NOTE 5 – ACQUISITIONS

Soylent Acquisition

On February 15, 2023, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Starco Merger Sub I completed the Soylent Acquisition. The Soylent Acquisition consisted of Starco Merger Sub I merging with and into Soylent, with Soylent being the surviving corporation. Soylent is the maker of a wide range of plant-based “complete nutrition” and “functional food” products with a lineup of plant-based convenience shakes, powders and bars that contain proteins, healthy fats, functional amino acids and essential nutrients. Through its relationship with TSG and other strong partners, the Company has access to intellectual property that will allow Soylent to vertically integrate manufacturing and expand, positioning Soylent to be the future of nutritional products. The Soylent Acquisition was completed through a cash and stock deal, where the Company paid $200,000 in cash as reimbursement of Soylent’s closing expenses and the Company’s shares were issued at $0.15 per share, which amount was equal to the fair value of the stock on the acquisition date. As consideration for the Soylent Acquisition, the Company reserved an (a) aggregate of up to 165,336,430 restricted shares of Class A common stock to Soylent shareholders, (b) 12,617,857 restricted shares of Class A common to satisfy existing Soylent change in control obligations, (c) up to 18,571,429 additional restricted shares of Class A common stock based on final determination of calculations of Soylent’s working capital, cash at closing, indebtedness at closing and certain unpaid transaction expenses in excess of the amount reimbursed by the Company (the “Opening Balance Holdback”), and (d) an adjustment to the shares of Class A common stock received by the Company Holders (as defined in the agreement) in the event that the trading price for STCB’s Class A common stock price per share on the first anniversary of the closing date (February 14, 2024, or the “Adjustment Date”) is below $0.35 per share of Class A common stock. If, on the Adjustment Date, STCB’s Class A common stock is trading below $0.35 per share of Class A common stock, STCB shall issue additional shares of Class A common stock based on the Closing Merger Consideration (as defined in the agreement) after adjustments divided by the trading price (which must be below $0.35 per share for any additional shares to be issued) minus the total share issuance after adjustments (such additional shares, the “Share Adjustment”).

On March 15, 2024, the Company and certain former stockholders of Soylent and current stockholders of the Company’s Class A common stock (the “Consenting Stockholders”), entered into a stockholder agreement (“Stockholder Agreement”) with the Company, which modified the treatment of certain terms of the Soylent Acquisition merger agreement with respect to the Consenting Stockholders. The Stockholder Agreement (i) revises the calculation for the Consenting Stockholders’ respective pro rata share of the Share Adjustment (as defined in the Soylent Acquisition merger agreement) to utilize a customary 30-day moving volume weighted trading average (“vwap”) in calculating the price per share of the Class A common stock at each adjustment date, and (ii) bifurcates the calculation for Consenting Stockholders’ respective pro rata share of the Share Adjustment into two adjustments, the first adjustment calculable based on the vwap ending February 14, 2024 (“First Adjustment Date”), and the second adjustment calculable based on the vwap ending May 15, 2025 (“Second Adjustment Date”). Generally, if the trading price of the Acquiror Common Stock (as defined in the Soylent Acquisition merger agreement) based on the vwap, is below $0.35 per share on each of February 14, 2024 and May 15, 2025, then, at no additional cost to the Consenting Stockholders, additional shares of Acquiror Common Stock are issuable based on the calculation methodology set forth in the Stockholder Agreement. As of the date of this filing, the Consenting Stockholders represent approximately 88.9% of the total shares held by all former stockholders of Soylent issued pursuant to the Soylent Acquisition merger agreement. Certain other former stockholders of Soylent may sign joinders to the Stockholder Agreement following the date of this filing.

The fair value of the rights to receive these shares were estimated by a third-party valuation firm to be $0.189 per share on the acquisition date or an approximate share adjustment value of $36,715,800. For the former Soylent shareholders (the “Soylent Shareholders”) that did not join the Stockholder Agreement, the fair value of the rights to receive these shares were $0.136 per share on December 31, 2023, or the Company’s stock price as of February 14, 2024, the “Adjustment Date”, or a share adjustment value of $6,101,455. For the Consenting Stockholders, the fair value of the rights to receive these shares were estimated by a third-party valuation firm to be $0.186 per share on December 31, 2023 or an approximate share adjustment value of $30,829,876. Included in the Consenting Stockholders approximate share adjustment value of $30,829,876, are the fair value rights to receive shares on the First Adjustment Date in the Stockholder Agreement of $15,506,101, or $0.16 per share, the 30-day wvap of the Company’s stock price as of February 14, 2024.

Effective February 14, 2024, the First Adjustment Date, the Company settled $18,099,951 of the $36,931,130 fair value liability outstanding on December 31, 2023 by issuing 133,087,875 shares of Class A common stock to the Soylent Shareholders as outlined in the Soylent merger agreement and Stockholders Agreement, as applicable. The total share adjustment value as of March 31, 2024 is $20,753,328. The settlement amount of $18,099,951 includes an adjustment for additional shareholders that agreed to amend their Stockholders Agreement subsequent to December 31, 2023. As a result, approximately 7.0 million shares were returned to the Company and the liability amount as of December 31, 2023 was amended.

Effective February 14, 2024, the Company settled the Soylent Opening Balance Holdback by issuing 16,309,203 shares of Class A common stock to the Soylent Shareholders as outlined in the Soylent merger agreement. The Soylent Opening Balance Holdback was recorded as equity consideration payable on the December 31, 2023 balance sheet in the amount of $2,446,380.

The Soylent Acquisition was accounted for as a business combination in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations.