Item 1.02.
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Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
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Farming Agreement
On December 18, 2015, the Company and its subsidiary EWSD I, LLC (EWSD) and Whole Hemp Company (Whole Hemp)
entered into that certain Farming Agreement (the First Farming Agreement). On March 11, 2016, the First Farming Agreement was amended and restated (the First Amended and Restated Farming Agreement). Pursuant to the First
Amended and Restated Farming Agreement, Whole Hemp agreed to manufacture products from hemp and cannabis crops it grew on EWSD farmland, and EWSD agreed to build greenhouses for such activities up to an aggregate size of 200,000 square feet. Whole
Hemp agreed to pay all preapproved costs of such construction on or before September 30, 2017 as partial consideration for a revocable license to use the greenhouses and a separate 10-acre plot of EWSD farmland (the 10 Acres). EWSD
retained ownership of the greenhouses.
For the first growing season commencing October 1, 2016, EWSD would have received a
percentage of gross sales of all Whole Hemp products on a monthly basis, and EWSDs share would have increased incrementally based on the extent of crops planted on EWSD farmland according to a mutually agreed schedule. EWSD would have
continued to share in the gross sales of all Whole Hemp products during each subsequent growing season, to be paid on a monthly basis, provided that EWSD had used commercially reasonable efforts to provide certain marketing services in international
markets and certain other marketing related services and assistance developing a seed program. In addition, EWSD would have received 50% of Whole Hemps gross profits from the farming activities on the 10 Acres.
Commencing in the second growing season, EWSD had the option to provide marketing, sales, and related services to Whole Hemp in connection
with the sale of products generated from the EWSD farmland, of which EWSD would have retained a percentage of gross sales. Further, EWSD would have received half of the gross profits from the sale of products produced from crops grown on a dedicated
40-acre parcel of Whole Hemps farmland in exchange for marketing, sales, and related services provided by EWSD on an exclusive basis.
Whole Hemp agreed to be responsible for obtaining all requisite permits and approvals from governmental authorities necessary to conduct the
farming activities and for compliance with all federal, state and local regulations and procedures related to its business.
Pursuant to
the First Amended and Restated Farming Agreement, Whole Hemp was granted a warrant (the Warrant) to purchase 4,000,000 shares of Company common stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share, exercisable at any time within 5 years.
The First Amended and Restated Farming Agreement was effective until September 30, 2026 and could have be extended by either party for a
5-year period.
Since May 7, 2016, we believe that Whole Hemp has been in default of its obligations under the First Amended and
Restated Farming Agreement principally because they abandoned their obligation to perform farming activities. On May 13, 2016, EWSD notified Whole Hemp of its election to terminate the First Amended and Restated Farming Agreement.
By its terms, the First Amended and Restated Farming Agreement may be terminated at any time by either party, if the other party was in
material breach of any obligation under the First Amended and Restated Farming Agreement, which breach continued uncured for 30 days following written notice thereof.
Distributor Agreement
On
December 18, 2015, the Company entered into a Growers Agent Agreement (the Growers Agent Agreement) with Whole Hemp. On March 11, 2016, EWSD entered into a First Amended and Restated Growers Distributor
Agreement (the Restated Growers Distributor Agreement) with Whole Hemp, amending and restating in certain respects that certain Growers Agent Agreement, including by substituting EWSD as a party in place of the Company.
Pursuant to the Restated Growers Distributor Agreement, EWSD agreed to provide marketing, sales, and related services on behalf of Whole Hemp in connection with the sale of its Cannabidiol oil product, from which EWSD would have received a
percentage of gross revenues (other than the sale of such product generated from the EWSD 10 Acres and the Whole Hemp 40-acre plot subject to the First Amended and Restated Farming Agreement).
The Restated Growers Distributor Agreement was effective until September 30, 2025, and
the parties were allowed to renew its initial 10-year term for two successive 5-year terms.
The Restated Growers Distributor
Agreement also granted Whole Hemp a right of first refusal in the event the Company or any subsidiary proposes to use its farming facilities to grow crops for the production and/or sale of Cannabidiol oil product, and with respect to any opportunity
the Company or any subsidiary finds to sell such product on behalf of a third party. The Restated Growers Distributor Agreement also provided that the compensation payable to EWSD includes a percentage of gross sales of the previously excluded
product generated from 40 acres of Whole Hemp farmland (the Whole Hemp Farmland) and the 10 Acres.
Because we believe that
Whole Hemp has been in default of its obligations under the First Amended and Restated Farming Agreement since May 7, 2016, on May 13, 2016, EWSD notified Whole Hemp of its election to terminate the Restated Growers Distributor
Agreement.
By its terms, the Restated Growers Distributor Agreement could be terminated at any time by either party, if the other
party was in material breach of any obligation under the Restated Growers Distributor Agreement, which breach continued uncured for 30 days following written notice thereof.