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CONVERTIBLE NOTE PAYABLE – RELATED PARTY |
On October 18, 2016,
the Company entered into a five-year employment agreement, effective as of January 1, 2016, with Mr. Desmond Wheatley, the Chief
Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of the Company (the “Agreement”). Pursuant to the Agreement, Mr. Wheatley
receives an annual deferred salary of $50,000 which Mr. Wheatley defers until such time as Mr. Wheatley and the Board of Directors
agreed that payment of the deferred salary and/or cessation of the deferral was appropriate. In August 2018, the Agreement was
amended to provide that his salary shall defer until the earliest to occur of the following: (i) a permissible event specified
in Section 409A of the Code, (ii) December 31, 2020, (iii) a change of control as defined in the Agreement, or (iv) a sale of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company.
All deferred amounts
are evidenced by an unsecured convertible promissory note payable by the Company to Mr. Wheatley bearing simple interest at the
rate of 10% per annum, accruing until paid, convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at $7.50 per share at any
time in whole or in part at Mr. Wheatley’s discretion. As the conversion price was equivalent to the fair value of the common
stock at various salary deferral dates prior to June 30, 2018, there was no beneficial conversion feature to this note through
such date. Subsequent to June 30, 2018 through December 31, 2018 and based on the average daily closing price of our common stock,
the Company recorded $8,672 of debt discount for the beneficial conversion feature value which is being amortized to interest expense
over the term of the note. For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and based on the average daily closing price of our common
stock, the Company recorded $3,967 of debt discount for the beneficial conversion feature value which is also being amortized to
interest expense over the term of the note. There was no beneficial conversion value and therefore, no debt discount was recorded
for the three months ended June 31, September 30 or December 31, 2019. Additionally, on March 29, 2017 the Board of Directors granted
Mr. Wheatley a $35,000 bonus for which Mr. Wheatley agreed to defer such bonus under the same terms of his salary deferral. The
balance of the note as of December 31, 2019 is $214,427, net of debt discount amounting to $5,990, with accrued and unpaid interest
amounting to $48,884 which is included in accrued expenses (See Note 7). The balance of the note as of December 31, 2018, was $177,251,
net of debt discount amounting to $7,749, with accrued and unpaid interest amounting to $28,220.
On September 17, 2019,
the Board of Directors adopted a resolution to pay off the convertible promissory note issued to Mr. Wheatley for his deferred
compensation in the near future (subject to a recommendation on timing from Mr. Wheatley), and no additional salary was deferred
after September 15, 2019. As a result, this note is presented as a current liability on the accompanying balance sheet at December
31, 2019 and was presented as a non-current liability at December 31, 2018 (See Note 18 and 19).
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