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2. REVERSE MERGER TRANSACTION AND ACCOUNTING
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
2. REVERSE MERGER TRANSACTION AND ACCOUNTING

On November 21, 2012, Gilla Inc. (“Gilla” or the “Company” or the “Registrant”) merged with Snoke Distribution Canada Ltd. (“Snoke Distribution”), a corporation existing under the laws of Ontario (the "Merger"). Pursuant to the Merger, the Registrant acquired all of the outstanding common shares of Snoke Distribution through the issuance of common shares of the Registrant to the shareholders of Snoke Distribution.

 

As a result of the Merger and pursuant to the resolutions, Snoke Distribution has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant and the Registrant issued shares of its common stock to shareholders of Snoke Distribution at a rate of 1 share of the Registrant’s common stock for each Snoke Distribution common share. Immediately prior to the Merger, the Registrant had 29,477,766 shares of common stock outstanding.

 

Following the Merger, the Registrant had 59,244,433 shares of common stock outstanding after the share exchange and the issuance of 29,766,667 common shares to the shareholders of Snoke Distribution, which included a private placement of $141,000 into Snoke Distribution.

 

At closing of Merger, the Registrant also closed a private placement of $135,000 at a price of $0.05 per Gilla common share, each entitled to a half warrant to purchase one common share at an exercise price of $0.10 per common share for a period of six months following the Merger. The private placement resulted in the issuance of 2,700,000 shares and 1,350,000 warrants of the Registrant’s common stock from treasury. Following the Merger and the private placement, the Registrant has 61,944,433 shares of common stock outstanding.

 

The transaction has been accounted for as a reverse merger, and Snoke Distribution is the acquiring company on the basis that Snoke Distribution’s senior management became the entire senior management of the merged entity and there was a change of control of the Company. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805-10-40, Business Combinations; Reverse Acquisitions, Snoke Distribution was the acquiring entity for accounting purposes. While the transaction is accounted for using the purchase method of accounting, in substance the transaction was a recapitalization of the Snoke Distribution’s capital structure. Following the reverse merger, the historical financial statements of Snoke Distribution became the historical financial statements of the Company.