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	May 14, 2018	Dec. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2016
Percentage acquired by one of the company's directors		20.00%
Purchase of Omni Metrix preferred stock		$ 1,000
Percentage of ownership in Omni Metrix, LLC		100.00%
Loan bear interest rate					8.00%
Loan amount					$ 50
Preferred stock, dividend rate	8.00%
Accrued dividend payable date	Jun. 30, 2020
Agreed payment scheduled date by holdings	Jun. 30, 2020
Payments of Accrued dividend				$ 100
Accrued quarterly dividends			$ 20	$ 87
Unpaid dividend payment			$ 40
Preferred Stock [Member]
Percentage of dividends accrued annum			10.00%
Dividend payable					115
Dividend payable, treated as a loan					$ 115
Pre-money equity valuation			$ 5,500
Investor [Member]
Investment			1,000
Mr. Woolard [Member]
Due to officers			$ 303
Future dividends description			future dividends that shall accrue over this period (five quarters) on the Preferred Stock of $20 per quarter ($100 in the aggregate)