Item
8.01 Other Events.
SHAREHOLDER
UPDATE ON FINANCING AND USE OF FUNDS
We
have made great progress on both the Cielo Mar and the ProGreen Farms projects over the past several months, for which we have
incurred various expenses.
For
Cielo Mar, this includes the work that Estrada is doing for the preliminary master plan and commercial presentation, the environmental
impact study and the CBRE appraisal, among various additional items and operating costs. For ProGreen Farms, the company has provided
further funding to Contel for expansion of farming area, pepper seeds, nursery services, labor, equipment rental and other operating
costs.
In
addition to the projects and corporate operations, we have put some of our resources into the development of company plan and
presentation materials, discussions and negotiations with investors and lenders for interim financing, as well as with investors
and investment bankers for a large, secured financing for the business.
ProGreen
disclosed the plan for a large, secured financing in the press release dated December 20, 2017. We also announced, in the press
release dated January 29, 2018, that we retained CBRE to appraise the Cielo Mar property. The comprehensive valuation report that
is due from CBRE this month is a prerequisite for the secured financing.
In
order to fund our operations prior to the larger collateralized financing, we have adopted a bridge financing strategy, which
we are maximizing, on the advice of our investment banker.
Some
of the bridge financing is being done through convertible loans, which require a large number of shares of common stock to be
reserved, in the event that the note holder would convert. The Company intends to pay these notes in cash before they convert,
as it has been doing with convertible notes since March 2016; however, under the terms of the agreements, common shares must be
available and reserved within the total shares authorized and issuable by the Company in its Articles of Incorporation. As always,
ProGreen is doing what we believe is best for the company and for long-term shareholder value.
We
have determined to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 950,000,000 to 1,250,000,000, as stated in the
PRE 14C filing today, in order to accommodate the required share reserves for the bridge financing. We intend to reduce the number
of authorized shares when the bridge financing debt has been paid off using part of the larger, secured funding, as we do not
anticipate any further need for this larger number of authorized shares.
Amended
Form D filings on February 28, 2018 disclose the progress of the bridge financing. Two of these forms are filed, one for equity,
through which Rule 144 restricted shares are issued to accredited investors through share purchase agreements; and the other for
debt financing, for which the loans are convertible to shares of common stock. As noted, the company intends to pay off the convertible
loans in cash before they convert, as has been done previously.
The
Form D filing for the debt financing discloses that the date of the first debt-financing transaction - referred to as “date
of first sale” - was September 13, 2016; and that, as of the February 28, 2018 filing date for the Amended Form D, the company
has raised $1,509,804 through convertible debt financings. Note that this is not a balance, but a cumulative total of debt-financing
under Rule 506(b) since September 13, 2016. The outstanding balance from these transactions is far less, as many of the loans
have been paid off.
The
Form D filing for the equity financing discloses that the date of the first sale of stock for this offering was October 5, 2017,
and that, as of the February 28, 2018 filing date for the Amended Form D, the company has raised equity in the amount of $420,415.
The
number of restricted and unrestricted shares of common stock issued and outstanding has been updated on the investors page of
the company website. The company had 397,048,983 and 372,790,227 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of March 9,
2018 and January 4, 2018, respectively. New shares issued since January 4, 2018 are Rule 144 restricted shares issued to accredited
investors through share purchase agreements for equity financing.