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GLOBAL TECH INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. - Annual Report: 2022 (Form 10-K)

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022

 

OR

 

 TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Commission file number 000-10210

 

GLOBAL TECH INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC.

 

Nevada   83-0250943
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)

 

511 Sixth Avenue, Suite 800

New York, New York

  10011
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

212.204.7926

Registrant’s telephone number, including

area code:

 

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

 

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

Common Shares, par value $0.001 per share

(Title of class)

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files) Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large Accelerated filer Accelerated filer
       
Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company
       
    Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No

 

The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $93,696,134 as of June 30, 2022 (computed by reference to the last sale price of a share of the registrant’s common stock the last day of the registrant’s second fiscal quarter as reported by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Bulletin Board).

 

There were 303,939,318 shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock as of February 28, 2023.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents  
     
PART I  
     
Item 1. Business 3
     
Item 2. Properties 9
     
Item 3. Legal Proceeding 9
     
Item 4. Mine Safety 10
     
PART II  
     
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 11
     
Item 6. Selected Financial Data 12
     
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 12
     
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 15
     
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 43
     
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures 43
     
PART III  
     
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 45
     
Item 11. Executive Compensation 50
     
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters 53
     
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence 54
     
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services 54
     
PART IV  
     
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statements Schedules 55
     
  Signatures 59
     
  Certifications  

 

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PART I

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

 

General Business

 

Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. (“Global Tech”, “GTII”, “we”. “our”, “us”, “the Company”, “management”) is a Nevada corporation which has been operating under several different names since 1980.

 

Western Exploration, Inc., a Nevada corporation, was formed on July 24, 1980. In 1990, Western Exploration, Inc. changed its name to Nugget Exploration, Inc. On November 10, 1999, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nugget Exploration, Inc., Nugget Holdings Corporation, merged with and into GoHealthMD, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Shortly thereafter, Nugget Exploration, Inc. changed its name to GoHealthMD, Inc., a Nevada corporation.

 

On August 18, 2004, GoHealthMD, Inc., the Nevada Corporation, changed its name to Tree Top Industries, Inc. On July 7, 2017, Tree Top Industries, Inc. changed its name to Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. TTII Strategic Acquisitions & Equity Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, G T International Group, Inc. a Wyoming corporation and Global Tech Health, Inc. a Nevada corporation, all were formed by GTII in the anticipation of technologies, products, or services being acquired. Not all subsidiaries have current operations.

 

On December 30, 2016, Global Tech Industries Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation, executed a stock purchase agreement (the “Agreement”), which was signed and closed in Hong Kong, with GoFun Group, Ltd. through its wholly owned subsidiary Go F & B Holdings, Ltd. GoFun Group, Ltd. is a privately held company running a casual dining restaurant business, based in Hong Kong. After the agreement being signed, GoFun Group failed to substantially perform under the agreement, including, but not limited to providing audited financials of its assets, making the ongoing payments called for in the agreement, along with other matters that led Global Tech to initiate litigation in the United States. Currently, Global Tech and GoFun are litigating the matter in the U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York, Docket No.17-CV-03727. On October 2, 2019, the Company was able to secure, via preliminary settlement, the return of 43,649,491 shares of the Company’s stock out of the original 50,649,491 that were issued in good faith to GoFun in anticipation of a final stock exchange. That stock has been returned to the Company’s treasury and cancelled. On May 14, 2021, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division: Monmouth County (docket no. PAS-MON-C-60-21) issued an order restraining the removal of restrictive legends on the remaining 7,000,000 shares of stock, pending further order of the New Jersey court. The underlying matter currently in the U.S. district Court for the Southern District of New York, remains pending.

 

On December 30, 2019, a dispute between the Company and its counsel regarding the GoFun matter, above, resulted in a filing, and subsequent settlement, of an action in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York (Index No. 656396/2019). Pursuant to the settlement, counsel for the company accepted previously issued shares as full payment for all legal work, expenses, costs, and other fees.

 

On February 28, 2021, the Company signed a binding stock purchase agreement with Gold Transactions International, Inc. (“GTI”) a privately held Utah corporation. GTI acquired a license from a private Nevada Corporation which operated, via a joint venture, in the business of buying and selling gold on a global basis through a private network of companies. The license agreement gave GTI access to the private network, and an exclusive right to market and promote the gold buy/sell program to expand the buying power of the network. GTI and its network affiliates, purchases gold from artisan miners throughout the world and transports, assays, refines and sells the gold in the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, (“DMCC”), a free trade zone in Dubai. The Company plans to raise capital for GTI and advance those funds into the gold network. . On May 25, 2022, an amendment to the Stock Purchase Agreement was executed by the parties and the acquisition was closed and the shares were released from escrow. GTI’s books have been consolidated with the Company since that date.

 

During the first quarter of 2021, the Company entered into binding agreements with a company in the field of eye care, retail eye wear and full scope optometry. The Bronx Family Eye Care, Inc. is a company that provides retail eyewear and medically oriented full scope optometry at four brick and mortar locations. Bronx Family’s licensed optometrists use cutting-edge equipment to provide diagnosis and treatment for diseases of the eye, as well as corrective eyewear. Bronx Family also performs edging of lenses for its customers at their in-house facility, as well as providing services to outside practices. Effective December 30, 2021, Bronx Family Eye Care completed the closing requirements, the agreement was closed and Bronx became a reporting subsidiary of the Company. Bronx Family Eye Care, Inc. (“Bronx”) was incorporated in the State of New York on June 30, 2016.

 

During the 2nd quarter 2021, the Company entered into a binding agreement with My Retina. My Retina is a SaaS (Software as a Service) software and practice management company that fills an important need for their client-companies to satisfy diagnostic medical care measures in an in- home/house-call setting. My Retina licenses, leases, and operates its proprietary telemedicine software, as well as medical equipment, which together expedite diagnostic medical eye exam data to its corporate clients. Eyecare and Eyewear, Inc. is a diagnostic medical eye exam company that provides on-demand services of at-home eye exams to patients, as well as bulk exams conducted at medical offices, and virtual exams conducted through telemedicine software. On December 18, 2021, the Company terminated the agreement for non-performance of the closing requirements.

 

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During the second quarter of 2021, the Company signed an agreement with Alt5 Sigma to host a trading platform. The Company then launched Beyond Blockchain (a GTII company) on June 18, 2021, an online cryptocurrency trading platform that provides access to Digital Currency and is changing the way customers transact with Digital Assets. Beyond Blockchain is a registered Money Services Business under FINTRAC guidelines and incorporates world class AML and KYC technology. The KYC (know your customer) and AML (anti money laundering) technologies utilize software to identify users through the use of photo identification and pinpoint their transactions to enhance transparency and reduce the possibility of fraud. They uses twofactor authentication to secure customers’ assets as well as AI liveness testing to secure the user experience. Beyond Blockchain allows multi-currency clearing and direct settlements in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Tether (USDT), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin SV (BSV), Aave (AAVE), Compound (COMP), Uniswap (UNI), Chainlink (LINK) and Yearn Finance (YFI).

 

Beginning in April of 2021, the Company has been working towards tokenizing its fine art collection. If our prospectus is approved, the Company would mint 1,000,000,000 tokens of the GFT Token, with 26,000,000 of them being registered for distribution. Once minted, each shareholder, as of the to be determined record date, would be entitled to receive one GFT Token for every 10 shares of GTII Common Stock beneficially held in their name.

 

On August 23, 2021, GTII and We SuperGreen Energy Corp (“WSGE”) signed a binding letter agreement to engage in a merger/business combination, for the best interests of the shareholders of both GTII and WSGE, pursuant to which WSGE will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of GTII. The shareholders of WSGE (the “WSGE Shareholders”) will become the majority shareholders of GTII, owning that amount of newly-issued common stock of GTII (the “GTII Common Stock”) to be mutually-agreed upon by the parties and memorialized in a stock purchase agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the agreement. The completion of an audit of the financial statements of WSGE since its inception, inclusive of the starting balance sheet as of its inception date (the “Audited Financial Statements”), by an auditor that is subject to the public company accounting oversight board (“PCAOB”), and acceptable to GTII is a condition to be met before the closing of the transaction can occur. In January, 2022, GTII terminated the agreement for non-performance of the closing requirements.

 

On November 9, 2021, GTII, and Trento Resources and Energy Corp, (“Trento”) a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, signed a binding stock purchase agreement (“SPA”) to engage in a merger/business combination, for the best interests of the shareholders of both GTII and Trento, pursuant to which Trento will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of GTII. Pursuant to the SPA, GTII issued 100,000 shares of common stock to Sean Wintraub, with 100,000,000 shares to be issued upon Trento’s successful raising, within six (6) months of funds sufficient to support large-scale mining operations at the Trento Mining Project (the “Trento Project”), located in the third region of Atacama, Chile, Copiapo.

On December 9, 2021, GTII retained Bertrand-Galindo Barrueto Barroilhet & Cia, (“Bertrand-Galindo”) a firm headquartered in Santiago, Chile to conduct a due diligence review of the Trento’s interests in Inversiones Trento SpA and the related mining concessions, operations, land easements, permits and assets related to the Trento project. Bertrand-Galindo will also provide relevant corporate, legal, regulatory and tax structure guidance as needed.

 

On December 18, 2021 the Company entered into a membership interest purchase agreement with AT Gekko PR LLC, a Puerto Rico limited liability company (“AT Gekko”), which owned 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Classroom Salon Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Classroom Salon Holdings”). Also on December 18, 2021 AT Gekko executed an assignment to the Company of its membership interests in Classroom Salon Holdings, which upon completion of the closing conditions, would make Classroom Salon Holdings a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The transaction was also subject to certain post-closing conditions as set forth in the membership interest purchase agreement. The conditions include PCAOB audited financial statements for 2020 and 2021, an amended license agreement with Carnegie Mellon University, and the consummation of the acquisition of Classroom Salon, LLC.

 

On January 10, 2022, GTII executed a memorandum of understanding with DTXS Auction, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of DTXS Silk Road Investment Holdings Company, Ltd., (HKSE code 0620). On January 31, 2022, GTII executed a proposal sheet with DTXS Auction, Ltd., for the proposed exchange of 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for 350,000 shares of the common stock of DTXS Silk Road Investment Holdings Company, Ltd. The proposal sheet provides that, in consideration for the share exchange, DTXS will (a) develop a Chinatown art district within the Company’s planned Metaverse and (b) provide the Company with access to Chinese art pieces that it owns, controls or has access to, from eras of Chinese antiquity. Due to the current conditions in the cryptocurrency marketplace, the Company has put this project on hold.

 

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Also on January 10, 2022, GTII executed an irrevocable gift agreement with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai for the donation of 250,000 shares of the Company’s commons stock over each of the next three years, inclusive of 2022.

 

On January 17, 2022, GTII executed a memorandum of understanding with TCG Gaming B.V., a Netherlands based metaverse development company, for the lease of a plot of virtual land in the TCG World metaverse. Due to the conditions in the cryptocurrency marketplace, the Company has put this project on hold.

 

On January 18, 2022, GTII’s subsidiary, Classroom Salon Holdings, LLC, executed membership interest purchase agreements, as well as assignments of membership interests, resulting in the acquisition of 100% of Classroom Salon, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company. On February 22, 2022, Classroom Salon, LLC, executed an amended and restated license agreement with Carnegie Mellon University. On February 25 2022, Classroom Salon Holdings, LLC completed its requisite two-year, PCAOB audit.

 

On March 9, 2022, GTII executed a non-binding Letter of Intent with Wildfire Media Corp, relating to the acquisition of the assets and liabilities of 1-800-Law-Firm, PLLC, a Delaware Corporation On May 25, 2022, the Company and Wildfire Media Corp, signed a term sheet which established the acquisition price and other more formal terms and conditions under which the parties would be able to conclude the anticipated final transaction. more formally establishing to establish the acquisition price, and formal terms and conditions under which the parties are to conclude the perspective transaction.

 

On July 28, 2022, FINRA sent a ‘deficiency notice’ pursuant to FINRA rule 6490, whereby its Department of Market Operations determined that the Company’s request to pay a dividend to its shareholders was deficient. It based this finding on the fact that the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has declined to facilitate or process the distribution of the Shibu Inu Tokens to GTII shareholders holding shares in CEDE & Co, which is a substantial portion of GTII’s outstanding common shares. The Company, in preparation for the distribution of this digital dividend, purchased one billion Shibu Inu Tokens and set them aside to be distributed. It also sold its interest in www.beyondblockchain.us to Alt5 Sigma in anticipation of that company processing the distribution of the digital dividend to all shareholders who opened a digital wallet on beyondblockchain, or other digital platforms, including Etherium and Bitcoin. There is currently no method of passing these tokens through to brokerage account holders to match out transfer agent records and the company is of the opinion that DTCC should be able to develop a process to distribute this dividend, and it is therefore in the process of evaluating whether or not to appeal FINRA’s decision. In the meantime, the distribution of tokens will not be undertaken at this time.

 

On July 28, 2022 FINRA declined to effectuate the Company’s request to pay a digital dividend to its shareholders. FINRA determined that the Company action was deficient because the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is unable to process the digital dividend distribution to GTII shareholders holding shares in CEDE & Co, which is a substantial percentage of its shareholders.

 

On September 5, 2022, Michael Valle, a member of the board of directors of GTII, died of natural causes. The board is actively looking for a replacement board member.

 

On September 14, 2022, the Company entered into a Share Exchange Agreement with Wildfire Media Corp. (“Wildfire Media”) and the shareholders of Wildfire Media Corp. (collectively, the “Wildfire Shareholders”). Wildfire Media is a legal marketing company in the business of supporting law firms with client acquisition research, data-driven marketing, media planning and analysis and client retention services. Under the terms of the agreement, GTII will, at the closing, issue to the Wildfire Shareholders 100 million restricted common shares (the “Acquisition Shares”) in exchange for all outstanding shares of Wildfire Media. The closing of the transaction is subject to customary conditions to closing, as well as certain conditions specific to the transaction, including, without limitation, Wildfire Media providing GTII with audited financial statements and GTII concluding a due diligence review that is satisfactory in all respects to GTII. The Wildfire Shareholders have a post-closing “earn-out” opportunity for 100 million additional restricted GTII common shares (the “Earn-Out Shares”) if Wildfire Media achieves $25 million in gross revenue. Currently, Wildfire Media has $85 million in receivables. The Acquisition Shares and the Earn-Out Shares shall be subject to a lock-up agreement pursuant to which the Wildfire Shareholders agree not to sell or transfer the shares until the expiration of the 1-year buy-back period, except as may be otherwise provided in the lock-up agreement. On October 18, 2022, Wildfire Media Corp retained the services of a PCAOB approved auditing firm to undertake the requisite two-year audit as part of the agreed due diligence process.

 

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Ongoing during the third quarter, the Company and the BFE Shareholders continued to negotiate a settlement that would allow the BFE transaction to be unwound. This process would involve the Company transferring back to the BFE Shareholders their respective share interests in BFE and the BFE Shareholders transferring back to the Company the 2,650,000 shares of the Company’s common stock issued in connection with the transaction. The Company would also pay the BFE Shareholders a total lump sum cash payment of $75,000 as part of the settlement. In addition, 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that were issued to one of the BFE Shareholders under his consulting agreement in connection with the transaction would be retained by that BFE Shareholder, and that shareholder would make a charitable contribution of 50,000 of those shares. The parties would also exchange general releases and terminate all agreements among the parties in connection with the transaction.

 

On September 20, 2022, the Company and Michael Bruk and Russ Kirzhner, tentatively agreed to settle a dispute between them, paying each lender $100,000 and the lenders making a charitable contribution of the Shares to the Epstein Memorial Charity. The dispute arose subsequent to April 4, 2021, when the Company issued the lenders shares of the Company’s common stock (“the Shares”), which it intended to be payment in full of the outstanding balances of the Loans. A dispute subsequently arose among the parties regarding the exact loan pay-off amount. The parties are currently negotiating the terms of a settlement agreement. Accordingly, the settlement remains subject to the parties finalizing the settlement agreement and closing the proposed settlement transactions.

 

On October 31, 2022 the Company extended its share exchange agreement with Wildfire Media, for the purpose of allowing the requisite two-year PCAOB audit to continue, until December 16, 2022.

 

On November 11, 2022 the Company signed a mutual settlement agreement with Michael Bruk and Ruslan Kirzhner, whereby the Company paid back loans of $100,000 to Bruk and $100.000 to Kirzhner and they in turn donated xx,xxx and xx,xxx shares of stock respectively, to the Hans and Rosy Epstein Memorial Committee. The Company and the respective parties agreed to mutually disengage all previous business, legal and technical associations.

 

On November 14, 2022, the Company signed a Technology Agreement and a Sponsor/Advisor agreement with Horizin Fintex for the purpose of facilitating the admission of the tokenized common stock of the Company to the Upstream/MERJ exchange. As part of the agreement, Horizon would assist in the compilation and presentation of the documents and affirmations that must accompany an application for inclusion to the Upstream/MERJ exchange.

 

On December 4, 2022 the Company signed an agreement with ShareIntel Services, Inc. (“ShareIntel”) to gather and provide information to the Company regarding the ownership, sales, purchases and custory of the Company’s common stock by individuals, institutions, broker-dealers, and clearing agents for the purpose of supplying the Company the information needed to mount a potential lawsuit regarding alleged naked shorting of the Company’s common stock in 2021 and 2022.

 

On December 7, 2022, the Company completed and filed its application to list a tokenized version of the Company’s common stock on the Upstream/MERJ exchange.

 

Organizational History

 

The Company was incorporated in 1980 under the laws of the State of Nevada under the name of Western Exploration, Inc. Western Exploration, Inc., a Nevada corporation, was formed on July 24, 1980. In 1990, Western Exploration, Inc. changed its name to Nugget Exploration, Inc. On November 10, 1999, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nugget Exploration, Inc., Nugget Holdings Corporation merged with and into GoHealthMD, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Shortly thereafter, Nugget Exploration, Inc. changed its name to GoHealthMD, Inc. a Nevada corporation.

 

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On August 18, 2004, GoHealthMD, Inc., the Nevada Corporation, changed its name to Tree Top Industries, Inc. On July 7, 2016, Tree Top Industries, Inc. changed its name to Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. GoHealthMD, Inc. continues to exist as a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. NetThruster, Inc. MLN, Inc., BioEnergy Applied Technologies, Inc. (“BAT”), Eye Care Centers International, Inc., GoHealthMD Nano Pharmaceuticals, Inc., TTI Strategic Acquisitions and Equity Group, Inc. and TTII Oil & Gas, Inc, all were formed by Global Tech in the anticipation of technologies, products or services being acquired. G T International, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Tech Industries Group, Inc., existing as a Wyoming corporation. Not all subsidiaries are currently active.

 

On December 31, 2012, Global Tech and its new subsidiary, TTII Oil & Gas, Inc., a Delaware corporation, signed a binding asset purchase agreement with American Resource Technologies, Inc. (“ARUR”), a Kansas corporation, to acquire all the assets of ARUR for a purchase price of $513,538, which was paid in the form of 4,668,530 shares of Global Tech’s common stock as described in the asset purchase agreement. The shares were valued at $0.11 per share, based on the closing trading price of the common stock on the Closing Date. The assets purchased from ARUR include a 75% working interest in oil and gas leases in Kansas, as well as other oil field assets, a natural gas pipeline, currently shut down that is also located in Kansas, 25% interest in three other business entities operating in Kansas, and accounts receivables from two companies operating in Brazil in the amounts of $3,600,000 and $3,600,000 respectively. TTII Oil & Gas, Inc. also purchased three promissory notes in the amounts of $100,000, $100,000 and $350,000, as well an overdue contract for revenue in the amount of $1,000,000. Finally, a gun sight patent was also acquired from Century Technologies, Inc. All accounts and notes receivable were deemed uncollectable due to the age and circumstances, and therefore were assessed no value in the asset purchase. The equity ownerships were also deemed to be impaired due to the inactive nature of the entities and were not allocated any value. The gun sight patent was also not readily assessable as to value and no purchase price was allocated to this asset. Also, due to the mechanic’s lien and lawsuit on the oil leases, as well as the absence of an official reserve report, the oil lease was also impaired, and no value was recorded for this asset. In September 2015, the Chautauqua County Court decided that American Resource Technologies Inc. management and Board of Directors improperly acted and rendered the original Agreement a nullity. During 2019, the Company removed additional obligations related to the ARUR acquisition and settled legal fees due. During the 2nd quarter 2020, the Company was successful in recalling the 4,668,530 shares and cancelling them from the shareholders list.

 

On March 17, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the distribution of Warrants to holders of its common stock to purchase additional shares of stock. On March 22, 2021, Global Tech Industries Group, Inc., (“GTII”) a Nevada corporation, entered into a warrant agreement with Liberty Stock Transfer Agent (“Liberty”), whereby Liberty agreed to act as GTII’s warrant agent in its distribution of warrants to the Company’s shareholders (each, a “Warrant”). All shareholders of record on April 1, 2021, were issued 0.10 of a Warrant per share of Common Stock held of record by such holder; however, no fractional Warrants were issued. The Warrants were issued on or about April 8, 2021. On August 27, 2021, the SEC deemed effective the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, registering the shares of common stock underlying the warrants. Each full Warrant is exercisable into one share of GTII’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.75. The Warrants shall expire on April 8, 2023. Manhattan Transfer Registrar Co. shall act as co-agent with Liberty. The Warrants do not have a cashless exercise provision.

 

On June 28, 2021, the Company increased its authorized shares of common stock to 550,000,000.

 

On September 3, 2021, the Company formed a new subsidiary, incorporated in the state of Nevada, named Global Tech Health, Inc. (“GTHI”). GTHI is wholly-owned by the Company and is intended to act as the holding company for any acquired healthcare related assets.

 

On May 26, 2022, the Company increase its authorized shares of common stock to 750,000,000.

 

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Corporate History

 

The Company was incorporated in 1980 under the laws of the State of Nevada under the name of Western Exploration, Inc. Western Exploration, Inc., a Nevada corporation, was formed on July 24, 1980. On February 5, 1981, the Articles were amended, and the name of the corporation was changed to Nugget Exploration, Inc. On October 15, 1998, the Articles were amended and the number of authorized shares of stock, par value $0.01 was reduced from 50,000,000 to 5,000,000. The number of issued shares, originally 30,106,000, became approximately 97,117 after the 310-to-1 reverse stock split. On October 7, 1999, the Articles were amended and the number of common shares of authorized stock was increased to 25,000,000, par value $0.01. On January 24, 2000, the Articles were amended, and the Company changed its name to GoHealthMD, Inc. On August 30, 2004, the Articles were amended, and the Company’s name was changed to Tree Top Industries, Inc., the number of common shares of authorized stock was increased to 75,000,000 with a par value of $0.001, and the number of directors was changed from three to five. On November 20, 2007, the Articles were amended and the number of common shares of authorized stock was increased to 350,000,000 with a par value of $0.001, and blank check preferred stock was authorized in the number of 50,000, with a par value of $0.001. On December 28, 2011, the Articles were amended and the number of common shares of authorized stock was increased to 1,000,000,000, with a par value of $0.001. On November 15, 2012, the Articles were amended and the number of common shares of authorized stock was reduced to 10,000,000 shares with a par value of $0.001. The number of issued shares, originally 924,357,300, became approximately 9,243,573 after the 100-to-1 reverse stock split. On April 16, 2016, the Articles were amended through a Certificate of Change to change the number of authorized common shares through a 10 to 1 forward split to 100,000,000 shares. The number of shares, originally 9,243,573 became approximately 92,435,730 after the forward split. On July 6, 2016, through a Certificate of Change, 1,000 shares of the blank check preferred stock were designated as Series A preferred shares of stock and given the requisite powers of Series A preferred stock. On July 6, 2016, the Articles were amended to change the Company name from Tree Top Industries, Inc. to Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. The trading symbol was changed from TTII to GTII. On July 6, 2016, the Articles were amended to increase the authorized shares of common stock from 100,000,000 to 350,000,000 with a par value of $0.001. On June 28, 2021, the Articles were amended to increase the authorized shares of common stock from 350,000,000 to 550,000,000. On May 26, 2022, the Articles were amended to increase the authorized stock from 550,000,000 to 750,000,000.

 

Research and Development

 

Although Global Tech’s staff is limited, it continues to monitor new developments and any emerging technologies that it deems in line with its stated mission as an early-stage company, of acquiring new and innovative technologies in diverse industries.

 

Intellectual Property

 

With the acquisition of BAT, Global Tech acquired fifteen (15) intellectual properties pertaining to the construction of the mobile configuration and operation of the glyd-arc medical waste destruction unit, as well as an enhanced configuration and novel method for coal gasification.

 

There is currently no use or activity involving the intellectual properties of the Company, and accordingly, there is no recorded value assigned to these assets.

 

Employees

 

As of December 31, 2021, the Company employs two individuals in executive positions and 19 employees/managers in it’s subsidiary Bronx Family Eye Care, Inc.

 

Government Regulation

 

Bioenergy Applied Technologies, Inc.

 

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), no registration of the Bioenergy Applied Technologies, Inc. (“BAT”) system is required because the waste destruction process does not involve incineration. Incineration processes are subject to regulation by the EPA. However, any hazardous waste destruction system that is constructed will be subject to the state laws and regulations where the system is located, as well as any regulations pertaining to the storage, transporting and/or destroying hazardous waste. BAT is also subject to government laws and regulations governing health, safety, working conditions, employee relations, wrongful termination, wages, taxes and other matters applicable to businesses in general. The Company currently has no plans to manufacture, sell, or use any BAT-related systems.

 

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Competition

 

Bronx Family Eye Care, Inc. operates in a mature, competitive industry, with several national competitors as well as local companies operating nearby.

 

Seasonality

 

Our operations are not expected to be affected by seasonal fluctuations, although our cash flow may be affected by fluctuations in the timing of cash receipts from customers.

 

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

 

Currently, GTII does not lease, rent or own any property, other than its office, which acts only as a mail receipt center. Global Tech Health, Inc. leases five properties, four in the Bronx and one in upper Manhattan.

 

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

On February 3, 2017, the Company filed suit in Eastern District Federal Court New York against American Resource Technologies, Inc., (ARUR) and several directors and officers relating to the Chautauqua County Court Kansas decision nullifying the acquisition Agreement of ARUR. The Company has made several attempts to recover the shares of GTII stock paid to ARUR for the asset acquisition and the various costs and expenses expended by GTII in fulfillment of its obligations under the contract with ARUR. The failure of non-litigation attempts to resolve the matter resulted in filing an action for declaratory judgment in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Docket No. 17-CV-0698. The case was subsequently withdrawn due to the close of ARUR operations. During the 2nd quarter 2020, the Company was successful in recalling the 4,668,530 shares and cancelling them from the shareholders list.

 

On December 30, 2016, the Company executed a stock purchase agreement (the “Agreement”), which was signed and closed in Hong Kong, with GoFun Group, Ltd. through its wholly owned subsidiary Go F & B Holdings, Ltd. GoFun Group, Ltd. is a privately held company running a casual dining restaurant business, based in Hong Kong. Subsequent to the agreement being signed, GoFun Group failed to substantially perform under the agreement, including, but not limited to providing audited financials of its assets, making the ongoing payments called for in the agreement, along with other matters that led Global Tech to initiate litigation in the United States. Currently, Global Tech and GoFun are litigating the matter in the U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York, Docket No.17-CV-03727 . On October 2, 2019, the Company was able to secure, via preliminary settlement, the return of 43,649,491 shares of the Company’s stock out of the original 50,649,491 that were issued in good faith to GoFun in anticipation of a final stock exchange. That stock has been returned to the Company’s treasury and cancelled. On May 14, 2021, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division: Monmouth County (docket no. PAS-MON-C-60-21) issued an order restraining the removal of restrictive legends on the remaining 7,000,000 shares of stock, pending further order of the New Jersey Court. The underlying matter currently in the U.S. district Court for the Southern District of New York, remains pending. The Company and GoFun have mutually agreed to resolve the matter and the respective counsels are currently working toward that goal.

 

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On December 30, 2019, a dispute between the Company and its counsel regarding the GoFun matter, above, resulted in a filing, and subsequent settlement, of an action in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York (Index No. 656396/2019). Pursuant to the settlement, counsel for the Company accepted previously-issued shares as full payment for all legal work, expenses, costs, and other fees.

 

On March 17, 2021, the Company filed an action against Pacific Technologies Group, Inc., Rollings Hills Oil and Gas Inc., Demand Brands, Inc., Innovativ Media Group, Inc., Tom Coleman, and Bruce Hannan, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York (Index No. 651771/2021), alleging fraud, rescission and cancellation of a written instrument, unconscionability, breach of contract, breach of good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment, and civil conspiracy. The action stems from a stock purchase agreement entered into by the Company and Pacific Technologies Group, Inc. (then known as Demand Brands, Inc.) on October 16, 2018. On May 22, defendants filed a motion seeking additional time to answer. On November 23, 2021, the defendants filed a venue-related procedural motion to dismiss. On January 21, 2022, the Company submitted its opposition to said motion, and on February 11, 2022, defendants filed their affimation in reply. To date, no decision on that motion has been entered by the Court.

 

On August 16, 2021, the Company filed an action against David Wells, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Case 1:21-cv-06891) seeking injunctive relief and relinquishment of 150,000 shares held in the name of David Wells. As of December 31, 2021, David Wells has not yet filed an answer to the Company’s complaint. On November 11, 2021, David Wells filed an action against GTII in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada,(Case 2:21-cv-02040) claiming a violation of the duty to register transfer of shares. As of December 31, 2021, the parties are engaged in briefing jurisdictional motions. Open Issue

 

On August 24, 2021, the Company filed an application for a temporary restraining (“TRO”) order in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division: Monmouth County (Docket No.: Mon-C-132-21) seeking to restrain Liberty Stock Transfer, Inc. from removing restrictive legends from 6,000,000 shares of Company stock held in the name of International Monetary, as well as from transferring said shares. The Court granted the TRO effective until September 28, 2021. On September 28, 2021, the Court declined to issue any further restraints.

 

In the interim, on September 16, 2021, International Monetary filed an action against the Company in Clark County, Nevada (Case No: A-21-841175-B) alleging breach of contract and breach good faith and fair dealing, as well as a request for declaratory relief, and temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction. On September 30, 2021, the Company filed a notice of removal of the action to the United States District Court for the District of Nevada (Case 2:21-cv-01820), as well as a request for a temporary restraining order enjoining International Monetary from taking any action to remove the restrictive legend shares from Company shares held in its name. On October 14, 2021, International Monetary filed a motion to strike the petition for removal. As of December 31, 2021, no ruling on that motion had been entered. As of December xx, 2022 the parties entered in to a mutual resolution of the matter and On November 3, 2022, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with two separate private lenders, which provided for the settlement of all disputes and claims of the parties, including those arising in connection with the lenders’ loans to the Company (the “Settlement Agreement”). The transactions under the Settlement Agreement closed on November 8, 2022.

 

LITIGATION WITH GTI BY RICHARD ROSSI ET AL, FURTHER UPDATE ON BFE,

 

ITEM 4. Mine Safety

 

N/A

 

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PART II

 

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

 

GTII’s common stock is quoted through the over-the-counter market on the OTC Market Group, Inc. Board. (“OTCQB”) under the symbol “GTII.” The following table sets forth high and low sales prices of GTII common stock for each fiscal quarter for the last two fiscal years as reported by the OTC Markets., based on closing prices. The prices in the table reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail markup, markdown or commission and may not represent actual transactions.

 

Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020  High   Low 
First Quarter ended March 31, 2021  $4.55   $0.061 
Second Quarter ended June 30, 2021  $3.45   $1.09 
Third Quarter ended September 30, 2021  $2.75   $1.14 
Fourth Quarter ended December 31, 2021  $2.14   $0.55 
           
First Quarter ended March 31, 2022  $1.82   $1.30 
Second Quarter ended June 30, 2022  $1.94   $0.90 
Third Quarter ended September 30, 2022  $5.31   $0.43 
Fourth Quarter ended December 31, 2022  $6.68   $0.50 

 

As of March 21, 2023, there were approximately 314 record holders of GTII common stock, not including shares held in “street name” in brokerage accounts. As of March 21, 2023, there were approximately 239,965,515 shares of GTII’s common stock issued and outstanding on record.

 

Dividends

 

GTII has not declared or paid any cash dividends on its common stock. On March 23, 2021, GTII declared a dividend in the form of one warrant for every ten shares of the Company’s common stock owned as of the dividend record date of April 1, 2021. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.75 per share. The Company distributed the dividend on April 8, 2021. The warrants have a term of two years and expire on April 8, 2023.

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

The transfer agent and registrar for GTII’s common stock is Liberty Stock Transfer, Inc. The Company email address is: Liberty Stock Transfer Co., Inc., 788 Shrewsbury Avenue, Suite 2163, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724. (732)-372-0707.

 

Repurchases of Our Securities

 

The Company did not buy back any of their own stock during 2022 or 2021.

 

Sales of Our Unregistered Securities during 2021 Not Previously Disclosed

 

On December 30, 2021, the Company sold 100,000 shares of its common stock to an accredited investor in a private placement, pursuant to Rule 506(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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ITEM 6. Selected Financial Data

 

N/A

 

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Cautionary Statements

 

This Form 10-K may contain “forward-looking statements,” as that term is used in federal securities laws, about Global Tech’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations and business. These statements include, among others:

 

statements concerning the potential benefits that may be experienced from business activities and certain transactions contemplated or completed; and
   
statements of our expectations, beliefs, future plans and strategies, anticipated developments and other matters that are not historical facts. These statements may be made expressly in this Form 10-K. You can find many of these statements by looking for words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “opines,” or similar expressions used in this Form 10-K. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied in those statements. The most important facts that could prevent us from achieving our stated goals include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

a) volatility or decline of Global Tech’s stock price;
   
b) potential fluctuation of quarterly results;
   
c) failure to earn revenues or profits;
   
d) inadequate capital to continue or expand our business, and inability to raise additional capital or financing to implement our business plans;
   
e) failure to commercialize our technology or to make sales;
   
f) decline in demand for our products and services;
   
g) rapid adverse changes in markets;
   
h) litigation with or legal claims and allegations by outside parties against GTII, including but not limited to challenges to intellectual property rights;
   
i) insufficient revenues to cover operating costs; and
   
J) inability to make a business acquisition that is profitable for the Company and its shareholders.

 

There is no assurance that we will be profitable, we may not be able to successfully develop, manage or market our products and services, we may not be able to attract and retain qualified executives and technology personnel, we may not be able to obtain customers for our products or services, our products and services may become obsolete, government regulation may hinder our business, additional dilution in outstanding stock ownership may be incurred due to the issuance of more shares, warrants and stock options, or the exercise of outstanding warrants and stock options, and other risks inherent in our businesses.

 

Because the statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. We caution you not to place undue reliance on the statements, which speak only as of the date of this Form 10-K. The cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section should be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue. We do not undertake any obligation to review or confirm analysts’ expectations or estimates or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Form 10K, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Results of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2022, compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2021:

 

During the 2022 year, we generated revenues of $0, compared to $24,120 for 2021. Our revenues reported were from our subsidiary Bronx from the date of acquisition of December 30, 2021 through December 31, 2021. Our total operating expenses increased from $6,150,624 in 2021 to $13,117,530 in 2022. The increase was primarily the result of the increase in stock-based compensation to our professionals. General and administrative expenses increased from $237,093 in 2021 to $434,547 in 2022, an increase of $197,454, mostly due to the increase in travel related expenses due to increased corporate activity. Compensation to officers, medical contributions and service fees to professionals increased by $6,809,123, from $5,370,318 to $12,179,441 due mostly to the increase in share-based compensation, and medical benefits for employees. Depreciation expense decreased by $1,303 to $1,697 from $3,000 the prior year.

 

Our net loss increased by $7,530,280 to $13,593,202 in 2022 from $6,062,922 in 2021, due to the increased stock-based compensation in 2021.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

On December 31, 2022, we had cash on hand of $3,320,164 compared to $359,143 on December 31, 2021,. We used cash in our operations of $488,278 in 2022 compared to $655,623 in 2021, a 26% decrease. We (paid) raised net $151,821 and $(109,512) from related party loans in 2022 and 2021, respectively. We anticipate that we will have an increase in our cash flow from continuing operations with the acquisition made during the year. We have sufficient cash on hand on December 31, 2022, to cover our negative cash flow. We will attempt to increase our operating activities with our acquisition operations in 2023, and possibly raise capital through the sale of our common stock or through debt financing.

 

Some of Global Tech’s past due obligations, including $338,000 of accounts payable, and $113,000 of notes payable and judgments, were incurred or obtained prior to 2005. No actions have been taken by any of the applicable creditors. Action by any such creditor would materially decrease our liquidity. Global Tech has no credit facilities with which to resolve these outstanding obligations from prior years but will attempt to fully resolve them upon a successful capital raise and monetary action of the business. This may have a negative impact on our future.

 

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

 

The Company has contractional obligations with numerous independent service providers.

 

Going Concern Qualification

 

The Company has incurred significant losses from operations, and such losses are expected to continue. The Company’s has included a “Going Concern Qualification” in their report for the year ended December 31, 2022. In addition, the Company has net losses and negative working capital. The foregoing raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans include seeking additional capital and/or debt financing. There is no guarantee that additional capital and/or debt financing will be available when and to the extent required, or that if available, it will be on terms acceptable to the Company. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. The “Going Concern Qualification” may make it substantially more difficult to raise capital.

 

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Potential Impact of COVID-19

 

The Company is concerned that the COVID-19 virus may impact the Company’s ability to raise additional equity capital due to the uncertainty of the virus’ effects on the economy and capital markets, which may make potential investors less likely to invest during the pandemic. This may affect the Company’s ability to raise equity capital to meet its financial obligations, implement its business plan and continue as a going concern.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. These principles require us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, cash flow and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Our estimates include those related to revenue recognition, accounts receivable reserves, income and other taxes, stock-based compensation and equipment and contingent obligations. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates. To the extent that there are material differences between these estimates and our actual results, our future financial statements will be affected.

 

We define our “critical accounting policies” as those U.S. generally accepted accounting principles that require us to make subjective estimates about matters that are uncertain and are likely to have a material impact on our financial condition and results of operations as well as the specific way, we apply those principles. Our estimates are based upon assumptions and judgments about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the accounting estimate is made and applied and require us to continually assess a range of potential outcomes. A detailed discussion of the critical accounting policies that most affect our Company is in Footnote 2 of the notes to our financial statements.

 

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the shareholders and the board of directors of Global Tech Industries Group, Inc.

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2022, the related statement of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for the year then ended, 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, 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

 

Substantial Doubt about the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note B to the financial statements, the Company’s significant operating losses raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. The 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 audit. 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 audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit 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 audit 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 audit 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 audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

Critical Audit Matters

 

Critical audit matters are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or are 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 especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments.

 

We determined that there are no critical audit matters.

 

/s BF Borgers CPA PC

BF Borgers CPA PC (PCAOB ID 5041)

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2023

Lakewood, CO

March 31, 2023

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of

 

Global Tech Industries Group, Inc.

 

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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

 

Consideration of the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1, the Company has incurred significant accumulated deficits, recurring operating losses and a negative working capital. This and other factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also discussed in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audit. 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 audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated 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 audit, 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 audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements. Our audit 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 audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

Critical Audit Matters

 

The critical audit matter communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated 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 consolidated 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 consolidated 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.

 

Stock for Services

 

As described in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company issued common stock for services. Management establishes their estimate for the value of the stock for services using historical stock price information.

 

The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to stock for services is a critical audit matter are due to the material impact it has on the consolidated financial statements.

 

Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included, among others, evaluating the reasonableness of the historical stock price information used by management to determine the expense related to stock for services.

 

/s/ Pinnacle Accountancy Group of Utah

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2020

 

Pinnacle Accountancy Group of Utah

(a dba of Heaton & Company, PLLC)

Farmington, Utah

April 12, 2022, except for Note 2 and Note 9, which are dated October 21, 2022

 

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Global Tech Industries Group, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

   December 31,   December 31, 
   2022   2021 
ASSETS          
CURRENT ASSETS          
Cash and cash equivalents  $3,320,164   $359,143 
Accounts receivable   -    78,721 
Inventory   -    290,710 
Marketable securities   36,000    163,000 
           
Total Current Assets   3,356,164    891,574 
           
PROPERTY, PLANT & EQUIPMENT          
Fixed Assets (net)   803    112,603 
Right of use assets - Operating leases   -    833,796 
Total Property. Plant and Equipment   803    946,399 
           
OTHER ASSETS          
License   14,990,277    3,333 
Fine art   -    67,845 
Security deposits   -    67,808 
Goodwill   -    3,820,059 
           
Total Other Assets   14,990,278    3,959,045 
           
TOTAL ASSETS  $18,347,244   $5,797,018 
           
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)          
           
CURRENT LIABILITIES          
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  $952,507   $791,008 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses-related parties   1,551,208    590,060 
Accrued interest payable   416,774    387,982 
Notes payable in default   871,082    871,082 
Notes payable   80,000    922,000 
Current Portion of operating lease liabilities   -    274,222 
Current portion of long-term debt   180,000    2,986 
           
Total Current Liabilities   4,051,571    3,839,340 
           
LONG TERM LIABILITIES          
           
Long-term operating lease liabilities   -    559,574 
Note Payable   4,788,177    147,014 
           
Total Long-term liabilities   4,788,177    706,588 
           
Total Liabilities   8,839,748    4,545,928 
           
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY          
           
Preferred stock, par value $.001, 50,000 authorized, 1,000 issued and outstanding   1    1 
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share, 750,000,000 shares authorized; 262,251,320 (including 10,000,000 shares held in escrow) and 255,790,585 issued and 252,251,320 and 240,998,005 outstanding, respectively   262,251    255,791 
Additional paid-in-capital   256,976,102    235,151,209 
Accumulated (Deficit)   (247,730,858)   (234,155,911)
           
Total Stockholders’ Equity   9,507,496    1,251,090 
           
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY  $18,347,244   $5,797,018 

 

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

 

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Global Tech Industries Group, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

   2022   2021 
   For The Years Ended 
   December 31, 
   2022   2021 
         
REVENUES, net  $-   $24,120 
           
COST OF SALES, net   -    5,033 
           
GROSS PROFIT/(LOSS)   -    19,087 
           
OPERATING EXPENSES          
           
General and administrative   434,547    237,093 
Compensation and professional fees   4,695,550    5,370,318 
Charitable Donations   7,985,736    540,213 
Depreciation   1,697    3,000 
           
Total Operating Expenses   13,117,530    6,150,624 
           
OPERATING LOSS   (13,117,530)   (6,131,537)
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES)          
           
Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on sale of marketable securities   (127,000)   132,000 
Settlement Fees   (275,000)   - 
Gain/(loss) on sale of assets   4,447    - 
Gain on stock conversion   28,150    - 
Interest income   1,500    - 
Interest expense   (107,769)   (63,385)
           
Total Other Income (Expenses)   (475,672)   68,615 
           
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES   (13,593,202)   (6,062,922)
           
INCOME TAX EXPENSE   -    - 
           
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS  $(13,593,202)  $(6,062,922)
           
BASIC AND DILUTED LOSS PER SHARE  $(0.05)  $(0.03)
           
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING, BASIC AND DILUTED   257,287,675    234,889,168 

 

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

 

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Global Tech Industries Group, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Deficit

For the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

 

   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Capital   (Deficit)   Equity 
   Preferred Stock   Common Stock   Additional   Retained   Total 
   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Capital   (Deficit)   Equity 
                             
Balance, December 31, 2020   1,000   $1    230,498,005   $230,498   $168,398,511   $(170,403,189)  $(1,774,179)
Common stock issued for services             5,839,500    5,840    3,669,440         3,675,280 
Common stock issued and held in escrow for the potential acquisition of Gold Transactions Intl, Inc.             6,000,000    6,000    (6,000)        - 
Imputed interest – loan                       13,440         13,440 
Common stock issued for exercise of warrants             3,080    3    8,468         8,471 
Common stock issued for medical advisory services             300,000    300    404,700         405,000 
Common stock issued and held in escrow for acquisition of Bronx Family Eye Care             2,650,000    2,650    4,343,350         4,346,000 
Common stock issued for charitable donations             400,000    400    539,600         540,000 
Warrants issued to shareholders                       57,689,800    (57,689,800)   - 
 Shares issued and held in escrow for the potential acquisition of Classroom Salon             10,000,000    10,000    (10,000)        - 
Common stock issued for cash             100,000    100    99,900         100,000 
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2021   -    -    -    -         (6,062,922)   (6,062,922)
                                    
Balance, December 31, 2021   1,000   $1    255,790,585   $255,791   $235,151,209   $(234,155,911)  $1,251,090 
Common stock issued for services             1,713,674    1,714    3,763,244         3,764,958 
Common stock issued for medical research           387,273    387    267,849        268,236 
Common stock issued for charitable donations             2,500,000    2,500    7,760,000         7,762,500 
Reversal of acquisition                       (4,345,999)   18,255    (4,327,744)
Imputed interest – loan                       13,440         13,440 
Warrants exercised as dividend to shareholders             1187,331    1,187    3,274,015         3,275,202 
Escrow release from acquisition                       10,018,085         10,018,085 
Common stock issued for notes payable, accrued interest, and accrued expenses             672,457    672    1,074,259         1,074,931 
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2022   -    -    -    -         (13,593,202)   (13,593,202)
Balance, December 31, 2022   1,000   $1    262,251,320   $262,251   $256,976,102   $(247,730,858)  $9,507,496 

 

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

 

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Global Tech Industries Group, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

   2022   2021 
   For The Years Ended 
   December 31, 
   2022   2021 
         
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES          
           
Net loss  $(13,593,202)  $(6,062,922)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities (net of acquisition):          
Depreciation   1,697    3,000 
Stock issued for services   3,766,958    3,675,280 
Stock issued for donations to medical research   268,236    405,000 
Stock issued for charitable donations   7,762,500    540,000 
           
Imputed interest on loan   13,440    13,440 
Gain on debt conversion   (28,150)   - 
Gain on asset sales   (4,447)   - 
Loss on marketable securities   127,000    (132,000)
Change in operating assets and liabilities          
(Increase)/Decrease is prepaid expenses   -    222,167 
(Increase)/Decrease is accounts receivable   -    (24,120)
(Increase)/Decrease is inventory   -    5,033 
Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses   307,529    89,916 
Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses-related parties   808,166    581,106 
Increase in accrued interest payable   81,997    28,477 
           
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities   (488,276)   (655,623)
           
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES          
           
Cash returned in acquisition reversal BEC   (183,933)   - 
Cash acquired in GTI acquisition   2,373    - 
Cash from sale of assets   75000    - 
Cash acquired from BEC acquisition        238,972 
Cash paid for property and equipment   -    (5,000)
Cash paid for other assets   -    (67,844)
           
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities   (106,560)   166,128 
           
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES          
Proceeds from exercise of warrants   3,274,035    108,471 
Proceeds from note payable   130,000    922,000 
Proceeds received from / (paid on) convertible debentures   -    (74,800)
Payments to officers and directors in related parties payable   (198,179)   (362,441)
Proceeds from officers and directors in related parties payable   350,000    252,929 
           
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities   3,555,857    846,159 
           
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS   2,961,021    356,664 
           
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD   359,143    2,479 
           
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD  $3,320,164   $359,143 
           
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES:          
           
Cash paid for interest  $-   $- 
Cash paid for income taxes  $-   $- 
           
NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:          
           
Stock issued and held in escrow  $10,000   $16,000 
Warrants issued as a dividend to shareholders  $-   $57,689,800 
Debt converted to stock  $1,075,077   $- 
Stock issued for asset acquisition  $10,018,085   $- 
Assets acquired from BEC with issuance of common stock  $-   $

768,114

 
Liabilities assumed from BEC with issuance of common stock  $-   $

242,173

 
Initial recognition of right of use asset and lease liability in acquisition of BEC  $-   $

833,796

 

 

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

 

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NOTE 1 – NATURE OF OPERATIONS

 

  A) ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

 

The Company sets the stage and develops the assets to stimulate innovation and growth in emerging businesses on a global basis. The company works across various and diverse industry sectors attempting to find potential partners and assisting them in animating their business plans.

 

On February 28, 2021, the Company signed a binding stock purchase agreement which was closed on May 25, 2022 with GTII acquiring 100% of the stock of Gold Transactions International, Inc. (“GoldTI”) a privately held Utah corporation. GoldTI acquired a license from a private Nevada Corporation which operated, via a joint venture, in the business of buying and selling gold on a global basis through a private network of companies. The license agreement gave GoldTI access to the private network, and an exclusive right to market and promote the gold buy/sell program to expand the buying power of the network. GoldTI, with its network affiliates, purchases gold from artisan miners throughout the world and transports, assays, refines and sells the gold in the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, (“DMCC”), a free trade zone in Dubai. The Company plans to raise capital for GoldTI and advance those funds into the gold network. This transaction was closed on May 25, 2022. Details about the initial License valuation, goodwill recorded and total identifiable net assets acquired can be found in footnote 5. .

 

During the first quarter of 2021, the Company entered into binding agreements with a company in the field of eye care, retail eye wear and full scope optometry. The Bronx Family Eye Care, Inc. is a company that provides retail eyewear and medically oriented full scope optometry at four brick and mortar locations. Bronx Family’s licensed optometrists use cutting-edge equipment to provide diagnosis and treatment for diseases of the eye, as well as corrective eyewear. Bronx Family also performs edging of lenses for its customers at their in-house facility, as well as providing services to outside practices. Effective December 30, 2021, Bronx Family Eye Care completed the closing requirements, the agreement was closed and Bronx became a reporting subsidiary of the Company. Subsequently, The Company, Bronx Family Eye Care, Inc. (“BFE”), and its shareholders have concluded that it is in their mutual best interests to unwind the acquisition of BFE by the Company and settle all claims they may have against each other. This transaction was unwound effective January 1, 2022.

 

During the second quarter of 2021, the Company signed an agreement with Alt5 Sigma to host a trading platform. The Company then launched Beyond Blockchain (a GTII company) on June 18, 2021, an online cryptocurrency trading platform that provides access to Digital Currency and is changing the way customers transact with Digital Assets. Beyond Blockchain is a registered Money Services Business under FINTRAC guidelines and incorporates world class AML and KYC technology. It uses two-factor authentication to secure customers’ assets as well as AI liveness testing to secure the user experience. Beyond Blockchain allows multi-currency clearing and direct settlements in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Tether (USDT), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin SV (BSV), Aave (AAVE), Compound (COMP), Uniswap (UNI), Chainlink (LINK) and Yearn Finance (YFI).

 

Beginning in April of 2021, the Company has been working towards tokenizing its fine art collection. If this prospectus is approved, the Company would mint 1,000,000,000 tokens of the GFT Token, with 26,000,000 of them being registered herein for distribution. Once minted, each shareholder, as of the to be determined record date, would be entitled to receive one GFT Token for every 10 shares of GTII Common Stock beneficially held in their name.

  

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On November 9, 2021, GTII, and Trento Resources and Energy Corp, (“Trento”) a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, signed a binding stock purchase agreement (“SPA”) to engage in a merger/business combination, for the best interests of the shareholders of both GTII and Trento, pursuant to which Trento will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of GTII. Pursuant to the SPA, GTII issued 100,000 shares of common stock to Sean Wintraub, with 100,000,000 shares to be issued upon Trento’s successful raising, within six (6) months of funds sufficient to support large-scale mining operations at the Trento Mining Project (the “Trento Project”), located in the third region of Atacama, Chile, Copiapo. In addition, and within six (6) months subsequent to the raising of said funds, if GTII receives independent confirmation of the presence of the geological resources in those amounts contained in the Geological Estimation, the Company will issue Trento that amount of common stock representing industry standard multipliers for the value of that number of geological resources found listed in the Geological Estimation. On December 9, 2021, GTII retained Bertrand-Galindo Barrueto Barroilhet & Cia, (“Bertrand-Galindo”) a firm headquartered in Santiago, Chile to conduct a due diligence review of the Trento’s interests in Inversiones Trento SpA and the related mining concessions, operations, land easements, permits and assets related to the Trento project. Bertrand-Galindo will also provide relevant corporate, legal, regulatory and tax structure guidance as needed.

 

On December 18, 2021 the Company entered into a membership interest purchase agreement with AT Gekko PR LLC, a Puerto Rico limited liability company (“AT Gekko”), which owned 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Classroom Salon Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Classroom Salon Holdings”). Also on December 18, 2021 AT Gekko executed an assignment to the Company of its membership interests in Classroom Salon Holdings, which upon completion of the closing requirements would make Classroom Salon Holdings a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The transaction was also subject to certain post-closing conditions as set forth in the membership interest purchase agreement. The conditions include PCAOB audited financial statements for 2020 and 2021, an amended license agreement with Carnegie Mellon University, and the consummation of the acquisition of Classroom Salon, LLC. In December 2021, the Company issued 10,000,000 shares of common stock in anticipation of a closing with Classroom Salon, however, at December 31, 2021, this transaction has not closed and the shares are held in escrow pending further action on Classroom Salon, thus these shares are considered issued but not outstanding.

 

On January 18, 2022, GTII’s subsidiary, Classroom Salon Holdings, LLC, executed membership interest purchase agreements, as well as assignments of membership interests, resulting in the acquisition of 100% of Classroom Salon, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company. On February 22, 2022, Classroom Salon, LLC, executed an amended and restated license agreement with Carnegie Mellon University. On February 25 2022, Classroom Salon Holdings, LLC completed its requisite two-year, PCAOB audit. and became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

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On September 14, 2022, the Company entered into a Share Exchange Agreement with Wildfire Media Corp. (“Wildfire Media”) and the shareholders of Wildfire Media Corp. (collectively, the “Wildfire Shareholders”). Wildfire Media is a legal marketing company in the business of supporting law firms with client acquisition research, data-driven marketing, media planning and analysis and client retention services. Under the terms of the agreement, GTII will, at the closing, issue to the Wildfire Shareholders 100 million restricted common shares (the “Acquisition Shares”) in exchange for all outstanding shares of Wildfire Media. The closing of the transaction is subject to customary conditions to closing, as well as certain conditions specific to the transaction, including, without limitation, Wildfire Media providing GTII with audited financial statements and GTII concluding a due diligence review that is satisfactory in all respects to GTII. The Wildfire Shareholders have a post-closing “earn-out” opportunity for 100 million additional restricted GTII common shares (the “Earn-Out Shares”) if Wildfire Media achieves $25 million in gross revenue. Currently, Wildfire Media has $85 million in receivables. The Acquisition Shares and the Earn-Out Shares shall be subject to a lock-up agreement pursuant to which the Wildfire Shareholders agree not to sell or transfer the shares until the expiration of the 1-year buy-back period, except as may be otherwise provided in the lock-up agreement. On October 18, 2022, Wildfire Media Corp retained the services of a PCAOB approved auditing firm to undertake the requisite two-year audit as part of the agreed due diligence process.

 

Ongoing during the third quarter, the Company and the BFE Shareholders continued to negotiate a settlement that would allow the BFE transaction to be unwound. This process would involve the Company transferring back to the BFE Shareholders their respective share interests in BFE and the BFE Shareholders transferring back to the Company the 2,650,000 shares of the Company’s common stock issued in connection with the transaction. The Company would also pay the BFE Shareholders a total lump sum cash payment of $75,000 as part of the settlement. In addition, 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that were issued to one of the BFE Shareholders under his consulting agreement in connection with the transaction would be retained by that BFE Shareholder, and that shareholder would make a charitable contribution of 50,000 of those shares. The parties would also exchange general releases and terminate all agreements among the parties in connection with the transaction.

 

CORPORATE HISTORY

 

  B) GOING CONCERN

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company incurred a net loss of $13,593,202 during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, and has an accumulated deficit of $247,730,858 at December 31, 2022.

 

The Company did not generate significant revenues during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, and its cash flows are not sufficient enough to support all expenses of the Company. The Company as yet still requires substantial financing. Most of the financing has been provided by David Reichman, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. The Company is dependent upon his ability and willingness to continue to provide the financing necessary to meet reporting and filing requirements of a public company.

 

However, in order for the Company to remain a going concern, it will need to generate significant cashflow to sustain the needs of the Company, financially, and it may be required to continue to receive funds from equity or debt financing to accomplish this need. There can be no assurance that the Company will continue to receive any proceeds from equity offerings or that the Company will be able to obtain the necessary funds to finance its operations. These conditions raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic. As a result, economic uncertainties have arisen which have the potential to negatively impact the Company’s ability to raise funding from the markets. Other financial impact could occur though such potential impact is unknown at this time.

 

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NOTE 2 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

  A) PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Ludicrous, Inc., TTI Strategic Acquisitions and Equity Group, Inc, TTII Oil & Gas, Inc., Global Tech Health, Inc. and G T International, Inc. All subsidiaries of the Company. and TTI Strategic Acquisitions and Equity Group, Inc., currently have no financial activity. All significant inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated.

 

  B) USE OF MANAGEMENT’S ESTIMATES

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. These consolidated financial statements have material estimates for valuation of stock and option transactions.

 

  C) CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents are maintained with major financial institutions in the U S. Deposits held with these banks at times exceed $250,000 of insurance provided on such deposits. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes that it is not exposed to any significant credit risk on cash and cash equivalents. On December 31, 2022 and 2021, no excess existed. There were no cash equivalents on December 31, 2022, and 2021.

 

  D) INVENTORIES

 

Inventories, consist primarily of lenses and frames, are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value, with cost determined using primarily the first-in-first-out (FIFO) method. The Company purchased substantially all inventories from several key suppliers. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company’s inventory balance was $0 and $290,710.

 

  E) FIXED ASSETS

 

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, ranging from 3 to 7 years for furniture, fixtures, machinery and equipment. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of the term of the lease or the economic life of the asset. Routine repairs and maintenance are expensed when incurred.

 

  F) INCOME TAXES

 

The Company follows ASC 740, “Income Taxes,”, which discusses recognition and measurement of uncertain tax positions using a “more-likely-than-not” approach, requiring the recognition and measurement of uncertain tax positions. Deferred taxes are provided on a liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all the deferred tax assets will to be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.

 

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  G) REVENUE RECOGNITION

 

The Company incurred $24,120 in revenue from its subsidiary Bronx Family Eye Care from December 30, 2021 through December 31, 2021, the period that Bronx’s activity was consolidated with the Company. The Company recognizes revenues in accordance with ASC 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Revenue is recognized as services are rendered or when control of our products is transferred to our customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those services or products. The Company considers revenue earned when all the following criteria are met: (i) the contract with the customer has been identified, (ii) the performance obligations have been identified, (iii) the transaction price has been determined, (iv) the transaction price has been allocated to the performance obligations, and (v) the performance obligations have been satisfied. Bronx’s performance obligation is completed once the eye exam or other services are complete. The revenue for the eyewear is recorded once the eyewear has been delivered to the patient. All services and products sold are recorded as revenue at the pre-determined and agreed upon price, and once the services are performed and the products have been delivered. Service fees and the delivery of eyewear products may happen at different times and stages of our contracts with our customers. Revenues are recorded at the completion of each stage of Bronx’s deliverables.

 

  H) ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

 

Accounts Receivable In the normal course of business, the Company extends credit to its patients on a short-term basis. Although the credit risk associated with these patients is minimal, the Company routinely reviews its accounts receivable balances and makes provisions for doubtful accounts. The Company ages its receivables by date of invoice. Management reviews bad debt annually. When an account is deemed uncollectible, the Company charges off the receivable against the bad debt reserve. A considerable amount of judgment is required in assessing the realization of these receivables including the current creditworthiness of each patient and related aging of the past-due balances, including any billing disputes.

 

The allowance for doubtful accounts is based on the best information available to the Company and is re-evaluated and adjusted as additional information is received. The Company evaluates the allowance based on historical write-off experience, the size of the individual patient balances and past-due amounts. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021 , the Company had an allowance for bad debt of $0 and $0, respectively. During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had bad debt expense of $0 and $0, respectively.

 

  I) STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with the provisions of ASC 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation.” ASC 718 requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the financial statements based on the grant-date fair value of the award. That cost will be recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the reward- known as the requisite service period. No compensation cost is recognized for equity instruments for which employees do not render the requisite service. The grant-date fair value of employee share options and similar instruments are estimated using the Black Scholes option-pricing model adjusted for the unique characteristics of those instruments.

 

Equity instruments issued to non-employees are recorded at their fair values as determined in accordance with ASC 718 as amended by ASU 2018-07. As such, the grant date is the measurement date of an award’s fair value.

 

  J) INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

 

The Company follows ASC 805, “Business Combinations,” and ASC 350, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other”. ASC 805 requires the use of the purchase method of accounting for any business combinations, and further clarifies the criteria to recognize intangible assets separately from goodwill. Under ASC 350, goodwill and indefinite−life intangible assets are reviewed for impairment annually.

 

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On February 28, 2021, pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) between the Company and Gold Transactions International, Inc. (GoldTI), the Company purchased 100% of the the stock of GoldTI and assumed its sole asset a License Agreement held by GoldTI  . The license provides access to a joint venture of companies (the “Network”), that buys gold from artisan miners internationally, and provides transportation, assaying, refining and storage facilities in the DMCC1, a free trade zone for commodities trading in Dubai, and then sells the refined gold to its customers.

 

Pursuant to the SPA, 100% of the GTI shares were exchanged for 6,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (acquisition date fair value was $10,018,085). GTI has met its performance obligations and this transaction closed in the second quarter of 2022. As per the table below the License asset was valued at $14,990,277   net of additional liabilities recorded on the closing date of the transaction May 25, 2022.

 

The acquisition of GTI is being treated as an asset purchase and not business combination per ASC 805 as substantially all of the assets acquired are concentrated in a single identifiable asset  . The following table summarizes the consideration transferred to acquire GTI and the amount of identified assets, and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date.

 

Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

 

      
Cash and cash equivalents  $2,373 
License   14,990,277 
Trade payables   (6,388)
Note payable   (4,968,177)
      
Total identifiable net assets  $10,018,085 

 

In a transaction that was reversed on January 1, 2022 at the values recorded on the acquisition date December 27, 2021, the Company recorded Goodwill in connection with its acquisition of Bronx Family Eyecare. The acquisition occurred through a Stock Purchase Agreement, wherein, the Company issued 2,650,000 shares of common stock, valued at $4,346,000. Good will was calculated based on the value of the share issuance, less the assets acquired plus the liabilities assumed as follows:

 

The following assets and liabilities were acquired from Bronx on December 30, 2021:

  

      
Assets     
Cash  $238,972 
Accounts receivable   54,601 
Inventory   295,743 
Property and equipment   110,990 
Other assets   67,808 
Total Assets  $768,114 
      
Liabilities     
Accounts payable  $90,376 
Accrued expenses   1,797 
Loans payable   150,000 
Total Liabilities   242,173 
      
Goodwill recorded on the acquisition  $3,820,059 

 

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Management has evaluated the valuation of goodwill at December 31, 2021, and determined that there is no impairment to the valuation attributed to the Bronx acquisition.

 

Ongoing during the third quarter, the Company and the BFE Shareholders continued to negotiate a settlement that would allow the BFE transaction to be unwound. This process would involve the Company transferring back to the BFE Shareholders their respective share interests in BFE and the BFE Shareholders transferring back to the Company the 2,650,000 shares of the Company’s common stock issued in connection with the transaction. The Company would also pay the BFE Shareholders a total lump sum cash payment of $75,000 as part of the settlement. In addition, 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that were issued to one of the BFE Shareholders under his consulting agreement in connection with the transaction would be retained by that BFE Shareholder, and that shareholder would make a charitable contribution of 50,000 of those shares. The parties would also exchange general releases and terminate all agreements among the parties in connection with the transaction.  

 

  I) FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

The Company follows ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements,” defines fair value, establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement and enhances disclosure requirements for fair value measures. The three levels are defined as follows:

 

  [   ] Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
     
  [  ] Level 2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.
     
  [  ] Level 3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair measurement.

 

The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, and current assets and liabilities each qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest. The carrying value of notes payable approximates fair value because negotiated terms and conditions are consistent with current market rates as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

 

Marketable securities are reported at the quoted and listed market rates of the securities held at the year end.

 

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The following table presents the Company’s Marketable securities within the fair value hierarchy utilized to measure fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2022 and 2021:

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3 
Marketable Securities – 2022  $36,000   $-0-   $-0- 
Marketable Securities – 2021  $163,000   $-0-   $-0- 

 

 

  K) BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

 

The Company calculates earnings (loss) per share in accordance with ASC 260, “Earnings Per Share.” Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share gives effect to dilutive convertible securities, options, warrants and other potential common stock outstanding during the period; only in periods in which such effect is dilutive. For 2022 and 2021, there were 4,500,664 stock options outstanding, respectively, however their effects were anti-dilutive. There were 23,361,723 and 23,361,723 warrants outstanding for the years ended 2022 and 2021, respectively, however their effects were anti-dilutive.

 

   2022   2021 
   For the Years Ended 
   December 31, 
   2022   2021 
Loss (numerator)  $(13,593,202)  $(6,062,922)
Shares (denominator)   257,287,675    234,889,168 
Basic and diluted loss per share  $(0.05)  $(0.03)

 

 

  K) RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

 

The Company has implemented all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect. These pronouncements did not have any material impact on the financial statements unless otherwise disclosed, and the Company does not believe that there are any other new accounting pronouncements that have been issued that might have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842) intended to improve financial reporting for leasing transactions. The ASU requires organizations that lease assets – referred to as “lessees”- to recognize on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by those leases. With the acquisition of Bronx, the Company acquired various operating leases for eyecare locations, (see note 8). There were, however, no capital leases with respective liabilities to record on the balance sheet.

 

  L) MARKETABLE SECURITIES

 

The Company purchases marketable securities and engages in trading activities for its own account. Securities that are held principally for resale in the near term are recorded at fair value with changes in fair value included in earnings. Interest and dividends are included in net Interest Income.

 

  M) Concentrations

 

The Company generated zero revenues in 2022 and its revenue during 2021 was from various retail sales from a transaction that was unwound January 1, 2022.

 

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NOTE 3 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Notes Payable-Related Party

 

   12/31/2022   12/31/2021 
         
Accrued salary - Reichman  $1,025,000   $500,000 
Accrued salary - Griffin   207,500    90,000 
Accrued expenses - Reichman   48,059    60 
Officer advances - Reichman   270,649    0 
           
Totals  $1,551,208   $590,060 

 

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021 there are no related party notes payable.

 

Mr. Reichman, our CEO, has rendered services to the Company and his wages have been accrued in accounts payable and accrued expenses -related parties at the period ended December 31, 2022, totaling $1,025,000 and $500,000 on December 31, 2021. Additionally accrued expenses owed at the end of December 31, 2022 was $48,059 and $12,059 on December 31, 2021.

 

Mrs. Griffin, our President, has rendered services to the Company and her wages have been accrued in accounts payable and accrued expenses-related parties at the period ended December 31, 2022, totaling $207,500 and $90,000 on December 31, 2021.

 

Due to officers consists of cash advances and expenses paid by Mr. Reichman in order to satisfy the expense needs of the Company. During 2022 Mr. Reichman advanced the Company $350,000 and was repaid $198,179. During 2021 Mr. Reichman advanced $252,929 to the Company to cover operating expenses and was repaid $362,441. On December 31, 2022, and 2021, the amounts Due to Officers and Directors for cash advances and expenses are $257,261 and $0, respectively.

 

NOTE 4 – FIXED ASSETS

 

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021 was $1,697 and $3,000, respectively. On December 31, 2021, assets of $110,990 were removed with the unwinding of the Bronx Eye Care Acquisition. 

Fixed assets consist of the following:

 

   2022   2021 
Computer equipment  $3,213   $3,213 
Furniture and fixtures   -    14,037 
Equipment   -    96,954 
           
Total fixed assets   3,213    114,204 
Accumulated Depreciation   (2,410)   (1,601)
Net fixed assets  $803   $112,603 

 

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NOTE 5 - LICENSES

 

GOLD TRANSACTIONS NETWORK LICENSE

 

On February 28, 2021, pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) between the Company and Gold Transactions International, Inc. (GoldTI), the Company purchased 100% of the the stock of GoldTI and assumed its sole asset a License Agreement held by GoldTI. The license provides access to a joint venture of companies (the “Network”), that buys gold from artisan miners internationally, and provides transportation, assaying, refining and storage facilities in the DMCC1, a free trade zone for commodities trading in Dubai, and then sells the refined gold to its customers. The License Agreement grants the Company the following:

 

  Access to the Network’s gold operations, to participate in the profits generated by the margin between the buy and sell prices, based on the % of funds advanced into the Network,
     
  an exclusive license to market and promote the gold buy/sell program in an attempt to increase the buying power of the Network. The term of the License is un-defined and perpetual.
     
  Reporting from the Network partners of gold transactions shared in, and the revenue generated on a monthly basis. Payments, however are quarterly to the Network partners.

 

Pursuant to the SPA, 100% of the GTI shares were exchanged for 6,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (acquisition date fair value was $10,018,085). GTI has met its performance obligations and this transaction closed in the second quarter of 2022. As per the table below the License asset was valued at $14,990,277 net of additional liabilities recorded on the closing date of the transaction May 25, 2022.

 

The acquisition of GTI is being treated as an asset purchase and not business combination per ASC 805 as substantially all of the assets acquired are concentrated in a single identifiable asset. The following table summarizes the consideration transferred to acquire GTI and the amount of identified assets, and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date.

 

Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

 

      
Cash and cash equivalents  $2,373 
License    14,990,277 
Trade payables   (6,388)
Note payable   (4,968,177)
      
Total identifiable net assets  $10,018,085 

 

DIGITAL TRADING PLATFORM LICENSE

 

On May 1, 2021, the Company entered an agreement with Alt 5 Sigma, Inc. (“Alt 5”), wherein Alt 5 licensed their Alt5Pro Digital Asset Platform to the Company and created “Beyond Blockchain”, a digital asset trading platform to be used by the Company and its shareholders and the public for trading digital assets. The Company paid $5,000 for the license and also pays a monthly hosting fee to Alt 5, which is expensed as incurred. The term of the license is for 12 months with an automatic renewal for an additional 12 months. This asset was sold in the second quarter of 2022 for $25,000 and the company recorded a gain of $22,292. Amortization expensed through the date of sale was $2,708, respectively.

 

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The Table below summarizes the Company’s licenses as of December 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021:

 

   December,   December 31, 
License  2022   2021 
         
Access and exclusivity license  $14,990,277   $- 
Digital platform   -    5,000 
Total licensed assets   14,990,277    5,000 
Amortization   -    (1,667)
Net licensed assets  $14,990,277   $3,333 

 

NOTE 6 – FINE ART

 

On April 7, 2021, the Company executed a Contractor Agreement with Ronald Cavalier, an artist with galleries in Greenwich, CT, New York City, Nantucket Island and Palm Beach, FL. Pursuant to this agreement, Mr. Cavalier has assisted the Company in acquiring 2 pieces of art for eventual digitization as a Non Fungible Token (NFT). On April 23, 2021, the Company purchased an original Picasso: “Quatre Femmes Nues Et Tete Sculptee”, which was executed in 1934 on Montval laid paper and published by A. Vollard, Paris in 1939. The Company paid $35,940 for this piece of fine art.

 

On June 4, 2021, the Company purchased another piece of fine art, an Andy Warhol gelatin silver print of Bianca Jagger on a white horse taken by Warhol at the famed Studio 54 (the “Warhol Print”) for $31,905. The Company intends to digitalize both pieces of fine art and issue an NFT to shareholders as a dividend, therefore, the fine art has been characterized as an other asset-not purchased for re-sale, but rather to be held for the long term. Both pieces of Fine Art were sold in December of 2022 For a gain of $4,447.

 

NOTE 7 - NOTES PAYABLE

 

(a) NOTES PAYABLE IN DEFAULT:

 

Notes payable in default consist of various notes bearing interest at rates from 5% to 9%, which are unsecured with original due dates between August 2000 and December 2016. All the notes are unpaid to date and are in default and are thus classified as current liabilities. On December 31, 2022, and 2021, notes payable in default amounted to $871,082 and $871,082, respectively. Accrued interest on the notes in default on December 31, 2022 and 2021 are $416,375 and $381,019, respectively. Below is a discussion of the details to the notes payable in default and a table summarizing the notes in default with additional information.

 

During 2002, the Company settled a trade payable in litigation by executing a note payable to a Company in the amount of $18,000, interest accrues at 6% per annum, unsecured, due September 1, 2002, and in default. Accrued interest on December 31, 2022, and 2021 is $23,040 and $21,960, respectively.

 

Also, during 2002, in settlement of another trade payable, the Company executed a note payable to a Company in the amount of $30,000, interest accrues at 6% per annum, unsecured, due September 12, 2002, in default. Accrued interest on December 31, 2022, and 2021 is $35,899 and $34,099, respectively.

 

During 2000, the Company executed a note payable to an individual in the amount of $25,000, interest accrues at 5% per annum, unsecured, due August 31, 2000, in default. Accrued interest on December 31, 2022, and 2021 is $29,595 and $28,343, respectively.

 

In 2002, the Company settled an obligation with a consultant by executing a note payable for $40,000, interest accrues at 7% per annum, unsecured, due July 10, 2002, in default. Accrued interest on December 31, 2022, and 2021 is $57,887 and $55,087, respectively.

 

On December 27, 2009, the Company executed a note payable to an individual for various advances to the Company in the amount of $292,860. On June 26, 2013, this note was renegotiated to include the accrued interest. The new note balance is $388,376 and interest accrues at 5% per annum, unsecured, and is extended to October 5, 2019, with monthly installments beginning in 2014 of $5,553, which did not occur. This note is in default. Accrued interest on December 31, 2022, and 2021 is $174,749 and $165,329, respectively.

 

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On January 27, 2010, the Company executed a note payable to a corporation in the amount of $192,000, bears no interest and is due on demand after 6 months of execution and is unsecured. No demand has been made at the date of these financial statements, but the note is in default. Interest expense in the amount of $13,440 has been imputed for this note in 2022 and 2021, with an offsetting entry to Paid in Capital.

 

On August 28, 2012, and September 17, 2012, the Company executed a note payable to a corporation in the amount of $12,000 and $20,000, respectively. On June 26, 2013, this note was renegotiated to include the accrued interest. The new note balance is $32,960 and interest accrues at 5% per annum, unsecured, and is extended to October 5, 2018, with monthly installments beginning in 2014 of $473, which did not occur, and is unsecured and in default. Accrued interest on December 31, 2022, and 2021 is $14,031 and $14,031, respectively.

 

On April 12, 2012, the Company executed a note payable to a corporation in the amount of $100,000, however on June 26, 2013, this note was renegotiated to bear interest at 5% per annum, unsecured, extended to October 5, 2018, with monthly installments beginning in 2014 of $1,430, which did not occur, and this note is in default. Accrued interest on December 31, 2022, and 2021 is $42,568 and $42,568, respectively.

 

On December 31, 2012, the Company executed a note payable to a corporation in the amount of $32,000, however on June 26, 2013, this note was renegotiated to include accrued interest. The new note balance is $32,746, bears interest at 5% per annum, unsecured, extended to October 5, 2018, with monthly installments beginning in 2014 of $468, which did not occur, and this note is in default. Accrued interest on December 31, 2022, and 2021 is $13,936 and $13,936, respectively.

 

On March 11, 2014, the Company executed a note agreement with an LLC in the amount of $5,000, interest accrues at 6% per annum, unsecured, due after 8 months of execution, extended to October 5, 2018, and is in default. Accrued interest on December 31, 2022, and 2021 is $2,342 and $2,342, respectively.

 

On January 31, 2014, the Company executed a note agreement with a corporation in the amount of $7,000, interest accrues at 6% per annum, unsecured, due after 8 months of execution, but extended to October 5, 2018, and is in default. Accrued interest on December 31, 2022, and 2021 is $3,324 and $3,324, respectively.

 

None of the above notes are convertible or have any covenants.

 

(b) Additional detail to all Notes Payable in Default is as follows:

 

2022   2021   Interest   Interest Expense     
Principal   Principal   Rate   12/31/2022   12/31/2021   Maturity 
$32,960    32,960    5.00%   1,649    1,648    10/5/18 
 32,746    32,746    5.00%   1,637    1,636    10/5/18 
 5,000    5,000    6.00%   300    300    10/5/18 
 100,000    100,000    5.00%   5,000    5,000    10/5/18 
 7,000    7,000    6.00%   420    420    10/5/18 
 388,376    388,376    5.00%   19,420    19,420    10/5/18 
 192,000    192,000    0%   13,440    13,440    10/5/18 
 18,000    18,000    6.00%   1,080    1,080    9/1/2002 
 30,000    30,000    6.00%   1,800    1,800    9/12/2002 
 25,000    25,000    5.00%   1,250    1,250    8/31/2000 
 40,000    40,000    7.00%   2,800    2,800    7/10/2002 
                            
$871,082   $871,082        $48,796   $48,796      

 

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(c) NOTES PAYABLE

 

Notes payable consist of four notes bearing interest at rates from 3.75% to 6%, which are unsecured with due dates between July and December 2022. As of December 31, 2022, and 2021, notes payable amounted to $1,072,000 and $80,0000, respectively. Accrued interest on the notes at December 31, 2022, and 2021 are $5,088 and $399, respectively. Below is a discussion of the details to the notes payable and a table summarizing the notes with additional information.

 

On July 20, 2021, the Company received cash from an individual in the amount of $100,000 as a loan bearing interest at 6%, with a term of 12 months of the date received. At December 31, 2022 and 2021, accrued interest on this note totals $2,684 and $0, respectively.

 

On August 6, 2021, the Company received cash from an individual in the amount of $100,000 as a loan bearing interest at 6%, with a term of 12 months of the date received. At December 31, 2022 and 2021, accrued interest on this note totals $2,404 and $0, respectively.

 

On December 31, 2021, the Company executed a note with an individual who had advanced funds throughout the year to assist management in their cashflow needs. The total amount received at December 31, 2022 was $722,000. The note bears interest at 6%, with a term of 12 months from December 31, 2021. Interest will begin to accrue on January 1, 2022, therefore, there was no accrued interest on this note at December 31, 2021.

 

Future maturities of notes payable are as follows:

 

Year Ending December 31,

      
2023  $180,000 
2024   815,496 
2025   1,194,638 
2026   1,581,419 
2027   1,196,624 
Thereafter   - 
Total  $4,968,177 


 

At December 31, 2022, and 2021, accrued interest on all outstanding notes payable and notes payable in default were $416,774 and $387,982, respectively. Interest expense on the outstanding notes amounted to $107,769 and $63,615 for the years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021, including the imputed interest discussed above.

 

(d) CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE:

 

On November 27, 2020, the Company executed a convertible debenture with a corporation in the amount of $74,800, interest accrues at 10% per annum, unsecured, due on November 27, 2021. The debenture includes a conversion right to be exercised at any time 180 days after execution of the note and is convertible into common stock of the Company at 75% of the market price, being calculated as the lowest three trading prices during the fifteen-trading day period prior to conversion. The Debenture also required the Company to reserve 5 times the expected conversion share amount at the transfer agent, to insure there are sufficient shares available upon conversion.

 

The convertible debenture also contains a OID or original issue discount of $6,800, which was deducted from the proceeds, thus advancing $68,000 to the Company. Because the Company prepaid the debenture, the OID was completely expensed in the 2020 year.

 

On February 26, 2021, the Company prepaid the Convertible Debenture and all accrued penalties pursuant to the agreement, along with the accrued interest. Accrued interest and penalties on December 31, 2020, was $12,045, and the Convertible Debenture balance was $74,800.

 

On September 20, 2022, the Company and Michael Bruk and Russ Kirzhner, tentatively agreed to settle a dispute between them, paying each lender $100,000 and the lenders making a charitable contribution of the Shares to the Epstein Memorial Charity. The dispute arose subsequent to April 4, 2021, when the Company issued the lenders shares of the Company’s common stock (“the Shares”), which it intended to be payment in full of the outstanding balances of the Loans. A dispute subsequently arose among the parties regarding the exact loan pay-off amount. The parties are currently negotiating the terms of a settlement agreement. Accordingly, the settlement remains subject to the parties finalizing the settlement agreement and closing the proposed settlement transactions.

 

On November 11, 2022 the Company signed a mutual settlement agreement with Michael Bruk and Ruslan Kirzhner, whereby the Company paid back loans of $100,000 to Bruk and $100.000 to Kirzhner and they in turn donated xx,xxx and xx,xxx shares of stock respectively, to the Hans and Rosy Epstein Memorial Committee. The Company and the respective parties agreed to mutually disengage all previous business, legal and technical associations

 

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NOTE 8 – INCOME TAXES

 

The Company follows the provisions of ASC 740, “Income Taxes.” This standard requires a company to determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination based upon the technical merits of the position. If the more-likely-than-not threshold is met, a company must measure the tax position to determine the amount to recognize in the financial statements. As a result of the implementation of this standard, the Company performed a review of its material tax positions in accordance with recognition and measurement standards established by ASC 740.

 

Deferred taxes are provided on a liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax basis. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.

 

Deferred tax assets and the valuation account are as follows:

 

   2022   2021 
Deferred tax assets:          
NOL carryover  $6,007,156   $3,838,795 
Valuation allowance   (6,007,156)   (3,838,795)
Net deferred tax asset  $-   $- 

 

The income tax provision differs from the amount of income tax determined by applying the U.S. federal and state income tax rates of 21% to pretax income from continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021.

 

The components of income tax expense are as follows:

 

   2022   2021 
         
Book loss  $(13,593,202)  $(1,273,214)
Stock based compensation   11,536,941    970,259 
Non-deductible expenses   14,901    91 
Unrealized/Realized gains or losses on Securities (net)   (127,000)   (27,720)
Change in NOL valuation allowance   216,861    330,584 
Income tax expense benefit  $-   $- 

 

The Company currently has no issues creating timing differences that would mandate deferred tax expense. Net operating losses would create possible tax assets in future years. Due to the uncertainty of the utilization of net operating loss carry forwards, a valuation allowance has been made to the extent of any tax benefit that net operating losses may generate. A provision for income taxes has not been made due to net operating loss carry-forwards of $19,621,258 and $17,452,897 as of December 31, 2022, and 2021, respectively, which may be offset against future taxable income. No tax benefit has been reported in the financial statements.

 

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A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

 

               
   December 31, 
   2022   2021 
         
Beginning balance  $3,508,211   $3,508,211 
Additions based on tax positions related to current year   2,168,361    330,584 
Additions for tax positions of prior years   -    - 
Reductions for tax positions of prior years   -    - 
Reductions in benefit due to income tax expense   -    - 
Ending balance  $6,007,156   $3,508,211 

 

The Company did not have any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly increase or decrease within the next 12 months.

 

The Company includes interest and penalties arising from the underpayment of income taxes in the consolidated statements of operations in the provision for income taxes. As of December 31, 2022, and 2021, the Company had no accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions.

 

The tax years that remain subject to examination by major taxing jurisdictions are for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017.

 

NOTE 9 – STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

 

  A) NUMBER OF SHARES AUTHORIZED

 

The Board of Directors have authorized 750,000,000 shares of common stock to be issued at a par value of $0.001. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, 262,251,320 and 255,790,585 shares of common stock are issued and outstanding, respectively.

 

  B) PREFERRED STOCK

 

The Board of Directors authorized 50,000 shares of “blank check” preferred stock. The terms, rights and features of the preferred stock will be determined by the Board of Directors upon issuance. Subject to the provisions of the Company’s certificate of amendment to the articles of incorporation and the limitations prescribed by law, the Board of Directors would be expressly authorized, at its discretion, to adopt resolutions to issue shares, to fix the number of shares and to change the number of shares constituting any series and to provide for or change the voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including dividend rights (including whether the dividends are cumulative), dividend rates, terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions), redemption prices, conversion rights and liquidation preferences of the shares constituting any series of the preferred stock, in each case without any further action or vote by the stockholders. The Board of Directors would be required to make any determination to issue shares of preferred stock based on its judgment as to the best interests of the Company.

 

During 2016, Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 1,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to David Reichman, the Company’s CEO. Mr. Reichman has advance significant capital and expended significant time to the Company without compensation. As an effort to give Mr. Reichman security for his advances, the 1,000 shares of preferred were issued. The Series A Preferred Shares have the following features attached:

 

  1) Non-participating in the dividends to the Common Shareholders
  2) No Liquidation Preference
  3) Voting Rights to include: the right to vote in an amount equal to 51% of the total vote with respect to any proposal relating to (a) increasing the authorized share capital of the Company, (b) effecting any forward stock split of the Company’s authorized, issued or outstanding shares of capital stock, and (c) any other matter subject to a shareholder vote.

 

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  4) No conversion rights
  5) Redemption Rights: The Series A shares shall be automatically redeemed upon (a) Mr. Reichman ceases to serve as an officer or director of the Company, (b) on the date that the Company’s shares or common stock first trade on any national securities exchange

 

  C) ISSUANCES OF COMMON STOCK

 

On January 2, 2021, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 1,500,000 shares for services valued at $148,500, the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On March 15, 2021, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 3,000,000 shares for IR services valued at $322,500, the market price of the shares upon grant.

 

On April 1, 2021, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 2,650,000 shares for the acquisition of Bronx Family Eye Care, Inc. The Acquisition was valued at $4,346,000, the market price of the shares upon closing.

 

On April 7, 2021, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 50,000 shares for services valued at $97,500, the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On June 30, 2021, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 116,995 shares for services valued at $168,473, the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On June 7, 2021, Management renegotiated the contract service agreements with three professionals wherein the 250,000 shares received by each on January 2, 2021, would be earned and recorded each quarter with the number of shares earned based on the average moving stock price for the last 10 days of each quarter. The modification of the original agreement resulted in the total 750,000 shares being valued at $1,312,500 which was the fair value on June 7, 2021. The 250,000 shares issued to each consult were then considered unvested at the beginning of the year. The expense would be recorded each quarter and the shares would be determined to be vested and earned each quarter.

 

On August 11, 2021, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 125,000 shares for legal services valued at $237,500, the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On September 29, 2021, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 1,282,140 shares for medical advisory, charitable and other services valued at $1,730,889, the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On November 1, 2021, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 82,573 shares of common stock for services valued at $85,920, the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On November 1, 2021, 3,080 warrants were exercised with cash of $8,471 for the issuance of 3,080 shares of common stock.

 

On December 31, 2021, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 282,121 shares of common stock for services valued at $437,180, the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On December 31, 2021, the Board of Directors authorized a total of 100,671 additional shares of common stock to be issued to three consultants as determined by the average moving stock price for the last 10 days of the quarter per their service agreement. The 100,671 shares of common stock had a fair value of $151,007.

 

On December 31, 2021, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 100,000 shares of common stock for cash of $100,000 pursuant to a private placement memorandum.

 

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On January 3, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 50,000 shares for services valued at $74,750, the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On March 17, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 125,000 shares for services valued at $200,000, the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On March 31, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 108,399 shares for services valued at $178,358 the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On March 31, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 250,000 shares for medical advisory, charitable and other services valued at $410,000, the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On April 4, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 672,457 shares for the conversion of notes payable and accrued interest of $1,075,077, the market price of the shares upon grant.

 

On May 24, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 125,000 shares for services valued at $178,358 the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On May 24, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 250,000 shares for medical advisory, charitable and other services valued at $186,250, the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On June 28, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 91,848 shares for services valued at $105,958 the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On September 6, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 360,000 shares for medical advisory, charitable and other services valued at $223,236, the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On September 6, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 420,933 shares for services valued at $261,020 the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On September 29, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 134,377 shares for services valued at $713,542 the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On November 11, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 500,000 shares for services valued at $1,745,000 the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On November 11, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 2,000,000 shares for medical advisory, charitable and other services valued at $6,980,000, the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

On December 30, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 184,390 shares for services valued at $270,670 the market price of the shares upon authorization.

 

  D) 2007 OMNIBUS STOCK AND INCENTIVE PLAN

 

On September 24, 2007, the Board of Directors authorized the creation of the 2007 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan (the “2007 Plan”). The 2007 Plan was approved by the stockholders on November 28, 2007. An aggregate of 60,000 shares of common stock is reserved for issuance and available for awards under the 2007 Plan.

 

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Awards under the 2007 Plan may include non-qualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted shares of common stock, restricted units and performance awards. For a complete description of the Plan, see Global Tech’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 7, 2007.

 

  E) UNEARNED ESOP SHARES

 

Effective January 1, 2009, the Company organized the Tree Top Industries Profit-Sharing Plan Trust, to manage the Company’s Employee Stock Option Profit-Sharing Plan (“the Plan”). On November 13, 2018, the Trust name was changed to Global Tech Industries Group Profit Sharing Plan Trust. At the direction of the Board of Directors, the Company annually issues share to the Trust for the future benefit of the employees of the Company. The plan allows the Board of Directors to issue shares to the Trust annually to be allocated to the participants.

 

The Plan was organized consistent with the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; however, the Plan has not been administered as a qualified retirement plan, and therefore, the shares issued to the ESOP have not been deducted for federal tax purposes. The employee group is a Top-Heavy group of Key Employees, however, the plan will also cover all employees that are eligible. Eligibility occurs for each employee that is employed on the anniversary date of the Plan. Participation shall cease upon the termination of the employee services, on account of death, disability, retirement or the separation from the employer. Each year the Employer shall contribute either cash or stock of the Corporation, an amount to the Plan as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. The contributions vest as follows:

 

For each of the first two years of Service   10% per year
Each additional year of Service over two years  
20% additional
Full vesting after six years of Service    

 

Retirement and death benefits commence at the termination of Service. Benefits may be paid in Cash, Stock or through a Qualified Join and Survivor Annuity.

 

Pursuant to ASC 718, the Company’s ESOP Plan is a non-leveraged plan, and therefore compensation expense is recorded at the fair value of the shares issued at the grant date. The Company has never issued dividends to its shareholders, and therefore no dividends have been issued to the ESOP plan. The ESOP shares are considered issued and outstanding for the earnings per share computation. Compensation expense of $0 and $150,000 has been recorded during 2020 or 2019, respectively, for the ESOP shares issued. There have been 23,500,000 and 23,500,000 share allocated to the participants of the Plan, as of December 31, 2021, and 2020, respectively and none of the shares have been committed for release. There are no shares in suspense as of December 31, 2021, and 2020, respectively. The fair value of the ESOP shares being held by the Trust as of December 31, 2022, and 2021 is $35,250,000 and $2,350,000, respectively. There is no repurchase obligation on the Company to purchase back any shares issued to the ESOP Trust. No dividends have been issued to the ESOP Trust, therefore there has been no tax benefit treatment in the Earnings Per Share computation.

 

No ESOP shares were issued for the 2022 or 2021 years.

 

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  F) STOCK OPTIONS

 

Stock option transactions are as follows:

 

       Weighted   Weighted     
       Average   Average   Aggregate 
       Exercise   Remaining   Intrinsic 
   Shares   Price   Term   Value 
Outstanding on January 1, 2021   -   $-    -   $- 
Granted   4,500,644    .01    2 yrs     427,563 
Exercised                    
Forfeited                    
Outstanding on December 31,2021   4,500,664   $.01    1 yrs   $427,563 
Granted                    
Exercised                    
Forfeited                    
Outstanding on December 31, 2022   4,500,664   $.01    .01 yrs   $427,563 

 

  G) WARRANTS

 

On March 22, 2021, GTII entered into a warrant agreement with Liberty Stock Transfer Agent (“Liberty”), whereby Liberty agreed to act as GTII’s warrant agent in its offering of warrants to GTII’s shareholders (each, a “Warrant”). All shareholders of record on April 1, 2021, were issued 0.10 of a Warrant per share of Common Stock held of record by such holder. This agreement created 23,364,803 warrants to the shareholders of the Company as a dividend valued at $57,689,800, and recorded as a decrease in retained earnings with the offsetting entry to paid in capital. The Warrants were issued on April 8, 2021. Each full Warrant shall be exercisable into one share of GTII’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.75. The Warrants shall expire on April 8, 2023. Manhattan Transfer Registrar Co. shall act as co-agent with Liberty. On July 27, 2021, the Company filed an Amended Registration Statement to register the warrants to be free trading when exercised.

 

Assumptions:    

2021

Warrants

 
Assumptions applicable to stock options issued        
Risk-free interest rate     .25- %
Expected lives (in years)     2  
Expected stock volatility     266- %
Dividend yield     -  

 

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Warrant transactions are as follows:

 

       Weighted   Weighted     
       Average   Average   Aggregate 
       Exercise   Remaining   Intrinsic 
   Shares   Price   Term   Value 
Warrants issued April 1, 2021   23,364,803   $2.75    2.0 yrs   $57,689,800 
Granted   -    -    -    - 
Exercised   (3,080)   2.75    -    (8,471)
Forfeited   -    -    -    - 
Outstanding at December 31, 2021   23,361,723   $2.75    1.25 yrs   $57,681,330 
                     
Granted   -    -    -   $- 
Exercised   (1,187,331)   2.75    -    (3,265,160)
Forfeited   -    -    -    - 
Outstanding at December 31, 2022   23,361,723   $2.75    .25 yrs   $54,416,170 

 

  H) OTHER

 

During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded imputed interest on a non-interest-bearing note in the amount of $13,440 and $13,440, respectively, as an increase in additional paid in capital.

 

March 17, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the declaration by management of a Warrant to holders of its common stock to purchase additional shares of stock. On March 22, 2021, Global Tech Industries Group, Inc., (“GTII”) a Nevada corporation, entered into a warrant agreement with Liberty Stock Transfer Agent (“Liberty”), whereby Liberty agreed to act as GTII’s warrant agent in its offering of warrants to GTII’s shareholders (each, a “Warrant”). All shareholder of record on April 1, 2021, were issued 0.10 of a Warrant per share of Common Stock held of record by such holder. However, no fractional Warrants were issued. The Warrants were issued on or about April 8, 2021. Each full Warrant shall be exercisable into one share of GTII’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.75. The Warrants shall expire on April 8, 2023. Manhattan Transfer Registrar Co. shall act as co-agent with Liberty. The Warrants do not have a cashless exercise provision  .

 

On July 28, 2022, FINRA sent a ‘deficiency notice’ pursuant to FINRA rule 6490, whereby its Department of Market Operations determined that the Company’s request to pay a dividend to its shareholders was deficient. It based this finding on the fact that the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has declined to facilitate or process the distribution of the Shibu Inu Tokens to GTII shareholders holding shares in CEDE & Co, which is a substantial portion of GTII’s outstanding common shares. The Company, in preparation for the distribution of this digital dividend, purchased one billion Shibu Inu Tokens and set them aside to be distributed. It also sold its interest in www.beyondblockchain.us to Alt5 Sigma in anticipation of that company processing the distribution of the digital dividend to all shareholders who opened a digital wallet on beyondblockchain, or other digital platforms, including Etherium and Bitcoin. There is currently no method of passing these tokens through to brokerage account holders to match out transfer agent records and the company is of the opinion that DTCC should be able to develop a process to distribute this dividend, and it is therefore in the process of evaluating whether or not to appeal FINRA’s decision. In the meantime, the distribution of tokens will not be undertaken at this time.

 

On July 28, 2022 FINRA declined to effectuate the Company’s request to pay a digital dividend to its shareholders. FINRA determined that the Company action was deficient because the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is unable to process the digital dividend distribution to GTII shareholders holding shares in CEDE & Co, which is a substantial percentage of its shareholders.  

 

On November 14, 2022, the Company signed a Technology Agreement and a Sponsor/Advisor agreement with Horizin Fintex for the purpose of facilitating the admission of the tokenized common stock of the Company to the Upstream/MERJ exchange. As part of the agreement, Horizon would assist in the compilation and presentation of the documents and affirmations that must accompany an application for inclusion to the Upstream/MERJ exchange  .

 

Also on January 10, 2022, GTII executed an irrevocable gift agreement with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai for the donation of 250,000 shares of the Company’s commons stock over each of the next three years, inclusive of 2022. 

 

NOTE 10- COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

  A) LEASES

 

None

 

  B) LITIGATION

 

During March 2013, the Company was named in an action pertaining to the 75% working interest in the Ownbey Lease. Subsequent to the Company’s purchase of the assets and the termination of the operator, a mechanics lien was filed against the property claiming approximately $267,000 in fees are due to the previous operator. An action commenced in the District Court of Chautauqua County, Kansas, captioned Aesir Energy, Inc. vs. American Resource Technologies, Inc.; Nancy Ownbey Archer; Jimmy Stephen Ownbey; Robbie Faye Butts; Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. and TTII oil & Gas, Inc. In February 2017, the Chautauqua Court ruled that the acquisition agreement be nullified. During 2019, all assets and liabilities were removed from the companies’ books including an asset retirement obligation of $101,250 that was associated with the oil and gas property. No other monetary claims have been asserted against GTII or TTII Oil & Gas, Inc

 

On February 3, 2017, the Company filed suit in Eastern District Federal Court New York against American Resource Technologies, Inc., (ARUR) and several directors and officers relating to the Chautauqua County Court Kansas decision nullifying the acquisition Agreement of ARUR. The Company has made several attempts to recover the shares of GTII stock paid to ARUR for the asset acquisition and the various costs and expenses expended by GTII in fulfillment of its obligations under the contract with ARUR. The failure of non-litigation attempts to resolve the matter resulted in filing an action for declaratory judgment in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Docket No. 17-CV-0698. The case was subsequently withdrawn due to the close of ARUR operations. During the 2nd quarter 2020, the Company was successful in recalling the 4,668,530 shares and cancelling them from the shareholders list.

 

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  B) CONTINGENCIES

 

On December 30, 2016, Global Tech Industries Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation, executed a stock purchase agreement (the “Agreement”), which was signed and closed in Hong Kong, with GoFun Group, Ltd. through its wholly owned subsidiary Go F & B Holdings, Ltd. GoFun Group, Ltd. is a privately held company running a casual dining restaurant business, based in Hong Kong. After the agreement being signed, GoFun Group failed to substantially perform under the agreement, including, but not limited to providing audited financials of its assets, making the ongoing payments called for in the agreement, along with other matters that led Global Tech to initiate litigation in the United States. Currently, Global Tech and GoFun are litigating the matter in the U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York, Docket No.17-CV-03727. On October 2, 2019, the Company was able to secure, via preliminary settlement, the return of 43,649,491 shares of the Company’s stock, that was issued in good faith to GoFun in anticipation of a final stock exchange. The stock has since been returned to the Company’s treasury and cancelled. As of this writing, motions are pending that may require remaining negotiations to continue in arbitration.  

 

On December 4, 2022 the Company signed an agreement with ShareIntel Services, Inc. (“ShareIntel”) to gather and provide information to the Company regarding the ownership, sales, purchases and custory of the Company’s common stock by individuals, institutions, broker-dealers, and clearing agents for the purpose of supplying the Company the information needed to mount a potential lawsuit regarding alleged naked shorting of the Company’s common stock in 2021 and 2022.  

 

Also on January 10, 2022, GTII executed an irrevocable gift agreement with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai for the donation of 250,000 shares of the Company’s commons stock over each of the next three years, inclusive of 2022.  

 

On November 14, 2022, the Company signed a Technology Agreement and a Sponsor/Advisor agreement with Horizin Fintex for the purpose of facilitating the admission of the tokenized common stock of the Company to the Upstream/MERJ exchange. As part of the agreement, Horizon would assist in the compilation and presentation of the documents and affirmations that must accompany an application for inclusion to the Upstream/MERJ exchange.

 

On December 30, 2016, the Company executed a stock purchase agreement (the “Agreement”), which was signed and closed in Hong Kong, with GoFun Group, Ltd. through its wholly owned subsidiary Go F & B Holdings, Ltd. GoFun Group, Ltd. is a privately held company running a casual dining restaurant business, based in Hong Kong. Subsequent to the agreement being signed, GoFun Group failed to substantially perform under the agreement, including, but not limited to providing audited financials of its assets, making the ongoing payments called for in the agreement, along with other matters that led Global Tech to initiate litigation in the United States. Currently, Global Tech and GoFun are litigating the matter in the U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York, Docket No.17-CV-03727 . On October 2, 2019, the Company was able to secure, via preliminary settlement, the return of 43,649,491 shares of the Company’s stock out of the original 50,649,491 that were issued in good faith to GoFun in anticipation of a final stock exchange. That stock has been returned to the Company’s treasury and cancelled. On May 14, 2021, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division: Monmouth County (docket no. PAS-MON-C-60-21) issued an order restraining the removal of restrictive legends on the remaining 7,000,000 shares of stock, pending further order of the New Jersey Court. The underlying matter currently in the U.S. district Court for the Southern District of New York, remains pending.

 

On December 30, 2019, a dispute between the Company and its counsel regarding the GoFun matter, above, resulted in a filing, and subsequent settlement, of an action in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York (Index No. 656396/2019). Pursuant to the settlement, counsel for the Company accepted previously-issued shares as full payment for all legal work, expenses, costs, and other fees.

 

On March 17, 2021, the Company filed an action against Pacific Technologies Group, Inc., Rollings Hills Oil and Gas Inc., Demand Brands, Inc., Innovativ Media Group, Inc., Tom Coleman, and Bruce Hannan, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York (Index No. 651771/2021), alleging fraud, rescission and cancellation of a written instrument, unconscionability, breach of contract, breach of good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment, and civil conspiracy. The action stems from a stock purchase agreement entered into by the Company and Pacific Technologies Group, Inc. (then known as Demand Brands, Inc.) on October 16, 2018. On May 22, defendants filed a motion seeking additional time to answer. As of December 31, 2022, no ruling on that motion has been entered.

 

On August 16, 2021, the Company filed an action against David Wells, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Case 1:21-cv-06891) seeking injunctive relief and relinquishment of 150,000 shares held in the name of David Wells. As of December 31, 2021, David Wells has not yet filed an answer to the Company’s complaint. On November 11, 2021, David Wells filed an action against GTII in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, (Case 2:21-cv-02040) claiming a violation of the duty to register transfer of shares. As of December 31, 2022, the parties are engaged in briefing jurisdictional motions.

 

On August 24, 2021, the Company filed an application for a temporary restraining (“TRO”) order in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division: Monmouth County (Docket No.: Mon-C-132-21) seeking to restrain Liberty Stock Transfer, Inc. from removing restrictive legends from 6,000,000 shares of Company stock held in the name of International Monetary, as well as from transferring said shares. The Court granted the TRO effective until September 28, 2021. On September 28, 2021, the Court declined to issue any further restraints.

 

In the interim, on September 16, 2021, International Monetary filed an action against the Company in Clark County, Nevada (Case No: A-21-841175-B) alleging breach of contract and breach good faith and fair dealing, as well as a request for declaratory relief, and temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction. On September 30, 2021, the Company filed a notice of removal of the action to the United States District Court for the District of Nevada (Case 2:21-cv-01820), as well as a request for a temporary restraining order enjoining International Monetary from taking any action to remove the restrictive legend shares from Company shares held in its name. On October 14, 2021, International Monetary filed a motion to strike the petition for removal. As of December 31, 2022, no ruling on that motion has been entered.

 

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  C) EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

Effective October 1, 2007, the Company entered into a two-year employment agreement with David Reichman, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to which Mr. Reichman was paid an annual salary of $250,000, payable in semi-monthly installments. In addition, Mr. Reichman may be paid a bonus or bonuses during each year, as determined at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors and receive stock options to purchase 1.2 million shares of common stock as discussed above. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Board of Directors approved the extension of this contract an additional two years from the date of expiration, at an annual salary of $500,000. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Board of Directors approved the extension of this contract until December 31, 2013, with a salary of $1. Mr. Reichman’s salary has been accruing because Global Tech is without the resources to pay the salary in full. This employment agreement was filed on November 7, 2007, as exhibit 99.2 to a current report of the Company on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. Mr. Reichman’s contract has been extended by mutual consent to December 31, 2017. Predicated upon the executed Agreement between GTII and GoFun, The Board of Directors of GTII voted pursuant to the Agreement to begin salary payments as of April 2, 2017, retroactive to January 1, 2017, and thru December 31, 2022.

 

Effective April 1, 2009, the Company entered into a three-year employment agreement with Kathy Griffin, President, pursuant to which Mrs. Griffin was paid an annual salary of $127,500, payable in semi-monthly installments. In addition, Mrs. Griffin may be paid a bonus or bonuses during each year, as determined at the discretion of the CEO, and receive stock options to purchase shares of common stock as discussed above. Mrs. Griffin was given a salary increase effective April 1, 2010, to an annual salary of $180,000. This salary increase accrued in 2010 because Global Tech was without resources to pay the salary increase. This employment agreement was filed on March 25, 2010, as exhibit 10.1 to a current report of the Company on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. Mrs. Griffin’s employment contract has been extended on December 31, 2012, until December 31, 2013, with a salary of $1. Mrs. Griffin’s contract was extended by mutual consent to December 31, 2017. Predicated upon the executed Agreement between GTII and GoFun, The Board of Directors of GTII voted pursuant to the Agreement to begin salary payments as of April 2, 2017, retroactive to January 1, 2017, and thru December 31, 2020. During 2021, Mrs. Griffin began to work part-time and therefore was accrued salaries of $90,000 per year.

 

NOTE 11 - MARKETABLE SECURITIES

 

The Company has acquired various shares of Marketable Securities over the past several years and engages in trading activities for its own account. The Company’s marketable securities are listed on various exchanges with readily determinable fair value per the guidance of ASC 321, “Investments – Equity Securities.” The fair value of these shares on December 31, 2022, and 2021 amounted to $36,000 and $163,000, respectively. All realized gains and losses and unrealized gains and losses are recorded in earnings. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded a net loss of $127,000 in unrealized losses. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recorded a net gain of $132,000 which consisted of unrealized gains. The Company does not hold any equity securities that do not have readily available fair values, therefore no impairment analysis or other methods to determine value are used.

 

NOTE 12 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

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ITEM 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures

 

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information we are required to disclose is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Commission. David Reichman, our Chief Executive Officer and our Principal Accounting Officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining our disclosure controls and procedures.

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. The disclosure controls and procedures ensure that all information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is: (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rule and forms; and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on that evaluation, management concluded that our controls were not effective as of December 31, 2021.

 

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Our management is responsible to establish and maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer are responsible to design or supervise a process that provides reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The policies and procedures include:

 

● maintenance of records in reasonable detail to accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets,

● reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors, and

● reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements.

 

Internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives because of its inherent limitations, including the possibility of human error and circumvention by collusion or overriding of controls. Accordingly, even an effective internal control system may not prevent or detect material misstatements on a timely basis. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2022, our management has relied on the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO - 2013), “Internal Control - Integrated Framework,” to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Based upon that framework, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting had material weaknesses and was not effective as of December 31, 2021. A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination thereof, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

The material weaknesses relate to the limited number of persons responsible for the recording and reporting of financial information, the lack of separation of financial reporting duties, and the limited size of our management team in general. We are in the process of evaluating methods of improving our internal control over financial reporting, including the possible addition of financial reporting staff and the increased separation of financial reporting responsibility, and intend to implement such steps as are necessary and possible to correct these material weaknesses.

 

This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation requirements by the company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the company to provide only management’s report in this annual report.

 

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Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

 

During the year ended December 31, 2022, there was no significant change in our internal controls over financial reporting or in other factors that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

 

Inherent Limitations over Internal Controls

 

GTII’s management does not expect that its disclosure controls or its internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. The design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Further, because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within GTII have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Projections of any evaluation of controls effectiveness to future periods are subject to risks. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures.

 

Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of that our reports will be accurate. Our Chief Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer concludes that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at that reasonable assurance level, as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-K due to the lack of sufficient segregation of duties and the lack of appropriate personnel. The Company plans to address these material weaknesses as resources become available by hiring additional professional staff, such as a Chief Financial Officer, as funding becomes available, outsourcing certain aspects of the recording and reporting functions, and separating responsibilities. Our future reports shall also indicate that our disclosure controls and procedures are designed for this reason and shall indicate the related conclusion by the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer as to their effectiveness.

 

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PART III

 

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

 

The following table sets forth information about our executive officers and directors:

 

Name   Age   Position
David Reichman   77   Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Kathy M. Griffin   67   President and Director
Frank Benintendo   76   Secretary and Director
Donald Gilbert   85   Director and Chairman of Audit Committee
Michael Valle   65   Director

 

Directors serve until the next annual meeting and until their successors are elected and qualified. The directors of our company are elected by the vote of a majority in interest of the holders of the voting stock of our company and hold office until the expiration of the term for which he or she was elected and until a successor has been elected and qualified.

 

A majority of the authorized number of directors constitutes a quorum of the Board for the transaction of business. The directors must be present in person or telephonically at the meeting to constitute a quorum. However, any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board individually or collectively consent in writing to the action.

 

Directors may receive compensation for their services and reimbursement for their expenses as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board. Our directors currently do not receive monetary compensation for their service on the Board of Directors.

 

Officers are appointed to serve until such time as their successors have been duly appointed by the Board of Directors.

 

The principal occupations for the past five years (and, in some instances, for prior years) of each of our executive officers and directors, followed by our key employees, are as follows:

 

Officers

 

David Reichman – CEO

 

Mr. Reichman has been the CEO of Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. for eighteen years. Prior to that, Mr. Reichman maintained a Business Management and Tax Law consulting group, and he is licensed by the US Treasury /Internal Revenue Service. In addition, Mr. Reichman was a Co-General Partner and Tax Matters Partner in Harrison Re-cycling Associates, a company that operated the first recycling equipment for non-biodegradable Styrofoam and Styrene plastic in North America. Previously, Mr. Reichman had worked for The American Express Company, where he held several positions, including Manager of Budget and Cost. During his tenure at American Express, he developed, along with Control Data Corporation, a Flexible Budgeting System for Management Control of International Operations, and the use of Time-Share computer equipment. Mr. Reichman’s education includes an MBA from Northeastern University, through the Harvard Case Study Program, as well as specialized education in business and scientific theory from The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania and IBM Systems Scientific Institute. Mr. Reichman resides in New York City.

 

Kathy M. Griffin – President

 

Mrs. Griffin, President of Global Tech Industries Group, Inc., is also member of the Board of Directors and has been with the Global Tech Industries Group for eleven years. Prior to that, Mrs. Griffin worked in marketing and sales, new business development and general business management. She started her career at Superior Brands, Inc., where from December 1977 to December 1990 she held several positions, including internationals Marketing Manager. She was responsible for the successful start-up and implementation of the first international joint venture for Superior Brands, Inc. In addition, she managed Koning US, Inc., a consumer products marketing company from 1993 to 2004, and, from January 2006 to February 2009, was employed as an executive in the New Business Development Group, by Specialized Technology Resources, Inc., a global provider of supply chain, corporate social responsibility, and consulting services. Mrs. Griffin’s education includes a bachelor’s degree from Boston College University, and a master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Massachusetts John McCormick Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies.

 

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Frank Benintendo - Secretary

 

Frank Benintendo, secretary of the company, has been a director since 2004. Mr., Benintendo has spent over 45 years in the graphic arts/marketing field and was Chief Creative Officer of Popcorn Indiana, Inc., a Goldman Sachs investment portfolio company from 2003 to 2015, which was sold to Eagle Brands. Today, Mr. Benintendo runs his own creative/marketing consulting firm, FBI Designs, Inc. working in the Consumer Goods Product area. Mr. Benintendo’s skills and background were attractive to Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. since it had no creative/marketing staff. Mr. Benintendo’s design firm designed the current Global Tech Industries Group logo and worked several versions of its website, including the current iteration.

 

Directors

 

David Reichman, Chairman of the Board, has been the CEO of Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. for eighteen years. Prior to that, Mr. Reichman maintained a Business Management and Tax Law consulting group, and he is licensed by the US Treasury /Internal Revenue Service. In addition, Mr. Reichman was a Co-General Partner and Tax Matters Partner in Harrison Re-cycling Associates, a company that operated the first recycling equipment for non-biodegradable Styrofoam and Styrene plastic in North America. Previously, Mr. Reichman had worked for The American Express Company, where he held several positions, including Manager of Budget and Cost. During his tenure at American Express, he developed, along with Control Data Corporation, a Flexible Budgeting System for Management Control of International Operations, and the use of Time-Share computer equipment. Mr. Reichman’s education includes an MBA from Northeastern University, through the Harvard Case Study Program, as well as specialized education in business and scientific theory from The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania and IBM Systems Scientific Institute. Mr. Reichman resides in New York City.

 

Kathy M. Griffin, President of Global Tech Industries Group, Inc., is also member of the Board of Directors and has been with the Global Tech Industries Group for eleven years. Prior to that, Mrs. Griffin worked in marketing and sales, new business development and general business management. She started her career at Superior Brands, Inc., where from December 1977 to December 1990 she held several positions, including internationals Marketing Manager. She was responsible for the successful start-up and implementation of the first international joint venture for Superior Brands, Inc. In addition, she managed Koning US, Inc., a consumer products marketing company from 1993 to 2004, and, from January 2006 to February 2009, was employed as an executive in the New Business Development Group, by Specialized Technology Resources, Inc., a global provider of supply chain, corporate social responsibility, and consulting services. Mrs. Griffin’s education includes a bachelor’s degree from Boston College University, and a master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Massachusetts John McCormick Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies.

 

Frank Benintendo has been a Director and Secretary since 2004. Mr., Benintendo has spent over 45 years in the graphic arts/marketing field and was Chief Creative Officer of Popcorn Indiana, Inc., a Goldman Sachs investment portfolio company from 2003 to 2015, which was sold to Eagle Brands. Today, Mr. Benintendo runs his own creative/marketing consulting firm, FBI Designs, Inc. working in the Consumer Goods Product area. Mr. Benintendo’s skills and background were attractive to Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. since it had no creative/marketing staff. Mr. Benintendo’s design firm designed the current Global Tech Industries Group logo and worked several versions of its website, including the current iteration.

 

Don Gilbert, PhD: has been a director since 2006. Mr. Gilbert has been an Enrolled Agent, licensed to practice before the U.S. Treasury Department and Department of Taxation in all fifty states. Mr. Gilbert served the US Treasury for 35 years in various legal and tax-related managerial positions. For the past 17, years, he has worked in the corporate world with executives across the country. Mr. Gilbert has business connections that have been helpful to Global Tech Industries Group.

 

Michael Valle previously served on the board of directors, from 2004 but resigned for personal reasons in December 2009. Mr. Valle since then has return to the board as a director in 2016. The board welcomed his return to the board because he has worked in the financial industry in New York for much of his career, where he served as Vice President of Investments for Smith Barney and Paine Webber, among other financial institutions. When Mr. Valle left the financial industry, he taught Finance and Economics for 5 years. For the past ten years, Mr. Valle has worked as a Sales Representative for Better Way Mortgages.

 

Family Relationships

 

There are no family relationships among our executive officers and directors.

 

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Board Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight

 

Although we have not adopted a formal policy on whether the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer positions should be separate or combined, we have determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders for these positions to remain combined. However, the board of directors has created the position of Vice-Chairman to secure the continuity of the chain of command in case one or all the officers are unable to carry out their responsibilities for a period of time, and to further ensure that responsible management of the company moves forward unhindered.

 

Our Board of Directors focuses on the most significant risks facing our company and our company’s general risk management strategy, and ensure that risks undertaken by our Company are consistent with the Board’s appetite for risk. While the Board oversees our company’s risk management, management is responsible for day-to-day risk management processes. We believe this division of responsibilities is the most effective approach for addressing the risks facing our company and that our Board leadership structure supports this approach.

 

On September 29, 2021, all officers and directors signed an acknowledgement of the Company’s policy regarding avoidance of insider trading. This policy seeks to prevent insider trading on material non-public information by any officers and directors.

 

Limitation of Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors

 

Under Nevada General Corporation Law and our articles of incorporation, our directors will have no personal liability to us or our stockholders for monetary damages incurred as the result of the breach or alleged breach by a director of his “duty of care.” This provision does not apply to the directors’ (i) acts or omissions that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing and culpable violation of law, (ii) acts or omissions that a director believes to be contrary to the best interests of the corporation or our shareholders or that involve the absence of good faith on the part of the director, (iii) approval of any transaction from which a director derives an improper personal benefit, (iv) acts or omissions that show a reckless disregard for the director’s duty to the corporation or our shareholders in circumstances in which the director was aware, or should have been aware, in the ordinary course of performing a director’s duties, of a risk of serious injury to the corporation or our shareholders, (v) acts or omissions that constituted an unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director’s duty to the corporation or our shareholders, or (vi) approval of an unlawful dividend, distribution, stock repurchase or redemption. This provision would generally absolve directors of personal liability for negligence in the performance of duties, including gross negligence.

 

The effect of this provision in our articles of incorporation is to eliminate the rights of the Company and our stockholders (through stockholder’s derivative suits on behalf of the Company to recover monetary damages against a director for breach of his fiduciary duty of care as a director (including breaches resulting from negligent or grossly negligent behavior) except in the situations described in clauses (i) through (vi) above. This provision does not limit nor eliminate the rights of the Company or any stockholder to seek non-monetary relief such as an injunction or rescission in the event of a breach of a director’s duty of care. In addition, our Articles of Incorporation provide that if Nevada law is amended to authorize the future elimination or limitation of the liability of a director, then the liability of the directors will be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the law, as amended. Nevada General Corporation Law grants corporations the right to indemnify their directors, officers, employees and agents in accordance with applicable law. Our bylaws provide for indemnification of such persons to the full extent allowable under applicable law. These provisions will not alter the liability of the directors under federal securities laws.

 

We intend to enter into agreements to indemnify our directors and officers, in addition to the indemnification provided for in our bylaws. These agreements, among other things, indemnify our directors and officers for certain expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and settlement amounts incurred by any such person in any action or proceeding, including any action by or in the right of the Company, arising out of such person’s services as a director or officer of the Company, any subsidiary of the Company or any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at the request of the Company. We believe that these provisions and agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified directors and officers.

 

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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

 

To our knowledge, during the past ten years, none of our directors, executive officers, promoters, control persons, or nominees has been:

 

  the subject of any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which such person was a general partner or executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time;
     
  convicted in a criminal proceeding or is subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
     
  subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction or any Federal or State authority, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities;

 

  found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law.
     
  the subject of, or a party to, any Federal or State judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, relating to an alleged violation of (a) any Federal or State securities or commodities law or regulation; (b) any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order; or (c) any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or
     
  the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(26))), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1(a)(29))), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.

 

Board Committees

 

Audit Committee. Our board of directors has appointed an audit committee. During our fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, our audit committee is comprised of Donald Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert is the sole member of the Audit Committee. Our audit committee is authorized to:

 

  appoint, compensate, and oversee the work of any registered public accounting firm employed by us;
     
  resolve any disagreements between management and the auditor regarding financial reporting;
     
  pre-approve all auditing and non-audit services;
     
  retain independent counsel, accountants, or others to advise the audit committee or assist in the conduct of an investigation;

 

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  meet with our officers, external auditors, or outside counsel, as necessary; and
     
  oversee that management has established and maintained processes to assure our compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and corporate policy.

 

The audit committee did not hold any meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

 

Compensation Committee. Our compensation committee is comprised of Kathy Griffin and Frank Benintendo. Our compensation committee is authorized to:

 

  discharge the responsibilities of the board of directors relating to compensation of the directors, executive officers, key employees and service providers;
     
  assist the board of directors in establishing appropriate incentive compensation and equity-based plans and to administer such plans;
     
  oversee the annual process of evaluation of the performance of our management;

 

Nominating Committee. The Company does not currently have a nominating committee but may form one in the future. When formed, the nominating committee will be authorized to:

 

  assist the board of directors by identifying qualified candidates for director nominees, and to recommend to the board of directors the director nominees for the next annual meeting of shareholders;
     
  lead the board of directors in its annual review of its performance;
     
  recommend to the board director nominees for each committee of the board of directors; and
     
  develop and recommend to the board of directors’ corporate governance guidelines applicable to us.

 

Executive Committee, Our Executive Committee is comprised of David Reichman, Kathy Griffin, Frank Benintendo and Donald Gilbert. Our Executive committee is authorized to:

 

  Act on behalf of the Board of Directors to recommend any action in the execution of its fiduciary responsibility that benefits or appears to benefit the shareholders and the Company’s mission

 

On August 19, 2021, the board established the Board Compensation Committee, comprised of Kathy Griffin and Frank Benintendo. The purpose of this committee is to absorb the compensation committee’s authority to explores compensation for officers and directors. The committee is authorized to:

 

  Explore any means of compensation, when appropriate, including but not limited to capital raise, and/or sale of restricted stock held by officers and board members

 

Report of the Audit Committee

 

Our audit committee has reviewed and discussed our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, with senior management. The audit committee has also discussed with BFBorgers CPA PC the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, the matters required to be discussed by the statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, Communication with Audit Committees, and received the written disclosures and the letter from BFBorgers CPA PC, as required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1, Independence Discussion with Audit Committees. The audit committee has discussed with BFBorgers CPA PC, the independence of BFBorgers CPA PC as our auditors. Finally, in considering whether the independent auditors’ provision of non-audit services to us is compatible with the auditors’ independence for BFBorgers CPA PC, our audit committee has recommended to the board of directors that our audited financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, for filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Our audit committee did not submit a formal report regarding its findings.

 

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AUDIT COMMITTEE

 

Donald Gilbert

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any of our previous or future filings under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that might incorporate this report in future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in whole or in part, the foregoing report shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any such filing.

 

Indebtedness of Executive Officers

 

No executive officer, director or any member of these individuals’ immediate families or any corporation or organization with whom any of these individuals is an affiliate is or has been indebted to us since the beginning of our last fiscal year.

 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

 

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Company’s directors, executive officers and persons who own more than 10% of the Company’s stock (collectively, “Reporting Persons”) to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and changes in ownership of the Company’s common stock. Reporting Persons are required by SEC regulations to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file. To the Company’s knowledge, based solely on its review of the copies of such reports received or written representations from certain Reporting Persons that no other reports were required, the Company believes that during its fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, all Reporting Persons timely complied with all applicable filing requirements.

 

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

 

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

 

The following Compensation Discussion and Analysis describes the material elements of compensation for our executive officers identified in the Summary Compensation Table (“Named Executive Officers”), and executive officers that we may hire in the future. As more fully described below, our board of directors approves all decisions for the total direct compensation of our executive officers, including the Named Executive Officers brought forward by the Compensation Committee.

 

Compensation Program Objectives and Rewards

 

Our compensation philosophy is based on the premise of attracting, retaining, and motivating exceptional leaders, setting high goals, working toward the common objectives of meeting the expectations of customers and stockholders, and rewarding outstanding performance. Following this philosophy, in determining executive compensation, we consider all relevant factors, such as the competition for talent, our desire to link pay with performance in the future, the use of equity to align executive interests with those of our stockholders, individual contributions, teamwork and performance, and each executive’s total compensation package. We strive to accomplish these objectives by compensating all executives with total compensation packages consisting of a combination of competitive base salary and incentive compensation.

 

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While we have only hired two executives since inception because our business has not grown sufficiently to justify additional hires, we expect to grow and hire in the future. To date, we have not applied a formal compensation program to determine the compensation of the Named Executives Officers. In the future, as we and our management team expand, our board of directors expects to add independent members, form a compensation committee comprised of independent directors, and apply the compensation philosophy and policies described in this section of the Form 10-K.

 

The primary purpose of the compensation and benefits described below is to attract, retain, and motivate highly talented individuals when we do hire, who will engage in the behaviors necessary to enable us to succeed in our mission while upholding our values in a highly competitive marketplace. Different elements are designed to engender different behaviors, and the actual incentive amounts which may be awarded to each Named Executive Officer are subject to the annual review of the board of directors. The following is a brief description of the key elements of our planned executive compensation structure.

 

  Base salary and benefits are designed to attract and retain employees over time.
     
  Incentive compensation awards are designed to focus employees on the business objectives for a particular year.
     
  Equity incentive awards, such as stock options and non-vested stock, focus executives’ efforts on the behaviors within the recipients’ control that they believe are designed to ensure our long-term success as reflected in increases to our stock prices over a period of several years, growth in our profitability and other elements.
     
  Severance and change in control plans are designed to facilitate a company’s ability to attract and retain executives as we compete for talented employees in a marketplace where such protections are commonly offered. We currently have not given separation benefits to any of our Name Executive Officers.

 

Benchmarking

 

We have not yet adopted benchmarking but may do so in the future. When making compensation decisions, our board of directors may compare each element of compensation paid to our Named Executive Officers against a report showing comparable compensation metrics from a group that includes both publicly-traded and privately-held companies. Our board believes that while such peer group benchmarks are a point of reference for measurement, they are not necessarily a determining factor in setting executive compensation as each executive officer’s compensation relative to the benchmark varies based on scope of responsibility and time in the position. We have not yet formally established our peer group for this purpose.

 

The Elements of David Reichman’s and Kathy Griffin’s Compensation Programs

 

Base Salary

 

Executive officer base salaries are based on job responsibilities and individual contribution. The board reviews the base salaries of our executive officers, including our Named Executive Officers, considering factors such as corporate progress toward achieving objectives (without reference to any specific performance-related targets) and individual performance experience and expertise. Additional factors reviewed by the board of directors in determining appropriate base salary levels and raises include subjective factors related to corporate and individual performance. For the year ended December 31, 2022, all executive officer base salary decisions were approved by the board of directors.

 

Our board of directors determines base salaries for the Named Executive Officers at the beginning of each fiscal year, and the board proposes new base salary amounts, if appropriate, based on its evaluation of individual performance and expected future contributions. We do not have a 401(k) Plan, but if we adopt one in the future, base salary would be the only element of compensation that would be used in determining the number of contributions permitted under the 401(k) Plan.

 

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Incentive Compensation Awards

 

The Named Executives have not been paid bonuses and our board of directors has not yet established a formal compensation policy for the determination of bonuses. If our revenue grows and bonuses become affordable and justifiable, we expect to use the following parameters in justifying and quantifying bonuses for our Named Executive Officers and other officers of Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. (1) the growth in our revenue, (2) the growth in our earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, as adjusted (“EBITDA”), and (3) our stock price. The board has not adopted specific performance goals and target bonus amounts for any of our fiscal years but may do so in the future.

 

Equity Incentive Awards

 

No stock option awards have been made to any of our Named Executives or other officers or employees of Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. under Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan, which was subsequently cancelled.

 

Benefits and Prerequisites

 

At this stage of our business, we have limited benefits and no prerequisites for our employees. We do not have a 401(k) Plan but do have a Profit-Sharing Plan Trust specifically earmarked as a retirement plan. This plan is funded by adding an amount as deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors each year. We may adopt other plans and/or confer other fringe benefits for our executive officers in the future if our business grows sufficiently to enable us to afford them.

 

Separation and Change in Control Arrangements

 

We have employment agreements with our Named Executive Officers. They are eligible for specific benefits or payments if their employment or engagement terminates or if there is a change of control.

 

Executive Officer Compensation

 

The following table sets forth the annual compensation for years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021 to our Chief Executive Officer and our President.

 

Name and Principal Position  Year  Salary ($)   Bonus ($)   Stock Awards ($)   Option Awards ($)   Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)   Change in Pension Value and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings ($)   All Other Compensation ($)   Total ($) 
David Reichman Chairman & CEO  2022  $525,000    -    -    -    -    -        $525,000 
                                            
Kathy M. Griffin President  2022  $117,500    -    -    -    -    -        $117,500 
                                            
David Reichman Chairman & CEO  2021  $500,000    -    -    -    125,568    -        $625.568 
                                            
Kathy M. Griffin President  2021  $180,000    -    -    -    -    -        $207,375 

 

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Employment Agreements

 

Commencing on January 1, 2017, Mr. Reichman is serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Chairman of the Board on a full-time basis. Mr. Reichman’s base salary is $500,000 per year. He is entitled to participate in all benefits that the Company has or will implement, including covering all of Mr. Reichman’s health insurance premiums. Mr. Reichman executed the Company’s standard Employment Confidentiality and Inventions Agreement. Mrs. Griffin is serving as the President of the Company on a part-time basis. Mrs. Griffin’s base salary is $180,000 per year full time. She is entitled to participate in all benefits that the Company has or will implement, including covering all Mrs. Griffin’s health insurance premiums. Mrs. Griffin executed the Company’s standard Employment Confidentiality and Inventions Agreement

 

Option Exercises and Stock Vested

 

N/A

 

Director Compensation

 

No non-employee directors were paid any compensation for their services or reimbursement for their incidental expenses, except that on December 30, 2020, each director was issued 250,000 shares of common stock.

 

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

The following table sets forth, as of March 21, 2022, the number of and percent of our common stock beneficially owned by:

 

  each of our directors;
     
  each of our named executive officers;
     
  our directors and executive officers as a group, and persons or groups known by us to own beneficially 5% or more of our common stock:

 

Unless otherwise specified, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock beneficially owned by them. The address for our executive officers and directors is the same as our address.

 

A person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of securities that can be acquired by him within 60 days of March 21, 2022, upon the exercise of options, warrants or convertible securities. Each beneficial owner’s percentage ownership is determined by assuming that options, warrants or convertible securities that are held by him, but not those held by any other person, and which are exercisable within 60 days of March 21, 2022, have been exercised and converted.

 

   Common Stock Beneficially Owned 
Name of Beneficial Owner  Shares   Percent 
David Reichman   38,846,285    16.20 
Kathy M. Griffin   11,605,840    4.84 
Frank Benintendo   4,692,079    1.96 
Donald Gilbert   4,599,218    1.91 
Michael Valle   1,859,000    .77 

 

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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.

 

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

 

Notes Payable – Related Party

 

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021 there are no related party notes payable.

 

Mr. Reichman, our CEO, has rendered services to the Company and his wages have been accrued in accrued expenses at the period ended December 31, 2022, totaling $1,025,000 and accrued expenses of $48,059.

 

Mrs. Griffin, our President, has rendered services to the Company and her wages have been accrued in accrued expenses at the period ended December 31, 2022, totaling $207,500.

 

Director Independence

 

We currently have two independent directors as that term is defined in Rule 4200 of Nasdaq’s listing standards.

 

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES.

 

Audit Fees

 

The aggregate fees billable to us by Heaton & Company, PLLC for the audit and reviews of our 2021 and 2021 financial statements total approximately $22,500 and $9,315 and audit fees billable to us by BFBorgers CPA PC for 2022 was $25,000, respectively.

 

Audit Related Fees

 

N/A

 

Tax Fees

 

N/A

 

All Other Fees

 

N/A

 

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Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures of Audit and Non-Audit Services of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The audit committee’s policy is to pre-approve, typically at the beginning of our fiscal year, all audit and non-audit services, other than de minimis non-audit services, to be provided by an independent registered public accounting firm. These services may include, among others, audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services and such services are generally subject to a specific budget. The independent registered public accounting firm and management are required to periodically report to the full board of directors regarding the extent of services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm in accordance with this pre-approval, and the fees for the services performed to date. As part of the board’s review, the board will evaluate other known potential engagements of the independent auditor, including the scope of work proposed to be performed and the proposed fees, and approve or reject each service, taking into account whether the services are permissible under applicable law and the possible impact of each non-audit service on the independent auditor’s independence from management. At audit committee meetings throughout the year, the auditor and management may present subsequent services for approval. Typically, these would be services such as due diligence for an acquisition, that would not have been known at the beginning of the year.

 

The audit committee has considered the provision of non-audit services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm to be compatible with maintaining their independence. The audit committee will continue to approve all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm.

 

As of the date of this filing, our current policy is to not engage to provide, among other things, bookkeeping services, appraisal or valuation services, or international audit services. The policy provides that we engage to provide audit, tax compliance, and other assurance services, such as review of SEC reports or filings.

 

PART IV

 

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

The following documents are filed as part of this 10-K:

 

1. Financial Statements

 

The following documents are filed in Part II, Item 8 of this annual report on Form 10-K:

 

  [  ] Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2022, and 2021 17
       
  [  ] Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021 18
       
  [  ] Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Deficit for the years ended December 31, 2022, and 202119
       
  [  ] Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2022, and 202120
       
  [  ] Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 21

 

2. Financial Statement Schedules

 

None

 

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3. Exhibits

 

ITEM 16. EXHIBITS

 

3.1   Articles of Incorporation of Global Tech Industries Group, Inc., as amended (1)
     
3.2   By-Laws
     
10.1   Employment Agreement, dated October 1, 2007, by and between GLOBAL TECH INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. and David Reichman (3)
     
10.2   Employment Agreement, dated April 1, 2009, by and between Tree Top Industries Inc. and Kathy Griffin (4)
     
10.3   Bridge Loan Term Sheet, dated January 11, 2010, by and between TTII and GeoGreen Biofuels, Inc. (5)
     
10.4   Business and Financial Consulting Agreement, dated February 22, 2010, by and between GLOBAL TECH INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. and Asia Pacific Capital Corporation (6)
     
10.5   Distribution Agreement, by and between GLOBAL TECH INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. and NetThruster, Inc., dated February 9, 2011(7)
     
10.6   Term Agreement by and between GLOBAL TECH INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. and Sky Corporation, doo, dated April 18, 2011 (8)
     
10.7   Term Agreement by and between GLOBAL TECH INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. and Adesso Biosciences, Ltd, dated October 12, 2011(9)
     
10.8   Term Agreement by and between GLOBAL TECH INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. and Stemcom, LLC d/b/a Pipeline Nutrition, dated March 1, 2012(10)
     
10.9   Mutual disengagement agreement by and between GLOBAL TECH INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. and Stemcom, LLC d/b/a Pipeline Nutrition, dated March 23, 2012(11)
     
10.10   Asset purchase Agreement by and between TTII Oil & Gas, Inc. a subsidiary of GLOBAL TECH INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. and American Resource Technologies, Inc. (12)
     
10.11   Letter of Intent Agreement, dated April 12, 2019, by and between Global Tech Industries Group, Inc., First Capital Master Advisor, LLC and GCA Equity Partners, executed on or before April 12, 2019 (13)
     
10.12   Termination of a Letter of Intent Agreement, dated December 31, 2019, by and between Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. First Capital Master Advisor, LLC and GCA Equity Partners, executed on or before April 22, 2019(14)
     
10.13   Security Purchase Agreement, dated November 22, 2020, by and between Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. and Geneva Roth Remark Capital Holdings, Inc. (15)
     
10.14   Stock Purchase Agreement, dated February28, 2021 by and between Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. and Gold Transactions International, Inc. (16)
     
10.15   Warrant Agreement, dated March 22, 2021, by and between Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. and Liberty Stock Transfer Company, Inc. (17)
     

 

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10.16   Binding Letter Agreement, dated March 23, 2021, by and between Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. and Bronx Family Eye Care, Inc.(18)
     
10.17   Stock Purchase Agreement, dated March 31, 2021, by and between Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. and Bronx Family Eye Care, Inc.(19)
     
10.18   Independent Contractor Agent Agreement, dated April 7, 2021, by and between Global Industries Group, Inc. and Mr. Ronald Cavalier (20)
     
10.19   Binding Letter Agreement, dated April 30, 2021, by and between Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. and MyRetinaDocs, LLC (21)
     
10.20   Gold Transactions International, Inc. completed its official audit and filed its financial disclosures, as required by Stock Purchase Agreement, dated February 28, 2021, by and between Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. and Gold Transactions International, Inc. (22)
     
10.21   Binding Letter Agreement expanding business combination, dated May 26, 2021, by and between Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. and MyRetinaDocs, LLC (23)
     
10.22   Stock Purchase Agreement by and between Global Tech Industries Group, Inc and Trento Resources and Energy Corp, dated November 9, 2021 (24).
     
22.1   Subsidiaries #
     
31.1   Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
     
31.2   Section 302 Certification of Chief Financial Officer
     
32.1   Section 906 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
     
32.2   Section 906 Certification of Chief Financial Officer
     
101.INS   Inline XBRL Instance Document
     
101.SCH   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
     
101.CAL   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
     
101.DEF   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
     
101.LAB   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
     
101.PRE   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
     
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

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1) Filed November 13, 2009, as an exhibit to a Form 10-Q and incorporated herein by reference.
  Filed January 3, 2012, as an exhibit to an 8 – K and incorporated herein by reference.
  Filed April 12, 2013, as an exhibit to an 8 – K and incorporated herein by reference.
   
(2) Filed July 19, 2010, as an exhibit to a Form 10-K/A and incorporated herein by reference.
   
(3) Filed November 7, 2007, as an exhibit to a Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
   
(4) Filed March 25, 2010, as an exhibit to a Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
   
(5) Filed January 19, 2010, as an exhibit to a Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
   
(6) Filed July 19, 2010, as an exhibit to a Form 10-Q/A and incorporated herein by reference.
   
(7) Filed February 9, 2011, as an exhibit to a Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
   
(8) Filed April 19, 2011, as an exhibit to a Form 8 - K and incorporated herein by reference.
   
(9) Filed October 18, 2011, as an exhibit to a Form 8 - K and incorporated herein by reference.
   
(10) Filed March 6, 2012, as an exhibit to a Form 8 – K and incorporated herein by reference.
   
(11) Filed March 23, 2012, as an exhibit to a Form 8 – K and incorporated herein by reference.
   
(12) Filed January 8, 2013, as an exhibit to a Form 8 – K and incorporated herein by reference.
   
(13) Filed April 12, 2019, as an exhibit to a Form 8 – K and incorporated herein by reference.
   
(14) Filed December 26, 2019, as an exhibit to a Form 8 -K and incorporated herein by reference
   
(15) Filed November 27, 2020, as an exhibit to a Form 8 -K and incorporated herein by reference
   
(16) Filed March 1, 2021, as an exhibit to a Form 8 – K and incorporated herein by reference

 

(17) Filed March 23, 2021, as an exhibit to a Form 8 -K and incorporated herein by reference
   
(18) Filed March 24, 2021, as an exhibit to a Form 8 – K and incorporated herein by reference
   
(19) Filed April 6, 2021, as an exhibit to a Form 8 – K and incorporated herein by reference
   
(20) Filed April 7, 2021, as an exhibit to a Form 8 - K and incorporated herein by reference
   
(21) Filed April 30, 2021, as an exhibit to a Form 8 – k and incorporated herein by reference
   
(22) Filed May 13, 2021, as an exhibit to a Form 8 – K and incorporated herein by reference
   
(23) Filed June 6, 2021, as an exhibit to a Form 8 – K and incorporated herein by reference
   
(24) Filed November 16, 2021, as an exhibit to a Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference

 

EXHIBIT NO.   DESCRIPTION

 

  (a) Exhibits

 

3. Exhibits

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  GLOBAL TECH INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC.
   
Dated: March 31, 2023 By:  /s/ David Reichman
    David Reichman,
    Chairman of the Board,
    Chief Executive Officer,
    Chief Financial Officer and
    Principal Accounting Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  /s/ David Reichman   Dated: March 31, 2023
  David Reichman,    
  Chairman of the Board,    
  Chief Executive Officer,    
  Chief Financial Officer and    
  Principal Accounting Officer    
       
By: /s/ Kathy M. Griffin   Dated: March 31, 2023
  Kathy M. Griffin,    
  Director and President    
       
By: /s/ Donald Gilbert   Dated: March 31, 2023
  Donald Gilbert,    
  Director & Audit Chair    

 

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