As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2023
Registration No. 333-271075
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM S-1
Amendment No. 1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
CLEAN VISION CORPORATION
(Exact Name of
Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Nevada |
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85–1449444 |
(State
or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
or Organization) |
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(Primary
Standard Industrial
Classification
Code Number) |
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number) |
2711 N. Sepulveda
Blvd. #1051
Manhattan Beach,
CA 90266
(424) 835-1845
(Address, Including
Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
Mr. Daniel Bates
Chief Executive
Officer
2711 N. Sepulveda
Blvd. #1051
Manhattan Beach,
CA 90266
(424) 835-1845
(Name, Address,
Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
of Agent For Service)
Copies to:
Joseph
M. Lucosky, Esq.
Lucosky Brookman
LLP
101 Wood Avenue
South, 5th Floor
Woodbridge,
NJ 08830
Tel: (732)
395-4400 |
Approximate
date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
As
soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
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any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. [X]
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mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company
or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller
reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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If an emerging growth
company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or
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The registrant hereby amends this Registration
Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which
specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities
Act or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the SEC, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
The
information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration
statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities
and we are not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED APRIL
6, 2023
PRELIMINARY
PROSPECTUS
CLEAN VISION CORPORATION
932,369,700 Shares of Common Stock
This prospectus relates to the resale, from time
to time, of up to 932,369,700 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common
Stock”), of Clean Visions Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”)
by the selling shareholders identified in this prospectus under “Selling Shareholder” (the “Offering”), comprised
of:
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898,869,700
shares of Common Stock pursuant to that certain
Securities Purchase Agreement the Company closed on with one (1) Selling Shareholder on February 21, 2023 (the “February Purchase
Agreement”), which includes (a) 840,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of senior convertible notes
in the aggregate principal amount of $4,000,000 (the “February Notes”) and (b) 58,869,700 shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of warrants (the “February Warrants”) issued pursuant to the February Purchase Agreement; and |
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up
to 33,500,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to those certain Securities Purchase Agreements entered into and closed on February 22,
2023 with five (5) Selling Shareholders (the “Reg. D Purchase Agreement”) as follows (a) up to 16,750,000 shares of
Common Stock issued pursuant to the Reg. D Purchase Agreements and (y) up to 16,750,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of the warrants (the “Reg. D. Warrants”) issued pursuant to the Reg. D Purchase Agreement. |
We are not selling
any shares of our Common Stock under this prospectus and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Shares. We will, however,
receive proceeds from any warrants that are exercised through the payment of the exercise price
in cash by the Selling Shareholder. The Selling Shareholder will
bear all commissions and discounts, if any, attributable to the sale of the Shares. We will bear all costs, expenses and fees in connection
with the registration of the Shares.
The Selling Shareholders
may sell the shares of Common Stock described in this prospectus in a number of different ways and at varying prices. See “Plan
of Distribution” for more information about how the Selling Shareholders may sell the shares of Common Stock being registered pursuant
to this prospectus.
The prices at which
the Selling Shareholders may sell the shares of Common Shares in this offering will be determined by the prevailing market prices for
the shares of Common Shares or in negotiated transactions.
Our Common Stock is quoted on the OTCQB Market maintained
by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (“OTC Markets”), under the symbol “CLNV”. On April 5, 2023, the last reported
sale price of the Common Stock on the OTCQB was $0.0563 per share.
There has been a
very limited market for our securities. While our Common Stock is quoted on the OTC Markets, there has been negligible trading volume.
There is no guarantee that an active trading market will develop in our securities.
Following the
effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, the sale and distribution of securities offered hereby
may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions that may take place on the OTC Markets (or such other market or quotation
system on which our common stock is then listed or quoted), including ordinary brokers’ transactions, privately negotiated transactions
or through sales to one or more dealers for resale of such securities as principals, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale,
at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Usual and customary or specifically negotiated brokerage
fees or commissions may be paid by the Selling Shareholders.
This prospectus describes
the general manner in which shares of common stock may be offered and sold by any Selling Shareholders. When the Selling Shareholders
sell shares of common stock under this prospectus, we may, if necessary and required by law,
provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. Any prospectus supplement may
also add to, update, modify or replace information contained in this prospectus. We urge you to read carefully this prospectus, any accompanying
prospectus supplement and any documents we incorporate by reference into this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement before
you make your investment decision.
Investing in our
securities involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 13 of this prospectus. We and our board of directors are
not making any recommendation regarding the exercise of your rights.
Neither the Securities
and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy
or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
We are an “emerging
growth company” under applicable U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules and will be subject to reduced
public company reporting requirements.
The
date of this prospectus is April 6, 2023
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Unless the context
requires otherwise, references in this prospectus to “Clean Vision,” “CLNV,” the “Company,” “we,”
“our” “us” and similar terms refer to Clean Vision Corporation, a Nevada corporation, together with its consolidated
subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise requires.
Prospectus
Summary
This summary highlights
selected information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all the information that you should consider
before investing in our securities. You should carefully read the entire prospectus including “Risk Factors,” “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our Financial Statements and the related notes included
elsewhere in this prospectus, before making an investment decision.
Overview
We are a new entrant
in the clean energy and waste-to-energy industries focused on clean technology and sustainability opportunities. Currently, we are focused
on providing a solution to the plastic waste problem by recycling the waste and converting it into saleable byproducts, such as hydrogen
and other clean-burning fuels that can be used to generate clean energy. Using a technology known as pyrolysis, which heats the feedstock
(i.e., plastic) at high temperatures in the absence of oxygen so that the material does not burn, we are able to turn the feedstock
into i) low sulfur fuel, ii) clean hydrogen and iii) carbon black or char (char is created in the pyrolysis of plastic). We have not
generated revenue to date and intend to generate revenue from three sources: service revenue from the recycling services we provide,
revenue generated from the sale of the byproducts, and revenue generated from the sale of fuel cell equipment. Our mission is to aid
in solving the problem of cost-effectively upcycling the vast amount of waste plastic generated on land before it flows into the world’s
oceans.
We currently operate
through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Clean-Seas, Inc. (“Clean-Seas”), which we acquired on May 19, 2020. Clean-Seas acquired
its first pyrolysis unit in November 2021 for use in a pilot project in India, which began operations in early May 2022. We believe that
this pilot project will showcase our ability to pyrolyze waste plastic (using pyrolysis), which will generate three byproducts: i) low
sulfur fuel, ii) clean hydrogen, AquaHtm, and iii) char. We intend to sell the majority of the byproducts, while retaining
a small amount of the low sulfur fuels and/or hydrogen to power our facilities and equipment. To date, we have not generated any revenue
from the provision of pyrolysis services nor have we generated any revenue from the sale of byproducts from our operations in India or
fuel cell equipment and we do not currently have any contracts in place to sell these byproducts or fuel cell equipment. However, we
believe that there is a strong market for low sulfur fuel and clean hydrogen, upon which we intend to focus our byproduct sales.
According to analysis
and projections reported by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) on April 7, 2022, it is estimated that 98.3
million barrels per day of petroleum and liquid fuels were consumed globally in March 2022, an increase of 2.4 million barrels per day
from March 2021. The EIA estimates that global consumption of petroleum and liquid fuels will rise by 1.9 million barrels per day in
2023 to average 101.7 million barrels per day.
In a report published
by Markets and Markets Research in February 2021 entitled “Hydrogen Generation Market by Application (Petroleum Refinery, Ammonia
& Methanol production, Transportation, Power Generation), Generation & Delivery Mode (Captive, Merchant), Source (Blue, Green
& Grey Hydrogen), Technology, and Region-Forecast to 2025,” the global hydrogen generation market is projected to reach $201
billion by 2025 from an estimated $130 billion in 2020, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2% during the forecast period. While
the global green hydrogen market was valued at approximately $0.8 billion in 2021, it is predicted to grow to about $10.2 billion by
2028, with a CAGR of approximately 55.2% over the projection period, according to research and analysis published by Facts and Factors
in March 2022 entitled “Green Hydrogen Market By Type (Solid Oxide Electrolyzer, Alkaline Electrolyzer, and Proton Exchange Membrane
Electrolyzer), By Use (Transport, Power Generation, and Others) By Customer (Petrochemicals, Glass, Food & Beverages, Chemical, Medical,
and Others), and By Region – Global and Regional Industry Overview, Market Intelligence, Comprehensive Analysis, Historical Data,
and Forecast 2022–2028.”
We believe that in
the near future, a significant growth sector of the economy will be in clean energy and sustainable products and services. This belief
was a key factor in our shift in our business focus in May 2020 and our acquisition of Clean-Seas, which became our wholly-owned subsidiary
on May 19, 2020. Clean-Seas believes that it has made significant progress in identifying and developing a new business model around
the clean energy and waste-to-energy sectors.
Clean Vision’s
Purpose
Global plastic waste
recycling is facing unprecedented challenges. Inadequate processing infrastructure, fewer processing locales, changing laws and conventions,
and political circumstances imperil what is already a deficient response to a global problem. Developed nations, including the United
States, the world’s largest generator of plastic waste, are finding disposal of this waste increasingly difficult, due to expensive
and inefficient processing capabilities; global conventions responding to environmental implications of international plastic export;
and political constraints. In January 2018, the People’s Republic of China, which had been accepting plastic waste from countries
including the U.S., implemented its National Sword policy limiting recyclable waste imports. As a result, the worldwide recyclables market
experienced drastic limits, fewer options for disposal, resulting in a global backlog of plastic waste. Some of the recyclable material
has been rerouted to Southeast Asian countries but the market remains in upheaval, with, at best, plastic waste floating in waiting ships
and at worst, illegal dumping into international waters or incinerated.
According to an article
published by the United Nations Environment Programme (“UNEP”) on March 2, 2022, entitled “What you need to know about
the plastic pollution resolution,” the world currently produces approximately 400 million tons of plastic waste per year, with
the rate of plastic production forecasted to double by 2040. It also estimated that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean
by weight than fish. According to an article published by National Geographic entitled “A Whopping 91 Percent of Plastic Isn’t
Recycled,” plastic takes more than 400 years to degrade, so most of it still exists in some form. It is estimated that only 9%
of plastic waste has been recycled to date, while the vast majority (approximately 79%) is accumulating in landfills or ending up as
litter in the natural environment, including the oceans.
The waste plastics
recycling industry was valued at $55.1 billion in 2020 and is poised to become an $88 billion industry by 2030, as reported in a March
2022 report entitled “Market value of waste recycling services worldwide 2020-2030” published by Statista. Pyrolysis is an
invaluable technology that can be used to transform certain materials, which traditional mechanical recycling technologies currently
cannot handle, into clean energy and other valuable byproducts. Pyrolysis is also an important alternative solution to handling materials
that have exhausted their potential for further traditional mechanical recycling.
The emerging markets
of the world are especially critical to the plastic pollution problem, where waste handling and collection are not supported with the
same infrastructure as in developed nations. We believe this market condition presents a unique opportunity for us. Clean-Seas intends
to leverage its management’s experience of working in the developing nations of the world for the past decade, providing renewable
energy products and services to this sector and now will provide recycling solutions and energy generation. As stated by the Organization
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2021, “The path to net zero requires that emerging markets transform their
energy systems, yet reliance on hydrocarbons alongside existing policy barriers pose challenges to the green transition.”
Clean Vision plans
to help provide a solution to the plastic waste problem that the world is facing, while simultaneously creating hydrogen and other clean-burning
fuels that can be used to generate clean energy.
Our Strengths
We believe that the
following are the critical investment attributes of our company:
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Pilot Project Commenced.
We have acquired our first pyrolysis unit for use in our pilot project in Hyderabad, India, which began operations in May 2022. |
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Large market opportunity
for effective solution. Renewable energy is a large market with an unmet need. Plastic waste disposal affects all countries,
including developing nations. With a more recent focus of governments on environmentally friendly waste removal solutions, we believe
there is a large opportunity for us. |
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Unique technology.
Pyrolysis technology reduces organic waste while creating valuable byproducts. |
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Public support for clean
technologies to protect the environment. In recent years shareholders have been focusing on environmental sustainability and
more investors have been directing their investments towards companies based on ESG factors. |
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Experienced management
team. Members of our management team have years of experience in the renewable energy sector and have begun to develop relationships
with several providers of pyrolysis technologies, with whom we expect to seek a strategic partnership or business relationship as
we move forward. |
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New Approach to Vertical
Supply Chain. The Plastic Conversion Network (“PCN”) is a patent-pending software network connecting sources of waste
plastic (feedstock) with conversion facilities, which will produce environmentally friendly commodities. We intend to strategically
locate the conversion facilities around the world in locations that are easily accessible and in close proximity to countries that
produce a large amount of plastic waste. Currently, we have entered into letters of intent and/or joint venture agreements for the
development of facilities in: Morocco, France, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Puerto Rico, Arizona, Massachusetts and Michigan. |
Our Growth Strategy
We plan to provide
tailored solutions to our customers to produce clean energy primarily out of the treatment of waste. We are currently focused on waste-to-energy
projects in Morocco, India, France, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Puerto Rico, Arizona, Massachusetts and Michigan due to their proximity to plastic
waste, as well as business relationships that have been developed by the management team of Clean Vision with entities and/or municipalities
in such countries. We believe there is a virtually endless supply of waste for such projects and the demand for energy (particularly
from such projects) is growing consistently.
Another component
of the clean energy and waste-to-energy industry in the United States is environmental credits. Recycling of waste plastic mitigates
the need for fossil fuels for energy generation and the production of clean-burning diesel. We plan to aggregate these off-sets and sell
them to users of fossil fuels in the form of carbon credits or renewable energy credits depending on the location of the facilities and
local market conditions. These can be used as off-set as more governments impose a “Carbon-tax” on the end users of fossil
fuels. In addition, we expect that in the coming years, there will be new exchanges coming online specifically focused on plastic waste,
and credits will be sought after, allowing producers of plastic waste to off-set their plastic footprint, much like what has happened
in the carbon markets.
We currently expect
our projects to generate revenue in several ways:
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Gate Fees or Tipping
Fees. It is anticipated that these fees will be paid to us to accept waste from a government, municipality, or corporate
entity that must dispose of its waste. Fees are paid to accept this feedstock (which will be waste plastic for our Company) on a
per ton basis. Gate fees are expected to vary in range from approximately $35 to $105 per ton, depending on the jurisdiction, land
availability, and daily volumes of waste. |
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Sale of Hydrogen
and Other Fuels. Once functional, our anticipated pyrolysis recycling facility will convert waste into hydrogen and other
clean-burning fuels. This hydrogen and other fuels can be sold to off-takers as an alternative cleaner fuel for marine use, electrical
generators, or refined into a clean-burning road grade fuel. Depending on the installation, this fuel output product can be sold
to a local fuel distributor or used in the generator sets for the generation of electricity as above. |
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Commodity Sales.
An additional output product of the technologies is char or carbon black, which is used for the manufacturing of tires, bonding agents,
roadway surfaces, and more. We intend to enter into agreements with consumers of carbon black to which we will sell this output product. |
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Environmental Credits.
Recycling of waste plastic mitigates the need for fossil fuels for energy generation and the production of clean-burning diesel.
These off-sets can be aggregated and sold to users of fossil fuels in the form of carbon credits or renewable energy credits depending
on the location of the facilities and local market conditions. These can be used as off-set as more governments impose a “Carbon-tax”
on the end users of fossil fuels. |
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Equipment Sales.
We have entered into a licensing agreement with Kingsberry Fuel Cell, Inc. (“Kingsbury”) whereby we have obtained the
exclusive, worldwide rights (exclusive of the United States and Canada) to Kingsberry’s fuel cell intellectual property for
a term of five years, which we intend to sell to third-parties throughout the world. These sales will provide a revenue stream to
us, as well as recurring revenue through a royalty model and ongoing service. |
Summary of Risks
Before you invest
in our securities, you should carefully consider all the information in this prospectus, including matters set forth in the section of
this prospectus entitled “Risk Factors”. We believe that the following are some of the major risks and uncertainties that
may affect us:
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We have a history of operating
losses and will likely continue to generate operating losses. |
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We may not be able to achieve
or sustain profitability, and we have not generated revenue from operations to date. |
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We recently shifted to
a new business line, are at an early stage of development of our current business line and we have a limited operating history, which
makes it difficult to evaluate our business and prospects. |
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The equipment that is required
for our operations is expensive and to date we have only acquired three pyrolysis units. |
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We require additional financing,
and we may not be able to raise funds on favorable terms or at all. |
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Our independent registered
public accounting firm has expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. |
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We are a holding company
without any operations of our own and depend on our subsidiaries for cash to meet our obligations. |
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We have not generated sufficient
revenue or cash flow to pay our convertible debt, in the amount of $2,125,000 as of April 5, 2023. |
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Servicing our debt requires
a significant amount of cash. |
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Covenant restrictions under
our indebtedness may limit our ability to operate our business. |
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Our success depends on
the acceptance of our products and services and that our products and services will develop and grow. |
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As public awareness of
the benefits of fuel converted from waste plastic grows, we expect competition to increase. |
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We face risks with obtaining
raw materials. |
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We do not believe that
we will be able to negotiate worldwide exclusive rights to the technology we will need to acquire. |
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Project construction and
development requires significant outlays of capital and is subject to numerous risks. |
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Our business model will
depend on performance by third parties under contractual arrangements. |
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The COVID-19 global health
crisis may impact our planned operations and adversely impact our business. |
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Our operations in foreign
markets could cause us to incur additional costs and risks associated with doing business internationally. |
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Volatility in foreign exchange
currency rates could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. |
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Operations in the developing
world could cause us to incur additional costs and risks associated with doing business in developing markets. |
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Our business and reputation
could be adversely affected if we or third parties with whom we have a relationship fail to comply with United States or foreign
anti-corruption laws or regulations. |
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If we are unable to maintain
our corporate reputation, our business may suffer. |
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Our operations could be
impacted by natural disaster. |
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Delays in collection, or
non-collection, of our accounts receivable could adversely affect our business, financial position, results of operations and liquidity. |
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Our patent application
may not issue as a patent, which may have a material adverse effect on our ability to prevent others from commercially exploiting
products similar to ours. |
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We may not be able to prevent
others from unauthorized use of our intellectual property, which could harm our business and competitive position. |
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We currently have no issued
patents and one patent pending. If any issued patent expires or is not maintained, our patent applications are not granted
or our patent rights are contested, circumvented, invalidated or limited in scope, we may not be able to prevent others from selling,
developing or exploiting competing technologies or products, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects,
financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. |
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We may become subject to
claims that we or our employees have wrongfully used or disclosed alleged trade secrets. |
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A significant portion of
our intellectual property is not protected through patents or formal copyright registration. |
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Confidentiality agreements
may not adequately prevent disclosure of trade secrets and other proprietary information. |
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We may need to defend ourselves
against patent, copyright or trademark infringement claims. |
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We are subject to extensive
government regulation and changes thereto could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows. |
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We may be unable to obtain,
modify, or maintain the required regulatory permits, approvals and consents for our projects. |
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We are subject to environmental
laws and potential exposure to environmental liabilities. |
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Changes in applicable laws
and regulations can adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. |
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We do not yet have adequate
internal controls and our failure to achieve and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could have a material
adverse effect on our business and share price. |
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We will incur significant
increased costs as a result of operating as a public company and our management will be required to devote substantial time to new
compliance initiatives. |
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Our ability to utilize
our net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes may be limited. |
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Our stock price has been
volatile and may continue to be volatile. |
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The price of our Common
Stock may have little or no relationship to the historical bid prices of our Common Stock on the OTCQB. |
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We have a substantial number
of authorized common shares available for future issuance that could cause dilution of our stockholders’ interest and adversely
impact the rights of holders of our Common Stock. |
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The holders of our Series
B Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock and our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock are protected from dilution upon future issuances
of our Common Stock. |
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Dan Bates, our CEO and
Chairman, owns 2,000,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, which shares of Series C Convertible Preferred
Stock, vote together with our Common Stock on all stockholder matters, and vote one hundred Common Stock votes per share. If securities
or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, or if they downgrade their recommendations regarding
our Common Stock, its trading price and volume could decline. |
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Stockholders may face significant
restrictions on the resale of our Common Stock due to federal regulations of penny stocks. |
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Stockholders who hold unregistered
shares of our Common Stock will be subject to resale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144. |
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You will suffer immediate
and substantial dilution in the net tangible book value of the Common Stock you purchase. |
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Daniel Bates, our Chief
Executive Officer, exercises majority voting control of the Company, which will limit your ability to influence corporate matters
and could delay or prevent a change in corporate control. |
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We rely on our management
and if they were to leave our Company or not devote sufficient time to our company, our business plan could be adversely affected. |
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Our Bylaws provide for
indemnification of officers and directors at our expense. |
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Anti-takeover provisions
in our Bylaws, as well as provisions of Nevada law, might discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company or changes
in our management. |
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The JOBS Act allows us
to postpone the date by which we must comply with certain laws and regulations and to reduce the amount of information provided in
reports filed with the SEC. |
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Our election to opt out
of the JOBS Act’s extended accounting transition period may not make our financial statements easily comparable to other companies. |
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Global, regional and U.S.
economic and geopolitical conditions may have adverse effects on our business and financial condition. |
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Many of our competitors
and potential competitors may have substantially greater financial resources, customer support, technical and marketing resources,
larger customer bases, longer operating histories, greater name recognition and more established relationships than we do. |
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We may not maintain sufficient
insurance coverage for the risks associated with our business operations. |
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We do not anticipate paying
any cash dividends. |
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Any failure to protect
our intellectual property rights could impair our ability to protect our technology and our brand. |
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Failure to adequately manage
our planned aggressive growth strategy may harm our business. |
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If we make any acquisitions,
they may disrupt or have a negative impact on our business. |
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We rely on network and
information systems and other technologies for our business activities and certain events, such as computer hackings, viruses or
other destructive or disruptive software or activities may disrupt our operations. |
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We may apply working capital
and future funding to uses that ultimately do not improve our operating results or increase the value of our securities. |
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Claims, litigation, government
investigations, and other proceedings may adversely affect our business and results of operations. |
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We may incur indebtedness
in the future which could reduce our financial flexibility, increase interest expense and adversely impact our operations and our
costs. |
Implications
of Being an Emerging Growth Company and a Smaller Reporting Company
As a company with
less than $1.237 billion in revenue during our last fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” under
the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. As an emerging growth company, we have elected to take advantage of
reduced reporting requirements and are relieved of certain other significant requirements that are otherwise generally applicable to
public companies. As an emerging growth company:
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we may present only two
years of audited financial statements and only two years of related Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations; |
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we are exempt from the
requirement to obtain an attestation and report from our auditors on whether we maintained effective internal control over financial
reporting under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; |
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we are permitted to provide
less extensive disclosure about our executive compensation arrangements; and |
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we are not required to
give our stockholders non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements. |
If we successfully
consummate an offering of our common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), we may take advantage of these provisions
until the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of such initial public offering) if we continue to be an emerging
growth company thereafter. We will continue to remain an “emerging growth company” until the earliest of the following: (i)
the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the completion of our listing on Nasdaq; (ii) the last
day of the fiscal year in which our total annual gross revenue is equal to or more than $1.07 billion; (iii) the date on which we have
issued more than $1 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years; or (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a large
accelerated filer under the rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
We are also a “smaller
reporting company” as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, and have elected to take
advantage of certain of the scaled disclosures available to smaller reporting companies. To the extent that we continue to qualify as
a “smaller reporting company” as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, after we cease to qualify as
an emerging growth company, certain of the exemptions available to us as an “emerging growth company” may continue to be
available to us as a “smaller reporting company,” including exemption from compliance with the auditor attestation requirements
pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley Act and reduced disclosure about our executive compensation arrangements. We will continue to be a “smaller
reporting company” until we have $250 million or more in public float (based on our Common Stock) measured as of the last business
day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter or, in the event we have no public float (based on our Common Stock) or a public
float (based on our Common Stock) that is less than $700 million, annual revenues of $100 million or more during the most recently completed
fiscal year.
We may choose to
take advantage of some but not all of these reduced burdens. We have taken advantage of reduced reporting requirements in this prospectus.
Accordingly, the information contained herein may be different from the information you receive from other public companies in which
you hold stock. In addition, the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company may take advantage of an extended transition period
for complying with new or revised accounting standards, delaying the adoption of these accounting standards until they would apply to
private companies. We have elected to avail ourselves of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised financial accounting
standards. As a result of the accounting standards election, we will not be subject to the same implementation timing for new or revised
accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies which may make comparison of our financials to
those of other public companies more difficult.
Recent Developments
Reg. D Purchase
Agreements
On February 22, 2023,
the Company entered into and closed on those certain securities purchase agreements (the “Reg. D Purchase Agreement”) with
five (5) Selling Shareholders (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company (i) issued and sold an aggregate of 16,750,000
shares of Common Stock and (ii) issued warrants to purchase up to 16,750,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Reg. D Warrant”).
Pursuant to the terms of the Reg. D Purchase Agreement, the shares of Common Stock were sold to the Investors at a price of $0.02 per
share and the Warrants are exercisable at a price of $0.03 per share and expires five (5) years from the date of issuance.
Convertible Promissory
Note
On
February 17, 2023, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with one (1) Selling
Shareholder (the “Holder”), pursuant to which the Holder purchased a senior convertible promissory note (the “Note”)
in the original principal amount of $2,500,000 and a warrant to purchase 29,434,850 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant”).
Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Holder provided customary representations and warranties to each
other. The transactions contemplated under the Purchase Agreement closed on February 21, 2023.
The
maturity date of the Note is February 21, 2024 (the “Maturity Date”). The Note bears interest at a rate of 5% per annum.
The Note carries an original issue discount of 2%. The Company may not prepay any portion of the outstanding principal amount, accrued
and unpaid interest or accrued and unpaid late charges on principal and interest, if any, except as specifically permitted by the terms
of the Note.
At
any time, the Company shall have the right to redeem all, but not less than all, of the conversion amount then remaining under the Note
(the “Company Optional Redemption Amount”) on the Company Optional Redemption Date (a “Company Optional Redemption”).
The portion of this Note subject to redemption shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price equal to the greater of (i) 120% of
the Conversion Amount being redeemed as of the Company Optional Redemption Date
and (ii) the product of (1) the Conversion Rate with respect to the Conversion Amount being redeemed as of the Company Optional Redemption
Date multiplied by (2) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date
immediately preceding such Company Optional Redemption Notice Date and ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date the Company
makes the entire payment required. The Company may exercise its right to require redemption under the Note by delivering a written notice
thereof by electronic mail and overnight courier to all, but not less than all, of the holders of Notes (the “Company Optional
Redemption Notice”).
The
Note set forth certain standard events of default (such event, an “Event of Default”), which, upon such Event of Default,
requires the Company within one (1) Business Day to deliver written notice thereof via electronic mail and overnight courier to the Holder
(an “Event of Default Notice”). At any time after the earlier of the Holder’s receipt of an Event of Default Notice
and the Holder becoming aware of an Event of Default, the Holder may require the Company to redeem (regardless of whether such Event
of Default has been cured) all or any portion of the Note by delivering written notice thereof.
The
Warrant is exercisable for shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant Shares”) at a price of $0.845 per share
(the “Exercise Price”) and expires five years from the date of issuance. The Exercise Price is subject to customary adjustments
for stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations and the like.
The
Company has also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the registrable securities under
the Registration Rights Agreement.
All
capitalized terms not defined herein shall have their respective meanings as set forth in the Purchase Agreement, Note, Warrant and RRA.
The foregoing descriptions of the Note, Warrant, RRA and Purchase Agreement do not purport to be complete and each is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the full text of the Note, Warrant, RRA and Purchase Agreement.
Special Share
Dividend
On February 16, 2023,
the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved a special dividend of
five shares of the Company’s Common Stock for every one hundred shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding (the “Dividend”).
On February 16, 2023, the Board approved the Dividend and set the record date for the Dividend as February 27, 2023 (the “Record
Date”) and the payment date as March 13, 2023. The shares issued pursuant to the Dividend were issued as of March 13, 2023.
Securities Purchase
Agreement and Promissory Note
On December 9, 2022,
the Company entered into the Purchase Agreement with Coventry Enterprises, LLC (“Coventry”), pursuant to which the Company
issued to Coventry on that date a Promissory Note (the “Note”) in the principal amount of $300,000 (the “Principal
Amount”) in exchange for a purchase price of $255,000. The proceeds of the Note will be used by the Company for general working
capital purposes. In addition, the Company issued to Coventry 15,500,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Commitment Stock”),
of which 12,500,000 shares of Commitment Stock are to be returned to the Company upon the Company’s filing of the registration
statement of which this prospectus forms a part on or before 45 calendar days after the date of the Purchase Agreement.
Per the terms of
the Purchase Agreement the Company issued 15,500,000 shares of its Common Stock to Coventry. If the Company files an initial Registration
Statement within forty-five calendar days from the date of the Note, then Coventry, pursuant to its mandatory obligations thereunder,
shall, within ten (10) calendar days thereafter, return to the Company’s treasury for cancellation twelve million five hundred
thousand (12,500,000) shares of Common Stock.
The Note bears “Guaranteed
Interest” at the rate of 5% per annum for the 12 months from and after the date of issuance (notwithstanding the 11-month term
of the Note for an aggregate Guaranteed Interest of fifteen thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), all of which Guaranteed Interest shall be
deemed earned as of the date of the Note. The Principal Amount and the Guaranteed Interest are due and payable in seven equal monthly
payments (each, a “Monthly Payment”) of forty-five thousand and 00/100ths Dollars ($45,000.00), commencing on May 6, 2023
and continuing on the 6th day of each month thereafter (each, a “Monthly Payment Date”) until paid in full not
later than November 6, 2023 (the “Maturity Date”), or such earlier date as the Note is required or permitted to be repaid
as provided therein, and to pay such other interest to Coventry on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding Principal Amount of
the Note in accordance with the provisions thereof.
Project Finance
Arrangement
On November 4, 2022,
we entered into a consulting agreement (the “Agreement”) with Edge Management, LLC (“Edge”), a services firm
based in New York City. Under the Agreement, Edge will assist us to develop, structure and implement project finance strategies (“Project
Finance”) for our clean energy installations around the world. Financing strategies will be in amounts and upon terms acceptable
to us, and may include, without limitation, common and preferred equity financing, mezzanine and other junior debt financing, and/or
senior debt financing, including but not limited to one or more bond offerings (“Project Financing(s)”). Under the Agreement,
Edge is engaged as our exclusive representative for Project Financing matters. Edge is entitled to receive a cash payment for any Project
Financing involving as follows: 5% of the gross amount of the funding facilities (up to $500 million) of all forms approved by the lender
(“Lender”) introduced by Edge and or its affiliates and accepted by the Company on closing (“Closing”), 4% of
the gross amount of the funding facilities (for the tranche of funding ranging from $500,000,001 to $1,000,000,000) approved by the Lender
introduced by Edge and or its affiliates and accepted by the Company on Closing, and 3% of the subsequent gross amount ($1,000,000,001
and greater) of the funding facilities of all forms approved by the Lender introduced by Edge and/or its affiliates and accepted by the
Company on Closing. In addition to the cash consulting fee, Edge shall be issued cashless, five-year warrants equal to: 2% (at a strike
price to be mutually determined by the Parties for the first tranche of funding, up to $500 million), 1% (at a strike price to be mutually
determined by the Parties for the tranche of funding ranging from $500,000,001 to $1,000,000,000), and 1% (at a strike price to be mutually
determined by the Parties for any and all subsequent Debt Funding ($1,000,000,001 and greater)) of the outstanding common and preferred
shares, warrants, options, and other forms of participation in the our Company on Closing.. The Agreement has an initial term of one
(1) year and is cancellable by either party on ninety (90) days written notice. There is no guarantee that Edge will be successful in
helping us obtain Project Financing.
Corporate Information
Our principal executive
offices are located at 2711 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite #1051, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266. Our telephone number is (424) 835-1845. Our website
address is https://www.cleanvisioncorp.com. The reference to our website is an inactive textual reference only. The information on, or
that can be accessed through, our website is not part of this prospectus. Investors should not rely on any such information in deciding
whether to purchase our Common Stock.
Clean Vision was
initially incorporated in Nevada as China Vitup Health Care Holdings, Inc. on September 15, 2006. Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of
Merger and Reorganization dated September 29, 2006, Tubac Holdings, Inc., a Wyoming corporation and a parent of the Company, was merged
with and into the Company on October 2, 2006, with the Company as the surviving entity. On May 5, 2015, the Company changed its name
to Emergency Pest Services, Inc. Pursuant to a Plan of Exchange dated August 3, 2015, the Company acquired Emergency Pest Services, Inc.,
a Florida corporation. Pursuant to a Plan of Exchange dated September 21, 2017, Byzen Digital Inc., a Seychelles corporation, was merged
with and into the Company on November 4, 2017, with the Company as the surviving entity. On May 30, 2018, the Company changed its name
to Byzen Digital Inc. On May 19, 2020, we changed our focus to clean energy and sustainability when we acquired Clean-Seas. On March
12, 2021, the Company’s corporate name was changed to Clean Vision Corporation to be aligned with our focus on clean energy and
sustainability.
SUMMARY
OF The Offering
Issuer |
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Clean Vision Corporation |
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Shares of Common Stock offered by us |
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None |
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Shares of Common Stock offered by the Selling
Shareholders |
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Up to 932,369,700
shares (1) |
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Shares of Common Stock outstanding before the
Offering |
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462,499,000 shares (2) |
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Shares of Common Stock outstanding after completion
of this offering, assuming the sale of all shares offered hereby |
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1,372,654,071
shares (2) |
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Offering Price |
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The Selling Shareholders
may sell all or a portion of the shares being offered pursuant to this prospectus at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at
the time of sale, at varying prices, or at negotiated prices. |
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Use of proceeds |
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We will not receive any
proceeds from the resale of the common stock by the Selling Shareholder. |
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Market for Common Stock |
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Our common stock is quoted
on OTCQB under the symbol “CLNV” |
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Risk Factors |
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The
purchase of our securities involves a high degree of risk. The securities offered in this prospectus are for investment purposes
only. Please refer to the section entitled “Risk Factors“ before making an investment in our Common Stock. |
You should carefully
read the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus for a discussion of factors that you should consider before deciding to
invest in our Common Stock.
(1) This amount consists of (i) 840,000,000
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the February Notes, (ii) 58,869,700 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of the February Warrants, (iii) 16,750,000 shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Reg. D Purchase Agreements and (iv) up to 16,750,000
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Reg. D Warrants.
(2) The number of shares of our Common Stock to be
outstanding after this offering is based on the 462,499,000 shares of our Common Stock outstanding as of April 5, 2023,
and excludes the following:
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20,000,000
shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the 2,000,000 issued and outstanding Series B Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock (the
“Series B Preferred Stock”), which shares automatically converted into 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock on January 1,
2023; however, the Company and holders of the Series B Preferred Stock are currently in a dispute and the Company’s Transfer
Agent has been instructed to not issue the shares of Common Stock until such dispute has been resolved. Accordingly, although
the shares of Common Stock thereunder have not been formally issued as of April 5, 2023, the shares of Series B Non-Voting
Convertible Preferred Stock are no longer outstanding. On January 30, 2023, Leonard Tucker, LLC (“Tucker”), one of the
holders of Series B Preferred Stock filed an action against the Company in the Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada
(Case No. CV23-00188) alleging breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment,
specific performance and declaratory relief. The Company is contesting such action. |
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20,000,000 shares of Common
Stock upon conversion of the 2,000,000 issued and outstanding Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, which shares automatically converted
on January 1, 2023, but such conversion has not been effectuated as of April 5, 2023. |
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Up to 20,000,000 shares
of Common Stock issuable to Coventry upon a default under the Note. |
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Up to 46,184,850
shares of Common Stock issuable to the Warrant. |
SUMMARY
FINANCIAL DATA
The following table
presents our summary historical financial data for the periods indicated. The summary historical financial data for the years ended December
31, 2022 and 2021 and the balance sheet data as of December 31, 2022 are derived from the audited financial statements included herein.
Historical results
are included for illustrative and informational purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of results we expect in future periods,
and results of interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the entire year. You should read the following summary financial
data in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and
our financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.
Summary Statements of Operations Data | |
Year ended December 31, 2022 | |
Year ended December 31, 2021 |
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Revenue, net | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | |
Cost of revenue | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Gross profit | |
| — | | |
| — | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
General and administrative | |
| 1,287,030 | | |
| 373,095 | |
Payroll expense | |
| 829,364 | | |
| 824,393 | |
Officer stock compensation expense | |
| 516,042 | | |
| 536,125 | |
Director fees | |
| 171,000 | | |
| 18,500 | |
Professional fees | |
| 407,501 | | |
| 413,479 | |
Consulting | |
| 2,452,383 | | |
| 1,955,213 | |
Interest expense | |
| 250,404 | | |
| 1,187,033 | |
Loss on investment | |
| — | | |
| 150,000 | |
Change in fair value of derivative | |
| — | | |
| 576,573 | |
Net loss from continuing operations | |
$ | (5,913,724 | ) | |
$ | (6,034,411 | ) |
(1) See Note 2 to
our audited financial statements appearing at the end of this prospectus for details on the calculation of basic and diluted net loss
per share attributable to common stockholders for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.
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As
of December 31, 2022 |
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Pro Forma |
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Pro |
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As |
Balance Sheet
Data |
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Actual |
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Forma(1) |
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Adjusted(2) |
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Cash |
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$ |
10,777 |
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255,000 |
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$ |
265,777 |
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Total
assets |
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377,153 |
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|
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255,000 |
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632,153 |
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Total
liabilities |
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1,954,790 |
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|
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(60,000 |
) |
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1,894,790 |
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Working
capital (deficit) |
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(1,819,013 |
) |
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315,000 |
|
|
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(1,504,013 |
) |
Accumulated
deficit |
|
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(19,078,809 |
) |
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(45,000 |
) |
|
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(19,123,809 |
) |
Total
stockholders’ equity (deficit) |
|
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(3,377,637 |
) |
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360,000 |
|
|
|
(3,017,637 |
) |
(1) The pro forma balance sheet data reflects (i)
our receipt of $255,000 of net proceeds from the issuance of convertible notes in the principal amount of $300,000 and (ii) the conversion
of the notes into 19,286,137 shares of Common Stock.
(2)The pro forma
as adjusted balance sheet data in the table above reflects the adjustment described in footnote (1) above.
RISK FACTORS
Any investment
in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Investors should carefully consider the risks described below and all of the information
contained in this prospectus before deciding whether to purchase our securities. Our business, financial condition or results of operations
could be materially adversely affected by these risks if any of them actually occur. Our Common Stock is quoted on the OTCQB under the
symbol CLNV. This market is extremely limited, and the prices quoted are not a reliable indication of the value of our Common Stock.
As of the date of this prospectus, there has been very limited trading of shares of our Common Stock. If and when our Common Stock is
traded, the trading price could decline due to any of these risks, and an investor may lose all or part of his or her investment. Some
of these factors have affected our financial condition and operating results in the past or are currently affecting us. This prospectus
also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those
anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including the risks described below and elsewhere in
this prospectus.
Risks
Relating to Our Business and Industry
Our
independent registered public accounting firm has expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
We have
insufficient cash on hand, a working capital deficit of $1,819,013 and incurred net losses from operations resulting in an accumulated
deficit of $19,078,809, as of December 31, 2022 and had a net loss of $5,913,724 for the year ended December 31, 2022,
while we had a net loss of $6,034,411 for the year ended December 31, 2021. As of the date of this prospectus, we anticipate that we
will only be able to fund our current operations through July 31, 2023, based upon our current financial standing. As a result, our independent
registered public accounting firm has issued a report on our financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2022, that includes
an explanatory paragraph referring to our recurring operating losses and expressing substantial doubt in our ability to continue as a
going concern. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to obtain additional equity financing or other
capital, attain further operating efficiencies, reduce expenditures, and, ultimately, generate revenue. Our financial statements do not
include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. However, if adequate funds are not available to us when
we need it, we will be required to curtail our operations which would, in turn, further raise substantial doubt about our ability to
continue as a going concern. The doubt regarding our potential ability to continue as a going concern may adversely affect our ability
to obtain new financing on reasonable terms or at all. Additionally, if we are unable to continue as a going concern, our stockholders
may lose some or all of their investment in the Company.
We
have a history of operating losses; will likely continue to generate operating losses and we may not be able to achieve or sustain profitability.
We
are not profitable and have incurred an accumulated deficit of $19,078,809, as of December 31, 2022 and had a net loss of $5,913,724
for the year ended December 31, 2022, while we had a net loss of $6,034,411 for the year ended December 31, 2021. We expect to continue
to incur losses for the foreseeable future, and these losses could increase as we continue to work to develop our business. We were previously
engaged in the digital currency industries. In May 2020 we identified a new direction for the Company when we acquired Clean-Seas and
we adopted a new business strategy focused on clean energy and converting waste to energy. We have yet to commence profitable operations
in either of those businesses, therefore, the Company is continuing to incur operating losses. There can be no assurance that we will
ever generate significant sales or achieve profitability. Accordingly, the extent of future losses and the time required to achieve profitability,
if ever, cannot be predicted.
Even
if we achieve profitability in the future by adopting these new business strategies, we may not be able to sustain profitability in subsequent
periods.
We
also expect to experience negative cash flows for the foreseeable future as we fund our operating losses. We may not be able to generate
these revenues or achieve profitability in the future. Our failure to achieve or maintain profitability would likely negatively impact
the value of our securities and financing activities.
To
date, we have not generated revenue from operations and we may not generate revenue from operations or that sources of revenue from financing
will be available in the future.
To
date, we have not generated any revenue from operations and have financed our operations through the sale of Common Stock in our Regulation
A offering and the proceeds from the sale of convertible notes. There can be no assurance that we will generate revenue from operations
or that sources of revenue from financing will be available or if available will be available
upon favorable terms. If we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, our stockholders
may experience dilution. Debt financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability
to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. Any debt financing or
additional equity that we may raise may contain terms, such as liquidation and other preferences, that are not favorable to us or our
stockholders.
We
recently shifted to a new business line, are at an early stage of development of our current business line and we have a limited operating
history, which makes it difficult to evaluate our business and prospects.
In
May 2020, we shifted our business focus from the digital currency industry to the clean energy and waste to energy industries. We have
a limited operating history in our current business line, which can make it difficult for investors to evaluate our operations and prospects
and may increase the risks associated with investment into our company. We have insufficient results
for investors to use to identify historical trends. Investors should consider our prospects considering the risk, expenses and difficulties
we will encounter as an early-stage company. We have yet to demonstrate our ability to overcome
the risks frequently encountered in the clean energy and waste to energy industries and
are still subject to many of the risks common to early stage companies, including the uncertainty as to our ability to implement our
business plan, market acceptance of our proposed business and services, under-capitalization, cash shortages, limitations with respect
to personnel, financing and other resources and uncertainty of our ability to generate revenues. There is no assurance that our activities
will be successful or will result in any revenues or profit, and the likelihood of our success must be considered in light of the stage
of our development. There can be no assurance that we will be able to consummate our business strategy and plans, or that financial,
technological, market, or other limitations may force us to modify, alter, significantly delay, or significantly impede the implementation
of such plans. Our business plan is subject to all business risks associated with new business enterprises, including the absence
of any significant operating history upon which to evaluate an investment. The likelihood of our success must be considered in light
of the problems, expenses, difficulties, complications and delays frequently encountered in connection with the formation of a new business,
the development of new strategy and the competitive environment in which we will operate. It is possible that we will incur losses in
the future. Our revenue and income potential is unproven and our business model is continually
evolving. We are subject to the risks inherent to the operation of a new business enterprise and cannot assure you that we will be able
to successfully address these risks. There is no guarantee that we will be profitable, that our business will generate sufficient
revenue or that we will have adequate working capital to meet its obligations as they become due.
Additionally,
our industry segments are relatively new, and are constantly evolving. As a result, there is a lack of available information with which
to forecast industry trends or patterns. There is no assurance that sustainable industry trends or preferences will develop that will
lead to predictable growth or earnings forecasts for individual companies or the industry segment as a whole. We are also unable to determine
what impact future governmental regulation may have on trends and preferences or patterns within our industry segment.
The
equipment that is required for our operations is expensive and to date we have only acquired three pyrolysis units.
To
date, we have acquired three pyrolysis units. In order to implement our business plan, we estimate that we will need to acquire several
additional units. We estimate that each unit we will acquire will cost approximately $16 million and will take approximately 12-24 months
to receive from time of order, therefore, we will be required to outlay significant funds prior to receipt of units. Pyrolysis equipment
could cost as much as $100 million, but we intend to use our efforts to purchase such equipment at the best available prices.
We
require additional financing, and we may not be able to raise funds on favorable terms or at all.
We
anticipate requiring further funds in the future to grow our operations and complete our business plan. The sources of additional capital
are expected to be from the sale of securities. Any future sale of share capital will result in dilution to existing stockholders. Furthermore,
we may incur debt in the future, and may not have sufficient funds to repay our future indebtedness or may default on our future debts,
jeopardizing our business viability.
We
may not be able to borrow or raise additional capital in the future to meet our needs or to otherwise provide the capital necessary to
expand our operations and business, which might result in the value of our securities decreasing in value or becoming worthless. Additional
financing may not be available to us on terms that are acceptable, or at all. Consequently, we may not be able to proceed with our intended
business plans. Obtaining additional financing contains risks, including:
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additional equity financing
may not be available to us on satisfactory terms, or at all, and any equity we are able to issue could lead to dilution for current
stockholders; |
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● |
loans or other debt instruments
may have terms and/or conditions, such as interest rate, restrictive covenants and control or revocation provisions, which are not
acceptable to management or our directors; |
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the current environment
in capital markets combined with our capital constraints may prevent us from being able to obtain adequate debt financing; and |
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if we fail to obtain required
additional financing to grow our business, we would need to delay or scale back our business plan, reduce our operating costs, or
reduce our headcount, each of which would have a material adverse effect on our business, future prospects, and financial condition. |
Additionally,
we may have difficulty obtaining additional funding, and we may have to accept terms that would adversely affect our stockholders. For
example, the terms of any future financings may impose restrictions on our right to declare dividends or on the manner in which we conduct
our business. Additionally, lending institutions or private investors may impose restrictions on a future decision by us to make capital
expenditures, acquisitions or significant asset sales. If we are unable to raise additional funds, we may be forced to curtail or even
abandon our business plan.
Failure to
adequately manage our planned aggressive growth strategy may harm our business or increase our risk of failure.
For the foreseeable
future, we intend to pursue an aggressive growth strategy for the expansion of our operations. Our ability to rapidly expand our operations
will depend upon many factors, including our ability to work in a regulated environment, establish and maintain strategic relationships,
and obtain adequate capital resources on acceptable terms. Any restrictions on our ability to expand may have a materially adverse effect
on our business, results of operations, and financial condition. Accordingly, we may be unable to achieve our targets for growth, and
our operations may not be successful or achieve anticipated operating results.
Additionally, our
growth may place a significant strain on our managerial, administrative, operational, and financial resources and our infrastructure.
Our future success will depend, in part, upon the ability of our senior management to manage growth effectively. This will require us
to, among other things:
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among our operations, legal, finance, sales and marketing, and client service and support personnel. |
Failure to accomplish
any of these requirements could impair our ability to grow and expand our operations.
We are
a holding company without any operations of our own and depend on our subsidiaries for cash to meet our obligations.
We
are a holding company and conduct all of our operations through our subsidiaries. Accordingly, repayment of our indebtedness, including
the senior notes, in part, is dependent on the generation of cash flow by our subsidiaries and their ability to make such cash available
to us, by debt repayment or otherwise. Unless they are guarantors of the senior notes or other indebtedness, our subsidiaries do not
have any obligation to pay amounts due on our indebtedness or to make funds available for that purpose. Our subsidiaries may not be able
to, or may not be permitted to, make distributions to enable us to make payments in respect of our indebtedness. Each of our subsidiaries
is a distinct legal entity, and, under certain circumstances, legal and contractual restrictions may limit our ability to obtain cash
from our subsidiaries. In the event that we do not receive distributions from our subsidiaries, we may be unable to make required principal
and interest payments on our indebtedness, including the senior notes.
We
have not generated sufficient revenue or cash flow to pay our convertible debt, and conversion of such debt into shares of Common Stock,
which could cause significant dilution.
As of April 5, 2023,
we had outstanding convertible debt in the principal amount of $3,160,000. To date, we have not generated sufficient revenue or cash
flows to pay the balances owed under these notes and provide sufficient working capital to run our business. The outstanding principal
amount of the notes is convertible at any time and from time to time at the election of the holder after certain periods of time into
shares of our Common Stock at discounts to the market price of our Common Stock. In addition, upon the occurrence and during the continuation
of an Event of Default (as defined in the notes), the notes each will become immediately due and payable and we have agreed to pay additional
default interest rates. We may not have sufficient cash resources or access to funding to repay such notes. Moreover, upon conversion
of these notes, our current shareholders will suffer dilution, which could be significant.
Servicing
our debt requires a significant amount of cash. Our ability to generate sufficient cash to service our debt depends on many factors beyond
our control.
Our
ability to make payments on and to refinance our debt, to fund planned capital expenditures and to maintain sufficient working capital
depends on our ability to generate cash in the future. This, to a certain extent, is subject to general economic, financial, competitive,
legislative, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control. We cannot assure you that our business will generate sufficient
cash flow from operations or from other sources in an amount sufficient to enable us to service our debt or to fund our other liquidity
needs. If our cash flow and capital resources are insufficient to allow us to make scheduled payments on our debt, we may need to seek
additional capital or restructure or refinance all or a portion of our debt on or before the maturity thereof, any of which could have
a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. We cannot assure you that we will be able to
refinance any of our debt on commercially reasonable terms or at all, or that the terms of that debt will allow any of the above alternative
measures or that these measures would satisfy our scheduled debt service obligations. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow
to repay or refinance our debt on favorable terms, it could significantly adversely affect our financial condition and the value of our
outstanding debt. Our ability to restructure or refinance our debt will depend on the condition of the capital markets and our financial
condition. Any refinancing of our debt could be at higher interest rates and may require us to comply with more onerous covenants, which
could further restrict our business operations. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain any financing when needed.
Covenant
restrictions under our indebtedness may limit our ability to operate our business.
Our
outstanding convertible notes contain, and our future indebtedness agreements may, contain covenants that restrict our ability to finance
future operations or capital needs or to engage in other business activities. The notes restrict our ability to:
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or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including, but not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect
to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom other
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(as defined in the notes) other than certain secured notes which are no longer outstanding or Permitted Indebtedness or make other
restricted payments including, without limitation, paying dividends and making investments; |
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In
addition, the notes contain price protection anti-dilution provisions that will discourage financing at prices below the conversion price
of the notes and will result in a decrease in the conversion price of the notes if we should issue securities below such price.
Our
future success depends on the acceptance of our products and services, which may not happen, and that our products and services will
develop and grow.
Our
entire business is based on the assumption that the demand for our products and services will develop and grow. We cannot assure you
that this assumption is or will be correct. Although the market for clean energy and waste-to-energy is large, the market for fuel converted
from waste through pyrolysis is new and currently quite small. As is typical of a new and rapidly evolving industry, the demand for,
and market acceptance of, “green-based” products and services is highly uncertain. In order to be successful, we must be
able to keep our understandings in place with the suppliers of our products and educate consumers that our products perform as well as
the products they currently use. We can provide no assurances that these efforts will be successful. Similarly, we cannot assure you
that the demand for our products and services will develop as anticipated. If the market for our products fails to develop or develops
more slowly than we anticipate, our business could be adversely affected.
As
public awareness of the benefits of fuel converted from waste grows, we expect competition to increase, which could make it more difficult
for us to grow and achieve profitability.
We
expect competition to increase as awareness of the environmental advantages of converting waste into fuel increases. A rapid increase
in competition could negatively affect our ability to develop a profitable client base. Many of our competitors and potential competitors
may have substantially greater financial resources, customer support, technical and marketing resources, larger customer bases, longer
operating histories, greater name recognition and more established relationships than we do. We cannot be sure that we will have the
resources or expertise to compete successfully. Compared to us, our competitors may be able to:
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products and services more quickly; |
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emerging technologies and changing customer needs and preferences; |
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Some
of our competitors may also be able to increase their market share by providing customers with additional benefits or by reducing their
prices. We cannot be sure that we will be able to match price reductions by our competitors. In addition, our competitors may form strategic
relationships to better compete with us. These relationships may take the form of strategic investments, joint-marketing agreements,
licenses or other contractual arrangements that could increase our competitors’ ability to serve customers. If our competitors
are successful in entering our market, our ability to grow or even sustain our current business could be adversely impacted.
Disruptions
in the political, regulatory, economic, and social conditions of the countries in which we conduct business could adversely affect our
business or results of operations.
Our business model
envisions us operating in various countries across the world. Instability and unforeseen changes in any of the markets in which we conduct
business, including economically and politically volatile areas or conflict or rumor of conflict could have an adverse effect on the
demand for our services and products, our financial condition, or our results of operations. These factors include, but are not limited
to, the following:
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nationalization and expropriation; |
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potentially burdensome taxation; |
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inflationary and recessionary markets, including capital
and equity markets; |
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civil unrest, labor issues, political instability,
disease outbreaks, terrorist attacks, cyber terrorism, military activity, and wars; |
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increasing attention to global climate change resulting
in pressure from shareholders, financial institutions and/or financial markets; |
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supply disruptions in key oil producing countries; |
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the ability of OPEC+ to set and maintain production
levels and pricing; |
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trade restrictions, trade protection measures, price
controls, or trade disputes; |
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sanctions, such as prohibitions or restrictions by
the United States against countries that are the targets of economic sanctions, or are designated as state sponsors of terrorism; |
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foreign ownership restrictions; |
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import or export licensing requirements; |
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restrictions on operations, trade practices, trade
partners, and investment decisions resulting from domestic and foreign laws, and regulations; |
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changes in, and the administration of, treaties, laws,
and regulations including in response to public health issues; |
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inability to repatriate income or capital; |
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reductions in the availability of qualified personnel; |
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foreign currency fluctuations or currency restrictions;
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fluctuations in the interest rate component of forward
foreign currency rates. |
We may apply
working capital and future funding to uses that ultimately do not improve our operating results or increase the value of our securities.
In general, we have
complete discretion over the use of our working capital and any new investment capital we may obtain in the future. Because of the number
and variety of factors that could determine our use of funds, our ultimate expenditure of funds (and their uses) may vary substantially
from our current intended operating plan for such funds. Our management has broad discretion to use any or all of our available capital
reserves. Our capital could be applied in ways that do not improve our operating results or otherwise increase the value of a stockholder’s
investment.
We may incur
indebtedness in the future which could reduce our financial flexibility, increase interest expense and adversely impact our operations
and our costs.
We may incur significant
amounts of indebtedness in the future. Our level of indebtedness could affect our operations in several ways, including the following:
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our cash flows is required to be used to service our indebtedness; |
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our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions; |
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covenants contained in
the agreements governing our outstanding indebtedness limit our ability to borrow additional funds and provide additional security
interests, dispose of assets, pay dividends and make certain investments; |
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place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that are less leveraged and, therefore, may be able to take advantage
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our flexibility in planning for, and reacting to, changes in the economy and in our industry. |
A high level of indebtedness
increases the risk that we may default on our debt obligations. We may not be able to generate sufficient cash flows to pay the principal
or interest on our debt, and future working capital, borrowings or equity financing may not be available to pay or refinance such debt.
If we do not have sufficient funds and are otherwise unable to arrange financing, we may have to sell significant assets or have a portion
of our assets foreclosed upon which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We face risks relating to our reliance
on subcontractors, suppliers, and our joint venture partners.
We generally rely
on subcontractors, suppliers, and our joint venture partners for the performance of our contracts. Although we are not dependent upon
any single supplier, certain geographic areas of our business or a project or group of projects may depend heavily on certain suppliers
for raw materials or semi-finished goods.
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Any difficulty in engaging
suitable subcontractors or acquiring equipment and materials could compromise our ability to generate a significant margin on a project
or to complete such project within the allocated time frame. If subcontractors, suppliers or joint venture partners refuse to adhere
to their contractual obligations with us, or are unable to do so due to a deterioration of their financial condition, we may be unable
to find a suitable replacement at a comparable price, or at all. Moreover, the failure of one of our joint venture partners to perform
their obligations in a timely and satisfactory manner could lead to additional obligations and costs being imposed on us as we may
be obligated to assume our defaulting partner’s obligations or compensate our customers. Additionally, our supply chain, subcontractors,
suppliers, and our joint venture partners may be adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has created global shipping and
logistics challenges such as extended shipping lead times and pricing pressures on transportation and logistics. |
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Any delay, failure to meet
contractual obligations, or other event beyond our control or not foreseeable by us, that is attributable to a subcontractor, supplier
or joint venture partner, could lead to delays in the overall progress of the project and/or generate significant extra costs. Even
if we are entitled to make a claim for these extra costs against the defaulting supplier, subcontractor or joint venture partner,
we may be unable to recover the entirety of these costs and this could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition
or results of operations. |
New capital
asset construction projects are subject to risks, including delays and cost overruns, which could have a material adverse effect on our
financial condition, or results of operations.
From time to time,
we may be required to carry out capital asset construction projects to maintain, upgrade, and develop our asset base, and such projects
are subject to risks of delay and cost overruns that are inherent in any large construction project, resulting from numerous factors
including, but not limited to, the following:
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materials or skilled labor; |
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shipyard delays and performance
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failure to complete construction
in time, or the inability to complete construction in accordance with design specifications, may result in the loss of revenue. |
Additionally, capital
expenditures for construction projects could materially exceed the initially planned investments, or there could be delays in putting
such assets into operation.
We face risks associated with obtaining
raw materials.
With
regard to our Clean-Seas subsidiary, even though we believe there to be an abundant supply of waste plastic, it is expected that there
will be increased competition for these plastic resources, with the result that it could have an effect on our profitability that we
do not foresee at this time.
We
do not believe that we will be able to negotiate worldwide exclusive rights to the technology we will need to acquire.
Our
intent is to use existing pyrolysis technologies and to implement equipment that is available in the industrial marketplace. While we
do not believe we will acquire worldwide rights, we expect that we will be able to obtain exclusive rights for specific territories.
Accordingly, other competitors may license or otherwise obtain the use of the same technology for different locations.
Project construction
and development requires significant outlays of capital and is subject to numerous risks.
The construction
and development of our projects involves numerous risks. We are required to outlay significant capital for preliminary engineering, permitting,
legal, and other expenses before we can determine whether a project is feasible or economically attractive. In order to successfully
construct and develop our projects, we need to negotiate satisfactory engineering, procurement and construction agreements and feedstock
supply agreements, receive all required governmental permits and approvals, obtain financing, and timely implement construction and development.
Successful completion of a particular project may be adversely affected by numerous factors, including: (i) failure or delay in obtaining
required government permits and approvals with acceptable conditions; (ii) unavailability of financing; (iii) uncertainties relating
to land costs for projects; (iv) engineering problems; (v) construction delays and contractor performance shortfalls; (vi) work stoppages;
(vii) cost overruns; (viii) failure of equipment and materials supply; (ix) adverse weather conditions; and (x) environmental and geological
conditions. Our ability to become profitable in the future will not only depend on our ability to complete the construction and development
of our projects but also to control our capital expenditures and costs. If we are unable to cost efficiently construct, develop and deploy
our projects and provide our products and services, our business, prospects, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows
would be materially and adversely affected.
Our business
model will depend on performance by third parties under contractual arrangements.
Our businesses will
depend on third parties to, among other things, own and/or operate our projects, obtain necessary permits, purchase energy produced by
our projects, and supply and deliver the goods and services necessary for the construction and operation of our projects. Further, the
design, development and delivery of fuel cells is dependent upon performance by Kingsberry Fuel Cell Corporation pursuant to a Licensing
Agreement.
The viability of
our projects depends significantly upon the performance of these third parties, and others that we hope to enter into agreements within
the near future, in accordance with long-term contracts. If these third parties cannot or will not perform their contractual obligations,
whether due to their financial condition, force majeure events, changes in laws or regulations, or otherwise, we may not be able to secure
alternate arrangements on substantially the same terms or at all for the goods and services provided under such contracts. In addition,
some of the owners and operators of our projects may be smaller companies that are more likely to experience financial and operational
difficulties than relatively larger, well-established companies, which could result in interruptions or delays in the operation of our
projects. Any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our operations
in foreign markets could cause us to incur additional costs and risks associated with doing business internationally.
We currently are
conducting our pilot program in India and have current plans to commence operations in Morocco, France, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Puerto Rico.
Our operations in markets outside the United States subject us to additional costs and risks, including:
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staffing and managing international operations; |
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U.S. laws and regulations
related to foreign operations, including tax and anti-corruption laws and regulations; |
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differing contract laws
that impact the enforceability of agreements among energy suppliers and energy consumers; |
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Our failure to manage
the risks associated with international operations could limit the future growth of our business and adversely affect our business, financial
condition and results of operations. We may be required to make a substantial financial investment and expend significant management
efforts in connection with our international operations.
Volatility
in foreign exchange currency rates could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
We may have significant
exposure to revenues, expenses and certain asset and liability balances denominated in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. In addition,
we conduct transactions in various currencies, which increases our exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates relative
to the U.S. Dollar. Fluctuations in the exchange rates of currencies relative to the U.S. Dollar may significantly affect our operating
results and equity earnings. Our operating and equity earnings are adversely affected when the U.S. Dollar strengthens relative to other
currencies and are positively affected when the U.S. Dollar weakens. In the future, a larger portion of our international revenue may
be denominated in foreign currencies, which will subject us to additional risks associated with fluctuations in those foreign currencies.
In addition, we may be unable to successfully hedge against any such fluctuations.
Operations
in the developing world could cause us to incur additional costs and risks associated with doing business in developing markets.
We may seek to operate
in the developing world, which would make us vulnerable to political, economic and social instability in such areas. Many areas of the
developing world have experienced political, economic and social uncertainty in recent years, including an economic crisis characterized
in some cases by increased inflation, high domestic interest rates, negative economic growth, reduced consumer purchasing power and high
unemployment. Currently, many of the countries in the developing world where we have been or may be pursuing projects have been pursuing
economic stabilization policies, including the encouragement of foreign trade and investment and other reforms, but there is no guarantee
these policies will be successful or stay in place. Political, economic and social instability in these countries may have an adverse
effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our business
and reputation could be adversely affected if we or third parties with whom we have a relationship fail to comply with United States
or foreign anti-corruption laws or regulations.
Our business and
operations may be conducted in countries where corruption has historically penetrated the economy to a greater extent than in the United
States. It is our policy to comply, and to require our local partners and those with whom we do business to comply, with all applicable
anti-corruption laws, such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and with applicable local laws of the foreign countries in which
we operate. Our business and reputation may be adversely affected if we or our local partners fail to comply with such laws.
If we are unable
to maintain our corporate reputation, our business may suffer.
Our success depends
on our ability to maintain our corporate reputation. Adverse publicity surrounding any aspect of our business, or due to any failure
on our part to comply with laws to which we are subject, could negatively affect our Company’s overall reputation.
Our operations
could be impacted by natural disaster.
The
occurrence of natural disasters in the markets in which we operate could disrupt our business operations and personnel located in the
affected areas and, in the case of our corporate office, our ability to provide administrative support services, including billing and
collection services.
For
example, our operations could be rendered inoperable, temporarily or permanently, as a result of a fire or other natural disaster or
by a terrorist or other attack on one of our facilities. The security and other measures we, and the property owners, take to protect
against these risks may not be sufficient. Our insurance may not be adequate to cover the losses we suffer as a result of any of these
events. In the event of an uninsured loss, including a loss in excess of insured limits, at any of the facilities in our network, such
facilities may not be adequately repaired in a timely manner or at all and we may lose some or all of the future revenues anticipated
to be derived from such facilities.
Delays
in collection, or non-collection, of our accounts receivable could adversely affect our business, financial position, results of operations
and liquidity.
Prompt
billing and collection are important factors in our liquidity. Billing and collection of our accounts receivable are subject to the complex
regulations. Our inability to bill and collect on a timely basis pursuant to these regulations and rules could subject us to payment
delays that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and liquidity. It is possible
that documentation support, system problems, or other payor issues may materially adversely affect our working capital, and our working
capital management procedures may not successfully mitigate this risk.
Intellectual Property
Risks
Our patent
application may not issue as a patent, which may have a material adverse effect on our ability to prevent others from commercially exploiting
products similar to ours.
We
currently have one patent application pending, with number 63/371,838, that defines a system and method for securing, storing and converting
the plastic waste of developed nations to produce environmentally friendly commodities and clean-fuels; reduce waste deposited into landfills;
reduce incineration; mitigate the use of fossil fuel products; and assist developing nations in establishing waste recycling and development
of collection infrastructure
There
is no guarantee that our pending patent application will be approved. We cannot be certain that we are the first inventor of the subject
matter to which we have filed a particular patent application, or that we are the first party to file such a patent application. If another
party has filed a patent application for the same subject matter as we have, we may not be entitled to the protection sought by the patent
application. Further, the scope of protection of issued patent claims is often difficult to determine. As a result, we cannot be certain
that the patent application that we have file for our Plastic Conversion Network will issue, or that our issued patents will afford protection
against competitors with similar technology. In addition, our competitors may design around our issued patents, which may adversely affect
our business, prospects, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.
We
may not be able to prevent others from unauthorized use of our intellectual property, which could harm our business and competitive position.
We
may not be able to prevent others from unauthorized use of our intellectual property, which could harm our business and competitive position.
We rely on a combination of patent, trade secret (including those in our know-how), and other intellectual property laws, as well as
employee and third-party nondisclosure agreements, intellectual property licenses, and other contractual rights to establish and protect
our rights in our technology and intellectual property. Our patent or trademark applications may not be granted, any patents or trademark
registrations that may be issued to us may not sufficiently protect our intellectual property and any of our issued patents, trademark
registrations or other intellectual property rights may be challenged by third parties. Any of these scenarios may result in limitations
in the scope of our intellectual property or restrictions on our use of our intellectual property or may adversely affect the conduct
of our business. Despite our efforts to protect our intellectual property rights, third parties may attempt to copy or otherwise obtain
and use our intellectual property or seek court declarations that they do not infringe upon our intellectual property rights. Monitoring
unauthorized use of our intellectual property is difficult and costly, and the steps we have taken or will take to prevent misappropriation
may not be successful. From time to time, we may have to resort to litigation to enforce our intellectual property rights, which could
result in substantial costs and diversion of our resources.
Patent,
trademark, and trade secret laws vary significantly throughout the world. A number of foreign countries do not protect intellectual property
rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States. Therefore, our intellectual property rights may not be as strong or as
easily enforced outside of the United States. Failure to adequately protect our intellectual property rights could result in our competitors
offering similar products, potentially resulting in the loss of some of our competitive advantage and a decrease in our revenue which
would adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.
If
any issued patent expires or is not maintained, our patent applications are not granted or our patent rights are contested, circumvented,
invalidated or limited in scope, we may not be able to prevent others from selling, developing or exploiting competing technologies or
products, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition, results of operations, and cash
flows.
We
cannot assure you that our pending application will issue as a patent. Even if our patent application issues into a patent, the patents
may be contested, circumvented or invalidated in the future. In addition, the rights granted under any issued patent may not provide
us with adequate protection or competitive advantages. The claims under any patent that issues from our patent application may not be
broad enough to prevent others from developing technologies that are similar or that achieve results similar to ours. The intellectual
property rights of others could also bar us from licensing and exploiting any patents that issue from our pending applications. Numerous
patents and pending patent applications owned by others exist in the fields in which we have developed and are developing our technology.
Many of these existing patents and patent applications might have priority over our patent applications and could subject our patents
to invalidation or our patent applications to rejection. Finally, in addition to patents and patent applications that were filed before
our patents and patent applications, any of our existing or future patents may also be challenged by others on the basis that they are
invalid or unenforceable.
We
may in the future become, subject to claims that we or our employees have wrongfully used or disclosed alleged trade secrets of our employees’
former employers.
In
the event we hire employees that were previously employed by other companies with similar or related technology, products or services,
we may in the future become subject to claims that we or these employees have inadvertently or otherwise used or disclosed trade secrets
or other proprietary information of former employers. Litigation may be necessary to defend against these claims. If we fail in defending
such claims, we may be forced to pay monetary damages or be enjoined from using certain technology, products, services or knowledge.
Even if we are successful in defending against these claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and demand on management resources.
A
significant portion of our intellectual property is not protected through patents or formal copyright registration. As a result, we do
not have the full benefit of patent or copyright laws to prevent others from replicating our products, product candidates and brands.
We
have not protected certain of our intellectual property rights through patents or formal copyright registration, and we do not currently
have any issued patents. There can be no assurance that any patent will issue or if issued that the patent will protect our intellectual
property. As a result, we may not be able to protect our intellectual property and trade secrets or prevent others from independently
developing substantially equivalent proprietary information and techniques or from otherwise
gaining access to our intellectual property or trade secrets. In such an instance, our competitors could produce products that are nearly
identical to ours resulting in us selling less products or generating less revenue from our sales.
Confidentiality
agreements with employees and others may not adequately prevent disclosure of trade secrets and other proprietary information.
We rely on trade
secrets, know-how and technology, which are not protected by patents, to protect certain of the intellectual property behind our Plastic
Conversion Network. We have recently begun to use confidentiality agreements with our collaborators, employees, consultants, outside
collaborators and other advisors to protect our proprietary technology and processes. We intend to use such agreements in the future,
but these agreements may not effectively prevent disclosure of confidential information and may not provide an adequate remedy in the
event of unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. In addition, others may independently discover trade secrets and proprietary
information, and in such cases, we could not assert any trade secret rights against such party. Costly and time-consuming litigation
could be necessary to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights, and failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection
could adversely affect our competitive business position.
We may need to defend ourselves
against patent, copyright or trademark infringement claims, which may be time-consuming and would cause us to incur substantial costs.
The status of the
protection of our intellectual property is unsettled as we do not have any issued patents, registered trademarks or registered copyrights
and other than the pending patent application for PCN, we have not applied for the same. Companies, organizations or individuals, including
our competitors, may hold or obtain patents, trademarks or other proprietary rights that would prevent, limit or interfere with our ability
to make, use, develop, sell or market our projects, products and services, which could make it more difficult for us to operate our business.
In the future, we may receive communications from third parties that allege our products or components thereof are covered by their patents
or trademarks or other intellectual property rights, we have not received any communication of this kind to date. Companies holding patents
or other intellectual property rights may bring suits alleging infringement of such rights or otherwise assert their rights. If we are
determined to have infringed upon a third-party’s intellectual property rights, we may be required to do one or more of the following:
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In the event of a
successful claim of infringement against us and our failure or inability to obtain a license to the infringed technology or other intellectual
property right, our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition could be materially adversely affected. In addition,
any litigation or claims, whether or not valid, could result in substantial costs, negative publicity and diversion of resources and
management attention.
Risks Relating
to Governmental Regulation
We
are subject to extensive governmental regulation. Any changes to the laws and regulations governing our business, or to the interpretation
and enforcement of those laws or regulations, could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows.
Currently
there are no federal laws restricting or regulating pyrolysis, however the Environmental Protection Agency has released advance notice
of proposed rulemaking on pyrolysis and gasification units (https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/advance-notice-proposed-rulemaking-pyrolysis-and-gasification).
As of January 2022, twenty-one states have passed Advanced Recycling Legislation, which will regulate advanced recycling technologies
such as pyrolysis as manufacturing operations rather than waste. Waste handling requirements are much stricter than manufacturing requirements.
Michigan and Arizona, where Clean-Seas is establishing facilities have passed Advanced Recycling Legislation.
Federal
and state laws and regulations also impact how we conduct our business, the services we offer and our interactions with customers, our
employees and the public and impose certain requirements on us such as:
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These
laws and regulations, and their interpretations, are subject to change. Changes in existing laws and regulations, or their interpretations,
or the enactment of new laws or regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows by:
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Due to the associated
quantities of hazardous substances and waste, our industry is highly regulated and monitored by various environmental regulatory authorities
such as the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), federal or state analogs in other countries and the European Union,
which promulgated the Industrial Emission Directive (“IED”). We intend to rely upon our local partners in each jurisdiction
in which we operate, including India and Morocco and other jurisdictions to be established in the future, to ensure compliance with the
local regulatory authorities. As such, we are subject to extensive international, national, state and local laws, regulations and directives
pertaining to pollution and protection of the environment, health and safety, which govern, among other things, emissions to the air,
discharges onto land or waters, the maintenance of safe conditions in the workplace, and the generation, handling, storage, transportation,
treatment and disposal of waste materials. Some of these laws, regulations and directives are subject to varying and conflicting interpretations.
Many of these laws, regulations and directives provide for substantial fines and potential criminal sanctions for violations and require
the installation of costly pollution control equipment or operational changes to limit pollution emissions or reduce the likelihood or
impact of hazardous substance releases, whether permitted or not. New laws, rules and regulations as well as changes to laws, rules and
regulations may also affect us.
Local, state, federal
and foreign governments have increasingly proposed or implemented restrictions on certain plastic-based products, including single-use
plastics and plastic food packaging. Plastics have also faced increased public scrutiny due to negative coverage of plastic waste in
the environment. Increased regulation on the use of plastics could cause reduced demand for our polyethylene products, which could adversely
affect our business, operating results and financial condition.
We may be unable
to obtain, modify, or maintain the regulatory permits, approvals and consents required to construct and operate our projects.
In order to construct
and operate our projects, we must obtain and modify numerous environmental and other regulatory permits and certifications from federal,
state and local agencies and authorities, including air permits and wastewater discharge permits. A number of these permits and certifications
must be obtained prior to the start of a project, while other permits are required to be obtained at or prior to the time of first commercial
operation or within prescribed time frames following commencement of commercial operations. Any failure to obtain or modify the necessary
environmental and other regulatory permits and certifications on a timely basis could delay the commercial operation of our projects.
In addition, once a permit or certification has been issued for a project, we must take steps to comply with each permit’s or certification’s
conditions, which can include conditions as to timely commencement of the project. Failure to comply with these conditions could result
in revocation or suspension of the permit or certification and/or the imposition of penalties or other consequences. We also may need
to modify existing permits to reflect changes in project design or requirements, which could trigger
a legal or regulatory review under a standard that may be more stringent than when the permits were originally granted.
Obtaining and modifying
necessary permits and certifications is a time-consuming and expensive process, and we may not be able to obtain or modify them on a
timely basis or at all. In the event that we fail to obtain or modify all necessary permits and certifications, we may be forced to delay
construction or operation of a project or abandon the project altogether, which could have a material adverse effect on our business,
financial condition and results of operations. In addition, we may be required to make capital expenditures on an ongoing basis to comply
with increasingly stringent federal, state, provincial and local environmental, health and safety laws, regulations and permits.
We are subject
to environmental laws and potential exposure to environmental liabilities.
Because of the nature
of our projects, we are subject to various federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations that govern our operations, including
the import, handling and disposal of non-hazardous and hazardous wastes, and emissions and discharges into the environment. Failure to
comply with these laws and regulations could result in costs for corrective action, penalties or the imposition of other liabilities.
We also are subject to laws and regulations that impose liability and clean-up responsibility for releases of hazardous substances into
the environment. Under certain of these laws and regulations, a current or previous owner or operator of property may be liable for the
costs of remediating the release or spill of hazardous substances or petroleum products on or from its property, without regard to whether
the owner or operator knew of, or caused, the contamination, and such owner or operator may incur liability to third parties impacted
by such contamination. Failure to comply with applicable environmental laws and regulations and the imposition of environmental liability
could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Changes in
applicable laws and regulations can adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
There has been substantial
debate recently in the United States and abroad in the context of environmental and energy policies affecting climate change, the outcome
of which could have a positive or negative influence on our existing business and our prospects for growing our business. Governmental
entities that regulate our operations or projects may adopt new laws, regulations or policies, or amend or change the interpretation
of existing laws, regulations or policies, at any time. We have no control over these changes, which could potentially have an adverse
effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.
Risks
Relating to Tax and Accounting
We do not yet
have adequate internal controls, and we cannot provide assurances that these weaknesses will be effectively remediated or that additional
material weaknesses will not occur in the future.
As a public company,
we will be subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We expect that the requirements of
these rules and regulations will increase our legal, accounting and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult,
time consuming and costly, and place significant strain on our personnel, systems and resources.
The Sarbanes-Oxley
Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures, and internal control over financial
reporting.
We do not yet have
effective disclosure controls and procedures, or internal controls over all aspects of our financial reporting. We are continuing to
develop and refine our disclosure controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed
by us in the reports that we will file with the SEC is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified
in SEC rules and in accordance with GAAP. Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over
our financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act.
We will be required
to expend time and resources to further improve our internal controls over financial reporting, including by expanding our staff. However,
we cannot assure you that our internal control over financial reporting, as modified, will enable us to identify or avoid material weaknesses
in the future.
We have not yet retained
sufficient staff or engaged sufficient outside consultants with appropriate experience in GAAP presentation, especially of complex instruments,
to devise and implement effective disclosure controls and procedures, or internal controls. We will be required to expend time and resources
hiring and engaging additional staff and outside consultants with the appropriate experience to remedy these weaknesses. We cannot assure
you that management will be successful in locating and retaining appropriate candidates; that newly engaged staff or outside consultants
will be successful in remedying material weaknesses thus far identified or identifying material weaknesses in the future; or that appropriate
candidates will be located and retained prior to these deficiencies resulting in material and adverse effects on our business.
Our current controls
and any new controls that we develop may become inadequate because of changes in conditions in our business, including increased complexity
resulting from our international expansion. Further, weaknesses in our disclosure controls or our internal control over financial reporting
may be discovered in the future. Any failure to develop or maintain effective controls, or any difficulties encountered in their implementation
or improvement, could harm our operating results
or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations and may result in a restatement of our financial statements for prior periods.
Any failure to implement and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could also adversely affect the results of
management reports and independent registered public accounting firm audits of our internal control over financial reporting that we
will eventually be required to include in our periodic reports that we file with the SEC. Ineffective disclosure controls and procedures,
and internal control over financial reporting could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial and other information,
which would likely have a negative effect on the market price of our Common Stock.
Our independent registered
public accounting firm is not required to audit the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting until after we are
no longer an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act. At such time, our independent registered public accounting
firm may issue a report that is adverse in the event it is not satisfied with the level at which our internal control over financial
reporting is documented, designed or operating. Any failure to maintain effective disclosure controls and internal control over financial
reporting could have a material and adverse effect on our business and operating results and cause a decline in the market price of our
Common Stock.
Our failure
to achieve and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
as a public company could have a material adverse effect on our business and share price.
Prior to the completion
of this offering, we have not had to independently comply with Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act requires annual management assessments of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, starting with the second
annual report that we would expect to file with the SEC. Additionally, once we are no longer an emerging growth company, as defined by
the JOBS Act, our independent registered public accounting firm will be required pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
to attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting on an annual basis. The rules governing the standards
that must be met for our management to assess our internal control over financial reporting are complex and require significant documentation,
testing, and possible remediation.
Internal control
over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. We are in the process of reviewing,
documenting, and testing our internal control over financial reporting, but we are not currently in compliance with, and we cannot be
certain when we will be able to implement, the requirements of Section 404(a). We may encounter problems or delays in implementing any
changes necessary to make a favorable assessment of our internal control over financial reporting. In addition, we may encounter problems
or delays in completing the implementation of any public accounting firm after we cease to be an emerging growth company. If we cannot
favorably assess the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, or if our independent registered public accounting
firm is unable to provide an unqualified attestation report on our internal controls after we cease to be an emerging growth company,
investors could lose confidence in our financial information and the price of our Common Stock could decline.
Additionally, the
existence of any material weakness or significant deficiency requires management to devote significant time and incur significant expense
to remediate any such material weaknesses or significant deficiencies and management may not be able to remediate any such material weaknesses
or significant deficiencies in a timely manner. The existence of any material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting
could also result in errors in our financial statements that could require us to restate our financial statements, cause us to fail to
meet our reporting obligations, and cause stockholders to lose confidence in our reported financial information, all of which could materially
and adversely affect our business and share price.
We incur significant
increased costs as a result of operating as a public company and our management will be required to devote substantial time to new compliance
initiatives.
As a public company,
we incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well
as rules subsequently implemented by the SEC and Nasdaq, has imposed various requirements on public companies. Our management and other
personnel will need to devote a substantial amount of time to these compliance initiatives. Moreover, we anticipate that compliance with
these rules and regulations will increase our legal, accounting and financial compliance costs substantially. A number of those requirements
will require us to carry out activities we have not done previously. For example, we will create new board committees and adopt new internal
controls and disclosure controls and procedures. In addition, these rules and regulations may make our activities related to legal, accounting
and financial compliance more difficult, time-consuming and costly and may also place undue strain on our personnel, systems and resources.
Furthermore, if we identify any issues in complying with those requirements (for example, if we or our auditors identify a material weakness
or significant deficiency in our internal control over financial reporting), we could incur additional costs rectifying those issues,
and the existence of those issues could adversely affect us, our reputation or investor perceptions of us. If these requirements divert
the attention of our management and personnel from other business concerns, they could have a material adverse effect on our business,
financial condition and results of operations. For example, we expect these rules and regulations to make it more difficult and more
expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to incur substantial costs to maintain our
current levels of such coverage. These increased costs will require us to divert a significant amount of money that we could otherwise
use to expand our business and achieve our strategic objectives. Advocacy efforts by stockholders and third parties may also prompt additional
changes in governance and reporting requirements, which could further increase our costs.
Our ability
to utilize our net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes may be limited.
Under Section 382
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, if a corporation undergoes an “ownership change,” the corporation’s
ability to use its pre-change net operating loss carryforwards and other pre-change tax attributes to offset its post-change income may
be limited. In general, an “ownership change” occurs if the aggregate stock ownership of one or more stockholders
or groups of stockholders who own at least 5% of a corporation’s stock increase their ownership by more than 50 percentage points
over their lowest ownership percentage within a rolling three-year period. Similar rules may apply under state tax laws. If it is determined
that we have in the past experienced any ownership changes, or if we experience ownership changes as a result of future transactions
in our stock, our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards and other tax attributes to offset U.S. federal taxable income
may be subject to limitations, which could potentially result in increased future tax liability to us.
Risks Relating
to our Common Stock and Other Securities
Our stock price
has been volatile and may continue to be volatile and your investment in our Common Stock could suffer a decline in value.
The dollar volume
trading in our stock is low and we cannot assure you that any significant market will develop. As a result, any reported prices may not
reflect the price at which you would be able to sell shares if you want to sell any shares you own or buy shares if you wish to buy shares.
Further, stocks with a low trading volume may be more subject to manipulation than a stock that has a significant public float. The price
of our stock may fluctuate significantly in response to a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control. These factors include,
but are not limited to, the following, in addition to the risks described above and general market and economic conditions:
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other events or factors,
including those resulting from such events, or the prospect of such events, including war, terrorism and other international conflicts,
such as the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine as well as continued and any new sanctions against Russia by, among others, the
E.U., the U.S., and the U.K, which restrict a wide range of trade and financial dealings with Russia and Russian persons, public
health issues including health epidemics or pandemics, such as the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and natural disasters
such as fire, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados or other adverse weather and climate conditions, whether occurring in the United
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In addition, the
securities markets have from time-to-time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are unrelated to the actual or expected
operating performance and financial condition of particular companies. These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely affect
the market price of our Common Stock. As a result, you may be unable to resell your shares of our Common Stock at a desired price and
any volatility in our market price, including any stock run-up, may
be unrelated to our actual or expected operating performance and financial condition or prospects, making it difficult for prospective
investors to assess the rapidly changing value of our Common Stock.
The price of
our Common Stock may have little or no relationship to the historical bid prices of our Common Stock on the OTCQB.
There has been no
public market for our capital stock other than the OTCQB. Given the limited history of sales, among other factors, this information may
have little or no relation to broader market demand for our Common Stock and thus the price of our Common Stock. As a result, you should
not rely on these historical sales prices as they may differ materially from the subsequent prices of our Common Stock.
We have a substantial
number of authorized shares of Common Stock available for future issuance that could cause dilution of our stockholders’ interest
and adversely impact the rights of holders of our Common Stock.
We have a total of 2,000,000,000 shares of Common
Stock authorized for issuance and up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with the rights, preferences and privileges that our Board
may determine from time to time. As of April 5, 2023, we had 462,499,000 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding. Of the
10,000,000 shares of authorized preferred stock of the Company, 2,000,000 shares are designated as Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock,
of which none are outstanding; 2,000,000 shares are designated as Series B Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock, of which 2,000,000
were outstanding, which convert to 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock in certain circumstances; and 2,000,000 shares are designated as
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, of which 2,000,000 shares were outstanding, which convert to 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock
in certain circumstances, each as of April 5, 2023 .
The shares of Series B Convertible Non-Voting Preferred
Stock automatically converted into 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock on January 1, 2023; however, the Company and holders of the Series
B Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock are currently in a dispute and the Company’s Transfer Agent has been instructed not to
issue the shares of Common Stock until the dispute has been resolved. Accordingly, although as of April 5, 2023, the shares of
Series B Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock are no longer outstanding, the shares of Common Stock thereunder have not been issued
as of April 5, 2023.
On January 30, 2023,
Leonard Tucker, LLC (“Tucker”), one of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock filed an action against the Company in the
Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada (Case No. CV23-00188) alleging breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of
good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment, specific performance and declaratory relief. The Company is contesting such action.
The shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock,
held by our CEO Daniel Bates, automatically converted into 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock on January 1, 2023; however as of April
5, 2023 such conversion has not been effectuated.
We may seek financing
that could result in the issuance of additional shares of our capital stock and/or rights to acquire additional shares of our capital
stock. We may also make acquisitions that result in issuances of additional shares of our capital stock. Those additional issuances of
capital stock would result in a significant reduction of your percentage interest in us. Furthermore, the book value per share of our
Common Stock may be reduced. This reduction would occur if the exercise price of any issued warrants, the conversion price of any convertible
notes is lower than the book value per share of our Common Stock at the time of such exercise or conversion.
The addition of a
substantial number of shares of our Common Stock into the market or by the registration of any of our other securities under the Securities
Act, may significantly and negatively affect the prevailing market price for our Common Stock. The future sales of shares of our Common
Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants or convertible securities may have a depressive effect on the market price of
our Common Stock, as such warrants would be more likely to be exercised at a time when the price of our Common Stock is greater than
the exercise price.
The holders
of our Series B Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock and our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock are protected from dilution upon
future issuances of our Common Stock.
The Certificate of
Designations for our Series B Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock and our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock contain provisions
protecting the holders of such shares from dilution upon future issuances of our Common Stock such that for a period of two years after
such shares of preferred stock convert to Common Stock they will maintain a twenty percent ownership interest in the common and preferred
stock on a fully diluted basis. Accordingly, any future issuances of stock during such two- year period will result in dilution to all
stockholders other than the holders of our Series B Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock and our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock.
Such provisions may prevent future changes of control that the Board believes are in our best interest and allow the holders of our Series
B Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock and our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock to influence our management and affairs and control
the outcome of matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including the election of directors and any sale, merger, consolidation,
or sale of all or substantially all of our assets.
If securities
or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, or if they downgrade their recommendations regarding our
Common Stock, its trading price and volume could decline.
We expect the trading
market for our Common Stock to be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts publish about us, our business
or our industry. We do not currently have and may never obtain research coverage by securities and industry analysts. If no securities
or industry analysts commence coverage of our company, the trading price for our stock may be negatively impacted. If we obtain securities
or industry analyst coverage and if one or more of these analysts cease coverage of our company 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 and our Common
Stock to be less liquid. Moreover, if one or more of the analysts who cover us downgrades our stock or publishes inaccurate or unfavorable
research about our business, or if our results of operations do not meet their expectations, our stock price could decline.
We do not anticipate
paying any cash dividends.
We presently do not
anticipate that we will pay any dividends on any of our capital stock in the foreseeable future. The payment of dividends, if any, would
be contingent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements, and general financial condition. The payment of any dividends
will be within the discretion of our Board of Directors. We presently intend to retain all earnings, if any, to implement our business
plan; accordingly, we do not anticipate the declaration of any dividends in the foreseeable future.
Stockholders
may face significant restrictions on the resale of our Common Stock due to federal regulations of penny stocks.
Our Common Stock
is subject to the provisions of Section 15(g) and Rule 15g-9 of the Securities Exchange Act, commonly referred to as the “penny
stock rule.” Section 15(g) sets forth certain requirements for transactions in penny stock, and Rule 15g-9(d) incorporates the
definition of “penny stock” that is found in Rule 3a51-1 of the Exchange Act. The SEC generally defines a penny stock to
be any equity security that has a market price less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. We are subject to the SEC’s
penny stock rules.
Since our Common
Stock is deemed to be penny stock, trading in the shares of our Common Stock is subject to additional sales practice requirements on
broker-dealers who sell penny stock to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. “Accredited investors”
are persons with assets in excess of $1,000,000 (excluding the value of such person’s primary residence) or annual income exceeding
$200,000 or $300,000 together with their spouse. For transactions covered by these rules, broker-dealers must make a special suitability
determination for the purchase of such security and must have the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to the purchase.
Additionally, for any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require the delivery, prior to the first transaction
of a risk disclosure document, prepared by the SEC, relating to the penny stock market. A broker-dealer also must disclose the commissions
payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities. Finally, monthly statements
must be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stocks held in an account and information to the limited market in penny
stocks.
Consequently, these
rules may restrict the ability of broker-dealer to trade and/or maintain a market in our Common Stock and may affect the ability of our
stockholders to sell their shares of Common Stock.
There can be no assurance
that our shares of Common Stock will qualify for exemption from the Penny Stock Rule. In any event, even if our Common Stock was exempt
from the Penny Stock Rule, we would remain subject to Section 15(b)(6) of the Exchange Act, which gives the SEC the authority to restrict
any person from participating in a distribution of penny stock if the SEC finds that such a restriction would be in the public interest.
Stockholders
who hold unregistered shares of our Common Stock will be subject to resale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, if and when available,
due to the fact that we are deemed to be a former “shell company”.
Pursuant to Rule
144 (“Rule 144”) of the Securities Act, a “shell company” is defined as a company that has no or nominal operations;
and, either no or nominal assets; assets consisting solely of cash and cash equivalents; or assets consisting of any amount of cash and
cash equivalents and nominal other assets. While we do not believe that we are currently a “shell company”, we were previously
a “shell company” and as such are deemed to be a former “shell company” pursuant to Rule 144, and as such, sales
of our securities pursuant to Rule 144 may not be able to be made if we are not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and
have filed all of our required periodic reports for at least the previous one year period prior to any sale pursuant to Rule 144; and
a period of at least twelve months has elapsed from the date “Form 10 information” has been filed with the Commission reflecting
our status that we are not currently a shell company”. Our Form 10 that was originally filed on December 21, 2021 was withdrawn
by the Company on February 14, 2022 before becoming effective. Our status as a former “shell company” could prevent us from
raising additional funds, engaging consultants, and using our securities to pay for any acquisitions in the future (although none are
currently planned).
Risks
Relating to Management and Directors
Dan Bates,
our Chief Executive Officer, exercises majority voting control of the Company, which will limit your ability to influence corporate matters
and could delay or prevent a change in corporate control.
Dan Bates, our Chief
Executive Officer, holds 2,000,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, which shares of Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock vote together with our Common Stock on all stockholder matters, and have one hundred Common Stock votes per share. As
a result, Mr. Bates will be able to influence our management and affairs and control
the outcome of matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including the election of directors and any sale, merger, consolidation,
or sale of all or substantially all of our assets.
Mr. Bates may have
interests that are different from those of investors in this offering and the concentration of voting power among Mr. Bates may have
an adverse effect on the price of our Common Stock.
In addition, this
concentration of ownership might adversely affect the market price of our Common Stock by: (1) delaying, deferring or preventing a change
of control of our Company; (2) impeding a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business combination involving our Company; or (3)
discouraging a potential acquirer from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our Company. Due to the ownership
of the 2,000,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock by Mr. Bates, investors may find it difficult to replace Mr. Bates (and
such persons as he may appoint from time to time) as a member of our management if they disagree with the way our business is being operated.
Additionally, the interests of Mr. Bates may differ from the interests of the other stockholders and thus result in corporate decisions
that are adverse to other stockholders.
We rely on
our management and if they were to leave our company or not devote sufficient time to our company, our business plan could be adversely
affected.
Our success is heavily
dependent upon the continued active participation of Dan Bates, our current Chief Executive Officer, as well as other key personnel and
consultants which we plan to hire. Loss of the services of our top management could have a material adverse effect upon the Company’s
business, financial condition or results of operations. Further, our success and achievement of our growth plans depend on our ability
to recruit, hire, train and retain other highly qualified scientific, technical, and managerial personnel. Competition for qualified
employees and consultants among companies in the applicable industries is intense, and the loss of any of such persons, or an inability
to attract, retain and motivate any additional highly skilled employees and consultants required for the initiation and expansion of
our activities, could have a materially adverse effect on it. Subject to available capital, we intend to compensate its management with
industry standard compensation packages including the granting of stock options. The inability to attract and retain the necessary personnel,
consultants and advisors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. We do not
maintain key person life insurance policies on our executive officers.
Christopher
Percy, our former President, Treasurer and Chief Commercial Officer, does not reside in the United States, which may pose difficulties
in effecting service of process, enforcing judgments, or commencing litigation to enforce liabilities.
On September 16,
2022, the Company commenced a lawsuit in the District Court of Clark County, Nevada (the “Court”) against a former officer
and current director of the Company, Mr. Christopher Percy, alleging, among other things, breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, and business
disparagement in connection with a control dispute instigated by Mr. Percy following his termination from the Company. On November 2,
2022, the Court granted the Company’s request for a preliminary injunction against Mr. Percy, which ordered, among other things,
that Mr. Percy shall not take any action on behalf of the Company unless expressly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors.
The Company’s lawsuit against Mr. Percy is ongoing and the Company continues to operate normally. Mr. Percy is currently serving
as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.
Mr. Percy, resides
in the United Kingdom. As a result, shareholders in the United States may face difficulties in effecting service of process against Mr.
Percy, enforcing judgments obtained in United States courts or foreign courts based on the civil liability provisions of the United States
federal securities laws against him, and bringing an original action in a foreign court to enforce liabilities based on the United States
federal securities laws against him.
Risks Associated
with Our Governing Documents and Nevada Law
Our Bylaws
provide for indemnification of officers and directors at our expense, which may result in a major cost to us and hurt the interests of
our stockholders because corporate resources may be expended for the benefit of officers or directors.
Our Bylaws provide
that any person who was or is a party or was or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit,
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (whether or not by or in the right of the Company) by reason
of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company
as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise (including
an employee benefit plan), shall be entitled to be indemnified by the Company to the full extent then permitted by the laws of the State
of Nevada against expenses of suit, litigation or other proceedings which is specifically permissible under applicable law, and amounts
paid in settlement incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding and, if so requested, the Company shall advance
any and all such expenses
to the person indemnified. These indemnification obligations may result in a major cost to us and hurt the interests of our stockholders
because corporate resources may be expended for the benefit of officers or directors.
We have been advised
that, in the opinion of the SEC, indemnification for liabilities arising under federal securities laws is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification for liabilities arising under federal
securities laws, other than the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding, is asserted by a director, officer or controlling person in connection with our activities,
we will (unless in the opinion of our counsel, the matter has been settled by controlling precedent) submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction, the question whether indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue. The legal process relating to this matter if it were to occur is likely to be very costly and
may result in us receiving negative publicity, either of which factors is likely to materially reduce the market and price for our shares.
Anti-takeover
provisions in our Bylaws, as well as provisions of Nevada law, might discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company
or changes in our management and, therefore, depress the trading price of our Common Stock.
Our
Bylaws and Nevada law contain provisions that may discourage, delay or prevent a merger, acquisition or other change in control that
stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which you might otherwise receive a premium for your shares of our Common
Stock. These provisions may also prevent or delay attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our management. Our corporate governance
documents include provisions:
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The
existence of the foregoing provisions and anti-takeover measures could limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the
future for shares of our Common Stock. They could also deter potential acquirers of our company, thereby reducing the likelihood that
you could receive a premium for your Common Stock in an acquisition.
Risks Relating
to The JOBS Act
The
JOBS Act allows us to postpone the date by which we must comply with certain laws and regulations and to reduce the amount of information
provided in reports filed with the SEC. We cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to “emerging growth
companies” will make our Common Stock less attractive to investors.
We
are and we will remain an “emerging growth company” until the earliest to occur of (i) the last day of the fiscal year during
which our total annual revenues equal or exceed $1.07 billion (subject to adjustment for inflation), (ii) the last day of the end of
our 2027 fiscal year (five years from our first public offering), (iii) the date on which we have, during the previous three-year period,
issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt, or (iv) the date on which we are deemed a “large accelerated filer”
(with at least $700 million in public float) under the Exchange Act. For so long as we remain an “emerging growth company”
as defined in the JOBS Act, we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other
public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” as described in further detail in the risk factors below. We cannot
predict if investors will find our Common Stock less attractive because we will rely on some or all of these exemptions. If some investors
find our Common Stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our Common Stock and our stock price
may be more volatile. If we avail ourselves of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements, as is currently our plan, our
reduced disclosure may make it more difficult for investors and securities analysts to evaluate us and may result in less investor confidence.
Our
election to opt out of the JOBS Act extended accounting transition period may not make our financial statements easily comparable to
other companies.
Pursuant
to the JOBS Act, as an “emerging growth company”, we can elect to opt out of the extended transition period for any new or
revised accounting standards that may be issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) or the SEC. Which means that
when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, we, as an “emerging
growth company”, can adopt the standard for the private company. This may make a comparison of our financial statements with any
other public company which is not either an “emerging growth company” nor an “emerging growth company” which
has opted out of using the extended transition period, more difficult or impossible as possible different or revised standards may be
used.
General
Risk Factors
Our
operations and performance are dependent on U.S., regional and global economic and geopolitical conditions.
Our
operations and performance depend on global, regional and U.S. economic and geopolitical conditions. While we do not have operations
in Russia or China, Russia’s invasion and military attacks on Ukraine have triggered significant sanctions from U.S. and European
leaders. These events are currently escalating and creating increasingly volatile global economic conditions. Resulting changes in U.S.
trade policy and European policies could trigger retaliatory actions by Russia, its allies and other affected countries, including China,
resulting in a “trade war.” Furthermore, if the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues for a long period of time,
or if other countries, including the U.S., become further involved in the conflict, we could face significant adverse effects to our
business and financial condition.
The
above factors, including a number of other economic and geopolitical factors both in the U.S. and abroad, could ultimately have material
adverse effects on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows, including the following:
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We may not
maintain sufficient insurance coverage for the risks associated with our business operations.
Risks associated
with our business and operations include, but are not limited to, claims for wrongful acts committed by our officers, directors, and
other representatives, the loss of intellectual property rights, the loss of key personnel, and risks posed by natural disasters. Any
of these risks may result in significant losses. We cannot provide any assurance that our insurance coverage is sufficient to cover any
losses that we may sustain, or that we will be able to successfully claim our losses under our insurance policies on a timely basis or
at all. If we incur any loss not covered by our insurance policies, or the compensated amount is significantly less than our actual loss
or is not timely paid, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
Any failure
to protect our intellectual property rights could impair our ability to protect our technology and our brand.
Our success depends
in part on our ability to enforce our intellectual property and other proprietary rights. We rely upon a combination of trademark and
trade secret laws, as well as license and other contractual provisions, to protect our intellectual property and other proprietary rights.
These laws, procedures and restrictions provide only limited protection and any of our intellectual property rights may be challenged,
invalidated, circumvented, infringed or misappropriated. To the extent that our intellectual property and other proprietary rights are
not adequately protected, third parties may gain access to our proprietary information, develop and market solutions similar to ours
or use trademarks similar to ours, each of which could materially
harm our business. The failure to adequately protect our intellectual property and other proprietary rights could have a material adverse
effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
If we make
any acquisitions, they may disrupt or have a negative impact on our business.
If we make acquisitions
in the future, we could have difficulty integrating the acquired company’s assets, personnel and operations with our own. We do
not anticipate that any acquisitions or mergers we may enter into in the future would result in a change of control of the Company. In
addition, the key personnel of the acquired business may not be willing to work for us. We cannot predict the effect expansion may have
on our core business. Regardless of whether we are successful in making an acquisition, the negotiations could disrupt our ongoing business,
distract our management and employees and increase our expenses. In addition to the risks described above, acquisitions are accompanied
by a number of inherent risks, including, without limitation, the following:
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associated with acquired businesses or product lines, or the need to spend significant amounts to retool, reposition or modify the
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Our business could
be severely impaired if and to the extent that we are unable to succeed in addressing any of these risks or other problems encountered
in connection with an acquisition, many of which cannot be presently identified. These risks and problems could disrupt our ongoing business,
distract our management and employees, increase our expenses and adversely affect our results of operations.
We rely on
network and information systems and other technologies for our business activities and certain events, such as computer hackings, viruses
or other destructive or disruptive software or activities may disrupt our operations, which could have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition and results of operations.
Network and information
systems and other technologies are important to our business activities and operations. Network and information systems-related events,
such as computer hackings, cyber threats, security breaches, viruses, or other destructive or disruptive software, process breakdowns
or malicious or other activities could result in a disruption of our services and operations or improper disclosure of personal data
or confidential information, which could damage our reputation and require us to expend resources to remedy any such breaches. Moreover,
the amount and scope of insurance we maintain against losses resulting from any such events or security breaches may not be sufficient
to cover our losses or otherwise adequately compensate us for any disruptions to our businesses that may result, and the occurrence of
any such events or security breaches could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations. The risk of
these systems-related events and security breaches occurring has intensified, in part because we maintain certain information necessary
to conduct our businesses in digital form stored on cloud servers. While we intend to develop and maintain systems seeking to prevent
systems-related events and security breaches from occurring, the development and maintenance of these systems is costly and requires
ongoing monitoring and updating as technologies change and efforts to overcome security measures become more sophisticated. Despite these
efforts, there can be no assurance that disruptions and security breaches will not occur in the future. Moreover, we may provide certain
confidential, proprietary and personal information to third parties in connection with our businesses, and while we obtain assurances
that these third parties will protect this information, there is a risk that this information may be compromised.
Likewise, data privacy
breaches by employees or others with permitted access to our systems may pose a risk that sensitive data may be exposed to unauthorized
persons or to the public. While we have invested in protection of data and information technology, there can be no assurance that our
efforts will prevent breakdowns or breaches in our systems that could adversely affect our business. The occurrence of any of such network
or information systems-related events or security breaches could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition
and results of operations.
Claims, litigation,
government investigations, and other proceedings may adversely affect our business and results of operations.
We
may be subject to actual and threatened claims, litigation, reviews, investigations, and other proceedings, including proceedings relating
to products offered by us and by third parties, and other matters. Any of these types of proceedings, may have an adverse effect on us
because of legal costs, disruption of our operations, diversion of management resources, negative
publicity, and other factors. The outcomes of these matters are inherently unpredictable and subject to significant uncertainties. Determining
legal reserves and possible losses from such matters involves judgment and may not reflect the full range of uncertainties and unpredictable
outcomes. Until the final resolution of such matters, we may be exposed to losses in excess of the amount recorded, and such amounts
could be material. Should any of our estimates and assumptions change or prove to have been incorrect, it could have a material effect
on our business, consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In addition, it is possible that a resolution
of one or more such proceedings, including as a result of a settlement, could require us to make substantial future payments, prevent
us from offering certain products or services, require us to change our business practices in a manner materially adverse to our business,
requiring development of non-infringing or otherwise altered products or technologies, damaging our reputation, or otherwise having a
material effect on our operations.
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CAUTIONARY NOTE
REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Act, Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or the Exchange Act, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements
are those that reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance, and all statements other than statements
of historical fact are statements that are, or could be, deemed forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking
statements by terms such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “intend,” “should,” “could,”
“can,” “would,” “believe,” “expect,” “seek,” “anticipate,” “intend,”
“estimate,” “plan,” “target,” “project,” “forecast,” “envision”
or the negative of these terms, and other similar phrases. All statements contained in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement
regarding future financial position, sales, costs, earnings, losses, cash flows, other measures of results of operations, capital expenditures
or debt levels and plans, objectives, outlook, targets, guidance or goals are forward-looking statements.
You should not place
undue reliance on our forward-looking statements because they are not guarantees of future performance or expectations, and involve risks
and uncertainties. Our forward-looking statements are based on the information currently available to us and speak only as of the date
on the cover of this prospectus, the date of any prospectus supplement, or, in the case of forward-looking statements incorporated by
reference, the date of the filing that includes the statement. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking
statements are reasonable, these statements relate to future events or our future operational or financial performance, and involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different
from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Except as required by
applicable law, we assume no obligation, and disclaim any obligation, to update forward-looking statements whether as a result of new
information, events or otherwise.
The
forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus are set forth principally in “Risk Factors” above, and in
“Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,”
“Business” and other sections in our quarterly and annual filings with the OTC Markets GROUP, Inc. and in “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Risk Factors” and other sections
in our Latest Form 10-Q. In addition, there may be events in the future that we are not able to predict accurately or control which may
cause actual results to differ materially from expectations expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. Please consider our forward-looking
statements in light of these risks as you read this prospectus
Use
of Proceeds
All proceeds from
the resale of the shares of our Common Stock offered by this prospectus will belong to the Selling Shareholders. We will not receive
any proceeds from the resale of the shares of our Common Stock by the Selling Shareholders.
We
will receive proceeds from any cash exercise of the February Warrants and Reg. D.. Warrants. If all 29,434,850
of the February Warrants and 16,750,000 of the Reg. D Warrants are exercised on a cash basis, the
Company would receive gross cash proceeds of approximately $25,374,948, subject to adjustment upon certain events. We expect to
use the proceeds from the exercise of such warrants, if any, for general corporate purposes. General corporate purposes may include providing
working capital, funding capital expenditures, or paying for acquisitions. We currently do not have any arrangements or agreements for
any acquisitions. We cannot precisely estimate the allocation of the net proceeds from any exercise of the warrants for cash. Accordingly,
in the event such warrants are exercised for cash, our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds of
such exercises. There is no assurance that such warrants will ever be exercised for cash.
MARKET FOR COMMON
STOCK AND DIVIDEND POLICY
Our
Common Stock is quoted on the OTCQB under the symbol “CLNV”. As of April 5,
2023, the last reported sale price of the Common Stock as reported on OTCQB was $0.0563
per share. As of April 5, 2023, there were approximately 170 holders of
record of Common Stock. The actual number of shareholders is greater than this number of
record holders and includes shareholders who are beneficial owners but whose shares are held
in street name by brokers and other nominees (including any mobile investment platform).
To date, we have
never declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital stock. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings
for use in the operation of our business and do not expect to pay any dividends on our capital stock in the foreseeable future. Any future
determination to declare dividends will be made at the discretion of our Board, subject to applicable laws, and will depend on a number
of factors, including our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, contractual restrictions, general business
conditions, and other factors that our Board may deem relevant.
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion
should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and accompanying notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. The following
discussion contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and the future results of the Company that are based on current
expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections about the industry in which the Company operates and the beliefs and assumptions
of the management of the Company. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “targets,”
“goals,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,”
“seeks,” “estimates,” variations of such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify
such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are only predictions and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions
that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking
statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed elsewhere in
this prospectus, particularly under “Risk Factors,” and in other reports we file with the SEC. See also “Cautionary
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking
statements for any reason. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in
this prospectus.
The following discussion
is based upon our financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect
the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingencies. Each of these decisions
has some impact on the financial results for any given period.
Overview
Clean Vision Corporation’s
(“Clean Vision,” “we,” “us,” or the “Company”) is a new entrant in the clean energy and
waste-to-energy industries focused on clean technology and sustainability opportunities. By leveraging innovating technology and market
forces, we aim to responsibly resolve environmental challenges by producing valuable products. Through our initiatives, we strive to
be recognized as an environmental, social and governance company (“ESG”). Currently, we are focused on providing a solution
to the plastic waste problem by recycling the waste and converting it into saleable byproducts, such as hydrogen and other clean-burning
fuels that can be used to generate clean energy. Using a technology known as pyrolysis, which heats the feedstock (i.e., plastic)
at high temperatures in the absence of oxygen so that the material does not burn, we are able to turn the feedstock into (i) low-sulfur
fuel, (ii) clean hydrogen, and (iii) carbon black or char (char is created in the pyrolysis of plastic). We intend to generate revenue
from three sources: service revenue from the recycling services we provide, revenue generated from the sale of the byproducts, and revenue
generated from the sale of fuel cell equipment. Our mission is to aid in solving the problem of cost-effectively upcycling the vast amount
of waste plastic generated on land before it flows into the world’s oceans.
We currently operate
through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Clean-Seas, Inc. (“Clean-Seas”), which we acquired on May 19, 2020. Clean-Seas acquired
its first pyrolysis unit in November 2021 for use in a pilot project in India, which began operations in early May 2022. We believe that
this pilot project will showcase our ability to pyrolyze waste plastic (using pyrolysis), which will generate three byproducts: (i) low-sulfur
fuel; (ii) clean hydrogen, AquaHtm; and (iii) char. We intend to sell the majority of the byproducts, while retaining a small
amount of the low sulfur fuel and/or hydrogen to power our facilities and equipment. To date we have not generated any revenue from the
provision or pyrolysis services nor have we generated any revenue from the sale of byproducts from our operations in India or fuel cell
equipment and we do not currently have any contracts in place to sell these byproducts or fuel cell equipment. However, we believe that
there is a strong market for low-sulfur fuel and clean hydrogen, upon which we intend to focus our byproduct sales.
According to analysis
and projections reported by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) on April 7, 2022, it is estimated that 98.3
million barrels per day of petroleum and liquid fuels was consumed globally in March 2022, an increase of 2.4 million barrels per day
from March 2021. They estimate that global consumption of petroleum and liquid fuels will rise by 1.9 million barrels per day in 2023
to average 101.7 million barrels per day.
In a report published
by Markets and Markets Research in February 2021 entitled “Hydrogen Generation Market by Application (Petroleum Refinery, Ammonia
& Methanol production, Transportation, Power Generation), Generation & Delivery Mode (Captive, Merchant), Source (Blue, Green
& Grey Hydrogen), Technology, and Region-Forecast to 2025,” the global hydrogen generation market is projected to reach $201
billion by 2025 from an estimated $130 billion in 2020, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2% during the forecast period. While
the global green hydrogen market was valued at approximately $0.8 billion in 2021, it is predicted to grow to about $10.2 billion by
2028, with a CAGR of approximately 55.2% over the projection period, according to research and analysis published by Facts and Factors
in March 2022 entitled
“Green Hydrogen Market By Type (Solid Oxide Electrolyzer, Alkaline Electrolyzer, and Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzer), By
Use (Transport, Power Generation, and Others) By Customer (Petrochemicals, Glass, Food & Beverages, Chemical, Medical, and Others),
and By Region - Global and Regional Industry Overview, Market Intelligence, Comprehensive Analysis, Historical Data, and Forecast 2022–2028.”
We believe that in
the near future, a significant growth sector of the economy will be in clean energy and sustainable products and services. This belief
was a key factor in our shift in our business focus in May 2020 and our acquisition of Clean-Seas, which became our wholly-owned subsidiary
on May 19, 2020. Clean-Seas believes that it has made significant progress in identifying and developing a new business model around
the clean energy and waste-to-energy sectors.
Clean Vision was
established in 2017 as a company focused on the acquisition of disruptive technologies that will impact the digital economy. The Company,
which was formerly known as Byzen Digital Inc., changed its corporate name to Clean Vision on March 12, 2021. We are now a holding company,
with all operations currently being conducted through Clean-Seas. Dan Bates, our Chief Executive Officer, holds 2,000,000 shares of Series
C Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, which shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock vote together with our Common Stock
on all stockholder matters, and vote one hundred Common Stock votes per share.
Our Business
Model
Clean-Seas, Inc.
Clean-Seas was incorporated
in Delaware on March 20, 2020. Clean-Seas became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Clean Vision on May 19, 2020. Clean-Seas was Clean Vision’s
first investment within its newly expanded business strategy of clean energy space. It is management’s belief that Clean-Seas has
made significant progress in identifying and developing a new business model around the clean energy and waste-to-energy sectors.
Clean-Seas was established
to solve the problem of cost-effectively upcycling the vast amount of waste plastic generated on-land before it flows into the world’s
oceans. As a “solutions provider,” Clean-Seas has identified technologies that are uniquely suited to convert plastic waste
into valuable commodities and intends to provide these technologies to its customers. The Clean-Seas team of business development professionals
and engineers will use its experience in the sustainable energy space to deliver conversion technologies to its customers and strategic
partners. Depending on customer requirements, recycling facilities will be designed to convert waste plastic into clean-burning hydrogen,
synthetic liquid fuels and/or generate electricity from synthesis gas (syngas). The solutions provided will utilize technologies uniquely
designed to the specific waste feedstock available and the customer’s requirements.
System design includes
conversion of all types of mixed plastics with a minimal sorting and cleaning requirement. Each solution will be designed to a customer’s
requirement. Each engagement will begin with a thorough analysis of a customers’ needs and specific situation.
Technology
Overview
Plastics are a group
of materials, either synthetic or naturally occurring, that may be shaped when soft and then hardened to retain the given shape. Plastics
are polymers. A polymer is a substance made of many repeating units. A polymer can be thought of as a chain in which each link is a single
unit, or monomer. The chain is made by joining, or polymerizing, at least 1,000 links together. Polymerization can be demonstrated by
making a chain using paper clips or by linking many strips of paper together to form a paper garland.
Recycled plastic
waste has the highest calorific value of any waste stream, meaning that it has the greatest amount of heat released per unit of waste
during complete combustion. This energy-rich waste material is therefore a good material for energy recovery, which we believe makes
it extremely suitable for upcycling, through pyrolysis (described below) or other methods, to recapture the benefit of its stored chemical
energy.
For plastics to continue
to be accepted in the marketplace, we believe it is essential that appropriate technologies are developed and deployed that can effectively
manage the waste plastic at the end of its useful life. We believe that these technologies should maintain as much value in the material
as possible, in line with the principles of the circular carbon economy. Pyrolysis provides a solution that fits within these principles
and can alleviate global environmental concerns regarding plastic usage and waste disposal.
Pyrolysis:
The Solution for Waste Reduction, Hydrogen Production, and Cleaner Fuels
Pyrolysis is the
chemical decomposition of organic (carbon-based) materials through the application of heat. Pyrolysis, which is also the first step in
gasification and combustion, occurs in the absence or near absence of oxygen, and
it is thus distinct from combustion (burning) which can take place only if sufficient oxygen is present and burns materials. The rate
of pyrolysis increases with temperature. In industrial applications the temperatures used are often 430 °C (about 800 °F) or
higher, whereas in smaller-scale operations the temperature may be much lower.
The pyrolysis of
wood is believed to be human’s first chemical process. It is known to have been practiced by the ancient Chinese. As many as 1,500
years ago, tribes from the central Amazon used char derived from animal bone and tree bark to fertilize their soil, which according to
scientists remains some of the richest and most fertile soil in the world. Still, we believe there have been relatively few large-scale
implementations of this technology to date, which we attribute to the availability of less expensive alternatives and lax environmental
regulations in waste management. Recently, with the attention being given to plastic usage and its negative impact on climate change,
we anticipate an increase in demand for pyrolysis to remediate plastic waste.
Pyrolysis Process
During the primary
pyrolysis step, the feedstock is pyrolyzed in a cylindrical chamber at 370ºC – 420ºC, the pyrolysis gasses are then condensed
and the resulting liquid is separated, using a distillation process to produce the liquid fuel products, which yields a mixture which
is essentially equivalent to petroleum distillate (a petroleum derivative). The essential steps in the pyrolysis process involve:
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In addition to liquid
fuel, pyrolysis can also produce hydrogen and other syngases (primarily carbon monoxide, methane, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, ethane and
ethene) along with solid carbon black or char, of which the relative proportions depend upon the method of pyrolysis and the operating
conditions of the pyrolysis reactor. This is a function of the rate of heating, the operating temperature, and the amount of time the
material stays within the pyrolysis reactor (residence time).
The Hydrogen
Economy
Hydrogen is the most
abundant element in the universe, but it occurs naturally on earth only in compound form with other elements in liquids, gases or solids
(such as water, which is comprised of hydrogen and oxygen). Traditionally, it would take more energy to produce hydrogen (by separating
it from other elements in molecules) than hydrogen provides when it is converted to useful energy. Humans are therefore just beginning
to take advantage of the many uses of hydrogen in daily life by leveraging technologies such as pyrolysis and gasification. With recent
advances in sustainable technologies, we believe that people today can have better access to carbon-neutral sources of hydrogen to meet
their energy needs.
Hydrogen is a versatile
and flexible energy carrier. Many industries are looking to hydrogen as the fuel to power their energy transitions in the decarbonization
of the global economy since it does not produce carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gasses when it is heated. It is our belief that there
will be massive potential for end use applications of hydrogen such as transportation, replacement for fossil fuels used in industrial
processes, energy generation and residential heating/cooling.
Overview of the Hydrogen Market
In a report published
by Markets and Markets Research in February 2021 entitled “Hydrogen Generation Market by Application (Petroleum Refinery, Ammonia
& Methanol production, Transportation, Power Generation), Generation & Delivery Mode (Captive, Merchant), Source (Blue, Green
& Grey Hydrogen), Technology, and Region-Forecast to 2025,” the global hydrogen generation market is projected to reach $201
billion by 2025 from an estimated $130 billion in 2020, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2% during the forecast period. The
global green hydrogen market was valued at approximately $0.8 billion in 2021. It is predicted to grow to about $10.2 billion by 2028,
with a CAGR of approximately 55.2% over the projection period, according to research and analysis published by Facts and Factors in March
2022 entitled “Green Hydrogen Market By Type (Solid Oxide Electrolyzer, Alkaline Electrolyzer, and Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzer),
By Use (Transport, Power Generation, and Others) By Customer (Petrochemicals, Glass, Food & Beverages, Chemical, Medical, and Others),
and By Region - Global and Regional Industry Overview, Market Intelligence, Comprehensive Analysis, Historical Data, and Forecast 2022–2028.”
The movement towards
the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions has been a global goal over the past decade and was memorialized in the Paris Climate Accord
in 2016, and again in Glasgow in 2021. Hydrogen may be a key component in this transition, as a source of clean and economical energy.
Increasing government regulation regarding emissions has created a financial incentive for firms to seek more alternatives to fossil
fuel usage. We believe that hydrogen will be a major part of all levels of this decarbonization of the economy by providing an alternative
to natural gas. Scaling up existing hydrogen technologies will deliver competitive low-carbon solutions across a wide range of applications
by 2030 and may even offer competitive low-carbon alternatives to conventional fuels in some segments. This includes the enabling of
distributed power generation, passenger and cargo transportation as well as forklifts and heavy machinery.
Renewable energy,
such as solar and wind power, is clean and increasingly affordable We believe that storage of energy from intermittent renewable energy
sources is an essential component or our current and future energy systems. Hydrogen storage is a key enabling technology for the advancement
of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in applications including stationary power, portable power, and transportation. Fuel cells, which
we intend to distribute pursuant to the Licensing Agreement with Kingsberry Fuel Cell Corporation, are one way in which this excess hydrogen
can be stored.
Currently, industrial
applications constitute the main usage of hydrogen. Much of this hydrogen is derived from natural gas as the feedstock, so we believe
that there is significant potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by producing “clean” hydrogen from carbon neutral
renewable energy sources.
Hydrogen also may
play a significant role for energy use in commercial and multifamily residential buildings. In the near-term hydrogen may be blended
into existing natural gas networks, taking advantage of existing infrastructure. We believe that the long-term outlook for hydrogen usage
in heating applications is especially promising, due to the potential for hydrogen boilers or fuel cells to be built into commercial
and multifamily units.
It is our belief
that hydrogen-powered vehicles will make up a significant percentage of zero-emission vehicles over the next decade. In the Stated Policies
Scenario released by the International Energy Agency in 2021 as the baseline scenario reflecting all existing policies, policy ambitions
and targets that have been legislated for or announced by governments around the world, the global electric vehicle stock across all
transport modes (excluding two/three-wheelers) expands from over 11 million in 2020 to almost 145 million vehicles by 2030, an annual
average growth rate of nearly 30%.
As the number of
hydrogen-powered vehicles increases, we predict that the market for consumer hydrogen will likewise increase. Domestically, most infrastructure
for consumer hydrogen is within California, with over 40 hydrogen fueling stations. The foreign market has examples of more advanced
development of infrastructure for hydrogen vehicles. Japan has been one of the largest public investors in hydrogen technology and has
a publicly stated goal of placing over 200,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles on the road by 2025.
Other By-products of Pyrolysis
Liquid oils from
pyrolysis of different plastic waste types contain large numbers of carbon chains with different percentages that can be used as an energy
source. Pyrolysis liquid oil utilization as transport fuel may be blended with conventional diesel fuel to improve its quality, as the
pyrolysis oils contain a high percentage of aromatic hydrocarbons (like benzene).
Pyrolysis liquid
oil has proven usable as a substitute transport fuel in conventional diesel engines. It has also been used successfully when blended
with conventional diesel fuel, at ratios up to 30%, without complications. Energy can also be generated by diesel engines, gas turbines,
steam turbines and boilers using pyrolysis liquid oil. According to a report published in June 2021 by Grand View Research, the global
plastic to fuel market size was valued at USD 231.0 million in 2020 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of
29.5% from 2021 to 2028. Growing demand for the generation of energy from waste on account of a clean environment has triggered the growth
of the market.
In addition, the
pyrolysis liquid oil shows the presence of compounds, which can be a source of precursor chemicals in industries for the polymerization
(the process by which relatively small molecules, called monomers, combine chemically to produce a large chainlike molecule, called a
polymer) of new plastic monomers. These compounds create the circular carbon economy of recycling waste into new forms of hydrocarbons
to power engines, generate electricity, or create new types of plastic products.
Char and carbon black
are also highly reusable byproducts of the pyrolysis process that have numerous existing applications. Depending on its quality, the
solid char can be gasified, used for the production of activated carbons, for the production of graphene, or for soil remediation. Char
is highly absorbent and therefore increases the soil’s ability to retain water, nutrients and agricultural chemicals, preventing
water contamination and soil erosion. Soil application of char may enhance both soil quality and be an effective means of sequestering
large amounts of carbon, thereby helping to mitigate global climate change through carbon sequestration.
Carbon black is used
in manufacturing tires, plastics, mechanical rubber goods, printing inks, and toners. It can absorb UV light and converts it into heat,
hence, it is also used in insulating wires and cables. Moreover, it is used in the production of a wide range of rubber products and
pigments. It serves as a cost-effective rubber reinforcing agent used in tires. The global carbon black market was valued at $15 billion
in 2021, and is projected to reach $22 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 5.7% from 2022 to 2027, as reported by Research and Markets
entitled “Global Carbon Black Market Report and Forecast 2022-2027” released on April 22, 2022.
Clean Vision’s
Purpose
Global plastic waste
recycling is facing unprecedented challenges. We believe that inadequate processing infrastructure, fewer processing locales, changing
laws and conventions, and political circumstances imperil what is already a deficient response to a global problem. Developed nations,
including the United States, the world’s largest generator of plastic waste, are finding disposal of this waste increasingly difficult,
due to expensive and inefficient processing capabilities; global conventions responding to environmental implications of international
plastic export; and political constraints. In January 2018, the People’s Republic of China, which had been accepting plastic waste
from countries including the U.S., implemented its National Sword Policy limiting recyclable waste imports. As a result, the worldwide
recyclables market experienced drastic limits, fewer options for disposal, resulting in a global backlog of plastic waste. Some of the
recyclable material has been rerouted to Southeast Asian countries but the market remains in upheaval, with, at best, plastic waste floating
in waiting ships and at worst, illegal dumping into international waters or incinerated.
According to an article
published by the United Nations Environment Programme (“UNEP”), on March 2, 2022 entitled “What you need to know about
the plastic pollution resolution,” the world currently produces approximately 400 million tons of plastic waste per year, with
the rate of plastic production forecasted to double by 2040. It also estimated that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean
by weight than fish. According to an article published by National Geographic entitled “A Whopping 91 Percent of Plastic Isn’t
Recycled,” plastic takes more than 400 years to degrade, so most of it still exists in some form. It is estimated that only 9%
of plastic waste has been recycled to date, while the vast majority (approximately 79%) is accumulating in landfills or ending up as
litter in the natural environment, including the oceans.
The waste plastics
recycling industry was valued at $55.1 billion in 2020 and is poised to become an $88 billion industry by 2030, as reported in a March
2022 report entitled “Market value of waste recycling services worldwide 2020-2030” published by Statista. Pyrolysis is an
invaluable technology that can be used to transform certain materials, which traditional mechanical recycling technologies currently
cannot handle, into clean energy and other valuable byproducts. Pyrolysis is also an important alternative solution to handling materials
that have exhausted their potential for further traditional mechanical recycling.
The emerging markets
of the world are especially critical to the plastic pollution problem, where waste handling and collection are not supported with the
same infrastructure as in developed nations. We believe this market condition presents a unique opportunity for us. Clean-Seas intends
to leverage its management’s experience of working in the developing nations of the world for the past decade, providing renewable
energy products and services to this sector and now will provide recycling solutions and energy generation. As stated by the Organization
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), “The path to net zero requires that emerging markets transform their energy systems,
yet reliance on hydrocarbons alongside existing policy barriers pose challenges to the green transition.”
Clean Vision plans
to help provide a solution to the plastic waste problem that the world is facing, while simultaneously creating hydrogen and other clean-burning
fuels that can be used to generate clean energy.
Our Growth
Strategy
We plan to provide
tailored solutions to our customers to produce clean energy primarily out of the treatment of waste. We are currently focused on waste-to-energy
projects in Morocco, Puerto Rico, France, India, Sri Lanka, and in the United States in Arizona, Michigan and Massachusetts due to their
proximity to plastic waste as well as business relationships that have been developed by the management team of Clean Vision with entities
and/or municipalities in such countries and are in the process of developing a pipeline of similar projects, in the United States and
abroad. We believe there is a virtually endless supply of waste for such projects and the demand for energy (particularly from such projects)
is growing consistently.
Another component
of the clean energy and waste-to-energy industry in the United States is environmental credits. Recycling of waste plastic mitigates
the need for fossil fuels for energy generation and the production of clean-burning diesel. We plan to aggregate these off-sets and sell
them to users of fossil fuels in the form of carbon credits or renewable energy credits depending on the location of the facilities and
local market conditions. These can be used as off-set as more governments impose a “Carbon-tax” on the end users of fossil
fuels. In addition, we expect that in the coming years, there will be new exchanges coming online specifically focused on plastic waste,
and credits will be sought after, allowing producers of plastic waste to off-set their plastic footprint, much like what has happened
in the carbon markets.
We expect our projects,
through our subsidiaries, including Clean-Seas, to generate revenue in several ways:
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Gate Fees or Tipping
Fees. These fees will be paid to us to accept waste from a government, municipality, or corporate entity, that must dispose
of its waste. Fees are paid to accept this feedstock (which will be waste plastic for our Company) on a per ton basis. Gate fees
are expected to vary in range from approximately $35 to $105 per ton, depending on the jurisdiction, land availability, and daily
volumes of waste. In some cases, the Company will accept waste plastic delivered to our facility at no charge, depending on the location
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Sale of Hydrogen
and Other Fuels. A pyrolysis recycling facility converts waste into hydrogen and other clean-burning fuels. This hydrogen
and other fuels can be sold to off-takers as an alternative cleaner fuel for marine use, electrical generators, or refined into a
clean-burning road grade fuel. Depending on the installation, this fuel output product can be sold to a local fuel distributor or
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Commodity Sales.
An additional output product of the technologies is char or carbon black, which is used for the manufacturing of tires, bonding agents,
roadway surfaces, and more. We intend to enter into agreements with consumers of carbon black, which will serve as an additional
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Environmental Credits.
Recycling of waste plastic mitigates the need for fossil fuels for energy generation and the production of clean-burning diesel.
These off-sets can be aggregated and sold to users of fossil fuels in the form of carbon credits or renewable energy credits depending
on the location of the facilities and local market conditions. These can be used as off-set as more governments impose a “Carbon-tax”
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Equipment Sales.
Clean-Seas has entered into a Licensing Agreement whereby Clean-Seas has obtained the exclusive, worldwide rights (exclusive of the
United States and Canada) to Kingsberry Fuel Cell Corporation’s fuel cell intellectual property for a term of five years, which
Clean-Seas intends to distribute to third-parties throughout the world. These sales will provide a revenue stream to us, as well
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Technology
Development
Plastic Conversion
Network (PCN)
Clean-Seas has developed
a technology solution to address the global crisis of plastic waste pollution. The Plastic Conversion Network is a patent-pending software
network connecting sources of waste plastic (feedstock) with conversion facilities, which will produce environmentally friendly commodities.
We intend to strategically locate the conversion facilities around the world in locations that are easily accessible and in close proximity
to countries that produce a large amount of plastic waste. PCN was created in response to the problem created when the People’s
Republic of China ceased purchasing the developed world’s recyclable waste streams in 2018. Currently, we have entered into Letters
of Intent and/or Joint Venture Agreements for development of facilities in numerous host countries/territories, including Morocco, Sri
Lanka and Puerto Rico.
Background
Global plastic waste
recycling is facing unprecedented challenges. We believe that inadequate processing infrastructure, fewer processing locales, changing
laws and conventions, and political circumstances imperil what is already a deficient response to a global problem. According to an article
published by National Geographic entitled “A Whopping 91 Percent of Plastic Isn’t Recycled,” it is estimated that since
1950 only 9% of all of the planet’s plastic waste has been recycled. By the same estimates, 79% of plastic waste remains in the
world’s landfills and or as litter, meaning that much of it ultimately ends up in the oceans. Discarded plastics are estimated
to comprise 12.2% of all landfilled waste and 16% of combusted waste according to the EPA.
Developed nations,
including the United States, the world’s largest generator of plastic waste, are finding disposal of this waste increasingly difficult,
due to expensive and inefficient processing capabilities; global conventions responding to environmental implications of international
plastic export; and political constraints. In January 2018, the People’s Republic of China, which had been accepting plastic waste
from countries including the U.S., implemented its National Sword policy limiting recyclable waste imports. As a result, the worldwide
recyclables market experienced drastic limits, fewer options for disposal, resulting in a global backlog of plastic waste. Some of the
recyclable material has been rerouted to Southeast Asian countries but
the market remains in upheaval, with, at best, plastic waste floating in waiting ships and at worst, illegal dumping into international
waters or incinerated.
The Basel Convention
on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes (“Basel Convention”) is an international treaty aimed at reducing
the movement of hazardous waste between nations. In 2019, the Basel Convention amended its treaty to regulate plastic waste exports.
As a result, effective January 1, 2021, international shipment of plastic waste became subject to prior written consent between countries
party to the convention. The U.S., as a non-party to this convention, is now subject to new liability because most countries will not
accept its waste plastic. In order to ship its waste plastic, the U.S. must enter prior written agreements with accepting Basel Convention
party countries which meet certain Basel Convention criteria.
Using pyrolysis technologies
described above, the PCN is designed to scale, efficiently and cost effectively convert waste plastic into environmentally friendly commodities,
including low sulfur diesel fuel, hydrogen, carbon black and others. The transporting of all plastic waste will be fully compliant with
the Basel Convention and the facilities will be strategically located to reduce its carbon footprint. The PCN can connect the developed
nations of the world that have robust recycling programs for plastic waste but lack a proper method of disposal, with facilities that
will convert their plastic waste into environmentally friendly commodities. The current disposal options are either environmentally hazardous
(landfills), environmentally destructive (incineration), or illegal.
AquaHtm
Clean-Seas has developed
and is branding its own, unique, type of hydrogen called AquaHTM Typically, the various types of hydrogen are given a color
that differentiates the types and where it was derived from.
There are nine types
of hydrogen:
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Green hydrogen
is produced through water electrolysis process by employing renewable electricity. The reason it is called green is that there is
no CO2 emission during the production process. Water electrolysis is a process which uses electricity to decompose water into hydrogen
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Blue hydrogen
is sourced from fossil fuel. However, the CO2 is captured and stored underground (carbon sequestration). Companies are also trying
to utilize the captured carbon called carbon capture, storage and utilization (CCSU). Utilization is not essential to qualify for
blue hydrogen. As no CO2 is emitted, the blue hydrogen production process is categorized as carbon neutral. |
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Gray hydrogen
is produced from fossil fuel and commonly uses steam methane reforming (SMR) method. During this process, CO2 is produced and eventually
released to the atmosphere. |
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Black or
brown hydrogen is produced from coal. The black and brown colors refer to the type bituminous (black) and lignite (brown) coal. The
gasification of coal is a method used to produce hydrogen. However, it is a very polluting process, and CO2 and carbon monoxide are
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Turquoise
hydrogen can be extracted by using the thermal splitting of methane via methane pyrolysis. The process, though at the experimental
stage, removes the carbon in a solid form instead of CO2 gas. |
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Purple
hydrogen is made using nuclear power and heat through combined chemo thermal electrolysis splitting of water. |
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Pink hydrogen
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Clean-Seas is seeking
to establish a tenth type of hydrogen derived from a plastic waste stream, which we believe falls between Green and Blue hydrogen. We
have categorized the hydrogen derived from plastic waste in this manner because while the process does not emit CO2, it is not derived
from a naturally occurring material like water, but rather a man-made material (plastic), which caused the emission of CO2 when it was
produced. The Company currently expects to launch the new product in the second quarter of 2023, beginning in India.
Clean-Seas Business Development
CEO Dan Bates and
his team have identified domestic and international technology partnership targets focused on converting plastic waste to clean fuels,
hybrid wind and solar power generation and hydrogen fuel cells. The Company is in active negotiations to conclude these transactions.
Within the United
States, Clean-Seas has developed relationships within environmental and economic development agencies in several states for the remediation
and conversion of waste plastic. The Company is working on securing letters of intent or definitive agreements for these United States
projects. Once the letters of intent are in place, we expect the process of permitting
will begin with each state and each location having specific permitting requirements, Clean-Seas intends to engage with state specific
legal representation and environmental consultants to streamline the process.
The Company’s
wholly owned subsidiary, Clean-Seas, Inc. has signed letters of intent with prospective joint venture partners in: India, Morocco, France,
Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, Turkey and in the United States, in Arizona, Michigan and Massachusetts. Each of these localities are able to
service waste streams from geographically proximate States or developed nations and have rail access or deep water ports for offloading.
Morocco:
On April 4, 2022,
we announced the signing of a binding terms sheet with ECOSYNERGIE, a Moroccan based company (“Ecosynergie”), in the waste
plastic-to-energy pyrolysis conversion business to develop a commercial scale waste plastic-to-energy pyrolysis plant in Morocco. Ecosynergie
owns two pyrolysis units that it agreed to sell to us and we will contribute to the project as well as capital to scale the operations
and Ecosynergie will contribute land for the facility, all required permits, and all existing feedstock and off-take agreements. The
term sheet provides for the companies to establish a new U.S. company through which they will operate.
The United States:
Clean-Seas first
facility in the United States is slated to be in Phoenix, Arizona. Clean-Seas,
Inc. has established Clean-Seas Arizona, Inc. as a joint venture pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding (the “MOU”) signed
on November 4, 2022 with Arizona State University and the Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solution Service. The facility
is currently envisioned to source and convert plastic from the Phoenix area and begin importing plastic from California. It is expected
that the facility will begin processing waste plastic at 100 tons per day and scale up to a maximum of 500 tons per day at full capacity.
Additionally, the facility may be powered by renewable energy creating the first completely off grid pyrolysis conversion facility in
the world.
Clean-Seas is actively
engaged with local partners in Massachusetts and Michigan to secure Mixed Plastic Waste feedstock from Material Recovery Facilities and
industrial suppliers, and to develop in-market facilities with local offtake for products, property leases and permits. These projects
are all in various stages of development.
France:
Clean-Seas Brittany
is being established with its partner, Jalaber Diffusion, to establish a 100 ton per day facility in the region of Brittany, France.
The facility will service waste plastic from the northern part of France and expects to extend its reach throughout the European Union.
Land has been identified and permits are in the process of being secured. We currently expect this facility to open in the latter part
of 2023.
Sri Lanka:
On March 16, 2022,
we initially announced the signing of a binding term sheet with Arinma Holdings, a company based in Columbo, Sri Lanka, to develop a
commercial scale waste plastic-to-energy pyrolysis plant to serve as a south-Asia host facility within the PCN network. Focused on prosperity,
social justice and sustainability, Arinma Holdings has completed over 350 large multifaceted projects throughout Sri Lanka. The agreement
provides for the parties to establish a new U.S. company through which they will operate.
Puerto Rico:
On April 6, 2022,
we announced the formation of a joint venture with a San Juan based company, Main Line Ventures LLC (“MLV”) to develop a
commercial scale waste plastic-to-energy pyrolysis plant in Puerto Rico to serve as a host facility for our PCN. Pursuant to the terms
of the joint venture, we agreed to provide lead project funding, the pyrolysis tech sub-contractor and the expertise to develop and manage
the project and MLV is responsible for securing legal representation, permitting and government /community relations. The facility is
planned to process local waste plastic and waste plastic of neighboring islands as well as the southern United States. Output is expected
to include low sulfur diesel fuel, electricity, char and clean hydrogen.
Turkey:
Clean-Seas Turkey
is being established with its partner, PAX PETROKIMYA SANAYI VE DIS TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI, to establish a 100 ton per day facility
in Istanbul, Turkey. The facility will convert waste plastic from the European Union and Turkey. PAX PETROKIMYA is in the process of
securing the required land and government permits in order to establish operations and scale the facility.
Subsidiaries of Clean-Seas
In order to execute
its business model, Clean-Seas has established a wholly-owned subsidiary in India and intends to establish majority-owned subsidiaries
in Morocco, France, Turkey, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, Arizona and Massachusetts. We chose these locations due to the proximity to an abundant
supply of plastic waste as well as because of prior business relationships that had been established by Dan Bates, throughout his career
in the renewable energy industry. Clean-Seas India Private Limited was incorporated in India on November 17, 2021. We expect that these
subsidiaries will be establishing joint ventures in the various regions that Clean-Seas plans to be conducting business.
Clean-Seas
India Private Limited
Clean-Seas India
Private Limited (“Clean-Seas India”) has entered into a development agreement with the Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (“CSIR”), acting through CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) in Hyderabad. This agreement provides
that the IICT development team will evaluate the performance of the Clean-Seas pyrolysis technology, which has already been installed
at the Hyderabad location, to improve, productize and scale the technologies for the benefit of sales directly to the third parties,
which we anticipate will include the Indian Government as well as the private sector. Our pilot project in India is designed to showcase
our ability to pyrolyze waste plastic and generate saleable byproducts, including clean hydrogen, AquaHTM, which can then
be used in fuel cells to generate clean energy. This completes the value chain from an unused waste stream through to clean usable electricity.
Clean-Seas India’s
pilot project began operations in May 2022.
We expect to sign
contracts for our technologies with cities and states in India including Goa, Kerala and Telangana. Clean-Seas India has secured Research
and Development space near the IICT campus in Hyderabad for ongoing technology development.
EcoCell
EcoCell, Inc. (“EcoCell”)
is our wholly-owned subsidiary that was incorporated in Nevada on March 4, 2022. EcoCell does not currently have any operations, but
we intend to use EcoCell for the purpose of licensing fuel cell patented technology developed and manufactured by Kingsberry Fuel Cell
Corporation pursuant to the Licensing Agreement described below, which we intend to sell and install in India through Clean-Seas India,
as well as other regions as yet to be determined.
EcoCell has recently
commissioned the construction of a five-kilowatt hydrogen fuel cell to be demonstrated to potential customers in June 2023. The commissioning
of the fuel cell triggered the option within the Kingsberry Licensing Agreement, described below.
Endless Energy
Endless Energy, Inc.
(“Endless Energy”) is our wholly-owned subsidiary, incorporated in Nevada on December 10, 2021. Endless Energy was originally
formed by the Company with the intent of Endless Energy acquiring the assets of WindStream Technologies, Inc. (“WS USA”).
WS USA was delisted from Nasdaq on March 6, 2019 and currently has no operations. WS USA also owns approximately 26% of the issued and
outstanding equity of WindStream Energy Technology, an Indian company (“WS India”).
Dan Bates, the Company’s
CEO, is an equity owner of WS USA and has served as its President and CEO. Dan Bates is also a member of the board of directors of WS
India. On August 18, 2021, the United States filed a lawsuit against Windstream and Daniel Bates over Windstream’s default on a
$2,000,000 loan that Windstream had with GBC International Bank and which loan Mr. Bates personally guaranteed as Windstream’s
President and CEO (United State of America v. Windstream Technologies, Inc. and Daniel Bates, Case No. 1:2021cv2269). On October
13, 2022, a judgment was entered in this matter that ordered defendants to pay the plaintiff the principal sum of $1,982,570.22, plus
$842,536.13 ordinary interest accrued through May 31, 2022, and $1,735,299.76 late interest accrued through May 31, 2022.
Endless Energy’s potential acquisition WS USA’s
assets has not occurred as of April 5, 2023, but such transaction is still currently being explored.
Intellectual
Property
Clean-Seas filed
for intellectual property protection of its technology entitled “Method and Apparatus for Plastic Waste Recycling” with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office covering its global Plastic Conversion Network (“PCN”). PCN is a patent-pending
software network connecting sources of waste plastic with “conversion” facilities strategically located around the world.
PCN was created to solve the problem created when China closed its borders to the importation of the developed world’s recyclable
waste streams. There can be no assurance that the patent will issue or if issued that the patent will protect our intellectual property.
Material
Agreements
Exchange
Agreement with Clean-Seas
On May
19, 2020, we entered into an Exchange Agreement with Clean-Seas and Clean-Seas’ sole shareholder, Dan Bates, the Company’s
CEO (the “Exchange Agreement”). Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, 100% of the shares of Clean-Seas were exchanged for 2,500,000
shares of our Common Stock (the “Exchange”). Upon the closing of the Exchange, Clean-Seas became our wholly-owned subsidiary.
Licensing
Agreement with Kingsberry Fuel Cell Corporation
On December
6, 2021, we entered into a Licensing Agreement (the “Licensing Agreement”) with Kingsberry Fuel Cell Corporation and Dr.
K. Joel Berry (collectively, “Kingsberry”). Pursuant to the terms of the Licensing Agreement, Kingsberry has granted us a
six month option, through June 6, 2022, for an exclusive, worldwide right (exclusive of the United States and Canada) to Kingsberry’s
fuel cell intellectual property (the “Option”) for a term of five years, with the right to renew the License Agreement for
additional five-year periods. In consideration for the Option, we paid Kingsberry $10,000.00. On April 8, 2022, we exercised the option.
The Licensing Agreement also provides that Kingsberry will provide consulting services to the Company. In consideration for the Licensing
Agreement, the Company has agreed to pay Kingsberry 5% of net operating profit from sales (as defined in the Licensing Agreement) of
all products related to the license, as well as 100,000 shares of restricted Common Stock of the Company per year, with stock grants
to be capped at five years. The Initial Project contemplated to be completed pursuant to the Licensing Agreement is in India.
In April
2022, we commissioned Kingsberry to build and deliver a five-kilowatt fuel cell prototype in India. We intend to sell this fuel cell
developed by Kingsberry, and others that we anticipate commissioning Kingsberry to build in the future, to third-parties as a source
of revenue. The fuel cell technology will be demonstrated to India’s Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Railways, and executives
of an electric vehicle charging station project, among others, as potential clients for this fuel cell technology. The fuel cells can
be used by potential purchasers to produce clean power using hydrogen from independent sources or from hydrogen produced by Clean-Seas
India’s pilot waste plastic-to-energy pyrolysis plant in Hyderabad, India, if such purchasers also purchase our hydrogen.
Development
Agreement in India
Clean-Seas
India has entered into a development agreement with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (“CSIR”), acting through
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) in Hyderabad. This agreement provides that the IICT development team will evaluate
the performance of the Clean-Seas pyrolysis technology, which has already been installed at the Hyderabad location, to improve, productize
and scale the technologies for the benefit of sales directly to the third parties, which we anticipate will include the Indian Government
as well as the private sector.
Competition
The clean energy
and waste-to-energy industries are very competitive. We will compete with other companies offering pyrolysis solutions in addition to
many other clean energy solutions. We expect competition to increase as awareness of the environmental advantages of converting waste
plastic into fuel increases. A rapid increase in competition could negatively affect our ability to develop a profitable client base.
Many of our competitors and potential competitors may have substantially greater financial resources, customer support, technical and
marketing resources, larger customer bases, longer operating histories, greater name recognition and more established relationships than
we do. We cannot be sure that we will have the resources or expertise to compete successfully. Our failure to compete effectively with
our current and future competitors would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Although there seems
to be an abundant supply of waste plastic, it is expected that there will be increased competition for these plastic resources, with
the result that it could have an effect on our profitability that we do not foresee at this time.
We
also face competition for qualified employees and consultants among companies in the applicable industries. Competition for individuals
with experience in the clean energy and waste-to-energy industries is intense. The loss of any of such persons, or an inability to attract,
retain and motivate any additional highly skilled employees and consultants required for the initiation and expansion of our activities,
could have a materially adverse effect on our business.
Our Strengths
We believe that the
following are the critical investment attributes of our company:
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Pilot Project Commenced.
We have acquired our first pyrolysis unit for use in our pilot project in Hyderabad, India, which began operations in May 2022. |
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Large market opportunity
for effective solution. Renewable energy is a large market with an unmet need. Plastic waste disposal affects all countries of
the world, including those of developing nations. With a more recent focus of governments on environmentally friendly waste removal
solutions, we believe there is a large opportunity for us. |
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Unique technology.
Pyrolysis technology reduces organic waste while creating valuable byproducts. |
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Public support for clean
technologies to protect the environment. In recent years shareholders have been focusing on environmental sustainability and
investors have been directing their investments towards companies based on ESG factors. |
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Experienced management
team. Members of the management team have years of experience in the renewable energy sector. The management of Clean-Seas has
begun to develop relationships with several providers of pyrolysis technologies, with whom we expect to seek a strategic partnership
or business relationship as we move forward. |
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New Approach to Vertical
Supply Chain. The Plastic Conversion Network (“PCN”) is a patent-pending software network connecting sources of waste
plastic (feedstock) with conversion facilities, which will produce environmentally friendly commodities. We intend to strategically
locate the conversion facilities around the world in locations that are easily accessible and in close proximity to countries that
produce a large amount of plastic waste. Currently, we have entered into Letters of Intent and/or Joint Venture Agreements for development
of facilities in the following host countries/territories: Morocco, Sri Lanka, and Puerto Rico. |
Government
Regulation
Our
industry is subject to extensive federal and state laws and regulations in the United States as well as each country in which we perform
services. Federal and state laws and regulations impact how we conduct our business and the services we offer and impose certain requirements
on us such as:
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licensure and certification; |
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operating policies and procedures; |
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emergency preparedness risk assessments
and policies and procedures; |
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policies and procedures regarding employee
relations; |
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addition of facilities and services; |
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billing for services; |
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requirements for utilization of services; and |
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reporting and maintaining records regarding
adverse events. |
Permitting
Each of our projects
in development requires certain government approvals. In the United States, the standard required environmental permits relate to solid
waste composting and air quality. The Clean Air Act establishes a number of permitting programs designed to carry out the goals of the
Act. Some of these programs are directly implemented by EPA through its Regional Offices but most are carried out by states, local agencies
and approved tribes.
Regulatory
Changes and Compliance
Many aspects of our
operations and facilities are affected by political developments and are subject to both domestic and foreign governmental regulations,
including those relating to:
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constructing and equipping
facilities; |
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workplace health and safety; |
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currency conversions and
repatriation; |
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taxation of foreign earnings
and earnings of expatriate personnel; and |
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protecting the environment. |
We cannot determine
the extent to which new legislation, new regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations may affect our future operations.
Environmental
Our operations and
properties upon which we perform our pyrolysis services are subject to a wide variety of increasingly complex and stringent foreign,
federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, including those governing discharges into the air and water, the handling
and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes, the remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated by hazardous substances and the health
and safety of employees. Sanctions for noncompliance may include revocation of permits, corrective action orders, administrative or civil
penalties and criminal prosecution. Some environmental laws provide for strict, joint and several liability for remediation of spills
and other releases of hazardous substances, as well as damage to natural resources. In addition, companies may be subject to claims alleging
personal injury or property damage as a result of alleged exposure to hazardous substances. Such laws and regulations may also expose
us to liability for the conduct of or conditions caused by others or for our acts that were in compliance with all applicable laws at
the time such acts were performed.
In the United States,
these laws and regulations include the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, the
Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, The Toxic Substances Control Act administered by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and similar laws that provide for responses to, and liability for, releases of hazardous substances
into the environment. These laws and regulations also include similar foreign, state or local counterparts to these federal laws, which
regulate air emissions, water discharges, hazardous substances and waste and require public disclosure related to the use of various
hazardous substances. Our operations are also governed by laws and regulations relating to workplace safety and worker health, including
the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Act and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Effect of Existing or Probable Government
Regulations on Our Business
Our business is affected
by numerous laws and regulations on the international, federal, state and local levels, including energy, environmental, conservation,
tax and other laws and regulations relating to our industry. Failure to comply with any laws and regulations may result in the assessment
of administrative, civil and criminal penalties, the imposition of injunctive relief or both. Moreover, changes in any of these laws
and regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business. In view of the many uncertainties with respect to current and future
laws and regulations, including their applicability to us, we cannot predict the overall effect of such laws and regulations on our future
operations.
We believe that our
operations comply in all material respects with applicable laws and regulations and that the existence and enforcement of such laws and
regulations have no more restrictive an effect on our operations than on other similar companies in our industry. We do not anticipate
any material capital expenditures to comply with international, federal and state environmental requirements. However, we can provide
no assurance that we will not incur significant environmental compliance costs in the future.
Government
Regulation Outside the United States
In Morocco, India
and other projects conducted outside of the United States, we intend to rely upon our partners within those jurisdictions to ensure compliance
with local government regulation, permitting requirements, and environmental laws.
Employees
and Human Capital
We believe that our success depends upon our ability
to attract, develop and retain key personnel. As of April 5, 2023, we employed fifteen (15) individuals, of which four (4) are
part time. Four (4) of our employees reside in India. A significant number of our management and professional employees have had prior
experience in the clean energy and sustainable energy sector. None of our employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements,
and management considers relations with our employees to be in good standing. Although we continually seek to add additional talent to
our work force, management believes that it has sufficient human capital to operate its business successfully.
Corporate
Information
Our principal executive
offices are located at 2711 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite #1051, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266. Our telephone number is (424) 835-1845. Our website
address is https://www.cleanvisioncorp.com. The reference to our website is an inactive textual reference only. The information on, or
that can be accessed through, our website is not part of this prospectus. Investors should not rely on any such information in deciding
whether to purchase our Common Stock.
Clean Vision was
initially incorporated in Nevada as China Vitup Health Care Holdings, Inc. on September 15, 2006. Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of
Merger and Reorganization dated September 29, 2006, Tubac Holdings, Inc., a Wyoming corporation and a parent of the Company, was merged
with and into the Company on October 2, 2006, with the Company as the surviving entity. On May 5, 2015, the Company changed its name
to Emergency Pest Services, Inc. Pursuant to a Plan of Exchange dated August 3, 2015, the Company acquired Emergency Pest Services, Inc.,
a Florida corporation. Pursuant to a Plan of Exchange dated September 21, 2017, Byzen Digital Inc., a Seychelles corporation, was merged
with and into the Company on November 4, 2017, with the Company as the surviving entity. On May 30, 2018, the Company changed its name
to Byzen Digital Inc. On May 19, 2020, we changed our focus to clean energy and sustainability when we acquired Clean-Seas, which became
our wholly-owned subsidiary. On March 12, 2021, the Company’s corporate name was changed to Clean Vision Corporation.
Facilities
Our corporate headquarters
located at 2711 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite #1051, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, which is a virtual office that is used solely as a mailing
address. All of our operations are conducted by our officers, directors, consultants, employees and otherwise are conducted remotely.
We believe that this arrangement is adequate for our current operations and needs, but we will secure a physical location for our operations
if and when we believe that it becomes necessary.
Legal Proceedings
Presently, except
as descried below, there are not any material pending legal proceedings to which the Company is a party or as to which any of its property
is subject, and no such proceedings are known to the Company to be threatened or contemplated against it.
On September 16,
2022 the Company filed action against Christopher Percy (“Percy”) in the Eighth Judicial District of Nevada (Case No. A-22-858543-B)
for breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, conversion, business disparagement, declaratory relief, and injunctive relief. This case arose out
of a control dispute regarding certain actions taken by Percy while an officer and director of the Company in July 2022. The Nevada State
Court granted the Company a temporary restraining order against Percy and granted the Company’s request for a preliminary injunction
on November 2, 2022. Thereafter, Percy removed the case to the United States District of Nevada (Case No. 2:22-cv-01862-ART-NJK). The
Company filed a motion to remand to state court on November 22, 2022 which is pending with the federal court. In December 2022, the federal
court entered a preliminary injunction in favor of the Company, and ordered, in relevant part, that that Percy not take any action on
behalf of the Company, unless said action is expressly authorized by the Board pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Company’s
bylaws, and restored control the Company’s board. On December 1, 2022, Percy filed counterclaims against the Company for breach
of contract, wrongful termination, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment, and indemnification.
Percy also filed third-party claims against the Company’s CEO and director, Dan Bates (“Bates”), for breach of fiduciary
duty, equitable indemnity, and contribution. On December 22, 2022, the Company filed a partial motion to dismiss Percy’s counterclaims
for indemnification and wrongful termination, which is pending with the federal court. On February 1, 2023, Bates filed a motion to dismiss
all of Percy’s third party claims, which is pending with the federal court. Mr. Percy is currently serving as a member of the Company’s
Board of Directors.
On January 30, 2023,
Leonard Tucker, LLC (“Tucker”), one of the holders of the Company’s Series B Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock
(the “Series B Preferred Stock”) filed an action against the Company in the Second Judicial District Court of the State of
Nevada (Case No. CV23-00188) alleging breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment,
specific performance and declaratory relief (the “Tucker Complaint”). This matter arises from the 3-year Consulting Agreement
the Company entered into with Tucker on December 17, 2020 (the “Tucker Agreement”), whereby Tucker agreed to perform certain
strategic and business development services to the Company in exchange for 2,000,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and a consulting
fee of $20,000 per month. The 2,000,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock automatically converted into 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock
on January 1, 2023.
However the Company’s
Transfer Agent was instructed to not issue the shares of Common Stock due to an ongoing dispute between the Company and Tucker regarding
Tucker’s ability to perform the services under the Consulting Agreement due to the action filed by the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission against Profile Solutions, Inc., Dan Oran and Leonard M. Tucker on September 9, 2022 in the United States District
Court Southern District of Florida (Case No. 1:22-cv-22881) alleging, among other things, that Leonard Tucker violated Section 17(a)(1)
and 17(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 and aided and abetted violations of Section 10(b) and Rule 10-b5.
Pursuant to the Tucker
Complaint, Tucker is seeking, among other things, that the Company issue the shares of Common Stock due pursuant to the Tucker Agreement.
The Company is contesting all of the allegations set forth in the Tucker Complaint.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Year ended
December 31, 2022 compared to the year ended December 31, 2021
Revenue
The Company had no
revenue for the twelve months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.
Operating Expenses
|
|
Year
ended December 31, 2022 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2021 |
|
Change
($) |
|
Change
(%) |
Operating
Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consulting |
|
$ |
2,452,383 |
|
|
$ |
1,955,213 |
|
|
$ |
497,170 |
|
|
|
25.4 |
% |
Professional
fees |
|
|
407,501 |
|
|
|
413,479 |
|
|
|
(5,978) |
|
|
|
(1.4 |
)% |
Payroll
expense |
|
|
829,364 |
|
|
|
824,393 |
|
|
|
4,971 |
|
|
|
0.6 |
% |
Officer
stock compensation expense |
|
|
516,042 |
|
|
|
536,125 |
|
|
|
(20,083) |
|
|
|
(3.7) |
% |
Director
fees |
|
|
171,000 |
|
|
|
18,500 |
|
|
|
152,500 |
|
|
|
824.3 |
% |
General
and administration expenses |
|
|
1,287,030 |
|
|
|
373,095 |
|
|
|
913,935 |
|
|
|
245.0 |
% |
Total
operating expenses |
|
$ |
5,663,320 |
|
|
$ |
4,120,805 |
|
|
$ |
1,542,515 |
|
|
|
37.4 |
% |
Consulting
Expense
For the twelve months
ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, we had consulting expenses of $2,452,383 and $1,955,213, respectively, an increase of $497,170 or 25.4%.
In the current period we had approximately $1,144,000 of stock compensation expense and $198,000 and $223,000 of consulting expense incurred
by our Clean Seas India and Clean Seas subsidiaries, respectively. In the prior period we had $1,574,000 of stock compensation expense.
In the current year we hired additional consultants in conjunction with our increased activity, primarily with Clean Seas.
Professional
Fees
For the twelve months
ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, we incurred professional fees of $407,501 and $413,479, respectively, a decrease of $5,978 or 1.4%.
Although, our overall expense has not changed significantly, a large portion of the expense in the current period is related to ongoing
litigation whereas, in the prior period we incurred additional legal and audit expense related to the filing of our Regulation A Offering
Statement
Payroll Expense
For the twelve months
December 31, 2022 and 2021, we had payroll expense of $829,364 and $824,393, respectively, an increase of $4,971 or 0.61%.
Officer Stock
Compensation
For the twelve months
December 31, 2022 and 2021, we had officer stock compensation expense of $516,042 and $536,125, respectively, a decrease of $20,083 or
3.75%. In the current period we issued 10,000,000 shares of common stock to our CEO for total non-cash expense of $350,000, 2,000,000
shares to our CFO for total non-cash expense of $70,000 and 2,708,340 shares to our CRO for total non-cash expense of $96,042. In the
prior year we issued preferred stock for services to our CEO for total non-cash compensation expense of $359,800. We also issued 500,000
shares to our CFO and 3,680,000 shares to former officers for total non-cash expense of $194,055.
Director Fees
For the twelve months
December 31, 2022 and 2021, we had director fees of $171,000 and $18,500, respectively, an increase of $152,500 or 824%. Our directors
are compensated $4,500 per quarter. In the current year we also issued a total of 4,500,000 shares of common stock to two of our directors
for total non-cash compensation expense of $148,500. In the prior year we issued 500,000 shares of common stock to two of our directors
for total non-cash compensation expense of $14,000.
General and
Administrative Expense
For the twelve months December 31, 2022 and 2021,
we had G&A expense of $1,287,030 and $373,095, respectively, an increase of $913,935 or 245.0%. Some of our larger G&A expenses,
and the increases over prior period are investor relations (~$387,000), development expense (~$35,500) and travel (~$58,500). Our Clean
Seas India subsidiary also incurred $124,000 of G&A expense during the period.
Other Income
and Expenses
For the twelve months December 31, 2022, we
had total other expense of $250,404 compared to $1,913,606 for the twelve months December 31, 2021. In the current year we recognized
$250,404 of interest expense, of which $200,273 was amortization of debt discount. In the prior period we recognized $1,187,033
of interest expense, $1,162,996 of which was amortization of debt discounts, a loss in the change of the fair value of derivative of
$576,573 and a loss on investment of $150,000.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL
RESOURCES
To date,
we have funded our operations through the issuance of equity securities and debt securities. We are not profitable, have not generated
any revenue and have incurred an accumulated deficit of $19,078,809 as of December 31, 2022. For the twelve months ended December
31, 2022, we had a net loss of $5,913,724, and we had a net loss of $6,034,411 for the year ended December 31, 2021. At December
31, 2022, we had cash of $10,777 and cash of $835,657 at December 31, 2021. We expect to continue to incur losses for the foreseeable
future, and these losses could increase as we continue to work to develop our business. We also expect our capital needs to increase
as we purchase additional pyrolysis equipment. Our future capital needs will be dependent upon our ability to generate significant revenue
from operations. Our ability to raise additional capital through the future issuances of common stock and/or debt financing is unknown.
The obtainment of additional financing, the successful development of our contemplated plan of operations, and its transition, ultimately,
to the attainment of profitable operations are necessary for us to continue operations. These conditions and the ability to successfully
resolve these factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and our ability to further implement our
business plan and generate sufficient revenues and our ability to raise additional funds by way of a public or private offering.
Working Capital
|
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2022 |
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2021 |
Cash |
|
$ |
10,777 |
|
|
$ |
835,657 |
|
Other
Current Assets |
|
|
125,000 |
|
|
|
54,000 |
|
Total
Current Assets |
|
|
135,777 |
|
|
|
889,657 |
|
Total
Current Liabilities |
|
|
1,954,790 |
|
|
|
459,943 |
|
Working
Capital / (Deficit) |
|
$ |
(1,819,013 |
) |
|
$ |
429,714 |
|
As of December 31,
2022, our cash balance was $10,777 and total current assets were $135,777. As of December 31, 2021, our cash balance was $835,657 and
total current assets were $889,657.
As of December 31,
2022, we had total current liabilities of $1,954,790. As of December 31, 2021, we had total current liabilities of $459,943.
As of December 31,
2022, we had a working capital deficit of $1,819,013, compared with a working capital of $429,714 as of December 31, 2021. The
decrease in working capital was primarily attributed to our increase in accrued compensation, a convertible note payable and other loans
payable.
Cash Flows
The following table
sets forth the significant sources and uses of cash for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.
|
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2022 |
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2021 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
Flows Used in Operating Activities |
|
$ |
(2,029,096 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,801,078 |
) |
|
Cash
Flows Used in Investing Activities |
|
$ |
(90,871 |
) |
|
$ |
(300,505 |
) |
|
Cash
Flows Provided by Financing Activities |
|
$ |
1,278,417 |
|
|
$ |
2,936,500 |
|
|
Net
Change in Cash During the period end |
|
$ |
(841,550 |
) |
|
$ |
834,917 |
|
|
Cash Flow from
Operating Activities
During the twelve months ended December 31, 2022,
we incurred a net loss of $5,913,724, adjusted by $3,064,138 for non-cash expenses and $820,490 in adjustments changes
in assets and liabilities for net cash of $2,029,096 used in operating activities. During the year ended December 31, 2021,
we had a net loss of $6,034,411 and used a total of $4,233,333 in adjustments from operating activities, assets and liabilities for a
net of $1,801,078 used in operating activities.
Cash Flow from
Investing Activities
During
the twelve months ended December 31, 2022, we purchased equipment in the amount of $90,871. During the year ended December 31, 2021,
we purchased equipment in the amount of $150,505 and used $150,000 to repurchase shares sold to 100Bio.
Cash Flow from
Financing Activities
During the twelve months ended December 31, 2022,
we received $555,000 proceeds from convertible notes, $600,000 proceeds from the sale of common stock, $154,000 from other notes payable
and $46,917 from a related party loan. Cash received was offset by repayment of $57,500 of notes payable and $20,000 of related
party notes. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we received $3,244,000 from proceeds from the sale of Common Stock, $300,000 proceeds
from the sale of notes payable, $686,500 from the proceeds of the sale of convertible notes, which was offset by repayment of $594,000
of convertible notes and $700,000 for notes.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of
financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and the Company’s
discussion and analysis of its financial condition and operating results require the Company’s management to make judgments, assumptions
and estimates that affect the amounts reported. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions
it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values
of assets and liabilities. Actual results may differ from these estimates, and such differences may be material.
“Note 2–
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the audited financial statements and included in this prospectus under “Index
to Financial Statements” describe the significant accounting policies and methods used in the preparation of the Company’s
financial statements.
Controls and Procedures
We are not currently
required to maintain an effective system of internal controls as defined by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We will be required
to comply with the internal control over financial reporting requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for the twelve-month period ending
December 31, 2023. Only in the event that we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer or an accelerated filer, and no longer qualify
as an emerging growth company, would we be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement.
Further, for as long as we remain an emerging growth company as defined in the JOBS Act, we intend to take advantage of certain exemptions
from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but
not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement.
JOBS Act and Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
The JOBS Act provides
that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B)
of the Securities Act, for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company”
can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have irrevocably
elected not to avail ourselves of this extended transition period and, as a result, we will adopt new or revised accounting standards
on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for other public companies.
We have implemented
all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect and may impact our financial statements and we do not believe that there are any
other new accounting pronouncements that have been issued that might have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.
Management
The following sets forth information regarding individuals who are currently
serving as directors and/or executive officers as of April 5, 2023.
Name |
|
Age |
|
Position |
Dan Bates |
|
65 |
|
Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director |
Rachel Boulds |
|
53 |
|
Chief
Financial Officer |
Dr. Michael Dorsey |
|
51 |
|
Independent
Director |
Gregg Michael Boehmer |
|
55 |
|
Independent
Director |
Bart Fisher |
|
79 |
|
Independent
Director |
Daniel Harris |
|
60 |
|
Chief
Revenue Officer |
Our directors are
elected annually and will hold office until our next annual meeting of the stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified.
Officers hold their positions at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Our officers and directors may receive compensation as determined
by us from time to time by vote of the Board of Directors. Such compensation might be in the form of stock options. Directors may be
reimbursed by the Company for expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the Board of Directors
are filled by majority vote of the remaining directors.
Executive
Officers and Directors
The following is
a brief description of the education and business experience of our directors and executive officers.
Dan Bates
Mr. Bates has been
our Chief Executive Officer and has served on our Board of Directors since May 27, 2020. Mr. Bates was appointed as our President, Secretary
and Treasurer on July 20, 2022. Previously, from June 2014 to August 2019, Mr. Bates served as the CEO and President of ImpactPPA, an
innovative renewable energy company providing blockchain technologies to solve the challenging problems commonly seen in the environment
of distributed energy solutions globally. Mr. Bates has spent more than a decade in the renewable energy industry serving as the CEO
of WindStream Technologies, Inc. (“WindStream”).
Prior to starting
WindStream, Mr. Bates spent 15 years in the technology sector and has launched successful technology ventures in both hardware and software.
Mr. Bates’ first technology venture, Extreme Audio Reality (EAR), which was formed in 1990, developed and patented the first interactive
audio API for game developers, designed for the PC, and set-top box gaming arena. EAR successfully licensed its products to all major
game publishers including Electronic Arts, Activision, Id Software, Ubisoft and many others. After EAR, Mr. Bates founded Avant Interactive
(“Avant”) in 1997, which developed a neural net and AI based technology for object recognition, creating a patented interactive
video solution for content owners, publishers, and advertisers. Avant was the market leader in this emerging sector, holding licenses
and/or contracts with many of the Fortune 100 companies, television and cable networks, ad agencies as well as developing proprietary
applications for the U.S. Army.
We believe that Mr.
Bates is highly qualified to serve as a member of the Board of Directors and our management team due to his significant experience in
the renewable energy industry and understanding of emerging markets and finance.
Rachel Boulds
Ms. Boulds has served
as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since May 1, 2022. Ms. Boulds currently works for the Company on a part-time basis (spending
approximately 80% of her time working for the Company) while also operating her sole accounting practice which she has led since 2009
and which provides all aspects of consulting and accounting services to clients, including the preparation of full disclosure financial
statements for public companies to comply with GAAP and SEC requirements. Ms. Boulds also currently provides outsourced chief financial
officer services for two other companies. From August 2004 through July 2009, she was employed as a Senior Auditor for HJ & Associates,
LLC, where she performed audits and reviews of public and private companies, including the preparation of financial statements to comply
with GAAP and SEC requirements. From 2003 through 2004, Ms. Boulds was employed as a Senior Auditor at Mohler, Nixon and Williams. From
September 2001 through July 2003, Ms. Boulds worked as an ABAS Associate for PriceWaterhouseCoopers. From April 2000 through February
2001, Ms. Boulds was employed as an e-commerce Accountant for the Walt Disney Group’s GO.com. Ms. Boulds earned a B.S. in Accounting
from San Jose University in 2001 and is licensed as a CPA in the state of Utah.
Daniel C. Harris
Mr. Harris has served
as the Company’s Chief Revenue Officer since June 2022 and has served as the VP of Business Development of the Company’s
subsidiary, Clean-Seas, since October 2021. Mr. Harris is currently dedicated to the global expansion efforts of Clean-Seas’ Plastic
Conversion Network by focusing on establishing new locations and partnerships for its pyrolysis facilities. Mr. Harris has over 20 years
of experience in the competitive energy space. Prior to his roles with the Company, Mr. Harris served as Executive Vice President of
Global Sales at WindStream Technologies, Inc. (“WindStream”), focusing on large commercial installations of renewable energy
systems (integrated wind and solar). Preceding his tenure at WindStream, Mr. Harris served as Executive Vice President of Sales at Glacial
Energy, a nationwide provider of retail electricity and natural gas for commercial, industrial, and institutional customers. In addition
to his experience in the energy field, he had a successful 20 year career in the telecommunications industry, holding numerous high level
positions in General Management and Sales and Operations Management with telecommunications service providers such as Winstar Communications,
Telseon, and Teleport Communications. Mr. Harris holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Telecommunications Management and Marketing
from Syracuse University.
Dr. Michael
K. Dorsey
Dr. Dorsey has served
as a member of our Board of Directors since September 2021. He is a recognized expert on global energy, environment, finance and sustainability
matters, having worked with governments and heads of state around the world. Dr. Dorsey was appointed to the EPA’s National Advisory
Committee (NAC) in 2010, 2012 and 2014. Further, in 2014, a specialized unit of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) designated Dr. Dorsey advisor on “climate, energy sustainability and SIDS (Small Island Developing States).”
Dr. Dorsey has published
dozens of scholarly and lay articles on a variety of environment, development, pollution prevention and sustainability matters, and has
appeared in multiple TV and radio shows and print publications. Dr. Dorsey is a member of several non-profit boards and was a faculty
member in various universities around the world.
Dr. Dorsey presently
serves as a director at Michigan Environmental Council, where he has served since 2019, as well as at Univergy Solar since 2017, where
he is also a partner. Dr. Dorsey’s employment history also includes: a limited partner at Ibursun, 2019 to present; co-founder
and treasurer at Sunrise Movement, 2017 to present; partner at Pahal Solar, 2019 to present; advisor at ImpactPPA 2018 to 2020; full
member at Club of Rome, 2013 to present; member at Progress with Friends, 2006 to present; and co-founder at DetroitxPAC, 2013 to present.
Dr. Dorsey holds a Master of Forest Science from Yale University.
We believe that Dr.
Dorsey is highly qualified to serve as a member of the Board of Directors due to his significant experience in global renewable energy
markets and government policy sectors.
Gregg Boehmer
Mr. Boehmer
has served as a member of the Board of Directors since October 3, 2022. Mr. Boehmer
has been a fixture for over a dozen years helping public companies with their fiscal, compliance and regulatory needs. He has a B.S.
degree from the University of Dayton (OH) and a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management from Towson University (MD).
After
achieving success with a few OTC Pink Sheet companies in 2009-10, Mr. Boehmer opened his consulting firm, Layne Michael Consulting, LLC,
in 2011 in an effort to provide general public company management, investor relations, corporate
communications and compliance services to companies struggling with compliance and or public relations issues at rates far more affordable
than larger firms were able to offer.
While
he believes these services are integral, Mr. Boehmer also believes that providing education to those individuals, who have found themselves
running a public company for the first time or still learning the dynamics of the public markets, is extremely valuable in assisting
these executives in getting their company financial reporting and disclosures in order.
Mr.
Boehmer began to shift his company’s focus to compliance and management consulting midway through the last decade. While he enjoyed
the challenge of finding new and creative ways to write and disseminate public company corporate updates, his passion clearly resides
in successfully navigating compliance and regulatory issues with a focus green and renewable energy companies.
Mr. Boehmer had been supporting the Clean Vision Corp. as a consultant since 2021.
We believe that Mr.
Boehmer is highly qualified to serve as a member of our Board of Directors due to his years of experience and expertise in working with
publicly traded companies and building development stage companies.
Bart
Fisher
Mr.
Fisher has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 18, 2023. Mr.
Fisher brings 50 years' experience as an attorney and investment banker specializing in high profile international corporate litigation
and complex transnational financial transactions. As an attorney, Mr. Fisher serves as Managing Partner of the Law Office of Bart
S. Fisher and is a member of the District of Columbia Bar. In his dual career as an investment banker, he serves as Managing Partner
of JJ&B, LLC, a boutique investment bank located in Washington, D.C., Chairman of Omni Advisors LLC, a D.C. and NY-based investment
bank, and Chairman of Capital Commodities, LLC.
Mr.
Fisher graduated from Harvard Law School, and earned a Ph.D. in International Studies from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International
Studies in Washington, D.C. He has been nominated twice for the Nobel Prizes in Peace (2019) and Medicine (2020). Throughout his career,
Mr. Fisher has been a prolific published author, frequent teacher and university lecturer, and a force for successfully advancing health
care and philanthropy.
We believe that Mr.
Fisher is highly qualified to serve as a member of the Board of Directors due to his significant experience in the legal and investment
banking industries.
Corporate Governance
Family Relationships
amongst Directors and Officers
There are no family
relationships among our director and executive officers.
Arrangements
between Officers and Directors
To our knowledge,
there is no arrangement or understanding between any of our officers or directors and any other person, including directors, pursuant
to which the officer or director was selected to serve as an officer or director.
Involvement
in Certain Legal Proceedings
None of our executive
officers or directors has been involved in any of the following events during the past ten years, except as described under “Business
Experience”, above: (1) any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which such person was a general partner or
executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time; (2) any conviction in a criminal proceeding
or being a named subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and minor offenses); (3) being subject to any
order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily
enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities; (4) being
found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the SEC or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to have violated
a federal or state securities or commodities law; (5) being the subject of, or a party to, any Federal or State judicial or administrative
order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, relating to an alleged violation of (i) any Federal
or State securities or commodities law or regulation; (ii) any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies,
including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary
or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order, or (iii) any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or
fraud in connection with any business entity; or (6) being the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed,
suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act), any registered entity
(as defined in Section (1a)(40) of the Commodity Exchange Act), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity, or organization that
has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.
Board Leadership
Structure
Our Board of Directors
has the responsibility for selecting our appropriate leadership structure. In making leadership structure determinations, the Board of
Directors considers many factors, including the specific needs of our business and what is in the best interests of our stockholders.
Mr. Dan Bates serves as Chairman and CEO. The Board of Directors does not have a policy as to whether the Chairman should be an independent
director, an affiliated director, or a member of management. The Board
of Directors believes that its programs for overseeing risk, as described below, would be effective under a variety of leadership frameworks
and therefore do not materially affect its choice of structure.
Risk Oversight
Effective risk oversight
is an important priority of the Board of Directors. Because risks are considered in virtually every business decision, the Board of Directors
discusses risk throughout the year generally or in connection with specific proposed actions. The Board of Directors’ approach
to risk oversight includes understanding the critical risks in the Company’s business and strategy, evaluating the Company’s
risk management processes, allocating responsibilities for risk oversight, and fostering an appropriate culture of integrity and compliance
with legal responsibilities. The directors exercise direct oversight of strategic risks to the Company.
Other Directorships
No director of the
Company is also a director of an issuer with a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act (or which otherwise
are required to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act).
Committees
of the Board
The Company’s
Board of Directors does not currently have any committees established. If the Company completes its currently contemplated uplist to
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), which there can be no assurance such uplisting will occur, the Nasdaq listing rules
require that independent directors must comprise a majority of a listed company’s board of
directors. In addition, the rules of Nasdaq require that, subject to specified exceptions, each member of a listed company’s audit,
compensation, and nominating and governance committees be independent. Audit committee members must also satisfy the independence criteria
set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. Under the rules of Nasdaq, a director will only qualify as an “independent director”
if, in the opinion of that company’s board of directors, that person does not have a relationship that would interfere with the
exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.
Controlled
Company
Dan Bates, our CEO and Chairman, owns 2,000,000 shares
of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, which shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, vote together with our
Common Stock on all stockholder matters, and vote one hundred Common Stock votes per share. Such shares of Series C Convertible Preferred
Stock automatically converted into 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock on January 1, 2023; however as of April 5, 2023 such conversion
has not been effectuated.
Executive
OFFICER and Director Compensation
Executive
Compensation Table
The following table
sets forth information concerning the compensation of (i) all individuals serving as our principal executive officer or acting in a similar
capacity for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 (“PEO”), regardless of compensation level; (ii) our two most
highly compensated executive officers other than the PEO who were serving as executive officers for the periods ended December 31, 2022
and 2021, if any (subject to the limitations below); and (iii) up to two additional individuals for whom disclosure would have been provided
pursuant to paragraph (ii) but for the fact that the individual was not serving as an executive officer at December 31, 2022 (collectively,
the “Named Executive Officers”).
Our Board of Directors
does not have a Compensation Committee. In its absence, compensation was determined by the majority of the Board Members.
Summary Compensation
Table
Name and Principal Position | |
Year | |
Salary ($) | |
Bonus ($) | |
Stock Awards ($) (2) | |
Option Awards ($) | |
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) | |
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings ($) | |
All Other Compensation ($) (3) | |
Total |
Dan Bates | |
| 2022 | | |
$ | 240,000 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 350,000 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 590,000 | |
CEO | |
| 2021 | | |
$ | 240,000 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 359,800 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 599,800 | |
Chris Percy(1) | |
| 2022 | | |
$ | 57,750 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 57,750 | |
| |
| 2021 | | |
$ | 231,000 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 59,375 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 290,375 | |
John Owen (4) | |
| 2022 | | |
$ | 131,250 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 131,250 | |
COO | |
| 2021 | | |
$ | 80,000 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 14,000 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 94,000 | |
Rachel Boulds | |
| 2022 | | |
$ | 60,000 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 70,000 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 130,000 | |
CFO | |
| 2021 | | |
$ | 47,000 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 102,950 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 149,950 | |
Daniel Harris | |
| 2022 | | |
$ | 90,000 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 94,792 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
| 184,792 | |
CRO | |
| 2021 | | |
$ | 22,500 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 17,750 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
| 40,250 | |
(1) Effective as
of July 30, 2022, Mr. Percy was terminated as the Company’s Chief Commercial Officer, President, Treasurer and Secretary. Effective
as of February 14, 2023, Mr. Percy was removed as a director.
(2) In accordance
with SEC rules, this column reflects the aggregate fair value of the stock awards granted during the respective fiscal year computed
as of their respective grant dates in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718
for stock-based compensation transactions (ASC 718). The valuation assumptions used in determining such amounts are described in Note
8 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.
(3) Does not include
perquisites and other personal benefits, or property, unless the aggregate amount of such compensation is more than $10,000. No executive
officer earned any non-equity incentive plan compensation, nonqualified deferred compensation, or other compensation, during the periods
reported above.
(4) Mr. Owen resigned
from the Company effective November 21, 2022.
Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
The Company: (i)
did not grant any stock options to its executive officers or directors during the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021;
(ii) did not have any outstanding equity awards as of December 31, 2022; and (iii) had no options exercised by its Named Executive Officers
in the fiscal years ending December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
Compensation
of Directors
The
following table sets forth summary information concerning the compensation we paid to non-executive directors during the years ended
December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
Name and Principal Position | |
Year | |
Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) | |
Stock Awards ($) | |
Option Awards ($) | |
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) | |
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings ($) | |
All Other Compensation ($) | |
Total |
Dr. Michael Dorsey | |
| 2022 | | |
$ | 9,000 | | |
$ | 70,000 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 97,000 | |
| |
| 2021 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 14,000 | | |
| 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 14,000 | |
Greg Boehmer | |
| 2022 | | |
$ | 4,500 | | |
$ | 78,500 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 83,000 | |
| |
| 2021 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | |
Bart Fisher | |
| 2022 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | |
| |
| 2021 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | | |
$ | 0 | |
* The table above
does not include the amount of any expense reimbursements paid to the above directors. No directors received any Stock Awards, Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Compensation, Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings during the period presented. Does
not include perquisites and other personal benefits, or property, unless the aggregate amount of such compensation is more than $10,000.
Employment Agreements
Dan Bates
We entered into an
employment agreement with Dan Bates (the “Bates Employment Agreement”) on May 27, 2020 for a term of three years. Under the
Bates Employment Agreement, Mr. Bates serves as our Chief Executive Officer and President. He receives a monthly base salary of $20,000,
provided that $7,500 per month is deferred until we raise a minimum of $250,000 in a financing, which financing was raised in February
2021. Mr. Bates is also eligible to receive a quarterly revenue bonus of 10% of our consolidated gross revenue for such quarter, which
shall be paid in cash or Common Stock, as determined by the Board (“Revenue Bonus”).
The Bates Employment
Agreement provides that Mr. Bates is eligible to participate in our employee stock option plan, life, health, accident, disability insurance
plans, pension plans and retirement plans, in effect from time to time, to the extent and on such terms and conditions as we customarily
make such plans available to our senior executives. In addition, he is entitled to three weeks of paid vacation per year.
The Bates Employment
Agreement provides that it shall continue until terminated (i) upon the death of Mr. Bates; (ii) upon the delivery to Mr. Bates of written
notice of termination by us if Mr. Bates suffers a physical or mental disability rendering, in the Board’s reasonable judgment,
Mr. Bates unable to perform his duties and obligations under the Bates Employment Agreement for either 90 consecutive days or 190 days
in any 12-month period; (iii) upon delivery to Mr. Bates of written notice of termination by us for Cause, as such term is defined in
the Bates Employment Agreement; or (iv) upon delivery of written notice from Mr. Bates to us for Good Reason, as such term is defined
in the Bates Employment Agreement. The Bates Employment Agreement also provided that until we have obtained $2,000,000 in gross proceeds
from a financing or series of financings the Bates Employment Agreement may be terminated by either party on thirty (30) days’
notice, which financing was obtained and therefore the Bates Employment Agreement can no longer be terminated on thirty (30) days’
notice.
Mr. Bates is bound
by certain confidentiality provisions pursuant to the Bates Employment Agreement.
If Mr. Bates’
employment is terminated for Good Reason, in addition to paying Mr. Bates all outstanding sums due and owing to him at the time of separation,
we are also required to pay Mr. Bates an amount equal to six (6) months of his then-current Base Salary in the form of salary continuation
(the “Severance Payments”), plus payment of the medical insurance premium for Mr. Bates and his family.
Notwithstanding the
reason for Mr. Bates’ termination he is entitled to: (i) all benefits payable under the applicable benefit plans through the date
of termination, (ii) any accrued but unused vacation earned by Mr. Bates through the date of termination; (iii)
reimbursement for any business expenses incurred by Mr. Bates prior to the date of termination; and (iv) the prorated portion of any
Revenue Bonus to which he is entitled.
The receipt of any
termination benefits described above is subject to Mr. Bates’ execution of a release of claims in favor of us.
In the event of Mr.
Bates’ termination due to death or disability, Mr. Bates or his estate shall be entitled to all severance benefits (including,
without limitation, the Severance Payments) as well as retaining any options vested as of the date of termination.
Effective as of February
9, 2021, the Bates Employment Agreement was amended for purposes of extending the term to five years, expiring on May 27, 2025, and issuing
Mr. Bates 2,000,000 shares of our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock.
Christopher
Percy
Effective as of July
30, 2022, Mr. Percy was terminated as the Company’s Chief Commercial Officer, President, Treasurer and Secretary We entered into
an employment agreement with Christopher Percy (the “Percy Employment Agreement”) effective as of June 1, 2020 for a term
of two years, which was terminated by the Company effective as of July 30, 2022.
Pursuant to the Percy
Employment Agreement, Mr. Percy is subject to a one-year post-termination non-compete and non-solicit of employees and clients. He is
also bound by confidentiality provisions.
Pursuant to the Percy
Employment Agreement, Mr. Percy shall be entitled to receive severance equal to one month’s salary if he is terminated by the Company
for any reason other than disability or death. The severance payment in the amount of $19,250 has not yet been made pending the current
litigation involving the Company and Mr. Percy. Mr. Percy was removed as a director effective as of February 14, 2023.
John Owen
We entered into a
consulting agreement with John Owen, effective as of July 1, 2021, (“Owen Consulting Agreement”) to serve as our Chief Operating
Officer. Mr. Owen’s compensation is $12,500 per month. On December 16, 2021, we granted 500,000 shares of Common Stock to Mr. Owen
for his services. Mr. Owen’s consulting agreement and his role as Chief Operating Officer were terminated effective as of November
21, 2022. Per the terms of the separation agreement with Mr. Owen, the Company acknowledges past due salary of $62,500. The Company made
an initial payment of $2,500 and agreed to pay $5,000 a month beginning in January 2023.
Rachel Boulds
The Company entered
into a consulting agreement with Rachel Boulds, effective as of May 1, 2021, (“Boulds Consulting Agreement”) to serve as
part-time Chief Financial Officer for compensation of $5,000 per month. On February 22, 2021, Ms. Boulds was granted 500,000 shares of
Common Stock for her services. On December 14, 2022, Ms. Boulds was granted 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock for her services.
Certain
Relationships and Related Party Transactions
Except as discussed
below or otherwise disclosed above under “Executive and Director Compensation“, which information is incorporated by reference
where applicable in this “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence” section, the following
sets forth a summary of all transactions since January 1, 2020, or any currently proposed transaction, in which the Company was to be
a participant and the amount involved exceeded or exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of the Company’s
total assets at the fiscal year-end for December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, and in which any officer, director, or any stockholder
owning greater than five percent (5%) of our outstanding voting shares, nor any member of the above referenced individual’s immediate
family, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest (other than compensation described above under “Executive and Director
Compensation“). We believe the terms obtained or consideration that we paid or received, as applicable, in connection with the
transactions described below were comparable to terms available or the amounts that would be paid or received, as applicable, in arm’s-length
transactions.
On May 19, 2020,
we entered into an Exchange Agreement with Clean-Seas and Dan Bates, the sole shareholder of Clean-Seas and our Chief Executive Officer.
Pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement, we issued 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock, at $0.01 per share, the agreed upon purchase
price, to Clean-Seas in exchange for 100% of the outstanding stock of Clean-Seas. Clean-Seas became our wholly-owned subsidiary on May
19, 2020.
On September 17,
2020, the Company granted Jea So, our former Vice President and Director, 500,000 shares of Common Stock for services. The shares were
valued at the closing stock price on the date of grant of $0.11, for total non-cash compensation of $55,000.
On February 1, 2021,
we granted 20,000 shares of Common Stock to Mr. Ibrahim for services. The shares were valued at $0.14, the closing stock price on the
date of grant, for total non-cash expense of $2,800. On September 30, 2021, the Company granted 160,000 shares of Common Stock to Mr.
Ibrahim for services. The shares were valued at $0.10, the closing stock price on the date of grant, for total non-cash expense of $14,930.
As of December 31, 2022, the shares have not yet been issued by the transfer agent and are disclosed as Common Stock to be issued.
On December 16, 2021,
we granted Michael Dorsey, Director, 500,000 shares of Common Stock. The shares were valued at $0.028, the closing stock price on the
date of grant, for total non-cash expense of $14,000.
As of December 31,
2022 and 2021 and December 31, 2020, we owed Erfran Ibrahim, former CTO, $60,000, $60,000 and $0, respectively, for accrued compensation.
As of December 31,
2022 and 2021 and December 31, 2020, we owed Christopher Percy, our former President, Treasurer and Chief Commercial Officer, $96,250,
$158,500 and $87,500, respectively, for accrued compensation.
As of December 31,
2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company owed Dan Bates, CEO, $90,000, $70,000 and $45,0000, respectively, for accrued compensation. In
addition, Mr. Bates, loaned the Company $100 to be used to open the Company’s bank account and such amount was repaid on May 26,
2022.
On December 14, 2022,
we granted Michael Dorsey, Director, 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock. The shares were valued at $0.035, the closing stock price on the
date of grant, for total non-cash expense of $70,000.
On December 14, 2022,
we granted Greg Boehmer, Director, 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock. The shares were valued at $0.035, the closing stock price on the
date of grant, for total non-cash expense of $70,000.
On December 14, 2022,
we granted Rachel Boulds, CFO, 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock. The shares were valued at $0.035, the closing stock price on the date
of grant, for total non-cash expense of $70,000.
Review,
Approval and Ratification of Related Party Transactions
Our board of directors
recognizes the fact that transactions with related persons present a heightened risk of conflicts of interest and/or improper valuation
(or the perception thereof). Our board of directors is in the process of adopting a written policy on transactions with related persons
that is in conformity with the requirements for issuers having publicly held common stock that is listed on Nasdaq. We anticipate that
under the new policy:
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any related person transaction,
and any material amendment or modification to a related person transaction, must be reviewed and approved or ratified by the Board;
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any employment relationship
or transaction involving an executive officer and any related compensation must be approved by the compensation committee of the
board of directors or recommended by the compensation committee to the board of directors for its approval. |
In connection with
the review and approval or ratification of a related person transaction:
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management must disclose
to the committee or disinterested directors, as applicable, the name of the related person and the basis on which the person is a
related person, the material terms of the related person transaction, including the approximate dollar value of the amount involved
in the transaction, and all the material facts as to the related person’s direct or indirect interest in, or relationship to,
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management must advise
the committee or disinterested directors, as applicable, as to whether the related person transaction complies with the terms of
our agreements governing our material outstanding indebtedness that limit or restrict our ability to enter into a related person
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management must advise
the committee or disinterested directors, as applicable, as to whether the related person transaction will be required to be disclosed
in our applicable filings under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and related rules, and, to the extent required to be disclosed,
management must ensure that the related person transaction is disclosed in accordance with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act
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management must advise
the committee or disinterested directors, as applicable, as to whether the related person transaction constitutes a “personal
loan” for purposes of Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. |
In addition, the
related person transaction policy provides that the committee or disinterested directors, as applicable, in connection with any approval
or ratification of a related person transaction involving a non-employee director, should consider whether such transaction would compromise
the director’s status as an “independent,” “outside,” or “non-employee” director, as applicable,
under the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Nasdaq Stock Market, and the Code.
In addition, our
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (described above under “Management—Code of Ethics“), which is applicable to all
of our employees, officers and directors, requires that all employees, officers and directors avoid any conflict, or the appearance of
a conflict, between an individual’s personal interests and our interests.
Conflicts
Related to Other Business Activities
The persons serving
as our officers and directors have existing responsibilities and, in the future, may have additional responsibilities, to provide management
and services to other entities in addition to us. As a result, conflicts of interest between us and the other activities of those persons
may occur from time to time.
We will attempt to
resolve any such conflicts of interest in our favor. Our officers and directors are accountable to us and our stockholders as fiduciaries,
which requires that such officers and directors exercise good faith and integrity in handling our affairs. A stockholder may be able
to institute legal action on our behalf or on behalf of that stockholder and all other similarly situated stockholders to recover damages
or for other relief in cases of the resolution of conflicts in any manner prejudicial to us.
Director
Independence
We may, in the future,
apply for our Common Stock to be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, or Nasdaq. Under the rules of Nasdaq, independent directors must
comprise a majority of a listed company’s board of directors within one year of the completion of its initial public offering.
In addition, the rules of Nasdaq require that, subject to specified exceptions, each member of a listed company’s audit, compensation
and corporate governance and nominating committees be independent. Audit committee members and compensation committee members must also
satisfy the independence criteria set forth in Rule 10A-3 and Rule 10C-1, respectively, under the Exchange Act. Under the rules of Nasdaq,
a director will only qualify as an “independent director” if, in the opinion of that company’s board of directors,
that person does not have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities
of a director.
To be considered
to be independent for purposes of Rule 10A-3 and under the rules of Nasdaq, a member of an audit committee of a listed company may not,
other than in his or her capacity as a member of the audit committee, the board of directors, or any other board of directors committee:
(1) accept, directly or indirectly, any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the listed company or any of its subsidiaries;
or (2) be an affiliated person of the listed company or any of its subsidiaries.
To be considered
independent for purposes of Rule 10C-1 and under the rules of Nasdaq, the board of directors must affirmatively determine that each member
of the compensation committee is independent, including a consideration of all factors specifically relevant to determining whether the
director has a relationship to the company which is material to that director’s ability to be independent from management in connection
with the duties of a compensation committee member, including, but not limited to: (i) the source of compensation of such director, including
any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee paid by the company to such director; and (ii) whether such director is affiliated
with the company, a subsidiary of the company or an affiliate of a subsidiary of the company.
Our board of directors
undertook a review of its composition, the composition of its committees and the independence of our directors and considered whether
any director has a material relationship with us that could compromise his or her ability to exercise independent judgment in carrying
out his or her responsibilities. Based upon information requested from and provided by each non-employee director concerning his or her
background, employment and affiliations, including family relationships, our board of directors has determined that none of Messrs. Ross,
Melvin, and Shallcross have relationships that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities
of a director and that each of these directors is “independent” as that term is defined under the rules of Nasdaq and Rule
10A-3 and Rule 10C-1under the Exchange Act.
In making these determinations,
our board of directors considered the current and prior relationships that each non-employee director has with our company and all other
facts and circumstances our board of directors deemed relevant in determining their independence, including the beneficial ownership
of our capital stock by each non-employee director, and the transactions involving them described in the section titled “Certain
Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”
We have determined
that Dr. Michael Dorsey, Gregg Boehmer and Bart Fisher are independent members of our Board, as that term is defined in Rule 5605(a)(2)
of the Nasdaq Listing Rules.
Principal
Stockholders
The following table sets forth certain information,
as of April 5, 2023, with respect to the beneficial ownership of the outstanding common stock by (i) any holder of more than five
(5%) percent; (ii) each of the Company’s executive officers and directors; and (iii) the Company’s directors and executive
officers as a group. Except as otherwise indicated, each of the stockholders listed below has sole voting and investment power over the
shares beneficially owned. Except as otherwise indicated, each of the stockholders listed below has sole voting and investment power
over the shares beneficially owned. .
Beneficial ownership
is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and includes voting and/or investing power with respect to securities. These rules
generally provide that shares of Common Stock subject to options, warrants or other convertible securities that are currently exercisable
or convertible, or exercisable or convertible within 60 days of the Date of Determination, are deemed to be outstanding and to be beneficially
owned by the person or group holding such options, warrants or other convertible securities for the purpose of computing the percentage
ownership of such person or group, but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other
person or group.
To our knowledge,
except as indicated in the footnotes to this table and pursuant to applicable community property laws, as of the Date of Determination,
(a) the persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially
owned by them, subject to applicable community property laws; and (b) no person owns more than 5% of our Common Stock. Unless otherwise
indicated, the address for each of the officers or directors listed in the table below is 2711 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite #1051, Manhattan
Beach, California 90266.
We have determined
beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules of the SEC, and thus it represents sole or shared voting or investment power with respect
to our securities. Unless otherwise indicated below, to our knowledge, the persons and entities named in the table have sole voting and
sole investment power with respect to all shares that they beneficially owned, subject to community property laws where applicable. The
information does not necessarily indicate beneficial ownership for any other purpose, including for purposes of Sections 13(d) and
13(g) of the Exchange Act.
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Beneficially Owned |
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Percentage
Ownership |
5%
Beneficial Owners |
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Series
B Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock Holders(1) |
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20,000,000 |
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4.3 |
% |
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Executive
Officers and Directors |
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Dan
Bates(2) |
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33,125,000 |
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7.2 |
% |
Christopher
Percy |
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4,410,000 |
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1.0 |
% |
Rachel
Boulds |
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2,625,000 |
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% |
Dr.
Michael Dorsey |
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2,625,000 |
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% |
Greg
Boehmer |
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3,150,000 |
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% |
Daniel
Harris |
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3,368,757 |
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% |
Bart
Fisher |
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525,000 |
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% |
All
current directors and officers as a group (7 persons) |
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69,303,757 |
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15.04 |
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*less than
one percent
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(1) |
Includes 20,000,000 shares
of Common Stock that would be issued upon conversion of the Series B Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock, which conversion automatically
occurred on January 1, 2023; however, the Company and holders of the Series B Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock are currently
in a dispute and the Company’s Transfer Agent has been instructed to not issue the shares of Common Stock until such dispute
has been resolved. Accordingly, although the shares of Common Stock thereunder have not been formally issued as of April
5, 2023, the shares of Series B Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock are no longer outstanding. On January 30, 2023, Leonard
Tucker, LLC (“Tucker”), one of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock filed an action against the Company in the Second
Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada (Case No. CV23-00188) alleging breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good
faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment, specific performance, and declaratory relief. The Company is contesting such action. |
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Includes 20,000,000 shares
of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock owned by Mr. Bates, which conversion automatically occurred
on January 1, 2023, but has not been effectuated as of April 5, 2023. |
Change of
Control
The Company is not
aware of any arrangements which may at a subsequent date result in a change of control of the Company.
Description
of Capital Stock
The following
summary is a description of the material terms of our capital stock and is not complete.
The following description
of our capital stock and provisions of our certificate of incorporation and by-laws are summaries and are qualified by reference to the
certificate of incorporation and by-laws. We urge you to read our certificate and our by-laws, as in effect immediately following the
closing of this offering, which are included as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
Certain provisions
of our certificate and our by-laws summarized below may be deemed to have an anti-takeover effect and may delay or prevent a tender offer
or takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider in its best interest, including those attempts that might result in a premium over
the market price for the shares of Common Stock.
Authorized
Capitalization
The total number
of authorized shares of our capital stock is 2,010,000,000 shares, $0.01 par value per share, of which 2,000,000,000 shares are Common
Stock, and 10,000,000 shares are preferred stock.
Common Stock
Shares of our Common
Stock have the following rights, preferences, and privileges:
Voting
Each holder of Common
Stock is entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. Any action at a
meeting at which a quorum is present will be decided by a majority of the voting power present in person or represented by proxy, except
in the case of any election of directors, which will be decided by a plurality of votes cast. There is no cumulative voting.
Dividends
Holders of our Common
Stock are entitled to receive dividends when, as and if declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for payment,
subject to the rights of holders, if any, of any class of stock having preference over the Common Stock. Any decision to pay dividends
on our Common Stock will be at the discretion of our board of directors. Our board of directors may or may not determine to declare dividends
in the future. See “Dividend Policy.” The board’s determination to issue dividends will depend upon our profitability
and financial condition, any contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and the SEC, and other factors that our
board of directors deems relevant.
Liquidation Rights
In the event of a
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the company, the holders of our Common Stock will be entitled to share
ratably on the basis of the number of shares held in any of the assets available for distribution after we have paid in full, or provided
for payment of, all of our debts and after the holders of all outstanding series of any class of stock have preference over the Common
Stock, if any, have received their liquidation preferences in full.
Other
Our issued and outstanding
shares of Common Stock are fully paid and nonassessable. Holders of shares of our Common Stock are not entitled to preemptive rights.
Shares of our Common Stock are not convertible into shares of any other class of capital stock, nor are they subject to any redemption
or sinking fund provisions.
Preferred Stock
Series A Redeemable
Preferred Stock
On September 21,
2020, the Company created a series of preferred stock, designating 2,000,000 shares as Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock, which ranks
senior to the Company’s Common Stock upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. The Series A Redeemable Preferred
Stock does not bear a dividend or have voting rights and is not convertible into shares of our Common Stock. No shares of Series A Redeemable
Preferred Stock are outstanding.
Series B Convertible
Non-Voting Preferred Stock
On December 14, 2020, the Company designated 2,000,000
shares of its authorized preferred stock as Series B Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”).
The Series B Preferred Stock does not bear a dividend or have voting rights. Each share of Series B Preferred Stock initially converts
into 10 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment for stock splits and stock combinations. The Series B Preferred Stock automatically
converted on January 1, 2023 into shares of Common Stock; however, the Company and holders of the Series B Convertible Non-Voting Preferred
Stock are currently in a dispute and the Company’s Transfer Agent has been instructed to not issue the shares of Common Stock until
such dispute has been resolved. Accordingly, although the shares of Common Stock thereunder have not been formally issued as of April
5, 2023, the shares of Series B Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock are no longer outstanding.
Holders of our Series
B Preferred Stock have anti-dilution rights protecting their interests in the Company from the issuance of any additional shares of capital
stock for a two year period following conversion of the Preferred Stock calculated at the rate of 20% on a fully diluted basis.
On January 30, 2023,
Leonard Tucker, LLC (“Tucker”), one of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock filed an action against the Company in the
Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada (Case No. CV23-00188) alleging breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of
good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment, specific performance and declaratory relief. The Company is contesting such action.
Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock
On February 19, 2021, the
Company amended its Articles of Incorporation whereby 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock were designated Series C Convertible Preferred
Stock (“Series C Preferred Stock”). The Series C Preferred Stock does not bear a dividend. The holders of the Series C Preferred
Stock are entitled to 100 votes per share of Common Stock and shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock. Each share of the
Series C Preferred Stock is convertible into ten shares of Common Stock. Common Stock subject to adjustment for stock splits and stock
combinations. The Series C Preferred Stock automatically converted on January 1, 2023 into shares of Common Stock; however, although
the shares of Common Stock thereunder have not been formally issued as of April 5, 2023, the shares of Series C Preferred Stock
are no longer outstanding.
The
holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall have anti-dilution rights the “Anti-Dilution Rights”) during the two-year period
after the Series C Preferred has been converted into shares of Common Stock at its then effective
Conversion Rate such that they maintain in Series C Preferred Stockholders, a 20% interest in the Common Stock and preferred stock of
the Company, calculated on a fully-diluted basis.
Dan Bates owned all
of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock.
Convertible
Notes and Outstanding Warrants
On March 31, 2022,
we issued units consisting of a promissory note in the principal amount of $360,000 and warrant to purchase up to 900,000 shares of Common
Stock (the “March 2022 Warrant”) for gross proceeds of $300,000. The note was issued at an original issue discount of 20%
and bears interest at a rate of 8% per annum. The note is convertible into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.02 provided
that if we effect a Qualified Offering then the conversion price is a 20% discount to the offering price of the Common Stock in the Qualified
Offering. The note may be prepaid at any time after the six- month anniversary of issuance at a price equal to 120% of the principal
amount. The warrant has an exercise period that expires on March 31, 2025 and has an exercise price equal to a 25% premium of a Qualified
Public Offering of in the event of the sale of our company prior to a Qualified Public Offering at a 125% premium to the per share sale
price. A Qualified Public Offering is defined as a public offering pursuant to a registration statement declared effective by the SEC
with minimum gross proceeds of $10 million pursuant to which our Common Stock is listed for trading on the Nasdaq or a similar nationally
recognized exchange. The warrant is exercisable on a cashless basis if after the six-month anniversary of the
issue date there is no effective registration statement for the resale of the shares underlying the warrant. The warrant provides for
adjustment upon subdivisions and combinations.
On December 9, 2022,
the Company entered into the Purchase Agreement with Coventry, pursuant to which the Company issued to Coventry on that date a Promissory
Note (the “Note”) in the principal amount of $300,000 (the “Principal Amount”) in exchange for a purchase price
of $255,000. The proceeds of the Note will be used by the Company for general working capital purposes. In addition, the Company issued
to Coventry 15,500,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Commitment Stock”), of which 12,500,000 shares of Commitment Stock are
to be returned to the Company upon the Company’s filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part on
or before 45 calendar days after the date of the Purchase Agreement.
Per the terms of
the Purchase Agreement the Company issued 15,500,000 shares of its Common Stock to Coventry. If the Company files an initial Registration
Statement within forty-five calendar days from the date of the Note, then Coventry, pursuant to its mandatory obligations thereunder,
shall, within ten (10) calendar days thereafter, return to the Company’s treasury for cancellation twelve million five hundred
thousand (12,500,000) shares of Common Stock.
The Note bears “Guaranteed
Interest” at the rate of 5% per annum for the 12 months from and after the date of issuance (notwithstanding the 11-month term
of the Note for an aggregate Guaranteed Interest of fifteen thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), all of which Guaranteed Interest shall be
deemed earned as of the date of the Note. The Principal Amount and the Guaranteed Interest are due and payable in seven equal monthly
payments (each, a “Monthly Payment”) of forty-five thousand and 00/100ths Dollars ($45,000.00), commencing on May 6, 2023
and continuing on the 6th day of each month thereafter (each, a “Monthly Payment Date”) until paid in full not
later than November 6, 2023 (the “Maturity Date”), or such earlier date as the Note is required or permitted to be repaid
as provided therein, and to pay such other interest to Coventry on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding Principal Amount of
the Note in accordance with the provisions thereof.
Upon an event of
default under the Note, the outstanding principal and interest thereon may be converted, at the option of Coventry, into shares of Common
Stock at a conversion price equal to 90% per share of the lowest per-share trading price during the 20 trading day period before the
conversion.
February 2023
Convertible Note and Warrant
On
February 17, 2023, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with an accredited
investor (the “Investor”), pursuant to which the Investor purchased a senior convertible promissory note (the “Note”)
in the original principal amount of $2,500,000 and a warrant to purchase 29,434,850 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant”).
Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Investor provided customary representations and warranties to each
other. The transactions contemplated under the Purchase Agreement closed on February 21, 2023.
The
maturity date of the Note is February 21, 2024 (the “Maturity Date”). The Note bears interest at a rate of 5% per annum.
The Note carries an original issue discount of 2%. The Company may not prepay any portion of the outstanding principal amount, accrued
and unpaid interest or accrued and unpaid late charges on principal and interest, if any, except as specifically permitted by the terms
of the Note.
At
any time, the Company shall have the right to redeem all, but not less than all, of the conversion amount then remaining under the Note
(the “Company Optional Redemption Amount”) on the Company Optional Redemption Date (a “Company Optional Redemption”).
The portion of this Note subject to redemption shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price equal to the greater of (i) 120% of
the Conversion Amount being redeemed as of the Company Optional Redemption Date and (ii) the product of (1) the Conversion Rate with
respect to the Conversion Amount being redeemed as of the Company Optional Redemption Date multiplied by (2) the greatest Closing Sale
Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date immediately preceding such Company Optional Redemption
Notice Date and ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date the Company makes the entire payment required. The Company may
exercise its right to require redemption under the Note by delivering a written notice thereof by electronic mail and overnight courier
to all, but not less than all, of the holders of Notes (the “Company Optional Redemption Notice”).
The
Note set forth certain standard events of default (such event, an “Event of Default”), which, upon such Event of Default,
requires the Company within one (1) Business Day to deliver written notice thereof via electronic mail and overnight courier to the Holder
(an “Event of Default Notice”). At any time after the earlier of the Holder’s receipt of an Event of Default Notice
and the Holder becoming aware of an Event of Default, the Holder may require the Company to redeem (regardless of whether such Event
of Default has been cured) all or any portion of the Note by delivering written notice thereof.
The
Warrant is exercisable for shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant Shares”) at a price of $0.845 per share
(the “Exercise Price”) and expires five years from the date of issuance. The Exercise Price is subject to customary adjustments
for stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations and the like.
The
Company has also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the registrable securities under
the Registration Rights Agreement.
All
capitalized terms not defined herein shall have their respective meanings as set forth in the Purchase Agreement, Note, Warrant and RRA.
The foregoing descriptions of the Note, Warrant, RRA and Purchase Agreement do not purport to be complete and each is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the full text of the Note, Warrant, RRA and Purchase Agreement.
Reg.
D Warrants
On
February 22, 2023, the Company entered into and closed on those certain securities purchase agreements (the “Reg. D Purchase Agreement”)
with five (5) Selling Shareholders (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company (i) issued and sold an aggregate of 16,750,000
shares of Common Stock and (ii) issued warrants to purchase up to 16,750,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Reg. D Warrant”).
Pursuant to the terms of the Reg. D Purchase Agreement, the shares of Common Stock were sold to the Investors at a price of $0.02 per
share and the Warrants are exercisable at a price of $0.03 per share and expires five (5) years from the date of issuance.
Common Stock
Anti-Takeover Provisions
Some of the provisions
of Nevada law, our Articles of Incorporation and our Bylaws may have the effect of delaying, deferring or discouraging another person
from acquiring control of our company or removing our incumbent officers and directors. These provisions, summarized below, are expected
to discourage certain types of coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids. These provisions are also designed to encourage
persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate with our board of directors. We believe that the benefits of increased protection
against an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure us outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging such proposals.
Among other things, negotiation of such proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.
Nevada Revised Statutes
(“NRS”) Sections 78.411 to 78.444 inclusive apply to combinations between resident domestic corporations (defined as a Nevada
domestic corporation that has 200 or more stockholders of record) and certain affiliated stockholders (collectively, the “Interested
Shareholder Combination Statutes”). We have elected not to be governed by the Interested Shareholder Combination Statutes in the
future. We do not anticipate this election to have any immediate effect on the rights of existing stockholders. To the extent that we
qualify as a resident domestic corporation in the future, the Board will be able to enter into acquisitions and combinations with entities
affiliated with its executive officer, directors and control shareholders with greater ease, including without limitation, without the
requirement of obtaining the approval of the stockholders in certain instances.
The Nevada Interested
Shareholder Combination Statutes generally prohibit a Nevada corporation, with shares registered under section 12 of the Exchange Act
and with 200 or more stockholders of record, from engaging in a combination (defined in the statute to include a variety of transactions,
including mergers, asset sales, issuance of stock and other actions resulting in a financial benefit to the Interested Stockholder) with
an Interested Stockholder (defined in the statute generally as a person that is the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power
of the outstanding voting shares), for a period of three years following the date that such person became an Interested Stockholder unless
the board of directors of the corporation first approved either the combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder’s
becoming an Interested Stockholder. If this approval is not obtained, the combination may be consummated after the three year period
expires if either (a) (1) the board of directors of the corporation approved the combination or the purchase of the shares by the Interested
Stockholder before the date that the person became an Interested Stockholder, (2) the transaction by which the person became
an Interested Stockholder was approved by the board of directors of the corporation before the person became an interested stockholder,
or (3) the combination is approved by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of voting power not beneficially owned by the Interested
Stockholder at a meeting called no earlier than three years after the date the Interested Stockholder became such; or (b) the aggregate
amount of cash and the market value of consideration other than cash to be received by all holders of Common Stock and holders of any
other class or series of shares not beneficially owned by an Interested Stockholder meets the minimum requirements set forth in NRS Sections
78.441 through 78.444.
The NRS also limits
the acquisition of a controlling interest in a Nevada corporation with 200 or more stockholders of record, at least 100 of whom have
Nevada addresses appearing on the stock ledger of the corporation, and that does business in Nevada directly or through an affiliated
corporation. According to the NRS, an acquiring person who acquires a controlling interest in an issuing corporation may not exercise
voting rights on any control shares unless such voting rights are conferred by a majority vote of the disinterested stockholders of the
issuing corporation at a special or annual meeting of the stockholders. In the event that the control shares are accorded full voting
rights and the acquiring person acquires control shares with a majority or more of all the voting power, any stockholder, other than
the acquiring person, who does not vote in favor of authorizing voting rights for the control shares is entitled to demand payment for
the fair value of such person’s shares.
Under the NRS, a
controlling interest means the ownership of outstanding voting shares of an issuing corporation sufficient to enable the acquiring person,
individually or in association with others, directly or indirectly, to exercise (1) one-fifth or more but less than one-third, (2) one-third
or more but less than a majority, or (3) a majority or more of the voting power of the issuing corporation in the election of directors.
Outstanding voting shares of an issuing corporation that an acquiring person acquires or offers to acquire in an acquisition and acquires
within 90 days immediately preceding the date when the acquiring person became an acquiring person are referred to as control shares.
Board of Directors.
Our by-laws provide for the election of directors to one-year terms at each annual meeting of the stockholders. All directors elected
to our board of directors will serve until the election and qualification of their respective successors or their earlier resignation
or removal. The board of directors is authorized to create new directorships, and to fill such positions so created by a majority vote
of the directors or a majority of the shareholders.
Special Meetings
of Stockholders. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by our president or the board of directors pursuant to the
requirements of our by-laws or by the president if holders representing 10% of all votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to
be considered at the meeting.
Blank-Check Preferred
Stock. Our board of directors will be authorized to issue, without stockholder approval, preferred stock, the rights of which will
be determined at the discretion of the board of directors and that, if issued, could operate as a “poison pill” to dilute
the stock ownership of a potential hostile acquirer to prevent an acquisition that our board of directors does not approve.
Limitations
on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors
Our bylaws provide
that we may indemnify our directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Nevada. As authorized
by Section 78.751 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, we may indemnify our officers and directors against expenses incurred by such
persons in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative, involving such persons in their capacities as officers and directors, so long as such persons acted in good faith and
in a manner which they reasonably believed to be in our best interests. If the legal proceeding, however, is by or in our right, the
director or officer may not be indemnified in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which he is adjudged to be liable for negligence
or misconduct in the performance of his duty to us unless a court determines otherwise.
Under Nevada law,
corporations may also purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of any person who is or was a director
or officer (or is serving at our request as a director or officer of another corporation) for any liability asserted against such person
and any expenses incurred by him in his capacity as a director or officer. These financial arrangements may include trust funds, self-insurance
programs, guarantees and insurance policies.
Additionally, our
Articles of Incorporation provide that any person who was or is a party or was or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (whether or not by or in
the right of the Company) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, incorporator, employee, or agent of the Corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, incorporator, employee, partner, trustee, or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise (including an employee benefit plan), is entitled to be indemnified
by the Company to the full extent then permitted by law against expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements), judgments, fines
(including excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan), and amounts paid in settlement incurred by him
in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding and, if so requested, the Company is required to advance (within two business days
of such request) any and all such expenses to the person indemnified; provided, however, that (i) the foregoing obligation of the Company
does not apply to a claim that was commenced by the person indemnified without the prior approval of the Board of Directors.
Such right of indemnification
continues as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, incorporator, employee, partner, trustee, or agent and inures to the
benefit of the heirs and personal representatives of such a person. The indemnification provided by the Articles of Incorporation is
not exclusive of any other rights which may be provided now or in the future under any provision of the bylaws, by any agreement, by
vote of stockholders, by resolution of disinterested directors, by provisions of law, or otherwise.
Neither our Bylaws
nor our Articles of Incorporation, as amended, include any specific indemnification provisions for our officers or directors against
liability under the Securities Act. Additionally, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company
has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable.
Trading
Symbol
Our Common Stock
is traded on the OTCQB maintained by OTC Markets Group, Inc. under the symbol “CLNV”.
Transfer
Agent
The transfer agent
and registrar for our Common Stock is EQ by Equiniti, 1110 Centre Point Curve, Suite 101, Mendota Heights, Minnesota 55120.
Equity Awards
In general, under
Rule 701, any of our employees, directors, officers, consultants or advisors who purchased shares from us in connection with a compensatory
stock or option plan or other written agreement before the effective date of this offering is entitled to resell such shares 90 days
after the effective date of this offering in reliance on Rule 144, without having to comply with the holding period requirement or other
restrictions contained in Rule 144.
The SEC has indicated
that Rule 701 will apply to typical stock options granted by an issuer before it becomes subject to the reporting requirements of the
Exchange Act, along with the shares acquired upon exercise of such options, including exercises after the date of this prospectus.
None of our outstanding
shares of Common Stock were issued in consideration for compensation.
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
The
Selling Shareholders identified in this prospectus may offer and sell up to an aggregate
amount of 932,369,700 shares of our Common Stock, comprised of:
|
(i) |
840,000,000
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion
the February Notes; |
| (ii) | 58,869,700
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the February Warrants; |
| (iii) | up
to 16,750,000 shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Reg. D Purchase Agreements; and |
| (iv) | up
to 16,750,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Reg. D. Warrants.
|
We are
registering the shares of our Common Stock in order to permit the Selling Shareholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time.
Except as otherwise described in the footnotes to the table below and for the ownership of the registered shares issued pursuant to the
February Notes, the February Warrants, the Reg. D. Purchase Agreements and the Reg. D Warrants, neither the Selling Shareholders nor
any of the persons that control them has had any material relationships with us or our affiliates within the past three (3) years.
The Selling Shareholders
may from time to time offer and sell under this prospectus any or all of the shares of Common Stock described under the column “Shares
to be Offered” in the table below.
In accordance with
the terms of a registration rights agreement with the holders of the February Notes and the February Warrants, this prospectus generally
covers the resale of 200% of the sum of (i) the maximum number of shares of our Common stock issued or issuable pursuant to the February
Notes, including payment of interest on the notes through the Maturity Date (as defined in the Notes) and (ii) the maximum number of
shares of our Common stock issued or issuable upon exercise of the February Warrants, in each case, determined as if the outstanding
February Notes (including interest on the February Notes through the Maturity Date) and February Warrants were converted or exercised
(as the case may be) in full (without regard to any limitations on conversion or exercise contained therein solely for the purpose of
such calculation) at an alternate conversion price or exercise price (as the case may be) calculated as of the trading day immediately
preceding the date this registration statement was initially filed with the SEC. Because the conversion price and alternate conversion
price of the February Notes and the exercise price of the February Warrants may be adjusted, the number of shares that will actually
be issued may be more or less than the number of shares being offered by this prospectus.
Under
the terms of the February Notes and the February Warrants, a selling stockholder may not convert the February Notes or exercise the February
Warrants to the extent (but only to the extent) such selling stockholder or any of its affiliates would beneficially own a number of
shares of our Common Stock which would exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Company (the “Maximum Percentage”).
The number of shares in the second column reflects these limitations.
We cannot give an
estimate as to the number of shares of Common Stock that will actually be held by the Selling Shareholders upon termination of this offering,
because the Selling Shareholders may offer some or all of the Common Stock being registered on their behalf under the offering contemplated
by this prospectus or acquire additional shares of Common Stock. The total number of shares that may be sold hereunder will not exceed
the number of shares offered hereby. Please read the section entitled “Plan of Distribution” in this prospectus.
The following table
sets forth the name of each Selling Shareholders, the number of shares of our Common Stock beneficially owned by such Selling Shareholder
before this offering, the number of shares to be offered for such Selling Shareholder’s account and the number and (if one percent
or more) the percentage of the class to be beneficially owned by such Selling Shareholder after completion of the offering. The number
of shares owned are those beneficially owned, as determined under the rules of the SEC, and such information is not necessarily indicative
of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under such rules, beneficial ownership includes any shares of our Common Stock as to which
a person has sole or shared voting power or investment power and any shares of Common Stock which the person has the right to acquire
within 60 days of the date as of which the information is provided, through the exercise of any option, warrant or right, through conversion
of any security or pursuant to the automatic termination of a power of attorney or revocation of a trust, discretionary account or similar
arrangement, and such shares are deemed to be beneficially owned and outstanding for computing the share ownership and percentage of
the person holding such options, warrants or other rights, but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person.
Beneficial ownership percentages are calculated based on 462,499,000 shares of our Common Stock outstanding as of April 5, 2023.
Unless otherwise
set forth below, (a) the persons and entities named in the table have sole voting and sole investment power with respect to the shares
set forth opposite the Selling Shareholder’s name, subject to community property laws, where applicable, and (b) no Selling Shareholder
had any position, office or other material relationship within the past three years, with us or with any of our predecessors or affiliates.
The number of shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned before the offering is based on information furnished to us or otherwise
based on information available to us at the timing of the filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
Name
of Selling Shareholder |
|
Common
Stock
Owned
Prior to Offering(1) |
Shares
to be
Offered |
Common
Stock Owned After Offering(2) |
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
Percent |
|
Shares |
|
Percent |
|
Walleye Opportunities
Master Fund Ltd(3) |
|
|
23,120,000 |
(4) |
|
4.99% |
|
898,869,700(5) |
|
0 |
|
|
0 |
% |
Brett Jarvis(6) |
|
|
2,625,000 |
|
|
*% |
|
2,625,000 |
|
0 |
|
|
0 |
% |
Steven Nelson(7) |
|
|
2,625,000 |
|
|
*% |
|
2,625,000 |
|
0 |
|
|
0 |
% |
James Occhialini (8) |
|
|
2,625,000 |
|
|
*% |
|
2,625,000 |
|
0 |
|
|
0 |
% |
ILM Trading, Inc. (9) |
|
|
3,150,000 |
|
|
*% |
|
3,150,000 |
|
0 |
|
|
0 |
% |
Manoj Chadalavada(10) |
|
|
6,562,500 |
|
|
*% |
|
6,562,500 |
|
0 |
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
Less
than one percent (1%). |
Notes:
|
(1) |
Beneficial ownership is
determined in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission rules and generally includes voting or investment power with respect
to shares of Common Stock. Shares of Common Stock subject to options, warrants and convertible debentures currently exercisable or
convertible, or exercisable or convertible within 60 days, are counted as outstanding. The actual number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the conversion of the convertible debentures is subject to adjustment depending on, among other factors, the future
market price of our common stock, and could be materially less or more than the number estimated in the table. |
|
(2) |
Because the Selling Shareholder
holder may offer and sell all, only some portion or none of the shares of our Common Stock being offered pursuant to this prospectus
and may acquire additional shares of our Common Stock in the future, we can only estimate the number and percentage of shares of
our Common Stock that the Selling Shareholder will hold upon termination of the offering. The column titled “Amount Beneficially
Owned After Offering” assumes that the Selling Shareholder will sell all of its shares and no other shares of our Common Stock
are acquired or sold by the Selling Shareholder prior to completion of this offering. |
|
(3) |
Walleye Capital LLC is
the investment manager of Walleye Opportunities Master Fund Ltd (the “Walleye Fund”) and may be deemed to beneficially
own the securities owned by the Walleye Fund. William England is the Chief Executive Officer of Walleye Capital LLC
and may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the securities owned by the Walleye Fund. Walleye Capital LLC and William
England each disclaim any beneficial ownership of these securities. The address for Walleye Fund is 2800 Niagara Lane N, Plymouth
MN 55447. |
|
|
|
|
(4) |
This
column lists the number of shares of our Common Stock beneficially owned by this Selling Shareholder as of April 5,
2023 after giving effect to the Maximum Percentage (as defined in above). Without regard to the Maximum Percentage, as of April
5, 2023, this Selling Shareholder would beneficially own an aggregate of 898,869,700 shares of our Common Stock,
consisting of (i) 840,000,000 shares of our Common Stock underlying the February Notes, convertible at the Floor Price
of $0.01 per share, all of which shares are being registered for resale under this prospectus, and (ii) 58,869,700 shares underlying
the February Warrant held by this selling stockholder, currently exercisable at an exercise price of $0.845, all of which are
being registered for resale under this prospectus.
|
|
(5) |
For the purposes of the
calculations of Common Stock to be sold pursuant to the prospectus we are assuming (i) issuance of both the Initial and Additional
February Notes has occurred as of the date of this prospectus, an event of default under the February Notes has not occurred, and
the issuance of 200% of the shares of Common Stock underlying the February Notes at the Floor Price of $0.01 per share without regard
to any limitations set forth therein, and (ii) the issuance of 200% of the shares of Common Stock underlying the February Warrant
and that the February Warrant is exercised in full at an exercise price of $0.845 without regard to any limitations set forth therein. |
|
(6) |
Represents 2,500,000 shares
of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Reg. D.. Purchase Agreement and 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
the Reg. D. Warrants. |
|
(7) |
Represents 2,500,000 shares
of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Reg. D.. Purchase Agreement and 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of the Reg. D. Warrants. |
|
|
|
|
(8) |
Represents 2,500,000 shares
of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Reg. D.. Purchase Agreement and 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of the Reg. D. Warrants. |
|
|
|
|
(9) |
Represents 3,000,000 shares
of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Reg. D.. Purchase Agreement and 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of the Reg. D. Warrants. |
|
|
|
|
(10) |
Represents 6,250,000 shares
of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Reg. D.. Purchase Agreement and 6,250,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of the Reg. D.Warrants. |
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering
the shares of Common Stock to permit the resale of those shares of Common Stock under the Securities Act from time to time after the
date of this Prospectus at the discretion of the holders of such shares of Common Stock. We will not receive any of the proceeds from
the sale by the Selling Shareholders of the Common Stock. We will receive proceeds from any cash
exercise of the February Warrants and Reg. D.. Warrants. If all 58,869,700 of the
February Warrants and 16,750,000 of the Reg. D Warrants are exercised on a cash basis, the Company would receive gross cash proceeds
of approximately $25,374,948, subject to adjustment upon certain events. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation
to register the Common Stock.
Each Selling Shareholders
and any of its pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of its Common Stock on the OTCQB,
or any other stock exchange, market, quotation service or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions,
provided that all applicable laws are satisfied. The Selling Shareholders may also sell its Common Stock directly or through one or more
underwriters, broker-dealers, or agents. If the shares of Common Stock are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the Selling Shareholders
will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. The Common Stock may be sold in one or more
transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale,
or at negotiated prices. A Selling Shareholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:
| ● | on
any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed
or quoted at the time of sale; |
| ● | in
the over-the-counter market; |
| ● | in
transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market; |
|
● |
ordinary brokerage transactions
and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
|
|
|
|
● |
block trades in which the
broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate
the transaction; |
|
|
|
|
● |
purchases by a broker-dealer
as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
|
|
|
|
● |
an exchange distribution
in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
|
|
|
|
● |
privately negotiated transactions; |
|
|
|
|
● |
settlement of short sales
entered into after the effective date of the registration statement of which this Prospectus is a part; |
|
|
|
|
● |
broker-dealers may agree
with the Selling Shareholder to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share; |
|
|
|
|
● |
through the writing or
settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; |
|
|
|
|
● |
a combination of any such
methods of sale; and |
|
|
|
|
● |
any other method permitted
pursuant to applicable law. |
The Selling Shareholders
may also sell shares pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this Prospectus.
If the Selling Shareholders
effect such transactions by selling Common Stock to or through underwriters, broker-dealers, or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers,
or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions, or commissions from the Selling Shareholder or commissions from
purchasers of the Common Stock for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal (which discounts, concessions, or
commissions as to particular underwriters, broker-dealers, or agents may be in excess of those customary in the types of transactions
involved). Broker-dealers engaged by any Selling Shareholder may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers
may receive commissions
or discounts from the Selling Shareholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in
amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess
of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown
in compliance with FINRA IM-2440.
In connection with
sales of Common Stock or interests therein, a Selling Shareholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial
institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Common Stock in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The Selling
Shareholder may also sell Common Stock short and deliver Common Stock covered by this Prospectus to close out its short positions and
to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. The Selling Shareholder may also loan or pledge Common Stock to broker-dealers
that in turn may sell such Common Stock. The Selling Shareholder may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers
or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer
or other financial institution of Common Stock offered by this Prospectus, which Common Stock such broker-dealer or other financial institution
may resell pursuant to this Prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
The Selling Shareholders
and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the Common Stock may be deemed to be “underwriters” within
the meaning of the Securities Act, in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by, or any discounts or concessions
allowed to, any such broker-dealer or agent and any profit on the resale of any Shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting
commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. At the time a particular offering of the Common Stock is made, a prospectus supplement,
if required, will be distributed that will set forth the aggregate amount of Common Stock being offered and the terms of the offering,
including the name or names of any broker-dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions, and other terms constituting compensation from
the Selling Shareholder and any discounts, commissions, or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to broker-dealers.
Each Selling Shareholder
has informed us that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute
the Common Stock.
Because a Selling
Shareholder may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act, it will be subject to the prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act, including Rule 172 thereunder. Once this registration statement becomes effective, we intend
to file the final prospectus with the SEC in accordance with SEC Rules 172 and 424. Provided we are not the subject of any SEC stop orders
and we are not subject to any cease and desist proceedings, the obligation to deliver a final prospectus to a purchaser will be deemed
to have been met.
There is no underwriter
or coordinating broker acting in connection with the proposed sale of the resale shares by the Selling Shareholders.
Under the securities
laws of some states, the Common Stock may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition,
in some states the Common Stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state, or an exemption
from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.
There can be no assurance
that any Selling Shareholder will sell any or all of the Common Stock registered pursuant to the registration statement of which this
Prospectus forms a part.
Under applicable
rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the Common Stock may not simultaneously engage
in market making activities with respect to the Common Stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior
to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the Selling Shareholder will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange
Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of Common Stock
by the Selling Shareholder or any other person. All of the foregoing provisions may affect the marketability of the Common Stock and
the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the Common Stock.
We will pay all expenses
of the registration of the Common Stock, estimated to be approximately $ in total, including, without limitation, SEC filing fees, expenses
of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws, and legal and accounting fees; provided, however, that a Selling
Shareholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any. We will indemnify the Selling Shareholder against liabilities,
including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with applicable registration rights agreements, if any, or the Selling
Shareholder will be entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified by the Selling Shareholders against civil liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the Selling Shareholders specifically
for use in this Prospectus, in accordance with the related registration rights agreement, or we may be entitled to contribution.
We agreed to keep
this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the Common Stock may be resold by the Selling Shareholder without
registration and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant
to Rule 144 or (ii) all of the Common Stock have been sold pursuant to this Prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other
rule of similar effect.
Once sold under the
registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, the Common Stock will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other
than our affiliates.
Market
for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
Market Information
Our Common Stock is quoted on the OTCQB maintained
by OTC Markets Group, Inc. under the symbol “CLNV.” The OTCQB is a network of security dealers who buy and sell stock. The
dealers are connected by a computer network that provides information on current “bids” and “asks”, as well as
volume information. There can be infrequent trading volume, which precipitates wide spreads in the quotes for our Common Stock, on any
given day. On April 5, 2023, the last reported sale price of our Common Stock on the OTC Market was $0.0563 per share.
The following table
sets forth the range of high and low sales prices for our Common Stock for each of the periods indicated as reported by OTC Markets Group,
Inc. These quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent
actual transactions.
|
|
HIGH |
|
LOW |
Year Ended December 31, 2020 |
First
Quarter |
|
$ |
0.11 |
|
|
$ |
0.03 |
|
Second
Quarter |
|
$ |
0.36 |
|
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
Third
Quarter |
|
$ |
0.29 |
|
|
$ |
0.09 |
|
Fourth
Quarter |
|
$ |
0.11 |
|
|
$ |
0.07 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
Ending December 31, 2021 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First
Quarter |
|
$ |
0.21 |
|
|
$ |
0.09 |
|
Second
Quarter |
|
$ |
0.17 |
|
|
$ |
0.06 |
|
Third
Quarter |
|
$ |
0.07 |
|
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
Fourth
Quarter |
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
Ending December 31, 2022 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First
Quarter |
|
$ |
0.10 |
|
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
Second
Quarter |
|
$ |
0.07 |
|
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
Third
Quarter |
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
Fourth
Quarter |
|
$ |
0.07 |
|
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
Shareholders
As of April 5, 2023 we had 170, shareholders
of record of our Common Stock . The number of stockholders of record does not include beneficial owners of our Common Stock, whose
shares are held in the names of various dealers, clearing agencies, banks, brokers and other fiduciaries.
Dividends
We have never declared
or paid a cash dividend on our Common Stock. We do not expect to pay cash dividends on our Common Stock in the foreseeable future. We
currently intend to retain our earnings, if any, for use in our business. Any dividends declared in the future will be at the discretion
of our Board and subject to any restrictions that may be imposed by our lenders.
On February 16, 2023,
the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved a special dividend of
five shares of the Company’s Common Stock for every one hundred shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding (the “Dividend”).
On February 16, 2023, the Board approved the Dividend and set the record date for the Dividend as February 27, 2023 (the “Record
Date”) and the payment date as March 13, 2023. The shares issued pursuant to the Dividend were issued as of March 13, 2023
Penny Stock
Regulation
Shares of our Common
Stock will probably be subject to rules adopted by the SEC that regulate broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in “penny
stocks.” Penny stocks are generally equity securities with a price of less than $5.00 (other than securities registered on certain
national securities exchanges or quoted on the Nasdaq, provided that current price and volume information with respect to transactions
in those securities is provided by the exchange or system). The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in
a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, deliver a standardized risk disclosure document prepared by the SEC, which contains
the following:
|
● |
a description of the nature
and level of risk in the market for penny stocks in both public offerings and secondary trading; |
|
● |
a description of the broker’s
or dealer’s duties to the customer and of the rights and remedies; |
|
● |
a brief, clear, narrative
description of a dealer market, including “bid” and “ask” prices for penny stocks and the significance of
the spread between the “bid” and “ask” price; |
|
● |
a toll-free telephone number
for inquiries on disciplinary actions; |
|
● |
definitions of significant
terms in the disclosure document or in the conduct of trading in penny stocks; and |
|
● |
such other information
and is in such form (including language, type, size and format), as the SEC shall require by rule or regulation. |
Prior to effecting
any transaction in penny stock, the broker-dealer also must provide the customer the following:
|
1. |
the bid and offer quotations
for the penny stock; |
|
2. |
the compensation of the
broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction; |
|
3. |
the number of shares to
which such bid and ask prices apply, or other comparable information relating to the depth and liquidity of the market for such stock;
and |
|
4. |
monthly account statements
showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account. |
In addition, the
penny stock rules require that prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, the broker-dealer must
make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s
written acknowledgment of the receipt of a risk disclosure statement, a written agreement to transactions involving penny stocks, and
a signed and dated copy of a written suitability statement. These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the trading
activity in the secondary market for a stock that becomes subject to the penny stock rules. Holders of shares of our Common Stock may
have difficulty selling those shares because our Common Stock will probably be subject to the penny stock rules.
Legal
Matters
The validity of the
securities offered by this prospectus will be passed upon for us by Lucosky Brookman LLP.
Experts
The audited financial
statements of Clean Vision Corporation as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 and for the years then ended, included in this prospectus and
the registration statement have been audited by Fruci & Associates II, PLLC, Spokane, Washington, independent registered public accounting
firm, as stated in their as stated in their reports. Such financial statements have been so included in reliance upon the reports of
such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
Where
You Can Find More Information
We have filed with
the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act, with respect to the securities offered by this prospectus. This
prospectus, which is part of the registration statement, omits certain information, exhibits, schedules and undertakings set forth in
the registration statement. For further information pertaining to us and our Common Stock, reference is made to the registration statement
and the exhibits and schedules to the registration statement. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents or provisions
of any documents referred to in this prospectus are not necessarily complete, and in each instance where a copy of the document has been
filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, reference is made to the exhibit for a more complete description of the matters involved.
You may read registration
statements and certain other filings made with the SEC electronically are publicly available through the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov.
The registration statement, including all exhibits and amendments to the registration statement, has been filed electronically with the
SEC. If you do not have internet access, requests for copies of such documents should be directed to Dan Bates, the Company’s Chief
Executive Officer, at Clean Vision Corporation, 2711 N Sepulveda Blvd #1051, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266.
As a result of this
offering, we will become subject to the information and reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, as amended, and, in accordance with
this law, will file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. These periodic reports, proxy statements and
other information will be available at the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. We also maintain a website www.cleanvisioncorp.com.
Upon the completion of this offering, you may access these materials free of charge as soon as reasonably practicable after they are
electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. Information contained on our
website is not a part of this prospectus, and the inclusion of our website address in this prospectus is an inactive textual reference
only.
Index
to Financial Statements
Audited Financial Statements
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To
the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Clean Vision Corp.
Opinion
on the Financial Statements
We
have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Clean Vision Corp. and Subsidiaries (“the Company”) as of December
31, 2022 and 2021, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, stockholders’ deficit, and cash
flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2022 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial
statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company
as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended
December 31, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Going
Concern
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note
3 to the financial statements, the Company has an accumulated deficit, not established revenue, and recurring losses from operations.
These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard
to these matters are also described in Note 3. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome
of this uncertainty.
Basis
for Opinion
These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s
financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities
laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company
is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits,
we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion
on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our
audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error
or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits
provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical
Audit Matters
The
critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated
or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial
statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters
does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit
matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
Disclosure
of Related-Party Transactions — Refer to Note 7 to the financial statements
Critical
Audit Matter Description
The
Company experienced a significant increase in consulting expenses and transactions during 2021, including those to related parties and
stock issuances. There is judgment regarding valuation of stock compensation and accuracy of accounts and disclosures in relation to
written terms and verbal adjustments.
How
the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit
Our
audit procedures related to evaluating the Company’s accounting for related-party transactions included the following, among others:
| · | Substantive
testing to verify the completeness and accuracy of transactions. |
| · | Independent
calculation of stock compensation to consultants (including related parties) and comparison
to amounts per the Company. |
| · | Prepared
a summary of related party transactions based on our audit and compared to financial statement
disclosures to verify accuracy and completeness. |

We
have served as the Company’s auditor since 2020.
Spokane,
Washington |
April
2, 2023 |
|
CLEAN
VISION CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
| |
December 31, 2022 | |
December 31, 2021 |
ASSETS | |
| | | |
| | |
Current Assets: | |
| | | |
| | |
Cash | |
$ | 10,777 | | |
$ | 835,657 | |
Prepaids | |
| 125,000 | | |
| 54,000 | |
Total Current Assets | |
| 135,777 | | |
| 889,657 | |
Property and equipment | |
| 241,376 | | |
| 150,505 | |
Total Assets | |
$ | 377,153 | | |
$ | 1,040,162 | |
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT) | |
| | | |
| | |
Current Liabilities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Accounts payable | |
$ | 377,746 | | |
$ | 60,248 | |
Accrued compensation | |
| 641,639 | | |
| 308,500 | |
Accrued expenses | |
| 250,355 | | |
| 9,502 | |
Convertible note payable, net of discount of $183,560 | |
| 476,440 | | |
| — | |
Loan payable | |
| 114,500 | | |
| 14,500 | |
Loans payable – related party | |
| 27,017 | | |
| 100 | |
Liabilities of discontinued
operations | |
| 67,093 | | |
| 67,093 | |
Total current liabilities | |
| 1,954,790 | | |
| 459,943 | |
Total Liabilities | |
| 1,954,790 | | |
| 459,943 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Commitments and contingencies | |
| — | | |
| — | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Mezzanine Equity: | |
| | | |
| | |
Series B Preferred stock,
$0.001 par value, 2,000,000 shares authorized; 2,000,000 and 0 shares issued and outstanding, respectively | |
| 1,800,000 | | |
| 625,000 | |
Total mezzanine equity | |
| 1,800,000 | | |
| 625,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Stockholders' Deficit: | |
| | | |
| | |
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 4,000,000 shares
authorized; no shares issued and outstanding | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Series A Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 2,000,000
shares authorized; 0 and 1,850,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively | |
| — | | |
| 1,850 | |
Series C Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 2,000,000
shares authorized v; 2,000,000 shares issued and outstanding | |
| 2,000 | | |
| 2,000 | |
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 2,000,000,000 shares
authorized, 402,196,273 and 312,860,376 shares issued and outstanding, respectively | |
| 402,197 | | |
| 312,861 | |
Common stock to be issued | |
| 76,911 | | |
| 227,544 | |
Additional paid-in capital | |
| 15,203,394 | | |
| 12,576,049 | |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | |
| 16,670 | | |
| — | |
Accumulated deficit | |
| (19,078,809 | ) | |
| (13,165,085 | ) |
Total stockholders' deficit | |
| (3,377,637 | ) | |
| (44,781 | ) |
Total liabilities and stockholders'
deficit | |
$ | 377,153 | | |
$ | 1,040,162 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
The accompanying
notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
CLEAN
VISION CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
| |
For
the Years Ended December 31, |
| |
2022 | |
2021 |
| |
| |
|
Operating
Expenses: | |
| | | |
| | |
Consulting | |
$ | 2,452,383 | | |
$ | 1,955,213 | |
Professional
fees | |
| 407,501 | | |
| 413,479 | |
Payroll
expense | |
| 829,364 | | |
| 824,393 | |
Officer
stock compensation expense | |
| 516,042 | | |
| 536,125 | |
Director
fees | |
| 171,000 | | |
| 18,500 | |
General
and administration expenses | |
| 1,287,030 | | |
| 373,095 | |
Total
operating expense | |
| 5,663,320 | | |
| 4,120,805 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Loss
from Operations | |
| (5,663,320 | ) | |
| (4,120,805 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Other
income (expense): | |
| | | |
| | |
Interest
expense | |
| (250,404 | ) | |
| (1,187,033 | ) |
Change
in fair value of derivative | |
| — | | |
| (576,573 | ) |
Loss
on investment | |
| — | | |
| (150,000 | ) |
Total
other expense | |
| (250,404 | ) | |
| (1,913,606 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Net
loss before provision for income tax | |
| (5,913,724 | ) | |
| (6,034,411 | ) |
Provision
for income tax expense | |
| — | | |
| — | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Net
loss | |
$ | (5,913,724 | ) | |
$ | (6,034,411 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Other
comprehensive income: | |
| | | |
| | |
Foreign
currency translation adjustment | |
| 16,670 | | |
| — | |
Comprehensive
loss | |
$ | (5,897,054 | ) | |
$ | (6,034,411 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Loss
per share - basic and diluted | |
$ | (0.02 | ) | |
$ | (0.03 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Weighted
average shares outstanding - basic and diluted | |
| 344,710,350 | | |
| 197,675,465 | |
The accompanying
notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
CLEAN
VISION CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
For
the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
| |
Series A Preferred Stock | |
Series C Preferred Stock | |
Common Stock | |
Additional paid | |
Common Stock | |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive | |
Accumulated | |
Total Stockholders' |
| |
Shares | |
Amount | |
Shares | |
Amount | |
Shares | |
Amount | |
In Capital | |
To be Issued | |
Loss | |
Deficit | |
Deficit |
Balance, December 31, 2021 | |
| 2,000,000 | | |
$ | 2,000 | | |
| — | | |
$ | — | | |
| 97,208,516 | | |
$ | 97,208 | | |
$ | 5,061,681 | | |
$ | 266,299 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | (7,130,674 | ) | |
$ | (1,703,486 | ) |
Redemption of preferred | |
| (150,000 | ) | |
| (150 | ) | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 150 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Stock issued for services – related party | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 2,000,000 | | |
| 2,000 | | |
| 4,500,000 | | |
| 4,500 | | |
| 769,250 | | |
| (207,895 | ) | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 567,855 | |
Stock issued for services | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 7,250,000 | | |
| 7,250 | | |
| 799,990 | | |
| 169,140 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 976,380 | |
Stock issued for Conversion of debt | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 41,701,860 | | |
| 41,703 | | |
| 2,863,178 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 2,904,881 | |
Stock issued for cash | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 162,200,000 | | |
| 162,200 | | |
| 3,081,800 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 3,244,000 | |
Net loss | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| (6,034,411 | ) | |
| (6,034,411 | ) |
Balance, December 31, 2021 | |
| 1,850,000 | | |
| 1,850 | | |
| 2,000,000 | | |
| 2,000 | | |
| 312,860,376 | | |
| 312,861 | | |
| 12,576,049 | | |
| 227,544 | | |
| — | | |
| (13,165,085 | ) | |
| (44,781 | ) |
Cancellation of preferred | |
| (1,850,000 | ) | |
| (1,850 | ) | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 1,850 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Stock issued for services | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 40,127,557 | | |
| 40,128 | | |
| 1,214,087 | | |
| (150,633 | ) | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 1,103,582 | |
Stock issued for services – related party | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 19,208,340 | | |
| 19,208 | | |
| 645,334 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 664,542 | |
Stock issued for cash | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 30,000,000 | | |
| 30,000 | | |
| 570,000 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 600,000 | |
Debt issuance cost – warrants issued | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 196,074 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 196,074 | |
Net loss | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 16,670 | | |
| (5,913,724 | ) | |
| (5,897,054 | ) |
Balance, December 31, 2022 | |
| — | | |
$ | — | | |
| 2,000,000 | | |
$ | 2,000 | | |
| 402,196,273 | | |
$ | 402,197 | | |
$ | 15,203,394 | | |
$ | 76,911 | | |
$ | 16,670 | | |
$ | (19,078,809 | ) | |
$ | (3,377,637 | ) |
The accompanying
notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
CLEAN
VISION CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
| |
For
the Years Ended December 31, |
| |
2022 | |
2021 |
| |
| |
|
Cash
Flows from Operating Activities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Net
loss | |
$ | (5,913,724 | ) | |
$ | (6,034,411 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net
loss to net cash used by operating activities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Stock
issued for services | |
| 1,024,323 | | |
| 1,574,380 | |
Stock
issued for services – related party | |
| 664,542 | | |
| 567,855 | |
Preferred
stock compensation expense | |
| 1,175,000 | | |
| — | |
Debt
discount amortization | |
| 200,273 | | |
| 1,162,996 | |
Loss
on investment | |
| — | | |
| 150,000 | |
Change
in fair value of derivative | |
| — | | |
| 576,573 | |
Changes in operating assets
and liabilities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Prepaid | |
| (71,000 | ) | |
| (34,000 | ) |
Accounts
payable | |
| 317,498 | | |
| 38,990 | |
Accruals | |
| 240,853 | | |
| 35,539 | |
Accrued
compensation | |
| 333,139 | | |
| 161,000 | |
Net cash
used by operating activities | |
| (2,029,096 | ) | |
| (1,801,078 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Cash Flows from Investing
Activities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Investment
in 100Bio | |
| — | | |
| (150,000 | ) |
Purchase
of property and equipment | |
| (90,871 | ) | |
| (150,505 | ) |
Net cash
used by investing activities | |
| (90,871 | ) | |
| (300,505 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Cash Flows from Financing
Activities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Proceeds
from convertible notes payable | |
| 555,000 | | |
| 686,500 | |
Proceeds
from the sale of common stock | |
| 600,000 | | |
| 3,244,000 | |
Payments
on convertible notes payable | |
| — | | |
| (594,000 | ) |
Proceeds
from notes payable - related party | |
| 46,917 | | |
| — | |
Repayment
of related party loans | |
| (20,000 | ) | |
| — | |
Proceeds
from notes payable | |
| 154,000 | | |
| 300,000 | |
Payments
- notes payable | |
| (57,500 | ) | |
| (700,000 | ) |
Net cash
provided by financing activities | |
| 1,278,417 | | |
| 2,936,500 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Net change in cash | |
| (841,550 | ) | |
| 834,917 | |
Effects of currency translation | |
| 16,670 | | |
| — | |
Cash
at beginning of year | |
| 835,657 | | |
| 740 | |
Cash
at end of year | |
$ | 10,777 | | |
| 835,657 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Supplemental schedule of cash
flow information: | |
| | | |
| | |
Interest
paid | |
$ | 10,471 | | |
$ | — | |
Income
taxes | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | |
Supplemental non-cash disclosure: | |
| | | |
| | |
Common
stock issued for conversion of debt | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 1,231,461 | |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
CLEAN VISION CORPORATION
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
December
31, 2022
NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION
AND NATURE OF BUSINESS
Clean
Vision Corporation (“Clean Vision,” “we,” “us,” or the “Company”) is a new entrant in
the clean energy and waste-to-energy industries focused on clean technology and sustainability opportunities. Currently, we are
focused on providing a solution to the plastic and tire waste problem by recycling the waste and converting it into saleable byproducts,
such as hydrogen and other clean-burning fuels that can be used to generate clean energy. Using a technology known as pyrolysis, which
heats the feedstock (i.e., plastic or tires) at high temperatures in the absence of oxygen so that the material does not burn, we are
able to turn the feedstock into i) low sulfur fuel, ii) clean hydrogen and iii) carbon black or char (char is created
in the pyrolysis of plastic, while carbon black is created when tires are pyrolyzed). We intend to generate revenue from three sources:
service revenue from the recycling services we provide, revenue generated from the sale of the byproducts, and revenue generated from
the sale of fuel cell equipment. Our mission is to aid in solving the problem of cost-effectively upcycling the vast amount of
waste plastic generated on land before it flows into the world’s oceans, as well as to reduce the amount of tire waste.
We
currently operate through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Clean-Seas, Inc. (“Clean-Seas”), which we acquired on May 19, 2020.
Clean-Seas acquired its first pyrolysis unit in November 2021 for use in a pilot project in India, which began operations in early May
2022. We believe that this pilot project will showcase our ability to pyrolyze waste plastic (using pyrolysis), which will
generate three byproducts: i) low sulfur fuel, ii) clean hydrogen, AquaHtm, and iii) char. We intend to sell
the majority of the byproducts, while retaining a small amount of the low sulfur fuels and/or hydrogen to power our facilities and equipment.
To date we have not generated any revenue from the provision of pyrolysis services nor have we generated any revenue from the sale of
byproducts from our operations in India or fuel cell equipment and we do not currently have any contracts in place to sell these byproducts
or fuel cell equipment. However, we believe that there is a strong market for low sulfur fuel and clean hydrogen, upon which we
intend to focus our byproduct sales.
Clean-Seas, Inc.
is Clean Vision Corporation’s first investment within its newly expanded scope. The acquisition of 100% of Clean Seas is Clean
Vision Corporation’s first entrance into the clean energy space. Clean Seas has made significant progress in identifying and developing
a new business model around the clean energy and waste to energy sectors. Clean Vision Corporation’s management team will incorporate
the two companies into a single-minded, clean energy-focused entity.
Clean-Seas India
Private Limited which was incorporated on November 17, 2021, as a wholly owned subsidiary of Clean-Seas, Inc.
Clean-Seas, Abu Dhabi
PVT. LTD was incorporated in Abu Dhabi on December 9, 2021, as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. On January 19, 2022, the Company
changed the name of its wholly owned subsidiary, Clean-Seas, Abu Dhabi PVT. LTD, to Clean-Seas Group. As of July 4, 2022, the Company
ceased operations and is in the process of dissolving the corporation.
EndlessEnergy was
incorporated in Nevada on December 10, 2021, as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. EndlessEnergy does not currently have any operations,
but it was incorporated for the purpose of investing in wind and solar energy projects.
EcoCell
was incorporated on March 4, 2022, as a wholly owned
subsidiary of CVC. EcoCell does not currently have any operations, but we intend to use EcoCell for the purpose of licensing fuel cell
patented technology.
Clean-Seas Arizona
was incorporated on September 19, 2022, as a wholly owned subsidiary of Clean-Seas.
Clean-Seas,
Inc. has established Clean-Seas Arizona as a joint venture pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding (the “MOU”) signed on
November 4, 2022, with Arizona State University and the Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solution Service. Pursuant to the MOU, the
parties intend to establish a 100 ton per day waste plastic to clean hydrogen conversion facility in Arizona.
NOTE 2 –
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The Company’s
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America (“U.S. GAAP”).
Use of Estimates
The preparation of
financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management
to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements
and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
We maintain
our cash in bank deposit accounts, the balances of which at times may exceed federally insured limits. We continually monitor our banking
relationships and consequently have not experienced any losses in our accounts. At times, such deposits may be in excess of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation insurable amount (“FDIC”).
Cash equivalents
The Company considers
all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. There were no cash equivalents
for the periods ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.
Principles
of Consolidation
The accompanying
consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022, include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries,
Clean-Seas, Inc and Clean-Seas India Private Limited, Clean-Seas Group, EndlessEnergy, EcoCell,
Clean-Seas Arizona and Clean-Seas Morocco. As of December 31, 2022, there was no activity in Clean-Seas Group, EndlessEnergy or
Clean-Seas Arizona.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made
to the prior period financial information to conform to the presentation used in the financial statements for the year ended December
31, 2022.
Translation
Adjustment
For the year ended
December 31, 2022, the accounts of the Company’s subsidiary Clean-Seas India Private Limited, are maintained in Rupees. According
to the Codification, all assets and liabilities were translated at the current exchange rate at respective balance sheets dates, members’
capital are translated at the historical rates and income statement items are translated at the average exchange rate for the period.
The resulting translation adjustments are reported under other comprehensive income in accordance with the Comprehensive Income Topic
of the Codification (ASC 220), as a component of members’ capital. Transaction gains and losses are reflected in the income
statement.
Comprehensive Income
The Company uses
SFAS 130 “Reporting Comprehensive Income” (ASC Topic 220). Comprehensive income is comprised of net income and
all changes to the statements of members’ capital, except those due to investments by members, changes in paid-in capital and distributions
to members. Comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2022, is included in net loss and foreign currency translation adjustments.
Investments
The
Company follows ASC subtopic 321-10, Investments-Equity Securities which requires the accounting for an equity security to be measured
at fair value with changes in unrealized gains and losses included in current period operations. Where an equity security is without
a readily determinable fair value, the Company may elect to estimate its fair value at cost minus impairment plus or minus changes resulting
from observable price changes. As
of December 31, 2021, the Company determined that its investment in 100Bio was fully impaired; therefore, the investment was written
down to $0 and a $150,000 loss on investment was recognized.
Basic and Diluted
Earnings Per Share
Net income (loss)
per common share is computed pursuant to section 260-10-45 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. Basic net income (loss)
per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during
the period. Diluted net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number
of shares of common stock and potentially outstanding shares of common stock during the period. The weighted average number of common
shares outstanding and potentially outstanding common shares assumes that the Company incorporated as of the beginning of the first period
presented. As of December 31, 2022, there are warrants to purchase up to 9,040,000 shares of common stock and 18,000,000 dilutive
shares of common stock from a convertible note payable. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, there are 20,000,000 and 20,000,000 potentially
dilutive shares of common stock, respectively, if the Series C preferred stock were to be converted. There are 2,000,000 shares of Series
B preferred stock outstanding. The Series B Preferred Stock will automatically be converted on January 1, 2023 into shares of common
stock at the rate of 10 shares of Common Stock for each share of Preferred Stock. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company’s
diluted loss per share is the same as the basic loss per share, as the inclusion of any potential shares would have had an anti-dilutive
effect due to the Company generating a loss.
Stock-based Compensation
In
June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Compensation
– Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting. ASU
2018-07 allows companies to account for nonemployee awards in the same manner as employee awards. The guidance is effective for fiscal
years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those annual periods. We adopted this ASU on January 1, 2019.
Fair value
of financial instruments
The Company follows
paragraph 825-10-50-10 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification for disclosures about fair value of its financial instruments and
paragraph 820-10-35-37 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“Paragraph 820-10-35-37”) to measure the fair value
of its financial instruments. Paragraph 820-10-35-37 establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP), and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. To increase consistency
and comparability in fair value measurements and related disclosures, Paragraph 820-10-35-37 establishes a fair value hierarchy which
prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three (3) broad levels. The fair value hierarchy
gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority
to unobservable inputs. The three (3) levels of fair value hierarchy defined by Paragraph 820-10-35-37 are described below:
Level 1: Quoted market prices available
in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date.
Level 2: Pricing inputs other than quoted
prices in active markets included in Level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date.
Level 3: Pricing inputs that are generally
unobservable inputs and not corroborated by market data.
The carrying amount
of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities, such as cash, prepaid expenses and accrued expenses approximate their fair value
because of the short maturity of those instruments. The Company’s notes payable represents the fair value of such instruments
as the notes bear interest rates that are consistent with current market rates.
Income Taxes
Income taxes are
provided for the tax effects of the transactions reported in the financial statements and consist of taxes currently due plus deferred
taxes related primarily to tax net operating loss carryforwards. The deferred tax assets and liabilities represent the future tax return
consequences of these differences, which will either be taxable or deductible when assets and liabilities are recovered or settled, as
well as operating loss carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable
income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The 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. A valuation allowance is
established against deferred tax assets when in the judgment of management, it is more likely than not that such deferred tax assets
will not become available. Because the judgment about the level of future taxable income is dependent to a great extent on matters that
may, at least in part, be beyond the Company’s control, it is at least reasonably possible that management’s judgment about
the need for a valuation allowance for deferred taxes could change in the near term.
Tax benefits are
recognized only for tax positions that are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by tax authorities. The amount recognized
is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely to be realized upon settlement. A liability for “unrecognized
tax benefits” is recorded for any tax benefits claimed in the Company’s tax returns that do not meet these recognition and
measurement standards. As of December 31, 2022, and 2021, no liability for unrecognized tax benefits was required to be reported.
Recently issued
accounting pronouncements
The Company has implemented
all new applicable accounting pronouncements that are in effect. These pronouncements did not have any material impact on the financial
statements unless otherwise disclosed, and the Company does not believe that there are any other new accounting pronouncements that have
been issued that might have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.
NOTE 3 - GOING CONCERN
The accompanying
consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction
of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has not yet established a source of revenue, had an accumulated deficit
of $19,078,809 at December 31, 2022, and had a net loss of $5,913,724 for the year ended December 31, 2022. The Company’s
ability to raise additional capital through the future issuances of common stock and/or debt financing is unknown. The obtainment of
additional financing, the successful development of the Company’s contemplated plan of operations, and its transition, ultimately,
to the attainment of profitable operations are necessary for the Company to continue operations. These conditions and the ability to
successfully resolve these factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial
statements of the Company do not include any adjustments that may result from the outcome of these aforementioned uncertainties.
Management plans
to continue to implement its business plan and to fund operations by raising additional capital through the issuance of debt and equity
securities. The Company’s existence is dependent upon management's ability to implement its business plan and/or obtain additional
funding. There can be no assurance that the Company’s financing efforts will result in profitable operations or the resolution
of the Company's liquidity problems. Even if the Company is able to obtain additional financing, it may include undue restrictions on
our operations in the case of debt or cause substantial dilution for our stockholders in the case of equity financing.
NOTE 4 - PROPERTY
& EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment
are recorded at cost. The Company capitalizes purchases of property and equipment over $5,000. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line
method over the estimated useful lives of the various classes of assets as follows between three and five years.
Long lived assets,
including property and equipment, to be held and used by the Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate that the carrying value of the assets may not be recoverable. Impairment losses are recognized if expected future cash flows
of the related assets are less than their carrying values. Measurement of an impairment loss is based on the fair value of the asset.
Long-lived assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell.
Maintenance and repair
expenses, as incurred, are charged to expense. Betterments and renewals are capitalized in plant and equipment accounts. Cost and accumulated
depreciation applicable to items replaced or retired are eliminated from the related accounts with any gain or loss on the disposition
included as income.
Clean-Seas,
Inc. has purchased a pyrolysis unit for piloting and demonstration purposes which has been commissioned in Hyderabad, India as of
May 2022. The unit will be used to showcase the Company’s technology and services, turning waste plastic into environmentally friendly
commodities, to potential customers.
Property and equipment
stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation consisted of the following:
| |
December 31, 2022 | |
December 31, 2021 |
Pyrolysis unit | |
$ | 185,700 | | |
$ | 150,505 | |
Equipment | |
| 55,676 | | |
| — | |
Less: accumulated depreciation | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Property and equipment, net | |
$ | 241,376 | | |
$ | 150,505 | |
Depreciation
expense
As
of December 31, 2022, the Company’s fixed assets have not yet been placed into service. Depreciation will begin on the date the
assets are placed into service.
NOTE 5 –
LOANS PAYABLE
As of December 31,
2020, a third party loaned the Company a total of $114,500. The loan was used to cover general operating expenses, is non-interest bearing
and due on demand. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company repaid $100,000 of the loan. During the year ended December 31,
2022, the same individual provided consulting/IR services to the Company valued at $100,000. The amount due was added to the note payable
for a balance due of $114,500 as of December 31, 2022.
Effective January
1, 2022, the Company acquired a financing loan for its Director and Officer Insurance for $26,381. The loan bears interest at 10.45%,
requires monthly payments of $3,060.36 and is due within one year. As of December 31, 2022, the balance due is $0.
On August 17, 2022,
a third party loaned the Company $14,000. The loan has an original issue discount of $3,500, for a total note payable of $17,500. The
note bears interest at 8% and is due in one year. This loan was repaid in full on December 15, 2022.
NOTE 6 –
CONVERTIBLE NOTES
Silverback
Capital Corporation
On March 31, 2022,
the Company issued a Promissory Note to Silverback Capital Corporation (“Silverback”) in the amount of $360,000. The Company
received $300,000, net of a $60,000 OID. The note bears interest at 8% per annum and matures in one year. The note may be converted to
shares of common stock at $0.02 per share, provided, that if the Company effects a Qualified Offering (as defined in the note) the conversion
price will be such price that represents a 20% discount to the offering price of the Company’s common Stock in the Offering. In
the event of a default Silverback will have the option to convert at the lower of 1) .02 per share, or 2) a 20% discount to the five
day trailing VWAP of the common stock. As of December 31, 2022, there is $21,698 of accrued interest on the loan.
Coventry Enterprises,
LLC
On December 9, 2022,
the Company entered into the Purchase Agreement with Coventry Enterprises, LLC (“Coventry”), pursuant to which the Company
issued to Coventry a Promissory Note (the “Note”) in the principal amount of $300,000 in exchange for a purchase price of
$255,000, net of a discount of $45,000. In addition, the Company issued to Coventry 15,500,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Commitment
Stock”), of which 12,500,000 shares of Commitment Stock are to be returned to the Company upon the Company’s filing of the
registration statement on or before 45 calendar days after the date of the Note. The 12,500,000 shares of common stock were returned
to the Company in Q1 2023.
The Note bears “Guaranteed
Interest” at the rate of 5% per annum for the 12 months from and after the date of issuance (notwithstanding the 11-month term
of the Note for an aggregate Guaranteed Interest of fifteen thousand Dollars ($15,000), all of which Guaranteed Interest shall be deemed
earned as of the date of the Note. The Principal Amount and the Guaranteed Interest are due and payable in seven equal monthly payments
of $45,000, commencing on May 6, 2023 and continuing on the 6th day of each month thereafter until paid in full not later
than November 6, 2023
NOTE 7 –
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Dan
Bates, CEO
On February
21, 2021, the Company amended the employment agreement with Dan Bates, CEO. The amendment extended the term of his agreement from three
years commencing May 27, 2020, to expire on May 27, 2025.
On December 14, 2022,
the Company granted Mr. Bates, 10,000,000 shares of common stock for services. The shares were valued at $0.035, the closing stock price
on the date of grant, for total non-cash expense of $350,000.
As of December
31, 2022 and 2021, the Company owed Mr. Bates, $220,000 and $90,000, respectively, for accrued compensation.
Mr. Bates, loaned
the Company $100 to be used to open the Company’s bank account and such amount was repaid on May 26, 2022.
In addition, the
Company issued to Mr. Bates three separate promissory notes, 1) on August 1, 2022, for $1,000, 2) on September 15, 2022, for $35,040,
and 3) on October 6, 2022, for $1,000. The notes bear interest at 8% and are due on demand. As of December 31, 2022, the Company repaid
$20,000, for a balance due of principal and interest of $26,040 and $977.
Rachel
Boulds, CFO
The Company entered
into a consulting agreement with Rachel Boulds, effective as of May 1, 2021, to serve as part-time Chief Financial Officer for compensation
of $5,000 per month. On February 22, 2021, Ms. Boulds was granted 500,000 shares of Common Stock for her services. The shares were valued
at $0.206, the closing stock price on the date of grant, for total non-cash expense of $102,950. On December 14, 2022, Ms. Boulds was
granted 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock for her services. The shares were valued at $0.035, the closing stock price on the date of grant,
for total non-cash expense of $70,000. As of December 31, 2022, the Company owes Ms. Boulds $25,000 for accrued compensation.
Daniel
Harris, Chief Revenue Officer
During the
year ended December 31, 2022, Mr. Harris was issued 2,708,340 shares of common stock for services. The shares were valued at the closing
stock price on the date of grant, for total non-cash expense of $96,042. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company owed Mr. Harris,
$37,500 and $0, respectively, for accrued compensation.
John
Owen
We entered into a
consulting agreement with John Owen, effective as of July 1, 2021, (“Owen Consulting Agreement”) to serve as our Chief Operating
Officer. Mr. Owen’s compensation is $12,500 per month. On December 16, 2021, we granted 500,000 shares of Common Stock to Mr. Owen
for his services. The shares were valued at $0.028, the closing stock price on the date of grant, for total non-cash expense of $14,000.
Mr. Owen’s consulting agreement and his role as Chief Operating Officer were terminated effective as of November 21, 2022. Per
the terms of the separation agreement with Mr. Owen, the Company acknowledges past due salary of $62,500. The Company made an initial
payment of $2,500 and agreed to pay $5,000 a month beginning in January 2023.
Chris Percy,
a former Director
As of December
31, 2022 and 2021, the Company owed Chris Percy, a former Director, $96,250 and $158,500, respectively, for accrued compensation.
Erfran
Ibrahim, former CTO
On February 1, 2021,
the Company granted 20,000 shares of Common Stock to Mr. Ibrahim for services. The shares were valued at $0.14, the closing stock price
on the date of grant, for total non-cash expense of $2,800. On September 30, 2021, the Company granted 160,000 shares of Common Stock
to Mr. Ibrahim for services. The shares were valued at $0.10, the closing stock price on the date of grant, for total non-cash expense
of $14,930. As of December 31, 2022, the shares have not yet been issued by the transfer agent and are disclosed as Common Stock to be
issued.
As of December
31, 2022 and 2021, the Company owed Mr. Ibrahim, $60,000 and $60,000, respectively, for accrued compensation.
Michael
Dorsey, Director
On December
16, 2021, the Company granted Michael Dorsey, Director, 500,000 shares of Common Stock. The shares were valued at $0.028, the closing
stock price on the date of grant, for total non-cash expense of $14,000. On December 14, 2022, the Company granted Mr. Dorsey, Director,
2,000,000 shares of Common Stock. The shares were valued at $0.035, the closing stock price on the date of grant, for total non-cash
expense of $70,000. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company owed Mr. Dorsey, $9,000 and $0, respectively, for accrued director
fees.
Greg Boehmer,
Director
On December 14, 2022,
the Company granted Greg Boehmer, Director, 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock. The shares were valued at $0.035, the closing stock price
on the date of grant, for total non-cash expense of $70,000. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company owed Mr. Boehmer, $4,500 and
$0, respectively, for accrued director fees. In addition, the Company owes Mr. Boehmer $7,000, for consulting services.
NOTE 8 – COMMON STOCK
The Company
amended its Articles of Incorporation, effective June 29, 2021, to increase its authorized shares of common stock to 2,000,000,000.
During the
year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 7,250,000 shares of common stock for services, for total non-cash compensation expense
of $757,240.
During the
year ended December 31, 2021, the Company granted 1,391,688 shares of common stock for services, for total non-cash compensation expense
of $169,140. These shares have not yet been issued as of December 31, 2021 and are included in common stock to be issued.
During the
year ended December 31, 2021, the Company sold 162,200,000 shares of common stock for total cash proceeds of $3,244,000. The shares were
sold at $0.02, pursuant to the Company’s Regulation A Offering Statement qualified on June 21, 2021.
During the
year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 41,701,860 shares of common stock for conversion of approximately $1,231,461 of debt.
The Company
has entered into two consulting agreements that require the issuance of 20,834 shares of common stock per month through May 2023. During
Q1 2022, the shares were valued at the closing stock price on the date of grant for total non-cash stock compensation of $1,771. During
Q2 2022, the shares were valued at the closing stock price on the date of grant for total non-cash stock compensation of $2,246. During
Q3 2022, the shares were valued at the closing stock price on the date of grant for total non-cash stock compensation of $1,085. During
Q4 2022, the shares were valued at the closing stock price on the date of grant for total non-cash stock compensation of $860. On December
14, 2022, the Company issued all shares due as well as an additional 2,000,000 shares each. The additional shares were valued at $0.035,
the closing stock price on the date of grant, for total non-cash expense of $140,000.
The Company
has entered into a consulting agreement that requires $3,000 per month be paid with shares of common based on the closing stock price
of the applicable date each month. During Q1 2022, the Company issued 525,016 shares of common stock that were granted and accounted
for in the prior period pursuant to the terms of this agreement. For Q1 2022, there are 292,861 shares of common stock due. For Q2 2022,
there are approximately 306,000 shares of common stock due. For Q3 2022, there are approximately 553,000 shares of common stock due.
As of December 31, 2022, not all shares due have not been issued by the transfer agent. $18,000 is included in common stock to be issued.
The Company
has entered into a consulting agreement that require the issuance of 5,000 shares of common stock per month beginning February 2022.
As of December 31, 2022, 555,000 shares were issued for total non-cash compensation expense of $1,793.
In addition
to the monthly shares granted the Company also granted the following:
During Q1
2022, the Company granted 1,000,000 shares of common stock for services, for total non-cash compensation expense of $30,800.
On April
1, 2022, the Company sold 30,000,000 shares of common stock to Silverback for total proceeds of $600,000.
During Q2
2022, the Company issued 5,000,000 shares of common stock for services. The shares were valued based on the closing stock price on the
date of grant for total non-cash compensation expense of $148,800.
During Q3
2022, the Company issued 5,000,000 shares of common stock for services. The shares were valued based on the closing stock price on the
date of grant for total non-cash compensation expense of $82,500.
During Q3
2022, the Company granted 2,500,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the terms of a new joint venture agreement. The shares were valued
based on the closing stock price on the date of grant for total non-cash compensation expense of $35,500.
During Q4
2022, the Company issued 3,238,000 shares of common stock, that had been granted and accounted for in common stock to be issued in prior
years.
During Q4
2022, the Company issued 21,600,000 shares of common stock for services. The shares were valued based on the closing stock price on the
date of grant for total non-cash compensation expense of $664,200.
Refer to
Note 7 for shares issued to related parties.
NOTE 9 – PREFERRED STOCK
The Company
is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock at $0.001 par value per share with the following designations.
Series
A Redeemable Preferred Stock
On September 21,
2020, the Company created a series of Preferred Stock designating 2,000,000 shares as Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock ranks senior
to the Company’s Common Stock upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. The Series A Preferred Stock does
not bear a dividend or have voting rights and is not convertible into shares of our Common Stock.
Series
B Preferred Stock
On December 14, 2020,
the Company designated 2,000,000 shares of its authorized preferred stock as Series B convertible, non-voting preferred Stock. The Series
B Preferred Stock does not bear a dividend or have voting rights. The Series B Preferred Stock will automatically be converted on January
1, 2023 into shares of common stock at the rate of 10 shares of Common Stock for each share of Preferred Stock. Holders of our Series
B Preferred Stock have anti-dilution rights protecting their interests in the Company from the issuance of any additional shares of capital
stock for a two year period following conversion of the Preferred Stock calculated at the rate of 20% on a fully diluted basis.
On
December 17, 2020, the Company entered into a three-year consulting agreement with Leonard Tucker LLC. Per the terms of the agreement, Leonard
Tucker LLC received 2,000,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock for services provided. The preferred stock to be issued are classified
as mezzanine equity until they are fully issued.
Series
C Preferred Stock
On February
19, 2021, the Company amended its Articles of Incorporation whereby 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock were designated Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock. The holders of the Series C preferred stock are entitled to 100 votes and shall vote together with the holders of common
stock. Each share of the Series C preferred stock is convertible in ten shares of common stock.
NOTE
10 – WARRANTS
On October 6, 2022,
the Company issued warrants to purchase up to 40,000 shares of common stock in conjunction with the issuance of a note payable. The warrants
are exercisable for 3 years with an exercise price of $0.01. The warrants were evaluated for purposes of classification between liability
and equity. The warrants do not contain features that would require a liability classification and are therefore considered equity.
Using the fair value
calculation, the relative fair value between the debt issued and the warrants was calculated to determine the warrants recorded equity
amount of $593, accounted for in additional paid in capital.
The Black Scholes
pricing model was used to estimate the fair value of the warrants issued to purchase up to 40,000 shares of common stock with the following
inputs:
Common shares available to purchase | |
| 40,000 | |
Share price | |
$ | 0.0163 | |
Exercise Price | |
$ | 0.01 | |
Term | |
| 3
years | |
Volatility | |
| 184.74 | % |
Risk Free Interest Rate | |
| 4.45 | % |
Dividend rate | |
| — | |
Intrinsic value | |
$ | 1,996 | |
On March 31, 2022,
the Company issued warrants to purchase up to 9,000,000 shares of common stock to Silverback Capital Corporation in conjunction with
convertible debt (Note 6). The warrants are exercisable for 3 years at a 25% premium to a Qualified Offering price. The warrants were
evaluated for purposes of classification between liability and equity. The warrants do not contain features that would require a liability
classification and are therefore considered equity.
Using the fair value
calculation, the relative fair value between the debt issued and the warrants was calculated to determine the warrants recorded equity
amount of $195,482 , accounted for in additional paid in capital.
The Black Scholes
pricing model was used to estimate the fair value of the warrants issued to purchase up to 9,000,000 shares of common stock with the
following inputs:
Common shares available to purchase | |
| 9,000,000 | |
Share price | |
$ | 0.0512 | |
Exercise Price | |
$ | 0.025 | |
Term | |
| 3
years | |
Volatility | |
| 185.23 | % |
Risk Free Interest Rate | |
| 2.45 | % |
Dividend rate | |
| — | |
Intrinsic value | |
$ | 316,096 | |
NOTE
10 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Project Finance
Arrangement
On November 4, 2022,
the Company entered into a consulting agreement (the “Agreement”) with Edge Management, LLC (“Edge”), a services
firm based in New York City. Under the Agreement, Edge will assist us to develop, structure and implement project finance strategies
(“Project Finance”) for our clean energy installations around the world. Financing strategies will be in amounts and upon
terms acceptable to us, and may include, without limitation, common and preferred equity financing, mezzanine and other junior debt financing,
and/or senior debt financing, including but not limited to one or more bond offerings (“Project Financing(s)”). Under the
Agreement, Edge is engaged as our exclusive representative for Project Financing matters. Edge is entitled to receive a cash payment
for any Project Financing involving as follows: 5% of the gross amount of the funding facilities (up to $500 million) of all forms approved
by the lender (“Lender”) introduced by Edge and or its affiliates and accepted by the Company on closing (“Closing”),
4% of the gross amount of the funding facilities (for the tranche of funding ranging from $500,000,001 to $1,000,000,000) approved by
the Lender introduced by Edge and or its affiliates and accepted by the Company on Closing, and 3% of the subsequent gross amount ($1,000,000,001
and greater) of the funding facilities of all forms approved by the Lender introduced by Edge and/or its affiliates and accepted by the
Company on Closing. In addition to the cash consulting fee, Edge shall be issued cashless, five-year warrants equal to: 2% (at a strike
price to be mutually determined by the Parties for the first tranche of funding, up to $500 million), 1% (at a strike price to be mutually
determined by the Parties for the tranche of funding ranging from $500,000,001 to $1,000,000,000), and 1% (at a strike price to be mutually
determined by the Parties for any and all subsequent Debt Funding ($1,000,000,001 and greater)) of the outstanding common and preferred
shares, warrants, options, and other forms of participation in the our Company on Closing.. The Agreement has an initial term of one
(1) year and is cancellable by either party on ninety (90) days written notice. There is no guarantee that Edge will be successful in
helping us obtain Project Financing.
Legal Proceedings
Presently, except
as descried below, there are not any material pending legal proceedings to which the Company is a party or as to which any of its property
is subject, and no such proceedings are known to the Company to be threatened or contemplated against it.
On September 16,
2022, the Company filed action against Christopher Percy (“Percy”) in the Eighth Judicial District of Nevada (Case No. A-22-858543-B)
for breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, conversion, business disparagement, declaratory relief, and injunctive relief. This case arose out
of a control dispute regarding certain actions taken by Percy while an officer and director of the Company in July 2022. The Nevada State
Court granted the Company a temporary restraining order against Percy and granted the Company’s request for a preliminary injunction
on November 2, 2022. Thereafter, Percy removed the case to the United States District of Nevada (Case No. 2:22-cv-01862-ART-NJK). The
Company filed a motion to remand to state court on November 22, 2022 which is pending with the federal court. In December 2022, the federal
court entered a preliminary injunction in favor of the Company, and ordered, in relevant part, that that Percy not take any action on
behalf of the Company, unless said action is expressly authorized by the Board pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Company’s
bylaws, and restored control the Company’s board. On December 1, 2022, Percy filed counterclaims against the Company for breach
of contract, wrongful termination, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment, and indemnification.
Percy also filed third-party claims against the Company’s CEO and director, Dan Bates (“Bates”), for breach of fiduciary
duty, equitable indemnity, and contribution. On December 22, 2022, the Company filed a partial motion to dismiss Percy’s counterclaims
for indemnification and wrongful termination, which is pending with the federal court. On February 1, 2023, Bates filed a motion to dismiss
all of Percy’s third-party claims, which is pending with the federal court.
On January 30, 2023,
Leonard Tucker, LLC (“Tucker”), one of the holders of the Company’s Series B Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock
(the “Series B Preferred Stock”) filed an action against the Company in the Second Judicial District Court of the State of
Nevada (Case No. CV23-00188) alleging breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment,
specific performance and declaratory relief (the “Tucker Complaint”). This matter arises from the 3-year Consulting Agreement
the Company entered into with Tucker on December 17, 2020 (the “Tucker Agreement”), whereby Tucker agreed to perform certain
strategic and business development services to the Company in exchange for 2,000,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and a consulting
fee of $20,000 per month. The 2,000,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock automatically converted into 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock
on January 1, 2023.
However the Company’s
Transfer Agent was instructed to not issue the shares of Common Stock due to an ongoing dispute between the Company and Tucker regarding
Tucker’s ability to perform the services under the Consulting Agreement due to the action filed by the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission against Profile Solutions, Inc., Dan Oran and Leonard M. Tucker on September 9, 2022 in the United States District
Court Southern District of Florida (Case No. 1:22-cv-22881) alleging, among other things, that Leonard Tucker violated Section 17(a)(1)
and 17(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 and aided and abetted violations of Section 10(b) and Rule 10-b5.
Pursuant to the Tucker
Complaint, Tucker is seeking, among other things, that the Company issue the shares of Common Stock due pursuant to the Tucker Agreement.
The Company is contesting all of the allegations set forth in the Tucker Complaint.
Non-Related
Party Consulting Agreements
The following is
a summary of compensation related to consulting agreements in 2022.
|
|
|
|
Stock
Compensation |
|
|
|
|
Consultant |
|
Original
Contract Date |
|
#
Shares |
|
Value |
|
2022
Cash Compensation |
|
Owed
as of 12/31/2022 |
Leonard
Tucker LLC |
|
12/17/2020 |
|
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
140,000 |
|
$ |
20,000 |
John
Shaw |
|
3/1/2021 |
|
500,000 |
|
$ |
17,500 |
|
$ |
60,000 |
|
$ |
25,000 |
Strategic
Innovations First, Inc |
|
4/1/2022 |
|
817,877 |
|
$ |
27,000 |
|
$ |
31,500 |
|
$ |
17,500 |
Chris
Galazzi |
|
5/2/2021 |
|
2,208,340 |
|
$ |
73,446 |
|
$ |
90,000 |
|
$ |
37,500 |
Venkat
Kumar Tangirala |
|
1/1/2022 |
|
2,000,000 |
|
$ |
70,000 |
|
$ |
100,000 |
|
$ |
75,000 |
Alpen
Group LLC |
|
1/1/2022 |
|
555,000 |
|
$ |
19,292 |
|
$ |
60,000 |
|
$ |
40,000 |
Leonard Tucker LLC
and Strategic innovations contracts have expired in 2022. All other consulting contracts continue to be active into 2023.
NOTE 11 – INCOME TAX
Deferred taxes are
provided on a liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and
tax credit carry forwards and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the
differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation
allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not
be realized. The Company has evaluated Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 regarding the impact of the decreased tax rates of the Tax Cuts
& Jobs Act. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.
The U.S. federal income tax rate of 21% is being used.
Net deferred tax
assets consist of the following components as of December 31:
| |
2022 | |
2021 |
Deferred Tax Assets: | |
| | | |
| | |
NOL Carryover | |
$ | (3,443,812 | ) | |
$ | (2,682,760 | ) |
Payroll accrual | |
| 134,700 | | |
| 2,000 | |
Deferred tax liabilities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Less valuation
allowance | |
| 3,309,112 | | |
| 2,680,760 | |
Net deferred tax assets | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | |
The income tax provision differs from
the amount of income tax determined by applying the U.S. federal income tax rate to pretax income from continuing operations for the
period ended December 31, due to the following:
| |
2022 | |
2021 |
Book loss | |
$ | (1,277,100 | ) | |
$ | (1,111,900 | ) |
Other nondeductible expenses | |
| 678,700 | | |
| 676,800 | |
Related party accrual | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Valuation allowance | |
| 598,400 | | |
| 435,100 | |
| |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | |
At December 31, 2022,
the Company had net operating loss carry forwards of approximately $3,444,000 that may be offset against future taxable income. NOLs
from tax years up to 2017 can be carried forward twenty years. Under the CARES Act, the Company
can carry forward NOLs indefinitely for NOLs generated in a tax year beginning after 2017, that remain after they are carried back to
tax years in the five-year carryback period. No tax benefit has been reported in the December 31, 2022, financial statements since
the potential tax benefit is offset by a valuation allowance of the same amount.
Due to the change
in ownership provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, net operating loss carry forwards for Federal Income tax reporting purposes are
subject to annual limitations. Should a change in ownership occur, net operating loss carry forwards may be limited as to use in future
years. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local income tax examinations by tax authorities
for years before 2016.
NOTE 12 - DISCONTINUED
OPERATIONS
In accordance with
the provisions of ASC 205-20, Presentation of Financial Statements, we have separately reported the liabilities of the discontinued
operations in the consolidated balance sheets. The liabilities have been reflected as discontinued operations in the consolidated balance
sheets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and consist of the following:
| |
December 31, 2022 | |
December 31, 2021 |
Current Liabilities of Discontinued Operations: | |
| | | |
| | |
Accounts payable | |
$ | 49,159 | | |
$ | 49,159 | |
Accrued expenses | |
| 6,923 | | |
| 6,923 | |
Loans payable | |
| 11,011 | | |
| 11,011 | |
Total Current Liabilities
of Discontinued Operations: | |
$ | 67,093 | | |
$ | 67,093 | |
NOTE 13 – SUBSEQUENT
EVENTS
In accordance with
SFAS 165 (ASC 855-10) management has performed an evaluation of subsequent events through the date that the financial statements were
issued and has determined that it does not have any material subsequent events to disclose in these consolidated financial statements.
On January 18, 2023,
the Company appointed Bart Fisher as an independent member of the Board of Directors.
January 26, 2023,
the Company issued a total of 10,500,000 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase up to 10,500,000 additional shares of common
stock, to four individuals pursuant to the Signed Securities Purchase Agreements on January 26, 2023, for total cash proceeds of $210,000.
The Warrants are exercisable for shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $0.03 per share and expires three years from
the date of issuance.
On
February 16, 2023, the Board of Directors approved a special dividend of five shares of the Company's common stock for every one hundred
shares of common stock issued and outstanding (the "Dividend"). The record date for the Dividend is February 27, 2023, and
the payment date is March 13, 2023.
On February 17, 2023,
the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with a Schedule of Buyers. The Company
has authorized a new series of senior convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $4,080,000, which Notes shall be convertible
into shares of common stock at the lower of (a)120% of the closing price on the day prior to closing, (the “Fixed Conversion Price”)
or (b) a 10% discount to the lowest daily volume weighted average price reported by Bloomberg (“VWAP”) of the Common Stock
during the 10 trading days prior to the conversion date(collectively, the “Conversion Price”)
On February 17, 2023,
the initial Investor of the Purchase Agreement purchased a senior convertible promissory note (the “Note”) in the original
principal amount of $2,500,000 and a warrant to purchase 29,434,850 shares of the Company’s common stock. The maturity date of
the Note is February 21, 2024 (the “Maturity Date”). The Note bears interest at a rate of 5% per annum. The Note carries
an original issue discount of 2%. The Company may not prepay any portion of the outstanding principal amount, accrued and unpaid interest
or accrued and unpaid late charges on principal and interest, if any, except as specifically permitted by the terms of the Note. The
Warrant is exercisable for shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $0.845 per share and expires five years from the
date of issuance.
On February 21, 2023,
Silverback Capital Corporation, fully converted its note dated March 31, 2022, with principal and interest of $360,000 and $25,723, respectively,
into 19,286,137 shares of common stock.
On February 22, 2023,
the Company issued 6,250,000 shares of common stock and a warrant to purchase up to an additional 6,250,000 shares of common stock, pursuant
to a Signed Securities Purchase Agreement, for total cash proceeds of $125,000. The Warrant is exercisable for shares of the Company’s
common stock at a price of $0.03 per share and expires three years from the date of issuance.
On February 23, 2023, the Company issued
500,000 shares of common stock to Bart Fisher, Director, for services.
On February 23, 2023,
the Company issued 600,000 shares of common stock to an individual for services.
CLEAN
VISION CORPORATION
932,369,700
Shares of Common Stock
April
6, 2023
PART
II
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
Item
13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The following
is an itemized statement of the estimated amounts of all expenses payable by us in connection with the registration of the Common Stock,
other than underwriting discounts and commissions. All amounts are estimates except the SEC registration fee and FINRA filing fee.
Filing Fee
- Securities and Exchange Commission |
|
|
$ |
|
|
Accounting Fees and Expenses |
|
|
$ |
* |
|
Legal Fees and Expenses |
|
|
$ |
* |
|
Total |
|
|
$ |
* |
|
* Estimates.
Item
14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Our bylaws provide
that we may indemnify our directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Nevada. As authorized
by Section 78.751 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, we may indemnify our officers and directors against expenses incurred by such
persons in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative, involving such persons in their capacities as officers and directors, so long as such persons acted in good faith and
in a manner which they reasonably believed to be in our best interests. If the legal proceeding, however, is by or in our right, the
director or officer may not be indemnified in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which he is adjudged to be liable for negligence
or misconduct in the performance of his duty to us unless a court determines otherwise.
Under Nevada law,
corporations may also purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of any person who is or was a director
or officer (or is serving at our request as a director or officer of another corporation) for any liability asserted against such person
and any expenses incurred by him in his capacity as a director or officer. These financial arrangements may include trust funds, self-insurance
programs, guarantees and insurance policies.
Additionally, our
Articles of Incorporation provide that any person who was or is a party or was or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (whether or not by or in
the right of the Company) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, incorporator, employee, or agent of the Corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, incorporator, employee, partner, trustee, or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise (including an employee benefit plan), is entitled to be indemnified
by the Company to the full extent then permitted by law against expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements), judgments, fines
(including excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan), and amounts paid in settlement incurred by him
in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding and, if so requested, the Company is required to advance (within two business days
of such request) any and all such expenses to the person indemnified; provided, however, that (i) the foregoing obligation
of the Company does not apply to a claim that was commenced by the person indemnified without the prior approval of the Board of Directors.
Such right of indemnification
continues as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, incorporator, employee, partner, trustee, or agent and inures to the
benefit of the heirs and personal representatives of such a person. The indemnification provided by the Articles of Incorporation is
not exclusive of any other rights which may be provided now or in the future under any provision of the bylaws, by any agreement, by
vote of stockholders, by resolution of disinterested directors, by provisions of law, or otherwise.
Neither our Bylaws
nor our Articles of Incorporation, as amended, include any specific indemnification provisions for our officers or directors against
liability under the Securities Act. Additionally, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company
has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable.
Item
15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
There
have been no sales of unregistered securities within the last three years, which would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 701
of Regulation S-K, except for the following:
On April 10, 2019,
we issued 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock in connection with the conversion of a $250,500 loan payable.
During the year ended
December 31, 2019, we issued 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock to Christopher Percy for services rendered.
During the year ended
December 31, 2019, we issued 300,000 shares of Common Stock to PCG Advisory Inc. for services. The shares were valued at the closing
stock price on the date of grant for total non-cash stock compensation expense of $125,500.
On April 20, 2020,
we issued 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock to a consultant. The shares were valued at $0.05 for total non-cash compensation of $100,000.
On May 19, 2020,
we issued 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock as consideration for an Exchange Agreement we entered into with Clean-Seas and Dan Bates,
the sole shareholder of Clean-Seas and our Chief Executive Officer.
On August 19, 2020,
we issued 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock for conversion of $250,000 of a loan payable.
On July 1, 2020,
we issued 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock for services. The shares were valued at $0.19 for total non-cash compensation of $380,000.
On September 17,
2020, we issued 500,000 shares of Common Stock for services. The shares were valued at the closing stock price on the date of grant of
$0.11, for total non-cash compensation of $55,000.
On September 21, 2020, we issued 2,000,000
shares of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock to 100BIO, LLC. As of March 31, 2022, all of the issued shares of Series A Redeemable Preferred
Stock were cancelled and returned to the Company.
On October 20, 2020,
we issued 500,000 shares of Common Stock for services. The shares were valued at the closing stock price on the date of grant of $0.105,
for total non-cash compensation of $52,500.
On December 17, 2020,
the Company entered into a three-year consulting agreement with Leonard Tucker LLC. Per the terms of the agreement, Leonard Tucker LLC
received 2,000,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock for services provided. The shares were valued at $0.90 for a total non-cash expense
of $1,800,000.
On
December 17, 2020, we issued 2,000,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock for services provided by a consultant.
On February 1, 2021,
we granted 20,000 shares of Common Stock to Mr. Ibrahim, our former Chief Technology Officer, for services. The shares were valued at
$0.14 for total non-cash expense of $2,800.
On February 21, 2021,
we issued 2,000,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock to Mr. Bates for services, which shares were valued at $0.18 per share, for a
total non-cash expense of $359,800.
On February 22, 2021,
we issued 500,000 shares of Common Stock to Ms. Boulds for services. The shares were valued at $0.2059 for total non-cash expense of
$102,950.
On September 30,
2021, we granted 160,000 shares of Common Stock to Mr. Ibrahim, former Chief Technology Officer, for services. The shares were valued
at $0.10 for total non-cash expense of $14,930.
On December 16, 2021,
the Company granted Michael Dorsey, Director, 500,000 shares of common stock. The shares were valued at $0.028, the closing stock price
on the date of grant, for total non-cash expense of $14,000.
On December 16, 2021,
the Company granted 500,000 shares of common stock to John Owen for services. The shares were valued at $0.028, the closing stock price
on the date of grant, for total non-cash expense of $14,000.
During the year ended
December 31, 2021, the Company issued 7,250,000 shares of common stock for services, for total non-cash compensation expense of $807,240.
During the year ended
December 31, 2021, the Company granted 1,391,688 shares of common stock for services, for total non-cash compensation expense of $169,140.
These shares have not yet been issued as of December 31, 2021 and are included in common stock to be issued.
During the year ended
December 31, 2021, the Company sold 150,000,000 shares of common stock for total cash proceeds of $3,000,000. The shares were sold at
$0.02, pursuant to the Company’s Regulation A Offering Statement qualified on June 21, 2021.
During the year ended
December 31, 2021, the Company issued 53,901,860 shares of common stock for conversion of approximately $1,391,000 of debt.
During Q1 2022, the
Company granted 1,000,000 shares of common stock for services, for total non-cash compensation expense of $30,800.
On April 1, 2022,
the Company sold 30,000,000 shares of common stock to Silverback Capital Corporation for total proceeds of $600,000.
During Q2 2022, the
Company issued 10,000,000 shares of common stock for services. The shares were valued based on the closing stock price on the date of
grant for total non-cash compensation expense of $148,800.
During Q3 2022, the
Company issued an aggregate of 7,500,000 shares of common stock for services. The shares were valued based on the closing stock price
on the date of grant for an aggregate total non-cash compensation expense of $118,000.
During Q4, 2022,
the Company granted 16,500,000 shares of common stock to officers and directors for serviced rendered.
During Q4,
2022, the Company granted 20,785,842 shares of common stock to various consultants and other service providers for serviced rendered.
During Q4,
2022, the Company’s transfer agent issued 3,925,039 shares of common stock that had been granted and accounted for prior to Q4
2022.
Per the terms of
the Securities Purchase Agreement with Coventry, the Company issued 15,500,000 shares of its restricted common stock to Coventry effective
December 9, 2022. If the Company files its initial Registration Statement within forty-five calendar days from the date of the Note,
then Coventry, pursuant to its mandatory obligations thereunder, shall, within ten (10) calendar days thereafter, return to the Company’s
treasury for cancellation twelve million five hundred thousand (12,500,000) shares of common stock.
* * * * * * *
The use of proceeds
associated with the above listed sales of unregistered securities was for general working capital purposes.
The issuances and
grants described above were exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2), and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act,
since the foregoing issuances and grants did not involve a public offering, the recipients took the securities for investment and not
resale, we took take appropriate measures to restrict transfer, and the recipients were (a) “accredited investors”;
(b) had access to similar documentation and information as would be required in a Registration Statement under the Securities Act; and/or
(c) were officers or directors of the Company. The securities are subject to transfer restrictions, and the certificates evidencing the
securities contain an appropriate legend stating that such securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be
offered or sold absent registration or pursuant to an exemption therefrom. The securities were not registered under the Securities Act
and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act and any applicable state securities laws.
The issuance of Common
Stock upon conversion of notes described above were exempt pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, as no commission or other
remuneration was paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting the exchanges and the Company did not receive any compensation for
the issuance of the shares of Common Stock in connection with such conversions.
Item
16. Exhibits
|
(a) |
The exhibits listed in
the following Exhibit Index are filed as part of this Registration Statement. |
Exhibit
Number |
|
Description
of Exhibit |
3.1 |
|
Articles
of Incorporation, as amended, as currently in effect (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Form 10 filed
with the SEC on December 20, 2021) |
3.2 |
|
Bylaws
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s Form 10 filed with the SEC on December 20, 2021) |
3.3 |
|
Certificate
of Designation of Series B Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the Company’s
Form 10 filed with the SEC on December 20, 2021) |
3.4 |
|
Certificate
of Designation of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the Company’s Form 10 filed
with the SEC on December 20, 2021) |
3.5 |
|
Certificate
of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 of the Company’s Form 10 filed with the
SEC on December 20, 2021) |
3.6 |
|
Articles
of Incorporation for Endless Energy (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 of the Company’s Form 10 filed with the SEC on
December 20, 2021) |
3.7 |
|
Articles
of Incorporation for Clean-Seas, Abu Dhabi PVT. LTD (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 of the Company’s Form 10 filed
with the SEC on December 20, 2021) |
3.8 |
|
Articles
of Incorporation for Clean-Seas India Private Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 of the Company’s Form 10 filed
with the SEC on December 20, 2021) |
4.1 |
|
Form
of 5% Promissory Note |
4.2* |
|
Form
of Promissory Note |
4.3* |
|
Form
of Warrant |
4.4* |
|
Form
of Reg. D. Warrant |
5.1** |
|
Opinion
of Lucosky Brookman LLP |
10.1 |
|
Exchange
Agreement between Clean-Seas, Inc. and Byzen Digital Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Form
10 filed with the SEC on December 20, 2021) |
10.2† |
|
Employment
Agreement between Dan Bates and Byzen Digital, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Company’s Form 10 filed
with the SEC on December 20, 2021) |
10.3† |
|
Employment
Agreement between Christopher Percy and Byzen Digital, Inc (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Company’s Form
10 filed with the SEC on December 20, 2021) |
10.4† |
|
Amendment
to Employment Agreement between Dan Bates and Byzen Digital, Inc. ((incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Company’s
Form 10 filed with the SEC on December 20, 2021) |
10.5 |
|
Consulting
Agreement between Leonard Tucker LLC and Byzen Digital, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Company’s Form
10 filed with the SEC on December 20, 2021) |
10.6 |
|
Licensing
Agreement with Kingsberry Fuel Cell Corporation, dated December 6, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Company’s
Form 10 filed with the SEC on December 20, 2021) |
10.7 |
|
Form
of Securities Purchase Agreement between Clean Vision Corporation and Coventry Enterprises, LLC dated December 9, 2022 |
10.8 |
|
Form
of Registration Rights Agreement between Clean Vision Corporation and Coventry Enterprises, LLC dated December 9, 2022 |
10.9* |
|
Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated February 17, 2023 |
10.10* |
|
Form of Registration Rights Agreement dated February 17, 2023 |
10.11* |
|
Form
of Securities Purchase Agreement dated February 22, 2023 |
23.1* |
|
Consent of Fruci & Associates II, PLLC |
23.2** |
|
Consent
of Lucosky Brookman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) |
24.1** |
|
Instance
Document |
101.INS |
|
XBRL
Taxonomy Schema Document |
101.SCH |
|
XBRL
Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document |
101.CAL |
|
XBRL
Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document |
101.DEF |
|
XBRL
Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document |
101.LAB |
|
XBRL
Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document |
101.PRE |
|
|
107* |
|
Calculation
of Filing Fee Table |
* |
Filed
herewith |
** |
To
be filed by amendment. |
† |
Management
contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. |
(b)
Consolidated Financial Statement Schedules
Schedules not listed
above have been omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is not applicable or is shown in the financial statements
or notes thereto.
Item
17. Undertakings.
The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers, or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to:
(i)
Include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
Reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration
Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii)
Include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(4)
That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other
than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the
date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is
part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement
or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first
use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement
or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
(5)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.
(6)
That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution
of the securities, the undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant
to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities
are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to
the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i)
Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule
424;
(ii)
Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by
the undersigned registrant;
(iii)
The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant
or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
(iv)
Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
(7)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
(i) For purposes
of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)
(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared
effective.
(ii) For
the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Manhattan Beach, California on April 6, 2023.
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CLEAN
VISION CORPORATION |
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By: |
/s/
Daniel Bates |
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Name: |
Daniel
Bates |
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Title: |
Chief
Executive Officer |
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(Principal
Executive Officer) |
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Daniel Bates |
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Chief Executive Officer, President and Director |
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April 6, 2023 |
Daniel Bates |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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April 6, 2023 |
Rachel Boulds |
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(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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Director |
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April 6, 2023 |
Dr. Michael Dorsey |
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Director |
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April 6, 2023 |
Gregg Michael Boehmer |
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Director |
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April 6, 2023 |
Bart Fisher |
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/s/
Daniel Bates |
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Daniel
Bates, Attorney-in-fact |
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