HIGH WIRE NETWORKS, INC. - Quarter Report: 2012 February (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

(Mark One)

[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended February 29, 2012

or

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____________ to ____________

Commission File Number 000-53461

MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(604) 560-1503
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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[X] YES [ ] NO

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Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
45,123,806 common shares issued and outstanding as of April 20, 2012.

Table of Contents

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (“we”, “us”, “our” and “our company”) follow. All currency references in this report are in US dollars unless otherwise noted.

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.
(A development stage company)
Consolidated financial statements
February 29, 2012
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.
(A development stage company)
Consolidated balance sheets
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

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

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.
(A development stage company)
Consolidated statements of operations
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

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

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.
(A development stage company)
Consolidated statements of cash flows
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

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

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.
(A development stage company)
Notes to the consolidated financial statements
Nine months ended February 29, 2012
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.
(A development stage company)
Notes to the consolidated financial statements
Nine months ended February 29, 2012
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

F-5

MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.
(A development stage company)
Notes to the consolidated financial statements
Nine months ended February 29, 2012
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.
(A development stage company)
Notes to the consolidated financial statements
Nine months ended February 29, 2012
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

As at February 29, 2012, the following share purchase warrants were outstanding:

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.
(A development stage company)
Notes to the consolidated financial statements
Nine months ended February 29, 2012
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

Additional information regarding stock options as of February 29, 2012, is as follows:

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MANTRA VENTURE GROUP LTD.
(A development stage company)
Notes to the consolidated financial statements
Nine months ended February 29, 2012
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This quarterly report contains forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may", "should", "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "predicts", "potential" or "continue" or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our or our industry's actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.

Our unaudited financial statements are stated in United States Dollars (US$) and are prepared in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes that appear elsewhere in this quarterly report. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed below and elsewhere in this quarterly report.

In this quarterly report, unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars. All references to "US$" refer to United States dollars and all references to "common stock" refer to the common shares in our capital stock.

As used in this quarterly report, the terms "we", "us", "our" and "our company" mean Mantra Venture Group Ltd. and our wholly owned subsidiaries Carbon Commodity Corporation, Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd., Mantra China Inc., Mantra China Limited, Mantra Media Corp., Mantra NextGen Power Inc., and Mantra Wind Inc., as well as our majority owned subsidiary Climate ESCO Ltd., unless otherwise indicated.

Business Overview

We were incorporated in Nevada on January 22, 2007. On December 8, 2008 we continued our corporate jurisdiction out of the state of Nevada and into the Province of British Columbia, Canada. Our principal offices are located at #562 – 800 15355 24^th Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, V4A 2H9. Our telephone number is (604) 560-1503. Our fiscal year end is May 31.

We are building a portfolio of companies and technologies that mitigate negative environmental and health consequences that arise from the production of energy and the consumption of resources.

Our mission is to develop and commercialize alternative energy technologies and services to enable the sustainable consumption, production and management of resources on residential, commercial and industrial scales. We plan to develop or acquire technologies and services which include electrical power system monitoring technology, wind farm electricity generation, online retail of environmental sustainability solutions through a carbon reduction marketplace, and media solutions to promote awareness of corporate actions that support the environment. To carry out our business strategy we intend to acquire or license from third parties technologies that require further development before they can be brought to market. We also intend to develop such technologies ourselves, and we anticipate that to complete commercialization of some technologies we will enter into joint ventures, partnerships, or other strategic relationships with third parties who have expertise that we may require. We also plan to enter into formal relationships with consultants, contractors, retailers and manufacturers who specialize in the areas of environmental sustainability in order to carry out our online retail strategy.

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We are a development stage company that has only recently begun operations. We have generated only nominal revenues from our intended business activities, and we do not expect to generate significant revenues in the next 12 months. Other than our invention for the electro-reduction of carbon dioxide, we have not yet developed or acquired any commercially exploitable technology. Since our inception, we have incurred operational losses and we have completed several rounds of financing to fund our operations.

We carry on our business through our subsidiaries as follows:

• Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd., through which we identify, acquire, develop and market technologies related to alternative energy production, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and resource consumption reduction;
• Mantra Media Corp., through which we offer promotional and marketing services to companies in the sustainability sector or those seeking to adopt sustainable practices; and
• Climate ESCO Ltd, majority owned, through which we distribute and install LED lighting solutions.

We also have a number of inactive subsidiaries which we plan to engage in various business activities in the future.

On August 16, 2011, we entered into a technology development cooperation agreement with KC Cottrell Co., Ltd. and Korea Southern Power Co., Ltd. pursuant to which KC will provide our company with the basic framework and support for the successful execution of tasks for our company’s electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide technology development as planned at Ha-dong Power Plant in the Republic of Korea. KC has also agreed to equally share the cost of the project, which is not to exceed US $1,000,000 with our company.

On August 25, 2011, we entered into a consulting agreement with Richard Malcolm Smith, whereby Mr. Smith has agreed to provide certain management consulting services to our company for a period of six months regarding our ongoing corporate development and acquisitions. In consideration for the services, we issued to Mr. Smith 700,000 shares of our common stock, previously registered on a Form S-8 registration statement.

On February 20, 2012, we entered into a director agreement with Tommy David Unger. As compensation, under the director agreement, we granted stock options to Mr. Unger to purchase up to 500,000 shares of our common stock at a price of $0.01 per share.

On February 29, 2012, our wholly owned subsidiary, Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd. entered into subscription agreements with a number of non-US investors for the sale of 3,200,000 shares of Mantra Energy at a price of CAD $1.00 per share, for total proceeds of CAD $3,200,000. Upon the closing of this financing, our company will hold 6,000,000 shares of Mantra Energy out of a total of 9,200,000 issued and outstanding.

Electro Reduction of Carbon Dioxide (“ERC”)

On November 2, 2007, through our wholly owned subsidiary, Mantra Energy Alternatives Ltd., we entered into a technology assignment agreement with 0798465 BC Ltd. whereby we acquired 100% ownership in and to a certain chemical process for the electro-reduction of carbon dioxide as embodied by and described in the following patent cooperation treaty application:

The reactor at the core of the chemical process, referred to as the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, or ERC, has been proven functional through small scale prototype trials. ERC offers a possible solution to reduce the impact of carbon dioxide (CO2) on Earth’s environment by converting CO2 into chemicals with a broad range of commercial applications, including a fuel for a next generation of fuel cells. Powered by electricity, the ERC process combines captured carbon dioxide with water to produce materials, such as formic acid, formate salts, oxalic acid and methanol, that are conventionally obtained from the thermo-chemical processing of fossil fuels. However, while thermo-chemical reactions must be driven at relatively high temperatures that are normally obtained by burning fossil fuels, ERC operates at near ambient conditions and is driven by electric energy that can be taken from an electric power grid supplied by hydro, wind, solar or nuclear energy.

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In fuel cells liquid fuels are indirectly burned with air to form carbon dioxide and water, while generating electricity. This process is known as electrochemical combustion or electrooxidation. The complementary nature of ERC and electrooxidation makes it possible to use ERC in a regenerative fuel cell cycle, where carbon dioxide is converted to a fuel that is consumed in a fuel cell to regenerate carbon dioxide. As shown in the figure, the net energy input required in this cycle could be supplied from a renewable or non-fossil fuel source.

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ERC has been shown to produce a range of compounds, including formic acid, formate salts, oxalic acid, and methanol. The efficiency for generation of each compound depends on the experimental conditions, most importantly the material of the cathode, which catalyses the electrochemical reactions.

Until appropriate cathodes are found some products of CO2 reduction (methanol, for instance) are obtained at efficiencies too low for practical use. Other products can be generated on known cathodes with high current yields that could support valuable practical processes. For example, formic acid has been obtained on tin cathodes with current yields above 80%. Formate salts and sodium bicarbonate are obtained at similarly high yields.

ERC Development to Date

We have retained one of the creators of the technology, Professor Colin Oloman, as a member of our scientific advisory board, to further develop the carbon dioxide reduction process to achieve optimal results on a consistent basis. On June 1, 2008, we entered into a technology development and support agreement with Kemetco Research Inc., an integrated science, technology and innovation company. Pursuant to that agreement, we have established a research and development facility for the ERC in Vancouver, British Columbia, staffed by a dedicated research team provided by Kemetco.

In October of 2008, we completed our first ERC prototype reactor capable of processing 1 kilogram of CO2 per day. In order to facilitate the testing and development of this reactor, we entered into an agreement with Kemetco on January 29, 2010. The agreement was intended to govern the development and testing of our prototype reactor for a period of 10 months and contemplated costs of approximately $250,000 including labor and materials purchases. On March 18, 2010 we entered into another agreement with Kemetco which amended and replaced the January 29, 2010 agreement. Under the terms of the latest agreement, we have agreed to proceed with the testing and development of our ERC prototype reactor for a period of 5 months at an estimated cost of approximately $125,000.

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Pictured Above, Design for Bench Scale ERC Reactor

We anticipate that commercialization of ERC will require us to develop reactors capable of processing not less than 100 tons of CO2 per day; however, there is no guarantee that we will successfully produce reactors of that size. Production of commercially viable ERC reactors will depend on continued research and development, successful testing of small scale ERC reactors, and securing of additional financing. At the conclusion of our current agreement and development program with Kemetco, an assessment will be made of the project’s progress and the next phase to be conducted.

Established and Emerging Market for ERC and By-Products:

The technology behind ERC can be applied to any scale commercial venture which outputs CO2 into the atmosphere. We anticipate that, once fully commercialized, we will be able to offer ERC as a CO2 management system to various industry including steel, power generation and lumber.

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The existing applications of ERC by-products include use as feedstock preservatives, de-icing solutions, and baking soda, among others. Sodium Formate and Formic Acid, two of the main by-products of ERC, currently have an average market value of $1,200/ton, with more than 600,000 tons of formic acid produced annually (Li, 2006). Their applications are diverse, including feedstock preservatives, de-icing solutions, cleaning solutions and baking soda to name a few. The market for formic acid has experienced continual growth and demand over the past several years, mainly attributed to the following: European and developing country demand for formic acid in silage, rising raw materials, energy and logistics costs; and animal feed preservative and Asian demand for formic acid in leather, rubber, food and pharmaceutical industries. The average market price of formic acid is expected to increase by as much as 20% in 2012. (Dunia Frontier Consultants, 2008).

However, if the ERC process reaches market acceptance as a way to deal with CO2 emissions from industry facilities, it will likely lead to supply of formic acid in excess of current market demand. We have identified several potential future applications for formic acid, which may lead to an expansion in current market demand. The application we have identified and are currently focusing on is steel pickling.

Steel Pickling

Steel Pickling is part of the finishing process in the production of certain steel products in which oxide and scale are removed from the surface of strip steel, steel wire, and other forms of steel, by dissolution in acid. A solution of either Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) or Sulfuric Acid is generally used to treat carbon steel products, while a combination of Hydrofluoric and Nitric Acids is often used for stainless steel. Approximately ¼ of the HCI produced in the U.S. is used for pickling steel (American Chemistry, 2003), consuming an estimated 5Mt/year. As an organic acid, Formic Acid would be a very attractive replacement for Hydrochloric Acid (HCI) in the steel pickling process. Formic Acid has many potential advantages over HCI in this application, including: less iron lost from the steel surface, improvement in final surface quality, and the elimination of corrosion inhibiting and neutralizing rinse processes to prevent rust development. In addition, Formic Acid is both bio-degradable and reusable which would allow water used in the picking process to be recycled more easily.

Results of Operations for the Three Month Periods Ended February 29, 2012 and February 28, 2011.

Revenues

The following summary of our results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements for the quarter ended February 29, 2012 which are included herein.

Our operating results for three month periods ended February 29, 2012 and February 28, 2011 are summarized as follows:

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We have had limited operational history since our inception on January 22, 2007. From our inception on January 22, 2007 to February 29, 2012 we have generated $35,065 in revenues. For the three months ended February 29, 2012 we generated $2,371 in revenues compared to revenues of $288 generated during the same period in 2011. Since our inception on January 22, 2007 to February 29, 2012, we have an accumulated deficit of $6,548,418. We anticipate that we will incur substantial losses over the next year and our ability to generate additional revenues in the next 12 months remains uncertain.

Expenses

Our operating expenses for the three month periods ended February 29, 2012 and February 28, 2011 are summarized as follows:

For the three months ended February 29, 2012, we incurred total expenses of $112,070 compared to total operating expenses for the three months ended February 28, 2011 of $242,923. The $130,853 decrease is primarily due to decreases in consulting and advisory fees, foreign exchange loss, general and administrative expenses, public listing costs, travel and promotion expenses and wages and benefit expenses.

Net Loss

Since our inception on January 22, 2007 to February 29, 2012, we have incurred a net loss of $6,548,418. For the three months ended February 29, 2012 we have incurred a net loss of $129,188 compared to a net loss of $248,731 for the same period in 2011. Our net loss per share for the three months ended February 29, 2012 was $Nil, compared to $0.01 for the same period in 2011.

Results of Operations for the Nine Month Periods Ended February 29, 2012 and February 28, 2011.

Our operating results for nine month periods ended February 29, 2012 and February 28, 2011 are summarized as follows:

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For the nine months ended February 29, 2012 we generated $12,561 in revenues compared to revenues of $2,258 generated during the same period in 2011.

Expenses

Our operating expenses for the nine month periods ended February 29, 2012 and February 28, 2011 are summarized as follows:

For the nine months ended February 29, 2012, we incurred total expenses of $468,579 compared to total operating expenses for the nine months ended February 28, 2011 of $716,731. The $248,152 decrease is primarily due to decreases in business development costs, consulting and advisory fees, depreciation and amortization, general and administrative expenses, shareholder communication and awareness expenses, travel and promotion expenses and wages and benefit expenses.

Net Loss

For the nine months ended February 29, 2012 we have incurred a net loss of $467,610 compared to a net loss of $794,793 for the same period in 2011. Our net loss per share for the nine months ended February 29, 2012 was $0.01 compared to $0.02 for the same period in 2011.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of February 29, 2012, we had $11,590 cash in our bank accounts and a working capital deficit of $1,333,136. As of February 29, 2012 we had total assets of $108,850 and total liabilities of $1,415,618.

From January 22, 2007 (date of inception) to February 29, 2012, we raised net proceeds of $3,268,762 in cash from the issuance of common stock and share subscriptions received, $195,309 from loans payable and $250,000 from proceeds from the issuance of convertible debentures for a total of $3,714,071 of cash provided by financing activities for the period.

We received net cash of $240,901 from financing activities for the nine months ended February 29, 2012 compared to $462,615 for the same period in 2011. During the period in 2012 we raised cash from the issuance of our common stock and share subscriptions received and proceeds from loans payable. In the comparable period, we also raised cash in the same manner.

We used net cash of $269,312 in operating activities for the nine months ended February 29, 2012 compared to $464,002 for the same period in 2011. We used net cash of $3,527,584 in operating activities for the period from January 22, 2007 (date of inception) to February 29, 2012.

We did not use any cash in investing activities for the nine months ended February 29, 2012 and February 28, 2011.

During the nine months ended February 29, 2012 we had a net decrease of $27,511 in our cash position compared to a net decrease of $1,387 for the same period in 2011. Our monthly cash requirements for the nine month period ended February 29, 2012 was approximately $29,924 compared to $51,556 for the same period in 2011. At our current cash position and if this cash requirement continues, we do not have sufficient cash to cover our expenses for one month.

We expect that our total expenses will increase over the next year as we increase our business operations. We have not been able to reach the break-even point since our inception and have had to rely on outside capital resources. We do not anticipate making significant revenues for the next year. Over the next 12 months, we plan to primarily concentrate on commercializing our ERC technology and associated projects.

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In order to fully carry out our business plan, we need additional financing of approximately $2,575,000 for the next 12 months. In order to improve our liquidity, we intend to pursue additional equity financing from private placement sales of our equity securities or shareholders’ loans. We do not presently have sufficient financing to undertake our planned business activities. Issuances of additional shares will result in dilution to our existing shareholders.

We currently do not have any arrangements in place for the completion of any further private placement financings and there is no assurance that we will be successful in completing any further private placement financings. If we are unable to achieve the necessary additional financing, then we plan to reduce the amounts that we spend on our business activities and administrative expenses in order to be within the amount of capital resources that are available to us.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no significant 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 that is material to stockholders.

Inflation

The effect of inflation on our revenue and operating results has not been significant.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our consolidated financial statements are impacted by the accounting policies used and the estimates and assumptions made by management during their preparation. A complete summary of these policies is included in note 2 of the notes to our consolidated financial statements for the year ended May 31, 2011 filed in an annual report on Form 10-K. We have identified below the accounting policies that are of particular importance in the presentation of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows, and which require the application of significant judgment by management.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

As a “smaller reporting company”, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer (our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principle accounting officer) to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

As of the end of our quarter covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer (our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principle accounting officer), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on the foregoing, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer (our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principle accounting officer) concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report.

Changes in Internal Controls

During the period covered by this report there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

On December 21, 2010, one of our convertible debenture holders filed suit in the Supreme Court of British Columbia for re-payment of a $150,000 convertible debenture, including 10% annual interest from October 28, 2008, the date the loan was provided. Our company does not dispute the amount owing and has properly recorded the principal and interest as per the terms of the convertible debt agreement.

We know of no other material, existing or pending legal proceedings against our company, nor are we involved as a plaintiff in any material proceeding or pending litigation. There are no proceedings in which any of our directors, officers or affiliates, or any registered beneficial shareholder, is an adverse party or has a material interest adverse to our interest.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

On February 20, 2012, we issued 500,000 stock options with an exercise price of $0.01 per share expiring on February 14, 2014 to one non-U.S. person in an offshore transaction relying on Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

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Item 5. Other Information

On February 20, 2012, we accepted the resignation of Elden Schorn as director of our company. Mr. Schorn’s resignation was not the result of any disagreement with our company regarding its operations, policies, practices or otherwise. Concurrently with Mr. Schorn’s resignation, we appointed Tommy David Unger as director of our company to fill the ensuing vacancy.

Item 6. Exhibits

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SIGNATURES

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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