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Preliminary Offering Circular dated July __, 2018

 

An Offering Statement pursuant to Regulation A relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Information contained in this Preliminary Offering Circular is subject to completion or amendment. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted before the Offering Statement filed with the Commission is qualified. This Preliminary Offering Circular shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor may there be any sales of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful before registration or qualification under the laws of any such state. We may elect to satisfy our obligation to deliver a Final Offering Circular by sending you a notice within two business days after the completion of our sale to you that contains the URL where the Final Offering Circular or the Offering Statement in which such Final Offering Circular was filed may be obtained.

 

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

$50,000,000

200,000,000 SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK

 

 

This is the public offering of securities of Advance Green Energy, Inc., a Florida corporation. We are offering 200,000,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 ("Common Stock"), at an offering price of $0.25 per share (the "Offered Shares") by the Company. This Offering will terminate on twelve months from the day the Offering is qualified, subject to extension for up to thirty (30) days as defined below or the date on which the maximum offering amount is sold (such earlier date, the "Termination Date"). The minimum purchase requirement per investor is 4,000 Offered Shares ($1,000); however, we can waive the minimum purchase requirement on a case-by-case basis in our sole discretion.

 

These securities are speculative securities. Investment in the Company’s stock involves significant risk. You should purchase these securities only if you can afford a complete loss of your investment. See the “Risk Factors” section on page 4 of this Offering Circular.

 

We have a dual class structure for our Common Stock consisting of Class A and Class B Common Stock. Holders of the Class B Common Stock are entitled to elect a majority of the board of directors and the holders of the Class A will elect the remainder of the directors. See “Description of Securities” and “Risk Factors – We have two classes of Common Stock.” This offering is for Class A Common Stock.

 

No Escrow

 

The proceeds of this offering will not be placed into an escrow account. We will offer our Common Stock on a best efforts basis. As there is no minimum offering, upon the approval of any subscription to this Offering Circular, the Company shall immediately deposit said proceeds into the bank account of the Company and may dispose of the proceeds in accordance with the Use of Proceeds.

 

Subscriptions are irrevocable and the purchase price is non-refundable as expressly stated in this Offering Circular. The Company, by determination of the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may issue the Securities under this Offering for cash, promissory notes, services, and/or other consideration without notice to subscribers. All proceeds received by the Company from subscribers for this Offering will be available for use by the Company upon acceptance of subscriptions for the Securities by the Company.

 

Generally, no sale may be made to you in this Offering if the aggregate purchase price you pay is more than 10% of the greater of your annual income or net worth. Different rules apply to accredited investors and non-natural persons. Before making any representation that your investment does not exceed applicable thresholds, we encourage you to review Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) of Regulation A. For general information on investing, we encourage you to refer to www.investor.gov.

 

Sale of these shares will commence within two calendar days of the qualification date and it will be a continuous Offering pursuant to Rule 251(d)(3)(i)(F).

 

This Offering will be conducted on a “best-efforts” basis, which means our Officers will use their commercially reasonable best efforts in an attempt to offer and sell the Shares. Our Officers will not receive any commission or any other remuneration for these sales. In offering the securities on our behalf, the Officers will rely on the safe harbor from broker-dealer registration set out in Rule 3a4-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

This Offering Circular shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sales of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful, prior to registration or qualification under the laws of any such state.

 

We are applying to have our Common Stock is traded in the OTCMarket.

 

Investing in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 4 for a discussion of certain risks that you should consider in connection with an investment in our Common Stock.

 

 

    Per 
Share
  Total 
Maximum
Public Offering Price (1)(2)   $0.25   $50,000,000.00
Underwriting Discounts and Commissions (3)   $0.00   $0
Proceeds to Company (4)   $0.256   $50,000,000.00

  

(1)We are offering shares on a continuous basis. See “Distribution – Continuous Offering.”
(2)This is a “best efforts” offering. The proceeds of this offering will not be placed into an escrow account. We will offer our Common Stock on a best efforts basis primarily through an online platform. As there is no minimum offering, upon the approval of any subscription to this Offering Circular, the Company shall immediately deposit said proceeds into the bank account of the Company and may dispose of the proceeds in accordance with the Use of Proceeds. See “How to Subscribe.”
(3)We are offering these securities without an underwriter.
(4)Excludes estimated total offering expenses, including underwriting discount and commissions. Such expenses, will be approximately $2,000,000 assuming the maximum offering amount is sold.

 

Our Board of Directors used its business judgment in setting a value of $0.25 per share to the Company as consideration for the stock to be issued under the Offering. The sales price per share bears no relationship to our book value or any other measure of our current value or worth.

 

No sale may be made to you in this offering if the aggregate purchase price you pay is more than 10% of the greater of your annual income or your net worth. Different rules apply to accredited investors and non-natural persons. Before making any representation that your investment does not exceed applicable thresholds, we encourage you to review Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) of Regulation A. For general information on investing, we encourage you to refer to www.investor.gov.

 

THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OF OR GIVE ITS APPROVAL TO ANY SECURITIES OFFERED OR THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, NOR DOES IT PASS UPON THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OFFERING CIRCULAR OR OTHER SOLICITATION MATERIALS. THESE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE COMMISSION; HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES OFFERED ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.

 

The date of this Offering Circular is July __, 2018.

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 1
SUMMARY 2
THE OFFERING 3
RISK FACTORS 4
USE OF PROCEEDS 18
DILUTION 19
DISTRIBUTION 20
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 23
BUSINESS 24
MANAGEMENT 29
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 32
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS 33
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS 36
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES 37
DIVIDEND POLICY 39
SECURITIES OFFERED 39
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE 39
LEGAL MATTERS 40
EXPERTS 40
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION 40
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS F-1

  

 

We are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, our securities only in jurisdictions where such offers and sales are permitted. You should rely only on the information contained in this Offering Circular. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with any information other than the information contained in this Offering Circular. The information contained in this Offering Circular is accurate only as of its date, regardless of the time of its delivery or of any sale or delivery of our securities. Neither the delivery of this Offering Circular nor any sale or delivery of our securities shall, under any circumstances, imply that there has been no change in our affairs since the date of this Offering Circular. This Offering Circular will be updated and made available for delivery to the extent required by the federal securities laws.

 

In this Offering Circular, unless the context indicates otherwise, references to "Advance Green Energy", "we", the "Company", "our" and "us" refer to the activities of and the assets and liabilities of the business and operations of Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

 

 

 

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Some of the statements under "Summary", "Risk Factors", "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations", "Our Business" and elsewhere in this Offering Circular constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as "anticipate", "believe", "could", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "may", "plan", "potential", "should", "will" and "would" or the negatives of these terms or other comparable terminology.

 

You should not place undue reliance on forward looking statements. The cautionary statements set forth in this Offering Circular, including in "Risk Factors" and elsewhere, identify important factors which you should consider in evaluating our forward-looking statements. These factors include, among other things:

 

·The speculative nature of the business we intend to develop;

 

·Our reliance on suppliers and customers;

 

·Our dependence upon external sources for the financing of our operations, particularly given that there are concerns about our ability to continue as a “going concern”;

 

·Our ability to effectively execute our business plan;

 

·Our ability to manage our expansion, growth and operating expenses;

 

·Our ability to finance our businesses;

 

·Our ability to promote our businesses;

 

·Our ability to compete and succeed in highly competitive and evolving businesses;

 

·Our ability to respond and adapt to changes in technology and customer behavior; and

 

·Our ability to protect our intellectual property and to develop, maintain and enhance strong brands.

 

 

Although the forward-looking statements in this Offering Circular are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations, taking into account all information currently available to us, we cannot guarantee future transactions, results, performance, achievements or outcomes. No assurance can be made to any investor by anyone that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements will be attained, or that deviations from them will not be material and adverse. We undertake no obligation, other than as maybe be required by law, to re-issue this Offering Circular or otherwise make public statements updating our forward-looking statements.

 

 

 

 

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SUMMARY

 

This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this Offering Circular. This summary is not complete and does not contain all the information that you should consider before deciding whether to invest in our Common Stock. You should carefully read the entire Offering Circular, including the risks associated with an investment in the company discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of this Offering Circular, before making an investment decision. Some of the statements in this Offering Circular are forward-looking statements. See the section entitled "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements."

 

Company Information

 

The Company, sometimes referred to herein as "we," "us,” “our," and the "Company" and/or "Advance Green Energy" was incorporated on May 31, 2016 under the laws of the State of Florida, to engage in any lawful corporate undertaking. Our fiscal year-end date is December 31.

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc. offices are located at 523 US Highway 41 South, Inverness, Florida 34450. Our telephone number is 352-765-3850 and our Fax number is 352-765- 3851. Our website is located at www.avancegreenenergy.us, and our email address is info@advancegreenenergy.us.

 

We do not incorporate the information on or accessible through our website into this Offering Circular, and you should not consider any information on, or that can be accessed through, our website a part of this Offering Circular.

 

Section 15(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Our shares are covered by section 15(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended that imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker/dealers who sell such securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors (generally institutions with assets in excess of $5,000,000 or individuals with net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual income exceeding $200,000 or $300,000 jointly with their spouses). For transactions covered by the Rule, the broker/dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchase and have received the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction prior to the sale. Consequently, the Rule may affect the ability of broker/dealers to sell our securities and also may affect your ability to sell your shares in the secondary market.

 

Section 15(g) also imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker/dealers who sell penny securities. These rules require a one-page summary of certain essential items. The items include the risk of investing in penny stocks in both public offerings and secondary marketing; terms important to in understanding of the function of the penny stock market, such as bid and offer quotes, a dealers spread and broker/dealer compensation; the broker/dealer compensation, the broker/dealers’ duties to its customers, including the disclosures required by any other penny stock disclosure rules; the customers’ rights and remedies in cases of fraud in penny stock transactions; and, the FINRA’s toll free telephone number and the central number of the North American Administrators Association, for information on the disciplinary history of broker/dealers and their associated persons.

 

Dividends

 

The Company has not declared or paid a cash dividend to stockholders since it was organized and does not intend to pay dividends in the foreseeable future. The board of directors presently intends to retain any earnings to finance our operations and does not expect to authorize cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any payment of cash dividends in the future will depend upon the Company's earnings, capital requirements and other factors.

 

Trading Market

 

We are applying to have our Common Stock traded in the OTC Market Pink Open Market.

 

 

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THE OFFERING

 

Issuer: Advance Green Energy, Inc.
   
Securities offered: A maximum of 200,000,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 (“Common Stock”) at an offering price of $0.25 per share (the “Offered Shares”). (See “Distribution.”)
   
   
Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding before the offering 1,362,786,900 issued and outstanding as of April 22, 2018
   
Number of shares of Common Stock to be outstanding after the offering 1,562,786,900 shares, if the maximum amount of Offered Shares are sold
   
Price per share: $0.25
   
Maximum offering amount: 200,000,000 shares at $0.25 per share, or $50,000,000 (See “Distribution.”)
   
Trading Market: We intend to apply to have our Common Stock trading on the OTC Markets.
   
Use of proceeds: If we sell all of the shares being offered, our net proceeds (after our estimated offering expenses) will be $48,000,000. We will use these net proceeds for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
   
Risk factors: Investing in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk, including: Immediate and substantial dilution.
Limited market for our stock.  

 

Limited operational history in an emerging industry. See “Risk Factors.”

 

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

The following is only a brief summary of the risks involved in investing in our Company. Investment in our Securities involves risks. You should carefully consider the following risk factors in addition to other information contained in this Disclosure Document. The occurrence of any of the following risks might cause you to lose all or part of your investment. Some statements in this Document, including statements in the following risk factors, constitute “Forward-Looking Statements.”

 

The price of our common stock may be volatile.

 

If we are able to get a trading market for our stock, the trading price of our common stock is likely to remain highly volatile and could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control or unrelated to our operating performance. In addition to the factors discussed in this “Risk Factors” section and elsewhere, these factors include: the operating performance of similar companies; the overall performance of the equity markets; the announcements by us or our competitors of acquisitions, business plans, or commercial relationships; threatened or actual litigation; changes in laws or regulations relating to the provision of health care or the sale of health insurance; any major change in our board of directors or management; publication of research reports or news stories about us, our competitors, or our industry or positive or negative recommendations or withdrawal of research coverage by securities analysts; large volumes of sales of our shares of common stock by existing stockholders; and general political and economic conditions.

 

In addition, the stock market in general, and the market for developing companies in particular, has experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies’ securities This litigation, if instituted against us, could result in very substantial costs; divert our management’s attention and resources; and harm our business, operating results, and financial condition.

 

Certain provisions of our Articles of Incorporation may affect us and make it more difficult to acquire us.

 

Certain provisions of our Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws may make it more difficult and time consuming to acquire us. This may reduce our vulnerability to an unsolicited proposal for our takeover. These provisions are outlined below. See “Company Securities -- Certain Provisions.” Our Articles also contain restrictions regarding certain mergers, consolidations, asset sales and other “Business Combinations.” “Business Combinations” are defined in the Articles of Incorporation. The above provisions could have the effect of depriving shareholders of any opportunity to sell their shares at a premium over any prevailing market price because takeovers frequently involve purchases of stock directly from shareholders at such a premium price. Further, to the extent these provisions make it less likely that a takeover attempt opposed by our incumbent board of directors and management will succeed; the effect could be to assist the board of directors and management in retaining their existing positions. In addition, our Articles also provide that the provisions outlined herein cannot be amended, altered, repealed, or replaced without a “super-majority” vote or the approval of a Majority of Continuing Directors. See “Company Securities.”

 

Among other provisions that might make it more difficult to acquire us, we have adopted the following:

 

Staggered Board. Our Board of Directors has been divided into three classes of directors. The term of one class will expire each year. Directors for each class will be chosen for a three-year term upon the expiration of such class’s term, and the directors in the other two classes will continue in office. The staggered terms for directors may affect the stockholders’ ability to change control of the Company even if a change in control were in the stockholders’ interest. See “Company Securities.”

 

Preferred Stock. Our charter authorizes the Board of Directors to issue up to 1,000,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock and to establish the preferences and rights (including the right to vote and the right to convert into shares of Common Stock) of any shares issued. The power to issue Preferred Stock could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of the Company even if a change in control were in the stockholders’ interest. See “Company Securities.”

 

 

 

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We have two classes of Common Stock.

 

We have a dual class structure for our Common Stock consisting of Class A and Class B Common Stock. Holders of the Class B Common Stock are entitled to elect a majority of the board of directors and the holders of the Class A will elect the remainder of the directors. Investors in this offering will be purchasing Class A Common Stock. Our control shareholders own all of the Class B Common Stock and thus will have the right to elect a majority of the board of directors. See “Description of Securities – The Common Stock.“

 

Doubts About Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

 

The Company is an early stage enterprise and has not commenced planned principal operations. The Company had no revenues to date and minimal capitalization. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

There can be no assurance that sufficient funds required during the next year or thereafter will be generated from operations or that funds will be available from external sources, such as debt or equity financings or other potential sources. The lack of additional capital resulting from the inability to generate cash flow from operations, or to raise capital from external sources would force the Company to substantially curtail or cease operations and would, therefore, have a material adverse effect on its business. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that any such required funds, if available, will be available on attractive terms or that they will not have a significant dilutive effect on the Company’s existing stockholders.

 

The Company intends to overcome the circumstances that impact its ability to remain a going concern through a combination of the commencement of revenues, with interim cash flow deficiencies being addressed through additional equity and debt financing. The Company anticipates raising additional funds through public or private financing, strategic relationships or other arrangements in the near future to support its business operations; however, the Company may not have commitments from third parties for a sufficient amount of additional capital. The Company cannot be certain that any such financing will be available on acceptable terms, or at all, and its failure to raise capital when needed could limit its ability to continue its operations. The Company’s ability to obtain additional funding will determine its ability to continue as a going concern. Failure to secure additional financing in a timely manner and on favorable terms would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial performance, results of operations and stock price and require it to curtail or cease operations, sell off its assets, seek protection from its creditors through bankruptcy proceedings, or otherwise. Furthermore, additional equity financing may be dilutive to the holders of the Company’s common stock, and debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants, and strategic relationships, if necessary to raise additional funds, and may require that the Company relinquish valuable rights. Please see Financial Statements – Note 1. Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation – Going Concern for further information.

 

Risks Relating to Our Financial Condition

 

Our management has a limited experience operating a public company and are subject to the risks commonly encountered by early-stage companies.

 

Although management of Advance Green Energy, Inc. has experience in operating small companies, current management has not had to manage expansion while being a public company. Many investors may treat us as an early-stage company. In addition, management has not overseen a company with large growth. Because we have a limited operating history, our operating prospects should be considered in light of the risks and uncertainties frequently encountered by early-stage companies in rapidly evolving markets. These risks include:

 

·risks that we may not have sufficient capital to achieve our growth strategy;

 

·risks that we may not develop our product and service offerings in a manner that enables us to be profitable and meet our customers’ requirements;

 

·risks that our growth strategy may not be successful; and

 

·risks that fluctuations in our operating results will be significant relative to our revenues.

 

 

 

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These risks are described in more detail below. Our future growth will depend substantially on our ability to address these and the other risks described in this section. If we do not successfully address these risks, our business could be significantly harmed.

 

We have limited operational history in an emerging industry, making it difficult to accurately predict and forecast business operations.

 

As we have little or no operational history and have yet to generate revenue, it is extremely difficult to make accurate predictions and forecasts on our finances. This is compounded by the fact that we operate in transforming industries. There is no guarantee that our products or services will remain attractive to potential and current users as these industries undergo rapid change, or that potential customers will utilize our services.

 

As a growing company, we have yet to achieve a profit and may not achieve a profit in the near future, if at all.

 

We have not yet produced a net profit and may not in the near future, if at all. While we expect our revenue to grow, we have not achieved profitability and cannot be certain that we will be able to sustain our growth rate or realize sufficient revenue to achieve profitability. Our ability to continue as a going concern may be dependent upon raising capital from financing transactions, increasing revenue throughout the year and keeping operating expenses below our revenue levels in order to achieve positive cash flows, none of which can be assured.

 

We will require additional capital to support business growth, and this capital might not be available on acceptable terms, if at all.

 

We intend to continue to make investments to support our business growth and may require additional funds to respond to business challenges, including the need to update our technology, improve our operating infrastructure or acquire complementary businesses and technologies. Accordingly, we will need to engage in continued equity or debt financings to secure additional funds. If we raise additional funds through future issuances of equity or convertible debt securities, our existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution, and any new equity securities we issue could have rights, preferences and privileges superior to those of our common stock. Any debt financing that we secure in the future could involve restrictive covenants relating to our capital raising activities and other financial and operational matters, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and to pursue business opportunities, including potential acquisitions. We may not be able to obtain additional financing on terms favorable to us, if at all. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us when we require it, our ability to continue to support our business growth and to respond to business challenges could be impaired, and our business may be harmed.

 

We are highly dependent on the services of our key executives, the loss of whom could materially harm our business and our strategic direction. If we lose key management or significant personnel, cannot recruit qualified employees, directors, officers, or other personnel or experience increases in our compensation costs, our business may materially suffer.

 

We are highly dependent on our management, specifically Mr. Peter M. Barbee and Mr. Bradley Dye. As of March 1, 2018, we have Employment Agreements in place with Mr. Green and Mr. Dye. If we lose key employees, our business may suffer. Furthermore, our future success will also depend in part on the continued service of our management personnel and our ability to identify, hire, and retain additional key personnel. We do not carry “key-man” life insurance on the lives of any of our executives, employees or advisors. We experience intense competition for qualified personnel and may be unable to attract and retain the personnel necessary for the development of our business. Because of this competition, our compensation costs may increase significantly.

 

We may be unable to manage growth, which may impact our potential profitability.

 

Successful implementation of our business strategy requires us to manage our growth. Growth could place an increasing strain on our management and financial resources. To manage growth effectively, we will need to:

 

·Establish definitive business strategies, goals and objectives;

 

·Maintain a system of management controls; and

 

·Attract and retain qualified personnel, as well as develop, train, and manage management-level and other employees.

 

 

 

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Attract and retain qualified personnel, as well as develop, train, and manage management-level and other employees.

 

If we fail to manage our growth effectively, our business, financial condition, or operating results could be materially harmed, and our stock price may decline.

 

We operate in a highly competitive environment, and if we are unable to compete with our competitors, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and prospects could be materially adversely affected.

 

We operate in a highly competitive environment. Our competition includes all other companies that are in the business of offering energy and alternative energy solutions. A highly competitive environment could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and prospects.

 

We may not be able to compete successfully with other established companies offering the same or similar services and, as a result, we may not achieve our projected revenue and user targets.

 

If we are unable to compete successfully with other businesses in our existing market, we may not achieve our projected revenue and/or customer targets. We compete with both start-up and established energy and alternative energy companies. Compared to our business, our competitors may much greater financial and other resources, have been in business longer, have greater name recognition and be better established in our markets.

 

We expect to incur substantial expenses to meet our reporting obligations as a public company. In addition, failure to maintain adequate financial and management processes and controls could lead to errors in our financial reporting and could harm our ability to manage our expenses.

 

We estimate that it will cost approximately $150,000 annually to maintain the proper management and financial controls for our filings required as a public reporting company. In addition, if we do not maintain adequate financial and management personnel, processes and controls, we may not be able to accurately report our financial performance on a timely basis, which could cause a decline in our stock price and adversely affect our ability to raise capital.

 

 

Risks Relating to our Common Stock and Offering

 

If we are able to develop a market for our Common Stock, our Common Stock may be thinly traded, so you may be unable to sell at or near ask prices or at all if you need to sell your shares to raise money or otherwise desire to liquidate your shares.

 

If we are able to develop a market for our Common Stock, it may be thinly traded on the OTC Pink Open Market, meaning that the number of persons interested in purchasing our shares at, or near ask prices at any given time, may be relatively small or non- existent. This situation is attributable to a number of factors, including the fact that we are a small company which is relatively unknown to stock analysts, stock brokers, institutional investors and others in the investment community that generate or influence sales volume, and that even if we came to the attention of such persons, they tend to be risk-averse and would be reluctant to follow an unproven company such as ours or purchase or recommend the purchase of our shares until such time as we became more seasoned and viable. As a consequence, there may be periods of several days or more when trading activity in our shares is minimal or non-existent, as compared to a seasoned issuer, which has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will generally support continuous sales without an adverse effect on share price. We cannot give you any assurance that a broader or more active public trading market for our common shares will develop or be sustained, or that current trading levels will be sustained.

 

The market price for the common stock may be particularly volatile given our status as a relatively unknown company with a small and thinly traded public float, limited operating history, and lack of revenue, which could lead to wide fluctuations in our share price. The price at which you purchase our shares may not be indicative of the price that will prevail in the trading market. You may be unable to sell your common shares at or above your purchase price, which may result in substantial losses to you.

 

 

 

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The market for our shares of common stock may be characterized by significant price volatility when compared to seasoned issuers, and we expect that our share price will continue to be more volatile than a seasoned issuer for the indefinite future. The volatility in our share price is attributable to a number of factors. First, as noted above, our shares may be sporadically traded. As a consequence of this lack of liquidity, the trading of relatively small quantities of shares may disproportionately influence the price of those shares in either direction. The price for our shares could, for example, decline precipitously in the event that a large number of our shares is sold on the market without commensurate demand, as compared to a seasoned issuer which could better absorb those sales without adverse impact on its share price. Secondly, we are a speculative investment due to, among other matters, our limited operating history and lack of revenue or profit to date, and the uncertainty of future market acceptance for our potential products. As a consequence of this enhanced risk, more risk-averse investors may, under the fear of losing all or most of their investment in the event of negative news or lack of progress, be more inclined to sell their shares on the market more quickly and at greater discounts than would be the case with the securities of a seasoned issuer. The following factors may add to the volatility in the price of our shares: actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly or annual operating results; government regulations, announcements of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships or joint ventures; our capital commitments and additions or departures of our key personnel. Many of these factors are beyond our control and may decrease the market price of our shares regardless of our operating performance. We cannot make any predictions or projections as to what the prevailing market price for our shares will be at any time, including as to whether our shares will sustain their current market prices, or as to what effect the sale of shares or the availability of shares for sale at any time will have on the prevailing market price.

 

Shareholders should be aware that, according to SEC Release No. 34-29093, the market for penny stocks has suffered in recent years from patterns of fraud and abuse. Such patterns include (1) control of the market for the security by one or a few broker-dealers that are often related to the promoter or issuer; (2) manipulation of prices through prearranged matching of purchases and sales and false and misleading press releases; (3) boiler room practices involving high-pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price projections by inexperienced sales persons; (4) excessive and undisclosed bid-ask differential and markups by selling broker-dealers; and (5) the wholesale dumping of the same securities by promoters and broker-dealers after prices have been manipulated to a desired level, along with the resulting inevitable collapse of those prices and with consequent investor losses. Our management is aware of the abuses that have occurred historically in the penny stock market. Although we do not expect to be in a position to dictate the behavior of the market or of broker-dealers who participate in the market, management will strive within the confines of practical limitations to prevent the described patterns from being established with respect to our securities. The possible occurrence of these patterns or practices could increase the volatility of our share price.

 

The market price of our common stock may be volatile and adversely affected by several factors.

 

The market price of our common stock could fluctuate significantly in response to various factors and events, including, but not limited to:

 

·our ability to market our products and services;

 

·our ability to execute our business plan;

 

·operating results below expectations;

 

·our issuance of additional securities, including debt or equity or a combination thereof;

 

·announcements of technological innovations or new products by us or our competitors;

 

·loss of any strategic relationship;

 

·industry developments, including, without limitation, changes in healthcare policies or practices;

 

·economic and other external factors;

 

·period-to-period fluctuations in our financial results; and

 

·whether an active trading market in our common stock develops and is maintained.

 

 

 

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In addition, the securities markets have from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely affect the market price of our common stock. Issuers using the Alternative Reporting standard for filing financial reports with OTC Markets are often subject to large volatility unrelated to the fundamentals of the company.

 

We do not expect to pay dividends in the future; any return on investment may be limited to the value of our common stock.

 

We do not currently anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future. The payment of dividends on our common stock will depend on earnings, financial condition and other business and economic factors affecting it at such time as the board of directors may consider relevant. Our current intention is to apply net earnings, if any, in the foreseeable future to increasing our capital base and development and marketing efforts. There can be no assurance that the Company will ever have sufficient earnings to declare and pay dividends to the holders of our common stock, and in any event, a decision to declare and pay dividends is at the sole discretion of our board of directors. If we do not pay dividends, our common stock may be less valuable because a return on your investment will only occur if its stock price appreciates.

 

Our issuance of additional shares of Common Stock, or options or warrants to purchase those shares, would dilute your proportionate ownership and voting rights.

 

We are entitled under our articles of incorporation to issue up to 20,000,000,000 shares of common stock. We have issued and outstanding, as of the date of this Offering Circular, 1,362,786,900 shares of common stock. In addition, we are entitled under our Articles of Incorporation to issue up to 1,000,000,000 “blank check” preferred stock, none of which is presently issued or outstanding. Our board may generally issue shares of common stock, preferred stock, options, or warrants to purchase those shares, without further approval by our shareholders based upon such factors as our board of directors may deem relevant at that time. It is likely that we will be required to issue a large amount of additional securities to raise capital to further our development. It is also likely that we will issue a large amount of additional securities to directors, officers, employees and consultants as compensatory grants in connection with their services, both in the form of stand-alone grants or under our stock plans. We cannot give you any assurance that we will not issue additional shares of common stock, or options or warrants to purchase those shares, under circumstances we may deem appropriate at the time.

 

The elimination of monetary liability against our directors, officers and employees under our Articles of Incorporation and the existence of indemnification rights to our directors, officers and employees may result in substantial expenditures by our company and may discourage lawsuits against our directors, officers and employees.

 

Our Articles of Incorporation contains provisions that eliminate the liability of our directors for monetary damages to our company and shareholders. Our bylaws also require us to indemnify our officers and directors. We may also have contractual indemnification obligations under our agreements with our directors, officers and employees. The foregoing indemnification obligations could result in our company incurring substantial expenditures to cover the cost of settlement or damage awards against directors, officers and employees that we may be unable to recoup. These provisions and resulting costs may also discourage our company from bringing a lawsuit against directors, officers and employees for breaches of their fiduciary duties, and may similarly discourage the filing of derivative litigation by our shareholders against our directors, officers and employees even though such actions, if successful, might otherwise benefit our company and shareholders.

 

We may become involved in securities class action litigation that could divert management’s attention and harm our business.

 

The stock market in general, and the shares of early stage companies in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations. These fluctuations have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of the companies involved. If these fluctuations occur in the future, the market price of our shares could fall regardless of our operating performance. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a particular company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been brought against that company. If the market price or volume of our shares suffers extreme fluctuations, then we may become involved in this type of litigation, which would be expensive and divert management’s attention and resources from managing our business.

 

 

 

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As a public company, we may also from time to time make forward-looking statements about future operating results and provide some financial guidance to the public markets. Our management has limited experience as a management team in a public company and as a result, projections may not be made timely or set at expected performance levels and could materially affect the price of our shares. Any failure to meet published forward-looking statements that adversely affect the stock price could result in losses to investors, stockholder lawsuits or other litigation, sanctions or restrictions issued by the SEC.

 

Our common stock will be deemed a “penny stock,” which will make it more difficult for our investors to sell their shares.

 

The SEC has adopted Rule 15g-9 which establishes the definition of a “penny stock,” for the purposes relevant to us, as any equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require that a broker or dealer approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks, and the broker or dealer receive from the investor a written agreement to the transaction, setting forth the identity and quantity of the penny stock to be purchased.

 

In order to approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks, the broker or dealer must obtain financial information and investment experience objectives of the person and make a reasonable determination that the transactions in penny stocks are suitable for that person and the person has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial matters to be capable of evaluating the risks of transactions in penny stocks.

 

The broker or dealer must also deliver, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, a disclosure schedule prescribed by the SEC relating to the penny stock market, which, in highlight form sets forth the basis on which the broker or dealer made the suitability determination, and that the broker or dealer received a signed, written agreement from the investor prior to the transaction.

 

Generally, brokers may be less willing to execute transactions in securities subject to the “penny stock” rules. This may make it more difficult for investors to dispose of our common stock if and when such shares are eligible for sale and may cause a decline in the market value of its stock.

 

Disclosure also has to be made about the risks of investing in penny stocks in both public offerings and in secondary trading, and about the commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative, current quotations for the securities, and the rights and remedies available to an investor in cases of fraud in penny stock transactions. Finally, monthly statements have to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stock.

 

As an issuer of a “penny stock,” the protection provided by the federal securities laws relating to forward-looking statements does not apply to us.

 

Although federal securities laws provide a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by a public company that files reports under the federal securities laws, this safe harbor is not available to issuers of penny stocks. As a result, we will not have the benefit of this safe harbor protection in the event of any legal action based upon a claim that the material provided by us contained a material misstatement of fact or was misleading in any material respect because of our failure to include any statements necessary to make the statements not misleading. Such an action could hurt our financial condition.

 

As an issuer not required to make reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, holders of restricted shares may not be able to sell shares into the open market as Rule 144 exemptions may not apply.

 

Under Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, holders of restricted shares may avail themselves of certain exemptions from registration if the holder and the issuer meet certain requirements. As a company that is not required to file reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act, referred to as a non-reporting company, we may not, in the future, meet the requirements for an issuer under 144 that would allow a holder to qualify for Rule 144 exemptions. In such an event, holders of restricted stock would have to utilize another exemption from registration or rely on a registration statement to be filed by the Company registering the restricted stock. Although the Company currently plans to file either a Form 10 or S-1 with the Commission upon the conclusion of the Regulation A offering, there can be no guarantee that the Company will be able to fulfill one of these registration statements, which could have an adverse effect on our shareholders.

 

 

 

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Securities analysts may elect not to report on our common stock or may issue negative reports that adversely affect the stock price.

 

At this time, no securities analysts provide research coverage of our common stock, and securities analysts may not elect to provide such coverage in the future. It may remain difficult for our company, with its small market capitalization, to attract independent financial analysts that will cover our common stock. If securities analysts do not cover our common stock, the lack of research coverage may adversely affect the stock’s actual and potential market price. The trading market for our common stock may be affected in part by the research and reports that industry or financial analysts publish about our business. If one or more analysts elect to cover our company and then downgrade the stock, the stock price would likely decline rapidly. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of our company, we could lose visibility in the market, which, in turn, could cause our stock price to decline. This could have a negative effect on the market price of our common stock.

 

A reverse stock split may decrease the liquidity of the shares of our common stock. The liquidity of the shares of our common stock may be adversely affected by a reverse stock split given the reduced number of shares that will be outstanding following a reverse stock split, especially if the market price of our common stock does not increase as a result of the reverse stock split.

 

Following a reverse stock split, the resulting market price of our common stock may not attract new investors, including institutional investors, and may not satisfy the investing requirements of those investors. Consequently, the trading liquidity of our common stock may not improve.

 

Although we believe that a higher market price of our common stock may help generate greater or broader investor interest, we cannot assure you that a reverse stock split will result in a share price that will attract new investors.

 

We are classified as an “emerging growth company” as well as a “smaller reporting company” and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies and smaller reporting companies will make our common stock less attractive to investors.

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.

 

Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have irrevocably opted out of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards pursuant to Section 107(b) of the JOBS Act.

 

We could remain an “emerging growth company” for up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our annual gross revenues exceed $1 billion, (ii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, and (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three-year period.

 

Notwithstanding the above, we are also currently a “smaller reporting company.” Specifically, similar to “emerging growth companies,” “smaller reporting companies” are able to provide simplified executive compensation disclosures in their filings; are exempt from the provisions of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requiring that independent registered public accounting firms provide an attestation report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting; and have certain other decreased disclosure obligations in their SEC filings. Decreased disclosures in our SEC filings due to our status as an “emerging growth company” or “smaller reporting company” may make it harder for investors to analyze our results of operations and financial prospects.

 

 

 

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Because directors and officers currently and for the foreseeable future will continue to control Advance Green Energy, Inc., it is not likely that you will be able to elect directors or have any say in the policies of Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

Our shareholders are not entitled to cumulative voting rights. Consequently, the election of directors and all other matters requiring shareholder approval will be decided by majority vote. The directors, officers and affiliates of Advance Green Energy, Inc. beneficially own approximately a majority of our outstanding common stock voting rights. Due to such significant ownership position held by our insiders, new investors may not be able to affect a change in our business or management, and therefore, shareholders would have no recourse as a result of decisions made by management.

 

In addition, sales of significant amounts of shares held by our directors, officers or affiliates, or the prospect of these sales, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock. Management’s stock ownership may discourage a potential acquirer from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us, which in turn could reduce our stock price or prevent our stockholders from realizing a premium over our stock price.

 

Since we intend to retain any earnings for development of our business for the foreseeable future, you will likely not receive any dividends for the foreseeable future. We have never declared or paid any cash dividends or distributions on our capital stock. We currently intend to retain our future earnings to support operations and to finance expansion and therefore we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

 

 

Risks Relating to Our Company and Industry

 

The following risks relate to our proposed business and the effects upon us assuming we obtain financing in a sufficient amount.

 

Intellectual property rights claims may adversely affect an investment in us.

 

We are not aware of any intellectual property claims that may prevent us from operating; however, third parties may assert intellectual property claims relating to our technology. Regardless of the merit of an intellectual property or other legal action, any legal expenses to defend or payments to settle such claims would be extremely expensive and be borne by us. Additionally, a meritorious intellectual property claim could prevent us from operating and force us to liquidate. As a result, an intellectual property claim against us could adversely affect an investment in us.

 

If projected sales and revenues do not materialize as planned, we will require additional financing to continue operations.

 

We believe we will have sufficient funds available to provide resources for our operations through at least the next few months. However, failure to achieve significant, sustained sales and revenues by the end of this period will require us to obtain additional financing. Our budget for the next twelve months emphasizes continued field and laboratory testing and customer support marketing of our products. In addition, unexpected changes may occur in our current operations that could exhaust available cash resources sooner than anticipated. If anticipated product sales do not materialize, or are significantly less than anticipated, we may need to raise additional funds to continue operations. If this future financing is not available, our business may fail. We currently have no other firm commitments from third parties to provide any additional financing. Consequently, we cannot assure investors that additional financing, if necessary, will be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all.

 

Our results of operations, financial condition and business outlook are highly dependent on commodity prices, which are subject to significant volatility and uncertainty, and the availability of supplies.

 

Our results are substantially dependent on many different commodity prices, especially prices for coal and energy. As a result of the volatility of the prices for these items, our results may fluctuate substantially and we may experience periods where declining prices of oil and natural gas make our product uneconomic.

 

 

 

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Coal is a commodity whose price is determined based on the price of other forms of energy, world demand, supply, and other factors, all of which are beyond our control. World prices for coal have fluctuated widely. We expect that prices will continue to fluctuate in the future. Price fluctuations will have a significant impact upon our revenue and on our general financial condition. Price fluctuations for other sources of energy, such as oil and natural gas may also affect our markets, and our ability to raise investor capital.

 

Our products generally facilitate the use of fossil fuels, such as coal, diesel fuel, and bunker fuel, the use of which is declining.

 

Our products generally are additives which increase the efficiency of combustion and gasification of fossil fuels, such as coal, diesel fuel, and bunker fuel. These fossil fuels contribute to pollution and global warming and are the subject of increasing regulation. These fossil fuels are being gradually replaced by renewable energy such as solar energy, wind energy and other forms of alternative energy. This will tend to reduce our target markets.

 

We may depend on third parties for the distribution of our products outside North America and they may experience the same delays, customer acceptance problems or other product commercialization issues we have experienced, which would negatively impact our commercialization efforts in these regions.

 

We will enter into distribution and sales agency agreements with certain third parties to help us achieve rapid customer trials and acceptance of our products, and to oversee certain elements of our field-testing program. If these third parties elect to discontinue their efforts, we may not be able to commercialize our products in a timely manner, or to commercialize them at all.

 

We are not able to control the amount of time and effort these third parties put forth on our behalf. It is possible that any of these third parties may not perform as expected, may not achieve the contractual milestones and may breach or terminate their agreements with us before completing their work. Any failure of a third party to provide the services for which we have contracted could prevent or significantly delay us from commercializing our products.

 

As we currently purchase all of our product supply requirements from outside sources and have no in-house product manufacturing capability, any business complications arising with either our suppliers or with our suppliers relationship could create adverse consequences with our product supply chain.

 

We currently contract with outside specialty chemical manufacturing companies for the production and supply of 100% of our product needs. We have no in-house product manufacturing capability and, therefore, are exposed to potential product supply disruptions caused by adverse business circumstances with our suppliers (for example, raw material shortages, plant breakdowns and other adverse circumstances affecting the supply of our products from suppliers). There can be no assurances that, in the event of a supply disruption, we would be able to quickly contract with another manufacturer for the continued supply of our products. We, therefore, could be without adequate supply of our products and could lose sales for an extended period of time as a result.

 

Products developed by our competitors could severely impact our product commercialization and customer acceptance efforts, thereby reducing the sales of our products and severely impacting our ability to meet our sales goals or to continue operations.

 

We face competition from companies who are developing and marketing products similar to those we are developing and marketing. The coal industry has spawned a large number of efforts to create technologies that help improve the performance of coal fired power plants and reduce harmful emissions. These companies have significantly greater marketing, financial and managerial resources than us. We cannot provide any assurance that our competitors will not succeed in developing and distributing products that will render our products obsolete or non-competitive. Such competition could potentially force us out of business.

 

Our current product is designed for use in coal fired power plants and the development of alternative designs and technology could severely reduce the market potential for our products.

 

Our current product is designed for, and marketed to, customers utilizing coal in power generation. Significant efforts now exist to develop alternatives to using coal for power generation, including solar and other forms of energy production. In addition, the regulatory environment is becoming increasingly restrictive with regard to the use of coal and the harmful emissions it may produce. If alternatives to coal fired power plants become commercially viable, it is possible that the potential market for our products could be reduced, if not eliminated.

 

 

 

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If we are unable to protect our technology and intellectual property from use by competitors, there is a risk that we will sustain losses, or that our business could fail.

 

Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to obtain and enforce intellectual property protection for our technology in both the United States and other countries. We may take steps to protect our intellectual property through patent applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and its international counterparts under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. We cannot provide any assurance that patents will be issued as a result of these applications or that, with respect to any patents, issued or pending, the claims allowed are, or will be, sufficiently broad enough to protect the key aspects of our technology, or that the patent laws will provide effective legal or injunctive remedies to stop any infringement of our patents. In addition, we cannot provide assurance that any patent rights owned by us will not be challenged, invalidated or circumvented, or that our competitors will not independently develop or patent technologies that are substantially equivalent or superior to our technology. If we are forced to defend our patents in court, well-funded adversaries could use such actions as part of a strategy for depleting the resources of a small company such as ours. We cannot provide assurance that we will have sufficient resources to successfully prosecute our interests in any litigation that may be brought.

 

We face intense competition, and many of our competitors have substantially greater resources than we do.

 

We operate in a highly competitive environment. In addition, the competition in the market for products such as ours may intensify in the future as demands for greater pollution reduction are developed and legislated. There are numerous well-established companies and smaller entrepreneurial companies based in the United States with significant resources who are developing and marketing products and services that will compete with our products. In addition, many of our current and potential competitors have greater financial, operational and marketing resources. These resources may make it difficult for us to compete with them in the development and marketing of our products, which could harm our business.

 

Failure to meet customers’ expectations or deliver expected performance of our products could result in losses and negative publicity, which will harm our business.

 

If our products fail to perform in the manner expected by our customers, then our revenues may be delayed or lost due to adverse customer reaction, negative publicity about us and our products, which could adversely affect our ability to attract or retain customers. Furthermore, disappointed customers may initiate claims for substantial damages against us, regardless of our responsibility for such failure.

 

If we are unable to meet customer demand or comply with quality regulations, our sales will suffer.

 

In order to achieve our business objectives, we may need to significantly expand our capabilities to produce the quantities necessary to meet demand. We may encounter difficulties in scaling-up production of our products, including problems involving production capacity and yields, quality control and assurance, component supply and shortages of qualified personnel. In addition, our manufacturing facilities are subject to periodic inspections by governmental regulatory agencies. Our success will depend in part upon our ability to manufacture our products in compliance with regulatory requirements. Our business will suffer if we do not succeed in manufacturing our products on a timely basis and with acceptable manufacturing costs while at the same time maintaining good quality control and complying with applicable regulatory requirements.

 

Because of the nature of our products, we may be subject to government approvals and regulations that reduce or prevent our ability to commercialize our products, increase our costs of operations and decrease our ability to generate income.

 

We are subject to United States and international laws and regulations regarding the products we sell. There is no single regulatory authority to which we must apply for certification or approval to sell our products in the United States, or outside its borders. Any changes in policy or regulations by regulatory agencies in countries in which we intend to do business may cause delays or rejections of our attempts to obtain necessary approvals for the sale of our products.

 

 

 

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There can be no assurance that we will obtain regulatory approvals and certifications for our products in all of the markets we seek to conduct business. Even if we are granted such regulatory approvals and certifications, we may be subject to limitations imposed on the use of our products. In the future, we may be required to comply with certain restrictive regulations, or potential future regulations, rules, or directives that could adversely impact our ability to sell our products. We cannot guarantee that restrictive regulations will not, in the future, be imposed. Such potential regulatory conditions or compliance with such regulations may increase our cost of operations or decrease our ability to generate income.

 

If we lose any key personnel or are unable to attract qualified personnel and consultants, we may lose business prospects and sales, or be unable to otherwise fully operate our business.

 

We are dependent on the principal members of our management staff, the loss of any of whom could impair our product development and commercialization efforts underway. Furthermore, we depend on our ability to attract and retain additional qualified personnel to develop and manage our future business and markets. We may have to recruit qualified personnel with competitive compensation packages, equity participation and other benefits that may reduce the working capital available for our operations. We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to obtain qualified personnel on reasonable terms, or that we will be able to retain our existing management staff.

 

We may have difficulties managing growth, which could lead to lost sales opportunities.

 

While we have not yet achieved any meaningful, sustained revenues through the sale of our products, should certain events occur, such as a large recurring order from a well- known company or endorsement of our products from a well-known commercial entity, sales may escalate rapidly. Rapid growth could strain our human and infrastructure resources, potentially leading to higher operating costs, lost sales opportunities, or both. Our ability to manage operations and control growth will be dependent upon our ability to improve our operational, financial and management controls, reporting systems and procedures, and to attract and retain adequate numbers of qualified employees. Should we be unable to successfully provide the resources needed to manage growth, product sales and customer satisfaction could suffer and higher costs and losses could occur.

 

We may not be able to secure additional financing to meet our future capital needs.

 

We anticipate needing significant capital to manufacture product, carry adequate inventory levels and continue or further develop our existing products and introduce new products, increase awareness of our brand names and expand our operating and management infrastructure as we grow sales. We may use capital more rapidly than currently anticipated. Additionally, we may incur higher operating expenses and generate lower revenue than currently expected, and we may be required to depend on external financing to satisfy our operating and capital needs. We may be unable to secure additional debt or equity financing on terms acceptable to us, or at all, at the time when we need such funding. If we do raise funds by issuing additional equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership percentages of existing stockholders would be reduced, and the securities that we issue may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of the holders of our common stock or may be issued at a discount to the market price of our common stock which would result in dilution to our existing stockholders. If we raise additional funds by issuing debt, we may be subject to debt covenants, such as the debt covenants under our secured credit facility, which could place limitations on our operations including our ability to declare and pay dividends. Our inability to raise additional funds on a timely basis would make it difficult for us to achieve our business objectives and would have a negative impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

If we cannot build and maintain strong brand loyalty our business may suffer.

 

We believe that the importance of brand recognition will increase as more companies produce competing products. Development and awareness of our brands will depend largely on our ability to advertise and market successfully. If we are unsuccessful, our brands may not be able to gain widespread acceptance among consumers. Our failure to develop our brands sufficiently would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

 

 

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We are continually subject to the risk of new regulation, which could harm our business.

 

Each year a number of bills are introduced to Federal, State, and local governments, any one of which, if enacted, could impose conditions which could harm our business. This proposed legislation has included provisions such as a requirement that temporary employees receive equal pay and benefits as permanent employees, requirements regarding employee health care, and a requirement that our customers provide workers’ compensation insurance for our temporary employees. We actively oppose proposed legislation adverse to our business and inform policy makers of the social and economic benefits of our business. However, we cannot guarantee that any of this legislation will not be enacted, in which event demand for our service may suffer.

 

The cost of compliance with government laws and regulations is significant and could harm our operating results.

 

We incur significant costs to comply with complex federal, state, and local laws and regulations relating to employment, including occupational safety and health provisions, wage and hour requirements (including minimum wages), workers’ compensation unemployment insurance, and immigration. In addition, from time to time we are subject to audit by various state and governmental authorities to determine our compliance with a variety of these laws and regulations. We may, from time to time, incur fines and other losses or negative publicity with respect to any such allegations. If we incur additional costs to comply with these laws and regulations or as a result of fines or other losses and we are not able to increase the rates we charge our customers to fully cover any such increase, our margins and operating results may be harmed.

 

Lack of diversification may increase our risk.

 

Larger companies have the ability to manage their risk through diversification. However, we lack diversification in the scope of our business. As a result, we could potentially be impacted more by factors affecting our industry than we would if our business were more diversified.

 

Penalties we may incur could impair our business.

 

Failure to comply with government regulations could subject us to civil and criminal penalties, require us to forfeit property rights and may affect the value of our assets or our ability to conduct our business. We may also be required to take corrective actions, including, but not limited to, installing additional equipment, which could require us to make substantial capital expenditures. We could also be required to indemnify our employees in connection with any expenses or liabilities that they may incur individually in connection with regulatory action against them. These could result in a material adverse effect on our prospects, business, financial condition and our results of operation.

 

Our affiliates may purchase Securities in this Offering.

 

Our affiliates reserve the right to purchase any Securities not subscribed for by the public. Purchases by affiliates, if any, will be held for investment purposes only, will be on terms identical to those applicable to the other investors.

 

You will experience dilution.

 

Assuming the sale of all Securities offered as Common Stock, you will experience an immediate and substantial dilution of $0.38 per share, or approximately 88.4%, in the net book value of the shares of Common Stock acquired by you in this Offering. See "Dilution."

 

You may experience dilution if we issue additional securities.

 

If we issue additional shares, you may find your holdings diluted, which if it occurs, means that you will own a smaller percentage of our company. Further, any issuance of additional securities to various persons or entities in lieu of cash payments will lead to further dilution.

 

 

 

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There is no minimum offering.

 

We have elected to proceed with no minimum amount of funds raised in this offering. There is no escrow account. Consequently, we will proceed with whatever funds are available. All funds will be immediately available to the Company. There is no assurance that such funds will be sufficient to successfully operate. Risk will be proportionally increased. Further, the less funds that are raised, the greater the dilution that will be faced by the investors in this offering. See “Dilution.”

 

Statements Regarding Forward-looking Statements

 

This Disclosure Statement contains various "forward-looking statements." You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects," "may," "will," "would," "could," “should," "seeks," "approximately," "intends," "plans," "projects," "estimates" or "anticipates" or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. These statements may be impacted by a number of risks and uncertainties.

 

The forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations of our future performance taking into account all information currently available to us. These beliefs, assumptions and expectations are subject to risks and uncertainties and can change as a result of many possible events or factors, not all of which are known to us. If a change occurs, our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations may vary materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements.

 

You should carefully consider these risks before you make an investment decision with respect to our Securities. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could impact our future results, performance or transactions, see the section entitled "Risk Factors."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

If we sell all of the shares being offered, our net proceeds (after our estimated offering expenses of $2,000,000) will be $48,000,000. We will use these net proceeds for:

 

If 25% of the Shares offered are sold:

 

Percentage of
Offering Sold
  Offering
Proceeds
  Approximate
Offering
Expenses
  Total Net
Offering
Proceeds
  Principal Uses
of Net Proceeds
            $1,000,000   Inventory
            $3,000,000   Marketing
            $500,000   Training for employees of power plants
            $4,250,000   Research and development
            $2,500,000   Coal preparation plant
            $250,000   Working capital
25.00%   $12,500,000   $1,000,000   $11,500,000    

 

If 50% of the Shares offered are sold:

 

Percentage of
Offering Sold
  Offering
Proceeds
  Approximate
Offering
Expenses
  Total Net
Offering
Proceeds
  Principal Uses
of Net Proceeds
            $2,000,000   Inventory
            $6,000,000   Marketing
            $1,000,000   Training for employees of power plants
            $8,500,000   Research and development
            $5,000,000   Coal preparation plant
            $500,000   Working capital
50.00%   $25,000,000   $2,000,000   $23,000,000    

 

If 75% of the Shared offered are sold:

 

Percentage of
Offering Sold
  Offering
Proceeds
  Approximate
Offering
Expenses
  Total Net
Offering
Proceeds
  Principal Uses
of Net Proceeds
            $3,000,000   Inventory
            $9,000,000   Marketing
            $1,500,000   Training for employees of power plants
            $12,750,000   Research and development
            $7,500,000   Coal preparation plant
            $750,000   Working capital
75.00%   $37,500,000   $3,000,000   $34,500,000    

 

If 100% of the Shares offers are sold:

 

Percentage of
Offering Sold
  Offering
Proceeds
  Approximate
Offering
Expenses
  Total Net
Offering Proceeds
  Principal Uses
of Net Proceeds
            $4,500,000   Inventory
            $12,500,000   Marketing
            $2,000,000   Training for power plant employees
            $16,500,000   Research and development
            $10,500,000   Coal preparation plant
            $1,000,000   Working capital
100.00%   $50,000,000   $4,000,000.00   $46,000,000.00    

  

The precise amounts that we will devote to each of the foregoing items, and the timing of expenditures, will vary depending on numerous factors.

 

As indicated in the table above, if we sell only 75%, or 50%, or 25% of the shares offered for sale in this offering, we would expect to use the resulting net proceeds for the same purposes as we would use the net proceeds from a sale of 100% of the shares, and in approximately the same proportions, until such time as such use of proceeds would leave us without working capital reserve. At that point we would expect to modify our use of proceeds by limiting our expansion, leaving us with the working capital reserve indicated.

 

The expected use of net proceeds from this offering represents our intentions based upon our current plans and business conditions, which could change in the future as our plans and business conditions evolve and change. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures, specifically with respect to working capital, may vary significantly depending on numerous factors. The precise amounts that we will devote to each of the foregoing items, and the timing of expenditures, will vary depending on numerous factors. As a result, our management will retain broad discretion over the allocation of the net proceeds from this offering.

 

In the event we do not sell all of the shares being offered, we may seek additional financing from other sources in order to support the intended use of proceeds indicated above. If we secure additional equity funding, investors in this offering would be diluted. In all events, there can be no assurance that additional financing would be available to us when wanted or needed and, if available, on terms acceptable to us.

 

 

 

 

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DILUTION

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If you purchase shares in this offering, your ownership interest in our Class A Common Stock will be diluted immediately, to the extent of the difference between the price to the public charged for each share in this offering and the net tangible book value per share of our Class A Common Stock after this offering.

 

Our historical net tangible book value as of December 31, 2017 was $(135,815) or $(0.0001) per then-outstanding share of our Class A Common Stock. Historical net tangible book value per share equals the amount of our total tangible assets less total liabilities, divided by the total number of shares of our Class A Common Stock outstanding, all as of the date specified.

 

The following table illustrates the per share dilution to new investors discussed above, assuming the sale of, respectively, 100%, 75%, 50% and 25% of the shares offered for sale in this offering (after deducting estimated offering expenses of $500,000, $375,000, $250,000 and $125,000, respectively):

  

Percentage of shares offered that are sold  100%  75%  50%  25%
               
Price to the public charged for each share in this offering  $0.25  $0.25  $0.25  $0.25
             
Historical net tangible book value per share as of December 31, 2017 (1)  $0.00  $0.00  $0.00  $0.00
             
Increase in net tangible book value per share attributable to new investors in this offering (2)  $0.0080  $0.0077  $0.0072  $0.0059
             
Net tangible book value per share, after this offering  $0.0079  $0.0076  $0.0070  $0.0058
             
Dilution per share to new investors  $0.0021  $0.0024  $0.0030  $0.0042

 

(1) Based on net tangible book value as of December 31, 2017 of $(135,815) and 1,362,786,900 outstanding shares of Common stock
   
(2) After deducting estimated offering expenses of $1,000,000, $2,000,000, $3,000,000 and $4,000,000, respectively.

 

The following table summarizes, on a pro forma basis as of December 31, 2017, the number of shares of Common Stock that would be issued, assuming the sale of all of the Common Stock offered, the total consideration paid and the average price per Common Share paid by the existing stockholders and by new investors purchasing Common Stock in the Offering, assuming sale of all 500,000,000 Shares of Common Stock.

 

   Existing shareholders  Investors if all of the offered shares are purchased  Total (1)
Shares purchased  1,362,786,900  200,000,000  1,562,786,900
Total consideration  1,039,051  50,000,000  51,039,051
Average price  $0.001  $0.25  $0.03

 

(1) Before deduction of underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.

 

 

 

 

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DISTRIBUTION

 

This Offering Circular is part of an Offering Statement that we filed with the SEC, using a continuous offering process. Periodically, as we have material developments, we will provide an Offering Circular supplement that may add, update or change information contained in this Offering Circular. Any statement that we make in this Offering Circular will be modified or superseded by any inconsistent statement made by us in a subsequent Offering Circular supplement. The Offering Statement we filed with the SEC includes exhibits that provide more detailed descriptions of the matters discussed in this Offering Circular. You should read this Offering Circular and the related exhibits filed with the SEC and any Offering Circular supplement, together with additional information contained in our annual reports, semi-annual reports and other reports and information statements that we will file periodically with the SEC. See the section entitled “Additional Information” below for more details.

 

Pricing of the Offering

 

Prior to the Offering, there has been a limited public market for the Offered Shares. The initial public offering price was determined by the board of directors. The principal factors considered in determining the initial public offering price include:

 

·the information set forth in this Offering Circular and otherwise available;

 

·our history and prospects and the history of and prospects for the industry in which we compete;

 

·our past and present financial performance;

 

·our prospects for future earnings and the present state of our development;

 

·the general condition of the securities markets at the time of this Offering;

 

·the recent market prices of, and demand for, publicly traded common stock of generally comparable companies; and

 

·other factors deemed relevant by us.

 

Investment Limitations

 

Generally, no sale may be made to you in this Offering if the aggregate purchase price you pay is more than 10% of the greater of your annual income or net worth (please see below on how to calculate your net worth). Different rules apply to accredited investors and non-natural persons. Before making any representation that your investment does not exceed applicable thresholds, we encourage you to review Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) of Regulation A. For general information on investing, we encourage you to refer to www.investor.gov.

 

Because this is a Tier 2, Regulation A Offering, most investors must comply with the 10% limitation on investment in the Offering. The only investor in this Offering exempt from this limitation is an “accredited investor” as defined under Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act (an “Accredited Investor”). If you meet one of the following tests you should qualify as an Accredited Investor:

 

(i) You are a natural person who has had individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or joint income with your spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of these years, and have a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;

 

(ii) You are a natural person and your individual net worth, or joint net worth with your spouse, exceeds $1,000,000 at the time you purchase Offered Shares (please see below on how to calculate your net worth);

 

 

 

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(iii) You are an executive officer or general partner of the issuer or a manager or executive officer of the general partner of the issuer;

 

(iv) You are an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (i of 1986, as amended, or the Code, a corporation, a Massachusetts or similar business trust or a partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Offered Shares, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

(v) You are a bank or a savings and loan association or other institution as defined in the Securities Act, a broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange Act, an insurance company as defined by the Securities Act, an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Investment Company Act"), or a business development company as defined in that act, any Small BusinessInvestment Company licensed by the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 or a private business development company as defined in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940;

 

(vi) You are an entity (including an Individual Retirement Account trust) in which each equity owner is an accredited investor;

 

(vii) You are a trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, your purchase of Offered Shares is directed by a person who either alone or with his purchaser representative(s) (as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment, and you were not formed for the specific purpose of investing in the Offered Shares; or

 

(viii) You are a plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has assets in excess of $5,000,000.

 

Offering Period and Expiration Date

 

This Offering will start on or after the Qualification Date and will terminate if the Maximum Offering is reached or, if it is not reached, on the Termination Date.

 

Procedures for Subscribing

 

When you decide to subscribe for Offered Shares in this Offering, you should:

 

Go to www.advancegreenenery.us, click on the "Invest Now" button and follow the procedures as described.

 

1. Electronically receive, review, execute and deliver to us a subscription agreement; and

 

2. Deliver funds directly by wire or electronic funds transfer via ACH to the specified . account maintained by us.

 

Any potential investor will have ample time to review the subscription agreement, along with their counsel, prior to making any final investment decision. We shall only deliver such subscription agreement upon request after a potential investor has had ample opportunity to review this Offering Circular.

 

Right to Reject Subscriptions. After we receive your complete, executed subscription agreement and the funds required under the subscription agreement, we have the right to review and accept or reject your subscription in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason. We will return all monies from rejected subscriptions immediately to you, without interest or deduction.

 

Acceptance of Subscriptions. Upon our acceptance of a subscription agreement, we will countersign the subscription agreement and issue the shares subscribed at closing. Once you submit the subscription agreement and it is accepted, you may not revoke or change your subscription or request your subscription funds. All accepted subscription agreements are irrevocable.

 

 

 

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Under Rule 251 of Regulation A, non-accredited, non-natural investors are subject to the investment limitation and may only invest funds which do not exceed 10% of the greater of the purchaser's revenue or net assets (as of the purchaser's most recent fiscal year end). A non-accredited, natural person may only invest funds which do not exceed 10% of the greater of the purchaser's annual income or net worth (please see below on how to calculate your net worth).

 

NOTE: For the purposes of calculating your net worth, it is defined as the difference between total assets and total liabilities. This calculation must exclude the value of your primary residence and may exclude any indebtedness secured by your primary residence (up to an amount equal to the value of your primary residence). In the case of fiduciary accounts, net worth and/or income suitability requirements may be satisfied by the beneficiary of the account or by the fiduciary, if the fiduciary directly or indirectly provides funds for the purchase of the Offered Shares.

 

In order to purchase offered Shares and prior to the acceptance of any funds from an investor, an investor will be required to represent, to the Company's satisfaction, that he is either an accredited investor or is in compliance with the 10% of net worth or annual income limitation on investment in this Offering.

 

No Escrow

 

The proceeds of this offering will not be placed into an escrow account. We will offer our Common Stock on a best efforts basis primarily through an online platform. As there is no minimum offering, upon the approval of any subscription to this Offering Circular, the Company shall immediately deposit said proceeds into the bank account of the Company and may dispose of the proceeds in accordance with the Use of Proceeds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Overview

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc. was incorporated on May 31, 2016 and commenced operations immediately thereafter. We are still in the research, development and initial marketing stage of our business, aiming to develop and sell our products for reducing pollution from fossil fuels.

 

Recent Developments

 

Revenue

 

We generated no revenues during the period from May 31, 2016 (inception) through December 31, 2017.

 

Net loss

 

As a result of the foregoing, during the period from December 31, 2016 through December 31, 2017, we recorded a net loss of $779,009. The loss is mainly comprised of compensation, consulting and professional fees, and general and administrative expenses.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of December 31, 2017, the Company had cash on hand of $6,946. We may be required to raise additional funds, particularly if we are unable to generate positive cash flow as a result of our operations. We estimate that based on current plans and assumptions, that our cash will not be sufficient to satisfy our cash requirements under our present operating expectations, without further financing, for up to 12 months. In order to continue as a going concern, develop a reliable source of revenues, and achieve a profitable level of operations the Company will need, among other things, additional capital resources. Management’s plans to continue as a going concern include raising additional capital through borrowings and the sale of common stock. No assurance can be given that any future financing will be available or, if available, that it will be on terms that are satisfactory to the Company. Even if the Company is able to obtain additional financing, it may contain undue restrictions on our operations, in the case of debt financing, or cause substantial dilution for our stockholders, in case of an equity financing.

 

Cash Flows

 

Operating Activities

 

From December 31, 2017 through December 31, 2017, we used $312,556 of cash in operating activities.

 

Financing Activities

 

From December 31, 2016 through December 31, 2017, financing activities provided $577,868. We received proceeds from the issuance of a convertible note and sales of Common Stock.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Use of estimates

 

The preparation of the unaudited financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 718 which requires the Company to recognize expenses related to the fair value of its employee stock and stock option awards. This standard requires that such transactions be accounted for using a fair-value-based method.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BUSINESS

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

The Company, sometimes referred to herein as "we," "us,” “our," and the "Company" and/or "Advance Green Energy" was incorporated on May 31, 2016 under the laws of the State of Florida, to engage in any lawful corporate undertaking. Our fiscal year-end date is December 31.

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc. offices are located at 523 US Highway 41 South, Inverness, Florida 34450. Our telephone number is 352-765-3850 and our Fax number is 352-765- 3851. Our website is located at www.avancegreenenergy.us, and our email addresss is info@advancegreenenergy.us.

 

We do not incorporate the information on or accessible through our website into this Offering Circular, and you should not consider any information on, or that can be accessed through, our website a part of this Offering Circular.

 

Our Business

 

We produce and market products which reduce emissions from coal, diesel fuel and bunker fuel and we can assist with coal gasification.

 

AGT has identified a process which may allow power plants to continue using the one of the dirtiest fuels on earth, which is also among the most plentiful fuel known to man, coal. Today, we are preparing for further testing in a leading U.S. university to prove to the world there is a better way to burn coal.

 

We believe that we have the leading solution to the problem of pollution from coal fired power plants.

 

AGT's new nanotechnology product, FUTT-13TM, helps coal burn hotter. Tests indicate that coal-fired power plants may burn cheaper coal with less emissions. U.S. coal-fired power plants burn almost one billion tons per year of coal. AGT will charge as much as $10 per ton of coal for FUTT-13TM.

 

Fly ash, the solid waste from burning coal, contains mercury, arsenic and other toxic metals. EPA regulations on mercury may put 30% of coal-fired power plants out of business. FUTT-13TM is designed to catch the mercury, arsenic and other toxic metals so fly ash may safely be disposed of. Coal-fired power plants now pay up to $100 per truck load to dispose of fly ash. AGT can cut that cost in half with FUTT-13TM. 140 million tons of fly ash are produced annually. Our target market is huge. In United States alone, there are over 600 coal-fired electric power plants. These plants burn almost a billion tons of coal per year.

 

We have had better than expected results in testing FUTT-13TM at Western Kentucky University and are continuing our research there.

 

Our Strategy

 

We believe our strategic position is based on several factors.

 

Fossil fuels are major polluters and contributors to global warming.

 

Governments and companies are trying to reduce the use of fossil fuels.

 

It will take decades to replace fossil fuels.

 

We are a cost-effective, easy to implement solution to reduce pollution from coal, diesel fuel, and bunker fuel.

 

Coal

 

The use of coal as fuel causes adverse health impacts and deaths. In the United States coal-fired power plants were estimated in 2004 to cause nearly 24,000 premature deaths every year, including 2,800 from lung cancer. Annual health costs in Europe from use of coal to generate electricity are $55 billion. The disease and mortality burden of coal use today falls most heavily upon China.

 

 

 

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Electricity generated from fossil fuels like coal is the biggest single contributor globally to the rise in carbon emissions, which scientists agree is causing the Earth’s temperatures to rise.

 

Though coal burning has increasingly been supplanted by less-toxic natural gas use in recent years, a 2010 study by the Clean Air Task Force still estimated that "air pollution from coal-fired power plants accounts for more than 13,000 premature deaths, 20,000 heart attacks, and 1.6 million lost workdays in the U.S. each year." The total monetary cost of these health impacts is over $100 billion annually.

 

While governments and companies want to reduce coal emissions, coal currently fuels a large portion of the world's energy needs and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

 

Over all, 1,600 coal plants are planned or under construction in 62 countries, according to data from the Global Coal Plant Tracker portal. The new plants would expand the world’s coal-fired power capacity by 43 percent.

 

The fleet of new coal plants would make it virtually impossible to meet the goals set in the Paris Climate Accord, which aims to keep the increase in global temperatures from pre-industrial levels below 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

 

We offer a relatively low-cost way to reduce coal emissions in existing facilities. No major modifications are needed to reduce coal emissions using our products.

 

Preliminary Tests on Coal

 

The Western Kentucky University Combustion Facility conducted preliminary tests on our TMT-13™ additive on coal combustion with integrated micro reactor with on-line gas analyzers.

 

The results showed that the TMT-13™ additive helps by increasing the reaction rate of the combustion. During the combustion process, the TMT-13™ additive burns first to generate heat and initialize the follow-up coal ignition. It facilitates lowering the ignition and combustion temperatures of coal and increasing the combustion reaction rate. WKU reported that results look promising enough to be considered proof-of-concept for the TMT-13™ additive in all three coal types tested.

 

WKU also did preliminary tests on mercury adsorption with TMT-13. Contrasting to regular fly ash, the mercury capture capability was confirmed. Fly ash is generally regarded as a baseline of mercury capture sorbent in a coal utility. WKU concluded that TMT-13 should perform well in a coal fired utility with over 100 times more capacity of mercury capture than that of self-generated fly ash. WKU concluded that this also can be considered proof-of-concept for the additive.

 

Diesel Fuel

 

We offer a relatively low-cost way to reduce emissions from diesel fuel; in existing facilities. No major modifications are needed to reduce emissions using our products.

 

Bunker Fuel

 

Bunker fuel accounts for a huge amount of pollution. We offer a relatively low-cost way to reduce bunker fuel emissions.

 

Coal Gasification

 

Coal gasification is an important technology for the coal industry. We believe we can increase the efficiency of coal gasification.

 

 

 

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Marketing

 

We have signed several memorandums of understanding with others to assist us in worldwide marketing of our products. There is no assurance that we will be able to achieve revenues, or profitable revenues from such arrangements.

 

A Memorandum of Understanding “MOU” has been fully executed by The BlackMINE Group, LLC for marketing FUTT-13™ and FUTT-15™ in the country of Singapore. This country is a major refueling port for diesel fuel and Heavy Fuel Oils used throughout the industrial and shipping industries.

 

On April 18, 2018, AGE has signed three non-binding letters of intent with Global Holdings USA, Inc. of Palm Springs, California. Under these agreements, AGE will provide (1) FUTT-13™, FUTT-14™ and FUTT-15™ for treatment of diesel fuel, heavy fuel oil and coal and (2) AGE will provide treated coal to GHC for the use in power plants and other industrial uses. These agreements cover trhe countries of Bangladesh, South Africa and Thailand. The Parties to these letters of intent have agreed to reasonably adjust the terms of the payment to GHC to reflect increases or decreases of tonnage of coal provided by AGE. A commission will be paid by AGE to GHC in the amount of 30% of the Net Profit of the transaction. The Parties will use their best efforts to the acquiring the permits, licenses and other approvals necessary for the development of the contemplated projects in a reasonable time.

 

A MOU has been presented to the government of Sierra Leone to provide FUTT-13™ and FUTT-15™ to treat all fuels being brought into the country. Since their election this year, the new government has been involved and has expressed an interest to further the investigation on reducing major emissions in the country from dirty fuel. Additional discussions are on-going and when the document is fully executed; an update will be released.

 

An MOU has been presented to The BlackMIINE Group, LLC for the marketing of FUTT-13™ and FUTT-15™ to the country of Malaysia. Again, Malaysia has encountered the same environmental constraints due to emissions and discussions are on-going to formulate a final document. When the document is fully executed; an update will be released. The BlackMINE Group is a private company with interests in real estate management, hospitality developent, oil, gas and minerals exploration and aviation.

 

Coal Fines

 

We intend to investigate the use of our products to recover of coal fines from abandoned coal refuse piles. We have located several of these piles in Appalachia that we believe are candidates due to the percentage of coal that is entrained in these piles. We believe that using FUTT-14™ during either a coal gasification process or FUTT-15™ treatment for coal to be utilized in a boiler situation; along with a dry preparation and separation process, will provide clean coal for power and industrial operations. Since this coal has already been mined, we intend to recover the coal, use it in an environmentally sound manner, and reclaim the waste land.

 

Strategic Relationships

 

Singapore

 

Singapore has a very serious problem as diesel fuel from cars, buses, and trucks are causing an air pollution problem. We are working with BlackMINE of Orlando Florida to provide them with the additives they need to help clean their air pollution, knowing that they will be hosting a clean air summit in July of 2018 with over a 150 Countries. We feel it is very important for AGE and BlackMINE to show Singapore and those countries what we can do to fix the heavy pollution problem they are having.

 

Our goal here is to meet with BlackMINE and the proper authorities in Singapore to run a pilot program on all the mass transit equipment, this will show how FUTT-13™ can help clean up the air in their City and to also show them how FUTT-15™ can help clean up the use of bunker fuel. We have an M.O.U. in place to achieve these goals.

 

 

 

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Singapore also has been in the top five countries for the production of bunker fuel in the world. We want to show what AGE can do to clean up the burning of bunker fuel in front of an estimated 150 Countries in July at their clean air summit, as well as secure an agreement with Singapore.

 

Bunker Fuel

 

Christian Eyde Moller, boss of the DK shipping company in Rotterdam, recently described bunker fuel, often used to fuel ships, this as ‘just waste oil, basically what is left over after all the cleaner fuels have been extracted from crude oil. It’s tar, the same as asphalt. It’s the cheapest and dirtiest fuel in the world’.

 

Bunker fuel is also thick with sulfur. International Maritime Organization rules allow ships to burn fuel containing up to 4.5 per cent sulphur. That is 4,500 times more than is allowed in car fuel in the European Union. The sulphur comes out of ship funnels as tiny particles, and it is these that get deep into lungs.

 

Thanks to existing rules, the largest ships can each emit as much as 5,000 tons of sulphur in a year or the same as 50 million typical cars, each emitting an average of 100 grams of sulphur a year. With an estimated 800 million cars driving around the planet, that means 16 super-ships can emit as much sulphur as the world fleet of cars.

 

Current regulations in Europe and the United States control emissions in their coastal waters. However, many ships switch to bunker fuel after leaving these coastal waters.

 

The International Maritime Organization is about to extend regulation to cover the entire world. The new rules will mean around 2-2.5 million bpd of high-sulfur oil converting to low sulfur, or 180 million tons per year. The new rules will take effect in 2020,

 

About 70% of the fuel used by the shipping industry will have to switch from 3.5% sulfur to below 0.5%. According to consultants at Wood Mackenzie Ltd., compliance is likely to cost the shipping industry $60 Billion.

 

We believe that our FUTT- XX is a cost-effective way to reduce bunker fuel pollution.

 

Coal Gasification

 

The process of coal gasification has been used since the 1830’s. Prior to the introduction of kerosene into the United States, most street lights were fueled by “coal oil”.

 

The basic process is to take crushed coal into a vat and introduce high pressure steam. This process converts the coal molecules from a solid to a gaseous state. Coal gasification does not require the coal to be ignited and its emissions vented into the atmosphere. The initial phase change is referred to as Syngas. The product can be further refined into other products such as diesel fuel along with waste products of paraffin wax and slag.

 

Since environmental pressures have been put on the coal industry and coal fired power plants in recent years, alternatives for the use of the most prevalent resource being coal, have been sought out by the industry.

 

We believe that coal gasification can be an avenue to utilize coal in making the cleanest fuel available today. The University of Kentucky is presently working on a grant from the Department of Energy to study building scalable plants and have built and are operating a pilot plant in Lexington, Kentucky.

 

Scalable gasification plants can be coupled with either portable refineries or be left to furnish syngas for movement along gas transmission lines.

 

Our FUTT-14™ is an accelerator to the oxygenation within the vat to convert the coal into syngas. This chemical allows the yield of syngas to be greater per hour of production, thus reducing the cost of the final fuel. Additionally, the BTU value of the coal being injected into the process does not appreciably reduce during the converting to syngas.

 

 

 

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Our Technology and Intellectual Property

 

We may rely on a combination of patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret laws in the United States as well as confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to protect our proprietary technology, databases, and our brand.

 

We have a policy of requiring key employees and consultants to execute confidentiality agreements upon the commencement of an employment or consulting relationship with us. Our employee agreements also require relevant employees to assign to us all rights to any inventions made or conceived during their employment with us. In addition, we have a policy of requiring individuals and entities with which we discuss potential business relationships to sign non-disclosure agreements. Our agreements with clients include confidentiality and non-disclosure provisions.

 

Seasonality

 

We do not expect material seasonality in our business.

 

Litigation

 

The Company has no current, pending or threatened legal proceedings or administrative actions either by or against the Company issuer that could have a material effect on the issuer's business, financial condition, or operations and any current, past or pending trading suspensions

 

Facilities

 

We own our corporate offices at 523 US Highway 41 South, Inverness, Florida 34450.

 

Employees

 

As of December 31, 2017, we had four employees, including officers and directors. We believe that we have been successful in attracting experienced and capable personnel. All our employees have entered agreements with us requiring them not to compete or disclose our proprietary information. Our employees are not represented by any labor union. We believe that relations with our employees are excellent.

 

 

 

 

 

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MANAGEMENT

 

The following table sets forth information regarding our executive officers, directors and significant employees, including their ages as of December 31, 2017:

 

The following table sets forth information regarding our executive officers, directors and significant employees, including their ages as of December 31, 2017:

 

Approximate hours per week for part-time employees

 

Name and Principal Position Age Term of Office

Approximate
per wee for

Part-Time Employees

Peter M. Barbee – President, Chairman 64 Since September 2016 70
Bradley Dye – Secretary-Treasurer, Director 62 Since September 2016 50

 

Peter M. Barbee – President, Chairman

 

Mr. Barbee has, for over 10 years, Mr. Barbee has traveled the world looking at every green invention to save the world that has come across his path from, Hydrogen on demand, Methane recovery from digesters built years ago on dairy farms and then abandoned, Nanotechnology to help coal gasification plants produce cleaner coal to liquid fuel, to new designs in wind turbines that feed off of the wind wash from larger wind turbines. 

 

Mr. Barbee has built and sold over 35 corporations in the past, breaking records in most fields. In addition to serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Advance Green Energy, Inc. Earlier on, he was a distributor for The Scott and Fetzer Company, and was frequently named the company’s #1 distributor worldwide.  He is one of the Co-Founders and Principals of PEO Brokerage, Inc., who along with Robert Speer co-founder of the Home Shopping Network, helped to pioneer the use of Internet auctions in the placement of businesses in the Professional Employer Organization (PEO) industry. Under Mr. Barbee’s leadership, the organization grew its sales force to more than 5,000 independent agents all across North America. At midlife, Mr. Barbee worked as an Executive Producer in Hollywood on movies, reality shows, and live events like Trailer Court Justice, Hot Dish, Hollows Point, and the 605 Reunion from the Hard Rock at Universal Studios. Mr. Barbee has assisted the Wounded Warriors Project to help create businesses and green energy jobs that can benefit our heroes.

 

Bradley Dye – Vice President, Domestic Strategist

 

Mr. Dye was born in the heart of the coal fields in Kanawha County, West Virginia.  He began his career working for the first fifteen years with American Electric Power’s Fuel Supply Division.  During his tenure, he was exposed to many facets of the coal industry serving in various capacities from a local mine purchasing agent to the manager of contracts for the corporate office.  He was involved in several projects during the escalated construction of several coal mines and coal preparation plants.  Waste minimization and the collection of coal fines was of particular interest, as the mines introduced froth flotation into the United States to more efficiently collect coal fines to ship, rather than sending them to coal refuse piles. Additionally, coal refuse stabilization was brought onto the forefront utilizing waste products from steel mills and gypsum plants to solidify coal slurries. While production was always the driving force to enable funding for research projects; other important parts of the business such as world class reclamation projects from mining operations, the potential for coal gasification, transportation of coal slurries and best practices for showing that coal and the environment could coexist. After being recruited from the coal industry, Bradley served in capacities working with Lockheed.

 

Mr. Dye graduated from Morris Harvey College in Charleston, West Virginia and has resided in Florida for the past eighteen years with his wife and family.

 

Board of Advisors

 

The following individuals serve as advisors to Advance Green Energy:

 

Doctor Yan Cao

 

Dr. Cao has been instrumental in guiding us in the testing of our products at Western Kentucky University and is in the process of helping us work with an established company in China to distribute our products abroad.

 

 

 

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Doctor Cao's Studies are in many aspects useful to AGE, including CO2 greenhouse, clean coal technologies, mercury and trace metal emissions, emissionm control and equipment.

 

Leonard Stanley Chaikind – Chairman of the Board of Advisors

 

Mr. Chaikand is the Chairman & CEO of Institutional Investors Consulting Company or IICC, located in Houston, Texas. Mr. Chaikind has served in this capacity since he founded IICC in the early 1990’s. Prior to founding IICC, Mr. Chaikind worked for Royal Dutch Shell and the Shell Oil Company for over 35 years in a wide variety of assignments. After serving in many senior roles, including the Finance Manager for both Shell Chemical and Shell Oil Products, he moved to the Royal Dutch Shell headquarters in London in 1977.

 

During his time in London, he helped coordinate some large corporate projects for Royal Dutch Shell in Saudi Arabia, headed up a group that evaluated Shell’s operations in Turkey and much more. In 1978 he was appointed to be the position of Regional Treasurer for all Royal Dutch Shell’s operations in the Far East and Australasia (still working out of Shell’s office in London}. In this capacity, Mr. Chaikind was responsible for negotiating and financing well over $50 billion dollars in both corporate and major project activities though out this region. He also developed a number or very important relationships with both key government officials and financial institutions, e.g. banks, investment banks and countries, e.g. Brunei, China, Yemen, France, Switzerland, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia. In 1981, he returned to Houston to continue his career with Shell Oil Company.

 

His final assignment for Shell was as the Administrator of the various $12 plus billion dollars Shell Savings and Retirement Programs with responsibility for both the investment and administration of four major funds. Over 50% of these funds were managed internally under the guidance of Mr. Chaikind and his staff with the rest being outsourced to various investment managers and consulting groups. During this period, the industry recognized the Shell Funds to be one of the very best. During his years in this assignment, Mr. Chaikind was also very active in the tax-exempt industry. He was one of the key founders of the Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets (CIEBA), the largest ever Corporate Pension Fund Group in the world. Len served as Vice Chairman of this group from its beginning until his retirement from Shell. He also served as an active member of both the NYSE Institutional Investors Advisory Committee and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Advisory Board (the CFTC is to the futures and derivatives industry what the SEC is to securities industry). Most important, he was very much responsible for bringing the concept of Private Equity Funds into the Institutional Investors market. This is a very important strength of IICC, i.e. knowledge needed to set up and structure Private Equity Funds. Some people still call Len Chaikind “the father of private equity funds.”

 

During his many years with Shell Oil and Royal Dutch Shell, Len Chaikind (he prefers to be called Len) made many great connections in various governmental agencies, e.g. Turkey, Yemen, China, Russia, USA, India, Saudi Arabia, Africa (e.g. Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa) etc. with some of the major corporations and wealthiest people in the world.

 

Since his retirement from Shell, Mr. Chaikind has stayed very active in the whole area of tax-exempt funds (including health care, Pension Plans, and Social Security reforms) and still maintains a strong presence in Washington, DC.

 

In addition to his job as the CEO of IICC, Mr. Chaikind also sits on the Boards of several both “For Profit” and “Not for Profit” groups.

 

From 1953 to 1956 Mr. Chaikind served in the U.S. Navy (LTSG) as a line officer in the Pacific Amphibious Fleet (Phibpac) on various assignments both in the Far East and the West Coast of North America.

 

Mr. Chaikand has an MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1958, BA Harvard University in Economics in 1953 and endless courses at places like NYU, CCNY, Columbia, The New School for Social Research, and the US Navy. Prior to all this, Mr. Chaikind was a graduate in 1949 of the Loomis Institute, which is in Windsor, CT.

 

Robert Speer

 

Mr. Speer and his father, Roy Speer, founded the Home Shopping Network. He was one of the main market makers in taking Home Shopping Network public.

Mr. Speer has been very instrumental in the start up and sale of many companies, including PEO Brokerage with Mr. Barbee. Together they created a sales force of over 5,000 independent sales representatives from America, Canada, and Mexico.

 

Mr. Speer is a graduate of the the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

 

 

 

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Dwight Chustz

 

Mr. Chustz has a 42 year career with several pipeline systems including, ANR Pipeline, Great Lakes, Coastal Corporation, Colorado Interstate Gas, El Paso, Tennessee Gas, Southern Natural Gas, and TransCanada’s pipeline systems. Dwight's work has allowed him to physically work in over 14 states and, the Gulf of Mexico.

 

All the positions Dwight held were of a supervisory, management and leadership level including Director Level for eight years. He has covered many of the facets of the industry. Since 2014 Dwight has done consulting work for several companies and investors, all in the energy sector.

 

Dr. Muneer Imam

 

Dr. Imam is a pulmonologist in Center Moriches, New York and is affiliated with Peconic Bay Medical Center. He received his medical degree from St. George's University School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. Dr. Imam is very active in helping to prevent pollution and help to clean up our atmosphere.

 

Allen N. Reeves

 

Mr. Reeves is an investor. He is a Tampa area native who has assisted in numerous diverse projects throughout the years.

 

Mr. Reeves began his career working in the automotive industry with his father at Reeves Motor Sports in the Pre-Owned Vehicle Department. He has traveled throughout the world and has showcased his athletic talents playing in prestigious charitable golf tournaments during these travels. Additionally, Mr. Reeves’s entrepreneurial spirit has allowed him to invent two successful arcade games and create the first online interactive football game, manage and invest in real estate projects, invest and advise in the art of purchasing precious gems and metals, and he was instrumental in the design of part of the Allen N. Reeves Sports Complex at Clemson University. Allen is a devout Christian and has authored books on prophecy and Biblical interpretation.

 

Richard "Dick" Price

 

Mr. Price is an expert in patent infringement investigations. President Reagan called him "The Best of the Best!" He is former United States Military & CIA trained. Mr. Price has associated offices in Costa Rica, Bahamas, Panama Canal Zone, London, Central America & Europe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

 

Employment Agreements

 

Mr. Barbee and Mr. Dye have entered into employment agreements with the Company for a term of five years. Pursuant to their employment agreements, they have agreed to devote a substantial portion of their business and professional time and efforts to our business. The employment agreement provides that each employee shall receive a salary determined by the Board of Directors commensurate with the development of the Company. They may be entitled to receive, at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors or a committee thereof, bonuses based on the achievement (in whole or in part) by the Company of our business plan and achievement by the employee of fixed personal performance objectives.

 

The following table represents information regarding the total compensation our officers and directors of the Company as of December 31, 2017:

 

Name and Principal Position Cash Compensation Other Compensation Total Compensation
Peter M. Barbee, Director, President, Director $120,000 -0- $120,000
Bradley Dye, Vice President $85,000 -0- $85,000
Total $205,000 -0- $205,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Other than as reported herein, during the last two full fiscal years and the current fiscal year or any currently proposed transaction, there is no transaction involving the Company, in which the amount involved exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of the Company’s total assets at year-end for its last three fiscal years.

 

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

 

There are no conflicts of interest between the Company and any of its officers or directors

 

Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Parties

 

We have adopted a related-party transactions policy under which our executive officers, directors, nominees for election as a director, beneficial owners of more than 5% of any class of our Common Stock, and any members of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons are not permitted to enter into a related-party transaction with us without the consent of our audit committee. If the related party is, or is associated with, a member of our audit committee, the transaction must be reviewed and approved by another independent body of our Board of Directors, such as our governance committee. Any request for us to enter into a transaction with a related party in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000 and such party would have a direct or indirect interest must first be presented to our audit committee for review, consideration and approval. If advance approval of a related-party transaction was not feasible or was not obtained, the related-party transaction must be submitted to the audit committee as soon as reasonably practicable, at which time the audit committee shall consider whether to ratify and continue, amend and ratify, or terminate or rescind such related-party transaction. All of the transactions described above were reviewed and considered by, and were entered into with the approval of, or ratification by, our Board of Directors.

 

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

 

There are no conflicts of interest between the Company and any of its officers or directors.

 

Employment Agreements

 

Our officers have entered into employment agreements with the Company for a term of five years. Pursuant to this employment agreement, they have agreed to devote a substantial portion of his business and professional time and efforts to our business. The employment agreement provides that each employee shall receive a salary determined by the Board of Directors commensurate with the development of the Company. He may be entitled to receive, at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors or a committee thereof, bonuses based on the achievement (in whole or in part) by the Company of our business plan and achievement by the employee of fixed personal performance objectives.

 

The employment agreements also contain covenants (a) restricting the executive from engaging in any activities competitive with our business during the terms of such employment agreements and one year thereafter, and (b) prohibiting the executive from disclosure of confidential information regarding the Company at any time.

 

The Company's directors are elected by shareholders at each annual meeting or, in the event of a vacancy, appointed by the Board of Directors then in office to serve until the next annual meeting or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The Company's executive officers are appointed by the Board of Directors and serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

 

Legal/Disciplinary History

 

None of Advance Green Energy, Inc.’s Officers or Directors have been the subject of any criminal proceeding or named as a defendant in a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);

 

None of Advance Green Energy, Inc.’s Officers or Directors have been the subject of any entry of an order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, by a court of competent jurisdiction that permanently or temporarily enjoined, barred, suspended or otherwise limited such person’s involvement in any type of business, securities, commodities, or banking activities;

 

 

 

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None of Advance Green Energy, Inc.’s Officers or Directors have been the subject of any finding or judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or a state securities regulator of a violation of federal or state securities or commodities law, which finding or judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated; or

 

None of Advance Green Energy, Inc.’s Officers or Directors has been the subject of any entry of an order by a self-regulatory organization that permanently or temporarily barred, suspended or otherwise limited such person’s involvement in any type of business or securities activities.

 

Board Composition

 

Our board of directors currently consists of two members. Each director of the Company serves until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is elected and duly qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Our board is authorized to appoint persons to the offices of Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Chief Executive Officer, one or more vice presidents, a Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer and a Secretary and such other offices as may be determined by the board.

 

We have no formal policy regarding board diversity. In selecting board candidates, we seek individuals who will further the interests of our stockholders through an established record of professional accomplishment, the ability to contribute positively to our collaborative culture, knowledge of our business and understanding of our prospective markets.

 

Board Leadership Structure and Risk Oversight

 

The board of directors oversees our business and considers the risks associated with our business strategy and decisions. The board currently implements its risk oversight function as a whole. Each of the board committees when established will also provide risk oversight in respect of its areas of concentration and reports material risks to the board for further consideration.

 

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

 

Prior to one year from the date of this Offering's qualification, we will be adopting a written code of business conduct and ethics that applies to our directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. We will post on our website a current copy of the code and all disclosures that are required by law or market rules in regard to any amendments to, or waivers from, any provision of the code.

 

Stock Options

 

Our stockholders have approved our Stock Option Plan, as previously adopted by our Board of Directors (the "Plan"). Under this Plan, our officers, directors, and/or key employees and/or consultants can receive incentive stock options and non-qualified stock options to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of our Common Stock. To date, no options have been issued. The Class B Common stockholders are not eligible for such options.

 

With respect to incentive stock options, the Plan provides that the exercise price of each such option must be at least equal to 100% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date that such option is granted. The Plan requires that all such options have an expiration date not later than that date which is one day before the tenth anniversary of the date of the grant of such options (or the fifth anniversary of the date of grant in the case of 10% stockholders). However, with certain limited exceptions, in the event that the option holder ceases to be associated with the Company, or engages in or is involved with any business similar to ours, such option holder's incentive options immediately terminate.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, the aggregate fair market value, determined as of the date(s) of grant, for which incentive stock options are first exercisable by an option holder during any one calendar year cannot exceed $100,000. No such options have yet been issued.

 

 

 

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Bonus Plan for Executive Officers

 

Our Board of Directors has established an annual Bonus Plan for Executive Officers (the “Bonus Plan.”) Under the Bonus Plan, a Committee of the Board of Directors sets performance targets for key employees who are or may become executive officers. Such executives are eligible for a bonus only if they meet the performance standards set in advance by the Committee. Aggregate bonuses may not exceed ten percent of income before taxes and bonuses may not exceed $1 million per employee.

 

Management Stock Option Plan

 

Our Board of Directors has adopted a Management Stock Bonus Plan. The Plan provides that the Company shall establish a reserve of 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be awarded to eligible salaried officers and directors. The Management Stock Bonus Plan Committee, composed of not less than three members, administers the Plan. The Board of Directors must review actions of the Committee. The Plan awards restricted stock to key executives. During the restricted period, the owner of the stock may not transfer the stock without first offering the Company the opportunity to buy back the stock at its issue price. In the first year of the restriction period, the Company has the right to buy back all of the awarded stock. In the second year, the Company has the right to buy back 75% of the awarded stock. After two years and until the end of the restriction period, a maximum of three years, the Company has the right to buy back 50% of the awarded stock. To date, the Company has not issued any Plan shares.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS

______

 

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our Common Stock as of December 30, 2017, and as adjusted to reflect the sale of Class A Common Stock offered by us in this Offering, for each stockholder known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding shares of Class A or Class B Common Stock, each of our directors, each of our named executive officers, and all of our directors and executive officers as a group.

 

Name (1) Shares of
Class A (Class B)
Common Stock
Owned
Percentage of
Class Owned
Percentage of
Total
Outstanding
Owned
Percentage of
Outstanding Owned
on Completion (2)
P.M. Barbee

700,000,000

(350,000,000)

52.2

(100.0)

78.3 68.1
Shane Cooper 100,000,000 7.5 7.5 6.5
John E. Lux 100,000,000 7.5 7.5 6.5
Total

900,000,000

(350,000,000)

67.2

(100.0)

93.3 81.1

 

 

(1) The address for all securities holders is c/o Advance Green Energy, Inc., 523 US Highway 41 South, Inverness, Florida 34450.
(2) Assumes the sale of all Securities offered hereby.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

 

The Common Stock

 

We are authorized to issue 20,000,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value. The holders of Common Stock are entitled to equal dividends and distributions, with respect to the Common Stock when, as, and if declared by the Board of Directors from funds legally available for such dividends. No holder of Common Stock has any preemptive right to subscribe for any of our stock nor are any shares subject to redemption. Upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, and after payment of creditors and any amounts payable to senior securities, the assets will be divided pro rata on a share-for-share basis among the holders of the shares of Common Stock. All shares of Common Stock now outstanding upon completion of this Offering and conversion of any Preferred Stock, are, and will be, fully paid, validly issued and non-assessable.

 

The Common Stock is divided into two classes: Class A and Class B. There are 19,500,000,000 designated shares of Class A and 500,000,000 designated shares of Class B. The shares of each class of Common Stock are identical except that the holders of the Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to elect a majority of the board of directors and the holders of the Class A shall elect the remainder of the directors. Each share of Class B Common Stock shall be convertible at any time into one share of Class A Common Stock at the option of the holder.

 

Holders of our Common Stock do not have cumulative voting rights, so that the holders of more than 50% of the shares voting for the election of directors will be able to elect 100% of the directors if they choose to do so, and in that event, the holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any members to the Board of Directors.

 

The Company has never paid any dividends to shareholders of our Common Stock. The declaration in the future of any cash or stock dividends will depend upon our capital requirements and financial position, general economic conditions, and other pertinent factors. We presently intend not to pay any cash or stock dividends in the foreseeable future. Management intends to reinvest earnings, if any, in the development and expansion of our business. No dividend may be paid on the Common Stock until all Preferred Stock dividends are paid in full.

 

Preferred Stock

 

We are authorized by our Articles of Incorporation to issue a maximum of 1,000,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock. This Preferred Stock may be in one or more series and containing such rights, privileges and limitations, including voting rights, conversion privileges and/or redemption rights, as may, from time to time, be determined by our Board of Directors. Preferred stock may be issued in the future in connection with acquisitions, financings or such other matters as the Board of Directors deems to be appropriate. In the event that any such shares of Preferred Stock shall be issued, a Certificate of Designation, setting forth the series of such Preferred Stock and the relative rights, privileges and limitations with respect thereto, shall be filed. The effect of such Preferred Stock is that our Board of Directors alone, within the bounds and subject to the federal securities laws and the Florida Law, may be able to authorize the issuance of Preferred Stock which could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of our Company without further action by the stockholders and might adversely affect the voting and other rights of holders of Common Stock. The issuance of Preferred Stock with voting and conversion rights also may adversely affect the voting power of the holders of Common Stock, including the loss of voting control to others. To date, no such Preferred Stock has been issued.

 

The Board of Directors is expressly vested with the authority to divide any or all of the Preferred Stock into series and to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of the shares of each series so established, provided, however, that the rights and preferences of the various series may vary only with respect to:

 

(a) the rate of dividend;
(b) whether the shares may be called and, if so, the call price and the terms and conditions of call;
(c) the amount payable upon the shares in the event of voluntary and involuntary liquidation;
(d) sinking fund provisions, if any for the call or redemption of the shares;
(e) the terms and conditions, if any, on which the shares may be converted;
(f) voting rights; and
(g) whether the shares will be cumulative, noncumulative or partially cumulative as to dividends and the dates from which any cumulative dividends are to accumulate.

 

 

 

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The Board of Directors shall exercise the foregoing authority by adopting a resolution setting forth the designation of each series and the number of shares therein, and fixing and determining the relative rights and preferences thereof. The Board of Directors may make any change in the designations, terms, limitations or relative rights or preferences of any series in the same manner, so long as no shares of such series are outstanding at such time.

 

Within the limits and restrictions, if any, stated in any resolution of the Board of Directors originally fixing the number of shares constituting any series, the Board of Directors is authorized to increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding) the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issue of shares of such series. In case the number of shares of any series shall be so decreased, the share constituting such decrease shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series.

 

Certain Provisions

 

Certain provisions of our Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws may make it more difficult and time-consuming to acquire the Company, thereby reducing our vulnerability to an unsolicited proposal for our takeover. These provisions are outlined below.

 

Our Articles also contain restrictions regarding certain mergers, consolidations, asset sales and other "Business Combinations." "Business Combinations" are defined in the Articles of Incorporation. The above provisions could have the effect of depriving shareholders of any opportunity to sell their shares at a premium over prevailing market prices because takeovers frequently involve purchases of stock directly from shareholders at such a premium price. Further, to the extent these provisions make it less likely that a takeover attempt opposed by our incumbent Board of Directors and management will succeed, the effect could be to assist the Board of Directors and management in retaining their existing positions. In addition, our Articles also provide that the provisions outlined herein cannot be amended, altered, repealed, or replaced without a "super-majority" vote or the approval of a Majority of Continuing Directors.

 

Among other provisions that might make it more difficult to acquire us, we have adopted the following:

 

Staggered Board. Our Board of Directors has been divided into three classes of directors. The term of one class will expire each year. Directors for each class will be chosen for a three-year term upon the expiration of such class’s term, and the directors in the other two classes will continue in office. The staggered terms for directors may affect the stockholders’ ability to change control of the Company even if a change in control were in the stockholders’ interest.

 

Preferred Stock. Our charter authorizes the Board of Directors to issue up to 1,000,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock and to establish the preferences and rights (including the right to vote and the right to convert into shares of Common Stock) of any shares issued. The power to issue Preferred Stock could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of the Company even if a change in control were in the stockholders’ interest.

 

Our Articles also authorize the Board of Directors to oppose a tender offer on the basis of factors other than economic benefit to our shareholders. Among the factors that may be considered are the impact our acquisition would have on the community, the effect of the acquisition upon our employees and the reputation and business practices of the tender offeror.

 

Our Articles of Incorporation also contain restrictions regarding certain merger, consolidations, asset sales and other "Business Combinations" involving the Company or its subsidiaries. Business Combinations are defined in the Articles as (a) any merger or consolidation by us with an Interested Stockholder, (defined as a holder of at least 10% of our voting stock with certain exceptions), or (b) any sale, lease or similar disposition to an Interested Stockholder of any of our assets constituting at least 5% of our total assets, or (c) the issuance or transfer by the Company of any of our stock to an Interested Stockholder in return for cash or other property, being at least 5% of our total assets, or (d) adoption of any plan to dissolve or liquidate the Company proposed by an Interested Stockholder, or (e) any reclassification of stock or recapitalization of the Company or merger whereby the percentage of outstanding shares of any Interested Stockholder is increased.

 

Business Combinations with an interested Stockholder must be approved by the holders of 80% of the voting power of our outstanding shares, unless (a) the Business Combination is approved in advance by those persons then on the Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to the time the Interested Stockholder (or certain of its predecessors) first became an Interested Stockholder and who would have constituted a majority of the Board at that time (a "Majority of the Continuing Directors"), or (b) certain minimum "fair price" requirements are met. In evaluating a Business Combination, the Board of Directors may consider the financial aspects of the offer, the long-term interests of our shareholders, past and present market values of the shares, our prospects, the prospect of obtaining a better offer, the impact, if the offer is partial or two-tier, on the remaining shareholders and our future (especially with regard to the background of the offeror), the value of non-cash consideration, legal matters, the effect of the transaction on our customers and local community interests.

 

 

 

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The above provisions could have the effect of depriving shareholders of any opportunity to sell their shares at a premium over prevailing market prices because takeovers frequently involve purchases of stock directly from shareholders at such a premium price. Further, to the extent these provisions make it less likely that a takeover attempt opposed by our incumbent Board of Directors and management will succeed, the effect could be to assist the Board of Directors and management in retaining their existing positions. In addition, our Articles of Incorporation also provide that the provisions outlined herein cannot be amended, altered, repealed, or replaced without the "super- majority" vote described above or the approval of a Majority of the Continuing Directors as defined above.

 

DIVIDEND POLICY

 

We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our capital stock. We currently intend to retain any future earnings for use in the operation of our business and do not intend to declare or pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any further determination to pay dividends on our capital stock will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors, subject to applicable laws, and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, general business conditions, and other factors that our Board of Directors considers relevant.

 

 

SECURITIES OFFERED

 

Current Offering

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc. (“Advance Green Energy, Inc.,” “We,” or the “Company”) is offering up to $50,000,000 total of Securities, consisting of Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value (the “Common Stock” or collectively the “Securities”).

 

The Common Stock

 

We are authorized to issue 20,000,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value. The holders of Common Stock are entitled to equal dividends and distributions, with respect to the Common Stock when, as, and if declared by the Board of Directors from funds legally available for such dividends. No holder of Common Stock has any preemptive right to subscribe for any of our stock nor are any shares subject to redemption. Upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, and after payment of creditors and senior securities, the assets will be divided pro rata on a share-for-share basis among the holders of the shares of Common Stock. All shares of Common Stock now outstanding upon completion of this Offering are, and will be, fully paid, validly issued and non-assessable.

 

Holders of our Common Stock do not have cumulative voting rights, so that the holders of more than 50% of the shares voting for the election of directors will be able to elect 100% of the directors if they choose to do so. In that event, the holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any members to the Board of Directors.

 

Transfer Agent

 

Our transfer agent is ClearTrust, LLC. 16540 Pointe Village Drive, Suite 205, Lutz, Florida 33548, telephone number 813-235-4490, Fax 813-388-4549. email: info@cleartrusttransfer.com.

 

The transfer agent is registered under the Exchange Act and operates under the regulatory authority of the SEC and FINRA.

 

SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

 

Prior to this Offering, there has been a limited market for our Common Stock. Future sales of substantial amounts of our Common Stock, or securities or instruments convertible into our Common Stock, in the public market, or the perception that such sales may occur, could adversely affect the market price of our Common Stock prevailing from time to time. Furthermore, because there will be limits on the number of shares available for resale shortly after this Offering due to contractual and legal restrictions described below, there may be resales of substantial amounts of our Common Stock in the public market after those restrictions lapse. This could adversely affect the market price of our Common Stock prevailing at that time.

 

 

 

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Rule 144

 

In general, a person who has beneficially owned restricted shares of our Common Stock for at least twelve months, in the event we are a reporting company under Regulation A, or at least six months, in the event we have been a reporting company under the Exchange Act for at least 90 days before the sale, would be entitled to sell such securities, provided that such person is not deemed to be an affiliate of ours at the time of sale or to have been an affiliate of ours at any time during the 90 days preceding the sale. A person who is an affiliate of ours at such time would be subject to additional restrictions, by which such person would be entitled to sell within any three-month period only a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of the following:

 

· 1% of the number of shares of our Common Stock then outstanding; or
· the average weekly trading volume of our Common Stock during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing by such person of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale;

 

provided that, in each case, we are subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for at least 90 days before the sale. Rule 144 trades must also comply with the manner of sale, notice and other provisions of Rule 144, to the extent applicable.

 

 

LEGAL MATTERS

 

Certain legal matters with respect to the shares of common stock offered hereby will be passed upon by John E. Lux, Esq. of Washington, D.C.

 

EXPERTS

 

The financial statements dated as of December 31, 2017 included in this Offering Circular have been audited by Assurance Dimensions, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing herein. Such financial statements have been so included in reliance upon the report of such firm given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We have filed with the SEC a Regulation A Offering Statement on Form 1-A under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of common stock offered hereby. This Offering Circular, which constitutes a part of the Offering Statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the Offering Statement or the exhibits and schedules filed therewith. For further information about us and the common stock offered hereby, we refer you to the Offering Statement and the exhibits and schedules filed therewith. Statements contained in this Offering Circular regarding the contents of any contract or other document that is filed as an exhibit to the Offering Statement are not necessarily complete, and each such statement is qualified in all respects by reference to the full text of such contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the Offering Statement. Upon the completion of this Offering, we will be required to file periodic reports, proxy statements, and other information with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. You may read and copy this information at the SEC's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy statements and other information about issuers, including us, that file electronically with the SEC. The address of this site is www.sec.gov.

 

 

 

 

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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 F-3
Statements of Operations for the Year ending December 31, 2017 and for the Period from September 20, 2016 (Date of Inception) through December 31, 2016 F-4
Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit for the Year ending December 31, 2017 and for the Period from September 20, 2016 (Date of Inception) through December 31, 2016 F-5
Statements of Cash Flows for the Year ending December 31, 2017 and for the Period from September 20, 2016 (Date of Inception) through December 31, 2016 F-6
Notes to Financial Statements F-7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 F-1 

 

 

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Advance Green Energy, Inc. as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ deficit and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the period from September 20, 2016 (Date of Inception) through December 31, 2016 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 2017 and the period from September 20, 2016 (Date of Inception) through December 31, 2016, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Explanatory Paragraph – Going Concern

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company had a net loss and cash used from operations of approximately $779,000 and $313,000, respectfully for the year ended of December 31, 2017 and a working capital deficit of approximately $162,000 at December 31, 2017. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regards to these matters are also described in Note 2. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB and in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audits include performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ Assurance Dimensions             

 

Certified Public Accountants

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2017.

Coconut Creek, Florida

June 15, 2018

 

 

 

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Advance Green Energy, Inc.

Balance Sheets

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

   2017   2016 
Assets          
           
Current Assets:          
Cash and cash equivalents  $6,946   $28,528 
Prepaid Rent       2,129 
Total Current Assets   6,946    30,657 
           
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation   287,661    3,676 
Marketing Rights       40,000 
           
Total Assets  $294,607   $74,333 
           
Liabilities and Shareholders' Deficit          
           
Liabilities          
Current Liabilities:          
Accrued payroll  $32,191   $13,323 
Accrued interest   11,042    2,467 
Notes payable, current   126,083    113,900 
Total Current Liabilities   169,316    129,690 
Long Term Note Payable   261,106     
           
Total Liabilities   430,422    129,690 
           
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 8)          
           
Shareholders' Deficit          
Common stock, class A - $0.0001 par value
19,500,000,000 authorized shares; 976,697,000 and 1,007,600,000 issued and outstanding
   97,670    100,760 
Common stock, class B - $0.0001 par value
500,000,000 authorized shares; 350,000,000 issued and outstanding
 35,000    35,000 
Additional paid in capital   766,881    75,240 
Accumulated Deficit   (1,035,366)   (266,357)
           
Total Shareholders' Deficit   (135,815)   (55,357)
           
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Deficit  $294,607   $74,333 

 

 

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 F-3 

 

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

Statements of Operations

For the Year Ending December 31, 2017 and the Period from

September 20, 2016 (Date of Inception) through December 31, 2016

 

   2017   2016 
Revenues   $   $ 
Operating Expenses:          
Compensation   181,038    52,896 
Advertising and marketing   58,538    1,059 
Consulting and management fees   330,422    142,100 
Professional fees   6,500    16,900 
Depreciation expense   2,909    168 
Rent   9,364    4,260 
Loss on impairment of long-lived asset   40,000     
General and administrative   127,762    46,509 
Total operating expenses   756,533    263,892 
           
Net loss from operations   (756,533)   (263,892)
           
Other income/(expense)           
Interest expense   (22,483)   (2,467)
Interest income   7    2 
Net loss before provision for income taxes   (779,009)   (266,357)
           
Provision for income taxes        
           
Net Loss  $(779,009)  $(266,357)

 

 

 

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

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Advance Green Energy, Inc.

Statements of Stockholders' Deficit

For the Year Ending December 31, 2017 and the Period from

September 20, 2016 (Date of Inception) through December 31, 2016

 

 

 

   Common Stock Class A   Common Stock Class B   Common Stock   Additional Paid in   Accumulated   Total
Stockholders' Equity
 
   Shares   Shares   $ .0001 Par   Capital   Deficit   (deficit) 
Balance on September 20, 2016
          $   $   $   $ 
Issuance of common stock                              
For cash   2,500,000        250    24,750        25,000 
For services   1,001,100,000    350,000,000    135,110    10,890        146,000 
For intangible asset   4,000,000        400    39,600        40,000 
Net Loss                   (266,357)   (266,357)
                               
Balance on December 31, 2016   1,007,600,000    350,000,000    135,760    75,240    (266,357)   (55,357)
Issuance of common stock                               
For cash   29,680,000        2,968    293,632        296,600 
For services   39,417,000        3,942    390,030        393,972 
Retirement of common stock   (100,000,000)       (10,000)       10,000     
Capital contribution               7,979        7,979 
Net Loss                   (779,009)   (779,009)
                               
Balance on December 31, 2017   976,697,000    350,000,000   $132,670   $766,881   $(1,035,366)  $(135,815)

 

 

 

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 F-5 

 

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

Statements of Cash Flows

For the Year Ending December 31, 2017 and the Period from

September 20, 2016 (Date of Inception) through December 31, 2016

 

   2017   2016 
Cash flows from operating activities:          
Net Loss  $(779,009)  $(266,357)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities          
Depreciation expense   2,909    168 
Common stock issued for services   393,972    146,000 
Impairment of long-lived asset   40,000     
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:          
Increase in accrued expenses   27,443    15,790 
(Increase) decrease in prepaid rent   2,129    (2,129)
Net cash used in operating activities   (312,556)   (106,528)
           
Cash flows from investing activities:          
Purchase of fixed assets   (286,894)   (3,844)
Net Cash used in investing activities   (286,894)   (3,844)
           
Cash flows from financing activities:          
Borrowings from note payable   273,289    113,900 
Common Stock issued for cash   296,600    25,000 
Capital contribution   7,979     
Net cash provided by financing activities   577,868    138,900 
           
Net increase (decrease) in cash   (21,582)   28,528 
           
Cash, beginning of period   28,528     
           
Cash, end of period  $6,946   $28,528 
           
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:          
Cash interest payments  $   $ 
           
Non-Cash Investing Activity:          
Common stock issued for intangible asset  $   $40,000 
Common stock issued for fixed assets  $10,000   $ 

 

 

 

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 F-6 

 

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements

 

1.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Nature of Operations

 

Advance Green Energy (the Company) is an alternative-energy technology company incorporated on September 20, 2016 in the state of Florida that owns exclusive rights to market and sell three unique fossil fuel additives known as FUTTTM products. These products lessen fuel usage and allow for a cheaper grade of fuel while achieving a cleaner burning of the fuel. The Company plans to provide packaged modular power systems, with advice and guidance to build power plants up to 100 megawatts to commercial, industrial, government and utility customers worldwide.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The Company presents its financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) under the accrual basis of accounting.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

All highly liquid investments purchased with an initial maturity of three months or less are considered to be cash equivalents.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Our most significant estimates are for stock based compensation, assessment of impairment of our intangible asset, and valuation of our deferred tax valuation allowance. We evaluate our estimates on an ongoing basis. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is computed primarily using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which range from 5 to 39 years. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred. The Company has a capitalization policy of $500. For assets sold or otherwise disposed of, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts, and any related gain or loss is reflected in income for the period.

 

 

 

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Advance Green Energy, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

 

Advertising Costs

 

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. The Company recorded advertising costs for the years ending December 31, 2017 and the period from September 20, 2016 (date of inception) through December 31, 2016 in the amounts of $58,538 and $1,059, respectively.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company’s balance sheets include the following financial instruments: cash, accrued expenses and notes payable. The carrying amounts of current assets and current liabilities approximate their fair value because of the relatively short period of time between the origination of these instruments and their expected realization. The carrying values of the notes payable approximates fair value based on the borrowing rates currently available to the Company for instruments with similar terms and remaining maturities.

 

FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) topic 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”, defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions developed on market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and (2) an entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The fair value hierarchy consists of three broad levels, which gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

LEVEL 1 - Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

 

LEVEL 2 - Include other inputs that are directly or indirectly observable in the marketplace.

 

LEVEL 3 - Unobservable inputs which are supported by little or no market activity.

 

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, there were no financial instruments that required fair value measurement.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

Long-Lived Assets of the Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of assets may not be recoverable, pursuant to guidance established in ASC 360-10-35-15, “Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”. The Company recognizes an impairment loss when the sum of expected undiscounted future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the asset. The amount of impairment is measured as the difference between the asset’s estimated fair value and its book value. For further discussion see Note 7 Intangible Assets.

 

 

 

 

 F-8 

 

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

 

Intangible Assets

 

The Company will amortize the below identifiable intangible asset over its useful life on a straight-line basis.

 

Marketing Rights                    10 years

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes pursuant to the provisions of ASC 740-10, “Accounting for Income Taxes”, which requires, among other things, an asset and liability approach to calculating deferred income taxes. The asset and liability approach requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities. A valuation allowance is provided to offset any net deferred tax assets for which management believes it is more likely than not that the net deferred asset will not be realized.

 

The Company follows the provisions of the ASC 740-10 related to, Accounting for Uncertain Income Tax Positions. When tax returns are filed, it is highly certain that some positions taken would be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities, while others are subject to uncertainty about the merits of the position taken or the amount of the position that would be ultimately sustained. In accordance with the guidance of ASC 740- 10, the benefit of a tax position is recognized in the financial statements in the period during which, based on all available evidence, management believes it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of appeals or litigation processes, if any. Tax positions taken are not offset or aggregated with other positions. Tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold are measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely of being realized upon settlement with the applicable taxing authority. The portion of the benefits associated with tax positions taken that exceeds the amount measured as described above should be reflected as a liability for uncertain tax benefits in the accompanying balance sheet along with any associated interest and penalties that would be payable to the taxing authorities upon examination. The Company believes its tax positions are all highly certain of being upheld upon examination. As such, the company has not recorded a liability for uncertain tax benefits.

 

The Company has adopted ASC 740-10-25 Definition of Settlement, which provides guidance on how an entity should determine whether a tax position is effectively settled for the purpose of recognizing previously unrecognized tax benefits and provides that a tax position can be effectively settled upon the completion of an examination by a taxing authority without being legally extinguished. For tax positions considered effectively settled, an entity would recognize the full amount of tax benefit, even if the tax position is not considered more likely than not to be sustained based solely on the basis of its technical merits and the statute of limitations remains open. As of December 31, 2017, tax years ended December 31, 2016 are still potentially subject to audit by the taxing authorities.

 

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 changed the top corporate tax rate from 35% to one rate of 21%. This rate will be effective for corporations whose tax year begins after January 1, 2018 and it is a permanent change. Under ASC 740, the effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. The resulting amendments to Internal Revenue code Section 172 disallow the carryback of net operating losses but allow for the indefinite carryforward of those net operating losses. Pursuant to Section 172 (e) (2) of the statute, the amended carryback and carryover rules apply to any net operating loss ensuing in a taxable year ending after December 31, 2017. In addition to the carryover and carryback changes, the Act also introduces a limitation on the amount of net operating losses that a corporation may deduct in a single tax year under section 172 (a) equal to the lesser of the available net operating loss carryover or 80 percent of a taxpayer’s pre-NOL deduction taxable income (the “80-percent limitation”). This limitation applies only to losses arising in tax years that begin after December 31, 2017 based upon section 172 (e) (1) of the amended statute. For net operating losses generated in tax years ending before January 1, 2018, historical rules are applicable.

 

 

 


 F-9 

 

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

 

2.GOING CONCERN

 

The Company’s financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company had a net loss of $779,009 and $266,357 and net cash used in operating activities of $312,556 and $106,528 for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the period from September 20, 2016 (date of inception) through December 31, 2016, respectively. The Company has a working capital deficit of $162,370 and $99,033 and an accumulated deficit of $1,035,366 and $266,357 at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for the twelve months from the issuance date of this report.

 

The Company has a minimum cash balance available for payment of ongoing operating expense, has incurred losses from operations since inception, and it does not have a source of revenue sufficient to cover its operating costs. Its continued existence is dependent upon its ability to execute its operating plan and to obtain additional debt or equity financing. There can be no assurance the necessary debt or equity financing will be available, or will be available on terms acceptable to the Company. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

The financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or amounts and classifications of liabilities that may result from the possible inability of the Company to continue as a going concern.

 

3.RECENTLY ISSUED PRONOUNCEMENTS

 

We have reviewed all FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) accounting pronouncements and interpretations thereof that have effectiveness dates during the periods reported and in future periods. The Company has carefully considered the new pronouncements that alter previous generally accepted accounting principles and does not believe that any new or modified principles will have a material impact on the corporation’s reported financial position or operations in the near term. The applicability of any standard is subject to the formal review of our financial management and certain standards are under consideration.

 

In September 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-13 (ASU 2017-13) which addresses “Revenue Recognition” (Topic 605), Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 605), and Leases (Topics 840 and 842), ASU 2017-13 requires entities to recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. As currently issued and amended, ASU 2017-13 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period, though early adoption is permitted for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. We have evaluated the impact of the adoption of ASU 2017-13 on our financial statements and determined that upon generating revenue, the Company will implement accounting system changes and provide the additional disclosure requirements related to the adoption.

 

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, “Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting”. The amendments are effective for public companies for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and interim periods within those annual periods. Several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment award transactions are simplified, including: (a) income tax consequences; (b) classification of awards as either equity or liabilities; and (c) classification on the statement of cash flows. Management believes that this ASU will not have a significant impact on its financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 F-10 

 

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which supersedes ASC 840, Leases. This ASU is based on the principle that entities should recognize assets and liabilities arising from leases. The ASU does not significantly change the lessee’s recognition, measurement and presentation of expenses and cash flows from the previous accounting standard. Leases are classified as finance or operating. The ASU’s primary change is the requirement for entities to recognize a lease liability for payments and a right of use asset representing the right to use the leased asset during the term on operating lease arrangements. Lessees are permitted to make an accounting policy election to not recognize the asset and liability for leases with a term of twelve months or less. Lessors’ accounting under the ASC is largely unchanged from the previous accounting standard. In addition, the ASU expands the disclosure requirements of lease arrangements. Lessees and lessors will use a modified retrospective transition approach, which includes a number of practical expedients. The effective date will be the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with early adoption permitted. Management believes that this ASU will not have a significant effect on its financial statements.

 

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective accounting pronouncements, if adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASC 605, Revenue Recognition. This guidance is based on the principle that revenue is recognized to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This guidance also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments and assets recognized from costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract. This guidance can be adopted either retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented, or retrospectively with a cumulative-effect adjustment recognized as of the date of adoption. The original effective date of this guidance for public entities was for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), to defer the effective date of this guidance by one year, to the annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. A reporting entity may choose to early adopt the guidance as of the original effective date.

 

4.PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

   12/31/17   12/31/16 
Land  $57,000   $ 
Building   228,000     
Equipment   5,738    3,844 
Less: Accumulated depreciation   (3,077)   (168)
Net Property and equipment  $287,661   $3,676 

 

Depreciation expense was $2,909 and $168 for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the period from September 20, 2016 (date of inception) through December 31, 2016, respectively.

 

 

 

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Advance Green Energy, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

 

5.DEBT

 

The following is a summary of notes payable:

 

  $ 113,900 Notes Payable at December 31, 2016
    Unsecured convertible promissory note deemed as a demand loan held by an individual at 12%, distributed in installments from September 20, 2016 (date of inception) to December 31, 2016. Holder of the note may demand repayment of all amounts loaned to the Company through the date of its repayment request, plus interest, at any time upon thirty (30) days written notice to the Company after 1 year (maturity date) or 90 days (early maturity date) from the effective date according to specific terms of the note. At any time after twelve (12) months from the Effective Date, the Holder, at his sole option, shall have the right to convert the outstanding principal amount of this Note, or any portion of the principal amount hereof, and any accrued interest, in whole or in part, into shares of the common stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (a “Conversion”). The conversion price shall be the lesser of (i) $0.01 per share, or (ii) at an eighty percent (80%) discount to the average of the five (5) lowest bid prices during the thirty (30) trading days prior to the date of the Conversion Notice. There is no prepayment penalty to the Company. No payments have been made as of December 31, 2017.
     
    273,289 Note payable to an individual, collateralized by the Company’s building and land at 7% interest amortized over 25 years. Monthly installments are $1,873 for 1 year from the date of inception with a payment due August 2018 of $10,000, thereby adjusting the monthly installments to $ 1,802 for the next 42 months after which a final balloon payment of $229,885 is due.
     
  $ 387,189 Notes payable at December 31, 2017

 

As of the date these financial statements are issued, the Company is in default of the Note Payable in the amount of $113,900, as the holder exercised the 90-day repayment of all installments, whereupon the rate of interest increased to 18% per annum. Upon successful completion of it’s Reg “A” filing the company intends to satisfy the outstanding principal and accrued interest in full.

 

Principal payments on note payables are due as follows:

 

2018  $126,083 
2019   4,154 
2020   4,455 
2021   4,777 
2022   5,122 
Thereafter   242,598 
   $387,189 

 

Accrued interest as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 is $11,042 and $2,467, respectively.

 

 

 F-12 

 

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

 

6.STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

The Company has been granted a first raise of capital under Rule 506(b), which allows securities to be offered and sold to accredited investors and up to 35 non-accredited investors. The Company filed to raise up to $1,000,000 with the SEC for this offering.

 

Common Stock

 

  CLASS A: 19,500,000,000 shares authorized having a par value of $0.0001
The holder of each share is entitled to one vote per share, with Class A to elect the remainder of the Board of Directors after Class B.
     
  CLASS B: 500,000,000 shares authorized having a par value of $0.0001
The holder of each share is entitled to one vote per share, with Class B entitled to elect a majority of the Board of Directors. Each share shall be convertible at any time into one (1) share of Class A at the option of the holder.

 

Preferred Stock

 

1,000,000,000 (One Billion) shares authorized having a par value of $0.0001

 

Stock Compensation

 

In 2017, during the year, the Company issued 39,397,000 Common A shares to various vendors pursuant to an agreement for services. The shares were valued at $0.01 per share, the closing market price on the date of issuance, or $393,970

 

In 2016, during the year, the Company issued 4,000,000 Common A shares to various vendors pursuant to an agreement for services. The shares were valued at $0.01 per share, the closing market price on the date of issuance, or $40,000

 

On September 1, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 700,000,000 shares of Common A Stock to the President and Chairman of the board as compensation. The shares were valued at $0.0001, the quoted market price on the date of issuance or $ 70,000.

 

On September 1, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 350,000,000 shares of Common B Stock to the President and Chairman of the board as compensation. The shares were valued at $0.0001, the quoted market price on the date of issuance or $ 35,000.

 

On September 1, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 100,000,000 shares of Common A Stock to the Vice President of International Sales as compensation. The shares were valued at $0.0001, the quoted market price on the date of issuance or $ 10,000.

 

On September 1, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 100,000 shares of Common A Stock to the Executive Assistant to the President as compensation. The shares were valued at $0.01, the quoted market price on the date of issuance or $ 1,000.

 

On September 1, 2016, the, Company’s Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 1,000,000 shares of Common A Stock to the Office Manager as compensation. The shares were valued at $0.01, the quoted market price on the date of issuance or $ 10,000.

 

On September 1, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 100,000,000 shares of Common A Stock to the Business Affairs Consultant as compensation. The shares were valued at $0.0001, the quoted market price on the date of issuance or $ 10,000.

 

 

 

 

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Advance Green Energy, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

 

On September 1, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 100,000,000 shares of Common A Stock to the Securities Attorney as compensation. The shares were valued at $0.0001, the quoted market price on the date of issuance or $ 10,000.

 

Stock Subscriptions

 

In 2017, during the year, the Company issued 32,180,000 Common A shares for cash. Consideration to the Company was $ 321,800 or $0.01 per share.

 

During the year ending December 31, 2017, 100,000,000 shares were forfeited when Shahid Igbal resigned as Vice President of International Sales and Marketing. As a result of the terms, Mr. Igbal returned the shares, which upon receipt the company retired the shares. In addition, a capital contribution, in the form of cash, was made to the Company by a shareholder in the amount of $7,979 as cash deposits.

 

7.INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

In September 2016, the Company entered into a Development and Commercialization Agreement with a third-party for the exclusive world-wide rights and license to develop, market, distribute, sell, and commercialize the FUTT TM products. The Company issued 4,000,000 shares of common stock for compensation and recorded $40,000 in intangible assets. The agreement is effective from the Company inception date of September 20, 2016 until 10 years after the first commercial sale of the product by the Company to a customer. The agreement allows for 5 renewal terms. The Company will amortize the cost of the marketing rights for 10 years when their first sale occurs. As of December 31, 2017 and the period of September 20, 2016 (Date of Inception) no amortization expense has been recorded.

 

Management assessed the recoverability of the carrying value of the intangible asset and believes that the intangible asset is impaired as of December 31, 2017. As a result, the Company recorded a loss on impairment of intangible asset of $40,000 and $0 for the year ended December 31, 2017, and the period of September 20, 2016 (Date of Inception) through December 31, 2016.

 

8.COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

From time to time the Company may be a party to litigation matters involving claims against the Company. Management believes there are no known or potential matters that would have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

The Company’s operations are subject to significant risks and uncertainties including financial, operational, and regulating risks, including the potential risks of business failure.

 

 

 

 

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Advance Green Energy, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

 

The company paid rent expense in the amount of $ 9,364 and $4,260 for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the period from September 20, 2016 (Date of inception) through December 31, 2016. The Company’s lease with a third-party ended during September 2017. Due to the purchase of an office building in late 2017, there are no future lease payments.

 

9.INCOME TAX DISCLOSURE AND CALCULATIONS OF VALUATION ALLOWANCE

 

The Company accounts for income taxes under the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) No. 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). Under ASC 740, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.

 

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 changed the top corporate tax rate from 35% to one rate of 21%. This rate will be effective for corporations whose tax year begins after January 1, 2018, and it is a permanent change. Under ASC 740, the effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. The resulting amendments to IRC Section 172 disallow the carryback of net operating losses but allow for the indefinite carryforward of those net operating losses. Pursuant to Section 172(e)(2) of the statute, the amended carryback and carryover rules apply to any net operating loss arising in a taxable year ending after December 31, 2017. In addition to the carryover and carryback changes, the Act also introduces a limitation on the amount of net operating losses that a corporation may deduct in a single tax year under section 172(a) equal to the lesser of the available net operating loss carryover or 80 percent of a taxpayer’s pre-NOL deduction taxable income (the “80-percent limitation”). This limitation applies only to losses arriving in tax years that begin after December 31, 2017 based upon section 172(e) (1) of the amended statute.

 

The new tax bill reduced the federal income tax rate for corporations from 35% to 21% net operating loss carry-forward deferred tax asset by approximately $2.66 million.

 

   December 31, 
   2017   2016 
Income tax provision (benefit) at statutory rate of 35%  $(279,653)  $(92,689)
Nondeductible items   3,537    982 
Subtotal   (276,116)   (91,707)
Change in valuation allowance   276,116    91,707 
Income Tax Expense  $   $ 
           
Net deferred tax assets and liabilities were comprised of the following:           
Net Operating Losses  $1,002,021   $265,682 
Valuation allowance   (1,002,021)   (265,682)
Deferred tax asset, net  $   $ 

 

As of December 31, 2017, the Company has estimated tax net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $368,000, which can be utilized or expire through tax year 2037.

 

Utilization of these losses may be limited in accordance with IRC Section 382 in the event of certain ownership shifts.

 

10.EVALUATION OF SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through June 15, 2018, which is the date the financial statements were available to be issued.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 F-15 

 

 

PART III—EXHIBITS

Index to Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
Description
   
2.1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Advance Green Energy, Inc.
2.2 Bylaws of Advance Green Energy, Inc.
3.1* Specimen Stock Certificate
6.1 Employment Agreement of Peter M. Barbee
6.2 Indemnification Agreement between Advance Green Energy, Inc. and Peter M. Barbee
6.3 Indemnification Agreement of Bradley Dye
6.4 Incentive Stock Option Plan
6.5 Management Stock Bonus Plan
6.6 Global Holding Companies USA, Inc. Memorandum of Understanding - Bangladesh
6.7 Global Holding Companies USA, Inc. Memorandum of Understanding - South Africa
6.8 Global Holding Companies USA, Inc. Memorandum of Understanding - Thailand
11.1* Consent of Assurance Dimensions
11.2 Consent of John A. Lux, Esq.(contained in Exhibit 12.1)
12.1 Opinion of John A. Lux, Esq.

 

* To be filed by amendment

 

 

 III-1 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A, the issuer certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 1-A and has duly caused this Offering Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Inverness, State of Florida, on July 11, 2018.

 

(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter):

 

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

This Offering Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

  

By (Signature and Title): /s/ Peter M. Barbee
  Peter M. Barbee, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

  

Date: July 11, 2018

 

 

 

/s/ Peter M. Barbee Peter M. Barbee, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer).

 

Date: July11, 2018

 

 

 

SIGNATURES OF DIRECTORS:

 

/s/ Peter M.Barbee July 11, 2018  
Peter M.Barbee, Director   Date  

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 2.1

 

 

 

Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation
of
Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Document Number of Corporation

 

P16000047739

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation
of
Advance Green Energy, Inc.

   

 

Document Number of Corporation

 

P16000047739

 

 

 

 

Pursuant to the provisions of section 607.1006, Florida Statutes, this Florida Profit Corporation adopts the following Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation:

 

1.     The name of the Corporation is Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

2.     The duration of the Corporation is perpetual.

 

3.     The address of the registered office in the State of Florida is 1763 Main Street, Suite H-130, Dunedin, Florida 34698 the name of the registered agent at such address is Ofelia Corbett.

 

4.     The purposes for which the Corporation is organized are:

 

(a)  To engage, without limitation, in any lawful activity for which corporations may be organized under the Laws of the State of Florida.

 

(b)  To do such acts in pursuit of its general purposes as are not forbidden by the laws of the State of Florida, as now in force or hereafter may be in force, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

(1)  To sue, be sued, complain, and defend in its corporate name;

 

(2)  To have a corporate seal which may be altered at will, and to use it, or a facsimile of it, by impressing or affixing it or in any other manner reproducing it;

 

(3)    To make and amend bylaws, not inconsistent with its articles of incorporation or with the laws of this state, for managing the business and regulating the affairs of the corporation;

 

(4)    To purchase, receive, lease, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, improve, use, and otherwise deal with real or personal property or any legal or equitable interest in property, wherever located;

 

(5)    To sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, and otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property;

 

(6)    To purchase, receive, subscribe for, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, and deal in and with shares or other interests in, or obligations of, any other entity;

 

(7)    To make contracts and guarantees, incur liabilities, borrow money, issue its notes, bonds, and other obligations (which may be convertible into or include the option to purchase other securities of the corporation), and secure any of its obligations by mortgage or pledge of any of its property, franchises, or income;

 

 

 

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(8)    To lend money, invest and reinvest its funds, and receive and hold real and personal property as security for repayment;

 

(9)    To be a promoter, partner, member, associate, or manager of any partnership, joint venture, trust, or other entity;

 

(10)    To conduct its business, locate offices, and exercise the powers granted by this chapter within or without this state;

 

(11)    To elect directors and appoint officers, employees, and agents of the corporation, define their duties, fix their compensation, and lend them money and credit;

 

(12)    To pay pensions and establish pension plans, pension trusts, profit sharing plans, share bonus plans, share option plans, and benefit or incentive plans for any or all of its current or former directors, officers, employees, and agents;

 

(13)    To make donations for the public welfare or for charitable, scientific, or educational purposes;

 

(14)    To transact any lawful business that will aid governmental policy;

 

(15)    To provide insurance for its benefit on the life or physical or mental ability of any of its directors, officers, or employees or any other person whose death or physical or mental disability might cause financial loss to the corporation; or, pursuant to any contractual arrangement with any shareholder concerning the reacquisition of shares owned by him at his death or disability, on the life or physical or mental ability of that shareholder, for the purpose of carrying out such contractual arrangement; or, pursuant to any contract obligating the corporation, as part of compensation arrangements, or pursuant to any contract obligating the corporation as guarantor or surety, on the life of the principal obligor, and for these purposes the corporation is deemed to have an insurable interest in such persons; and

 

(16)    To make payments or donations or do any other act not inconsistent with law that furthers the business and affairs of the corporation.

 

5. The maximum number of shares which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is:

 

(a)    20,000,000,000 (Twenty Billion) Shares of Common Stock having a par value of $0.0001; and

 

(b)    1,000,000,000 (One Billion) Shares of Preferred Stock having a par value of $0.0001 per share or as authorized, such Preferred Stock being issuable in one or more series as hereinafter provided.

 

No holder of any class of stock of the Corporation shall be entitled, as a right, to purchase or subscribe for any part of any class of stock of the Corporation now authorized or hereafter authorized by any amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of any bonds, debentures, or other securities convertible into or evidencing any rights to purchase or subscribe for any stock of the Corporation; and any stock now authorized or any such additional authorized issue of any stock or any securities convertible into or evidencing rights to purchase or subscribe for stock may be issued and disposed of by the Board of Directors to such firms, person, corporation or association for such consideration and upon such terms and in such manner as the Board of Directors may in its discretion determine without offering any thereof on the same terms, or on any terms, to the shareholders, or to any class of shareholders.

 

The preferences, restriction and qualifications applicable to the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock are as follows:

 

PART A - COMMON STOCK

 

The Common Stock of the Company shall be divided into two classes: Class A and Class B. There shall be Nineteen Billion, Five Hundred Million (19,500,000,000) shares of Class A Common Stock and Five Hundred Million (500,000,000) shares of Class B common stock. The shares of each class of Common Stock shall be identical except that the holders of the Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to elect a majority of the Board of Directors and the holders of the Class A Common Stock shall elect the remainder of the directors. Each share of Class B Common Stock shall be convertible at any time into one share of Class A Common Stock at the option of the holder.

 

 

 

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Each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of such stock standing in his name on the books of the Corporation.

 

After the payment or declaration and setting aside for payment of the full cumulative dividends for all prior and then current dividend periods; all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock and after setting aside all stock purchase funds or sinking funds heretofore required to be set aside with respect to the Preferred Stock, dividends on the Common Stock may be declared and paid, but only when and as determined by the Board of Directors.

 

On any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, after there shall have been paid to or set aside for the holders of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock the full preferential amount to which they are respectively entitled to receive, pro rata in accordance with the number of shares of each class outstanding, all the remaining assets of the Corporation will be available for distribution to its common shareholders.

 

PART B - PREFERRED STOCK

 

The Board of Directors is expressly vested with the authority to divide any or all of the Preferred Stock into series and to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of the shares of each series so established, provided, however, that the rights and preferences of the various series may vary only with respect to:

 

(a)  the rate of dividend;

 

(b)  whether the shares may be called and, if so, the call price and the terms and conditions of call;

 

(c)  the amount payable upon the shares in the event of voluntary and involuntary liquidation;

 

(d)  sinking fund provisions, if any for the call or redemption of the shares;

 

(e)  the terms and conditions, if any, on which the shares may be converted;

 

(f)   voting rights; and

 

(g)  whether the shares will be cumulative, noncumulative or partially cumulative as to dividends and the dates from which any cumulative dividends are to accumulate.

 

The Board of Directors shall exercise the foregoing authority by adopting a resolution setting forth the designation of each series and the number of shares therein, and fixing and determining the relative rights and preferences thereof The Board of Directors may make any change in the designations, terms, limitations or relative rights or preferences of any series in the same manner, so long as no shares of such series are outstanding at such time.

 

Within the limits and restrictions, if any, stated in any resolution of the Board of Directors originally fixing the number of shares constituting any series, the Board of Directors is authorized to increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding) the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issue of shares of such series. In case the number of shares of any series shall be so decreased, the share constituting such decrease shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series.

 

6.       The Corporation will not commence business until consideration of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) has been received for the issue of shares.

 

7.       The shareholders of the Corporation may take any action which they are required or permitted to take without a meeting on written consent, setting forth the action so taken, signed by all of the persons or entities entitled to vote thereon.

 

8.     A. Any Business Combination Transaction (as defined in Section 8.B (3) below) shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66% of the voting power of all of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. Such affirmative vote shall be required, notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be required, or that a lesser percentage may be specified, by law or in any agreement with any national securities exchange or otherwise.

 

 

 

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B. For the purposes of this Paragraph 8:

 

(1)    "Affiliate" or "Associate" shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as in effect on February 31, 1994.

 

(2)    "Beneficial Owner" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12d3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, as in effect on February 31, 1994.

 

(3)    "Business Combination Transaction" shall mean:

 

(a) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary with (i) an Interested Stockholder or (ii) any other Person (whether or not itself an Interested Stockholder) which is, or after such merger or consolidation would be, an Affiliate or Associate of an Interested Stockholder; or

 

(b) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) to or with, or proposed by or on behalf of, an Interested Stockholder or an Affiliate or Associate of an Interested Stockholder, of any assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary constituting not less than 5% of the total assets of the Corporation as reported in the consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation as of the end of the most recent quarter with respect to which such balance sheet has been prepared; or

 

(c) the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or any Subsidiary (in one transaction or any series of transactions) of any securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary to, or proposed by or on behalf of an Interested Stockholder in exchange for cash, securities or other property (or a combination thereof) constituting not less than 5% of the total assets of the Corporation as reported in the consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation as of the end of the most recent quarter with respect to which such balance sheet has been prepared; or

 

(d) the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, or any spin-off or split-up or any kind of the Corporation or any Subsidiary, proposed by or on behalf of an Interested Stockholder or an Affiliate or Associate of an Interested Stockholder; or

 

(e) any reclassification of securities (including any reverse stock split), or recapitalization of the Corporation, or any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any Subsidiary or any other transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Interested Stockholder) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the percentage of the outstanding shares of (i) any class of equity securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or (ii) any class of securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary convertible into equity securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary, represented by securities of such class which are directly or indirectly owned by an Interested Stockholder and all of its Affiliates and Associates.

 

(4)      "Continuing Director" means (a) any member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation who (i) is neither the Interested Stockholder involved in the Business Combination Transaction as to which a vote of Continuing Directors is provided hereunder, nor an Affiliate, Associate, employee, agent, or nominee of such Interested Stockholder, or the relative of any of the foregoing, and (ii) was a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation prior to the time that such Interested Stockholder became an Interested Stockholder, and (b) any successor of a Continuing Director described in clause (a) who is recommended or elected to succeed a Continuing Director by the affirmative vote of a majority of Continuing Directors then on the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

(5)      "Fair Market Value" means: (a) in the case of stock, the highest closing sale price during the 30-day period immediately preceding the date in question of a share of such stock on the Composite Tape, on the New York Stock Exchange-Listed Stocks, or, if such stock is not reported on the Composite Tape, on the New York Stock Exchange, or, if such stock is not listed on such Exchange, in the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Exchange act on which such stock is listed, or, if such stock is not listed on any such exchange, the highest closing bid quotation with respect to a share of such stock during the 30-day period preceding the date in question on the National Association of Security Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System or any similar interdealer quotation system then in use, or, if no such quotation is available, the fair market value on the date in question of a share of such stock as determined by a majority of the Continuing Directors in good faith; and (b) in the case of property other than cash or stock, the fair market value of such property on the date in question as determined by a majority of the Continuing Directors in good faith.

 

 

 

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(6) "Interested Stockholder" shall mean any Person (other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary, any employee benefit plan maintained by the Corporation or any Subsidiary or any trustee or fiduciary with respect to any such plan when acting in such capacity) who or which:

 

(a) is or was at any time within the two-year period immediately prior to the date in question, the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation; or

 

(b) is an Affiliate of the Corporation and at any time within the two-year period immediately prior to the date in question was the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation; or

 

(c) is an assignee of, or has otherwise succeeded to, any share of Voting Stock of the Corporation of which an interested Stockholder was the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, at any time within the two-year period immediately prior to the date in question, if such assignment or succession shall have occurred in the course of a transaction, or series of transactions, not involving a public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

For the purpose of determining whether a Person is an Interested Stockholder, the outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation shall include unissued shares of Voting Stock of the Corporation of which the Interested Stockholder is the Beneficial Owner but shall not include any other shares of Voting Stock of the Corporation which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of any conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, to any person who is not the Interested Stockholder.

 

(7)    A "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity, as well as any syndicate or group deemed to be a person pursuant to Section 14(d) (2) of the Exchange Act.

 

(8)  "Subsidiary" means any corporation of which the Corporation owns, directly or indirectly, (a) a majority of the outstanding shares of equity securities of such corporation, or (b) shares having a majority of the voting power represented by all of the outstanding Voting Stock of such corporation. For the purpose of determining whether a corporation is a Subsidiary, the outstanding Voting Stock and the shares of equity securities thereof shall include unissued shares of which the corporation is the Beneficial Owner, but, except for purposes of Paragraph 8.B (6), shall not include any other shares which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, to any Person who is not the Corporation.

 

(9)  "Voting Stock" shall mean outstanding shares of capital stock of the relevant corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

 

C. The provisions of Paragraph 8.A shall not be applicable to any particular Business Combination Transaction, and such Business Combination Transaction shall require only such affirmative vote of the stockholders, if the condition specified in either of the following paragraphs (I) or (2) are met:

 

(1)    The Business Combination Transaction shall have been approved by the affirmative vote of all of the Continuing Directors, even if the Continuing Directors do not constitute a quorum of the entire Board of Directors.

 

(2)    All of the following conditions shall have been met:

 

(a) With respect to each share of each class of outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation (including Common Stock), the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive on or before the date of the consummation of the Business Combination transaction (the "Consummation Date"), cash and consideration, in the form specified in Paragraph 8.0 (2) (b) hereof, with an aggregate Fair Market Value as of the Consummation Date at least equal to the highest of the following:

 

(i) the highest per share price (including brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and soliciting dealers' fees) paid by the Interested Stockholder to which the Business Combination Transaction relate, 'or by any affiliate or Association of such Interested Stockholder, for any shares of such class of Voting Stock acquired by it (x) within the two-year period immediately prior to the first public announcement of the proposal of the Business Combination Transaction (the "Announcement Date") or (y) in the transaction in which it became an Interested Stockholder, whichever is higher;

 

 

 

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(ii)   the Fair Market Value per share of such class of Voting Stock of the Corporation on the Announcement Date; and

 

(iii) the highest preferential amount per share, if any, to which the holder of the shares of such class of Voting Stock of the Corporation are entitled in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

 

(b)    The consideration to be received by a holder of a particular class of outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation (including Common Stock) as described in Paragraph 8.0 (2) (a) hereof shall be in cash or, if the consideration previously paid by or on behalf of the Interested Stockholder in connection with its acquisition of beneficial ownership of shares of such class of Voting Stock consisted, in whole or in part, of consideration other than cash, then in the same form as such consideration. If such payment for shares of any class of Voting Stock of the Corporation has been made in varying forms of consideration, the form of consideration for such class of Voting Stock shall be either cash or the form used to acquire the beneficial ownership of such class of Voting Stock previously acquired by the Interested Stockholder.

 

(c)    After such Interested Stockholder has become an Interested Stockholder and prior to the Consummation Date: (i) there shall have been no failure to declare and pay at the regular date therefore any full dividends (whether or not cumulative) on the outstanding Preferred Stock of the Corporation, if any, except as approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors; (ii) there shall have been (x) no reduction in the annual rate of dividends paid on the Common Stock of the Corporation (except as necessary to reflect any subdivision of the Common Stock), except as approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors, and (y) an increase in such annual rate of dividends as necessary to reflect any reclassification (including any reverse stock split), recapitalization, reorganization or any similar transaction which has the effect of reducing the number of outstanding share of the Common Stock, unless the failure to so increase such annual rate is approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors, and (iii) such Interested Stockholder shall not have become the Beneficial Owner of any additional shares of Voting Stock of the Corporation except as part of the transaction which results in such Interested Stockholder becoming an Interested Stockholder.

 

(d)    After such Interested Stockholder has become an Interested Stockholder, neither such Interested Stockholder nor any Affiliate or Associate thereof, shall have received the benefit, directly or indirectly except proportionately as shareholder of the Corporation), of any loans advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial assistance or any tax credits or other tax advantages provided by the Corporation.

 

(e)    A proxy or information statement describing the proposed Business Combination Transaction and complying with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the General Rules and Regulations thereunder (or any subsequent provisions replacing such Act, Rules and Regulations) shall be mailed to the shareholder of the Corporation at least 30 days prior to the Consummation Date (whether or not such Proxy or information statement is required to be mailed pursuant to such Act or subsequent provisions thereof).

 

D.     A majority of the Continuing Directors shall have the power and duty to determine, on the basis of information known to them after reasonable inquiry, all facts necessary to determine compliance with this Paragraph 8, including, without limitation, (1) whether a Person is an Interested Stockholder, (2) the number of shares of Voting Stock of the Corporation beneficially owned by any Person, (3) whether a Person is an Affiliate or Associate of another, (4) whether the requirements of Paragraph 8.C(2) have been met with respect to any Business Combination Transaction, and (5) whether the assets which are the subject of any Business Combination Transaction have, or the consideration to be received for the issuance or transfer of securities by the Corporation or any subsidiary in any Business Combination Transaction constitutes not less than 5% of the total assets of the Corporation as reported in the consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation as of the end of the most recent quarter with respect to which such balance sheet has been prepared. The good faith determination of the majority of the Continuing Directors on such matters shall be conclusive and binding for all the purposes of this Paragraph 8.

 

E.      Nothing contained in this Paragraph shall be construed to relieve members of the Board of Directors or an Interested Stockholder from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law. The fact that any Business Combination Transaction comes with the provision of Paragraph 8.0 shall not be construed to impose any fiduciary duty, obligation or responsibility on the Board of Directors or any member thereof, to approve such Business Combination Transaction or recommend its adoption or approval to the shareholders of the Corporation nor shall compliance limit, prohibit or otherwise restrict in any manner the Board of Directors, or any member thereof, with respect to evaluations of or actions and responses taken with respect to such Business Combination Transactions.

 

 

 

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9. In the event that the Board of Directors should consist of in excess of one director, the Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes as nearly equal in number as possible. The Initial terms of directors elected in 2016 shall expire as of the annual meeting of shareholders for the years indicated below:

 

Class I Directors 2017
Class II Directors 2018
Class Directors 2019

 

 

Upon expiration of the initial terms specified for each class of directors their successors shall be elected for a four-year term. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes, so as to maintain or attain if possible, the equality of the number of directors in each class, but in no case will decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director. If equality in number is not possible, the increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes in such way that the difference in the number of directors in any two classes shall not exceed one.

 

Any vacancies on the Board of Directors for any reason and any newly created directorships resulting by reason of any increase in the number of directors shall be filled by the Board of Directors, acting by a majority of the remaining directors the in office, although less than a quorum, and any director so chosen shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such directors have been chosen and until their successors are elected and qualified.

 

A written ballot shall not be required for the election of directors unless the bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.

 

10.   A quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist of a majority of the directors.

 

11.   In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to do the following actions, but the following actions shall be taken only by a two-thirds majority vote of the Board of Directors:

 

(a)    To adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation by vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors, but any Bylaws adopted by the Board of Directors may be amended by the shareholders of the Corporation.

 

(b)    To distribute to the shareholders of the Corporation out of capital surplus of the Corporation a portion of its assets, in cash or property, subject to the requirements of law, and such distribution is expressly permitted without the vote of the shareholders;

 

(c)    To cause the Corporation to make purchases of its shares, directly or indirectly, to the extent of unreserved and unrestricted earned surplus available therefore, without the vote of the shareholders;

 

(d)    If at any time the Corporation has more than one class of authorized or outstanding stock, to pay dividends on shares of any class to the holders of shares of any class, without the vote of the shareholders of the class in which the payment is to be made;

 

(0 To amend these articles of incorporation,

 

(g)    To issue new stock or debt, including the issuance of treasury stock,

 

(h)    To purchase, sell or transfer any substantial part of the Corporation's assets

 

(i)     To merge or sell the Corporation or acquire another entity,

 

(j)     To dissolve or liquidate the Corporation,

 

(k)    To make a material change in the business of the Corporation,

 

 

 

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(1) To make any substantial contact or incur any substantial debt or obligation of the Corporation,

 

(m)  To file bankruptcy, enter into any insolvency proceeding or make any assignment for the benefit of creditors or compromise any debt, and

 

(n)    To take any action which the Board of Directors is required or permitted to take without a meeting by written consent, setting forth the action so taken, signed by a majority of the directors entitled to vote thereon.

 

12. In evaluating a Business Combination (as defined in Paragraph 8 above) or a tender or exchange offer and other acquisition proposal, the Board of Directors in determining what is in the best interest of the Corporation, may consider, among others, the following factors

 

(a) the financial aspects of the offer, the long-term interests of the Corporation's shareholders, the present and historical market value of the Corporation's shares and the premiums paid in other relevant transactions, the liquidation value of the Corporation's assets, the prospects of the Corporation, and (to the extent estimable) its stock on a going concern basis over the subsequent several years;

 

(b)    the prospects for obtaining and methods of achieving a better offer, such as seeking other bids, pursuing negotiating strategies (which may include defensive tactics), and partial or total liquidation;

 

(c)    the impact, if the offer is partial or two-tier, on the remaining shareholders and on the prospects of the Corporation in the event the offer is successful;

 

(d)    the value and investment attributes of the non-cash consideration if the offer involves consideration other than cash;

 

(e)    the potential of the offer (if partial or two-tier), including the offeror's competence, experience, integrity, management, reputation and financial condition;

 

(f)     legal and regulatory matters, or other considerations that could impede or prevent the transaction's consummation;

 

(g)    the effect of the transaction on the Corporation's (and its subsidiaries') customers, including policyholders, suppliers and employees; and

 

(h)    local community interests.

 

13. The affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66% of the voting power of all of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter, change or repeal, or adopt any provision or provisions inconsistent with Paragraph 8, 9, 12,or 13 hereof, unless such amendment, alteration, change repeal or adoption of any inconsistent provision or provisions is declared advisable by the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of (A) all of the entire Board of Directors and (B) all of the Continuing Directors (as defined in Paragraph 8).

 

14.  The Corporation shall indemnify any person (including his estate) made or threatened to be made a party to any suit or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, by reason of the fact that he was a director or officer of the Corporation or served at its request as a director or officer of another Corporation, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorney fees actually and necessarily incurred as a result of such threat, suit or proceeding, or any appeal therein, to the frill extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Florida. Promptly after receipt by a party to be indemnified under this section of notice of the commencement of any such suit or proceeding, such party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Corporation, notify the Corporation of the commencement thereof. This Corporation shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense or to assume the defense of any such suit or proceedings, such defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by it and reasonably satisfactory to the party to be indemnified and the party to be indemnified shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by him.

 

 

 

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15.  The name and mailing address of the incorporator is as follows:

 

Name Mailing Address
John E. Lux 1629 K Street, Suite 300
  Washington, DC 20006

 

16. The name and mailing address of the registered agent is as follows:

 

Name Mailing Address
Ofelia Corbett 1763 Main Street, H-130
  Dunedin, Florida 34698

 

17. The mailing address of the corporation's principal office is:

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.
Two North Broad Street
Brooksville, Florida 34601

 

Having been named as registered agent to accept service of process for the above stated corporation at the place designated in this certificate, I am familiar with and accept the appointment as registered agent and agree to act in this capacity.

 

/s/ Ofelia Corbet

Ofelia Corbett

1763 ain St. H-130

Dunedin, FL 34698

 

 

 

Canyon Country, California 91387

 

18. The names of the Corporation's directors and officers are:

 

Director Peter M. Barbee
President Peter M. Barbee
Treasurer Peter M. Barbee
Secretary John E. Lux

 

This Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation was adopted on the 1st day of September 2016 by Unanimous Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and sufficient vote for approval by Shareholders of the Corporation, to be effective immediately.

 

The number of votes cast for the amendments by the shareholders was/were sufficient for approval.

 

Dated: September 1, 2016

 

Signature

 

/s/ Peter M. Barbee

 

Peter M. Barbee

Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

 

 

 

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EX1A-2B BYLAWS 5 age_1a-ex0202.htm BYLAWS

Exhibit 2.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADVANCE GREEN ENERGY, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BYLAWS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

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ADVANCE GREEN ENERGY, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I
OFFICES

 

The principal office of the corporation shall be designated time to time by the corporation and may be within or outside of Florida.

 

The corporation may have such other offices, either within or outside Florida, as the board of directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.

 

The registered office of the corporation required by the General Corporation Law of Florida to be maintained in Florida may be, but need not be, identical with the principal office, and the address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on a date and at a time fixed by the board of directors of the corporation (or by the president in the absence of action by the board of directors), beginning with the year 2016, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the election of directors is not held on the day fixed as provided herein for any annual meeting of the shareholders, or any adjournment thereof, the board of directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as it may conveniently be held.

 

A shareholder may apply to the district court in the county in Florida where the corporation's principal office is located or, if the corporation has no principal office in Florida, to the district court of the county in which the corporation's registered office is located to seek an order that a shareholder meeting be held (i) if an annual meeting was not held within six months after the close of the corporation’s most recently ended fiscal year or fifteen months after its last annual meeting, whichever is earlier, or (ii) if the shareholder participated in a proper call of or proper demand for a special meeting and notice of the special meeting was not given within thirty days after the date of the call or the date the last of the demands necessary to require calling of the meeting was received by the corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of Florida, or the special meeting was not held in accordance with the notice.

 

Section 2. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Unless otherwise prescribed by statute, special meetings of the shareholders may be called for any purpose by the president or by the board of directors. The president shall call a special meeting of the shareholders if the corporation receives one or more written demands for the meeting, stating the purpose or purposes for which it is to be held, signed and dated by holders of shares representing at least ten percent of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the meeting.

 

Section 3. PLACE OF MEETING. The board of directors may designate any place, either within or outside Florida, as the place for any annual meeting or any special meeting called by the board of directors. A waiver of notice signed by all shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either within or outside Florida, as the place for such meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting is called other than by the board, the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the corporation.

 

Section 4. NOTICE OF MEETING. Written notice stating the place, date, and hour of the meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, except if any other longer period is required by the General Corporation Law of Florida. The secretary shall be required to give such notice only to shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting except as otherwise required by the General Corporation Law of Florida.

 

 

 

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Notice of a special meeting shall include a description of the purpose or purposes of the meeting. Notice of an annual meeting need not include a description of the purpose or purposes of the meeting except the purpose or purposes shall be stated with respect to (i) an amendment to the articles of incorporation of the corporation, (ii) a merger or share exchange in which the corporation is a party and, with respect to a share exchange, in which the corporation's shares will be acquired, (iii) a sale, lease, exchange or other disposition (i other than in the usual and regular course of business, of all or substantially all of the property of the corporation or of another entity which this corporation controls, in each case with or without the goodwill, (iv) a dissolution of the corporation, (v) restatement of the articles of incorporation, or (vi) any other purpose for which a statement of purpose is required by the General Corporation Law of Florida. Notice shall be given personally or by mail, private carrier, electronically transmitted facsimile or other form of wire or wireless communication by or at the direction of the president, the secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed and if in a comprehensible form, such notice shall be deemed to be given and effective when deposited in the United States mail, properly addressed to the shareholder at his address as it appears in the corporation's current record of shareholders, with first class postage prepaid. If notice is given other than by mail, and provided that such notice is in a comprehensible form, the notice is given and to be effective when sent.

 

If requested by the person or persons lawfully calling such meeting, the secretary shall give notice thereof at corporate expense. No notice need be sent to any shareholder if three successive, notices mailed to the last known address of such shareholder have been returned as undeliverable until such time as another address for such shareholder is made known to the corporation by such shareholder. In order to be entitled to receive notice of any meeting, a shareholder shall advise the corporation in writing of any change in such shareholder's mailing address as shown on the corporation's books and records.

 

When a meeting is adjourned to another date, time or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time or place if the new date, time or place of such meeting is announced before adjournment at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business that may have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 120 days, or if a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a new notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting as of the new record date.

 

A shareholder may waive notice of a meeting before or after the time and date of the meeting by a writing signed by such shareholder. Such waiver shall be delivered to the corporation for filing with the corporate records, but this delivery and filing shall not be conditions to the effectiveness of the waiver. Further, by attending a meeting either in person or by proxy, a shareholder waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting unless the shareholder objects at the beginning of the meeting to the holding of the meeting or the transaction of business at the meeting because of lack of notice or defective notice. By attending the meeting, the shareholder also waives any objection to consideration at the meeting of a particular matter not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.

 

Section 5. FIXING OF RECORD DATE. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to (i) notice of or vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, (ii) receive distributions or share dividends, (iii) demand a special meeting, or (iv) make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the board of directors may fix a future date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than seventy days, and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten days, prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of shareholders is to be taken. If no record date is fixed by the directors, the record date shall be the day before the notice of the meeting is given to shareholders, or the date on which the resolution of the board of directors providing for a distribution is adopted, as the case may be. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders is made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof unless the board of directors fixes a new record date, which it must do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting. Unless otherwise specified when the record date is fixed, the time of day for such determination shall be as of the corporation's close of business on the record date.

 

Notwithstanding the above, the record date for determining the shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting or entitled to be given notice of action so taken shall be the date a writing upon which the action is taken is first received by the corporation. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to demand a special meeting shall be the date of the earliest of any of the demands pursuant to which the meeting is called.

 

 

 

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Section 6. VOTING LISTS. After a record date is fixed for a shareholders' meeting, the secretary shall make, at the earlier often days before such meeting or two business days after notice of the meeting has been given, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to be given notice of such meeting or any adjournment thereof. The list shall be arranged by voting groups and within each voting group by class or series of shares, shall be in alphabetical order within each class or series, and shall show the address of and the number of shares of each class or series held by each shareholder. For the period beginning the earlier of ten days prior to the meeting or two business days after notice of the meeting is given and continuing through the meeting and any adjournment thereof, this list shall be kept on file at the principal office of the corporation, or at a place (which shall be identified in the notice) in the city where the meeting will be held. Such list shall be available for inspection on written demand by any shareholder (including for the purpose of this Section 6 any holder of voting trust certificates) or his agent or attorney during regular business hours and during the period available for inspection. The original share transfer books shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list or transfer books or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.

 

Any shareholder, his agent or attorney may copy the list during 'regular business hours and during the period it is available for inspection, provided (i) the shareholder has been a shareholder for at least three months immediately preceding the demand or holds at least five percent of all outstanding shares of any class of shares as of the date of the demand, (ii) the demand is made in good faith and for a purpose reasonably related to the demanding shareholder's interest as a shareholder, (iii) the shareholder describes with reasonable particularity the purpose and the records the shareholder desires to inspect, (iv) the records are directly connected with the described purpose, and (v) the shareholder pays a reasonable charge covering the costs of labor and material for such copies, not to exceed the estimated cost of production and reproduction.

 

Section 7. RECOGNITION PROCEDURE FOR BENEFICIAL OWNERS~ The board of directors may adopt by resolution a procedure whereby a shareholder of the corporation may certify in writing to the corporation that all or a portion of the shares registered in the name of such shareholder are held for the account of a specified person or persons. The resolution may set forth (i) the types of nominees to which it applies, (ii) the rights or privileges that the corporation will recognize in a beneficial owner, which may include rights and privileges other than voting, (iii) the form of certification and the information to be contained therein, (iv) if the certification is with respect to a record date, the time within which the certification must be received by the corporation, (v) the period for which the nominee's use of the procedure is effective, and (vi) such other provisions with respect to the procedure as the board deems necessary or desirable. Upon receipt by the corporation of a certificate complying with the procedure established by the board of directors, the persons specified in the certification shall be deemed, for the purpose or purposes set forth in the certification, to be the registered holders of the number of shares specified in place of the shareholder making the certification.

 

Section 8. QUORUM AND MANNER OF ACTING. A majority of the votes entitled to be cast on a matter by a voting group represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum of that voting group for action on the matter. If less than a majority of such votes are represented at a meeting, a majority of the votes so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice, for a period not to exceed 120 days for anyone adjournment. If a quorum is present at such adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum, unless the meeting is adjourned and a new record date is set for the adjourned meeting.

 

If a quorum exists, action on a matter other than the election of directors by a voting group is approved if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes cast within the voting group opposing the action, unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by law or the articles of incorporation.

 

Section 9. PROXIES. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote by proxy by signing an appointment form or similar writing, either personally or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. A shareholder may also appoint a proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a facsimile or other electronic transmission providing a written statement of the appointment to the proxy, a proxy solicitor, proxy support service organization, or other person duly authorized by the proxy to receive appointments as agent for the proxy, or to the corporation. The transmitted appointment shall set forth or be transmitted with written evidence from which it can be determined that the shareholder transmitted or authorized transmission of the appointment. The proxy appointment for similar writing shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting. The appointment of a proxy effective when received by the corporation and is valid for eleven (11) months unless a different period is expressly provided in the appointment form or similar writing.

 

 

 

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Any complete copy, including an electronically transmitted facsimile, of an appointment of a proxy may be substituted for or used/in. lieu of the original appointment for any purpose for which the original appointment could be used.

 

Revocation of a proxy does not affect the right of the corporation to accept the proxy's authority unless (i) the corporation had notice that the appointment was coupled with an interest and notice that such interest is extinguished is received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes before the proxy exercises his authority under the appointment, or (ii) other notice of the revocation of the appointment is received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes before the proxy exercises his authority under the appointment. Other notice of revocation may in, the discretion of the corporation, be deemed to include the appearance at a shareholders' meeting of the shareholder who granted the proxy and his voting in person on any matter subject to a vote at such meeting.

 

The death or incapacity of the shareholder appointing a proxy does not affect the right of the corporation to accept the proxy's authority unless notice of the death or incapacity is received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes before the proxy exercises his authority under the appointment.

 

The corporation shall not be required to recognize an appointment made irrevocable if it has received a writing revoking the appointment signed by the shareholder Including a shareholder who is a successor to the shareholder who granted the proxy) either personally or by his attorney-in-fact, notwithstanding that the revocation may be a breach of an obligation of the shareholder to another person not to revoke the appointment.

 

Subject to Section 11 and any express limitation on the proxy's authority appearing on the appointment form, the corporation is entitled to accept the proxy's vote or other action as that of the shareholder making the appointment.

 

Section 10. VOTING OF SHARES. Each outstanding share, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote, except in the election of directors, and each fractional share shall be entitled to a corresponding fractional vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders, except to the extent that the voting rights of the shares of any class or classes are limited or denied by the articles of incorporation as permitted by the General Corporation Law of Florida. Cumulative voting shall not be permitted in the election of directors or for any other purpose. Each record holder of shares shall be entitled to vote in the election of directors and shall have as many votes for each of the shares owned by him as there are directors to be elected and for whose election he has the right to vote.

 

At each election of directors, that number of candidates equaling the number of directors to be elected, having the highest number of votes cast in favor of their election, shall be elected to the board of directors.

 

Except as otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction upon a finding that the purpose of this Section would not be violated in the circumstances presented to the court, the shares of the corporation are not entitled to be voted if they are owned, directly or indirectly, by a second corporation, domestic or foreign, and the first corporation owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares entitled to vote for directors of the second corporation except to the extent the second corporation holds the shares in a fiduciary capacity.

 

Redeemable shares are not entitled to be voted after notice of redemption is mailed to the holders and a sum sufficient to redeem the shares has been deposited with a bank, trust company or other financial institution under an irrevocable obligation to pay the holders the redemption price on surrender of the shares.

 

Section 11. CORPORATION'S ACCEPTANCE OF VOTES. If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation corresponds to the name of a shareholder, the corporation, if acting in good faith, is entitled to accept the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy appointment revocation and give it effect as the act of the shareholder. If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy appointment revocation does not correspond to the name of a shareholder, the corporation, if acting in good faith, is nevertheless entitled to accept the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy appointment revocation and to give it effect as the act shareholder if:

 

 

 

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(i)      the shareholder is an entity and the name signed purports to be that of an officer or agent of the entity;

 

(ii)     the name signed purports to be that of an administrator, executor, guardian or conservator representing the shareholder and; if the corporation requests, evidence of fiduciary status acceptable to the corporation has been presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy appointment revocation;

 

(iii)    the name signed purports to be that of a receiver or trustee ill bankruptcy of the shareholder and, if the corporation requests, evidence of this status acceptable to the corporation has been presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy appointment revocation;

 

(iv)    the name signed purports to be that of a pledgee, beneficial owner or attorney-in-fact of the shareholder and, if the corporation requests, evidence acceptable to the corporation of the signatory's authority to sign for the shareholder has been presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy' appointment revocation;

 

(v)     two or more persons are the shareholder as co-tenants or fiduciaries and the name signed purports to be the name of at least one of the co-tenants or fiduciaries, and the person signing appears to be acting on behalf of all the co-tenants or fiduciaries; or

 

(vi)   the acceptance of the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy appointment revocation is otherwise proper under rules established by the corporation that are not inconsistent with this Section 11.

 

The corporation is entitled to reject a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy appointment revocation if the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes, acting in good faith, has reasonable basis for doubt about the validity of the signature on it or about the signatory's authority to sign for the shareholder.

 

Neither the corporation nor its officers nor any agent who accepts or rejects a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy appointment revocation in good faith and in accordance with the standards of this Section is liable in damages for the consequences of the acceptance or rejection.

 

Section 12. INFORMAL ACTION BY SHAREHOLDERS. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a written consent (or counterparts thereof) that sets forth the action so taken is signed by shareholders holding at least that proportion of the voting power necessary to approve such action and received by the corporation. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a vote of the shareholders and may be stated as such in any document. Action taken under this Section 12 is effective as of the date the last writing necessary to effect the action is received by the corporation, unless an of the writings specify a different effective date, in which case such specified date shall be the effective date for such action. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting is the date the corporation first receives a writing upon which the action is taken.

 

Any shareholder who has signed a writing describing and consenting to action taken pursuant to this Section 12 may revoke such consent by a writing signed by the shareholder describing the action and stating that the shareholder's prior consent thereto is revoked, if such writing is received by the corporation before the effectiveness of the action.

 

Section 13. MEETINGS BY TELECOMMUNICATION. Any or all of the shareholders may participate in an annual or special shareholders' meeting by, or the meeting may be conducted through the use of, any means of communication by which all persons participating in the meeting may hear each other during the meeting. A shareholder participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

 

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. GENERAL POWERS. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed under the direction of, its board of directors, except as otherwise provided in the General Corporation Law of Florida or the articles of incorporation.

 

 

 

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Section 2. NUMBER, QUALIFICATIONS AND TENURE. The number of directors of the corporation maybe fixed from time to time by the board of directors, within a range of no less than one or more than fifteen, but no decrease in the number of directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. A director shall be a natural person who is eighteen years of age or older. A director need not be a resident of Florida or a shareholder of the corporation.

 

Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of shareholders.

 

Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders following his election and thereafter until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. Directors shall be removed in the manner provided by the General Corporation Law of Florida. Any director may be removed by the shareholders of the voting group that elected the director, with cause, at a meeting called for that purpose. The notice of the meeting shall state that the purpose or one of the purposes of the meeting is removal of the director. A director may be removed only if the number of votes cast in favor of removal exceeds the number of votes cast against removal.

 

Section 3. VACANCIES. Any director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time the notice is received by the secretary unless the notice specifies a later effective date. Unless otherwise specified in the notice of resignation, the corporation's acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any vacancy on the board of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shareholders at a special meeting called for that purpose or by the board of directors. If the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board, the directors may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors remaining in office. If elected by the directors, the director shall hold office until the next annual shareholders' meeting at which directors are elected. If elected by the shareholders, the director shall hold office for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office; except that, if the director's predecessor was elected by the directors to fill a vacancy, the director elected by the shareholders shall hold office for the unexpired term of the last predecessor elected by the shareholders.

 

Section 4. REGULAR MEETINGS. A regular meeting of the board of directors shall be held without notice immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of shareholders. The board of directors may provide by resolution the time and place, either within or outside Florida, for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice.

 

Section 5. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by or at the request of the president or any one of the directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the

 

board of directors may fix any place, either within or outside Florida, as the place for holding any special meeting of the board of directors called by them.

 

Section 6. NOTICE. Notice of the date, time and place of any special meeting shall be given to each director at least two days prior to the meeting by written notice either personally delivered or mailed to each director at his business address, or by notice transmitted by private courier, electronically transmitted facsimile or other form of wire or wireless communication. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given and to be effective when deposited in the United States mail, properly addressed, with first class postage prepaid. If notice is given by electronically transmitted facsimile or other similar form of wire or wireless communication, such notice shall be deemed to be given and to be effective when sent. If a director has designated in writing one or more reasonable addresses or facsimile numbers for delivery of notice to him, notice sent by mail, electronically transmitted facsimile or other form of wire or wireless communication shall not be deemed to have been given or to be effective unless sent to such addresses or facsimile numbers, as the case may be.

 

A director may waive notice of a meeting before or after the time and date of the meeting by a writing signed by such director. Such waiver shall be delivered to the secretary for filing with the corporate records, but such delivery and filing shall not be conditions to the effectiveness of the waiver. Further, a director's attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to him of the meeting unless at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon his later arrival, the director objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting because of lack of notice or defective notice and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board of directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

 

 

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Section 7. QUORUM. A majority of the number of directors fixed by the board of directors pursuant to Article III, Section 2 or, if no number is fixed, a majority of the number in office immediately before the meeting begins, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board of directors.

 

Section 8. MANNER OF ACTING. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors.

 

Section 9. COMPENSATION. By resolution of the board of directors, any director may be paid anyone or more of the following: his expenses, if any, of attendance at meetings, a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting, a stated salary as director, or such other compensation as the corporation and the director may reasonably agree upon. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

Section 10. PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT. A director of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the board of directors or committee of the board at which action on any corporate matter taken shall be presumed to have assented to all action taken at the meeting unless (i) the director objects at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon his arrival, to the holding of the meeting or the transaction of business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to any action taken at the meeting, (ii) the director contemporaneously requests that his dissent or abstention as to any specific action taken be entered in the minutes of the meeting, (iii) the director causes written notice of his dissent or abstention as to any specific action to be received by the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or by the secretary promptly after the adjournment of the meeting. A director may dissent to a specific action at a meeting, while assenting to others. The right to dissent to a specific action taken at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee of the board shall not be available to a director who voted in favor of such action.

 

Section 11. COMMITTEES. By resolution adopted by a majority of all the directors in office when the action is taken, the board of directors may designate from among its members an executive committee and one or more other committees, and appoint one or more members of the board of directors to serve on them. To the extent provided in the resolution.

 

Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 12 of Article III, which govern meetings, notice, waiver of notice, quorum, voting requirements and action without a meeting of the board of directors, shall apply to committees and their members appointed under this Section 11.

 

Neither the designation of any such committee, the delegation of authority to such committee, nor any action by such committee pursuant to its authority shall alone constitute compliance by any member of the board of directors or a member of the committee in question with his responsibility to conform to the standard of care set forth in Article III, Section 14 of these bylaws.

 

Section 12. INFORMAL ACTION BY DIRECTORS. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the directors or any committee designated by the board of directors may be taken without a meeting if a written consent (or counterparts thereof) that sets forth the action so taken is signed by all of the directors entitled to vote with respect to the action taken. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the directors or committee members and may be stated as such in any document. Unless the consent specifies a different effective time or date, action taken under this Section 12 is effective at the time or date the last director signs a writing describing the action taken, unless, before such time, any director has revoked his consent by a writing signed by the director and received by the president or the secretary of the corporation.

 

Section 13. TELEPHONIC MEETINGS. The board of directors may permit any director (or any member of a committee designated by the board) to participate in a regular or special meeting of the board of directors or a committee thereof through the use of any means of communication by which all directors participating in the meeting can hear each other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting in this manner is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

 

Section 14. STANDARD OF CARE. A director shall perform his duties as a director, including without limitation his duties as a member of any committee of the board, in good faith, in a manner he reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation, and with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances. In performing his duties, a director shall be entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, in each case prepared or presented by the persons herein designated. However, he shall not be considered to be acting in good faith if he has knowledge concerning the matter in question that would cause such reliance to be unwarranted. A director shall not be liable to the corporation or its shareholders for any action he takes or omits to take as a director if, in connection with such action or omission, he performs his duties in compliance with this Section 14.

 

 

 

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The designated persons on whom a director is entitled to rely are (i) one or more officers or employees of the corporation whom the director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented, (ii) legal counsel, public accountant, or other person as to matters which the director reasonably believes to be within such person's professional or expert competence, or (iii) a committee designated by the board of directors may be taken without a meeting if a written consent (or counterparts thereof) that sets forth the action so taken is signed by all of the directors entitled to vote with respect to the action taken. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the directors or committee members and may be stated as such in any document. Unless the consent specifies a different effective time or date, action taken under this Section 12 is effective at the time or date the last director signs a writing describing the action taken, unless, before such time, any director has revoked his consent by a writing signed by the director and received by the president or the secretary of the corporation.

 

The designated persons on whom a director is entitled to rely are (i) one or more officers or employees of the corporation whom the director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented, (ii) legal counsel, public accountant, or other person as to matters which the director reasonably believes to be within such person's professional or expert competence, or (iii) a committee of the board of directors on which the director desires to serve if the director reasonably believes the committee merits confidence.

 

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS AND AGENTS

 

Section 1. GENERAL. The officers of the corporation chief executive officer and/or president, a secretary and a treasurer and may also include one or more vice presidents, each officer shall be appointed by the board of directors and natural person eighteen years of age or older. One person more than one office. The board of directors or an officer or authorized by the board may appoint such other officers, officers, committees and agents, including a chairman of assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers, as they may consider necessary. Except as expressly prescribed by these bylaws, of directors or the officer or officers authorized by the board from time to time determine the procedure for the officers, their authority and duties and their compensation, that the board of directors may change the authority, duties compensation of any officer who is not appointed by the board.

 

Section 2. APPOINTMENT AND TERM OF OFFICE. The officers of the corporation to be appointed by the board of directors shall be appointed at each annual meeting of the board held after each annual meeting of the shareholders. If the appointment of officers is not made at such meeting or if an officer or officers are to be appointed by another officer or officers of the corporation, such appointments shall be made as determined by the board of directors or the appointing person or persons. Each officer shall hold office until the first of the following occurs: his successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, his death, his resignation, or his removal in the manner provided in Section 3.

 

Section 3. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL. An officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of resignation to the president, secretary or other person who appoints such officer. The resignation is effective when the notice is received by the corporation unless the notice specifies a later effective date.

 

Any officer or agent may be removed at any time with or without cause by the board of directors or an officer or officers authorized by the board. Such removal does not affect the contract rights, if any, of the corporation or of the person so removed. The appointment of an officer or agent shall not in itself create contract rights.

 

Section 4. VACANCIES. A vacancy in any office, however occurring, may be filled by the board of directors, or by the officer or officers authorized by the board, for the unexpired portion of the officer's term. If an officer resigns and his resignation is made effective at a later date, the board of directors, or officer or officers authorized by the board, may permit the officer to remain in office until the effective date and may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the board of directors or officer or officers authorized by the board provide that the successor shall not take office until the effective date. In the alternative, the board of directors, or officer or officers authorized by the board of directors, may remove the officer at any time before the effective date and may fill the resulting vacancy.

 

 

 

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Section 5. PRESIDENT. The president shall preside at all meetings of shareholders and all meetings of the board of directors unless the board of directors has appointed a chairman, vice chairman, or other officer of the board and has authorized such person to preside at meetings of the board of directors. Subject to the direction and supervision of the board of directors, the president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, and shall have general and active control of its affairs and business and general supervision of its officers, agents and employees. Unless otherwise directed by the board of directors, the president shall attend in person or by substitute appointed by him, or shall execute on behalf of the corporation written instruments appointing a proxy or proxies to represent the corporation, at all meetings of the shareholders of any other corporation in which the corporation holds any shares. On behalf of the corporation, the president may in person or by substitute or by proxy execute written waivers of notice and consents with respect to any such meetings. At all such meetings and otherwise, the president, in person or by substitute or proxy, may vote the shares held by the corporation, execute written consents and other instruments with respect to such shares, and exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of said shares, subject to the instructions, if any, of the board of directors. The president shall have custody of the treasurer's bond, if any. The president shall have such additional authority and duties as are appropriate and customary for the office of president and chief executive officer, except as the same may be expanded or limited by the board of directors from time to time.

 

Section 6. VICE PRESIDENTS. The vice presidents shall assist the president and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the president or by the board of directors. In the absence of the president, the vice president, if any (or, if more than one, the vice presidents in the order designated by the board of directors, or if the board makes no such designation, then the vice president designated by the president, or if neither the board nor the president makes any such designation, the senior vice president as determined by first election to that office), shall have the powers and perform the duties of the president.

 

Section 7. SECRETARY. The secretary shall (i) prepare and maintain as permanent records the minutes of the proceedings of the shareholders and the board of directors, a record of all actions taken by the shareholders or board of directors without a meeting, a record of all actions taken by a committee of the board of directors in place of the board of directors on behalf of the corporation, and a record of all waivers of notice of meetings of shareholders and of the board of directors or any committee thereof, (ii) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws and as required by law, (iii) serve as custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and affix the seal to all documents when authorized by the board of directors, (iv) keep at the corporation's registered office or principal place of business a record containing the names and addresses of all shareholders in a form that permits preparation of a list of shareholders arranged by voting group and by class or series of shares within each voting group, that is alphabetical within each class or series and that shows the address of, and the number of shares of each class or series held by, each shareholder, unless such a record shall be kept at the office of the corporation's transfer agent or registrar, (v) maintain at the corporation's principal office the originals or copies of the corporation's articles Of incorporation, bylaws, minutes of all shareholders' meetings and records of all action taken by shareholders without a meeting for the past three years, all written communications within the past three years to shareholders as a group or to the holders of any class or series of shares as a group, a list of the names and business addresses of the current directors and officers, a copy of the corporation’s most recent corporate report filed with the Secretary of State, and financial statements showing in reasonable detail the corporation’s assets and liabilities and results of operations for the last three years, (vi) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation, unless the corporation has a transfer agent, (vii) authenticate records of the corporation, and (viii) in general, perform all duties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the president or by the board of directors. Assistant secretaries, if any, shall have the same duties and powers, subject to supervision by the secretary. The directors and/or shareholders may however respectively designate a person other than the secretary or assistant secretary to keep the minutes of their respective meetings.

 

Any books, records, or minutes of the corporation may be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time:

 

Section 8. TREASURER. The treasurer shall be the principal financial officer of the corporation, shall have the care and custody of all funds, securities, evidences of indebtedness and other personal property of the corporation and shall deposit the same in accordance with the instructions of the board of directors. Subject to the limits imposed by the board of directors, he shall receive and give receipts and acquaintances for money paid in on account of the corporation, and shall payout of the corporation's funds on hand all bills, payrolls and other just debts of the corporation of whatever nature upon maturity. He shall perform all other duties incident to the office of the treasurer and, upon request of the board, shall make such reports to it as may be required at any time. He shall, if required by the board, give the corporation a bond in such sums and with such 'sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and for the restoration to the corporation of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation. He shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the board of directors or the president. The assistant treasurers, if any, shall have the same powers and duties, subject to the supervision of the treasurer.

 

 

 

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The treasurer shall also be the principal accounting officer of the corporation. He shall prescribe and maintain the methods and systems of accounting to be followed, keep complete books and records of account as required by the General Corporation Law of Florida, prepare and file all local, state and federal tax: returns, prescribe and maintain an adequate system of internal audit and prepare and furnish to the president and the board of directors statements of account showing the financial position of the corporation and the results of its operations.

 

ARTICLE V
SHARES

 

Section 1. CERTIFICATES. The board of directors shall be authorized to issue any of its classes of shares with or without certificates. The fact that the shares are not represented by certificates shall have no effect on the rights and obligations of shareholders. If the shares are represented by certificates, such shares shall be represented by consecutively numbered certificates signed, either manually or by facsimile, in the name of the corporation by the president. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, such certificate may nonetheless be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of its issue. All certificates shall be consecutively numbered, and the names of the owners, the number of shares, and the date of issue shall be entered on the books of the corporation. Each certificate representing shares shall state upon its face:

 

(i) That the corporation is organized under the laws of Florida; (ii) The name of the person to whom issued;

 

(iii)   The number and class of the shares and the designation of the series, if any, that the certificate represents;

 

(iv)   The par value, if any, of each share represented by the certificate;

 

(v)     Any restrictions imposed by the corporation upon the transfer of the shares represented by the certificate.

 

If shares are not represented by certificates, within a reasonable time following the issue or transfer of such shares, the corporation shall send the shareholder a complete written statement of all of the information required to be provided to holders of uncertificated shares by the General Corporation Law of Florida.

 

Section 2. CONSIDERATION FOR SHARES. Certificated or uncertificated shares shall not be issued until the shares represented thereby are fully paid. The board of directors may authorize the issuance of shares for consideration consisting of any tangible or intangible property or benefit to the corporation, including cash, promissory notes, services performed or other securities of the corporation. Future services shall not constitute payment or partial payment for shares of the corporation. The promissory note of a subscriber or an affiliate of a subscriber shall not constitute payment or partial payment for shares of the corporation unless the note is negotiable and is secured by collateral, other than the shares being purchased, having a fair market value at least equal to the principal amount of the note. For purposes of this Section 2, "promissory note" means a negotiable instrument on which there is an obligation to pay independent of collateral and does not include a non-recourse note.

 

Section 3. LOST CERTIFICATES. In case of the alleged loss, destruction or mutilation of a certificate of stock, the board of directors may direct the issuance of a new certificate in lieu thereof upon such terms and conditions in conformity with law as the board may prescribe. The board of directors may in its discretion require an affidavit of lost certificate and/or a bond in such form and amount and with such surety as it may determine before issuing a new certificate.

 

Section 4. TRANSFER OF SHARES. Upon surrender to the corporation or to a transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate of stock duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, and receipt of such documentary stamps as may be required by law and evidence of compliance with all applicable securities laws and other restrictions, the corporation shall issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, and cancel the old certificate. Every such transfer of stock shall be entered on the stock books of the corporation that shall be kept at its principal office or by the person and at the place designated by the board of directors.

 

 

 

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Except as otherwise expressly provided in Article II, Sections 7 and 11, and except for the assertion of dissenters' rights to the extent provided in the Florida General Corporation Law, the corporation shall be entitled to treat the registered holder of any shares of the corporation as the owner thereof for all purposes, and the corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such shares or rights deriving from such shares on the part of any person other than the registered holder, including without limitation any purchaser, assignee or transferee of such shares or rights deriving from such shares, unless and until such other person becomes the registered holder of such shares, whether or not the corporation shall have either actual or constructive notice of the claimed interest of such other person.

 

Section 5. TRANSFER AGENT, REGISTRARS AND PAYING AGENTS. The board may at its discretion appoint one or more transfer agents, registrars and agents for making payment upon any class of stock, bond, debenture or other security of the corporation. Such agents and registrars may be located either within or outside Florida. They shall have such rights and duties and shall be entitled to such compensation as may be agreed.

 

ARTICLE VI

INDEMNIFICATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS

 

Section 1. INDEMNIFICATION. For purposes of Article VI, a "Proper Person" means any person (including the estate or personal representative of a director) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, fiduciary or agent of any foreign or domestic profit or nonprofit corporation or of any partnership, joint venture, trust, profit or nonprofit unincorporated association, limited liability company, or other enterprise or employee benefit plan. The corporation shall indemnify any Proper Person against reasonably incurred expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,

 

penalties, fines (including any excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan) and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if it is determined by the groups set forth in Section 4 of this Article that he conducted himself in good faith and that he reasonably believed (i) in the case of conduct in his official capacity with the corporation, that his conduct was in the corporation’s best interests, or (ii) in all other cases (except criminal cases), that his conduct was at least not opposed to the corporation's best interests, or (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, that he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Official capacity means, when used with respect to a director, the office of director and, when used with respect to any other Proper Person, the office in a corporation held by the officer or the employment, fiduciary or agency relationship undertaken by the employee, fiduciary, or agent on behalf of the corporation. Official capacity does not include service for any other domestic or foreign corporation or other person or employee benefit plan.

 

A director's conduct with respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose the director reasonably believed to be in the interests of the participants in or beneficiaries of the plan is conduct that satisfies the requirement in (ii) of this Section 1. A director's conduct with respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose that the director did not reasonably believe to be in the interests of the participants in or beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed not to satisfy the requirement of this section that he conduct himself in good faith.

 

No indemnification shall be made under this Article VI to a Proper Person with respect to any claim, issue or matter in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of a corporation in which the Proper Person was adjudged liable to the corporation or in connection with any proceeding charging that the Proper Person derived an improper personal benefit, whether or not involving action in an official capacity, in which he was adjudged liable on the basis that he derived an improper personal benefit. Further, indemnification under this section in connection with a proceeding brought by or in the right of the corporation shall be limited to reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in connection with the proceeding.

 

Section 2. RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION. The corporation shall indemnify any Proper Person who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding as to which he was entitled to indemnification under Section 1 of this Article VI against expenses (including attorneys' fees) reasonably incurred by him in connection with the proceeding without the necessity of any action by the corporation other than the determination in good faith that the defense has been wholly successful.

 

 

 

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Section 3. EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF ACTION. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not of itself create a presumption that the person seeking indemnification did not meet the standards of conduct described in Section 1 of this Article VI. Entry of a judgment by consent as part of a settlement shall not be deemed an adjudication of liability, as described in Section 2 of this Article VI.

 

Section 4. GROUPS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE INDEMNIFICATION DETERMINATION. Except where there is a right to indemnification as set forth in Sections 1 or 2 of this Article or where indemnification is ordered by a court in Section 5, any indemnification shall be made by the corporation only as determined in the specific case by a proper group that indemnification of the Proper Person is permissible under the circumstances because he has met the applicable standards of conduct set forth in Section 1 of this Article. This determination shall be made by the board of directors by a majority vote of those present at a meeting at which a quorum is present, which quorum shall consist of directors not parties to the proceeding ("Quorum"). If a Quorum cannot be obtained, the determination shall be made by a majority vote of a committee of the board of directors designated by the board, which committee shall consist of two or more directors not parties to the proceeding, except that directors who are parties to the proceeding may participate in the designation of directors for the committee. If a Quorum of the board of directors cannot be obtained and the committee cannot be established, or even if a Quorum is obtained or the committee is designated and a majority of the directors constituting such Quorum or committee so directs, the determination shall be made by (i) independent legal counsel selected by a vote of the board of directors or the committee in the manner specified in this Section 4 or, if a Quorum of the full board of directors cannot be obtained and a committee cannot be established, by independent legal counsel selected by a majority vote of the full board (including directors who are parties to the action) or (ii) a vote of the shareholders. Authorization of indemnification and advance of expenses shall be made in the same manner as the determination that indemnification or advance of expenses is permissible except that, if the determination that indemnification or advance of expenses is permissible is made by independent legal counsel, authorization of indemnification and advance of expenses shall be made by the body that selected such counsel.

 

Section 5. COURT-ORDERED INDEMNIFICATION. Any Proper Person may apply for indemnification to the court conducting the proceeding or to another court of competent jurisdiction for mandatory indemnification under Section 2 of this Article, including indemnification for reasonable expenses incurred to obtain court-ordered indemnification. If a court determines that the Proper Person is entitled to indemnification under Section 2 of this Article, the court shall order indemnification, including the Proper Person's reasonable expenses incurred to obtain court-ordered indemnification. If the court determines that such Proper Person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not he met the standards of conduct set forth in Section 1 of this Article or was adjudged liable in the proceeding, the court may order such indemnification as the court deems proper except that if the Proper Person has been adjudged liable, indemnification shall be limited to reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding and reasonable expenses incurred to obtain court-ordered indemnification.

 

Section 6. ADVANCE OF EXPENSES. Reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in defending an action, suit or proceeding as described in Section 1 may be paid by the corporation to any Proper Person in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of (D a written affirmation of such Proper Person's good faith belief that he has met the standards of conduct prescribed by Section 1 of this Article VI, (ii) a written undertaking, executed personally or on the Proper Person's behalf, to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that he did not meet the prescribed standards of conduct (the undertaking shall be an unlimited general obligation of the Proper Person but need not be secured and may be accepted without reference to financial ability to make repayment), and (iii) a determination is made by the proper group (as described in Section 4 of this Article VI) that the facts as then known to the group would not preclude indemnification. Determination and authorization of payments shall be made in the same manner specified in Section 4 of this Article VI.

 

Section 7. ADDITIONAL INDEMNIFICATION TO CERTAIN PERSONS OTHER THAN DIRECTORS. In addition to the indemnification provided to officers, employees, fiduciaries or agents because of their status as Proper Persons under this Article, the corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to them if they are not directors of the corporation to a greater extent than is provided in these bylaws, if not inconsistent with public policy, and if provided for by general or specific action of its board of directors or shareholders or by contract.

 

Section 8. WITNESS EXPENSES. The sections of this Article VI do not limit the corporation's authority to payer reimburse expenses incurred by a director in connection with an appearance as a witness in a proceeding at a time when he has not been made or named as a defendant or respondent in the proceeding.

 

 

 

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Section 9. REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS. Any indemnification of or advance of expenses to a director in accordance with this Article VI, if arising out of a proceeding by or on behalf of the corporation, shall be reported in writing to the shareholders with or before the notice of the next shareholders' meeting. If the next shareholder action is taken without a meeting at the instigation of the board of directors, such notice shall be given to the shareholders at or before the time the first shareholder signs a writing consenting to such action.

 

ARTICLE VII
INSURANCE

 

Section 1. PROVISION OF INSURANCE. By action of the board of directors, notwithstanding any interest of the directors in the action, the corporation may purchase and maintain insurance, in such scope and amounts as the board of directors deems appropriate, on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the corporation, or who, while a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, fiduciary or agent of any other foreign or domestic profit or nonprofit corporation or of any partnership, joint venture, trust, profit or non-profit unincorporated association, limited liability company, other enterprise or employee benefit plan, against any liability asserted against, or incurred by, him in that capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of Article VI or applicable law. Any such insurance may be procured from any insurance company designated by the board of directors of the corporation, whether such insurance company is formed under the laws of Florida or any other jurisdiction of the United States or elsewhere, including any insurance company in which the corporation has an equity interest or any other interest, through share ownership or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 1. SEAL. The board of directors may adopt a corporate seal, which shall contain the name of the corporation and the words, "Seal, Florida."

 

Section 2. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be as established by the board of directors.

 

Section 3. AMENDMENTS. The board of directors shall have power, to the maximum extent permitted by the Florida General Corporation Law, to make, amend and repeal the bylaws of the corporation at any regular or special meeting of the board unless the shareholders, in making, amending or repealing a particular bylaw, expressly provide that the directors may not amend or repeal such bylaw. The shareholders also shall have the power to make, amend or repeal the bylaws of the corporation at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose.

 

Section 4. RECEIPT OF NOTICES BY THE CORPORATION. Notices, shareholder writings consenting to action, and other documents or writings shall be deemed to have been received by the corporation when they are actually received: (1) at the registered office of the corporation in Florida; (2) at the principal office of the corporation (as that office is designated in the most recent document filed by the corporation with the secretary of state for Florida designating a principal office) addressed to the attention of the secretary of the corporation; (3) by the secretary of the corporation wherever the secretary may be found; or (4) by any other person authorized from time to time by the board of directors or the president to receive such writings, wherever such person is found.

 

Section 5. GENDER. The masculine gender is used in these bylaws as a matter of convenience only and shall be interpreted to include the feminine and neuter genders as the circumstances indicate.

 

Section 6. CONFLICTS. In the event of any irreconcilable conflict between these bylaws and either the corporation's articles of incorporation or applicable law, the latter shall control.

 

Section 7. DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise specifically provided in these bylaws, all terms used in these bylaws shall have the same definition as in the General Corporation Law of Florida.

 

 

 

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EX1A-6 MAT CTRCT 6 age_1a-ex0601.htm EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT OF PETER M. BARBEE

Exhibit 6.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

 

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

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Peter M. Barbee – Chairman

 

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THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), effective as of the Effective Date (as defined below), is entered into by and between Advance Green Energy, Inc., a Florida corporation (the "Company"), and Peter M. Barbee (the “Executive”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ the Executive and to enter into an agreement embodying the terms of such employment; and

 

WHEREAS, the Executive desires to accept employment with the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

 

1. Employment Period. Subject to the provisions for earlier termination hereinafter provided, the Executive's employment hereunder shall be for a term (the "Employment Period") commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date (the "Initial Termination Date"); provided, however, that this Agreement shall be automatically extended for one additional year on the Initial Termination Date and on each subsequent anniversary of the Initial Termination Date, unless either the Executive or the Company elects not to so extend the term of the Agreement by notifying the other party, in writing, of such election not less than sixty (60) days prior to the last day of the term as then in effect. For purposes of this Agreement, "Effective Date" shall mean the date written below.

 

2. Terms of Employment.

 

(a) Position and Duties.

 

(i) During the Employment Period, the Executive shall serve as Chairman of the Company and shall perform such employment duties as are usual and customary for such positions. At the Company's request, the Executive shall serve the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates in other offices and capacities in addition to the foregoing. In the event that the Executive, during the Employment Period, serves in any one or more of such additional capacities, the Executive's compensation shall not be increased beyond that specified in Section 2(b) of this Agreement. In addition, in the event the Executive's service in one or more of such additional capacities is terminated, the Executive's compensation, as specified in Section 2(b) of this Agreement, shall not be diminished or reduced in any manner as a result of such termination for so long as the Executive otherwise remains employed under the terms of this Agreement.

 

(ii) During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote appropriate attention and time during normal business hours to the business and affairs of the Company. During the Employment Period it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the Executive to (A) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees, (B) fulfill limited teaching, speaking and writing engagements or (C) manage his personal investments, so long as such activities do not significantly interfere with the performance of the Executive's responsibilities as an employee of the Company in accordance with this Agreement and (D) undertake other business responsibilities. It is expressly understood and agreed that to the extent that any such activities have been conducted by the Executive prior to the Effective Date, the continued conduct of such activities (or the conduct of activities similar in nature and scope thereto) subsequent to the Effective Date shall not thereafter be deemed to interfere with the performance of the Executive's responsibilities to Company; provided that no such activity that violates any written non-competition agreement between the parties shall be permitted.

 

(b) Compensation.

 

(i) Base Salary. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall receive a base salary (the "Base Salary") as determined by the Board of Directors from time to time with due regard for the state of development of the Company, as the same may be increased thereafter pursuant to the Company's normal practices for its executives. The Base Salary shall be paid at such intervals as the Company pays executive salaries generally. During the Employment Period, the Base Salary shall be reviewed at least annually for possible increase in the Company's discretion. Any increase in Base Salary shall not serve to limit or reduce any other obligation to the Executive under this Agreement. The Base Salary shall not be reduced after any such increase and the term "Base Salary" as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to Base Salary as so increased.

 

 

 

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(ii) Annual Bonus. In addition to the Base Salary, the Executive shall be eligible to earn, for each fiscal year of the Company ending during the Employment Period, an annual cash performance bonus annual Bonus") under the Company's bonus plan or plans applicable to senior executives. The amount of the Annual Bonus and the target performance goals applicable to the Annual Bonus shall be determined in accordance with the terms and conditions of such bonus plan as in effect from time to time.

 

(iii) Incentive, Savings and Retirement Plans. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all other incentive plans, practices, policies and programs, and all savings and retirement plans, practices, policies and programs, in each case that are applicable generally to senior executives of the Company.

 

(iv) Welfare Benefit Plans. During the Employment Period, the Executive and the Executive's eligible family members shall be eligible for participation in the welfare benefit plans, practices, policies and programs (including, if applicable, medical, dental, disability, employee life, group life and accidental death insurance plans and programs) maintained by the Company for its senior executives.

 

(v) Expenses. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable business expenses incurred by the Executive in accordance with the policies, practices and procedures of the Company provided to senior executives of the Company.

 

(vi) Fringe Benefits. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to such fringe benefits and perquisites as are provided by the Company to its senior executives from time to time, in accordance with the policies, practices and procedures of the Company, and shall receive such additional fringe benefits and perquisites as the Company may, in its discretion, from time-to-time provide.

 

(vii) Vacation. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the plans, policies, programs and practices of the Company applicable to its senior executives.

 

(viii) Additional Payments. The amount of compensation payable to Executive pursuant to Sections 2(b)(i) and (ii) above shall be "grossed up" as necessary (on an after-tax basis) to compensate for any additional social security withholding taxes due as a result of Executive's shared employment by any subsidiary and/or affiliate of the Company, the Company, if applicable.

 

 

3. Termination of Employment.

 

(a) Death or Disability. The Executive's employment shall terminate automatically upon the Executive's death or Disability during the Employment Period. For purposes of this Agreement, "Disability" shall mean the absence of the Executive from the Executive's duties with the Company on a full-time basis for 90 consecutive days or on a total of 180 days in any 12-month period, in either case as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness which is determined to be total and permanent by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and acceptable to the Executive or the Executive's legal representative.

 

(b) Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive's employment during the Employment Period for Cause or without Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the following events unless the Executive fully corrects the circumstances constituting Cause within a reasonable period of time after receipt of the Notice of Termination (as defined below):

 

(i) the Executive's willful and continued failure to substantially perform his duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental illness or any such actual or anticipated failure after his issuance of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason), after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by the Board, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that the Executive has not substantially performed his duties;

 

(ii) the Executive's willful commission of an act of fraud or dishonesty resulting in economic or financial injury to the Company;

 

 

 

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(iii) the Executive's conviction of, or entry by the Executive of a guilty plea to the commission of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude;

 

(iv) a willful breach by the Executive of his fiduciary duty to the Company which results in economic or other injury to the Company; or

 

(v) the Executive's willful and material breach of the Executive's covenants set forth in Section 9 hereof.

 

For purposes of this provision, no act or failure to act, on the part of the Executive, shall be considered "willful" unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Executive's action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Company. The cessation of employment of the Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Executive and the Executive is given an opportunity, together with counsel for the Executive, to be heard before the Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, the Executive is guilty of any of the conduct described in Section 3(b), and specifying the particulars thereof in detail; provided, that if the Executive is a member of the Board, the Executive shall not vote on such resolution nor shall the Executive be counted in determining the "entire membership" of the Board.

 

(c) Good Reason. The Executive's employment may be terminated by the Executive for Good Reason or by the Executive without Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, "Good Reason" shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the following events without the Executive's prior written consent, unless the Company fully corrects the circumstances constituting Good Reason (provided such circumstances are capable of correction) prior to the Date of Termination (as defined below):

 

(i) the assignment to the Executive of any duties materially inconsistent in any respect with the Executive's position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by Section 2 of this Agreement, or any other action by the Company which results in a material diminution in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities, excluding for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive;

 

(ii) the Company's reduction of the Executive's annual base salary or bonus opportunity, each as in effect on the date hereof or as the same may be increased from time to time;

 

(iii) the relocation of the Company's offices at which the Executive is principally employed (the "Principal Location") to a location more than thirty (30) miles from such location, or the Company's requiring the Executive to be based at a location more than thirty (30) miles from the Principal Location, except for required travel on the Company's business to an extent substantially consistent with the Executive's present business travel obligations;

 

(iv) the Company's failure to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 10 hereof; or

 

(v) the Company's failure to cure a material breach of its obligations under the Agreement after written notice is delivered to the Board by the Executive which specifically identifies the manner in which the Executive believes that the Company has breached its obligations under the Agreement and the Company is given a reasonable opportunity to cure any such breach.

 

 

 

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(d) Notice of Termination. Any termination by the Company for Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason, shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other parties hereto given in accordance with Section 12(c) of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" means a written notice which (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive's employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the Date of Termination (as defined below) is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date (which date shall be not more than thirty days after the giving of such notice). The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company, respectively, hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company, respectively, from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive's or the Company's rights hereunder.

 

(e) Date of Termination. "Date of Termination" means (i) if the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination or any later date specified therein (which date shall not be more than 30 days after the giving of such notice), as the case may be, (ii) if the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the Company notifies the Executive of such termination, (iii) if the Executive's employment is terminated by the Executive without Good Reason, the Date of Termination shall be the tenth day after the date on which the Executive notifies the Company of such termination, unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the Executive, and (iv) if the Executive's employment is terminated by reason of death or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date of death or Disability of the Executive, as the case may be.

 

 

4. Obligations of the Company upon Termination.

 

(a) Without Cause or For Good Reason. If, during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate the Executive's employment without Cause or the Executive shall terminate his employment for Good Reason:

 

(i) The Executive shall be paid, in a single lump sum payment within 60 days after the Date of Termination, the aggregate amount of (A) the Executive's earned but unpaid Base Salary and accrued vacation pay through the Date of Termination, and any Annual bonus required to be paid to the Executive pursuant to Section 2(b)(ii) above for any fiscal year of the Company that ends on or before the Date of Termination to the extent not previously paid (the "Accrued Obligations"), and (B) two (the "Severance Multiple") times the sum of (x) the annual Base Salary in effect on the Termination Date plus (y) the average Annual Bonus received by the Executive for the three complete fiscal years (or such lesser number of years as the Executive has been employed by the Company) of the Company immediately prior to the Termination Date (the "Severance Amount");

 

(ii) At the time when annual bonuses are paid to the Company's other senior executives for the fiscal year of the Company in which the Date of Termination occurs, the Executive shall be paid an Annual Bonus in an amount equal to the product of (x) the amount of the Annual Bonus to which the Executive would have been entitled if the Executive's employment had not been terminated, and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in such fiscal year through the Date of Termination and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such fiscal year (a "Pro-Rated Annual Bonus");

 

(iii) For a period of years equal to the Severance Multiple, the Company shall continue to provide the Executive and the Executive's eligible family members with group health insurance coverage at least equal to that which would have been provided to them if the Executive's employment had not been terminated; provided, however, that if the Executive becomes re-employed with another employer and is eligible to receive group health insurance coverage under another employer's plans, the Company's obligations under this Section 4(a)(iii) shall be reduced to the extent comparable coverage is actually provided to the Executive and the Executive's eligible family members, and any such coverage shall be reported by the Executive to the Company.

 

(iv) The Company shall, at its sole expense and on an as-incurred basis, provide the Executive with outplacement services the scope and provider of which shall be reasonable and consistent with industry practice for similarly situated executives; and

 

 

 

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(v) To the extent not theretofore paid or provided, the Company shall timely pay or provide to the Executive any vested benefits and other amounts or benefits required to be paid or provided or which the Executive is eligible to receive under any plan, program, policy or practice or contract or agreement of the Company and its affiliates (such other amounts and benefits shall be hereinafter referred to as the "Other Benefits").

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall be a condition to the Executive's right to receive the amounts provided for in Sections 4(a)(i)(B) and 4(a)(ii), (iii) and (iv) above that the Executive execute, deliver to the Company and not revoke a release of claims in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

(b) For Cause or Without Good Reason. If the Executive's employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason during the Employment Period, the Company shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement other than pursuant to Sections 7 and 8 hereof, and the obligation to pay to the Executive the Accrued Obligations in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination and to provide the Other Benefits.

 

(c) Death or Disability. If the Executive's employment is terminated by reason of the Executive's death or Disability during the Employment Period:

 

(i) The Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the Executive's estate or beneficiaries or to the Executive, as applicable, in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination;

 

(ii) 100% of the Executive's annual Base Salary, as in effect on the Date of Termination, shall be paid to the Executive's estate or beneficiaries or to the Executive, as applicable, in cash within 30 days following the Date of Termination;

 

(iii) The Pro-Rated Annual Bonus shall be paid to the Executive's estate or beneficiaries or to the Executive, as applicable, at the time when annual bonuses are paid to the Company's other senior executives for the fiscal year of the Company in which the Date of Termination occurs;

 

(iv) For a period of twelve months following the Date of Termination, the Executive and the Executive's eligible family members shall continue to be provided with group health insurance coverage at least equal to that which would have been provided to them if the Executive's employment had not been terminated; provided, however, that if the Executive becomes re-employed with another employer and is eligible to receive group health insurance coverage under another employer's plans, the Company's obligations under this Section 4(d)(iv) shall be reduced to the extent comparable coverage is actually provided to the Executive and the Executive's eligible family members, and any such coverage shall be reported by the Executive to the Company; and

 

(v) The Other Benefits shall be paid or provided to the Executive on a timely basis.

 

5. Termination Upon a Change in Control. If a Change in Control (as defined herein) occurs during the Employment Period and the Executive's employment is terminated (a) by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason, in each case within two (2) years after the effective date of the Change in Control or (b) by the Executive for any reason on or within 30 days after the one year anniversary of the effective date of the Change in Control, then the Executive shall be entitled to the payments and benefits provided in Section 4(a), subject to the terms and conditions thereof, except that for purposes of this Section 5, the Severance Multiple shall equal three (3). In addition, in the event of such a termination of the Executive's employment, all outstanding stock options, restricted stock and other equity awards granted to the Executive under any of the Company's equity incentive plans (or awards substituted therefore covering the securities of a successor company) shall become immediately vested and exercisable in full. For purposes of this Agreement, "Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(i) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any "person" or "group" (as those terms are defined in Sections 3(a)(9), 13(d), and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder) of "beneficial ownership" (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors ("voting securities") of the Company that represent 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding voting securities, other than

 

 

 

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(A) an acquisition of securities by a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any person controlled by the Company or by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any person controlled by the Company, or

 

(B) an acquisition of securities by the Company or a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the stock of the Company, or

 

(C) an acquisition of securities pursuant to a transaction described in clause (iii) below that would not be a Change in Control under clause (iii), or

 

(D) any direct or indirect acquisition of securities by the Executive or his family, or any entity controlled thereby;

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following event shall not constitute an "acquisition" by any person or group for purposes of this clause (i): an acquisition of the Company's securities by the Company which causes the Company's voting securities beneficially owned by a person or group to represent 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding voting securities; provided, however, that if a person or group shall become the beneficial owner of 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding voting securities by reason of share acquisitions by the Company as described above and shall, after such share acquisitions by the Company, become the beneficial owner of any additional voting securities of the Company, then such acquisition shall constitute a Change in Control;

 

(ii) individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election by the Company's shareholders, or nomination for election by the Board, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Board;

 

(iii) the consummation by the Company (whether directly involving the Company or indirectly involving the Company through one or more intermediaries) of (x) a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or business combination or (y) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company's assets or (z) the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity, in each case, other than a transaction

 

(A) which results in the Company's voting securities outstanding immediately before the transaction continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the Company or the person that, as a result of the transaction, controls, directly or indirectly, the Company or owns, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the Company's assets or otherwise succeeds to the business of the Company (the Company or such person, the "Successor Entity")) directly or indirectly, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity's outstanding voting securities immediately after the transaction, and

 

(B) after which no person or group beneficially owns voting securities representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity; provided, however, that no person or group shall be treated for purposes of this clause (B) as beneficially owning 35% or more of combined voting power of the Successor Entity solely as a result of the voting power held in the Company prior to the consummation of the transaction; or

 

(iv) approval by the Company's shareholders of a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

For purposes of clause (i) above, the calculation of voting power shall be made as if the date of the acquisition were a record date for a vote of the Company's shareholders, and for purposes of clause (iii) above, the calculation of voting power shall be made as if the date of the consummation of the transaction were a record date for a vote of the Company's shareholders.

 

 

 

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6. Non-exclusivity of Rights. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive's continuing or future participation in any plan, program, policy or practice provided by the Company and for which the Executive may qualify, nor shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive may have under any contract or agreement with the Company. Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of or any contract or agreement with the Company at or subsequent to the Date of Termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program or contract or agreement except as explicitly modified by this Agreement.

 

7. Full Settlement. The Company's obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Company may have against the Executive or others. In no event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement and except as expressly provided, such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Executive obtains other employment. The Company agrees to pay as incurred (within 30 days following the Company's receipt of an invoice from the Executive), to the full extent permitted by law, all reasonable legal fees and expenses which the Executive or his beneficiaries may reasonably incur as a result of any contest (regardless of the outcome thereof) by the Company, the Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive or his beneficiaries about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement), plus in each case interest on any delayed payment at the applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code. The preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to any such contest if the court having jurisdiction over such contest determines that the Executive's claim in such contest is frivolous or maintained in bad faith.

 

8. Certain Additional Payments by the Company.

 

(a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding and except as set forth below, in the event it shall be determined that any Payment would be subject to the Excise Tax, then the Executive shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (the "Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment") in an amount such that, after payment by the Executive of all taxes (and any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including, without limitation, any income taxes (and any interest and penalties imposed with respect thereto) and Excise Tax imposed upon the Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains an amount of the Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the Payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8(a), if it shall be determined that the Executive is entitled to the Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment, but that the Parachute Value of all Payments does not exceed 110% of the Safe Harbor Amount, then no Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment shall be made to the Executive and the amounts payable under this Agreement shall be reduced so that the Parachute Value of all Payments, in the aggregate, equals the Safe Harbor Amount. The reduction of the amounts payable hereunder, if applicable, shall be made by first reducing the payments under Section 4(a)(i), unless an alternative method of reduction is elected by the Executive, and in any event shall be made in such a manner as to maximize the Value of all Payments actually made to the Executive. For purposes of reducing the Payments to the Safe Harbor Amount, only amounts payable under this Agreement (and no other Payments) shall be reduced. If the reduction of the amount payable under this Agreement would not result in a reduction of the Parachute Value of all Payments to the Safe Harbor Amount, no amounts payable under the Agreement shall be reduced pursuant to this Section 8(a). The Company's obligation to make Excise Tax Gross-Up Payments under this Section 8 shall not be conditioned upon the Executive's termination of employment.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 8(c), all determinations required to be made under this Section 8, including whether and when an Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment is required, the amount of such Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by such nationally recognized accounting firm as may be selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Executive (the "Accounting Firm"); provided, that the Accounting Firm's determination shall be made based upon "substantial authority" within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code. The Accounting Firm shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive within 15 business days of the receipt of notice from the Executive that there has been a Payment or such earlier time as is requested by the Company. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. Any Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment, as determined pursuant to this Section 8, shall be paid by the Company to the Executive within five days of the receipt of the Accounting Firm's determination. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive, unless the Company obtains an opinion of outside legal counsel, based upon at least "substantial authority" within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code, reaching a different determination, in which event such legal opinion shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that Excise Tax Gross-Up Payments that will not have been made by the Company should have been made (the "Underpayment"), consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event the Company exhausts its remedies pursuant to Section 8(c) and the Executive thereafter is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm shall determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive.

 

 

 

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(c) The Executive shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require the payment by the Company of the Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment. Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable, but no later than 10 business days after the Executive is informed in writing of such claim. The Executive shall apprise the Company of the nature of such claim and the date on which such claim is requested to be paid. The Executive shall not pay such claim prior to the expiration of the 30-day period following the date on which the Executive gives such notice to the Company (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such claim is due). If the Company notifies the Executive in writing prior to the expiration of such period that the Company desires to contest such claim, the Executive shall:

 

(i) give the Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such claim,

 

(ii) take such action in connection with contesting such claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company,

 

(iii) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order effectively to contest such claim, and

 

(iv) permit the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such claim;

 

provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest, and shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest and penalties) imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses. Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this Section 8(c), the Company shall control all proceedings taken in connection with such contest, and, at its sole discretion, may pursue or forgo any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the applicable taxing authority in respect of such claim and may, at its sole discretion, either direct the Executive to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the claim in any permissible manner, and the Executive agrees to prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Company shall determine; provided, however, that, if the Company directs the Executive to pay such claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment to the Executive, on an interest-free basis, and shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest or penalties) imposed with respect to such advance or with respect to any imputed income in connection with such advance; and provided, further, that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year of the Executive with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount. Furthermore, the Company's control of the contest shall be limited to issues with respect to which the Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment would be payable hereunder, and the Executive shall be entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any other issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority.

 

(d) If, after the receipt by the Executive of an Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment or an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 8(c), the Executive becomes entitled to receive any refund with respect to the Excise Tax to which such Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment relates or with respect to such claim, the Executive shall (subject to the Company's complying with the requirements of Section 8(c), if applicable) promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto). If, after the receipt by the Executive of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 8(c), a determination is made that the Executive shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to such claim and the Company does not notify the Executive in writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund prior to the expiration of 30 days after such determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid and the amount of such advance shall offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment required to be paid.

 

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8, the Company may, in its sole discretion, withhold and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service or any other applicable taxing authority, for the benefit of the Executive, all or any portion of any Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment, and the Executive hereby consents to such withholding.

 

 

 

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(f) Any other liability for unpaid or unwithheld Excise Taxes shall be borne exclusively by the Company, in accordance with Section 3403 of the Code. The foregoing sentence shall not in any manner relieve the Company of any of its obligations under this Employment Agreement.

 

(g) Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings for poses of this Section 8:

 

(i) "Excise Tax" shall mean the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, together with any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such excise tax.

 

(ii) "Parachute Value" of a Payment shall mean the present value as of the date of the change of control for purposes of Section 280G of the Code of the portion of such Payment that constitutes a "parachute payment" under Section 280G(b)(2), as determined by the Accounting Firm for purposes of determining whether and to what extent the Excise Tax will apply to such Payment.

 

(iii) A "Payment" shall mean any payment or distribution in the nature of compensation (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code) to or for the benefit of the Executive, whether paid or payable pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise.

 

(iv) The "Safe Harbor Amount" shall mean 2.99 times the Executive's "base amount," within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code.

 

(v) "Value" of a Payment shall mean the economic present value of a Payment as of the date of the change of control for purposes of Section 280G of the Code, as determined by the Accounting Firm using the discount rate required by Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code.

 

9. Confidential Information and Non-Solicitation.

 

(a) In no event shall an asserted violation of the provisions of this Section 9 constitute a basis for deferring or withholding any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive under this Agreement. However, in recognition of the facts that irreparable injury will result to the Company in the event of a breach by the Executive of his obligations under Sections 9(a) and (b) of this Agreement, that monetary damages for such breach would not be readily calculable, and that the Company would not have an adequate remedy at law therefor, the Executive acknowledges, consents and agrees that in the event of such breach, or the threat thereof, the Company shall be entitled, in addition to any other legal remedies and damages available, to specific performance thereof and to temporary and permanent injunctive relief (without the necessity of posting a bond) to restrain the violation or threatened violation of such obligations by the Executive.

 

(b) The Employee shall, at all times during and subsequent to the Term, keep secret and retain in strictest confidence all confidential matters of the Company, and the "know-how", trade secrets, technical processes, inventions, equipment specifications, equipment designs, plans, drawings, research projects, confidential client lists, details of client, subcontractor or consultant contracts, pricing policies, operational methods, marketing plans and strategies, project development, acquisition and bidding techniques and plans, business acquisition plans, and new personnel acquisition plans of the Company and its subsidiaries and divisions (whether now known or hereafter learned by the Employee), except to the extent that (i) such information is generally available to the public without restriction, (ii) the Employee obtains confidentiality agreements with respect to such confidential information, (iii) the Employee is requested by the Board of Directors of the Company or a Committee thereof, or by the Chairman of the Company, to disclose such confidential information, (iv) such information is provided to a customer of the Company pursuant to a request received from such customer in the ordinary course of business, or (v) the Employee is under compulsion of either a court order or a governmental agency's or authority's inquiry, order or request to so disclose such information.

 

(c) Property of the Company.

 

(i) Except as otherwise provided herein, all lists, records and other non-personal documents or papers (and all copies thereof) relating to the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries or divisions, including such items stored in computer memories, on microfiche or by any other means, made or compiled by or on behalf of the Employee, or made available to the Employee, are and shall be the property of the Company, and shall be delivered to the Company on the date of termination of the Employee's employment with the Company, or sooner upon request of the Company at any time or from time to time.

 

 

 

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(ii) All inventions, including any procedures, formulas, methods, processes, uses, apparatuses, patterns, designs, plans, drawings, devices or configurations of any kind, any and all improvements to them which are developed, discovered, made or produced, and all trade secrets and information used by the Company and/or its subsidiaries and divisions (including, without limitation, any such matters created or developed by the Employee during the term of this Agreement), shall be the exclusive property of the Company or the subject subsidiary, and shall be delivered to the Company or the subject subsidiary (without the Employee retaining any copies, components or records thereof) on the date of termination of the Employee's employment with the Company; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to grant to the Company any property rights in any inventions or other intellectual property which may at any time be developed by the Employee which is wholly unrelated to any business then engaged in or under development by the Company.

 

(d) The Employee shall not, at any time (whether during the term of this Agreement or at any time thereafter), directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of any business enterprise other than the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates, solicit any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to leave his or her employment with the Company or such subsidiary, or encourage any such employee to leave such employment, without the prior written approval of the Company in each instance.

 

(e) Non-Competition. For so long as the Employee shall be receiving any compensation or remuneration under this Agreement, and for a further period of one (1) year thereafter, the Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, whether individually or as an employee, stockholder (other than the passive ownership of up to 5% of the capital stock of a publicly traded corporation), partner, joint venturer, agent or other representative of any other person, firm or corporation, engage or have any interest in any business (other than the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates) which, in any country in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or divisions does or solicits business during the Term, is engaged in or derives any revenues from performing any functionally equivalent services or marketing any functionally equivalent products as those services provided and products marketed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or divisions during the Term.

 

(f) Severability of Covenants. The Employee acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of this Section 9 of this Agreement are (a) made in consideration of the premises and undertakings of the Company set forth herein, (b) made for good, valuable and adequate consideration received and to be received by the Employee, and (c) reasonable and necessary, in terms of the time, geographic scope and nature of the restrictions, for the protection of the Company and the business and good will thereof. It is intended that the provisions of this Section 9 be fully severable, and in the event that any of the foregoing restrictions, or any portion of the foregoing restrictions, shall be deemed contrary to law, invalid or unenforceable in any respect by any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction, then such restrictions shall be deemed to be amended, modified and reduced in scope and effect, as to duration and/or geographic area, only to that extent necessary to render same valid and enforceable (and in such reduced form, such provisions shall then be enforceable), and any other of the foregoing restrictions shall be unaffected and shall remain in full force and effect.

 

(g) Equitable Remedies. The parties hereby acknowledge that, in the event of any breach or threatened breach by the Employee of the provisions of this Section 9, the Company will suffer irreparable harm and will not have an adequate remedy at law. Accordingly, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Company may seek and obtain appropriate equitable relief to restrain or enjoin such breach or threatened breach and/or to compel compliance herewith.

 

(h) Trade Secrets. The Parties hereby agree and stipulate that any confidential information of the Parties shall be deemed a "trade secret" as that term is defined under the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (the "Act"), and further agree and stipulate that the Parties by this Agreement have taken all reasonable steps under the Act to keep such information secret.

 

10. Successors.

 

(a) This Agreement is personal to the Executive and without the prior written consent of the Company shall not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's legal representatives.

 

(b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns.

 

 

 

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(c) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement, "Company" shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.

 

11. Payment of Financial Obligations. The payment or provision to the Executive by the Company of any remuneration, benefits or other financial obligations pursuant to this Agreement shall be allocated to the Company and, if applicable, any subsidiary and/or affiliate thereof from time to time.

 

12. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise than by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives.

 

(b) Arbitration. Except as set forth in Section 9(c) above, any disagreement, dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the interpretation of this Agreement or any arrangements relating to this Agreement or contemplated in this Agreement or the breach, termination or invalidity thereof shall be settled by final and binding arbitration administered by the America Arbitration Association in Tampa, Florida in accordance with the then existing American Arbitration Association Rules and Procedures for Employment Disputes. In the event of such an arbitration proceeding, the Executive and the Company shall select a mutually acceptable neutral arbitrator from among the American Arbitration Association panel of arbitrators. In the event the Executive and the Company cannot agree on an arbitrator, the Administrator of American Arbitration Association will appoint an arbitrator. Neither the Executive nor the Company nor the arbitrator shall disclose the existence, content, or results of any arbitration hereunder without the prior written consent of all parties. Except as provided herein, the Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement and all proceedings. The arbitrator shall apply the substantive law (and the law of remedies, if applicable) of the state of Florida, or federal law, or both, as applicable, and the arbitrator is without jurisdiction to apply any different substantive law. The arbitrator shall have the authority to entertain a motion to dismiss and/or a motion for summary judgment by any party and shall apply the standards governing such motions under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The arbitrator shall render an award and a written, reasoned opinion in support thereof. Judgment upon the award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

 

(c) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

 

 

If to the Executive: at the Executive's most recent address on the records of the Company,

 

If to the Company: at the Company’s principal offices, attention of the Company’s Secretary and President.

 

or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective hen actually received by the addressee.

 

(d) Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Company determines, in its good faith judgment, that any transfer or deemed transfer of funds hereunder is likely to be construed as a personal loan prohibited by Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, then such transfer or deemed transfer shall not be made to the extent necessary or appropriate so as not to violate the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(e) Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

 

(f) Withholding. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal, state, local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company may, in its sole discretion, withhold and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service or any other applicable taxing authority, for the benefit of the Executive, all or any portion of any Excise Tax Gross-Up Payment, and the Executive hereby consents to such withholding.

 

 

 

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(g) No Waiver. The Executive's or the Company's failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or the failure to assert any right the Executive or the Company may have hereunder, including, without limitation, the right of the Executive to terminate employment for Good Reason pursuant to Section 3(c) of this Agreement, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement.

 

(h) Entire Agreement. As of the Effective Date, this Agreement, together with any non-competition agreement between the parties, constitutes the final, complete and exclusive agreement between the Executive and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and replaces and supersedes any and all other agreements, offers or promises, whether oral or written, made to you by any related entity, or representative of the Company or the transactions related thereto. The Executive agrees that any such agreement, offer or promise between the Executive and Employer (or any representative thereof) is hereby terminated and will be of no further force or effect, and the Executive acknowledges and agrees that upon his execution of this Agreement, he will have no right or interest in or with respect to any such agreement, offer or promise. In the event that the Effective Date does not occur, this Agreement (including, without limitation, the immediately preceding sentence) shall have no force or effect.

 

(i) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set the Executive's hand and, pursuant to the authorization from the Board, the Company has caused these presents to be executed in its name on its behalf, all as of the day and year written below.

 

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

A Florida Corporation

 

 

 

By: /s/ Peter M. Barbee

 

Name: Peter M. Barbee

Title: President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE

 

 

 

/s/ Peter M. Barbee

Peter M. Barbee

 

 

EFFECTIVE DATE:

 

Dated: September ____, 2016

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

GENERAL RELEASE

 

For a valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned does hereby release and forever discharge the "Releasees" hereunder, consisting of Advance Green Energy, Inc., a Florida corporation, and each of their partners, subsidiaries, associates, affiliates, successors, heirs, assigns, agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives, lawyers, insurers, and all persons acting by, through, under or in concert with them, or any of them, of and from any and all manner of action or actions, cause or causes of action, in law or in equity, suits, debts, liens, contracts, agreements, promises, liability, claims, demands, damages, losses, costs, attorneys' fees or expenses, of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, fixed or contingent (hereinafter called "Claims"), which the undersigned now has or may hereafter have against the Releasees, or any of them, by reason of any matter, cause, or thing whatsoever from the beginning of time to the date hereof. The Claims released herein include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Claims in any way arising out of, based upon, or related to the employment or termination of employment of the undersigned by the Releasees, or any of them; any alleged breach of any express or implied contract of employment; any alleged torts or other alleged legal restrictions on Releasee's right to terminate the employment of the undersigned; and any alleged violation of any federal, state or local statute or ordinance including, without limitation, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination In Employment Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act, and the Florida Fair Employment and Housing Act.

 

THE UNDERSIGNED ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE HAS BEEN ADVISED BY LEGAL COUNSEL AND IS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROVISIONS OF RELEVANT LAW, WHICH PROVIDES GENERALLY AS FOLLOWS:

 

A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.

 

THE UNDERSIGNED, BEING AWARE OF SAID LAW, HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS HE MAY HAVE THEREUNDER, AS WELL AS UNDER ANY OTHER STATUTES OR COMMON LAW PRINCIPLES OF SIMILAR EFFECT.

 

THE UNDERSIGNED IS HEREBY ADVISED AS FOLLOWS:

 

(A) HE HAS THE RIGHT TO CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY BEFORE SIGNING THIS RELEASE;

 

(B) HE HAS TWENTY-ONE (21) DAYS TO CONSIDER THIS RELEASE BEFORE SIGNING IT; AND

 

 

(C) HE HAS SEVEN (7) DAYS AFTER SIGNING THIS RELEASE TO REVOKE THIS RELEASE, AND THIS RELEASE WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THAT REVOCATION PERIOD.

 

The undersigned represents and warrants that there has been no assignment or other transfer of any interest in any Claim which he may have against Releasees, or any of them, and the undersigned agrees to indemnify and hold Releasees, and each of them, harmless from any liability, Claims, demands, damages, costs, expenses and attorneys' fees incurred by Releasees, or any of them, as the result of any such assignment or transfer or any rights or Claims under any such assignment or transfer. It is the intention of the parties that this indemnity does not require payment as a condition precedent to recovery by the Releasees against the undersigned under this indemnity.

 

The undersigned agrees that if he hereafter commences any suit arising out of, based upon, or relating to any of the Claims released hereunder or in any manner asserts against Releasees, or any of them, any of the Claims released hereunder, then the undersigned agrees to pay to Releasees, and each of them, in addition to any other damages caused to Releasees thereby, all attorneys' fees incurred by Releasees in defending or otherwise responding to said suit or Claim.

 

The undersigned further understands and agrees that neither the payment of any sum of money nor the execution of this Release shall constitute or be construed as an admission of any liability whatsoever by the Releasees, or any of them, who have consistently taken the position that they have no liability whatsoever to the undersigned.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Release this ____ day of ___________, ____.

 

 

 

 

 

________________________

[name]

 

 

 

 

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EX1A-6 MAT CTRCT 7 age_1a-ex0602.htm INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN ADVANCE GREEN ENERGY, INC. AND PETER M. BARBEE

Exhibit 6.2

 

 

 

 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

_____

 

by and between

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

and

 

Peter M. Barbee

indemnitee

 

______

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

_____

 

THIS AGREEMENT is entered into, effective as June __, 2018 of by and between Advance Green Energy, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), and Peter M. Barbee, INDEMNITEE (“Indemnitee”).

 

WHEREAS, it is essential to the Company to retain and attract as directors and officers the most capable persons available;

 

WHEREAS, Indemnitee is a director and/or officer of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, both the Company and Indemnitee recognize the increased risk of litigation and other claims currently being asserted against directors and officers of corporations;

 

WHEREAS, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company require the Company to indemnify and advance expenses to its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under Nevada law, and the Indemnitee has been serving and continues to serve as a director and/or officer of the Company in part in reliance on the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; and

 

WHEREAS, in recognition of Indemnitee’s need for (i) substantial protection against personal liability based on Indemnitee’s reliance on the aforesaid Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, (ii) specific contractual assurance that the protection promised by the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws will be available to Indemnitee (regardless of, among other things, any amendment to or revocation of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws or any change in the composition of the Company’s Board of Directors or acquisition transaction relating to the Company), and (iii) an inducement to provide effective services to the Company as a director and/or officer, the Company wishes to provide in this Agreement for the indemnification of and the advancing of expenses to Indemnitee to the fullest extent (whether partial or complete) permitted under Nevada law and as set forth in this Agreement, and, to the extent insurance is maintained, to provide for the continued coverage of Indemnitee under the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises and of Indemnitee continuing to serve the Company directly or, at its request, with another enterprise, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. Certain Definitions:

 

(a) Board: the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(b) Affiliate: any corporation or other person or entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified.

 

(c) Change in Control: shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, and other than any person holding shares of the Company on the date that the Company first registers under the Act or any transferee of such individual if such transferee is a spouse or lineal descendant of the transferee or a trust for the benefit of the individual, his spouse or lineal descendants), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, or (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board and any new director whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation that would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

 

 

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(d) Expenses: any expense, liability, or loss, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, any interest, assessments, or other charges imposed thereon, any federal, state, local, or foreign taxes imposed as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, and all other costs and obligations, paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in, participating in (including on appeal), or preparing for any of the foregoing in, any Proceeding relating to any Indemnifiable Event.

 

(e) Indemnifiable Event: any event or occurrence that takes place either prior to or after the execution of this Agreement, related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, or while a director or officer is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, trustee, agent, or fiduciary of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust, or other enterprise, or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of a foreign or domestic corporation that was a predecessor corporation of the Company or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation, or related to anything done or not done by Indemnitee in any such capacity, whether or not the basis of the Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the

Company, as described above.

 

(f) Independent Counsel: the person or body appointed in connection with Section 3.

 

(g) Proceeding: any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding or any

alternative dispute resolution mechanism (including an action by or in the right of the Company), or any inquiry, hearing, or investigation, whether conducted by the Company or any other party, that Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the institution of any such action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, or other.

 

(h) Reviewing Party: the person or body appointed in accordance with Section 3.

 

(i) Voting Securities: any securities of the Company that vote generally in the election of directors.

 

2. Agreement to Indemnify.

 

(a) General Agreement. In the event Indemnitee was, is, or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee from and against any and all Expenses to the fullest extent permitted by law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended or interpreted (but in the case of any such amendment or interpretation, only to the extent that such amendment or interpretation permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than were permitted prior thereto). The parties hereto intend that this Agreement shall provide for indemnification in excess of that expressly permitted by statute, including, without limitation, any indemnification provided by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, its Bylaws, vote of its shareholders or disinterested directors, or applicable law.

 

(b) Initiation of Proceeding. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless (i) the Company has joined in or the Board has consented to the initiation of such Proceeding; (ii) the Proceeding is one to enforce indemnification rights under Section 5; or (iii) the Proceeding is instituted after a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) and Independent Counsel has approved its initiation.

 

(c) Expense Advances. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance (within ten business days of such request) any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an “Expense Advance”). The Indemnitee shall qualify for such Expense Advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement which shall constitute an undertaking providing that the Indemnitee undertakes to repay such Expense Advances if and to the extent that it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment, not subject to appeal, that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. Indemnitee’s obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon.

 

 

 

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(d) Mandatory Indemnification. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Proceeding relating in whole or in part to an Indemnifiable Event or in defense of any issue or matter therein, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses incurred in connection therewith.

 

(e) Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of Expenses, but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify

Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled.

 

(f) Prohibited Indemnification. No indemnification pursuant to this Agreement shall be paid by the Company on account of any Proceeding in which judgment is rendered against Indemnitee for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of any federal, state, or local laws.

 

3. Reviewing Party. Prior to any Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be any appropriate person or body consisting of a member or members of the Board or any other person or body appointed by the Board who is not a party to the particular Proceeding with respect to which Indemnitee is seeking indemnification; after a Change in Control, the Independent Counsel referred to below shall become the Reviewing Party. With respect to all matters arising after a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) concerning the rights of Indemnitee to indemnity payments and Expense Advances under this Agreement or any other agreement or under applicable law or the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws now or hereafter in effect relating to indemnification for Indemnifiable Events, the Company shall seek legal advice only from Independent Counsel selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and who has not otherwise performed services for the Company or the Indemnitee (other than in connection with indemnification matters) within the last five years. The Independent Counsel shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. Such counsel, among other things, shall render its written opinion to the Company and Indemnitee as to whether and to what extent the Indemnitee should be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the Independent Counsel and to indemnify fully such counsel against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), claims, liabilities, loss, and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the engagement of Independent Counsel pursuant hereto.

 

4. Indemnification Process and Appeal.

 

(a) Indemnification Payment. Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification of Expenses, and shall receive payment thereof, from the Company in accordance with this Agreement as soon as practicable after Indemnitee has made written demand on the Company for indemnification, unless the Reviewing Party has given a written opinion to the Company that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under applicable law.

 

(b) Suit to Enforce Rights. Regardless of any action by the Reviewing Party, if Indemnitee has not received full indemnification within thirty days after making a demand in accordance with Section 4(a), Indemnitee shall have the right to enforce its indemnification rights under this Agreement by commencing litigation in any court in the State of California or the State of Nevada having subject matter jurisdiction thereof seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof. The Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party not challenged by the Indemnitee shall be binding on the Company and Indemnitee. The remedy provided for in this Section 4 shall be in addition to any other remedies available to Indemnitee at law or in equity.

 

(c) Defense to Indemnification, Burden of Proof, and Presumptions. It shall be a defense to any action brought by Indemnitee against the Company to enforce this Agreement (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for Expenses incurred in defending a Proceeding in advance of its final disposition) that it is not permissible under applicable law for the Company to indemnify Indemnitee for the amount claimed. In connection with any such action or any determination by the Reviewing Party or otherwise as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified hereunder, the burden of proving such a defense or determination shall be on the Company. Neither the failure of the Reviewing Party or the Company (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action by Indemnitee that indemnification of the claimant is proper under the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the standard of conduct set forth in applicable law, nor an actual determination by the Reviewing Party or Company (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the Indemnitee had not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any claim, action, suit, or proceeding, by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval), conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet any particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief or that a court has determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable law.

 

 

 

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5. Indemnification for Expenses Incurred in Enforcing Rights. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses that are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for (i) indemnification or advance payment of Expenses by the Company under this Agreement or any other agreement or under applicable law or the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws now or hereafter in effect relating to indemnification for Indemnifiable Events, and/or (ii) recovery under directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, but only in the event that Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or insurance recovery, as the case may be. In addition, the Company shall, if so requested by Indemnitee, advance the foregoing Expenses to Indemnitee, subject to and in accordance with Section 2(c).

 

6. Notification and Defense of Proceeding.

 

(a) Notice. Promptly after receipt by Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of any Proceeding, Indemnitee shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company under this Agreement, notify the Company of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the Company will not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee, except as provided in Section 6(c).

 

(b) Defense. With respect to any Proceeding as to which Indemnitee notifies the Company of the commencement thereof, the Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense and except as otherwise provided below, to the extent the Company so wishes, it may assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee. After notice from the Company to Indemnitee of its election to assume the defense of any Proceeding, the Company shall not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise for any Expenses subsequently incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the defense of such Proceeding other than reasonable costs of investigation or as otherwise provided below. Indemnitee shall have the right to employ legal counsel in such Proceeding, but all Expenses related thereto incurred after notice from the Company of its assumption of the defense shall be at Indemnitee’s expense unless: (i) the employment of legal counsel by Indemnitee has been authorized by the Company, (ii) Indemnitee has reasonably determined that there may be a conflict of interest between Indemnitee and the Company in the defense of the Proceeding, (iii) after a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), the employment of counsel by Indemnitee has been approved by the Independent Counsel, or (iv) the Company shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of such Proceeding, in each of which cases all Expenses of the Proceeding shall be borne by the Company. The Company shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any Proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Company or as to which Indemnitee shall have made the determination provided for in (ii), (iii) and (iv) above.

 

(c) Settlement of Claims. The Company shall not be liable to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise for any amounts paid in settlement of any Proceeding effected without the Company’s written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that if a Change in Control has occurred (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), the Company shall be liable for indemnification of Indemnitee for amounts paid in settlement if the Independent Counsel has approved the settlement. The Company shall not settle any Proceeding in any manner that would impose any penalty or limitation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s written consent. The Company shall not be liable to indemnify the Indemnitee under this Agreement with regard to any judicial award if the Company was not given a reasonable and timely opportunity, at its expense, to participate in the defense of such action; the Company’s liability hereunder shall not be excused if participation in the Proceeding by the Company was barred by this Agreement.

 

7. Establishment of Trust. In the event of a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) the Company shall, upon written request by Indemnitee, create a Trust for the benefit of the Indemnitee and from time to time upon written request of Indemnitee shall fund the Trust in an amount sufficient to satisfy any and all Expenses reasonably anticipated at the time of each such request to be incurred in connection with investigating, preparing for, participating in, and/or defending any Proceeding relating to an Indemnifiable Event. The amount or amounts to be deposited in the Trust pursuant to the foregoing funding obligation shall be determined by the Independent Counsel. The terms of the Trust shall provide that (i) the Trust shall not be revoked or the principal thereof invaded without the written consent of the Indemnitee, (ii) the Trustee shall advance, within ten business days of a request by the Indemnitee, any and all Expenses to the Indemnitee (and the Indemnitee hereby agrees to reimburse the Trust under the same circumstances for which the Indemnitee would be required to reimburse the Company under Section 2(c) of this Agreement), (iii) the Trust shall continue to be funded by the Company in accordance with the funding obligation set forth above, (iv) the Trustee shall promptly pay to the Indemnitee all amounts for which the Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, and (v) all unexpended funds in the Trust shall revert to the Company upon a final determination by the Independent Counsel or a court of competent jurisdiction, as the case may be, that the Indemnitee has been fully indemnified under the terms of this Agreement. The Trustee shall be chosen by the Indemnitee. Nothing in this Section 7 shall relieve the Company of any of its obligations under this Agreement. All income earned on the assets held in the Trust shall be reported as income by the Company for federal, state, local, and foreign tax purposes. The Company shall pay all costs of establishing and maintaining the Trust and shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), claims, liabilities, loss, and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the establishment and maintenance of the Trust.

 

 

 

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8. Non-Exclusivity. The rights of Indemnitee hereunder shall be in addition to any other rights Indemnitee may have under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, applicable law, or otherwise; provided, however, that this Agreement shall supersede any prior indemnification agreement between the Company and the Indemnitee. To the extent that a change in applicable law (whether by statute or judicial decision) permits greater indemnification than would be afforded currently under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, applicable law, or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties that Indemnitee enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change.

 

9. Liability Insurance. To the extent the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing general and/or directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies, in accordance with its or their terms, to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any Company director or officer.

 

10. Period of Limitations. No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action shall be asserted by or on behalf of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company against Indemnitee, Indemnitee’s spouse, heirs, executors, or personal or legal representatives after the expiration of two years from the date of accrual of such cause of action, or such longer period as may be required by state law under the circumstances. Any claim or cause of action of the Company or its Affiliate shall be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing and notice of a legal action within such period; provided, however, that if any shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of action, the shorter period shall govern.

 

11. Amendment of this Agreement. No supplement, modification, or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding unless in the form of a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the waiver is sought, and no such waiver shall operate as a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver. Except as specifically provided herein, no failure to exercise or any delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall constitute a waiver thereof.

 

12. Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

13. No Duplication of Payments. The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise received payment (under any insurance policy, Bylaw, or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.

 

14. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company), assigns, spouses, heirs, and personal and legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all, substantially all, or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. The indemnification provided under this Agreement shall continue as to Indemnitee for any action taken or not taken while serving in an indemnified capacity pertaining to an Indemnifiable Event even though he may have ceased to serve in such capacity at the time of any Proceeding.

 

15. Severability. If any provision (or portion thereof) of this Agreement shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or otherwise unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. Furthermore, to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of this Agreement containing any provision held to be invalid, void, or otherwise unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, void, or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, void, or unenforceable.

 

 

 

 

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16. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida applicable to contracts made and to be performed in such State without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of laws.

 

17. Notices. All notices, demands, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by hand, against receipt, or mailed, postage prepaid, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and addressed to the Company at:

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

523 US Highway 41 South

Inverness, Florida 34450

 

and to Indemnitee at:

 

Peter M. Barbee

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

523 US Highway 41 South

Inverness, Florida 34450

 

 

 

Notice of change of address shall be effective only when given in accordance with this Section. All notices complying with this Section shall be deemed to have been received on the date of hand delivery or on the third business day after mailing.

 

18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed and delivered this Agreement as of the day specified above.

 

Company

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

 

By:________________________

 

Indemnitee

 

 

___________________________

Peter M. Barbee



 

 

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EX1A-6 MAT CTRCT 8 age_1a-ex0603.htm INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT OF BRADLEY DYE

Exhibit 6.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

_____

 

by and between

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

and

 

Bradley Dye

indemnitee

 

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INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

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THIS AGREEMENT is entered into, effective as June __, 2018 of by and between Advance Green Energy, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), and Bradley Dye, INDEMNITEE (“Indemnitee”).

 

WHEREAS, it is essential to the Company to retain and attract as directors and officers the most capable persons available;

 

WHEREAS, Indemnitee is a director and/or officer of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, both the Company and Indemnitee recognize the increased risk of litigation and other claims currently being asserted against directors and officers of corporations;

 

WHEREAS, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company require the Company to indemnify and advance expenses to its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under Nevada law, and the Indemnitee has been serving and continues to serve as a director and/or officer of the Company in part in reliance on the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; and

 

WHEREAS, in recognition of Indemnitee’s need for (i) substantial protection against personal liability based on Indemnitee’s reliance on the aforesaid Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, (ii) specific contractual assurance that the protection promised by the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws will be available to Indemnitee (regardless of, among other things, any amendment to or revocation of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws or any change in the composition of the Company’s Board of Directors or acquisition transaction relating to the Company), and (iii) an inducement to provide effective services to the Company as a director and/or officer, the Company wishes to provide in this Agreement for the indemnification of and the advancing of expenses to Indemnitee to the fullest extent (whether partial or complete) permitted under Nevada law and as set forth in this Agreement, and, to the extent insurance is maintained, to provide for the continued coverage of Indemnitee under the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises and of Indemnitee continuing to serve the Company directly or, at its request, with another enterprise, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. Certain Definitions:

 

(a) Board: the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(b) Affiliate: any corporation or other person or entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified.

 

(c) Change in Control: shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, and other than any person holding shares of the Company on the date that the Company first registers under the Act or any transferee of such individual if such transferee is a spouse or lineal descendant of the transferee or a trust for the benefit of the individual, his spouse or lineal descendants), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, or (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board and any new director whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation that would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

 

 

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(d) Expenses: any expense, liability, or loss, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, any interest, assessments, or other charges imposed thereon, any federal, state, local, or foreign taxes imposed as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, and all other costs and obligations, paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in, participating in (including on appeal), or preparing for any of the foregoing in, any Proceeding relating to any Indemnifiable Event.

 

(e) Indemnifiable Event: any event or occurrence that takes place either prior to or after the execution of this Agreement, related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, or while a director or officer is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, trustee, agent, or fiduciary of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust, or other enterprise, or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of a foreign or domestic corporation that was a predecessor corporation of the Company or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation, or related to anything done or not done by Indemnitee in any such capacity, whether or not the basis of the Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the

Company, as described above.

 

(f) Independent Counsel: the person or body appointed in connection with Section 3.

 

(g) Proceeding: any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding or any alternative dispute resolution mechanism (including an action by or in the right of the Company), or any inquiry, hearing, or investigation, whether conducted by the Company or any other party, that Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the institution of any such action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, or other.

 

(h) Reviewing Party: the person or body appointed in accordance with Section 3.

 

(i) Voting Securities: any securities of the Company that vote generally in the election of directors.

 

2. Agreement to Indemnify.

 

(a) General Agreement. In the event Indemnitee was, is, or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee from and against any and all Expenses to the fullest extent permitted by law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended or interpreted (but in the case of any such amendment or interpretation, only to the extent that such amendment or interpretation permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than were permitted prior thereto). The parties hereto intend that this Agreement shall provide for indemnification in excess of that expressly permitted by statute, including, without limitation, any indemnification provided by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, its Bylaws, vote of its shareholders or disinterested directors, or applicable law.

 

(b) Initiation of Proceeding. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless (i) the Company has joined in or the Board has consented to the initiation of such Proceeding; (ii) the Proceeding is one to enforce indemnification rights under Section 5; or (iii) the Proceeding is instituted after a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) and Independent Counsel has approved its initiation.

 

(c) Expense Advances. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance (within ten business days of such request) any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an “Expense Advance”). The Indemnitee shall qualify for such Expense Advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement which shall constitute an undertaking providing that the Indemnitee undertakes to repay such Expense Advances if and to the extent that it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment, not subject to appeal, that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. Indemnitee’s obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon.

 

 

 

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(d) Mandatory Indemnification. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Proceeding relating in whole or in part to an Indemnifiable Event or in defense of any issue or matter therein, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses incurred in connection therewith.

 

(e) Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of Expenses, but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify

Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled.

 

(f) Prohibited Indemnification. No indemnification pursuant to this Agreement shall be paid by the Company on account of any Proceeding in which judgment is rendered against Indemnitee for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of any federal, state, or local laws.

 

3. Reviewing Party. Prior to any Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be any appropriate person or body consisting of a member or members of the Board or any other person or body appointed by the Board who is not a party to the particular Proceeding with respect to which Indemnitee is seeking indemnification; after a Change in Control, the Independent Counsel referred to below shall become the Reviewing Party. With respect to all matters arising after a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) concerning the rights of Indemnitee to indemnity payments and Expense Advances under this Agreement or any other agreement or under applicable law or the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws now or hereafter in effect relating to indemnification for Indemnifiable Events, the Company shall seek legal advice only from Independent Counsel selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and who has not otherwise performed services for the Company or the Indemnitee (other than in connection with indemnification matters) within the last five years. The Independent Counsel shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. Such counsel, among other things, shall render its written opinion to the Company and Indemnitee as to whether and to what extent the Indemnitee should be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the Independent Counsel and to indemnify fully such counsel against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), claims, liabilities, loss, and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the engagement of Independent Counsel pursuant hereto.

 

4. Indemnification Process and Appeal.

 

(a) Indemnification Payment. Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification of Expenses, and shall receive payment thereof, from the Company in accordance with this Agreement as soon as practicable after Indemnitee has made written demand on the Company for indemnification, unless the Reviewing Party has given a written opinion to the Company that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under applicable law.

 

(b) Suit to Enforce Rights. Regardless of any action by the Reviewing Party, if Indemnitee has not received full indemnification within thirty days after making a demand in accordance with Section 4(a), Indemnitee shall have the right to enforce its indemnification rights under this Agreement by commencing litigation in any court in the State of California or the State of Nevada having subject matter jurisdiction thereof seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof. The Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party not challenged by the Indemnitee shall be binding on the Company and Indemnitee. The remedy provided for in this Section 4 shall be in addition to any other remedies available to Indemnitee at law or in equity.

 

(c) Defense to Indemnification, Burden of Proof, and Presumptions. It shall be a defense to any action brought by Indemnitee against the Company to enforce this Agreement (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for Expenses incurred in defending a Proceeding in advance of its final disposition) that it is not permissible under applicable law for the Company to indemnify Indemnitee for the amount claimed. In connection with any such action or any determination by the Reviewing Party or otherwise as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified hereunder, the burden of proving such a defense or determination shall be on the Company. Neither the failure of the Reviewing Party or the Company (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action by Indemnitee that indemnification of the claimant is proper under the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the standard of conduct set forth in applicable law, nor an actual determination by the Reviewing Party or Company (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the Indemnitee had not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any claim, action, suit, or proceeding, by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval), conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet any particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief or that a court has determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable law.

 

 

 

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5. Indemnification for Expenses Incurred in Enforcing Rights. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses that are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for (i) indemnification or advance payment of Expenses by the Company under this Agreement or any other agreement or under applicable law or the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws now or hereafter in effect relating to indemnification for Indemnifiable Events, and/or (ii) recovery under directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, but only in the event that Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or insurance recovery, as the case may be. In addition, the Company shall, if so requested by Indemnitee, advance the foregoing Expenses to Indemnitee, subject to and in accordance with Section 2(c).

 

6. Notification and Defense of Proceeding.

 

(a) Notice. Promptly after receipt by Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of any Proceeding, Indemnitee shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company under this Agreement, notify the Company of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the Company will not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee, except as provided in Section 6(c).

 

(b) Defense. With respect to any Proceeding as to which Indemnitee notifies the Company of the commencement thereof, the Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense and except as otherwise provided below, to the extent the Company so wishes, it may assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee. After notice from the Company to Indemnitee of its election to assume the defense of any Proceeding, the Company shall not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise for any Expenses subsequently incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the defense of such Proceeding other than reasonable costs of investigation or as otherwise provided below. Indemnitee shall have the right to employ legal counsel in such Proceeding, but all Expenses related thereto incurred after notice from the Company of its assumption of the defense shall be at Indemnitee’s expense unless: (i) the employment of legal counsel by Indemnitee has been authorized by the Company, (ii) Indemnitee has reasonably determined that there may be a conflict of interest between Indemnitee and the Company in the defense of the Proceeding, (iii) after a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), the employment of counsel by Indemnitee has been approved by the Independent Counsel, or (iv) the Company shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of such Proceeding, in each of which cases all Expenses of the Proceeding shall be borne by the Company. The Company shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any Proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Company or as to which Indemnitee shall have made the determination provided for in (ii), (iii) and (iv) above.

 

(c) Settlement of Claims. The Company shall not be liable to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise for any amounts paid in settlement of any Proceeding effected without the Company’s written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that if a Change in Control has occurred (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), the Company shall be liable for indemnification of Indemnitee for amounts paid in settlement if the Independent Counsel has approved the settlement. The Company shall not settle any Proceeding in any manner that would impose any penalty or limitation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s written consent. The Company shall not be liable to indemnify the Indemnitee under this Agreement with regard to any judicial award if the Company was not given a reasonable and timely opportunity, at its expense, to participate in the defense of such action; the Company’s liability hereunder shall not be excused if participation in the Proceeding by the Company was barred by this Agreement.

 

7. Establishment of Trust. In the event of a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the directors on the Board who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) the Company shall, upon written request by Indemnitee, create a Trust for the benefit of the Indemnitee and from time to time upon written request of Indemnitee shall fund the Trust in an amount sufficient to satisfy any and all Expenses reasonably anticipated at the time of each such request to be incurred in connection with investigating, preparing for, participating in, and/or defending any Proceeding relating to an Indemnifiable Event. The amount or amounts to be deposited in the Trust pursuant to the foregoing funding obligation shall be determined by the Independent Counsel. The terms of the Trust shall provide that (i) the Trust shall not be revoked or the principal thereof invaded without the written consent of the Indemnitee, (ii) the Trustee shall advance, within ten business days of a request by the Indemnitee, any and all Expenses to the Indemnitee (and the Indemnitee hereby agrees to reimburse the Trust under the same circumstances for which the Indemnitee would be required to reimburse the Company under Section 2(c) of this Agreement), (iii) the Trust shall continue to be funded by the Company in accordance with the funding obligation set forth above, (iv) the Trustee shall promptly pay to the Indemnitee all amounts for which the Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, and (v) all unexpended funds in the Trust shall revert to the Company upon a final determination by the Independent Counsel or a court of competent jurisdiction, as the case may be, that the Indemnitee has been fully indemnified under the terms of this Agreement. The Trustee shall be chosen by the Indemnitee. Nothing in this Section 7 shall relieve the Company of any of its obligations under this Agreement. All income earned on the assets held in the Trust shall be reported as income by the Company for federal, state, local, and foreign tax purposes. The Company shall pay all costs of establishing and maintaining the Trust and shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), claims, liabilities, loss, and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the establishment and maintenance of the Trust.

 

 

 

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8. Non-Exclusivity. The rights of Indemnitee hereunder shall be in addition to any other rights Indemnitee may have under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, applicable law, or otherwise; provided, however, that this Agreement shall supersede any prior indemnification agreement between the Company and the Indemnitee. To the extent that a change in applicable law (whether by statute or judicial decision) permits greater indemnification than would be afforded currently under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, applicable law, or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties that Indemnitee enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change.

 

9. Liability Insurance. To the extent the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing general and/or directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies, in accordance with its or their terms, to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any Company director or officer.

 

10. Period of Limitations. No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action shall be asserted by or on behalf of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company against Indemnitee, Indemnitee’s spouse, heirs, executors, or personal or legal representatives after the expiration of two years from the date of accrual of such cause of action, or such longer period as may be required by state law under the circumstances. Any claim or cause of action of the Company or its Affiliate shall be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing and notice of a legal action within such period; provided, however, that if any shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of action, the shorter period shall govern.

 

11. Amendment of this Agreement. No supplement, modification, or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding unless in the form of a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the waiver is sought, and no such waiver shall operate as a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver. Except as specifically provided herein, no failure to exercise or any delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall constitute a waiver thereof.

 

12. Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

13. No Duplication of Payments. The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise received payment (under any insurance policy, Bylaw, or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.

 

14. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company), assigns, spouses, heirs, and personal and legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all, substantially all, or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. The indemnification provided under this Agreement shall continue as to Indemnitee for any action taken or not taken while serving in an indemnified capacity pertaining to an Indemnifiable Event even though he may have ceased to serve in such capacity at the time of any Proceeding.

 

15. Severability. If any provision (or portion thereof) of this Agreement shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or otherwise unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. Furthermore, to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of this Agreement containing any provision held to be invalid, void, or otherwise unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, void, or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, void, or unenforceable.

 

16. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida applicable to contracts made and to be performed in such State without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of laws.

 

 

 

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17. Notices. All notices, demands, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by hand, against receipt, or mailed, postage prepaid, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and addressed to the Company at:

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

523 US Highway 41 South

Inverness, Florida 34450

 

and to Indemnitee at:

 

Bradley Dye

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

523 US Highway 41 South

Inverness, Florida 34450

 

 

 

Notice of change of address shall be effective only when given in accordance with this Section. All notices complying with this Section shall be deemed to have been received on the date of hand delivery or on the third business day after mailing.

 

18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed and delivered this Agreement as of the day specified above.

 

Company

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

 

By:________________________

 

Indemnitee

 

 

/s/ Bradley Dye

Bradley Dye



 

 

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EX1A-6 MAT CTRCT 9 age_1a-ex0604.htm INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN

Exhibit 6.4

 

ADVANCE GREEN ENERGY, INC.

 

INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN

 

Plan Summary

 

The plan provides that an aggregate of up to 10,000,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock may be optioned to officers and other key employees. The plan provides authority for a Stock Option Plan Committee to select the employees of the Company, and its subsidiaries, to whom incentive stock options will be granted. No person may be granted any option unless he agrees to remain an employee of the Company for at least two years. There are approximately three officers and directors of the Company plus other key employees eligible to receive options under the plan. All officers may participate in the plan.

 

Following the statutory requirements of new Code 422A, the plan provides that the Committee may establish the purchase price of the stock at the time the option is granted. However, the purchase price may not be less than 100 percent of the fair market value of the Company's Common Stock. The aggregate fair market value of the stock for which any employee may be granted options in any calendar year shall not exceed $100,000 plus any unused limit carried over (as defined in Plan 3(d)) to such year from any prior calendar year beginning on or after September 1, 2016.

 

The plan terminates ten years from its effective date. All new options to be granted are nontransferable. The Company is to receive no cash consideration for granting options under the plan. However, when an option is exercise, the holder is required to pay the option price, in cash or certified bank check, shares of the Company's Common Stock or in any combination of the above, for the number of shares of stock to be issued on exercise of the option unless the holder elects to receive cash or stock by exercise of stock appreciation rights.

 

Under the plan, a Stock Appreciation Right (SAR) permits the holder of an option to elect to receive cash or a lesser amount of stock without payment, upon exercise of an option. The amount of cash receivable is the difference between the option price stated in the option and the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of the exercise. The lesser number of shares receivable is the number of shares which could be purchased with the cash receivable. An important distinction between the exercise of an incentive stock option and the exercise of a SAR is that, upon the exercise of an SAR, the option holder need not pay the option price in cash. The shares or cash received by an optionee upon exercising an SAR, however, are subject to tax under Section 83.

 

1. Purpose of the Plan

 

This Incentive Stock Option Plan (hereinafter called the "Plan") for Prize Poker Tournaments (hereinafter called the "Company") is intended to advance the interests of the Company by providing officers and other key employees who have substantial responsibility for the direction and management of the Company with additional incentive to promote the success of the business, to increase their proprietary interest in the success of the Company, and to encourage them to remain in its employ. The above aims will be effectuated through the granting of certain stock options. It is intended that options issued under the Plan and designated by the Committee under Section 3(b) will qualify as Incentive Stock Options (hereinafter called "ISOs") under Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code and the terms of the Plan shall be interpreted in accordance with this intention.

 

2. Administration of the Plan

 

The Board of Directors shall appoint a Stock Option Plan Committee (hereinafter called the "Committee") which shall consist of not less than three (3) members, at least one of whom shall be a Director of the Company. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have plenary authority, in its discretion: (a) to determine the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries (from among the class of employees eligible under Section 3 to receive options under the Plan) to whom options shall be granted; (b) to determine the time or times at which options shall be granted; (c) to determine the option price of the shares subject to each option, which price shall not be less than the minimum specified in Section 5; (d) to determine (subject to Section 7) the time or times when each option shall become exercisable and the duration of the exercise period; and (e) to interpret the Plan and to prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and regulations relating to it. The Board may from time to time appoint members of the Committee in substitution for members previously appointed and may fill vacancies, however caused, in the Committee; provided, however, that at all times at least one member shall be a Director of the Company. The Committee shall select one of its members as its Chairman and shall hold its meetings at such times and places as it shall deem advisable. All action of the Committee shall be taken by unanimous vote of its members. Any action may be taken by a written instrument signed by all the members of the Committee, and action so taken shall be fully as effective as if it had been taken by a unanimous vote of the members at a meeting duly called and held. The Committee may appoint a secretary to keep minutes of its meetings and shall make rules and regulations for the conduct of its business, as it shall deem advisable.

 

3. Eligibility and Limitations on Options Granted Under the Plan

 

(a)          Options will be granted only to persons who are key employees of the Company or a subsidiary corporation of the Company who agree, in writing, to remain in the employ of, and render services to, the Company or a subsidiary corporation of the Company for a period of at least two (2) years from the date of the granting of the option. The term "key employees" shall include officers, directors, executives, and supervisory personnel, as well as other employees of the Company or a subsidiary corporation of the Company. The term “Subsidiary Corporation” shall, for the purposes of this Plan be defined in the same manner as such term is defined in Section 425 (f) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

(b)         At the time of the grant of each option under this Plan, the Committee shall determine whether such option is to be designated as an ISO. If an option is to be so designated as an ISO, then the provisions of Section 7(d) of this Plan shall be made applicable to such option. In addition, no option granted to any employee, who at the time of such grant, owns stock possessing more than 10 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, may be designated as an ISO, unless at the time of such grant, the option price is fixed at not less than 110 percent of the fair market value of the stock subject to the option, and exercise of such option is prohibited by its terms after the expiration of five (5) years from the date such is granted.

 

(c)           The aggregate fair market value of the stock for which any employee may be granted options designated as ISOs in any calendar year (under this or any other stock option plan established by the Company or a subsidiary corporation of the Company) shall not exceed $100,000 plus any unused limit carryover (as defined in 3(d) hereof) to such year from any prior calendar year beginning on or after September 1, 2016.

 

(d)         The unused limit carryover from any such calendar year shall be one-half of any excess of $100,000 over the aggregate fair market value of the stock for which an employee was granted options that qualify (whether from their issuance or as a result of subsequent amendment and election by the Company) as ISOs in any such calendar year (under this and all other stock option plans established by the Company or a subsidiary corporation of the Company). The unused limit for any calendar year shall be carried forward for three (3) years. ISOs granted in any year shall be applied against the current year limitation first and then against the remaining unused limit carryovers to such year in the order of the calendar year in which the carryovers arose.

 

4.     Shares of Stock Subject to the Plan

 

There will be reserved for use upon the exercise or options to be granted from time to time under the Plan (subject to the provisions of Section 12) an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of the Common Stock of the $0.0001 par value common stock (hereinafter called the "Common Stock") of the Company, which shares may be in whole or in part, as the Board of Directors of the Company (hereinafter called the "Board") shall from time to time determine, authorized but unissued shares of the Common Stock or issued shares of the Common Stock which shall have been reacquired by the Company. Any shares subject to an option under the Plan, which option for any reason expires or is terminated unexercised as to such shares, may again be subject to an option under the Plan.

 

5.   Option Price

 

The purchase price under each option issued shall be determined by the Committee at the time the option is granted, but in no event shall such purchase price be less than 100 percent of the fair market value of the Company's Common Stock on the date of grant.

 

The term "fair market value" shall be defined as either the average of the highest offer and lowest bid market price of said Common Stock on any public market if the stock of the Company is publicly traded, as of the date of the grant of the option, or, if there be no sales on such date, on the most recent date upon which such stock was traded, or if there is no market for the Common Stock of the Company, the book value of the Common Stock as of the end of the most recent preceding month as given on the books of the Company applying generally accepted accounting principles on a consistent basis giving effect to all accruals.

 

6. Dilutions or Other Agreement

 

In the event that additional shares of Common Stock are issued pursuant to a stock split or a stock dividend, the number of shares of Common Stock then covered by each outstanding option granted hereunder shall be increased proportionately with no increase in the total purchase price of the shares then so covered, and the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for the purpose of the Plan shall be increased by the same proportion. In the event that the shares of Common Stock of the Company from time to time issued and outstanding are reduced by a combination of shares, the number of shares of Common Stock then covered by each outstanding option granted hereunder shall be reduced proportionately with no reduction in the total price of the shares then so covered, and the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for the purposes of the Plan shall be reduced by the same proportion. In the event that the Company should transfer assets to another corporation and distribute the stock of such other corporation without the surrender of Common Stock of the Company, and if such distribution is not taxable as a dividend and no gain or loss is recognized by reason of Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, or some similar section, then the total purchase price of the shares covered by each outstanding option shall be reduced by an amount which bears the same ratio to the total purchase price then in effect as the market value of the stock distributed in respect of a share of the Common Stock of the Company, immediately following the distribution, bears to the aggregate of the market value at such time of a share of the Common Stock of the Company and the stock distributed in respect thereof. All such adjustments shall be made by the Committee, whose determination upon the same shall be final and binding upon the optionees. No fractional shares shall be issued, and any fractional shares resulting from the computations pursuant to this Section 6 shall be eliminated from the respective option. No adjustment shall be made for cash dividends or the issuance to stockholders of rights to subscribe for additional Common Stock or other securities.

 

7. Period of Option and Certain Limitations on Right to Exercise

 

(a) All options issued under the Plan shall be for such period, as the Committee shall determine, but for not more than ten (10) years from the date of grant thereof.

 

(b) The period of the option, once it is granted, may be reduced only as provided for in Section 9 in connection with the termination of employment or death of the optionee or in Section 7(c) in the case of less than satisfactory performance.

 

(c) Each option granted under this Plan shall become exercisable only after two (2) years continued employment of the optionee with the Company or a subsidiary corporation of the Company immediately following the date the option is granted. Any option designated as an ISO shall be exercisable in full, or as to any part thereof, at any time after the expiration of two (2) years following the date such option is granted, but only if the optionee chooses to exercise such option and to pay for such option in the manner set forth in Section 7(e) hereof (i.e., in cash or certified check or shares of the Company's Common Stock, or any combination of the foregoing in an amount equal to the full option price of the shares being purchased). Any option not designated as an ISO and any option designated as an ISO that the optionee chooses to exercise in any manner other than that permitted in the preceding sentence, shall be exercisable only to the extent of one-fifth of the total number of optioned shares after the expiration of two (2) years following the date the option is granted only to the extent of two-fifths of the total number of optioned shares after the expiration of three (3) years following the date the option is granted, only to the extent of three-fifths of the total number of optioned shares after the expiration of four (4) years following the date the option is granted, only to the extent of four-fifths of the total number of optioned shares after the expiration of five (5) years following the date the option is granted, and in full only after the expiration of six (6) years following the date the option is granted, such limitations being calculated, in the case of any resulting fraction, to the nearest lower number of shares.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, (i) prescribe longer time periods and additional requirements with respect to the exercise of an option and (ii) terminate in whole or in part such portion of any option as has yet become exercisable at the time of termination if it determines that the optionee is not performing satisfactorily the duties to which he was assigned on the date the option was granted or duties of at least equal responsibility. No option may be exercised unless the optionee is at the time of such exercise in the employ of the Company or of a subsidiary corporation of the Company and shall have been continuously so employed since the grant of his option. Absence or leave approved by the management of the Company shall not be considered an interruption of employment for any purpose under the Plan.

 

(d) No option granted by the Committee as an ISO may be exercised while there is outstanding in the hands of the optionee any ISO (whether granted under this Plan or any other stock option plan established by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company) which was granted before the granting of the ISO hereunder sought to be exercised. For purposes of this Section 7(d), any ISO shall be treated as outstanding until exercised in full or expired.

 

(e) Subject to the alternative settlement methods set forth in Section 7(h) hereof, the exercise of any option shall also be contingent upon receipt by the Company of cash or certified check to its order, shares of the Company's Common Stock, or any combination of the foregoing in an amount equal to the full option price of the shares being purchased. For purposes of this paragraph, shares of the Company's Common Stock that are delivered in payment of the option price shall be valued at their fair market value determined under the method set forth in Section 5 of this Plan applied as of the date of the exercise of the option. However, in order to facilitate the accumulation of funds to enable employees to exercise their option, they will have the right, if they so elect, to direct the Company or a subsidiary corporation of the Company to withhold from their compensation regular amounts to be applied toward the exercise of the options. Funds credited to the stock option accounts will be under the control of the Company until applied to the payment of the option price at the direction of the employee or returned to the employee in the event the amount is not used for purchase of shares under option, and all funds received or held by the Company under the Plan may be used for any corporate purpose, and no interest shall be payable to a participant on account of any amount held. Such amounts may be withdrawn by the participant at any time, in whole or in part, for any purpose.

 

(f) No optionee or his legal representative or distributees, as the case may be, will be deemed to be a holder of any share subject to an option unless and until certificates for such shares are issued to him or them under the terms of the Plan. No adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate is issued.

 

(g) In no event may an option be exercised after the expiration of its term.

 

(h) As an alternative to payment in full by the optionee for the number of shares of Common Stock in respect of which an option is exercised, the Committee may provide alternative settlement methods as follows:

 

(i) The Committee, in its discretion, may provide in the initial grant of any option, that the optionee may elect either of the alternative settlement methods set forth in subsection (ii) below.

 

(ii) The alternative settlement methods are for the optionee, upon exercise of the option, to receive from the Company: (1) cash in an amount equal to the excess of the value of one share over the option price times the number of shares as to which the option is exercised; or

 

(2) the number of whole shares of Common Stock having an aggregate value not greater than the cash amount calculated under Section 7(h)(ii)(1). For purposes of determining an alternative settlement, the value per share shall be the "Fair market value" determined under the method set forth in Section 5 hereof, applied as of the date of the exercise of the option, or such other price as the Committee shall determine to be the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of exercise.

 

(i)   An election of any of the alternative settlement methods provided for under Section 7 (h)(ii) shall be binding on the optionee, when made. The optionee may elect to what extent the alternative settlement method elected shall be paid in cash, in Common Stock, or partially in Common Stock, provided that the aggregate value of the payments shall not be greater than the cash amount calculated under Section 7 (h)(ii)(1). No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued, and the Committee shall determine whether cash shall be paid in lieu of such fractional share interest or whether such fractional share interest shall be eliminated.

 

(j)   The alternative settlement methods provided above in Section 7(h)(ii) shall not be available unless the cash amount calculated thereunder shall be positive, i.e. when the value of one share shall exceed the option price per share.

 

(k) Exercise of an option in any manner, including an exercise involving an election of an alternative settlement method with respect to an option, shall result in a decrease in the manner of shares of Common Stock which thereafter may be available under the Plan by the number of shares as to which the option is exercised.

 

(1) To the extent that the exercise of options by one of the alternative settlement methods provided for in Section (h)(ii) results in compensation income to the optionee, the Company will withhold from the amount due to the optionee utilizing such alternative settlement method, an appropriate amount for federal, state and local taxes.

 

8.     Assignability

 

Each option granted under this Plan shall be transferable only by will or the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable, during his lifetime, only by the employee to whom the option is granted. Except as permitted by the preceding sentence, no option granted under the Plan or any of the rights and privileges thereby conferred shall be transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated in any way (whether by operation of law or otherwise), and no such option, right, or privilege shall be subject to execution, attachment, or similar process. Upon any attempt to so transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise dispose of the option, or of the right or privilege conferred thereby, contrary to the provisions hereof, or upon the levy of any attachment or similar process upon such option, right of privilege, the option and such rights and privileges shall immediately become null and void.

 

9.     Effect of Termination of Employment. Death or Disability

 

(a) In the event of the termination of employment if an optionee during the two (2) year period after the date of issuance of an option to him either by reason of (i) a discharge for cause or (ii) voluntary separation on the part of the optionee and without consent of his employing company or companies, any option or options theretofore granted to him under this Plan to the extent not theretofore exercised by him shall forthwith terminate.

 

(b) In the event of the termination of employment of an optionee (otherwise than by reason of death or retirement of the optionee at his Retirement Date by the Company or by any subsidiary corporation of the Company employing the optionee at such time), any option or options granted to him under the Plan to the extent not theretofore exercised shall be deemed cancelled and terminated forthwith, except that, subject to the provisions of section (a) of this Section, such optionee may exercise any options theretofore granted to him, which have not then expired and which are otherwise exercisable within the provisions of Section 7(c) hereof, within three (3) months after such termination. If the employment of an optionee shall be terminated by reason of the optionee's retirement at his Retirement Date by the Company or by any subsidiary corporation of the Company employing the optionee at such time, the optionee shall have the right to exercise such option or options held by him to the extent that such options have not expired, at any time within three (3) months after such retirement. The provisions of Section 7(c) to the contrary notwithstanding, upon retirement, all options held by an optionee shall be immediately exercisable in full. The transfer of an optionee from the employ of the Company to a subsidiary corporation of the Company or vice versa, or from one subsidiary corporation of the Company to another, shall not be deemed to constitute a termination of employment for purposes of this Plan.

 

(c)  In the event that an optionee shall die while employed by the Company or any subsidiary corporation of the Company or shall die within three (3) months after retirement at his Retirement Date (by the Company or by any subsidiary corporation of the Company) any option or options granted to him under this Plan and not theretofore exercised by him or expired shall be exercisable by the estate of the optionee or by any person who acquired such option by bequest or inheritance at any time within one (1) year after the death of the optionee. References hereinabove to the optionee shall be deemed to include any person entitled to exercise the option after the death of the optionee under the terms of this Section.

 

(d) In the event of the termination of employment of an optionee by reason of the optionee's disability, the optionee shall have the right, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7(c) hereof, to exercise all options held by him, to the extent that options have not previously expired or been exercised, at any time within one (1) year after such termination. The term "disability" shall, for the purposes of this Plan, be defined in the same manner as such term is defined in Section 105(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

 

(e)  For the purposes of this Plan, "Retirement Date" shall mean any date an employee is otherwise entitled to retire under the Company's retirement plans, if any, and shall include normal retirement at age 65, early retirement at age 62, and retirement at age 60 after 30 years of service.

 

10. Listing and Registration of Shares

 

Each option shall be subject to the requirement that if at any time the Stock Option Committee shall determine, in its discretion, that the listing, registration, or qualification of the shares covered thereby upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of such option or the issue or purchase of shares thereunder, such option may not be exercised in whole or in part unless and until such listing, registration, qualification, consent, or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Committee.

 

11. Expiration and Termination of the Plan

 

Options may be granted under the Plan at any time or from time to time as long as the total number of shares optioned or purchased under this Plan does not exceed 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock. The Plan may be abandoned or terminated at any time by the Board of Directors of the Company except with respect to any options then outstanding under the Plan. No option shall be granted pursuant to the Plan after ten (10) years from the effective date of the Plan.

 

12. Amendment of Plan

 

The Board of Directors may at any time and from time to time modify and amend the Plan (including such form of option agreement) in any respect; provided, however, that no such amendment shall: (a) increase (except in accordance with Section 6) the maximum number of shares for which options may be granted under the Plan either in the aggregate or to an individual employee; or (b) reduce (except in accordance with Section 6) the minimum option prices which may be established under the Plan; or (c) extend the period or periods during which options may be granted or exercised; or (d) change the provisions relating to the determination of employees to whom options shall be granted and the number of shares to be covered by such options; or (e) change the provisions relating to adjustments to be made upon changes in capitalization; or (f) change the method for selection of the Committee as provided by Section 2 hereof. The termination or any modification or amendment of the Plan shall not, without the consent of an employee, affect his rights under an option theretofore granted to him.

13.   Applicability of Plan to Outstanding Stock Options

 

The Plan shall not affect the terms and conditions of any non-qualified stock options heretofore granted to any employee of the Company or a subsidiary corporation of the Company under any other plan relating to non-qualified stock options; nor shall it affect any of the rights of any employee to whom such a non-qualified stock option was granted.

14.   Effective Date of Plan

 

This Plan shall become effective on the date of its adoption by the Board of Directors or the Company or its approval by the vote of the shareholders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company's common stock. This Plan shall not become effective unless such shareholder approval shall be obtained within twelve (12) months before or after the adoption of the Plan by the Directors.

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

PRESIDENT'S LETTER TO STOCKHOLDERS

 

Dear Stockholder:

 

I am enclosing this letter with the notice of call of a special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation as a means of explaining briefly the purpose of the meeting. Your Board of Directors has unanimously recommended that the Corporation adopt a stock option plan allowing the purchase of a limited number of the Corporation's shares of common stock by key management employees of the Corporation. This proposal has been adopted by the Board of Directors, subject to the approval of the holders of the Corporation's common stock, and I have been directed to set forth to you the reasons for their action.

 

In the past several years, plans or programs offering stock participation opportunities to management personnel have become widespread among American businesses. This meaningful trend has come about in response to a realization that the best efforts of the best executives are more surely secured when the executives have a personal stake in the fortunes of their corporate employers. I might add that a number of our major competitors have instituted stock acquisition programs of one type or another for their executive employees, and we in charge of the Corporation are aware of the importance of such programs in attracting and holding employees of the caliber we want in our Corporation.

 

In judgment of the Directors, your Corporation can best be assured of success in enlisting and retaining top management employees only if these employees are given the opportunity to acquire a proprietary stake in the success of the Corporation. Consequently, the Directors have examined methods of achieving this goal, and have determined that the best approach for the Corporation is that of offering certain stock options known as "Incentive Stock Options," which satisfy the tests imposed by the Internal Revenue Code for such designation. Specifically, the Directors' proposal is that a total of 1,000,000 unissued shares of the Class A value common stock of the Corporation be sold to executive employees under options that fix the purchase price at percent of the market price on the date such an option is granted. The particular employees to be given these options, and the number of shares covered by each option, would be left to the decision of the Board of Directors or of a special committee chosen from the Board. However, in no event would the total number of shares placed under option exceed the total of 1,000,000 which would be somewhat less than 10 percent of the total number of common shares to be outstanding once these optioned shares are issued on a fully diluted basis.

 

The Directors wish to take this step only after full information has been given to all the stockholders affected, and their understanding and approval of this plan has been expressed. For this reason, though I have set forth in this letter what I believe to be a proper summary of the principal points involved, I have instructed the Secretary of the Corporation to mail a copy of the full stock plan and of the relevant Directors' resolutions to any stockholder requesting it.

 

 

 

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Advance Green Energy, Inc.

NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF STOCK OPTION AND

RECORD OF STOCK TRANSFER

 

I hereby exercise my Incentive Stock Option granted by Advance Green Energy, Inc., subject to all the terms and provisions thereof and of the Employee Stock Option Plan referred to therein, and notify you of my desire to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company which were offered to me pursuant to said Option. Enclosed is my check in the sum of in full payment for such shares.

I hereby represent that the_______________________________ shares of Common Stock to be delivered to me pursuant to the above-mentioned exercise of the Option granted to me on are being acquired by me as an investment and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, the distribution of any thereof.

 

DATED:           , 20__.

 

_________________________

Employee's Signature

 

Receipt is hereby acknowledged of the delivery to me by Advance Green Energy, Inc. on of stock certificates for shares of Common Stock
purchased by me pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Employee Stock Option Plan referred to above, which shares were transferred to me on the Company's stock record books on.

 

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Employee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ADVANCE GREEN ENERGY, INC.

 

NOTICE OF GRANT OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION

 

[date]

 

[name of employee]

 

Dear ___________:

 

At the direction of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, you are hereby notified that the Board has granted to you an option, pursuant to the Employee Stock Option Plan adopted by the Corporation on September ____, 2016, and ratified and approved by the stockholders of the Corporation on September ___, 2016.

 

The option granted to you is to purchase Two Hundred Thousand (200,000) shares of the Class A $0.0001 par Common Stock of the Corporation at the price of per share. The date of grant of this option is the date of this notice, and it is the determination of the Board of Directors that on this date the fair market value of the Corporation's no par common stock was $0.20 per share.

 

I enclosed a certified copy of the Incentive Stock Option Plan governing the option granted to you and your attention is invited to all the provisions of the Plan. You will observe that the Plan does not require that you exercise this option as to any particular number of shares at one time, but this option must

be exercised, if at all and to the extent exercised, by no later than         years from the date of this notice.

 

Your stock option is in all respects limited and conditioned as provided in the Employee Stock Option Plan, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

a. Your option may be exercised by you, but only by you, at any time during your lifetime prior to the three months following termination of your employment;

 

b. Your option is nontransferable, otherwise than as may be occasioned by your death, and then only to your estate or according to the terms of your Will or the provision of applicable laws of descent and distribution;

 

c. In the event that the right to exercise your option is passed to your estate, or to a person to whom such right devolves by reason of your death, then your option shall be nontransferable in the hands of your executor or administrator or of such person, except that your option may be distributed by your executor or administrator to the distributees of your estate as a part of your estate.

 

At the time or times when you wish to exercise this option, in whole or in part, please refer to the provisions of the Stock Option Plan dealing with methods and formalities of exercise of your option.

 

 

 

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Secretary

EX1A-6 MAT CTRCT 10 age_1a-ex0605.htm MANAGEMENT STOCK BONUS PLAN

Exhibit 6.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

Management Stock Bonus Plan

 

 

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Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

Management Stock Bonus Plan

 

__________

 

 

Purpose

 

This Plan’s purpose is to keep personnel of experience and ability in the employ of Advance Green Energy, Inc. (“Advance Green Energy, Inc.”) and its subsidiaries and to compensate them for their contributions to the growth and profits of Advance Green Energy, Inc. and its subsidiaries and thereby induce them to continue to make such contributions in the future.

 

 

1.       Definitions

 

For the purpose of this Plan, the following terms will have the definitions set forth below:

 

(a)    Company – Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

(b)    Subsidiary or Subsidiaries – A corporation or corporations or other entity of which Advance Green Energy, Inc. owns, directly or indirectly, shares having a majority of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors.

 

(c)    Board – Advance Green Energy' board of directors.

 

(d)   Committee – The Management Stock Bonus Plan Committee as appointed from time to time by the Board, consisting of not less than three members. No member of the Committee shall be eligible for selection as a person to whom shares may be allocated pursuant to the Plan or to whom stock options may be granted pursuant to any other Plan of the Company or any of its affiliates, at any time while he is serving on the Committee.

 

(e)    Date of Issuance – This term shall have the meaning supplied by Section 6(c)    below.

 

(f)    Plan – The Advance Green Energy, Inc. Management Stock Bonus Plan.

 

(g)    Bonus Share – The shares of Class A Common Stock of Advance Green Energy, Inc. reserved pursuant to Section 3 hereof and any such shares issued to a Recipient pursuant to this Plan.

 

(h)   Recipient – An employee of Advance Green Energy, Inc. or a subsidiary to whom shares are allocated under this Plan, or such individual’s designated beneficiary, surviving spouse, estate, or legal representative. For this purpose, however, any such beneficiary, spouse, estate, or legal representative shall be considered as one person with the employee.

 

(i)    Restricted Period – This phrase shall have the meaning supplied by Section 7(e) below.

 

2. Bonus Share Reserve.

 

(a)    Bonus Share Reserve. Advance Green Energy, Inc. will establish a Bonus Share Reserve to which will be credited Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of the Class A Common Stock of Advance Green Energy, Inc., par value $0.0001 per share. Should the shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, due to a stock split or dividend or combination of shares or any other change, or exchange for any other securities, by reclassification, merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or otherwise, be increased or decreased, or changed into, or exchanged for, a different number or kind of shares of stock or other securities of Advance Green Energy, Inc. or of another corporation or entity, the number of shares then remaining in the Bonus Share Reserve shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such action. If any such adjustment results in a fractional share, the fraction shall be disregarded.

 

 

 

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(b)    Adjustments to Reserve. Upon the allocation of shares hereunder, the reserve will be reduced by the number of shares to be allocated and, upon the failure to make the required payment on the issuance of any Bonus Shares pursuant to Section 6(a) or upon the repurchase thereof pursuant to Section 7(d)   (i)    or (ii)   , Section 8 or Section 10 hereof, the reserve shall be increased by such number of shares, and such Bonus Shares may again be the subject of allocation hereunder.

 

(c)    Distributions of Bonus Shares. Distributions of Bonus Shares, as the Board shall, in its sole discretion, determine, may be made from authorized but unissued shares or from treasury shares. All authorized and unissued shares issued as Bonus Shares in accordance with the Plan shall be fully paid and non-assessable shares free from preemptive rights.

 

2.       Eligibility and Making of Allocations.

 

(a)    Eligible Employees. Any salaried executive employee of Advance Green Energy, Inc. or any Subsidiary (including officers and, except for person serving as directors only) shall be eligible to receive an allocation of Bonus Shares.

 

(b)    Selection by the Committee. From the employees eligible to receive allocations pursuant to the Plan, the Committee may from time to time select those employees to whom it recommends that the Board make allocations. Such recommendations shall include a recommendation as to the number of Bonus Shares that should be allocated and in determining the number of Bonus Shares it wishes to recommend, the Committee shall consider the position and responsibilities of the eligible employees, the value of their services to Advance Green Energy, Inc. and its subsidiaries and such factors as the Committee deems pertinent.

 

(c)    Review by the Board of Committee’s Recommendations. As promptly as practicable after the Committee recommends making allocations pursuant to (b) above, the Board will review the Committee’s recommendations and, in the Board’s discretion, allocate to the employees the Board selects from those employees recommended by the Committee a number of Bonus Shares not in excess of the number recommended for each employee by the Committee. The date of such action by the Board shall be the “date of allocation,” as that term is used in this Plan.

 

(d)    Participation in Other Stock Option Plans. A person who has received options to purchase stock under any stock option plan of Advance Green Energy, Inc. or any subsidiary may exercise the same in accordance with their terms, and will not by reason thereof be ineligible to receive Bonus Shares under this Plan. A person who has received Bonus Shares under this Plan shall not, for a period of three years from the date of Issuance thereto of such Bonus Shares, be eligible to, and may not, be granted any option or other rights to purchase Common Stock pursuant to any stock option or stock purchase plan of Advance Green Energy, Inc. presently in effect or hereafter adopted, nor shall he or she be eligible during such period to receive any additional allocation of Bonus Shares under this Plan or under any similar plan of Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

(e)    Limit on Number of Shares. The total number of Bonus Shares, which may be allocated pursuant to this Plan, will not exceed the amount of available therefore in the Bonus Share reserve.

 

3.       Form of Allocation.

 

(a)    Number Specified. Each allocation shall specify the number of Bonus Shares subject thereto, subject to the provisions of Section 4.

 

(b)    Notice. When an allocation is made, the Board shall advise the Recipient and Advance Green Energy, Inc. thereof by delivery of written notice in the Form of Exhibit A hereto attached.

 

(c)    Public Listing of Stock. Advance Green Energy, Inc. shall take such action as shall be necessary to cause any Bonus Shares issued pursuant to this Plan and not previously listed to be listed on a public stock market or exchange on which shares of the same class as the Bonus Shares are then listed, if any.

 

 

 

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4.       Payment Required of Recipients.

 

(a)    Acceptance of Allocation. Within 15 days from the date of allocation, the Recipient shall, if he desires to accept the allocation, pay to Advance Green Energy, Inc. an amount equal to the par value of the Bonus Shares so allocated, in cash, buy certified or bank cashier’s check, or by money order at the office of the Treasurer.

 

(b)    Investment Purpose. Advance Green Energy, Inc. may require that in acquiring any Bonus Shares, the Recipient agree with, and represent to, Advance Green Energy, Inc. that the Recipient is acquiring such Bonus Shares for the purpose of investment and with no present intent to transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of such shares except for such distribution by a legal representative as shall be required by will or the laws of any jurisdiction in winding up the estate of any Recipient. Such shares shall be transferable thereafter only if the proposed transfer is permitted under the Plan and if, in the opinion of counsel (who shall be satisfactory to Advance Green Energy, Inc.)   , such transfer at such time complies with applicable securities laws.

 

(c)    Written Agreement/Date of Issuance. Concurrently with making payment of the par value of the Bonus Shares pursuant to Section 6(a)    the Recipient shall deliver to Advance Green Energy, Inc., in duplicate, an agreement in writing, signed by the Recipient, in form and substance as set forth in Exhibit B, below, and Advance Green Energy, Inc. will promptly acknowledge the receipt thereof. The date of such delivery and receipt shall be deemed the “Date of Issuance,” as that phrase is used in this Plan, of the Bonus Shares to which the shares relate. The failure to make such payment and delivery within 15 days from the date of allocation shall terminate the allocation of such shares to the Recipient.

 

5.       Restrictions.

 

(a)    Transfer/Issuance. Bonus Shares, after the making of the payment and representations, etc. required by Section 6, will be promptly issued or transferred and a certificate or certificates for such shares shall be issued in the Recipient’s name. As such, the Recipient shall have all of the rights of a shareholder with respect to such shares, including the right to vote them and to receive all dividends and other distributions (subject to Section 7(b)) paid with respect to them, provided, however, that the shares shall be subject to the restrictions in Section 7(d). Stock certificates representing Bonus Shares will be imprinted with a legend stating that the shares represented thereby may not be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise disposed of except in accordance with this Plan’s terms, and each transfer agent for the Common Stock shall be instructed to like effect in respect of such shares. In aid of such restrictions, the Recipient shall immediately upon receipt of the certificate for such shares, deposit such certificate(s), together with a stock power or other instrument of transfer, appropriately endorsed in blank, with an escrow agent designated by the Committee, under a deposit agreement containing such terms and conditions as the Committee shall approve, the expenses of such escrow to be borne by Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

(b)   Stock Splits, Stock Dividends, Etc. If, due to a stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares, or any other change or exchange for other securities, by reclassification, reorganization, merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or otherwise, the Recipient, as the owner of the Bonus Shares subject to restrictions hereunder, shall be entitled to new, additional, or different shares of stock or securities, the certificate or certificates for, or other evidences of, such new, additional, or different shares or securities, together with a stock power or other instrument of transfer appropriately endorsed, which shares also shall be imprinted with a legend as provided in Section 7(a) and deposited by the Recipient under the above-mentioned deposit agreement. When the event(s) described in the preceding sentence occur, all Plan provisions relating to restrictions and lapse of restrictions will apply to such new, additional or different shares or securities to the extent applicable to the shares with respect to which they were distributed, provided, however, that if the Recipient shall receive rights, warrants or fractional interests in respect of any such Bonus Shares, such rights or warrants may be held, exercised, sold or otherwise disposed of, and such fractional interests may be settled, by the Recipient free and clear of the restrictions hereafter set forth.

 

(c)    Restricted Period. The term “Restricted Period” with respect to restricted Bonus Shares (after with restrictions shall lapse) means a period starting on the Date of Issuance of such shares to the Recipient and ending on such date not less than three (3) years after the Date of Issuance, as the Committee may establish as the time of allocation of shares hereunder.

 

 

 

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(d)   Restrictions on Bonus Shares. The restrictions to which restricted Bonus Shares shall be subject are:

 

(i)          During the Restricted Period to such shares and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, none of such shares shall be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise disposed of unless they first, by written notice have been offered to Advance Green Energy, Inc. for repurchase, for the same amount as was paid therefore under Section 6, with appropriate adjustment for any change in the Bonus Shares of the nature described in Section 7(b). If Advance Green Energy, Inc. shall not within 30 days following such offer have so repurchased the shares and made payment in full for such shares, unless such purchase is otherwise prohibited by the laws of the State of Florida currently in effect at the time of an offer of Bonus Shares to Advance Green Energy, Inc. for repurchase pursuant to the terms of the Plan, Advance Green Energy, Inc. shall repurchase said shares and make payment in full for such shares within thirty (30) days following such offer.

 

(ii)          If a Recipient’s employment is terminated for any reason, including such Recipient’s death or disability, at any time before the Restricted Period ends, Advance Green Energy, Inc. shall so notify the escrow agent appointed under Section 7(a). Such termination shall be deemed an offer to Advance Green Energy, Inc. as described in Section 7(d)(i) as to:

 

(A)             All such shares issued to the Recipient, if such termination occurs within one year from the Date of Issuance;

 

(B)              75% of the total number of such shares originally issued (including any other or additional securities issued in respect thereof, as contemplated by Section 7(b) to such Recipient, if such termination occurs more than one year after the Date of Issuance but prior to two years after that date;

 

(C)    50% of the total number of such shares originally issued (including any other or additional securities issued in respect thereof, as contemplated by Section 7(b) to such Recipient, if such termination occurs on or after two years after the Date of Issuance but prior to the end of the Restricted Period.

 

(e)   Lapse of Restricted Period. The restriction set forth in Section 7(d) hereof, with respect to the Bonus Shares to which such Restricted Period was applicable, will lapse

 

(i)             As to such shares in accordance with the time(s) and number(s) of shares as to which the Retracted Period expires, as described in Section 7(d)(ii), or

 

(ii)            As to any shares which Advance Green Energy, Inc. will fail to purchase when they are offered to Advance Green Energy, Inc., as described in Section 7(d)(i) upon Advance Green Energy’s failure to so repurchase.

 

(f)   Transfers Upon Death of Recipient. Nothing in this Plan will preclude the transfer of restricted Bonus Shares on the Recipient’s death, to the Recipient’s legal representatives or estate, or preclude such representatives from transferring any of such shares to the person(s) entitled thereto by will or the laws of descent and distribution; provided, however, that any shares so transferred as to which such restrictions have not lapsed will remain subject to all restrictions and obligations imposed on them by this Plan.

 

(g)  Delivery of Written Notice. All notices in writing required pursuant to this Section 7 will be sufficient only if actually delivered or if sent via registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to Advance Green Energy, Inc., attention Treasurer, and/or escrow agent at its principal office within the City of Clearwater, and will be conclusively deemed given on the date of delivery, if delivered before or on the date first business day following the date of such mailing, if mailed.

 

6.       Finality of Determination.

 

The Committee will administer this Plan and construe its provisions. Any determination by the Committee (except insofar as it will make recommendations only) in carrying out, administering, or constructing this Plan will be final and binding for all purposes and upon all interested persons and their heirs, successors and personal representatives.

 

 

 

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7.       Limitations.

 

(a)    No Right to Allocation. No person will at any time have any prior right to receive an allocation of Bonus Shares hereunder, and no person will have authority to enter into an agreement for the making of an allocation, or any prior right or to make any representation or warranty with respect thereto.

 

(b)    Rights of Recipients. Recipients of allocations will have no rights in respect thereof other than those set forth in this Plan. Except as provided in Section 6(b) or 7(f), such rights may not be assigned or transferred except by will or by the laws of descent or distribution. If any attempt is made to sell, exchange, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise dispose of any Bonus Shares held by the Recipient under restrictions which have not yet lapsed, the shares that are the subject of such attempted disposition will be deemed offered to Advance Green Energy, Inc. for repurchase, and Advance Green Energy, Inc. will repurchase them, as described in Section 7(d)(i) when Advance Green Energy, Inc. receives actual notice of such attempted distribution. Before issuance of Bonus Shares, no such shares will be earmarked for the Recipient’s accounts nor will such Recipients have any rights as stockholders with respect to such shares.

 

(c)    No Right to Continued Employment. Neither Advance Green Energy'’s actions in establishing the Plan, nor any action taken by it or by the Board or the Committee under the Plan, nor any provision of the Plan, will be construed as giving to any person the right to be in the employ of Advance Green Energy, Inc. or any Subsidiary.

 

(d)   Limitation on Actions. Every right of action by or on behalf of Advance Green Energy, Inc. or by any shareholder against any past, present or future member of the Board, the Committee or any officer or employee of Advance Green Energy, Inc. arising out of or in connection with this Plan shall, regardless of the place where the action may be brought and regardless of the place of residence of any such director, committee member, officer or employee, cease and be barred by the expiration of three years from the later of:

 

(i)    The date of the act or omission in respect of which such right of action arises;

 

(ii)   The first date upon which there has been made generally available to shareholders an annual report of Advance Green Energy, Inc. and a proxy statement for the annual meeting of shareholders following the issuance of such annual report, which annual report and proxy statement alone or together set forth, for the related period, the amount of the allocation.

 

In addition, any and all right of action by any employee (past, present or future) against Advance Green Energy, Inc. or any member of the Committee arising out of or in connection with this Plan will, regardless of the place where action may be brought and regardless of the place of residence of any Committee member, cease and be barred by the expiration of three years from the date of the act or omission in respect of which such right of action arises.

 

8.       Amendment, Suspension or Termination of Plan.

 

The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part at any time; provided that such amendment will not affect adversely the rights or obligations with respect to allocations previously made; and provided further, that no modifications of the Plan by the Board without approval by the stockholders will (i) increase the maximum number of Bonus Shares reserved pursuant to Section 3; (ii) alter the provisions of Section 4 with respect to the total number of Bonus Shares that may be allocated under the Plan, or (iii) render any member of the Committee eligible to receive an allocation at any time while he is serving on the Committee.

 

9.       Governing Laws.

 

This Plan will be governed by the laws of the State of Florida.

 

10.    Expenses of Administration.

 

All costs and expenses incurred in the operation and administration of this Plan will be borne by the Company.

 

 

 

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11.    Registration of Bonus Shares.

 

(a)   Registration Requirement. If Advance Green Energy, Inc. determines at any time to register any of its securities under the Securities Act of 1933 (or similar statute then in effect) Advance Green Energy, Inc., at its expense, will include among the securities which it then registers all Bonus Shares or other stock or securities issued in respect thereof, or in replacement thereof as to which the Restricted Period has expired. The requirement of the preceding sentence, however, will not apply to the extent that any Recipient at that time has no present intent to sell or distribute the relevant shares. Also, in the case of stock or securities not of Advance Green Energy, Inc., Advance Green Energy’s obligation under this Section 13 will be limited to using its best efforts to effect such registration and shall not be required to register such shares if, in the opinion of Advance Green Energy’s investment banker, such registration would materially limit the marketability of other securities registered or to be registered by Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

(b)   Written Notification. As to each registration pursuant to this Section 13, Advance Green Energy, Inc. will keep the Recipients advised in writing as to their initiation of proceedings for such registration and as to the completion thereof, and at its expense will keep such registration effective for a period of nine months, or until all sales and distributions contemplated in connection therewith are completed, whichever period is shorter. Each Recipient will at his own expense furnish to Advance Green Energy, Inc. such information regarding the Recipient and the Recipient’s ownership of Bonus Shares (or other stock or securities) as Advance Green Energy, Inc. may reasonably request in writing in connection with any such registration.

 

(c)   Prospectus, Indemnification. Advance Green Energy, Inc., at its expense, will furnish to each Recipient such number of prospectuses incident to any such registration as such Recipient from time to time reasonably may request. In addition, Advance Green Energy, Inc. will indemnify each such Recipient against all claims, losses, damages, and liabilities caused by any untrue statement of a material fact contained in such prospectus (or in any related registration statement)    or by any omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same may have been caused by an untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished in writing to Advance Green Energy, Inc. by such Recipient expressly for use therein. Further, as a condition precedent to the obligations of Advance Green Energy, Inc. pursuant to Section 1, each Recipient will agree in writing to indemnify Advance Green Energy, Inc. against all claims, losses, damages, and liabilities caused by an untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished to Advance Green Energy, Inc. by such Recipient expressly for use therein.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit I

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

Date:

 

To:                    , Recipient

 

From: Treasurer, Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

This is to advise you that Advance Green Energy, Inc.’s Board of Directors has on the date of this Notice allocated to the Recipient above named a total of

 

 

 

 

Bonus Shares under and pursuant to the Management Stock Bonus Plan.

 

For these shares to be issued, the Recipient must make payment of $

 

 

 

And deliver to the Treasurer of Advance Green Energy, Inc. an agreement in duplicate, in the form of Exhibit II hereto, within 15 days of the date of this Notice.

 

 

 

____________

 

For the Board

 

 

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Exhibit II

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

Management Stock Bonus Plan

 

 

To: Treasurer, Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

 

Enclosed is the sum of $

 

 

Being equal to the par value of

 

 

Bonus Shares allocated to and purchased by me pursuant to Advance Green Energy’s Management Stock Bonus Plan. Upon receipt of these Bonus Shares, I will deposit them together with a stock power duly endorsed in blank with an escrow agent appointed pursuant to Section 7(a) of this Plan.

 

I represent and agree that I am acquiring these Bonus Shares for investment and that I have no present intention to transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of such shares, except as permitted pursuant to the Plan and in compliance with applicable securities laws. I agree further that I am acquiring these shares in accordance with, and subject to, the terms, provisions, and conditions of said Plan, to all of which I hereby expressly consent. These agreements will bind and inure to the benefit of my heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.

 

My address of record is:

 

 

My social security number is:

 

 

Receipt of the above, together with the payment referred to, is hereby acknowledged.

 

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

 

By:__________________

 

 

Date:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EX1A-6 MAT CTRCT 11 age_1a-ex0606.htm GLOBAL HOLDING COMPANIES USA,INC. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING - BANGLADESH

Exhibit 6.6

 

 

 

______

 

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

 

BETWEEN

 

GLOBAL HOLDING COMPANIES USA, INC.

 

AND

 

ADVANCE GREEN ENERGY, INC.

 

______

 

Dated APRIL 18, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, (M.O.U.) dated April 18, 2018, by and between the Global Holding Companies USA, Inc. furthermore in this M.O.U. will be known as (GHC) and Advance Green Energy, Inc., furthermore in this M.O.U. will be known as (AGE) each individually referred to as a “Party” and together as the “Parties.”

 

______

 

 

WHEREAS, AGE will provide FUTT-13™, FUTT-14™ and FUTT-15™ to GHC for treatment of Diesel Fuel, Heavy Fuel Oil and coal for the country of Bangladesh.

 

WHEREAS, AGE will provide treated coal to GHC for the use in power plants and other industrial uses in Bangladesh.

 

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to set forth a non-binding memorandum to record their initial understandings to facilitate the consummation of a binding agreement,

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties declare as follows:

 

Section 1. Purpose. This non-binding Memorandum of Understanding will be used to set the terms for a final agreement between the GHC and AGE.

 

Section 2. Activities. The Parties intend that the above goals will be accomplished by undertaking the following activities:

 

The Parties will reasonably agree to adjust the terms of the payment to GHC to reflect increases or decreases of tonnage of coal provided by AGE.

 

The Parties agree that a commission will be paid by AGE to GHC in the amount of 30% of the Net Profit of the transaction.

 

Section 3. Funding. This is Memorandum of Understanding is not a commitment of funds.

 

Section 4. Counterparts. This Memorandum of Understanding may be executed in any number of counterparts and each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original instrument but all such counterparts together shall constitute as one agreement.

 

Section 5. U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Both Parties desire to strictly abide by the United States Foreign Corrupt Practice Act of 1977 and any final agreement will be structured to comply with this law.

 

Section 6. Formal Agreement. The Parties will use their best efforts to expeditiously negotiate the terms and conditions of an Agreement to formalize this Memorandum of Understanding and undertake the necessary steps of finalizing, executing and consummating the proposed transaction.

 

Section 7. Trade Secrets. The Parties hereby agree and stipulate that any confidential information of the Parties shall be deemed a "trade secret" as that term is defined under the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (the "Act"), and further agree and stipulate that the Parties by this Memorandum of Understanding have taken all reasonable steps under the Act to keep such information secret.

 

Section 8. Conduct of Business. Except as set forth in this Memorandum of Understanding, the parties will Continue to conduct any of their existing business in their normal and ordinary course.

 

Section 9. Permits, Licenses and Approval. The Parties will use their best efforts to the acquiring the permits, licenses and other approvals necessary for the development of the contemplated projects in a reasonable time.

 

 

 

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Section 10. Indemnification. The Parties agree to, and shall, indemnify, hold harmless and protect the other Party and its affiliates.

 

Section 11. Amendments in Writing. No amendment or addition to this Memorandum of Understanding shall be effective unless agreed to in writing by the Parties. All amendments or additions will be executed in the form of an Addendum to this Memorandum of Understanding constituting an integral part thereof.

 

Section 12. Further Assurances. The Parties will execute such further documents and action necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Memorandum of Understanding.

 

Section 13. Notices. All notices or requests in connection with this Memorandum of Understanding shall be in writing. Such notices may be sent by verified facsimile transmission followed by registered or certified mail, or by registered or certified mail to the following addresses:

 

 

Global Holding Companies USA, Inc.

President: Rudolph M. Dahl

2665 Vincentia Road

Palm Springs, CA 92262

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

President: Peter M. Barbee

523 Highway 41 South

Inverness, FL 34450

 

with a copy to:

John E. Lux, Esq.

1629 K Street, Suite 300 Washington. DC 20006

Phone: 240-200-4529

Fax: 727-474-9810

 

 

Section 14. Jurisdiction. This Memorandum of Understanding shall be subject to and governed by United States law in the County of Hernando Florida.

 

Section 15. Integration. This Memorandum of Understanding replaces all written or oral prior agreements about the subject matter between the Parties.

 

Section 16. Duration. This Memorandum of Understanding is at-will and may be modified by mutual consent of authorized officials from each Party. This Memorandum of Understanding shall become effective upon signature by the authorized officials of the Parties and will remain in effect until modified or terminated by either Party.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties, by their duly authorized representatives, have signed this Memorandum of Understanding on the day and the date written below.

 

Date:

 

/s/ Rudolph M. Dahl

Global Holding Companies USA, Inc.

President: Rudolph M. Dahl

 

 

Date: April 18, 2018

 

 

/s/ Peter M. Barbee

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

President: P. M. Barbee

 

 

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EX1A-6 MAT CTRCT 12 age_1a-ex0607.htm SOUTH AFRICA MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

Exhibit 6.7

 

 

 

______

 

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

 

BETWEEN

 

GLOBAL HOLDING COMPANIES USA, INC.

 

AND

 

ADVANCE GREEN ENERGY, INC.

 

______

 

Dated APRIL 18, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, (M.O.U.) dated April 18, 2018, by and between the Global Holding Companies USA, Inc. furthermore in this M.O.U. will be known as (GHC) and Advance Green Energy, Inc., furthermore in this M.O.U. will be known as (AGE) each individually referred to as a “Party” and together as the “Parties.”

 

______

 

 

WHEREAS, AGE will provide FUTT-13™, FUTT-14™ and FUTT-15™ to GHC for treatment of Diesel Fuel, Heavy Fuel Oil and coal for the country of South Africa.

 

WHEREAS, AGE will provide treated coal to GHC for the use in power plants and other industrial uses in South Africa.

 

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to set forth a non-binding memorandum to record their initial understandings to facilitate the consummation of a binding agreement,

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties declare as follows:

 

Section 1. Purpose. This non-binding Memorandum of Understanding will be used to set the terms for a final agreement between the GHC and AGE.

 

Section 2. Activities. The Parties intend that the above goals will be accomplished by undertaking the following activities:

 

The Parties will reasonably agree to adjust the terms of the payment to GHC to reflect increases or decreases of tonnage of coal provided by AGE.

 

The Parties agree that a commission will be paid by AGE to GHC in the amount of 30% of the Net Profit of the transaction.

 

Section 3. Funding. This is Memorandum of Understanding is not a commitment of funds.

 

Section 4. Counterparts. This Memorandum of Understanding may be executed in any number of counterparts and each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original instrument but all such counterparts together shall constitute as one agreement.

 

Section 5. U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Both Parties desire to strictly abide by the United States Foreign Corrupt Practice Act of 1977 and any final agreement will be structured to comply with this law.

 

Section 6. Formal Agreement. The Parties will use their best efforts to expeditiously negotiate the terms and conditions of an Agreement to formalize this Memorandum of Understanding and undertake the necessary steps of finalizing, executing and consummating the proposed transaction.

 

Section 7. Trade Secrets. The Parties hereby agree and stipulate that any confidential information of the Parties shall be deemed a "trade secret" as that term is defined under the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (the "Act"), and further agree and stipulate that the Parties by this Memorandum of Understanding have taken all reasonable steps under the Act to keep such information secret.

 

Section 8. Conduct of Business. Except as set forth in this Memorandum of Understanding, the parties will Continue to conduct any of their existing business in their normal and ordinary course.

 

Section 9. Permits, Licenses and Approvals. The Parties will use their best efforts to the acquiring the permits, licenses and other approvals necessary for the development of the contemplated projects in a reasonable time.

 

 

 

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Section 10. Indemnification. The Parties agree to, and shall, indemnify, hold harmless and protect the other Party and its affiliates.

 

Section 11. Amendments in Writing. No amendment or addition to this Memorandum of Understanding shall be effective unless agreed to in writing by the Parties. All amendments or additions will be executed in the form of an Addendum to this Memorandum of Understanding constituting an integral part thereof.

 

Section 12. Further Assurances. The Parties will execute such further documents and action necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Memorandum of Understanding.

 

Section 13. Notices. All notices or requests in connection with this Memorandum of Understanding shall be in writing. Such notices may be sent by verified facsimile transmission followed by registered or certified mail, or by registered or certified mail to the following addresses:

 

 

Global Holding Companies USA, Inc.

President: Rudolph M. Dahl

2665 Vincentia Road

Palm Springs, CA 92262

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

President: Peter M. Barbee

523 Highway 41 South

Inverness, FL 34450

 

 

with a copy to:

 

John E. Lux, Esq.

1629 K Street, Suite 300

Washington. DC 20006

Phone: 240-200-4529

Fax: 727-474-9810

 

 

Section 14. Jurisdiction. This Memorandum of Understanding shall be subject to and governed by United States law in the County of Hernando Florida.

 

Section 15. Integration. This Memorandum of Understanding replaces all written or oral prior agreements about the subject matter between the Parties.

 

Section 16. Duration. This Memorandum of Understanding is at-will and may be modified by mutual consent of authorized officials from each Party. This Memorandum of Understanding shall become effective upon signature by the authorized officials of the Parties and will remain in effect until modified or terminated by either Party.

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties, by their duly authorized representatives, have signed this Memorandum of Understanding on the day and the date written below.

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

/s/ Rudolph M. Dahl

Global Holding Companies USA, Inc.

President: Rudolph M. Dahl

 

 

Date: April 18, 2018

 

 

/s/ Peter M. Barbee

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

President: P. M. Barbee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EX1A-6 MAT CTRCT 13 age_1a-ex0608.htm THAILAND MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

Exhibit 6.8

 

 

______

 

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

BETWEEN

 

GLOBAL HOLDING COMPANIES USA, INC.

 

AND

 

ADVANCE GREEN ENERGY, INC.

 

______

 

Dated APRIL 18, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, (M.O.U.) dated April 18, 2018, by and between the Global Holding Companies USA, Inc. furthermore in this M.O.U. will be known as (GHC) and Advance Green Energy, Inc., furthermore in this M.O.U. will be known as (AGE) each individually referred to as a “Party” and together as the “Parties.”

 

______

 

 

WHEREAS, AGE will provide FUTT-13™, FUTT-14™ and FUTT-15™ to GHC for treatment of Diesel Fuel, Heavy Fuel Oil and coal for the country of Thailand.

 

WHEREAS, AGE will provide treated coal to GHC for the use in power plants and other industrial uses in Thailand.

 

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to set forth a non-binding memorandum to record their initial understandings to facilitate the consummation of a binding agreement,

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties declare as follows:

 

Section 1. Purpose .. This non-binding Memorandum of Understanding will be used to set the terms for a final agreement between the GHC and AGE.

 

Section 2. Activities. The Parties intend that the above goals will be accomplished by undertaking the following activities:

 

The Parties will reasonably agree to adjust the terms of the payment to GHC to reflect increases or decreases of tonnage of coal provided by AGE.

 

The Parties agree that a commission will be paid by AGE to GHC in the amount of 30% of the Net Profit of the transaction.

 

Section 3. Funding. This is Memorandum of Understanding is not a commitment of funds.

 

Section 4. Counterparts. This Memorandum of Understanding may be executed in any number of counterparts and each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original instrument but all such counterparts together shall constitute as one agreement.

 

Section 5. U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Both Parties desire to strictly abide by the United States Foreign Corrupt Practice Act of 1977 and any final agreement will be structured to comply with this law.

 

Section 6. Formal Agreement. The Parties will use their best efforts to expeditiously negotiate the terms and conditions of an Agreement to formalize this Memorandum of Understanding and undertake the necessary steps of finalizing, executing and consummating the proposed transaction.

 

Section 7. Trade Secret. The Parties hereby agree and stipulate that any confidential information of the Parties shall be deemed a "trade secret" as that term is defined under the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (the "Act"), and further agree and stipulate that the Parties by this Memorandum of Understanding have taken all reasonable steps under the Act to keep such information secret.

 

Section 8. Conduct of Business. Except as set forth in this Memorandum of Understanding, the parties will Continue to conduct any of their existing business in their normal and ordinary course.

 

Section 9. Permits, Licenses and Approvals. The Parties will use their best efforts to the acquiring the permits, licenses and other approvals necessary for the development of the contemplated projects in a reasonable time.

 

 

 

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Section 10. Indemnification. The Parties agree to, and shall, indemnify, hold harmless and protect the other Party and its affiliates.

 

Section 11. Amendments in Writing. No amendment or addition to this Memorandum of Understanding shall be effective unless agreed to in writing by the Parties. All amendments or additions will be executed in the form of an Addendum to this Memorandum of Understanding constituting an integral part thereof.

 

Section 12. Further Assurances. The Parties will execute such further documents and action necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Memorandum of Understanding.

 

Section 13. Notices. All notices or requests in connection with this Memorandum of Understanding shall be in writing. Such notices may be sent by verified facsimile transmission followed by registered or certified mail, or by registered or certified mail to the following addresses:

 

 

Global Holding Companies USA, Inc.

President: Rudolph M. Dahl

2665 Vincentia Road

Palm Springs, CA 92262

 

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

President: Peter M. Barbee

523 Highway 41 South

Inverness, FL 34450

 

 

with a copy to:

John E. Lux, Esq.

1629 K Street, Suite 300 Washington. DC 20006

Phone: 240-200-4529

Fax: 727-474-9810

 

 

Section 14. Jurisdiction. This Memorandum of Understanding shall be subject to and governed by United States law in the County of Hernando Florida.

 

Section 15. Integration. This Memorandum of Understanding replaces all written or oral prior agreements about the subject matter between the Parties.

 

Section 16. Duration. This Memorandum of Understanding is at-will and may be modified by mutual consent of authorized officials from each Party. This Memorandum of Understanding shall become effective upon signature by the authorized officials of the Parties and will remain in effect until modified or terminated by either Party.

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties, by their duly authorized representatives, have signed this Memorandum of Understanding on the day and the date written below.

 

 

Date:

 

/s/ Rudolph M. Dahl

Global Holding Companies USA, Inc.

President: Rudolph M. Dahl

 

 

Date: April 18, 2018

 

/s/ Peter M. Barbee

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

President: P. M. Barbee

 

 

 

 

 

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EX1A-12 OPN CNSL 14 age_1a-ex1201.htm LEGAL OPINION

 

Exhibit 12.1

 

John E. Lux, Esq.
Attorney at Law
1629 K Street, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 780-1000
Admitted in Maryland and the District of Columbia

 

July 11, 2018

 

Board of Directors

Advance Green Energy, Inc.

523 US Highway 41 South

Inverness, Florida 34450

 

Gentlemen:

 

I have acted, at your request, as special counsel to Advance Green Energy, Inc., a Wyoming corporation, (“Advance Green Energy, Inc.”) for the purpose of rendering an opinion as to the legality of 200,000,000 shares of Advance Green Energy, Inc. common stock, par value $0.0001 per share to be offered and distributed by Advance Green Energy, Inc. (the “Shares”), pursuant to an Offering Statement to be filed under Regulation A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by Advance Green Energy, Inc. with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on Form 1-A, for the purpose of registering the offer and sale of the Shares (“Offering Statement”).

 

For the purpose of rendering my opinion herein, I have reviewed statutes of the State of Florida, to the extent I deem relevant to the matter opined upon herein, certified or purported true copies of the Articles of Incorporation of Advance Green Energy, Inc. and all amendments thereto, the By-Laws of Advance Green Energy, Inc., selected proceedings of the board of directors of Advance Green Energy, Inc. authorizing the issuance of the Shares, certificates of officers of Advance Green Energy, Inc. and of public officials, and such other documents of Advance Green Energy, Inc. and of public officials as I have deemed necessary and relevant to the matter opined upon herein. I have assumed, with respect to persons other than directors and officers of Advance Green Energy, Inc., the due and proper election or appointment of all persons signing and purporting to sign the documents in their respective capacities, as stated therein, the genuineness of all signatures, the conformity to authentic original documents of the copies of all such documents submitted to me as certified, conformed and photocopied, including the quoted, extracted, excerpted and reprocessed text of such documents.

 

Based upon the review described above, it is my opinion that the Shares are duly authorized and when, as and if issued and delivered by Advance Green Energy, Inc. against payment therefore, as described in the offering statement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

I have not been engaged to examine, nor have I examined, the Offering Statement for the purpose of determining the accuracy or completeness of the information included therein or the compliance and conformity thereof with the rules and regulations of the SEC or the requirements of Form 1-A, and I express no opinion with respect thereto. My forgoing opinion is strictly limited to matters of Florida corporation law; and, I do not express an opinion on the federal law of the United States of America or the law of any state or jurisdiction therein other than Florida, as specified herein.

 

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 12.1 to the Offering Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Offering Circular constituting a part of the Offering Statement. We assume no obligation to update or supplement any of the opinion set forth herein to reflect any changes of law or fact that may occur following the date hereof.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ John E. Lux

 

John E. Lux

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