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NATURE OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF BASIS OF PRESENTATION
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
NATURE OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF BASIS OF PRESENTATION

NOTE 1 - NATURE OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

Nature of Business

 

CQENS Technologies, Inc., formerly VapAria Corporation (“we”, “CQENS”, the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on December 21, 2009 under the name OICco Acquisition IV, Inc.

 

On April 11, 2014 the Company entered into that certain Share Exchange Agreement and Plan of Reorganization with VapAria Solutions, Inc., a Minnesota corporation formerly known as VapAria Corporation (“VapAria Solutions”), and the shareholders of VapAria Solutions (the “VapAria Solutions Shareholders”) pursuant to which we agreed to acquire 100% of the outstanding capital stock of VapAria Solutions from the VapAria Solutions Shareholders in exchange for certain shares of our capital stock. On July 31, 2014 all conditions precedent to the closing were satisfied, including the reconfirmation by the investors of the prior purchase of 1,000,000 shares of our common stock pursuant to the requirements of Rule 419 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the transaction closed.

 

At closing, we issued the VapAria Solutions Shareholders 5,142,856 shares of our common stock and 500,000 shares of our 10% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred”) in exchange for the common stock and preferred stock owned by the VapAria Solutions Shareholders.

 

As a result of the closing of this transaction, VapAria Solutions became a wholly owned subsidiary of our company and its business and operations represent those of our company.

 

On August 19, 2014 the board of directors of the Company and the holders of a majority of its issued and outstanding common stock approved a Certificate of Amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation changing the name of our company to VapAria Corporation. The name change was effective on August 19, 2014. Our Board determined it was in our best interests to change our corporate name to better reflect our business and operations following our recent acquisition of VapAria Solutions.

 

On December 26, 2019 our Board determined it was in our best interest to change our corporate name to better reflect our business and operations and so the Company name was changed from VapAria Corporation to CQENS Technologies Inc. Our board of directors and the Majority Stockholders have approved the Name Change to more accurately reflect the current direction of our company and to eliminate potential market confusion as our business focus is not in the area of unregulated vaping. Further, the board determined it would be in our best interests to dissolve the subsidiary entity, VapAria Solutions which had no activity or operations since July 31, 2014 when the April 11, 2014 Share Exchange Agreement and Plan of Reorganization’s conditions of close were satisfied. The dissolution of the subsidiary was effective December 30, 2019.

 

On December 20, 2023 we acquired 50% membership in CQENS Electronics (Hong Kong) Limited (“CEL”) along with Asahi Corporation for the design, development and manufacturing of our heat-not-burn device. CQENS holds a majority of the board seats including nomination of the chair. Pursuant to the establishment of CEL, CQENS entered into an exclusive, worldwide License Agreement with CEL for designing, developing and manufacturing a consumer device consistent with our IP. Although the activities of CEL in 2023 are minimal and are reflective primarily of its set-up, CEL is included in our consolidated financial statements.

 

CQENS Technologies, Inc. is a technology company with a proprietary method of heating plant-based consumable formulations that produce an aerosol that lead to the effective and efficient inhalation of the plant’s constituents. This is accomplished at a high temperature but without the accompanying constituents of combustion. Our system of heating is a high temperature, non-combustion system. Our Heat-not-Burn Tobacco Product (HTP) system is a patent-pending method of heating plant-based consumables for inhalation that is superior to other methods of ingestion, smoking, vaping, swallowing or via topical application.

 

 

The executive officers hired by the Company in the third quarter of 2020 are also the Company’s three employees at December 31, 2023. Effective December 23, 2021 the Board of Directors approved annual salary increases for its: CEO, Alexander Chong, COO, William Bartkowski and CFO, Daniel Markes, resulting in a new annual combined base of $650,160 per annum compared to $270,000 per annum previously. The annual combined base salary remains the same for 2023. To date the Company has not entered into any written employment agreements with the officers. The rates remain unchanged through today.

 

The Company has a fiscal year end of December 31.