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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

Note 12 – Related Party Transactions


Settlement Agreement


On August 21, 2017, the Company entered into a secured convertible original issue discount promissory note issued by the Company to VPEG (the “VPEG Note”). The VPEG Note was subsequently amended on October 11, 2017 and again on January 17, 2018. On April 10, 2018, the Company and Visionary Private Equity Group I, LP, a Missouri limited partnership (“VPEG”) entered into a settlement agreement and mutual release (the “Settlement Agreement”), pursuant to which VPEG agreed to release and discharge the Company from its obligations under the VPEG Note (see below). Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, and in consideration and full satisfaction of the outstanding indebtedness of $1,410,200 under the VPEG Note, the Company issued to VPEG 1,880,267 shares of its common stock and a five-year warrant to purchase 1,880,267 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share, to be reduced to the extent the actual price per share in a proposed future private placement (the “Proposed Private Placement”) is less than $0.75. The Company recorded share-based compensation of $11,281,602 in connection with the Settlement Agreement.


On April 10, 2018, in connection with the Settlement Agreement, the Company and VPEG entered into a loan Agreement (the “New Debt Agreement”), pursuant to which VPEG may, at is discretion, loan to the Company up to $2,000,000 under a secured convertible original issue discount promissory note (the “New VPEG Note”). Any loan made pursuant to the New VPEG Note will reflect a 10% original issue discount, will not bear interest in addition to the original issue discount, will be secured by a security interest in all of the Company’s assets, and at the option of VPEG will be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price equal to $0.75 per share or, such lower price as shares of Common Stock are sold to investors in the Proposed Private Placement.


On October 30, 2020, the Company and VPEG entered into an amendment to the New Debt Agreement (the “Amendment”), pursuant to which the parties agreed to increase the loan amount to up to $3,000,000 to cover advances from VPEG through October 30, 2020 and the Company’s working capital needs.


See Note 7, Notes Payable, and Note 16, Subsequent Events, for further information.


Transaction Agreement


On August 21, 2017, the Company entered into a transaction agreement (the “Transaction Agreement”) with Armacor Victory Ventures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“AVV”), pursuant to which AVV (i) granted to the Company a worldwide, perpetual, royalty free, fully paid up and exclusive sublicense to all of AVV’s owned and licensed intellectual property for use in the Oilfield Services industry, except for a tubular solutions company headquartered in France, and (ii) agreed to contribute to the Company $5,000,000 (the “Cash Contribution”), in exchange for which the Company issued 800,000 shares of its newly designated Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. To date, AVV has contributed a total of $255,000 to the Company. 


In connection with the Transaction Agreement, on August 21, 2017 the Company entered into (i) an exclusive sublicense agreement with AVV (the “AVV Sublicense”), pursuant to which AVV granted the License to the Company, and (ii) a trademark license agreement (the “Trademark License”), with Liquidmetal Coatings Enterprises, LLC (“LMCE”), an affiliate of AVV, pursuant to which LMCE granted a license for the Liquidmetal® Coatings Products and Armacor® trademarks and service marks to us in accordance with a mutually agreeable supply agreement.


Effective September 1, 2020, the Company and AVV have mutually agreed to terminate the AVV Sublicense Agreement and Trademark License. Since the date of the Transaction Agreement, the Company has not realized any revenue from products or services related to the AVV Sublicense Agreement or Trademark License. Also effective September 1, 2020, the Company and LMCE have agreed to terminate the supply and services agreement dated September 6, 2019 although the Company continues to purchase and utilize the products of LMCE. The Company is evaluating its business strategy in light of the current conditions of the national and global oil and gas markets.


Consulting Fees


During the twelve months ended December 31, 2019, the Company paid $76,500 in consulting fees to Kevin DeLeon, a director of the Company and, effective April 23, 2019, its Interim Chief Executive Officer.