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): January 8, 2021

 

Puget Technologies, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Nevada
(State of Incorporation)
 
333-179212   01-0959140
Commission File Number   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     

1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 200-A;

Boca Raton, Florida

  33432
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
     
1 561 2108535
(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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425).
   
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12).
   
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 

 

Section 2 - Financial Information

 

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

The Registrant has fully complied with all of its obligations under the series of 8% Convertible Notes entered into by prior management during 2015 - 2017 and in conjunction therewith is free of related debt and litigation. Its focus now is on completing its audit and related filings with the Commission as recommended by Qest Consulting Group, Inc. (“Qest”). Qest, which serves as the Registrant’s strategic consultant, is an Affiliate of the Registrant as well as its current Parent, as that term is defined in Rule 405 of Commission Regulation C (“…an affiliate controlling such person directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries … [as well] as a person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified”).

 

Section 3 - Securities and Trading Markets

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

As of the date of this report of special event, all of the 8% Convertible Notes have been fully converted or paid. The original issuance of the 8% Convertible Notes during 2015, 2016 and 2017 relied on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Conversion of the 8% Convertible Notes into shares of Common Stock was effected in reliance on Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act. The formula for conversion of the 8% Convertible Notes was disclosed in a report of current event filed with the Commission on November 30, 2020 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

At Qest’s recommendation, the Registrant’s current officers and directors intend to initiate a nationwide search during calendar year 2021 for new officers and directors as well as to add new members to its Board of Advisors with the goal of assembling the best corporate team possible for implementation of the Registrant’s new operational plan (summarized below). It is hoped that new the officers will replace the current board of directors and management during the next eighteen months allowing the members of current management to shift their focus to Qest where they also serve as officers and directors, and thus eliminating existing conflicts of interest. The newly recruited board members would be subject to ratification by the Registrant’s shareholders at the next annual meeting expected to be held during February of 2022.

 

Qest has recommended that the Registrant’s board of directors be expanded to seven or more members, at least three of whom should be independent so that audit and compensation committees could be implemented as envisioned by the Registrant’s articles of incorporation and bylaws. In terms of experience, Qest has recommended that the new board of directors continue to employ persons with investment banking and accounting experience but also with experience with mutual funds, the insurance industry, innovative technologies (e.g., alternative energy), the medical industry, intellectual property and regulatory compliance. In order to recruit qualified personnel, the Registrant is adopting qualified and non-qualified stock option plans and will undertake a limited offering of its securities on reliance on Rule 506(b) of Regulation D, the proceeds of which will be used for, among other things, obtaining officers and directors liability insurance, discharging all remaining corporate debt (approximately $100,000 involving expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), payment of legal and auditing expenses required to bring and maintain the Registrant current with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and provide initial working capital. Significant additional funding will be required in order to implement the Registrant’s business plan summarized below and it is expected that Qest will assist the Registrant in that regard since it is anticipated that, although the Registrant’s current officers and directors would not continue in their current roles with the Registrant, they would continue to be indirectly involved as Qest is expected to remain as the Registrant’s strategic consultant for at least the next three years.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc., current report on Commission Form 8-K, Page 2  

 

 

With reference to anticipated future operations under the new officers and directors, the Registrant, at the suggestion of Qest, has adopted a new business model as a holding company operating through subsidiaries in four different albeit related areas. These would primarily involve assisting promising operating companies to attain independent public company status. The four diverse areas in which it intends to concentrate through subsidiaries are, in the order in which it is anticipated projects will be undertaken:

 

1. Through traditional acquisition of development stage operating companies that the Registrant’s Board of Directors determines provide positive business opportunities. In that regard, the Registrant is considering the acquisition of a consolidated company currently engaged in the operation of behavioral health clinics in the State of Florida and is considering a joint venture in the solar energy industry involving proprietary nanotechnologies with current members of its Board of Advisors;

 

2. Through acquisition of promising privately held operating companies that eventually want to attain publicly traded status after a two-and-a-half to four and a half year period as subsidiaries of the Registrant during which time they would control most of their own operations but learn the intricacies of being regulated under state and federal securities regulation. The Registrant would control all legal and accounting operations and seek to generate savings and synergy by coordinating activities (e.g., purchases, marketing, warehousing, etc., among its subsidiaries;

 

3. Through organization and operation of a Business Development Company under the limited exemptive provisions of Sections 54(a) through 65 of the Investment Company Act; and

 

4. By formation of specialty acquisition vehicles for operating companies that desire to become public.

 

In addition to the foregoing, given the experience that the Registrant’s current president has with tax related benefits of doing business in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Qest has also recommended that the Registrant explore opportunities for potential subsidiaries there.

 

Section 8 - Other Events

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

The Registrant has upgraded its website at https://pugettechnologies.com/ and expects to have it activated by Friday, January 15, 2021. It will include a restricted subsite for accredited investors available on a password protected basis. Such limitation is required in order to avoid “general solicitation” in conjunction with the proposed limited offering of the Registrant’s securities. All other aspects of the website including posting of its reports filed with the Commission, principal corporate documents (e.g., articles of incorporation, bylaws, documents defining the rights of securities holders, securities based compensation plans and its agreement with Qest), press releases, articles of interest to shareholders, disclosure concerning the Registrant and contact information will be freely accessible.

 

Puget Technologies, Inc., current report on Commission Form 8-K, Page 3  

 

  

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  Puget Technologies, Inc.
   
  By: /s/Hermann Burckhardt
Date: January 13, 2021   Hermann Burckhardt, President and Chief Executive Officer
   
  By: /s/Thomas Jaspers
    Thomas Jaspers, Treasurer, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer

 

Puget Technologies, Inc., current report on Commission Form 8-K, Page 4

 

 

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