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Material Agreements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
MATERIAL AGREEMENTS

NOTE 8 – MATERIAL AGREEMENTS

 

Agreement to Explore a Shipwreck Site Located off of Brevard County, Florida

 

On March 1, 2014, Seafarer entered into a partnership and ownership with Marine Archaeology Partners, LLC, with the formation of Seafarer’s Quest, LLC. Such LLC was formed in the State of Florida for the purpose of permitting, exploration and recovery of artifacts from a designated area on the east coast of Florida. Such site area is from a defined, contracted area by a separate entity, which a portion of such site is designated from a previous contracted holding through the State of Florida. Under such agreement, Seafarer is responsible for costs of permitting, exploration and recovery, and is entitled to 60% of such artifact recovery. Seafarer has a 50% ownership, with designated management of the LLC coming from Seafarer.

 

Exploration Permit with the Florida Division of Historical Resources for an Area off of Juno Beach, Florida

 

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 was active through April 25, 2014. The Permit authorizes Seafarer to dig and recover artifacts from the designated site at Juno Beach, Florida. It will be necessary for the Company to obtain a renewal to the Recovery Permit for the Juno Beach shipwreck site in order to continue to perform exploration and recovery work at the site after April 25, 2014. Currently the Management believes that the permit with the FBAR may eventually be renewed solely in the name of Seafarer Exploration Corp. under a judge’s order, however the renewal of this permit is not currently a priority for the Company. The permit had not been issued as of the filing date of this report.

  

Exploration Permit with the Florida Division of Historical Resources for an Area off of Cape Canaveral, Florida

 

On July 28, 2014, the Company’s partnership with Marine Archeological Partners, LLC, Seafarer’s Quest, LLC received a 1A-31 Dig and Identify Permit (the “Permit”) from the Florida Division of Historical Resources for an area identified off of Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Permit is active for three years from the date of issuance. The Company must obtain various concurrent environmental permits in order to perform exploration and recovery operations at the site. The Company has applied for permits from the State of Florida for two additional areas that were formerly permitted solely by an affiliate of Marine Archeological Partners, LLC. These permits have not been issued as of the filing date of this report.

 

Certain Other Agreements

 

In January of 2015, the Company extended the term of a previous agreement with an individual who is related to the Company’s CEO to continue serving as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Under the  agreement, the Director agreed to provide various 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 for one year and may be terminated by either the Company or the Director by providing written notice to the other party. The agreement also terminates automatically upon the death, resignation or removal of the Director.  Under the terms of the agreement, the Company agreed to pay the Director 8,000,000 restricted shares of its common stock and to negotiate future compensation on a year-by-year basis. The Company also agreed to reimburse the Director for pre-approved expenses. A portion of the 8,000,000 shares are included as an expense in consulting and contractor fees in the accompanying statement of operations and the remainder of the shares are going to be expensed over a twelve month period, these shares are included in the accompanying balance sheet as a prepaid expense.

 

In January of 2015, the Company extended the term of a previous agreement with an individual who is related to the Company’s CEO to continue serving as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Under the  agreement, the Director agreed to provide various 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 for one year and may be terminated by either the Company or the Director by providing written notice to the other party. The agreement also terminates automatically upon the death, resignation or removal of the Director.  Under the terms of the agreement, the Company agreed to pay the Director 6,000,000 restricted shares of its common stock and to negotiate future compensation on a year-by-year basis. The Company also agreed to reimburse the Director for pre-approved expenses. A portion of the 6,000,000 shares are included as an expense in consulting and contractor fees in the accompanying statement of operations and the remainder of the shares are going to be expensed over a twelve month period, these shares are included in the accompanying balance sheet as a prepaid expense.

 

In April of 2015, the Company entered into agreements or exteneded the terms of previous advisory agreements with ten separate individuals to either join or rejoin the Company’s advisory council. Under the advisory council agreements all of 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 nine of the advisors 1,000,000 shares a piece and one advisor 2,000,000 shares, an aggregate total of 11,000,000 restricted shares of its common stock. According to the agreements each of the Advisor’s shares vest at a rate of 1/12th of the amount per month over the term of the agreement.  If any of the advisors or the Company terminates the advisory council agreements prior to the expiration of the one year terms, then each of the advisors whose agreement has been terminated 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.

 

In August of 2015 the Company entered into a consulting agreement with a corporation under which the corporation agreed to provide various services including business development, digital arbitrage and developing, studying and evaluating revenue proposals in order to assist the Company in attempting to generate revenue. The term of the agreement will continue until the completion of the services. The Company agreed to pay the consultant a total of 2,000,000 shares of its restricted common stock with 1,000,000  shares being restricted for 6 months from the execution of the agreement and 1,000,000 shares being restricted for 1 year from the execution of the agreement.

 

In October of 2015 the Company entered into a consulting agreement with an individual under which the consultant agreed to provide various services including business development, mergers and acquisitions, business strategy and business introductions. The term of the agreement will continue until the completion of the services. The Company agreed to pay the consultant a total of 1,500,000 shares of its restricted common stock.

 

In October of 2015 the Company entered into a consulting agreement with an individual under which the consultant agreed to provide various services including business development, international introductions, translation services and the analysis of the historic shipwreck industry in Cuba. The term of the agreement will continue until the completion of the services. The Company agreed to pay the consultant a total of 2,000,000 shares of its restricted common stock with 1,000,000 shares being restricted for 6 months from the execution of the agreement and 1,000,000 shares being restricted for 1 year from the execution of the agreement. The Company also agreed to pay the consultant $100 per day when travelling on Company business.

 

In November of 2015 the Company entered into a consulting agreement with an individual under which the consultant agreed to provide various management consulting, business advisory, and shareholder notification and information services. The term of the agreement will continue until the completion of the services or for one year. The Company agreed to pay the consultant a total of 2,000,000 shares of its restricted common stock.

 

The Company has an ongoing agreement to pay a limited liability company a monthly fee of $3,500 in cash or $5,000 per month in restricted stock for archeological services and the review of historic shipwreck research consulting services. All fees paid to the related party consultant during the period ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 are included as an expense in consulting and contractor expenses in the accompanying statements of operations.

 

The Company has an ongoing agreement to pay an individual a monthly fee of $3,500 per month for archeological consulting services.

 

The Company has an ongoing consulting agreement to pay a limited liability company a minimum of $5,000 per month for providing ongoing business advisory and strategic planning and consulting services, assistance with financial reporting, accounting, IT management, and administrative services. The Company also agreed to pay additional compensation to the consultant in the form of cash and/or restricted stock to be awarded solely at the Company’s discretion. The Company also agreed to reimburse the consultant for certain expenses. The agreement is verbal and may be terminated by the Company or the consultant at any time. All fees paid to the related party consultant during the period ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 are included as an expense in consulting and contractor expenses in the accompanying statements of operations.

 

The Company has an ongoing verbal agreement with a limited liability company that is controlled by a person who is related to the Company’s CEO to pay the related party consultant $3,000 per month to provide general business consulting, industry research, monitoring and assessing the Company's business and to advise management with respect to an appropriate business strategy on an ongoing basis, commenting on proposed corporate decisions and identifying and evaluating alternative courses of action, perform background research including background checks and provide investigative information on individuals and companies and acting as an administrative specialist to perform various administrative duties and clerical services including reviewing the Company’s agreements and books and records. The consultant provides the services under the direction and supervision of the Company’s CEO. The Company paid the related party consultant a total of $47,200 in 2015, an amount that included bonus payments for extra services provided to the Company. All fees paid to the related party consultant during the period ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 are included as an expense in consulting and contractor expenses in the accompanying statements of operations.

      

The Company has an ongoing agreement with a limited liability company that is owned and controlled by a person who is related to the Company’s CEO to provide stock transfer agency services. At December 31, 2015, the Company owed the related party limited liability company $27,287 for transfer agency services rendered and for the reimbursement of legal fees. . In January 2015, the Company entered into a separate debt settlement agreement with the related party vendor to settle a total of $62,936 of outstanding debt related to legal fees incurred by the related party vendor due to a lawsuit against the Company in which suit the related party vendor was also named as a defendant due to its position as the Company’s stock transfer agency. The Company issued 15,734,068 shares of its common stock to this vendor as satisfaction for the outstanding debt. The agreement between the Company and the vendor stipulated that should the transfer agency realize less than $62,936 from the sale of the stock, then the consultant is entitled to receive up to an additional 5,000,000 shares of common stock or a cash payment until the balance is paid in full. The Company paid the transfer agency $5,451 in 2015 for transfer agency fees. All fees paid to the related party consultant during the period ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 are included as an expense in consulting and contractor expenses in the accompanying statements of operations.