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- MATERIAL AGREEMENT
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
- MATERIAL AGREEMENT

NOTE 11 – MATERIAL AGREEMENT

 

Agreement with Tulco Resources, Ltd.

 

As previously noted in its 8-K filing on June 11, 2010, the Company entered into an agreement with Tulco Resources, Ltd. (“Tulco”) which granted the Company the exclusive rights to explore, locate, identify, and salvage a possible shipwreck within the territorial limits of the State of Florida, off of Palm Beach County, in the vicinity of Juno Beach, Florida (the “Exploration Agreement”).  The Company paid Tulco a total of $40,000 upon execution of the Exploration Agreement, $20,000 to cover fees owed to Tulco from the 2009 diving season and a $20,000 conservation payment for 2010. The Company also agreed to pay Tulco a conservation payment of $20,000 due and payable on January 1  of each year during the term of the Agreement.  The amount of the conservation payment my increase in future years based on the mutual agreement of Tulco and the Company. The Company agreed to furnish its own personnel, salvage vessel and equipment necessary to conduct operations at the shipwreck site. The Company also agreed to pay all of its own expenses directly associated with salvage operations, including but not limited to fuel, food, ground tackle, electronic equipment, dockage, wages, dive tanks, and supplies.

 

 

 

 

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The Company agreed to split any artifacts that it recovers equally with Tulco after the State of Florida has selected up to twenty percent of the total value of recovered artifacts for the State of Florida’s museum collection. The Company and Tulco agreed to receive their share of the division of artifacts at the same time.  The Company and Tulco agreed to jointly handle all correspondence with the State of Florida regarding any agreements and permits required for the exploration and salvage of the shipwreck site. The Company and Tulco are not able to perform artifact recovery services at the Juno Beach shipwreck site until the FLDHR Agreement is renewed.

 

Recovery Permit with Florida Division of Historical Resources

 

As previously noted on its form 8-K filed on May 9, 2011, the Company and Tulco received a 1A-31 Recovery Permit from the Florida Division of Historical Resources. The Recovery Permit is active through April 25, 2014. The Permit authorizes Seafarer to dig and recover artifacts from the designated site at Juno Beach, Florida.

 

Certain Other Agreements

 

On August 17, 2011 the Company entered into a consulting agreement with a limited liability company for various consulting services including dredge work, side scanning, mapping, and charting. Under the terms of the agreement the consultant agreed to perform various services including dredging, scanning and mapping work over a period of 30 working days or 55 calendar days, whichever occurs first, under the direction of the Company’s President. The company agreed to pay to the consultant 150,000 shares of restricted common stock, $17,000 and pay for dockage of the consultant’s vessel. The Company also agreed to pay the individual divers that work for the consultant an additional bonus of 1% minimum and 5% maximum of any treasure that they locate on behalf of the Company. The Company also agreed to pay an undefined bonus in share of its common stock to whichever diver finds the first piece of treasure as well as to the divers working with him and the crew who is working on the boat at that time. As of September 30, 2011 the initial 150,000 shares owed to the consultant under the agreement had not been issued and these shares were included as a liability in the accounts payable and accrued liabilities section in the accompanying balance sheet.

 

On August 23, 2011 the Company entered into two related agreements with an individual consultant. The first agreement is a letter agreement outlining the business terms under which the Company will provide funding, a vessel, and equipment to explore and salvage a purported abandon shipwreck site known to the consultant. Under the terms of the letter agreement the Company agreed to provide the vessel, search and salvage equipment and salvage services. The Company agreed to use its best efforts to obtain all applicable permits and agreements for the project. The letter agreement states that the Company will carry out the recovery of any recoverable artifacts at the site and the Company has sole discretion as to which artifacts are economically practical to remove from the site. Additionally if any artifacts are recovered then the Company would be responsible the stabilization, transportation, provision of secured storage and documentation of the artifacts. Should the project move forward into an operating phase then the consultant would be the operations manager and oversee the operational aspects of the project in consultation with the Company however the Company would have absolute authority of where, when and how to conduct operations. If the Company is not able to secure the necessary permits and agreements for the project then the both parties agree to release each other from their obligations under the agreement. In consideration for the consultant providing the location and information as to the purported shipwreck site, the Company agreed to pay the consultant an initial payment of 120,000 restricted shares of its common stock. If the Company is successful in obtaining the required permits and agreements from governmental agencies necessary to salvage the shipwreck site identified by the consultant then the Company agreed to issue the consultant 2,000,000 shares of its restricted common stock. The Company further agreed to pay the consultant an additional 1,000,000 shares of its restricted common stock if the Company successfully locates a minimum of $50,000 worth of valuable artifacts at the shipwreck site. The consultant will also be entitled to additional stock bonuses as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors. Furthermore the consultant will be paid for his services under a separate consulting agreement once the project receives the necessary permits and agreements to salvage the designated area. The second agreement is a consulting agreement under which the consultant agrees to provide services and advice to the Company on site work as deemed necessary for the job, directing, mapping, charting for the Company in relation to the specific shipwreck project under the direction of the Company’s President. Under the terms of the consulting agreement the Company agreed to pay the consultant $10,000 per month after receiving an approved salvage permit with the State of Florida for the shipwreck site that the consultant agreed to make known to the Company under the letter agreement described above. The agreement also states that if the value of the shares that have been given to the consultant per the letter agreement become worth more than $250,000 then the Company will only pay the consultant a fee of $5,000 per month and if after six months of salvage operations the Company determines that it is overly burdensome to continue to pay the consultant at the rate described above then will agree to renegotiate a new monthly fee schedule.  As of September 30, 2011 the initial 120,000 shares owed to the consultant under the letter agreement had not been issued and these shares were included as a liability in the accounts payable and accrued liabilities section in the accompanying balance sheet.

 

 

 

NOTE 11 – MATERIAL AGREEMENT – continued

 

On August 25, 2011 the Company entered into a financial public relations agreement with a corporation to provide various investor relations/financial public relations services. The term of the Agreement is for six months. Under the terms of the agreement the Company agreed to pay the consultant 1,000,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock due when the agreement was executed. The consultant agreed to act as a liaison between the Company and its shareholders, advise the Company with regards to market makers, broker dealers and other market participants and act as a liaison with such market participants, and advise the Company with respect to communications and information and as well as planning, designing, developing, organizing, writing, and distributing such communications and information. The agreement states that the consultant is not providing any investment banking services related activities and is not being compensated or engaged to raise capital for the Company. The 1,000,000 shares are included as an expense in consulting and contractor fees in the accompanying income statement.

 

The Company entered into an amended lease agreement on September 12, 2011 for its current office location at 14497 North Dale Mabry Highway, Suite 209-N, Tampa, Florida 33618. Under the terms of the amended lease agreement the lease term has been extended to May of 2012 with a base monthly rent of $1,166.  There may be additional monthly charges for pro-rated maintenance, etc.

 

On September 22, 2011 the Company entered into three separate agreements with three individuals to join the Company’s advisory council. Under the advisory council agreements the advisors agreed to provide various advisory services to the Company, including making recommendations for both the short term and the long term business strategies to be employed by the Company, monitoring and assessing the Company’s business and to advise the Company’s Board of Directors with respect to an appropriate business strategy on an ongoing basis, commenting on proposed corporate decisions and identifying and evaluating alternative courses of action, making suggestions to strengthen the Company’s operations, identifying and evaluating external threats and opportunities to the Company, evaluating and making ongoing recommendations to the Board with respect to the Company’s business, and providing such other advisory or consulting services as may be appropriate from time to time. The term of each of the advisory council agreements is for one year. In consideration for the performance of the advisory services, the Company agreed to issue the three advisors an aggregate total of 2,700,000 restricted shares of its common stock. Each advisor was issued 900,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. According to the agreement each advisor will have their shares vest at a rate of 75,000 per month during the term of the agreement.  If the advisory council agreements are terminated prior to the expiration of the one year terms, then each of the advisors has agreed to return to the Company for cancellation any portion of their shares that have not vested. Under the advisory council agreements, the Company has agreed to reimburse the advisors for pre approved expenses.

 

The Company had an outstanding accounts payable balance with a certain vendor in the amount of $40,559 related to legal services. On September 23, 2011, the Company issued 6,073,374 shares of its restricted common stock to this vendor as satisfaction for the outstanding invoices. The agreement between the Company and the vendor stipulated the stock must be worth at least $40,599 in the event the vendor sells the shares and the value received for the sale of the shares is less than $40,599 then the vendor will be entitled to receive additional payment until the balance is paid in full. The Company accounted for the right to be made “whole” as a put liability. The value of the put liability was $0 as of September 30, 2011.  As of the September 30, 2011, the fair value of the shares was $60,733. 

 

The Company has an ongoing agreement to pay a person who is related to the Company’s CEO a minimum of $3,000 per month for providing various administrative, clerical, office management and consulting services. The Company agreed to pay the related party consultant additional compensation in the form of cash and/or stock based on extra time and services rendered to the Company. The agreement is verbal and may be terminated by the Company or the consultant at any time.