Current Report Filing (8-k)
October 05 2020 - 6:10AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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 1, 2020
MARIJUANA
COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Utah
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Commission
File Number
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98-1246221
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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000-27039
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
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1340
West Valley Parkway, Suite #205
Escondido,
California 92029
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
(888)
777-4362
(Issuer’s
telephone number)
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:
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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)
☐ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR
§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
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. ☒
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
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
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MCOA
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None
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Section
1 - Registrant’s Business and Operations
Item
1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On
October 1, 2020, Marijuana Company of America, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into two Joint Venture Agreements
with Marco Guerrero, a director of the Company (“Guerrero”) dated September 30, 2020, to form joint venture
operations in Brazil and in Uruguay (the “Joint Venture Agreements”) to produce, manufacture, market and sell
the Company’s hempSMART™ products in Latin America, and will also work to develop and sell hempSMART™ products
globally. The Joint Venture Agreements contain equal terms for the formation of joint venture entities in Uruguay and Brazil.
The Brazilian joint venture will be headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, and will be named HempSmart Produtos Naturais Ltda.
(“HempSmart Brazil”). The Uruguayan joint venture will be headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay and will be
named Hempsmart Uruguay S.A.S. (“HempSmart Uruguay”).
Under
the Joint Venture Agreements, the Company will acquire a 70% equity interest in both HempSmart Brazil and HempSmart Uruguay. A
minority 30% equity interest in both HempSmart Brazil and HempSmart Uruguay will be held by newly formed entities controlled by
Guerrero, a director of the Company, who is a successful Brazilian entrepreneur. The Company will provide capital in the amount
of $50,000 to both HempSmart Brazil and HempSmart Uruguay under the Joint Venture Agreements, for a total capital outlay obligation
of $100,000. It is expected that the proceeds of the initial capital contribution will be used for contracting with third-party
manufacturing facilities in Brazil and Uruguay, and related infrastructure and employment of key personnel.
The
boards of directors of HempSmart Brazil and HempSmart Uruguay will consist of three directors, elected by the joint venture partners.
As part of the Joint Venture Agreements, the Company will license, on a royalty-free basis, certain of its intellectual property
regarding the Company’s existing products to HempSmart Brazil and HempSmart Uruguay to enable the joint ventures to manufacture
and sell the Company’s products in Brazil, Uruguay, and for export to other Latin American countries, the United States,
and globally in accordance with the terms of the Joint Venture Agreements.
The
Joint Venture Agreements provide the partners with a right of first offer (“ROFO”). Under this right, each partner
may trigger an “interest sale” ROFO process at any time pursuant to which the other partners may either acquire the
triggering partner’s interest in the joint ventures or permit the triggering partner to sell its interest to a third party.
In addition, the Company, as majority partner, may trigger a compulsory buy-sell procedure in the event a joint venture is frustrated
in its intent or purpose, pursuant to which the Company could pursue a sale of all or substantially all of the joint venture.
Subject to certain exceptions, the joint venture partners may not transfer their interests in HempSmart Brazil and HempSmart Uruguay.
The Joint Venture Agreements contain customary terms, conditions, representations, warranties and covenants of the parties for
like transactions.
The
foregoing description of the Joint Venture Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the Joint Venture Agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2 hereto and incorporated herein by
reference.
Item
8.01 Other Events.
Press
Release
On October 1, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing
the launching of the joint ventures in Brazil and Uruguay. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Related
Party Transactions
Mr.
Marco Guerrero, a director of the Company, is a party to both Joint Venture Agreements and will, through his controlling interests
in the joint venture partners in Brazil and Uruguay, own 30% of HempSmart Brazil and HempSmart Uruguay. In its action approving
and authorizing the Share Exchange Agreements, the board of directors of the Company considered full disclosure of Mr. Guerrero’s
conflicting interest and his related party status and Utah state law governing transactions where a conflicting interest exists
that could reasonably be expected to exert an influence on the director’s judgment and requiring specific disclosures pursuant
to Section 16-10a-852 of the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act. In consideration of such disclosure, a unanimity of the Company’s
qualified, uninterested directors approved the transaction.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit
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Description
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10.1
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Joint Venture Agreement,
dated September 30, 2020, by and between the Company, Marco Guerrero, and MR Hemp Ltda. *
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10.2
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Joint Venture Agreement,
dated September 30, 2020, by and between the Company, Marco Guerrero, and MR Hemp Uruguay S.A.S. *
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99.1
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Press
Release dated October 1, 2020*
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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.
Dated
October 2, 2020
MARIJUANA
COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC.
By:
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/s/
Jesus Quintero
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Jesus
Quintero
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(Principal
Executive Officer)
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