Current Report Filing (8-k)
October 07 2020 - 2:58PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 07, 2020
(October 02, 2020)
AppTech
Corp.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Wyoming
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65-0847995
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number)
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5876
Owens Ave. Suite 100
Carlsbad,
California
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92008
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(760)
707-5959
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
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Title
of each class
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Trading
Symbol(s)
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Name
of each exchange on which registered
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Common
Stock, $0.001 par value per share
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APCX
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OTC
Pink Open Market
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On
October 02, 2020, AppTech Corp. (“AppTech”) entered into strategic partnership through a series of agreements (“Agreements”)
with NEC Payments B.S.C. (c) (“NECP”). NECP offers digital banking and payment technology solutions. Through the deployment
of NECP’s technologies, AppTech’s management believes it will extend its product offering to include flexible, scalable,
and secure payment acceptance and issuer payment processing that supports the digitization of business and consumer financial
services. Further, NECP will assist AppTech in completing the development of its text payment solution and, to do so, AppTech
is licensing its patents to NECP enabling them to customize and provide best-in-class software that complements AppTech’s
intellectual property.
The
Agreements include:
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(a)
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a
Subscription License & Services Agreement;
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(b)
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a
Digital Banking Platform Operating Agreement;
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(c)
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a
Subscription License Order Form; &
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(d)
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a
Registration Rights Agreement.
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The
Agreements, among other things:
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(a)
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provide
AppTech a license to access and use NECP’s digital banking and payment technology
solutions, as identified in the Subscription License Order Form;
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(b)
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grant
AppTech conditional exclusivity in the United States for all of NECP’s payment
acceptance processing technologies contingent upon AppTech reaching transaction volume
target goals;
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(c)
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grant
NECP a license to develop software without the possibility of infringing upon AppTech’s
intellectual property;
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(d)
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creates
the parameters in which NECP shall assist AppTech in completing the development of its
text payment system related to AppTech’s patents;
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(e)
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award
NECP a fifteen percent (15%) equity stake in AppTech, on a fully diluted basis;
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(f)
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set
revenue sharing splits between AppTech and NECP for all revenues generated from digital
banking technologies licensed to AppTech.
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All
terms of this agreement are contingent upon AppTech receiving funding within a specific period of time, as described in the Agreements.
Assuming certain contingencies are satisfied, unless terminated by one of the parties, the term of the Agreements are for five
(5) years and the Agreements provide renewal terms.
On October 05, 2020,
AppTech Corp. issued a press release announcing the strategic partnership with NECP, as described above and in the attached Exhibits.
A copy of the press release is provided as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein to this Current Report.
Item 9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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10.1
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Subscription License and Service Agreement dated as of October 02, 2020, by and among AppTech Corp. and NEC Payments B.S.C. (c).
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10.2
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Digital Banking Platform Operating Agreement dated as of October 02, 2020, by and among AppTech Corp. and NEC Payments B.S.C. (c).
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10.3
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Subscription License Order Form dated as of October 02, 2020, by and among AppTech Corp. and NEC Payments B.S.C. (c). PURSUANT TO REG
S-K ITEM 601, CERTAIN IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXCLUDED.
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10.4
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Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 02, 2020, by and among AppTech Corp. and NEC Payments B.S.C. (c).
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99.1
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Press Release of AppTech Corp. dated October 05, 2020.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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APPTECH CORP.
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Dated: October 07, 2020
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By:
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/s/ Luke D’Angelo
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Name:
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Luke D’Angelo
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Title:
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Interim Chief Executive Officer
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