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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 1-A
REGULATION A OFFERING CIRCULAR
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Righting Fate Series, Inc.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State of other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
1230 Peachtree Street NE
19th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: (678) 453-6524
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code of issuer’s principal executive office)
Anthony Miller
1230 Peachtree Street NE
19th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: (678) 453-6524
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
7812 |
| 82-4707874 |
(Primary Standard Industrial |
| (I.R.S. Employer |
This Preliminary Offering Circular shall only be qualified upon order of the Commission unless a subsequent amendment is filed indicating the intention to become qualified by operation of the terms of Regulation A.
This Preliminary Offering Circular is following the offering circular format described in Part II of Form 1-A
Preliminary Offering Circular Dated February 15, 2019
An Offering Statement pursuant to Regulation A relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which we refer to as the 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.
PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR
Form 1-A
RIGHTING FATE SERIES, INC.
1230 Peachtree Street NE
19th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30309
Best Efforts Offering
20,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK AT $2.50 PER SHARE
Minimum Investment: 40 shares ($100.00)
Maximum Offering: $50,000,000
Righting Fate Series, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is offering up to 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.000001 par value (the “Common Stock”) (the “Offered Shares”), at a price of $2.50 per share (the “Offering”).
The Offering is a direct public offering being conducted on a “best efforts” basis. We do not intend to use the services of an underwriter or commissioned sales agent.
There is no minimum number of shares of our Common Stock which must be sold. This Offering will close upon the earlier of (1) the sale of all 20,000,000 shares of our Common Stock offered hereby, (2) one year from the date this Offering begins, or (3) a date prior to one year from the date this Offering begins that is so determined by us. The execution of a subscription agreement by an investor constitutes a binding offer to purchase shares of our Common Stock. Once an investor subscribes for our shares, the investor will not be able to revoke his subscription. As stated elsewhere herein, the proceeds from the sale of our shares will not be subject to any escrow but will be immediately available for our use. Consequently, those investors who purchase shares earlier in the Offering will be substantially more at risk than those investors who purchase later in the Offering, inasmuch as the later investors will have had the opportunity to assess the success of the Offering before making an investment. In no event will the subscribed amounts be returned to investors. See “Plan of Distribution.” Because there is no minimum offering amount, funds raised may not be sufficient to complete the plans of the Company as set forth in “Use of Proceeds to Issuer” in this Offering Circular.
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.
We expect to commence the sale of the Offered Shares as of the date on which the Offering Statement the (“Offering Statement”) of which this Offering Circular is a part, is qualified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
There is currently no trading market for our Common Stock.
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Please note that the Company is a “shell” company in accordance with Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933. Accordingly, any securities sold in this offering can only be resold through registration under the Securities Act of 1933; Section 4(1), if available, for non-affiliates; or by meeting the following conditions of Rule 144(i): (a) the issuer of the securities that was formerly a shell company has ceased to be a shell company; (b) the issuer of the securities is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(D) of the Exchange Act of 1934; and the issuer of the securities has filed all Exchange Act reports and material required to be filed during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports and materials), other than Form 8-K reports; and at least one year has lapsed from the time that the issuer filed current Form 10 type information with the Commission reflecting its status as an entity that is not a shell company. For purposes herein, following the effectiveness of this Offering Statement, the Company will not be subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. Thus, the Company will be required to file another registration statement and become subject to the reporting requirements thereof in order to potentially provide for the application of Rule 144.
We are an "emerging growth company," as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the JOBS Act. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including 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.
These are speculative securities. Investing in our shares involves significant risks. You should purchase these securities only if you can afford a complete loss of your investment. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 13.
| Price to public | Underwriting discount and commissions (1) | Proceeds to Company (2) | Proceeds to other persons |
Per share | $2.50 | $0.00 | $2.50 | $0.00 |
Minimum Investment | $100.00 | $0.00 | $100.00 | $0.00 |
Total Maximum | $50,000,000 | $0.00 | $50,000,000 | $0.00 |
(1) We do not intend to use commissioned sales agents or underwriters. | ||||
(2) Does not include expenses of the Offering, estimated to be $25,000 including legal, accounting and other costs of registration. See "Use of Proceeds to Issuer" and “Plan of Distribution.” |
THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OF ANY SECURITIES OFFERED OR THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, NOR DOES IT PASS UPON THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OFFERING CIRCULAR OR SELLING LITERATURE. THESE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION; HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREUNDER ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.
THESE SECURITIES INVOLVE A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK AND PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SUSTAIN A LOSS OF THEIR ENTIRE INVESTMENT. SEE “RISK FACTORS” BEGINNING ON PAGE 13 OF THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR.
The proposed sale will begin as soon as practicable after this Offering Circular has been qualified by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This Offering will close upon the earlier of (1) the sale of all 20,000,000 shares of our Common Stock offered hereby, (2) one year from the date this Offering begins, or (3) a date prior to one year from the date this Offering begins that is so determined by us.
RIGHTING FATE SERIES, INC.
1230 Peachtree Street NE
19th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30309
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THERE IS AT THIS TIME, NO PUBLIC MARKET FOR THE SECURITIES.
THESE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION; HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES BEING OFFERED ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION. THE 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 SELLING LITERATURE.
THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND ARE BEING OFFERED AND SOLD IN RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THESE LAWS. THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE REGULATORY AUTHORITY NOR HAS THE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE REGULATORY AUTHORITY PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THE OFFERING OR THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.
THE COMPANY IS FOLLOWING THE “OFFERING CIRCULAR” FORMAT OF DISCLOSURE UNDER REGULATION A.
THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR CONTAINS ALL OF THE REPRESENTATIONS BY THE COMPANY CONCERNING THIS OFFERING, AND NO PERSON SHALL MAKE DIFFERENT OR BROADER STATEMENTS THAN THOSE CONTAINED HEREIN. INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO RELY UPON ANY INFORMATION NOT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR.
INVESTMENT IN SMALL BUSINESSES INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK, AND INVESTORS SHOULD NOT INVEST ANY FUNDS IN THIS OFFERING UNLESS THEY CAN AFFORD TO LOSE THEIR ENTIRE INVESTMENT. IN MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION, INVESTORS MUST RELY ON THEIR OWN EXAMINATION OF THE ISSUER AND THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, INCLUDING THE MERITS AND RISKS INVOLVED.
THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL OR ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME AN OFFERING CIRCULAR WHICH IS NOT DESIGNATED AS A PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR IS DELIVERED AND THE OFFERING STATEMENT FILED WITH THE COMMISSION BECOMES QUALIFIED.
NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE AN IMPLICATION THAT THERE AS HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF OUR COMPANY SINCE THE DATE HEREOF. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT.
THE OFFERING PRICE OF THE SECURITIES IN WHICH THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR RELATES HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE COMPANY AND DOES NOT NECESSARILY BEAR ANY SPECIFIC RELATION TO THE ASSETS, BOOK VALUE OR POTENTIAL EARNINGS OF THE COMPANY OR ANY OTHER RECOGNIZED CRITERIA OF VALUE.
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NASAA UNIFORM LEGEND:
IN MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION INVESTORS MUST RELY ON THEIR OWN EXAMINATION OF THE ISSUER AND THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, INCLUDING THE MERITS AND RISKS INVOLVED. THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR REGULATORY AUTHORITY. FURTHERMORE, THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THE ACCURACY OR DETERMINED THE ADEQUACY OF THIS DOCUMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND THE APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. INVESTORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
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ABOUT THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR | 8 |
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS | 8 |
MARKET AND INDUSTRY DATA AND FORECASTS | 9 |
SUMMARY INFORMATION | 10 |
RISK FACTORS | 13 |
DILUTION | 22 |
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION | 23 |
USE OF PROCEEDS TO ISSUER | 25 |
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS | 26 |
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY | 30 |
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS | 31 |
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS | 34 |
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS | 35 |
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN SECURITYHOLDERS | 35 |
INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS | 36 |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | 39 |
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 40 |
INDEX TO PART III EXHIBITS | 37 |
SIGNATURES | 38 |
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This Offering Circular describes the offer and sale by us of shares of our Common Stock pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(b) of the Securities Act and Regulation A promulgated thereunder.
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.
This Offering Circular speaks only as of the date hereof.
We will amend this Offering Circular whenever the information it contains has become false or misleading in light of existing circumstances and for other purposes, such as to disclose material developments related to our Common Stock, to update required financial statements or if there has been a fundamental change in the information initially presented. We will file an amended Offering Circular as part of an amendment to our Form 1-A, which we will file with the SEC, state regulators or other appropriate regulatory bodies. Our amended Offering Circular will be posted on our website when the amendment has been qualified by the SEC.
Shares of our Common Stock have not been qualified under the securities laws of any state or jurisdiction.
Unless we state otherwise the terms “we”, “us”, “our”, “Company”, “Righting Fate”, “management”, or similar terms collectively refer to Righting Fate Series, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Offering Circular contains certain forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “potential,” “intend,” “expect,” “outlook,” “seek,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “approximately,” “believe,” “could,” “project,” “predict,” or other similar words or expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions, discuss future expectations, describe future plans and strategies, contain financial and operating projections or state other forward-looking information. Our ability to predict results or the actual effect of future events, actions, plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, our actual results and performance could differ materially from those set forth or anticipated in our forward-looking statements. Factors that could have a material adverse effect on our forward-looking statements and upon our business, results of operations, financial condition, funds derived from operations, cash available for dividends, cash flows, liquidity, and prospects include, but are not limited to, the factors referenced in this Offering Circular, including those set forth below.
When considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in this Offering Circular. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements, which reflect our views as of the date of this Offering Circular. The matters summarized below and elsewhere in this Offering Circular could cause our actual results and performance to differ materially from those set forth or anticipated in forward-looking statements. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee future results or performance. Furthermore, except as required by law, we are under no duty to, and we do not intend to, update any of our forward-looking statements after the date of this Offering Circular, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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MARKET AND INDUSTRY DATA AND FORECASTS
We obtained the statistical and other market data used in this Offering Circular from independent industry sources and publications as well as from research reports prepared by third parties. Industry publications, surveys, and forecasts generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable. Although we believe that this information is reliable, we have not independently verified such third-party information. The market data used in this Offering Circular involves a number of assumptions and limitations, and you are cautioned not to give undue weight to such estimates. While we are not aware of any misstatements regarding any market, industry or similar data presented herein, such data involves risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under the headings “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in this Offering Circular. These and other factors could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in the estimates made by the independent parties and by us.
Certain data are also based on our good faith estimates, which are derived from management’s knowledge of the industry and independent sources. Industry publications, surveys, and forecasts generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but there can be no assurance as to the accuracy or completeness of included information. We have not independently verified any of the data from third-party sources nor have we ascertained the underlying economic assumptions relied upon therein. Statements as to our market position are based on market data currently available to us. While we are not aware of any misstatements regarding the industry data presented herein, our estimates involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in this Offering Circular. Similarly, we believe our internal research is reliable, even though such research has not been verified by any independent sources.
THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR CONTAINS ALL OF THE REPRESENTATIONS BY THE COMPANY CONCERNING THIS OFFERING, AND NO PERSON SHALL MAKE DIFFERENT OR BROADER STATEMENTS THAN THOSE CONTAINED HEREIN. INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO RELY UPON ANY INFORMATION NOT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO INVESTORS
This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this Offering Circular and does not contain all of the information that you should consider in making your investment decision. Before investing in our Common Stock, you should carefully read this entire Offering Circular, including our consolidated financial statements and the related notes and the information set forth under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” included in this Offering Circular. Unless otherwise stated, all references to “us,” “our,” “we,” the “Company” and similar designations refer to Righting Fate Series, Inc.
Some of the statements in this Offering Circular are forward-looking statements. See the section entitled “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
THE COMPANY AND BUSINESS SUMMARY
The Company
Righting Fate Series, Inc. was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on February 22, 2018. Our principal office is located at 1230 Peachtree Street NE, 19th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30309, Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Our website is www.rightingfate.com. 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.
We are a “shell company” within the meaning of Rule 405, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, because we have nominal assets and nominal operations. Accordingly, the securities sold in this offering can only be resold through registration under Section 5 the Securities Act of 1933, Section 4(1), if available, for non-affiliates or by meeting the conditions of Rule 144(i). A holder of our securities may not rely on the safe harbor from being deemed statutory underwriter under Section 2(11) of the Securities Act, as provided by Rule 144, to resell his or her securities. Only after we (i) are not a shell company, and (ii) have filed all reports and other materials required to be filed by section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable, during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that we may be required to file such reports and materials, other than Form 8-K reports); and have filed current “Form 10 information” with the SEC reflecting our status as an entity that is no longer a shell company for a period of not less than 12 months, can our securities be resold pursuant to Rule 144. “Form 10 information” is, generally speaking, the same type of information as we are required to disclose in this prospectus, but without an offering of securities. These circumstances regarding how Rule 144 applies to shell companies may hinder the resale of your shares of the Company.
We are not a blank check company, as such term is defined by Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as we have a specific business plan and we presently have no plans or intentions to engage in a merger or acquisition with an unidentified company, companies, entity or person.
Overview
The Righting Fate Series, Inc. is planned to be a drama series franchise that creates and delivers an ad-supported, premium quality, original, scripted drama directly to global audiences via internet streaming for it's first-run and licenses television, cable, and streaming outlets for second-run airing.
We plan to have the franchise earn revenue directly from advertisers who advertise during first-run webisodes and from broadcasters and streaming services who license the television version of the drama for second-run airing (i.e. syndication).
The business model centers around a quality production that garners an enthusiastic audience. Ad sales and syndication revenue depend on both. As shown in the illustration below, we plan to have the value creation begin with creating an enthusiastic audience and then monetizing the fanbase through advertising. Additionally, we plan to have the quality production and the fanbase combine to attract syndication revenue from broadcasters who would like to air the content to their audiences.
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Story
Righting Fate will chronicle the story of a fictitious, famous football player's struggle with depression as he leads his family to become one of the 1% of affluent African-American families of the 1950s. We plan to have the epic, family saga showcase characters with train-wreck flaws navigating life in a gritty and sometimes grand setting.
The story, treatment, pilot, and initial story bible are developed. The pilot is registered with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) by Anthony Ezell Miller, the series creator. The treatment, story, bible, and all intellectual property related to Righting Fate have been acquired by the Company. We plan to have experienced, professional writers enhance the story and write scripts, under the consultation of the series creator.
The current tagline is “In life sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and sometimes you self-destruct.”
Significant Business Actions since Inception
-Incorporated company in the State of Delaware.
-Established rights of Common Stock
-Authorized 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock at $0.000001 par value.
-Established initial capitalization with stock purchase of Common Stock by the founder.
-Transferred all story, marketing, and business planning intellectual property from the founder to the Company.
-Sold 60,000,000 shares of Common Stock to the founder for par value.
High Degree of Risk
Given the variable nature of audience preferences, the competitive environment for dramatic series entertainment, and other factors, these securities carry a high degree of risk. As an investor, you should be able to bear a complete loss of your investment. You should carefully consider the information set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of this Offering Circular.
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THE OFFERING
Securities offered by the Company |
| Up to 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock |
Common stock to be outstanding immediately after this Offering (assuming all shares of Common Stock in this Offering are sold) |
| 80,002,033 shares |
Offering price per share |
| $2.50 |
Minimum Investment |
| $100.00 (40 shares) |
Number of shares outstanding before the Offering |
| 60,002,033 |
Market for these securities |
| There is presently no public market for these securities. |
Use of proceeds |
| We intend that the proceeds of this Offering will be used to complete the creation of the franchise story, write and produce the first season, stream the first season, and sell advertising for the streaming in addition to other general corporate purposes including working capital, sales and marketing activities, platform development, general and administrative matters and capital expenditures. See “Use of Proceeds to Issuer.” |
Termination of the Offering |
| This Offering will close upon the earlier of (1) the sale of all 20,000,000 shares of our Common Stock offered hereby, (2) one year from the date this Offering begins, or (3) a date prior to one year from the date this Offering begins that is so determined by us. |
Risk factors |
| You should carefully read “Risk Factors” on page 13 in this Offering Circular for a discussion of factors that you should consider before deciding to invest in our Common Stock. |
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Investing in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below, together with all of the other information in this prospectus, including our consolidated financial statements and related notes, before investing in our Common Stock. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are unaware of, or that we currently believe are not material, may also become important factors that adversely affect our business. If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects could be materially harmed. In that event, the market price of our Common Stock could decline, and you could lose part or all of your investment.
Risk Factors Related to the Business of the Company
Our limited operating history makes it difficult to evaluate our current business and future prospects and may increase the risk associated with your investment.
We have a limited operating history and to date, we have generated no sales or revenues. Consequently, our operations are subject to all the risks inherent in the establishment of a pre-revenue business enterprise as well as those risks associated with a company engaged in dramatic series production. We have encountered and will continue to encounter risks and difficulties frequently experienced by rapidly growing companies in constantly evolving industries, including the risks described in this prospectus. If we do not address these risks successfully, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects will be adversely affected, and the market price of our Common Stock could decline. Further, we have limited historical financial data, and we operate in a rapidly evolving market. As such, any predictions about our future revenue and expenses may not be as accurate as they would be if we had a longer operating history or operated in a more predictable market.
We have not yet generated operational revenues and with our unproven business model may never generate operating revenues.
As of the date of this Offering Circular, we have not generated revenues. As a consequence, it is difficult, if not impossible, to forecast our future results based on our historical data. Because of the related uncertainties, we may be hindered in our ability to anticipate and timely adapt to increases or decreases in sales, revenues or expenses. If we make poor budgetary decisions as a result of unreliable data, we may never become profitable or incur losses, which may result in a decline in our stock price.
There is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and implement our business plan if we are unable to secure additional financing.
To date Righting Fate Series, Inc. has generated no revenues from its business operation and has incurred operating losses since inception of $3587. The ability of Righting Fate Series, Inc. to continue as a going concern is dependent on raising capital to fund its initial business plan and ultimately to attain profitable operations. Accordingly, we have indicated, and our auditors have emphasized, that these factors raise substantial doubt as to the company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Righting Fate Series, Inc. intends to continue to fund its business by way of private placements and advancements from related parties as may be required, although there is no obligation of any related party to advance any sums for operations.
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Industry Risks
We face intense competition, especially from larger, well-established companies, and we may lack sufficient financial or other resources to achieve profitability.
The content provider market is intensely competitive, and we expect to face significant competition from established competitors and new market entrants. This competition could result in increased sales and marketing expenses, advertising rate pressure, reduced profit margins, and our inability to establish market presence, any of which would likely seriously harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
We plan to compete with large content providers and streaming services including Disney, Sony, HBO, YouTube, Netflix, and Amazon. We expect competition from other companies and new market entrants. Many of our potential competitors enjoy substantial competitive advantages, such as:
-greater name recognition and longer operating histories;
-larger sales and marketing budgets and resources;
-greater production resources;
-the ability to leverage their ad sales efforts across a broader portfolio of content;
-the ability to set more aggressive pricing policies;
-lower labor and development costs;
-greater resources to make acquisitions;
-larger intellectual property portfolios;
-substantially greater financial, technical, creative or other resources.
Unproven acceptance of our production exposes investors to risk.
Viewership of the series is affected by numerous factors within and outside of our control which makes audience interest unpredictable. The story and the production may be executed as planned and still be incompatible with audience tastes. Our ability to attract advertising is linked to the viewership of the series, as it affects the advertising rate we can charge and our ability to attract advertising at all. Failure of the production to achieve significant market acceptance and viewership would materially adversely affect our planned business, future results of operations and financial condition.
Unproven acceptance of our production delivery method exposes investors to risk.
Our planned business model includes us contracting a third-party to stream our content and advertising which means viewers will view our production directly on our website, outside of traditional streaming services such as YouTube, Amazon, and Netflix. This method is unproven for high-production value dramas. Failure of our production delivery method to achieve significant market acceptance and viewership would materially adversely affect our planned business, future results of operations and financial condition.
Unproven acceptance of our advertising inventory exposes investors to risk.
Our webisodes will contain advertising slots, or inventory, which can be sold to advertisers and media buyers. Advertisers have a wide range of options for spending advertising dollars, including on more established productions and more established outlets such as YouTube. Our advertising revenue depends on our sales teams successfully selling our advertising inventory at high enough rates to support profitability. Failure of our advertising inventory to achieve significant market acceptance and sales would materially adversely affect our planned business, future results of operations, and financial condition.
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Unproven acceptance of our series as a syndication purchase exposes investors to risk.
After the series' first-run as webisodes, we plan to reformat it into “television hours” (approximately 42 minutes in length per episode) and sell domestically and internationally to streaming, broadcast, and cable providers in a process called syndication sales. The syndication market for content changes rapidly. Each outlet, domestic and international, is a potential syndication customer for the second-run of our production. Content buyers have a wide range of options for buying content, including from more established producers. Our syndication revenue depends on our planned sales teams successfully selling into these markets. Failure of our content to achieve significant syndication market acceptance would materially adversely affect our planned business, future results of operations, and financial condition.
Our streaming providers could fail to provide streaming services at the quality level required or fail to provide streaming services entirely which could disrupt our business, increase our costs, and could potentially cause us to lose our market.
We will depend on third-party companies to provide streaming and ad-serving services according to our specifications. These streaming providers could fail to provide streaming and ad-serving services at the required quality level or at all. Any change in streaming and ad-server providers could disrupt or delay our streaming delivery. If any of these events occur, our business prospects, results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.
Our business depends on continued and unimpeded access to the internet by our intended audience and us. Internet access providers or distributors may be able to block, degrade or charge for access to our services, which could lead to additional expenses and the loss of viewers.
Streaming and ad-delivery services such as the one we’ve planned depend on our ability and the ability of our viewers to access the internet. Currently, companies that have significant market power in the broadband and internet access marketplace mostly provide such access; this includes incumbent telephone companies, cable companies, mobile communications companies, and government-owned service providers. Some providers may take measures that could degrade, disrupt, or increase the cost of viewer access to services such as ours. This may happen by restriction or prohibition of the use of their infrastructure (which is used to support or facilitate product or service offerings such as ours), or by charging increased fees to businesses such as ours to be able to provide our service or to have viewers access that service. Such interference could result in a loss of existing viewers and increased costs. This could also impair our ability to attract new viewers and advertisers, thereby harming our revenues and growth. The adoption of any laws or regulations that limit access to the internet by blocking, degrading or charging access fees to us or our viewers could reduce viewership, increase our costs of doing business, and adversely affect our operating results.
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Breaches of our cybersecurity systems could degrade our ability to conduct our business operations and deliver contents and advertising to our viewers, delay our ability to recognize revenue, result in significant data losses and the theft of our intellectual property, damage our reputation, expose us to liability to third parties and require us to incur significant additional costs to maintain the security of our networks and data.
We increasingly depend upon our IT systems to conduct virtually all of our business operations, ranging from our internal operations and content development activities to our marketing and sales efforts and communications with our potential customers and business partners. Computer programmers may attempt to penetrate our network or website security and misappropriate our proprietary information or cause interruptions of our service. Because the techniques used by such computer programmers to access or sabotage networks change frequently and may not be recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques. In addition, sophisticated hardware and operating system software and applications that we produce or procure from third parties may contain defects in design or manufacture, including “bugs” and other problems that could unexpectedly interfere with the operation of the system. If our cybersecurity systems and those of our contractors fail to protect against unauthorized access sophisticated cyber-attacks and the mishandling of data, our ability to conduct our business effectively could be damaged in a number of ways, including:
-sensitive data regarding our business, including intellectual property and other proprietary data, could be stolen;
-our electronic communications systems, including email and other methods, could be disrupted, and our ability to conduct our business operations could be seriously damaged until such systems can be restored;
-our ability to process advertising placement orders and electronically deliver content could be degraded, resulting in delays in revenue recognition;
-personally, identifiable data of our potential customers, employees and business partners could be compromised.
Should any of the above events occur, we could be subject to significant claims for liability from our potential customers and regulatory actions from governmental agencies. In addition, our ability to protect our intellectual property rights could be compromised and our reputation and competitive position could be significantly harmed. Also, the regulatory and contractual actions, litigation, investigations, fines, penalties, and liabilities relating to data breaches that result in losses of personally identifiable or credit card information can be significant in terms of fines and reputation impact and necessitate changes to our business operations that may be disruptive to us. Additionally, we could incur significant costs in order to upgrade our cybersecurity systems and remediate damages. Consequently, our financial performance and results of operations could be adversely affected.
We rely on the availability of licenses to music and video intellectual property.
The production requires the emulation of historical eras and plans to use video, music, and physical properties to accomplish this. The licensing rights are held by various third-parties. Failure to secure licensing rights at a favorable rate could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition, and results of operation.
Production tax credits can be reduced or eliminated.
Our production is planned to occur primarily in regions whose governments provide incentives such as tax credits that serve to significantly reduce production costs. A reduction or discontinuation of these incentives would increase production costs, and materially adversely affect our planned business, future results of operations and financial condition.
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We may become involved in litigation that may materially adversely affect us.
From time to time, we may become involved in various legal proceedings relating to matters incidental to the ordinary course of our business, including patent, commercial, licensing, employment, class action, whistle-blower and other litigation and claims, and governmental and other regulatory investigations and proceedings. Such matters can be time-consuming, divert management’s attention and resources, cause us to incur significant expenses or liability and/or require us to change our business practices. Because of the potential risks, expenses, and uncertainties of litigation, we may, from time to time, settle disputes, even where we have meritorious claims or defenses, by agreeing to settlement agreements. Because litigation is inherently unpredictable, we cannot assure you that the results of any of these actions will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Assertions by third parties of infringement or other violations by us of their intellectual property rights, or other lawsuits asserted against us, could result in significant costs and substantially harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Intellectual property disputes are common in the entertainment industry and have resulted in protracted and expensive litigation for many companies. Many companies in the entertainment industry, including our competitors and other third parties, as well as non-practicing entities, own large numbers of copyrights and trademarks, which they may use to assert claims of misappropriation or other violations of intellectual property rights against us. From time to time, they have or may in the future also assert such claims against us. Any claim of misappropriation or other violations of intellectual property rights by a third party, even those without merit, could cause us to incur substantial costs defending against the claim, distract our management from our business and require us to cease use of such intellectual property. Any of these events could seriously harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
If we are unable to protect our proprietary rights, our operations will be adversely affected.
We depend on our ability to protect our intellectual property. We rely on copyright and trademark laws and confidentiality agreements with employees and third parties, all of which offer only limited protection. We have not registered our trademarks in all geographic markets. Failure to secure those registrations could adversely affect our ability to enforce and defend our trademark rights and result in indemnification claims. Further, any claim of infringement by a third party, even those claims without merit, could cause us to incur substantial costs defending against such claim, could divert management attention from our business and could require us to cease use of such intellectual property in certain geographic markets.
Despite our efforts, the steps we have taken to protect our proprietary rights may not be adequate to preclude misappropriation of our intellectual property or infringement of our intellectual property rights, and our ability to police such misappropriation or infringement is uncertain, particularly in countries outside of the United States.
Protecting against the unauthorized use of our intellectual property is expensive, difficult and, in some cases, impossible. Litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce or defend our intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. Such litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of management resources, either of which could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects, and there is no guarantee that we would be successful. Furthermore, many potential competitors have the ability to dedicate substantially greater resources to protecting their intellectual property rights than we do. Accordingly, despite our efforts, we may not be able to prevent third parties from infringing upon or misappropriating our intellectual property, which could seriously harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
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Failure to comply with governmental laws and regulations could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Our business is subject to regulation by various federal, state, local and foreign governmental agencies, including agencies responsible for monitoring and enforcing employment and labor laws, internet streaming, workplace safety, environmental laws, consumer protection laws, anti-bribery laws, import/export controls, federal securities laws, tax laws and regulations. In certain jurisdictions, these regulatory requirements may be more stringent than those in the United States. Noncompliance with applicable government regulations or requirements could subject us to investigations, sanctions, enforcement actions, disgorgement of profits, fines, damages, civil and criminal penalties or injunctions. If any governmental sanctions are imposed, or if we do not prevail in any possible civil or criminal litigation, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects could be materially adversely affected. In addition, responding to any action will likely result in a significant diversion of management’s attention and resources and an increase in professional fees. Enforcement actions and sanctions could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Risks Related to Management and Personnel
We depend heavily on Mr. Anthony Ezell Miller, President. The loss of his services could harm our business.
Our future business and results of operations depend in significant part upon the continued contributions of Mr. Anthony Ezell Miller, our founder and President. If we lose his services or if he fails to perform in his current position, or if we are not able to attract and retain skilled employees in addition to Mr. Miller, our business could be adversely affected. Loss of the services of Mr. Miller as an officer and director could adversely affect the implementation of our business plan and harm our business.
Because our officers and board of directors will make all management decisions, you should only purchase our securities if you are comfortable entrusting our directors to make all decisions.
Our board of directors will have the sole right to make all decisions with respect to our management. Investors will not have an opportunity to evaluate the specific projects that will be financed with future operating income. You should not purchase our securities unless you are willing to entrust all aspects of our management to our officers and directors.
Our management team will have immediate and broad discretion over the use of the net proceeds from our Offering without any escrow and we may use the net proceeds in ways with which you disagree.
The net proceeds from our Offering will be immediately available to our management to use at their discretion and will not be subject to any escrow. Consequently, those investors who purchase shares earlier in the Offering will be substantially more at risk than those investors who purchase later in the Offering, inasmuch as the later investors will have had the opportunity to assess the success of the Offering before making an investment. In no event will the subscribed amounts be returned to investors. In addition, we currently intend to use the net proceeds from our Offering for working capital purposes, including development, production, marketing, streaming service development, intellectual property and general legal fees, as well as for general corporate purposes. See “Use of Proceeds to Issuer.” We have not allocated specific amounts of the net proceeds from this Offering for any of the foregoing purposes. Accordingly, our management will have significant discretion and flexibility in applying the net proceeds of this Offering. You will be relying on the judgment of our management with regard to the use of these net proceeds, and you will not have the opportunity, as part of your investment decision, to assess whether the proceeds are being used appropriately. It is possible that the net proceeds will be invested in a way that does not yield a favorable, or any, return for us or our stockholders. The failure of our management to use such funds effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition, and results of operation.
Our officers and directors do not have any prior experience conducting a “best efforts” Offering.
None of our officers and directors have ever conducted a best-efforts offering or raised any money in a Regulation A offering. We are selling the Common Stock directly, without the benefit of an underwriter. Consequently, we may not be able to raise the funds needed to achieve our business objectives. Our inability to successfully conduct a best-efforts offering could be the basis of your losing your entire investment with us.
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Our officers and directors will own 75% or more of the voting rights of the Company.
Current officers and directors of our company own an aggregate of 60,000,000 shares of our Common Stock representing nearly 100% of the total votes on which shareholders are entitled to vote. Assuming the total number of shares are sold in this Offering current officers and directors' shares will represent 75% of the voting rights. Because the officers and directors have a significant majority of the voting rights of our shareholders, they will be able to influence the outcome of all corporate actions requiring the approval of our shareholders, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions, which may result in corporate action with which other shareholders do not agree. If our current officers and directors vote in favor of the foregoing actions, they will have sufficient voting power to approve such actions and no other shareholder approvals will be required.
As a result, our current officers and directors will have significant influence over our management and affairs and control over matters requiring shareholder approval, including the election of directors and significant corporate transactions, such as a merger or other sale of our company or our assets, for the foreseeable future. Their interests may differ from the interests of other shareholders and thus result in corporate decisions that are disadvantageous to other shareholders.
If we are unable to hire, retain, train and motivate qualified personnel and senior management, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects could suffer.
Our future success depends, in part, on our ability to continue to attract and retain highly skilled personnel. Many of the companies with which we compete for experienced personnel have greater resources than we have to provide more attractive compensation packages and other amenities. In making employment decisions, job candidates often consider the value of the stock-based compensation they are to receive in connection with their employment. Declines in the market price of our stock after this Offering could adversely affect our ability to attract, motivate or retain key employees. If we are unable to attract or retain qualified personnel, or if there are delays in hiring required personnel, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may be seriously harmed.
Also, to the extent we hire personnel from competitors, we may be subject to allegations that such personnel has been improperly solicited, that such personnel has divulged proprietary or other confidential information or that former employers own certain intellectual property or other work product. Such claims could result in litigation.
Our future performance also depends on the continued services and continuing contributions of our senior management to execute our business plan and to identify and pursue new opportunities. The loss of our key personnel or any difficulty attracting or retaining other highly qualified personnel in the future could significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our development and strategic objectives, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Risks related to the Offering and the market for our stock
Because there is no minimum offering amount, funds raised may not be sufficient to complete the plans of the Company as set forth in “Use of Proceeds to Issuer” in this Offering Circular.
There is no minimum offering amount. If we do not raise the maximum proceeds, funds raised may not be sufficient to complete all plans of the Company as set forth in “Use of Proceeds to Issuer” in this Offering Circular, which could inhibit our ability to commence generating revenue.
We may need to raise additional capital. If we are unable to raise necessary additional capital, our business may fail, or our operating results and our stock price may be materially adversely affected.
Because we are a newly operational company, we will need to secure adequate funding for our planned production, streaming services, and sales and marketing functions. Selling additional stock, either privately or publicly, would dilute the equity interests of our stockholders. If we borrow more money, we will have to pay interest and may also have to agree to restrictions that limit our operating flexibility. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing, we may have to curtail our operations, or our business would fail.
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Because we are a “shell company” the holders of our restricted securities will not be able to sell their securities in reliance on Rule 144 and we cannot file registration statements under Section 5 of the Securities Act using a Form S-8 until we cease being a “shell company”.
We are a “shell company” as that term is defined by the applicable federal securities laws. Specifically, because of the nature and amount of our assets and our very limited operations, pursuant to applicable federal rules, we are considered a “shell company”. Applicable provisions of Rule 144 specify that during that time that we are a “shell company” and for a period of one year thereafter, holders of our restricted securities cannot sell those securities in reliance on Rule 144. This restriction may potentially have adverse effects on future efforts to form additional capital through unregistered offerings. Another implication of us being a shell company is that we cannot file registration statements under Section 5 of the Securities Act using a Form S-8, a short form of registration to register securities issued to employees and consultants under an employee benefit plan. As result, one year after we cease being a shell company, assuming we are current in our reporting requirements with the Securities and Exchange Commission and have filed current “Form 10 information” with the SEC reflecting our status as an entity that is no longer a shell company for a period of not less than 12 months, holders of our restricted securities may then sell those securities in reliance on Rule 144 (provided, however, those holders satisfy all of the applicable requirements of that rule). For us to cease being a “shell company” we must have more than nominal operations and more than nominal assets or assets which do not consist solely of cash or cash equivalents. Shares purchased in this offering, which will be immediately resalable, and sales of all of our other shares if and when applicable restrictions against resale expire could have a depressive effect on the market price, if any, of our common stock and the shares we are offering.
We are an "emerging growth company," and we cannot be certain if the reduced reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our Common Stock less attractive to investors.
We are an "emerging growth company," as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the JOBS Act. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including 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 could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although we could lose that status sooner if our revenues exceed $1 billion, if we issue more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt in a three-year period, or if the market value of our Common Stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of a December 31 fiscal year end, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following December 31. 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.
Certain of our stockholders hold a significant percentage of our outstanding voting securities, which could reduce the ability of minority shareholders to effect certain corporate actions.
Our majority shareholders are the beneficial owners of nearly 100% of our Common Stock. As a result, they possess significant influence and can elect a majority of our board of directors and authorize or prevent proposed significant corporate transactions. Their ownership and control may also have the effect of delaying or preventing a future change in control, impeding a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business combination or discourage a potential acquirer from making a tender offer.
There currently is no public trading market for our securities and an active market may not develop or, if developed, be sustained. If a public trading market does not develop, you may not be able to sell any of your securities.
There is currently no public trading market for our Common Stock, and an active market may not develop or be sustained. If an active public trading market for our securities does not develop or is not sustained, it may be difficult or impossible for you to resell your shares at any price. Even if a public market does develop, the market price could decline below the amount you paid for your shares.
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This is a fixed price offering and the fixed offering price may not accurately represent the current value of us or our assets at any particular time. Therefore, the purchase price you pay for shares may not be supported by the value of our assets at the time of your purchase.
This is a fixed price offering, which means that the offering price for our shares is fixed and will not vary based on the underlying value of our assets at any time. Our board of directors has determined the offering price in its sole discretion. The fixed offering price for our shares has not been based on appraisals of any assets we own or may own, or of our Company as a whole, nor do we intend to obtain such appraisals. Therefore, the fixed offering price established for our shares may not be supported by the current value of our Company or our assets at any particular time.
We have the right to issue additional Common Stock without the consent of stockholders. This would have the effect of diluting investors’ ownership and could decrease the value of their investment.
We have additional authorized, but unissued shares of our Common Stock that may be issued by us for any purpose without the consent or vote of our stockholders that would dilute stockholders’ percentage ownership of our company.
Purchasers of this Offering will experience immediate and substantial dilution in the book value of their investment.
The initial offering price per share will be substantially higher than the pro forma net tangible book value per share of our Common Stock outstanding prior to this Offering. As a result, investors purchasing Common Stock in this Offering will experience immediate dilution of $1.87 per share assuming the total number of shares offered hereby are sold. This dilution is due to the fact that our founder paid substantially less than the offering price when he purchased his shares of Common Stock. In addition, if we issue additional equity securities, you will experience additional dilution.
The reduced disclosure requirements applicable to us may make our Common Stock less attractive to investors.
As an issuer utilizing Tier 2 of Regulation A promulgated under the Securities Act, we will not be subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Unless we elect to become subject to the Exchange Act, we will not be required to file annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or current reports on Form 8-K with respect to our business and financial condition. As of the date of this Offering Circular, we do not intend to elect to become subject to the Exchange Act. Potential investors may not view reports under Regulation A as sufficient for investment purposes or such reports may otherwise cause potential investors to not be interested in investing in our Common Stock, each of which would have a negative effect on the price of our Common Stock and our investors’ ability to sell their shares of Common Stock.
We have never paid dividends on our Common Stock and cannot predict when or if we may be able to do so.
Holders of shares of our Common Stock are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors. To date, we have paid no cash dividends on our shares of Common Stock. Declaration or payment of dividends, if any, in the future, will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our then current financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements and other factors deemed relevant by the board of directors. Consequently, we cannot predict when or if we may be able to pay cash dividends on our Common Stock in the foreseeable future. Therefore, any return investors in our Common Stock may have will be in the form of appreciation, if any, in the market value of their shares of Common Stock until such time as the board of directors declares a dividend, if and when declared.
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If you invest in our securities, your interest will be diluted to the extent of the difference between the offering price per share and the as-adjusted net tangible book value per share after this Offering. The net tangible book value of our company as of June 30, 2018, was $606.
Without giving effect to any changes in the net tangible book value after June 30, 2018, other than the sale of our shares in this Offering at a price of $2.50 per share, our pro forma net tangible book value would be $50,000,606. The net tangible book value would be $0.63 per share. Dilution in net tangible book value per share represents the difference between the amount per share by the purchasers of our shares in this Offering and the net tangible book value per share immediately afterward. Immediate dilution for shareholders would be $1.87 or 75%. The following table illustrates this per share dilution:
Net tangible book value as of June 30, 2018 | $606 |
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Adjusted net tangible book value after this Offering | $50,000,606 |
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Adjusted net tangible book price per share after this Offering | $0.63 |
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Dilution in shares ($2.50 offering price) | $1.87 |
Dilution percentage | 75% |
The following table summarizes the differences between the existing shareholders as of the date of this offering circular and the new investors with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock purchased, the total consideration paid, and the average price per share paid, on a maximum offering basis:
Subsequent to the Maximum Offering:
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Founder | 60,000,000 | 75% | $60 | 0.0001% | $0.000001 |
Founding Investors | 2,033 | 0.003% | $3,050 | 0.0061% | $1.50 |
New investors | 20,000,000 | 25% | $50,000,000 | 99.9999% | $2.50 |
Total | 80,002,033 | 100% | $50,003,110 | 100.00% | $0.625023 |
Shareholders may also be subject to dilution due to future actions by our company. The Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws authorize us to conduct an additional offering. Under such circumstances, we will issue additional shares, and the percentage of our company that you own will go down, even though the value of our company may go up. You will own a smaller piece of a larger company.
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Terms of the Offering
We are offering for sale up to 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock at a fixed price of $2.50 per share with a minimum investment of 40 shares ($100.00) for the duration of this Offering (the “Offering”). The Offering is a direct public offering under Regulation A-Tier 2 being conducted on a self-underwritten, “best efforts” basis, which means we will not use the services of an underwriter and our executive officers and directors will attempt to sell the shares directly to investors. In the event we retain a broker who may be deemed an underwriter, an amendment to the Offering Circular will be filed.
We cannot assure you that all or any of the Common Stock offered under this Offering Circular will be sold. No one has committed to purchase any of the securities offered. Therefore, we may sell only a nominal amount of Common Stock, in which case our ability to execute our business plan will be negatively impacted.
Subscriptions for shares of our Common Stock are irrevocable once made, and funds will only be returned upon rejection of the subscription. There is no arrangement to place the funds in an escrow, trust or similar account. All funds will be available to us following deposit into our bank account.
In offering the shares on our behalf, our executive officers and directors will rely on the “safe harbor” provisions of SEC Rule 3a4-1, promulgated under the Exchange. Generally speaking, Rule 3a4-1 provides an exemption from the broker-dealer registration requirements of the Exchange Act for persons associated with an issuer that participate in the sale of the securities of such issuer.
Our executive officers and directors meet the conditions of the Rule 3a4-1 exemption, as: (a) they are not subject to any statutory disqualification, as that term is defined in Section 3(a)(39) of the Exchange Act; (b) they will not be compensated in connection with their participation in the direct public offering or resale offering by the payment of commissions or other remuneration based either directly or indirectly on transactions in our securities; and (c) they will not be associated persons of a broker or dealer at the time of their participation in the direct public offering and resale offering. Further, our officers and directors: (a) at the end of the Offering, will continue to primarily perform substantial duties for us or on our behalf otherwise than in connection with transactions in securities; (b) are not, nor have been within the preceding twelve (12) months, a broker or dealer, and they are not, nor have they been within the preceding twelve (12) months, an associated person of a broker or dealer; and (c) they have not participated in another offering of securities pursuant to the Exchange Act Rule 3a4-1 in the past twelve (12) months and they have not and will not participate in selling an offering of securities for any issuer more than once every twelve (12) months other than in reliance on the Exchange Act Rule 3a4-1(a)(4)(i) or (iii).
In order to comply with the applicable securities laws of certain states, the securities will be offered or sold in those states only if they have been registered or qualified for sale, an exemption from such registration is available, or if qualification requirement is available and with which we have complied.
Offering Period and Expiration Date
This Offering will close upon the earlier of (1) the sale of all 20,000,000 shares of our Common Stock offered hereby, (2) one year from the date this Offering begins, or (3) a date prior to one year from the date this Offering begins that is so determined by us.
Deposit of Offering Proceeds
This is a direct primary, self-underwritten basis offering, so we are not required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of securities but will use our best efforts to sell the securities offered. We have made no arrangements to place subscription funds in an escrow, trust or similar account, which means that all funds collected for subscriptions will be immediately available to us for use in the implementation of our business plan.
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There is No Current Market for Our Shares
There is currently no market for our shares. The shares are not traded or listed on any exchange. We cannot give you any assurance that the securities you purchase will ever have a market or that if a market for our shares ever develops, that you will be able to sell your shares. In addition, even if a public market for our shares develops, there is no assurance that a secondary public market will be sustained.
ERISA Considerations
Special considerations apply when contemplating the purchase of shares of our Common Stock on behalf of employee benefit plans that are subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), plans, individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”) and other arrangements that are subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or provisions under any federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other laws or regulations that are similar to such provisions of the Code or ERISA, and entities whose underlying assets are considered to include “plan assets” of any such plan, account or arrangement (each, a “Plan”). A person considering the purchase of our shares on behalf of a Plan is urged to consult with tax and ERISA counsel regarding the effect of such purchase and, further, to determine that such a purchase will not result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA, the Code or a violation of some other provision of ERISA, the Code or other applicable law. We will rely on such determination made by such persons, although no shares of our Common Stock will be sold to any Plans if management believes that such sale will result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code.
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We estimate that at a per share price of $2.50 the net proceeds from the sale of the 20,000,000 shares in this Offering will be approximately $49,995,000 after deducting the estimated offering expenses of approximately $5,000.
We anticipate that the net proceeds of the Offering will be used to pay fees and expenses (legal, accounting, transfer agent and Edgar costs) associated with the qualification of Offering under Regulation A, production costs for 18 webisodes (season one), streaming platform costs, sales and marketing expenses, and working capital and general corporate purposes. Investors should be aware that this Offering provides that the proceeds received from the sale of any shares of our Common Stock will be immediately available for use by us, without the requirement of the escrow of such proceeds. It is possible that the Offering may terminate before all 20,000,000 shares are sold, and consequently, there is no way to accurately predict the entire amount of proceeds which may be available for use by us at this time.
The proceeds of this Offering will be $50,000,000 if all of the offered shares are purchased. However, we cannot guarantee that we will sell all of the shares we are offering. The following table summarizes how we anticipate using the gross proceeds of this Offering, assuming the sale of 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of the securities offered for sale in this Offering:
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Shares Sold | 5,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 15,000,000 | 20,000,000 |
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Gross Proceeds | $12,500,000 | $25,000,000 | $37,500,000 | $50,000,000 |
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Production Expense | $10,137,000 | $19,930,000 | $29,680,000 | $35,414,000 |
Streaming Platform Expense | $- | $- | $120,000 | $755,000 |
Advertising Sales Expense | $424,000 | $1,073,000 | $1,727,000 | $2,928,000 |
Syndication Sales Expense | $- | $- | $26,000 | $76,000 |
Marketing Expense | $- | $- | $2,000 | $1,411,000 |
General and Administrative Expense | $1,934,000 | $3,992,000 | $5,940,000 | $9,411,000 |
Fees for qualification of Offering under Regulation A | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
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Total Use of Proceeds | $12,500,000 | $25,000,000 | $37,500,000 | $50,000,000 |
This expected use of our net proceeds from our 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. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures may vary significantly depending on numerous factors, including any unforeseen cash needs. As a result, our management will retain broad discretion over the allocation of the net proceeds of this Offering.
To the extent we raise less than the maximum Offering, after paying Offering expenses we will first work to complete development and pre-production of the series, provide a foundational business structure, and start sales and marketing teams.
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Overview
The Righting Fate Series, Inc. is planned to be a drama series franchise that creates and delivers an ad-supported, premium quality, original, scripted drama directly to global audiences via internet streaming for it's first-run and licenses broadcasters and streaming services for second-run airing.
We plan to have the franchise earn revenue directly from advertisers who advertise during first-run webisodes and from broadcasters and streaming services who license the television version of the drama for second-run, television broadcast.
Our planned business model centers around a premium quality production (on par with HBO dramas) that garners an enthusiastic audience. We expect a quality production and enthusiastic audience to attract advertising revenue during its first run and syndication revenue from broadcasters and streaming services who would like to air the content to their audiences.
Season one of Righting Fate is planned to consist of 18 webisodes for initial streaming that can be combined into 6 television episodes for syndication. We plan to have webisodes remain online indefinitely for on-demand viewing and ad-serving after their initial release.
Story
Righting Fate will chronicle the story of a fictitious, famous football player's struggle with depression as he leads his family to become one of the 1% of affluent African-American families of the 1950s. We plan to have the epic, family saga showcases characters with train-wreck flaws navigating life in a gritty and sometimes grand setting.
While it is set in an African-American family, its themes will be ones we all deal with: love, insecurity, and wrestling with a life that doesn't cooperate or play fair. The cultural anthology of American and African-American sentiment, fashion, and music will also be highlighted through the various eras.
The lead character, Louis Winston, solves problems by hitting them harder until they break, or his fragile psyche breaks down. We plan to have the dramatic series show plenty of both. Set in mid-20th century U.S. and Canada, the epic, family saga will chronicle Louis and his relationships as he rises from teenage football phenom to renowned architect despite his volatile ways and his lower-class racial status.
In later seasons we plan to have the series focus on Louis’ daughter Marian as she navigates life as an adult from the 1960s through the 1980s. Having grown up managing her father through several crises, Marian will have more maturity than her father did—and more bravado and selfish ambition too. After a few failed, traditional attempts at careers and relationships, she will decide her world works better when she manipulates it (and everyone in it) to her liking.
The story treatment, pilot, and initial bible are developed, and the pilot is registered with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) by Anthony Ezell Miller, the series creator. We plan to employ professional writers to enhance the story and write scripts under the consultation of the series creator.
The current tagline is “In life sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and sometimes you self-destruct.”
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Building an enthusiastic audience
By using the direct-to-audience model, Righting Fate's potential viewership dwarfs potential viewership of network broadcasts. Internet streaming allows shows to launch to languages—not just demographics in the U.S. This means Righting Fate will launch to the English-speaking world, not just the U.S.
We believe that building an enthusiastic audience starts with delivering a premium-quality production on par with those of HBO, Amazon, and Netflix. It's important to note that the production cannot be viewed as average or slightly above average. The goal is to have an amazing viewer experience that compels viewers to discuss and recommend the production to others. With an outstanding production that generates recommendations, the task of marketing should become one of accelerating and magnifying viewership growth.
We also believe the audience experience doesn't just include viewing the program. It includes hearing about the show, finding the show, and viewer interaction with the production and other viewers. Righting Fate plans to deliver excellence in all of these areas to deliver an excellent audience experience.
Production
We plan to have the production of Righting Fate follow three major phases of production: development, production, and release. The production plans to employ skilled external reviewers at key milestones to improve the quality of the production. We plan to have development and writing take place primarily in Los Angeles to have access to a large pool of qualified writers. Production, release, and corporate activities are planned to occur primarily in Georgia.
We plan to have Righting Fate vary from traditional productions in its prioritization of an artful story, use of lesser known actors over higher-priced stars, and effective period-reproduction including licensing of music and stock footage to help immerse viewers in the historical eras.
The production plans to use employees who are members of unions and guilds and to be fully compliant with their requirements.
Production Delivery
Our direct-to-audience/direct-to-advertiser model requires the production to manage its own streaming of content, serving of advertising, managing of viewing-community conversations, and measurement and reporting of statistics. This is planned to be managed by an internal team working with technology partners to deliver a broad streaming scope, a high-quality viewing experience, a high-quality ad-viewing experience, a rich viewer community experience, and rich statistics.
Marketing
We plan to have the marketing department be responsible for growing and accelerating the viewership of Righting Fate around the world. The nature of demand and the challenge of building it is expected to require a blend of global and local skill as well as digital and offline skill.
Although we plan to launch the franchise to the English-speaking world, viewership will be built one viewer at a time with viewers differing along national and regional lines. Advertisers are also expected to differ along national and regional lines, requiring Righting Fate's marketing efforts to be coordinated along those same lines.
Considering English-speaking potential viewers and a high concentration of potential advertisers, we plan to have four marketing teams cover four regions: the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Middle East & Africa. Additionally, we plan to have a global team coordinate the regions. We plan to have the teams work with various marketing agencies to grow viewership using several strategies and tactics including:
-Accelerating and maximizing awareness;
-Removing friction from viewing;
-Urging viewership;
-Enlisting and encouraging influencers;
-Stoking enthusiasm;
-Promoting audience discussions; and
-Promoting audience recommendations.
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Advertising Sales
Each webisode is planned to contain a primary sponsorship and a secondary sponsorship at the beginning (i.e. pre-roll ads), and two 15-second ads in the middle (i.e. mid-roll ads). We plan to have brand partnering teams cover four regions: the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Middle East & Africa. Additionally, we plan to have a global team coordinate the regions. We plan to have the teams work with outside entities including media sales teams to grow advertising revenue. A large portion of the brand partnering team's compensation will be tied to performance.
Product Placement Sales
Righting Fate plans to retain external agencies to generate product placement revenue and production cost-reductions. We plan to have product placement meet the production's commitment to producing a high-quality story and not be distracting to the viewer.
Merchandising & Licensing Sales
We plan to have Righting Fate's use of music, fashion, and period replication offer opportunities for vintage brands and performers to partner with the production. Righting Fate plans to retain external agencies to sell and manage merchandising & licensing.
Syndication Sales
Assuming Righting Fate is a quality show that garners an enthusiastic following, we expect opportunities to repackage and sell airing rights to other broadcasters and streaming services in the U.S. and around the world. This process is commonly referred to as “syndication”.
The syndication market for dramas is always evolving. Recently, the market has seen creative combinations of rights and licensing to boost sales. Righting Fate also plans to creatively combine rights and licensing across platforms, formats, and regions.
Righting Fate is uncommon in that its first run is planned to be on the internet as webisodes. No one will have seen it edited as a full episode until it is purchased and re-aired. It is also planned to continue streaming as webisodes as full episodes are aired on other outlets. These variables require innovative models to achieve syndication revenue. Righting Fate plans to innovate syndication deals to match the innovative model of webisodes-to-episodes. While syndication deals can happen at any time in the franchise's life, the timing of syndication revenue is expected to occur after the second season finishes its initial airing.
We plan to retain outside agencies to innovate and broker syndication deals in the U.S. and outside of the U.S.
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Competition
The content provider market is intensely competitive, and we expect to face significant competition from established competitors and new market entrants. Our potential competitors include large, well-capitalized, production companies such as Sony, HBO, and Disney; streaming production companies such as Netflix and Amazon; and independent productions on YouTube and other internet outlets.
Many of our potential competitors enjoy substantial competitive advantages, such as:
-greater name recognition and longer operating histories;
-larger sales and marketing budgets and resources;
-greater production resources;
-the ability to leverage their ad sales efforts across a broader portfolio of content;
-the ability to set more aggressive pricing policies;
-lower labor and development costs;
-greater resources to make acquisitions;
-larger intellectual property portfolios; and
-substantially greater financial, technical, creative or other resources.
Many of our potential competitors prioritize large production budgets, star-power, and large marketing campaigns to attract audiences. We plan to compete by prioritizing an artful story, well-told above all else. We believe that a great story is an efficient and effective way to attract audiences worldwide. This prioritization of story includes employing skilled artisans in the research, writing, and writing reviews, as well as defining and holding skilled production teams to a high production standard. While there is no guarantee in predicting audience reaction, Righting Fate believes that holding to these tenets gives the franchise the best chance to produce something compelling and beautiful that audiences will love.
Regulatory Matters
We plan to have our production occur primarily in regions, such as Georgia, whose governments provide incentives such as tax credits that serve to significantly reduce production costs. A reduction or discontinuation of these incentives would increase production costs, and materially adversely affect our planned business, future results of operations and financial condition.
Intellectual Property
All intellectual property related to Righting Fate has been acquired by the Company.
In March 2018, Mr. Miller assigned through a “Contribution and Assignment Agreement” to the Company the following:
-Intellectual Property relating to Righting Fate Business Plan;
-Righting Fate Story, Treatment and Characters;
-Righting Fate Pilot Script WGA Reg. No. I242307;
-Righting Fate website and domain rightingfatetv.com;
-any and all Intellectual Property Rights claiming or covering such Intellectual Property; and
-any and all causes of action that may have accrued in connection with such Intellectual Property and/or Intellectual Property Rights.
Our success and ability to compete depend substantially upon our intellectual property. We currently rely on copyright laws, trade secret protection and confidentiality agreements to protect our intellectual property rights. We plan to file U.S and foreign copyright and trademark applications to protect our intellectual property in the future.
Employees
As of the date of this Offering Circular, we have no employees other than our President who currently does not receive a salary.
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Our principal office is located at 1230 Peachtree Street Northeast, 19th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30309 which we share on a non-exclusive basis. Our telephone number is (678) 453-6524. This shared office is leased through August, 2019 at $89/month.
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of our operations together with our financial statements and related notes appearing at the end of this Offering Circular. This discussion contains forward-looking statements reflecting our current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of events may differ materially from those contained in these forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including those discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in this Offering Circular.
Overview
The Righting Fate Series, Inc. is planned to be a drama series franchise that creates and delivers an ad-supported, premium quality, original, scripted drama directly to global audiences via internet streaming for it's first-run and licenses television broadcasters and streaming services for second-run airing. We plan to have the franchise earn revenue directly from advertisers who advertise during first-run webisodes and from broadcasters and streaming services who license the television version of the drama for second-run airing (i.e. syndication).
Overview of Significant Business, Product, and Service Actions since Inception
Since our organization in February 2018, we have taken the following steps to implement our business plan:
-Incorporated company in the State of Delaware.
-Established rights of Common Stock
-Authorized 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock at $0.000001 par value.
-Established initial capitalization with stock purchase of Common Stock by the founder.
-Transferred all story, marketing, and business planning intellectual property from the founder to the Company.
-Sold 60,000,000 shares of Common Stock to the founder for par value.
Operating Results
Our Company is newly formed and did not generate any revenues. Our operating expense consisted of nominal general and administrative costs and the costs associated with this Offering.
Liquidity
Liquidity is the ability of an enterprise to generate adequate amounts of cash to meet its needs for cash requirements. As of June 30, 2018, the Company had $97 in cash and $3500 in liabilities. The Company has incurred total expenses of $3587 in general and administrative expenses.
Going Concern
As described in the Notes to the Financial Statements, the Company is a business that has not yet commenced its planned operations, has incurred costs and has not generated any revenues while seeking to raise capital. Considering these factors, there exists substantial doubt as to whether the Company can continue as a going concern. These financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
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Capital Resources
The Company hopes to raise $50,000,000 in this Offering. If we are successful at raising the maximum amount of this Offering, we believe that such funds will be sufficient to fund our expenses over the next twelve months. Assuming we sell the maximum 20,000,000 shares offered by this Offering Circular for an aggregate of $50,000,000 in proceeds, we intend to use the proceeds from this Offering to produce season one, customize and launch the streaming platform, build sales and marketing teams, build management teams, and release season one.
In the event that substantially less than the maximum proceeds are obtained by this Offering, after paying offering expenses, we will first work to complete development and pre-production of the series, provide a foundational business structure, and start sales and marketing teams as discussed in “Use of Proceeds to Issuer” on page 25.
Since our inception, we have been funded by a loan and additional paid-in capital from our founder and sale of our Common Stock to our founder and founding investors. We currently have no agreements, arrangements or understandings with any person to obtain funds through bank loans, lines of credit or any other sources. There can be no assurance that additional capital will be available to us. Since we have no other such arrangements or plans currently in effect, our inability to raise funds for the above purposes will have a severe negative impact on our ability to implement our business plan.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of June 30, 2018, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors. The term “off-balance sheet arrangement” generally means any transaction, agreement or other contractual arrangement to which an entity unconsolidated with us is a party, under which we have any obligation arising under a guaranteed contract, derivative instrument or variable interest or a retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to such entity or similar arrangement that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support for such assets.
Plan of Operations
We plan to produce the first season of the original drama, Righting Fate, in the Spring of 2020 and release the first webisode near the beginning of 2021. We also plan to sell advertising slots and repackage the 18 webisodes into 6 television-length episodes for resale to other streaming and broadcast services (i.e. syndication sales). The process of building the organization, producing the drama, and streaming the first season is expected to take approximately 24 months and cost approximately $50 million—of which $35 million are production costs. We have divided this process into 5 phases that are summarized further in this plan of operations. As discussed in the “Risk Factors” section beginning on page 12, the plan contains numerous contingencies and timings that while we believe we have estimated soundly, they are subject to change as the plan is executed. You should carefully read “Risk Factors” on page 13 in this Offering Circular for a discussion of factors that you should consider before deciding to invest in our Common Stock. If all shares are purchased, we expect the proceeds from the offering to be sufficient to implement our plan of operations.
Phase 1
In Phase 1, we plan to establish the organizational infrastructure necessary to prepare for the development stage of production and manage investor relations. We also plan to establish the necessary foundational administrative processes such as payroll, HR functions, finance, controlling, and legal functions. We plan to begin retaining outside firms for function-related services such as accounting and legal services during this phase. We expect Phase 1 to continue through March 2019. We expect this phase to cost approximately $.02 million.
Phase 2
In Phase 2, we plan to begin raising investment, hire the writing department, and begin the development phase of production. We plan to have the writing department consist of writers, researchers, and reviewers who will craft the stories for the franchise, season 1, and season 1 webisodes. We expect to incur expense for the facilities, accounting, legal, and human resources functions required to raise investment and develop the production. These expenses will be for employees as well as function-related services from outside firms. We expect Phase 2 to continue through October 2019 and cost approximately $6 million.
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Phase 3
In Phase 3, we plan to continue raising investment, continue and complete the development stage of production, build the brand partnering function, and optimize organizational functions. We plan to have the brand partnering function be responsible for managing advertiser and product-placement relationships around the world. We plan to have the function consist of four regional teams that will be established in the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East & Africa. We also plan to have a global leader manage the teams. We plan to retain product-placement firms during this phase. We expect Phase 3 to continue through April 2020 and cost approximately $20.2 million.
Phase 4
In Phase 4, we plan to continue raising investment, begin the production stage, begin building the streaming platform, begin syndication sales, begin marketing, continue brand partnering and optimize the functioning of the organization. We plan to have the production stage include planning, filming, and editing of the webisodes. We plan to have the platform technology team work with streaming technology providers to release and stream content and advertising according to our quality requirements. We also plan to retain outside firms to help sell the production in syndication. We plan to have the marketing function be responsible for growing and accelerating viewership of Righting Fate around the world. We plan to have the marketing function consist of four regional teams that will be established in the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East & Africa. We also plan to have a global leader manage the teams. We plan to retain outside firms to help execute marketing tactics such as advertising and publicity. We plan to retain merchandise-licensing firms during this phase. We expect Phase 4 to continue through November 2020 and cost approximately $21.1 million.
Phase 5
In Phase 5, we plan to continue and complete production, begin streaming webisodes, and optimize the functioning of the organization. We plan to release one webisode per week and continue its streaming indefinitely after its original release. We plan to release the webisodes when the completion schedule allows webisodes to be released without any gaps in release dates, necessitating some lag time between production-completion and release date for the earliest webisodes. We expect Phase 5 to last through January 2021 and cost approximately $2.3 million.
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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table sets forth the names, positions, and ages of our directors and executive officers as of the date of this Offering Circular. Each director is elected at our annual meeting of shareholders and holds office for one year, or until his successor is elected and qualified. Officers are elected by our board of directors and their terms of office are at the discretion of our board.
Name | Age | Position/Title |
Anthony Miller | 48 | President, Treasurer, and Director |
Jennifer Rollins | 44 | Corporate Secretary |
There are no arrangements or understandings between any person listed in the table above and any other person pursuant to which he was selected to his position. We do not have any standing committees of the board of directors.
The following summarizes the business experience of the directors and executive officers:
Anthony Ezell Miller is our founder and President. He created and wrote the story treatment, bible and pilot for the Righting Fate drama series and authored the Company's business plan. He also executive-produced and wrote the cable-televised drama Dear Angry. An experienced entrepreneur, Mr. Miller has owned and operated enterprises in entertainment, hospitality, and retail. His corporate career as a global marketing director and manager includes stints at IBM, Microsoft, and NCR. His international work includes business consulting in Poland, building software reseller and distribution channels in Europe, Canada, and Australia, and studying business at Erasmus University's Rotterdam School of Management in the Netherlands. Mr. Miller received a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.
Jennifer Rollins is the Corporate Secretary. She has served as a childcare professional for over 20 years as a Director and educator at Dalton First United Methodist Church and other firms.
Family Relationships
Jennifer Rollins is the wife of Anthony Miller. Other than this family relationship, there are no other family relationships between any board member, executive officer, or significant employee.
Involvement in certain legal proceedings
No officer, director, or persons nominated for such positions, promoter or significant employee has been involved in the last ten years in any of the following:
-Any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which such person was a general partner or executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time,
-Any conviction in a criminal proceeding or being subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses),
-Being subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting her involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities,
-Being found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated.
-Having any government agency, administrative agency, or administrative court impose an administrative finding, order, decree, or sanction against them as a result of their involvement in any type of business, securities, or banking activity.
-Being the subject of a pending administrative proceeding related to their involvement in any type of business, securities, or banking activity.
-Having any administrative proceeding been threatened against you related to their involvement in any type of business, securities, or banking activity.
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Potential Conflicts of Interest
Since we do not have an audit or compensation committee comprised of independent directors, the functions that would have been performed by such committees are performed by our directors. Thus, there is a potential conflict of interest in that our directors and officers have the authority to determine issues concerning management compensation and audit issues that may affect management decisions. We are not aware of any other conflicts of interest with any of our executives or directors.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
We have no employment agreements in place with any of our Directors or Officers. They are reimbursed for all out-of-pocket expenses in connection with their role as Executive Officers.
No compensation has been paid to any of our Directors as of June 30, 2018. They are reimbursed for all out-of-pocket expenses in connection with their role as Directors. We do not currently have an established policy to provide compensation to members of our Board of Directors for their services in that capacity.
We do not currently have a stock option or grant plan in place.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN SECURITYHOLDERS
The following tables set forth the ownership, as of the date of this Offering Circular, of our Common Stock by each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding Common Stock, our director, and our executive officer and director as a group. To the best of our knowledge, the persons named have sole voting and investment power with respect to such shares, except as otherwise noted. There are not any pending or anticipated arrangements that may cause a change in control.
The information presented below regarding beneficial ownership of our voting securities has been presented in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not necessarily indicative of ownership for any other purpose. Under these rules, a person is deemed to be a "beneficial owner" of a security if that person has or shares the power to vote or direct the voting of the security or the power to dispose or direct the disposition of the security. A person is deemed to own beneficially any security as to which such person has the right to acquire sole or shared voting or investment power within 60 days through the conversion or exercise of any convertible security, warrant, option or other right. More than one person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the same securities. The percentage of beneficial ownership by any person as of a particular date is calculated by dividing the number of shares beneficially owned by such person, which includes the number of shares as to which such person has the right to acquire voting or investment power within 60 days, by the sum of the number of shares outstanding as of such date plus the number of shares as to which such person has the right to acquire voting or investment power within 60 days. Consequently, the denominator used for calculating such percentage may be different for each beneficial owner. Except as otherwise indicated below and under applicable community property laws, we believe that the beneficial owners of our Common Stock listed below have sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares shown. The business address of the shareholder is 1230 Peachtree Street NE, 19th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30309, GA 30309.
Name | Number of Shares | Percentage Before Offering | Percentage After Offering |
Anthony Miller | 60,000,000 | 100% | 75% |
All Executive Officers and Directors as a Group | 60,000,000 | 100% | 75% |
This table is based upon information derived from our stock records. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to this table and subject to community property laws where applicable, each of the shareholders named in this table has sole or shared voting and investment power with respect to the shares indicated as beneficially owned. Except as set forth above, applicable percentages are based upon 60,000,000 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of June 30, 2018, and 80,000,000 shares of Common Stock outstanding assuming sale of all the shares in this Offering.
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INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
Since inception, there have been no transactions, or proposed transactions, which have materially affected or will materially affect us in which any director, executive officer or beneficial holder of more than 5% of the outstanding common, or any of their respective relatives, spouses, associates or affiliates, has had or will have any direct or material indirect interest. We have no policy regarding entering into transactions with affiliated parties.
Board Committees and Director Independence
Our securities are not quoted on an exchange that has requirements that a majority of our Board members be independent and we are not currently otherwise subject to any law, rule or regulation requiring that all or any portion of our Board of Directors include "independent" directors, nor are we required to establish or maintain an Audit Committee or other committee of our Board of Directors.
The Board does not have standing audit, compensation or nominating committees. The Board does not believe these committees are necessary based on the size of our company and the current levels of compensation to corporate officers. We will consider establishing audit, compensation and nominating committees at the appropriate time.
The following is a summary of the rights of our capital stock as provided in our articles of incorporation and bylaws. For more detailed information, please see our articles of incorporation and bylaws, which have been filed as exhibits to the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular is a part.
Capital Stock
Our authorized capital stock consists of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.000001 par value. As of the date of this Offering Circular, there are 60,002,033 shares of our Common Stock issued and outstanding. We are offering 20,000,000 shares of our capital stock in this Offering.
Outstanding shares are distributed in this order: Anthony Miller owns 60,000,000 shares. Emanuel Biera owns 700 shares. Michelle Scully owns 666 shares. Ana Rodriguez owns 250 shares. Brittney Tribuzio owns 200 shares. Nicholas Spatola owns 150 shares. Ryan Simkoff owns 67 shares.
Our board of directors may from time to time authorize by resolution the issuance of any or all shares of the Common Stock authorized in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the articles of incorporation for such purposes, in such amounts, to such persons, corporations, or entities, for such consideration all as the board in its discretion may determine and without any vote or other action by the stockholders, except as otherwise required by law.
Common Stock
Holders of our Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share on all matters submitted to a stockholder vote on all matters submitted to a stockholder vote. The holders of a majority in interest of all stock issued, outstanding, and entitled to vote at a meeting, present or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum.
Holders of our Common Stock are entitled to share in all dividends that our board of directors, in its discretion, declares from legally available funds. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, each outstanding share entitles its holder to participate pro rata in all assets that remain after payment of liabilities and after providing for each class of stock, if any, having preference over the Common Stock. Our Common Stock has no pre-emptive rights, no conversion rights and there are no redemption provisions applicable to our Common Stock.
Authorized but Unissued Shares
Our authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock are available for future issuance without shareholder approval. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.
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These securities are offered pursuant to an exemption from registration with the SEC pursuant to Regulation A.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for the Company’s Common Stock is VStock Transfer, LLC, 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere, New York 11598.
Shares Eligible for Future Sale
Prior to this offering, there was no public market for our common stock. We cannot predict the effect, if any, that market sales of shares of our common stock or the availability of shares of our common stock for sale will have on the market price of our common stock. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market could adversely affect the market prices of our common stock and could impair our future ability to raise capital through the sale of our equity securities.
We have outstanding an aggregate of 60,002,033 shares of our common stock. None of these shares will be freely tradable without restriction or further qualification under the Securities Act unless those shares are purchased by our affiliates, as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
Additional to the founder’s shares, we will issue 20,000,000 shares at maturity to satisfy the offering. Per the “1A” qualification, only the 20,000,000 shares to be registered in this offering will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act, unless those shares are purchased by affiliates, as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
The remaining 60,002,033 shares of common stock outstanding after this offering will be restricted as a result of securities laws. Restricted securities may be sold in the public market only if they have been registered or if they qualify for an exemption from qualification under Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
Rule 144
A person who has beneficially owned restricted shares of common stock for at least six months would be entitled to sell their shares provided that (1) such person is not deemed to have been one of our affiliates at the time of, or at any time during the three months preceding, a sale and (2) we are subject to the Exchange Act periodic reporting requirements for at least three months before the sale. Persons who have beneficially owned restricted shares of common stock for at least six months but who are our affiliates at the time of, or any time during the three months preceding, a sale, would be subject to additional restrictions, by which such person would be entitled to sell within any three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of either of the following:
-1% of the number of shares then outstanding, which will equal 800,000 shares of common stock immediately after this offering, assuming all 20,000,000 shares are sold; and
-the average weekly trading volume of the shares of common stock during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale.
Sales under Rule 144 are also limited by manner of sale provisions and notice requirements and to the availability of current public information about us.
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Restrictions on the Use of Rule 144 by Shell Companies or Former Shell Companies
Rule 144 is not available for the resale of securities initially issued by shell companies (other than business combination related shell companies) or issuers that have been at any time previously a shell company. However, Rule 144 also includes an important exception to this prohibition if the following conditions are met:
-the issuer of the securities that was formerly a shell company has ceased to be a shell company;
-the issuer of the securities is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
-the issuer of the securities has filed all Exchange Act reports and material required to be filed, as applicable, during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports and materials), other than Form 8-K reports;
-and at least one year has elapsed from the time that the issuer filed current Form 10 type information with the SEC reflecting its status as an entity that is not a shell company.
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This Offering Circular does not purport to restate all of the relevant provisions of the documents referred to or pertinent to the matters discussed herein, all of which must be read for a complete description of the terms relating to an investment in us. Such documents are available for inspection during regular business hours at our office by appointment, and upon written request, copies of documents not annexed to this Offering Circular will be provided to prospective investors. Each prospective investor is invited to ask questions and receive answers from, our representatives. Each prospective investor is invited to obtain such information concerning us and this Offering, to the extent we possess the same or can acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense, as such prospective investor deems necessary to verify the accuracy of the information referred to into their Offering Circular. Arrangements to ask such questions or obtain such information should be made by contacting Anthony Miller at our executive offices. The telephone number is (678) 453-6524. We reserve the right, however, in our sole discretion, to condition access to information that management deems proprietary in nature, on the execution by each prospective investor of appropriate confidentiality agreements prior to having access to such information.
The offering of the Common Stock is made solely by this Offering Circular and the exhibits hereto. The prospective investors have a right to inquire about and request and receive any additional information they may deem appropriate or necessary to further evaluate this Offering and to make an investment decision. Our representatives may prepare written responses to such inquiries or requests if the information requested is available. The use of any documents other than those prepared and expressly authorized by us in connection with this Offering is not permitted and should not be relied upon by any prospective investor.
ONLY INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS CONTAINED HEREIN MAY BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY US. NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER BEING MADE HEREBY, AND IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY US. INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO RELY UPON ANY INFORMATION NOT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR. THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IS AS OF THE DATE ON THE COVER HEREOF UNLESS ANOTHER DATE IS SPECIFIED, AND NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR NOR ANY SALE HEREUNDER SHALL CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE INFORMATION PRESENTED SUBSEQUENT TO SUCH DATE(S).
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BALANCE SHEET | F-1 |
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS | F-2 |
STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY | F-3 |
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS | F-4 |
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | F-5 |
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Righting Fate Series, Inc.
As of June 30, 2018
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ASSETS |
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Cash and Cash Equivalents | $97 |
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Property, Plant, and Equipment |
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Computer Equipment | $387 |
Office Equipment | $123 |
Total Property, Plant, and Equipment | $510 |
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TOTAL ASSETS | $606 |
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LIABILITIES AND EQUITY |
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LIABILITIES |
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Current Liabilities |
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Accounts Payable | $1000 |
Notes payable to Related Parties | $2500 |
Total Current Liabilities | $3500 |
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Total Non-Current Liabilities | $0 |
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TOTAL LIABILITIES | $3500 |
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EQUITY |
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Common Stock | $60 |
Additional Paid-in Capital | $635 |
Current Year Earnings | ($3588) |
TOTAL EQUITY | ($2894) |
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | $606 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Righting Fate Series, Inc.
From Inception (February 22, 2018) to June 30, 2018
Revenue | $0 |
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Gross Profit | $0 |
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Operating Income / (Loss) | $0 |
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Other Income and Expense |
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General and Administrative Expenses | ($3587) |
Total Other Income and Expense | ($3587) |
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Net Income / (Loss) before Tax | ($3587) |
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Income Tax | $0 |
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Net Income (Loss) | ($3587) |
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Basic and diluted net loss per common share | $0 |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding--basic and diluted | 60,000,000 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Righting Fate Series, Inc.
STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY
From Inception (February 22, 2018) to June 30, 2018
| Common Stock Number of Shares | Common Stock Amount | Additional Paid-in Capital | Accumulated Deficit | Total |
Balance at inception, February 22, 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Common Stock Issued | 60,000,000 | $60 | $635 | 0 | $695 |
Net loss for period ended June 30, 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ($3587) | ($3587) |
Balance June 30, 2018 | 60,000,000 | $60 | $635 | ($3587) | ($2892) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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RIGHTING FATE SERIES, INC.
From Inception (February 22, 2018) to June 30, 2018
OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
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Net loss | ($3587) |
Changes in Operating Assets and Liabilities |
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Increase in accounts payable | $1000 |
Net Cash from Operating Activities | ($2587) |
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
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Purchase of Property, Plant, and Equipment | ($510) |
Net Cash from Investing Activities | ($510) |
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
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Loan from Founder | $2500 |
Common Stock Issued | $60 |
Additional Paid-in Capital | $635 |
Net Cash from Financing Activities | $3195 |
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NET INCREASE IN CASH | $97 |
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Cash at beginning of the period | $0 |
Cash at end of the period | $97 |
NET CHANGE IN CASH FOR PERIOD | $97 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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RIGHTING FATE SERIES, INC.
From Inception (February 22, 2018) to June 30, 2018
NOTE 1 - NATURE OF OPERATIONS
Righting Fate Series, Inc. (which may be referred to as the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) intends to produce high production scripted content for distribution.
The Company incorporated in February 2018 in the state of Delaware.
Since Inception, the Company has relied on funding from founders to fund its operations. As of June 30, 2018, the Company had little working capital and will likely incur losses prior to generating positive working capital. These matters raise substantial concern about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern (see Note below). During the next 12 months, the Company intends to fund its operations with funding from a securities offering under Title IV of the JOBS Act (“Reg. A+ Offering”) and funds from revenue producing activities, if and when such can be realized. If the Company cannot secure additional short-term capital, it may cease operations. These financial statements and related notes thereto do not include any adjustments that might result from these uncertainties.
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP").
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and the footnotes thereto. Actual results could differ from those estimates. It is reasonably possible that changes in estimates will occur in the near term.
Risks and Uncertainties
The Company has a limited operating history. The Company's business and operations are sensitive to general business and economic conditions in the United States. A host of factors beyond the Company's control could cause fluctuations in these conditions. Adverse conditions may include: recession, downturn or otherwise, local competition or changes in consumer taste. These adverse conditions could affect the Company's financial condition and the results of its operations. As of June 30, 2018, the Company is operating as a going concern. See Note 1 and Note 5 for additional information.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers short-term, highly liquid investment with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash consists of funds held in the Company’s checking account. As of June 30, 2018, the Company had $121 in a corporate checking account.
Receivables and Credit Policy
Trade receivables from customers are uncollateralized customer obligations due under normal trade terms, primarily requiring payment before services are rendered. Trade receivables are stated at the amount billed to the customer. Payments of trade receivables are allocated to the specific invoices identified on the customer’s remittance advice or, if unspecified, are applied to the earliest unpaid invoice. The Company, by policy, routinely assesses the financial strength of its customer. As a result, the Company believes that its accounts receivable credit risk exposure is limited and it has not experienced significant write-downs in its accounts receivable balances. As of June 30, 2018, the Company did not have any outstanding accounts receivable as it has not yet begun operations as of June 30, 2018.
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Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Expenditures for renewals and improvements that significantly add to the productive capacity or extend the useful life of an asset are capitalized. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. When equipment is retired or sold, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are eliminated from the balance sheet accounts and the resultant gain or loss is reflected in income.
Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method, based on the useful lives of the assets which range from three to five years.
The Company reviews the carrying value of property and equipment for impairment whenever events and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable from the estimated future cash flows expected to result from its use and eventual disposition. In cases where undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than the carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized equal to an amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of assets. The factors considered by management in performing this assessment include current operating results, trends and prospects, the manner in which the property is used, and the effects of obsolescence, demand, competition, and other economic factors. As of June 30, 2018, the Company had fixed assets with a net book value of $510.
Income Taxes
Income taxes are provided for the tax effects of transactions reporting in the financial statements and consist of taxes currently due plus deferred taxes related primarily to differences between the basis of receivables, inventory, property and equipment, intangible assets, and accrued expenses for financial and income tax reporting. The deferred tax assets and liabilities represent the future tax return consequences of those differences, which will either be taxable or deductible when the assets and liabilities are recovered or settled. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
The Company is taxed as a “C” Corporation. As the Company has only incurred administrative costs and has not earned any taxable income, accrued income tax would result in a deferred tax asset. Because of the uncertainty of the Company being able to be utilized that deferred tax benefit, there is a full valuation allowance against that deferred tax asset at this time. Management will evaluate the appropriateness of that valuation allowance from time to time.
The Company evaluates its tax positions that have been taken or are expected to be taken on income tax returns to determine if an accrual is necessary for uncertain tax positions. As of June 30, 2018, the unrecognized tax benefits accrual was zero.
The Company is current with its federal and state income tax filing obligations.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, or services have been rendered, the fee for the arrangement is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. As of June 30, 2018, the Company had recognized no sales.
Advertising Expenses
The Company expenses advertising costs as they are incurred.
Organizational Costs
In accordance with FASB ASC 720, organizational costs, including accounting fees, legal fees, and costs of incorporation, are expensed as incurred.
Concentration of Credit Risk
The Company maintains its cash with a major financial institution located in the United States of America, which it believes to be creditworthy. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insures balances up to $250,000. At times, the Company may maintain balances in excess of the federally insured limits.
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers". Under this guidance, revenue is recognized when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration expected to be received for those goods or services. The updated standard will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective and permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. Early adoption is not permitted. The updated standard for nonpublic entities will be effective after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019. We are currently evaluating the effect that the updated standard will have on our financial statements and related disclosures.
In February 2016, FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases, that requires organizations that lease assets, referred to as "lessees", to recognize on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by those leases with lease terms of more than 12 months. ASU 2016-02 will also require disclosures to help investors and other financial statement users better understand the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases and will include qualitative and quantitative requirements. The new standard for nonpublic entities will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and early application is permitted. We are currently evaluating the effect that the updated standard will have on our financial statements and related disclosures.
In August 2016, FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230).” ASU 2016-15 provides classification guidance for certain cash receipts and cash payments including payment of debt extinguishment costs, settlement of zero-coupon debt instruments, insurance claim payments and distributions from equity method investees. The standard is effective on January 1, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact the adoption will have on its financial statements and related disclosures.
The FASB issues ASUs to amend the authoritative literature in ASC. There have been a number of ASUs to date, including those above, that amend the original text of ASC. Management believes that those issued to date either (i) provide supplemental guidance, (ii) are technical corrections, (iii) are not applicable to us or (iv) are not expected to have a significant impact our balance sheet.
NOTE 3 – INCOME TAX PROVISION
The Company has not filed a corporate or state income tax return since the Company was not operational as of a calendar year end and therefore a tax return has not yet been required to be filed. Tax returns once filed will remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service under the statute of limitations for a period of three years from the date it is filed.
NOTE 4 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Related Party Transactions
In June 2018, certain founders of the Company provided the Company with $2,500 to cover the ongoing costs of starting the Company. The Founders’ Advance is scheduled to be repaid by the Company within 12 months. Interest accrues at 80% per annum.
Legal Matters
The Company is not currently involved with and does not know of any pending or threatening litigation against the Company or founders.
NOTE 5 – GOING CONCERN
These financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis. The Company began operations in 2018 and therefore did not incur any profit as of June 30, 2018. The Company’s ability to continue is dependent upon management’s plan to raise additional funds (see Note 7) and achieve profitable operations. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is not able to continue as a going concern.
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NOTE 6 – STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY
Issuance of Common Stock
The Company issued 60,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to the management team as of the balance sheet date. The Company has 100,000,000 shares of common stock authorized.
NOTE 7 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Anticipated Crowdfunded Offering
The Company is offering securities through the Reg. A+ Offering of up to $50 million. Prior to the sale of any securities, the Company must be qualified by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. That process is uncertain and may take an extended period of time.
Management’s Evaluation
Management has evaluated subsequent events through July 24, 2018, the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Based on this evaluation, no additional material events were identified which require adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.
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2.1 | Articles of Incorporation |
2.2 | Bylaws |
2.3 | Form of Subscription Agreement |
2.4 | Intellectual Property Contribution and Assignment Agreement between Righting Fate Series, Inc. and Anthony Miller dated March 23, 2018. |
2.5 | Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountant |
2.6 | Legal Opinion |
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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 Atlanta and County of Fulton in the State of Georgia, on February 15, 2019.
| Righting Fate Series, Inc. |
/s/Anthony E. Miller - President | |
Name: | Anthony E. Miller |
Title: | Principal Executive Officer |
This Offering Circular has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: | /s/Anthony E. Miller |
Title: | Director, Principal Executive Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, and Principal Financial Officer |
Date: | February 15, 2019 |
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EXHIBIT 2.1
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