Golden Developing Solutions, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2019 September (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For The Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2019
or
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For The Transition Period of ____________________ to ______________________
Commission file number: 000-54208
GOLDEN DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada | 82-2911016 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
2303 Ranch Road 620 So, #160-143
Lakeway, TX 78734
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
623-826-5206
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
N/A | N/A | N/A |
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 preceding 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 [X]
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 (section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding twelve months (or shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). YES [X] NO [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, 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 | [X] | Smaller reporting company | [X] |
Emerging growth company | [X] |
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 is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES [ ] NO [X]
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Class | Outstanding at December 18, 2019 | |
Common Stock, $.0001 par value | 667,175,902 |
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GOLDEN DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS, INC
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
September 30, 2019 | December 31, 2018 | |||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 157,711 | $ | 12,463 | ||||
Accounts receivable, net | 152,048 | 5,580 | ||||||
Inventory | 91,931 | 91,931 | ||||||
Deposit on equipment | 100,000 | - | ||||||
Assets held for sale - current | 432,560 | - | ||||||
Total current assets | 934,250 | 109,974 | ||||||
Property and equipment, net | 14,189 | 17,051 | ||||||
Right of use asset - operating leases | 922,900 | - | ||||||
Intangible assets, net | 3,204,896 | 3,863,771 | ||||||
Goodwill | 4,986,636 | 4,986,636 | ||||||
Other assets | 58,749 | - | ||||||
Assets held for sale - non current | 2,761,645 | - | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 12,883,265 | $ | 8,977,432 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 568,081 | $ | 93,423 | ||||
Deferred revenue | 168,248 | 43,207 | ||||||
Right of use liabilities - operating leases short-term | 241,433 | - | ||||||
Line of credit | 34,021 | - | ||||||
Notes payable - related party | 29,392 | 69,788 | ||||||
Acquisition notes payable - short-term | 3,483,489 | 3,769,489 | ||||||
Note payable, net of discount and deferred financing costs | 57,365 | 45,978 | ||||||
Convertible notes payable, net | 110,107 | - | ||||||
Liabilities held for sale - current | 1,288,983 | - | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 5,981,119 | 4,021,885 | ||||||
Right of use liabilities - operating leases, net of current portion | 723,802 | - | ||||||
Liabilities held for sale - non current | 1,100,000 | - | ||||||
Total liabilities | 7,804,921 | 4,021,885 | ||||||
Shareholders’ equity: | ||||||||
Preferred stock, 35,000,000 shares authorized, $0.0001 par value, Series A Preferred stock, 1 share authorized, 1 issued and outstanding | - | - | ||||||
Common stock, 4,000,000,000 shares authorized, $0.0001 par value, 814,426,284 and 544,842,571 issued and outstanding, respectively | 81,442 | 54,484 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 11,736,216 | 6,582,320 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit | (6,735,348 | ) | (1,678,091 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders’ equity attributable to Golden Developing Solutions, Inc. stockholders | 5,082,310 | 4,958,713 | ||||||
Noncontrolling interest | (3,966 | ) | (3,166 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders’ equity | 5,078,344 | 4,955,547 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 12,883,265 | $ | 8,977,432 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements
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GOLDEN DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS, INC
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended | Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||
September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2018 | September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2018 | |||||||||||||
Revenue | $ | 629,857 | $ | 30,510 | $ | 1,395,860 | $ | 30,510 | ||||||||
Cost of revenue | (296,649 | ) | (1,340 | ) | (828,960 | ) | (1,340 | ) | ||||||||
Gross profit | 333,208 | 29,170 | 566,900 | 29,170 | ||||||||||||
Operating Expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Professional fees | 78,467 | 61,048 | 185,113 | 100,397 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative | 446,168 | 264,204 | 1,865,534 | 372,142 | ||||||||||||
Total operating expenses | 524,635 | 325,252 | 2,050,647 | 472,539 | ||||||||||||
Loss From Continuing Operations | (191,427 | ) | (296,082 | ) | (1,483,747 | ) | (443,369 | ) | ||||||||
Other Income (Expense) | ||||||||||||||||
Interest expense, net | (172,182 | ) | (5,161 | ) | (472,328 | ) | (8,226 | ) | ||||||||
Net Loss From Continuing Operations | (363,609 | ) | (301,243 | ) | (1,956,075 | ) | (451,595 | ) | ||||||||
Net loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | (2,279,531 | ) | - | (3,101,982 | ) | - | ||||||||||
Net Loss | (2,643,140 | ) | (301,243 | ) | (5,058,057 | ) | (451,595 | ) | ||||||||
Net loss attributed to noncontrolling interest | 302 | 5,374 | 800 | 5,374 | ||||||||||||
Net Loss Attributed to Golden Developing Solutions, Inc. | $ | (2,642,838 | ) | $ | (295,869 | ) | $ | (5,057,257 | ) | $ | (446,221 | ) | ||||
Net loss per share - basic and dilutive | $ | (0.00 | ) | $ | (0.00 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.00 | ) | ||||
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and dilutive | 814,426,284 | 154,803,131 | 739,268,681 | 115,146,094 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements
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GOLDEN DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS, INC
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
(UNAUDITED)
Series A Preferred Stock | Common Stock | Additional Paid-in | Accumulated | Golden Developing Solutions Share of Equity | NonControlling | Total Stockholders’ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | (Deficit) | Interest | (Deficit) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance December 31, 2018 | 1 | $ | - | 544,842,571 | $ | 54,484 | $ | 6,582,320 | $ | (1,678,091 | ) | $ | 4,958,713 | $ | (3,166 | ) | $ | 4,955,547 | ||||||||||||||||||
Common shares issued for cash | - | - | 69,000,000 | 6,900 | 714,100 | - | 721,000 | - | 721,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common shares issued for acquisition | - | - | 147,250,382 | 14,725 | 2,585,275 | - | 2,600,000 | - | 2,600,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | - | - | - | - | 796,808 | - | 796,808 | - | 796,808 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | (1,568,914 | ) | (1,568,914 | ) | (196 | ) | (1,569,110 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance March 31, 2019 | 1 | - | 761,092,953 | 76,109 | 10,678,503 | (3,247,005 | ) | 7,507,607 | (3,362 | ) | $ | 7,504,245 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common shares issued for cash | - | - | 53,333,331 | 5,333 | 792,767 | - | 798,100 | - | 798,100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Measurement period adjustment | - | - | - | - | 35,782 | - | 35,782 | - | 35,782 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | - | - | - | - | 115,640 | - | 115,640 | - | 115,640 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | (845,505 | ) | (845,505 | ) | (302 | ) | (845,807 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance June 30, 2019 | 1 | - | 814,426,284 | 81,442 | 11,622,692 | (4,092,510 | ) | 7,611,624 | (3,664 | ) | $ | 7,607,960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | - | - | - | - | 113,524 | - | 113,524 | - | 113,524 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | - | - | - | - | - | (2,642,838 | ) | (2,642,838 | ) | (302 | ) | (2,643,140 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance September 30, 2019 | 1 | $ | - | 814,426,284 | $ | 81,442 | $ | 11,736,216 | $ | (6,735,348 | ) | $ | 5,082,310 | $ | (3,966 | ) | $ | 5,078,344 | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance December 31, 2017 | - | $ | - | 95,208,026 | $ | 9,521 | $ | 46,866 | $ | (82,878 | ) | $ | (26,491 | ) | $ | - | $ | (26,491 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Contributions to capital by related party | - | - | - | - | 25,680 | - | 25,680 | - | 25,680 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | - | - | - | - | - | (35,643 | ) | (35,643 | ) | - | (35,643 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance March 31, 2018 | - | - | 95,208,026 | 9,521 | 72,546 | (118,521 | ) | (36,454 | ) | - | $ | (36,454 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Contributions to capital by related party | - | - | - | - | 1,541 | - | 1,541 | - | 1,541 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred shares issued for cash | 1 | - | - | - | 232,500 | - | 232,500 | - | 232,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | - | - | - | - | - | (114,709 | ) | (114,709 | ) | - | (114,709 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance June 30, 2018 | 1 | - | 95,208,026 | 9,521 | 306,587 | (233,230 | ) | 82,878 | - | $ | 82,878 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common shares issued for cash | - | - | 20,700,000 | 2,070 | 404,180 | - | 406,250 | - | 406,250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contributions to capital by related party | - | - | - | - | 1,370 | - | 1,370 | - | 1,370 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common shares issued for acquisiiton | - | - | 170,454,545 | 17,045 | 5,096,591 | - | 5,113,636 | - | 5,113,636 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common shares issued for debt conversion | - | - | 250,000,000 | 25,000 | - | - | 25,000 | - | 25,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | - | - | - | - | - | (295,869 | ) | (295,869 | ) | (5,374 | ) | (301,243 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance September 30, 2018 | 1 | $ | - | 536,362,571 | $ | 53,636 | $ | 5,808,728 | $ | (529,099 | ) | $ | 5,333,265 | $ | (5,374 | ) | $ | 5,327,891 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements
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GOLDEN DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS, INC
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
Nine Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||
September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2018 | |||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
Net loss from continuing operations | $ | (1,956,075 | ) | $ | (451,595 | ) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss from continuing operations to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense | 661,737 | 20,172 | ||||||
Stock-based compensation | 60,000 | - | ||||||
Amortization of right of use assets - operating leases | 108,350 | - | ||||||
Amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs | 68,210 | - | ||||||
Net Changes in: | ||||||||
Accounts receivable | (146,468 | ) | (12,599 | ) | ||||
Inventory | - | (95,317 | ) | |||||
Deposit on equiment | (100,000 | ) | - | |||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 474,658 | 82,853 | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 125,041 | - | ||||||
Deposit on acquisition | - | (50,000 | ) | |||||
Other assets | (58,749 | ) | - | |||||
Right of use liabilities - operating leases | (66,015 | ) | - | |||||
Net cash used in operating activities from continuing operations | (829,311 | ) | (506,486 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in operating activities from discontinued operations | (190,695 | ) | - | |||||
Net cash used in operating activities | (1,020,006 | ) | (506,486 | ) | ||||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
Purchase of equipment | - | (12,068 | ) | |||||
Acquisition of Layer Six Media | - | (170,000 | ) | |||||
Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations | - | (182,068 | ) | |||||
Net cash used in investing activities from discontinued operations | (29,755 | ) | - | |||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (29,755 | ) | (182,068 | ) | ||||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
Proceeds from related party loans | - | 70,025 | ||||||
Payments on related party loans | (40,396 | ) | (2,237 | ) | ||||
Net proceeds from line of credit | 34,021 | - | ||||||
Proceeds from notes payable | 150,000 | - | ||||||
Payments on notes payable | (197,634 | ) | - | |||||
Proceeds from convertible notes payable | 125,000 | - | ||||||
Payment of deferred financing costs | (24,082 | ) | - | |||||
Payments on acquisition notes payable | (286,000 | ) | - | |||||
Net proceeds from the sale of common shares | 1,519,100 | 406,250 | ||||||
Proceeds from the sale of preferred shares | - | 232,500 | ||||||
Net cash used in financing activities from continuing operations | 1,280,009 | 706,538 | ||||||
Net cash used in financing activities from discontinued operations | (85,000 | ) | - | |||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 1,195,009 | 706,538 | ||||||
NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS | 145,248 | 17,984 | ||||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period | 12,463 | - | ||||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period | $ | 157,711 | $ | 17,984 | ||||
Supplemental disclosures: | ||||||||
Cash paid for income taxes | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
Cash paid for interest | $ | 7,250 | $ | - | ||||
Noncash activities | ||||||||
Expenses paid by shareholder | $ | - | $ | 2,000 | ||||
Contributions to capital by related party | $ | - | $ | 28,591 | ||||
Conversion of note payable | $ | - | $ | 25,000 | ||||
Note payable issued for acquisition | $ | 2,400,000 | $ | - | ||||
Common stock issued for acquisition | $ | 2,635,782 | $ | - | ||||
Right of use assets and operating lese obligations recognized | $ | 1,031,250 | $ | - |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements
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GOLDEN DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1 DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Description of Business. Golden Developing Solutions, Inc. (the “Company” or “GDS”) was organized as a corporation in Nevada in 1998 as American Associates Group. In 2007 the name was changed to Clean Hydrogen Producers, Ltd before being changed in April of 2017 to Golden Developing Solutions, Inc. The Company has structured itself in 2017 as a cannabis holding company and intends to make additional acquisitions in the industry in the near future.
Basis of Presentation. The accompanying unaudited financial statements of Golden Developing Solutions, Inc. have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In our opinion, the financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) necessary in order to make the condensed financial statements not misleading. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the final results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2019. For more complete financial information, these unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018. Notes to the consolidated financial statements which would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the annual financial statements for the most recent fiscal period have been omitted.
Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period financial statement presentation, including the discontinued operations presentation resulting from the sale of the Company’s Infusionz operations in October 2019. See Note 3.
Use of Estimates in Financial Statement Preparation. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Principles of Consolidation. The Company prepares its consolidated financial statements on the accrual basis of accounting. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries, all of which have a fiscal year end of December 31. All intercompany accounts, balances and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidation. The Company also consolidates any variable interest entities for which the Company is the primary beneficiary based on whether the Company has the ability to direct the activities that most significantly impact the entities economic performance.
On April 27, 2018, the Company incorporated Pura Vida Vitamins, LLC as a wholly owned subsidiary. Pura Vida Vitamins, LLC entered into two consulting agreements with individuals that paid each consultant $6,000 per month in cash, additional bonuses depending on certain sales-related milestones, and 20,500,000 shares each for the completion of certain sales-related milestones, of which none were earned by either consultant. On July 1, 2018, the Company reorganized the entity to be a joint venture in which it owns 50%, in exchange for the cancelation of these consulting agreements. The Company continues to consolidate the operations of Pura Vida Vitamins, LLC due to its ownership interest combined with a controlling vote of the board of directors which make the Company the primary beneficiary of the joint venture with the ability to significant influence and control the activities of the business. The assets of the joint venture consisted primarily of $91,931 of inventory and $9,252 of property and equipment, net, and the liabilities consisted of $789 of accounts payable as of September 30, 2019. Selling, general and administrative expense includes $996 of expense related to Pura Vida Vitamins, LLC.
On September 26, 2018, the Company incorporated Tasos Media LLC as a wholly owned subsidiary.
On March 9, 2019, the Company incorporated CBD Infusionz, LLC as a wholly owned subsidiary.
On October 4, 2019, the Company entered into a termination agreement related to its CBD Infusionz business to dispose of the operations of that business. See Note 3 for additional information.
Inventories. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value, using the first-in, first-out method. The Company reviews its inventory for obsolescence and any inventory identified as obsolete is reserved or written off. The Company’s determination of obsolescence is based on assumptions about the demand for its products, product expiration dates, estimated future sales, and management’s future plans.
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As of September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, inventory consists of the following components:
September 30, 2019 | December 31, 2018 | |||||||
Raw materials and supplies | $ | 36,624 | $ | 36,624 | ||||
Finished products | 55,307 | 55,307 | ||||||
Total inventory | $ | 91,931 | $ | 91,931 |
Goodwill, Intangible Assets, and Long-Lived Assets. Goodwill is carried at cost and is not amortized. The Company tests goodwill for impairment on an annual basis, relying on a number of factors including operating results, business plans, economic projections, anticipated future cash flows and marketplace data. Company management uses its judgment in assessing whether goodwill has become impaired between annual impairment tests according to specifications set forth in ASC 350.
The fair value of the Company’s reporting unit is dependent upon the Company’s estimate of future cash flows and other factors. The Company’s estimates of future cash flows include assumptions concerning future operating performance and economic conditions and may differ from actual future cash flows. Estimated future cash flows are adjusted by an appropriate discount rate derived from the Company’s market capitalization plus a suitable control premium at date of the evaluation.
The financial and credit market volatility directly impacts the Company’s fair value measurement through the Company’s weighted average cost of capital that the Company uses to determine its discount rate and through the Company’s stock price that the Company uses to determine its market capitalization. Therefore, changes in the stock price may also affect the amount of impairment recorded.
The Company recognizes an acquired intangible asset apart from goodwill whenever the intangible asset arises from contractual or other legal rights, or when it can be separated or divided from the acquired entity and sold, transferred, licensed, rented or exchanged, either individually or in combination with a related contract, asset or liability. Such intangibles are amortized over their useful lives. Impairment losses are recognized if the carrying amount of an intangible asset subject to amortization is not recoverable from expected future cash flows and its carrying amount exceeds its fair value.
The Company’s long-lived assets, including intangibles, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the historical cost carrying value of an asset may no longer be appropriate. The Company assesses recoverability of the asset by comparing the undiscounted future net cash flows expected to result from the asset to its carrying value. If the carrying value exceeds the undiscounted future net cash flows of the asset, an impairment loss is measured and recognized. An impairment loss is measured as the difference between the net book value and the fair value of the long-lived asset. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recognized an impairment loss of $2,204,160 related to the disposal of its CBD Infusionz business in October 2019. See Note 3.
Revenue Recognition. The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which was adopted on January 1, 2018. The Company primarily earns revenue from subscription services for its online and mobile cannabis services hub, www.wheresweed.com. This online and mobile service hub allows marijuana business to advertise their location and services offered and allows users of the Company’s website to locate nearby cannabis businesses. With the acquisition of the Infusionz LLC assets in 2019, the Company also recognizes revenue from the sales of cannabinoid-based products. The Company has also developed an online retail business for CBD, hemp oil and health/wellness related products through the Pura Vida joint venture. The Company has not yet begun to sell inventory products through this online retail business as of September 30, 2019.
Revenue is recognized when control of the services is transferred to the customer in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for the services.
Revenue is recognized based on the following five step model:
- | Identification of the contract with a customer | |
- | Identification of the performance obligations in the contract | |
- | Determination of the transaction price | |
- | Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract | |
- | Recognition of revenue when, or as, the Company satisfies a performance obligation |
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Performance Obligations
The Company generates revenue from subscriptions to the Company’s online services and sales of cannabinoid products. Subscription revenue is recognized on a ratable basis over the contract term beginning on the date that the service is made available to the customer. For contracts with multiple performance obligations, the Company allocates the total transaction price to each performance obligation in an amount based on the estimated relative standalone selling prices of the promised goods or services underlying each performance obligation. The Company uses an observable price to determine the stand-alone selling price for separate performance obligations or a cost plus margin approach when one is not available. Historically the Company’s contracts have not had multiple performance obligations. For subscription revenue, the Company’s performance obligations are recognized over a time period equal to the length of the subscription period, which is generally 30 days. Revenue related to the sales of products are recognized at the point in time at which control transfers to the buyer.
Sales, value add, and other taxes collected concurrent with revenue-producing activities are excluded from revenue. Incidental items that are immaterial in the context of the contract are recognized as expense. Payment terms between invoicing and when payment is due is less than one year. As of September 30, 2019, none of the Company’s contracts contained a significant financing component.
The Company elected the practical expedient to not adjust the amount of revenue to be recognized under a contract with an end user for the effects of time value of money when the timing difference between receipt of payment and recognition of revenue is less than one year.
Transaction Price Allocated to the Remaining Performance Obligations
The subscription revenue for its website services is collected up front for a 30 day period. At the end of each reporting period, the Company performs a calculation to determine the portion of that period for which services have not yet been provided. From time to time, the Company may receive payment for sales of its products from a customer before the goods have shipped. This amount is considered a contract liability and is recorded as deferred revenue. At September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had $168,248 and $43,207, respectively, in revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) at the end of the reporting period. The Company expects to recognize all of its unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) performance obligations as revenue in the next twelve months.
Contract Costs
Costs incurred to obtain a customer contract are not material to the Company. The Company elected to apply the practical expedient to not capitalize contract costs to obtain contracts with a duration of one year or less, which are expensed and included within cost of goods and services.
Critical Accounting Estimates
Estimates are used to determine the amount of variable consideration in contracts, the standalone selling price among separate performance obligations and the measure of progress for contracts where revenue is recognized over time. The Company reviews and updates these estimates regularly.
Cost of Revenue. Cost of revenue includes costs of managed hosting providers and amortization of acquired software-related intangible assets, and personnel related costs associated with hosting our subscription services, maintenance and testing of the platform and providing technical support to customers. Additionally, cost of revenue includes all costs to purchase and assemble the cannabinoid-based products sold by the Company.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses include advertising and promotional costs and research and development costs. Also included in Selling, general and administrative expenses are share-based compensation, certain warehousing fees, non-manufacturing overhead, personnel and related expenses, rent on operating leases, and professional fees.
Advertising and promotional costs are expensed as incurred and totaled $11,615 and $47,834 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, and $3,472 and $6,252 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively.
Basic Earning (Loss) Per Share. The Company computes net income (loss) per share in accordance with ASC 260, “Earnings per Share.” ASC 260 requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) on the face of the income statement. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common shareholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding (denominator) during the period. Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method and convertible preferred stock using the if-converted method. In computing diluted EPS, the average stock price for the period is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants. Given the net losses of the Company during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, the effects of outstanding stock options were anti-dilutive resulting in basic and diluted loss per weighted average common shares outstanding equal. See Note 6.
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Recently Issued Accounting Standards.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (ASU 2016-02). Under ASU No. 2016-2, an entity is required to recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on its balance sheet and disclose key information about leasing arrangements. ASU No. 2016-02 offers specific accounting guidance for a lessee, a lessor and sale and leaseback transactions. Lessees and lessors are required to disclose qualitative and quantitative information about leasing arrangements to enable a user of the financial statements to assess the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. For public companies, The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective method. The new standard provides a number of optional practical expedients in transition. The Company elected the ‘package of practical expedients’, which permitted the Company not to reassess under the new standard its prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs; and all of the new standard’s available transition practical expedients.
On adoption, the Company recognized additional operating liabilities of $102,878, with corresponding Right of Use assets of the same amount based on the present value of the remaining minimum rental payments under current leasing standards for its existing operating leases. Company does not have any leases classified as a finance lease under ASC 842. See Note 7 for additional information on leases.
The new standard also provides practical expedients for a company’s ongoing accounting. The Company elected the short-term lease recognition exemption for its leases. For those leases with a lease term of 12 months or less, the Company will not recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities. The Company also made an accounting policy election to combine lease and non-lease components of operating leases for all asset classes.
In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-07, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718) - Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which aligns the accounting for share-based payment awards issued to employees and nonemployees. Under ASU No. 2018-07, the existing employee guidance will apply to nonemployee share-based transactions (as long as the transaction is not effectively a form of financing), with the exception of specific guidance related to the attribution of compensation cost. The cost of nonemployee awards will continue to be recorded as if the grantor had paid cash for the goods or services. In addition, the contractual term will be able to be used in lieu of an expected term in the option-pricing model for nonemployee awards. The Company adopted the provisions of the guidance on January 1, 2019 with no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
The Company does not believe that any other recently issued effective pronouncements, or pronouncements issued but not yet effective, if adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.
NOTE 2 - GOING CONCERN AND LIQUIDITY
As of September 30, 2019, the Company had $157,711 cash and $1,395,860 of revenue to meets its ongoing operating expenses, and liabilities of $7,804,922 of which $5,981,119 are due within 12 months.
The financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes the Company will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future. The Company anticipates future losses in the development of its business raising substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the Company generating profitable operations in the future and, or, obtaining the necessary financing to meet its obligations and repay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come due. Management intends to finance operating costs over the next twelve months with loans or contributions from related parties and, or, the sale of common stock. There is no assurance that this series of events will be satisfactorily completed.
Financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of assets and liabilities that may be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.
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NOTE 3 - ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES
Layer Six Acquisition
On September 18, 2018 the Company completed the purchase of all of the assets of Layer Six Media, Inc. (DBA Where’s Weed) (the “Layer Six Acquisition”), an online and mobile cannabis services hub that focuses on fast, secure and efficient discovery and purchasing of cannabis in both recreational and medical markets in the United States and Canada. The transaction was accounted for as a business combination under ASC 805.
The aggregate consideration of $9,113,636 at closing for the acquisition consisted of:
- | $170,000 cash | |
- | $80,000 note payable accruing interest at 2% per year and a default rate of 18%, due within ninety dates of the acquisition date. The Company made payments of $19,500 during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 with $50,500 due as of September 30, 2019. The Company is in default of this agreement as of September 30, 2019. | |
- | $750,000 note payable accruing interest at 3% per year and a default rate of 15%, due in three equal monthly payments beginning October 1, 2018. The Company made payments of 266,500 during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, with a balance due of $432,989 as of September 30, 2019. The Company is in default of the agreement as of September 30, 2019. | |
- | $3,000,000 note payable accruing interest at 3% per year and a default rate of 15%, due in twelve equal monthly payments beginning January 1, 2019. No payments have been made to date and the Company is in default of the agreement as of September 30, 2019. | |
- | 170,454,545 shares of common stock, fair value of $5,113,636 based on closing stock price on the date of acquisition |
A company controlled by a Director of the Company will receive total payments of $500,000 for his representation of the sellers in the Layer Six Acquisition. The Company will pay a total of $100,000 of this amount directly, with $20,000 paid at closing, an additional $10,000 paid through December 31, 2018 and an additional $19,500 paid during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 in connection with the note payable described above. The remaining $400,000 will be paid by the sellers of Layer Six Media, Inc.
The $500,000 fee is related to an agreement between the sellers of Layer Six and the Director for brokering the sale of their business. The entire fee of $500,000 is included as part of the purchase price and not recorded as an expense. The Company did not incur any portion of this broker fee and did not receive any benefit from the services provided by this individual to earn the fee. We further noted that this Director became a director of GDS on September 21, 2018 after the Layer Six Acquisition, and management decided to disclose the fee due to this relationship that occurred after the transaction and due to the size of the fee involved. The $100,000 that the Company is paying related to this fee was recorded as part of the consideration paid for the acquisition. The Company agreed to structure $100,000 of the total purchase consideration paid to be directly to the new Director instead of to the sellers, with $20,000 of initial cash paid at closing and the $80,000 note payable described above. The remaining $400,000 is paid or to be paid by the sellers of Layer Six Media, Inc.
The Company has evaluated what identifiable intangible assets were acquired and the fair value of each and finalized the fair value of the acquired assets during the current period. The following information summarizes the allocation of the fair values assigned to the assets at the purchase date:
Amount | Estimated Useful Life | |||||||
Equipment, computers and furniture | $ | 7,000 | 5 | |||||
Tradenames and trademarks | 270,000 | 10 | ||||||
Software enterprise platform | 2,220,000 | 5 | ||||||
Customer list | 1,630,000 | 4 | ||||||
Goodwill | 4,986,636 | n/a | ||||||
Total purchase price | $ | 9,113,636 |
The Company entered into employment agreements with three employees of Layer Six Media. Each agreement is for a term of two years, with an annual salary of $150,000 per year. If the employee is terminated without cause, they will receive severance pay of five months salary. One employee’s agreement entitles them to receive annual stock grants on January 1, in an amount equal to $80,000 divided by the closing price of the Company’s stock price on December 31. The Company is due to issue 4,210,526 shares of stock for the award vesting on January 1, 2019. The Company recognized $20,000 and $60,000 of stock-based compensation during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, for the award expected to vest on January 1, 2020. No shares were issued through September 30, 2019 for these awards.
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Infusionz Acquisition
In March 2019, the Company purchased the assets of CBD Infusionz, LLC, a Colorado based company. The transaction was accounted for as a business combination.
The preliminary aggregate consideration for the Infusionz Acquisition was as follows:
Preliminary Amount | ||||
147,250,382 shares of common stock | $ | 2,635,782 | ||
Note payable | 2,400,000 | |||
Total consideration transferred | $ | 5,035,782 |
During the three months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recognized a measurement period adjustment related to the estimated fair value of the common stock issued of $35,782, to reflect the closing price of the Company’s common stock as of the acquisition date.
The note payable is unsecured, bears interest at 3% per year and is due in 24 equal monthly installments beginning in June 2019. The Company paid $100,000 on this note during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, and the Company was in default of this obligation as of September 30, 2019. Interest accrues at 15% per year in the event of default.
In conjunction with the Infusions Acquisition, the Company agreed to fund the new subsidiary with $300,000 of cash, with $150,000 provided during the nine months ended September 30, 2019. These transactions were recorded as intercompany transactions and eliminate upon consolidation. The Company entered into an employment with two employees of CBD Infusionz. The employees will receive a combined total salary of $270,000 per year over the two-year term of the agreement, with automatic one-year renewals thereafter. The Company issued a total 112,994,350 stock options with exercise prices of $0.018 to two employees of Infusionz LLC, with half vested immediately upon execution of the agreement, and the remainder vesting monthly over a two year term. The options have a 10 year exercise period, and an exercise price based on the closing price of the Company’s stock at the execution of the agreement. See Note 6.
The employment agreements also provide for combined earn out payments of up to $2,000,000 over a period of four years depending on sales targets being met, with $500,000 in each of the four years. The Company determined that these payments qualified as compensation for future services of the sellers.
As part of the acquisition, a company controlled by a Director of the Company will be paid a fee of $150,000 by the sellers of Infusionz, LLC for representation of the sellers of Infusionz, LLC. The $150,000 fee is related to an agreement between the sellers of Infusionz, LLC and the director for brokering the sale of their business. The entire fee of $150,000 is included as part of the purchase price and not recorded as an expense. The Company did not incur any portion of this broker fee and did not receive any benefit from the services provided by this individual to earn the fee.
The Company is evaluating what identifiable intangible assets were acquired and the fair value of each and expects to finalize the fair value of the acquired assets within one year of the acquisition date. The following information summarizes the preliminary allocation of the fair values assigned to the assets at the purchase date:
Preliminary Amount | Useful Life (years) | |||||||
Equipment, computers and furniture | $ | 29,429 | 3 | |||||
Inventory | 90,733 | n/a | ||||||
Right of use assets – operating leases | 23,315 | n/a | ||||||
Goodwill | 4,915,620 | n/a | ||||||
Right of use liabilities – operating leases | (23,315 | ) | n/a | |||||
Net assets acquired | $ | 5,035,782 |
As of September 30, 2019, the Company was owed $143,791 by the sellers of the Infusionz business for operations activity funded by them from the acquisition date through September 30, 2019. This amount is included in Assets held for sale – current on the Company’s Consolidated balance sheet.
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Infusionz Divestiture
On October 4, 2019 the Company entered into a Termination Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”) with Infusionz, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (“Infusionz”) on October 4, 2019 (the “Closing Date”), whereby the Company and Infusionz elected to terminate the March 8, 2019 Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”). The Asset Purchase Agreement resulted in the Company’s acquisition of Infusionz’s assets. Infusionz and the Company agreed to unwind the Company’s acquisition of Infusionz’s assets pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement.
The Termination Agreement provides that the Company will return all of Infusionz’s assets to Infusionz and will transfer and assign leases for three properties in Colorado (two in Denver and one in Lakewood) to Infusionz. The Termination Agreement also provides for the termination of the Employment Agreements between the Company and each of Nathan Weinberg and Joe Reid.
The Termination Agreement provides that Infusionz and all associated members will return the stock consideration granted to them pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement. The fair value of the stock consideration to be returned to the Company is approximately $2,600,000. The Termination Agreement provides that Infusionz will release the Company from the promissory note issued as payment for the assets pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Original Note”) and any and all obligations therein. The Termination Agreement provides that the Company will issue two unsecured promissory notes to Infusionz each in the principal amount of $25,000 with neither of these notes being convertible (the “Notes”). The Termination Agreement further provides that the Company will assign, and Infusionz will assume, certain assets and contracts as defined therein.
The Notes became effective as of the Closing Date, and both Notes are due and payable on December 31, 2019 (the “Maturity Dates”). The Notes entitles Infusionz to 3% interest per annum. Upon an Event of Default (as defined in the Notes), the Notes entitle Infusionz to interest at the rate of 15% per annum. The Company may prepay the principal outstanding together with accrued and unpaid interest in whole or in part at anytime without penalty or premium pursuant to the terms of the Notes. In the event of a default, without demand, presentment or notice, the Note shall become immediately due and payable.
As a result of this Termination Agreement, the assets and liabilities of the Infusionz operations have been reflected as assets and liabilities held for sale in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as follows:
As
of | ||||
Accounts Receivable | $ | 67,485 | ||
Inventory | 221,284 | |||
Due from Sellers of Infusionz, LLC | 143,791 | |||
Property and Equipment, net | 50,185 | |||
Goodwill | 2,711,460 | |||
Assets held for sale | 3,194,205 | |||
Accounts Payable and accrued expenses | 73,983 | |||
Acquisition notes payable | 2,300,000 | |||
Other Liabilities | 15,000 | |||
Liabilities related to assets held for sale | $ | 2,388,983 |
The Infusionz Termination Agreement qualifies as a discontinued operation in accordance with U.S. GAAP. As a result, operating results and cash flows related to the Infusionz operations have been reflected as discontinued operations in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations, condensed consolidated statements of cash flows and condensed consolidated statements of other comprehensive income/loss for the periods presented.
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Components of amounts reflected in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations related to discontinued operations are presented in the following table for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019.
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||
(unaudited) | September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2019 | ||||||
Revenue | $ | 1,321,406 | $ | 3,083,027 | ||||
Cost of Revenue | (605,225 | ) | (1,537,235 | ) | ||||
Gross Profit | 716,181 | 1,545,792 | ||||||
Selling, general and administrative | 775,484 | 2,404,861 | ||||||
Impairment loss | 2,204,160 | 2,204,160 | ||||||
Operating loss | $ | (2,263,463 | ) | $ | (3,063,229 | ) | ||
Interest expense | 16,068 | 38,753 | ||||||
Net loss from discontinued operations | $ | (2,279,531 | ) | $ | (3,101,982 | ) |
During the three months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recorded an impairment loss on its goodwill balance related to the Infusionz Acquisition of $2,204,160, based on an analysis of the consideration received in October 2019 related to the Termination agreement.
Unaudited Pro Forma Information
The following schedule contains unaudited pro-forma consolidated results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 as if the Layer Six acquisition occurred on January 1, 2017. The unaudited pro forma results of operations are presented for informational purposes only and are not indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved if the acquisitions had taken place on those dates, or of results that may occur in the future. The unaudited pro forma results reflect adjustments related to the amortization of the acquired intangible assets, depreciation expense on acquired equipment, stock-based compensation for awards to new employees, salaries for new employees and interest expense on the new debt arising from the acquisitions. The pro forma weighted average shares outstanding for each period assume the shares issued for the Layer Six Acquisition on January 1, 2017. No proforma effect of the Infusionz Acquisition is reflected, to the divestiture of that business that occurred on October 4, 2019, and the presentation of all results of the Infusionz business as discontinued operations in the presented periods.
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
(unaudited) | Pro Forma | Pro Forma | Pro Forma | Pro Forma | ||||||||||||
Revenue | $ | 629,857 | $ | 286,236 | $ | 1,395,860 | $ | 620,744 | ||||||||
Loss from continuing operations | $ | (191,427 | ) | $ | (587,100 | ) | $ | (1,483,747 | ) | $ | (1,351,496 | ) | ||||
Net loss attributable to Golden Developing Solutions, Inc. | $ | (2,642,838 | ) | $ | (314,456 | ) | $ | (5,057,257 | ) | $ | (1,434,036 | ) | ||||
Loss per common share basic and diluted | $ | (0.00 | ) | $ | (0.00 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) | ||||
Pro forma weighted average shares outstanding | 814,426,284 | 302,780,153 | 739,268,681 | 278,080,586 |
NOTE 4 - INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible assets consisted of the following as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018:
As of September 30, 2019 | ||||||||||||
Cost | Accumulated Amortization | Carrying Value | ||||||||||
Customer list | $ | 1,630,000 | $ | 424,479 | $ | 1,205,521 | ||||||
Tradenames and trademarks | 270,000 | 28,125 | 241,875 | |||||||||
Software enterprise platform | 2,220,000 | 462,500 | 1,757,500 | |||||||||
$ | 4,120,000 | $ | 915,104 | $ | 3,204,896 |
As of December 31, 2018 | ||||||||||||
Cost | Accumulated Amortization | Carrying Value | ||||||||||
Customer list | $ | 1,630,000 | $ | 118,854 | $ | 1,511,146 | ||||||
Tradenames and trademarks | 270,000 | 7,875 | 262,125 | |||||||||
Software enterprise platform | 2,220,000 | 129,500 | 2,090,500 | |||||||||
$ | 4,120,000 | $ | 256,229 | $ | 3,863,771 |
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Amortization expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $219,625 and $658,875, respectively. $333,000 of amortization expenses is included in cost of sales related to the software enterprise platform, with the remainder included in general and administrative expenses. Expected amortization of intangible assets for the remaining year ended December 31, 2019 and for the years through December 31, 2023 is $439,250, $878,500, $878,500, $759,646 and $341,500, respectively, with $127,125 remaining thereafter.
NOTE 5 - DEBT
Notes Payable
During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company entered into a future revenue financing arrangement. The Company received $50,000 in cash proceeds and must repay $70,000. Payments are withdrawn from the Company’s bank account on a daily basis in the amount of $292 per day and are secured by the future revenue of the Company. The Company recorded a debt discount of $20,000 and paid deferred financing costs of $3,499 during the year ended December 31, 2018. The loan was paid in full during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, and the Company amortized remaining debt discount of $19,167 and deferred financing fees of $3,395 through the repayment date.
On January 29, 2019, the Company entered into a future revenue financing arrangement. The Company received $50,000 in cash proceeds and must repay $71,500. Payments are withdrawn from the Company’s bank account on a daily basis in the amount of $550 per day and are secured by the future revenue of the Company. The Company recorded a debt discount of $21,500 and paid deferred financing costs of $3,544. The loan was paid in full during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, and the Company amortized remaining debt discount of $21,500 and deferred financing fees of $3,544 through the repayment date.
On July 3, 2019, the Company entered into a future revenue financing arrangement. The Company received $100,000 in cash proceeds and must repay $139,000. Payments are withdrawn from the Company’s bank account on a daily basis in the amount of $993 per day and are secured by the future revenue of the Company. The Company recorded a debt discount of $39,000 and paid deferred financing costs of $5,038. The Company made repayments of $57,594 during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and has amortized $17,709 of debt discount and $2,388 of deferred financing costs. As of September 30, 2019., outstanding principal on this note was $81,406, unamortized debt discount was $21,291 and unamortized deferred financing costs were $2,750.
Notes Payable related party
In May of 2018, the Company issued a $70,025 Note payable to a related party for cash proceeds received. The related party also paid $2,000 of expense on behalf of the Company. The note was unsecured, with no stated interest rate and is due on demand. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, $40,396 was repaid resulting in a balance as of September 30, 2019 of $29,392.
Line of Credit
In September 2019, the Company entered into a line of credit with an available amount of $96,300. The line of credit matures in September 2019, and the Company may pay interest of up to $12,000. The Company has net borrowings of $34,021 outstanding as of September 30, 2019, leaving an available borrowing amount of $62,279.
Convertible Debt
On September 18, 2019, the Company entered into an unsecured convertible promissory note, with a principal amount of $125,000. The Company received net cash proceeds of $109,500 after payment fees of $15,500. The convertible note bears interest at 10% and matures on September 18, 2020, with interest accruing at a rate of 18% if the Company is in default. Beginning six months after the issuance of the note, the holder may convert the note at any time through the maturity date into shares of common stock, to the extent and provided that no holder of these notes was or will be permitted to convert such notes to the extent that the holder or any of its affiliates would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the Company’s common stock after such conversion. The conversion price is determined based on 65% of the three lowest trading price during the 20 trading days prior to the conversion date. Accrued interest may be converted into shares of common stock using the same conversion price. Unamortized deferred financing costs were $14,893 as of September 30, 2019 related to this convertible note.
NOTE 6 - STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the CEO paid or contributed $27,211 of expense for the Company’s benefit. The contribution was recorded to Additional Paid in Capital.
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In March 2019, the Board of Directors of the Company amended the Company’s articles of incorporation to increase the authorized common shares to 975,000,000. On July 17, 2019, the Board of Directors approved the below Corporate Actions and recommended to the stockholders of the Company that they approve the Corporate Actions. On July 17, 2019, a majority of the Company’s stockholders, approved the following actions:
● The granting of discretionary authority to the Board, at any time or times for a period of 12 months after the date of the Written Consent, to adopt an amendment to the Certificate, to effect a reverse stock split at a ratio of a minimum of 1 to 5 and a maximum of 1 to 500, such ratio to be determined by the Board, or to determine not to proceed with the reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”); and
● The approval of an amendment to the Certificate increasing the number of shares of Common Stock the Company is authorized to issue from 975,000,000 to 4,000,000,000 as provided for herein (the “Increase in Authorized Shares”, and together with the Reverse Stock Split, the “Corporate Actions”).
The Reverse Stock Split has not been executed to date.
During the year ended December 31, 2018 the Company sold 1 share of Series A Preferred Stock in exchange for $232,500. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock has the voting rights of 350,000,000 shares. The Series A Preferred stock has no liquidation preference, and is not entitled to any dividends paid to common stockholders.
During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company issued 69,000,000, shares of common stock in exchange for cash proceeds of $721,000. During the three months ended June 30, 2019, the Company issued 53,333,331 shares of common stock in exchange for cash proceeds of $798,100. The Company also issued 147,250,382 shares of common stock to the sellers of the CBD Infusionz, with a fair value of $2,635,782. As part of the Termination Agreement signed in October 2019, 147,250,382 of these shares were returned to the Company and cancelled, leaving 667,175,902 shares outstanding as of December 17, 2019.
During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company awarded 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock in exchange for services. The shares were valued at $500,000, with expense recognized during the year ended December 31, 2018. These shares were not yet issued as of September 30, 2019. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018 the Company sold 20,700,000 shares of Common Stock in exchange for $406,250. The Company also issued 250,000,000 shares of common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2018 related to conversion of a note payable held by a related party, Filakos Capital investments.
The Company is also due to issue 4,210,526 shares to a seller of the Layer Six business, which have not yet been issued. The Company recognized $80,000 of expense during the year ended December 31, 2018 related to these shares which vested on January 1, 2019. The Company recognized an additional $60,000 of stock-based compensation expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 for shares to be issued to this employee that will vest on January 1, 2020.
Stock Options
As discussed in Note 3, the Company committed to awarding a total of 112,994,350 stock options to two employees of Infusionz LLC as part of their employment agreements with the Company. The options have an exercise price based on the closing price at the vesting date, a term of 10 years, with half awarded and vesting during the three months ending March 31, 2019 and the remainder vesting in equal monthly installments over a two-year period from the acquisition date. The total fair value of the stock options awarded during the three months ended March 31, 2019 was $776,808 and was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following assumptions: volatility of 70.25% based on a comparable company peer group, expected term of 10 years, risk-free rate of 2.6% and a dividend yield of 0%. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, an additional 17,844,634 options vested, with a fair value of $189,164 estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following assumptions: volatility of between 69.1% and 70.2% based on a comparable company peer group, expected term of 10 years, risk-free rate of between 1.5% and 2.5%, and a dividend yield of 0%.
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The following summarizes stock option activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2019:
Stock Options | ||||||||||||
Shares | Weighted Average Exercise Price | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value | ||||||||||
Outstanding at December 31, 2018 | - | $ | - | $ | - | |||||||
Granted | 74,341,809 | 0.017 | 0.013 | |||||||||
Cancelled | - | - | - | |||||||||
Expired | - | - | - | |||||||||
Exercised | - | - | - | |||||||||
Outstanding at September 30, 2019 | 74,341,809 | $ | 0.017 | $ | 0.013 | |||||||
Exercisable at September 30, 2019 | 74,341,809 | $ | 0.017 | $ | 0.013 |
The stock options have a weighted average term of 9.5 years as of September 30, 2019. Outstanding and exercisable options had no intrinsic value as of September 30, 2019, The Company recognized stock-based compensation related to the options described above of $93,899 and $965,972 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively., which is included in net loss from discontinued operations.
As part of the Termination Agreement discussed in Note 3, these options were cancelled entirely, and no further options can be earned by the two former employees.
NOTE 7 - LEASES
The Company has operating leases for its administrative offices. For purposes of calculating operating lease liabilities, lease terms may be deemed to include options to extend the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise those options. Some leasing arrangements require variable payments that are dependent on usage, output, or may vary for other reasons, such as insurance and tax payments. The variable lease payments are not presented as part of the initial ROU asset or lease liability. The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material restrictive covenants.
At adoption of ASC 842, the Company recognized right of use assets and liabilities for operating leases of $102,878 related to its office space lease, which has a monthly payment of $4,134 and expires in March 2021. As part of the Infusionz Acquisition, the Company assumed the business’ operating lease for warehouse space. The Company recognized preliminary estimates of the right of use assets and liabilities related of this operating lease of $23,315. The lease has a monthly payment of $4,000 through August 31, 2019. The Infusionz business also has two rental agreements with total payments of $3,800 per month with month to month terms. In April 2018, Pura Vida Vitamins LLC entered into a month to month rental agreement for office space for $1,000 per month.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company entered into a real estate lease for office and warehouse space in Colorado. The lease has monthly payments ranging from approximately $19,500 to $23,700 over the lease term of 54 months. The Company has an option to acquire the leased premises at the conclusion of the lease for a purchase price of $3,500,000. Under ASC 842, this lease was determined to be an operating lease, and a right of use asset and lease liability of $928,372 was recognized at commencement of the lease. The Company did not consider the purchase option to be reasonably certain of exercise in its analysis of the lease. The Company paid a security deposit of $58,749 at commencement, along with first and last month’s rent, for a total of $102,000.
The following table summarizes the lease-related assets and liabilities recorded in the consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2019:
Lease Position | September 30, 2019 | |||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | $ | 922,900 | ||
Right of use liability operating lease short term | $ | 241,433 | ||
Right of use liability operating lease long term | 723,802 | |||
Total operating lease liabilities | $ | 965,235 |
The Company recognized operating lease cost of $76,595 and $122,800 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. The Company utilizes the incremental borrowing rate in determining the present value of lease payments unless the implicit rate is readily determinable. The Company’s operating leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of 4.2 years and a weighted average discount rate of 10% as of September 30, 2019.
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The following table provides the maturities of lease liabilities at September 30, 2019:
Maturity of Lease Liabilities at September 30, 2019 | Operating Leases | |||
2019 | $ | 129,800 | ||
2020 | 291,618 | |||
2021 | 270,898 | |||
2022 | 266,716 | |||
2023 | 231,703 | |||
2024 and thereafter | - | |||
Total future undiscounted lease payments | $ | 1,190,735 | ||
Less: Interest | (225,500 | ) | ||
Present value of lease liabilities | $ | 965,235 |
At September 30, 2019, the Company had no additional leases which had not yet commenced.
Future minimum lease payments for operating leases accounted for under ASC 840, “Leases,” with remaining non-cancelable terms in excess of one year at December 31, 2018 were as follows:
Minimum Lease Commitments at December 31, 2018 | ||||
2019 | $ | 44,592 | ||
2020 | 44,592 | |||
2021 | 11,148 | |||
2022 | - | |||
2023 | - | |||
Total | $ | 100,332 |
NOTE 8 - CONTINGENCIES
Certain disputes have arisen including former affiliates of the Company. In summary: on or about September, 2018, the Company acquired (the “Sale”) certain assets, promises and representations from Layer Six Media and its four individual owners, at least two of whom, Messrs. Bartholomew and Lindauer became directors and employees of the Company (collectively, for this summary, the “Sellers”). It is the Company belief that the individuals departed from their positions and efforts with the Company some time past only realizing recently the legal effect of their activities and actions including not completing obligations as Sellers and obtaining and utilizing assets of the Company in contravention of agreements, instruments and laws. The objectionable activities included an attorney that had done work for the Company, but also for the others noted. The Company is taking a series of civil legal actions and seeking non-civil assistance in relation to the authorities and this includes, among other actions either underway or to be undertaken shortly, late October, early November, a case filed by the Company against certain of the Sellers and the lawyer in Washington D.C. Superior Court, alleging, among other things, fraud, breach of contract, and conversion. Layer Six Media and certain related parties, the “Sellers” noted above, filed a Colorado, Denver District Court, legal action against the Company, early November, 2019, which the Company just recently became aware of, claiming breach of contract, and other allegations, seeking monetary damages allegedly owed in relation to payments allegedly due as to the original Sale. The Company has engaged and consulted lawyers and advisors and provides this disclosure though it does not believe, in the totality of the Company growth plans, solid legal grounds it will prevail, and other aspects, that it will not experience any adverse legal effect from such litigation and litigation related events.
NOTE 9 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
As discussed in Note 3, on October 4, 2019, the Company entered into a Termination Agreement related to the Infusionz Business. Certain disputes have arisen including former affiliates of the Company. See, Legal Proceedings herein. While the Company addresses issues and pending cases involving disputes, it has started to experience an interruption in customer dealings, access to its website, receipt of income, and other related events. The Company is still, with the advice of advisors and lawyers pending, assessing these aspects that may have a material overall effect upon the Company.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion contains certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements appear in a number of places in this Report, including, without limitation, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and requirements that are difficult to predict or are beyond our control. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this quarterly report. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. We assume no responsibility to update the forward-looking statements contained in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. The following should also be read in conjunction with the unaudited Financial Statements and notes thereto that appear elsewhere in this report.
Company Overview
The Company
Golden Developing Solutions, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) was originally incorporated on December 17, 1998 in the State of Nevada under the name American Associates Group. In 2007 the name was changed to Clean Hydrogen Producers, Ltd before being changed in April of 2017 to Golden Developing Solutions, Inc. The Company has structured itself in 2017 as a cannabis holding company and intends to make additional acquisitions in the industry in the near future.
On April 27, 2018, the Company incorporated Pura Vida Vitamins, LLC as a wholly owned subsidiary. Pura Vida Vitamins, LLC entered into two consulting agreements with individuals that paid each consultant $6,000 per month in cash, additional bonuses depending on certain sales-related milestones, and 20,500,000 shares each for the completion of certain sales-related milestones, of which none were earned by either consultant. On July 1, 2018, the Company reorganized the entity to be a joint venture in which it owns 50%, in exchange for the cancelation of these consulting agreements. The Company continues to consolidate the operations of Pura Vida Vitamins, LLC due to its ownership interest combined with a controlling vote of the board of directors which make the Company the primary beneficiary of the joint venture with the ability to significant influence and control the activities of the business. As of August 8, 2019, the Company entered into a separation agreement (the “Separation Agreement”) with Pura Vida Health LLC whereby pursuant to the Separation Agreement, the Company sold its remaining 50% ownership interests in Pura Vida to Pura Vida Health LLC, leaving Pura Vida Health LLC as Pura Vida’s sole owner and only member in exchange for $160,000 (the “PV Purchase Price”). The PV Purchase Price shall be paid as follows: (i) $20,000 cash to be paid to an escrow agent whereby upon the satisfaction of the occurrence of certain events, the $20,000 is to be released to the Company and credited against the promissory note; (ii) the issuance of a promissory note in the principal amount of $95,100 whereby the note will accrue interest at a rate of 10% per annum, but only on the $75,100 portion of the note; and (iii) $65,000 cash payment no later than 12 months from the date of the Separation Agreement. The principal and interested on the promissory note shall be paid on a monthly basis starting on August 15, 2019 and for the next 11 months thereafter. The Separation Agreement marked the conclusion of the Joint Venture between the parties. None of these payments have been made as of the date of this filing.
On September 26, 2018, the Company incorporated Tasos Media LLC as a wholly owned subsidiary.
On March 9, 2019, the Company incorporated CBD Infusionz, LLC as a wholly owned subsidiary.
On October 4, 2019 the Company entered into a Termination Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”) with Infusionz, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (“Infusionz”) on October 4, 2019 (the “Closing Date”), whereby the Company and Infusionz elected to terminate the March 8, 2019 Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”). The Asset Purchase Agreement resulted in the Company’s acquisition of Infusionz’s assets. Infusionz and the Company agreed to unwind the Company’s acquisition of Infusionz’s assets pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement.
The Termination Agreement provides that the Company will return all of Infusionz’s assets to Infusionz and will transfer and assign leases for three properties in Colorado (two in Denver and one in Lakewood) to Infusionz. The Termination Agreement also provides for the termination of the Employment Agreements between the Company and each of Nathan Weinberg and Joe Reid.
Operations
Beginning in September 2018 following the acquisition of Layer Six Media, the Company operates the website www.wheresweed.com (“WW” or “Layer Six”). WW enables consumers to rate cannabis dispensaries and then presents this information in easy-to-use formats for consumers to make educated purchasing decisions at their local dispensary. WW helps users search, discover and share marijuana businesses in their community. Once a person creates an account with WW, they are able to discover local dispensaries, deliveries, doctors, pre-order purchases online, search local specials and events, and review, favorite & share your favorite businesses. WW also has a mobile app designed to help users search, locate, and review strains and trusted medical/recreational marijuana dispensaries, delivery services, and doctors. Users can filter results based on distance on a map or identify businesses based on certain criteria. Users must be at least 17 years old to download this mobile app.
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WW generates revenue by charging dispensaries listing fees on a monthly basis and transaction fees for services related to the WW website and mobile platform.
The ownership and generation of revenue is being interfered with and the Company is taking and will take additional legal action with civil and non civil relief being sought. See, Legal Proceedings, herein.
In April 2018, the Company formed Pura Vida Vitamins, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary. In July 2018, the Company reorganized the entity to be a joint venture in which it owns 50% (“Pura Vida”). Pura Vida has developed an online retail business for CBD, hemp oil and health/wellness related products. Through our online retail business, we will offer a broad range of what we believe will be price-competitive products, including, but not limited to traditional vitamins, supplements, CBD based tinctures, vapes, and soft-gels. The Company has not generated any revenue through sales of these products through June 30, 2019. Products and services will be sold through our Internet website located at www.puravidavitamins.com (the “Website”). Information contained on the Website does not constitute part of this registration statement. The Website is an online store whose merchandise includes hemp related products, CBD related products, and additional products focusing on health and lifestyle.
As per regulatory requirements, all Pura Vida Vitamins CBD and Full Spectrum Hemp products (both sold on the Pura Vida website) and all Saucey Boss labeled products (sold on the CBD Infusionz website) that we sell contain less than .03% Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content (the main psychoactive compound in marijuana) and are legal in all 50 states. These products are not used by or sold to persons under the age of 18. The products and the claims made about specific products on or through our websites have not been evaluated by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
Results of Operations
Three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to three months ended September 30, 2018
Revenue and Gross Profit
During the three months ended September 30, 2019, the Company generated $629,857 in revenue and $333,208 in gross profit. The Company began generating revenue in the quarter ended September 30, 2018 following the Layer Six acquisition, during which period the Company recognized revenue of $30,510 and gross profit of $29,170.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses amounted to $446,168 and $264,204, respectively for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, an increase of $181,964. The increase was primarily due to an increase in amortization expense of $89,875 from the intangible assets recognized as a result of the acquisition in September 2018, increased in payroll costs of $137,717 from the Company’s new employees, increased consulting costs of $50,427 in the current year, partially offset by a decrease of $135,000 in investor relations expense in the current period.
Professional fees
Professional fees amounted to $78,467 and $61,048 respectively for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018. The increase of $17,419 was due to increased accounting fees associated with the increased operations of the Company as a result of the completed acquisitions.
Interest expense
Interest expense was $172,182 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared to $5,161 for the three months ended September 30, 2018. The interest expense primarily relates to the acquisition notes payable from the recent acquisitions, and additional notes payable entered into during the year.
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Discontinued operations
The net loss from discontinued operations during the three months ended September 30, 2019 of $2,279,531 represents the activity of the Infusionz business that was divested in October 2019. This amount included an impairment loss related to the goodwill recognized as part of the purchase price allocation of $2,204,160.
Nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to Nine months ended September 30, 2018
Revenue and Gross Profit
During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company generated $1,395,860 in revenue and $566,900 in gross profit. The Company began generating revenue in the quarter ended September 30, 2018 following the Layer Six acquisition during which period the Company recognized revenue of $30,510 and gross profit of $29,170.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses amounted to $1,865,534 and $372,142, respectively for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, an increase of $1,493,392. The increase was primarily due to an increase in investor relations expense related to fundraising efforts of $342,013, amortization expense of $307,125 from the intangible assets recognized as a result of the acquisition in September 2018, $396,648 in payroll costs from the Company’s new employees, and $41,582 in advertising expense.
Professional fees
Professional fees amounted to $185,113 and $100,397 respectively for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018. The increase of $84,716 was due to increased accounting and audit fees associated with the increased operations of the Company as a result of the completed acquisitions.
Interest expense
Interest expense was $472,328 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to $8,226 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The interest expense primarily relates to the acquisition notes payable from the recent acquisitions, and additional notes payable entered into during the year.
Discontinued operations
The net loss from discontinued operations during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 of $3,101,982 represents the activity of the Infusionz business that was divested in October 2019. This amount included an impairment loss related to the goodwill recognized as part of the purchase price allocation of $2,204,160.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The following is a summary of the Company’s cash flows used in operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018:
Nine Months ended September 30, 2019 | Nine Months ended September 30, 2018 | |||||||
Net cash used in operating activities from continuing operations | $ | (829,311 | ) | $ | (506,486 | ) | ||
Net cash used in operating activities from discontinued operations | (190,695 | ) | - | |||||
Net cash used in operating activities | (1,020,006 | ) | (506,486 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations | - | (182,068 | ) | |||||
Net cash used in investing activities from discontinued operations | (29,755 | ) | - | |||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (29,755 | ) | (182,068 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in financing activities from continuing operations | 1,280,009 | 706,538 | ||||||
Net cash used in financing activities from discontinued operations | (85,000 | ) | - | |||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 1,195,009 | 706,538 |
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Operating Activities
The cash used in operating activities from continuing operations of $829,311 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was primarily due to increased selling, general and administrative costs as the Company increased its operations during the current period from the acquisitions completed since September 2018 and the payment of a $100,000 deposit on equipment. These outflows were partially offset by the cash inflows from sales activity during the current period.
Cash used in operating activities from discontinued operations of $190,695 related to the Infusionz Business which was divested in October 2019.
Investing Activities
There were no cash flows from investing activities from continuing operations during the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The cash used in investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was due to $170,000 related to the Layer Six acquisition purchase price, and $12,068 of equipment purchased.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2019,cash used in investing activities from discontinued operations of $29,755 related to equipment purchases in the Infusionz Business.
Financing Activities
The cash provided by financing activities from continuing operations of $1,280,009 during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was primarily from the sale of common stock for net cash proceeds of $1,519,100, and proceeds of $150,000 from notes payable, $125,000 from issuance of a convertible note, borrowings on the line of credit of $34,021, partially offset by payments on the acquisition notes payable of $286,000, payments on notes payable of $197,634, payments on loans from officer of $40,396 and debt issuance costs of $24,082. In the comparable period, cash flows from financing activities primarily related to $406,250 of net proceed from sale of common stock, $232,500 of preferred stock and $70,025 of proceeds from related party loans.
Cash used in financing activities from discontinued operations of $85,000 related to payment on the Infusionz Acquisition note payable of $100,000 and $15,000 of proceeds in an unsecured short term loan of the Infusionz Business.
We are a public company and as such we have incurred and will continue to incur significant expenses for legal, accounting and related services. As a public entity, subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act of 1934, we incur ongoing expenses associated with professional fees for accounting, legal and a host of other expenses including annual reports and proxy statements, if required. We estimate that these costs will increase over the next few years and may be significantly higher if our business volume and transactional activity increases. These obligations will certainly reduce our ability and resources to expand our business plan and activities.
Going Concern
As of September 30, 2019, the Company had $157,711 of cash and had $1,395,860 of revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to meets its ongoing operating expenses and liabilities of $7,804,921, of which $5,981,119 are due within 12 months. The Company also expects to incur additional annual cash operating expenses of between $1,600,000 and $2,200,000 based on current operations, which excludes the Infusionz business that was divested in October 2019.
Our auditor has issued a “going concern” qualification as part of its opinion in the Audit Report for the year ending December 31, 2018, and our unaudited financial statements for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, include a “going concern” note disclosing that our ability to continue as a going concern is contingent on us being able to raise working capital to grow our operations and generate revenue.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities in the financial statements and accompanying notes. The SEC has defined a company’s critical accounting policies as the ones that are most important to the portrayal of the company’s financial condition and results of operations, and which require the company to make its most difficult and subjective judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates of matters that are inherently uncertain. We believe that our estimates and assumptions are reasonable under the circumstances; however, actual results may vary from these estimates and assumptions.
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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (ASU 2016-02). Under ASU No. 2016-2, an entity is required to recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on its balance sheet and disclose key information about leasing arrangements. ASU No. 2016-02 offers specific accounting guidance for a lessee, a lessor and sale and leaseback transactions. Lessees and lessors are required to disclose qualitative and quantitative information about leasing arrangements to enable a user of the financial statements to assess the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. For public companies, The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective method. The new standard provides a number of optional practical expedients in transition. The Company elected the ‘package of practical expedients’, which permitted the Company not to reassess under the new standard its prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs; and all of the new standard’s available transition practical expedients.
On adoption, the Company recognized additional operating liabilities of $102,878, with corresponding Right of Use assets of the same amount based on the present value of the remaining minimum rental payments under current leasing standards for its existing operating leases. Company does not have any leases classified as a finance lease under ASC 842. See Note 7 for additional information on leases.
The new standard also provides practical expedients for a company’s ongoing accounting. The Company elected the short-term lease recognition exemption for its leases. For those leases with a lease term of 12 months or less, the Company will not recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities. The Company also made an accounting policy election to combine lease and non-lease components of operating leases for all asset classes.
In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-07, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718) - Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which aligns the accounting for share-based payment awards issued to employees and nonemployees. Under ASU No. 2018-07, the existing employee guidance will apply to nonemployee share-based transactions (as long as the transaction is not effectively a form of financing), with the exception of specific guidance related to the attribution of compensation cost. The cost of nonemployee awards will continue to be recorded as if the grantor had paid cash for the goods or services. In addition, the contractual term will be able to be used in lieu of an expected term in the option-pricing model for nonemployee awards. The Company adopted the provisions of the guidance on January 1, 2019 with no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
The Company does not believe that any other recently issued effective pronouncements, or pronouncements issued but not yet effective, if adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have not entered into any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources and would be considered material to investors.
Contractual Obligations
As a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Item 10 of Regulation S-K, the Company is not required to provide this information.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are not required to provide the information under this item.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures: Our management carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness and design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer has concluded that, at September 30, 2019, such disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the existing of the following material weaknesses:
● | Lack of segregation of duties. The Company did not effectively segregate certain accounting duties due to the small size of its accounting staff. |
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management including our Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls: Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of our disclosure control system are met. Because of inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues, if any, within a company have been detected. Our Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer has concluded, based on his evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report that our disclosure controls and procedures were not sufficiently effective to provide reasonable assurance that the objectives of our disclosure control system were met.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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Certain disputes have arisen including former affiliates of the Company. In summary: on or about September, 2018, the Company acquired (the “Sale”) certain assets, promises and representations from Layer Six Media and its four individual owners, at least two of whom, Messrs. Bartholomew and Lindauer became directors and employees of the Company (collectively, for this summary, the “Sellers”). It is the Company belief that the individuals departed from their positions and efforts with the Company some time past only realizing recently the legal effect of their activities and actions including not completing obligations as Sellers and obtaining and utilizing assets of the Company in contravention of agreements, instruments and laws. The objectionable activities included an attorney that had done work for the Company, but also for the others noted. The Company is taking a series of civil legal actions and seeking non-civil assistance in relation to the authorities and this includes, among other actions either underway or to be undertaken shortly, late October, early November, a case filed by the Company against certain of the Sellers and the lawyer in Washington D.C. Superior Court, alleging, among other things, fraud, breach of contract, and conversion. Layer Six Media and certain related parties, the “Sellers” noted above, filed a Colorado, Denver District Court, legal action against the Company, early November, 2019, which the Company just recently became aware of, claiming breach of contract, and other allegations, seeking monetary damages allegedly owed in relation to payments allegedly due as to the original Sale. The Company has engaged and consulted lawyers and advisors and provides this disclosure though it does not believe, in the totality of the Company growth plans, solid legal grounds it will prevail, and other aspects, that it will not experience any adverse legal effect from such litigation and litigation related events.
Not Applicable
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
The Company is in default of the following debt instruments:
- | $80,000 note payable accruing interest at 2% per year and a default rate of 18%, due within ninety dates of the acquisition date. The Company made payments of $19,500 during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 with $50,500 due as of September 30, 2019. The Company is in default of this agreement as of June 30, 2019. | |
- | $750,000 note payable accruing interest at 3% per year and a default rate of 15%, due in three equal monthly payments beginning October 1, 2018. The Company made payments of $266,500 during the six months ended June 30, 2019, with a balance due of $432,989 as of September 30, 2019. The Company is in default of the agreement as of September 30, 2019. | |
- | $3,000,000 note payable accruing interest at 3% per year and a default rate of 15%, due in twelve equal monthly payments beginning January 1, 2019. No payments have been made to date and the Company is in default of the agreement as of September 30, 2019. | |
- | $2,400,000 note payable accruing interest at 3% per year and a default rate of 15%, due in 24 monthly installments beginning in June 2019 . The Company made payments of $100,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and is in default of the agreement as of September 30, 2019. |
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosure.
Not applicable.
None.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
GOLDEN DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS, INC. | ||
Date: December 18, 2019 | By: | /s/ Stavros Triant |
Chief Executive Officer |
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