U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10 

 

GENERAL FORM FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

REDWOOD SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

Delaware   47-3165559
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or registration)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
9007 Arrow Route, Suite 290, Rancho Cucamonga, CA   91730
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
     
(310) 693-5401
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

with copies to:

 

David E. Danovitch, Esq. 

Joseph E. Segilia, Esq. 

Sullivan & Worcester LLP 

1633 Broadway 

New York, NY 10019 

(212) 660-3000

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: 

None

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: 

(Title of class) 

Common stock, par value $0.001 per share
 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  

      Page
       
  ITEM 1. BUSINESS 2
       
  ITEM 1a. RISK FACTORS 7
       
  ITEM 2. FINANCIAL INFORMATION 22
       
  ITEM 3. PROPERTIES 25
       
  ITEM 4. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT 25
       
  ITEM 5. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 26
       
  ITEM 6. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 27
       
  ITEM 7. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE 27
       
  ITEM 8. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 27
       
  ITEM 9. MARKET PRICE OF AND DIVIDENDS ON THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS 28
       
  ITEM 10. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES 28
       
  ITEM 11. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED 28
       
  ITEM 12. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS 29
       
  ITEM 13. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA 32
       
  ITEM 14. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE 32
       
  ITEM 15. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS 32

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc. is filing this General Form for Registration of Securities on Form 10, (this “Form 10” or the “Registration Statement”), to register its share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock’), pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

Once this registration statement is deemed effective, we will be subject to the requirements of Regulation 13A under the Exchange Act, which will require us to file annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K. We will be required to comply with all other obligations of the Exchange Act applicable to issuers filing registration statements pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.

 

Unless otherwise mentioned or unless the context requires otherwise, when used in this Registration Statement, the terms “Redwood,”, “RST”, “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Redwood Scientific, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

 

 

 

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Registration Statement contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but rather are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about our company, our current and prospective portfolio investments, our industry, our beliefs and our assumptions. Words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “will,” “may,” “continue,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “targets,” “projects,” and variations of these words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

 

Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:

 

the ability of our clinical trials to demonstrate safety and efficacy of our product candidates, and other positive results;

 

the timing of commencement and focus of our clinical trials, and the reporting of data from those trials;

 

the size of the market opportunity for our product candidates; developments and projections relating to our competitors and our industry and the success of competing products that are or may become available;

 

the beneficial characteristics, safety, efficacy and therapeutic effects of our product candidates;

 

our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of our product candidates;

 

existing regulations and regulatory developments in the United States and other jurisdictions;

 

our plans and ability to obtain or protect intellectual property rights and our ability to avoid infringing the intellectual property rights of others;

 

our ability to effectively manage our growth, including the need to hire additional personnel and our ability to attract, recruit and retain such personnel, and maintain our culture;

 

our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements and needs for additional financing; the performance of our third-party suppliers and manufacturers;

 

our financial performance; and

 

the period over which we estimate our existing cash will be sufficient to fund our future operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements.

 

We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about our business, the industry in which we operate and financial trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects, and these forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or development. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Form 10 and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions described in the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Form 10. Because forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The events and circumstances reflected in our forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur and actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Except as required by applicable law, we do not plan to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of any new information, future events or otherwise.

 

 

 

 

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. Except as required by law, we are under no duty to update or revise any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date of this Registration Statement. 

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

Electronic copies of the materials we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) will be available to the public at the web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

 

General

 

We are an innovative healthcare technology company committed to the global development and commercialization of homeopathic drugs and supplements for smoking and vaping cessation. We manufacture and market sublingually delivered over the counter (“OTC”) supplements that address unmet medical needs in a multi-billion-dollar market for nicotine cessation.

 

We currently have a smoking cessation product registered with the Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) and we are in the process of registering a vaping cessation product. We have a successful history in nicotine replacement therapy with our FDA registered product, TBX-FREE (FDA Registration # 69461-001-01), which is the first FDA registered oral strip that helps smokers eliminate the craving to smoke. In addition to treating smoking addiction, we are also focused on vaping cessation. We believe we are in the process of developing and launching a new product, TBX-VAPE-FREE, to assist to quit vaping which will be the world’s first-to-market product for the addiction of nicotine in a vape device. Both of our products utilize patent-pending, sublingual strip delivery technology.

 

We are on course to establish ourselves as the industry leader for smoking and vaping cessation products in their respective markets. Our products will be centered on the innovative sublingual strip technology we have developed. We retained separate FDA counsel who work directly with the FDA to ensure the Company’s compliance with federal and state regulatory authorities. The FDA counsel helps with the evaluation and development process for new products and shepherds the products through the regulatory process. The process taken is determined and dependent on how the products are to be marketed and their intended effects. Each FDA regulatory category brings with it certain benefits (regarding, for instance, the claims that can be made related to the product) and challenges (regarding, for instance, pre-marketing clearance requirements).

 

We are currently conducting clinical trials to assess safety and efficacy of TBX-FREE in smoking cessation and TBX-VAPE-FREE in vaping cessation. We commenced those trials earlier this year. We believe that TBX-FREE and TBX-VAPE-FREE make compelling product candidates to further evaluate in clinical trials for the treatment of nicotine cessation. Respective clinical trials will be conducted simultaneously in a course of approximately four months. The clinical trials will take place in Chicago, Illinois and we expect the approximate cost is $1.25 million. After, we will continue following the individuals in the clinical trials for an additional approximately eight months to reevaluate for long term results.

  

We have built and developed our own proprietary clinical trial virtual portal named “Clinical Safe.” Our proprietary Clinical Safe software will allow for accuracy and consistency of clinical study work and effectiveness studies of our products. Clinical Safe is built to ensure that all of the physicians and the nursing staff are consistent in question and input data to log a new test subject while on the back end the test subject is also able to log in and respond to the data inputs. Clinical Safe is designed to create an easy-to-use capture and report system for the user. We believe this is a first to market and it will allow for accurate reporting and increase volume of size in study groups. 

 

In addition to the clinical trials, we have begun the first stages of building out an effectiveness study for both our products TBX FREE and TBX VAPE FREE. The study will be a double-blind randomized placebos study of both male and females that are addicted to nicotine. The study will look at the effectiveness to stop the addiction to nicotine in both a combustible cigarette and a vape based delivery of nicotine. The study is currently underway and being worked on in both North America and Europe. 

 

The global nicotine replacement therapy (“NRT”) market size was valued at $51.2 billion in 2021 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) of 16.3% from 2021 to 2028 in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Germany, France, Spain, Italy, China, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and UAE combined. The NRT markets represent significant opportunities for us. Our domestic and international expansion plans are underway as we are developing a distribution network to expand our market activities in Europe, United Kingdom, Central America and South America for both these products.

 

The global e-cigarette and vape market size is expected to reach $182.84 billion by 2030, registering CAGR of 30.6% from 2023 to 2030, according to a study by Grand View Research, Inc. Since people of all ages have become more concerned about traditional cigarettes, the desire for substantially less hazardous e-cigarettes and vape goods has grown. E-cigarettes and e-liquid products are available in various flavors and types, and advances in e-cigarette technology have enabled users to choose their device and flavor of interest, helping the industry expand. The increased awareness of healthier alternatives to tobacco use has prompted the global uptake of e-cigarettes. 

 

 

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We believe that we have a significant market advantage in being one of the first to bring to market a product to help with the addiction to vaping. The Center for Disease Control and prevention (the “CDC”) has stated that a study released on October 7, 2022 from the FDA and the CDC found that 2.55 million U.S. middle and high school students reported current (past 30-day) e-cigarette use in 2022, which includes 14.1% of high school students and 3.3% of middle school students. Nearly 85% of those youth used flavored e-cigarettes and more than half used disposable e-cigarettes. The findings, published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, are based on data from the 2022 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), a cross-sectional, self-administered survey of U.S. middle (grades 6–8) and high (grades 9–12) school students, which was administered January 18–May 31, 2022. The study assessed current use (on one or more of the past 30 days) of e-cigarettes; frequency; and use by device type, flavors, and usual brand.

  

Our History

 

The Company was originally organized in 1986 as Prescription Corporation of America and it later changed its name to Greenway Design Group, Inc. On December 14, 2017, Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation, reverse merged into the Company. On January 5, 2018 the Company changed its name to Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc. The Company was dormant from March 2018 to January 2023.

 

Product / Position – Sublingual Strip Delivery Technology

 

In December of 2015, we introduced an FDA registered product called TBX-FREE. TBX-FREE is the first FDA registered oral strip that helps with smoking cessation. We believe TBX-FREE has the ability to help reduce smoking cravings. As a result, smokers may enjoy the freedom to live their lives without the powerful urge to light up cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco or consume other nicotine products. At the launch of the product through October of 2018 the Company reported sales of approximately $18 million. The user reported experience according to TBX-FREE Facebook reviews were extremely effective to stop people with the addiction to nicotine through cigarette use. Every TBX-FREE oral strip contains a precisely measured dose of cytisine; the active ingredient that reduces the urge to smoke. A study published on July 28, 2022, of the effects of cystine on smoking cessation shows that the long-term (12 months) quit rate among heavy smokers has been 32.1%. We agree with the study as to cystine, however, the study was not done on the delivery method of cystine in a thin film strip. We are in the beginning stages of clinical test development to provide accurate data prior to product launch in a thin film strip. 

 

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Thin-film drug delivery has emerged as an innovative alternative to the traditional pill form associated with prescription and OTC medication. Similar in size, shape and thickness to a postage stamp, thin-film strips are typically designed for oral administration, with the user placing the strip on or under the tongue. These drug delivery options allow the medication to bypass the first pass metabolism thereby making the medication more bioavailable. As the strip dissolves, the drug can enter the blood stream enterically, buccally or sublingually. Evaluating the systemic transmucosal drug delivery, the buccal mucosa is the preferred region as compared to the sublingual mucosa. The sublingual and buccal delivery of a drug via this film product has the potential to improve the onset of action, lower the dosing, and enhance the efficacy and safety profile of the medicament. We believe other benefits of the sublingual delivery mechanism are:

 

All tablet dosage forms, soft gels and liquid formulations primarily enter the blood stream via the gastrointestinal tract, which subjects the drug to degradation from stomach acid, bile, digestive enzymes and other first-pass effects. As a result, such formulations often require higher doses and generally have a delayed onset of action/reaction.

 

Conversely, buccal and sublingual thin-film drug delivery mechanisms can avoid these issues and yield quicker onsets of action/reaction at lower doses. This is regulated by the FDA per Code of Federal Regulations under Title 21 “Food and Drugs” §330 (4-14-14 Edition).

 

Thin-film used in the sublingual delivery mechanism is more stable, durable and quicker dissolving than other conventional dosage forms.

 

Thin-film used in the sublingual delivery mechanism enables improved dosing accuracy relative to liquid formulations since every strip is manufactured to contain a precise amount of the drug.

 

Thin-film’s ability to dissolve rapidly without the need for water provides an alternative to patients with swallowing disorders and to patients suffering from nausea, such as those patients receiving chemotherapy.

 

Sublingual film delivers a convenient, quick-dissolving therapeutic dose contained within an abuse-deterrent film matrix that cannot be crushed or injected by patients, and rapidly absorbs under the tongue to ensure compliance.

 

Sublingual film also allows up to 99% absorption rate compared to normal oral tablets that may have as low as a 5% absorption rate.

 

Business Model

 

Our primary business strategy is to become a leading therapy for nicotine cessation through the development and commercialization of TBX-FREE and TBX-VAPE-FREE. We are fully engaged in serving and providing our customers with the highest quality product. The Company has as its core value the importance of health and wellness in the lives of every human being and our core belief is that we can play a big role in assisting our customers in addressing their health and wellness concerns. 

 

The target market for TBX-FREE and TBX-VAPE-FREE are wholesale vendors and distributors, including online stores. We do not sell or market our products direct to consumers. Our distributors will be located primarily in the United States, but we are also discussing with distributors and wholesalers selling in the European Union and in the United Kingdom.

  

We target for 80% gross profit margin on our products. Our products will be priced using the value-based valuation system, where the customers know they are receiving a quality product for a premium price. The main value in our products is that they are effective as a health and wellness remedy. Our products hold a premium product position due to their unique strip form delivery technology mechanism, the significant investment in marketing creating brand awareness, and cognitive focus on the cure for the problem they treat.

  

We work only with distributors and retail stores. Retail is to include the three main categories of retail: grocery, convenient stores and drug stores. All of the categories listed will break down into subcategories of regional chain, national chain and single point locations. We will also focus on sales that are delivered to consumers through non brick and mortar channels. We will not sell to end users through these online channels, but we will develop distribution relationships with sellers that sell into these channels and buy products from us at wholesale pricing. These channels for sales would be walmart.com, Amazon, eBay, and Google stores just to name a few.

  

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Market Analysis

 

As previously mentioned, the global nicotine replacement therapy market size was valued at $51.2 billion in 2021 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 16.3% from 2021 to 2028 in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Germany, France, Spain, Italy, China, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and UAE combined. The growth can be attributed to the growing number of technological advancements and the increasing number of people undergoing NRT. Increasing awareness about the ill-effects of smoking is expected to be a key factor driving the market. The number of people who smoke is rising globally and has surpassed 1.1 billion. Owing to government initiatives such as the Affordable Care Act, insurance regulations, and programs for awareness regarding the negative impact of smoking on health by provision of counseling, people are opting for smoking cessation therapies. In 2018, out of the 34.2 million people that smoke in America, 55% tried smoking cessation.

  

May 31st is celebrated as No Tobacco Day and organizations such as the American Lung Association and the CDC work toward increasing awareness about the medical conditions that arise due to smoking. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, smoking contributes to 80 percent and 90 percent of lung cancer deaths in women and men, respectively, and men who smoke are 23 times more likely to develop lung cancer, while women are 13 times more likely, compared to never smokers. Furthermore, smokers are more prone to getting heart attacks. Between 2005 and 2010, an average of 130,659 Americans (74,300 men and 56,359 women) died of smoking-attributable lung cancer each year.The CDC runs a paid national campaign called Tips From Former Smokers (Tips) to encourage healthcare providers to tell patients about the effects of smoking and support them in quitting smoking in safe ways.

  

Technological advancements in the nicotine replacement therapy segment are ongoing, which has led to a rise in the number of people switching to advanced products. Advancements like heat-not-burn products,’ flavored chewing gums, and lozenges are expected to drive the adoption of NRT. The tobacco giants, like British American Tobacco, have come up with alternatives that are smokeless and less harmful. These advancements have a variable range of effectiveness and are accepted in society when compared to traditional cigarettes, thus driving their adoption and boosting the market growth.

 

However, the ban on e-cigarettes is one of the most crucial factors hindering the growth of the market. For instance, in September 2019, the Indian government banned the import, production, and sale of e-cigarettes. India is a nation with over 100 million smokers, and this could have been a great opportunity for market growth. In addition, other nations such as Mexico, Brazil, Cambodia, and Thailand have banned the use, import, and production of e-cigarettes in their countries. According to the World Health Organization, there are currently over 30 nations that have banned the use of e-cigarettes. This is expected to have a negative impact on the market growth.

  

We believe that being among the first to market in a growing category of vaping cessation gives the Company a massive strategic advantage. According to a study conducted by Grand View Research, the nicotine replacement therapy market had a market size value of $51.2 billion in 2021.

  

Providing Our Product

 

Currently, both our products are still in their product development phase. We believe that after successful clinical trials and product launch, we can quickly and significantly grow sales volumes through marketing campaigns allowing the Company to capture more market share. We are in a good position to expand our customer base and convert them into loyal, regular and recurring consumers to the brand. We believe the Company’s products are in their prime to expand due to:

 

A scalable manufacturing and supply chain infrastructure;

 

First of its kind using a sublingual strip to address smoking and vaping cessation in the $51.2 billion nicotine replacement therapy market.

 

Its unique strip form “easy to use” delivery technology mechanism; and

 

Its registration as an FDA homeopathic drug.

 

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Suppliers

 

We have a close supplier relationship with an FDA-registered manufacturer in India that will produce the products for us. The packaging of our products is manufactured in China. The Company’s ingredients are shipped from a Good Manufacturer Products (“GMP”) certified supplier in the United States to ensure the highest quality. The average lead-time per production batch ranges from five to seven days.

 

We will be utilizing the “man on the ground” method, whereby the Company employs a contract manager in India to oversee all suppliers, oversee manufacturing, and shipping relationships as well as communications with the US office. This allows us to maintain a close relationship through a local network, maintain the highest quality control for the product at all times, and lower other risk factors such as loss of communication due to language barrier or time zone differences.

 

Intellectual Property

  

We currently license a U.S. trademark registration for the mark TBX-FREE, which is held my Inteli Property LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company which controlling member is Jason Cardiff, our chairman and CEO. We have a royalty-free, fully-paid, exclusive, worldwide, transferrable and sublicensable right and license to use the TBX-FREE trademark in connection with our business. The licensing agreement is in effect until Inteli Property LLC and Redwood terminate the agreement in writing. We are in the process of developing both TBX-FREE and TBX-VAPE-FREE products, and we are in the process of developing patent strategy for both of the products, as well as applying for registration of a trademark for TBX-VAPE-FREE. Our goal is to bring to market a long-term intellectual property portfolio with a combination of both patents and trademarks that will sit around both formulations and the development of strip delivery for active ingredients. We anticipate filing with the Unites States Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”) an extensive patent regarding the manufacturing process of oral thin film strips as they relate to adding active ingredients up to 50 milligrams. This is a design and use patent that will also work to protect the Company from infringement of other OTC treatments for lifestyle issues.

  

Regulations

 

Numerous federal, state and local regulations regulate nutritional supplements. The manufacturing, processing, formulation, packaging, labeling and advertising of our products are subject to regulation by several federal agencies, including (i) the FDA, (ii) the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”), (iii) the Consumer Product Safety Commission, (iv) the United States Department of Agriculture, (v) the United States Postal Service, (vi) the United States Environmental Protection Agency and (vii) the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Failure to comply with these regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

In addition to OTC healthcare products and prescription drug products, the FDA regulates the safety, manufacturing, labeling and distribution of dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals and herbs, food additives, food supplements, OTC and prescription drugs and cosmetics. The FTC also has overlapping jurisdiction with the FDA to regulate the promotion and advertising of vitamins, over-the-counter drugs, cosmetics and foods.

 

Clinical trials, product manufacturing, labeling, distribution and marketing of potential new products are also subject to federal and state regulation in the United States and other countries. Clinical trials and product marketing and manufacturing are subject to the rigorous review and approval processes of the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities. To obtain approval of a new drug product, a company must demonstrate through adequate and well-controlled clinical trials that the drug product is safe and effective for its intended use. Obtaining FDA and other required regulatory approvals is lengthy and expensive. Typically, obtaining regulatory approval for pharmaceutical products requires substantial resources and may take several years. The length of this process depends on the type, complexity and novelty of the product and the nature of the disease or other indication to be treated. Preclinical studies must comply with FDA regulations. Clinical trials must also comply with FDA regulations to ensure safety of the human subjects in the trial and may require large numbers of test subjects, complex protocols and possibly lengthy follow-up periods. Consequently, satisfaction of government regulations may take several years causing delays in introducing potential new products for considerable periods of time and may require imposing costly procedures upon our activities. If regulatory approval of new products is not obtained in a timely manner or not at all, we could be materially adversely affected. Even if regulatory approval of new products is obtained, such approval may impose limitations on the indicated uses for which the products may be marketed which could also materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and future operations.

 

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Political, economic and regulatory influences are fundamentally changing the healthcare industry in the United States. Congress, state legislatures and the private sector continue to review and assess alternative healthcare delivery and payment systems.

 

Employees

 

As of the date of this Registration Statement various consultants and have no employees. If we have employees, we expect each of our employees to sign a confidentiality and proprietary rights agreement.

  

Property and Corporate Office

 

Our corporate offices are located at 9007 Arrow Route, Suite 290, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730.

 

ITEM 1a.RISK FACTORS  

 

Risks related our Financial Condition

 

We will need to obtain additional capital to support product development and commercialization programs.

 

Our ability to achieve and sustain operating profitability depends in large part on our ability to commence and execute clinical trials and commercialization of our products. The amount of capital that may be needed to complete product development will depend on many factors which may include but are not limited to (i) the cost involved in clinical trials and applying for and obtaining FDA, international regulatory or other technical approvals, as required, (ii) whether we elect to establish partnering arrangements for development, sales, manufacturing and marketing of such products, (iii) the level of future sales of related products, and (iv) whether we can establish and maintain strategic arrangements for development, sales, manufacturing and marketing of our products. 

 

Accordingly, we may in the short and long term seek to raise capital through the issuance of securities or to secure other financing sources to support our research, product technologies, applications, licensing, commercialization and other development opportunities. If we obtain such funding through the issuance of equity securities, it would result in the dilution of current stockholders’ ownership in the Company. Any debt financing, if available, may include financial and other covenants that could restrict use of proceeds of such financing or impose other business and financial restrictions on us. In addition, we may consider alternative approaches such as licensing, joint venture, or partnership arrangements to provide long term capital. There can be no assurances that we will have access to the capital required to fund these aspects of our business on favorable terms or at all.

 

If we fail to raise additional capital, our ability to implement our business model and strategy could be compromised.

 

We have limited capital resources and operations. To date, our operations have been largely funded from Jason Cardiff (our CEO and majority stockholder) and his affiliates, which funding is treated as contributions to capital.

 

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Based on the Company’s past and anticipated operating expenses, we believe that the Company requires approximately $350,000 per month on an annualized basis for operating expenses to fund the costs associated with our financing activities, legal and accounting expenses, other general and administrative expenses, research and development, regulatory compliance, product development and maintenance, third party manufacturing fees, and compensation of executive management and our employees. Based on our current cash position, without additional financing we may not be able to pay our obligations past the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023. The monthly cash requirement for operating expenses does not include any extraordinary items or expenditures. Furthermore, we expect to incur additional costs associated with operating as a public company. 

 

As described in the report of our auditors for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 and the notes to our financial statements, there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, and if we are unable to continue, you may lose your entire investment.

 

The uncertainty about our ability to continue in operation is based on our continuing losses from operation, limited revenue and limited working capital, among other things which existed as of year-end December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2022, we had a cash balance of $0, working capital of $0 and an accumulated deficit of $5,275,421. Included in the accumulated deficit are losses of $143,713 for the year ended December 31, 2022 and $0 for the year end December 31, 2021. Given all these facts, we are dependent on obtaining funding from operations and the sale of debt or equity to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability of assets and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.

  

Our ability to continue as a going concern depends on receipt of additional funds through debt or equity financing and our operations. In the event we are unable to obtain such funding, we may have to delay, reduce or eliminate certain of our planned operations, including some of our research and development and/or clinical trials, reduce overall overhead expense, or divest assets. This in turn may have an adverse effect on our ability to realize the value of our assets. If we are unable to continue as a going concern, you may lose all or part of your investment.

 

Risks Related To Our Business

 

We are heavily dependent on the successful development and commercialization of TBX-FREE and TBX-VAPE-FREE, and if we encounter delays or difficulties in the development of our product candidates, we may not generate sufficient revenue to continue our business operations and our business could be harmed.

 

TBX-FREE and TBX-VAPE-FREE are currently in the early stage of development and will require substantial time, resources, research and development, and regulatory approval. To generate sales revenue from our product candidates, we must conduct extensive clinical trials to demonstrate that our product candidates are safe and effective and we must obtain required regulatory approvals. We will need to devote significant additional research and development, financial resources, and personnel to develop commercially viable products. It is likely to take several months to obtain the required regulatory approvals for our product candidates, or we may never gain the necessary approvals.

 

Many companies in healthcare industries have suffered significant setbacks in clinical trials, and we cannot be certain that we will not face similar setbacks. Significant adverse effects caused by, or other unexpected properties of, a regulatory authority to interrupt, delay or halt clinical trials of one or more of such product candidates could result in a more restrictive label or the delay or denial of marketing approval by the FDA or comparable non-U.S. regulatory authorities. If any product candidate we may choose to develop is associated with significant adverse effects or other unexpected properties, we may need to abandon development or limit development of that product candidate to certain uses or subpopulations in which those undesirable characteristics would be expected to be less prevalent, less severe or more tolerable from a risk-benefit perspective. Moreover, clinical data is often susceptible to varying interpretations and analyses, and many companies that believed their product candidates performed satisfactorily in clinical trials nonetheless failed to obtain FDA or other regulatory authority approval. If we fail to produce positive results in clinical trials of our product candidates, the development timeline and regulatory approval and commercialization prospects for our product candidates, and, correspondingly, our business and financial prospects, would be negatively impacted. If we fail to obtain such approvals, we may not generate sufficient revenues to continue our business operations.

 

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Even if we obtain regulatory approval of a product, that approval may be subject to limitations on the indicated uses for which it may be marketed. Even after granting regulatory approval, the FDA and regulatory agencies in other countries continue to review and inspect marketed products, manufacturers, and manufacturing facilities, which may create additional regulatory burdens. Later discovery of previously unknown problems with a product, manufacturer, or facility may result in restrictions on the product or manufacturer, including a withdrawal of the product from the market or a withdrawal of the approved application by the FDA. Furthermore, the FDA may require post-approval studies or other commitments from us, and failure to comply with or meet those commitments could result in withdrawal of the approved application by FDA. Regulatory agencies may also establish additional regulations, policies, or guidance that could prevent or delay regulatory approval of our product candidates.

 

As a result, our business could be materially harmed if we encounter difficulties in the development of product candidates, such as:

 

delays in the design, enrollment, implementation or completion of required clinical trials;

 

an inability to follow our current development strategy for obtaining regulatory approval from regulatory authorities because of changes in the regulatory approval process; and

 

less than desired or complete lack of efficacy or safety in clinical trials.

 

If any of the above were to occur, this could significantly and adversely affect the development and commercialization of TBX-FREE, TBX-VAPE-FREE or other products and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

 Our future success depends on the sales of our principal products and effective distribution channels.

 

We depend on the successful launch and continued acceptance of TBX-VAPE-FREE by our customers and establishing distribution channels for our products. Every TBX-VAPE-FREE oral strip contains a precisely measured dose of cytosine – the active ingredient that reduces the urge to vape. Our distribution channels are critical to achieve product and brand awareness with potential consumers. However, there can be no assurance that our products will receive, maintain or increase market acceptance. The inability to successfully commercialize our products and expand product distribution, for any reason, would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, prospects and ability to continue operations.

 

If the potential of our product candidates to treat nicotine cessation is not realized, the value of our technology and our development programs could be significantly reduced.

 

We are currently conducting clinical trials with the intent to establish safety, tolerability and efficacy of TBX-FREE and TBX-VAPE-FREE. We have not yet proven in clinical trials that TBX-FREE and TBX-VAPE-FREE will be safe and effective treatments for nicotine cessation. These product candidates are susceptible to various risks, including inadequate therapeutic efficacy, or other characteristics that may prevent or limit their marketing approval or commercial use. We have not yet completed all of the testing necessary to allow us to make a determination that serious unintended consequences will not occur. If the potential of these product candidates to treat nicotine cessation is not realized, the value of our technology and our development programs could be significantly reduced. Additionally, because our product candidates are based on cytosine, any negative developments regarding the therapeutic potential or side effects of cytosine, or to scientific and medical knowledge about cytosine in general, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.

  

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We have a limited operating history with our current business model, which may make it difficult for you to evaluate our current business and predict our future success and viability.

 

Our business is in the early clinical development stage with a limited operating history with our current business model upon which you can evaluate our business and prospects. Our historical operations were limited to TBX-FREE and sales direct to consumers. We transitioned our business model and we have devoted substantially all of our resources and efforts to reorganizing and staffing our company, business planning, expanding our research and development capabilities, raising capital, developing product candidates, pursuing related intellectual property rights and organizing clinical trials of TBX-FREE and TBX-VAPE-FREE.

 

Our limited operating history with our current business model may make it more difficult for us to succeed or for investors to evaluate our business and prospects. In addition, we have limited experience in development activities, including conducting clinical trials, or seeking and obtaining regulatory approvals, even though certain of our executives have had relevant experience at other companies. We will also need to be a company capable of conducting clinical trials and, if successful, supporting commercial activities of our products. Such a transition will involve substantial additional capital requirements to launch our products. To execute our business plan, we will need to successfully:

 

execute our product candidate development activities, including successfully completing our clinical trial programs;

 

obtain required regulatory approvals or authorizations for the development and commercialization of our product candidates;

 

manage our costs and expenses related to clinical trials, regulatory approvals, manufacturing and commercialization;

 

secure substantial additional funding;

 

develop and maintain successful strategic relationships;

 

maintain a strong intellectual property portfolio;

 

build and maintain appropriate clinical, sales, manufacturing and distribution capabilities on our own or through third parties; and

 

gain market acceptance and favorable reimbursement status for our product candidates.

 

If we are unsuccessful in accomplishing these objectives, we may not be able to develop product candidates, raise capital or expand our business, or continue our operations.

 

We are early in our efforts to develop TBX-FREE and TBX-VAPE-FREE. If we are unable to advance TBX-FREE or TBX-VAPE-FREE through clinical trials, obtain regulatory approval and ultimately commercialize such product candidates, or if we experience significant delays in doing so, our business will be materially harmed. 

 

We must conduct extensive clinical trials to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of each product candidates for their intended indications. Clinical trials are expensive, time consuming and uncertain as to outcome. We cannot guarantee that any clinical trials will be conducted as planned or completed on schedule, if at all. A failure of one or more clinical trials can occur at any stage of testing. Events that may prevent successful or timely completion of clinical development include:

 

delays in reaching a consensus with regulatory authorities on trial design;

 

delays in opening sites and recruiting individuals to participate in our clinical trials;

 

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suspension of our clinical trials if it is determined that we or our collaborators are failing to conduct a trial in accordance with regulatory requirements; or

 

changes in regulatory requirements and guidance that require amending or submitting new clinical protocols.

 

Additionally, if the results of our clinical trials are inconclusive or if there are safety concerns or serious adverse events associated with our drug candidates, we may:

 

be delayed in obtaining marketing approval, if at all, or be required to conduct additional confirmatory safety and/or efficacy studies;

 

obtain approval with labeling that includes significant use or distribution restrictions or safety warnings;

 

be required to perform additional clinical trials;

 

have regulatory authorities withdraw, or suspend, their approval of the products or impose restrictions on their distribution;

 

be subject to the addition of labeling statements, such as warnings or contraindications;

 

be sued; or

 

experience damage to our reputation.

 

Our product candidates represent new classes of therapy that the marketplace may not understand or accept.

 

Even if we successfully develop our product candidates, the market may not understand or accept them. We are developing product candidates that represent novel treatment approaches and will compete with a number of more conventional products and therapies manufactured and marketed by others, including major pharmaceutical companies. The degree of market acceptance of any of our developed and potential products will depend on a number of factors, including the clinical effectiveness of our products and their perceived advantage over alternative treatment methods and our ability to demonstrate that our products can have a clinically significant effect for smoking and vaping cessation.

 

If the marketplace does not accept our product candidates or future approved products for any of the foregoing reasons, or for any other reason, it could affect our sales or have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.

 

We depend on certain important employees, and the loss of any of those employees may harm our business.

 

The success of our business will continue to be highly dependent upon Jason Cardiff, CEO, John Harrington, CFO and David Duncan, COO. The loss of services of any of these persons could have a materially adverse effect upon our business and development.

 

Our business is subject to significant competitive pressures.

 

The OTC healthcare product, life science, homeopathic drug market, and consumer product industries are highly competitive. Many of our competitors have substantially greater capital resources, technical staffs, facilities, marketing resources, product development, distribution and experience than we do. Our competitors may have certain advantages, including the ability to allocate greater resources for new product development, marketing and other purposes.

 

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We believe that our ability to compete depends on a number of factors, including product quality and price, availability, speed to market, consumer marketing, reliability, credit terms, brand name recognition, delivery time and post-sale service and support, and new and existing product innovation and commercialization. There can be no assurance that we will be able to compete successfully in the future. There are a number of existing competing OTC healthcare products for nicotine replacement therapy. Though we have successfully competed with these other products in the past, the continued success of our business model is dependent on our ability to continue to develop our products and to retain a significant share of the market. If we are unable to compete effectively, our earnings may be significantly negatively impacted.

 

If our competitors develop similar or comparable treatments for the target indications of our product candidates that are approved more quickly, marketed more successfully or are demonstrated to be more effective than our product candidates, our commercial opportunity will be reduced or eliminated.

 

We compete in an industry characterized by intense competition, a changing regulatory and legislative landscape and a strong emphasis on the benefits of intellectual property protection and regulatory exclusivities. Our competitors include other biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical companies, and other private and public organizations. TBX-FREE and TBX-VAPE-FREE or any future product candidates, if successfully developed and approved, may compete with established therapies and with new treatments that may be introduced by our competitors.

 

Many of our competitors and potential competitors have substantially greater scientific, research, and product development capabilities, as well as greater financial, marketing, sales and human resources capabilities than we do. Accordingly, our competitors may be more successful with respect to their products than we may be in developing, commercializing, and achieving widespread market acceptance for our products. In addition, our competitors’ products may be more effective or more effectively marketed and sold than any treatment we may commercialize and may render our product candidates obsolete or non-competitive before we can recover the expenses related to developing and supporting the commercialization of any of our product candidates. Developments by competitors may render our product candidates obsolete or noncompetitive. The more established companies may have a competitive advantage over us due to their size, cash flows, institutional experience and historical corporate reputation.

 

If our outside suppliers, manufacturers and distributers fail to supply products in sufficient quantities and in a timely fashion, our business could suffer.

 

We are dependent on third-party manufacturers and suppliers to make and supply all of our products. We do not have long-term agreements with our manufacturers or suppliers. Our profit margins and timely product delivery are dependent upon the ability of our outside suppliers and manufacturers to supply us with products in a timely and cost-efficient manner. Our ability to develop our business and enter new markets and sustain satisfactory levels of sales in each market depends upon the ability of our outside suppliers and manufacturers to produce the ingredients and products and to comply with all applicable regulations. The failure of our primary suppliers or manufacturers to supply ingredients or produce our products could adversely affect our business operations.

 

We do not have long-term contracts with suppliers, manufacturers and distributors and we are dependent on the services of these third parties.

 

We will purchase all of our products from third-party suppliers and manufacturers pursuant to purchase orders, but without any long-term agreements. In the event that a current supplier or manufacturer is unable to meet our manufacturing and delivery requirements at some time in the future, we may suffer short-term interruptions of delivery of certain products while we establish an alternative source. We will also rely on third-party carriers for product shipments, including shipments to and from our distribution facilities. We are therefore subject to the risks, including employee strikes and inclement weather, associated with our carrier’s ability to provide delivery services to meet our fulfillment and shipping needs. Failure to deliver products to our customers in a timely and accurate manner would harm our reputation and our business and results of operations.

 

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If the outside contractors we will use for production of our products fail to produce product in the volumes and quality that we require on a timely basis, we may be unable to meet demand for our products and may lose potential revenues.

 

We will contract with specially equipped contractors to handle the large-scale mixing of the formulation components in our products. These external contractor relationships entail added costs and potential disruption to our finished goods schedule. These third-party contractors may encounter difficulties in production, including problems with quality control, quality assurance testing, shortages of qualified personnel, and compliance with federal, state and or other governmental regulations. Our contractors may not be able to expand capacity or to produce additional product requirements for us in the event that demands for our products increases. There can be no assurance that our contractors will be able to continue purchasing raw materials for our products from current suppliers or any other supplier on terms similar to current terms or at all. If these contractors were to encounter any of these difficulties, or experience any interruption in the availability of certain ingredients or significant increases in the prices paid for such materials, our ability to fulfill orders on a timely basis to our customers would be jeopardized.

 

If we do not manage product inventory in an effective and efficient manner, our profitability could be adversely affected.

 

Many factors affect the efficient use and planning of product inventory, such as effectiveness of predicting demand, effectiveness of preparing manufacturing to meet demand, efficiently meeting product mix and product demand requirements and product expiration. We may be unable to manage our inventory efficiently, keep inventory within expected budget goals, or keep sufficient product on hand to meet demand. If we fail to manage inventory effectively, we may end up with unsold inventory that is past its expiration date and can no longer be sold. We periodically evaluate the composition of inventory and estimate an allowance to reduce inventory for slow moving, obsolete or damaged inventory. Our failure to manage inventory effectively may lead to increased costs and adversely affect our results of operations.

 

Retail customer’s strategic business plans may negatively influence the distribution of our products to consumer.

 

Changes in our retail and distribution customers strategic business plans including, but not limited to, (i) expansions, mergers, and/or consolidations, (ii) retail shelf space allocations for products within each outlet and in particular the smoking/vaping category in which we compete, (iii) changes in their private label assortment and (iv) product selections, distribution allocation, merchandising programs and retail pricing of our products as well as competitive products could affect the consumer sales of our products and could result in a material adverse effect to our business and financial condition.

 

Our products and potential new products are or may be subject to extensive governmental regulation.

 

Our business is regulated by various agencies, including federal and state agencies, where our products are sold. Governmental regulations in foreign countries where we manufacture our products, or plan to commence sales may prevent or delay entry into a market or prevent or delay the introduction, or require the reformulation of certain of our products. In addition, no prediction can be made as to whether new domestic or foreign legislation regulating our activities will be enacted. Any new legislation could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operations. Non-compliance with any applicable requirements may subject us or the manufacturers of our products to agency action, including warning letters, fines, product recalls, seizures and injunctions.

 

The manufacturing, processing, formulation, packaging, labeling and advertising of our products are subject to regulation by several federal agencies, including (i) the FDA, (ii) the FTC, (iii) the Consumer Product Safety Commission, (iv) the United States Department of Agriculture, (v) the United States Postal Service, (vi) the United States Environmental Protection Agency and (vii) the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

 

In addition to OTC healthcare products and prescription drug products, the FDA regulates the safety, manufacturing, labeling and distribution of dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals and herbs, food additives, food supplements, OTC and prescription drugs and cosmetics. The FTC also has overlapping jurisdiction with the FDA to regulate the promotion and advertising of vitamins, over-the-counter drugs, cosmetics and foods. In addition, our products are considered homeopathic remedies, which are subject to standards established by the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States (“HPUS”). HPUS sets the standards for source, composition and preparation of homeopathic remedies which are officially recognized under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, as amended.

 

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Preclinical development, clinical trials, product manufacturing, labeling, distribution and marketing of potential new products are also subject to federal and state regulation in the United States and other countries. Consequently, satisfaction of government regulations may take several years, may cause delays in introducing potential new products for considerable periods of time, and may require imposing costly procedures upon our activities. If regulatory approval of our products is not obtained in a timely manner or not at all, we could be materially adversely affected. Even if regulatory approval of new products is obtained, such approval may impose limitations on the indicated uses for which the products may be marketed which could also materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and future operations.

 

Consumers’ ability to successfully file a complaint against us and our products may be greater due to the homeopathic status of our products.

 

Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the “FDCA”) homeopathic products are subject to the same requirements related to approval, adulteration and misbranding as other drug products. Currently, there are currently no FDA-approved products labeled as homeopathic. Homeopathic drugs must meet the standards of strength, quality, and purity set forth in the HPUS. FDA has established a policy addressing the products labeled as homeopathic drugs under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act describing how FDA intends to prioritize enforcement and regulatory actions for homeopathic drug products marketed in the United States without the required FDA approval. The FDA is prioritizing specific categories of drugs, such as those intended for populations at greater risk for adverse reactions.

 

In recent years, state courts have concluded that, because homeopathic drugs are not approved or marketed pursuant to an FDA regulation, claims against a manufacturer of a homeopathic drug are not preempted by the FDCA. Consequently, plaintiff’s actions under state consumer protection laws for lack of substantiation have been allowed to proceed. Ignoring the unique character of homeopathic drug products, plaintiff’s claims in these actions have been based on the evidence standard applied to conventional drugs. Generally, these actions involve claims for significant monetary damages.

 

The implementation of new regulations governing the marketing and sale of nutritional supplements could harm our business.

 

There has been an increasing movement in the U.S. and other jurisdictions to increase the regulation of supplements, which could impose additional restrictions or requirements on the marketing and sale of such products. For example, in the U.S., there has been a push to increase the FDA’s regulatory authority of nutritional supplements. Our business could be harmed if more restrictive legislation is successfully introduced and adopted in the future. Currently, our products are not categorized as supplements. Nutritional supplement products are not subject to pre-market FDA approval. If regulations are adopted to require pre-market approval of supplements or ingredients, our sale and release of new product could be delayed or inhibited. The adoption of similar laws in other countries in which we intend to expand sales of our products could also harm our business. The FTC approved revisions to its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (“Guides”) in December 2009. The Guides state that advertisements that feature a consumer and his or her atypical experience with a product must clearly disclose the results that consumers generally can expect with such product. In addition, the Guides require disclosure of any material connections between an endorser and the company whose products he or she is endorsing. If we fail to comply with the Guides, the FTC could bring an enforcement action against us and we could be fined and/or forced to alter our marketing strategy.

 

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Our third-party manufacturers’ failure to comply with good manufacturing practices could harm our business operations.

 

All manufacturers and suppliers of OTC products must comply with applicable current good manufacturing practice, or cGMP, regulations for the manufacture of our products, which are enforced by the FDA through its facilities inspection program. The FDA may conduct inspections of our third-party manufacturers to assure that they are in compliance with such regulations. These cGMP requirements include quality control, quality assurance and the maintenance of records and documentation, among other items. Our manufacturers may be unable to comply with these cGMP requirements and with other regulatory requirements. A failure to comply with these requirements may result in fines, product recalls or seizures and related publicity requirements, injunctions, total or partial suspension of production, civil penalties, warning or untitled letters, import or export bans or restrictions, and criminal prosecution and penalties. Any of these penalties could delay or prevent the promotion, marketing or sale of our products. If the safety of any products supplied to us is compromised due to a third-party manufacturer’s failure to adhere to applicable laws or for other reasons, we may not be able to successfully sell our products. We cannot assure that our third-party manufacturers will continue to reliably supply products to us at the levels of quality, or the quantities, we require, and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including cGMP requirements.

 

Our manufacturing operations are located in India and production of the products’ packaging in China, which exposes us to risks associated with doing business in that geographic area to include foreign currency risk.

 

Our TBX-FREE and TBX-VAPE-FREE products will be produced at an FDA-registered third-party manufacturer in India and the packaging of our products is produced in China. Our manufacturing operations in India could be adversely affected by changes in the interpretation and enforcement of legal standards, by strains on India’s available labor pool, changes in labor costs and other employment dynamics, high turnover among Indian employees, communications, trade, and other infrastructures, by natural disasters, by conflicts or disagreements between India and the United States, by labor unrest, and by other trade customs and practices that are dissimilar to those in the United States. Interpretation and enforcement of India’s laws and regulations continue to evolve and we expect differences in interpretation and enforcement to continue in the foreseeable future.

 

Further, we may be exposed to fluctuations in the value of the local currency in the countries in which manufacturing occurs. Future appreciation of these local currencies could increase our component and other raw material costs. In addition, our labor costs could continue to rise as wage rates increase and the available labor pool declines. These conditions could adversely affect our gross margins and financial results.

 

In the event of a disruption of this facility, we would need to outsource to other third parties, at least temporarily, our manufacturing. While we have identified such secondary sources for our products, if we are unable to find other sources or there were a delay in the ramp-up for the production and distribution operations for some of our products, it could have a material adverse effect on our operations.

 

Our inability to find alternative sources for our manufacturing needs may have a material adverse effect on our operations and financial condition. In addition, the terms on which manufacturers and suppliers will make products and raw materials available to us could have a material effect on our success.

 

Impediments to global shipping lanes can delay crucial deliveries and negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Both our receipt of product packaging components and our shipment of finished goods depend heavily on ship cargo container delivery. Threats of dock workers’ strikes highlight our potential vulnerability to shipping interruption. Any shipment delays in obtaining our product packaging or shipping our finished products to our customers could negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We are uncertain as to whether we can protect our proprietary rights.

 

The strength of our patent position and proprietary formulations and compounds may be important to our long-term success. We intend to apply for U.S. patents in connection with TBX-FREE and TBX-VAPE-FREE, however there can be no assurance that these patents and proprietary formulations and compounds will effectively protect our products from duplication by others. In addition, we may not be able to afford the expense of any litigation which may be necessary to enforce our rights under any of the patents. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that third parties will not obtain access to or independently develop our technologies, know-how, ideas, concepts and documentation, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.

 

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Although we believe that current and future products do not and will not infringe upon the patents or violate the proprietary rights of others, if any of our current or future products do infringe upon the patents or proprietary rights of others, we may have to modify the products or obtain an additional license for the manufacture and/or sale of such products. We could also be prohibited from selling the infringing products. If we were found to infringe on the proprietary rights of others, it is uncertain whether we would be able to take corrective actions in a timely manner, upon acceptable terms and conditions, or at all, and the failure to do so could have a material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition and operations.

 

We may in the future file patent litigation claims in the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions to protect our patent portfolio. If we are unsuccessful in these claims, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

 

We may initiate litigation to assert claims of infringement, enforce our patents, protect our trade secrets or know-how, or determine the enforceability, scope and validity of the proprietary rights of others. Any lawsuits that we initiate could be expensive, time consuming and divert management’s attention from other business concerns. Furthermore, litigation may provoke third parties to assert claims against us and may put our patents at risk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly and our patent applications at risk of not being issued.

 

In addition, we may not prevail in lawsuits that we initiate, and the damages or other remedies awarded, if any, may not be commercially valuable. The occurrence of any of these events may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

If our patents and other intellectual property rights do not adequately protect our products, we may lose market share to our competitors and be unable to operate our business profitably.

 

Patents and other proprietary rights may be essential to our business, and our ability to compete effectively with other companies depends on the proprietary nature of our technologies. We also rely upon trade secrets, know-how, continuing technological innovations and licensing opportunities to develop, maintain and strengthen our competitive position. We seek to protect these, in part, through confidentiality agreements with certain employees, consultants and other parties. We plan to pursue a policy of generally obtaining patent protection in both the United States and key foreign countries for patentable subject matter in our proprietary products and also attempt to review third-party patents and patent applications to the extent publicly available to develop an effective patent strategy, avoid infringement of third-party patents, identify licensing opportunities and monitor the patent claims of others. We cannot assure you that any pending or future patent applications will result in issued patents, that any current or future patents issued or licensed to us will not be challenged, invalidated or circumvented or that the rights granted thereunder will provide a competitive advantage to us or prevent competitors from entering markets that we currently serve. Any required license may not be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all. In addition, some licenses may be non-exclusive, and therefore our competitors may have access to the same technologies as we do. Furthermore, we may have to take legal action in the future to protect our trade secrets or know-how, or to defend them against claimed infringement of the rights of others. Any legal action of that type could be costly and time-consuming to us, and we cannot assure you that such actions will be successful. The invalidation of key patents or proprietary rights that we own or unsuccessful outcomes in lawsuits to protect our intellectual property may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

The laws of foreign countries may not protect our intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. If we cannot adequately protect our intellectual property rights in these foreign countries, our competitors may be able to compete more directly with us, which could adversely affect our competitive position and, as a result, our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Our products expose us to potential product liability claims.

 

Our business results in exposure to an inherent risk of potential product liability claims, including claims for serious bodily injury or death caused by the sales of our existing product and the products which are being developed. These claims could lead to substantial damage awards. While we currently maintain product liability insurance, a successful claim brought against us in excess of, or outside of, existing insurance coverage could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. Claims against us, regardless of their merit or eventual outcome, may also have a material adverse effect on the consumer demand for our products.

 

If we experience product recalls, we may incur significant and unexpected costs, and our business reputation could be adversely affected.

 

We may be exposed to product recalls and adverse public relations if our products are alleged to cause injury or illness, or if we are alleged to have violated governmental regulations. A product recall could result in substantial and unexpected expenditures, which would reduce operating profit and cash flow. In addition, a product recall may require significant management attention. Product recalls may hurt the value of our brands and lead to decreased demand for our products. Product recalls also may lead to increased scrutiny by federal, state or international regulatory agencies of our operations and increased litigation and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

 

We are highly dependent upon consumers’ perception of the safety and quality of our products as well as similar products distributed by other companies in our industry; adverse publicity and negative public perception regarding particular ingredients or products or our industry in general could limit our ability to increase revenue and grow our business.

 

Decisions about purchasing made by consumers of our products may be affected by adverse publicity or negative public perception regarding particular ingredients or products or our industry in general. This negative public perception may include publicity regarding the legality or quality of particular ingredients or products in general or of other companies or our products or ingredients specifically. Negative public perception may also arise from regulatory investigations, regardless of whether those investigations involve us. We are highly dependent upon consumers’ perception of the safety and quality of our products as well as similar products distributed by other companies. Thus, the mere publication of reports asserting that such products may be harmful could have a material adverse effect on us, regardless of whether these reports are scientifically supported. Publicity related to nutritional supplements and OTC healthcare and wellness products may also result in increased regulatory scrutiny of our industry. Adverse publicity may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. There can be no assurance of future favorable scientific results and media attention or of the absence of unfavorable or inconsistent findings.

 

We face intense competition from competitors that are larger, more established and that possess greater resources than we do, and if we are unable to compete effectively, we may be unable to maintain sufficient market share to sustain profitability.

 

Numerous manufacturers and retailers compete actively for our consumers. There can be no assurance that we will be able to compete in this intensely competitive environment. In addition, nutritional supplements and OTC healthcare and wellness products can be purchased in a wide variety of channels of distribution. These channels include mass market retail stores and the Internet. Because these markets generally have low barriers to entry, additional competitors could enter the market at any time. Private label products of our customers also provide competition to our products. Additional national or international companies may seek in the future to enter or to increase their presence in the OTC healthcare and wellness products. Increased competition in either or both could have a material adverse effect on us.

 

If our current and planned sales, marketing and servicing capabilities or entry into arrangements with third parties to sell and market our products and services adversely changes, our business may be harmed.

 

We plan to distribute our products to retail stores and online stores, and utilize various approaches for marketing and distribution of our products and services. If we develop our own marketing and sales capabilities, our sales force will be competing with the experienced and well-funded marketing and sales operations of our competitors. Developing a sales force is expensive and time-consuming and could delay or limit the success of any product launch. We may not be able to develop this capacity on a timely basis or at all. If we contract with third parties to market and sell our products and services, our revenues could be lower than if we directly marketed and sold our products and services. Furthermore, to the extent that we enter into co-promotion or other marketing and sales arrangements with other companies, any revenues received will depend on the skills and efforts of others, and we do not know whether these efforts will be successful. Some of our future distributors may have products or product candidates that compete with ours, and they may have an incentive not to devote sufficient efforts to marketing our products. If we are unable to establish and maintain adequate sales, marketing and distribution capabilities, independently or with others, we may not be able to generate product revenue and may not become profitable.

 

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There can be no assurance as to how much revenue our business will generate, and we may need substantial additional funding to support the business. We may be unable to raise capital when needed, which would force us to delay, reduce or eliminate our product development programs and acquisitions.

 

Our future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including:

 

the scope, rate of progress and cost of our development activities;

 

the cost of defending, in litigation or otherwise, any claims that we infringe third party patents or other intellectual property rights;

 

the cost and timing of regulatory approvals;

 

the cost and timing of establishing sales, marketing and distribution capabilities;

 

the cost of establishing clinical and commercial supplies of our product candidates and any products that we may develop; and,

 

the effect of competing technological and market developments.

 

Until we can generate a sufficient amount of revenue, if ever, we expect to finance future cash needs through equity offerings, debt financings, corporate collaborations, and licensing arrangements. If we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, our stockholders may experience dilution. Any debt financing or additional equity that we raise may contain terms that are not favorable to our stockholders. If we raise additional funds through collaboration and licensing arrangements with third parties, it may be necessary to relinquish some rights to our technologies or our product candidates, or grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to the Company. If we are unable to raise adequate funds, we may have to liquidate some or all of our assets or delay, reduce the scope of or eliminate some or all of our development programs.

 

Failure to protect against security breaches and inappropriate use by Internet users could adversely affect us.

 

We collect and retain a large amount of internal and customer data, including personally identifiable information about our employees. The security of this data may potentially be breached due to a number of risks, including cyber-attack, system failure, human error, computer virus, or unauthorized or fraudulent use by customers or company employees. Any failure on our part to effectively prevent security breaches could significantly harm our business, reputation and results of operations and could expose us to lawsuits by state and federal consumer protection agencies, by governmental authorities in the jurisdictions in which we operate, and by consumers. Anyone who is able to circumvent our security measures could misappropriate proprietary information, including customer credit card and personal data, cause interruptions in our operations or damage our brand and reputation. Such breach of our security measures could involve the disclosure of personally identifiable information and could expose us to a material risk of litigation, liability or governmental enforcement proceedings. We cannot assure you that our systems are completely secure from security breaches or sabotage. We may be required to incur significant additional costs to protect against security breaches or to alleviate problems caused by such breaches. Any well-publicized compromise of our security or the security of any other Internet provider could deter people from purchasing our products, which could adversely affect our sales and results of operations.

 

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Computer viruses may cause delays or other service interruptions, which may materially adversely affect our ability to operate our business and result in damage to our reputation. If a computer virus affecting the Internet in general is highly publicized or particularly damaging, our customers may not use the Internet or may be prevented from using the Internet, which would have an adverse effect on sales of our products. The inadvertent transmission of computer viruses could also expose us to a material risk of loss or litigation and possible liability. The Company may be required to expend capital and resources to protect against or alleviate system failures or disruptions, which could negatively affect our results of operations.

 

We have material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting which could adversely affect our ability to report our financial condition and results of operations accurately and on a timely basis.

 

We currently have material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting that could adversely impact our ability to provide timely and accurate financial information. We are developing remediation plans to strengthen our internal controls in response to the previously identified material weaknesses. If we are unsuccessful in developing, implementing or following our remediation plans, or fail to update our internal controls as our business evolves, we may not be able to timely or accurately report our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows or maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures. If we are unable to report financial information timely and accurately or to maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures, we could be subject to, among other things, regulatory or enforcement actions by the SEC, securities litigation and a general loss of investor confidence, any one of which could adversely affect our business prospects and the valuation of our Common Stock.

 

Furthermore, there are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of controls and procedures, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures. We could face additional litigation exposure and a greater likelihood of an SEC enforcement regulatory action if further restatements were to occur or other accounting-related problems emerge.

 

Risks Related to Our Securities

 

We may in the future issue additional shares of our Common Stock which would reduce investors’ ownership interests in the Company and which may dilute our share value.

 

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and any amendments thereto, authorize the issuance of 495,000,000 shares of Common Stock, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”). The future issuance of all or part of our remaining authorized Common Stock may result in substantial dilution in the percentage of our Common Stock held by our then existing stockholders. The issuance of Common Stock for future services or acquisitions or other corporate actions may have the effect of diluting the value of the shares held by our investors and might have an adverse effect on any trading market for our Common Stock.

  

Our charter documents may have anti-takeover effects that could prevent a change in control.

 

Our Certificate of Incorporation or our bylaws could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us, even if closing such a transaction would be beneficial to our stockholders. We are authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock. This Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series, the terms of which may be determined at the time of issuance by our board of directors without further action by stockholders. The terms of any series of Preferred Stock includes voting rights and has five hundred (500) times that number of votes on all matters submitted to the shareholders that each shareholder of Company’s Common Stock entitled to vote at each meeting of shareholders of the Company. The issuance of any Preferred Stock could materially adversely affect the rights of the holders of our Common Stock, and therefore, reduce the value of our Common Stock. In particular, specific rights granted to future holders of Preferred Stock could be used to restrict our ability to merge with, or sell our assets to, a third party and thereby preserve control by the holders of Preferred Stock. 

 

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If a market for our Common Stock does not develop, stockholders may be unable to sell their shares.

 

We intend to become a SEC reporting company and list our Common Stock on a national securities exchange or quotation system at such time as we meet the initial listing criteria, but there is no guarantee that we will become an SEC reporting company or that our shares will be traded or, if traded, that a public market will materialize. If our Common Stock is not traded on a national securities exchange or quotation system or if a public market for our Common Stock does not develop, investors may not be able to re-sell their shares of Common Stock and may lose all of their investment.

 

Our management team owns a significant percentage of our stock and will be able to exercise significant influence over our affairs.

 

Currently, our CEO holds beneficially 53.6% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and directly 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock. A majority of our voting stock is able to influence the composition of our board of directors, retain the voting power to approve all matters requiring stockholder approval and continue to have significant influence over our operations. The interests of these stockholders may be different from the interests of other stockholders on these matters. This concentration of ownership could also have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in our control or otherwise discouraging a potential acquirer from attempting to obtain control of us, which in turn could reduce the value of our stock.

 

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports, or if they publish adverse or misleading research or reports, regarding us, our business or our market, our stock price and trading volume could decline.

 

Any trading market for our Common Stock, if we are successful in listing on an exchange or other public trading market, may be influenced by the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us, our business or our market. We do not currently have and may never obtain research coverage by securities or industry analysts. If no or few securities or industry analysts commence coverage of us, our stock price would be negatively impacted. In the event we obtain securities or industry analyst coverage, if any of the analysts who cover us issue adverse or misleading research or reports regarding us, our business model, our intellectual property, our stock performance or our market, or if our operating results fail to meet the expectations of analysts, our stock price would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of us or fail to publish reports on us regularly, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.

 

We may be subject to securities litigation, which is expensive and could divert management attention.

 

The market price of our Common Stock may be volatile and, in the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation. We may be the target of this type of litigation in the future. Securities litigation against us could result in substantial costs and divert our management’s attention from other business concerns, which could seriously harm our business.

 

We do not currently intend to pay dividends on our Common Stock and, consequently, your ability to achieve a return on your investment will depend on appreciation of the value of our Common Stock.

 

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our equity securities. We currently anticipate that we will retain future earnings, if any, for the development, operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends for the foreseeable future. In addition, debt instruments to which we may be party in the future may limit our ability to pay dividends. Any return to stockholders will therefore be limited to any appreciation in the value of our Common Stock, which is not certain.

 

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General Risk Factors

 

We are a “smaller reporting company” and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to smaller reporting companies will make our securities less attractive to investors.

 

We are a “smaller reporting company,” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies, including “emerging growth companies” such as, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. Our status as a smaller reporting company is determined on an annual basis. We cannot predict if investors will find our securities less attractive or our Company less comparable to certain other public companies because we will rely on these exemptions. For example, if we do not adopt a new or revised accounting standard, our future financial results may not be as comparable to the financial results of certain other companies in our industry that adopted such standards.

 

The requirements of being a reporting public company may strain our resources, divert management’s attention and affect our ability to attract and retain additional executive management and qualified board members.

 

As a reporting public company, we will be subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the Dodd-Frank Act, and other applicable securities rules and regulations. Compliance with these rules and regulations will increase our legal and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult, time-consuming, or costly and increase demand on our systems and resources, particularly after we are no longer a “smaller reporting company.” The Exchange Act requires, among other things, that we file annual, quarterly, and current reports with respect to our business and results of operations. As a “smaller reporting company,” we receive certain reporting exemptions under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

Changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure create uncertainty for public companies, increase legal and financial compliance costs and increase time expenditures for internal personnel. These laws, regulations and standards are subject to interpretation, in many cases due to their lack of specificity, and their application in practice may evolve over time as regulators and governing bodies provide new guidance. These changes may result in continued uncertainty regarding compliance matters and may necessitate higher costs due to ongoing revisions to filings, disclosures and governance practices. We intend to invest resources to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards, and this investment may result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management’s time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. If our efforts to comply with new laws, regulations and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities related to their application and practice, regulatory authorities may initiate regulatory or legal proceedings against us and our business may be adversely affected.

 

As a public company under these rules and regulations, we expect that it may make it more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain coverage. These factors could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified directors and officers.

 

If we do not comply with the court order issued to us, we could have a risk of a litigation with the FTC.

 

Our operations were abrupted on October 3, 2018 when the FTC filed a complaint against the Company for permanent injunctions and other equitable relief. On March 1, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ordered a halt to practices used by Redwood Scientific Technologies regarding the promotion and sale of dissolvable oral film strips as effective smoking cessation, unless the representation is non-misleading, and relies upon competent and reliable scientific evidence including the use of human clinical testing of the product substantiating that the representation is true. We were issued an injunction on these activities. Should we violate any of the items issued in the injunction we could risk having new litigation with the FTC.

  

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ITEM 2.FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

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

 

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operation should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes that appear elsewhere in this Registration Statement. This discussion contains forward-looking statements and information relating to our business that reflect our current views and assumptions with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the risks in the section entitled Risk Factors beginning on page 7, that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

  

These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Registration Statement. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, we expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any update or revisions of any of the forward-looking statements to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or to conform these statements to actual results.

  

Overview

 

We are an innovative healthcare technology company committed to the global development and commercialization of homeopathic drugs and supplements for smoking and vaping cessation. We manufacture and market sublingually delivered OTC supplements that address unmet medical needs in a multi-billion-dollar market for nicotine cessation.

 

We currently have a smoking cessation product registered with the Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) and we are in the process of registering a vaping cessation product. We have a successful history in nicotine replacement therapy with our FDA registered product, TBX-FREE, which is the first FDA registered oral strip that helps smokers eliminate the craving to smoke. In addition to treating smoking addiction, we are also focused on vaping cessation. We believe we are in the process of developing and launching a new product, TBX-VAPE-FREE, to assist to quit vaping which will be the world’s first-to-market product for the addiction of nicotine in a vape device. Both of our products utilize patent-pending, sublingual strip delivery technology.

 

We are on course to establish ourself as the industry leader for smoking and vaping cessation products in their respective markets. Our products will be centered on the innovative sublingual strip technology we have developed. We retained separate FDA counsel who work directly with the FDA to ensure the Company’s compliance with federal and state regulatory authorities. The FDA counsel helps with the evaluation and development process for new products and shepherds the products through the regulatory process. The process taken is determined and dependent on how the products are to be marketed and their intended effects. Each FDA regulatory category brings with it certain benefits (regarding, for instance, the claims that can be made related to the product) and challenges (regarding, for instance, pre-marketing clearance requirements).

 

We are currently conducting clinical trials to assess safety and efficacy of TBX-FREE in smoking cessation and TBX-VAPE-FREE in vaping cessation. We commenced those trials in early 2023. We believe that TBX-FREE and TBX-VAPE-FREE make compelling product candidates to further evaluate in clinical trials for the treatment of nicotine cessation. Respective clinical trials will be conducted simultaneously in a course of approximately four months. After, we will continue following the individuals in the clinical trials for an additional approximately eight months to reevaluate for long term results.

  

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Going Concern

 

The accompanying audited financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company currently has limited liquidity and has not completed its clinical trials of its new products will which are planned to come to the market. Additionally, the Company had no assets as of December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021. The Company had an accumulated deficit of $5,275,421 and $5,131,708 as of December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021 respectively and the Company had a working capital deficit of $143,713 as of December 31, 2022, and working capital of $0 as of December 31, 2021. These factors, raises doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that may result from the outcome of these uncertainties. The Company will require additional financing moving forward and is pursuing various strategies to accomplish this, including seeking equity funding and/or debt funding from private placement sources. Although management believes that it will be able to obtain the necessary funding to allow the Company to remain a going concern through the methods discussed above, there can be no assurances that such methods will prove successful. Management anticipates that the Company will be dependent, for the near future, on additional investment capital to fund operating expenses. There are no assurances that the Company will be successful in this or any of its endeavors or become financially viable and continue as a going concern.

 

Plan of Operation

 

Our initial development products are TBX-FREE and TBX-VAPE-FREE and the commercialization of those products. We are actively engaged with introducing in the next six to twelve months our products to significant volume national retail chains such as Walmart, Walgreens, Rite Aid and Kroger. As we do not sell to end users, we will manufacture and deliver to distributors for sale only.

  

Our mission is to be at the forefront of the fast-growing category of sublingual oral strips as a method of delivering medication, homeopathic therapy, and other health and wellness products to the consumer.

 

With this mission in mind, we envision our Company becoming the industry leader in sublingual strip delivery technology, for smoking and vaping cessation products. We will strive to command the largest share of the market while maintaining our price premium through continued research and development of health and wellness products that can be delivered through the sublingual strip delivery technology.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

The following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based upon our financial statements, which have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Certain accounting policies and estimates are particularly important to the understanding of our financial position and results of operations and require the application of significant judgment by our management or can be materially affected by changes from period to period in economic factors or conditions that are outside of our control. As a result, they are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty. In applying these policies, our management uses their judgment to determine the appropriate assumptions to be used in the determination of certain estimates. Those estimates are based on our historical operations, our future business plans and projected financial results, our observance of trends in the industry and information available from other outside sources, as appropriate. Please see Note 3 to our financial statements for a more complete description of our significant accounting policies.

  

Upon the filing of our initial registration statement, we intend to utilize the extended transition period provided in Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) Section 7(a)(2)(B) as allowed by Section 107(b)(1) of the JOBS Act for the adoption of new or revised accounting standards as applicable to emerging growth companies. As part of the election, we will not be required to comply with any new or revised financial accounting standard until such time that a company that does not qualify as an “issuer” (as defined under Section 2(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) is required to comply with such new or revised accounting standards.

 

As an emerging growth company within the meaning of the rules under the Securities Act, we will utilize certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to public companies that are not emerging growth companies. For example, we will not have to provide an auditor’s attestation report on our internal controls in future annual reports on Form 10-K as otherwise required by Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can utilize the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. Thus, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to utilize this extended transition period. Our financial statements may therefore not be comparable to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards as they become applicable to public companies.

 

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Basis of Presentation

 

The Company’s financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern. However, the Company is subject to the risks and uncertainties associated with a new business, has no established source of revenue, and has incurred significant losses from operations since inception. The Company’s operations are dependent upon it raising additional capital. These matters raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that could result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

   

Research and Development

 

Research and development costs consist of expenditures incurred during the course of planned research and investigation aimed at the discovery of new knowledge, which will be useful in developing new products or processes. The Company expenses all research and development costs as incurred.

 

Results of Operations

 

The Year Ended December 31, 2022   

Operating Expenses. Our operating expenses totaled $143,713 and consisted of accounts payable and accrued expenses.  

 

Net Loss. As there were no revenue in the period, the net loss was $143,713. 

 

The Year Ended December 31, 2021

 

The Company was in a receivership in 2021 and did not have any revenue or expenses. 

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We incurred net losses of $143,713 during the year ended December 31, 2022. We are a development stage company and have generated losses from operations since year 2022. These losses have been from legal expenses and general and administrative fees. In order to execute our long-term strategic plan to develop and commercialize our core products, we will need to raise additional funds, through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, or other means. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

Subsequent to the period ended December 31, 2022, we sold 5,850,000 shares at $0.10 per share of Common Stock and warrants exercisable at $0.15 per warrant resulting in proceeds of $585,000 in a private placement.

 

We anticipate the need to raise a net amount of approximately $9,500,000 of which $3,000,000 is allocated to product development, $5,000,000 to sales and marketing and $1,500,000 for general administrative and corporate purposes.

 

We can give no assurance that our cash on hand or the additional cash raised will be sufficient to achieve our business plan or that additional financing will be available on reasonable terms, or available at all, or that it will generate sufficient revenue to alleviate the going concern. Should we be unsuccessful in obtaining the necessary financing, or generate sufficient revenue to fund our operations, we would need to curtail our operational activities. 

 

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Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

ITEM 3.PROPERTIES 

 

Our corporate offices are located at 9007 Arrow Route, Suite 290, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730.

 

ITEM 4.SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

 

The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership of our Common Stock as of May 30, 2023 by:

 

each person whom we know to beneficially own more than 5% of our Common Stock;

each of our directors;

each of our named executive officers; and

all directors and executive officers as a group.

 

In accordance with the rules of the SEC, beneficial ownership includes voting or investment power with respect to securities and includes the shares issuable pursuant to stock options and warrants that are exercisable within 60 days of May 30, 2023. Shares issuable pursuant to stock options and warrants are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of the person holding such options but are not outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person.

 

We have based our calculation of the percentage of beneficial ownership on 195,427,134 shares of our Common Stock outstanding and held of record by approximately 478 stockholders as of May 30, 2023.

 

Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each listed stockholder is c/o Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc., 9007 Arrow Route, Suite 290, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730. To our knowledge, except as indicated in the footnotes to this table and pursuant to applicable community property laws, the persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Common Stock.

 

Name of Beneficial Owner   Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned   Percentage of Class   Number of Shares of Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned   Percentage of Class  
Named Executive Officers and Directors:                        
Jason Cardiff (1)     104,752,459 (1)   53.6 % 2,500,000 (2)   50 %
David Duncan     0     0 % 0   0 %
John Harrington     150,000     0.07 % 0   0 %
Brian Kennedy     0     0 % 0   0 %
Christine Hayes     714,600      0.37 % 0   0 %
All executive officers and directors as a group (5 persons)     105,617,059      54.04 % 2,500,000   100 %
                       
All Other Greater than 5% Owners:                      
None.                      

   

* Less than 1%.

 

(1) 104,752,459 shares of Common Stock held in Carols Place Limited Partnership. Jason Cardiff, our chairman and CEO, and Eunjung Cardiff, who is Mr. Cardiff’s wife, are the limited partners of Carols Place Limited Partnership, and Extension First, LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company is the general partner of Carols Place Limited Partnership. 

 

(2) Jason Cardiff, our chairman and the CEO, holds 2,500,000 shares of Preferred Stock, representing 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Preferred Stock.

 

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ITEM 5.DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

The following sets forth information regarding our executive officers and the members of our board of directors as of the date of this Registration Statement. All directors hold office for one-year terms until the election and qualification of their successors. Officers are appointed by our board of directors and serve at the discretion of our board of directors.

  

Name   Age   Position(s)
Jason Cardiff   47   Chief Executive Officer and President and Director
John Harrington   64   Chief Financial Officer
David Duncan   50   Chief Operating Officer
Brian Kennedy   61   Director
Christine Hayes   70   Director

 

Jason Cardiff, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director: Since 2014, Mr. Cardiff has served as CEO of the Company. Before that, Mr. Cardiff founded First Choice Media, a private consulting company that ran marketing and placed all forms of media for national not-for-profit organizations while simultaneously finding success with his own national infomercial businesses and products. Mr. Cardiff was a Founder of VPL Medical, a company dedicated to manufacturing 3-ply face masks in the United States.

 

John Harrington, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Harrington is the principal at Franklin Management, an outsourced accounting and business consulting firm, since 2002. Previously Mr. Harrington had several financial management roles in both public and private companies. He is a graduate of Northeastern University and has an MBA from Babson College.

 

David Duncan, Chief Operating Officer. David Duncan founded HOTB Software, Inc. in 2008 and he was the President of HOBT Software, Inc. until 2012, Chief Procurement Officer 2013-2016, Vice President 2016-2019 and currently a Director. HOTB Software, Inc. developed software that dispersed over $6 billion from US Treasury to multiple state housing agencies, hundreds of nonprofit housing outfits, and tens of thousands of troubled homeowners. Mr. Duncan has spent more than two-decades in direct response marketing. Mr. Duncan studied Philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley.

 

Brian Kennedy, Director. Brian T. Kennedy is President of the American Strategy Group, a public policy think tank. Mr. Kennedy started at the American Strategy Group in 2015. Mr. Kennedy also serves a board member and senior fellow of the Claremont Institute. Mr. Kennedy is the chairman of the Committee on the Present Danger: China, founded in March of 2019 and is a member of the Independent Working Group on Missile Defense. Mr. Kennedy is the author of Communist China’s War Inside America by Encounter Books (June 2020).

 

Christine Hayes, Director. Mrs. Hayes has worked for the past 20 years in the real estate industry and is the founder of Rosemont Mortgage (founded in 1992) and Melrose Escrow, Inc. (founded in 1994). Ms. Hayes has a great degree of knowledge in complex financial transactions and complex regulatory bodies and corporate governance.

 

Family Relationships

 

There are no family relationships among any of our current executive officers or directors.

 

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ITEM 6.EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 

 

Executive Officers

 

We currently have no employment agreements with any of our officers and directors. See “Item 7. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence” for additional information.

 

No compensation was paid, distributed or accrued by us for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 to our principal executive officer and our other highly compensated executive officers who served in 2021 and/or 2022.

 

As of May 30, 2023, there were no outstanding equity awards to any of our executive officers or our directors.

 

ITEM 7.CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

 

Corporate Governance and Director Independence

 

Presently, we are not currently listed on a national securities exchange or in an inter-dealer quotation system and therefore are not required to comply with the director independence requirements of any securities exchange. In determining whether our directors are independent, however, we intend to comply with the rules of Nasdaq. The board of directors will also consult with counsel to ensure that the board of director’s determinations are consistent with those rules and all relevant securities and other laws and regulations regarding the independence of directors, including those adopted under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with respect to the independence of audit committee members. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(a)(2)defines an “independent director” generally as a person other than an Executive Officer or employee of the Company or any other individual having a relationship which, in the opinion of the Company’s board of directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. Our board of directors has determined that two of the directors would qualify as “independent” as that term is defined by Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(a)(2). Finally, we have determined that Brian Kennedy and Christine Hayes qualifies as “independent” under Nasdaq Listing Rules applicable to committees of the board of directors. 

 

Due to our lack of operations and current size, we do not have an audit committee or any other separate committees. The board of directors will consider appointing members to each of the Committees at such time as a sufficient number of independent directors are appointed to the board of directors or as otherwise determined by the board of directors. Until such time, the full board of directors will undertake the duties of the audit committee, compensation committee and nominating committee. 

  

Since the past two fiscal years, there have been no transactions, whether directly or indirectly, between us and any of the Company’s officers, directors, beneficial owners of more than 5% of outstanding shares of Common Stock or outstanding shares of a class of voting Preferred Stock, or their family members, that exceeded the lesser of (i) $120,000 or (ii) one percent (1%) of the average of the Company’s total assets at year-end for the last two fiscal years, and in which any of our directors, executive officers or beneficial holders of more than 5% of any class of our capital stock, or any immediate family member of, or person sharing the household with, any of these individuals, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

 

ITEM 8.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

We are currently not a party to any material legal or administrative proceedings and are not aware of any pending legal or administrative proceedings against us. We may from time to time become a party to various legal or administrative proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business.

 

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ITEM 9.MARKET PRICE OF AND DIVIDENDS ON THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

Market Information

 

Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Pink Market under the symbol “RSCI”. The bid quotations reported on the OTC Pink Market reflect inter-dealer prices without retail markup, markdown or commissions, and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.

 

Our common stock is very thinly traded. The quoted bid and asked prices for our common stock vary from week to week. An investor holding shares of our common stock may find it difficult to sell the shares and may find it impossible to sell more than a small number of shares at the quoted bid price.

 

Holders

 

As of May 30, 2023, we had 195,427,134 shares of Common Stock outstanding, held of record by 478 stockholders and 2,500,000 shares of Preferred Stock held by one holder.

 

Dividends

 

Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any then outstanding Preferred Stock, holders of our Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends as may be declared from time to time by our board of directors out of legally available funds. However, we have never paid cash dividends on any of our capital stock and we currently intend to retain our future earnings, if any, to fund the development and growth of our business. We do not intend to pay cash dividends to holders of our Common Stock in the foreseeable future.  

 

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

 

 The Company currently has no compensation plans under which the Company’s securities are authorized for issuance.

 

ITEM 10.RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES

 

We recently concluded a funding round in which each investor purchased shares at the purchase price of $0.10 per a share of Common Stock and warrant, with warrants convertible at an exercise price equal to $0.15 per warrant. We also issued shares of Common Stock for Stanton Ross, John Harrington, Joseph Budd, and Stephen Cochell and those issuances were for work performed on behalf of Redwood. Please see Note 7 to our financial statements for a more complete description of our recent sale of unregistered securities.

  

ITEM 11.DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED

 

Pursuant to our Certificate of Incorporation, we are authorized to issue 495,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share and 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share. As of the date of this Registration Statement, we have 195,427,134 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and 478 stockholders of record and 2,500,000 shares of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding and one holder of record.

 

The following description of our capital stock and provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws are summaries and are qualified by reference to the articles of incorporation and bylaws.

 

Common Stock

 

Holders of Common Stock are entitled to cast one vote for each share on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. At each election for directors every shareholder entitled to vote at such election shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares owned by him for as many persons as there are directors to be elected at that time and for whose election he has a right to vote; candidates receiving the highest number of votes up to the number of directors to be elected shall be elected. The holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends, if any, as may be declared by the board of directors out of funds legally available therefore. Such holders do not have any preemptive or other rights to subscribe for additional shares. All holders of Common Stock are entitled to share ratably in any assets for distribution to stockholders upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. There are no conversion, redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the Common Stock. All outstanding shares of Common Stock are fully paid and non-assessable.

 

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Preferred Stock

 

The board of directors is authorized, without further action by the stockholders, to issue, from time to time, up to 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock all of which is designated as Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares. Similarly, as of the date of this filing, we have issued 2,500,000 shares of Preferred Stock and 100% of it is beneficially held by Jason Cardiff.

 

Holders of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall have five hundred (500) times that number of votes on all matters submitted to the shareholders that each shareholder of the Common Stock (rounded to the nearest whole number) is entitled to vote at each meeting of shareholders of the Company (and written actions of shareholders in lieu of meetings) with respect to any and all matters presented to the shareholders of the Company for their action or consideration. Holders of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class. Holders of Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive dividends paid on the Company’s Common Stock. Dividends paid to holders of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares, if any, shall be at the discretion of the board of directors. Upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive any of the assets of the Company. The shares of Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall not be convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose, or the written consent without a meeting, of the holders of not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the then-outstanding shares of Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall be required for (a) any change to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation that would amend, alter, change or repeal any of the preferences, limitations or relative rights of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares or (b) any issuance of additional shares of Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares.

  

The board of director’s authority to issue preferred stock also provides a convenient vehicle in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, but could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock. Accordingly, the issuance of preferred stock may be used as an “anti-takeover” device without further action on the part of our stockholders, and may adversely affect the holders of the Common Stock.

 

ITEM 12.INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS  

 

Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director of the Company shall be liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. It is the intent that this provision be interpreted to provide the maximum protection against liability afforded to directors under the DGCL in existence either now or hereafter.

  

Our Certificate of Incorporation will provide that all of our directors, officers, employees and agents shall be entitled to be indemnified by us to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL concerning indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents is set forth below:

 

Section 145. Indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents; insurance.

 

(a) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person’s conduct was unlawful.

 

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(b) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

 

(c) (1) To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. For indemnification with respect to any act or omission occurring after December 31, 2020, references to “officer” for purposes of paragraphs (c)(1) and (2) of this section shall mean only a person who at the time of such act or omission is deemed to have consented to service by the delivery of process to the registered agent of the corporation pursuant to § 3114(b) of Title 10 (for purposes of this sentence only, treating residents of this State as if they were nonresidents to apply § 3114(b) of Title 10 to this sentence).

 

(2) The corporation may indemnify any other person who is not a present or former director or officer of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person to the extent he or she has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein.

 

(d) Any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this section (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer of the corporation at the time of such determination:

 

(1) By a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; or

 

(2) By a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; or

 

(3) If there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or

 

(4) By the stockholders.

 

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(e) Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director of the corporation in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents of the corporation or by persons serving at the request of the corporation as directors, officers, employees or agents of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.

 

(f) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. A right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses arising under a provision of the certificate of incorporation or a bylaw shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to or repeal or elimination of the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought, unless the provision in effect at the time of such act or omission explicitly authorizes such elimination or impairment after such action or omission has occurred.

 

(g) A corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under this section. For purposes of this subsection, insurance shall include any insurance provided directly or indirectly (including pursuant to any fronting or reinsurance arrangement) by or through a captive insurance company organized and licensed in compliance with the laws of any jurisdiction, including any captive insurance company licensed under Chapter 69 of Title 18, provided that the terms of any such captive insurance shall:

 

(1) Exclude from coverage thereunder, and provide that the insurer shall not make any payment for, loss in connection with any claim made against any person arising out of, based upon or attributable to any (i) personal profit or other financial advantage to which such person was not legally entitled or (ii) deliberate criminal or deliberate fraudulent act of such person, or a knowing violation of law by such person, if (in the case of the foregoing paragraph (g)(1)(i) or (ii) of this section) established by a final, nonappealable adjudication in the underlying proceeding in respect of such claim (which shall not include an action or proceeding initiated by the insurer or the insured to determine coverage under the policy), unless and only to the extent such person is entitled to be indemnified therefor under this section;

 

(2) Require that any determination to make a payment under such insurance in respect of a claim against a current director or officer (as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section) of the corporation shall be made by a independent claims administrator or in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (d)(1) through (4) of this section; and

 

(3) Require that, prior to any payment under such insurance in connection with any dismissal or compromise of any action, suit or proceeding brought by or in the right of a corporation as to which notice is required to be given to stockholders, such corporation shall include in such notice that a payment is proposed to be made under such insurance in connection with such dismissal or compromise.

 

For purposes of paragraph (g)(1) of this section, the conduct of an insured person shall not be imputed to any other insured person. A corporation that establishes or maintains a captive insurance company that provides insurance pursuant to this section shall not, solely by virtue thereof, be subject to the provisions of Title 18.

 

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(h) For purposes of this section, references to “the corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

 

(i) For purposes of this section, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the corporation” as referred to in this section.

 

(j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

 

(k) The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions for advancement of expenses or indemnification brought under this section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may summarily determine a corporation’s obligation to advance expenses (including attorneys’ fees).

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the registrant, pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.

 

We intend to enter into indemnity agreements with each of our officers and directors, a form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Registration Statement. These agreements will require us to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified.

 

ITEM 13.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

Set forth below is an index to our financial statements attached to this Registration Statement.

 

ITEM 14.CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

None.

 

ITEM 15.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(a)The financial statements attached to this Registration Statement are listed under “Item 13. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

 

(b)Exhibits

 

Exhibit Index

 

3.1(i)(a) Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
3.1(i)(b) Certificate of Correction.
3.1(ii) Bylaws.
4.1 Form of Securities Purchase Agreement
4.2 Form of Warrant.
10.1* Form of Indemnification Agreement
10.2 Trademark License Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2023 between Inteli Property LLC and Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc.
21.1 

List of Subsidiaries – None.

 

* To be filed by Amendment

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  By: /s/ Jason Cardiff
    Name:  Jason Cardiff
    Title: Chief Executive Officer,
President and Director

Date: June 13, 2023

 

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REDWOOD SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. F-2
Balance Sheet  F-4
Statements Of Operations  F-5
Statements Of Changes In Stockholders’ Deficit  F-6
Statement of Cash Flow  F-7
Notes to Financial Statements. F-8

 

 F-1

 

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To: The Shareholders and the Board of Directors of

Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc.

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc. (“the Company”), which comprise the balance sheet as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, and the related statements of income, changes in stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, and the related notes to the financial statements (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”).

 

In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc. as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a Going concern

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 4 - Going Concern to the financial statements, the Company has no assets and has not completed its efforts to generate sufficient revenue to cover operating expenses. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plan in regards to these matters are also described in Note 4 to the financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.

 

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.

 

 

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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.

 

Emphasis of a Matter

 

As discussed in Note 2 – Effect of Receivership to the financial statements, the Company has just emerged from receivership with the Federal Trade Commission, has no assets, been released from all liabilities that existed as of December 31, 2022, and is in the process of re-organization. Details of the Receivership, its effects and outcome is included in Note 2 to the financial statements. Further as discussed in Note 7 – Subsequent Events to the financial statements, as part of its re-organization, the Company has entered into significant equity transactions between the date of the latest financial statements, December 31, 2022, and date of this report.

 

Critical Audit Matters

 

A critical audit matter is any matter arising from the 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 especially challenging, subjective, or complex auditor judgment. We determined that there are no critical audit matters.

 

 

Victor Mokuolu, CPA PLLC

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2023.

 

Houston, Texas 

June 5, 2023

 

PCAOB ID: 6771

 

 

 

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REDWOOD SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Balance Sheet

 

   For the Year Ended December 31,
   2022   2021 
Assets:        
Current Assets   0.00    0.00 
   Accounts Receivable   0.00    0.00 
Other current assets   0.00    0.00 
Prepaid Expenses   0.00    0.00 
Total current assets   0.00    0.00 
           
TOTAL ASSETS   0.00    0.00 
           
Liabilities and Stockholder’s Deficit:          
Current Liabilities:          
       Accounts payable & accruals   143,713    0.00 
Total Current liabilities   143,713    0.00 
           
TOTAL LIABILITIES   143,713    0 
           
  Stockholders’ Deficit:          
       Common Stock   177,927    177,927 
       Preferred Stock          
       Additional Paid-in-capital   4,953,781    4,953,781 
       Accumulated Deficit   (5,275,420.50)   (5,131,708.00)
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT   (143,712)   0 
           
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT   0    0 

 

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  REDWOOD SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

  Statements Of Operations

 

   For the Year Ended December 31,
   2022   2021 
INCOME:        
Income   0.00    0.00 
Total ordinary income/expense   0.00    0.00 
           
EXPENSES:          
Operating Expenses:          
       General & Administrative   143,713    0.00 
Total Operating Expenses   143,713    0.00 
           
Loss from operations   (143,713)   0 
  Other income (expenses):          
       Income taxes          
      Penalties          
      State Tax   0.00      
       Total other income (expenses)   0    0 
           
Net Loss   (143,713)   0 
           

 

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REDWOOD SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Statements Of Changes In Stockholders’ Deficit

 

      Additional       
   Common Stock   Paid-In   Accumulated   Stockholders’ 
   Shares   Par Value   Capital   Deficit   Deficiency 
Net Loss   0    0    0    (49,304)   (49,304)
Balance as of December 31, 2020   177,927,134    177,927    4,953,781    (5,131,708)   0 
                          
Balance as of January 1, 2021   177,927,134    177,927    4,953,781    (5,131,708)   0 
Additions in the Year   0    0    0    0    0 
Adjustment of year   0    0    0    0    0 
Net Loss/Surplus   0    0    0    0    0 
Balance as of December 31, 2021   177,927,134    177,927    4,953,781    (5,131,708)   0 
                          
Balance as of January 1, 2022   177,927,134    177,927    4,953,781    (5,131,708)   0 
Additions in the Year   0    0    0    0    0 
Net Loss   0    0    0    (143,713)   (143,713)
Balance as of December 31, 2022   177,927,134    177,927    4,953,781    (5,275,421)   (143,712)

 

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REDWOOD SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.  

Statement of Cash Flow  

 

   For the Year Ended December 31,
   2022   2021 
Cash flows from operating activities:          
Net loss   (143,713)   - 
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:          
Depreciation expense   -    - 
Warrants issued for services   -    - 
Options issued for services   -    - 
Warrants forfeited in conjunction with compensation - related parties   -    - 
Other current assets   -    - 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   143,713    - 
Other current liabilities   -    - 
Net cash used in operating activities   -    - 
           
Cash flows from investing activities:          
None   -    - 
Net cash used in investing activities   -    - 
           
Cash flows from financing activities:          
None        - 
Net cash provided by financing activities   -    - 
           
Net (decrease) increase in cash   -    - 
           
Cash at beginning of period   -      
Cash at end of period   -    - 
           
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:          
Non-cash investing and financing activities:          
Adjustments to Stockholders’ deficit        - 

 

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Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements

For the two years ended December 31, 2022

 

NOTE 1. FORMATION AND BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY

 

Business description

 

Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc. (“Redwood”, “RSCI”, or the “Company”) is a pharmaceutical company that develops, operates, and markets innovative over-the-counter United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) registered drugs in a sublingual oral thin film strip. The Company has announced that it is starting the beginning phases of research for clinical trials on two new products that will be marketed to help stop the addiction to nicotine. RSCI will bring back its product TBX-FREE for the addiction to nicotine in cigarettes. Redwood will also begin a trial on a product to stop the addiction to nicotine in vape delivery. Redwood is targeting the clinical trials that will conclude in Q3 of 2023. Both the Vape product and cigarette product will be available with substantiated claims of treatment by the end of 2023. Redwoods new Vaping Cessation product will be the first product in the marketplace to address addiction to Nicotine in a Vape delivery device.

 

The Company was inactive during the time period covered by this Report due to recently concluded litigation with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”).

 

NOTE 2. EFFECT OF RECEIVERSHIP

 

The Company emerged from receivership in March of 2022. All assets and liabilities prior to emergence had been liquidated. As such the company started with a blank set of financials.

 

The Company was in a court ordered Receivership during “FTC v. Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc., Case. No. 5:18-02104 (C.D. Cal.)”, filed on October 3, 2018. The case was decided and the Company was released from the Receivership, effective September 9, 2022. Under the Court’s practice, a Receivership is, for all intents treated as a bankruptcy for the purpose of debts and liabilities.

 

The Receiver did not report any liabilities on Redwood’s books and records. It should be noted that the Court authorized the destruction of Redwood’s books and records in its Order Approving the Receiver’s Final Report and Accounting, and the Receiver’s Final Fee Application.

 

All debts and liabilities due from and owed by Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc. were released as of the termination of the Receivership and did not survive the receivership. Accordingly, the debts and liabilities have been extinguished as of the year ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. In addition, the trial court held that no monetary remedies would be allowed against Redwood and other defendants. Moreover, any claim that might have been made by the FTC is barred by the three-year statute of limitations applicable to this case effective October 3, 2022.

 

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NOTE 3. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Uses of estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of net revenue and expenses during each reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

  

Cash

 

The Company considers all short-term highly liquid investments with an original maturity date of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company did not have any revenues from continuing operations for the periods presented. The Company recognizes revenue based on Account Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers and all of the related amendments, and the Company’s policy is revenues will be recognized when control of the products are transferred to the Company’s distributors.

 

Financial Instruments

 

As defined in Financial Accounting Standards Board ASC 820 (“FASB ASC 820”), fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). The Company will utilize the market data of similar entities in its industry or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk and the risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. These inputs can be readily observable, market corroborated, or generally unobservable. The Company classifies fair value balances based on the observability of those inputs. FASB ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurement).

 

The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, and accounts payable. The carrying amount of these financial instruments approximates fair value due either to length of maturity or interest rates that approximate prevailing market rates unless otherwise disclosed in these financial statements.

 

 F-9

 

 

Financial assets and liabilities recorded at fair value in the Company’s balance sheet are categorized based upon a fair value hierarchy established by GAAP, which prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value into the following levels:

 

Level 1 — Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.

 

Level 2 — Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable and can be corroborated by observable market data.

 

Level 3 — Inputs reflecting management’s best estimates and assumptions of what market participants would use in pricing assets or liabilities at the measurement date. The inputs are unobservable in the market and significant to the valuation of the instruments.

 

A financial instrument’s categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The Company follows ASC 820’s financial instruments consist of accounts payable and amounts provided to the Company from related parties. The carrying amount of financial instruments approximates fair value because of the short-term nature of these items.

 

Income taxes

 

Income taxes are determined in accordance with the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board ASC 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted income tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Any effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

ASC 740 prescribes a comprehensive model for how companies should recognize, measure, present, and disclose in their financial statements uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. Under ASC 740, tax positions must initially be recognized in the financial statements when it is more likely than not the position will be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities. Such tax positions must initially and subsequently be measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that has a greater than fifty percent (50%) likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the tax authority assuming full knowledge of the position and relevant facts. For the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022, the Company did not have any interest and penalties associated with tax positions. As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company did not have any significant unrecognized uncertain tax positions.

 

 F-10

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies

 

The Company follows ASC 440 and ASC 450, subtopic 450-20 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification, to report accounting for contingencies and commitments respectively. Certain conditions may exist as of the date the financial statements are issued, which may result in a loss to the Company, but which will only be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. The Company assesses such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment. In assessing loss contingencies related to legal proceedings that are pending against the Company or un-asserted claims that may result in such proceedings, the Company evaluates the perceived merits of any legal proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought therein.

 

If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability would be accrued in the Company’s financial statements. If the assessment indicates that a potentially material loss contingency is not probable but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, and an estimate of the range of possible losses, if determinable and material, would be disclosed.

 

Share Capital

 

Preferred stock

 

The Company is authorized to issue 25,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share.

 

Common stock

 

The Company is authorized to issue 250,000,000 shares at par value of $0.001 per share.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

The Company reviewed all the recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements and the Company does not believe any of these pronouncements will have a material impact on the Company.

 

 F-11

 

 

NOTE 4. GOING CONCERN

 

The accompanying audited financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company currently has limited liquidity and has not completed its clinical trials of its new products will which are planned to come to the market. Additionally, the Company has had no assets as of December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021. The Company had an accumulated deficit of $5,275,421 and $5,131,708 as of December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021 respectively. And the Company had a working capital deficit of $143,713 as of December 31, 2022, and working capital of $0 as of December 31, 2021. These factors, raises doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that may result from the outcome of these uncertainties. The Company will require additional financing moving forward and is pursuing various strategies to accomplish this, including seeking equity funding and/or debt funding from private placement sources. Although management believes that it will be able to obtain the necessary funding to allow the Company to remain a going concern through the methods discussed above, there can be no assurances that such methods will prove successful. Management anticipates that the Company will be dependent, for the near future, on additional investment capital to fund operating expenses. There are no assurances that the Company will be successful in this or any of its endeavors or become financially viable and continue as a going concern.

 

NOTE 5. INCOME TAXES

 

The Company records its federal and state income tax liability as it is incurred. The Company had no income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2022 and does not have any outstanding income tax liabilities, deferred tax assets, or liabilities for the years then ended.

 

NOTE 6. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION

 

In support of the Company’s efforts and cash requirements, it may rely on advances from related parties until such time that the Company can support its operations or attains adequate financing through sales of its equity or traditional debt financing. There is no formal written commitment for continued support by officers, directors, or shareholders. Amounts represent advances or amounts paid in satisfaction of liabilities and related parties consist of officers, shareholders, and associated entities.

 

NOTE 7. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

The Company evaluated all other events or transactions that occurred after December 31, 2022, through May 31, 2023. The Company determined that it had the following Subsequent Event:

 

Stockholders’ Equity

 

On April 25, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate of Correction to the articles of incorporation with the State of Delaware that increased the total authorized shares to 500,000,000 at par value of $0.001 per share with common shares numbering 495,000,000 and Series A Super Voting Preferred shares numbering 5,000,000.

 

 F-12

 

 

A.    Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares.

 

1.       Voting. Holders of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall have five hundred (500) times that number of votes on all matters submitted to the shareholders that each shareholder of the Company’s Common Stock (rounded to the nearest whole number) is entitled to vote at each meeting of shareholders of the Company (and written actions of shareholders in lieu of meetings) with respect to any and all matters presented to the shareholders of the Company for their action or consideration. Holders of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class.

  

2.       Dividends. Holders of Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive dividends paid on the Company’s Common Stock. Dividends paid to holders of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares, if any, shall be at the discretion of the board of directors (the “Board”).

  

3.       Liquidation Preference. Upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive any of the assets of the Company.

  

4.       No Conversion. The shares of Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall not be convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock.

  

5.       Vote to Change the Terms of, or to Issue, Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares. The affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose, or the written consent without a meeting, of the holders of not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the then-outstanding shares of Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall be required for (a) any change to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation that would amend, alter, change or repeal any of the preferences, limitations or relative rights of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares or (b) any issuance of additional shares of Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares.

  

6.       Record Owner. The Company may deem the person in whose name Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall be registered upon the registry books of the Company to be, and may treat him as, the absolute owner of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares for all purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

  

7.       Register. The Company shall maintain a register for the registration of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares. Upon the transfer of shares of Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Company shall register such transfer on the register of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares.

  

 F-13

 

 

B.     Common Stock.

 

1.       The rights of holders of Common Stock to receive dividends or share in the distribution of assets in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company shall be subject to the preferences, limitations and relative rights of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares fixed in the resolution or resolutions which may be adopted from time to time by the Board or the Company providing for the issuance of one or more series of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares.

  

2.       The holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held by them of record at the time for determining the holders thereof entitled to vote.

  

No holder of shares of the Company of any class shall have any preemptive or preferential right in or preemptive or preferential right to subscribe to or for or acquire any new or additional shares, or any subsequent issue of shares, or any unissued or treasury shares of the Company, whether now or hereafter authorized, or any securities convertible into or carrying a right to subscribe to or for or acquire any such shares, whether nor or hereafter authorized. All shares are to be non-assessable.

  

New Stock Issuances

 

Below are new stock issuances from the Company, as of May 4, 2023.

 

   
NAME Number of Shares Consideration Exchanged
JOSEPH BUDD 1,500,000 For services rendered, these shares had a market value of $1,500 on the date of issuance
STEPHEN COCHELL 2,500,000 For services rendered, these shares had a market value of $2,500 on the date of issuance
BENJAMIN ENGLAND 100,000 Cash, $10,000
TIMOTHY FLAHERTY 2,000,000 Cash, $200,000
JOHN HARRINGTON 150,000 For services rendered, these shares had a market value of $150 on the date of issuance
THOMAS HECKMAN 1,000,000 Cash, $100,000
DARRELL MATTHEW JONES TTEE 1,000,000 Cash, $100,000
MICHAEL JONES 500,000 Cash, $50,000
JOSEPH MCCAFFREY 250,000 Cash, $25,000
STANTON ROSS 7,500,000 For services rendered, these shares had a market value of $7,500 on the date of issuance
JOCK WRIGHT 1,000,000 Cash, $100,000

 

 F-14

 

 

The issuances for Benjamin England, Timothy Flaherty, Thomas Heckman, Darrell Matthew Jones Revocable Trust 2-12-10, Joseph McCaffrey, Michael Jones, Stanton Ross, and Jock Wright were part of a funding round in which each investor purchased shares at the purchase price of $0.10 per a share of Common Stock and Warrant, with Warrants convertible at an exercise price equal to $0.15 per Warrant.

 

The issuances for Stanton Ross, John Harrington, Joseph Budd, and Stephen Cochell were for work performed on behalf of Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc.

 

Change in Control

 

The Company recently experienced a change in control as the Board and Officers of the Company has changed in March 2023. On March 23, 2023, the Board resolved to appoint the following members of the Board: (i) Jason Cardiff, (ii) Christine Hayes, and (iii) Brian Kennedy. Also on March 23, 2023, the Board resolved to name to following Officers of the Company: Jason Cardiff as Chief Executive Officer, David Duncan as Chief Financial Officer, and Bobby Bedi as Chief Operating Officer.

 

On March 24, 2023, the Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) of the Company, Bobby Bedi, departed this life. On May 8, 2023, the Board appointed previous Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), David Duncan, the COO of the Company, and appointed John Harrington as the CFO of the Company.

  

 F-15

Exhibit 3.1(i)(a)

 

State of Delaware
Secretary of State
Division of Corporations

Delivered   01:35 PM 01/05/2018
FILED   01:35 PM 01/05/2018
SR     20180086721   -   File Number     2109707

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

GREENWAY DESIGN GROUP, INC.

 

(Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware)

 

Greenway Design Group, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the provisions of, and subject to the requirements of, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “General Corporation Law”), hereby certifies that:

 

1.    That the name of this corporation is Greenway Design Group, Inc., and that this corporation was originally incorporated in the State of Delaware on December 4, 1986 under the name Prescription Corporation of America.

 

2.    That the Board of Directors duly adopted resolutions proposing to amend and restate the Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation, declaring said amendment and restatement to be advisable and in the best interests of this corporation and its stockholders, and authorizing the appropriate officers of this corporation to solicit the consent of the stockholders therefor, which resolution setting forth the proposed amendment and restated is as follows:

 

RESOLVED, that the Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the corporation is hereby amended to REDWOOD SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (the “Corporation”)

 

ARTICLE II

 

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the state of Delaware is located at 16192 Coastal Highway in the City of Lewes, County of Sussex, Delaware 19958. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is Harvard Business Services, Inc.

 

ARTICLE III

 

The purposes for which the Corporation is organized are to engage in any activity or business not in conflict with the laws of the State of Delaware or of the United States of America, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, specifically:

 

A.            To have and to exercise all the powers now or hereafter conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware upon corporations organized pursuant to the laws under which the corporation is organized and any and all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.

 

  

 

B.           To discount and negotiate promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other evidences of debt, and to collect for others money due them on notes, checks, drafts, bills of exchange, commercial paper or other evidence of indebtedness.

 

C.           To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, hold, lease, sell, exchange, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, to guarantee, to invest, trade, and deal in and with personal property of every class and description.

 

D.           To enter into any kind of contract or agreement, cooperative or profit sharing plan with its officers or employees that the corporation may deem fit.

 

E.           To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire, in whole or in part, the business, goodwill, rights, franchises and property of every kind, and to undertake the whole or any part of the assets or liabilities, of any person, firm, association, non-profit or profit corporation, or own property necessary or suitable for its purposes, and to pay the same in cash, in the stocks or bonds of the corporation or otherwise, to hold or in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the business or property so acquired and to exercise all of the powers necessary or incidental to the conduct of such business.

 

F.           To lend or borrow money and to negotiate and make loans, either on its own account or as agent or broker for others.

 

G.           To enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of every kind and for any lawful purpose, without limit as to amount with any person, firm, association, cooperative, profit or non-profit corporation, municipality, state or government or any subdivision, district or department thereof.

 

H.           To buy, sell, exchange, negotiate, or otherwise deal in, or hypothecate securities, stocks, bonds, debentures, mortgages, notes or other collateral or securities, created or issued by any corporation wherever organized including this corporation, within such limits as may be provided by law, and while owner of any such stocks or other collateral to exercise all rights, powers and privileges of ownership, including the right to vote the same, and to subscribe for stock of any corporation to be organized, other than to promote the organization thereof.

 

I.            To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, hold, lease, sell, exchange, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, license or otherwise dispose of any letters, patents, copyrights, or trademarks of every class and description.

 

J.            To do any and all other such acts, things, business or businesses in any manner connected with or necessary, incidental, convenient or auxiliary to do any of these objectives hereinbefore enumerated, or calculated, directly or indirectly, to promote the interest of the corporation; and in carrying on its purposes, or for the purpose of obtaining or furthering any of its businesses, to do any and all acts and things, and to exercise any and all other powers which a natural person could do or exercise, and which now or hereafter may be authorized by law, here and in any other part of the world.

 

K.           The several clauses contained in this statement of powers shall be construed in each of these clauses and shall be in no way limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other clauses, but shall be regarded as independent purposes and powers; and no recitation, expression or declaration of specific or special powers or purposes herein enumerated shall be deemed to be exclusive, but is hereby expressly declared that all other lawful powers not inconsistent herewith are hereby included. The purpose for which the Corporation is formed is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as amended (the “DGCL”).

 

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ARTICLE IV

 

The total number of shares of all classes which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Two Hundred Seventy Five Million (275,000,000) of which Twenty-five Million (25,000,000) shall be Preferred Shares, par value $0.001 per share, and Two Hundred Fifty Million (250,000,000) shall be Common Shares, par value $0.001 per share, and the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each class are as follows:

 

A.            Preferred Shares. The Corporation may divide and issue the Preferred Shares in series. Preferred Shares of each series when issued shall be designated to distinguish it from the shares of all other series. The Board of Directors is hereby expressly vested with authority to divide the class of Preferred Shares into series and to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of the shares of any such series so established to the full extent permitted by this Certificate of Incorporation and the laws of the State of Delaware in respect to the following;

 

(1)        The number of shares to constitute such series, and the distinctive designations thereof;

 

(2)        The rate and preference of dividends, if any, the time of payment of dividends, whether dividends are cumulative and the date from which any dividend shall accrue;

 

(3)        Whether shares may be redeemed and, if so, the redemption price and the terms and conditions of redemption;

 

(4)        The amount payable upon shares in event of involuntary liquidation;

 

(5)        The amount payable upon shares in event of voluntary liquidation;

 

(6)        Sinking fund or other provisions, if any, for the redemption or purchase of shares;

 

(7)        The terms and conditions on which shares may be converted, if the shares of any series are issued with the privilege of conversion;

 

(8)        Voting powers, if any; and

 

(9)        Any other relative rights and preferences of shares of such series, including, without limitation, any restriction on an increase in the number of shares of any series theretofore authorized and any limitation or restriction of rights or powers to which shares of any further series shall be subject.

 

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B.            Common Shares.

 

(1)       The rights of holders of Common Shares to receive dividends or share in the distribution of assets in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the corporation shall be subject to the preferences, limitations and relative rights of the Preferred Shares fixed in the resolution or resolutions which may be adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors or the corporation providing for the issuance of one or more series of the Preferred Shares.

 

(2)       The holders of the Common Shares shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Shares held by them of record at the time for determining the holders thereof entitled to vote.

 

No holder of shares of the Corporation of any class shall have any preemptive or preferential right in or preemptive or preferential right to subscribe to or for or acquire any new or additional shares, or any subsequent issue of shares, or any unissued or treasury shares of the corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, or any securities convertible into or carrying a right to subscribe to or for or acquire any such shares, whether nor or hereafter authorized. All shares are to be non-assessable.

 

ARTICLE V

 

The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall consist of that number of directors to be fixed from time to time in the manner provided in the Corporation’s Bylaws, each of who will serve as the Corporation’s director until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

No director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. It is the intent that this provision be interpreted to provide the maximum protection against liability afforded to directors under the DGCL in existence either now or hereafter.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

The Corporation shall indemnify and shall advance expenses on behalf of its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by law in existence either now or hereafter.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

The directors of the Corporation shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the Corporation’s Bylaws.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

The Corporation shall have perpetual existence.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Greenwood Design Group, Inc. has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed on its behalf by the undersigned authorized officer on January 5, 2018.

 

  GREENWAY DESIGN GROUP, INC.
     
  By:  
  Name:   Jason Cardiff
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

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Exhibit 3.1(i)(b) 

 

  Delaware Page 1
  The First State  

 

I, JEFFREY W. BULLOCK, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION OF “REDWOOD SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.”, FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF APRIL, A.D. 2023, AT 2:25 O`CLOCK P.M.

 

AND I DO HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFY THAT THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AFORESAID CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION IS THE TWENTY-FOURTH DAY OF APRIL, A.D. 2023.

 

2109707 8100
SR# 20231604226 

   
 

Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secretary of State

 

  Authentication: 203233025
Date: 04-27-23

 

You may verify this certificate online at corp.delaware.gov/authver.shtml  

 

 

 

 

State of Delaware    
Secretary of State    

Division of Corporations

Delivered 02:25 PM 04/25/2023

FILED 02:25 PM 04/25/2023

STATE OF DELAWARE  
SR 20231604226 - File Number 2109707 CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION  

 

REDWOOD SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,

 

DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

 

1.The name of the corporation is Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc.

 

2.That an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed by the Secretary of State of Delaware on January 5, 2018 and that Certificate requires correction as permitted by Section 103 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

3.Due to a clerical error, the inaccuracy or defect of said Certificate is that Article IV thereof does not (a) state the correct number of authorized shares, or (b) correctly describe the corporation’s preferred stock.

 

4.Article IV of the Certificate is corrected to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“The total number of shares of all classes which the Corporation shall have authority to issue 500,000,000 of which Five Million (5,000,000) shall be Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares, par value $0.001 per share, and 495,000,000 shall be Common Shares, par value $0.001 per share, and the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each class are as follows:

 

A.Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares.

1.Voting. Holders of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall have five hundred (500) times that number of votes on all matters submitted to the shareholders that each shareholder of the corporation’s Common Shares (rounded to the nearest whole number) is entitled to vote at each meeting of shareholders of the corporation (and written actions of shareholders in lieu of meetings) with respect to any and all matters presented to the shareholders of the corporation for their action or consideration. Holders of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall vote together with the holders of Common Shares as a single class.

2.Dividends. Holders of Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive dividends paid on the corporation’s Common Shares. Dividends paid to holders of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares, if any, shall be at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

3.Liquidation Preference. Upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive any of the assets of the corporation.

4.No Conversion. The shares of Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall not be convertible into shares of the corporation’s Common Shares.

5.Vote to Change the Terms of, or to Issue, Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares. The affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose, or the written consent without a meeting, of the holders of not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the then-outstanding shares of Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall be required for (a) any change to the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation that would amend, alter, change or repeal any of the preferences, limitations or relative rights of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares or (b) any issuance of additional shares of Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares.

 

 

 

 

6.Record Owner. The corporation may deem the person in whose name Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares shall be registered upon the registry books of the corporation to be, and may treat him as, the absolute owner of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares for all purposes, and the corporation shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

7.Register. The corporation shall maintain a register for the registration of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares. Upon the transfer of shares of Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares in accordance with the provisions hereof, the corporation shall register such transfer on the register of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares.

 

B.Common Shares.

1.The rights of holders of Common Shares to receive dividends or share in the distribution of assets in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the corporation shall be subject to the preferences, limitations and relative rights of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares fixed in the resolution or resolutions which may be adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors or the corporation providing for the issuance of one or more series of the Series A Super Voting Preferred Shares.

2.The holders of the Common Shares shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Shares held by them of record at the time for determining the holders thereof entitled to vote.

 

No holder of shares of the Corporation of any class shall have any preemptive or preferential right in or preemptive or preferential right to subscribe to or for or acquire any new or additional shares, or any subsequent issue of shares, or any unissued or treasury shares of the corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, or any securities convertible into or carrying a right to subscribe to or for or acquire any such shares, whether nor or hereafter authorized. All shares are to be non-assessable.”

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said corporation has caused this Certificate of Correction this 24 day of April, A.D. 2023.

 

  By:  
  Name: Jason Cardiff  
  Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1(ii)

 

BYLAWS
OF 

REDWOOD SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

Article I. Meetings of Shareholders

 

Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of shareholders of Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) shall be held at the time and place designated by the Board of Directors of the Company. Business transacted at the annual meeting shall include the election of directors of the Company and such other matters as shall be stated in the notice of meeting.

 

Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders shall be held when directed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the Chief Executive Officer, or when requested in writing by the holders of not less than 10 percent of all the voting power entitled to vote at the meeting. The date, time, and place of any special meeting of shareholders shall be determined by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer, provided, however, the date shall not be more that 75 days from receipt by the Company of the request for a special meeting of shareholders. Business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of such meeting.

 

Section 3. Place. Meetings of shareholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware.

 

Section 4. Notice. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of any meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the meeting, either personally or by first class mail, by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, the Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Company, with postage there on prepaid. The provisions of Section 229 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) as to waiver of notice are applicable.

 

Section 5. Notice of Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of the adjourned meeting if the time and place to which the meeting is adjourned are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, and at the adjourned meeting any business may be transacted that might have been transacted on the original date of the meeting. If, however, after the adjournment the Board of Directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, a notice of adjourned meeting, shall be given as provided in this section to each shareholder of record on the new record date entitled to vote at such meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 6. Closing of Transfer Books and Fixing Record Date. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other purpose, the Board of Directors may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, 60 days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least 10 days immediately preceding such meeting.

 

In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for the determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than 60 days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than 10 days prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of shareholders is to be taken.

 

If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the day preceding the day on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders.

 

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When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

The Company’s stock transfer agent shall cause to be prepared, at least 10 days before every meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each shareholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each shareholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any shareholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting at least 10 days prior to the meeting (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of meeting or (ii) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Company. The list of shareholders must also be open to examination at the meeting as required by applicable law. Except as otherwise provided by law (a) the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled by these Bylaws to examine the list of shareholders required by these Bylaws or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of shareholders and (b) failure to prepare or make available the list of shareholders shall not affect the validity of actions taken at the meeting.

 

Section 7. Shareholder Quorum and Voting. A majority of the outstanding voting power then entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. When a specified item of business is required to be voted on by a class or series of stock, a majority of the outstanding voting power of such class or series shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of such item of business by that class or series.

 

If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the majority of the voting power present at the meeting in person or by proxy of voting power and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the shareholders unless otherwise provided. The directors of the Company shall be elected by a plurality of such voting power.

 

After a quorum has been established at a shareholders’ meeting, the subsequent withdrawal of shareholders, so as to reduce the number of shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting below the number required for a quorum, shall not affect the validity of any action taken at the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 

Section 8. Voting of Shares. Each outstanding share, regardless of class or series, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders, except as otherwise provided for in the Certificate of Designation for such class or series.

 

Treasury shares, shares of stock of this Company owned by another corporation, the majority of the voting stock of which is owned or controlled by this Company, and shares of stock of this Company, held by it in a fiduciary capacity shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting, and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time.

 

A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or his duly authorized attorney-in-fact.

 

At each election for directors every shareholder entitled to vote at such election shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares owned by him for as many persons as there are directors to be elected at that time and for whose election he has a right to vote.

 

Shares standing in the name of another corporation, domestic or foreign, may be voted by the officer, agent, or proxy designated by the bylaws of the corporate shareholder; or, in the absence of any applicable bylaw, by such person as the Board of Directors of the corporate shareholder may designate. Proof of such designation may be made by presentation of a certified copy of the bylaws or other instrument of the corporate shareholder. In the absence of any such designation, or in case of conflicting designation by the corporate shareholder, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, any Vice President, Secretary or Treasurer of the corporate shareholder shall be presumed to possess, in that order, authority to vote such shares.

 

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Shares held by an administrator, executor, guardian or conservator may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into his name. Shares standing in the name of a trustee may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, but no trustee shall be entitled to vote shares held by him without a transfer of such shares into his name.

 

Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into his name if authority to do so is contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was appointed.

 

A shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee or his nominee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

 

On and after the date on which written notice of redemption of redeemable shares has been mailed to the holders thereof and a sum sufficient to redeem such shares has been deposited with a bank or trust company with irrevocable instruction and authority to pay the redemption price to the holders thereof upon surrender of certificates therefor, such shares shall not be entitled to vote on any matter and shall not be deemed to be outstanding shares.

 

Prior to any meeting of shareholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may, and shall if required by law, appoint one or more inspectors to act at such meeting and make a written report thereof and may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at the meeting of shareholders, the person presiding at the meeting may, and shall if required by law, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. The inspectors need not be shareholders of the Company, and any director or officer of the Company may be an inspector on any matter other than a vote for or against such director’s or officer’s election to any position with the Company or on any other matter in which such officer or director may be directly interested. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors shall ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, determine the shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, count all votes and ballots, determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors and certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons to assist them in the performance of their duties. The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the shareholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting. No ballot, proxy or vote, nor any revocation thereof or change thereto, shall be accepted by the inspectors after the closing of the polls. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of shareholders of the Company, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law.

 

Section 9. Proxies. Every shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders or to express consent without a meeting of shareholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy.

 

Every proxy must be signed by the shareholder or his attorney in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of three years from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the shareholder executing it, except as otherwise provided by law or as provided in such proxy. A shareholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary of the Company. Voting at meetings of shareholders need not be by written ballot unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding voting power present in person or represented by proxy at such meeting shall so determine.

 

The authority of the holder of a proxy to act shall not be revoked by the incompetence or death of the shareholder who executed the proxy unless, before the authority is exercised, written notice of an adjudication of such incompetence or of such death is received by the corporate officer responsible for maintaining the list of shareholders.

 

If a proxy for the same shares confers authority upon two or more persons and does not otherwise provide, a majority of them present at the meeting, or if only one is present then that one, may exercise all the powers conferred by the proxy; but if the proxy holders present at the meeting are equally divided as to the right and manner of voting in any particular case, the voting of such shares shall be prorated.

 

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If a proxy expressly provides, any proxy holder may appoint in writing a substitute to act in his place.

 

Section 10. Action by Shareholders without a Meeting. Any action required by law, these bylaws, or the certificate of incorporation of this Company to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Company, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such shareholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all outstanding voting power entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. If any class of shares is entitled to vote thereon as a class, such written consent shall be required of the holders of a majority of the voting power of each class of shares entitled to vote as a class thereon and of the total shares entitled to vote thereon.

 

Promptly after obtaining such authorization by written consent, notice shall be given to those shareholders who have not consented in writing. The notice shall fairly summarize the material features of the authorized action, and, if the action be a merger or consolidation for which appraisal rights are provided under the DGCL, be given in accordance with Section 262(d)(2) of the Act, as amended.

 

Section 11. Advance Notice of Shareholder Nominees and Shareholder Business.

 

To be properly brought before an annual meeting or special meeting, nominations for the election of directors or other business must be:

 

(a)specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors,

 

(b)otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or

 

(c)otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a shareholder.

 

For such other nominations or other business to be considered properly brought before the meeting by a shareholder, such shareholder must have given timely notice and in proper form of his intent to bring such business before such meeting. To be timely, such shareholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary of the Company not less than 90 days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 100 days notice of prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to shareholders, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made. To be in proper form, a shareholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth:

 

(i)the name and address of the shareholder who intends to make the nominations, propose the business, and, as the case may be, the name and address of the person or persons to be nominated or the nature of the business to be proposed;

 

(ii)a representation that the shareholder is a holder of record of stock of the Company entitled to vote at such meeting and, if applicable, intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice or introduced the business specified in the notice;

 

(iii)if applicable, a description of all arrangements or understandings between the shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the shareholder;

 

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(iv)such other information regarding each nominee or each matter of business to be proposed by such shareholder as would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission had the nominee been nominated, or intended to be nominated, or the matter been proposed, or intended to be proposed by the Board of Directors; and

 

(v)if applicable, the consent of each nominee to serve as director of the Company if so elected.

 

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the nomination of any person or the proposal of any business not made in compliance with the foregoing procedure.

 

Section 12. Conduct of Meetings; Remote Communication. Annual and special meetings shall be conducted in accordance with these Bylaws or as otherwise prescribed by the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall preside at such meetings, or in the absence of the Chairman or Chief Executive Officer, any person designated by the Board of Directors.

 

The order of business at each such meeting shall be as determined by the Chairman of the meeting. The Chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts and things as are necessary or desirable for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, the adjournment of any meeting, the establishment of procedures for the maintenance of order and safety, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments on the affairs of the Company, restrictions on entry to such meeting after the time prescribed for the commencement thereof and the opening and closing of the voting polls. The Chairman of the meeting shall have absolute authority over matters of procedure and there shall be no appeal from the ruling of the Chairman.

 

If disorder shall arise that prevents continuation of the legitimate business of the meeting, the Chairman may announce the adjournment of the meeting and quit the chair and upon the Chairman so doing the meeting is immediately adjourned. The Chairman may ask or require that anyone who is not a bona fide shareholder or proxyholder leave the meeting.

 

If authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, shareholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of shareholders may, by means of remote communication: (a) participate in a meeting of shareholders; and (b) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of shareholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that (i) the Company shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a shareholder or proxyholder, (ii) the Company shall implement reasonable measures to provide such shareholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the shareholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings, and (iii)    if any shareholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Company.

 

Article II. Directors

 

Section 1. Function. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed under the direction of, the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2. Qualification. Directors need not be residents of the State of Delaware or shareholders of this Company.

 

Section 3. Number. This Company shall have no less than one nor greater than nine directors. The number of directors may be established from time-to-time by resolution of the Board of Directors or shareholders, but no decrease shall have the effect of shortening the terms of any incumbent director.

 

Section 4. Compensation. The Board of Directors shall have authority to fix the compensation of directors.

 

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Section 5. Duties of Directors. A director shall perform his duties as a director, including his duties as a member of any committee of the Board of Directors upon which he may serve, in good faith, in a manner he reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Company, and with such care as an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use under similar circumstances.

 

In performing his duties, a director shall be entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, in each case prepared or presented by:

 

(a)     one or more officers or employees of the Company whom the director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented,

 

(b)     counsel, public accountants or other persons as to matters which the director reasonably believes to be within such person’s professional or expert competence, or

 

(c)     a committee of the Board of Directors upon which he does not serve, duly designated in accordance with a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, as to matters within its designated authority, which committee the director reasonably believes to merit confidence.

 

A director shall not be considered to be acting in good faith if he has knowledge concerning the matter in question that would cause such reliance described above to be unwarranted.

 

A person who performs his duties in compliance with this section 5 shall have no liability by reason of being or having been a director of the Company.

 

The Board of Directors shall appoint one director as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 6. Presumption of Assent. A director of the Company who is present at a meeting of its Board of Directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless he votes against such action or abstains from voting in respect thereto because of an asserted conflict of interest.

 

Section 7. Election and Term. Each person named in the Certificate of Incorporation as a member of the initial Board of Directors and all other directors appointed by the Board of Directors to fill vacancies thereof shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation, removal from office or death.

 

At the first annual meeting of shareholders and at each annual meeting thereafter the shareholders shall elect directors to hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting. Each director shall hold office for the term for which he is elected and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation, removal from office or death.

 

Section 8. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors, including any vacancy created by reason of an increase in the number of directors, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office only until the next election of directors by the shareholders.

 

Section 9. Removal of Directors. At a meeting of the shareholders called expressly for that purpose, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power, present in person or by proxy, then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

 

Section 10. Quorum and Voting. A majority of the number of directors fixed by these Bylaws shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 11. Director Conflicts of Interest. No contract or other transaction between this Company and one or more of its directors or any other corporation, firm, association or entity in which one or more of the directors are directors or officers or are financially interested, shall be either void or voidable because of such relationship or interest or because such director or directors are present at the meeting of the Board of Directors or a Committee thereof which authorizes, approves or ratifies such contract or transaction or because his or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:

 

(a)      The fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the Board of Directors or Committee which authorizes, approves or ratifies the contract or transaction by a vote or consent sufficient for the purpose without counting the votes or consents of such interested directors; or

 

(b)      The fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the shareholders entitled to vote and they authorize, approve or ratify such contract or transaction by vote or written consent; or

 

(c)      The contract or transaction is fair and reasonable as to the Company at the time it is authorized by the Board of Directors, a Committee or the shareholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof which authorizes, approves or ratifies such contract or transaction.

 

Section 12. Place of Meeting. Regular and special meetings by the Board of Directors may be held within or without the State of Delaware.

 

Section 13. Time, Notice and Call of Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held without notice on the second Tuesday of April of each year. Notice of the time and place of special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by either personal delivery, any form of electronic notice including email or facsimile transmission at least one day before the meeting.

 

Notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors need not be given to any director who signs a waiver of notice either before or after the meeting. Attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting and waiver of any and all obligations to the place of the meeting, the time of the meeting, or the manner in which it has been called or convened, except when a director states, at the beginning of the meeting, any objection to the transaction of business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum exists, may adjourn any meeting of the Board of Directors to another time and place. Notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given to the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment and, unless the time and place of the adjourned meeting are announced at the time of the adjournment, to the other directors.

 

Meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive Officer, or by any director. At a meeting of the Board of Directors the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall have the power to present the agenda for the meeting and propose such matters as the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall deem necessary or appropriate.

 

Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of such Board of Directors by means of a conference telephone or other electronic media by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.

 

Section 14. Action Without a Meeting. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the directors of the Company, or any action which may be taken at a meeting of the directors, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing (which shall include email of facsimile transmission), setting forth the action to be taken, signed by all of the directors, is filed in the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors. Such consent shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote.

 

Section 15. Committees. The Board of Directors may designate from among its members such Committees it deems prudent, such as, but not limited to, an Executive Committee, Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board of Directors may adopt, amend and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of a provision by the Board of Directors or a provision in the rules of such Committee to the contrary, a majority of the entire authorized number of members of such Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting at the time of such vote if a quorum is then present shall be the act of such Committee, and in other respects each Committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to Article II of these Bylaws. Each Committee shall prepare minutes of its meetings which shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Company for inclusion in the Company’s records.

 

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Article III. Officers

 

Section 1. Officers. The officers of this Company shall consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, one of more Vice Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer, and such other officers as may be designated by the Board of Directors, each of whom shall be approved by the Board of Directors from time-to-time. Any office may have two persons who shall have concurrent powers, except as modified by the Board of Directors. Any reference to officer in these Bylaws shall include the other person who had been appointed to the same office. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. The failure to elect any of the above officers shall not affect the powers of this Company.

 

Section 2. Duties. The officers of this Company shall have the following duties and such other duties as delegated by the chief executive officers.

 

The Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall have general and active management of the business and affairs of the Company subject to the directions of the Board of Directors. When the Board of Directors has not appointed a President and the DGCL refers to the President, the Chief Executive officer shall be deemed to be the President for the purposes of the DGCL.

 

The Chief Financial Officer shall be the Chief Accounting Officer and be responsible for preparation of all financial statements of the Company. He shall keep correct and complete records of account, showing accurately at all times the financial condition of the corporation. He shall furnish at meetings of the Board of Directors, or whenever requested, a statement of the financial condition of the Company and shall perform such other duties as the Bylaws provide or the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

The Treasurer shall be the legal custodian of all monies, notes, securities and other valuables that may from time-to-time come into the possession of the Company. He shall immediately deposit all funds of the Company coming into his hands in some reliable bank or other depositary to be designated by the Board of Directors and shall keep this bank account in the name of the Company.

 

Any Vice President(s) shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the one designated Vice President shall act whenever the Chief Executive Officer shall be unavailable.

 

The Secretary shall have custody of and maintain all of the corporate records except the financial records, shall record the minutes of all meetings of the shareholders and whenever else required by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3. Removal of Officers. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Company will be served thereby.

 

Any officer or agent elected by the shareholders may be removed only by vote of the shareholders, unless the shareholders shall have authorized the directors to remove such officer or agent.

 

Any vacancy, however occurring, in any office may be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

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Removal of any officer shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed; however, election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.

 

Article IV. Stock Certificates

 

Section 1. Issuance. Every holder of shares in this Company shall be entitled to have a certificate, representing all shares to which he is entitled. No certificate shall be issued for any share until such share is fully paid. Shares of preferred stock shall be issued by the Company only after the authorization of the same and filing a Certificate of Designation (or Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation) with the Delaware Secretary of State and satisfying all other requirements of the Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL with respect thereto.

 

Section 2. Form. Certificates representing shares in this Company shall be signed by the President or Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer and may be sealed with the seal of this Company or a facsimile thereof. The signature of the President or Vice President and the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer may be facsimiles if the certificate is manually signed on behalf of a transfer agent or a registrar, other than the Company itself or an employee of the Company. In case any officer who signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Company with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of its issuance.

 

Every certificate representing shares issued by this Company shall set forth or fairly summarize upon the face or back of the certificate, or shall state that the Company will furnish to any shareholder upon request and without charge a full statement of, the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each class or series authorized to be issued, and the variations in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series so far as the same have been fixed and determined, and the authority of the Board of Directors to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series.

 

Every certificate representing shares which are restricted as to the sale, disposition, or other transfer of such shares shall state that such shares are restricted as to transfer and shall set forth or fairly summarize upon the certificate, or shall state that the Company will furnish to any shareholder upon request and without charge a full statement of such restrictions.

 

Each certificate representing shares shall state upon its face: the name of the Company; that the Company is organized under the laws of this state; the name of the person or persons to whom issued; the number and class of shares, and the designation of the series, if any, which such certificate represents; and the par value of each share represented by such certificate, or a statement that the shares are without par value.

 

Section 3. Transfer of Stock. Except as provided in Section 4 of this Article IV, the Company shall register a stock certificate presented to it for transfer if the certificate is properly endorsed by the holder of record or by his duly authorized attorney, and the signature of such person has been guaranteed as evidenced by a medallion guarantee stamp that is customarily required by stock transfer agents.

 

Section 4. Off-Shore Offerings. In all offerings of equity securities pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), the Company shall require that its stock transfer agent refuse to register any transfer of securities not made in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the Act or an available exemption under the Act.

 

Section 5. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Company shall issue a new stock certificate in the place of any certificate previously issued if the holder of record of the certificate (a) makes proof in affidavit form that it has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken; (b) requests the issuance of a new certificate before the Company has notice that the certificate has been acquired by a purchaser for value in good faith and without notice of any adverse claim; (c) gives bond in such form as the Company may direct, to indemnify the Company, the transfer agent, and registrar against any claim that may be made on account of the alleged loss, destruction, or theft of a certificate; and (d) satisfies any other reasonable requirements imposed by the Company.

 

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Article V. Books and Records

 

Section 1. Books and Records. This Company shall keep correct and complete records and books of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its shareholders, Board of Directors and committees of directors.

 

This Company shall keep at its registered office or principal place of business, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, a record of its shareholders, giving the names and addresses of all shareholders, and the number, class and series, if any, of the shares held by each.

 

Any books, records and minutes may be in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time.

 

Any person who shall have been a holder of record of shares or of voting trust certificates therefor at least six months immediately preceding his demand or shall be the holder of record of, or the holder of record of voting trust certificates for, at least five percent of the outstanding shares of any class or series of the Company, upon written demand stating the purpose thereof, shall have the right to examine, in person or by agent or attorney, at any reasonable time or times, for any proper purpose its relevant books and records of accounts, minutes and records of shareholders and to make extracts therefrom.

 

Section 2. Financial Information. Except for an earlier date as may be required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, not later than three months after the close of each fiscal year, this Company shall prepare a balance sheet showing in reasonable detail the financial condition of the Company as of the close of its fiscal year, and a profit and loss statement showing the results of the operations of the Company during its fiscal year.

 

Upon the written request of any shareholder or holder of voting trust certificates for shares of the Company, the Company shall mail to such shareholder or holder of voting trust certificates a copy of the most recent such balance sheet and profit and loss statement.

 

The balance sheets and profit and loss statements shall be filed in the registered office of the Company in this state, shall be kept for at least five years, and shall be subject to inspection during business hours by any shareholder or holder of voting trust certificates, in person or by agent.

 

Article VI. Dividends

 

The Board of Directors of this Company may, from time to time, declare and the Company may pay dividends on its shares in cash, property, or its own shares, except when the Company is insolvent or when the payment thereof would render the Company insolvent or when the declaration or payment thereof would be contrary to any restrictions contained in the certificate of incorporation, subject to the following provisions:

 

(a)     Dividends in cash or property may be declared and paid, except as otherwise provided in this section, only out of the unreserved and unrestricted earned surplus of the Company or out of capital surplus, howsoever arising but each dividend paid out of capital surplus shall be identified as a distribution of capital surplus, and the amount per share paid from such surplus shall be disclosed to the shareholders receiving the same concurrently with the distribution.

 

(b)     Dividends may be declared and paid in the Company’s own treasury shares.

 

(c)     Dividends may be declared and paid in the Company’s own authorized but unissued shares out of any unreserved and unrestricted surplus of the Company upon the following conditions:

 

(1)     If a dividend is payable in shares having a par value, such shares shall be issued at not less than the par value thereof and there shall be transferred to stated capital at the time such dividend is paid an amount of surplus equal to the aggregate par value of the shares to be issued as a dividend.

 

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(2)          If a dividend is payable in shares without a par value, such shares shall be issued at such stated value as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors by resolution adopted at the time such dividend is declared, and there shall be transferred to stated capital at the time such dividend is paid an amount of surplus equal to the aggregate stated value so fixed in respect of such shares; and the amount per share so transferred to stated capital shall be disclosed to the shareholders receiving such dividend concurrently with the payment thereof.

 

(d)    No dividend payable in shares of any class shall be paid to the holders of shares of any other class unless the certificate of incorporation so provide or such payment is authorized by the affirmative vote or the written consent of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of the class in which the payment is to be made.

 

(e)    A split-up or division of the issued shares of any class into a greater number of shares of the same class without increasing the stated capital of the Company shall not be construed to be a share dividend within the meaning of this section.

 

Article VII. Corporate Seal

 

The Board of Directors shall provide a corporate seal which shall be circular in form and shall have inscribed thereon the following: Delaware 2023.

 

Article VIII. Governing Law: Jurisdiction

 

These bylaws and the internal affairs of the Company shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of Delaware, excluding its conflict of laws principles. Unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer (or affiliate of any of the foregoing) of the Company to the Company or the Company’s shareholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or (iv) any other action asserting a claim arising under, in connection with, and governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Company shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this bylaw.

 

Article IX. Amendment

 

These bylaws may be repealed or amended, and new bylaws maybe adopted, by the Board of Directors or the shareholders in accordance with Section 109 of the DGCL.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of March      , 2023, by and among Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (“RSTI” or the “Seller”) and the purchasers identified on the signature pages hereto (each, an “Initial Purchaser” and, including their respective successors and permitted assigns, a “Purchaser”). 

 

WHERAS, RSTI needs working capital and is seeking financing;

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and/or Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Seller desires to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers, and the Initial Purchasers desire to purchase from RSTI, for cash and other valuable consideration Common Stock and Warrants as defined and described more fully in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, Seller and each Purchaser agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

 

1.1         Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:

 

Affiliate” means each Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or any Affiliate of such Person. For purpose of this definition, “control” and related words are used as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchaser and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries, on the other hand, shall not be considered “Affiliates” of each other.

 

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Seller.

 

Business Day” means any day except Saturdays, Sundays, any day that is a federal holiday in the United States and any day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business.

 

Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of, or other arrangement conveying the right to use, any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.

 

Capital Stock” means all shares of capital stock (whether denominated as common stock or preferred stock), equity interests, beneficial, partnership or membership interests, joint venture interests, participations or other ownership or profit interests in or equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a Person (other than an individual), whether voting or non-voting.

 

Closing Date” means the Business Day on which, or next following the day on which, all of the Transaction Documents required to be executed or delivered prior to the Closing have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto and all other conditions precedent to (i) each Initial Purchaser’s obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Seller’s obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been satisfied or waived.

 

Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.3.

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Common Stock” means the common stock of RSTI, par value $0.01 per share, any Capital Stock into which such shares of common stock shall have been changed, and any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.

 

Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of any Company Party which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable, any debt, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to purchase, subscribe or otherwise receive, Common Stock.

 

Company Party” means RSTI and its Subsidiaries.

 

Consents” means any approval, consent, authorization, notice to, or any other action by, any Person other than any Governmental Authority.

 

Contractual Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any provision of any security or similar instrument issued by such Person or of any agreement, undertaking, contract, lease, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument (other than a Transaction Document) to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound or to which any of its property is subject.

 

Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, option contract, synthetic cap or other similar agreement or arrangement. For purposes of this definition, cryptocurrencies shall be considered currencies.

 

Derivative” means any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement, futures or forward contract, spot transaction, commodity swap, purchase or option agreement, other commodity price hedging arrangement, cap, floor or collar transaction, any credit default or total return swap, any other derivative instrument, any other similar speculative transaction and any other similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks of any Person arising from fluctuations in any underlying variable, including interest rates, currency values, insurance, catastrophic losses, climatic or geological conditions or the price or value of any other derivative instrument. For the purposes of this definition, “derivative instrument” means “any derivative instrument” as defined in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 (Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities) of the United States Financial Accounting Standards Board, and any defined with a term similar effect in any successor statement or any supplement to, or replacement of, any such statement.

 

Disclosure Certificate” means one or more certificates disclosing detailed information about the Company Parties in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchasers on the Closing Date, together with any other information in such certificate required to be given and given in accordance with any Transaction Document.

 

Dollars” and the sign “$” each mean the lawful money of the United States of America.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time, applied consistently throughout the periods referenced and consistently with (a) the principles and standards set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or any successor entity, (b) to the extent consistent with such principles, generally accepted industry practices and (c) to the extent consistent with such principles and practices, the past practices of RSTI as reflected in its financial statements.

 

Governmental Authority” means any nation, sovereign or government, any state, province, territory or other political subdivision thereof, any municipality, any agency, authority or instrumentality thereof and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, taxing, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing, including any central bank stock exchange regulatory body arbitrator, public sector entity, supra-national entity (including the European Union and the European Central Bank) and any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).

 

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Guaranty Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person with respect to any Indebtedness of another Person, if the purpose or intent of such Person in incurring the Guaranty Obligation is to provide assurance to the holder of such Indebtedness that such Indebtedness will be paid or discharged, that any agreement relating thereto will be complied with, or that any holder of such Indebtedness will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof, including (a) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of Indebtedness of another Person and (b) any liability of such Person for Indebtedness of another Person through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such Indebtedness or any security therefor or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such Indebtedness (whether in the form of a loan, advance, stock purchase, capital contribution or otherwise), (ii) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another Person, (iii) to make take-or-pay or similar payments, if required, regardless of non-performance by any other party or parties to an agreement, (iv) to purchase, sell or lease (as lessor or lessee) property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of such Indebtedness or to assure the holder of such Indebtedness against loss or (v) to supply funds to, or in any other manner invest in, such other Person (including to pay for property or services irrespective of whether such property is received or such services are rendered), if in the case of any agreement described under clause (b)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above the primary purpose or intent thereof is to provide assurance that Indebtedness of another Person will be paid or discharged, that any agreement relating thereto will be complied with or that any holder of such Indebtedness will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any Guaranty Obligation shall be equal to the amount of the Indebtedness so guaranteed or otherwise supported.

 

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, the following: (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services other than accounts payable and accrued liabilities incurred in respect of property or services purchased in the ordinary course of business (provided, that such accounts payable and accrued liabilities are not overdue by more than 180 days), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar borrowing or securities instruments, (d) all obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person as lessee under Capital Leases, (f) all reimbursements and all other obligations of such Person with respect to (i) letters of credit, bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances or (ii) surety, customs, reclamation, performance or other similar bonds, (g) all obligations of such Person secured by Liens on the assets of such Person, (h) all Guaranty Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Capital Stock, Stock Equivalent (valued, in the case of redeemable preferred stock at the greater of its voluntary liquidation preference and its involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends) or any warrants, rights or options to acquire such Capital Stock, (j) after taking into account the effect of any legally-enforceable netting Contractual Obligation of such Person, all payments that would be required to be made in respect of any Derivative in the event of a termination (including an early termination) on the date of determination and (k) all obligations of another Person of the type described in clauses (a) through (j) secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) a Lien on the assets of such Person (whether or not such Person is otherwise liable for such obligations of such other Person).

 

Intellectual Property Rights” means, collectively, all copyrights, patents, trademarks, service marks and trade names all applications for any of the foregoing, together with: (i) all inventions, processes, production methods, proprietary information, know-how and trade secrets; (ii) all licenses or user or other agreements granted with respect to any of the foregoing, in each case whether now or hereafter owned or used; (iii) all customer lists, identification of suppliers, data, plans, blueprints, specifications, designs, drawings, recorded knowledge, surveys, engineering reports, test reports, manuals, materials standards, processing standards, performance standards, catalogs, computer and automatic machinery software and programs; (iv) all field repair data, sales data and other information relating to sales or service of products now or hereafter manufactured; (v) all accounting information and all media in which or on which any information or knowledge or data or records may be recorded or stored and all computer programs used for the compilation or printout of such information, knowledge, records or data; (vi) all applications for any of the foregoing and (vii) all causes of action, claims and warranties, in each case, now or hereafter owned or acquired in respect of any item listed above.

 

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Interest Rate Agreement” means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement.

 

Legend Removal Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).

 

License Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).

 

Lien” means any lien (statutory or other) mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, encumbrance, charge, claim, right of first refusal, preemptive right, restriction on transfer or similar restriction or other security arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital or financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.

 

Losses” means all liabilities, rights, demands, covenants, duties, obligations (including indebtedness, receivables and other contractual obligations), claims, damages, Proceedings and causes of actions, settlements, judgments, damages, losses (including reductions in yield), debts, responsibilities, fines, penalties, sanctions, commissions and interest, disbursements, Taxes, interest, charges, costs, fees and expenses (including fees, charges, and disbursements of financial, legal and other advisors, consultants and professionals and, if applicable, any value-added and other taxes and charges thereon), in each case of any kind or nature, whether joint or several, whether now existing or hereafter arising and however acquired and whether or not known, asserted, direct, contingent, liquidated, due, consequential, actual, punitive or treble.

 

Material Adverse Effect” means material adverse effect on, or change in, (a) the legality, validity or enforceability of any portion of any Transaction Document, (b) the operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of any Company Party, or (c) the ability of any Company Party to perform on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document for any reason whatsoever, whether foreseen or unforeseen, including due to pandemic, acts of a Governmental Authority, interruption of transportation systems, strikes, terrorist activities, interruptions of supply chains or acts of God.

 

Maximum Rate” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6.12.

 

Notice of Exercise” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.5.

 

Permit” means, with respect to any Person, any permit, filing, notice, license, approval, variance, exception, permission, concession, grant, franchise, confirmation, endorsement, waiver, certification, registration, qualification, clearance or other Contractual Obligation or arrangement with, or authorization by, to or under the authority of, any Governmental Authority or pursuant to any Regulation, or any other action by any Governmental Authority in each case whether or not having the force of law and affecting or applicable to or binding upon such Person, its Contractual Obligations or arrangements or other liabilities or any of its property or to which such Person, its Contractual Obligations or any of its property is or is purported to be subject.

 

Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, incorporated or unincorporated association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint stock company, land trust, business trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency, department or other subdivision thereof or other entity of any kind.

 

“Proceeding” against a Person means an action, suit, litigation, arbitration, investigation, complaint, dispute, contest, hearing, inquiry, inquest, audit, examination or other proceeding threatened or pending against, affecting or purporting to affect such Person or its property, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, in law or equity before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority.

 

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Prohibited Short Sale” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.11.

 

Pro Rata Portion” means, with respect to a Purchaser and a group of Purchasers as of a particular date, the ratio of (i) the Subscription Amount of Securities purchased on or prior to such date by such Purchaser (including, for the avoidance of doubt its predecessors and assignors) that remain outstanding on such date to (ii) the sum of the aggregate Subscription Amounts of Securities purchased by all Purchasers (including, for the avoidance of doubt, their predecessors and assignors) in such group on or prior to such date that remain outstanding on such date.

 

Purchaser Party” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.9.

 

Regulation” means, all international, federal, state, provincial and local laws (whether civil or common law or rule of equity and whether U.S. or non- U.S.), treaties, constitutions, statutes, codes, tariffs, rules, guidelines, regulations, writs, injunctions, orders, judgments, decrees, ordinances and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including, in each case whether or not having the force of law, the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, all policies, recommendations or guidance of any Governmental Authority and all administrative orders, directed duties, directives, requirements, requests.

 

Related Parties” of any Person means such Person, (i) each Affiliate of such Person, (ii) each Person that, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, whether beneficially, or as a trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, 5% or more of the Capital Stock having ordinary voting power in the election of directors of such Person or such Affiliate, (iii) each of such Person’s or such Affiliate’s officers, managers, directors, joint venture partners, partners and employees (and any other Person with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title or classification as a contractor under employment Regulations), (iv) any lineal descendants, ancestors, spouse or former spouses (as part of a marital dissolution) of any of the foregoing, (v) any trust or beneficiary of a trust of which any of the foregoing are the sole trustees or for the benefit of any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchaser and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries, on the other hand, shall not be considered “Related Parties” of each other.

 

Required Filings” means the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws.

 

“Required Purchasers” means Purchasers holding more than 50% of the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Reserve Amount” means, as of any date, one (1x) times the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including any Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, ignoring any exercise limits set forth therein, all subject to proportionate adjustment for any reverse stock split or similar reclassification of the Common Stock.

 

Restricted Payment” means, for any Person, (a) any dividend, stock split or other distribution, direct or indirect (including by way of spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or similar transaction), on account of, or otherwise to the holder or holders of, any shares of any class of Capital Stock of such Person now or hereafter outstanding, (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of such Person by such Person or any Affiliate thereof now or hereafter outstanding, and (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any Stock Equivalents now or hereafter outstanding; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) a cashless exercise of an employee stock option in which options are cancelled to the extent needed such that the “in-the-money” value of the options (i.e. the excess of market price over exercise price) that are cancelled is utilized to pay the exercise price, and applicable taxes, shall not be a “Restricted Payment” and (ii) a distribution of rights (including rights to receive assets) or options shall constitute a “Restricted Payment”.

 

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Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

 

Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

Securities” means the Warrants, Warrant Shares and the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act.

 

Stock Equivalents” means all securities and/or Indebtedness convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock or any other Stock Equivalent and all warrants, options, scrip rights, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever, and all other rights or options or other arrangements (including through a conversion or exchange of any other property) to purchase, subscribe for or acquire, any Capital Stock or any other Stock Equivalent, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.

 

Subscription Amount” means, as any Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Securities purchased hereunder as specified on Schedule I.

 

Subsidiary” means (a) any subsidiary of RSTI, both on or after the date hereof, and (b) any Person (other than natural persons) the management of which is, directly or indirectly, controlled by, or of which an aggregate of 50% or more of the outstanding Voting Stock is, at the time, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

Taxes” means any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments, deductions, withholdings or other charges of whatever nature, including income, receipts, excise, property, sales, use, transfer, license, payroll, withholding, social security and franchise taxes now or hereafter imposed or levied by the United States or any other Governmental Authority and all interest, penalties, additions to tax and similar liabilities with respect thereto, but excluding, in the case of any Purchaser, taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or overall gross receipts of such Purchaser.

 

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Disclosure Certificates, the Warrant, and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

Transfer Agent” means ClearTrust, LLC, the current transfer agent of RSTI, with a mailing address of 16540 Pointe Village Dr, Suite 205 Lutz, Florida 33558, and any successor transfer agent of RSTI.

 

Voting Stock” means Capital Stock of any Person (i) having ordinary power to vote in the election of any member of the board of directors or any manager, trustee or other controlling persons of such Person (irrespective of whether, at the time, Capital Stock of any other class or classes of such entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) and (ii) any Capital Stock of such Person convertible or exchangeable without restriction at the option of the holder thereof into Capital Stock of such Person described in clause (i) of this definition.

 

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Warrants” means collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers at applicable Closing in accordance with Section 2.3(a) hereof, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchasers on the Closing Date, issued by RSTI to the Purchasers hereunder and as of the Closing Date.

 

Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1          Purchase. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, each Initial Purchaser will purchase, severally and not jointly, at the purchase price of $0.10 per a share of Common Stock and Warrant, an aggregate of up to 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 50,000,000 Warrants convertible for up to 50,000,000 Warrant Shares at an exercise price equal to $0.15 per Warrant, as set forth on Schedule I.

 

2.2          Closing. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, at one (1) or more subsequent Closings ( each a “Closing”) the Seller agrees to sell and each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase, the number of shares of Common Stock and the number of Warrants for such Initial Purchaser set forth on Schedule I. At the Closing, such Initial Purchaser shall deliver to RSTI, via wire transfer to an account designated by the Seller immediately available Dollars equal to such Initial Purchaser’s Subscription Amount, and the Seller shall deliver to such Initial Purchaser its Common Stock and Warrants in each case, as set forth in Section 2.3(a) and the Seller and each Initial Purchaser shall deliver to each other the other items set forth in Section 2.3 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Section 2.3 and Section 2.4 for Closing, such Closing shall occur at the offices of Sullivan and Worcester LLC, 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree, and may by agreement be undertaken remotely by electronic exchange of Closing documentation.

 

2.3Deliveries.

 

(a)           Deliveries to Initial Purchasers. On or prior to the Closing (except as noted), the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Initial Purchaser the following, each dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchaser:

 

(i)this Agreement, duly executed by the Seller;

 

(ii)the Disclosure Certificate, duly executed by the Seller;

 

(iii)shares of Common Stock as set forth on Schedule I, registered in the name of each Initial Purchaser;

 

(iv)a Warrant registered in the name of such Initial Purchaser set forth on Schedule I; and

 

(v)          a closing statement, in form and substance acceptable to such Purchaser, and such other opinions, statements, agreements and other documents as such Initial Purchaser may require, including wire instructions set forth in Exhibit B in this Agreement.

 

(b)           Deliveries to the Seller. On or prior to the Closing, each Initial Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to RSTI:

 

(i)This Agreement duly executed by such Initial Purchaser and dated as of the Closing Date.

 

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2.4Closing Conditions.

 

(a)           Conditions to the Seller’s Obligations. The obligations of the Sellers pursuant to Section 2.2 in connection with the Closing are subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with this Agreement, of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:

 

(i)            the representations and warranties of each Purchaser contained herein shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date (unless expressly made as of an earlier date herein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

(ii)           all obligations, covenants and agreements required to be performed by the Initial Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date (other than the obligations set forth in Section 2.2 to be performed at the Closing) shall have been performed; and

 

(iii)          the delivery by the Initial Purchaser of the items it is required to deliver prior to the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.3(a).

 

(b)           Conditions to the Initial Purchaser’s Obligations. The respective obligations of each Initial Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.2 in connection with the Closing are subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with this Agreement, of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date, both before and after giving effect to the Closing:

 

(i)            the representations and warranties of each Company Party contained in any Transaction Document shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date (unless expressly made as of an earlier date herein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

(ii)           all obligations, covenants and agreements required to be performed by any Company Party or any on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to any Transaction Document (other than the obligations set forth in Section 2.2 to be performed at the Closing) shall have been performed;

 

(iii)          the delivery by each Company Party of the items such Company Party is required to deliver on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.3(a);

 

(iv)          there shall exist no Event of Default and no event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default;

 

(v)           there shall be no breach of any obligation, covenant or agreement of any Company Party under the Transaction Documents and no existing event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, would constitute such a breach;

 

(vi)          no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred from the date hereof through the Closing Date; and

 

(vii)         any other conditions contained herein or the other Transaction Documents, including delivery of the items that any Company Party is required to deliver on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.3.

 

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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1          Representations and Warranties of the Company Parties. The Seller hereby makes the following representations and warranties (and, to the extent provided in the Transaction Documents, each other Company Party makes the following representations and warranties as, and to the extent applicable to, such Company Party) to each Purchaser as of the Closing Date as to each Company Party, each subject to the exceptions set forth in the Disclosure Certificate, which Disclosure Certificates is deemed a part hereof and qualifies any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Certificates:

 

(a)           Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Seller are set forth on the Disclosure Certificate. The Seller owns, directly or indirectly, all of the Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, other than as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.

 

(b)           Organization and Qualification; Enforcement. Each Company Party is a Person having the corporate form listed on the Disclosure Certificate, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization listed on the Disclosure Certificate and is duly qualified or licensed to transact business in its jurisdiction of organization, the jurisdiction of its principal place of business, and, except where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect, any other jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary to conduct its business or own the property it purports to own, and no Proceeding exists or has be instituted or threatened in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification. Each Company Party has the right, power and authority to enter into and discharge all of its obligations under each Transaction Document to which it purports to be a party, each of which constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Company Party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject only to bankruptcy and similar Regulations affecting creditors’ rights generally; and has the power, authority, Permits and Licenses to own its property and to carry on its business as presently conducted.

 

(c)           No Conflicts; Authorization. The execution, delivery, performance by each Company Party of its obligations, and exercise by such Company Party of its rights under the Transaction Documents, including, if applicable, the sale of Warrants and other securities under this Agreement, (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate actions of such Company Party, (ii) except for the Required Filings, do not require any Consents or Permits that have not been obtained prior to the date hereof and each such Permit or Consent is in full force and effect and not subject of any pending or, to the best of any Company Party’s knowledge, threatened, attack or revocation, and (iii) are not and will not be in conflict with or prohibited or prevented by or create a breach under (A) except for those that do not have a Material Adverse Effect, any Regulation or Permit, (B) any corporate governance document or resolution or (C) except for those that do not have a Material Adverse Effect, any Contractual Obligation or provision thereof binding on such Company Party or affecting any property of such Company Party.

 

(d)           Issuance of the Securities. The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. Each of the Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. RSTI has reserved from its duly authorized Capital Stock a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Warrant Shares at least equal to the Reserve Amount on the date hereof or as provided for in Section 4.10.

 

(e)           Capitalization. The capitalization of the Seller is as set forth on the Disclosure Certificate, which Disclosure Certificate also includes the number of shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of RSTI as of the date hereof. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in, or triggered by, the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (including the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise the Warrants in accordance its their terms) except as set forth on the Disclosure Certificate. There are no outstanding Stock Equivalents with respect to any shares of Common Stock, and there are no Contractual Obligations by which RSTI or any RSTI Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents except as set forth on the Disclosure Certificate. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate RSTI to issue shares of Common Stock or any other securities to any Person (other than to any Purchaser) and will not result in a right of any holder of securities issued by any Company Party to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any Stock Equivalent, except as set forth on the Disclosure Certificate. All of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock of RSTI are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all securities Regulations, and no such outstanding share was issued in violation of any preemptive right or similar or other right to subscribe for or purchase securities or any other existing Contractual Obligation. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder or the RSTI Board of Directors, and no other Permit or Consent, is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities.

 

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(f)            Material Adverse Effects; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since December 31, 2022, except as specifically disclosed in the Disclosure Certificate: (i) there has been no event that has had, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect as to the any Company Party, (ii) no Company Party has incurred any Indebtedness or other liability (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required by GAAP to be reflected in RSTI’s financial statements and not required to be disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) no Company Party has altered its fiscal year or accounting methods; (iv) no Company Party has declared or made any Restricted Payment or entered in any Contractual Obligation to do so, and (v) no Company Party has issued any Capital Stock to any officer, director or other Affiliate.

 

(g)           Litigation. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate, there is no Proceeding against any Company Party of any Subsidiary of any Company Party or any current or former officer or director of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party in its capacity as such which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities, (ii) involves the Commission or otherwise involves violations of securities Regulations or (iii) could, assuming an unfavorable result, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Company Parties, their Subsidiaries, or any director or officer of any of them, is or has been the subject of any Proceeding involving a claim of violation of or liability under securities Regulations or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty.

 

(h)           Compliance. No Company Party and no Subsidiary thereof, except as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate, or as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by any Company Party the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has any Company Party or any Subsidiary thereof received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any Contractual Obligation (whether or not such default or violation has been waived); (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any Governmental Authority; (iii) is or has been in violation of any Regulation, and to the knowledge of each Company Party, no Person has made or threatened to make any claim that such a violation exists (including relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety, employment or labor matters) or (iv) has incurred, or could reasonably be expected to incur Losses relating to compliance with Regulations, nor have any such Losses been threatened.

 

(i)            Permits. Each Company Party and its Subsidiaries possess all Permits, each issued by the appropriate Governmental Authority, that are necessary to conduct their respective businesses and which failure to possess could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and no Company Party nor any Subsidiary thereof has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Permit.

 

(j)            Title to Assets. Each Company Party and their Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good title in fee simple to all personal property owned or purported to be owned by any of them that is material to the business of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party, in each case free and clear of all Liens except as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate and except for (i) Liens that do not materially affect the value of any such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries and (ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by any Company Party or any Subsidiary of the Company Parties (and any personal property if such lease is material to the business of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party) are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries party thereto are in compliance.

 

(k)           Intellectual Property. Except where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect, each Company Party and each Subsidiary of the Company Parties have, or have rights to use, all Intellectual Property Rights they purport to have or have rights to use, which, in the aggregate for all such Company Party and such Subsidiary, constitute all Intellectual Property Rights necessary or required for use in connection with the businesses of the Company Parties and their Subsidiary as presently conducted. No Company Party and no Subsidiary of any Company Party has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement, and, to the knowledge of each Company Party and its Subsidiaries, no event has occurred that permits, or would permit after notice or passage of time or both, the revocation, suspension or termination of such rights. No Company Party and no Subsidiary of any Company Party has received, except as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate, a written notice of a claim, nor has such a claim been threatened or could reasonably be expected to be made, and no Company Party and no Subsidiary of any Company Party otherwise has any knowledge that any slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance or other Intellectual Property or goods or services bearing or using any Intellectual Property Right presently contemplated to be sold by or employed by Intellectual Property Right of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of each Company Party and its Subsidiaries, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. Each Company Party and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Company Party and no Subsidiary of any Company Party has any Intellectual Property Right registered, or subject to pending applications, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar office or agency in the United States, any State thereof, any political subdivision thereof or in any other country, other than those set forth on the Disclosure Certificate, or has granted any licenses with respect thereto other than as set forth on the Disclosure Certificate. The Disclosure Certificate also sets forth all Contractual Obligations or other arrangements of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party as in effect on the date hereof pursuant to which such Company Party or such Subsidiary has a license or other right to use any Intellectual Property owned by another Person and the dates of the expiration of such Contractual Obligations or other arrangements (collectively, together with such Contractual Obligations or other arrangements as may be entered into by any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party after the date hereof, the “License Agreements”). All material License Agreements and related rights are in full force and effect, no default or event of default exists with respect thereto in respect of the obligations of licensor or with respect to any royalty or other payment obligations of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party or any obligation of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party with respect to manufacturing standards, quality control or specifications and each such Company Party or such Subsidiary is in compliance with the terms thereof in all material respects and no owner, licensor or other party thereto has sent any notice of termination or its intention to terminate such license or rights.

 

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(l)            Transactions with Related Parties. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate, no Company Party and no Subsidiary of any Company Party is a party to any Contractual Obligation or other transaction with any Related Party that is not a Company Party or Subsidiary of a Company Party, including (a) Investments by any Company Party or any Subsidiary thereof in any such other Related Party or Indebtedness owing by or to any such other Related Party and (b) transfers, sales, leases, assignments or other acquisitions or dispositions of any asset, in each case except for (x) transactions in the ordinary course of business on a basis no less favorable to the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries as would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not a Related Party and (y) salaries and other director or employee or other staff compensation, including expense reimbursements and employee benefits, of the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries.

 

(m)          Certain Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate, no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions or similar fees are or will be payable by any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. No Purchaser shall have any obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section 3.1(m) that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

(n)           Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of each Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by RSTI to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby.

 

(o)           Investment Company. No Company Party and no Subsidiary of any Company Party is, or is an Affiliate of (and, immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities and before and after giving effect to the use of the proceeds thereof, none will be or be an Affiliate of), an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Each Company Party and each Subsidiary of any Company Party shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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(p)           Registration Rights. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate, no Person has any right to cause any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party.

 

(q)           No General Solicitation. Neither RSTI nor any person acting on behalf of RSTI has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. RSTI has offered the Securities for sale only to the Purchasers and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.

 

(r)            Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company Parties (i) have made or filed all United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) have paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) have set aside on their respective books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply.

 

(s)           Subsidiary Rights. Each Company Party has the unrestricted right to vote, and (subject to limitations imposed by applicable law) to receive dividends and distributions on, all capital securities of its Subsidiaries as owned by any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party.

 

3.2         Representations and Warranties of Purchaser. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to Seller as follows (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date):

 

(a)           Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as limited by Regulations relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies; and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

(b)           Own Account. Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.

 

(c)           Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered or otherwise purchased or acquired the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act.

 

(d)           Experience of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

 

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(e)           General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.

 

(f)            Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of RSTI during the period commencing as of the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from RSTI or any other Person representing RSTI setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such Purchaser is a multi-managed investment vehicle (whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets), the representation set forth above in this clause (f) shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).

 

Each Company Party acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of each Purchaser set forth in Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect any Purchaser’s right to rely on the representations and warranties of any Company Party contained in this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby.

 

ARTICLE IV OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1          Transfer Restrictions.

 

(a)           The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to RSTI or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), RSTI may require the transferor thereof to provide to RSTI an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to RSTI, at RSTI’s sole expense in the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to RSTI, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement.

 

(b)           Each Purchaser agrees, severally but not jointly, to the imprinting, for as long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on all of the Securities in the following form:

 

[NEITHER] THIS SECURITY [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS [CONVERTIBLE][EXERCISABLE]] HAS NOT [HAVE] BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY [AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON [CONVERSION] [EXERCISE] OF THIS SECURITY]] MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

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RSTI acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of its Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of RSTI and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At RSTI’s expense, RSTI will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities.

 

(c)           Certificates evidencing the Common Stock and Warrant Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)): (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act; (ii) following any sale of such Common Stock or Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144; (iii) if such Common Stock or Warrant Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144; or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). RSTI shall upon request of any Purchaser and at RSTI’s sole expense cause its counsel (or at such Purchaser’s option, exercised in its sole discretion, counsel selected by such Purchaser) to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent promptly after any of the events described in (i)-(iv) in the preceding sentence if required by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of any legend (including that described in Section 4.1(b)), with a copy to such Purchaser and its broker. If there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Common Stock or Warrant Shares, or if such Common Stock or Warrant Shares may be sold under Rule 144 or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) then such Common Stock or Warrant Shares shall be issued free of all legends. RSTI agrees that following such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than two (2) Business Days following the delivery by any Purchaser to RSTI or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Common Stock or Warrant Shares, issued with a restrictive legend (such second (2nd) Business Day, the “Legend Removal Date” of such Securities of such Purchaser), instruct the Transfer Agent to deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. RSTI may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4.1. Certificates for the Common Stock or Warrant Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to such Purchaser by crediting the account of such Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser.

 

4.2          Acknowledgment of Dilution. RSTI acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions. RSTI further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including its obligation to issue the Warrant Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution or any claim RSTI may have against any Purchaser and regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other stockholders of RSTI.

 

4.3Reserved.

 

4.4          Integration. RSTI shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.

 

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4.5           Exercise Procedure. The form of “Notice of Exercise” (each a “Notice of Exercise”) included in any Warrant, as applicable, of any Purchaser sets forth the totality of the procedures required of such Purchaser in order to exercise such Warrant. Without limiting the preceding sentences, no ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise form be required in order to exercise any Warrant. No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of any Purchaser to exercise any Warrant. RSTI shall honor exercises of any Warrant and shall deliver and Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.

 

4.6          Shareholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by RSTI or, with the consent of RSTI, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “acquiring person” (or similar or equivalent term) under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by RSTI, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between RSTI and any Purchaser.

 

4.7          Material Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, each Company Party covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any other Person acting on its behalf, will provide any Purchaser, any Purchaser Party or their respective agents or counsel with any information that any Company Party believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto such information is disclosed to the public, or such Purchaser shall have entered into a written agreement with RSTI regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. There has been no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction or Change of Control Transaction that has not been consummated. No Purchaser has been provided by any Company Party or any Related Party of any Company Party any information, that constitutes, or may constitute, material non-public information with respect to any Company Party. RSTI understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants in effecting transactions in securities of RSTI.

 

4.8           Use of Proceeds. The Company Parties shall use the net proceeds as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate.

 

4.9          Indemnification of Purchaser Party. Each Company Party shall, jointly and severally, indemnify against, and hold harmless from, each Purchaser, their Related Parties, each Person who controls any of them (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and their agents, contractors, trustees, representatives and advisors any and all Losses that any Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) the administration, performance or enforcement by the Purchasers of any of the Transaction Documents or consummation of any transaction described therein, (b) the existence of, perfection of, a Lien upon or the sale or collection of, or any other damage, Loss, failure to return or other realization upon any collateral, (c) the failure of any Company Party or any of their Related Parties (whether directly or through their agents, contractors, trustees, representatives and advisors) to observe, perform or discharge any of the covenants or duties under any of the Transaction Documents, or (d) any Proceeding, whether or not any Purchaser Party is a party thereto (including Proceedings instituted by any Governmental Authority or any holder of any equity interest in, or other direct or indirect investor in, any Seller who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party) with respect to any of the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated therein. Additionally, if any Taxes (excluding Taxes imposed upon or measured solely by the net income of the recipient of any payment made under any Transaction Document, but including any intangibles tax, stamp tax, recording tax or franchise tax) shall be imposed on any Company Party or Purchaser Party, whether or not lawfully payable, on account of the execution or delivery of this Agreement, or the execution, delivery, issuance or recording of any of the other Transaction Documents, or the creation or repayment of any of obligations hereunder, by reason of any applicable Regulations now or hereafter in effect, each Company shall, jointly and severally, pay (or shall promptly reimburse such Purchaser Party for the payment of) all such Taxes, including any interest, penalties, expenses and other Losses with respect thereto), and will indemnify and hold the Purchaser Parties harmless from and against all Losses arising therefrom or in connection therewith. The foregoing indemnities shall not apply to Losses incurred by any Purchaser Party as a result of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The indemnification required by this Section 4.9 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnification contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against any Company Party or others and any liabilities any Company Party may be subject to pursuant to any Regulation.

 

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4.10        Reservation of Securities. RSTI shall maintain a reserve equal to the Reserve Amount of shares from its duly authorized shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amount as may then be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents. Upon a reverse stock split, RSTI will immediately instruct the Transfer Agent to reserve at least the Reserve Amount after giving effect to such stock split.

 

4.11Trading Activities of Purchasers.

 

(a)           Prohibited Short Sales. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any of its Affiliates acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it, will execute (i) any Short Sales of the Common Stock or (ii) any hedging transaction that establishes a net short position with respect to the Common Stock(a “Prohibited Short Sale”); provided, further, that this provision shall not operate to restrict any Purchaser’s trading under any prior securities purchase agreement containing contractual rights that explicitly protects such trading in respect of the previously issued securities.

 

(b)           Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Other Trading Activities. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for this Section 4.11), it is understood and acknowledged by RSTI that (i) no Purchaser has been asked by RSTI to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling Securities of RSTI or from entering into Short Sales or Derivatives based on securities issued by RSTI or to hold the Securities for any specified term, (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by each Purchaser, specifically including Short Sales or Derivatives, before or after the Closing or the closing of any future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of RSTI’s publicly-traded securities, (iii) each Purchaser, and counter-parties in Derivatives to which any Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, may presently have a “short” position in the shares of Common Stock and (iv) no Purchaser shall be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any Derivative. RSTI further understands and acknowledges that (y) each Purchaser may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, during the periods that the value of the Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interests in RSTI at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted. RSTI acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities and Derivatives do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.

 

4.12         Form D; Blue Sky Filings. RSTI agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. RSTI shall take such action as RSTI shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any Purchaser.

 

ARTICLE V [RESERVED]

 

ARTICLE VI MISCELLANEOUS

 

6.1           Termination and Survival. This Agreement may be terminated by each Purchaser, as to the Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the Company and the other Purchasers, if the Closing has not occurred on or before March 31, 2023. Termination of this Agreement will not affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties) prior to such termination. The representations and warranties, covenants and other provisions hereof shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities. Notwithstanding any termination of any Transaction Document, the reimbursement and indemnities to which the Purchaser Parties are entitled under the provisions of any Transaction Document shall continue in full force and effect and shall protect the Purchaser Parties against events arising after such termination as well as before.

 

6.2           Fees and Expenses. Each party is responsible for its own costs, fees and expenses in connection with the Transaction Documents and the purchase and sale of the Securities in connection therewith and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated hereby to be consummated on or about the Closing Date. Modifications and Signatures. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

 

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6.3           Any modification effected in accordance with accordance with this Section 6.3 shall be binding upon each Purchaser and holder of Securities and the Seller.

 

(a)           Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents contain and constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior negotiations, agreements, and understandings, whether written or oral, of the parties hereto, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents.

 

(b)           Amendments. No amendment, modification or termination of any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall be effective without the written consent of the Company and the Required Purchasers (or such other number of Purchasers as expressly stated in other provisions of the Transaction Documents).No waiver or consent shall be effective against any party unless given in writing and then any such waiver shall then be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. Where the consent or waiver of the Purchasers generally (and not each Purchaser) is required, it may be given by the Required Purchasers.

 

(c)           Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall bind and inure solely to the benefit of the Company Parties, the Purchaser Parties, and their respective successors and, if permitted, assigns; provided, that the Company Parties may not assign this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any rights or obligations hereunder or thereunder without the Required Purchasers’ prior written consent and any prohibited assignment shall be absolutely void. Unless otherwise expressly provided in any Transaction Document, the Purchaser may sell, assign, transfer, negotiate or grant participations in all or any part of, or any interest in, or any right or remedy under, the Securities and the Transaction Documents without the consent of the Company Parties; provided, that any transferee of the Securities shall agree in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchaser” (and any attempt to effect such transfer without securing such agreement shall be null and void).

 

(d)           No Waiver by Course of Dealing. No notice to or demand on any Company Party, whether or not in any Proceeding, pursuant to any Transaction Document shall entitle any Company Party to any other or further notice (except as specifically required hereunder or under any other Transaction Document) or demand in similar or other circumstances. The failure by any Purchaser Party at any time or times to require strict performance by any Company Party of any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or the granting of any waiver or indulgence shall not waive, affect or otherwise diminish any right of any Purchaser Party thereafter to demand strict compliance and performance with such provision, shall not affect or be a waiver under any other provision of any Transaction Document except as specifically mentioned and shall not constitute a course of dealing by such Purchaser Party at variance with the terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (and therefore, among other things, shall not require further notice by such Purchaser Party of its intent to require strict adherence to the terms of such Transaction Document in the future). Any such actions shall not in any way affect the ability of each Purchaser Party, in its discretion, to exercise any rights available to it under this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or under applicable Regulations.

 

(e)           Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and both of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement. In proving this Agreement in any judicial proceedings, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart signed by the party against whom such enforcement is sought.

 

(f)            Electronic Signatures. Each party agrees that the electronic signatures, whether digital or encrypted, of the parties included in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document are intended to authenticate this writing and to have the same force and effect as manual signatures. Electronic signature means any electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed and adopted by a party with the intent to sign such record, including facsimile or email electronic signatures. This Agreement and all other Transaction Documents are “transferable records” as defined in applicable Regulations relating to electronic transaction and that it may be created, authenticated, stored, transmitted and transferred in a manner consistent with and permitted by such applicable Regulations.

  

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6.4           Notices.

 

(a)           All notices, requests, demands, and other communications to either party hereto or given under any Transaction Document shall be in writing (including electronic mail transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to such party at the physical address or send to the electronic mailing address set forth in the signature pages hereof or at such other physical address or electronic mailing address as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose of notice to the Purchasers and the Seller in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.4.

 

(b)           Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by mail, three (3) Business Days after such communication is deposited in the U.S. Mail with first class postage pre-paid, addressed to the noticed party at the address specified herein, (ii) if by nationally recognized overnight courier, when delivered with receipt acknowledged in writing by the noticed party, (iii) if given by personal delivery, when duly delivered with receipt acknowledged in writing by the noticed party or (iv) if given by electronic mail, when delivered (receipt by the sender of a receipt using the “return receipt” function or receipt of a reply email being presumptive evidence of receipt thereof). Any written notice, request or demand that is not sent in conformity with the provisions hereof shall nevertheless be effective on the date that such notice, request or demand is actually received by the individual to whose attention at the noticed party such notice, request or demand is required to be sent.

 

6.5          Set-Off. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable Regulations and not by way of limitation of any such rights, each Purchaser Party is hereby authorized by the Company Parties at any time or from time to time, without notice or demand to any Company Party or to any other Person, any such notice or demand being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, including indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured, but not including trust accounts) and any other indebtedness or other amounts at any time held or owing by such Company Party to or for the credit or the account of any Company Party or any of their Related Parties against and on account of any amounts due by any Company Party or any of their Related Parties to any Purchaser Party under any Transaction Documents (including from the Purchase Price to be disbursed hereunder).If, as a result of such set off, appropriate or application, such Purchaser Party receives more than it is owed under any Transaction Document, it shall hold such amounts in trust for the other Purchaser Parties and transfer such amounts to the other Purchaser Parties ratably according to the amounts they are owed on the date of receipt.

 

6.6Governing Law.

 

(a)           Except as otherwise expressly provided in any other Transaction Document, this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and all claims, Proceedings and matters arising hereunder or thereunder or related hereto or thereto are governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

(b)          Any Proceeding with respect to any Transaction Document may be brought exclusively in the Delaware courts or the federal courts of the United States of America in Delaware. Each Company Party (i) accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts, (ii) irrevocably waives any objection, including any objection to the laying of venue, based on the grounds of forum non conveniens or that such jurisdiction is improper or otherwise that such party is not subject to the jurisdiction of such courts, that it may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any Proceeding in those jurisdictions, (iii) irrevocably consents to the service of process of any court referred to above in any Proceeding by the mailing of copies of the process to the parties hereto as provided in Section 6.4 and (iv) agrees that a final judgment in any such Proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Service effected as provided in this manner will become effective ten (10) calendar days after the mailing of the process. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in any Transaction Document shall affect the right of any Purchaser Party to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable Regulations or commence Proceedings or otherwise proceed against any Company Party in any other jurisdiction.

 

6.7           Severability. Any provision of any Transaction Document being held illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not affect any part of such provision not held illegal, invalid or unenforceable, any other provision of any Transaction Document or any part of such provision in any other jurisdiction, so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner adverse to any party. In addition, upon any determination that any such term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto will negotiate in good faith to modify the relevant Transaction Document so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent possible.

 

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6.8         Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and such Company Party does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Seller, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided, that in the case of a rescission of an exercise of any Warrant, such Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common Stock subject to any such rescinded exercise notice.

 

6.9         Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Seller shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Seller of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.

 

6.10        Remedies.

 

(a)           In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each Purchaser (severally and not jointly) and the Seller will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(b)          If any Company Party shall fail to discharge any covenant, duty or obligation hereunder or under any of the other Transaction Documents, each Purchaser may, in its discretion at any time, for the account and at the expense of the Company Parties jointly and severally, pay any amount or do any act required of such Company Party hereunder or under any of the other Transaction Documents or otherwise lawfully requested by any Purchaser (including buying-in Securities in case of failure by the RSTI to deliver Warrant Shares). All costs and expenses incurred by any Purchaser in connection with the taking of any such action shall be reimbursed to such Purchaser by the affected Company Party on demand. Any payment made or other action taken by any Purchaser under this clause (b) shall be without prejudice to any right to assert, and without waiver of, any breach of any Transaction Document and without prejudice to any Purchaser Party’s right to proceed thereafter as provided herein or in any of the other Transaction Documents.

 

(c)           The remedies provided in this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under any Transaction Document, whether at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief).

 

(d)           Nothing in any Transaction Document shall limit the Purchaser Party’s rights to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by any Company Party to comply with the terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

 

6.11       Marshaling; Payment Set Aside. No Purchaser Party shall be under any obligation to marshal any property in favor of any Company Party or any other party or against or in payment of any amount due under any Transaction Document. To the extent that any Company Party makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or any Purchaser Party enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to any Company Party, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

 

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6.12         Usury. To the extent it may lawfully do so, each Company Party hereby agrees not to insist upon or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury laws wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with any claim, action or proceeding that may be brought by any Purchaser in order to enforce any right or remedy under any Transaction Document. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in any Transaction Document, it is expressly agreed and provided that the total liability of each Company Party under the Transaction Documents for payments in the nature of interest shall not exceed the maximum lawful rate authorized under applicable law (the “Maximum Rate”) and, without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or default interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums in the nature of interest that any Company Party may be obligated to pay under the Transaction Documents exceed such Maximum Rate. It is agreed that if the maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law and applicable to the Transaction Documents is increased or decreased by statute or any official governmental action subsequent to the date hereof, the new maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to the Transaction Documents from the effective date thereof forward, unless such application is precluded by applicable law. If under any circumstances whatsoever, interest in excess of the Maximum Rate is paid by any Company Party to any Purchaser Party with respect to indebtedness evidenced by the Transaction Documents, such excess shall be applied by such Purchaser Party to the unpaid principal balance of any such indebtedness or be refunded to the Seller, the manner of handling such excess to be at such Purchaser’s election.

 

6.13        Liquidated Damages. Any Seller’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of such Seller and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.

 

6.14        Further Assurances. The Company Parties agree to take such further actions as each Purchaser shall reasonably request from time to time in connection herewith to evidence, give effect to or carry out this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

6.15        Interpretation. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of any Transaction Document. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided in any Transaction Document, if the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted under any Transaction Document shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day. As used in any Transaction Document, references to the singular will include the plural and vice versa and references to the masculine gender will include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa, as appropriate. When used in any Transaction Document, unless otherwise expressly provided in such Transaction Document, (a) the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to such Transaction Document as a whole and not to any particular provision of such Transaction Document, (b) recital, article, section, subsection, schedule and exhibit references are references with respect to such Transaction Document unless otherwise specified, (c) any reference to any agreement shall include a reference to all recitals, appendices, exhibits and schedules to such agreement and, unless the prior written consent of any party is required hereunder and is not obtained, shall be a reference to such agreement as waived, amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and (d) any reference to a specific Regulation shall be to such Regulation, as modified from time to time, together with any successor or replacement Regulation, in each case as in effect at the time of determination. Unless the context otherwise requires, when used in any Transaction Document, the following terms have the following meaning: (u) “execution,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import shall be deemed to include electronic signatures and the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Regulation, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other similar state Regulation based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, (v) “incur” means incur, create, make, issue, assume or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable in respect of or responsible for, in each case whether directly or indirectly, as primary obligor or guarantor or endorser, and the terms “incurrence” and “incurred” and similar derivatives shall have correlative meanings, (w) “knowledge” of the any Company Party means the best knowledge of any officer, director or employee of such Company Party after due inquiry, (x) “including” means “including, without limitation,” (y) “asset” and “property” have the same meaning and mean, “collectively, all rights and interests in tangible and intangible assets and properties, whether real, personal or mixed and including cash, capital stock, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests, contract rights and other rights under Permits and Contractual Obligations” and (z) “documents” and “documentation” have the same meaning and mean “collectively, all documents, drafts, instruments, agreements, indentures, certificates, forms, opinions, powers of attorney, notices, summons, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.” The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All references in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to statutes and regulations shall include all amendments of same and implementing regulations and any successor statutes and regulations; to any instrument or agreement (including any of the Transaction Documents) shall include any and all modifications and supplements thereto and any and all restatements, extensions or renewals thereof to the extent such modifications, supplements, restatements, extensions or renewals of any such documents are permitted by the terms hereof and thereof. Whenever in any provision of any Transaction Document, any Purchaser is authorized to take or decline to take any action (including making any determination) in the exercise of its “discretion,” such provision shall be understood to mean that such Purchaser may take or refrain to take such action in its sole discretion. References to times of the day in any Transaction Document shall refer to Eastern Time. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including,” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including.” Time is of the essence of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. No provision of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents shall be construed against or interpreted to the disadvantage of any party hereto by any Governmental Authority by reason of such party having or being deemed to have structured, drafted or dictated such provision “month” (but not “calendar month”) means each period from a date of determination to the day (including the Closing Date itself) in the next calendar month numerically-corresponding to such date (provided, that, if such calendar month does not have any such numerically-corresponding day, such numerically-corresponding day shall be deemed to be the last day of such calendar month).

 

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6.16Waiver of Jury Trial and Certain Other Rights.

 

(a)           The parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Regulations, any right that they may have to trial by jury of any claim or cause of action or in any Proceeding, directly or indirectly based upon or arising out of this Agreement or any Transaction Document (whether based on contract, tort or any other theory). Each party (a) certifies that no representative, agent, or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other parties would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it and the other parties have been induced to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this section.

 

(b)           Each Company Party acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing waivers are a material inducement to the Purchasers to enter into and accept this Agreement. Each Company Party has reviewed the foregoing waivers with its legal counsel and has knowingly and voluntarily waived its jury trial rights following consultation with such legal counsel. In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court. This Section 6.16 shall not restrict a party from exercising exercising pre-judgment remedies under applicable Regulations.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc.   Address for Notice:
     
By:   Fax:
  Name:      
  Title:   Email:  

 

[Signature Pages for Purchaser Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

By:    

Signature of Initial Purchaser

Name:    

Title:    

 

INITIAL PURCHASER OFFERED AMOUNT:

 

Total Subscription Amount: USD $

 

Number of Shares:    

 

Number of Warrants:    

 

AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED BY:

 

REDWOOD SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

By:    

 

Its:    

 

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

PURCHASER

 

1 - Name of 2 – Subscription 3 – Number of 4 – Number of 5 – Number of
Purchaser Amount Shares of Warrants Warrant Shares
    Common Stock    
         
_________ $[●] [●] [●] [●]
         

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF WARRANT

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

WIRE INSTRUCTIONS

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

WARRANT NO. [___]

 

NONE OF THIS SECURITY OR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, NONE OF THEM MAY BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

of

REDWOOD SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

This certifies that, for value received, or its assignees (the “Holder”) is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), shares of Common Stock of the Company, $0.01 par value per share (the “Warrant Shares”), as constituted on the date hereof (the “Warrant Issue Date”), upon surrender hereof, at the principal office of the Company referred to below, with the subscription form attached hereto duly executed, and simultaneous payment therefor in lawful money of the United States or otherwise as hereinafter provided, at the exercise price as set forth in Section 2 below (the “Exercise Price”). The number, character and Exercise Price of the Warrant Shares is subject to adjustment as provided below. The term “Warrant” as used herein shall include this Warrant and any warrants delivered in substitution or exchange therefor as provided herein. 

 

This Warrant is issued pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) among the Company and Holder and the other holders listed therein dated           , 2023 and represents the date on which full consideration for the issuance of this Warrant passed. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

 

1.             Term of Warrant. The purchase right represented by this Warrant shall terminate on or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the date five years from the date of this Warrant (the “Expiration Date”).

 

2.             Exercise Price. The Exercise Price at which this Warrant may be exercised shall be $0.15 per share of Common Stock, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 10 hereof.

 

3.             Exercise of Warrant.

 

3.1           Exercise Form. In order to exercise this Purchase Warrant, the exercise form attached hereto must be duly executed and completed and delivered to the Company or the Company’s Transfer Agent, together with this Purchase Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares being purchased payable in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company or by certified check or official bank check. If the rights represented hereby shall not be exercised at or before 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date, this Purchase Warrant shall become and be void without further force or effect, and all rights represented hereby shall cease and expire.

 

 

 

3.2         Cashless Exercise. If at any time after the date of this Warrant there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the resale of the Shares by the Holder, then in lieu of exercising this Purchase Warrant by payment of cash or check payable to the order of the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 above, Holder may elect to receive the number of Shares equal to the value of this Purchase Warrant (or the portion thereof being exercised), by surrender of this Purchase Warrant to the Company or the Company’s Transfer Agent, together with the exercise form attached hereto, in which event the issue to Holder, Shares in accordance with the following formula:

 

X = Y(A-B)
        A

 

Where, X =

The number of Shares to be issued to Holder;

  Y =

The number of Shares for which the Purchase Warrant is being exercised;

  A =

The fair market value of one Share; and

  B =

The Exercise Price.

 

For purposes of this Section 3.2, the fair market value of a Share is defined as follows:

 

(i)         if the Company’s common stock is traded on a securities exchange, the value shall be deemed to be the closing price on such exchange prior to the exercise form being submitted in connection with the exercise of the Purchase Warrant; or

 

(ii)        if the Company’s common stock is actively traded over-the-counter, the value shall be deemed to be the closing price on such exchange prior to the exercise form being submitted in connection with the exercise of the Purchase Warrant; or

 

(iii)       if there is no active public market, the value shall be the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

4.           No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. In lieu of any fractional share to which the Holder would otherwise be entitled, the Company shall make a cash payment equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by such fraction.

 

5.           Replacement of Warrant. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, on delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company or, in the case of mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense shall execute and deliver, in lieu of this Warrant, a new warrant of like tenor and amount.

 

6.           Rights of Shareholders. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Warrant shall not entitle its Holder to any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company.

 

7.           Transfer of Warrant.

 

(a)          Restrictions on transfer of Warrant. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the provisions of Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement, Holder may transfer or assign this Warrant in whole or in part

 

 

 

(b)          Exchange of Warrant Upon a Transfer. On surrender of this Warrant for exchange and subject to the provisions of this Warrant with respect to compliance with the limitations on transfers contained in this Section 7, the Company at its expense shall issue to or on the order of the Holder a new warrant or warrants of like tenor, in such names as the Holder may direct, for the number of shares issuable upon exercise hereof.

 

8.          Reservation of Stock. The Company covenants that during the term this Warrant is exercisable, the Company will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant and, from time to time, will take all steps necessary to amend its Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) to provide sufficient reserves of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant. The Company further covenants that all shares that may be issued upon the exercise of rights represented by this Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price, all as set forth herein, will be free from all taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously or otherwise specified herein). The Company agrees that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and that such certificates shall be issued in the names of, or in such names as may be directed by, the Holder.

 

9.           Notices.

 

(a)          Whenever the Exercise Price or number of shares purchasable hereunder shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Company shall issue a certificate signed by its Chief Financial Officer or President, setting forth, in reasonable detail, the event requiring the adjustment, the amount of the adjustment, the method by which such adjustment was calculated, and the Exercise Price and number of shares purchasable hereunder after giving effect to such adjustment, and shall cause a copy of such certificate to be delivered to the Holder of this Warrant.

 

(b)          In case:

 

(i)          the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock (or other stock or securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) for the purpose of entitling them to receive any dividend or other distribution, or any right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of stock of any class or any other securities, or to receive any other right, or

 

(ii)          of any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation, or any conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to another corporation, or

 

(iii)          of any voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company,

 

then, and in each such case, the Company will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder or Holders a notice specifying, as the case may be, (A) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and stating the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right, or (B) the date on which such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is to take place, and the time, if any is to be fixed, as of which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such other stock or securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other stock or securities) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Such notice shall be delivered at least 15 days prior to the date therein specified.

 

10.        Adjustments. Prior to the Expiration Date, the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of any of the events enumerated in this Section 10.

 

 

 

(a)          In the event that the Company shall at any time after the date of this Warrant (i) declare a dividend on Common Stock in shares or other securities of the Company, (ii) split or subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issue by reclassification of its Common Stock any shares or other securities of the Company, then, in each such event, the Exercise Price in effect at the time shall be adjusted so that the holder shall be entitled to receive the kind and number of such shares or other securities of the Company which the holder would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening of any of the events described above had such Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the happening of such event (or any record date with respect thereto). Such adjustment shall be made whenever any of the events listed above shall occur. An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall become effective immediately after the effective date of the event retroactive to the record date, if any, for the event.

 

(b)          No adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 0.1% in the aggregate number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of all Warrants; provided that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 10(b) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, all such adjustments shall be made no later than three years from the date of the first event that would have required an adjustment but for this paragraph. All calculations under this Section 10 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest hundredth of a share, as the case may be.

 

(c)          If at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 10, the holder of any Warrant thereafter exercised shall become entitled to receive any shares of the Company other than shares of Common Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Warrant Shares contained in this Section 10, and the provisions of this Warrant with respect to the Warrant Shares shall apply on like terms to such other shares.

 

(d)          Whenever the Exercise Price payable upon exercise of each Warrant is adjusted pursuant to this Section 10, the Warrant Shares shall be adjusted by multiplying the number of Warrant Shares immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment, and the denominator of which shall be the Exercise Price as adjusted.

 

(e)          In the event of any capital reorganization of the Company, or of any reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a reclassification referred to in paragraph (a) (iv) above), or in case of the consolidation of the Company with or the merger of the Company with or into any other corporation or of the sale the properties and assets of the Company as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other corporation, each Warrant shall, after such capital reorganization, reclassification of Common Stock, consolidation, merger or sale, and in lieu of being exercisable for Warrant Shares, be exercisable, upon the terms and conditions specified in this Warrant, for the number of shares of stock or other securities or assets to which holder of the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercisable of such Warrant immediately prior to such capital organization, reclassification of Common Stock, consolidation, merger or sale would have been entitled upon such capital organization, reclassification of Common Stock, consolidation, merger or sale; and in any such case, if necessary, the provisions set forth in this Section 10 with respect to the rights thereafter of the holders of the Warrants shall be appropriately adjusted so as to be applicable, as nearly as they may reasonably be, to any shares of stock or other securities or assets thereafter deliverable on the exercise of the Warrants. The Company shall not effect any such consolidation, merger or sale, unless prior to or simultaneously with the consummation thereof, the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such assets or the appropriate corporation or entity shall assume, by written instrument, the obligation to deliver to holder of each Warrant the shares of stock, securities or assets to which, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such holder may be entitled and all other obligations of the Company under this Warrant. The provisions of this paragraph (e) shall apply to successive reorganizations, reclassification, consolidations, mergers and sales.

 

(f)          Irrespective of any adjustments in the Exercise Price or the number or kind of shares purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants, Warrant Certificates theretofore or thereafter issued may continue to express the same Exercise Price per share and number and kind of shares as are stated on the Warrant Certificates initially issuable pursuant to this Warrant.

 

 

 

(g)         In case any event shall occur as to which the other provisions of this Section 10 are not strictly applicable or the failure to make any adjustment would result in an unfair enlargement or dilution of the purchase rights represented by the Warrants in accordance with the essential intent and principles hereof, then, in each such case, the independent auditors of the Company shall give its opinion as to the adjustment, if any, on a basis consistent with the essential intent and principles established in this Section 10, necessary to preserve, without enlargement or dilution, the purchase rights presented by the Warrants. Upon receipt of such opinion, the Company shall promptly mail a copy thereof to the registered holders of the Warrants and shall make the adjustment described therein.

 

11.         Miscellaneous.

 

(a)          Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given by personal service upon the party to be notified by certified mail, return receipt requested and: (i) if to the Company, at the address set forth on the signature page hereto, or at such other address as the Company may designate by notice to each of the Investors in accordance with the provisions of this Section; and (ii) if to the Warrant holder, at the address indicated as such Holder may designate by notice to the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

 

(b)          The Company and Holder shall each execute and deliver all such further instruments, documents and papers, and shall perform any and all acts necessary, to give full force and effect to all of the terms and provisions of this Warrant.

 

(c)          This Warrant shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, and their successors in interest.

 

(d)          This Warrant incorporates the entire understanding of the parties and supersedes all previous agreements relating to the subject matter hereof should they exist. This Warrant and any issue arising out of or relating to the parties’ relationship hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of conflicts of law. In all matters of interpretation, whenever necessary to give effect to any provision of this Warrant, each gender shall include the others, the singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular. The titles of the paragraphs of this Warrant are for convenience only and shall not in any way affect the interpretation of any provision or condition of this Warrant.

 

(e)          In the event of any litigation or arbitration between the parties hereto respecting or arising out of this Warrant, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable legal fees, whether or not such litigation or arbitration proceeds to final judgment or determination.

 

(f)          Jurisdiction and Venue. Each party hereto consents specifically to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts of the United States sitting in Delaware, or if such federal court declines to exercise jurisdiction over any action filed pursuant to this Warrant, the courts of the State of Delaware and any court to which an appeal may be taken in connection with any action filed pursuant to this Warrant, for the purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Warrant. In connection with the foregoing consent, each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the court’s exercise of personal jurisdiction over each party to this Warrant or the laying of venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party further irrevocably waives its right to a trial by jury and consents that service of process may be effected in any manner permitted under the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

 

 

(g)          If any clause or provision of this Warrant is illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future laws effective during the term of this Warrant, then and, in that event, the remainder of this Warrant shall not be affected thereby, and in lieu of each clause or provision of this Warrant that is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, there shall be added a clause or provision as similar in terms and in amount to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable clause or provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable, as long as it does not otherwise frustrate the principal purposes of this Warrant.

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc. has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: ____, 2023

 

  REDWOOD SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
     
  By:  
  Name:
  Its:
     
   Address:

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
(To be signed only upon exercise of the Warrant)

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO:      ____________________

 

The undersigned hereby elects to purchase_______ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

(1)   Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

 

[  ] in lawful money of the United States; or

 

[  ] if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 3.2, to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 3.2.

 

(2)   Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3)   Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity:  

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:

 

 

Name of Authorized Signatory:

 

 

Title of Authorized Signatory:

 

 

Date:

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

TRADEMARK LICENSE AGREEMENT

 

This Trademark License Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of June 7, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), is made by and between Inteli Property LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company, with an address at P.O. Box 9670, Jackson, Wyoming 83002 (“Inteli”), and Redwood Scientific Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with an address at 9007 Arrow Route, Suite 290, Rancho Cucamonga, California (“Redwood”). Inteli and Redwood are sometimes referred to herein each as a “Party” and together as the “Parties.”

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Inteli owns the entire right, title and interest in and to certain trademarks and service marks used in connection with its business as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto and made hereof, as may be supplemented or amended from time to time (collectively, the “Licensed Marks”); and

 

WHEREAS, Redwood wishes to use the Licensed Marks in connection with the operation of its business and affairs, and Inteli is willing to grant to Redwood a limited right and license to use the Licensed Marks subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.            License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Inteli hereby grants to Redwood during the Term (as defined below) the royalty-free, fully-paid, exclusive, worldwide, transferrable (subject to Section 8 below), sublicensable right and license to use the Licensed Marks in connection with the conduct of its business and affairs, including, without limitation, the advertising, marketing, distribution and sale of products and services identified in Inteli’s registrations and applications for the Licensed Marks as set forth on Exhibit A hereto and other products or services that the Parties may agree upon in writing from time to time.

 

2.            Standards of Use; Quality Control. Redwood acknowledges the high standards and reputation for quality of Inteli and symbolized by the Licensed Marks as of the Effective Date. Redwood shall at all times use the Licensed Marks in a manner consistent with Inteli’s standards and reputation. Redwood shall comply with all guidelines and specifications regarding the style, appearance and usage of the Licensed Marks as may be specified by Inteli. Redwood shall use proper notice symbols and legends as may be required under applicable law to maintain the Licensed Marks and Inteli’s rights therein. Inteli shall have the right to exercise quality control over all uses of the Licensed Marks under this Agreement to maintain the validity of the Licensed Marks and protect the goodwill associated therewith. For the purpose of monitoring compliance with the quality standards and the other requirements set forth in this Agreement, at the reasonable request of Inteli: (a) Inteli or its representative shall have the right to inspect Redwood’s and its sublicensees’ facilities on reasonable notice and during normal business hours; and (b) Redwood shall submit to Inteli a representative sample of any use of the Licensed Marks by Redwood or any sublicensee for Inteli’s review. Inteli shall have the right to require Redwood to make any changes or corrections with regard to such use of the Licensed Marks as Inteli may deem necessary to maintain the quality and goodwill associated with the Licensed Marks, and Redwood shall make and incorporate such changes or corrections promptly upon notice from Inteli and at Redwood’s sole cost and expense.

 

 

 

3.            Licensee Responsibility. As between the Parties, Redwood shall be solely responsible for and assume all costs and liabilities related to: (a) the quality of the licensed products and services bearing the Licensed Marks; (b) any defect in or of licensed products (whether such defect be in materials, workmanship or design) or failure of the licensed services; (c) product liability of the licensed products; (d) conformance of licensed products or services with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and standards; and (e) the promotion, sale, documentation and marketing of licensed products and services. Redwood shall be solely responsible for the payment and discharge of any taxes or duties relating to any transactions of Redwood, its subsidiaries, employees, contractors, agents or sublicensees, in connection with the manufacture, use, distribution, or sale of licensed products or services.

 

4.            Ownership and Non-Interference. Redwood acknowledges and agrees that Inteli owns and shall retain all right, title and interest in and to the Licensed Marks subject to the license granted in Section 1. All use by Redwood or any sublicensee of the Licensed Marks and all goodwill accruing therefrom shall inure solely to the benefit of Inteli. Inteli shall not: (a) challenge, or assist any third party in challenging, the validity of the Licensed Marks or any application or registration therefor; (b) contest the fact that its rights under this Agreement are solely those of a licensee; (c) use any trade name, trademark, service mark or other designation in a manner that would jeopardize the rights of Inteli in the Licensed Marks; or (d) do or encourage any act or omission that would invalidate or be likely to invalidate Inteli’s registrations or applications for the Licensed Marks.

 

5.             Prosecution, Maintenance and Enforcement. Inteli has the sole right, in its discretion and at its expense, to file, prosecute, and maintain all applications and registrations for the Licensed Marks. Redwood shall provide, at the request of Inteli and at Inteli’s expense, all necessary assistance with such filing, maintenance, and prosecution by Inteli. Redwood shall promptly notify Inteli in writing of any actual, suspected, or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or other violation of any Licensed Marks by any third party of which it becomes aware. Inteli has the sole right, in its discretion, to: (a) bring any action or proceeding with respect to any such infringement; (b) defend any declaratory judgment action concerning any Licensed Marks; and (c) control the conduct of any such action or proceeding (including any settlement thereof). Redwood shall provide Inteli with all assistance that Inteli may reasonably request, at Inteli’s expense, in connection with any such action or proceeding. Inteli shall be entitled to retain any monetary recovery resulting from any such action or proceeding (including any settlement thereof) for its own account.

 

6.             Limitation of Liability. NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR USE OF THE LICENSED MARKS HEREUNDER, WHETHER ARISING OUT OF BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGE WAS FORESEEABLE AND WHETHER SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

 

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7.             Term and Termination. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue in effect until: (a) the Parties mutually agree in writing to terminate this Agreement; or (b) a Party breaches a material term or condition of this Agreement, and such breach remains uncured after ninety (90) days following such Party’s receipt of written notice thereof from the other Party (the “Term”). Upon termination of this Agreement, the license rights granted to Redwood under this Agreement shall immediately terminate and Redwood shall immediately cease all use of all Licensed Marks.

 

8.             Assignment. Neither Party shall assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any third party without the prior written consent of the other Party. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

9.            General Terms.

 

9.1       Expenses. Except as expressly set forth herein, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the Party incurring such costs and expenses.

 

9.2       Notices. All notices, requests, consents, claims, demands, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given: (a) when delivered by hand (with written confirmation of receipt); (b) when received by the addressee if sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier (receipt requested); (c) on the date sent by e-mail of a PDF document (with confirmation of transmission) if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and on the next business day if sent after normal business hours of the recipient; or (d) on the third day after the date mailed, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. Such communications must be sent to the respective Party at its address on file with the other Party or at such other address as may be furnished in writing.

 

9.3       Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

 

9.4       Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

9.5       Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including its Exhibits, constitutes the sole and entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings and agreements, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter. In the event of any inconsistency between the statements in the body of this Agreement, the Exhibits and any documents to be delivered hereunder, the statements in the body of this Agreement will control.

 

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9.6       No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

9.7       Amendment; Waiver. This Agreement may only be amended, modified or supplemented by an agreement in writing signed by each Party hereto. No waiver by a Party of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the Party so waiving. No waiver by any Party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any failure, breach or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different character, and whether occurring before or after that waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege arising from this Agreement shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The remedies of the Parties under this Agreement are cumulative and shall not exclude any other remedies to which each Party may be lawfully entitled.

 

9.8       Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.

 

9.9       Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, any of which may be executed and delivered in electronic format or by electronic means, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the Effective Date by their duly authorized representatives.

 

  INTELI PROPERTY LLC  
       
  By: /s/ Jason Cardiff  
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
  REDWOOD SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.  
       
  By: /s/ Jason Cardiff  
  Name:    
  Title:    

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Exhibit a

LICENSED MARKS

 

Mark Country Reg. No. Reg. Date Goods/Services
TBX-FREE United States 5385474 January 23, 2018 IC 5: Smoking cessation preparations; Tobacco and smoking cessation preparations that temporarily reduce the desire to smoke; Drug delivery agents in the form of dissolvable films strips for smoking cessation preparations that temporarily reduce the desire to smoke that facilitate the delivery of pharmaceutical preparations

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