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Note 16 - Subsequent Events
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
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NOTE 16 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

On May 24, 2022, CEN Biotech, Inc., an Ontario, Canada corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Patent Purchase and Assignment Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Emergence Global Enterprises Inc., a corporation incorporated pursuant to the laws of British Columbia, Canada (the “Buyer”). Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company agreed to sell its entire right, title and interest in Registered U.S. Patent No. 8,723,425, Light Emitting Diode Driver Circuit, issued May 13, 2014, in and to the inventions therein set forth and any reissue, reexamination, renewal, divisional, or continuation thereof (the “Patent”) to the Buyer, in exchange for the amount of seven million, four hundred and forty thousand Dollars (CAD $7,440,000), which was agreed to be paid through the issuance of 62,000,000 Common Shares of the Buyer (the “Shares”) at a deemed issue price of $0.12 per share (the “Payment”) constituting 44.17% of the Buyer’s issued and outstanding capital stock. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Payment will fully satisfy all payment obligations under the Agreement to the Company. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company agreed to be fully responsible for, and the Buyer shall not be liable to the Company or any other person or entity for any dispute regarding, allocation of the Payment made under the Agreement. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company agreed to pay any maintenance fees, annuities, and the like due or payable on the Patent until the closing date of the Agreement.

 

On July 19, 2022, pursuant to a Termination of Patent Purchase and Assignment Agreement (“Termination Agreement”), the Company and Buyer agreed to terminate the Agreement as of the “Effective Termination Date”, as defined in the Agreement, and the Agreement shall thereafter be null and void, and of no further force or effect. Furthermore, each the Company and Buyer recognize that neither party shall have any ongoing rights or obligations pursuant to the Agreement.