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(&amp;#8220;PDC&amp;#8221;). PDC owns a retail store,  several dive boats, and has a classroom for training divers. Under  the terms of the Agreement, the Company will provide PDC with an  assortment of Brownie&amp;#8217;s Third Lung products on consignment,  and PDC will act as a training and demonstration site for  Brownie&amp;#8217;s Third Lung products. Beginning in 2012, both  parties ceased operating under the consignment inventory  arrangement. Inventory not sold was returned and inventory was  purchased for sale. See Note:&amp;#160;7&lt;u&gt;RELATED PARTY  TRANSACTIONS&lt;/u&gt; - &lt;u&gt;Net revenues and accounts receivable &amp;#150;  related parties&lt;/u&gt; for further information on sales to PDC for the  period ended June 30, 2013, and related Accounts Receivable  balance. Terms of sale to PDC are no more favorable than those  granted other dealers of the Company&amp;#8217;s products.&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px 0pt 0.25in; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px 0pt 0.25in; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  In addition, the Agreement provides for a non-binding letter of  intent for the possible acquisition of PDC in exchange for  BWMG&amp;#8217;s stock for the yet to be agreed upon value of PDC. In  anticipation of a possible purchase, the Agreement provides BWMG  with a &lt;font style=" FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;33&lt;/font&gt;% interest in PDC.  As part of the transaction, BWMG issued &lt;font style=" FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;3,394&lt;/font&gt; restricted shares (pre-reverse  split&amp;#160;of its common stock with fair market value on the date  of the transaction of $&lt;font style=" FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;24,740&lt;/font&gt;  to PDC, reflected in other assets in the long-term portion of the  Company&amp;#8217;s balance sheet.&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px 0pt 0.25in; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  If BWMG purchases PDC, the stock issued by BWMG will be credited to  the purchase price. Further, PDC is required to remit no later than  45 days from the end of each quarter, a &lt;font style=" FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;33&lt;/font&gt;% share in pre-tax net profits. At  least &lt;font style=" FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;50&lt;/font&gt;% of the total  pre-tax profits are required for distribution under the Agreement,  and BWMG is not required to share in losses. If PDC decides to sell  any inventory provided by the Company, the purchase price will be  the same as that offered to other Dealers of the Company&amp;#8217;s  products.&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px 0pt 0.25in; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px 0pt 0.25in; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  If this Agreement is terminated by either party and/or a written  purchase and sales agreement is not entered into by the parties,  then the parties&amp;#8217; respective interests in each other&amp;#8217;s  business will revert back to the original party. Accordingly, if  this should happen, PDC will relinquish the interest acquired in  BWMG through this Agreement and BWMG will do the same. All property  at PDC owned by BWMG would be returned to BWMG at that time as  well. Because the joint venture is cancellable at any time by  either party with return of respective interest transferred to each  as per the joint venture agreement, possible acquisition of PDC is  in the form of a non-binding letter of intent, each entities assets  and liabilities remain their own, BWMG will not share in any of PDC  losses or additional expenses unless otherwise approved, and the  management and operation of PDC remains with PDC, the Company  accounted for the investment in PDC under the Cost basis.&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px 0pt 0.25in; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, PDC  reported pre-tax net losses. 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