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COMMITMENTS & CONTINGENCIES

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COMMITMENTS & CONTINGENCIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS & CONTINGENCIES

NOTE 7COMMITMENTS & CONTINGENCIES

 

Whipshots

 

On September 8, 2021, Whipshots LLC, entered into an Intellectual Property Purchase Agreement (the “Whipshots IP Agreement”) effective August 24, 2021, with Penguins Fly, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company (“Seller”). The Whipshots IP Agreement provided that Seller would sell Whipshots LLC (“Buyer”) the trademarks “Whipshotz” and “Whipshots,” the accompanying domain and social media handles of the same nomenclature, and certain intellectual property, documents, digital assets, customer data and other transferable rights under non-disclosure, non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality contracts benefiting the purchased intellectual property and documents (collectively, the “Acquired Assets”). The purchase price (“Purchase Price Payment”) for the Acquired Assets is payable to Seller, over the course of seven years, based on a sliding scale percentage of gross revenues actually received by Buyer solely from Buyer’s sale of Whipshots/Whipshotz products. The Purchase Price Payment shall be subject to a minimum amount in each contract year and the maximum aggregate amount payable to Seller under the Whipshots IP Agreement between $140,000 and $2,000,000 based on revenues generated by the products. In connection with this agreement the Company paid $20,000 during 2021 and $38,620 in 2023, which has been recorded as an indefinite-lived intangible asset.

 

On September 14, 2021, the Whipshots LLC entered into a License Agreement (“Whipshots License Agreement”) with Washpoppin Inc., (“Licensor”) a New York corporation. Pursuant to the Whipshots License Agreement, Licensor shall license to the Company certain Licensed Property (as defined in the Whipshots License Agreement) of the recording artist professionally known as “Cardi B” (the “Artist”). As part of the Whipshots License Agreement, in exchange for royalty rates based on Net Sales (as defined in the Whipshots License Agreement) during each applicable contract period, the Licensor warrants to cause the Artist to attend certain in person events, media interviews, participate in the development of the Licensed Products (as defined in the Whipshots License Agreement), and promote the Licensed Products through social media posts on the Artist’s social media platforms. The Company, through Whipshots LLC has committed to a minimum royalty payment under the Whipshots License Agreement of $3,300,000 in aggregate through 2024, subject to Licensor’s satisfaction of its obligations. During three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 the Company incurred expenses related to this agreement of approximately $275,000 and $127,000, respectively.

 

 

AOS Acquisition

 

Following the 18-month hold back period from the date of the AOS Acquisition, the Company expects to issue AOS Stockholders up to an aggregate 4,979,731 shares and $1,990 in cash that is currently being held back.   

 

Skylar Acquisition

 

Following the 18-month hold back period from the date of the Skylar Acquisition, the Company will issue Skylar Stockholders an aggregate 11,573,660 shares that is currently being held back. Additionally, and contingent upon Skylar meeting certain future sales metrics over the earn out period, the Company will issue an additional 19,268,162 shares of its common stock to Skylar Stockholders. As of March 31, 2023, the Company expects to pay the Skylar Stockholders the contingent 19,268,162 shares of its common stock for meeting certain sales metrics. The value of the holdback shares and contingent shares is approximately $2,314,732 and $3,371,252, respectively.  

 

Soylent Acquisition

 

Following the indemnity holding period, the Company will issue Soylent Stockholder an aggregate 18,571,429 Class A common shares that are currently being held back. On the Adjustment Date of the Soylent Acquisition, the Company expects to issue an additional 247,242,030 shares of Class A common shares in the amount of $38,322,515 as recorded as a stock payable.

 

Accrued Liability

 

On July 9, 2014, the Board of Directors approved an investment arrangement with an individual. Per the terms of the agreement, the investor transferred $150,000 to the Company to be used for the development of a specific product. The product for which the investment was intended was never produced and this agreement is being renegotiated. The $150,000 investment was never returned by the Company and the amount has historically been included in other payables and accruals on the balance sheet. In the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company reclassified the $150,000 investment from other payables and accruals to additional paid in capital on the balance sheet.