SPIRITS TIME INTERNATIONAL, INC. - Annual Report: 2020 (Form 10-K)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K
☑ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020
Commission File Number: 333-151300
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SPIRITS TIME INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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1661 Lakeview Circle
Ogden, Utah 84403
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(801) 399-3632
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No x
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
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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 x No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o
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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. o
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No x
As of June 30, 2020, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the outstanding shares of the registrant's common stock held by non-affiliates was 1,807,750, based upon a closing price of $1.65 per common share.
As of April 14, 2021, the Registrant had outstanding 7,361,005 shares of Common Stock with a par value of $0.001 per share.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
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INDEX
SPIRITS TIME INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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ITEM 1 | DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS | 4 |
ITEM 1A | RISK FACTORS | 10 |
ITEM 1B | UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS | 10 |
ITEM 2 | PROPERTIES | 10 |
ITEM 3 | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS | 10 |
ITEM 4 | MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES | 10 |
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ITEM 5 | MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES | 11 |
ITEM 6 | SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA | 11 |
ITEM 7 | MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS | 11 |
ITEM 7A | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK | 12 |
ITEM 8 | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA | 12 |
ITEM 9 | CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE | 12 |
ITEM 9A | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES | 12 |
ITEM 9B | OTHER INFORMATION | 14 |
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ITEM 10 | DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 15 |
ITEM 11 | EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | 16 |
ITEM 12 | SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS | 16 |
ITEM 13 | CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE | 16 |
ITEM 14 | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES | 17 |
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ITEM 15 | EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES | 17 |
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SIGNATURES | 18 |
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PART I.
Cautionary Note
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements which are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. All statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, including statements about our business strategy, the effect of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP") pronouncements, uncertainty regarding our future operating results and our profitability, anticipated sources of funds and all plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and the statements regarding future potential revenue, gross margins and our prospects for fiscal 2020. These statements appear in a number of places and can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "future," "intend," or "certain" or the negative of these terms or other variations or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy.
Actual results may vary materially from those in such forward-looking statements as a result of various factors identified elsewhere in this document. No assurance can be given that the risk factors described in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are all of the factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from the forward-looking statements. References in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to (i) the "Company," the "Registrant," "Spirits Time,” "we," "our," “SRSG,” and "us" refer to Spirits Time International, Inc.
Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents filed by SRSG with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.
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Background of Spirits Time
Spirits Time International, Inc. was incorporated on October 18, 2005 under the laws of the State of Nevada. The Company was formed under the name of Sears Oil and Gas Corporation but effective October 22, 2018, our name was changed to Spirits Time International, Inc. to reflect our new business direction.
At the time the Company was organized, its principal business objective was to engage in the oil and gas business. The Company became a public reporting company by filing a Form S-1 Registration Statement with the SEC that was declared effective July 25, 2008. The Company’s business operations in the oil and gas business were not successful and its initial principals sold controlling interest in the Company. Prior to the Asset Acquisition Transaction (as defined below), we were a “shell company” (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). As a result of the Asset Acquisition Transaction, we ceased to be a “shell company” and intend to commence operations in the beverage industry (initially in the tequila beverage industry).
We have limited operating history, no revenue, and negative working capital.
The Company files reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We do not currently file reports under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
Asset Acquisition
On September 28, 2018, we completed and closed upon an asset acquisition (the “Asset Acquisition Transaction”) and a loan transaction pursuant to which we intend to engage in the business of marketing tequila products under the brand name of Tequila Alebrijes. We acquired the Tequila Alebrijes brand name, trademark and certain other assets from Human Brands International, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Human Brands”). We also closed on a loan transaction whereby we borrowed $300,000 from Auctus Fund, LLC which is described below (See Notes to the Financial Statements). Auctus has delivered a notice of default to us relating to such loan (See Notes to the Financial Statements).
The Assets acquired are certain “Tequila Alebrijes Products and Property Rights.” We did not acquire an ownership interest in or any ongoing operation of Human Brands. We did not merge with or acquire an equity interest in Human Brands. We made no changes in our officers or directors as a result of the Asset Acquisition Transaction. We did not hire any employee of Human Brands. The transaction was essentially the acquisition of certain rights to distribute, rights to use a brand and a limited amount of inventory. Human Brands is involved in the marketing of other beverage products and brands in which we have no ownership or other interest.
“Tequila Alebrijes Products and Property Rights” means collectively, the intangible legal rights we acquired from Human Brands pertaining to: (a) rights associated with the product known as Tequila Alebrijes, including but not limited to Tequila Alebrijes Blanco, Reposado, and Añejo and any and all related products or extension of that product including other related Tequila Blends and formulas from the same or other related supplier as well as physical extensions of the Tequila Alebrijes brand in the form of logos, trademarks, marketing material and related copyrights, copyright applications and copyright registrations and moral rights, trademarks, service marks, logos, trade dress, trade names and
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service names and all goodwill associated therewith; (b) rights related to the protections of trade secrets and confidential information, including, but not limited to, rights in industrial property, vendor lists and all associated information and other confidential or proprietary information; (c) industrial design rights; and (d) any rights analogous to those set forth in the preceding clauses and any other proprietary rights relating to intangible property, including, but not limited to, any applications, registrations or recordings in connection with the foregoing. Human Brands also granted us the exclusive right to sell directly or distribute Tequila Alebrijes products (including any product Extension of the Assets) on a worldwide basis.
The Acquired Assets include any and all product line extensions. The Acquired Assets include but are not limited to the following:
·Trade Mark Design;
·Packaging Design;
·Formulas for Production of Tequila Alebrijes;
·Finished Tequila Alebrijes Product of not less than 11,000 Mixed 750 ML bottles to be shipped to third parties as designated by the Company (less write-off, see below);
·All Tequila Alebrijes Rights for Worldwide Use;
·All Tequila Alebrijes Extensions for Worldwide Use;
·The exclusive rights to sell the assets directly by the Company or through designated distributors or brand managers worldwide.
We issued 3,500,000 shares of our common stock to Human Brands and paid Human Brands $50,000 for the brand name, trademark and other acquired assets. We did not acquire an ownership interest in or any ongoing operation of Human Brands. No officer, director or employee of Human Brands became an officer, director or employee of the Company.
Name Change
Effective October 22, 2018, we changed our name from Sears Oil and Gas Corporation to Spirits Time International, Inc. Copies of our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws were filed as exhibits to a Form 8-K filed October 31, 2018 and can be obtained on the SEC EDGAR Website. Our new CUSIP number is 84861Y107.
The Company’s Business Plan - General
We have developed a business plan to obtain rights to develop a portfolio of beverage (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) product brands and to distribute and market beverage products nationally and internationally. Our first brand is the “Tequila Alebrijes” brand of tequila. We have obtained the trademark for this brand and the rights to market and distribute Tequila Alebrijes products. We also acquired approximately 12,000 bottles of tequila valued at $150,000, of which approximately 6,500 valued at approximately $80,000 are on-hand as further described below. The remaining 5,500 were never delivered to us, resulting in the write-off of inventory of $69,530 during the year ended December 31, 2019. Currently, the “Tequila Alebrijes” brand of tequila is our only product brand, and we have not yet sold any of this product to date.
We do not intend to produce beverage products but rather we intend to acquire brand and marketing rights for beverage products and thereafter commercialize our products either directly by selling to retailers and point of sale locations or through brand management agreements and/or distribution agreements with other companies involved in the beverage distribution business.
Demand for premium distilled spirits brands is driving growth and transforming the distilled spirits industry, driven by several key trends including an increasingly global market for alcoholic beverages, better and more well defined channels of distribution, an international and domestic rise of cocktail culture, the growing popularity for distilled spirits, a greater desire among consumers wanting to know more about the history and production methods behind what they drink, an increase in the willingness of consumers to enjoy experimenting and trying new brands, categories and styles of alcoholic beverages, the identifiable industry trend showing increasing demand for a broader variety and new brands at the point of sale, and a higher level of appreciation of quality over quantity, with premium and above offerings gaining market share.
Amidst the background where industry leading producers are shifting more emphasis on premium brand offerings, an emerging wave of small craft distillers is capturing an increasing market share. As the craft boom continues, we anticipate that larger brands will increase their emphasis on craft qualities and will look to emerging brands gaining consumer support as acquisition candidates.
We intend, subject to adequate financing, to build a portfolio of beverage brands of non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages. We anticipate that we may be able to use our securities to acquire interests in additional beverage brands and as incentive for brand managers and other product distributors.
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We have entered into a non-exclusive brand management agreement with CapCity Beverage, LLC (“CCB”). CCB is an affiliate of Human Brands which has been active in developing, distributing and promoting premium spirits brands since 2012. The brand management agreement calls for CCB to utilize its import and export licenses to bring the Tequila Alebrijes inventory into the U.S. from Mexico and also ship the product to other countries around the world.
As of the date of this report, the brand management agreement has not resulted in the sale of any of our product. The brand management agreement expired in October 2020 and has not been extended or renewed as of the date of this report. We anticipate that we will modify the agreement if we pursue renewal, and will seek other product market alternatives.
We have yet to generate any revenue from the acquisition of the tequila related assets and there can be no assurance we will be able to generate meaningful revenues in the near future. We anticipate that we must raise additional capital to develop a meaningful marketing program for our products and there can be no assurance that we will be able to raise adequate capital to market our products and develop active business operations.
Ultimate Business Goal
One of our ultimate business goals is to develop critical mass and a diverse portfolio of distilled spirits and non-alcoholic brands so as to make us an attractive acquisition target or an attractive partner for other companies in the beverage industry.
To achieve this goal, we plan on developing diverse channels of distribution by building relationships with strong regional and local distributors. To support our distributors, we plan to work with brand managers to create marketing, support consumer awareness, and to develop demand at the retail level in liquor stores and bars.
Our planned operating strategy
Our business strategy relates to our Tequila Alebrijes product and potentially other distilled spirits brands and non-alcoholic brands. We have developed a strategy to commence and build operations in the premium spirits industry. Our strategy is as follows:
(1)Building Our Branded Product Portfolio. We plan to build a portfolio of distilled spirit and non-alcoholic brands through distribution agreements, acquisitions of distributors and brands, and potentially the development of our own proprietary brands. We intend to attempt to add products in high-demand and in high-growth categories. Our first brand acquisition, as described throughout this Form 10-K, is the acquisition of the Tequila Alebrijes brand.
(2)Qualify for Our Own Licenses and Permits. Initially we are relying on “Brand Management Agreements” with companies that already have distributions channels and have import and export licenses and permits. In addition, we will be contracting with US domestic distributors that have permits and licenses in a large number of key states for spirits sales. In addition, our Brand Management companies will have the logistical capability to store, ship and comply with all state and federal regulations and accounting requirements. The Brand Manager will also be responsible for collecting and reporting on all taxes, customs compliance and shipping regulations. Our Brand Manager for our Tequila Alebrijes brand is CCB. The CCB Brand Management Agreement, which expired in October 2020, is further discussed below.
(3)Build Distribution. If, in the future, we obtain required permits, we intend to focus on building additional distribution for Tequila Alebrijes and other brands in the U.S. and Asia, the largest beverage market and the fastest growing beverage market, respectively.
(4)Marketing. We plan to bring the enjoyment of the Tequila Alebrijes experience to the customer. Key to scaling our business activities is our commitment to, and investment in innovative and effective sales and marketing campaigns, and supporting demand generated from those campaigns with sufficient inventory. Consumers want an experience and our marketing strategy is built around that.
Our first proprietary brand, Tequila Alebrijes, is a premium tequila.
The brand management agreement with CCB expired in October 2020 and has not been extended or renewed as of the date of this report. We anticipate that we will modify the agreement if we pursue renewal. We are discussing potential product distribution relationships with other participants in the beverage distribution industry.
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Tequila Market Overview
Tequila is a distilled beverage which is made out of the blue agave plant. There exist two major categories of tequila: ‘100% agave’ and ‘Mixtos.’ The term tequila is protected and may only be used on the product label if the alcoholic beverage is produced in specific regions of Mexico and contains at least 51 percent agave.
According to Statista.com (https://www.statista.com/) the global tequila market is characterized by leading brands such as Sauza, Patrón, and El Jimador. Sauza tequila sold approximately 3.8 million 9 liter cases in 2016. Regionally, most tequila was exported to the United States from its country of origin Mexico.
Statista.com also reported that the sales volume of the American core market showed a continuous growth since 2004 and reached an all-time high with 15.87 million 9 liter cases sold in 2016. The tequila brand Jose Cuervo commanded 22 percent of U.S. tequila volume sales in 2016. Patron and Sauza tequila also accounted for a double-digit volume share in that year.
Statista.com latest consumption statistics illustrate that over 25 million people drank tequila in the United States as of spring 2017. The total U.S. consumption of tequila amounted to nearly 16 million 9 liter cases in 2016. Broken down on a state-level, California ranked first in terms of consumption. Texas and Florida rounded off the leading three consumption states.
Current projections anticipate that the tequila market will continue to grow through at least 2022. Although recent data as reported by Forbes suggests that the coronavirus ("COVID‐19") outbreak has not negatively impacted the alcoholic beverage industry, the extent of the impact of COVID-19 on the financial performance of the Company will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the outbreak and related advisories and restrictions, and the impact of COVID‐19 on the overall economy, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted. If the overall economy is impacted for an extended period, the Company’s future operating results may be materially adversely affected.
Description of Tequila Alebrijes
Tequila Alebrijes brand was first introduced in 2012 and has been sold in Asia, the United States and Europe. The Brand was developed by Autentica Tequilera SA.de CV. located in Tequila Jalisco, Mexico. The Brand was acquired by Human Brands in 2018 and subsequently sold to the Company in September 2018.
The Product
Tequila Alebrijes tequila is produced in Tequila Jalisco, Mexico. Our tequila is available in three styles: (i) tequila blanco, (ii) tequila reposado, and (iii) tequila añejo. Our product is offered in 750 ML bottle size and has 40% alcohol percentage. The retail price range of our product is approximately $33.95 to $54.95 per 750ML bottle.
Previous owners of the brand have sold product in the United States, Asia and Europe through a variety of distributors.
Marketing and Distribution Plans and Strategy
Until, if ever, we are licensed, we intend to retain third party brand managers to import and market our products. We have entered into a non-exclusive Brand Management Agreement with CCB as described below.
Brand Management Agreement
On October 29, 2018, we entered into a non-exclusive brand management agreement (“Brand Management Agreement”) with CCB for the brand Tequila Alebrijes (“Brand”). Pursuant to the Agreement, CCB has been appointed as a non-exclusive Brand Manager of the Company’s Tequila Alebrijes brand. CCB will perform certain services for the Company in connection with the planning, launch, creation, branding, market research, advertising, marketing, consulting, creative and/or digital services and sales for the Brand, the Company’s Tequila Alebrijes product and the Company. A copy of the Brand Management Agreement was attached as an Exhibit to a Form 8-K filed by the Company with the SEC on November 1, 2018,
The Company and CCB intend to develop a quarterly and annual budget pursuant to which CCB shall perform the agreed upon services under the Brand Management Agreement.
CCB will coordinate with the producer of the Company’s tequila product to ship existing inventory to CCB or to such other location as designated by CCB, to enable CCB to fulfill purchase orders from customers. If CCB anticipates that additional inventory should be produced for distribution, CCB shall discuss the inventory requirements with the Company. The Company shall be responsible for authorizing the producer to produce additional products for sale to customers on behalf of the Company.
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CCB will receive 10% of the gross revenue received from the sale of the products marketed under the Brand Management Agreement.
The Brand Management Agreement was for a term of two (2) years. The Brand Management Agreement expired in October 2020 and has not been extended or renewed as of the date of this report. We anticipate that we will modify the agreement if we pursue renewal, and will seek other product market alternatives. CCB is an affiliate of Human Brands.
The foregoing is a brief description of the material terms of the Brand Management Agreement, does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Brand Management Agreement, which was filed as an exhibit to a Form 8-K filed November 1, 2018 and can be obtained on the SEC EDGAR Website.
As of the date of this report, the brand management agreement has not resulted in the sale of any of our product and we anticipate that we will either terminate or modify the agreement and seek other product market alternatives. We have been in discussions with other entities concerning brand management and distribution services and we anticipate that we will attempt to expand brand management and distribution services to other service providers.
Production and Supplier
The Tequila Alebrijes product is produced by Autentica Tequilera, SA.de.CV (the “Producer”) in Tequila Jalisco, Mexico. The Producer is not affiliated with the Company or with the Brand Manager. In addition to our inventory stored at the Producer’s facilities, we have been informed that the Producer has the ability to continue to supply the Company with product as needed.
Current Inventory
In connection with the acquisition of the Tequila Alebrijes brand, we own approximately 6,500 bottles of tequila blanco, tequila reposado, and tequila anejo valued at $80,404. The inventory is currently stored at the producer’s facilities in Tequila Jalisco, Mexico and will be shipped to the Brand Manager as needed for distribution.
Other Brands
Tequila Alebrijes is our first brand. Subject to adequate capital, of which there can be no assurance, we intend to attempt to acquire additional distilled spirits brands and non-alcoholic beverage brands and to market and distribute other branded alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage products.
Competition
The global distilled spirits industry, in general, and the tequila industry specifically is very competitive. The tequila industry is comprised of both major, well financed, participants and smaller boutique type producers or brands. We anticipate that we will compete on the basis of product quality, brand image, innovation, price, and service in response to consumer preferences. Top selling tequila brands in the US include Jose Cuervo, Sauza, Patron, Don Julio, El Jimada and Hernitos.
We anticipate that in order to expand our portfolio of brands we will focus on partnering with small to mid-size brands as opposed to major companies. We intend to use our capital stock to attempt to acquire other brands or partnership arrangements with other brands. As a result of our limited capital position and our lack of operating history in the beverage industry, we anticipate that it will be difficult to compete with these larger companies in pursuing agency distribution agreements and acquiring brands. We plan to seek acquisitions and other transactions with smaller privately-owned and family-owned brands, offering flexible transaction structures and providing brand owners the option to retain local production and “home” market sales. Given our size relative to our major competitors, most of which have multi-billion dollar operations, we believe that we must have greater focus on smaller brands and tailor transaction structures based on individual brand owner preferences. However, our relative capital position and resources may limit our marketing capabilities, limit our ability to expand into new markets and limit our negotiating ability with our distributors and other parties.
Intellectual Property
We anticipate that trademarks will be an important aspect of our business. We currently plan to sell products under the Tequila Alebrijes trademark. We anticipate that we will sell products under other trademarks as a product line increase. We plan to either own or license such trademarks.
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Protection of our intellectual property is a strategic priority for our business. We currently own one trademark, Tequila Alebrijes. We will rely on a combination of copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, as well as confidentiality agreements, to establish and protect our proprietary rights. We do not rely on third-party licenses of intellectual property for use in our business.
The Tequila Alebrijes trademark was first registered on June 17, 2006 and was assigned to us by Human Brands, on September 13, 2018, pursuant to an assignment filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on September 25, 2018.
If our business plan is achieved, of which there can be no assurance, we anticipate that we will acquire other brands and their related trademarks, and other intellectual property.
As of the date of this Form 10-K, we had acquired one registered internet domain name, www.tequilaalebrijes.com.
Regulatory Environment
Federal, state, local, and foreign authorities regulate how we produce, store, transport, distribute, and sell our products. Some countries and local jurisdictions prohibit or restrict the marketing or sale of distilled spirits in whole or in part.
In the United States, at the federal level, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury regulates the spirits and wine industry with respect to the production, blending, bottling, labeling, sales, advertising, and transportation of beverage alcohol. Similar regulatory regimes exist at the state level and in most non-U.S. jurisdictions where we sell our products. In addition, beverage alcohol products are subject to customs duties or excise taxation in many countries, including taxation at the federal, state, and local level in the United States.
Mexican authorities regulate the production and bottling of tequilas; they mandate minimum aging periods for extra añejo (three years), añejo (one year), and reposado (two months) tequilas. Other beverage products that we may eventually become involved with have their own regulatory requirements as to production, labeling and other issues. We intend to comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
Accordingly, in the US we are subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, U.S. Customs Laws, Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Laws of all fifty states.
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau regulates the production, blending, bottling, sales and advertising and transportation of alcohol products. Also, each state regulates the advertising, promotion, transportation, sale and distribution of alcohol products within its jurisdiction. We are also required to conduct business in the U.S. only with holders of licenses to import, warehouse, transport, distribute and sell spirits.
We are subject to U.S. regulations on the advertising, marketing and sale of beverage alcohol. These regulations range from a complete prohibition of the marketing of alcohol in some countries to restrictions on the advertising style, media and messages used.
Labeling of spirits is also regulated in many markets, varying from health warning labels to importer identification, alcohol strength and other consumer information. All beverage alcohol products sold in the U.S. must include warning statements related to risks of drinking beverage alcohol products.
In the U.S. control states, the state liquor commissions act in place of distributors and decide which products are to be purchased and offered for sale in their respective states. Products are selected for purchase and sale through listing procedures which are generally made available to new products only at periodically scheduled listing interviews. Consumers may purchase products not selected for listings only through special orders, if at all.
The distribution of alcohol-based beverages is also subject to extensive federal and state taxation in the U.S. and internationally. Most foreign countries in which we expect to do business impose excise duties on wines and distilled spirits, although the form of such taxation varies from a simple application on units of alcohol by volume to intricate systems based on the imported or wholesale value of the product. Several countries impose additional import duty on distilled spirits, often discriminating between categories in the rate of such tariffs. Import and excise duties may have a significant effect on our sales, both through reducing the consumption of alcohol and through encouraging consumer switching into lower-taxed categories of alcohol.
We will be subject to import and export laws relating to the US and any country we either intend to sell products or import products for resale
We will be subject to foreign laws to the extent we operate in foreign markets.
Compliance costs will be a significant factor in our business. At least initially, we plan to use licensed third party Brand Management companies and licensed distributors to manage our brand and market our products.
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Funding Strategy
We anticipate that in order to achieve our marketing strategy for our Tequila Alebrijes brand and acquire and market other brands, we will be required to obtain significant capital from equity and debt sources. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain adequate additional capital as we need it or, even if it is available, that it will be on terms and conditions that are acceptable and commercially reasonable. We anticipate that we will issue shares of our capital stock to raise additional capital, to attract third party distribution networks, attempt to acquire interests in other brands and for employee compensation.
Properties
Currently, as we are building our lines of distributions and potentially acquiring other brands, we are operating out of the business office of Mark Scharmann, our sole officer and director. We do not anticipate that in the foreseeable future we will store products in our own facilities but will arrange for products to be shipped directly from the producer or supplier to ultimate distributor. Accordingly, we do not anticipate that, at least in the foreseeable future, we will be required to obtain warehouse facilities to store products. As our business grows, and as we hire employees and agents, we anticipate that we will require additional office facilities.
Currently, our inventory is stored in the facilities of the producer Autentica Tequilera, SA.De.CV, in Tequila Jalisco, Mexico. We intend for all or some of the inventory to be shipped to the US facilities of CCB, our Brand manager, or to the facilities of one of its affiliates.
Relationship with Human Brands
As described above, we acquired the Tequila Alebrijes brand from Human Brands for $50,000 cash and 3,500,000 shares of our common stock. As a result of such asset acquisition, on the acquisition date Human Brands owned approximately 52.4 % of our then-issued and outstanding shares of common stock. So as not to effect a change in control, Human Brands granted our President, Mark Scharmann, an Irrevocable Proxy to vote 300,000 of its shares of our common stock. We have since issued additional shares of our common stock to other individuals and HBI has transferred 296,154 of its shares to other shareholders, thereby reducing HBI’s ownership percentage to 44% (3,203,846 shares) as of the date of this filing. On May 24, 2019 the Company and proxy holder Mark Scharmann terminated the proxy and such proxy is of no further force or effect. HBI has full voting rights as to the 300,000 shares described in the proxy. No officer, director, shareholder, affiliate or agent of Human Brands is an officer or director of our company.
In October 2018 we entered into a non-exclusive Brand Management Agreement with CapCity Beverage, LLC which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Human Brands. The Brand Management Agreement expired in October 2020 and has not been extended or renewed as of the date of this report.
Employees
As of the date of this report, we have no employees. Subject to adequate financing and business needs we will retain employees, third party consultants, agents and other service providers on an as needed basis.
ITEM 1A | RISK FACTORS. |
Not Applicable. The Company is a “smaller reporting company.”
ITEM 1B | UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS. |
Not Applicable. The Company is a “smaller reporting company.”
ITEM 2 | PROPERTIES. |
We do not own any property. The principal offices are located at 1661 Lakeview Circle, Ogden, Utah 84403
ITEM 3 | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. |
The Company is currently not a party to any pending legal proceedings. As described in Notes to the Financial Statements, we have been notified that Auctus Fund, LLC has claimed a default under the promissory note we issued to Auctus in September 2018. Although we are attempting to resolve this issue with Auctus, there can be no assurance that Auctus will not commence a legal proceeding in connection with such claimed default.
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ITEM 4 | MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.
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PART II
ITEM 5 | MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES. |
The Company’s common stock is included on the OTC Pink Marketplace under the symbol “SRSG.” On March 26, 2021, the published closing price was $1.19 for the Company’s common stock on the OTC Pink Marketplace.
At December 31, 2020, there were approximately 40 holders of record of the Company’s common stock, as reported by the Company’s transfer agent. In computing the number of holders of record, each broker-dealer and clearing corporation holding shares on behalf of its customers is counted as a single stockholder.
The following represents trading ranges per quarter.
Quarter Ending3/31/2019High $2.84 Low $2.60
Quarter Ending 6/30/2019 High $ NA Low $ NA
Quarter Ending 9/30/2019High $ NA Low $ NA
Quarter Ending 12/31/2019High $2.35 Low $ 1.65
Quarter Ending3/31/2020High $ NA Low $ NA
Quarter Ending 6/30/2020 High $ NA Low $ NA
Quarter Ending 9/30/2020High $1.40 Low $1.37
Quarter Ending 12/31/2020High $ NA Low $ NA
No dividends have ever been paid on the Company’s securities, and the Company has no current plans to pay dividends in the foreseeable future.
Equity Compensation Plans
We do not have in effect any compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance and we do not have any outstanding stock options.
Transfer Agent
Colonial Stock Transfer Co., Inc., 66 Exchange Place, Suite 100, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, telephone (801) 355-5740, serves as the transfer agent and registrar for our stock.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
On August 29, 2019, the Company issued 50,000 shares of its common stock for legal services rendered to the Company totaling $15,000.
On November 21, 2019, the Company issued 30,000 shares of its common stock for the conversion of accrued interest and conversion fees totaling $12,600.
On December 10, 2019, the Company issued 5,000 shares of its Series D Preferred Stock for the conversion of accrued interest of $10,000. The Series D were valued by a qualified independent valuation firm at $.046 per share, or $228 for the 5,000 shares. Accordingly, the difference of $9,772 has been recorded as forgiveness of related party debt in additional paid-in capital.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
We have not adopted a stock repurchase plan and we did not purchase any shares of our equity securities during the 2020 fiscal year.
ITEM 6 | SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA. |
Not Applicable. The Company is a “smaller reporting company.”
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ITEM 7 | MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS. |
The following discussion is intended to assist in the understanding and assessment of significant changes and trends related to the results of operations and financial condition of Spirits Time International, Inc. for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
The Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on the Company’s 2020 audited financial statements addresses an uncertainty about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, indicating that the Company has incurred losses since its inception and has no on-going operations. The report further indicates that these factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. At December 31, 2020, the Company had a working capital deficit of $814,238 and a stockholders’ deficit of $539,238. The Company incurred net losses of $164,621 and $295,395 for its fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Our primary creditor has claimed a default under the Promissory Note we issued to such creditor. The Company has not entered into any agreements or arrangements for the provision of additional debt or equity financing and there can be no assurance that it will be able to obtain the additional debt or equity capital required to continue its operations.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of our financial statements and notes thereto requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts and disclosures reported within those financial statements. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, contingencies, litigation and income taxes. Management bases its estimates and judgments on historical experiences and on various other factors believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results under circumstances and conditions different than those assumed could result in differences from the estimated amounts in the financial statements. There have been no material changes to these policies during fiscal 2020 and 2019. As of December 31, 2020, the Company has not identified any critical estimates that are used in the preparation of the financial statements.
Liquidity and Capital Resources. As of December 31, 2020, we had cash of $342 and a negative working capital of $814,238. This compares with cash of $163 and negative working capital of $649,617 as of December 31, 2019.
Net cash used by operating activities totaled $40,371 for the year-ended December 31, 2020 consisting of a loss from operations of $164,621 which was offset by a change in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $97,901 and a change in accrued interest – related parties of $26,349. This compares with net cash used by operating activities totaled $103,761 for the year-ended December 31, 2019 consisting of a loss from operations of $295,395 which was offset by stock-based compensation of $15,000, amortization of debt discount of $17,812, loss on impairment of prepaid inventory of $69,530, a change in inventory of $66, a change in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $78,287 and a change in accrued interest – related parties of $10,939.
There were no investing activities for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
Net cash provided by financing activities totaled $40,550 for the year-ended December 31, 2020 consisting of proceeds from loans payable - related parties of $35,550 and proceeds from notes payable of $5,000. This compares with net cash used by financing activities totaled $17,815 for the year-ended December 31, 2019 consisting of proceeds from loans payable - related parties of $9,750, payments on loans payable – related parties of $17,565 and payments on notes payable of $10,000.
In September 2018, we obtained funds from the issuance of a Secured Promissory Note that is described in the Notes to the Financial Statements. Our net proceeds from that transaction have been used to repay outstanding debt, to fund the professional fees in connection with such transaction and the Asset Acquisition Transaction, for use in our beverage operations and for working capital.
As described in Notes to the Financial Statements, the lender under the Secured Promissory Note has notified us of a claimed default under the Note. The Note is secured by all of the assets of the Company. We currently do not have cash available to repay the Note and there is no assurance that we will ever have liquid assets necessary to repay the Note.
We must secure additional funds in order to continue our business. There is no guarantee we will receive the required financing to complete our business strategies; we cannot provide any assurance that future financing will be available to us on acceptable terms. If financing is not available on satisfactory terms, we may be unable to continue, develop or expand our operations. If we are unable to accomplish raising adequate funds then any it would be likely that any investment made into the Company would be lost in its entirety.
Results of Operations. We did not have revenue for either the year-ended December 31, 2020 or 2019. For the year-ended December 31, 2020, we incurred professional fees of $47,740. For the year-ended December 31, 2019, we incurred professional fees of $111,654, which includes stock-based compensation of $15,000. The decrease in professional fees is mainly the result of legal and accounting fees incurred during the year ended December 31, 2019 associated with the Asset Acquisition described in ITEM 1 above and the convertible promissory note
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described in the Notes to the Financial Statements below. For the year-ended December 31, 2020, we incurred $9,096 of administrative expenses compared to $26,199 for the year-ended December 31, 2019. The decrease in administrative expenses is due primarily to significant marketing and travel fees incurred during the year ended December 31, 2019 related to the Asset Acquisition. For the year-ended December 31, 2020 we incurred interest expense of $107,785. For the year-ended December 31, 2019 we recorded an impairment loss on prepaid inventory of $69,530 and we incurred interest expense of $88,012 which includes the amortization of debt discount of $17,812.
As a result of the foregoing, we incurred a loss of $164,621 for the year-ended December 31, 2020 compared to a loss of $295,395 for the year-ended December 31, 2019. Since incorporation we have incurred a loss of $1,488,654.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. None
Contractual Obligations. None
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
We have reviewed accounting pronouncements issued during the past two years and have adopted any that are applicable to our company. We have determined that none had a material impact on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
ITEM 7A | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK. |
Not Applicable. The Company is a “smaller reporting company.”
ITEM 8 | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA. |
Our financial statements appear beginning on page F-19, immediately following the signature page of this report.
ITEM 9 | CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE. |
None
ITEM 9A | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of December 31, 2020, these disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective to ensure that all information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is: (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rule and forms; and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and effected by our Board of Directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Our evaluation of internal control over financial reporting includes using the COSO framework, an integrated framework for the evaluation of internal controls issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013), to identify the risks and control objectives related to the evaluation of our control environment.
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Our management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Based on our evaluation, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was ineffective for both of our fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019. A material weakness in internal control over financial reporting is defined by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s Audit Standard No. 5 as a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those responsible for oversight of our financial reporting. Management has determined that our lack of segregation of duties constitutes a material weakness, as our sole officer, director, and employee is the same person. Due to the size and operations of the Company, we are unable to remediate this deficiency until we acquire or merge with another company, or have sufficient resources to hire additional personnel.
This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation requirements by the company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the company to provide only management’s report in this annual report.
Internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives because of its inherent limitations, including the possibility of human error and circumvention by collusion or overriding of controls. Accordingly, even an effective internal control system may not prevent or detect material misstatements on a timely basis. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Changes in Internal Controls
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 that have materially affected, or are reasonable likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 9B | OTHER INFORMATION.
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PART III
ITEM 10 | DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE. |
Spirits Time International, Inc.’s executive officer and director and his respective age as of December 31, 2020 are as follows:
Directors:
| Name of Director | Age |
| Mark A. Scharmann | 62 |
Executive Officers:
| Name of Director | Age |
| Mark A. Scharmann | 62 |
The term of office for each director is one year, or until the next annual meeting of the shareholders.
Biographical Information
Set forth below is a brief description of the background and business experience of our executive officer and director for the past five years
Mark A. Scharmann – President and Director – For the past several years Mr. Scharmann has been a private investor in residential real estate and private and public companies. Mr. Scharmann became interested in investing in emerging growth companies in December 1979 while attending Weber State College. He compiled and edited a publication titled Digest of Stocks Listed on the Intermountain Stock Exchange (Library of Congress Cat. No. 80-82407). In 1981, he compiled and edited an industry directory called the OTC Penny Stock Digest (Library of Congress Cat. No. 80-82471). For the past several years Mr. Scharmann has also consulted with both public and privately held companies relating to management, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, capital market access, and introductions to investor relations groups. In addition to being an officer and director of the Company, Mr. Scharmann is an officer and director of Bioethics, LTD., a shell company listed on the OTC Markets under the symbol (“BOTH”). He is an officer of Roycemore Corporation, a private firm specializing in the development and acquisition of self-storage facilities. Mr. Scharmann is a co-founder of wffl.com and wasatchbasketballleague.com, both youth sports information web sites. He graduated from Weber State University, Ogden, UT in 1997 with a Bachelors of Integrated Studies Degree in Business, Psychology and Health Education.
Spirits Time International, Inc.’s Officer and sole Director has not been involved, during the past five years, in any bankruptcy, conviction or criminal proceedings; has not been subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed or suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities; and has not been found by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Commission or the Commodity Futures trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law.
Significant Employees. We do not employ any non-officers who are expected to make a significant contribution to its business.
Corporate Governance
Nominating Committee. We have not established a Nominating Committee because of our limited operations; and because we have only one director and officer, we believe that we are able to effectively manage the issues normally considered by a Nominating Committee.
Audit Committee. We have not established an Audit Committee because of our limited operations; and because we have only one director and officer, we believe that we are able to effectively manage the issues normally considered by an Audit Committee.
Code of Ethics. We have adopted a Code of Ethics for our principal executive and financial officers. Our Code of Ethics is filed as an Exhibit to our registration statement filed on May 30, 2008.
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ITEM 11 | EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION. |
Summary Compensation Table
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Officer and Director | 2020 | - | - | - |
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There has been no cash payment paid to the executive officer for services rendered in all capacities to us for the periods ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. There has been no compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to the executive officer by any person for services rendered in all capacities to us for the fiscal periods ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. No compensation is anticipated within the next six months to any officer or director of the Company.
Stock Option Grants
We did not grant any stock options to the executive officer during the most recent fiscal period ended December 31, 2020. We have also not granted any stock options to the executive officer of the Company.
ITEM 12 | SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS. |
The following table provides the name of each person or entity known to Spirits Time International, Inc. to own more than 5% of the outstanding common stock as of December 31, 2020, and by the Officers and Directors, individually and as a group. Except as otherwise indicated, all shares are owned directly.
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Common | Mark A. Scharmann, President and Director |
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ITEM 13 | CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE. |
During the year ended December 31, 2020, related parties of the Company loaned a total of $35,550 to the Company in order to pay for expenses and continue the reporting requirements with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The balance due to these related parties was $235,963 plus accrued interest of $78,881 as of December 31, 2020.
Beginning August 2017, the Company entered into an oral agreement to pay the Company’s sole director $500 per month as payment for use of his personal residence as the Company’s office and mailing address.
Our board of directors consists of one person: Mark Scharmann. Our sole director is not “independent” within the meaning of Rule 5605(a)(3) of the NASDAQ Marketplace because he is an officer of the Company.
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ITEM 14 | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES. |
The amounts paid to our independent auditing firm for each of the past two calendar years are as follows:
2020 2019
Auditing $13,500$14,500
Audit-related services - -
Tax services - -
Other services[2]____ -____ _____-___
Total $13,500$14,500
PART IV
ITEM 15 | EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
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(a) | The following documents have been filed as a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | F-1 | |||
Balance Sheets | F-3 | |||
Statements of Operations | F-4 | |||
Statements of Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) | F-5 | |||
Statements of Cash Flows | F-6 | |||
Notes to Financial Statements | F-7-13 |
2. | Financial Statement Schedules. |
All schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or not required or because the required information is included in the Financial Statements or the Notes thereto.
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3. | Exhibits. |
The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Annual Report:
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| Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer |
| This Filing |
32.1 |
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| Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer |
| This Filing |
101.INS(2) |
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101.SCH(2) |
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101.CAL(2) |
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101.DEF(2) |
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(1)Incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3(i) and 3(ii) of the Company’ 2003 Form 10-KSB report, filed March 30, 2004.
(2)XBRL information is furnished and not filed for purposes of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is not subject to liability under those sections, is not part of any registration statement or prospectus to which it relates and is not incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into any registration statement, prospectus or other document.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Spirits Time International, Inc.
Ogden, UT
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Spirits Time International, Inc. (the Company) as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Consideration of the Company's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has suffered recurring losses since inception, has a working capital deficit, and has not achieved profitable operations, which raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are described in Note 5. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
Going Concern – Disclosure
The financial statements of the Company are prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes that the Company will continue in operation for the foreseeable future and, accordingly, will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of operations. As noted in “Going Concern Considerations” above, the Company has a history of recurring net losses, a significant accumulated deficit and currently has net working capital deficit. The Company has contractual obligations such as commitments for repayments of accounts and notes payable and accrued interest (collectively “obligations”). Currently management’s forecasts and related assumptions illustrate their ability to meet the obligations through management of expenditures, obtaining additional financing through loans from related and unrelated parties, and private placements of capital stock for additional funding to meet its operating needs. Should there be constraints on the ability to access financing through stock issuances, the Company will continue to manage cash outflows and meet the obligations through related and unrelated party loans.
We identified management’s assessment of the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern as a critical audit matter. Management made judgments to conclude that it is probable that the Company’s plans will be effectively implemented and will
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provide the necessary cash flows to fund the Company’s obligations as they become due. Specifically, the judgments with the highest degree of impact and subjectivity in determining it is probable that the Company’s plans will be effectively implemented include its ability to manage expenditures, its access funding from the capital market, and obtain loans from related and unrelated parties. Auditing the judgments made by management required a high degree of auditor judgment and an increased extent of audit effort.
Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the financial statements. These procedures included the following, among others: (i) evaluating the probability that the Company will be able to access funding from the capital market; (ii) evaluating the probability that the Company will be able to manage expenditures, and (iii) evaluating the probability that the Company will be able to obtain loans from related and unrelated parties.
/s/ Pinnacle Accountancy Group of Utah
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2018.
Pinnacle Accountancy Group of Utah
(a dba of Heaton & Co., PLLC)
Farmington, Utah
April 14, 2021
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|
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Intangible assets |
|
|
|
| 275,000 |
| 275,000 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL ASSETS |
|
|
|
| $ 355,746 |
| $ 355,567 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT) | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Accounts payable |
|
|
|
| $ 129,066 |
| $ 112,600 | |
| Accrued interest |
|
|
|
| 116,074 |
| 34,639 | |
| Accrued interest - related parties |
|
|
|
| 78,881 |
| 52,532 | |
| Loans payable - related parties |
|
|
|
| 180,963 |
| 145,413 | |
| Convertible notes payable - related parties |
|
|
| 55,000 |
| 55,000 | ||
| Convertible note payable |
|
|
|
| 290,000 |
| 290,000 | |
| Notes payable |
|
|
|
| 45,000 |
| 40,000 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total Current Liabilities |
|
|
|
| 894,984 |
| 730,184 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
| 894,984 |
| 730,184 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 10) |
|
|
| - |
| - | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized Preferred stock designated, Series D, $0.001 par value, 50,000 shares authorized, 5,000 shares issued and outstanding |
|
|
|
| 5 |
| 5 | |
| Common stock, $0.001 par value; 140,000,000 shares authorized, 7,361,005 shares issued and outstanding |
|
|
| 7,361 |
| 7,361 | ||
| Additional paid-in capital |
|
|
|
| 942,050 |
| 942,050 | |
| Accumulated deficit |
|
|
|
| (1,488,654) |
| (1,324,033) | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) |
|
|
|
| (539,238) |
| (374,617) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT) |
| $ 355,746 |
| $ 355,567 |
F-3
SPIRITS TIME INTERNATIONAL, INC. | |||||||||
Statements of Operations | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| For the Years Ended | ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
| December 31, | ||
|
|
|
|
|
| 2020 |
| 2019 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET REVENUES |
|
|
|
| $ - |
| $ - | ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING EXPENSES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Professional fees |
|
|
|
| 47,740 |
| 111,654 | |
| Selling, general and administrative |
|
|
|
| 9,096 |
| 26,199 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total Operating Expenses |
|
|
|
| 56,836 |
| 137,853 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS |
|
|
|
| (56,836) |
| (137,853) | ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Impairment loss on prepaid inventory |
|
|
|
| - |
| (69,530) | |
| Interest expense |
|
|
|
| (107,785) |
| (88,012) | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total Other Income (Expenses) |
|
|
|
| (107,785) |
| (157,542) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES |
|
|
|
| (164,621) |
| (295,395) | ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES |
|
|
|
| - |
| - | ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET LOSS |
|
|
|
| $ (164,621) |
| $ (295,395) | ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET LOSS PER SHARE - BASIC AND DILUTED |
|
|
| $ (0.02) |
| $ (0.04) | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
SHARES OUTSTANDING - BASIC AND DILUTED |
|
|
| 7,361,005 |
| 7,301,279 | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited financial statements. |
F-4
SPIRITS TIME INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||||||||||||||
Statements of Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) | ||||||||||||||
For the Period January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional |
|
|
| Total |
|
| Preferred Stock |
| Common Stock |
| Paid-In |
| Accumulated |
| Stockholders' | ||||
| Shares |
| Amount |
| Shares |
| Amount |
| Capital |
| Deficit |
| Equity (Deficit) | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, January 1, 2019 |
| - |
| - |
| 7,281,005 |
| 7,281 |
| 684,537 |
| (1,028,638) |
| (336,820) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock issued for services |
| - |
| - |
| 50,000 |
| 50 |
| 14,950 |
| - |
| 15,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of debt premium |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| 219,998 |
| - |
| 219,998 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock issued for conversion of debt |
| - |
| - |
| 30,000 |
| 30 |
| 12,570 |
| - |
| 12,600 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred stock issued for conversion |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
of related party debt |
| 5,000 |
| 5 |
| - |
| - |
| 223 |
| - |
| 228 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forgiveness of related party debt |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| 9,772 |
| - |
| 9,772 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss for the year ended |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2019 |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| (295,395) |
| (295,395) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, December 31, 2019 |
| 5,000 |
| 5 |
| 7,361,005 |
| 7,361 |
| 942,050 |
| (1,324,033) |
| (374,617) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss for the year ended |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2020 |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| (164,621) |
| (164,621) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, December 31, 2020 |
| 5,000 |
| $ 5 |
| 7,361,005 |
| $ 7,361 |
| $ 942,050 |
| $ (1,488,654) |
| $ (539,238) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited financial statements. |
F-5
SPIRITS TIME INTERNATIONAL, INC. | |||||||||
Statements of Cash Flows | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| For the Years Ended | ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
| December 31, | ||
|
|
|
|
|
| 2020 |
| 2019 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
|
|
| $ (164,621) |
| $ (295,395) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash |
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
used by operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
| Stock based compensation |
|
|
|
| - |
| 15,000 | |
| Amortization of debt discount |
|
|
|
| - |
| 17,812 | |
| Impairment loss on prepaid inventory |
|
|
|
| - |
| 69,530 | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
| Inventory |
|
|
|
| - |
| 66 | |
| Accounts payable and accrued interest |
|
|
|
| 97,901 |
| 78,287 | |
| Accrued interest - related parties |
|
|
|
| 26,349 |
| 10,939 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Net Cash Used by Operating Activities |
|
|
| (40,371) |
| (103,761) | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
| - |
| - | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Proceeds from notes payable |
|
|
|
| 5,000 |
| - | |
| Payments on notes payable |
|
|
|
| - |
| (10,000) | |
| Payments on loans payable - related parties |
|
|
| - |
| (17,565) | ||
| Proceeds from loans payable - related parties |
|
|
| 35,550 |
| 9,750 | ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Net Cash Provided (Used) by Financing Activities |
|
|
| 40,550 |
| (17,815) | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
|
| 179 |
| (121,576) | ||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD |
| 163 |
| 121,739 | |||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD |
|
|
| $ 342 |
| $ 163 | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cash paid for interest |
|
|
|
| $ - |
| $ 30,619 | |
| Cash paid for income taxes |
|
|
|
| $ - |
| $ - | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Non-cash investing and financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
|
| Amortization to additional paid-in capital of premium on |
|
|
|
|
| ||
|
| convertible note payable |
|
|
|
| $ - |
| $ 219,998 |
|
| Common stock issued for the conversion of debt |
|
|
| $ - |
| $ 12,600 | |
|
| Preferred stock issued for the conversion of related party debt |
| $ - |
| $ 228 | |||
|
| Forgiveness of related party debt |
|
|
|
| $ - |
| $ 9,772 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited financial statements. |
F-6
SPIRITS TIME INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Notes to the Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION
Spirits Time International, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated on October 18, 2005 under the laws of the State of Nevada. The Company was formed under the name of Sears Oil and Gas Corporation (“SRSG”), but effective October 22, 2018, our name was changed to Spirits Time International, Inc. to reflect our new business direction. In addition to the change of the Company’s name, the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation were amended to: increase the number of shares of common stock authorized from 100,000,000 to 140,000,000; authorize a class of preferred stock consisting of 20,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value preferred stock issuable in such series and with such characteristics as determined appropriate by the Board of Directors.
NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Loss Per Share - The computations of basic loss per share of common stock are based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the periods presented. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had warrants outstanding that are exercisable into 42,857 shares of common stock, and convertible debt outstanding that is convertible into 219,383 shares of common stock. The common stock issuable from the warrants and convertible debt was not included, as it would be anti-dilutive due to continuing losses.
Year Ended | Loss (Numerator) | Shares (Denominator) | Per Share Amount |
December 31, 2020 | $ (164,621) | 7,361,005 | $ (0.02) |
December 31, 2019 | $ (295,395) | 7,301,279 | $ (0.04) |
Estimates - 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 and 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.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments - The Company follows FASB ASC 820-10-50, “Fair Value Measurements.” This guidance defines fair value, establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement and enhances disclosure requirements for fair value measures. The three levels are defined as follows:
Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.
Level 3 inputs to valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair measurement.
The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for the cash and cash equivalents, inventory and current liabilities each qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest.
Recently-Issued Pronouncements - We have reviewed accounting pronouncements issued during the past two years and have adopted any that are applicable to our company. We have determined that none had a material impact on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
Long-lived Assets - The Company’s long lived assets are recorded at its cost. The Company continually monitors events and changes in circumstances that could indicate carrying amounts of long-lived assets may not be recoverable. When such events or changes in circumstances are present, the Company assesses the recoverability of long-lived assets by determining whether the carrying value of such assets will be recovered through undiscounted expected future cash flows. If the total of the future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of those assets, the Company recognizes an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or the fair value less costs to sell.
Concentration of Risk - Cash - The Company at times may maintain a cash balance in excess of insured limits. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company has no cash in excess of insured limits.
Revenue Recognition - The Company will determine its revenue recognition policy in accordance with ASC 606 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” when it commences revenue-generating operations.
F-7
SPIRITS TIME INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Notes to the Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
Cash and Cash Equivalents - For purposes of the Statement of Cash Flows, the Company considers all highly liquid instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents to the extent the funds are not being held for investment purposes.
Inventory - Inventory consists of bottled tequila acquired in the acquisition of the Tequila Alebrijes products and intangibles (Note 3), and is held by a third-party tequila production warehouse in Tequila Jalisco, Mexico. Inventory is stated at lower of cost or net realizable value, with cost being determined on the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had finished goods inventory on-hand totaling $80,404. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had not received all the inventory acquired in the acquisition and therefore recorded an impairment loss on prepaid inventory of $69,530 due to the unlikelihood of ever receiving the inventory.
Intangibles - The Company accounts for intangible assets in accordance with ASC 350 “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other” (“ASC 350”). ASC 350 requires that goodwill and other intangibles with indefinite lives be tested for impairment annually or on an interim basis if events or circumstances indicate that the fair value of an asset has decreased below its carrying value. The cost of intangible assets with determinable useful lives is amortized to reflect the pattern of economic benefits consumed, either on a straight-line or accelerated basis over the estimated periods benefited. Patents, technology and other intangibles with contractual terms are generally amortized over their respective legal or contractual lives. When certain events or changes in operating conditions occur, an impairment assessment is performed and lives of intangible assets with determinable lives may be adjusted.
No impairment was noted on the Tequila Alebrijes brand name and property rights (indefinite-lived intangible assets) during the year ended December 31, 2020 (Note 3).
NOTE 3 – ACQUSITION OF ASSETS
On September 28, 2018 (the “Acquisition Date”), the Company completed an asset acquisition (the “Asset Acquisition Transaction”) with Human Brands International, Inc., a privately-held Nevada corporation ("HBI"). Pursuant to the Asset Acquisition Transaction, the Company acquired from HBI certain assets of HBI (the “Assets”) in exchange for 3,500,000 shares of common stock of the Company valued at $375,000, and $50,000 in cash, for total purchase price of $425,000 (the "Acquisition"). The Assets acquired were 12,000 bottles of Tequila Alebrijes products (the “Inventory”) and the brand name and property rights (the “Intangibles”). Of the total $425,000 purchase price, $150,000 was allocated to the Inventory based on the tequila bottles’ invoiced fair market value on the Acquisition Date ($80,470 to finished goods inventory on hand on the Acquisition Date and $69,530 to Prepaid Inventory deliverable to the Company by HBI), with the remaining $275,000 allocated to the Intangibles. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had not received all the inventory acquired in the acquisition and recorded an impairment on prepaid inventory of $69,530. The Company has determined that no impairment of the other intangible assets is necessary as of December 31, 2020 or December 31, 2019, as the Company plans to commence sale and shipment of the Inventory utilizing the Tequila Alebrijes branding and property rights.
On the Acquisition Date, the 3,500,000 shares represented 52.4% of the Company’s then-issued and outstanding common stock. So as not to effect a change in control, HBI granted the Company’s President, Mark Scharmann, an Irrevocable Proxy to vote 300,000 of its shares of the Company’s common stock. We have since issued additional shares of our common stock to other individuals and HBI has transferred 296,154 of its shares to another other shareholders, thereby reducing HBI’s ownership percentage to 44% (3,203,846 shares) as of the date of this filing. On May 24, 2019, the Company and proxy holder Mark Scharmann terminated the proxy and such proxy is of no further force or effect. HBI has full voting rights as to the 300,000 shares described in the proxy.
The Company did not acquire any ongoing operation of or substantive processes from HBI. The Company did not merge with or acquire an equity interest in HBI. The Company made no changes in its officers or directors. The Company did not hire any employees of HBI. The transaction was essentially the acquisition of certain rights to distribute, rights to use a brand, and a limited amount of inventory. The Company intends to either assign the acquired assets to a third party for a royalty, or contract with one or more other entities to market products under the Tequila Alebrijes brand on behalf of the Company. As such, the transaction was deemed an asset purchase, with the Assets recorded at their fair market value on the Acquisition date. As a result of the Acquisition, the Company was no longer considered to be a shell company.
NOTE 4 - INCOME TAXES
Income Taxes - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued FASB ASC 740-10, which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise's financial statements. This standard requires a company to determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained will be sustained upon examination based upon the technical merits of the position. If the more-likely-than- not threshold is met, a company must measure the tax position to determine the amount to recognize in the financial statements. As a result of the implementation of this standard, the Company performed a review of its material tax positions in accordance with recognition and measurement standards established by FASB ASC 740-10.
F-8
SPIRITS TIME INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Notes to the Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
Deferred taxes are provided on a liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax basis. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.
At December 31, 2020 the Company had net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $1,488,700 that may be offset against future taxable income. No tax benefits have been reported in the financial statements, because the potential tax benefits of the net operating loss carry forwards are offset by a valuation allowance of the same amount.
Due to the change in ownership provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, net operating loss carryforwards for Federal income tax reporting purposes are subject to annual limitations. Should a change in ownership occur, net operating loss carryforwards may be limited as to use in the future.
The Company has evaluated Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 regarding the impact of the decreased tax rates of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act. The schedules below reflect the Federal tax provision, deferred tax asset and valuation allowance using the new rates adjusted in the period of enactment.
Net deferred tax assets consist of the following components as of December 31, 2020 and 2019:
2020 |
| 2019 | |
Deferred tax assets: |
|
|
|
NOL Carryover | $ 313,000 |
| $ 278,000 |
Valuation allowance | (313,000) |
| (278,000) |
Net deferred tax asset | $ - |
| $ - |
The income tax provision differs from the amount of income tax determined by applying the U.S. federal income tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 due to the following:
2020 |
| 2019 | |
Current Federal Tax (21%) | $ 35,000 |
| $ 62,000 |
Change in valuation allowance | (35,000) |
| (62,000) |
| $ - |
| $ - |
At December 31, 2020, the Company had no unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate.
The Company did not have any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly increase or decrease within the next 12 months.
The Company includes interest and penalties arising from the underpayment of income taxes in the statements of operations in the provision for income taxes. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had no accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions.
The tax years that remain subject to examination by major taxing jurisdictions are those for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018.
NOTE 5 - GOING CONCERN
The Company’s financial statements are prepared using accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America applicable to a going concern which contemplates the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has had no revenues and has generated losses from operations. The Company has not yet established an ongoing source of revenues sufficient to cover its operating costs, which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. The continuance of the Company as a going concern is dependent on the Company obtaining adequate capital to fund operating losses until it becomes profitable. If the Company is unable to obtain adequate capital, it could be forced to cease operations.
In order to continue as a going concern, the Company will need, among other things, additional capital resources. Management's plan is to obtain such resources for the Company by obtaining capital from management and significant shareholders sufficient to meet its minimal
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SPIRITS TIME INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Notes to the Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
operating expenses and seeking equity and/or debt financing. However management cannot provide any assurances that the Company will be successful in accomplishing any of its plans.
The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to successfully accomplish the plans described in the preceding paragraph and eventually secure other sources of financing and attain profitable operations.
In addition, the extent of the impact of the coronavirus ("COVID‐19") outbreak on the financial performance of the Company will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the outbreak and related advisories and restrictions, and the impact of COVID‐19 on the overall economy, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted. If the overall economy is impacted for an extended period, the Company’s future operating results may be materially adversely affected.
The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that may be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.
NOTE 6 –RELATED PARTY LOANS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS
During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the sole officer and director of the Company and another affiliated shareholder made loans to the Company in order to pay for expenses and continue the reporting requirements with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These loans accrue interest at the rate of 12% per annum, are due on demand and are not convertible into common stock of the Company.
During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, these related parties loaned a total of $35,550 and $9,750, respectively, to the Company. Also, during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the loans incurred interest expense totaling $19,750 and $12,354, respectively, and interest in the amount of $-0- and $13,936, respectively, was paid. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the balance due to these related parties for these loans was principal of $180,963 and $145,413, respectively, and accrued interest of $44,200 and $18,530, respectively.
Beginning August 2017, the Company entered into an oral agreement to pay the Company’s sole director $500 per month as payment for use of his personal residence as the Company’s office and mailing address. The Company has paid and recorded rent expense of $6,000 during each of the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 which is included in the selling, general and administrative expenses on the statements of operations.
The Company has entered into a Brand Management Agreement as detailed in Note 10 with an entity that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of one of the Company's significant shareholders.
NOTE 7 – CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTES / RELATED AND NON-RELATED PARTIES
The Company has a collateralized convertible debt obligation with an unaffiliated entity outstanding at December 31, 2020 and 2019 as follows:
Note (A) |
| Principal |
| Less Debt Discount |
| Plus Premium |
| Net Note Balance |
| Accrued Interest |
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December 31, 2020 |
| $ 290,000 (1) |
| $ - |
| $ - |
| $ 290,000 |
| $ 107,266 |
December 31, 2019 |
| $ 290,000 (1) |
| $ - |
| $ - |
| $ 290,000 |
| $ 27,596 |
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(1) Collateralized by the Company’s assets, including accounts receivable, cash and equivalents, inventory, property, equipment, intangibles. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company’s assets consisted of cash and equivalents of $342 and $163 (respectively), inventory of $80,404, and intangible assets of $275,000, for total carrying value of $355,746 and $355,567 (respectively).
(A) On September 24, 2018 (the “Date of Issuance”) the Company issued a convertible promissory note (the “Note”) with a face value of $300,000, maturing on September 24, 2019, and a stated interest of 10% to a third-party investor. The default interest rate of 24% has been in effect since the September 24, 2019 maturity date lapsed. The note is convertible at any time after 1 month of the funding of the note into a variable number of the Company's common stock, based on a conversion rate of 50% of the lowest trading price for the 25 days prior to conversion. The note was funded on September 28, 2018, whereby the Company received proceeds of $276,250, after disbursements for the lender's transaction costs, fees and expenses which in aggregate resulted in a total discount of $23,750 to be amortized to interest expense over the life of the note. Additionally, the note’s variable conversion rate component requires that the note be valued at its stock redemption value (i.e., “if-converted” value) pursuant to ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, with the excess over the note’s undiscounted face value being deemed a premium to be added to the principal balance and amortized to additional paid-in capital over the life of the note. As such, the Company recorded a premium on the note of $299,998 as a reduction to additional paid-in capital based on a discounted “if-converted” rate of $1.825 per share (50% of the lowest trading price during the 25 days preceding the note's issuance), which computed to 164,383 shares of ‘if-converted’ common stock with a redemption value of $599,998 due to $3.65 per share fair market value of the Company's stock on the note's date of issuance
. Debt discount amortization is recorded as interest expense, while debt premium amortization is recorded as an increase to additional paid-in capital. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company recorded $80,000 of premium amortization to additional paid-in capital, and amortization of debt discount of $5,938. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded $219,998 of premium amortization to additional paid-in capital, and amortization of debt discount of $17,812. This note is currently in default (Note 10).
Along with the Note, on the Date of Issuance the Company issued 42,857 Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the “Warrants”), exercisable immediately at a fixed exercise price of $3.50 with an expiration date of September 24, 2023. The Company has determined that the Warrants are exempt from derivative accounting and were valued at $86,750 on the Date of Inception using the Black Scholes Options Pricing Model. Assumptions used for the Black Scholes Options Pricing Model include (1) stock price of $3.65 per share, (2) exercise price of $3.50 per share, (3) expected term of 5 years, (4) expected volatility of 3.87% and (5) risk free interest rate of 2.96%. The note proceeds of $300,000 were then allocated between the fair value of the promissory note ($300,000) and the Warrants ($86,750), resulting in a debt discount of $67,292. As the warrants are exercisable immediately, this debt discount was amortized in its entirety to interest expense on the Date of Issuance.
During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company paid $10,000 towards principal on the Note, and $12,350 of accrued interest and $250 in conversion fees ($12,600 total) was converted into 30,000 shares of common stock.
In March 2014, the Company issued a $40,000 convertible promissory note to the sole officer and director of the Company and a $15,000 convertible promissory note to another affiliated shareholder (the “Convertible Notes”). The Convertible Notes had a term of one year expiring March 2015, and are now payable on demand, and accrue interest at the rate of 12% per annum. The holders of the Convertible Notes, may, at their option, convert all or any portion of the outstanding principal balance of, and all accrued interest on the Convertible Notes into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a conversion rate of $1.00 per share. For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 additional interest accrued on these Notes in the amount of $6,600 and $6,600, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2019, $10,000 of accrued interest was converted into 5,000 shares of Preferred Stock valued at $228, resulting in a $9,772 gain being recorded as forgiveness of related party debt in additional paid-in capital (Note 11). No principal or interest has been paid on these Notes. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the balance due to these related parties for these Notes was principal of $55,000 and $55,000, respectively, and accrued interest of $34,681 and $28,081, respectively. (See Note 8)
NOTE 8 – CONVERTIBLE NOTES AND LOANS PAYABLE – RELATED PARTIES
Convertible notes and loans payable – related parties consisted of the following: |
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| December 31, 2020 |
| December 31, 2019 | |
Loans payable to related parties, interest at 12% per annum, due on demand |
| 180,963 |
| 145,413 |
Convertible notes payable to related parties, interest at 12% per annum, due on March 7, 2015 (in default), convertible into common stock at $1.00 per share |
| 55,000 |
| 55,000 |
Total Convertible Notes and Loans Payable – Related Parties |
| 235,963 |
| 200,413 |
Less: Current Portion |
| (235,963) |
| (200,413) |
Long-Term Convertible Notes and Loans Payable – Related Parties |
| $- |
| $- |
Accrued interest on the convertible notes and loans payable, related parties was $78,881 and $52,532 at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company did not record beneficial conversion feature elements on the related party convertible debt due to the conversion rate of $1.00 per share being greater than the fair market value of the underlying shares on the date of issuance.
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SPIRITS TIME INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Notes to the Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
NOTE 9 – NOTES PAYABLE
Notes payable consisted of the following:
| December 31, 2020 |
| December 31, 2019 | |
Note payable to an unrelated individual, interest at 12% per annum, issued August 1, 2018 due November 15, 2018 (in default), unsecured |
| $ 10,000 |
| $ 10,000 |
Note payable to an unrelated individual, interest at 12% per annum, issued December 31, 2018 due December 31, 2019, unsecured |
| 30,000 |
| 30,000 |
Note payable to an unrelated individual, interest at 12% per annum, issued May 1, 2020 due May 1, 2021, unsecured |
| 5,000 |
| - |
Total Notes Payable |
| 45,000 |
| 40,000 |
Less: Current Portion |
| (45,000) |
| (40,000) |
Long-Term Notes Payable |
| $ - |
| $ - |
Accrued interest and interest expense for these Notes as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 totaled $8,808 and $5,191, respectively. Accrued interest and interest expense for these Notes as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019 totaled $4,700 and $4,200, respectively.
NOTE 10 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Brand Management Agreement
On October 29, 2018, the Company entered into a non-exclusive brand management agreement (“Brand Management Agreement”) with CapCity Beverage, LLC, (“CCB”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Human Brands International, Inc. (a significant shareholder of the Company). Pursuant to the Agreement, CCB has been appointed as a non-exclusive Brand Manager of the Company’s Tequila Alebrijes brand. CCB intends to perform certain services for the Company in connection with the planning, launch, creation, branding, market research, advertising, marketing, consulting, creative and/or digital services and sales for the Brand, the Company’s Tequila Alebrijes product and the Company. CCB will receive 10% of the gross revenue received from the sale of the products marketed under the Brand Management Agreement.
The Brand Management Agreement was for a term of two years. The Brand Management Agreement expired in October 2020. As of the date of this report, the Brand Management Agreement has not resulted in the sale of any of the Company’s product. The Brand Management Agreement expired in October 2020 and has not been extended or renewed as of the date of this report. The Company anticipates that the agreement will be modified if the Company pursues renewal, and will seek other product market alternatives.
Promissory Note Default
On April 25, 2019, the Company received a demand letter from Auctus’s legal counsel that stated, among other things, that the Company has defaulted on the Auctus Note. The demand letter further stated that as a result of such breaches and the default remedy provisions of the Auctus Note set forth therein, as of April 25, 2019, the Company, owed Auctus at least $490,767 calculated as follows:
Outstanding principal of $300,000 + accrued interest of $12,178 + $15,000 liquidated damages relating back to the Auctus Note issuance date for breach of Section 3.1 + 50% liquidated damages of $163,589 for default under Sections other than Section 3.2.
We have communicated with Auctus regarding these matters and are under advisement from our legal counsel that, although we have defaulted on the Auctus Note and as such are accruing the default interest of 24% as stated within the Auctus Note, we are not otherwise in breach of the Auctus Note. We are unable to predict whether we will be able to enter into a workable resolution with Auctus. If not, Auctus could commence collection action against the Company and seek to foreclose on our assets and seek other remedies. We and our legal counsel believe the likelihood of this action is remote, and therefore have not accrued for any potential damages at December 31, 2020.
NOTE 11 – EQUITY TRANSACTIONS
Common Stock
The Company has authorized 140,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001, and had 7,361,005 common shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020 and 2019.
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SPIRITS TIME INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Notes to the Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
On August 29, 2019, the Company issued 50,000 shares of its common stock for legal services rendered to the Company totaling $15,000.
On November 21, 2019, the Company issued 30,000 shares of its common stock for the conversion of accrued interest on convertible notes payable and conversion fees totaling $12,600 (Note 7).
Preferred Stock
The Company has authorized 20,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock with no shares designated, issued, or outstanding prior to December 2019. On December 10, 2019, the Company designated 50,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock (“Series D”) with par value of $0.001. Each share of Series D participates in dividends and liquidation equal to common stock, is convertible into common stock at the option of the holder on a one-for-one basis, and carries 10,000 common votes on any matter submitted to common stockholder vote.
Also on December 10, 2019, the Company issued 5,000 shares of its Series D Preferred Stock for the conversion of related party accrued interest of $10,000. The Series D were valued at $.046 per share by an independent, qualified valuation firm in accordance with the fair value standard set forth in ASC 820-10-35-37, “Fair Value Measurement” (the “Valuation”). The Valuation was performed using a complex market approach and option pricing model allocation methodology, which took into account various factors and inputs to allocate a control premium due to the super-majority voting designation. The $228 total value of the 5,000 shares of Series D issued in connection with satisfaction of this related party debt resulted in the remaining $9,772 being recorded in additional paid-in capital as related party debt forgiveness (Note 7).
NOTE 12 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company has evaluated subsequent events for the period of December 31, 2020 through the date the financial statements were issued and concluded there were no items that required recognition or disclosure in its financial statements.
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