion of the Board of Directors. No dividend or other distribution whatsoever shall be declared or paid on Common Stock or Preferred Shares having a preferential right to dividends ranking junior to the rights of the Series A Preferred Stock unless a dividend or other distribution shall be simultaneously paid on each outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock which is equal to or greater than the product of (i) the dividend or distribution proposed to be declared or paid on each share of Common Stock or such junior Preferred Stock (on an as-converted to Common Stock basis) times (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock into which each such share of Series A Preferred Stock is then convertible under Subsection 9(b)(iii) below.
In any event, no dividend or other distribution shall be paid at any time on either Series A Preferred Stock or any other class or series of Preferred Stock or on Common Stock which would have the effect of reducing the net assets of the Corporation below the aggregate preferential amount (determined in accordance with Subsection 9(b)(ii) below) payable to holders of Series A Preferred Stock upon liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.
(ii) Liquidation.
(a) Upon liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle its holder to receive, out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to shareholders, whether from capital, surplus or earnings, a liquidation preference of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per share, plus any unpaid dividends declared pursuant to Subsection 9(b)(i) above (collectively, the “Liquidation Preference”), before any distribution of such assets to the holders of other classes or series of Preferred Stock or of Common Stock. After setting apart or paying in full all such Liquidation Preferences on Series A Preferred Stock and on any other classes or series of Preferred Stock entitled to a stated preference on liquidation, further distribution of the remaining available assets shall be made pro rata to holders of Common Stock. If, upon liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its shareholders shall be insufficient to pay the holders of Series A Preferred Stock the full Liquidation Preferences to which they are entitled hereunder, then such holders shall share ratably in any distribution of assets according to the respective Liquidation Preferences that would have been payable in respect of the shares held by them upon such distribution if all Liquidation Preferences payable on or with respect to said shares were paid in full.
(b) The sale of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets, or the acquisition of the Corporation by another entity by means of merger, consolidation, share exchange, reorganization or otherwise, pursuant to which shares of the Corporation’s capital stock are converted into cash, securities or other property of the acquiring entity or any of its affiliates, shall be regarded as a liquidation within the meaning of this Subsection 9(b)(ii); provided, however, that each holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right to elect the benefits of the provisions of Subsection 9(b)(iii) or other applicable conversion provisions in lieu of receiving payment of the Liquidation Preference in the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation pursuant to this Subsection 9(b)(ii); provided, further, that this provision shall not apply if the holders of the Corporation’s voting capital stock immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, share exchange, reorganization or sale of assets beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the capital stock of the Corporation resulting from such merger, consolidation, share exchange, reorganization or sale of assets.
(c) Whenever the distribution provided for in this Subsection 9(b)(ii) shall be payable in property other than cash, the value of such distribution shall be the fair market value of such property as determined in good faith by the Corporation’s Board of Directors.
(iii) Conversion.
(a) At any time or times, part or all of any holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be converted into Common Stock at the conversion price then in effect in the manner specified below, upon delivery by the holder thereof of written notice of conversion, specifying the number of such shares to be converted, to the corporation at its principal business offices (or at the office of any transfer agent for shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock), accompanied by the certificate or certificates for the shares to be converted, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by signed instruments appropriate for the transfer thereof. In addition, all of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall, at the election of the Corporation’s Board of Directors, be automatically converted into Common Stock in the manner specified below upon the occurrence of either of the following events (an “Automatic Conversion Event”):
(1) Immediately prior to such time as the Corporation shall close a firm commitment underwritten public offering of Common Stock pursuant to a registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (“Securities Act”) in which the Corporation receives gross proceeds of at least Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) and at a price per share equal to or greater than One Dollar ($1.00) (adjusted for stock splits, dividends, consolidations, recapitalizations, and similar events); or
(2) At any such time as the Corporation’s Common Stock shall have traded above $1.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, dividends, consolidations, recapitalizations and similar events) for twenty (20) consecutive trading days on the American Stock Exchange (the “AMEX”) or NASDAQ and the cumulative trading volume of the Corporation’s Common Stock during such twenty (20) consecutive trading days is equal to or greater than Three Hundred Thousand (300,000) shares of Common Stock, if on AMEX, and Four Hundred Fifty Thousand (450,000) if on NASDAQ.
(b) The shares of Common Stock (or other shares, securities or property) into which the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible as computed in this Subsection 9(b)(iii) shall, promptly after delivery to the Corporation of written notice of any conversion election, or promptly after the occurrence of any Automatic Conversion Event, and upon surrender to the Corporation of the certificates representing the Series A Preferred Stock to be converted, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by signed instruments appropriate for transfer, be issued and delivered as soon as practicable to therespective holders of such Series A Preferred Stock in due and proper form, and shall be fully paid and nonassessable; as to any portion of the shares so surrendered which are not subject to such conversion election, the Corporation shall promptly issue to the holder thereof a certificate in due and proper form representing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock which have not been so converted. Conversion shall be deemed to have been made at the close of business on the date that notice of such written election was given by the holder, or on the date that the Corporation’s Board of Directors elected to declare an Automatic Conversion Event, irrespective of the date on which such surrender or issuance may occur, and as of such election date each such holder shall be deemed to have become the record holder of such respective number of shares of Common Stock (or other shares, securities or property), and the Series A Preferred Stock so converted shall be deemed forthwith cancelled and shall not thereafter be deemed authorized or subject to reissuance. No adjustment shall be made in the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion to reflect declared but unpaid dividends on Series A Preferred Stock, but such dividends for which the payment date has passed shall be paid in cash as of the date of conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock as to which they are owing. The Corporation shall not be required to issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock; if any fraction of a share of Common Stock would, except for the foregoing clause, be issuable to any holder on the conversion of any Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall pay to the holder of such converted Series A Preferred Stock an amount in cash equal to the then current fair market value of such fractional interest.
(c) The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be determined as follows:
(1) If the conversion occurs on or before one (1) year from the date of issuance of such share of Series A Preferred Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be determined by dividing Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) by the conversion price at the time of conversion, which shall initially be fifty cents ($0.50) per share, and which shall thereafter be subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth herein (the “Conversion Price”).
(2) If the conversion occurs after one (1) year from the date of issuance of such share of Series A Preferred Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be determined by dividing (i) Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) plus an amount equal to (x) Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is twelve percent (12%) multiplied by the total number of days such share of Series A Preferred Stock has been outstanding, and the denominator of which is three hundred sixty-five (365) by (ii) the greater of (a) the Conversion Price or (b) the Average Closing Price (as defined below) of the Common Stock. As used in this Subsection 9(b)(iii)(c)(2), “Average Closing Price” shall mean the average closing price of the Common Stock on the AMEX or NASDAQ over the twenty (20) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of the holder’s written notice requesting the conversion or, if the cumulative trading volume of the Corporation’s Common Stock during such twenty (20) consecutive trading days is not equal to or greater than Three Hundred Thousand (300,000) shares of Common Stock if on AMEX, and Four Hundred Fifty Thousand (450,000) if on NASDAQ, then over such longer period of time during which such cumulative trading volume has equaled or exceeded Three Hundred Thousand (300,000) shares of Common Stock, if on AMEX, and Four Hundred Fifty Thousand (450,000) if on NASDAQ.
(d) Adjustment of Conversion Price Upon Issuance of Common Stock or Convertible Securities. Except as provided in Subsection 9(b)(iii)(e), if from and after the date a share of Series A Preferred Stock is first issued and within one (1) year following the date of such issuance, the Corporation shall issue or sell, or, in accordance with Subsections 9(b)(iii)(d)(1) through 9(b)(iii)(d)(5), is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock, or any stock or security convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, without consideration or for a consideration per share less than the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the time of such issue or sale, then, forthwith upon each such issue or sale, the Conversion Price shall be reduced to the price determined by dividing (i) an amount equal to the sum of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior to such issue or sale (including the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to conversion of all of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the then existing Conversion Price) multiplied by the then existing Conversion Price plus (y) the consideration, if any, received by the Corporation upon such issue or sale, by (ii) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such issue or sale (including the Common Stock issuable pursuant to the conversion or exchange of the securities or stock issued or sold in such issue or sale) plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to conversion of all of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock (at the Conversion Price existing immediately before such issue or sale).
For purposes of this Subsection 9(b)(iii)(d), the following Subsections 9(b)(iii)(d)(1) to 9(b)(iii)(d)(5) shall also be applicable:
(1) Issuance of Rights or Options. In case at any time the Corporation shall in any manner grant (whether directly or by assumption in a merger or otherwise) any options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock or any stock or security convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (such options, warrants and rights being called “Options” and such convertible or exchangeable stock or securities being called ““Convertible Securities”) whether or not such Options or the right to convert or exchange any such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities (determined by dividing (i) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the corporation as consideration for the granting of such Options, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration payable to the Corporation upon the exercise of all such Options, plus, in the case of such Options which relate to Convertible Securities, the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities and upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by (ii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options) shall be less than the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the time of the granting of such Options, then the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon conversion or exchange of the total maximum amount of such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been issued for such price per share as of the date of granting of such options or the issuance of such Convertible Securities. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection 9(b)(iii)(d)(3), no adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issue of the Common Stock or Convertible Securities upon exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
(2) Issuance of Convertible Securities. In case the Corporation shall in any manner issue (whether directly or by assumption in a merger or otherwise) or sell any Convertible Securities, whether or not the rights to exchange or convert any such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or exchange (determined by dividing (i) the total amount received or receivable by the Corporation as consideration for the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the Corporation upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by (ii) the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities) shall be less than the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the time of such issue or sale, then the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been issued for such price per share as of the date of the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities and thereafter shall be deemed to be outstanding, provided that (a) except as otherwise provided in Subsection 9(b)(iii)(d)(3), no adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities and (b) if any such issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options to purchase any such Convertible Securities for which adjustments of the Conversion Price have been or are to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Subsection 9(b)(iii)(d), no further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made by reason of such issuance or sale.
(3) Change in Option Price or Conversion Rate. Upon the happening of any of the following events, namely, if the purchase price provided for in any Option referred to in Subsection 9(b)(iii)(d)(1), or the rate at which Convertible Securities referred to in Subsection 9(b)(iii)(d)(2) are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock shall change at any time (including, but not limited to, changes under or by reason of provisions designed to protect against dilution), the Conversion Price in effect at the time of such event shall forthwith be readjusted to the Conversion Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities still outstanding provided for such changed purchase price, additional consideration or conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold; and on the expiration of any such Option or termination of any such right to convert or exchange such Convertible Securities, the Conversion Price then in effect hereunder shall forthwith be increased to the Conversion Price which should have been in effect at the time of such expiration or termination had such Option or Convertible Securities, to the extent outstanding immediately prior to such expiration or termination, never been issued.
(4) Consideration for Stock. In case any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor shall be deemed to be the amount received by the Corporation therefor, without deduction therefrom of any expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the Corporation in connection therewith. In case any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for a consideration in whole or in part other than cash, the amount of the consideration other than cash received by the Corporation shall be deemed to be the fair market value of such consideration as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, without deduction of any expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the Corporation in connection therewith. In case any Options shall be issued in connection with the issue and sale of other securities of the Corporation, together comprising one integral transaction in which no specific consideration is allocated to such Options by the parties thereto, such Options shall be deemed to have been issued for such consideration as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(5) Record Date. In case the Corporation shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (i) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, or (ii) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date shall be deemed to be the date of the issuance or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be, and, in each such case, the number of shares of Common Stock into which shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be converted shall be increased in proportion to the increase (through such dividend or distribution) in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, by reducing the Conversion Price in the same proportion.
(e) Certain Issues of Common Stock Excepted. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Corporation shall not be required to make any adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to Subsection 9(b)(iii)(d) in the case of the issuance of: (i) up to an aggregate of 4,990,000 shares (appropriately adjusted to reflect the occurrence of any event described in Subsection 9(b)(iii)(f)) of Common Stock pursuant to the Corporation’s 1993 Stock Option Plan, as amended; (ii) up to an aggregate of 4,838,255 shares of Common Stock (appropriately adjusted to reflect the occurrence of any event described in Subsection 9(b)(iii)(f)) pursuant to the exercise of outstanding warrants; and (iii) such other securities as the holders of sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall agree in writing may be issued without causing an adjustment in the Conversion Price.
(f) Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. In case the Corporation shall at any time subdivide (by any stock split, stock dividend or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, without making a corresponding subdivision of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, then the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced. Conversely, in case the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be combined into a smaller number of shares without a corresponding adjustment to the number of outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, then the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.
(g) Other Distributions. In the event this Corporation shall declare a distribution payable in securities of other persons, evidences of indebtedness issued by this Corporation or other persons, assets (excluding cash dividends) or options or rights not referred to in Subsection 9(b)(iii)(h), then, in each such case for the purpose of this Subsection 9(b)(iii)(g), the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to a proportionate share of any such distribution as though they were the holders of the number of shares of Common Stock of this Corporation into which their shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible as of the record date fixed for the determination of the holders of Common Stock of this Corporation entitled to receive such distribution.
(h) Reorganization or Reclassification. If any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be effected in such a way that holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock, then, as a condition of such reorganization or reclassification, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby each holder of a share or shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall thereupon have the right to receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore receivable upon the conversion of such share or shares of Series A Preferred Stock, such shares of stock, securities or assets as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Series A Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of such Common Stock immediately theretofore receivable upon such conversion had such reorganization or reclassification not taken place, and in any such case appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of such holder to the end that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of such conversion rights.
(i) Notice of Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price, then, and in each such case, the Corporation shall give written notice thereof as soon as practicable thereafter, by first class, registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by telecopier (to be promptly followed by notice sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, as set forth above), addressed to each holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the address of such holder as shown on the books of the Corporation, which notice shall state the conversion rate resulting from such adjustment, setting forth in reasonable detail, the manner in which such calculation was made.
(j) Shares to be Reserved. The Corporation will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon the conversion of Series A Preferred Stock as herein provided, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall then be issuable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The Corporation covenants that all shares of Common Stock which shall be so issued shall be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Corporation will take such action as may be necessary to assure that all such shares of Common Stock may be so issued without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirement of any securities exchange upon which the Common Stock may be listed.
(k) Issue Tax. The issuance of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to the holders thereof for any issuance tax in respect thereof, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than that of the holder of the Series A Preferred Stock or its affiliate which is being converted.
(iv) Voting.
(a) Holders of the Corporation’s outstanding Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to cast, on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the Corporation and on which shareholders are entitled to vote under the provisions of the Wyoming Business Corporation Act, that number of votes equal to the number of shares of Common Stock into which such outstanding Series A Preferred Stock is then convertible under Subsection 9(b)(iii) at the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote on such matter, and with respect to such vote, shall be entitled, notwithstanding any provision hereof, to notice of any stockholders’ meeting in accordance with the Bylaws of this Corporation. Fractional votes shall not, however, be permitted and any fractional voting rights resulting from the aforementioned formula (after aggregating all shares into which shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by each holder could be converted) shall be rounded to the nearest whole number (with one-half rounded upward to one). Holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock on all such matters except as otherwise provided herein.
(b) For so long as more than fifty percent (50%) of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall be outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the written consent or affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, given in writing or by vote at a meeting, consenting or voting (as the case may be) as a separate voting group, increase the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors to a number greater than seven (7).
(c) For so long as more than fifty percent (50%) of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall be outstanding, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, voting as a separate voting group, shall be entitled to elect one (1) director to the Corporation’s Board of Directors, which director shall be subject to the reasonable approval of the Corporation. At any meeting held for the purpose of electing directors, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall constitute a quorum of such shares for the election of the director to be elected.
(d) Except as otherwise provided by law, directors to be elected by the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast by the Series A Preferred Stock, at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present. Any vacancy in any directorship elected by the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be filled only by the vote or written consent of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock. Any director who shall have been elected by the holders of Series A Preferred Stock may be removed from office, whether with or without cause, only by the vote or written consent of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
(v) Restrictions. For so long as more than fifty percent (50%) of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall be outstanding, except where the vote or written consent of the holders of a greater number of shares of the Corporation is required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation, and in addition to any other vote required by law or the Articles of Incorporation without the approval of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, given in writing or by vote at a meeting, consenting or voting (as the case may be) as a separate voting group, the Corporation will not:
(a) Create or authorize the creation of any additional class or series of shares, or create any bonds, notes or other obligations convertible into, exchangeable for or having rights to purchase any class or series of shares, which are senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to voting rights, dividend rights, redemption rights, and the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation;
(b) Increase the authorized amount of the Series A Preferred Stock;
(c) Increase the authorized amount of any additional class or series of shares of stock unless the same ranks pari passu or junior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to voting rights, dividend rights, redemption rights, and the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
(d) Create or authorize any obligation or security convertible into shares of Series A Preferred Stock or into shares of any other class or series of shares unless the same ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to voting rights, dividend rights, redemption rights, and the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation;
(e) Consent to any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation or consolidate or merge into or with any other entity or entities or sell or transfer all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation other than in the ordinary course of business;
(f) Amend its Articles of Incorporation (except as provided in paragraphs (a) or (c) above) or Bylaws;
(g) Pay or declare any dividends or make any distribution with respect to any class of shares of the Corporation’s stock other than Series A Preferred Stock; or
(h) Change the Corporation’s primary business.
(vi) Sinking Fund. There shall be no sinking fund provision for the payment of dividends, liquidation preferences, or redemption of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES OF
SERIES B CONVERTIBLE
PREFERRED STOCK
OF
SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
9 (c) The Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”) shall consist of eight million four hundred twenty-five thousand (8,425,000) shares having the following particular rights and preferences:
(i) DIVIDENDS. Holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any fixed or guaranteed dividends, nor to any cumulative dividend rights, but shall be entitled to receive out of the earnings and assets of the Corporation only such dividends as may be lawfully declared on such dates or may be determined in the discretion of the Board of Directors. No dividend or other distribution whatsoever shall be declared or paid on Common Shares or Preferred Shares ranking junior to the rights of the Series B Preferred Stock unless a dividend or other distribution shall be simultaneously paid on each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock which is equal to or greater than the product of (i) the dividend or distribution proposed to be declared or paid on each share of Common Shares or such junior Preferred Shares (on an as-converted to Common Shares basis) times (ii) the number of Common Shares into which each such share of Series B Preferred Stock is then convertible under Subsection 9(c)(iii) below. In any event, no dividend or other distribution shall be paid at any time on Series B Preferred Stock, on any other class or series of Preferred Shares, or on Common Shares which would have the effect of reducing the net assets of the Corporation below the aggregate preferential amount (determined in accordance with Subsection 9(c)(ii) below) payable to holders of Series B Preferred Stock upon liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.
(ii) LIQUIDATION.
(a) LIQUIDATION PREFERENCES. Upon liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall entitle its holder to receive, out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to shareholders, whether from capital, surplus or earnings, and before any distribution of such assets to the holders of Common Shares or Preferred Shares ranking junior to the rights of the Series B Preferred Stock, a liquidation preference of twenty cents ($0.20) per share (as adjusted for stock splits, dividends, consolidations, recapitalizations and similar events), plus any unpaid dividends declared pursuant to Subsection 9(c)(i) above. If the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to shareholders are insufficient to satisfy in full the liquidation preferences for Series B Preferred Stock and all the other classes or series of Preferred Shares entitled to a stated liquidation preference, then the holders of Series A and Series B Preferred Stock shall share ratably in such distribution in proportion to their respective stated liquidation preferences, and within each such series, each holder shall be entitled to receive the same distribution for each share of such series. After setting apart or paying in full the liquidation preferences on Series A and Series B Preferred Stock, further distribution of the remaining available assets shall be made pro rata to the holders of any other classes or series of Preferred Shares entitled to a stated preference on liquidation, and then pro rata to the holders of Common Shares.
(b) DEEMED LIQUIDATIONS. The sale of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets, or the acquisition of the Corporation by another entity by means of merger, consolidation, share exchange, reorganization or otherwise, pursuant to which shares of the Corporation’s capital stock are converted into cash, securities or other property of the acquiring entity or any of its affiliates, shall be regarded as a liquidation within the meaning of this Subsection 9(c)(ii); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each holder of Series B Preferred Stock shall have the right to elect the benefits of the provisions of Subsection 9(c)(iii) or other applicable conversion provisions in lieu of receiving payment of the liquidation preference in the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation pursuant to this Subsection 9(c)(ii); PROVIDED, FURTHER, that this provision shall not apply if the holders of the Corporation’s voting capital stock immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, share exchange or reorganization beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the capital stock of the corporation resulting from such merger, consolidation, share exchange or
reorganization.
(c) NONCASH DISTRIBUTION. Whenever the distribution provided for in this Subsection 9(c)(ii) shall be payable in property other than cash, the value of such distribution shall be the fair market value of such property as determined in good faith by the Corporation’s Board of Directors.
(iii) CONVERSION.
(a) AUTOMATIC CONVERSIONS. At any time or times, part or all of any holder’s shares of Series B Preferred Stock may be converted into Common Shares at the conversion price then in effect, in the manner specified below, and upon delivery by the holder thereof of written notice of conversion, specifying the number of such shares to be converted, to the Corporation at its principal business offices (or at the office of any transfer agent for shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Common Shares), accompanied by the certificate or certificates for the shares to be converted, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by signed instruments appropriate for the transfer thereof. In addition, all of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall, at the election of the Corporation’s Board of Directors, be automatically converted into Common Shares in the manner specified below upon the occurrence of either of the following events (an “Automatic Conversion Event”):
(1) Immediately prior to such time as the Corporation shall close a firm commitment underwritten public offering of Common Shares pursuant to a registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (“Securities Act”) in which the Corporation receives gross proceeds of at least ten million dollars ($10,000,000) and at a price equal to or greater than one dollar ($1.00) per share (adjusted for stock splits, dividends, consolidations, recapitalizations, and similar events); or
(2) At any such time as (a) the Common Shares shall have traded above one dollar ($1.00) per share (as adjusted for stock splits, dividends, consolidations, recapitalizations and similar events) for sixty (60) consecutive trading days on a national securities exchange or NASDAQ, or (b) the closing bid price for the Common Shares quoted by an established quotation service for over-the-counter securities shall be above one dollar ($1.00) per share (as adjusted for stock splits, dividends, consolidations, recapitalizations and similar events) for sixty (60) consecutive trading days; and the cumulative trading volume of the Common Shares during such sixty (60) consecutive trading days is equal to or greater than one million (1,000,000) Common Shares, if traded on a national securities exchange, or one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) Common Shares, if traded on NASDAQ or traded over-the-counter.
(b) CONVERSION PROCEDURES. The Common Shares (or other shares, securities or property) into which the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock are convertible as computed in this Subsection 9(c)(iii) shall, promptly after delivery to the Corporation of written notice of any conversion election, or promptly after the occurrence of any Automatic Conversion Event, and upon surrender to the Corporation of the certificates representing the Series B Preferred Stock to be converted, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by signed instruments appropriate for transfer, be issued and delivered as soon as practicable to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock in due and proper form, and shall be fully paid and nonassessable; as to any portion of the shares so surrendered which are not subject to such conversion election, the Corporation shall promptly issue to the holder thereof a certificate in due and proper form representing the shares of Series B Preferred Stock which have not been so converted. Conversion shall be deemed to have been made at the close of business on the date that notice of such written election was given by the holder, or on the date that the Corporation’s Board of Directors elected to declare an Automatic Conversion Event, irrespective of the date on which such surrender or issuance may occur, and as of such election date each such holder shall be deemed to have become the record holder of such respective number of Common Shares (or other shares, securities or property), and the Series B Preferred Stock so converted shall be deemed forthwith cancelled and shall not thereafter be deemed authorized or subject to reissuance. No adjustment shall be made in the number of Common Shares issuable upon conversion to reflect declared, but unpaid, dividends on Series B Preferred Stock, but such dividends for which the payment date has passed shall be paid in cash as of the date of conversion of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock as to which they are owing. The Corporation shall not be required to issue any fraction of Common Shares upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock; if any fraction of Common Shares would, except for the foregoing clause, be issuable to any holder on the conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall pay to each holder of such converted Series B Preferred Stock an amount in cash equal to the then current fair market value of such fractional interest.
(c) CONVERSION RATES. The number of Common Shares issuable with respect to any share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be determined by dividing twenty cents ($0.20) by the conversion price then in effect at the time of conversion for such series (the “Series B Conversion Price”), which shall initially be twenty cents ($0.20).
(d) ADJUSTMENT OF SERIES B CONVERSION PRICE UPON ISSUANCE OF COMMON SHARES OR CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES. Except as provided in Subsection 9(c)(iii)(e), if, after the first date that a share of Series B Preferred Stock is issued, the Corporation shall issue or sell, or, in accordance with Subsections 9(c)(iii)(d)(1) through 9(c)(iii)(d)(5), is deemed to have issued or sold, any Common Shares, or any stock or security convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares, without consideration or for a consideration per share less than the per-share “Fair Market Value” of the Common Shares as of the end of the day immediately preceding such issuance or sale, or deemed issuance or sale in accordance with Subsections 9(c)(iii)(d)(1) through 9(c)(iii)(d)(5), then, forthwith upon each such issue or sale or deemed issuance or sale, the Series B Conversion Price shall be reduced to the price determined by dividing (i) an amount equal to the sum of (x) the number of Common Shares of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior to such issue or sale (including the number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to exercise of all outstanding options and warrants and the conversion of all of the outstanding Preferred Shares at the then existing conversion prices) multiplied by the then existing Series B Conversion Price plus (y) the consideration, if any, received by the Corporation upon such issue or sale, by (ii) the sum of the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after such issue or sale (including the Common Shares issuable pursuant to conversion or exchange of the securities or stock issued or sold in such issue or sale) plus the number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to exercise of all outstanding options and warrants and the conversion of all of the outstanding Preferred Shares at the conversion prices existing before such issue or sale. “Fair Market Value” shall mean (i) if the Common Shares are publicly traded, then (a) if the Common Shares are then traded on a national securities exchange on the date in question, the average of the high and low prices of the Common Shares on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Shares are traded; (b) if the Common Shares are then traded on the NASDAQ National Market System on the date in question, the last reported per-share sales price of the Common Shares on the NASDAQ National Market System; or (c) if the Common Shares are then traded on the over-the-counter market on the date in question, the last reported per-share sales price; PROVIDED THAT if there have been no sales reported in the most recent two trading days at the time of determination, then the closing bid price (or average of bid prices) last quoted by an established quotation service for over-the-counter securities, or (ii) if the Common Shares are not publicly traded on the date in question, then the per-share fair market value of the Common Shares as determined in good faith by the Corporation’s Board of Directors, after taking into consideration all factors that it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, recent sale and offer prices of the Common Shares in private transactions negotiated at arm’s length.
For purposes of this Subsection 9(c)(iii)(d), the following Subsections 9(c)(iii)(d)(1) to 9(c)(iii)(d)(5) shall also be applicable:
(1) ISSUANCE OF RIGHTS OR OPTIONS. In case at any time the Corporation shall in any manner grant (whether directly or by assumption in a merger or otherwise) any options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase Common Shares or any stock or security convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares (such options, warrants and rights being called “Options” and such convertible or exchangeable stock or securities being called “Convertible Securities”) whether or not such Options or the right to convert or exchange any such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which Common Shares is issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities (determined by dividing (i) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Corporation as consideration for the granting of such Options, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration payable to the Corporation upon the exercise of all such Options, plus, in the case of such Options which relate to Convertible Securities, the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities and upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by (ii) the Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options) shall be less than the per-share Fair Market Value of the Common Shares as of the end of the day immediately preceding the granting of such Options, then the total maximum number of Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon conversion or exchange of the total maximum amount of such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been issued for such price per share as of the date of granting of such Options. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection 9(c)(iii)(d)(3), no adjustment of the Series B Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of the Common Shares or Convertible Securities upon exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such Common Shares upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
(2) ISSUANCE OF CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES. In case the Corporation shall in any manner issue (whether directly or by assumption in a merger or otherwise) or sell any Convertible Securities, whether or not the rights to exchange or convert any such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which the Common Shares are issuable upon such conversion or exchange (determined by dividing (i) the total amount received or receivable by the Corporation as consideration for the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the Corporation upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by (ii) the total maximum number of Common Shares issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities) shall be less than the per-share Fair Market Value of the Common Shares as of the end of the day immediately preceding such issuance or sale, then the Common Shares issuable upon conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been issued for such price per share as of the date of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities and thereafter shall be deemed to be outstanding, PROVIDED that (a) except as otherwise provided in Subsection 9(c)(iii)(d)(3), no adjustment of the Series B Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Shares upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities and (b) if any such issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options to purchase any such Convertible Securities for which adjustments of the Series B Conversion Price have been or are to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Subsection 9(c)(iii)(d), no further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made by reason of such issuance or sale.
(3) CHANGE IN OPTION PRICE OR CONVERSION RATE. Upon the happening of any of the following events, namely, if the purchase price provided for in any Option referred to in Subsection 9(c)(iii)(d)(1), or the rate at which Convertible Securities referred to in Subsection 9(c)(iii)(d)(2) are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares shall change at any time (including, but not limited to, changes under or by reason of provisions designed to protect against dilution), the Series B Conversion Price in effect at the time of such event shall forthwith be readjusted to the Series B Conversion Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities still outstanding provided for such changed purchase price, additional consideration or conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold; and on the expiration of any such Option or termination of any such right to convert or exchange such Convertible Securities, the Conversion Price then in effect hereunder shall forthwith be increased to the Conversion Price which should have been in effect at the time of such expiration or termination had such Option or Convertible Securities, to the extent outstanding immediately prior to such expiration or termination, never been issued.
(4) CONSIDERATION FOR SHARES. In case any Common Shares, Options or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor shall be deemed to be the amount received by the Corporation therefor, without deduction therefrom of any expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the Corporation in connection therewith. In case Common Shares, Options or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for a consideration in whole or in part other than cash, the amount of the consideration other than cash received by the Corporation shall be deemed to be the fair market value of such consideration as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, without deduction of any expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the Corporation in connection therewith. In case any Options shall be issued in connection with the issuance or sale of other securities of the Corporation, together comprising one integral transaction in which no specific consideration is allocated to such Options by the parties thereto, such Options shall be deemed to have been issued for such consideration as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(5) RECORD DATE. In case the Corporation shall take a record of the holders of its Common Shares for the purpose of entitling them (i) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Shares, Options or Convertible Securities, or (ii) to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date shall be deemed to be the date of the issuance or sale of the Common Shares deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be, and, in each such case, the number of Common Shares into which shares of Series B Preferred Stock may be converted shall be increased in proportion to the increase (through such dividend or distribution) in the number of outstanding Common Shares, by reducing the Series B Conversion Price in the same proportion.
(e) CERTAIN ISSUES OF COMMON SHARES EXCEPTED. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Corporation shall not be required to make any adjustment of the Series B Conversion Price pursuant to Subsection 9(c)(iii)(d) in the case of the issuance of: (i) up to an aggregate of four million nine hundred and ninety thousand (4,990,000) Common Shares (appropriately adjusted for stock splits, dividends, consolidations, recapitalizations and similar events), pursuant to the Corporation’s 1993 Stock Option Plan, as amended; (ii) up to an aggregate of five million six hundred eighty-six thousand, five hundred (5,686,500) Common Shares (appropriately adjusted for stock splits, dividends, consolidations, recapitalizations and similar events) pursuant to the exercise of outstanding warrants; and (iii) such other securities as the holders of sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall agree in writing may be issued without causing an adjustment in the Series B Conversion Price.
(f) SUBDIVISION OR COMBINATION OF COMMON SHARES. In case the Corporation shall at any time subdivide (by any stock split, stock dividend or otherwise) its outstanding Common Shares into a greater number of shares, without making a corresponding subdivision of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, then the Series B Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced. Conversely, in case the outstanding Common Shares shall be combined into a smaller number of shares without a corresponding adjustment to the number of outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, then the Series B Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.
(g) OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS. If the Corporation shall declare a distribution payable in securities of other persons (including, but not limited to, spin-offs of a business whereby, for example, an asset of the Corporation is contributed to a subsidiary which is spun-off to the Corporation’s shareholders), evidences of indebtedness issued by this Corporation or other persons, assets (excluding cash dividends) or options or rights not referred to in Subsection 9(c)(iii)(h), then, in each such case for the purpose of this Subsection 9(c)(iii)(g), the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to a proportionate share of any such distribution as though they were the holders of the number of Common Shares into which their shares of Series B Preferred Stock are convertible as of the record date fixed for the determination of the holders of Common Shares entitled to receive such distribution.
(h) REORGANIZATION OR RECLASSIFICATION. If any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be effected in such a way that holders of Common Shares shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Shares, then, as a condition of such reorganization or reclassification, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby each holder of a share or shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall thereupon have the right to receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of the Common Shares immediately theretofore receivable upon the conversion of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock, such shares of stock, securities or assets as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Series B Preferred Stock equal to the number of Common Shares immediately theretofore receivable upon such conversion had such reorganization or reclassification not taken place, and in any such case appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of such holder to the end that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of such conversion rights.
(i) NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT. Upon any adjustment of the Series B Conversion Price, then, and in each such case, the Corporation shall give written notice thereof as soon as practicable thereafter, by first class, registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by telecopier (to be promptly followed by notice sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, as set forth above), addressed to each holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at the address of such holder as shown on the books of the Corporation, which notice shall state the conversion rate resulting from such adjustment and the manner in which such calculation was made.
(j) SHARES TO BE RESERVED. The Corporation will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized, but unissued, Common Shares, solely for the purpose of issuance upon the conversion of Series B Preferred Stock as herein provided, such number of Common Shares as shall then be issuable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock. The Corporation covenants that all Common Shares which shall be so issued shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Corporation will take such action as may be necessary to assure that all Common Shares may be so issued without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirement of any securities exchange upon which the Common Shares may be listed.
(k) ISSUE TAX. The issuance of certificates for Common Shares upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to the holders thereof for any issuance tax in respect thereof, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than that of the holder (or its affiliate) of the Series B Preferred Stock.
(iv) VOTING.
(a) SHAREHOLDER VOTING. Holders of the outstanding Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to cast, on all matters submitted to a vote of all of the shareholders of the Corporation (including in the election of directors, except as set forth in Subsections 9(b)(iv) and 9(b)(v)) and on which shareholders are entitled to vote under the provisions of the Wyoming Business Corporation Act, that number of votes equal to the number of Common Shares into which such outstanding Series B Preferred Stock is then convertible under Subsection 9(c)(iii) at the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote on such matter, and with respect to such vote, shall be entitled, notwithstanding any provision hereof, to notice of any stockholders’ meeting in accordance with the Bylaws of this Corporation. Fractional votes shall not, however, be permitted and any fractional voting rights resulting from the aforementioned formula (after aggregating all shares into which shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by each holder could be converted) shall be rounded to the nearest whole number (with one-half rounded upward to one). In addition to their right to elect the Series B Director, as provided below, and except as set forth in Subsections 9(b)(iv) and 9(b)(v), holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall vote together with the holders of Series A Preferred Stock and Common Shares on all such matters except as otherwise provided herein.
(b) SERIES B DIRECTOR.
(1) Upon the issuance of Series B Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall name to its Board of Directors a director identified to it by Larry Gordon, the Series B Preferred Stock representative; provided that such director is reasonably acceptable to the Corporation. Thereafter, and for so long as more than fifty percent (50%) of all shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall be outstanding, the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock, voting as a separate voting group, shall be entitled to elect one (1) director to the Corporation’s Board of Directors (“Series B Director”) at the annual meeting of the Corporation’s shareholders and otherwise if there is a vacancy of the directorship held by the Series B Director. If the aforementioned minimum outstanding shares requirement has been met, then at any meeting held for the purpose of electing directors, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall constitute a quorum of such shares for the election of the director to be elected.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Series B Director shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast by the Series B Preferred Stock at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present. Provided that the minimum outstanding shares requirement in Subsection 9(c)(iv)(b)(1) is met, any vacancy in any directorship elected by the holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall be filled only by the vote or written consent of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock. Any director who shall have been elected by the holders of Series B Preferred Stock may be removed from office, whether with or without cause, only by the vote or written consent of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock.
(c) NONCOMPLIANCE. If the Corporation fails to comply with Subsections 9(c)(iv)(b), then, in addition to any other legal remedies available to the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock, the number of directors that the holders of the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect under Subsection 9(c)(iv)(b) shall be increased to a total of three (3) directors, effective immediately upon such noncompliance and for as long as such noncompliance exists.
(v) RESTRICTIONS. For so long as more than fifty percent (50%) of all shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall be outstanding, except where the vote or written consent of the holders of a greater number of shares of the Corporation is required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation, and in addition to any other vote required by law or the Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation will not take any of the following actions without the approval of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, given in writing or by vote at a meeting, consenting or voting (as the case may be) as a separate voting group:
(a) Engage in any transaction resulting in a “Change of Control (“Change in Control” shall mean and occur when (i) any “person” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(9) and 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Corporation, is or becomes a beneficial owner (within the meaning of rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation, representing fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding securities; or (ii) the shareholders of the Corporation approve a reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or entity, other than a reorganization, merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Corporation or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such reorganization, merger or consolidation; or (iii) the shareholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Corporation of all or substantially all of its assets);
(b) Pay or declare any dividends or make any distribution with respect to any holder of Common or Preferred Shares junior to the Series B Preferred Stock; or
(c) Redeem or otherwise repurchase any shares of Common or Preferred Shares junior to the Series B Preferred Stock; or
(d) Enter into any transactions with any of its affiliates, unless each such transaction is on terms at least as favorable as those available to the Corporation from disinterested third parties and such transaction is approved by the Board of Directors, including the Series B Director (provided that the Series B Director is not an interested party in such transaction); or
(e) Unless approved by the Board of Directors and the Series B Director, (i) increase the number of Common Shares available under the Corporation’s 1993 Stock Option Plan, as amended, by more than an aggregate of three million (3,000,000) Common Shares (appropriately adjusted for stock splits, dividends, consolidations, recapitalizations and similar events); (ii) issue or grant more than an aggregate of five million six hundred eighty-five thousand, five hundred (5,685,500) Common Shares (appropriately adjusted for stock splits, dividends, consolidations, recapitalizations and similar events) pursuant to the exercise of outstanding warrants; and (iii) issue or grant other rights to purchase Common Shares, pursuant to an employment compensation plan.
(vi) SINKING FUND. There shall be no sinking fund provision for the payment of dividends, liquidation preferences, or redemption of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock.
(vii) REDEMPTION OF SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK.
(a) MANDATORY REDEMPTION. If a Change of Control (as defined in Subsection 9(c)(v)(a)) has occurred, the Corporation shall offer to redeem all of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock for cash, at a price per share equal to one hundred and fifty percent (150%) of the liquidation preference for Series B Preferred Stock under Subsection 9(c)(ii)(a), plus any declared, but unpaid, dividends under Subsection 9(c)(i), by providing each holder of Series B Preferred Stock with written notice of such redemption (“Redemption Offer Notice”) within thirty (30) days of such Change of Control. If any holder of Series B Preferred Stock does not elect in writing within twenty (20) days of the date of the Redemption Offer Notice (“Election Period”) to have all of such holder’s shares of Series B Preferred Stock redeemed, then, with respect to the holder’s unredeemed shares of Series B Preferred Stock, such holder’s mandatory redemption rights hereunder shall terminate as to such Change of Control event. If any of the holders of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock elects redemption before the expiration of the Election Period, then the Corporation shall notify such holder of the redemption within ten (10) days following the end of the Election Period (“Mandatory Redemption Notice”). Within ten (10) days of the receipt of the Mandatory Redemption Notice, such holder shall surrender to the Corporation the certificate(s) representing such shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be redeemed duly endorsed for transfer to this Corporation, and upon receipt of such certificates, the Corporation shall pay the redemption price for such shares to the order of the person whose name appears on such certificate(s) as the owner thereof, and each surrendered certificate shall be cancelled. As to any portion of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock so surrendered which are not subject to such holder’s redemption election, the Corporation shall promptly issue to the person whose name appears on such certificate(s) a certificate in due and proper form representing the shares of Series B Preferred Stock which have not been redeemed. When the redemption price is paid, all rights in respect of the redeemed shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall cease and terminate, and such shares shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, whether or not the certificates representing such shares have been received by the Corporation.
(b) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. If from and after one year of the date the first share of Series B Preferred Stock is sold and issued by the Corporation, the Common Shares shall have traded above seventy-five cents ($0.75) per share (as adjusted for stock splits, dividends, consolidations, recapitalizations and similar events) for sixty (60) consecutive days on a national securities exchange or NASDAQ, or the closing bid price quoted by an established quotation service for over-the-counter securities shall be above seventy-five cents ($0.75) for sixty (60) consecutive days, then the Corporation shall have the right, but not the obligation, to redeem all of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock for cash, at a price per share equal to one hundred and fifty percent (150%) of the liquidation preference for Series B Preferred Stock under Subsection 9(c)(ii)(a), plus any declared, but unpaid, dividends under Subsection 9(c)(i), by providing each holder of Series B Preferred Stock with written notice of such redemption not less than thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled date of redemption (“Optional Redemption Notice”). In the event of such redemption, and prior to the scheduled date of redemption, holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall surrender to the Corporation the certificate(s) representing such shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be redeemed duly endorsed for transfer to this Corporation, and upon receipt of such certificates, the Corporation shall pay the redemption price for such shares to the order of the person whose name appears on such certificate(s) as the owner thereof, and each surrendered certificate shall be cancelled. When the redemption price is paid, all rights in respect of redeemed shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall cease and terminate, and such shares shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, whether or not the certificates representing such shares have been received by the Corporation. Nothing herein contained in this Subsection 9(c)(vii)(b) shall prohibit any holder of Series B Preferred Stock from electing the benefits of the provisions of Subsection 9(c)(iii) or other applicable conversion provisions prior to the scheduled date of redemption.
(c) NONCOMPLIANCE/CONVERSION PRICE ADJUSTMENT. If (i) any of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock elects redemption under Subsection 9(c)(vii)(a) and complies with the provisions therein; and (ii) the Corporation fails to redeem any of such holder’s shares of Series B Preferred Stock as required therein, then the Series B Conversion Price for those unredeemed shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be reduced by one percent (1%) on the seventh (7th) day following such noncompliance and by an additional one percent (1%) every seven (7) days thereafter until the redemption has been made.
(viii) NONCOMPLIANCE WITH REGISTRATION RIGHTS/CONVERSION PRICE ADJUSTMENT. If all of the conditions set forth in Section 5.1 of that certain Investor Rights Agreement between the Corporation and the holders of Series B Preferred Stock have been met and the Corporation fails to comply with the registration rights provisions set forth in such Section 5.1, then the Series B Conversion Price for those shares of Series B Preferred Stock which the Corporation has failed to register shall be reduced by one percent (1%) on the seventh (7th) day following such noncompliance and by an additional one percent (1%) every seven (7) days thereafter until the registration of such shares has been made.
RIGHTS
AND PREFERENCES OF
SERIES C CONVERTIBLE
PREFERRED STOCK OF
SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
9(d) The Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series C Preferred Stock”) shall consist of one million (1,000,000) shares having the following particular rights and preferences:
(i) Dividends.
Holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any fixed or guaranteed dividends, nor to any cumulative dividend rights, but shall be entitled to receive out of the earnings and assets of the Corporation only such dividends as may be lawfully declared on such dates or may be determined in the discretion of the Board of Directors. No dividend or other distribution whatsoever shall be declared or paid on Common Shares or Preferred Shares ranking junior to the rights of the Series C Preferred Stock unless a dividend or other distribution shall be simultaneously paid on each outstanding share of Series C Preferred Stock which is equal to or greater than the product of (i) the dividend or distribution proposed to be declared or paid on each share of Common Shares or such junior Preferred Shares (on an as-converted to Common Shares basis) times (ii) the number of Common Shares into which each such share of Series C Preferred Stock is then convertible under Subsection 9(d)(iii) below. In any event, no dividend or other distribution shall be paid at any time on Series C Preferred Stock, on any other class or series of Preferred Shares (other than “Series B Preferred Stock”), or on Common Shares which would have the effect of reducing the net assets of the Corporation below the aggregate preferential amount (determined in accordance with Subsection 9(d)(ii) below) payable to holders of Series C Preferred Stock upon liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.
(ii) Liquidation.
(a) Liquidation Preferences. Upon liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall entitle its holder to receive, out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to shareholders, whether from capital, surplus or earnings, and before any distribution of such assets to the holders of Common Shares or Preferred Shares ranking junior to the rights of the Series C Preferred Stock, a liquidation preference of one dollar ($1.00) per share (as adjusted for stock splits, dividends, consolidations, recapitalizations and similar events), plus any unpaid dividends declared pursuant to Subsection 9(d)(i) above. If the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to shareholders are insufficient to satisfy in full the liquidation preferences for Series C Preferred Stock and all the other classes or series of Preferred Shares entitled to a stated liquidation preference, then the holders of Series A and Series B Preferred Stock shall share ratably in such distribution in proportion to their respective stated liquidation preferences, and within each such series, each holder shall be entitled to receive the same distribution for each share of such series. After setting apart or paying in full the liquidation preferences on Series A and Series B Preferred Stock, further distribution of the remaining available assets shall be made pro rata to the holders of Series C Preferred Stock. After setting apart or paying in full the liquidation preference on Series C Preferred Stock, further distribution of the remaining available assets shall be made pro rata to the holders of any other classes or series of Preferred Shares entitled to a stated preference on liquidation, and then pro rata to the holders of Common Shares.
(b) Deemed Liquidations. The sale of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets, or the acquisition of the Corporation by another entity by means of merger, consolidation, share exchange, reorganization or otherwise, pursuant to which shares of the Corporation’s capital stock are converted into cash, securities or other property of the acquiring entity or any of its affiliates, shall be regarded as a liquidation within the meaning of this Subsection 9(d)(ii); provided, however, that each holder of Series C Preferred Stock shall have the right to elect the benefits of the provisions of Subsection 9(d)(iii) or other applicable conversion provisions in lieu of receiving payment of the liquidation preference in the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation pursuant to this Subsection 9(d)(ii); provided, further, that this provision shall not apply if the holders of the Corporation’s voting capital stock immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, share exchange or reorganization beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the capital stock of the corporation resulting from such merger, consolidation, share exchange or reorganization.
(c) Noncash Distribution. Whenever the distribution provided for in this Subsection 9(d)(ii) shall be payable in property other than cash, the value of such distribution shall be the fair market value of such property as determined in good faith by the Corporation’s Board of Directors.
(iii) Conversion.
(a) Automatic Conversions. At any time or times, part or all of any holder’s shares of Series C Preferred Stock may be converted into Common Shares at the conversion price then in effect, in the manner specified below, and upon delivery by the holder thereof of written notice of conversion to the Corporation at its principal business offices (or at the office of any transfer agent for shares of Series C Preferred Stock or Common Shares) specifying the number of such shares to be converted, accompanied by the certificate or certificates for the shares to be converted, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by signed instruments appropriate for the transfer thereof. In addition, all of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall, at the election of the Corporation’s Board of Directors, be automatically converted into Common Shares in the manner specified below upon the occurrence of either of the following events (an “Automatic Conversion Event”):
(1) Immediately prior to such time as the Corporation shall close a firm commitment underwritten public offering of Common Shares pursuant to a registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (“Securities Act”) in which the Corporation receives gross proceeds of at least ten million dollars ($10,000,000) and at a price equal to or greater than one dollar ($1.00) per share (adjusted for stock splits, dividends, consolidations, recapitalizations, and similar events); or
(2) After one (1) year from the date that a share of Series C Preferred Stock is issued, when (a) the Common Shares shall have traded above one dollar ($1.00) per share (as adjusted for stock splits, dividends, consolidations, recapitalizations and similar events) for sixty (60) consecutive trading days on a national securities exchange or NASDAQ, or (b) the closing bid price for the Common Shares quoted by an established quotation service for over-the-counter securities shall be above one dollar ($1.00) per share (as adjusted for stock splits, dividends, consolidations, recapitalizations and similar events) for sixty (60) consecutive trading days; and the cumulative trading volume of the Common Shares during such sixty (60) consecutive trading days is equal to or greater than three million five hundred thousand (3,500,000) Common Shares, if traded on a national securities exchange, or five million (5,000,000) Common Shares, if traded on NASDAQ or traded over-the-counter.
(a) Conversion Procedures. The Common Shares (or other shares, securities or property) into which the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock are convertible as computed in this Subsection 9(d)(iii) shall, promptly after delivery to the Corporation of written notice of any conversion election, or promptly after the occurrence of any Automatic Conversion Event, and upon surrender to the Corporation of the certificates representing the Series C Preferred Stock to be converted, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by signed instruments appropriate for transfer, be issued and delivered as soon as practicable to the holders of Series C Preferred Stock in due and proper form, and shall be fully paid and nonassessable; as to any portion of the shares so surrendered which are not subject to such conversion election, the Corporation shall promptly issue to the holder thereof a certificate in due and proper form representing the shares of Series C Preferred Stock which have not been so converted. Conversion shall be deemed to have been made at the close of business on the date the holder gave notice to the Corporation, or on the date that the Corporation’s Board of Directors elected to declare an Automatic Conversion Event, irrespective of the date on which such surrender or issuance may occur, and as of such election date each such holder shall be deemed to have become the record holder of such respective number of Common Shares (or other shares, securities or property), and the Series C Preferred Stock so converted shall be deemed forthwith cancelled and shall not thereafter be deemed authorized or subject to reissuance. No adjustment shall be made in the number of Common Shares issuable upon conversion to reflect declared, but unpaid, dividends on Series C Preferred Stock, but such dividends for which the payment date has passed shall be paid in cash as of the date of conversion of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock as to which they are owing. The Corporation shall not be required to issue any fraction of Common Shares upon conversion of Series C Preferred Stock; if any fraction of Common Shares would, except for the foregoing clause, be issuable to any holder on the conversion of Series C Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall pay to each holder of such converted Series C Preferred Stock an amount in cash equal to the then current fair market value of such fractional interest.
(b) Conversion Rates. The number of Common Shares issuable with respect to any share of Series C Preferred Stock shall be determined by dividing one dollar ($1.00) by the conversion price then in effect at the time of conversion for such series which shall initially be ten cents ($0.10) per share (the “Series C Conversion Price”), and which shall thereafter be subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth herein.
(c) Adjustment of Series C Conversion Price Upon Issuance of Common Shares or Convertible Securities. Except as provided in Subsection 9(d)(iii)(e), if, after the first date that a share of Series C Preferred Stock is issued, the Corporation shall issue or sell, or, in accordance with Subsections 9(d)(iii)(d)(1) through 9(d)(iii)(d)(5), is deemed to have issued or sold any Common Shares, or any stock or security convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares, without consideration or for a consideration per share less than the Series C Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the time of such issue or sale or deemed issuance or sale, then, forthwith upon each such issue or sale or deemed issuance or sale, the Series C Conversion Price shall be reduced to the price determined by dividing (i) an amount equal to the sum of (x) the number of Common Shares of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior to such issue or sale (including the number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to exercise of all outstanding options and warrants and the conversion of all of the outstanding Preferred Shares at the then existing conversion prices) multiplied by the then existing Series C Conversion Price plus (y) the consideration, if any, received by the Corporation upon such issue or sale, by (ii) the sum of the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after such issue or sale (including the Common Shares issuable pursuant to conversion or exchange of the securities or stock issued or sold in such issue or sale) plus the number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to exercise of all outstanding options and warrants and the conversion of all of the outstanding Preferred Shares at the conversion prices existing before such issue or sale.
For purposes of this Subsection 9(d)(iii)(d), the following Subsections 9(d)(iii)(d)(1) to 9(d)(iii)(d)(5) shall also be applicable:
(1) Issuance of Rights or Options. In case at any time the Corporation shall in any manner grant (whether directly or by assumption in a merger or otherwise) any options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase Common Shares or any stock or security convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares (such options, warrants and rights being called “Options” and such convertible or exchangeable stock or securities being called “Convertible Securities”) whether or not such Options or the right to convert or exchange any such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which Common Shares are issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities (determined by dividing (i) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Corporation as consideration for the granting of such Options, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration payable to the Corporation upon the exercise of all such Options, plus, in the case of such Options which relate to Convertible Securities, the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities and upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by (ii) the Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options) shall be less than the Series C Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the time of the granting of such Options, then the total maximum number of Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon conversion or exchange of the total maximum amount of such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been issued for such price per share as of the date of granting of such Options. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection 9(d)(iii)(d)(3), no adjustment of the Series C Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of the Common Shares or Convertible Securities upon exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such Common Shares upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
(2) Issuance of Convertible Securities. In case the Corporation shall in any manner issue (whether directly or by assumption in a merger or otherwise) or sell any Convertible Securities, whether or not the rights to exchange or convert any such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which the Common Shares are issuable upon such conversion or exchange (determined by dividing (i) the total amount received or receivable by the Corporation as consideration for the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the Corporation upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by (ii) the total maximum number of Common Shares issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities) shall be less than the Series C Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the time of such issue or sale, then the Common Shares issuable upon conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been issued for such price per share as of the date of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities and thereafter shall be deemed to be outstanding, provided that (a) except as otherwise provided in Subsection 9(d)(iii)(d)(3), no adjustment of the Series C Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Shares upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities and (b) if any such issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options to purchase any such Convertible Securities for which adjustments of the Series C Conversion Price have been or are to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Subsection 9(d)(iii)(d), no further adjustment of the Series C Conversion Price shall be made by reason of such issuance or sale.
(3) Change in Option Price or Conversion Rate. Upon the happening of any of the following events, namely, if the purchase price provided for in any Option referred to in Subsection 9(d)(iii)(d)(1), or the rate at which Convertible Securities referred to in Subsection 9(d)(iii)(d)(2) are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares shall change at any time (including, but not limited to, changes under or by reason of provisions designed to protect against dilution), the Series C Conversion Price in effect at the time of such event shall forthwith be readjusted to the Series C Conversion Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities still outstanding provided for such changed purchase price, additional consideration or conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold; and on the expiration of any such Option or termination of any such right to convert or exchange such Convertible Securities, the Series C Conversion Price then in effect hereunder shall forthwith be increased to the Series C Conversion Price which should have been in effect at the time of such expiration or termination had such Option or Convertible Securities, to the extent outstanding immediately prior to such expiration or termination, never been issued.
(4) Consideration for Shares. In case any Common Shares, Options or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor shall be deemed to be the amount received by the Corporation therefor, without deduction therefrom of any expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the Corporation in connection therewith. In case Common Shares, Options or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for a consideration in whole or in part other than cash, the amount of the consideration other than cash received by the Corporation shall be deemed to be the fair market value of such consideration as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, without deduction of any expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the Corporation in connection therewith. In case any Options shall be issued in connection with the issuance or sale of other securities of the Corporation, together comprising one integral transaction in which no specific consideration is allocated to such Options by the parties thereto, such Options shall be deemed to have been issued for such consideration as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(5) Record Date. In case the Corporation shall take a record of the holders of its Common Shares for the purpose of entitling them (i) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Shares, Options or Convertible Securities, or (ii) to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date shall be deemed to be the date of the issuance or sale of the Common Shares deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be, and, in each such case, the number of Common Shares into which shares of Series C Preferred Stock may be converted shall be increased in proportion to the increase (through such dividend or distribution) in the number of outstanding Common Shares, by reducing the Series C Conversion Price in the same proportion.
(d) Certain Issues of Common Shares Excepted. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Corporation shall not be required to make any adjustment of the Series C Conversion Price pursuant to Subsection 9(d)(iii)(d) in the case of the issuance of: (i) up to an aggregate of ten million five hundred thousand (10,500,000) Common Shares (appropriately adjusted for stock splits, dividends, consolidations, recapitalizations and similar events), pursuant to the Corporation’s 1993 Stock Option Plan, as amended, unless the director representing the Series B Preferred Stock or the Series C Preferred Stock votes in favor of the issuance of Common Shares pursuant to such employment compensation plan beyond the aforementioned limit; and (ii) such other securities as the holders of sixty-six and two-thirds percent (662/3%) of the then outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall agree in writing may be issued without causing an adjustment in the Series C Conversion Price.
(e) Subdivision or Combination of Common Shares. In case the Corporation shall at any time subdivide (by any stock split, stock dividend or otherwise) its outstanding Common Shares into a greater number of shares, without making a corresponding subdivision of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock, then the Series C Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced. Conversely, in case the outstanding Common Shares shall be combined into a smaller number of shares without a corresponding adjustment to the number of outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock, then the Series C Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.
(f) Other Distributions. If the Corporation shall declare a distribution payable in securities of other persons (including, but not limited to, spin-offs of a business whereby, for example, an asset of the Corporation is contributed to a subsidiary which is spun-off to the Corporation’s shareholders), evidences of indebtedness issued by this Corporation or other persons, assets (excluding cash dividends) or options or rights not referred to in Subsection 9(d)(iii)(h), then, in each such case for the purpose of this Subsection 9(d)(iii)(g), the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to a proportionate share of any such distribution as though they were the holders of the number of Common Shares into which their shares of Series C Preferred Stock are convertible as of the record date fixed for the determination of the holders of Common Shares entitled to receive such distribution.
(g) Reorganization or Reclassification. If any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be effected in such a way that holders of Common Shares shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Shares, then, as a condition of such reorganization or reclassification, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby each holder of a share or shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall thereupon have the right to receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of the Common Shares immediately theretofore receivable upon the conversion of such shares of Series C Preferred Stock, such shares of stock, securities or assets as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Series C Preferred Stock equal to the number of Common Shares immediately theretofore receivable upon such conversion had such reorganization or reclassification not taken place, and in any such case appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of such holder to the end that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of such conversion rights.
(h) Notice of Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of the Series C Conversion Price, then, and in each such case, the Corporation shall give written notice thereof as soon as practicable thereafter, by first class, registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by telecopier (to be promptly followed by notice sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, as set forth above), addressed to each holder of shares of Series C Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at the address of such holder as shown on the books of the Corporation, which notice shall state the conversion rate resulting from such adjustment and the manner in which such calculation was made.
(i) Shares to be Reserved. The Corporation will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized, but unissued, Common Shares, solely for the purpose of issuance upon the conversion of Series C Preferred Stock as herein provided, such number of Common Shares as shall then be issuable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock. The Corporation covenants that all Common Shares which shall be so issued shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Corporation will take such action as may be necessary to assure that all Common Shares may be so issued without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirement of any securities exchange upon which the Common Shares may be listed.
(j) Issue Tax. The issuance of certificates for Common Shares upon conversion of Series C Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to the holders thereof for any issuance tax in respect thereof, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than that of the holder (or its affiliate) of the Series C Preferred Stock.
(iv) Voting.
(a) Shareholder Voting. Holders of the outstanding Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to cast, on all matters submitted to a vote of all of the shareholders of the Corporation (including in the election of directors, except as set forth in Subsections 9(b)(iv), 9(b)(v), 9(c)(iv) and 9(c)(v)) and on which shareholders are entitled to vote under the provisions of the Wyoming Business Corporation Act, that number of votes equal to the number of Common Shares into which such outstanding Series C Preferred Stock is then convertible under Subsection 9(d)(iii) at the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote on such matter, and with respect to such vote, shall be entitled, notwithstanding any provision hereof, to notice of any stockholders’ meeting in accordance with the Bylaws of this Corporation. Fractional votes shall not, however, be permitted and any fractional voting rights resulting from the aforementioned formula (after aggregating all shares into which shares of Series C Preferred Stock held by each holder could be converted) shall be rounded to the nearest whole number (with one-half rounded upward to one). In addition to their right to elect the Series C Director, as provided below, and except as set forth in Subsections 9(b)(iv), 9(b)(v), 9(c)(iv) and 9(c)(v), holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall vote together with the holders of Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and Common Shares on all such matters except as otherwise provided herein.
(b) Series B Director/Series C Director.
(1) As long as the holders of Series B Preferred Stock have the right to elect the Series B Director under Subsection 9(c)(iv)(b), and such holders exercise such right, the holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall not have any right to elect a specific member to the Corporation’s Board of Directors to represent the holders of Series C Preferred Stock (the “Series C Director”).
(2) For so long as more than fifty percent (50%) of all shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall be outstanding, and if the holders of Series B Preferred Stock no longer have the right to elect the Series B Director, or if such holders do not exercise such right, then the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock, voting as a separate voting group, shall be entitled to elect one (1) Series C Director at the annual meeting of the Corporation’s shareholders and otherwise if there is a vacancy of the directorship held by the Series C Director. If the aforementioned minimum outstanding shares requirement has been met, then at any meeting held for the purpose of electing directors, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall constitute a quorum of such shares for the election of the Series C Director to be elected. Once elected, the Series C Director shall have a fiduciary obligation to all shareholders pursuant to the Wyoming Business Corporation Act.
(3) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Series C Director shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast by the Series C Preferred Stock at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present. Provided that the minimum outstanding shares requirement in Subsection 9(d)(iv)(b)(2) is met, any vacancy of the Series C Director shall be filled only by the vote or written consent of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock. Any Series C Director may be removed from office, whether with or without cause, only by the vote or written consent of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock.
(c) Noncompliance. If the Corporation fails to comply with Subsections 9(d)(iv)(b), then, in addition to any other legal remedies available to the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock, the number of directors that the holders of the then outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect under Subsection 9(d)(iv)(b) shall be increased to a total of three (3) directors, effective immediately upon such noncompliance and for as long as such noncompliance exists.
(v) Restrictions.
For so long as more than fifty percent (50%) of all shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall be outstanding, except where the vote or written consent of the holders of a greater number of shares of the Corporation is required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation, and in addition to any other vote required by law or the Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation will not take any of the following actions without the approval of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (662/3%) of the then outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock, given in writing or by vote at a meeting, consenting or voting (as the case may be) as a separate voting group:
(a) Engage in any transaction or a series of transactions resulting in a “Change of Control (“Change in Control” shall mean and occur when (i) any “person” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(9) and 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Corporation, is or becomes a beneficial owner (within the meaning of rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation, representing fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding securities; or (ii) the shareholders of the Corporation approve a reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or entity, other than a reorganization, merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Corporation or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such reorganization, merger or consolidation; or (iii) the shareholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Corporation of all or substantially all of its assets);
(b) Pay or declare any dividends or make any distribution with respect to any holder of Common or Preferred Shares junior to the Series C Preferred Stock;
(c) Redeem or otherwise repurchase any shares of Common or Preferred Shares junior to the Series C Preferred Stock;
(d) Enter into any transactions with any of its affiliates, unless each such transaction is on terms at least as favorable as those available to the Corporation from disinterested third parties and such transaction is approved by the Board of Directors, including the Series B Director or Series C Director (provided that the approval of the Series B Director or the Series C Director is not required if such director is an interested party in such transaction); or
(e) Change the rights, preferences, privileges or restrictions of any shares of Series C Preferred Stock.
(vi) Sinking Fund.
There shall be no sinking fund provision for the payment of dividends, liquidation preferences, or redemption of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock.
(vii) Redemption of Series C Preferred Stock.
(a) Mandatory Redemption. If a Change of Control (as defined in Subsection 9(d)(v)(a)) has occurred, the Corporation shall offer to redeem all of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock for cash, at a price per share equal to one hundred and fifty percent (150%) of the liquidation preference for Series C Preferred Stock under Subsection 9(d)(ii)(a), plus any declared, but unpaid, dividends under Subsection 9(d)(i), by providing each holder of Series C Preferred Stock with written notice of such redemption (“Redemption Offer Notice”) within thirty (30) days of such Change of Control. If any holder of Series C Preferred Stock does not elect in writing within twenty (20) days of the date of the Redemption Offer Notice (“Election Period”) to have all of such holder’s shares of Series C Preferred Stock redeemed, then, with respect to the holder’s unredeemed shares of Series C Preferred Stock, such holder’s mandatory redemption rights hereunder shall terminate as to such Change of Control event. If any of the holders of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock elects redemption before the expiration of the Election Period, then the Corporation shall notify such holder of the redemption within ten (10) days following the end of the Election Period (“Mandatory Redemption Notice”). Within ten (10) days of the receipt of the Mandatory Redemption Notice, such holder shall surrender to the Corporation the certificate(s) representing such shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be redeemed duly endorsed for transfer to this Corporation, and upon receipt of such certificates, the Corporation shall pay the redemption price for such shares to the order of the person whose name appears on such certificate(s) as the owner thereof, and each surrendered certificate shall be cancelled. As to any portion of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock so surrendered which are not subject to such holder’s redemption election, the Corporation shall promptly issue to the person whose name appears on such certificate(s) a certificate in due and proper form representing the shares of Series C Preferred Stock which have not been redeemed. When the redemption price is paid, all rights in respect of the redeemed shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall cease and terminate, and such shares shall no longer be deemed to be authorized, outstanding, or available for reissuance, whether or not the certificates representing such shares have been received by the Corporation.
(b) Optional Redemption. If from and after two years of the date the first share of Series C Preferred Stock is sold and issued by the Corporation, the Common Shares shall have traded above fifty cents ($0.50) per share (as adjusted for stock splits, dividends, consolidations, recapitalizations and similar events) for sixty (60) consecutive days on a national securities exchange or NASDAQ, or the closing bid price quoted by an established quotation service for over-the-counter securities shall be above fifty cents ($0.50) for sixty (60) consecutive days, then the Corporation shall have the right, but not the obligation, to redeem all of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock for cash, at a price per share equal to one hundred and fifty percent (150%) of the liquidation preference for Series C Preferred Stock under Subsection 9(d)(ii)(a), plus any declared, but unpaid, dividends under Subsection 9(d)(i), by providing each holder of Series C Preferred Stock with written notice of such redemption not less than thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled date of redemption (“Optional Redemption Notice”). In the event of such redemption, and prior to the scheduled date of redemption, holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall surrender to the Corporation the certificate(s) representing such shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be redeemed duly endorsed for transfer to this Corporation, and upon receipt of such certificates, the Corporation shall pay the redemption price for such shares to the order of the person whose name appears on such certificate(s) as the owner thereof, and each surrendered certificate shall be cancelled. When the redemption price is paid, all rights in respect of the redeemed shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall cease and terminate, and such shares shall no longer be deemed to be authorized, outstanding or available for reissuance, whether or not the certificates representing such shares have been received by the Corporation. Nothing herein contained in this Subsection 9(d)(vii)(b) shall prohibit any holder of Series C Preferred Stock from electing the benefits of the provisions of Subsection 9(d)(iii) or other applicable conversion provisions prior to the scheduled date of redemption.
(c) Noncompliance/Conversion Price Adjustment. If (i) any of the holders of Series C Preferred Stock elects redemption under Subsection 9(d)(vii)(a) and complies with the provisions therein; (ii) the Corporation fails to redeem any of such holder’s shares of Series C Preferred Stock as required therein; and (iii) such failure is not due to the failure of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock to approve such redemption under Subsection 9(c)(v)(c), then the Series C Conversion Price for those unredeemed shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be reduced by one percent (1%) on the seventh (7th) day following such noncompliance and by an additional one percent (1%) every seven (7) days thereafter until the redemption has been made.
(viii) Noncompliance with Registration Rights/Conversion Price Adjustment.
If all of the conditions set forth in Section 5.1 of that certain Investor Rights Agreement between the Corporation and the holders of Series C Preferred Stock have been met (including, but not limited to, the absence of an underwriter’s exclusion under Section 5.1(c) of such Investor Rights Agreement) and the Corporation fails to comply with the registration rights provisions set forth in such Section 5.1, then the Series C Conversion Price shall be reduced by one percent (1%) on the seventh (7th) day following such noncompliance and by an additional one percent (1%) every seven (7) days thereafter until the registration of such shares has been made.
Soligen Technologies, Inc.
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
Plan Summary
The plan provides that an aggregate of up to 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock may be optioned to officers and other key employees. The plan provides authority for a Stock Option Plan Committee to select the employees of the Company, and its subsidiaries, to whom incentive stock options will be granted. No person may be granted any option unless he agrees to remain an employee of the Company for at least two years. There are approximately three officers and directors of the Company plus other key employees eligible to receive options under the plan. All officers may participate in the plan.
Following the statutory requirements of new Code 422A, the plan provides that the Committee may establish the purchase price of the stock at the time the option is granted. However, the purchase price may not be less than 100 percent of the fair market value of the Company’s Common Stock. The aggregate fair market value of the stock for which any employee may be granted options in any calendar year shall not exceed $1,000,000 plus any unused limit carried over (as defined in Plan 3(d)) to such year from any prior calendar year beginning on or after April 1, 2018.
The plan terminates ten years from its effective date. All new options to be granted are nontransferable. The Company is to receive no cash consideration for granting options under the plan. However, when an option is exercise, the holder is required to pay the option price, in cash or certified bank check, shares of the Company’s Common Stock or in any combination of the above, for the number of shares of stock to be issued on exercise of the option unless the holder elects to receive cash or stock by exercise of stock appreciation rights.
Under the plan, a Stock Appreciation Right (SAR) permits the holder of an option to elect to receive cash or a lesser amount of stock without payment, upon exercise of an option. The amount of cash receivable is the difference between the option price stated in the option and the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of the exercise. The lesser number of shares receivable is the number of shares which could be purchased with the cash receivable. An important distinction between the exercise of an incentive stock option and the exercise of a SAR is that, upon the exercise of an SAR, the option holder need not pay the option price in cash. The shares or cash received by an optionee upon exercising an SAR, however, are subject to tax under Section 83.
1. Purpose of the Plan
This Incentive Stock Option Plan (hereinafter called the “Plan”) for Soligen Technologies, Inc. (hereinafter called the “Company”) is intended to advance the interests of the Company by providing officers and other key employees who have substantial responsibility for the direction and management of the Company with additional incentive to promote the success of the business, to increase their proprietary interest in the success of the Company, and to encourage them to remain in its employ. The above aims will be effectuated through the granting of certain stock options. It is intended that options issued under the Plan and designated by the Committee under Section 3(b) will qualify as Incentive Stock Options (hereinafter called “ISOs”) under Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code and the terms of the Plan shall be interpreted in accordance with this intention.
2. Administration of the Plan
The Board of Directors shall appoint a Stock Option Plan Committee (hereinafter called the “Committee”) which shall consist of not less than three (2) members, at least one of whom shall be a Director of the Company. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have plenary authority, in its discretion: (a) to determine the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries (from among the class of employees eligible under Section 3 to receive options under the Plan) to whom options shall be granted; (b) to determine the time or times at which options shall be granted; (c) to determine the option price of the shares subject to each option, which price shall not be less than the minimum specified in Section 5; (d) to determine (subject to Section 7) the time or times when each option shall become exercisable and the duration of the exercise period; and (e) to interpret the Plan and to prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and regulations relating to it. The Board may from time to time appoint members of the Committee in substitution for members previously appointed and may fill vacancies, however caused, in the Committee; provided, however, that at all times at least one member shall be a Director of the Company. The Committee shall select one of its members as its Chairman and shall hold its meetings at such times and places as it shall deem advisable. All action of the Committee shall be taken by unanimous vote of its members. Any action may be taken by a written instrument signed by all the members of the Committee, and action so taken shall be fully as effective as if it had been taken by a unanimous vote of the members at a meeting duly called and held. The Committee may appoint a secretary to keep minutes of its meetings and shall make rules and regulations for the conduct of its business, as it shall deem advisable.
3. Eligibility and Limitations on Options Granted Under the Plan
(a) Options will be granted only to persons who are key employees of the Company or a subsidiary corporation of the Company who agree, in writing, to remain in the employ of, and render services to, the Company or a subsidiary corporation of the Company for a period of at least two (2) years from the date of the granting of the option. The term “key employees” shall include officers, directors, executives, and supervisory personnel, as well as other employees of the Company or a subsidiary corporation of the Company. The term “Subsidiary Corporation” shall, for the purposes of this Plan be defined in the same manner as such term is defined in Section 425 (f) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(b) At the time of the grant of each option under this Plan, the Committee shall determine whether such option is to be designated as an ISO. If an option is to be so designated as an ISO, then the provisions of Section 7(d) of this Plan shall be made applicable to such option. In addition, no option granted to any employee, who at the time of such grant, owns stock possessing more than 10 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, may be designated as an ISO, unless at the time of such grant, the option price is fixed at not less than 110 percent of the fair market value of the stock subject to the option, and exercise of such option is prohibited by its terms after the expiration of five (5) years from the date such is granted.
(c) The aggregate fair market value of the stock for which any employee may be granted options designated as ISOs in any calendar year (under this or any other stock option plan established by the Company or a subsidiary corporation of the Company) shall not exceed $1,000,000 plus any unused limit carryover (as defined in 3(d) hereof) to such year from any prior calendar year beginning on or after April 1, 2018.
(d) The unused limit carryover from any such calendar year shall be one-half of any excess of $1,000,000 over the aggregate fair market value of the stock for which an employee was granted options that qualify (whether from their issuance or as a result of subsequent amendment and election by the Company) as ISOs in any such calendar year (under this and all other stock option plans established by the Company or a subsidiary corporation of the Company). The unused limit for any calendar year shall be carried forward for three (3) years. ISOs granted in any year shall be applied against the current year limitation first and then against the remaining unused limit carryovers to such year in the order of the calendar year in which the carryovers arose.
4. Shares of Stock Subject to the Plan
There will be reserved for use upon the exercise or options to be granted from time to time under the Plan (subject to the provisions of Section 12) an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of the Common Stock of the $.0.001 par value common stock (hereinafter called the “Common Stock”) of the Company, which shares may be in whole or in part, as the Board of Directors of the Company (hereinafter called the “Board”) shall from time to time determine, authorized but unissued shares of the Common Stock or issued shares of the Common Stock which shall have been reacquired by the Company. Any shares subject to an option under the Plan, which option for any reason expires or is terminated unexercised as to such shares, may again be subject to an option under the Plan.
5. Option Price
The purchase price under each option issued shall be determined by the Committee at the time the option is granted, but in no event shall such purchase price be less than 100 percent of the fair market value of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant.
The term “fair market value” shall be defined as either the average of the highest offer and lowest bid market price of said Common Stock on any public market if the stock of the Company is publicly traded, as of the date of the grant of the option, or, if there be no sales on such date, on the most recent date upon which such stock was traded, or if there is no market for the Common Stock of the Company, the book value of the Common Stock as of the end of the most recent preceding month as given on the books of the Company applying generally accepted accounting principles on a consistent basis giving effect to all accruals.
6. Dilutions or Other Agreement
In the event that additional shares of Common Stock are issued pursuant to a stock split or a stock dividend, the number of shares of Common Stock then covered by each outstanding option granted hereunder shall be increased proportionately with no increase in the total purchase price of the shares then so covered, and the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for the purpose of the Plan shall be increased by the same proportion. In the event that the shares of Common Stock of the Company from time to time issued and outstanding are reduced by a combination of shares, the number of shares of Common Stock then covered by each outstanding option granted hereunder shall be reduced proportionately with no reduction in the total price of the shares then so covered, and the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for the purposes of the Plan shall be reduced by the same proportion. In the event that the Company should transfer assets to another corporation and distribute the stock of such other corporation without the surrender of Common Stock of the Company, and if such distribution is not taxable as a dividend and no gain or loss is recognized by reason of Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, or some similar section, then the total purchase price of the shares covered by each outstanding option shall be reduced by an amount which bears the same ratio to the total purchase price then in effect as the market value of the stock distributed in respect of a share of the Common Stock of the Company, immediately following the distribution, bears to the aggregate of the market value at such time of a share of the Common Stock of the Company and the stock distributed in respect thereof. All such adjustments shall be made by the Committee, whose determination upon the same shall be final and binding upon the optionees. No fractional shares shall be issued, and any fractional shares resulting from the computations pursuant to this Section 6 shall be eliminated from the respective option. No adjustment shall be made for cash dividends or the issuance to stockholders of rights to subscribe for additional Common Stock or other securities.
7. Period of Option and Certain Limitations on Right to Exercise
(a) All options issued under the Plan shall be for such period, as the Committee shall determine, but for not more than ten (10) years from the date of grant thereof.
(b) The period of the option, once it is granted, may be reduced only as provided for in Section 9 in connection with the termination of employment or death of the optionee or in Section 7(c) in the case of less than satisfactory performance.
(c) Each option granted under this Plan shall become exercisable only after two (2) years continued employment of the optionee with the Company or a subsidiary corporation of the Company immediately following the date the option is granted. Any option designated as an ISO shall be exercisable in full, or as to any part thereof, at any time after the expiration of two (2) years following the date such option is granted, but only if the optionee chooses to exercise such option and to pay for such option in the manner set forth in Section 7(e) hereof (i.e., in cash or certified check or shares of the Company’s Common Stock, or any combination of the foregoing in an amount equal to the full option price of the shares being purchased). Any option not designated as an ISO and any option designated as an ISO that the optionee chooses to exercise in any manner other than that permitted in the preceding sentence, shall be exercisable only to the extent of one-fifth of the total number of optioned shares after the expiration of two (2) years following the date the option is granted only to the extent of two-fifths of the total number of optioned shares after the expiration of three (3) years following the date the option is granted, only to the extent of three-fifths of the total number of optioned shares after the expiration of four (4) years following the date the option is granted, only to the extent of four-fifths of the total number of optioned shares after the expiration of five (5) years following the date the option is granted, and in full only after the expiration of six (6) years following the date the option is granted, such limitations being calculated, in the case of any resulting fraction, to the nearest lower number of shares.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, (i) prescribe longer time periods and additional requirements with respect to the exercise of an option and (ii) terminate in whole or in part such portion of any option as has yet become exercisable at the time of termination if it determines that the optionee is not performing satisfactorily the duties to which he was assigned on the date the option was granted or duties of at least equal responsibility. No option may be exercised unless the optionee is at the time of such exercise in the employ of the Company or of a subsidiary corporation of the Company and shall have been continuously so employed since the grant of his option. Absence or leave approved by the management of the Company shall not be considered an interruption of employment for any purpose under the Plan.
(d) No option granted by the Committee as an ISO may be exercised while there is outstanding in the hands of the optionee any ISO (whether granted under this Plan or any other stock option plan established by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company) which was granted before the granting of the ISO hereunder sought to be exercised. For purposes of this Section 7(d), any ISO shall be treated as outstanding until exercised in full or expired.
(e) Subject to the alternative settlement methods set forth in Section 7(h) hereof, the exercise of any option shall also be contingent upon receipt by the Company of cash or certified check to its order, shares of the Company’s Common Stock, or any combination of the foregoing in an amount equal to the full option price of the shares being purchased. For purposes of this paragraph, shares of the Company’s Common Stock that are delivered in payment of the option price shall be valued at their fair market value determined under the method set forth in Section 5 of this Plan applied as of the date of the exercise of the option. However, in order to facilitate the accumulation of funds to enable employees to exercise their option, they will have the right, if they so elect, to direct the Company or a subsidiary corporation of the Company to withhold from their compensation regular amounts to be applied toward the exercise of the options. Funds credited to the stock option accounts will be under the control of the Company until applied to the payment of the option price at the direction of the employee or returned to the employee in the event the amount is not used for purchase of shares under option, and all funds received or held by the Company under the Plan may be used for any corporate purpose, and no interest shall be payable to a participant on account of any amount held. Such amounts may be withdrawn by the participant at any time, in whole or in part, for any purpose.
(f) No optionee or his legal representative or distributees, as the case may be, will be deemed to be a holder of any share subject to an option unless and until certificates for such shares are issued to him or them under the terms of the Plan. No adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate is issued.
(g) In no event may an option be exercised after the expiration of its term.
(h) As an alternative to payment in full by the optionee for the number of shares of Common Stock in respect of which an option is exercised, the Committee may provide alternative settlement methods as follows:
(i) The Committee, in its discretion, may provide in the initial grant of any option, that the optionee may elect either of the alternative settlement methods set forth in subsection (ii) below.
(ii) The alternative settlement methods are for the optionee, upon exercise of the option, to receive from the Company: (1) cash in an amount equal to the excess of the value of one share over the option price times the number of shares as to which the option is exercised; or
(2) the number of whole shares of Common Stock having an aggregate value not greater than the cash amount calculated under Section 7(h)(ii)(1). For purposes of determining an alternative settlement, the value per share shall be the “Fair market value” determined under the method set forth in Section 5 hereof, applied as of the date of the exercise of the option, or such other price as the Committee shall determine to be the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of exercise.
(i) An election of any of the alternative settlement methods provided for under Section 7 (h)(ii) shall be binding on the optionee, when made. The optionee may elect to what extent the alternative settlement method elected shall be paid in cash, in Common Stock, or partially in Common Stock, provided that the aggregate value of the payments shall not be greater than the cash amount calculated under Section 7 (h)(ii)(1). No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued, and the Committee shall determine whether cash shall be paid in lieu of such fractional share interest or whether such fractional share interest shall be eliminated.
(j) The alternative settlement methods provided above in Section 7(h)(ii) shall not be available unless the cash amount calculated thereunder shall be positive, i.e. when the value of one share shall exceed the option price per share.
(k) Exercise of an option in any manner, including an exercise involving an election of an alternative settlement method with respect to an option, shall result in a decrease in the manner of shares of Common Stock which thereafter may be available under the Plan by the number of shares as to which the option is exercised.
(1) To the extent that the exercise of options by one of the alternative settlement methods provided for in Section (h)(ii) results in compensation income to the optionee, the Company will withhold from the amount due to the optionee utilizing such alternative settlement method, an appropriate amount for federal, state and local taxes.
8. Assignability
Each option granted under this Plan shall be transferable only by will or the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable, during his lifetime, only by the employee to whom the option is granted. Except as permitted by the preceding sentence, no option granted under the Plan or any of the rights and privileges thereby conferred shall be transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated in any way (whether by operation of law or otherwise), and no such option, right, or privilege shall be subject to execution, attachment, or similar process. Upon any attempt to so transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise dispose of the option, or of the right or privilege conferred thereby, contrary to the provisions hereof, or upon the levy of any attachment or similar process upon such option, right of privilege, the option and such rights and privileges shall immediately become null and void.
9. Effect of Termination of Employment. Death or Disability
(a) In the event of the termination of employment if an optionee during the two (2) year period after the date of issuance of an option to him either by reason of (i) a discharge for cause or (ii) voluntary separation on the part of the optionee and without consent of his employing company or companies, any option or options theretofore granted to him under this Plan to the extent not theretofore exercised by him shall forthwith terminate.
(b) In the event of the termination of employment of an optionee (otherwise than by reason of death or retirement of the optionee at his Retirement Date by the Company or by any subsidiary corporation of the Company employing the optionee at such time), any option or options granted to him under the Plan to the extent not theretofore exercised shall be deemed cancelled and terminated forthwith, except that, subject to the provisions of section (a) of this Section, such optionee may exercise any options theretofore granted to him, which have not then expired and which are otherwise exercisable within the provisions of Section 7(c) hereof, within three (3) months after such termination. If the employment of an optionee shall be terminated by reason of the optionee’s retirement at his Retirement Date by the Company or by any subsidiary corporation of the Company employing the optionee at such time, the optionee shall have the right to exercise such option or options held by him to the extent that such options have not expired, at any time within three (3) months after such retirement. The provisions of Section 7(c) to the contrary notwithstanding, upon retirement, all options held by an optionee shall be immediately exercisable in full. The transfer of an optionee from the employ of the Company to a subsidiary corporation of the Company or vice versa, or from one subsidiary corporation of the Company to another, shall not be deemed to constitute a termination of employment for purposes of this Plan.
(c) In the event that an optionee shall die while employed by the Company or any subsidiary corporation of the Company or shall die within three (3) months after retirement at his Retirement Date (by the Company or by any subsidiary corporation of the Company) any option or options granted to him under this Plan and not theretofore exercised by him or expired shall be exercisable by the estate of the optionee or by any person who acquired such option by bequest or inheritance at any time within one (1) year after the death of the optionee. References hereinabove to the optionee shall be deemed to include any person entitled to exercise the option after the death of the optionee under the terms of this Section.
(d) In the event of the termination of employment of an optionee by reason of the optionee’s disability, the optionee shall have the right, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7(c) hereof, to exercise all options held by him, to the extent that options have not previously expired or been exercised, at any time within one (1) year after such termination. The term “disability” shall, for the purposes of this Plan, be defined in the same manner as such term is defined in Section 105(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
(e) For the purposes of this Plan, “Retirement Date” shall mean any date an employee is otherwise entitled to retire under the Company’s retirement plans, if any, and shall include normal retirement at age 65, early retirement at age 62, and retirement at age 60 after 30 years of service.
10. Listing and Registration of Shares
Each option shall be subject to the requirement that if at any time the Stock Option Committee shall determine, in its discretion, that the listing, registration, or qualification of the shares covered thereby upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of such option or the issue or purchase of shares thereunder, such option may not be exercised in whole or in part unless and until such listing, registration, qualification, consent, or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Committee.
11. Expiration and Termination of the Plan
Options may be granted under the Plan at any time or from time to time as long as the total number of shares optioned or purchased under this Plan does not exceed 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock. The Plan may be abandoned or terminated at any time by the Board of Directors of the Company except with respect to any options then outstanding under the Plan. No option shall be granted pursuant to the Plan after ten (10) years from the effective date of the Plan.
12. Amendment of Plan
The Board of Directors may at any time and from time to time modify and amend the Plan (including such form of option agreement) in any respect; provided, however, that no such amendment shall: (a) increase (except in accordance with Section 6) the maximum number of shares for which options may be granted under the Plan either in the aggregate or to an individual employee; or (b) reduce (except in accordance with Section 6) the minimum option prices which may be established under the Plan; or (c) extend the period or periods during which options may be granted or exercised; or (d) change the provisions relating to the determination of employees to whom options shall be granted and the number of shares to be covered by such options; or (e) change the provisions relating to adjustments to be made upon changes in capitalization; or (f) change the method for selection of the Committee as provided by Section 2 hereof. The termination or any modification or amendment of the Plan shall not, without the consent of an employee, affect his rights under an option theretofore granted to him.
13. Applicability of Plan to Outstanding Stock Options
The Plan shall not affect the terms and conditions of any non-qualified stock options heretofore granted to any employee of the Company or a subsidiary corporation of the Company under any other plan relating to non-qualified stock options; nor shall it affect any of the rights of any employee to whom such a non-qualified stock option was granted.
14. Effective Date of Plan
This Plan shall become effective on the date of its adoption by the Board of Directors or the Company or its approval by the vote of the shareholders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock. This Plan shall not become effective unless such shareholder approval shall be obtained within twelve (12) months before or after the adoption of the Plan by the Directors.
Soligen Technologies, Inc.
PRESIDENT’S LETTER TO STOCKHOLDERS
Dear Stockholder:
I am enclosing this letter with the notice of call of a special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation as a means of explaining briefly the purpose of the meeting. Your Board of Directors has unanimously recommended that the Corporation adopt a stock option plan allowing the purchase of a limited number of the Corporation’s shares of common stock by key management employees of the Corporation. This proposal has been adopted by the Board of Directors, subject to the approval of the holders of the Corporation’s common stock, and I have been directed to set forth to you the reasons for their action.
In the past several years, plans or programs offering stock participation opportunities to management personnel have become widespread among American businesses. This meaningful trend has come about in response to a realization that the best efforts of the best executives are more surely secured when the executives have a personal stake in the fortunes of their corporate employers. I might add that a number of our major competitors have instituted stock acquisition programs of one type or another for their executive employees, and we in charge of the Corporation are aware of the importance of such programs in attracting and holding employees of the caliber we want in our Corporation.
In judgment of the Directors, your Corporation can best be assured of success in enlisting and retaining top management employees only if these employees are given the opportunity to acquire a proprietary stake in the success of the Corporation. Consequently, the Directors have examined methods of achieving this goal, and have determined that the best approach for the Corporation is that of offering certain stock options known as “Incentive Stock Options,” which satisfy the tests imposed by the Internal Revenue Code for such designation. Specifically, the Directors’ proposal is that a total of 10,000,000 unissued shares of the value common stock of the Corporation be sold to executive employees under options that fix the purchase price at percent of the market price on the date such an option is granted. The particular employees to be given these options, and the number of shares covered by each option, would be left to the decision of the Board of Directors or of a special committee chosen from the Board. However, in no event would the total number of shares placed under option exceed the total of 10,000,000 which would be somewhat less than 10 percent of the total number of common shares to be outstanding once these optioned shares are issued on a fully diluted basis.
The Directors wish to take this step only after full information has been given to all the stockholders affected, and their understanding and approval of this plan has been expressed. For this reason, though I have set forth in this letter what I believe to be a proper summary of the principal points involved, I have instructed the Secretary of the Corporation to mail a copy of the full stock plan and of the relevant Directors’ resolutions to any stockholder requesting it.
Soligen Technologies, Inc.
NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF STOCK OPTION AND
RECORD OF STOCK TRANSFER
I hereby exercise my Incentive Stock Option granted by Soligen Technologies, Inc., subject to all the terms and provisions thereof and of the Employee Stock Option Plan referred to therein and notify you of my desire to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company which were offered to me pursuant to said Option. Enclosed is my check in the sum of in full payment for such shares.
I hereby represent that the __________ shares of Common Stock to be delivered to me pursuant to the above-mentioned exercise of the Option granted to me on are being acquired by me as an investment and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, the distribution of any thereof.
| DATED: , 20__. | |
| Employee’s Signature |
Receipt is hereby acknowledged of the delivery to me by Soligen Technologies, Inc. on of stock certificates for shares of Common Stock purchased by me pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Employee Stock Option Plan referred to above, which shares were transferred to me on the Company’s stock record books on.
| Employee |
Soligen Technologies, Inc.
NOTICE OF GRANT OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION
[date]
[name of employee]
Dear ______:
At the direction of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, you are hereby notified that the Board has granted to you an option, pursuant to the Employee Stock Option Plan adopted by the Corporation on April ____, April , and ratified and approved by the stockholders of the Corporation on April ___, April .
The option granted to you is to purchase Two Hundred Thousand (200,000) shares of the $.0.001 par Common Stock of the Corporation at the price of per share. The date of grant of this option is the date of this notice, and it is the determination of the Board of Directors that on this date the fair market value of the Corporation’s no par common stock was $0.002 per share.
I enclosed a certified copy of the Incentive Stock Option Plan governing the option granted to you and your attention is invited to all the provisions of the Plan. You will observe that the Plan does not require that you exercise this option as to any particular number of shares at one time, but this option must be exercised, if at all and to the extent exercised, by no later than years from the date of this notice.
Your stock option is in all respects limited and conditioned as provided in the Employee Stock Option Plan, including, but not limited to, the following:
a. Your option may be exercised by you, but only by you, at any time during your lifetime prior to the three months following termination of your employment;
b. Your option is nontransferable, otherwise than as may be occasioned by your death, and then only to your estate or according to the terms of your Will or the provision of applicable laws of descent and distribution;
c. In the event that the right to exercise your option is passed to your estate, or to a person to whom such right devolves by reason of your death, then your option shall be nontransferable in the hands of your executor or administrator or of such person, except that your option may be distributed by your executor or administrator to the distributees of your estate as a part of your estate.
At the time or times when you wish to exercise this option, in whole or in part, please refer to the provisions of the Stock Option Plan dealing with methods and formalities of exercise of your option.
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Soligen Technologies, Inc.
Management Stock Bonus Plan
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Soligen Technologies, Inc.
Management Stock Bonus Plan
Purpose
This Plan’s purpose is to keep personnel of experience and ability in the employ of Soligen Technologies, Inc. (“Soligen Technologies, Inc.”) and its subsidiaries and to compensate them for their contributions to the growth and profits of Soligen Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries and thereby induce them to continue to make such contributions in the future.
1. Definitions
For the purpose of this Plan, the following terms will have the definitions set forth below:
(a) Company – Soligen Technologies, Inc.
(b) Subsidiary or Subsidiaries – A corporation or corporations or other entity of which Soligen Technologies, Inc. owns, directly or indirectly, shares having a majority of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors.
(c) Board – Soligen Technologies, Inc. board of directors.
(d) Committee – The Management Stock Bonus Plan Committee as appointed from time to time by the Board, consisting of not less than three members. No member of the Committee shall be eligible for selection as a person to whom shares may be allocated pursuant to the Plan or to whom stock options may be granted pursuant to any other Plan of the Company or any of its affiliates, at any time while he is serving on the Committee.
(e) Date of Issuance – This term shall have the meaning supplied by Section 6(c) below.
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(f) Plan – The Soligen Technologies, Inc. Management Stock Bonus Plan.
(g) Bonus Share – The shares of Common Stock of Soligen Technologies, Inc. reserved pursuant to Section 3 hereof and any such shares issued to a Recipient pursuant to this Plan.
(h) Recipient – An employee of Soligen Technologies, Inc. or a subsidiary to whom shares are allocated under this Plan, or such individual’s designated beneficiary, surviving spouse, estate, or legal representative. For this purpose, however, any such beneficiary, spouse, estate, or legal representative shall be considered as one person with the employee.
(i) Restricted Period – This phrase shall have the meaning supplied by Section 7(e) below.
2. Bonus Share Reserve.
(a) Bonus Share Reserve. Soligen Technologies, Inc. will establish a Bonus Share Reserve to which will be credited fifty Million (50,000,000) shares of the Common Stock of Soligen Technologies, Inc., par value $.0.001 per share. Should the shares of the Company’s Common Stock, due to a stock split or dividend or combination of shares or any other change, or exchange for any other securities, by reclassification, merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or otherwise, be increased or decreased, or changed into, or exchanged for, a different number or kind of shares of stock or other securities of Soligen Technologies, Inc. or of another corporation or entity, the number of shares then remaining in the Bonus Share Reserve shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such action. If any such adjustment results in a fractional share, the fraction shall be disregarded.
(b) Adjustments to Reserve. Upon the allocation of shares hereunder, the reserve will be reduced by the number of shares to be allocated and, upon the failure to make the required payment on the issuance of any Bonus Shares pursuant to Section 6(a) or upon the repurchase thereof pursuant to Section 7(d)(i) or (ii), Section 8 or Section 10 hereof, the reserve shall be increased by such number of shares, and such Bonus Shares may again be the subject of allocation hereunder.
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(c ) Distributions of Bonus Shares. Distributions of Bonus Shares, as the Board shall, in its sole discretion, determine, may be made from authorized but unissued shares or from treasury shares. All authorized and unissued shares issued as Bonus Shares in accordance with the Plan shall be fully paid and non-assessable shares free from preemptive rights.
2. Eligibility and Making of Allocations.
(a) Eligible Employees. Any salaried executive employee of Soligen Technologies, Inc. or any Subsidiary (including officers and, except for person serving as directors only) shall be eligible to receive an allocation of Bonus Shares.
(b) Selection by the Committee. From the employees eligible to receive allocations pursuant to the Plan, the Committee may from time to time select those employees to whom it recommends that the Board make allocations. Such recommendations shall include a recommendation as to the number of Bonus Shares that should be allocated and in determining the number of Bonus Shares it wishes to recommend, the Committee shall consider the position and responsibilities of the eligible employees, the value of their services to Soligen Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries and such factors as the Committee deems pertinent.
(c) Review by the Board of Committee’s Recommendations. As promptly as practicable after the Committee recommends making allocations pursuant to (b) above, the Board will review the Committee’s recommendations and, in the Board’s discretion, allocate to the employees the Board selects from those employees recommended by the Committee a number of Bonus Shares not in excess of the number recommended for each employee by the Committee. The date of such action by the Board shall be the “date of allocation,” as that term is used in this Plan.
(d) Participation in Other Stock Option Plans. A person who has received options to purchase stock under any stock option plan of Soligen Technologies, Inc. or any subsidiary may exercise the same in accordance with their terms and will not by reason thereof be ineligible to receive Bonus Shares under this Plan. A person who has received Bonus Shares under this Plan shall not, for a period of three years from the date of Issuance thereto of such Bonus Shares, be eligible to, and may not, be granted any option or other rights to purchase Common Stock pursuant to any stock option or stock purchase plan of Soligen Technologies, Inc. presently in effect or hereafter adopted, nor shall he or she be eligible during such period to receive any additional allocation of Bonus Shares under this Plan or under any similar plan of Soligen Technologies, Inc..
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(e) Limit on Number of Shares. The total number of Bonus Shares, which may be allocated pursuant to this Plan, will not exceed the amount of available therefore in the Bonus Share reserve.
3. Form of Allocation.
(a) Number Specified. Each allocation shall specify the number of Bonus Shares subject thereto, subject to the provisions of Section 4.
(b) Notice. When an allocation is made, the Board shall advise the Recipient and Soligen Technologies, Inc. thereof by delivery of written notice in the Form of Exhibit A hereto attached.
(c) Public Listing of Stock. Soligen Technologies, Inc. shall take such action as shall be necessary to cause any Bonus Shares issued pursuant to this Plan and not previously listed to be listed on a public stock market or exchange on which shares of the same Bonus Shares are then listed, if any.
4. Payment Required of Recipients.
(a) Acceptance of Allocation. Within 15 days from the date of allocation, the Recipient shall, if he desires to accept the allocation, pay to Soligen Technologies, Inc. an amount equal to the par value of the Bonus Shares so allocated, in cash, buy certified or bank cashier’s check, or by money order at the office of the Treasurer.
(b) Investment Purpose. Soligen Technologies, Inc. may require that in acquiring any Bonus Shares, the Recipient agree with, and represent to, Soligen Technologies, Inc. that the Recipient is acquiring such Bonus Shares for the purpose of investment and with no present intent to transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of such shares except for such distribution by a legal representative as shall be required by will or the laws of any jurisdiction in winding up the estate of any Recipient. Such shares shall be transferable thereafter only if the proposed transfer is permitted under the Plan and if, in the opinion of counsel (who shall be satisfactory to Soligen Technologies, Inc.), such transfer at such time complies with applicable securities laws.
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(c) Written Agreement/Date of Issuance. Concurrently with making payment of the par value of the Bonus Shares pursuant to Section 6(a) the Recipient shall deliver to Soligen Technologies, Inc., in duplicate, an agreement in writing, signed by the Recipient, in form and substance as set forth in Exhibit B, below, and Soligen Technologies, Inc. will promptly acknowledge the receipt thereof. The date of such delivery and receipt shall be deemed the “Date of Issuance,” as that phrase is used in this Plan, of the Bonus Shares to which the shares relate. The failure to make such payment and delivery within 15 days from the date of allocation shall terminate the allocation of such shares to the Recipient.
5. Restrictions.
(a) Transfer/Issuance. Bonus Shares, after the making of the payment and representations, etc. required by Section 6, will be promptly issued or transferred and a certificate or certificates for such shares shall be issued in the Recipient’s name. As such, the Recipient shall have all of the rights of a shareholder with respect to such shares, including the right to vote them and to receive all dividends and other distributions (subject to Section 7(b)) paid with respect to them, provided, however, that the shares shall be subject to the restrictions in Section 7(d). Stock certificates representing Bonus Shares will be imprinted with a legend stating that the shares represented thereby may not be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise disposed of except in accordance with this Plan’s terms, and each transfer agent for the Common Stock shall be instructed to like effect in respect of such shares. In aid of such restrictions, the Recipient shall immediately upon receipt of the certificate for such shares, deposit such certificate(s), together with a stock power or other instrument of transfer, appropriately endorsed in blank, with an escrow agent designated by the Committee, under a deposit agreement containing such terms and conditions as the Committee shall approve, the expenses of such escrow to be borne by Soligen Technologies, Inc.
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(b) Stock Splits, Stock Dividends, Etc. If, due to a stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares, or any other change or exchange for other securities, by reclassification, reorganization, merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or otherwise, the Recipient, as the owner of the Bonus Shares subject to restrictions hereunder, shall be entitled to new, additional, or different shares of stock or securities, the certificate or certificates for, or other evidences of, such new, additional, or different shares or securities, together with a stock power or other instrument of transfer appropriately endorsed, which shares also shall be imprinted with a legend as provided in Section 7(a) and deposited by the Recipient under the above-mentioned deposit agreement. When the event(s) described in the preceding sentence occur, all Plan provisions relating to restrictions and lapse of restrictions will apply to such new, additional or different shares or securities to the extent applicable to the shares with respect to which they were distributed, provided, however, that if the Recipient shall receive rights, warrants or fractional interests in respect of any such Bonus Shares, such rights or warrants may be held, exercised, sold or otherwise disposed of, and such fractional interests may be settled, by the Recipient free and clear of the restrictions hereafter set forth.
(c) Restricted Period. The term “Restricted Period” with respect to restricted Bonus Shares (after with restrictions shall lapse) means a period starting on the Date of Issuance of such shares to the Recipient and ending on such date not less than three (3) years after the Date of Issuance, as the Committee may establish as the time of allocation of shares hereunder.
(d) Restrictions on Bonus Shares. The restrictions to which restricted Bonus Shares shall be subject are:
(e) During the Restricted Period to such shares and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, none of such shares shall be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise disposed of unless they first, by written notice have been offered to Soligen Technologies, Inc. for repurchase, for the same amount as was paid therefore under Section 6, with appropriate adjustment for any change in the Bonus Shares of the nature described in Section 7(b). If Soligen Technologies, Inc. shall not within 30 days following such offer have so repurchased the shares and made payment in full for such shares, unless such purchase is otherwise prohibited by the laws of the State of Wyoming currently in effect at the time of an offer of Bonus Shares to Soligen Technologies, Inc. for repurchase pursuant to the terms of the Plan, Soligen Technologies, Inc. shall repurchase said shares and make payment in full for such shares within thirty (30) days following such offer.
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(f) If a Recipient’s employment is terminated for any reason, including such Recipient’s death or disability, at any time before the Restricted Period ends, Soligen Technologies, Inc. shall so notify the escrow agent appointed under Section 7(a). Such termination shall be deemed an offer to Soligen Technologies, Inc. as described in Section 7(d)(i) as to:
| (i) All such shares issued to the Recipient, if such termination occurs within one year from the Date of Issuance; | |
| (ii) 75% of the total number of such shares originally issued (including any other or additional securities issued in respect thereof, as contemplated by Section 7(b) to such Recipient, if such termination occurs more than one year after the Date of Issuance but prior to two years after that date; | |
| (iii) 50% of the total number of such shares originally issued (including any other or additional securities issued in respect thereof, as contemplated by Section 7(b) to such Recipient, if such termination occurs on or after two years after the Date of Issuance but prior to the end of the Restricted Period. |
(g) Lapse of Restricted Period. The restriction set forth in Section 7(d) hereof, with respect to the Bonus Shares to which such Restricted Period was applicable, will lapse
| (i) As to such shares in accordance with the time(s) and number(s) of shares as to which the Retracted Period expires, as described in Section 7(d)(ii), or | |
| (ii) As to any shares which Soligen Technologies, Inc. will fail to purchase when they are offered to Soligen Technologies, Inc., as described in Section 7(d)(i) upon Soligen Technologies, Inc.’s failure to so repurchase. |
(h) Transfers Upon Death of Recipient. Nothing in this Plan will preclude the transfer of restricted Bonus Shares on the Recipient’s death, to the Recipient’s legal representatives or estate, or preclude such representatives from transferring any of such shares to the person(s) entitled thereto by will or the laws of descent and distribution; provided, however, that any shares so transferred as to which such restrictions have not lapsed will remain subject to all restrictions and obligations imposed on them by this Plan.
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(i) Delivery of Written Notice. All notices in writing required pursuant to this Section 7 will be sufficient only if actually delivered or if sent via registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to Soligen Technologies, Inc., attention Treasurer, and/or escrow agent at its principal office within the City of Clearwater, and will be conclusively deemed given on the date of delivery, if delivered before or on the date first business day following the date of such mailing, if mailed.
6. Finality of Determination.
The Committee will administer this Plan and construe its provisions. Any determination by the Committee (except insofar as it will make recommendations only) in carrying out, administering, or constructing this Plan will be final and binding for all purposes and upon all interested persons and their heirs, successors and personal representatives.
7. Limitations.
(a) No Right to Allocation. No person will at any time have any prior right to receive an allocation of Bonus Shares hereunder, and no person will have authority to enter into an agreement for the making of an allocation, or any prior right or to make any representation or warranty with respect thereto.
(b) Rights of Recipients. Recipients of allocations will have no rights in respect thereof other than those set forth in this Plan. Except as provided in Section 6(b) or 7(f), such rights may not be assigned or transferred except by will or by the laws of descent or distribution. If any attempt is made to sell, exchange, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise dispose of any Bonus Shares held by the Recipient under restrictions which have not yet lapsed, the shares that are the subject of such attempted disposition will be deemed offered to Soligen Technologies, Inc. for repurchase, and Soligen Technologies, Inc. will repurchase them, as described in Section 7(d)(i) when Soligen Technologies, Inc. receives actual notice of such attempted distribution. Before issuance of Bonus Shares, no such shares will be earmarked for the Recipient’s accounts nor will such Recipients have any rights as stockholders with respect to such shares.
(c) No Right to Continued Employment. Neither Soligen Technologies, Inc.’s actions in establishing the Plan, nor any action taken by it or by the Board or the Committee under the Plan, nor any provision of the Plan, will be construed as giving to any person the right to be in the employ of Soligen Technologies, Inc. or any Subsidiary.
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(d) Limitation on Actions. Every right of action by or on behalf of Soligen Technologies, Inc. or by any shareholder against any past, present or future member of the Board, the Committee or any officer or employee of Soligen Technologies, Inc. arising out of or in connection with this Plan shall, regardless of the place where the action may be brought and regardless of the place of residence of any such director, committee member, officer or employee, cease and be barred by the expiration of three years from the later of:
| (i) The date of the act or omission in respect of which such right of action arises; | |
| (ii) The first date upon which there has been made generally available to shareholders an annual report of Soligen Technologies, Inc. and a proxy statement for the annual meeting of shareholders following the issuance of such annual report, which annual report and proxy statement alone or together set forth, for the related period, the amount of the allocation. |
In addition, any and all right of action by any employee (past, present or future) against Soligen Technologies, Inc. or any member of the Committee arising out of or in connection with this Plan will, regardless of the place where action may be brought and regardless of the place of residence of any Committee member, cease and be barred by the expiration of three years from the date of the act or omission in respect of which such right of action arises.
8. Amendment, Suspension or Termination of Plan.
The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part at any time; provided that such amendment will not affect adversely the rights or obligations with respect to allocations previously made; and provided further, that no modifications of the Plan by the Board without approval by the stockholders will (i) increase the maximum number of Bonus Shares reserved pursuant to Section 3; (ii) alter the provisions of Section 4 with respect to the total number of Bonus Shares that may be allocated under the Plan, or (iii) render any member of the Committee eligible to receive an allocation at any time while he is serving on the Committee.
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9. Governing Laws.
This Plan will be governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming.
10. Expenses of Administration.
All costs and expenses incurred in the operation and administration of this Plan will be borne by the Company.
11. Registration of Bonus Shares.
(a) Registration Requirement. If Soligen Technologies, Inc. determines at any time to register any of its securities under the Securities Act of 1933 (or similar statute then in effect) Soligen Technologies, Inc., at its expense, will include among the securities which it then registers all Bonus Shares or other stock or securities issued in respect thereof, or in replacement thereof as to which the Restricted Period has expired. The requirement of the preceding sentence, however, will not apply to the extent that any Recipient at that time has no present intent to sell or distribute the relevant shares. Also, in the case of stock or securities not of Soligen Technologies, Inc., Soligen Technologies, Inc.’s obligation under this Section 13 will be limited to using its best efforts to effect such registration and shall not be required to register such shares if, in the opinion of Soligen Technologies, Inc.’s investment banker, such registration would materially limit the marketability of other securities registered or to be registered by Soligen Technologies, Inc.
(b) Written Notification. As to each registration pursuant to this Section 13, Soligen Technologies, Inc. will keep the Recipients advised in writing as to their initiation of proceedings for such registration and as to the completion thereof, and at its expense will keep such registration effective for a period of nine months, or until all sales and distributions contemplated in connection therewith are completed, whichever period is shorter. Each Recipient will at his own expense furnish to Soligen Technologies, Inc. such information regarding the Recipient and the Recipient’s ownership of Bonus Shares (or other stock or securities) as Soligen Technologies, Inc. may reasonably request in writing in connection with any such registration.
(c) Prospectus, Indemnification. Soligen Technologies, Inc., at its expense, will furnish to each Recipient such number of prospectuses incident to any such registration as such Recipient from time to time reasonably may request. In addition, Soligen Technologies, Inc. will indemnify each such Recipient against all claims, losses, damages, and liabilities caused by any untrue statement of a material fact contained in such prospectus (or in any related registration statement) or by any omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same may have been caused by an untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished in writing to Soligen Technologies, Inc. by such Recipient expressly for use therein. Further, as a condition precedent to the obligations of Soligen Technologies, Inc. pursuant to Section 1, each Recipient will agree in writing to indemnify Soligen Technologies, Inc. against all claims, losses, damages, and liabilities caused by an untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished to Soligen Technologies, Inc. by such Recipient expressly for use therein.
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Exhibit I
Soligen Technologies, Inc.
Date:
To: , Recipient
From: Treasurer, Soligen Technologies, Inc.
This is to advise you that Soligen Technologies, Inc.’s Board of Directors has on the date of this Notice allocated to the Recipient above named a total of (______________Bonus Shares under and pursuant to the Management Stock Bonus Plan.
For these shares to be issued, the Recipient must make payment of $ ______________
And deliver to the Treasurer of Soligen Technologies, Inc. an agreement in duplicate, in the form of Exhibit II hereto, within 15 days of the date of this Notice.
_______________
For the Board
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Exhibit II
Soligen Technologies, Inc.
Management Stock Bonus Plan
To: Treasurer, Soligen Technologies, Inc.
Enclosed is the sum of $
Being equal to the par value of $____________
Bonus Shares allocated to and purchased by me pursuant to Soligen Technologies, Inc.’s Management Stock Bonus Plan. Upon receipt of these Bonus Shares, I will deposit them together with a stock power duly endorsed in blank with an escrow agent appointed pursuant to Section 7(a) of this Plan.
I represent and agree that I am acquiring these Bonus Shares for investment and that I have no present intention to transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of such shares, except as permitted pursuant to the Plan and in compliance with applicable securities laws. I agree further that I am acquiring these shares in accordance with, and subject to, the terms, provisions, and conditions of said Plan, to all of which I hereby expressly consent. These agreements will bind and inure to the benefit of my heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
My address of record is:
My social security number is:
Receipt of the above, together with the payment referred to, is hereby acknowledged.
Soligen Technologies, Inc.
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SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES
ANNUAL BONUS PERFORMANCE PLAN
FOR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
April 26, 2018
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SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
ANNUAL BONUS PERFORMANCE PLAN
FOR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
SECTION 1. PURPOSE OF PLAN
The purpose of the Plan is to promote the success of the Company by providing to participating executives bonus incentives that qualify as performance-based compensation within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS AND TERMS
2.1 Accounting Terms. Except as otherwise expressly provided or the context otherwise requires, financial and accounting terms are used as defined for purposes of, and shall be determined in accordance with, generally accepted accounting principles, as from time to time in effect, as applied and reflected in the consolidated financial statements of the Company, prepared in the ordinary course of business.
2.2 Specific Terms. The following words and phrases as used herein shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:
“Bonus” means a cash payment or a payment opportunity as the context requires.
“Bonus Pool” means the total aggregate of cash payments or payment opportunities in any Year that may be allowed under the Plan.
“Business Criteria” means any one or any combination of Income before Taxes, Net Income, Return on Equity, Return on Assets, Pre-tax Margin, Free Cash Flow, Valuation or EPS.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
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“Committee” means the Performance Plan Subcommittee which has been established to administer the Plan in accordance with Section 3.1 and Section 162(m) of the Code.
“Company” means Soligen Technologies, Inc. and any successor, whether by merger, ownership of all or substantially all of its assets, or otherwise.
“EBITDA” for any Year means the consolidated earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization as reported in the financial statements of the Company for the Year.
“EPS” for any Year means earnings per share of the Company, as reported in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Income set forth in the financial statements of the Company for the Year.
“Executive” means a key employee (including any officer) of the Company who is (or in the opinion of the Committee may during the applicable Performance Period become) an “executive officer” as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Free Cash Flow” for any Year means the Consolidated Net Income plus the sum of the decrease in working capital and depreciation and amortization less the sum of capital expenditures, mandatory debt payments and the increase in working capital as reported in the financial statements of the Company for the Year.
“Income before Taxes” for any Year means the consolidated income before taxes of the Company, as reported in the financial statements of the Company for the Year.
“Net Income” for any Year means the consolidated net income of the Company, as reported in the financial statements of the Company for the Year.
“Participant” means an Executive selected to participate in the Plan by the Committee.
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“Performance Period” means the Year or Years with respect to which the Performance Targets are set by the Committee.
“Performance Target(s)” means the specific objective goal or goals (which may be cumulative and/or alternative) that are timely set in writing by the Committee for each Executive for the Performance Period in respect of any one or more of the Business Criteria.
“Plan” means this Annual Bonus Performance Plan for Executive Officers of the Company, as amended from time to time.
“Pre-tax Margin” for any Year means the Income before Taxes of the Company divided by Consolidated Sales of the Company, as reported in the financial statements of the Company for the Year.
“Return on Assets” means Net Income divided by the average of the total assets of the Company at the end of the four fiscal quarters of the Year, as reported by the Company in its consolidated financial statements.
“Return on Equity” means the Net Income divided by the average of the common stockholders’ equity of the Company at the end of each of the four fiscal quarters of the Year, as reported by the Company in its consolidated financial statements.
“Section 162(m)” means Section 162(m) of the Code, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, all as amended from time to time.
“Shares” means shares of common stock of the Company or any securities or property, including rights into which the same may be converted by operation of law or otherwise.
“Valuation” for any Year means the product of consolidated EBIDA, as reported in the financial statements of the Company for the Year, and six.
`”Working Capital” for any Year means the consolidated current assets of the Company less the consolidated current liabilities of the Company, as reported in the financial statements of the Company for the Year.
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“Year” means any one or more fiscal years of the Company commencing on or after January 1, 2018 that represent(s) the applicable Performance Period and end(s) no later than December 31, 2026.
SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
3.1 The Committee. The Plan shall be administered by a Committee consisting of at least one member of the Board of Directors of the Company, duly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company to administer the Plan, who (i)are not eligible to participate in the Plan and (ii)are “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m).
3.2 Powers of the Committee. The Committee shall have the sole authority to establish and administer the Performance Target(s) and the responsibility of determining from among the Executives those persons who will participate in and receive Bonuses under the Plan and, subject to Sections 4 and 5 of the Plan, the amount of such Bonuses, and the time or times at which and the form and manner in which Bonuses will be paid (which may include elective or mandatory deferral alternatives) and shall otherwise be responsible for the administration of the Plan, in accordance with its terms. The Committee shall have the authority to construe and interpret the Plan (except as otherwise provided herein) and any agreement or other document relating to any Bonus under the Plan, may adopt rules and regulations governing the administration of the Plan, and shall exercise all other duties and powers conferred on it by the Plan, or which are incidental or ancillary thereto. For each Performance Period, the Committee shall determine, at the time the Business Criteria and the Performance Target(s) are set, those Executives who are selected as Participants in the Plan.
3.3 Requisite Action. A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. The vote of a majority of those present at a meeting at which a quorum is present or the unanimous written consent of the Committee shall constitute action by the Committee.
3.4 Express Authority (and Limitations on Authority) to Change Terms and Conditions of Bonus; Acceleration or Deferral of Payment. Without limiting the Committee’s authority under other provisions of the Plan, but subject to any express limitations of the Plan and Section 5.8, the Committee shall have the authority to accelerate a Bonus (after the attainment of the applicable Performance Target(s)) and to waive restrictive conditions for a Bonus (including any forfeiture conditions, but not Performance Target(s)), in such circumstances as the Committee deems appropriate. In the case of any acceleration of a Bonus after the attainment of the applicable Performance Target(s), the amount payable shall be discounted to its present value using an interest rate equal to Moody’s Average Corporate Bond Yield for the month preceding the month in which such acceleration occurs. Any deferred payment shall be subject to Section 4.9 and, if applicable, Section 4.10.
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SECTION 4. BONUS PROVISIONS.
4.1 Maximum Total Bonus. In any Year, the aggregate amount of bonuses awarded by the Company to all Participants may not exceed the Bonus Pool. In any year the bonus Pool is the product of 10% and Income before Taxes.
4.2 Provision for Bonus. Each Participant may receive a Bonus if and only if the Performance Target(s) established by the Committee, relative to the applicable Business Criteria, are attained. The applicable Performance Period and Performance Target(s) shall be determined by the Committee consistent with the terms of the Plan and Section 162(m). Notwithstanding the fact that the Performance Target(s) have been attained, the Company may pay a Bonus of less than the amount determined by the formula or standard established pursuant to Section 4.2 or may pay no Bonus at all, unless the Committee otherwise expressly provides by written contract or other written commitment.
4.3 Selection of Performance Target(s). The specific Performance Target(s) with respect to the Business Criteria must be established by the Committee in advance of the deadlines applicable under Section 162(m) and while the performance relating to the Performance Target(s) remains substantially uncertain within the meaning of Section 162(m). At the time the Performance Target(s) are selected, the Committee shall provide, in terms of an objective formula or standard for each Participant, and for any person who may become a Participant after the Performance Target(s) are set, the method of computing the specific amount that will represent the maximum amount of Bonus payable to the Participant if the Performance Target(s) are attained, subject to Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.8, 5.1 and 5.8.
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4.4 Maximum Individual Bonus. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, no Executive shall receive a Bonus under the Plan for the Year in excess of 10% of gross revenue. No Executive shall receive aggregate bonuses under this Plan for the Year in excess of 10% of gross revenue.
4.5 Selection of Participants. For each Performance Period, the Committee shall determine, at the time the Business Criteria and the Performance Target(s) are set, those Executives who will participate in the Plan.
4.6 Effect of Mid-Year Commencement of Service. To the extent compatible with Sections 4.3 and 5.8, if services as an Executive commence after the adoption of the Plan and the Performance Target(s) are established for a Performance Period, the Committee may grant a Bonus that is proportionately adjusted based on the period of actual service during the Year; the amount of any Bonus paid to such person shall not exceed that proportionate amount of the applicable maximum individual bonus under Section 4.1 and 4.4.
4.7 Changes Resulting From Accounting Changes. Subject to Section 5.8, if, after the Performance Target(s) are established for a Performance Period, a change occurs in the applicable accounting principles or practices, the amount of the Bonuses paid under this Plan for such Performance Period shall be determined without regard to such change.
4.8 Committee Discretion to Determine Bonuses. The Committee has the sole discretion to determine the standard or formula pursuant to which each Participant’s Bonus shall be calculated (in accordance with Section 4.3), whether all or any portion of the amount so calculated will be paid, and the specific amount (if any) to be paid to each Participant, subject in all cases to the terms, conditions and limits of the Plan and of any other written commitment authorized by the Committee. To this same extent, the Committee may at any time establish additional conditions and terms of payment of Bonuses (including but not limited to the achievement of other financial, strategic or individual goals, which may be objective or subjective) as it may deem desirable in carrying out the purposes of the Plan and may take into account such other factors as it deems appropriate in administering any aspect of the Plan. The Committee may not, however, increase the maximum amount permitted to be paid to any individual under Section 4.3 or 4.4 of the Plan or award a Bonus under this Plan if the applicable Performance Target(s) have not been satisfied.
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4.9 Committee Certification. No Executive shall receive any payment under the Plan unless the Committee has certified, by resolution or other appropriate action in writing, that the amount thereof has been accurately determined in accordance with the terms, conditions and limits of the Plan and that the Performance Target(s) and any other material terms previously established by the Committee or set forth in the Plan were in fact satisfied.
4.10 Time of Payment; Deferred Amounts. Any Bonuses granted by the Committee under the Plan shall be paid as soon as practicable following the Committee’s determinations under this Section 4 and the certification of the Committee’s findings under Section 4.9. Any such payment shall be in cash or cash equivalent or in such other form of equal value on such payment date as the Committee may approve or require. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion (but subject to any prior written commitments and to any conditions consistent with Sections 3.4, 4.1, 4.4 and 5.8 that it deems appropriate), defer the payout or vesting of any Bonus and/or provide to Participants the opportunity to elect to defer the payment of any Bonus under a nonqualified deferred compensation plan. In the case of any deferred payment of a Bonus after the attainment of the applicable Performance Target(s), any amount in excess of the amount otherwise payable shall be based on either Moody’s Average Corporate Bond Yield over the deferral period or one or more predetermined actual investments (including Shares) such that the amount payable at the later date will be based upon actual returns, including any decrease or increase in the value of the investment(s), unless the alternative deferred payment is otherwise exempt from the limitations under Section 162(m).
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SECTION 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS
5.1 No Right to Bonus or Continued Employment. Neither the establishment of the Plan nor the provision for or payment of any amounts hereunder nor any action of the Company (including, for purposes of this Section 5.1, any predecessor or subsidiary), the Board of Directors of the Company or the Committee in respect of the Plan, shall be held or construed to confer upon any person any legal right to receive, or any interest in, a Bonus or any other benefit under the Plan, or any legal right to be continued in the employ of the Company. The Company expressly reserves any and all rights to discharge an Executive in its sole discretion, without liability of any person, entity or governing body under the Plan or otherwise. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof and notwithstanding the fact that the Performance Target(s) have been attained and/or the individual maximum amounts pursuant to Section 4.2 have been calculated, the Company shall have no obligation to pay any Bonus hereunder nor to pay the maximum amount so calculated or any prorated amount based on service during the period, unless the Committee otherwise expressly provides by written contract or other written commitment.
5.2 Discretion of Company, Board of Directors and Committee. Any decision made or action taken by the Company or by the Board of Directors of the Company or by the Committee arising out of or in connection with the creation, amendment, construction, administration, interpretation and effect of the Plan shall be within the absolute discretion of such entity and shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons. No member of the Committee shall have any liability for actions taken or omitted under the Plan by the member or any other person.
5.3 Absence of Liability. A member of the Board of Directors of the Company or a member of the Committee of the Company or any officer of the Company shall not be liable for any act or inaction hereunder, whether of commission or omission.
5.4 No Funding of Plan. The Company shall not be required to fund or otherwise segregate any cash or any other assets which may at any time be paid to Participants under the Plan. The Plan shall constitute an “unfunded” plan of the Company. The Company shall not, by any provisions of the Plan, be deemed to be a trustee of any property, and any obligations of the Company to any Participant under the Plan shall be those of a debtor and any rights of any participant or former Participant shall be no greater than those of a general unsecured creditor.
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5.5 Non-Transferability of Benefits and Interests. Except as expressly provided by the Committee, no benefit payable under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, and any such attempted action be void and no such benefit shall be in any manner liable for or subject to debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of any Participant or former Participant. This Section 5.5 shall not apply to an assignment of a contingency or payment due after the death of the Executive to the deceased Executive’s legal representative or beneficiary.
5.6 Law to Govern. All questions pertaining to the construction, regulation, validity and effect of the provisions of the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Wyoming.
5.7 Non-Exclusivity. Subject to Section 5.8, the Plan does not limit the authority of the Company, the Board or the Committee, or any subsidiary of the Company to grant awards or authorize any other compensation under any other plan or authority, including, without limitation, awards or other compensation based on the same Performance Target(s) used under the Plan. In addition, Executives not selected to participate in the Plan may participate in other plans of the Company.
5.8 Section 162(m) Conditions; Bifurcation of Plan. It is the intent of the Company that the Plan and Bonuses paid hereunder satisfy and be interpreted in a manner, that, in the case of Participants who are or may be persons whose compensation is subject to Section 162(m), satisfies any applicable requirements as performance-based compensation. Any provision, application or interpretation of the Plan inconsistent with this intent to satisfy the standards in Section 162(m) of the Code shall be disregarded. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the provisions of the Plan may at any time be bifurcated by the Board or the Committee in any manner so that certain provisions of the Plan or any Bonus intended (or required in order) to satisfy the applicable requirements of Section 162(m) are only applicable to persons whose compensation is subject to Section 162(m).
SECTION 6. AMENDMENTS, SUSPENSION
OR TERMINATION OF PLAN
The Board of Directors or the Committee may from time to time amend, suspend or terminate in whole or in part, and if suspended or terminated, may reinstate, any or all of the provisions of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment may be effective without Board of Directors and/or shareholder approval if such approval is necessary to comply with the applicable rules of Section 162(m) of the Code.
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CERTIFICATION
The undersigned Secretary of the Company certifies that the foregoing constitutes a complete and correct copy of the Plan as amended on April 26, 2018 by the Board of Directors of Soligen Technologies, Inc.
| /s/ Gary Grimshaw | |
| Secretary | |
| Date: April 26, 2018 |
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SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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Gary Grimshaw – President
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THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), effective as of the Effective Date (as defined below), is entered into by and between Soligen Technologies, Inc., a Wyoming corporation (the “Company”), and Gary Grimshaw (the “Executive”).
WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ the Executive and to enter into an agreement embodying the terms of such employment; and
WHEREAS, the Executive desires to accept employment with the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
1. Employment Period. Subject to the provisions for earlier termination hereinafter provided, the Executive’s employment hereunder shall be for a term (the “Employment Period”) commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Initial Termination Date”); provided, however, that this Agreement shall be automatically extended for one additional year on the Initial Termination Date and on each subsequent anniversary of the Initial Termination Date, unless either the Executive or the Company elects not to so extend the term of the Agreement by notifying the other party, in writing, of such election not less than sixty (60) days prior to the last day of the term as then in effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Effective Date” shall mean the date written below.
2. Terms of Employment.
(a) Position and Duties.
(i) During the Employment Period, the Executive shall serve as Chairman and President of the Company and shall perform such employment duties as are usual and customary for such positions. At the Company’s request, the Executive shall serve the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates in other offices and capacities in addition to the foregoing. In the event that the Executive, during the Employment Period, serves in any one or more of such additional capacities, the Executive’s compensation shall not be increased beyond that specified in Section 2(b) of this Agreement. In addition, in the event the Executive’s service in one or more of such additional capacities is terminated, the Executive’s compensation, as specified in Section 2(b) of this Agreement, shall not be diminished or reduced in any manner as a result of such termination for so long as the Executive otherwise remains employed under the terms of this Agreement.
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(ii) During the Employment Period and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote appropriate attention and time during normal business hours to the business and affairs of the Company. During the Employment Period it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the Executive to (A) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees, (B) fulfill limited teaching, speaking and writing engagements or (C) manage his personal investments, so long as such activities do not significantly interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities as an employee of the Company in accordance with this Agreement and (D) undertake other business responsibilities. It is expressly understood and agreed that to the extent that any such activities have been conducted by the Executive prior to the Effective Date, the continued conduct of such activities (or the conduct of activities similar in nature and scope thereto) subsequent to the Effective Date shall not thereafter be deemed to interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities to Company; provided that no such activity that violates any written non-competition agreement between the parties shall be permitted.
(b) Compensation.
(i) In consideration of the performance of all of the duties and obligations to be performed by the Executive hereunder, the Company agrees to pay and the Executive agrees to accept, for the each year of the Employment Agreement a salary at an annual rate of $300,000.00 (the “Salary”), payable in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices as from time to time in effect, less all withholdings and other deductions required to be deducted in accordance with any applicable federal, state, local or foreign law, rule or regulation.
(ii) Annual Bonus. In addition to the Base Salary, the Executive shall be eligible to earn, for each fiscal year of the Company ending during the Employment Period, an annual cash performance bonus annual Bonus”) under the Company’s bonus plan or plans applicable to senior executives. The amount of the Annual Bonus and the target performance goals applicable to the Annual Bonus shall be determined in accordance with the terms and conditions of such bonus plan as in effect from time to time.
(iii) Incentive, Savings and Retirement Plans. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all other incentive plans, practices, policies and programs, and all savings and retirement plans, practices, policies and programs, in each case that are applicable generally to senior executives of the Company.
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(iv) Welfare Benefit Plans. During the Employment Period, the Executive and the Executive’s eligible family members shall be eligible for participation in the welfare benefit plans, practices, policies and programs (including, if applicable, medical, dental, disability, employee life, group life and accidental death insurance plans and programs) maintained by the Company for its senior executives.
(v) Expenses. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable business expenses incurred by the Executive in accordance with the policies, practices and procedures of the Company provided to senior executives of the Company.
(vi) Fringe Benefits. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to such fringe benefits and perquisites as are provided by the Company to its senior executives from time to time, in accordance with the policies, practices and procedures of the Company, and shall receive such additional fringe benefits and perquisites as the Company may, in its discretion, from time-to-time provide.
(vii) Vacation. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the plans, policies, programs and practices of the Company applicable to its senior executives.
(viii) Additional Payments. The amount of compensation payable to Executive pursuant to Sections 2(b)(i) and (ii) above shall be “grossed up” as necessary (on an after-tax basis) to compensate for any additional social security withholding taxes due as a result of Executive’s shared employment by any subsidiary and/or affiliate of the Company, the Company, if applicable.
(ix.) In consideration of the Executive’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall issue to the Executive options to purchase common stock of the Company as set forth below. All of the options set forth in this Section 2(b)(ix) shall fully vest upon the entry into and execution of this Agreement. The Company shall use its best efforts to have all shares underlying these options to be freely trading shares upon exercise of such options and covenants that failure to do so, or failure to do so within a timely period following execution of this Agreement, shall constitute “Good Reason” for purposes of this agreement:
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| Number of Shares | Strike Price | Vesting Date | Term | |||||||||
| 50,000,000 | $ | 0.002 | Immediately | 5 years | ||||||||
3. Termination of Employment.
(a) Death or Disability. The Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s death or Disability during the Employment Period. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean the absence of the Executive from the Executive’s duties with the Company on a full-time basis for 90 consecutive days or on a total of 180 days in any 12-month period, in either case as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness which is determined to be total and permanent by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and acceptable to the Executive or the Executive’s legal representative.
(b) Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for Cause or without Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the following events unless the Executive fully corrects the circumstances constituting Cause within a reasonable period of time after receipt of the Notice of Termination (as defined below):
(i) the Executive’s willful and continued failure to substantially perform his duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness or any such actual or anticipated failure after his issuance of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason), after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by the Board, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that the Executive has not substantially performed his duties;
(ii) the Executive’s willful commission of an act of fraud or dishonesty resulting in economic or financial injury to the Company;
(iii) the Executive’s conviction of, or entry by the Executive of a guilty plea to the commission of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude;
(iv) a willful breach by the Executive of his fiduciary duty to the Company which results in economic or other injury to the Company; or
(v) the Executive’s willful and material breach of the Executive’s covenants set forth in Section 9 hereof.
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For purposes of this provision, no act or failure to act, on the part of the Executive, shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Executive’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Company. The cessation of employment of the Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Executive and the Executive is given an opportunity, together with counsel for the Executive, to be heard before the Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, the Executive is guilty of any of the conduct described in Section 3(b), and specifying the particulars thereof in detail; provided, that if the Executive is a member of the Board, the Executive shall not vote on such resolution nor shall the Executive be counted in determining the “entire membership” of the Board.
(c) Good Reason. The Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Executive for Good Reason or by the Executive without Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the following events without the Executive’s prior written consent, unless the Company fully corrects the circumstances constituting Good Reason (provided such circumstances are capable of correction) prior to the Date of Termination (as defined below):
(i) the assignment to the Executive of any duties materially inconsistent in any respect with the Executive’s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by Section 2 of this Agreement, or any other action by the Company which results in a material diminution in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities, excluding for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive;
(ii) the Company’s reduction of the Executive’s annual base salary or bonus opportunity, each as in effect on the date hereof or as the same may be increased from time to time;
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(iii) the relocation of the Company’s offices at which the Executive is principally employed (the “Principal Location”) to a location more than thirty (30) miles from such location, or the Company’s requiring the Executive to be based at a location more than thirty (30) miles from the Principal Location, except for required travel on the Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent with the Executive’s present business travel obligations;
(iv) the Company’s failure to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 10 hereof; or
(v) the Company’s failure to cure a material breach of its obligations under the Agreement after written notice is delivered to the Board by the Executive which specifically identifies the manner in which the Executive believes that the Company has breached its obligations under the Agreement and the Company is given a reasonable opportunity to cure any such breach.
(d) Notice of Termination. Any termination by the Company for Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason, shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other parties hereto given in accordance with Section 12(c) of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” means a written notice which (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the Date of Termination (as defined below) is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date (which date shall be not more than thirty days after the giving of such notice). The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company, respectively, hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company, respectively, from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder.
(e) Date of Termination. “Date of Termination” means (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination or any later date specified therein (which date shall not be more than 30 days after the giving of such notice), as the case may be, (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the Company notifies the Executive of such termination, (iii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Executive without Good Reason, the Date of Termination shall be the tenth day after the date on which the Executive notifies the Company of such termination, unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the Executive, and (iv) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date of death or Disability of the Executive, as the case may be.
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4. Obligations of the Company upon Termination.
(a) Without Cause or For Good Reason. If, during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate the Executive’s employment without Cause or the Executive shall terminate his employment for Good Reason:
(i) The Executive shall be paid, in a single lump sum payment within 60 days after the Date of Termination, the aggregate amount of (A) the Executive’s earned but unpaid Base Salary and accrued vacation pay through the Date of Termination, and any Annual bonus required to be paid to the Executive pursuant to Section 2(b)(ii) above for any fiscal year of the Company that ends on or before the Date of Termination to the extent not previously paid (the “Accrued Obligations”), and (B) two (the “Severance Multiple”) times the sum of (x) the annual Base Salary in effect on the Termination Date plus (y) the average Annual Bonus received by the Executive for the three complete fiscal years (or such lesser number of years as the Executive has been employed by the Company) of the Company immediately prior to the Termination Date (the “Severance Amount”);
(ii) At the time when annual bonuses are paid to the Company’s other senior executives for the fiscal year of the Company in which the Date of Termination occurs, the Executive shall be paid an Annual Bonus in an amount equal to the product of (x) the amount of the Annual Bonus to which the Executive would have been entitled if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated, and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in such fiscal year through the Date of Termination and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such fiscal year (a “Pro-Rated Annual Bonus”);
(iii) For a period of years equal to the Severance Multiple, the Company shall continue to provide the Executive and the Executive’s eligible family members with group health insurance coverage at least equal to that which would have been provided to them if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated; provided, however, that if the Executive becomes re-employed with another employer and is eligible to receive group health insurance coverage under another employer’s plans, the Company’s obligations under this Section 4(a)(iii) shall be reduced to the extent comparable coverage is actually provided to the Executive and the Executive’s eligible family members, and any such coverage shall be reported by the Executive to the Company.
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(iv) The Company shall, at its sole expense and on an as-incurred basis, provide the Executive with outplacement services the scope and provider of which shall be reasonable and consistent with industry practice for similarly situated executives; and
(v) To the extent not theretofore paid or provided, the Company shall timely pay or provide to the Executive any vested benefits and other amounts or benefits required to be paid or provided or which the Executive is eligible to receive under any plan, program, policy or practice or contract or agreement of the Company and its affiliates (such other amounts and benefits shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Other Benefits”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall be a condition to the Executive’s right to receive the amounts provided for in Sections 4(a)(i)(B) and 4(a)(ii), (iii) and (iv) above that the Executive execute, deliver to the Company and not revoke a release of claims in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(b) For Cause or Without Good Reason. If the Executive’s employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason during the Employment Period, the Company shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement other than pursuant to Sections 7 and 8 hereof, and the obligation to pay to the Executive the Accrued Obligations in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination and to provide the Other Benefits.
(c) Death or Disability. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s death or Disability during the Employment Period:
(i) The Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries or to the Executive, as applicable, in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination;
(ii) 100% of the Executive’s annual Base Salary, as in effect on the Date of Termination, shall be paid to the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries or to the Executive, as applicable, in cash within 30 days following the Date of Termination;
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(iii) The Pro-Rated Annual Bonus shall be paid to the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries or to the Executive, as applicable, at the time when annual bonuses are paid to the Company’s other senior executives for the fiscal year of the Company in which the Date of Termination occurs;
(iv) For a period of twelve months following the Date of Termination, the Executive and the Executive’s eligible family members shall continue to be provided with group health insurance coverage at least equal to that which would have been provided to them if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated; provided, however, that if the Executive becomes re-employed with another employer and is eligible to receive group health insurance coverage under another employer’s plans, the Company’s obligations under this Section 4(d)(iv) shall be reduced to the extent comparable coverage is actually provided to the Executive and the Executive’s eligible family members, and any such coverage shall be reported by the Executive to the Company; and
(v) The Other Benefits shall be paid or provided to the Executive on a timely basis.
5. Termination Upon a Change in Control. If a Change in Control (as defined herein) occurs during the Employment Period and the Executive’s employment is terminated (a) by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason, in each case within two (2) years after the effective date of the Change in Control or (b) by the Executive for any reason on or within 30 days after the one year anniversary of the effective date of the Change in Control, then the Executive shall be entitled to the payments and benefits provided in Section 4(a), subject to the terms and conditions thereof, except that for purposes of this Section 5, the Severance Multiple shall equal three (3). In addition, in the event of such a termination of the Executive’s employment, all outstanding stock options, restricted stock and other equity awards granted to the Executive under any of the Company’s equity incentive plans (or awards substituted therefore covering the securities of a successor company) shall become immediately vested and exercisable in full. For purposes of this Agreement, “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any “person” or “group” (as those terms are defined in Sections 3(a)(9), 13(d), and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules thereunder) of “beneficial ownership” (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (“voting securities”) of the Company that represent 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities, other than
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(A) an acquisition of securities by a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any person controlled by the Company or by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any person controlled by the Company, or
(B) an acquisition of securities by the Company or a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the stock of the Company, or
(C) an acquisition of securities pursuant to a transaction described in clause (iii) below that would not be a Change in Control under clause (iii), or
(D) any direct or indirect acquisition of securities by the Executive or his family, or any entity controlled thereby;
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following event shall not constitute an “acquisition” by any person or group for purposes of this clause (i): an acquisition of the Company’s securities by the Company which causes the Company’s voting securities beneficially owned by a person or group to represent 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities; provided, however, that if a person or group shall become the beneficial owner of 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities by reason of share acquisitions by the Company as described above and shall, after such share acquisitions by the Company, become the beneficial owner of any additional voting securities of the Company, then such acquisition shall constitute a Change in Control;
(ii) individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election by the Company’s shareholders, or nomination for election by the Board, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Board;
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(iii) the consummation by the Company (whether directly involving the Company or indirectly involving the Company through one or more intermediaries) of (x) a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or business combination or (y) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or (z) the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity, in each case, other than a transaction
(A) which results in the Company’s voting securities outstanding immediately before the transaction continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the Company or the person that, as a result of the transaction, controls, directly or indirectly, the Company or owns, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or otherwise succeeds to the business of the Company (the Company or such person, the “Successor Entity”)) directly or indirectly, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity’s outstanding voting securities immediately after the transaction, and
(B) after which no person or group beneficially owns voting securities representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity; provided, however, that no person or group shall be treated for purposes of this clause (B) as beneficially owning 35% or more of combined voting power of the Successor Entity solely as a result of the voting power held in the Company prior to the consummation of the transaction; or
(iv) approval by the Company’s shareholders of a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
For purposes of clause (i) above, the calculation of voting power shall be made as if the date of the acquisition were a record date for a vote of the Company’s shareholders, and for purposes of clause (iii) above, the calculation of voting power shall be made as if the date of the consummation of the transaction were a record date for a vote of the Company’s shareholders.
6. Non-exclusivity of Rights. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive’s continuing or future participation in any plan, program, policy or practice provided by the Company and for which the Executive may qualify, nor shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive may have under any contract or agreement with the Company. Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of or any contract or agreement with the Company at or subsequent to the Date of Termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program or contract or agreement except as explicitly modified by this Agreement.
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7. Full Settlement. The Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Company may have against the Executive or others. In no event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement and except as expressly provided, such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Executive obtains other employment. The Company agrees to pay as incurred (within 30 days following the Company’s receipt of an invoice from the Executive), to the full extent permitted by law, all reasonable legal fees and expenses which the Executive or his beneficiaries may reasonably incur as a result of any contest (regardless of the outcome thereof) by the Company, the Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive or his beneficiaries about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement), plus in each case interest on any delayed payment at the applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code. The preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to any such contest if the court having jurisdiction over such contest determines that the Executive’s claim in such contest is frivolous or maintained in bad faith.
8. Certain Additional Payments by the Company.
(a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding and except as set forth below, in the event it shall be determined that any Payment would be subject to the Excise Tax, then the Executive shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (the “Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment”) in an amount such that, after payment by the Executive of all taxes (and any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including, without limitation, any income taxes (and any interest and penalties imposed with respect thereto) and Excise Tax imposed upon the Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains an amount of the Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the Payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8(a), if it shall be determined that the Executive is entitled to the Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment, but that the Parachute Value of all Payments does not exceed 110% of the Safe Harbor Amount, then no Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment shall be made to the Executive and the amounts payable under this Agreement shall be reduced so that the Parachute Value of all Payments, in the aggregate, equals the Safe Harbor Amount. The reduction of the amounts payable hereunder, if applicable, shall be made by first reducing the payments under Section 4(a)(i), unless an alternative method of reduction is elected by the Executive, and in any event shall be made in such a manner as to maximize the Value of all Payments actually made to the Executive. For purposes of reducing the Payments to the Safe Harbor Amount, only amounts payable under this Agreement (and no other Payments) shall be reduced. If the reduction of the amount payable under this Agreement would not result in a reduction of the Parachute Value of all Payments to the Safe Harbor Amount, no amounts payable under the Agreement shall be reduced pursuant to this Section 8(a). The Company’s obligation to make Excise Tax Gross-Up Payments under this Section 8 shall not be conditioned upon the Executive’s termination of employment.
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(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 8(c), all determinations required to be made under this Section 8, including whether and when an Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment is required, the amount of such Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by such nationally recognized accounting firm as may be selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Executive (the “Accounting Firm”); provided, that the Accounting Firm’s determination shall be made based upon “substantial authority” within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code. The Accounting Firm shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive within 15 business days of the receipt of notice from the Executive that there has been a Payment or such earlier time as is requested by the Company. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. Any Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment, as determined pursuant to this Section 8, shall be paid by the Company to the Executive within five days of the receipt of the Accounting Firm’s determination. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive, unless the Company obtains an opinion of outside legal counsel, based upon at least “substantial authority” within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code, reaching a different determination, in which event such legal opinion shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that Excise Tax Gross-Up Payments that will not have been made by the Company should have been made (the “Underpayment”), consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event the Company exhausts its remedies pursuant to Section 8(c) and the Executive thereafter is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm shall determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive.
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(c) The Executive shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require the payment by the Company of the Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment. Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable, but no later than 10 business days after the Executive is informed in writing of such claim. The Executive shall apprise the Company of the nature of such claim and the date on which such claim is requested to be paid. The Executive shall not pay such claim prior to the expiration of the 30-day period following the date on which the Executive gives such notice to the Company (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such claim is due). If the Company notifies the Executive in writing prior to the expiration of such period that the Company desires to contest such claim, the Executive shall:
(i) give the Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such claim,
(ii) take such action in connection with contesting such claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company,
(iii) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order effectively to contest such claim, and
(iv) permit the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such claim;
provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest, and shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest and penalties) imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses. Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this Section 8(c), the Company shall control all proceedings taken in connection with such contest, and, at its sole discretion, may pursue or forgo any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the applicable taxing authority in respect of such claim and may, at its sole discretion, either direct the Executive to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the claim in any permissible manner, and the Executive agrees to prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Company shall determine; provided, however, that, if the Company directs the Executive to pay such claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment to the Executive, on an interest-free basis, and shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest or penalties) imposed with respect to such advance or with respect to any imputed income in connection with such advance; and provided, further, that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year of the Executive with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount. Furthermore, the Company’s control of the contest shall be limited to issues with respect to which the Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment would be payable hereunder, and the Executive shall be entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any other issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority.
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(d) If, after the receipt by the Executive of an Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment or an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 8(c), the Executive becomes entitled to receive any refund with respect to the Excise Tax to which such Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment relates or with respect to such claim, the Executive shall (subject to the Company’s complying with the requirements of Section 8(c), if applicable) promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto). If, after the receipt by the Executive of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 8(c), a determination is made that the Executive shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to such claim and the Company does not notify the Executive in writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund prior to the expiration of 30 days after such determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid and the amount of such advance shall offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment required to be paid.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8, the Company may, in its sole discretion, withhold and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service or any other applicable taxing authority, for the benefit of the Executive, all or any portion of any Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment, and the Executive hereby consents to such withholding.
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(f) Any other liability for unpaid or unwithheld Excise Taxes shall be borne exclusively by the Company, in accordance with Section 3403 of the Code. The foregoing sentence shall not in any manner relieve the Company of any of its obligations under this Employment Agreement.
(g) Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings for poses of this Section 8:
(i) “Excise Tax” shall mean the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, together with any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such excise tax.
(ii) “Parachute Value” of a Payment shall mean the present value as of the date of the change of control for purposes of Section 280G of the Code of the portion of such Payment that constitutes a “parachute payment” under Section 280G(b)(2), as determined by the Accounting Firm for purposes of determining whether and to what extent the Excise Tax will apply to such Payment.
(iii) A “Payment” shall mean any payment or distribution in the nature of compensation (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code) to or for the benefit of the Executive, whether paid or payable pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise.
(iv) The “Safe Harbor Amount” shall mean 2.99 times the Executive’s “base amount,” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code.
(v) “Value” of a Payment shall mean the economic present value of a Payment as of the date of the change of control for purposes of Section 280G of the Code, as determined by the Accounting Firm using the discount rate required by Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code.
9. Confidential Information and Non-Solicitation.
(a) In no event shall an asserted violation of the provisions of this Section 9 constitute a basis for deferring or withholding any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive under this Agreement. However, in recognition of the facts that irreparable injury will result to the Company in the event of a breach by the Executive of his obligations under Sections 9(a) and (b) of this Agreement, that monetary damages for such breach would not be readily calculable, and that the Company would not have an adequate remedy at law therefor, the Executive acknowledges, consents and agrees that in the event of such breach, or the threat thereof, the Company shall be entitled, in addition to any other legal remedies and damages available, to specific performance thereof and to temporary and permanent injunctive relief (without the necessity of posting a bond) to restrain the violation or threatened violation of such obligations by the Executive.
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(b) The Employee shall, at all times during and subsequent to the Term, keep secret and retain in strictest confidence all confidential matters of the Company, and the “know-how”, trade secrets, technical processes, inventions, equipment specifications, equipment designs, plans, drawings, research projects, confidential client lists, details of client, subcontractor or consultant contracts, pricing policies, operational methods, marketing plans and strategies, project development, acquisition and bidding techniques and plans, business acquisition plans, and new personnel acquisition plans of the Company and its subsidiaries and divisions (whether now known or hereafter learned by the Employee), except to the extent that (i) such information is generally available to the public without restriction, (ii) the Employee obtains confidentiality agreements with respect to such confidential information, (iii) the Employee is requested by the Board of Directors of the Company or a Committee thereof, or by the Chairman of the Company, to disclose such confidential information, (iv) such information is provided to a customer of the Company pursuant to a request received from such customer in the ordinary course of business, or (v) the Employee is under compulsion of either a court order or a governmental agency’s or authority’s inquiry, order or request to so disclose such information.
(c) Property of the Company.
(i) Except as otherwise provided herein, all lists, records and other non-personal documents or papers (and all copies thereof) relating to the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries or divisions, including such items stored in computer memories, on microfiche or by any other means, made or compiled by or on behalf of the Employee, or made available to the Employee, are and shall be the property of the Company, and shall be delivered to the Company on the date of termination of the Employee’s employment with the Company, or sooner upon request of the Company at any time or from time to time.
(ii) All inventions, including any procedures, formulas, methods, processes, uses, apparatuses, patterns, designs, plans, drawings, devices or configurations of any kind, any and all improvements to them which are developed, discovered, made or produced, and all trade secrets and information used by the Company and/or its subsidiaries and divisions (including, without limitation, any such matters created or developed by the Employee during the term of this Agreement), shall be the exclusive property of the Company or the subject subsidiary, and shall be delivered to the Company or the subject subsidiary (without the Employee retaining any copies, components or records thereof) on the date of termination of the Employee’s employment with the Company; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to grant to the Company any property rights in any inventions or other intellectual property which may at any time be developed by the Employee which is wholly unrelated to any business then engaged in or under development by the Company.
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(d) The Employee shall not, at any time (whether during the term of this Agreement or at any time thereafter), directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of any business enterprise other than the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates, solicit any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to leave his or her employment with the Company or such subsidiary, or encourage any such employee to leave such employment, without the prior written approval of the Company in each instance.
(e) Non-Competition. For so long as the Employee shall be receiving any compensation or remuneration under this Agreement, and for a further period of one (1) year thereafter, the Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, whether individually or as an employee, stockholder (other than the passive ownership of up to 5% of the capital stock of a publicly traded corporation), partner, joint venturer, agent or other representative of any other person, firm or corporation, engage or have any interest in any business (other than the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates) which, in any country in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or divisions does or solicits business during the Term, is engaged in or derives any revenues from performing any functionally equivalent services or marketing any functionally equivalent products as those services provided and products marketed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or divisions during the Term.
(f) Severability of Covenants. The Employee acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of this Section 9 of this Agreement are (a) made in consideration of the premises and undertakings of the Company set forth herein, (b) made for good, valuable and adequate consideration received and to be received by the Employee, and (c) reasonable and necessary, in terms of the time, geographic scope and nature of the restrictions, for the protection of the Company and the business and good will thereof. It is intended that the provisions of this Section 9 be fully severable, and in the event that any of the foregoing restrictions, or any portion of the foregoing restrictions, shall be deemed contrary to law, invalid or unenforceable in any respect by any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction, then such restrictions shall be deemed to be amended, modified and reduced in scope and effect, as to duration and/or geographic area, only to that extent necessary to render same valid and enforceable (and in such reduced form, such provisions shall then be enforceable), and any other of the foregoing restrictions shall be unaffected and shall remain in full force and effect.
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(g) Equitable Remedies. The parties hereby acknowledge that, in the event of any breach or threatened breach by the Employee of the provisions of this Section 9, the Company will suffer irreparable harm and will not have an adequate remedy at law. Accordingly, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Company may seek and obtain appropriate equitable relief to restrain or enjoin such breach or threatened breach and/or to compel compliance herewith.
(h) Trade Secrets. The Parties hereby agree and stipulate that any confidential information of the Parties shall be deemed a “trade secret” as that term is defined under the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (the “Act”), and further agree and stipulate that the Parties by this Agreement have taken all reasonable steps under the Act to keep such information secret.
10. Successors.
(a) This Agreement is personal to the Executive and without the prior written consent of the Company shall not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s legal representatives.
(b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns.
(c) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.
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11. Payment of Financial Obligations. The payment or provision to the Executive by the Company of any remuneration, benefits or other financial obligations pursuant to this Agreement shall be allocated to the Company and, if applicable, any subsidiary and/or affiliate thereof from time to time.
12. Miscellaneous.
(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise than by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives.
(b) Arbitration. Except as set forth in Section 9(c) above, any disagreement, dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the interpretation of this Agreement or any arrangements relating to this Agreement or contemplated in this Agreement or the breach, termination or invalidity thereof shall be settled by final and binding arbitration administered by the America Arbitration Association in Boca Raton, Florida in accordance with the then existing American Arbitration Association Rules and Procedures for Employment Disputes. In the event of such an arbitration proceeding, the Executive and the Company shall select a mutually acceptable neutral arbitrator from among the American Arbitration Association panel of arbitrators. In the event the Executive and the Company cannot agree on an arbitrator, the Administrator of American Arbitration Association will appoint an arbitrator. Neither the Executive nor the Company nor the arbitrator shall disclose the existence, content, or results of any arbitration hereunder without the prior written consent of all parties. Except as provided herein, the Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement and all proceedings. The arbitrator shall apply the substantive law (and the law of remedies, if applicable) of the state of Florida, or federal law, or both, as applicable, and the arbitrator is without jurisdiction to apply any different substantive law. The arbitrator shall have the authority to entertain a motion to dismiss and/or a motion for summary judgment by any party and shall apply the standards governing such motions under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The arbitrator shall render an award and a written, reasoned opinion in support thereof. Judgment upon the award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
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(c) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the Executive: at the Executive’s most recent address on the records of the Company,
If to the Company: at the Company’s principal offices, attention of the Company’s Secretary and President.
or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective hen actually received by the addressee.
(d) Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Company determines, in its good faith judgment, that any transfer or deemed transfer of funds hereunder is likely to be construed as a personal loan prohibited by Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, then such transfer or deemed transfer shall not be made to the extent necessary or appropriate so as not to violate the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(e) Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.
(f) Withholding. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal, state, local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company may, in its sole discretion, withhold and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service or any other applicable taxing authority, for the benefit of the Executive, all or any portion of any Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment, and the Executive hereby consents to such withholding.
(g) No Waiver. The Executive’s or the Company’s failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or the failure to assert any right the Executive or the Company may have hereunder, including, without limitation, the right of the Executive to terminate employment for Good Reason pursuant to Section 3(c) of this Agreement, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement.
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(h) Entire Agreement. As of the Effective Date, this Agreement, together with any non-competition agreement between the parties, constitutes the final, complete and exclusive agreement between the Executive and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and replaces and supersedes any and all other agreements, offers or promises, whether oral or written, made to you by any related entity, or representative of the Company or the transactions related thereto. The Executive agrees that any such agreement, offer or promise between the Executive and Employer (or any representative thereof) is hereby terminated and will be of no further force or effect, and the Executive acknowledges and agrees that upon his execution of this Agreement, he will have no right or interest in or with respect to any such agreement, offer or promise. In the event that the Effective Date does not occur, this Agreement (including, without limitation, the immediately preceding sentence) shall have no force or effect.
(i) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set the Executive’s hand and, pursuant to the authorization from the Board, the Company has caused these presents to be executed in its name on its behalf, all as of the day and year written below.
SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
A Wyoming Corporation
| By: | /s/ Gary Grimshaw | |
| Name: | Gary Grimshaw | |
| Title: | President |
| EXECUTIVE | |
| /s/ Gary Grimshaw | |
| Gary Grimshaw | |
| EFFECTIVE DATE: | |
| Dated: April 24, 2018 |
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CONSULTING AGREEMENT
This Consulting Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 24th day of April 2018, by and between Soligen Technologies, Inc., a Wyoming corporation whose address is 30 N Gould St., Suite R, Sheridan, WY 82801 (the “Company”) and Jimmy Wayne Anderson (the “Consultant”), in his individual capacity, whose address is 244 2nd Ave N, Suite 9, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 (individually, a “Party”; collectively, the “Parties”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Consultant has significant experience in raising capital for publicly traded companies and document preparation and the Company is in need of continued support in this area after the Consultant’s recent resignation as its sole Director.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained, the Parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. CONDITIONS. This Agreement will not take effect, and Consultant will have no obligation to provide any service whatsoever, unless and until the Company sends a signed copy of this Agreement to Consultant (either by mail or facsimile copy). The Company shall be truthful with Consultant in regard to any relevant material regarding the Company, verbally or otherwise, or this entire Agreement will terminate and all consideration paid shall be forfeited without further notice.
Upon execution of this Agreement, the Company agrees to cooperate with Consultant in carrying out the purposes of this Agreement, keep Consultant informed of any developments of importance pertaining to the Company’s business and abide by this Agreement in its entirety.
2. TERM OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall be in full force and effect commencing on April 24, 2018 and shall remain in effect for the earlier of 2 months or until the Consultant’s services are completed. Either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement without notice in the event of the bankruptcy, insolvency, or assignment for the benefit of creditors of the other Party. Either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement with notice, and the effective date of termination shall be the date such notice is received (by mail, overnight delivery, or fax) by the terminated Party.
3. CONSULTING SERVICES. During the term of this Agreement, Consultant will perform the services described below (the “Consulting Services”) for the Company.
| (a) | Transactional Business |
| (i) | Assist the Company in document preparation for a Regulation A Offering; and | |
| (ii) | Assist the Company in financing transactions in addition to the Regulation A Offering; and | |
| (iii) | Assist the company in the preparation of documents; i.e. Board resolutions, state filings, corporate minutes and other such documents the Consultant may have expertise. |
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4. STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE. Consultant shall devote such time and efforts to the affairs of the Company as is reasonably necessary to render the services contemplated by this Agreement. Consultant is not responsible for the performance of any services that may be rendered hereunder if the Company fails to provide the requested information in writing prior thereto. The services of Consultant shall not include the rendering of any legal opinions or the performance of any work that is in the ordinary purview of a certified public accountant. Consultant cannot guarantee results on behalf of the Company, but shall use commercially reasonable efforts in providing the services listed above. Consultant’s duty is to identify prospective acquisition/joint venture companies for the Company. Consultant will in no way act as a “broker-dealer” under state securities laws. Because all final decisions pertaining to any particular investment are to be made by the Company, the Company may be required to communicate directly with potential acquisition/joint venture prospective companies.
5. COMPENSATION TO CONSULTANT. As Consultant’s entire compensation for its performance under this agreement, the Company shall pay Consultant $45,000.00. Compensation shall be deemed as fully earned upon execution of the Agreement. Consultant agrees to be paid out of funds received by the Company from any financing transaction. The Company agrees to pay Consultant first out of any funds received by the Company in a financing transaction whether or not introduced by the Consultant or not. The Company shall issue the Consultant a Convertible Note in the amount of Forty-Five Thousand and NO/100 Dollars ($45,000). The Consultant will be solely responsible for all tax returns and payments required to be filed with or made to any federal, state or local tax authority with respect to the Consultant’s performance of services and receipt of fees under this Agreement. The Company will regularly report amounts paid, if any, to the Consultant by filing Form 1099-MISC and/or other appropriate form with the Internal Revenue Service as required by law. Because the Consultant is an independent contractor, the Company will not withhold or make payments for social security; make consulting contract insurance or disability insurance contributions; or obtain worker’s compensation insurance on the Consultant’s behalf. The Consultant agrees to accept exclusive liability for complying with all applicable state and federal laws governing self-employed individuals, including obligations such as payment of taxes, social security, disability and other contributions based on fees paid to the Consultant under this Agreement. The Consultant hereby agrees to indemnify and defend the Company against any and all such taxes or contributions, including penalties and interest.
6. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. The Consultant and the Company acknowledge that each will have access to proprietary information regarding the business operations of the other and agree to keep all such information secret and confidential and not to use or disclose any such information to any individual or organization without the non-disclosing Parties prior written consent. It is hereby agreed that from time to time Consultant and the Company may designate certain disclosed information as confidential for purposes of this Agreement.
7. INDEMNIFICATION. Each Party (the “Indemnifying Party”) agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the other Party (the “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all claims, damages, and liabilities, including any and all expense and costs, legal or otherwise, caused by the negligent act or omission of the Indemnifying Party, its subcontractors, agents, or employees, incurred by the Indemnified Party in the investigation and defense of any claim, demand, or action arising out of the work performed under this Agreement; including breach of the Indemnifying Party of this Agreement. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any claims, damages, or liabilities caused by the sole negligence of the Indemnified Party, its subcontractors, agents, or employees.
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The Indemnified Party shall notify promptly the Indemnifying Party of the existence of any claim, demand, or other matter to which the Indemnifying Party’s indemnification obligations would apply, and shall give them a reasonable opportunity to settle or defend the same at their own expense and with counsel of their own selection, provided that the Indemnified Party shall at all times also have the right to fully participate in the defense. If the Indemnifying Party, within a reasonable time after this notice, fails to take appropriate steps to settle or defend the claim, demand, or the matter, the Indemnified Party shall, upon written notice, have the right, but not the obligation, to undertake such settlement or defense and to compromise or settle the claim, demand, or other matter on behalf, for the account, and at the risk, of the Indemnifying Party.
The rights and obligations of the Parties under this Article shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns, and heirs of the Parties.
8. COVENANTS OF CONSULTANT. Consultant covenants and agrees with the Company that, in performing Consulting Services under this Agreement, Consultant will:
(a) Comply with all federal and state laws;
(b) Not make any representations other than those authorized by the Company; and
(c) Not publish, circulate or otherwise use any materials or documents other than materials provided by or otherwise approved by the Company.
9. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company covenants, represents and warrants to Consultant as follows:
(a) Authorization. The Company and its signatories herein have full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) No Violation. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will violate any provision of the charter or by-laws of the Company or violate any terms of provision of any other material agreement to which the Company is a party or any applicable statute or law.
(c) Contracts in Full Force and Effect. All contracts, agreements, plans, policies and licenses to which the Company is a party are valid and in full force and effect.
(d) Consents. No consent of any person, other than the signatories hereto, is necessary to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, consents from parties to loans, contracts, lease or other agreements and consents from governmental agencies, whether federal, state, or local.
(e) Consultant Reliance. Consultant has and will rely upon the documents, instruments and written information furnished to Consultant by the Company’s officers or designated employees.
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(f) Company’s Material. All representations and statements provided herein about the Company are true and complete and accurate. The Company agrees to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend Consultant, its officers, directors, agents and employees, at the Company’s expense for any proceeding or suit which may rise out of any inaccuracy or incompleteness of any such material or written information supplied to Consultant.
10. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
(a) Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may be amended, modified and supplemented only by written agreement of the Company and Consultant.
(b) Waiver of Compliance. Any failure of Consultant, on the one hand, or the Company, on the other, to comply with any obligation, agreement, or condition herein may be expressly waived in writing, but such waiver or failure to insist upon strict compliance with such obligation, covenant, agreement or condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other failure.
(c) Expenses, Transfer Taxes, Etc. Other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Parties shall bear their own costs and expenses in carrying out the provisions of this Agreement.
(d) Compliance with Regulatory Agencies. Each Party agrees that all actions, direct or indirect, taken by it and its respective agents, employees and affiliates in connection with this Agreement and any financing or underwriting hereunder shall conform to all applicable Federal and State securities laws.
(e) Notices. Any notices to be given hereunder by any Party to the other may be effected either by personal delivery in writing, by a reputable, national overnight delivery service, by facsimile transmission or by mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid with return receipt requested. Notices shall be addressed to the “Contact Person” at the addresses appearing on the signature page of this Agreement, but any Party may change his address or “Contact Person” by written notice in accordance with this subsection. Notices delivered personally shall be deemed delivered as of actual receipt, notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed delivered one (1) day after electronic confirmation of receipt, notices sent by overnight delivery service shall be deemed delivered one (1) day after delivery to the service, mailed notices shall be deemed delivered as of five (5) days after mailing.
(f) Assignment. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
(g) Delegation. Neither Party shall delegate the performance of its duties under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party.
(h) Publicity. Neither Consultant nor the Company shall make or issue or cause to be made or issued, any announcement or written statement concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby for dissemination to the general public without the prior consent of the other Party. This provision shall not apply, however, to any announcement or written statement required to be made by law or the regulations of any Federal or State governmental agency, except that the Party required to disclose shall consult with and make reasonable efforts to accommodate changes to the required disclosure and the timing of such announcement suggested by the other Party.
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(i) Arbitration and Governing Law. If a dispute arises out of or relates to this contract, or the breach thereof, and if the dispute cannot be settled through negotiation, the parties agree first to try in good faith to settle the dispute by mediation administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Mediation Procedures before resorting to arbitration, litigation, or some other dispute resolution procedure. If they do not reach such solution within a period of 60 days, then, upon notice by either party to the other, all disputes, claims, questions, or differences shall be finally settled by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with the provisions of its Commercial Arbitration Rules. This Agreement and the legal relations among the Parties hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict of law doctrine. The Parties agree that the venue for the resolution of all disputes arising under the terms of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein will be in the State of Florida.
(j) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(k) Headings. The heading of the sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not constitute a part hereto or affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
(l) Entire Agreement. This Agreement including any Exhibits hereto, and the other documents and certificates delivered pursuant to the terms hereto, set forth the entire agreement and understanding of the Parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein, and supersedes all prior agreements, promise, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations or warranties, whether oral or written, by any officers, employee or representative of any Party hereto.
(m) Third Parties. Except as specifically set forth or referred to herein, nothing herein express or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give to any person or entity other than the Parties hereto and their successors or assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
(n) Attorneys’ Fees and Costs. If any action is necessary to enforce and collect upon the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing Party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, in addition to any other relief to which that Party may be entitled. This provision shall be construed as applicable to the entire Agreement.
(o) Survivability. If any part of this Agreement is found or deemed by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, that part shall be severable from the remainder of the Agreement.
(p) Further Assurances. Each of the Parties agrees that it shall from time-to-time take such actions and execute such additional instruments as may be reasonably necessary or convenient to implement and carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement.
(q) Relationship of the Parties. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute either Party becoming the partner of the other, the agent or legal representative of the other, nor create any fiduciary relationship between them, except as otherwise expressly provided herein. It is not the intention of the Parties to create nor shall this Agreement be construed to create any commercial relationship or other partnership. Neither Party shall have any authority to act for or to assume any obligation or responsibility on behalf of the other Party, except as otherwise expressly provided herein. The rights, duties, obligations and liabilities of the Parties shall be separate, not joint or collective. Each Party shall be responsible only for its obligations as herein set out and shall be liable only for its share of the costs and expenses as provided herein.
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(r) No Authority to Obligate the Company. Without the consent of the Board of Directors of the Company, Consultant shall have no authority to take, nor shall it take, any action committing or obligating the Company in any manner, and it shall not represent itself to others as having such authority.
11. Non-Circumvention. In and for valuable consideration, the Company hereby agrees that Consultant may introduce (whether by written, oral, data, or other form of communication) the Company to one or more opportunities, including, without limitation, existing or potential investors, lenders, borrowers, trusts, natural persons, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, unincorporated businesses, sole proprietorships and similar entities (an “Opportunity” or “Opportunities”). The Company further acknowledges and agrees that the identity of the subject Opportunities, and all other information concerning an Opportunity (including without limitation, all mailing information, phone and fax numbers, email addresses and other contact information) introduced hereunder are the property of Consultant, and shall be treated as confidential information by the Company, it affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns. The Company shall not use such information, except in the context of any arrangement with Consultant in which Consultant is directly and actively involved, and never without Consultant’s prior written approval. The Company further agrees that neither it nor its employees, affiliates or assigns, shall enter into, or otherwise arrange (either for it/him/herself, or any other person or entity) any business relationship, contact any person regarding such Opportunity, either directly or indirectly, or any of its affiliates, or accept any compensation or advantage in relation to such Opportunity except as directly though Consultant, without the prior written approval of Consultant. Consultant is relying on the Company’s assent to these terms and their intent to be bound by the terms by evidence of their signature. Without the Company’s signed assent to these terms, Consultant would not introduce any opportunity or disclose any confidential information to the Company as herein described.
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IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.
| COMPANY: | CONSULTANT: | |
| SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | JIMMY WAYNE ANDERSON | |
| 30 N. Gould St., Suite R | 244 2nd Ave N, Suite 9 | |
| Sheridan, WY 82801 | St. Petersburg, FL 33701 |
| By: | /s/ Gary Grimshaw | By: | /s/ Jimmy Wayne Anderson | |
| Gary Grimshaw | Jimmy Wayne Anderson | |||
| President, Director | Its: In his personal capacity | |||
| Date: April 24, 2018 | Dated: April 24, 2018 |
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CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE
| $45,000 | as of April 24, 2018 |
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Soligen Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) (“Borrower”), a Wyoming corporation, does hereby promise to pay Jimmy Wayne Anderson (“Lender”)(“Consultant”), or its successor, the principal sum of Forty-Five Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($45,000.00), with interest at the rate of 5% per annum. Said amount is due Consultant as per the terms of the Consulting Agreement (the “Agreement”) entered into between the Company and Consultant on April 24, 2018. Compensation under the Agreement was deemed as earned upon execution of the Agreement by Consultant. From the date of this Note until the Lender has been fully paid all principal and interest, any funds received by the Company from a financing transaction; i.e stock purchase agreement, Regulation A offering, debt issuance, or any other financing transaction consummated by the Company, shall first be used to pay down this Note in its entirety.
In the event that the Note is not paid prior to the Demand Date (July 31, 2018), Lender shall have the right thereafter, exercisable in whole or in part, to convert the outstanding principal and interest payment hereunder into a number of fully paid nonassessable whole shares of the Company’s $.001 par value common stock (“Common Stock”) determined by the number of whole shares of Common Stock into which this Note may be voluntarily converted (“Conversion Shares”) at a conversion price equal to a 50% discount to the lowest bid price for the 15 trading days prior to the submission of a Notice of Conversion (the “Note Conversion Price”); provided; however, that, in no event shall Lender be entitled to convert any portion of this Note in excess of that portion of this Note upon conversion of which the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Lender and its affiliates (other than shares of Common Stock which may be deemed beneficially owned through the ownership of the unconverted portion of this Note of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other security of Maker subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitations contained herein) and (2) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of this portion of the Note with respect to which the determination of the proviso is being made, would result in beneficial ownership by Lender and its affiliates of more than 9.9% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company. For purposes of the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities exchange Act of 1934 and Regulation 13D-G thereunder, except as otherwise provided in in clause (1) of such proviso. The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon each conversion of this Note shall be determined by dividing the Conversion Amount (as defined below) by the Note Conversion Price. The term “Conversion Amount” means, with respect to any conversion of this Note, the sum of (1) the principal amount of this Note to be converted in such conversion plus, (2) at the Company’s option, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such principal amount at the interest rate provided in this Note to the conversion date, provided, however, that the Company shall have the right to pay any or all interest in cash.
This Note shall in all respects be construed, governed, applied and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida applicable to contracts made and performed therein, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law.
The maker of this Note hereby waves presentment, protest and nonpayment.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Convertible Promissory Note has been executed on the day and year first above written.
| SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Gary Grimshaw | |
| Gary Grimshaw, as President | ||
Soligen Technologies, Inc.
Board of Directors Services Agreement
This Board of Directors Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated April 24, 2018, is entered into between Soligen Technologies, Inc., a Wyoming corporation (“the Company), and Jimmy Wayne Anderson, an individual with a principal place of residence in St. Petersburg, FL (“Director”).
WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the services of Director for the benefit of the Company and its stockholders; and
WHEREAS, Director desires to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors for the period of time and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, for consideration and as set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Board Duties. Director agrees to provide services to the Company as a member of the Board of Directors. Director shall, for so long as he remains a member of the Board of Directors, but in any case not less than one year from the date hereof, meet with the Company upon written request, at dates and times mutually agreeable to Director and the Company, to discuss any matter involving the Company or its Subsidiaries, which involves or may involve issues of which Director has knowledge and cooperate in the review, defense or prosecution of such matters. Director acknowledges and agrees that the Company may rely upon Director’s expertise in product development, marketing or other business disciplines where Director has a deep understanding with respect to the Company’s business operations and that such requests may require substantial additional time and efforts in addition to Director’s customary service as a member of the Board of Directors. Director will notify the Company promptly if he is subpoenaed or otherwise served with legal process in any matter involving the Company or its subsidiaries. Director will notify the Company if any attorney who is not representing the Company contacts or attempts to contact Director (other than Director’s own legal counsel) to obtain information that in any way relates to the Company or its Subsidiaries, and Director will not discuss any of these matters with any such attorney without first so notifying the Company and providing the Company with an opportunity to have its attorney present during any meeting or conversation with any such attorney.
2. Compensation. As compensation for the services provided herein, the Company shall pay to Director an amount equal to Two Thousand Five Hundred and no/100 dollars ($2,500.00), paid to the Director on the last calendar day of each quarter as long as Director continues to fulfill his duties and provide the services set forth above. In addition to cash compensation, the Director shall be issued a certificate in the amount of Ten Thousand (10,000) shares of the Company’s common stock on the last calendar day of each quarter as long as Director continues to fulfill his duties and provide the services set forth above. The Director shall begin receiving compensation for services rendered under this Agreement beginning during the second calendar quarter of 2018.
3. Benefits and Expenses. The Company shall reimburse Director for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with discharging his duties as a Board member. Any additional expenses shall be pre-approved by the President or CFO of the Company and will be reimbursed subject to receiving reasonable substantiating documentation relating to such expenses.
4. Mutual Non-Disparagement. Director and the Company mutually agree to forbear from making, causing to be made, publishing, ratifying or endorsing any and all disparaging remarks, derogatory statements or comments made to any party with respect to either of them. Further, the parties hereto agree to forbear from making any public or non-confidential statement with respect to the any claim or complain against either party without the mutual consent of each of them, to be given in advance of any such statement.
5. Anti-Dilution. The Company agrees to not issue equity capital for consideration less than fair market value, or otherwise issue equity capital that would have the effect of diluting Director’s ownership position in the Company in a manner that is not implemented pro-rata with respect all stockholders. Issuance of stock options or other equity grants to employees or consultants, shares issued in connection with acquisitions approved by the Board of Directors, and shares issued for consideration at fair market value shall not be considered dilutive.
6. Cooperation. In the event of any claim or litigation against the Company and/or Director based upon any alleged conduct, acts or omissions of Director during the tenure of Director as an officer of the Company, whether known or unknown, threatened or not as of the time of this writing, the Company will cooperate with Director and provide to Director such information and documents as are necessary and reasonably requested by Director or his counsel, subject to restrictions imposed by federal or state securities laws or court order or injunction. The Company shall cooperate in all respects to ensure that Director has access all available insurance coverage and shall do nothing to damage Director’s status as an insured and shall provide all necessary information for Director to make or tender any claim under applicable coverage.
7. Board of Directors Status of Director. Director’s membership on the Company’s Board of Directors shall not be disturbed for at least the greater of any period of time: (a) specified in any other agreement or contract defining Director’s role as a member of the Board of Directors, (b) a period of one year from the date hereof. Membership on the Board shall require adherence to board member conduct policies adopted by the board and enforced equally upon all directors.
Director may voluntarily resign his position on the Board of Directors at any time and without penalty or liability of any kind.
8. Confidentiality. Subject to exceptions mutually agreed upon by the parties to this Agreement in advance and in writing, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall remain confidential and protected from disclosure except as required by law in connection with any registration or filing, in relation to a lawful subpoena, or as may be necessary for purposes of disclosure to accountants, financial advisors or other experts, who shall be made aware of and agree to be bound by the confidentiality provisions hereof.
9. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the law of the State of Florida. In the event of any dispute regarding the performance or terms hereof, the prevailing party in any litigation shall be entitled to an award of reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of suit, together with any other relief awarded hereunder or in accordance with governing law.
In witness whereof, the parties hereto enter into this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
| THE COMPANY: | DIRECTOR: | ||
| /s/ Gary Grimshaw | /s/ Jimmy Wayne Anderson | ||
| Name: | Gary Grimshaw | Jimmy Wayne Anderson | |
| Title: | President | ||
Soligen Technologies, Inc.
Board of Directors Services Agreement
This Board of Directors Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated April 24, 2018, is entered into between Soligen Technologies, Inc., a Wyoming corporation (“the Company), and Gary Grimshaw, an individual with a principal place of residence in Crestview, FL (“Director”).
WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the services of Director for the benefit of the Company and its stockholders; and
WHEREAS, Director desires to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors for the period of time and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, for consideration and as set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Board Duties. Director agrees to provide services to the Company as a member of the Board of Directors. Director shall, for so long as he remains a member of the Board of Directors, but in any case not less than one year from the date hereof, meet with the Company upon written request, at dates and times mutually agreeable to Director and the Company, to discuss any matter involving the Company or its Subsidiaries, which involves or may involve issues of which Director has knowledge and cooperate in the review, defense or prosecution of such matters. Director acknowledges and agrees that the Company may rely upon Director’s expertise in product development, marketing or other business disciplines where Director has a deep understanding with respect to the Company’s business operations and that such requests may require substantial additional time and efforts in addition to Director’s customary service as a member of the Board of Directors. Director will notify the Company promptly if he is subpoenaed or otherwise served with legal process in any matter involving the Company or its subsidiaries. Director will notify the Company if any attorney who is not representing the Company contacts or attempts to contact Director (other than Director’s own legal counsel) to obtain information that in any way relates to the Company or its Subsidiaries, and Director will not discuss any of these matters with any such attorney without first so notifying the Company and providing the Company with an opportunity to have its attorney present during any meeting or conversation with any such attorney.
2. Compensation. As compensation for the services provided herein, the Company shall pay to Director an amount equal to Two Thousand Five Hundred and no/100 dollars ($2,500.00), paid to the Director on the last calendar day of each quarter as long as Director continues to fulfill his duties and provide the services set forth above. In addition to cash compensation, the Director shall be issued a certificate in the amount of Ten Thousand (10,000) shares of the Company’s common stock on the last calendar day of each quarter as long as Director continues to fulfill his duties and provide the services set forth above. The Director shall begin receiving compensation for services rendered under this Agreement beginning during the second calendar quarter of 2018.
3. Benefits and Expenses. The Company shall reimburse Director for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with discharging his duties as a Board member. Any additional expenses shall be pre-approved by the President or CFO of the Company and will be reimbursed subject to receiving reasonable substantiating documentation relating to such expenses.
4. Mutual Non-Disparagement. Director and the Company mutually agree to forbear from making, causing to be made, publishing, ratifying or endorsing any and all disparaging remarks, derogatory statements or comments made to any party with respect to either of them. Further, the parties hereto agree to forbear from making any public or non-confidential statement with respect to the any claim or complain against either party without the mutual consent of each of them, to be given in advance of any such statement.
5. Anti-Dilution. The Company agrees to not issue equity capital for consideration less than fair market value, or otherwise issue equity capital that would have the effect of diluting Director’s ownership position in the Company in a manner that is not implemented pro-rata with respect all stockholders. Issuance of stock options or other equity grants to employees or consultants, shares issued in connection with acquisitions approved by the Board of Directors, and shares issued for consideration at fair market value shall not be considered dilutive.
6. Cooperation. In the event of any claim or litigation against the Company and/or Director based upon any alleged conduct, acts or omissions of Director during the tenure of Director as an officer of the Company, whether known or unknown, threatened or not as of the time of this writing, the Company will cooperate with Director and provide to Director such information and documents as are necessary and reasonably requested by Director or his counsel, subject to restrictions imposed by federal or state securities laws or court order or injunction. The Company shall cooperate in all respects to ensure that Director has access all available insurance coverage and shall do nothing to damage Director’s status as an insured and shall provide all necessary information for Director to make or tender any claim under applicable coverage.
7. Board of Directors Status of Director. Director’s membership on the Company’s Board of Directors shall not be disturbed for at least the greater of any period of time: (a) specified in any other agreement or contract defining Director’s role as a member of the Board of Directors, (b) a period of one year from the date hereof, or (c) so long as Director owns, directly or indirectly, at least 10% of the issued or outstanding equity stock in the Company. Membership on the Board shall require adherence to board member conduct policies adopted by the board and enforced equally upon all directors.
Director may voluntarily resign his position on the Board of Directors at any time and without penalty or liability of any kind.
8. Confidentiality. Subject to exceptions mutually agreed upon by the parties to this Agreement in advance and in writing, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall remain confidential and protected from disclosure except as required by law in connection with any registration or filing, in relation to a lawful subpoena, or as may be necessary for purposes of disclosure to accountants, financial advisors or other experts, who shall be made aware of and agree to be bound by the confidentiality provisions hereof.
9. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the law of the State of Florida. In the event of any dispute regarding the performance or terms hereof, the prevailing party in any litigation shall be entitled to an award of reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of suit, together with any other relief awarded hereunder or in accordance with governing law.
In witness whereof, the parties hereto enter into this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
| THE COMPANY: | DIRECTOR: | ||
| /s/ Gary Grimshaw | /s/ Gary Grimshaw | ||
| Name: | Gary Grimshaw | Gary Grimshaw | |
| Title: | President | ||
Soligen Technologies, Inc.
Board of Directors Services Agreement
This Board of Directors Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated May 23, 2018, is entered into between Soligen Technologies, Inc., a Wyoming corporation (“the Company), and Craig M. Borel, P.E., 100 Plantation Ridge Ln., Lafayette, Louisiana 70503 (“Director”).
WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the services of Director for the benefit of the Company and its stockholders; and
WHEREAS, Director desires to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors for the period of time and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, for consideration and as set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Board Duties. Director agrees to provide services to the Company as a member of the Board of Directors. Director shall, for so long as he remains a member of the Board of Directors, but in any case not less than one year from the date hereof, meet with the Company upon written request, at dates and times mutually agreeable to Director and the Company, to discuss any matter involving the Company or its Subsidiaries, which involves or may involve issues of which Director has knowledge and cooperate in the review, defense or prosecution of such matters. Director acknowledges and agrees that the Company may rely upon Director’s expertise in product development, marketing or other business disciplines where Director has a deep understanding with respect to the Company’s business operations and that such requests may require substantial additional time and efforts in addition to Director’s customary service as a member of the Board of Directors. Director will notify the Company promptly if he is subpoenaed or otherwise served with legal process in any matter involving the Company or its subsidiaries. Director will notify the Company if any attorney who is not representing the Company contacts or attempts to contact Director (other than Director’s own legal counsel) to obtain information that in any way relates to the Company or its Subsidiaries, and Director will not discuss any of these matters with any such attorney without first so notifying the Company and providing the Company with an opportunity to have its attorney present during any meeting or conversation with any such attorney.
2. Compensation. As compensation for the services provided herein, the Company shall pay to Director an amount equal to Two Thousand Five Hundred and no/100 dollars ($2,500.00), paid to the Director on the last calendar day of each quarter as long as Director continues to fulfill his duties and provide the services set forth above. In addition to cash compensation, the Director shall be issued a certificate in the amount of Ten Thousand (10,000) shares of the Company’s common stock on the last calendar day of each quarter as long as Director continues to fulfill his duties and provide the services set forth above. The Director shall begin receiving compensation for services rendered under this Agreement beginning during the second calendar quarter of 2018.
3. Benefits and Expenses. The Company shall reimburse Director for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with discharging his duties as a Board member. Any additional expenses shall be pre-approved by the President or CFO of the Company and will be reimbursed subject to receiving reasonable substantiating documentation relating to such expenses.
4. Mutual Non-Disparagement. Director and the Company mutually agree to forbear from making, causing to be made, publishing, ratifying or endorsing any and all disparaging remarks, derogatory statements or comments made to any party with respect to either of them. Further, the parties hereto agree to forbear from making any public or non-confidential statement with respect to the any claim or complain against either party without the mutual consent of each of them, to be given in advance of any such statement.
5. Anti-Dilution. The Company agrees to not issue equity capital for consideration less than fair market value, or otherwise issue equity capital that would have the effect of diluting Director’s ownership position in the Company in a manner that is not implemented pro-rata with respect all stockholders. Issuance of stock options or other equity grants to employees or consultants, shares issued in connection with acquisitions approved by the Board of Directors, and shares issued for consideration at fair market value shall not be considered dilutive.
6. Cooperation. In the event of any claim or litigation against the Company and/or Director based upon any alleged conduct, acts or omissions of Director during the tenure of Director as an officer of the Company, whether known or unknown, threatened or not as of the time of this writing, the Company will cooperate with Director and provide to Director such information and documents as are necessary and reasonably requested by Director or his counsel, subject to restrictions imposed by federal or state securities laws or court order or injunction. The Company shall cooperate in all respects to ensure that Director has access all available insurance coverage and shall do nothing to damage Director’s status as an insured and shall provide all necessary information for Director to make or tender any claim under applicable coverage.
7. Board of Directors Status of Director. Director’s membership on the Company’s Board of Directors shall not be disturbed for at least the greater of any period of time: (a) specified in any other agreement or contract defining Director’s role as a member of the Board of Directors, or (b) a period of one year from the date hereof. Membership on the Board shall require adherence to board member conduct policies adopted by the board and enforced equally upon all directors.
Director may voluntarily resign his position on the Board of Directors at any time and without penalty or liability of any kind.
8. Confidentiality. Subject to exceptions mutually agreed upon by the parties to this Agreement in advance and in writing, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall remain confidential and protected from disclosure except as required by law in connection with any registration or filing, in relation to a lawful subpoena, or as may be necessary for purposes of disclosure to accountants, financial advisors or other experts, who shall be made aware of and agree to be bound by the confidentiality provisions hereof.
9. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the law of the State of Florida. In the event of any dispute regarding the performance or terms hereof, the prevailing party in any litigation shall be entitled to an award of reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of suit, together with any other relief awarded hereunder or in accordance with governing law.
In witness whereof, the parties hereto enter into this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
| THE COMPANY: | DIRECTOR: | ||
| /s/ Gary Grimshaw | /s/ Craig M. Borel, P.E. | ||
| Name: | Gary Grimshaw | Craig M. Borel, P.E. | |
| Title: | President | ||
THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SAID ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
Right to Purchase Fifty Hundred Million (50,000,000) shares of Common Stock of Soligen Technologies, Inc. (subject to adjustment as provided herein)
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
| No. 2018-GG-001 | Issue Date: April 24, 2018 |
SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wyoming (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value received Gary Grimshaw, whose address is 5753 Highway 85N, #3389, Crestview, FL 32536, or its assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time after the Issue Date until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Issue Date (the “Expiration Date”), up to 50,000,000 fully paid shares of Common Stock at a per share purchase price of $0.002. The aforedescribed purchase price per share, as adjusted from time to time as herein provided, is referred to herein as the “Purchase Price.” The number and character of such shares of Common Stock and the Purchase Price are subject to adjustment as provided herein. The Company may reduce the Purchase Price without the consent of the Holder.
As used herein the following terms, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following respective meanings:
(a) The term “Company” shall include Soligen Technologies, Inc. and any corporation which shall succeed or assume the obligations of Soligen Technologies, Inc. hereunder.
(b) The term “Common Stock” includes (a) the Company’s Common Stock, $.001 par value per share, as authorized on the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement, and (b) any other securities into which or for which any of the securities described in (a) may be converted or exchanged pursuant to a plan of recapitalization, reorganization, merger, sale of assets or otherwise.
(c) The term “Other Securities” refers to any stock (other than Common Stock) and other securities of the Company or any other person (corporate or otherwise) which the holder of the Warrant at any time shall be entitled to receive, or shall have received, on the exercise of the Warrant, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or which at any time shall be issuable or shall have been issued in exchange for or in replacement of Common Stock or Other Securities pursuant to Section 5 or otherwise.
(d) The term “Warrant Shares” shall mean the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.
1. Exercise of Warrant.
1.1. Number of Shares Issuable upon Exercise. From and after the Issue Date through and including the Expiration Date, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2. Full Exercise. This Warrant may be exercised in full by the Holder hereof by delivery of an original or facsimile copy of the form of subscription attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Subscription Form”) duly executed by such Holder and surrender of the original Warrant within four (4) days of exercise, to the Company at its principal office or at the office of its Warrant Agent (as provided hereinafter), accompanied by payment, in cash, wire transfer or by certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company, in the amount obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is then exercisable by the Purchase Price then in effect.
1.3. Partial Exercise. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the Holder on such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the number of whole shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the Subscription Form by (b) the Purchase Price then in effect. On any such partial exercise, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor, in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole number of shares of Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be exercised.
1.4. Fair Market Value. Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “Determination Date”) shall mean:
(a) If the Company’s Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“NASDAQ”), National Market System, the NASDAQ SmallCap Market or the American Stock Exchange, LLC, then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(b) If the Company’s Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or on the NASDAQ National Market System, the NASDAQ SmallCap Market or the American Stock Exchange, Inc., but is traded in the over-the-counter market, then the average of the closing bid and ask prices reported for the last business day immediately preceding the Determination Date;
(c) Except as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company’s Common Stock is not publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of such an agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing of the American Arbitration Association, before a single arbitrator to be chosen from a panel of persons qualified by education and training to pass on the matter to be decided; or
(d) If the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to the Company’s charter, then all amounts to be payable per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the charter in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the charter, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of all of the Warrants are outstanding at the Determination Date.
1.5. Company Acknowledgment. The Company will, at the time of the exercise of the Warrant, upon the request of the Holder hereof acknowledge in writing its continuing obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such Holder shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request, such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford to such Holder any such rights.
1.6. Trustee for Warrant Holders. In the event that a bank or trust company shall have been appointed as trustee for the Holder of the Warrants pursuant to Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and duties of a warrant agent (as hereinafter described) and shall accept, in its own name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be entitled thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 1.
1.7. Delivery of Stock Certificates, etc. on Exercise. The Company agrees that the shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be deemed to be issued to the Holder hereof as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered and payment made for such shares as aforesaid. As soon as practicable after the exercise of this Warrant in full or in part, and in any event within four (4) business days thereafter, the Company at its expense (including the payment by it of any applicable issue taxes) will cause to be issued in the name of and delivered to the Holder hereof, or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may direct in compliance with applicable securities laws, a certificate or certificates for the number of duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) to which such Holder shall be entitled on such exercise, plus, in lieu of any fractional share to which such Holder would otherwise be entitled, cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the then Fair Market Value of one full share of Common Stock, together with any other stock or other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) to which such Holder is entitled upon such exercise pursuant to Section 1 or otherwise.
2. Adjustment for Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
2.1. Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case at any time or from time to time, the Company shall (a) effect a reorganization, (b) consolidate with or merge into any other person or (c) transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any other person under any plan or arrangement contemplating the dissolution of the Company, then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of such a transaction, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective date of such dissolution, as the case may be, shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on such exercise prior to such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and property (including cash) to which such Holder would have been entitled upon such consummation or in connection with such dissolution, as the case may be, if such Holder had so exercised this Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter as provided in Section 4.
2.2. Dissolution. In the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the Holder of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company (a “Trustee”) having its principal office in St. Petersburg, Florida, as trustee for the Holder of the Warrants.
2.3. Continuation of Terms. Upon any reorganization, consolidation, merger or transfer (and any dissolution following any transfer) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to the Other Securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective date of dissolution following any such transfer, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer of any Other Securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company, whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the transaction described in this Section 3, then only in such event will the Company’s securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the Holder of the Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by Section 3.2.
3. Adjustment for Share Issuance. Until the Expiration Date, if the Company shall issue any Common Stock prior to the complete exercise of this Warrant for a consideration less than the Purchase Price that would be in effect at the time of such issue, then, and thereafter successively upon each such issue, the Purchase Price shall be reduced to such other lower issue price. For purposes of this adjustment, the issuance of any security or debt instrument of the Company carrying the right to convert such security or debt instrument into Common Stock or of any warrant, right or option to purchase Common Stock shall result in an adjustment to the Purchase Price upon the issuance of the above-described security, debt instrument, warrant, right, or option and again at any time upon any subsequent issuances of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of such conversion or purchase rights if such issuance is at a price lower than the Purchase Price in effect upon such issuance. The reduction of the Purchase Price described in this Section 3.4 is in addition to the other rights of the Holder described in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
4. Extraordinary Events Regarding Common Stock. In the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock, (b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Purchase Price shall, simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the then Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained shall thereafter be the Purchase Price then in effect. The Purchase Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described herein in this Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Purchase Price that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is the Purchase Price in effect on the date of such exercise.
5. Certificate as to Adjustments. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in the shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on the exercise of the Warrants, the Company at its expense will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of the Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Purchase Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder of the Warrant and any Warrant Agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to Section 11 hereof).
6. Reservation of Stock, etc. Issuable on Exercise of Warrant; Financial Statements. The Company will at all times reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the Warrants, all shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) from time to time issuable on the exercise of the Warrant. This Warrant entitles the Holder hereof to receive copies of all financial and other information distributed or required to be distributed to the holders of the Company’s Common Stock.
7. Assignment; Exchange of Warrant. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any registered holder hereof (a “Transferor”). On the surrender for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor’s endorsement in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the “Transferor Endorsement Form”) and together with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company that the transfer of this Warrant will be in compliance with applicable securities laws, the Company at its expense, twice, only, but with payment by the Transferor of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and deliver to or on the order of the Transferor thereof a new Warrant or Warrants of like tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “Transferee”), calling in the aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the Transferor. No such transfers shall result in a public distribution of the Warrant.
8. Replacement of Warrant. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form to the Company or, in the case of any such mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense, twice only, will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9. Registration Rights. The Holder of this Warrant has not been granted certain registration rights by the Company.
10. Maximum Exercise. The Holder shall not be entitled to exercise this Warrant on an exercise date, in connection with that number of shares of Common Stock which would be in excess of the sum of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates on an exercise date, and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of this limitation is being made on an exercise date, which would result in beneficial ownership by the Holder and its affiliates of more than 4.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on such date. For the purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Regulation 13d-3 thereunder. Subject to the foregoing, the Holder shall not be limited to aggregate exercises which would result in the issuance of more than 4.99%. The restriction described in this paragraph may be waived, in whole or in part, upon sixty-one (61) days prior notice from the Holder to the Company. The Holder may allocate which of the equity of the Company deemed beneficially owned by the Subscriber shall be included in the 4.99% amount described above and which shall be allocated to the excess above 4.99%.
11. Warrant Agent. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of the Warrant, appoint an agent (a “Warrant Agent”) for the purpose of issuing Common Stock (or Other Securities) on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall be made at such office by such Warrant Agent.
12. Transfer on the Company’s Books. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
13. Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail, registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv) transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery or delivery by facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the transmitting facsimile machine, at the address or number designated below (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company to: Soligen Technologies, Inc., 30 N Gould St, suite R, Sheridan, WY 82801, Attn: President, e-mail address: info@soligentechnologies.com, and (ii) if to the Holder, to the address and telecopier number listed on the first paragraph of this Warrant, or to such other address as the Company or the Holder may from time to time specify in writing to the other party.
14. Miscellaneous. This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. This Warrant shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of Wyoming. Any dispute relating to this Warrant shall be adjudicated in the State of Wyoming. The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect any of the terms hereof. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first written above.
| SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Gary Grimshaw | |
| Name: | Gary Grimshaw | |
| Title: | President | |
| Witness: |
Exhibit A
FORM
OF SUBSCRIPTION
(to be signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO: SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant (No.____), hereby irrevocably elects to purchase (check applicable box):
| _________ | ________ | shares of the Common Stock covered by such Warrant. |
The undersigned herewith makes payment of the full purchase price for such shares at the price per share provided for in such Warrant, which is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check applicable box or boxes):
| _________ | $__________ in lawful money of the United States. |
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name of, and delivered to _____________________________________________________whose
address is
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned on the date of exercise: Less than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding Common Stock of Soligen Technologies, Inc.
The undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
| Dated: _______________ | |
| (Signature must conform to name of holder as | |
| specified on the face of the Warrant) | |
| (Address) |
Exhibit B
FORM
OF TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto the person(s) named below under the heading “Transferees” the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase the percentage and number of shares of Common Stock of SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. to which the within Warrant relates specified under the headings “Percentage Transferred” and “Number Transferred,” respectively, opposite the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer its respective right on the books of SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. with full power of substitution in the premises.
| Transferees | Percentage Transferred | Number Transferred | ||
| Dated:____________, ____________ | ||
| (Signature must conform to name of holder as specified on the face of the warrant) |
Signed in the presence of:
(Name)
(address)
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
[TRANSFEREE]
(address)
(Name)
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
by and between
Soligen Technologies, Inc.
and
Gary Grimshaw
indemnitee
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INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is entered into, effective as April 24, 2018 of by and between Soligen Technologies, Inc., a Wyoming corporation (the “Company”), and Gary Grimshaw, INDEMNITEE (“Indemnitee”).
WHEREAS, it is essential to the Company to retain and attract as directors and officers the most capable persons available;
WHEREAS, Indemnitee is a director and/or officer of the Company;
WHEREAS, both the Company and Indemnitee recognize the increased risk of litigation and other claims currently being asserted against directors and officers of corporations;
WHEREAS, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company require the Company to indemnify and advance expenses to its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under Wyoming law, and the Indemnitee has been serving and continues to serve as a director and/or officer of the Company in part in reliance on the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of Indemnitee’s need for (i) substantial protection against personal liability based on Indemnitee’s reliance on the aforesaid Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, (ii) specific contractual assurance that the protection promised by the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws will be available to Indemnitee (regardless of, among other things, any amendment to or revocation of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws or any change in the composition of the Company’s Board of Directors or acquisition transaction relating to the Company), and (iii) an inducement to provide effective services to the Company as a director and/or officer, the Company wishes to provide in this Agreement for the indemnification of and the advancing of expenses to Indemnitee to the fullest extent (whether partial or complete) permitted under Wyoming law and as set forth in this Agreement, and, to the extent insurance is maintained, to provide for the continued coverage of Indemnitee under the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies.
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises and of Indemnitee continuing to serve the Company directly or, at its request, with another enterprise, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:
1. Certain Definitions:
(a) Board: the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b) Affiliate: any corporation or other person or entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified.
(c) Change in Control: shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, and other than any person holding shares of the Company on the date that the Company first registers under the Act or any transferee of such individual if such transferee is a spouse or lineal descendant of the transferee or a trust for the benefit of the individual, his spouse or lineal descendants), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, or (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board and any new director whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation that would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
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(d) Expenses: any expense, liability, or loss, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, any interest, assessments, or other charges imposed thereon, any federal, state, local, or foreign taxes imposed as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, and all other costs and obligations, paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in, participating in (including on appeal), or preparing for any of the foregoing in, any Proceeding relating to any Indemnifiable Event.
(e) Indemnifiable Event: any event or occurrence that takes place either prior to or after the execution of this Agreement, related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, or while a director or officer is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, trustee, agent, or fiduciary of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust, or other enterprise, or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of a foreign or domestic corporation that was a predecessor corporation of the Company or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation, or related to anything done or not done by Indemnitee in any such capacity, whether or not the basis of the Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
Company, as described above.
(f) Independent Counsel: the person or body appointed in connection with Section 3.
(g) Proceeding: any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding or any alternative dispute resolution mechanism (including an action by or in the right of the Company), or any inquiry, hearing, or investigation, whether conducted by the Company or any other party, that Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the institution of any such action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, or other.
(h) Reviewing Party: the person or body appointed in accordance with Section 3.
(i) Voting Securities: any securities of the Company that vote generally in the election of directors.
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2. Agreement to Indemnify.
(a) General Agreement. In the event Indemnitee was, is, or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee from and against any and all Expenses to the fullest extent permitted by law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended or interpreted (but in the case of any such amendment or interpretation, only to the extent that such amendment or interpretation permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than were permitted prior thereto). The parties hereto intend that this Agreement shall provide for indemnification in excess of that expressly permitted by statute, including, without limitation, any indemnification provided by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, its Bylaws, vote of its shareholders or disinterested directors, or applicable law.
(b) Initiation of Proceeding. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless (i) the Company has joined in or the Board has consented to the initiation of such Proceeding; (ii) the Proceeding is one to enforce indemnification rights under Section 5; or (iii) the Proceeding is instituted after a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) and Independent Counsel has approved its initiation.
(c) Expense Advances. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance (within ten business days of such request) any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an “Expense Advance”). The Indemnitee shall qualify for such Expense Advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement which shall constitute an undertaking providing that the Indemnitee undertakes to repay such Expense Advances if and to the extent that it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment, not subject to appeal, that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. Indemnitee’s obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon.
(d) Mandatory Indemnification. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Proceeding relating in whole or in part to an Indemnifiable Event or in defense of any issue or matter therein, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses incurred in connection therewith.
(e) Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of Expenses, but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled.
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(f) Prohibited Indemnification. No indemnification pursuant to this Agreement shall be paid by the Company on account of any Proceeding in which judgment is rendered against Indemnitee for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of any federal, state, or local laws.
3. Reviewing Party. Prior to any Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be any appropriate person or body consisting of a member or members of the Board or any other person or body appointed by the Board who is not a party to the particular Proceeding with respect to which Indemnitee is seeking indemnification; after a Change in Control, the Independent Counsel referred to below shall become the Reviewing Party. With respect to all matters arising after a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) concerning the rights of Indemnitee to indemnity payments and Expense Advances under this Agreement or any other agreement or under applicable law or the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws now or hereafter in effect relating to indemnification for Indemnifiable Events, the Company shall seek legal advice only from Independent Counsel selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and who has not otherwise performed services for the Company or the Indemnitee (other than in connection with indemnification matters) within the last five years. The Independent Counsel shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. Such counsel, among other things, shall render its written opinion to the Company and Indemnitee as to whether and to what extent the Indemnitee should be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the Independent Counsel and to indemnify fully such counsel against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), claims, liabilities, loss, and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the engagement of Independent Counsel pursuant hereto.
4. Indemnification Process and Appeal.
(a) Indemnification Payment. Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification of Expenses, and shall receive payment thereof, from the Company in accordance with this Agreement as soon as practicable after Indemnitee has made written demand on the Company for indemnification, unless the Reviewing Party has given a written opinion to the Company that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under applicable law.
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(b) Suit to Enforce Rights. Regardless of any action by the Reviewing Party, if Indemnitee has not received full indemnification within thirty days after making a demand in accordance with Section 4(a), Indemnitee shall have the right to enforce its indemnification rights under this Agreement by commencing litigation in any court in the State of California or the State of Wyoming having subject matter jurisdiction thereof seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof. The Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party not challenged by the Indemnitee shall be binding on the Company and Indemnitee. The remedy provided for in this Section 4 shall be in addition to any other remedies available to Indemnitee at law or in equity.
(c) Defense to Indemnification, Burden of Proof, and Presumptions. It shall be a defense to any action brought by Indemnitee against the Company to enforce this Agreement (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for Expenses incurred in defending a Proceeding in advance of its final disposition) that it is not permissible under applicable law for the Company to indemnify Indemnitee for the amount claimed. In connection with any such action or any determination by the Reviewing Party or otherwise as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified hereunder, the burden of proving such a defense or determination shall be on the Company. Neither the failure of the Reviewing Party or the Company (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action by Indemnitee that indemnification of the claimant is proper under the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the standard of conduct set forth in applicable law, nor an actual determination by the Reviewing Party or Company (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the Indemnitee had not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any claim, action, suit, or proceeding, by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval), conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet any particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief or that a court has determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable law.
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5. Indemnification for Expenses Incurred in Enforcing Rights. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses that are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for (i) indemnification or advance payment of Expenses by the Company under this Agreement or any other agreement or under applicable law or the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws now or hereafter in effect relating to indemnification for Indemnifiable Events, and/or (ii) recovery under directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, but only in the event that Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or insurance recovery, as the case may be. In addition, the Company shall, if so requested by Indemnitee, advance the foregoing Expenses to Indemnitee, subject to and in accordance with Section 2(c).
6. Notification and Defense of Proceeding.
(a) Notice. Promptly after receipt by Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of any Proceeding, Indemnitee shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company under this Agreement, notify the Company of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the Company will not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee, except as provided in Section 6(c).
(b) Defense. With respect to any Proceeding as to which Indemnitee notifies the Company of the commencement thereof, the Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense and except as otherwise provided below, to the extent the Company so wishes, it may assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee. After notice from the Company to Indemnitee of its election to assume the defense of any Proceeding, the Company shall not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise for any Expenses subsequently incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the defense of such Proceeding other than reasonable costs of investigation or as otherwise provided below. Indemnitee shall have the right to employ legal counsel in such Proceeding, but all Expenses related thereto incurred after notice from the Company of its assumption of the defense shall be at Indemnitee’s expense unless: (i) the employment of legal counsel by Indemnitee has been authorized by the Company, (ii) Indemnitee has reasonably determined that there may be a conflict of interest between Indemnitee and the Company in the defense of the Proceeding, (iii) after a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), the employment of counsel by Indemnitee has been approved by the Independent Counsel, or (iv) the Company shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of such Proceeding, in each of which cases all Expenses of the Proceeding shall be borne by the Company. The Company shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any Proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Company or as to which Indemnitee shall have made the determination provided for in (ii), (iii) and (iv) above.
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(c) Settlement of Claims. The Company shall not be liable to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise for any amounts paid in settlement of any Proceeding effected without the Company’s written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that if a Change in Control has occurred (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), the Company shall be liable for indemnification of Indemnitee for amounts paid in settlement if the Independent Counsel has approved the settlement. The Company shall not settle any Proceeding in any manner that would impose any penalty or limitation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s written consent. The Company shall not be liable to indemnify the Indemnitee under this Agreement with regard to any judicial award if the Company was not given a reasonable and timely opportunity, at its expense, to participate in the defense of such action; the Company’s liability hereunder shall not be excused if participation in the Proceeding by the Company was barred by this Agreement.
7. Establishment of Trust. In the event of a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) the Company shall, upon written request by Indemnitee, create a Trust for the benefit of the Indemnitee and from time to time upon written request of Indemnitee shall fund the Trust in an amount sufficient to satisfy any and all Expenses reasonably anticipated at the time of each such request to be incurred in connection with investigating, preparing for, participating in, and/or defending any Proceeding relating to an Indemnifiable Event. The amount or amounts to be deposited in the Trust pursuant to the foregoing funding obligation shall be determined by the Independent Counsel. The terms of the Trust shall provide that (i) the Trust shall not be revoked or the principal thereof invaded without the written consent of the Indemnitee, (ii) the Trustee shall advance, within ten business days of a request by the Indemnitee, any and all Expenses to the Indemnitee (and the Indemnitee hereby agrees to reimburse the Trust under the same circumstances for which the Indemnitee would be required to reimburse the Company under Section 2(c) of this Agreement), (iii) the Trust shall continue to be funded by the Company in accordance with the funding obligation set forth above, (iv) the Trustee shall promptly pay to the Indemnitee all amounts for which the Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, and (v) all unexpended funds in the Trust shall revert to the Company upon a final determination by the Independent Counsel or a court of competent jurisdiction, as the case may be, that the Indemnitee has been fully indemnified under the terms of this Agreement. The Trustee shall be chosen by the Indemnitee. Nothing in this Section 7 shall relieve the Company of any of its obligations under this Agreement. All income earned on the assets held in the Trust shall be reported as income by the Company for federal, state, local, and foreign tax purposes. The Company shall pay all costs of establishing and maintaining the Trust and shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), claims, liabilities, loss, and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the establishment and maintenance of the Trust.
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8. Non-Exclusivity. The rights of Indemnitee hereunder shall be in addition to any other rights Indemnitee may have under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, applicable law, or otherwise; provided, however, that this Agreement shall supersede any prior indemnification agreement between the Company and the Indemnitee. To the extent that a change in applicable law (whether by statute or judicial decision) permits greater indemnification than would be afforded currently under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, applicable law, or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties that Indemnitee enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change.
9. Liability Insurance. To the extent the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing general and/or directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies, in accordance with its or their terms, to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any Company director or officer.
10. Period of Limitations. No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action shall be asserted by or on behalf of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company against Indemnitee, Indemnitee’s spouse, heirs, executors, or personal or legal representatives after the expiration of two years from the date of accrual of such cause of action, or such longer period as may be required by state law under the circumstances. Any claim or cause of action of the Company or its Affiliate shall be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing and notice of a legal action within such period; provided, however, that if any shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of action, the shorter period shall govern.
11. Amendment of this Agreement. No supplement, modification, or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding unless in the form of a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the waiver is sought, and no such waiver shall operate as a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver. Except as specifically provided herein, no failure to exercise or any delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall constitute a waiver thereof.
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12. Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.
13. No Duplication of Payments. The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise received payment (under any insurance policy, Bylaw, or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.
14. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company), assigns, spouses, heirs, and personal and legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all, substantially all, or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. The indemnification provided under this Agreement shall continue as to Indemnitee for any action taken or not taken while serving in an indemnified capacity pertaining to an Indemnifiable Event even though he may have ceased to serve in such capacity at the time of any Proceeding.
15. Severability. If any provision (or portion thereof) of this Agreement shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or otherwise unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. Furthermore, to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of this Agreement containing any provision held to be invalid, void, or otherwise unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, void, or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, void, or unenforceable.
16. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Wyoming applicable to contracts made and to be performed in such State without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of laws.
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17. Notices. All notices, demands, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by hand, against receipt, or mailed, postage prepaid, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and addressed to the Company at:
to Soligen Technologies, Inc.
30 N Gould St
Suite R
Sheridan, WY 82801
and to Indemnitee at:
Gary Grimshaw
5753 Hwy 85 N. #3389
Crestview, FL 32536
Notice of change of address shall be effective only when given in accordance with this Section. All notices complying with this Section shall be deemed to have been received on the date of hand delivery or on the third business day after mailing.
18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed and delivered this Agreement as of the day specified above.
| Company: | ||
| Soligen Technologies, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Gary Grimshaw | |
| Name: | Gary Grimshaw | |
| Title: | President | |
| Indemnitee: | ||
| Gary Grimshaw | ||
| /s/ Gary Grimshaw | ||
| Name: | Gary Grimshaw | |
| Title: | President and Director | |
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INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
by and between
Soligen Technologies, Inc.
and
Jimmy Wayne Anderson
indemnitee
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INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is entered into, effective as April 24, 2018 of by and between Soligen Technologies, Inc., a Wyoming corporation (the “Company”), and Jimmy Wayne Anderson, INDEMNITEE (“Indemnitee”).
WHEREAS, it is essential to the Company to retain and attract as directors and officers the most capable persons available;
WHEREAS, Indemnitee is a director and/or officer of the Company;
WHEREAS, both the Company and Indemnitee recognize the increased risk of litigation and other claims currently being asserted against directors and officers of corporations;
WHEREAS, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company require the Company to indemnify and advance expenses to its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under Wyoming law, and the Indemnitee has been serving and continues to serve as a director and/or officer of the Company in part in reliance on the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of Indemnitee’s need for (i) substantial protection against personal liability based on Indemnitee’s reliance on the aforesaid Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, (ii) specific contractual assurance that the protection promised by the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws will be available to Indemnitee (regardless of, among other things, any amendment to or revocation of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws or any change in the composition of the Company’s Board of Directors or acquisition transaction relating to the Company), and (iii) an inducement to provide effective services to the Company as a director and/or officer, the Company wishes to provide in this Agreement for the indemnification of and the advancing of expenses to Indemnitee to the fullest extent (whether partial or complete) permitted under Wyoming law and as set forth in this Agreement, and, to the extent insurance is maintained, to provide for the continued coverage of Indemnitee under the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies.
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises and of Indemnitee continuing to serve the Company directly or, at its request, with another enterprise, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:
1. Certain Definitions:
(a) Board: the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b) Affiliate: any corporation or other person or entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified.
(c) Change in Control: shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, and other than any person holding shares of the Company on the date that the Company first registers under the Act or any transferee of such individual if such transferee is a spouse or lineal descendant of the transferee or a trust for the benefit of the individual, his spouse or lineal descendants), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, or (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board and any new director whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation that would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
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(d) Expenses: any expense, liability, or loss, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, any interest, assessments, or other charges imposed thereon, any federal, state, local, or foreign taxes imposed as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, and all other costs and obligations, paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in, participating in (including on appeal), or preparing for any of the foregoing in, any Proceeding relating to any Indemnifiable Event.
(e) Indemnifiable Event: any event or occurrence that takes place either prior to or after the execution of this Agreement, related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, or while a director or officer is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, trustee, agent, or fiduciary of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust, or other enterprise, or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of a foreign or domestic corporation that was a predecessor corporation of the Company or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation, or related to anything done or not done by Indemnitee in any such capacity, whether or not the basis of the Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Company, as described above.
(f) Independent Counsel: the person or body appointed in connection with Section 3.
(g) Proceeding: any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding or any alternative dispute resolution mechanism (including an action by or in the right of the Company), or any inquiry, hearing, or investigation, whether conducted by the Company or any other party, that Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the institution of any such action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, or other.
(h) Reviewing Party: the person or body appointed in accordance with Section 3.
(i) Voting Securities: any securities of the Company that vote generally in the election of directors.
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2. Agreement to Indemnify.
(a) General Agreement. In the event Indemnitee was, is, or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee from and against any and all Expenses to the fullest extent permitted by law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended or interpreted (but in the case of any such amendment or interpretation, only to the extent that such amendment or interpretation permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than were permitted prior thereto). The parties hereto intend that this Agreement shall provide for indemnification in excess of that expressly permitted by statute, including, without limitation, any indemnification provided by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, its Bylaws, vote of its shareholders or disinterested directors, or applicable law.
(b) Initiation of Proceeding. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless (i) the Company has joined in or the Board has consented to the initiation of such Proceeding; (ii) the Proceeding is one to enforce indemnification rights under Section 5; or (iii) the Proceeding is instituted after a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) and Independent Counsel has approved its initiation.
(c) Expense Advances. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance (within ten business days of such request) any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an “Expense Advance”). The Indemnitee shall qualify for such Expense Advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement which shall constitute an undertaking providing that the Indemnitee undertakes to repay such Expense Advances if and to the extent that it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment, not subject to appeal, that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. Indemnitee’s obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon.
(d) Mandatory Indemnification. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Proceeding relating in whole or in part to an Indemnifiable Event or in defense of any issue or matter therein, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses incurred in connection therewith.
(e) Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of Expenses, but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled.
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(f) Prohibited Indemnification. No indemnification pursuant to this Agreement shall be paid by the Company on account of any Proceeding in which judgment is rendered against Indemnitee for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of any federal, state, or local laws.
3. Reviewing Party. Prior to any Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be any appropriate person or body consisting of a member or members of the Board or any other person or body appointed by the Board who is not a party to the particular Proceeding with respect to which Indemnitee is seeking indemnification; after a Change in Control, the Independent Counsel referred to below shall become the Reviewing Party. With respect to all matters arising after a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) concerning the rights of Indemnitee to indemnity payments and Expense Advances under this Agreement or any other agreement or under applicable law or the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws now or hereafter in effect relating to indemnification for Indemnifiable Events, the Company shall seek legal advice only from Independent Counsel selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and who has not otherwise performed services for the Company or the Indemnitee (other than in connection with indemnification matters) within the last five years. The Independent Counsel shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. Such counsel, among other things, shall render its written opinion to the Company and Indemnitee as to whether and to what extent the Indemnitee should be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the Independent Counsel and to indemnify fully such counsel against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), claims, liabilities, loss, and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the engagement of Independent Counsel pursuant hereto.
4. Indemnification Process and Appeal.
(a) Indemnification Payment. Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification of Expenses, and shall receive payment thereof, from the Company in accordance with this Agreement as soon as practicable after Indemnitee has made written demand on the Company for indemnification, unless the Reviewing Party has given a written opinion to the Company that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under applicable law.
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(b) Suit to Enforce Rights. Regardless of any action by the Reviewing Party, if Indemnitee has not received full indemnification within thirty days after making a demand in accordance with Section 4(a), Indemnitee shall have the right to enforce its indemnification rights under this Agreement by commencing litigation in any court in the State of California or the State of Wyoming having subject matter jurisdiction thereof seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof. The Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party not challenged by the Indemnitee shall be binding on the Company and Indemnitee. The remedy provided for in this Section 4 shall be in addition to any other remedies available to Indemnitee at law or in equity.
(c) Defense to Indemnification, Burden of Proof, and Presumptions. It shall be a defense to any action brought by Indemnitee against the Company to enforce this Agreement (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for Expenses incurred in defending a Proceeding in advance of its final disposition) that it is not permissible under applicable law for the Company to indemnify Indemnitee for the amount claimed. In connection with any such action or any determination by the Reviewing Party or otherwise as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified hereunder, the burden of proving such a defense or determination shall be on the Company. Neither the failure of the Reviewing Party or the Company (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action by Indemnitee that indemnification of the claimant is proper under the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the standard of conduct set forth in applicable law, nor an actual determination by the Reviewing Party or Company (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the Indemnitee had not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any claim, action, suit, or proceeding, by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval), conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet any particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief or that a court has determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable law.
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5. Indemnification for Expenses Incurred in Enforcing Rights. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses that are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for (i) indemnification or advance payment of Expenses by the Company under this Agreement or any other agreement or under applicable law or the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws now or hereafter in effect relating to indemnification for Indemnifiable Events, and/or (ii) recovery under directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, but only in the event that Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or insurance recovery, as the case may be. In addition, the Company shall, if so requested by Indemnitee, advance the foregoing Expenses to Indemnitee, subject to and in accordance with Section 2(c).
6. Notification and Defense of Proceeding.
(a) Notice. Promptly after receipt by Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of any Proceeding, Indemnitee shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company under this Agreement, notify the Company of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the Company will not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee, except as provided in Section 6(c).
(b) Defense. With respect to any Proceeding as to which Indemnitee notifies the Company of the commencement thereof, the Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense and except as otherwise provided below, to the extent the Company so wishes, it may assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee. After notice from the Company to Indemnitee of its election to assume the defense of any Proceeding, the Company shall not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise for any Expenses subsequently incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the defense of such Proceeding other than reasonable costs of investigation or as otherwise provided below. Indemnitee shall have the right to employ legal counsel in such Proceeding, but all Expenses related thereto incurred after notice from the Company of its assumption of the defense shall be at Indemnitee’s expense unless: (i) the employment of legal counsel by Indemnitee has been authorized by the Company, (ii) Indemnitee has reasonably determined that there may be a conflict of interest between Indemnitee and the Company in the defense of the Proceeding, (iii) after a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), the employment of counsel by Indemnitee has been approved by the Independent Counsel, or (iv) the Company shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of such Proceeding, in each of which cases all Expenses of the Proceeding shall be borne by the Company. The Company shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any Proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Company or as to which Indemnitee shall have made the determination provided for in (ii), (iii) and (iv) above.
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(c) Settlement of Claims. The Company shall not be liable to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise for any amounts paid in settlement of any Proceeding effected without the Company’s written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that if a Change in Control has occurred (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), the Company shall be liable for indemnification of Indemnitee for amounts paid in settlement if the Independent Counsel has approved the settlement. The Company shall not settle any Proceeding in any manner that would impose any penalty or limitation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s written consent. The Company shall not be liable to indemnify the Indemnitee under this Agreement with regard to any judicial award if the Company was not given a reasonable and timely opportunity, at its expense, to participate in the defense of such action; the Company’s liability hereunder shall not be excused if participation in the Proceeding by the Company was barred by this Agreement.
7. Establishment of Trust. In the event of a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) the Company shall, upon written request by Indemnitee, create a Trust for the benefit of the Indemnitee and from time to time upon written request of Indemnitee shall fund the Trust in an amount sufficient to satisfy any and all Expenses reasonably anticipated at the time of each such request to be incurred in connection with investigating, preparing for, participating in, and/or defending any Proceeding relating to an Indemnifiable Event. The amount or amounts to be deposited in the Trust pursuant to the foregoing funding obligation shall be determined by the Independent Counsel. The terms of the Trust shall provide that (i) the Trust shall not be revoked or the principal thereof invaded without the written consent of the Indemnitee, (ii) the Trustee shall advance, within ten business days of a request by the Indemnitee, any and all Expenses to the Indemnitee (and the Indemnitee hereby agrees to reimburse the Trust under the same circumstances for which the Indemnitee would be required to reimburse the Company under Section 2(c) of this Agreement), (iii) the Trust shall continue to be funded by the Company in accordance with the funding obligation set forth above, (iv) the Trustee shall promptly pay to the Indemnitee all amounts for which the Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, and (v) all unexpended funds in the Trust shall revert to the Company upon a final determination by the Independent Counsel or a court of competent jurisdiction, as the case may be, that the Indemnitee has been fully indemnified under the terms of this Agreement. The Trustee shall be chosen by the Indemnitee. Nothing in this Section 7 shall relieve the Company of any of its obligations under this Agreement. All income earned on the assets held in the Trust shall be reported as income by the Company for federal, state, local, and foreign tax purposes. The Company shall pay all costs of establishing and maintaining the Trust and shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), claims, liabilities, loss, and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the establishment and maintenance of the Trust.
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8. Non-Exclusivity. The rights of Indemnitee hereunder shall be in addition to any other rights Indemnitee may have under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, applicable law, or otherwise; provided, however, that this Agreement shall supersede any prior indemnification agreement between the Company and the Indemnitee. To the extent that a change in applicable law (whether by statute or judicial decision) permits greater indemnification than would be afforded currently under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, applicable law, or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties that Indemnitee enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change.
9. Liability Insurance. To the extent the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing general and/or directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies, in accordance with its or their terms, to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any Company director or officer.
10. Period of Limitations. No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action shall be asserted by or on behalf of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company against Indemnitee, Indemnitee’s spouse, heirs, executors, or personal or legal representatives after the expiration of two years from the date of accrual of such cause of action, or such longer period as may be required by state law under the circumstances. Any claim or cause of action of the Company or its Affiliate shall be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing and notice of a legal action within such period; provided, however, that if any shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of action, the shorter period shall govern.
11. Amendment of this Agreement. No supplement, modification, or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding unless in the form of a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the waiver is sought, and no such waiver shall operate as a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver. Except as specifically provided herein, no failure to exercise or any delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall constitute a waiver thereof.
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12. Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.
13. No Duplication of Payments. The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise received payment (under any insurance policy, Bylaw, or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.
14. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company), assigns, spouses, heirs, and personal and legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all, substantially all, or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. The indemnification provided under this Agreement shall continue as to Indemnitee for any action taken or not taken while serving in an indemnified capacity pertaining to an Indemnifiable Event even though he may have ceased to serve in such capacity at the time of any Proceeding.
15. Severability. If any provision (or portion thereof) of this Agreement shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or otherwise unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. Furthermore, to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of this Agreement containing any provision held to be invalid, void, or otherwise unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, void, or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, void, or unenforceable.
16. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Wyoming applicable to contracts made and to be performed in such State without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of laws.
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17. Notices. All notices, demands, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by hand, against receipt, or mailed, postage prepaid, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and addressed to the Company at:
to Soligen Technologies, Inc.
30 N Gould St
Suite R
Sheridan, WY 82801
and to Indemnitee at:
Jimmy Wayne Anderson
244 2nd Ave N., Suite 9
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Notice of change of address shall be effective only when given in accordance with this Section. All notices complying with this Section shall be deemed to have been received on the date of hand delivery or on the third business day after mailing.
18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed and delivered this Agreement as of the day specified above.
| Company: | ||
| Soligen Technologies, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Gary Grimshaw | |
| Name: | Gary Grimshaw | |
| Title: | President | |
| Indemnitee: | ||
| Jimmy Wayne Anderson | ||
| /s/ Jimmy Wayne Anderson | ||
| Name: | Jimmy Wayne Anderson | |
| Title: | Director | |
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INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
by and between
Soligen Technologies, Inc.
and
Craig M. Borel, P.E.
indemnitee
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INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is entered into, effective as May 23, 2018 of by and between Soligen Technologies, Inc., a Wyoming corporation (the “Company”), and Craig M. Borel, P.E., INDEMNITEE (“Indemnitee”).
WHEREAS, it is essential to the Company to retain and attract as directors and officers the most capable persons available;
WHEREAS, Indemnitee is a director and/or officer of the Company;
WHEREAS, both the Company and Indemnitee recognize the increased risk of litigation and other claims currently being asserted against directors and officers of corporations;
WHEREAS, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company require the Company to indemnify and advance expenses to its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under Wyoming law, and the Indemnitee has been serving and continues to serve as a director and/or officer of the Company in part in reliance on the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of Indemnitee’s need for (i) substantial protection against personal liability based on Indemnitee’s reliance on the aforesaid Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, (ii) specific contractual assurance that the protection promised by the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws will be available to Indemnitee (regardless of, among other things, any amendment to or revocation of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws or any change in the composition of the Company’s Board of Directors or acquisition transaction relating to the Company), and (iii) an inducement to provide effective services to the Company as a director and/or officer, the Company wishes to provide in this Agreement for the indemnification of and the advancing of expenses to Indemnitee to the fullest extent (whether partial or complete) permitted under Wyoming law and as set forth in this Agreement, and, to the extent insurance is maintained, to provide for the continued coverage of Indemnitee under the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies.
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises and of Indemnitee continuing to serve the Company directly or, at its request, with another enterprise, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:
1. Certain Definitions:
(a) Board: the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b) Affiliate: any corporation or other person or entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified.
(c) Change in Control: shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, and other than any person holding shares of the Company on the date that the Company first registers under the Act or any transferee of such individual if such transferee is a spouse or lineal descendant of the transferee or a trust for the benefit of the individual, his spouse or lineal descendants), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, or (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board and any new director whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation that would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
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(d) Expenses: any expense, liability, or loss, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, any interest, assessments, or other charges imposed thereon, any federal, state, local, or foreign taxes imposed as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, and all other costs and obligations, paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in, participating in (including on appeal), or preparing for any of the foregoing in, any Proceeding relating to any Indemnifiable Event.
(e) Indemnifiable Event: any event or occurrence that takes place either prior to or after the execution of this Agreement, related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, or while a director or officer is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, trustee, agent, or fiduciary of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust, or other enterprise, or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of a foreign or domestic corporation that was a predecessor corporation of the Company or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation, or related to anything done or not done by Indemnitee in any such capacity, whether or not the basis of the Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
Company, as described above.
(f) Independent Counsel: the person or body appointed in connection with Section 3.
(g) Proceeding: any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding or any alternative dispute resolution mechanism (including an action by or in the right of the Company), or any inquiry, hearing, or investigation, whether conducted by the Company or any other party, that Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the institution of any such action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, or other.
(h) Reviewing Party: the person or body appointed in accordance with Section 3.
(i) Voting Securities: any securities of the Company that vote generally in the election of directors.
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2. Agreement to Indemnify.
(a) General Agreement. In the event Indemnitee was, is, or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee from and against any and all Expenses to the fullest extent permitted by law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended or interpreted (but in the case of any such amendment or interpretation, only to the extent that such amendment or interpretation permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than were permitted prior thereto). The parties hereto intend that this Agreement shall provide for indemnification in excess of that expressly permitted by statute, including, without limitation, any indemnification provided by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, its Bylaws, vote of its shareholders or disinterested directors, or applicable law.
(b) Initiation of Proceeding. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless (i) the Company has joined in or the Board has consented to the initiation of such Proceeding; (ii) the Proceeding is one to enforce indemnification rights under Section 5; or (iii) the Proceeding is instituted after a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) and Independent Counsel has approved its initiation.
(c) Expense Advances. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance (within ten business days of such request) any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an “Expense Advance”). The Indemnitee shall qualify for such Expense Advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement which shall constitute an undertaking providing that the Indemnitee undertakes to repay such Expense Advances if and to the extent that it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment, not subject to appeal, that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. Indemnitee’s obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon.
(d) Mandatory Indemnification. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Proceeding relating in whole or in part to an Indemnifiable Event or in defense of any issue or matter therein, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses incurred in connection therewith.
(e) Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of Expenses, but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled.
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(f) Prohibited Indemnification. No indemnification pursuant to this Agreement shall be paid by the Company on account of any Proceeding in which judgment is rendered against Indemnitee for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of any federal, state, or local laws.
3. Reviewing Party. Prior to any Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be any appropriate person or body consisting of a member or members of the Board or any other person or body appointed by the Board who is not a party to the particular Proceeding with respect to which Indemnitee is seeking indemnification; after a Change in Control, the Independent Counsel referred to below shall become the Reviewing Party. With respect to all matters arising after a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) concerning the rights of Indemnitee to indemnity payments and Expense Advances under this Agreement or any other agreement or under applicable law or the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws now or hereafter in effect relating to indemnification for Indemnifiable Events, the Company shall seek legal advice only from Independent Counsel selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and who has not otherwise performed services for the Company or the Indemnitee (other than in connection with indemnification matters) within the last five years. The Independent Counsel shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. Such counsel, among other things, shall render its written opinion to the Company and Indemnitee as to whether and to what extent the Indemnitee should be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the Independent Counsel and to indemnify fully such counsel against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), claims, liabilities, loss, and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the engagement of Independent Counsel pursuant hereto.
4. Indemnification Process and Appeal.
(a) Indemnification Payment. Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification of Expenses, and shall receive payment thereof, from the Company in accordance with this Agreement as soon as practicable after Indemnitee has made written demand on the Company for indemnification, unless the Reviewing Party has given a written opinion to the Company that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under applicable law.
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(b) Suit to Enforce Rights. Regardless of any action by the Reviewing Party, if Indemnitee has not received full indemnification within thirty days after making a demand in accordance with Section 4(a), Indemnitee shall have the right to enforce its indemnification rights under this Agreement by commencing litigation in any court in the State of California or the State of Wyoming having subject matter jurisdiction thereof seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof. The Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party not challenged by the Indemnitee shall be binding on the Company and Indemnitee. The remedy provided for in this Section 4 shall be in addition to any other remedies available to Indemnitee at law or in equity.
(c) Defense to Indemnification, Burden of Proof, and Presumptions. It shall be a defense to any action brought by Indemnitee against the Company to enforce this Agreement (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for Expenses incurred in defending a Proceeding in advance of its final disposition) that it is not permissible under applicable law for the Company to indemnify Indemnitee for the amount claimed. In connection with any such action or any determination by the Reviewing Party or otherwise as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified hereunder, the burden of proving such a defense or determination shall be on the Company. Neither the failure of the Reviewing Party or the Company (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action by Indemnitee that indemnification of the claimant is proper under the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the standard of conduct set forth in applicable law, nor an actual determination by the Reviewing Party or Company (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the Indemnitee had not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any claim, action, suit, or proceeding, by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval), conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet any particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief or that a court has determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable law.
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5. Indemnification for Expenses Incurred in Enforcing Rights. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses that are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for (i) indemnification or advance payment of Expenses by the Company under this Agreement or any other agreement or under applicable law or the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws now or hereafter in effect relating to indemnification for Indemnifiable Events, and/or (ii) recovery under directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, but only in the event that Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or insurance recovery, as the case may be. In addition, the Company shall, if so requested by Indemnitee, advance the foregoing Expenses to Indemnitee, subject to and in accordance with Section 2(c).
6. Notification and Defense of Proceeding.
(a) Notice. Promptly after receipt by Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of any Proceeding, Indemnitee shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company under this Agreement, notify the Company of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the Company will not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee, except as provided in Section 6(c).
(b) Defense. With respect to any Proceeding as to which Indemnitee notifies the Company of the commencement thereof, the Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense and except as otherwise provided below, to the extent the Company so wishes, it may assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee. After notice from the Company to Indemnitee of its election to assume the defense of any Proceeding, the Company shall not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise for any Expenses subsequently incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the defense of such Proceeding other than reasonable costs of investigation or as otherwise provided below. Indemnitee shall have the right to employ legal counsel in such Proceeding, but all Expenses related thereto incurred after notice from the Company of its assumption of the defense shall be at Indemnitee’s expense unless: (i) the employment of legal counsel by Indemnitee has been authorized by the Company, (ii) Indemnitee has reasonably determined that there may be a conflict of interest between Indemnitee and the Company in the defense of the Proceeding, (iii) after a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), the employment of counsel by Indemnitee has been approved by the Independent Counsel, or (iv) the Company shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of such Proceeding, in each of which cases all Expenses of the Proceeding shall be borne by the Company. The Company shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any Proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Company or as to which Indemnitee shall have made the determination provided for in (ii), (iii) and (iv) above.
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(c) Settlement of Claims. The Company shall not be liable to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise for any amounts paid in settlement of any Proceeding effected without the Company’s written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that if a Change in Control has occurred (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), the Company shall be liable for indemnification of Indemnitee for amounts paid in settlement if the Independent Counsel has approved the settlement. The Company shall not settle any Proceeding in any manner that would impose any penalty or limitation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s written consent. The Company shall not be liable to indemnify the Indemnitee under this Agreement with regard to any judicial award if the Company was not given a reasonable and timely opportunity, at its expense, to participate in the defense of such action; the Company’s liability hereunder shall not be excused if participation in the Proceeding by the Company was barred by this Agreement.
7. Establishment of Trust. In the event of a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) the Company shall, upon written request by Indemnitee, create a Trust for the benefit of the Indemnitee and from time to time upon written request of Indemnitee shall fund the Trust in an amount sufficient to satisfy any and all Expenses reasonably anticipated at the time of each such request to be incurred in connection with investigating, preparing for, participating in, and/or defending any Proceeding relating to an Indemnifiable Event. The amount or amounts to be deposited in the Trust pursuant to the foregoing funding obligation shall be determined by the Independent Counsel. The terms of the Trust shall provide that (i) the Trust shall not be revoked or the principal thereof invaded without the written consent of the Indemnitee, (ii) the Trustee shall advance, within ten business days of a request by the Indemnitee, any and all Expenses to the Indemnitee (and the Indemnitee hereby agrees to reimburse the Trust under the same circumstances for which the Indemnitee would be required to reimburse the Company under Section 2(c) of this Agreement), (iii) the Trust shall continue to be funded by the Company in accordance with the funding obligation set forth above, (iv) the Trustee shall promptly pay to the Indemnitee all amounts for which the Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, and (v) all unexpended funds in the Trust shall revert to the Company upon a final determination by the Independent Counsel or a court of competent jurisdiction, as the case may be, that the Indemnitee has been fully indemnified under the terms of this Agreement. The Trustee shall be chosen by the Indemnitee. Nothing in this Section 7 shall relieve the Company of any of its obligations under this Agreement. All income earned on the assets held in the Trust shall be reported as income by the Company for federal, state, local, and foreign tax purposes. The Company shall pay all costs of establishing and maintaining the Trust and shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), claims, liabilities, loss, and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the establishment and maintenance of the Trust.
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8. Non-Exclusivity. The rights of Indemnitee hereunder shall be in addition to any other rights Indemnitee may have under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, applicable law, or otherwise; provided, however, that this Agreement shall supersede any prior indemnification agreement between the Company and the Indemnitee. To the extent that a change in applicable law (whether by statute or judicial decision) permits greater indemnification than would be afforded currently under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, applicable law, or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties that Indemnitee enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change.
9. Liability Insurance. To the extent the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing general and/or directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies, in accordance with its or their terms, to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any Company director or officer.
10. Period of Limitations. No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action shall be asserted by or on behalf of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company against Indemnitee, Indemnitee’s spouse, heirs, executors, or personal or legal representatives after the expiration of two years from the date of accrual of such cause of action, or such longer period as may be required by state law under the circumstances. Any claim or cause of action of the Company or its Affiliate shall be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing and notice of a legal action within such period; provided, however, that if any shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of action, the shorter period shall govern.
11. Amendment of this Agreement. No supplement, modification, or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding unless in the form of a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the waiver is sought, and no such waiver shall operate as a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver. Except as specifically provided herein, no failure to exercise or any delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall constitute a waiver thereof.
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12. Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.
13. No Duplication of Payments. The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise received payment (under any insurance policy, Bylaw, or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.
14. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company), assigns, spouses, heirs, and personal and legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all, substantially all, or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. The indemnification provided under this Agreement shall continue as to Indemnitee for any action taken or not taken while serving in an indemnified capacity pertaining to an Indemnifiable Event even though he may have ceased to serve in such capacity at the time of any Proceeding.
15. Severability. If any provision (or portion thereof) of this Agreement shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or otherwise unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. Furthermore, to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of this Agreement containing any provision held to be invalid, void, or otherwise unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, void, or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, void, or unenforceable.
16. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Wyoming applicable to contracts made and to be performed in such State without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of laws.
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17. Notices. All notices, demands, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by hand, against receipt, or mailed, postage prepaid, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and addressed to the Company at:
to Soligen Technologies, Inc.
30 N Gould St
Suite R
Sheridan, WY 82801
and to Indemnitee at:
Craig M. Borel, P.E.
100 Plantation Ridge Ln.
Lafayette, Louisiana 70503
Notice of change of address shall be effective only when given in accordance with this Section. All notices complying with this Section shall be deemed to have been received on the date of hand delivery or on the third business day after mailing.
18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed and delivered this Agreement as of the day specified above.
| Company: | ||
| Soligen Technologies, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Gary Grimshaw | |
| Name: | Gary Grimshaw | |
| Title: | President | |
| Indemnitee: | ||
| Craig M. Borel, P.E. | ||
| /s/ Craig M. Borel, P.E. | ||
| Name: | Craig M. Borel, P.E. | |
| Title: | President and Director | |
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Assignment
THIS ASSIGNMENT, made and entered into this 10th day of May 2018 by and between Soligen Technologies, Inc. whose address is Pennzoil Plza. Bldg., Suite 1300, 700 Milam St., Houston, TX 77002, hereinafter referred to as Assignor, and US Natural Gas Corp KY whose address is 244 2nd Ave N., Suite 9, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 hereinafter referred to as Assignee.
WITNESSETH, that for and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) and other good and valuable considerations, all of which is hereby acknowledged, Assignor does by these presents assign, convey, transfer, and set over unto Assignee a thirty percent (30%) royalty of the gross proceeds of production from the acquired assets shown on Exhibit A. In addition, Assignee shall receive ten percent (10%) of the monthly gross proceeds of production from any new drilled wells on the acquired leases shown on Exhibit A. Assignee shall receive payments from production until such time that Assignee has received a total of One Hundred Forty Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($140,000.00). At that time, the Assignee shall receive no additional royalty payments.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor has executed this assignment on the day and year first above written.
| SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
| /s/ Gary Grimshaw | ||
| By: | Gary Grimshaw | |
| Title: | President | |
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF ______________
On the _______ day of _________, 2018 before me personally appeared Gary Grimshaw, who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed for the purposes therein contained.
WITNESS my hand and seal this ______ day of _________, 2018.
| Notary Public |
My Commission expires______________________
| US NATURAL GAS CORP KY | ||
| /s/ Wayne Anderson | ||
| By: | Wayne Anderson | |
| Title: | President of Managing Member | |
STATE OF Florida
COUNTY OF Pinellas
On the _______ day of _________, 2018 before me personally appeared Jimmy Wayne Anderson, who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed for the purposes therein contained.
WITNESS my hand and seal this ______ day of _________, 2018.
| Notary Public |
My Commission expires______________________
THIS INSTRUMENT PREPARED BY:
US Natural Gas Corp KY
244 2nd Ave N., Suite 9
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
| By: | /s/ Wayne Anderson |
EXHIBIT A
| WHITLEY COUNTY, KENTUCKY WELLS | ||||||
| WELL NAME | TOTAL DEPTH (a) | STATUS (b) | PRODUCT (c) | |||
| HOBERT WHITE #1 | 1303 | SI | NG | |||
| MILTON HARMON #1 | 1758 | SI | NG | |||
| SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY OIL WELLS | ||||||||
| WELL NAME | COUNTY | TOTAL DEPTH (a) | STATUS (b) | PRODUCT (c) | ||||
| JAMES BRUMMETT #1 | ADAIR | 1562 | SI | O | ||||
| JAMES BRUMMETT #2 | ADAIR | 1439 | SI | O | ||||
| JASON CAMFIELD #1 | ADAIR | 750 | SI | O | ||||
| J.C. LASLEY #1 | ADAIR | 1620 | SI | O | ||||
| J.C. LASLEY #1A | ADAIR | 1565 | SI | O | ||||
| J.C. LASLEY #2 | ADAIR | 1574 | SI | O | ||||
| J.C. LASLEY #5 | ADAIR | 1657 | SI | O | ||||
| COLBY SMITH #1 | ADAIR | 1680 | SI | O | ||||
| D&M FARMS #1 | HART | 2250 | SI | O | ||||
| RANDY HATCHER #1 | ADAIR | 1574 | SI | O | ||||
| TROY ISOM #1 | MORGAN | 1705 | SI | NG | ||||
| (a) - | Total Depth as per completion report |
| (b) - | Status |
| i) PR - In Production | |
| ii) PL - Plugged | |
| iii) SI - Shut-In | |
| (c) - | Product |
| i) O - Oil production | |
| ii) NG - Natural Gas production | |
| iii) O/NG - Both Oil & Natural Gas production |
Exhibit 12.1
John E. Lux, Esq.
Attorney at Law
1629 K Street, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 780-1000
Admitted in Maryland and the District of Columbia
June 29, 2018
Board of Directors
Soligen Technologies, Inc.
6849 Woodley Ave.
Van Nuys, CA 91406
Gentlemen:
I have acted, at your request, as special counsel to Soligen Technologies, Inc., a Wyoming corporation, (“Soligen Technologies, Inc.”) for the purpose of rendering an opinion as to the legality of 500,000,000 shares of Soligen Technologies, Inc. common stock, par value $0.001 per share to be offered and distributed by Soligen Technologies, Inc. (the “Shares”), pursuant to an Offering Statement to be filed under Regulation A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by Soligen Technologies, Inc. with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on Form 1-A, for the purpose of registering the offer and sale of the Shares (“Offering Statement”).
For the purpose of rendering my opinion herein, I have reviewed statutes of the State of Wyoming, to the extent I deem relevant to the matter opined upon herein, certified or purported true copies of the Articles of Incorporation of Soligen Technologies, Inc. and all amendments thereto, the By-Laws of Soligen Technologies, Inc., selected proceedings of the board of directors of Soligen Technologies, Inc. authorizing the issuance of the Shares, certificates of officers of Soligen Technologies, Inc. and of public officials, and such other documents of Soligen Technologies, Inc. and of public officials as I have deemed necessary and relevant to the matter opined upon herein. I have assumed, with respect to persons other than directors and officers of Soligen Technologies, Inc., the due and proper election or appointment of all persons signing and purporting to sign the documents in their respective capacities, as stated therein, the genuineness of all signatures, the conformity to authentic original documents of the copies of all such documents submitted to me as certified, conformed and photocopied, including the quoted, extracted, excerpted and reprocessed text of such documents.
Based upon the review described above, it is my opinion that the Shares are duly authorized and when, as and if issued and delivered by Soligen Technologies, Inc. against payment therefore, as described in the offering statement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
I have not been engaged to examine, nor have I examined, the Offering Statement for the purpose of determining the accuracy or completeness of the information included therein or the compliance and conformity thereof with the rules and regulations of the SEC or the requirements of Form 1-A, and I express no opinion with respect thereto. My forgoing opinion is strictly limited to matters of Wyoming corporation law; and, I do not express an opinion on the federal law of the United States of America or the law of any state or jurisdiction therein other than Wyoming, as specified herein.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 12.1 to the Offering Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Offering Circular constituting a part of the Offering Statement. We assume no obligation to update or supplement any of the opinion set forth herein to reflect any changes of law or fact that may occur following the date hereof.
Very truly yours,
/s/ John E. Lux
John E. Lux