Evergreen Sustainable Enterprises, Inc. - Annual Report: 2021 (Form 10-K)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

☒   ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021

Commission File Number 333-176154

Generation Hemp, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(469) 209-6154

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities Registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

None

Securities Registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:

Class: Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share

Ticker: GENH

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As of June 30, 2021, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $24,359,385. 

At April 12, 2022, the registrant had 113,114,002 shares of common stock outstanding.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K, the other reports, statements, and information that the Company has previously filed with or furnished to, or that we may subsequently file with or furnish to, the SEC and public announcements that we have previously made or may subsequently make include, may include, or may incorporate by reference certain statements that may be deemed to be “forward- looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, and that are intended to enjoy the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided by that Act. To the extent that any statements made in this report contain information that is not historical, these statements are essentially forward-looking. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate”, “estimate”, “plan”, “project”, “continuing”, “ongoing”, “expect”, “believe”, “intend”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions that concern our expectations, strategy, plans, or intentions. Forward looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K include, but are not limited to statements about:

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors described in the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We cannot assure you that the results, events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur, and actual results, events or circumstances could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.

SUMMARY RISK FACTORS

The risk factors described below are a summary of the principal risk factors associated with an investment in us. These are not the only risks we face. The below summary is qualified in its entirety by that more complete discussion of such risks and uncertainties. You should carefully consider these risk factors, together with the risk factors set forth in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of this Report and the other reports and documents filed by us with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

Risks Related to Our Business 

Risks Related to our Activities in the Legal Hemp Industry

Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). You may read and copy any document we file with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, U.S.A. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. Our SEC filings are also available to the public from the SEC’s internet site at http://www.sec.gov.

On our Internet website, http://www.genhempinc.com, we post the following recent filings as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC: our annual reports on Form 10-K, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, our current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

GENERATION HEMP, INC.

FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

Item 1. Business

Generation Hemp, Inc. (the “Company”), was incorporated on August 21, 2021 in the State of Delaware. The Company was originally incorporated on July 28, 2008 in the State of Colorado. On November 27, 2019, Home Treasure Finders, Inc. (“HTF”) acquired approximately 94% of the common stock of Energy Hunter Resources, Inc. (“EHR”) in a series of transactions accounted for as a reverse merger (the “Transaction”). Upon closing of the Transaction, HTF changed its name to Generation Hemp, Inc.

On January 11, 2021, we completed the acquisition of certain assets of Halcyon Thruput, LLC (“Halcyon”). With this acquisition, we commenced providing post-harvest and midstream services to growers by drying, processing, cleaning and stripping harvested hemp directly from the field and wetbaled at our 48,000 square foot leased facility located in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Additionally, the Company offers safe storage services for processed hemp, which enables farmers to maximize strategic market timing. In August 2021, the Company launched its small animal bedding consumer goods product line (“Rowdy Rooster”) made from the hemp hurd byproduct that is produced from its hemp processing operations.

We also generate revenue from rental of our “Cannabis Zoned” (Hemp) warehouse property located in Denver, Colorado currently leased to an unaffiliated hemp seed company.

As of December 31, 2021, EHR held an approximate 8% working interest in an oil & gas property located in Cochran County, Texas within the Slaughter-Levelland Field of the San Andres formation in the Northwest Shelf of West Texas. EHR’s oil & gas activities are currently held for sale and are presented in these consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations for each of the periods presented.

Our management team has been and continues to actively review acquisition candidates involved in the hemp industry that operate within a number of vertical businesses, predominantly within the midstream sector that are attractive to us and are within the hemp supply chain.

To fund our business activities, we have historically completed a number of private placements of equity and debt. We continue to seek additional public or private placements of our stock and debt. Our common shares are quoted on the OTCQB Markets under the symbol “GENH.”

Principal Services and their Markets

Generation Hemp is positioning itself to be a pure-play, fully integrated hemp company through its acquisitions of existing established companies operating in the rapidly growing hemp sector with success as profitable first movers.

We provide post-harvest and midstream services to growers by drying, processing, cleaning, stripping harvested hemp directly from the field and wetbaled at our leased 48,000 square foot facility located in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The drying services technology greatly increases efficiency and capacity during harvest for farmers who need to quickly move harvested hemp while preserving the cannabinoid potency by providing scalable infrastructure essential to receive and process hemp with high moisture content (“wet”) quickly. Additionally, the Company offers safe storage services for processed hemp, which enables farmers to maximize strategic market timing. The midstream business is fee income oriented, based upon a price per pound of material handled, and therefore is more protected from significant commodity price variations. The facility is able to process approximately 10,000 wet pounds per hour and the potential to scale up to 20,000 wet pounds per hour in order to meet market demands as licensed and harvested hemp acreage continues to increase across Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and other states.

We also own one industrial warehouse located in Denver, Colorado and lease 100% of this space within that project to aid a licensed hemp seed grower. We exercise appropriate and reasonable care to screen our tenants, require and verify that our tenants maintain proper licenses and operate in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations at the federal, state, and local level.

We may own properties for our own investment account and as such are solely at financial risk in connection with our investments. In the event we utilize funds loaned to us by third party groups, they may in some circumstances share certain risks.

We do not grow, distribute or sell any form of cannabis. We have no present plan to engage in such activities or obtain a license to do so, now, or in the future. We currently plan to only operate in the hemp space. We are in the process of expanding our operations into other states, predominantly Kentucky and North Carolina.

Marketing of our Services

The market, clients, customers and distribution methods for hemp services and hemp-based products are large and diverse. These markets range from hemp mid-stream services for hemp growers/farmers, to hemp derived products like bioplastics, textiles, building materials, food additives, and dietary supplements.  Awareness and demand continue to grow for “green,” environmentally-friendly products derived from hemp, and the consumer market has already begun to integrate hemp products and products that contain hemp derivatives to existing product lines.  The distribution system is constantly evolving as small retailers, retail chains, and big box stores become increasingly educated on and familiar/comfortable with hemp and its derivatives.  The current market is focused on one of the cannabinoids derived from hemp called cannabidiol (“CBD”) and consumer goods that contain CBD. Additionally, consumer awareness followed by increased demand continues to drive and even force companies to make room on their shelves for hemp and products with hemp derivatives.  For products with hemp derivatives like CBD, direct to consumer Ecommerce through online store sales remains the main source of revenue for consumer goods companies, accounting for reported percentages of approximately 70-80% of sales.  

The Company continues to implement a plan to become more diversified within the midstream market.  Our marketing efforts began with a grass roots approach in order to meet with farmers, growers, and seed operations that would benefit from midstream services.  To supplement the grass roots outreach, we built our online web presence to reflect our desire to educate, to become a contributor and part of the hemp community, and also to act as a pioneer company to connect investors in the U.S. public markets to a hemp education and platform that is dually informed. 

We maintain and update our website and engage on social media platforms to market our ongoing hemp sector efforts.  We use globally distributed YouTube video ad campaigns to increase our brand awareness and encourage markets and the investment community to learn more about the hemp space. These videos have been played on several business sites such as CNBC, MSNBC, Fox News, Fox Business, Yahoo Finance, among others.  We have also begun to market a version of “Fireside Chats” from our Chairman and CEO to talk about various topics of interest in the hemp space.  These video segments will post on our social media platforms and they will also be used to create awareness campaigns that should have a global outreach.  In order to reach region specific growers/farmers in hemp, we have teed up direct mail marketing materials which prove effective for service markets within a specified radius.  These materials will serve as invitations to the farmers and growers in areas that the midstream services which we are acquiring will reach.  These are designed to add an identity to the midstream facility and provide an offer of help and partnership.  As we continue to become involved with additional verticals in the hemp supply chain, we will expand and tailor these marketing and advertising efforts to the specific needs of each segment. To-date all marketing, ad creation, ad campaigns, and creative work has been done internally and with a minimal budget. Upon the ease of COVID-19 restrictions, we began to increasingly pursue, attend, and present at, and/or exhibit in a number of industry tradeshows, and conferences and small cap investor conferences.

In 2021, we increased our marketing efforts by engaging several industry and investor media platforms by providing or collaborating on sponsored content in the form of articles, interviews, and podcasts in order to continue to educate the public and investors on the hemp industry and our company’s various products, services, and business plan. We have been featured on USA Today, Small Caps Daily, Benzinga, Reddit, and Cannabis Wealth Magazine. Gary C. Evans has also been a guest on KRLD News Radio Dallas to discuss the Company, along with several podcasts and webinars. We have also continued to build out our social media presence on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook (Meta), Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube. We are attempting to post video and/or static posts at least twice per week and designing content based on statistical data of engagement metrics – what content is trending, what users are most responsive to, and what times receive the most user reach and engagement. For reference, when comparing social media engagement from October 18, 2021 – December 28, 2021 to the same period for 2020, reach increased by 4,912% and engagement increased by 420% due to these efforts by management and the social media team.

Subsequent Events

Execution of “Gas Monkey” Merchandise Licensing Agreement - On February 17, 2022, Generation Hemp, Inc. executed a merchandise licensing agreement with world-renowned brand, Gas Monkey Garage. Generation Hemp will manufacture a USA grown hemp hurd spill absorbent and market this new product under the Gas Monkey brand name to consumers, retailers, and distributors as an environmentally sustainable, USA made, ultra-absorbent spill clean-up material. This will be Generation Hemp’s second environmentally sustainable consumer goods product line made from U.S. grown hemp hurd. Spill absorbents are typically used in garages, factories, or industrial settings to quickly contain spills of oil and other liquids. Spill absorbents are also used at the site of auto accidents to quickly contain leaks of oil and other fluids due to collisions.

Richard Rawlings, owner and founder of Gas Monkey Garage, is the star of the international hit series’ “Fast N’ Loud” & “Garage Rehab” spanning 17+ seasons and 200+ episodes. Mr. Rawlings and Gas Monkey have migrated the show to an online platform and consistently produce new episodes that premiere every week on YouTube and Facebook. With his experience of owning and running a garage for over 18 years, Richard Rawlings found the sustainable spill absorbent to be of great significance.

There are several types of spill absorbents with varying characteristics. These are in three general categories – mineral based, animal or vegetable based, and synthetic or organic polymers. The challenge in choosing an absorbent is finding an effective absorbent that does not pose a threat to health or the environment, whether that threat is posed when that material is procured or used. For example, a widely used spill absorbent material in products is Bentonite Clay. This is often a very dusty material and has warnings of containing unsafe levels of lead (FDA) and is associated with a number of health complaints in humans.

Generation Hemp, Inc. tested its U.S. grown and milled hemp hurd against currently used absorbents on the market and the findings showed it to have as effective or more effective absorbency and ability to contain spills.

Joint-Venture With Crypt Solutions, Inc. to Utilize Hemp Hurd Biomass as Biofuel to Power Bitcoin Mining – On January 16, 2022, Generation Hemp, Inc. and Crypt Solutions, Inc., DBA Cryptech Solutions (“Crypt”) a leading player in the cryptocurrency space, executed a Memorandum of Understanding and Letter of Intent to build “Green Energy” plants and Bitcoin mining complexes that will utilize hemp feedstock as a fuel source to power Bitcoin mining equipment and offset the draw on power from the local utility. Plans for this complex also include Generation Hemp’s additional hemp drying and processing facilities.

With theincreasing adoption and integration of cryptocurrency in mainstream channels and throughout the global economy, there has been an enormous draw on the energy grid for powering the necessary data processing equipment required to maintain these cryptocurrency mining systems 24/7. Generation Hemp, Inc. and Crypt Solutions, Inc. have begun to assemble the necessary pieces of a diversified “Green Energy” plant to create an independent power source for the primary purpose of powering Bitcoin mining in an effort to resolve any added pressure on the electrical grid. Environmentally sustainable hemp, a green feedstock, will be used for Btu generation to offset the draw of electricity from local utility companies. The Btu generation of hemp is comparable to wood biomass Btu generation. The utilization of solar power to complement the system will also be explored. Generation Hemp currently plans to explore harnessing the high levels of heat generated from the data processing operations produced from Bitcoin mining equipment to redistribute that heat as supplemental Btus to dry hemp.

As a renewable energy source with the utilization of hemp feedstock for fuel, all steps will be taken to register these facilities for Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) once completed and operational. Contributing renewable, “Green Energy” to the overall electrical grid will help electric power suppliers stay in compliance with state initiatives that require a certain percentage of their electricity to come from renewable energy, which helps foster and develop the infrastructure and implementation of renewable energy.

On February 23, 2022, Generation Hemp, Inc. and Crypt executed their first Letter of Intent that specifically applies to their joint Green Energy project, to be located adjacent to Generation Hemp’s wholly-owned subsidiary, GENH Halcyon Acquisition’s current hemp processing facility in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. This first project is being designed for two (2) megawatts of Bitcoin mining, which will include approximately 576 mining machines. The Bitcoin mining installation is expected to be running prior to the end of the second quarter 2022. Initial electricity needs for the project will come from the grid or the existing electricity provider until such time as biomass or other renewable methods are installed.

Competition

The hemp industry and hemp-based consumer product industry is highly competitive and fragmented in its nascency with numerous companies, consisting of publicly (mostly Canadian) and privately-owned companies. There are also large, well-funded companies beginning to emerge in the U.S. with a similar intention as Generation Hemp; to consolidate and vertically integrate along the hemp supply chain through acquisitions. These companies have indicated their intention to compete in the hemp industry and hemp-based product category. However, certain holding companies such as Acreage Holdings (domiciled in British Columbia) also include cannabis companies in their portfolio, whereas Generation Hemp is currently hemp only. We routinely evaluate internal and external opportunities to optimize value for shareholders through market research, strategic relationships and/or partnerships, and by asset acquisitions. Based upon our management team experience, we believe we are well-positioned to capitalize in the growing hemp industry and hemp-based product industry. 

There are several companies developing hemp-based products and materials that will potentially displace existing products and materials sourced from less sustainable or less environmentally friendly sources. These hemp-based products are developing in the markets of textiles, building materials, biofuels, as food additives, skin care topicals and other therapeutics, and dietary supplements. Also, it is thought that cannabinoids derived from hemp can be used as therapeutics for a range of medical indications. The hemp-derived cannabinoid therapeutic market currently includes extracts of the hemp plant in several formulations, including proprietary formulations from several companies. These formulations include CBD and other cannabinoid such as,” CBG”, “CBC”, and “CBN” or a combination of several cannabinoids as the active ingredients. There are over one hundred different cannabinoids, therefore the market potential is only beginning to be realized. The therapeutics and supplement market are flooded with competition for hemp-based cannabinoid therapeutics. There are also companies that are using hemp-based cannabinoids as active ingredients in pharmaceutical formulations. Certain companies such as GW Pharmaceuticals plc have focused on plant-based CBD formulations; while other companies, such as Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Insys Therapeutics Inc., have focused on synthetic CBD formulations.

Our Competitive Strengths

We believe that we have the following competitive strengths:

Our Growth Strategy

Since the first harvests following the signing of the 2018 Farm Bill, the rush to capitalize on the hemp sector led to several pioneers launching a number of businesses within each vertical – many with very little capital resources available to them. Today:

Generation Hemp has taken a boots-on-the-ground approach to its analysis of the overall industry and due diligence on specific businesses. We believe there are currently significant opportunities to grow a vertically integrated hemp business by executing the following elements of our strategy:

Intellectual Property

As a company within the hemp industry, one of the fastest growing new industries in the United States, our current initial effort is to protect and distinguish our company and brand identity amidst other entities currently operating within and entering the space.

Governmental Regulation

We are subject to local and federal laws in our operating jurisdictions. We will hold required licenses for product production and distribution to the extent that our business requires and will monitor changes in laws, regulations, treaties and agreements.

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 known as the “2018 Farm Bill,” is United States federal legislation signed into law on December 20, 2018, which provides much of the legal framework for the hemp-based CBD product category. The 2018 Farm Bill permanently removed “hemp” from the purview of the Controlled Substances Act, and accordingly, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) no longer has any claim to interfere with the interstate commerce of hemp products. Some of the immediate impact from this legislation includes the ability for farmers to access crop insurance and U.S. Department of Agriculture programs for certification and competitive grants. While the DEA is now officially not involved in hemp regulation, the FDA retains its authority to regulate ingestible and topical products, including those that contain hemp and hemp extracts such as CBD.

A range of federal regulations govern any potential product development, manufacturing, distribution, sales and marketing, including the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (the “DSHEA”). Under DSHEA, supplements are effectively regulated by the FDA for Good Manufacturing Practices under 21 CFR Part 111. DSHEA defines a “dietary supplement” as a product intended to supplement the diet that contains one or more of the following: (a) a vitamin; (b) a mineral; (c) an herb or other botanical; (d) an amino acid; (e) a dietary substance for use by man to supplement the diet by increasing the total dietary intake; or (f) a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, or combination of any ingredient described in clause (a) through (e). Thus, the law permits a wide range of dietary ingredients in dietary supplements, including CBD which is an extract of a botanical (Cannabis sativa L. plant). CBD also falls under clause (e) as it is a dietary substance for use by man to supplement the diet by increasing the total dietary intake.

Markets and Distribution Methods

The market, customers and distribution methods for hemp-based products are large and diverse. These markets range from hemp-based bio plastics to textiles. This is an ever-evolving distribution system that today includes early adopter retailers and ecommerce entities, and product development companies. We believe that as awareness grows for the “green”, environmentally-friendly products derived from hemp/cannabis, the consumer market will continue to adapt its current product lines to integrate them with hemp-based additives or replace harmful components in their existing products with certain components of hemp.

Environmental Matters

Compliance with federal, state and local requirements regulating the discharge of materials into the environment, or otherwise relating to the protection of the environment, have not had, nor are they expected to have, any material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company.

Employees

We had 11 employees as of December 31, 2021, including our named executive officers. None of our employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements, and we have not experienced any strikes or work stoppages related to labor relation issues. We believe we have good relations with our employees. We also utilize seasonal part-time employees during peak processing season and contractors to provide certain specialized skills and expertise that may be required from time to time.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Our business involves certain risks and uncertainties. The following is a description of significant risks that might cause our future financial condition or results of operations to differ materially from those expected. In addition to the risks and uncertainties described below, we may face other risks and uncertainties, some of which may be unknown to us and some of which we may deem immaterial. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

Risks Related to Our Business

There is substantial doubt that we will be able to continue as a going concern.

Our independent registered public accounting firm’s auditors’ report includes an explanatory paragraph stating that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We have had substantial losses since inception and as of December 31, 2021, and the date of this report we have minimal cash reserves. While we are beginning to generate increasing revenue and a positive cash flow, our ability to build significant cash reserves and continue as a going concern over the long term remains unproven. In the event that we are forced to reduce operations or seriously curtail our business, an investor will lose all money invested.

We have a history of significant losses, which we expect to continue, and we may never achieve nor maintain profitability.

We have incurred significant net losses since our formation and may continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future as we complete our acquisition efforts. We incurred net losses of $9.8 million and $1.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. To date, we have not generated any significant revenues from the hemp business. If we are unsuccessful in implementing our strategic plan we may never become profitable.

Business interruptions resulting from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak or similar public health crises could cause a disruption of the development of our product candidates and adversely impact our business.

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic. To limit the spread of COVID-19, governments have taken various actions including the issuance of stay-at-home orders and physical distancing guidelines. Accordingly, businesses have adjusted, reduced or suspended operating activities. We may experience disruptions as a result of COVID-19 that could severely impact our business and planned acquisition strategy, including:

We will continue to assess the impact that COVID-19 may have on our ability to effectively conduct our business operations as planned and there can be no assurance that we will be able to avoid a material impact on our business from the spread of COVID-19 or its consequences, including disruption to our business and downturns in business sentiment generally or in our industry. Should COVID-19 cases in USA increase, the country or states may institute stricter social distancing protocols.

The global outbreak of COVID-19 continues to rapidly evolve. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts our business will depend on future developments such as the rate of the spread of the disease, travel restrictions and social distancing in the United States and other countries, business closures or business disruptions and the effectiveness of actions taken in the United States and other countries to contain and treat the disease and to address its impact, including on financial markets or otherwise. Further, a lack of coordinated response on risk mitigation and vaccination deployment with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic on a local or federal level could result in significant increases to the duration and severity of the pandemic in the United States as compared to the rest of the world and could have a corresponding negative impact on our business. While the extent of the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on our business and financial results is uncertain, a continued and prolonged public health crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic could have a material negative impact on our business, financial condition and operating results.

To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects our business, financial condition and operating results, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the risks described in this “Risk Factors” section.

Unfavorable global economic or political conditions could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Our results of operations could be adversely affected by general conditions in the global economy and in the global financial markets. A global financial crisis or a global or regional political disruption could cause extreme volatility in the capital and credit markets. For example, outbreaks of epidemic, pandemic, or contagious diseases, such as the recent COVID-19 outbreak, could disrupt our business. Business disruptions could include disruptions to the productivity of our employees working remotely and restrictions on their travel may hinder their ability to meet with potential customers and close transactions, as well as temporary closures of the facilities of suppliers or contract growers as we try to develop our supply chain. In addition, the COVID-19 outbreak may result in a severe economic downturn and has already significantly affected the financial markets of many countries. A severe or prolonged economic downturn or political disruption could result in a variety of risks to our business, including our ability to raise capital when needed on acceptable terms, if at all. A weak or declining economy or political disruption could also strain our operations, possibly resulting in a future supply disruption, or cause our future customers to delay making payments for our services. Any of the foregoing could harm our business and we cannot anticipate all of the ways in which the political or economic climate and financial market conditions could adversely impact our business.

We have a limited operating history and operate under the professional guidance of our Chairman and CEO.

Our ability to achieve consistent cash flow and profitability depends upon the continued service of Gary C. Evans. Mr. Evans is our Chairman and CEO, largest shareholder, and the primary management level executive.

Our business plan provides that we will grow the Company’s asset base and revenues rapidly and ultimately deliver a positive cash flow generating company.

We may not be able to generate predictable and continuous revenue in the future. Further, there is no assurance that we will ever grow operations in the manner contemplated.

We may incur significant operating losses in the future, due to the expansion of our operations or other factors. There is no assurance that we can expand under terms that permit profitable operations over the long term. Failure to generate sufficient revenue to pay expenses as they come due may make us unable to continue as a going concern and result in the failure of our company and the complete loss of any money invested to purchase our shares.

We may be unable to manage our growth or implement our expansion strategy.

As a public company, our expenses include, but are not limited to, annual audits, legal costs, SEC reporting costs, costs of a transfer agent and the costs associated with fees and compliance. Further, our management will need to invest significant time and energy to stay current with the public company responsibilities of our business and may from time to time have diminished time available to apply to other tasks necessary to our survival and growth.

It is therefore possible that the financial and time burdens of operating as a public company will cause us to fail to achieve profitability. If we exhaust our funds, our business will fail and our investors will lose all money invested in our stock.

If we fail to pay public company costs, as such costs are incurred; we could become delinquent in our reporting obligations and face the delisting of our shares.

It is essential that we grow our overall business, achieve significant profits and maintain adequate cash flow in order to pay the cost of remaining a public entity which includes but is not limited the costs of remaining current with SEC reporting obligations.

The issuance of additional shares of our common stock may be necessary for the implementation of our growth strategy.

Limited private placement of restricted shares of our common stock has been completed from time to time when deemed necessary. Cash generated in prior years was used to acquire cannabis zoned real property, finance our office space and provide working capital.  Issuance of any additional securities pursuant to future fundraising activities undertaken may significantly dilute the ownership of existing shareholders and may reduce the price of our common stock.

We acquired, improved and leased our Denver warehouse to a licensed third party hemp seed grower. Rental payments are current and the warehouse is presently reflecting positive cash flow.

While we have been able to acquire a warehouse in Denver, Colorado with owner financing, future acquisitions may require financial resources well in excess of our present balance sheet. Failure to successfully obtain additional funding would likely jeopardize our ability to expand our hemp business and related operations.

The loss of our chief executive officer or key management personnel or inability to attract and retain the necessary personnel could have a material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Our success is heavily dependent on the continued active participation of our chief executive officer, largest shareholder, and sole director listed under “Management.” Loss of the services of Mr. Evans, would have a material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition or results of operations. Further, our success and achievement of our growth plans depend on our ability to recruit, hire, train and retain other highly qualified technical, professional, clerical, administrative and managerial personnel. Inability to attract and retain the necessary personnel, consultants and advisors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Our Chief Executive Officer has significant influence over us.

Our Chief Executive Officer has the ability to influence all of our business affairs.

It is likely that conflicts of interest may arise in the day-to- day operations of our business.  Such conflicts, if not properly resolved, could have a material negative impact on our business.

In the past, the Company has issued shares for cash and services at prices which were solely determined by prior management. At that time, management made a determination of both the value of the exchange for our shares, and, as well, the price per share used in the capital raising effort. Transactions of this nature were not made at arm’s length and were made without input from a knowledgeable and non-interested third party.  Future transactions of a like nature could dilute the percentage ownership of the company owned by a given investor. While the company believes its past transactions were appropriate, and plans to act in good faith in the future, an investor in our shares will have no ability to alter such transactions as they may occur in the future and, further, will not be consulted by the company in advance of any such transactions. An investor who is unwilling to endure such potential dilution should not purchase our shares.

Adverse outcomes in future legal proceedings could subject us to substantial damages and adversely affect our results of operations and profitability.

We may become party to legal proceedings, including matters involving personnel and employment issues, personal injury, environmental matters, and other proceedings. Some of these potential proceedings could result in substantial damages or payment awards that exceed our insurance coverage. We will estimate our exposure to any future legal proceedings and establish provisions for the estimated liabilities where it is reasonably possible to estimate and where an adverse outcome is probable. Assessing and predicting the outcome of these matters will involve substantial uncertainties. Furthermore, even if the outcome is ultimately in our favor, our costs associated with such litigation may be material. Adverse outcomes in future legal proceedings or the costs and expenses associated therewith could have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

We will seek to expand through acquisitions of and investments in various brands, businesses, and assets in the Hemp sector. These acquisition activities may be unsuccessful or divert management’s attention.

We will consider strategic and complementary acquisitions of and investments in other brands, businesses or other assets in the hemp sector, and such acquisitions or investments are subject to risks that could affect our business, including risks related to:

We may not be able to identify opportunities or complete transactions on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, or actually realize any anticipated benefits from such acquisitions or investments. Similarly, we may not be able to obtain financing for acquisitions or investments on attractive terms. In addition, the success of any acquisitions or investments also will depend, in part, on our ability to integrate the acquisition or investment with our then existing operations.

We risk insolvency if revenues decline sharply and we are unable pay our bills and unable to timely locate and negotiate a suitable business combination or capital injection.

Management is always concerned over potentially unfavorable events and related sharp reductions in revenues. If such problems occur, we will first reduce expenses, conserve cash and endeavor to replace lost revenue. In anticipation of possible problems of this nature, and alternatively to grow our business when opportunity presents, management has continued its negotiations in connection with potential business combinations and continues to explore other means of raising cash. Our goal is to develop cash reserves, either for expansion, or to cover shortfalls in revenue. Management believes that ultimately, consummation of one or more such transactions would serve the best interests of shareholders; however, there is no assurance that we can locate or consummate a suitable business combination or otherwise provide for liquidity, expanded working capital and a stronger balance sheet.

We are subject to corporate governance and internal control reporting requirements, and our costs related to compliance with, or our failure to comply with existing and future requirements, could adversely affect our business.

We face corporate governance requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as new rules and regulations subsequently adopted by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. These laws, rules and regulations continue to evolve and may become increasingly stringent in the future. In particular, under new SEC rules we will be required to include management’s report on internal controls as part of our annual report pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Furthermore, under the proposed rules, an attestation report on our internal controls from our independent registered public accounting firm will be required as part of our annual report. We are in the process of evaluating our control structure to help ensure that we will be able to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The financial cost of compliance with these laws, rules and regulations is expected to be substantial. We cannot assure you that we will be able to fully comply with these laws, rules and regulations that address corporate governance, internal control reporting and similar matters. Failure to comply with these laws, rules and regulations could materially adversely affect our reputation, financial condition and the value of our securities.

In 2022, management identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to the accounting for complex transactions. The Company has begun the process of designing and implementing measures to improve its internal controls over financial reporting and remediate this material weakness. The Company’s efforts include implementing additional reviews of business combination transactions and modifying the Company’s instructions to valuation specialists and reviews of their workproduct. This will include staffing additions as appropriate. We will consider the material weakness remediated after the applicable controls operate for a sufficient period of time, and management has concluded, through testing, that the controls are operating effectively. However, our remedial actions may not prevent this or similar weaknesses from occurring in the future.

Natural and other disasters, information technology system failures and network disruptions and cybersecurity breaches and attacks could adversely affect our business.

Our business and results of operations could be negatively affected by certain factors beyond our control, such as natural disasters and/or climate change-related events (such as hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, and floods); civil unrest; negative geopolitical conditions and developments; war, terrorism, or other man-made disasters; and information technology system failures, network disruptions and cybersecurity breaches and attacks. Any of these events could result in, among other things, damage to or the temporary closure of our facilities; a temporary lack of an adequate work force in one or more markets; an interruption in power supply; a temporary or long-term disruption in our supply chain; and short- or long-term damage to our prospective customers’ businesses (which would adversely impact demand for our products and services). ∙ We rely on our own information systems, as well as those of our third-party business partners and suppliers. Despite the introduction of system backup measures and engage in information system redundancy planning and processes, such measures, planning and processes may be ineffective or inadequate to address all eventualities.

Further, our information systems and our business partners’ and suppliers’ information systems may be vulnerable to attacks by hackers and other security breaches, including computer viruses and malware, through the internet (including via devices and applications connected to the internet), email attachments and persons with access to these information systems, such as our employees or third parties with whom we do business. As information systems and the use of software and related applications by us, our business partners, suppliers, and customers become more cloud-based and connected to the internet, there has been an increase in global cybersecurity vulnerabilities and threats, including more sophisticated and targeted cyber-related attacks that pose a risk to the security of our information systems and networks and the confidentiality, availability and integrity of data and information. Any such attack or breach could compromise our networks and the information stored thereon could be accessed, publicly disclosed, lost, or stolen.

If we or our business partners or suppliers were to experience a system disruption, attack or security breach that impacts any of our critical functions, or our customers were to experience a system disruption, attack or security breach via any of our connected products and services, it could result in a period of shutdown of information systems during which we may not be able to operate, the loss of sales and customers, financial misstatement, potential liability for damages to our customers, reputational damage and significant incremental costs, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and profitability. Furthermore, any access to, public disclosure of, or other loss of data or information (including any of our confidential or proprietary information or personal data or information) as a result of an attack or security breach could result in governmental actions or private claims or proceedings, which could damage our reputation, cause a loss of confidence in our products and services, damage our ability to develop (and protect our rights to) our proprietary technologies and adversely affect our business.

Failure to comply with U.S. federal, state and international laws and regulations relating to privacy or data protection, or the expansion of current or the enactment of new laws or regulations relating to privacy or data protection, could adversely affect our business and our financial condition.

Failure to comply with U.S. federal, state and international laws and regulations relating to privacy or data protection, or the expansion of current or the enactment of new laws or regulations relating to privacy or data protection, could adversely affect our business and our financial condition. A variety of U.S. federal, state and international laws and regulations govern the collection, use, retention, sharing and security of data. Laws and regulations relating to privacy and data protection are evolving and subject to potentially differing interpretations. These requirements may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another or may conflict with other rules or our practices. As a result, our practices may not have complied or may not comply in the future with all such laws, regulations, requirements and obligations. Any failure, or perceived failure, by us to comply with our posted privacy policies or with any federal, state or international privacy or data protection related laws, regulations, industry self-regulatory principles, industry standards or codes of conduct, regulatory guidance, orders to which we may be subject or other legal obligations relating to privacy or data protection could adversely affect our reputation and business, and may result in claims, proceedings or actions against us by governmental entities or others or other liabilities or require us to change our operations and/or cease using certain data sets. Any such claim, proceeding or action could hurt our reputation and business, force us to incur significant expenses in defense of such proceedings, distract our management, increase our costs of doing business, result in a loss of customers.

Uncertain Economic, Social and Political Environment.

Consumer, corporate and financial confidence may be adversely affected by current or future tensions around the world, fear of terrorist activity and/or military conflicts, localized or global financial crises or other sources of political, social or economic unrest. Such erosion of confidence may lead to or extend a localized or global economic downturn. A climate of uncertainty may reduce the availability of potential investment opportunities, and increases the difficulty of modeling market conditions, potentially reducing the accuracy of financial projections. In addition, limited availability of credit for consumers, homeowners and businesses, including credit used to acquire businesses, in an uncertain environment or economic downturn may have an adverse effect on the economy generally and on our ability to make acquisitions. This may slow or halt our rate of growth and materially and adversely affect our business and/or stock price.

The Company will incur expenses in connection with its SEC filing requirements and may not be able to meet such costs, which could jeopardize its filing status with the SEC.

As a public reporting company, the Company is required to meet the filing requirements of the SEC. The Company may see an increase in its legal, accounting, auditing and fees and expenses as a result of such requirements. Our costs will increase significantly as the Company expands operations. Our filings are subject to comment from the SEC on its filings and/or it is required to file supplemental filings for transactions and activities. If the Company is not compliant in meeting the filing requirements of the SEC, it could lose its status as a 1934 Act Company, which could compromise its ability to raise funds.

Risks Related to our Activities in the Legal Hemp Industry

We will be subject to a myriad of different laws and regulations governing hemp and our inability to comply with such laws in a cost-effective manner may have an adverse effect on our business and result of operations.

Laws and regulations governing the use of hemp in the United States are broad in scope; subject to evolving interpretations; and subject to enforcement by a myriad of regulatory agencies and law enforcement entities. Under the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, also known as the 2018 Farm Bill, a state or Indian tribe that desires to have primary regulatory authority over the production of hemp in the state or territory of the Indian tribe must submit a plan to monitor and regulate hemp production to the Secretary of the USDA. The Secretary must then approve the state or tribal plan after determining if the plan complies with the requirements set forth in the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. The Secretary may also audit the state or Indian tribe’s compliance with the federally-approved plan. If the Secretary does not approve the state or Indian tribe’s plan, then the production of hemp in that state or territory of that Indian tribe will be subject to a plan established by USDA. USDA has not yet established such a plan. We anticipate that many states will seek to have primary regulatory authority over the production of hemp. States that seek such authority may create new laws and regulations that limit or restrict the use of hemp.

Federal and state laws and regulations on hemp may address production, monitoring, manufacturing, distribution, and laboratory testing to ensure that that the hemp has a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3% on a dry weight basis. Federal laws and regulations may also address the transportation or shipment of hemp or hemp products, as the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 prohibits states and Indian tribes from prohibiting the transportation or shipment of hemp or hemp products produced in accordance with that law through the state or territory of the Indian tribe, as applicable. We may be subject to many different state-based regulatory regimens for hemp, all of which could require us to incur substantial costs associated with compliance requirements. Our operations will be restricted to only where such operations are legal on the local, state and federal levels.

In addition, it is possible that additional regulations may be enacted in the future in the United States and globally that will be directly applicable to research and development operations.

We cannot predict the nature of any future laws, regulations, interpretations, or applications, nor can we determine what effect additional governmental regulations or administrative policies and procedures, when and if promulgated, could have on our business.

We have a limited operating history in the legal hemp industry, which makes it difficult to accurately assess our future growth prospects.

The legal hemp and cannabis industry is an evolving industry that may not develop as expected. Furthermore, our operations will continue to evolve as we continually assess new strategic opportunities for our business within this industry. Assessing the future prospects of this industry is challenging in light of both known and unknown risks and difficulties we may encounter.

Growth prospects in the legal hemp and cannabis industry can be affected by a wide variety of factors including:

We may not be able to successfully address the above factors, which could negatively impact our intended business plans.

Because we have only recently begun our legal hemp operations, we anticipate our operating expenses will increase prior to earning revenue from these operations.

As we identify and develop strategic opportunities, conduct any necessary research and development with respect to legal hemp, and expand our operations, we anticipate significant increases in our operating expenses, and we may not realize significant revenues from such operations. As a result, the Company may incur significant financial losses with respect to such operations in the foreseeable future. There is no history upon which to base any assumption as to the likelihood that these operations will prove successful.

Negative press from being in the hemp/cannabis space could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

The hemp plant and the cannabis/marijuana plant are both part of the same cannabis sativa genus/species of plant, except that hemp, by definition, has less than 0.3% THC content, but the same plant with a higher THC content is cannabis/marijuana, which is legal under certain state laws, but which is not legal under federal law. The similarities between these plants can cause confusion, and our activities with legal hemp may be incorrectly perceived as us being involved in federally illegal cannabis. Also, despite growing support for the cannabis industry and legalization of cannabis in certain U.S. states, many individuals and businesses remain opposed to the cannabis industry. Any negative press resulting from any incorrect perception that we have entered into the cannabis space could result in a loss of current or future business. It could also adversely affect the public’s perception of us and lead to reluctance by new parties to do business with us or to own our common stock. We cannot assure you that additional business partners, including but not limited to financial institutions and customers, will not attempt to end or curtail their relationships with us. Any such negative press or cessation of business could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock

Our stock price has been and may continue to be volatile, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

The market price of our common stock is subject to wide fluctuations in response to various risk factors, some of which are beyond our control and may not be related to our operating performance, including:

Further, the stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many companies. These fluctuations often have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. In addition, the stock prices of many cannabis-related companies have experienced wide fluctuations that have often been unrelated to the operating performance of those companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations, as well as general economic, political, and market conditions such as recessions, interest rate changes, or international currency fluctuations, may cause the market price of our common stock to decline. If the market price of our common stock fluctuates or declines, you may not realize any return on your investment and may lose some or all of your investment.

Our operating results are subject to fluctuations and our stock price may decline significantly.

Our quarterly revenue and operating results are difficult to predict from quarter to quarter. We derive revenue from our hemp processing business which is dependent upon volumes produced by farmers and is seasonal. Prices for products derived from hemp have declined significantly over the past few years resulting in many farmers exiting the industry. We derive relatively stable revenue from our property leased industrial warehouse. Nonetheless, it is possible that our net operating results in some quarters will fall below our expectations. Our quarterly operating results will be affected by a number of factors, including:

If revenue for a particular quarter is lower than we expect, we may not be unable to proportionately reduce our operating expenses for that quarter, which would harm our operating results for that quarter. If we fail to meet investor expectations or our own future guidance, even by a small amount, our stock price could decline, perhaps substantially.

There are restrictions on the transferability of certain of our securities.

Until registered for resale, investors must bear the economic risk of an investment in the Shares for an indefinite period of time. Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”), which provides for an exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act under certain conditions, requires, among other conditions, a six-month holding period prior to the resale (in limited amounts) of securities acquired in a non-public offering without having to satisfy the registration requirements under the Securities Act. There can be no assurance that we will fulfill any reporting requirements in the future under the Exchange Act or disseminate to the public any current financial or other information concerning us.

If the Company uses its stock in acquisitions of other entities, there may be substantial dilution at the time of a transaction.

The offering price of the common stock we sold as a private placement of restricted shares of our common stock to raise working capital, was arbitrarily set. The price did not bear any relationship to our assets, book value, earnings or net worth and it is not an indication of actual value. You may also suffer additional dilution in the future from the sale of additional shares of common stock or other securities or if the Company’s shares are issued to purchase other assets or to raise additional working capital.

Trading on the OTC Markets may be volatile and sporadic, which could depress the market price of our common stock and make it difficult for our stockholders to resell their shares.

Our common shares are quoted on OTCQB. There is no cost of such quotation and related services from OTC Markets, Inc. Trading in stock quoted on the OTCQB Markets is often thin and characterized by wide fluctuations in trading prices due to many factors that may have little to do with our operations or business prospects. This volatility could depress the market price of our common stock for reasons unrelated to operating performance. Moreover, the OTC Markets is not a stock exchange, and trading of securities on the OTCQB Markets is often more sporadic than the trading of securities listed on a quotation system like Nasdaq or a stock exchange like the New York Stock Exchange. Accordingly, our stockholders may have difficulty reselling any of their shares. A number of brokerage houses will not trade our securities for customers because we are in the hemp business and/or because we trade on the OTC.

The Company currently plans to move to a more advantageous trading market via a potential uplisting, to a national exchange, and a formal application has been made. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to successfully move trading markets or uplist to a national exchange.

Because we do not expect to pay any dividends for the foreseeable future, investors may be forced to sell their stock to realize a return on their investment.

We do not anticipate that we will pay any dividends to holders of our common stock for the foreseeable future. Any payment of cash dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on, among other things, our results of operations, cash requirements, financial condition, contractual restrictions including compliance with covenants under our debt agreements, and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant. Our ability to pay dividends might be restricted by the terms of any indebtedness that we incur in the future. In addition, certain of our current outstanding debt agreements prohibit us from paying cash dividends on our common stock. Consequently, you should not rely on dividends to receive a return on your investment.

Our common stock is presently subject to the “Penny Stock” rules of the SEC.

We are subject now to the “Penny Stock” rules since our shares of common stock sell below $5.00 per share. Penny stocks generally are equity securities with a price of less than $5.00. The penny stock rules require broker-dealers to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document prepared by the SEC which provides information about penny stocks and the nature and level of risks in the penny stock market. The broker-dealer must also provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson, and monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account. The bid and offer quotations, and the broker-dealer and salesperson compensation information must be given to the customer orally or in writing prior to completing the transaction and must be given to the customer in writing before or with the customer’s confirmation. ∙ In addition, the penny stock rules require that prior to a transaction, the broker dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction. The penny stock rules are burdensome and may reduce the trading activity for shares of our common stock. As long as our shares of common stock are subject to the penny stock rules, the holders of such shares of common stock may find it more difficult to sell their securities.

If we fail to remain current on our reporting requirements, we could be removed from the OTCQB which would limit the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities in the secondary market.

Companies trading on the OTCQB must be reporting issuers under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and must be current in their reports under Section 13, in order to maintain price quotation privileges on the OTCQB. As a result, the market liquidity for our securities could be severely adversely affected by limiting the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and the ability of stockholders to sell their securities in the secondary market. In addition, we may be unable to get relisted on the OTCQB, which may have an adverse material effect on the Company.

If we decide to implement a reverse stock split, a reverse stock split may decrease the liquidity of the shares of our common stock.

The liquidity of the shares of our common stock may be affected adversely by a reverse stock split given the reduced number of shares that will be outstanding following a reverse stock split, especially if the market price of our common stock does not increase as a result of the reverse stock split.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

Item 2. Properties

We provide post-harvest and midstream services to growers by drying, processing, cleaning, stripping harvested hemp directly from the field and wetbaled at our leased 48,000 square foot facility located in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Our industrial warehouse is located at 4430 Garfield Street, Denver, Colorado 80216 in an industrial neighborhood zoned for cannabis cultivation. Properties located in the 80216 zip code have recently had some of the highest appreciation rates in the Denver region due to significant infrastructure expenditures by governmental agencies. Numerous warehouses utilized for cannabis cultivation are located in this industrial district of Denver.

We also lease office space in Fort Worth, Texas for managerial offices.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

As a normal incident of the businesses in which the Company is engaged, various claims, charges and litigation may be asserted or commenced from time to time against the Company. With respect to claims and litigation currently asserted or commenced against the Company, it is the opinion of management that final judgments, if any, which might be rendered against the Company are adequately reserved for, are covered by insurance, or are not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations. Nevertheless, given the uncertainties of litigation, it is possible that certain types of claims, charges and litigation could have a material adverse impact on the Company; see Item 1A, “Risk Factors.” See Note 7 to the consolidated financial statements included in this annual report for additional information relating to legal matters.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Shareholder Matters.

Our common stock is quoted on OTCQB under the symbol “GENH.” In the future, should we meet stringent qualifications and pay the required fee, we plan to have our shares quoted on Capital Markets tier of NASDAQ, however here is no assurance that our shares will continue to be quoted on any market.

Shareholders

As of the date of this report, there were 76 direct holders of our common shares as shown on the list maintained by our transfer agent. We may have a substantial number of additional shareholders who hold shares in street name.

Dividends

We have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock. To date we have utilized all available cash to finance our operations. Payment of cash dividends in the future will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend upon our earnings levels, capital requirements, any restrictive loan covenants and other factors the Board considers relevant.

Warrants

At December 31, 2021, there were 8,808,333 warrants outstanding for the purchase of Company common stock. Refer to Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements included in this annual report for additional information relating to outstanding warrants.

Equity Compensation Plans

The 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (“2021 Plan”) was adopted by our Board on July 1, 2021. The 2021 Plan provides for the initial reservation of 15 million shares of common stock for issuance, and provides that the maximum number of shares that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of ISOs is 15 million. The number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2021 Plan constituted approximately 13.1% of the Company’s fully diluted common shares outstanding as of the date of Board approval, including shares issuable upon the conversion of preferred shares, as calculated on an as-converted basis. On the one-year anniversary date of the 2021 Plan, the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance thereunder shall automatically increase to 20% of the fully diluted common shares outstanding, including shares issuable upon the conversion of preferred shares, as calculated on an as-converted basis.

At December 31, 2021, there were 13,850,000 options outstanding for the purchase of Company common stock. Refer to Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements included in this annual report for additional information relating to outstanding options.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

Since January 1, 2021, we have sold securities in private transactions without registering the securities under the Securities Act as shown below:

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

We made no purchases of our equity securities.

Our Transfer Agent

We have retained Securities Transfer Corporation (“STC”), Plano, Texas, as transfer agent for our Common shares. Shareholders are responsible to contact STC to update their address. This may be done by contacting:

Securities Transfer Corporation

2901 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 380

Plano, Texas 75093

Phone: (469) 633-0101

Fax: (469) 633-0088

www.stctransfer.com

STC is responsible for all record-keeping and administrative functions in connection with our common shares.

Item 6. Reserved

Not applicable.

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion is intended to assist you in understanding our results of operations and our present financial condition and contains forward-looking statements that reflect our future plans, estimates, beliefs and expected performance. The forward-looking statements are dependent upon events, risks and uncertainties that may be outside our control. We caution you that our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed elsewhere in this Annual Report, particularly in the “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors,” all of which are difficult to predict. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed may not occur. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements except as otherwise required by applicable law.

There is limited historical financial information about our Company upon which to base an evaluation of our future performance.  We cannot guarantee that we will be successful in our hemp businesses. We are subject to risks inherent in a small company, including limited capital resources, delays and cost overruns due to price and cost increases. There is no assurance that future financing will be available to our company on acceptable terms. Additional equity financing could result in dilution to existing shareholders.

Overview

We are a holding company active within the “hemp” space. We were incorporated on August 21, 2021 in the State of Delaware. The Company was originally incorporated on July 28, 2008 in the State of Colorado. On November 27, 2019, HTF purchased approximately 94% of the common stock of EHR in a series of transactions accounted for as a reverse merger.

On January 11, 2021, we completed the acquisition of certain assets of Halcyon Thruput, LLC (“Halcyon”). With this acquisition, we commenced providing post-harvest and midstream services to growers by drying, processing, cleaning and stripping harvested hemp directly from the field and wetbaled at our 48,000 square foot leased facility located in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Additionally, the Company offers safe storage services for processed hemp, which enables farmers to maximize strategic market timing. In August 2021, the Company launched its small animal bedding consumer goods product line (“Rowdy Rooster”) made from the hemp hurd byproduct that is produced from its hemp processing operations.

We also generate revenue from rental of our “Cannabis Zoned” (Hemp) warehouse property located in Denver, Colorado currently leased to an unaffiliated hemp seed company.

Liquidity – The Company is dependent upon obtaining additional funding to continue ongoing operations and to pursue its strategy and execute its acquisition plans.

In 2021, the Company used $3.5 million of cash for its operating activities. At December 31, 2021, the Company’s current liabilities, including financing obligations due within one year, totaled $4.4 million as compared with its current assets of $238 thousand.

The Company will continue to pursue additional capital raising opportunities in order to fund future acquisitions and meet its obligations as they become due. In the event financing cannot be obtained, the Company may not be able to satisfy these plans and obligations. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Our Business – Our business, results of operations and financial condition have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning in mid-March 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic and measures taken to contain it have subjected our business, results of operations, financial condition, stock price and liquidity to a number of material risks and uncertainties, all of which may continue or may worsen.

How the Company Generates Revenue

We provide post-harvest and midstream services to growers by drying, processing, cleaning and stripping harvested hemp directly from the field and wetbaled at our leased 48,000 square foot facility located in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Additionally, the Company offers safe storage services for processed hemp, which enables farmers to maximize strategic market timing. In August 2021, the Company launched its animal bedding consumer goods product line made from the hemp hurd byproduct that is produced from its hemp processing operations.

We also generate revenue from rental of our “Cannabis Zoned” (Hemp) warehouse property located in Denver, Colorado currently leased to a hemp seed company.

Our Costs and Expenses of Conducting Business

The principal costs and expenses involved in conducting our business are labor, materials and overhead costs for processing services, real estate holding costs (interest, taxes, depreciation and maintenance costs) and general and administrative expenses for our management, contract labor, professional fees and other costs of being a public company. We also incur costs in seeking acquisitions and financings of our business.

Discontinued Oil & Gas Activities

As of December 31, 2021, EHR held an approximate 8% working interest in an oil & gas property located in Cochran County, Texas within the Slaughter-Levelland Field of the San Andres formation in the Northwest Shelf of West Texas. EHR’s oil & gas activities are currently held for sale and are presented in these consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations for each of the periods presented.

Results of Operations

Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

The net loss for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $9.8 million as compared with a net loss of $1.6 million for 2020. The larger loss in 2021 was principally due to higher costs for staffing additions and other business operating costs as we commenced post-harvest midstream services after the acquisition of certain assets of Halcyon. The 2021 loss also include non-cash expense totaling $5.9 million for stock-based compensation and depreciation and amortization.

The Company reports its oil & gas activities as discontinued operations. Loss from discontinued operations was $32 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared with a loss of $34 thousand in 2020.

Revenue. We commenced post-harvest and midstream services for new and renewed customer contracts in the third quarter of 2021. These revenues are typically limited due during the first half of each year until harvest. In 2020 (prior to our acquisition), Halcyon had revenues of $3.0 million for the processing of approximately 8.5 million pounds of hemp biomass. In 2021, we had revenues of $592 thousand for the processing of approximately 2.1 million pounds of hemp biomass. The decrease is partially due to taking inventory in-kind and holding such inventory for a sale at a later date. We have executed contracts for processing of 6.7 million pounds during the 2022.

Rental revenue was $82 thousand in 2021 as compared with $90 thousand in 2020. The Company’s Denver warehouse is presently leased through August 1, 2023 for $7.5 thousand per month plus certain other expenses.

Cost of Revenue. Cost of revenue for 2021 was $653 thousand and consisted of direct labor, supplies and overhead for the Company’s post-harvest and midstream services operations. The negative margin on this business was caused by holding costs and limited staffing needed until the annual harvest and processing began in the third quarter of 2021.

Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense totaled $1.3 million in 2021 as compared with $71 thousand for 2020. The increase in the 2021 period is due to completion of the Halcyon acquisition including $818 thousand for amortization of acquired intangible assets. Intangible assets consist of customer relationships and non-compete agreements acquired in the acquisition of certain assets of Halcyon. Future amortization expense in each of the next five years amounts to $587 thousand for 2022, $419 thousand for 2023, $278 thousand for 2024, $194 thousand for 2025, $130 thousand for 2026 and $250 thousand thereafter.

Merger and Acquisition Costs. We incurred $16 thousand and $100 thousand of costs for evaluating acquisition opportunities during 2021 and 2020, respectively. These costs principally related to the Halcyon acquisition. The amount of future expenses of this type that we incur will depend upon our future acquisition activities.

General and Administrative Expense. General and administrative expenses totaled $7.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared with $1.1 million in 2020. The increase in general and administrative expense in the 2021 period is principally due the Halcyon acquisition, other corporate staffing additions made this year, and the payment of bonus compensation as well as stock-based compensation expense. Bonus compensation totaling $610 thousand was paid to our CEO for successful completion of the Halcyon acquisition. In the third quarter of 2021, the Company paid $189 thousand for legal fees and $33 thousand of interest in settlement of an arbitration. General and administrative expense for 2021 also includes $4.5 million of non-cash stock-based compensation expense.

Other Income/Expense. Total other expense was $671 thousand for 2021 as compared with $296 thousand for 2020. The largest item of total other expense is interest expense which has increased due to having higher levels of indebtedness. Interest expense for 2021 includes $380 thousand of amortization of debt discounts and $33 thousand of interest for the arbitration settlement discussed above.

In 2021, we sold our investment in the marketable common stock we held for total proceeds of $35 thousand. We recognized a loss of $12 thousand on this disposal. This publicly traded security was marked to market each fiscal quarter until its eventual sale. In 2020, we recognized a gain of $10 thousand for the increase in this security’s value.

We received notice that the Company’s PPP Loan principal and interest thereon was fully forgiven on April 20, 2021. As such, we recognized forgiveness income of $25,424 in 2021.

Loss from Discontinued Operations. In 2021, we recognized a loss from discontinued operations of $32 thousand as compared with a loss of $34 thousand in 2020. The major classes of line items constituting the loss on discontinued operations is presented in Item 8 of Part II, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Note 11—Discontinued Operations.” Until we fully dispose of our remaining oil & gas property interests, we expect lower future revenues and costs as production activities have declined substantially. We do not anticipate making future investment of growth capital into these properties.

In 2019, the Company’s oil and gas properties became impaired and the carrying amount of the properties was expensed to the market decline and the Company’s determination to exit the oil and gas business.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our primary source of cash from continuing operations includes post-harvest and midstream services and rental revenue. Our primary uses of cash include our operating costs, general and administrative expenses and merger and acquisition expenses.

Cash flow information from continuing operations for the first nine months of 2021 was as follows:

We had no cash flows from discontinued operations in 2021.

Funding Requirements

We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and operating losses for the foreseeable future. We anticipate that our overall expenses may increase significantly as we grow our hemp business.

We anticipate that we will require additional capital to fund operations, including hiring additional employees, completing acquisitions and funding capital expenditures during the next twelve-month period.

Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the development and commercialization of our business, we are unable to estimate the amounts of increased capital outlays and operating expenses. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:

Until such time as we can generate substantial revenues, we expect to finance our cash needs through a combination of equity offerings and debt financings. We do not have any committed external source of funds. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interest of our shareholders will be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of common shareholders. Debt financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. If we are unable to raise additional funds through equity or debt financings when needed, we may be required to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our growth plans and future commercialization efforts.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of December 31, 2021, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements.

Indebtedness

The Company’s indebtedness at December 31, 2021 is presented in Item I, “Financial Statements – Note 5 – Notes Payable – Related Parties” and in Item I, “Financial Statements—Note 6—Other Indebtedness.”

In the first quarter of 2022, Investment Hunter, LLC, a Texas LLC controlled by our CEO, made advances totaling $449,000 to the Company under a promissory note due June 30, 2022. If the Company raises new equity capital of $3 million or more, then the full amount outstanding under the note is due within five days. The note bears interest at 10% per annum.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the amounts of revenue and expenses reported for the period then ended.

Impairment of Long-lived Assets. We review our long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. These events and circumstances include, but are not limited to, a current expectation that a long-lived asset will be disposed of significantly before the end of its previously estimated useful life, a significant adverse change in the extent or manner in which we use a long-lived asset or a change in its physical condition.

When such events or changes in circumstances occur, a recoverability test is performed comparing projected undiscounted cash flows from the use and eventual disposition of an asset or asset group to its carrying amount. If the projected undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount, an impairment is recorded for the excess of the carrying amount over the estimated fair value.

We make various assumptions, including assumptions regarding future cash flows in our assessments of long-lived assets for impairment. The assumptions about future cash flows and growth rates are based on the current and long-term business plans related to the long-lived assets.

Stock-based Compensation – We account for employee stock-based compensation using the fair value method. Compensation cost for equity incentive awards is based on the fair value of the equity instrument generally on the date of grant and is recognized over the requisite service period. Forfeitures are recognized as they occur.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements. See Item 8 of Part II, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—Recent Accounting Pronouncements.”

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk

Not required for smaller reporting companies.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of

Generation Hemp, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Generation Hemp, Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for each of the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Explanatory Paragraph – Going Concern

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As more fully described in Note 1, the Company has a significant working capital deficiency, has incurred significant losses and needs to raise additional funds to meet its obligations and sustain its operations. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

Valuation and accounting for share-based instruments

As described in Note 9, for the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 2,558,333 warrants to investors with exercise prices of $0.500 to $0.600 per share, vesting over a period of two years. The warrants issued were attached to units of common stock sold to various investors including a related party, which are only redeemable by the warrants holders. Total outstanding warrants as of December 31, 2021 were 8,808,333. As described in Note 10, the Company issued 13,850,000 options during the year ended December 31, 2021 with a grant date fair value of $10,525,284. Share-based compensation expense of $4,385,118 was recognized in 2021 related to these options based on the vesting terms.

How we Addressed the Matter in Our Audit

Our audit procedures included, amongst others:

Valuation and accounting for acquisition of Halcyon assets

As described in Note 3, for the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of certain assets of Halcyon for a total purchase consideration of $6,100,000 consisting of 6,250,000 shares of Company common stock valued at $2.5 million, $1.75 million in cash, a promissory note for $850,000 and the assumption of approximately $1,000,000 of new indebtedness of Halcyon.

How we Addressed the Matter in Our Audit

Our audit procedures included, amongst others:

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Operations

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows