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Table of Contents

 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2023

Registration Statement No. 333-272572

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO

FORM S-1/A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New York 7373 11-3427886
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

35 Torrington Lane

Shoreham, NY 11786

(516) 246-9422

(Address and telephone number of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Dean L. Julia

Chief Executive Officer

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc.

35 Torrington Lane

Shoreham, NY 11786

(516) 246-9422

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copies to:

 

Gavin C. Grusd, Esq.

David F. Durso, Esq.

Ruskin Moscou Faltischek P.C.

1425 RXR Plaza

East Tower, 15th Floor

Uniondale, NY 11556

Tel: (516) 663-6514

Thomas J. Poletti, Esq.
Veronica Lah, Esq.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
695 Town Center Drive, 14th Floor

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Tel: (714) 312-7500

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:

As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement becomes effective.

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box: ☒

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

  ☐ Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company
         
        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 to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

 

Under Rule 429 of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also acts as a post-effective amendment to Registration Statement File Number 333-260364 covering 2,807,937 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding publicly held five-year warrants exercisable at $4.98 per share which warrants were issued in December 2021.

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS   SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 29, 2023

 

 

 

$3,000,000

Up to 30,000,000 Shares of Common Stock

and up to 30,000,000 Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase up to 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock

 

Placement Agent Warrants to Purchase up to 600,000 Shares of Common Stock

 

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. (“we”, “us” or the “Company”) is offering to raise up to $3,000,000 on a “best efforts” basis from the sale of up to 30,000,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, at a price per share of $0.10, pursuant to this Prospectus. We are also offering to certain purchasers whose purchase of shares of common stock in this offering would otherwise result in the purchaser, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, beneficially owning more than 4.99% (or, at the election of the purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding common stock immediately following the consummation of this offering, the opportunity to purchase, if any such purchaser so chooses, pre-funded warrants, in lieu of shares of common stock that would otherwise result in such purchaser’s beneficial ownership exceeding 4.99% (or, at the election of the purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding common stock. The purchase price of each pre-funded warrant will be equal to the price at which a share of common stock is sold to the public in this offering, minus $0.0001, and the exercise price of each pre-funded warrant will be $0.0001 per share. The pre-funded warrants will be immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until all of the pre-funded warrants are exercised in full.

 

We are also seeking to register the issuance of placement agent warrants to purchase up to a number of shares of our common stock equal to 2% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock and prefunded warrants sold in this offering, at an exercise price of $0.125 per share (125% of the public offering price).

 

We have engaged Spartan Capital Securities LLC as our exclusive placement agent to use its reasonable “best efforts” to solicit offers to purchase our securities in this offering during an offering period of seven days, subject to an extension of up to seven days (the “Offering Period”).The placement agent is not purchasing or selling any of the securities we are offering and is not required to arrange for the purchase or sale of any specific number or dollar amount of the securities. Because there is no minimum offering amount required as a condition to closing in this offering, the actual public amount, placement agent’s fee and proceeds to us, if any, are not presently determinable and may be substantially less than the total maximum offering amounts and throughout this prospectus. We have agreed to pay the placement agent the certain fees set forth in the table below and to provide certain other compensation to the placement agent. See “Plan of Distribution” for more information regarding these arrangements. We have engaged Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, New York, NY, as escrow Agent of this offering (the “Escrow Agent”) to receive the gross proceeds of this offering during the Offering Period and to deposit the funds with JP Morgan Chase Bank. Upon clearance of funds, the Company and the placement agent may conduct one or more closings. In the event that any subscriptions are not accepted by the Company for any reason whatsoever, such funds will be returned by the Escrow Agent directly to the subscribers without interest or deduction thereof.

 

There is no established public trading market for the pre-funded warrants and the placement agent’s warrants identified below and we do not expect a market to develop. Without an active trading market, the liquidity of these warrants will be limited. In addition, we do not intend to list the pre-funded warrants or the placement agent’s warrants on The Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq CM”), any other national securities exchange or any other trading system. On June 27, 2023, the last quoted price of our common stock as reported on the NasdaqCM was $0.154 per share. Historically, at times in the past, there has been a limited public trading market for our common stock.

 

 

 

   

 

 

The final public offering price per share will be determined through a negotiation between us and the placement agent in the offering and will take into account the recent market price of our common stock, the general condition of the securities market at the time of the offering, the history of, and the prospects for, the industry in which we compete, and our past and present operations and our prospects for future revenues. The final offering price for the securities may be at a discount to the trading price of our common stock on the NasdaqCM. This price will fluctuate based on the demand for our common stock. The assumed public offering price used throughout this prospectus may not be indicative of the actual final offering price. The final number of shares, pre-funded warrants, placement agent warrants and shares underlying such warrants being offered in this prospectus will be determined based on the final offering price.

 

This Prospectus also relates to the possible issuance of 2,807,937 shares upon exercise of five year warrants, exercisable at $4.98 per share, which we issued in a public offering December 2021 (the “2021 Warrants”) along with other securities. The registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, acts as a post-effective amendment to Registration Statement No. 333-260364 which registered the 2021 Warrants and underlying shares. Our common stock and 2021 Warrants are listed on The NasdaqCM under the symbols “MOBQ” and “MOBQW”, respectively.

 

We have filed a definitive proxy statement for a special meeting of stockholders scheduled for July 21, 2023 seeking, among other things, stockholder approval to effectuate a reverse stock split of the Company’s outstanding common stock at an exchange ratio between 1-for- 2 and 1-for-15, as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors. The purpose of the reverse split would be to achieve the requisite increase in the market price of our common stock to be in compliance with the minimum bid price of Nasdaq. See “Risk Factors - Risks Relating to this Offering and Ownership of Our Securities - We are seeking stockholder approval for a reverse stock split, and even if a reverse stock split achieves the requisite increase in the market price of our common stock, we cannot assure you that we will be approved for continued listing on the NasdaqCM or able to comply with other continued listing standards of the NasdaqCM.”

 

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 6 of this prospectus.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

  Per Share   Per Pre-Funded
Warrant
  Total(1)
Public offering price $0.10   $0.0999   $3,000,000
Placement Agent commissions(2) $0.008   $0.008   $   240,000
Proceeds to us, before expenses(3) $0.092   $0.919    $2,760,000

 

(1) Assumes all 30,000,000 shares or prefunded warrants are sold.

 

(2) We have agreed to pay the placement agent a total cash fee equal to 8% of the gross proceeds raised in this offering. We have also agreed to reimburse the placement agent for certain of its offering-related expenses of up to $125,000 plus 1% of the gross proceeds of this offering. In addition, we have agreed to issue the placement agent warrants to purchase up to a number of shares of our common stock equal to 2% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants sold in this offering at an exercise price equal to 125% of the public offering price of the shares common stock. See “Plan of Distribution” for additional information and a description of the compensation payable to the placement agent.

 

(3) We estimate the total expenses of this offering payable by us, excluding the placement agent commission, will be approximately $375,000, assuming full exercise of the pre-funded warrants.

 

 

Prospectus dated June 29, 2023

 

 

 

   

 

 

We and the placement agent have not authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectuses prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the shares offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in is accurate only as of its date regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of common stock.

 

Neither we nor the placement agent have done anything that would permit this offering or possession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the United States. Persons who come into possession of this prospectus and any free writing prospectus in jurisdictions outside the United States are required to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions as to this offering and the distribution of this prospectus and any free writing prospectus applicable to that jurisdiction.

 

This prospectus contains market data and industry statistics and forecasts that are based on independent industry publications and other publicly available information. Although we believe that these sources are reliable, we do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of this information and we have not independently verified this information. Although we are not aware of any misstatements regarding the market and industry data presented, these estimates involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” and any related free writing prospectus. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on this information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Prospectus Summary 1
The Offering 4
Risk Factors 6
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements 26
Use of Proceeds 27
Market Information 27
Dividend Policy 28
Management’s Discussion 29
Business 40
Management 48
Executive Compensation 51
Director Compensation 55
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters 59
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions 60
Description of Securities Sold in Offering 62
Description of Capital Stock 64
Plan of Distribution 70
Legal Matters 78
Experts 78
Additional Information 78
Index to Financial Statements 79

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AVAILABLE INFORMATION

 

This prospectus constitutes a part of a registration statement on Form S-1 (together with all amendments and exhibits thereto, the “Registration Statement”) filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). As permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC, this prospectus omits certain information contained in the Registration Statement, and reference is made to the Registration Statement and related exhibits for further information with respect to Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and the securities offered hereby. With regard to any statements contained herein concerning the provisions of any document filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or otherwise filed with the SEC, in each instance reference is made to the copy of such document so filed. Each such statement is qualified in its entirety by such reference.

 

You should rely only on information contained in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus we may authorize to be delivered or made available to you. We have not, and the placement Agent have not, authorized anyone to provide you with additional information or information different from that contained in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus. Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor the sale of our securities means that the information contained in this prospectus or any free writing prospectus is correct after the date of this prospectus or such free writing prospectus. This prospectus is not an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy our securities in any circumstances under which the offer or solicitation is unlawful or in any state or other jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted.

 

The information in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus and the information in any free writing prospectus that we may provide you in connection with this offering is accurate only as of the date of that free writing prospectus. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

 

No person is authorized in connection with this prospectus to give any information or to make any representations about us, the securities offered hereby or any matter discussed in this prospectus, other than the information and representations contained in this prospectus. If any other information or representation is given or made, such information or representation may not be relied upon as having been authorized by us.

 

Neither we nor the placement agent have done anything that would permit this offering or possession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than the United States. You are required to inform yourself about, and to observe any restrictions relating to, this offering and the distribution of this prospectus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. Because this is only a summary, it does not contain all of the information that may be important to you. You should read this entire prospectus and should consider, among other things, the matters set forth under “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion” and our consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this prospectus before making your investment decision. This prospectus contains forward-looking statements and information relating to Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” on page 26.

 

Our Company

 

We are a next-generation advertising technology, data compliance and intelligence company which operates through our three proprietary software platforms in the programmatic advertising industry.

 

The Programmatic Advertising Industry

 

Programmatic advertising refers to the automated buying and selling of digital ad space. In contrast to manual advertising, which relies on human interaction and negotiation between publishers and marketers, programmatic ad buying harnesses technology to purchase digital display space. This use of software and algorithms helps streamline ad buying processes, which is why programmatic has become one of the most indispensable digital marketing tools worldwide. According to Statista, in 2021, global programmatic ad spend reached an estimated 418.4 billion U.S. dollars, with spending set to surpass 493 billion by 2022. The United States remains the leading programmatic advertising market worldwide.

 

Our Mission

 

Our mission is to help enterprises in the programmatic industry become more efficient and effective regarding the monetization of advertising, audience segments and data compliance. We do this by offering three proprietary solutions: Our ATOS platform for brands and agencies, our data intelligence platform for audience segments and targeting, and our publisher platform for privacy compliance and publisher monetization.

 

Our Opportunity

 

Due to the recent changes to Privacy Laws, such as GDPR and CCPA, along with Apple and Google’s removal of Identifiers, we believe Publishers are facing two significant issues: increasing costs due to privacy compliance laws and decreasing revenue, due to the lack of audience targeting. We believe there is a major paradigm shift occurring in the market, where user data and the targeting intelligence to use it must shift from middlemen directly to the content publishers. Publishers must own their first party data and manage their audiences segments in-house. We believe that irrespective of whether a publisher chooses to work with us or not, they need to find a solution that allows advertisers to buy directly from them.

 

Our Solutions

 

Programmatic Advertising Platform

 

Our advertising technology operating system (or ATOS) platform is a single-vendor end-to-end solution that blends artificial intelligence (or AI) and machine learning (or ML)-based optimization technology that automatically serves advertising and manages digital advertising campaigns. Our ATOS platform engages with approximately 10 billion advertisement opportunities per day.

 

 

 

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As an automated programmatic ecosystem, ATOS increases speed and performance, by providing dynamic technology that scales in real-time. It is this proprietary cloud-based architecture that keeps costs down and allows us to pass along savings to our customers. Also, by offering more of the features inherent in a digital advertising campaign, and removing the need for third-party integration of those features, we believe that our ATOS platform can be substantially more time efficient and cost efficient than other Demand-Side Platforms (or DSPs). Our ATOS platform also decreases the effective cost basis for users by integrating all the necessary capabilities at no additional cost as compared to the costs to outsource these capabilities to one or more providers in a fragmented ecosystem. DSP and bidding technologies, AdCop™ Fraud Protection, rich media and ad serving, attribution, reporting dashboard and DMP are all included in our ATOS platform.

 

Data Intelligence Platform

 

Our data intelligence platform provides precise data and insights on consumer’s real-world behavior and trends for use in marketing and research. Our management believes, based our experience in the industry, that we provide one of the most accurate and scaled solution for data collection and analysis, utilizing multiple internally developed proprietary technologies.

 

We provide our data intelligence platform to our customers on a managed services basis, and also offer a self-service alternative through our MobiExchange product, which is a software-as-a-service (or SaaS) fee model. MobiExchange is a data-focused technology solution that enables users to rapidly build actionable data and insights for its own use. MobiExchange’s easy-to-use, self-service tools allow anyone to reduce the complex technical and financial barriers typically associated with turning offline data, and other business data, into actionable digital products and services. MobiExchange provides out-of-the box private labeling, flexible branding, content management, user management, user communications, subscriptions, payment, invoices, reporting, gateways to third party platforms, and help desk, among other things.

 

Publisher Platform for Monetization and Compliance

 

Our content publisher platform is a single-vendor ad tech operating system that allows publishers to better monetize their opt-in user data and advertising inventory. The platform includes tools for: consent management, audience building, a direct advertising interface and inventory enhancement. Our publisher platform provides content publishers the functionality to use its user identifier data to create inventories of profiled data segments and to target audiences with advertising using that data, in a data privacy compliant manner.

 

Our Revenue Sources

 

We target publishers, brands, advertising agencies and other advertising technology companies as our audience for our three platform products. Our sales and marketing strategy is focused on providing a de-fragmented operating system that facilitates a considerably more efficient and effective way for advertisers and publishers to transact with each other. Our goal is to become the programmatic display advertising industry standard for small and medium sized advertisers. We generate revenue from our platforms through two verticals:

 

  · The first is licensing one or more of our platforms as a white-label product for use by advertising agencies, demand-side platforms (or DSP’s), brands and publishers. Under the white-label scenario, the user licenses a platform from us and is responsible for running its own business operations and is billed a percentage of amounts spent on advertising run through the platform.
     
  · The second revenue stream is a managed services model, in which, the user is billed a higher percentage of revenue run through a platform, but all services are managed by us.

 

 

 

 

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Risk Factors

 

We have engaged the Placement Agent to use its reasonable “best efforts” to solicit offers to purchase our securities in this offering during an offering period of seven days, subject to an extension of up to seven days (the Offering Period”).The placement agent is not purchasing or selling any of the securities we are offering and is not required to arrange for the purchase or sale of any specific number or dollar amount of the securities. Because there is no minimum offering amount required as a condition to closing in this offering, the actual public amount, placement agent’s fee and proceeds to us, if any, are not presently determinable and may be substantially less than the total maximum offering amounts and throughout this prospectus. We have engaged the Escrow Agent of this offering to receive the gross proceeds of this offering during the Offering Period and to deposit the funds with JP Morgan Chase Bank. Upon clearance of funds, the Company and the Placement Agent may conduct one or more closings. In the event that any subscriptions are not accepted by the Company for any reason whatsoever, such funds will be returned by the Escrow Agent directly to the subscribers without interest or deduction thereof. In addition to the foregoing, iinvesting in our securities involves risks. You should carefully consider the risks described in the “Risk Factors” section beginning on page 6 before making a decision to invest in our securities. If any of these risks actually occur, our business, financial condition and/or results of operations would likely be materially adversely affected. In each case, the trading price of our securities would likely decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment. We will bear all costs associated with the offering. The following is a summary of some of the additional principal risks we face:

 

  · We have a history of operating losses and our management has concluded that factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and our auditor has included an explanatory paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a going concern in its audit report for the past several fiscal years.
  · We cannot predict our future capital needs and we may not be able to secure additional financing.
  · The reliability of our product solutions is dependent on data from third-parties and the integrity and quality of that data.
  · Our business practices with respect to data and consumer protection could give rise to liabilities or reputational harm as a result of governmental regulation, legal requirements or industry standards relating to consumer privacy, data protection and consumer protection.
  · We face intense and growing competition, which could result in reduced sales and reduced operating margins, and limit our market share.
  · The market for programmatic advertising campaigns is relatively new and evolving. If this market develops slower or differently than we expect, our business, growth prospects and financial condition would be adversely affected.
  · If we fail to innovate and make the right investment decisions in our offerings and platform, we may not attract and retain advertisers and publishers and our revenue and results of operations may decline.
  · We need to protect our intellectual property or our operating results may suffer.
  · Our business practices with respect to data and consumer protection could give rise to liabilities or reputational harm as a result of governmental regulation, legal requirements or industry standards relating to consumer privacy, data protection and consumer protection.
  · Our failure to recruit or the loss of management and highly trained and qualified personnel could adversely affect our operations.
  · Our secured indebtedness in the amount of $1,437,500 may adversely affect our cash flow and our ability to operate our business, and make payments on our indebtedness.
  · We currently have identified significant deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that we are in the process of correcting and, if not properly corrected, could result in material misstatements of our financial statements.
  · Historically, there has been a limited public trading market for our common stock and 2021 Warrants; therefore, our investors may not be able to sell their shares and the price of our common stock may fluctuate substantially. Further, there can be no assurances that an established trading market will develop.
  · We will likely need to seek additional equity or debt financing even following this offering to provide the capital required to maintain or expand our operations and to satisfy indebtedness. If we are unable to raise additional capital in sufficient amounts or on terms acceptable to us, we could be substantially harmed, and it could lead to the termination of our business.

 

Corporate Information

 

We are based in New York and were incorporated in New York on March 16, 1998. Our principal executive offices are located at 35 Torrington Lane, Shoreham, NY 11786. Our telephone number is (516) 246-9422, and our website is www.mobiquitytechnologies.com. Our website and the information contained therein, or connected thereto, are not intended to be incorporated into this Registration Statement on Form S-1.

 

 

 

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THE OFFERING

 

Securities Offered by us  

We are offering to raise up to $3,000,000 on a “best efforts” basis from the sale of 30,000,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, pursuant to this Prospectus. We are also offering to certain purchasers whose purchase of shares of common stock in this offering would otherwise result in the purchaser, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, beneficially owning more than 4.99% (or, at the election of the purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding common stock immediately following the consummation of this offering, the opportunity to purchase, if any such purchaser so chooses, pre-funded warrants, in lieu of shares of common stock that would otherwise result in such purchaser’s beneficial ownership exceeding 4.99% (or, at the election of the purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding common stock. The purchase price of each pre-funded warrant will be equal to the price at which a share of common stock is sold to the public in this offering, minus $0.0001, and the exercise price of each pre-funded warrant will be $0.0001 per share. The pre-funded warrants will be immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until all of the pre-funded warrants are exercised in full. The shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants can only be purchased together in this offering but will be issued separately and will be immediately separable upon issuance.

     
Reasonable Best Efforts Basis  

We have engaged Spartan Capital Securities LLC as our exclusive placement agent (the “placement agent”) to use its reasonable “best efforts” to solicit offers to purchase our securities in this offering during an offering period of seven days, subject to an extension of up to seven days (the Offering Period”).The placement agent is not purchasing or selling any of the securities we are offering and is not required to arrange for the purchase or sale of any specific number or dollar amount of the securities. Because there is no minimum offering amount required as a condition to closing in this offering, the actual public amount, placement agent’s fee and proceeds to us, if any, are not presently determinable and may be substantially less than the total maximum offering amounts and throughout this prospectus. We have agreed to pay the placement agent the certain fees set forth in the table below and to provide certain other compensation to the placement agent. See “Plan of Distribution” for more information regarding these arrangements. We have engaged Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, New York, NY, as escrow Agent of this offering (the “Escrow Agent”) to receive the gross proceeds of this offering during the Offering Period and to deposit the funds with JP Morgan Chase Bank. Upon clearance of funds, the Company and the placement agent may conduct one or more closings. In the event that any subscriptions are not accepted by the Company for any reason whatsoever, such funds will be returned by the Escrow Agent directly to the subscribers without interest or deduction thereof.

     
Shares of Common Stock Outstanding immediately before the date of this Prospectus   25,811,261 shares of our common stock.
     
Common Stock‌, pre-funded warrants and placement agent warrants registered in this Offering for sale   30,000,000 shares of common stock and 30,000,000 pre-funded warrants and placement agent warrants to purchase a maximum of 600,000 shares of common stock.

 

 

 

 

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Outstanding Derivative Securities

 

Before this Offering, we have outstanding the following derivative securities:

     
    · excludes 1,176,847 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options by the members of our board of directors and third parties at a weighted average exercise price of $15.20 per share as of June 6, 2023;
       
    ·

excludes 2,613,636 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants issued to our secured lender at an exercise price of $.44 per share;

       
    ·

excludes 2,807,937 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding 2021 Warrants held by investors at an exercise price of $4.98 per share as of June 6, 2023;

       
    ·

excludes 74,458 shares of common stock issuable upon the full exercise of the warrants at an exercise price of $5.1875 per share we granted to Spartan as an underwriter of our 2021 public offering;

       
    · excludes 403,226 shares of common stock issuable upon the full exercise of the warrants at an exercise price of $0.5115 per share granted to Spartan as an underwriter of our February 2023 public offering, which were subsequently cancelled on June 22, 2023;
       
    ·

excludes 2,203,382 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of other warrants that are outstanding as of the date of this prospectus exercisable at an average exercise price of $5.14 per share; and

       
    ·

excludes 162,074 shares issuable upon conversion of outstanding Preferred Stock.

 

Use of Proceeds  

We estimate that our maximum net proceeds from this offering of shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants, assuming all common shares and pre-funded warrants offered by means of this prospectus are sold, of which there can be no assurances given in this regard, will be approximately $2,385,000, after deducting the estimated placement agent fees and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We intend to allocate up to $1,437,500 of the net proceeds to pay off the secured debt and the remainder to working capital. See “Use of Proceeds”.

     
Risk Factors  

See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 6 of this prospectus, as well as other information included in this prospectus, for a discussion of factors you should read and consider carefully before investing in our securities.

     
NasdaqCMs Symbols  

Our common stock and 2021 Warrants are listed on The NasdaqCM under the symbols “MOBQ” and “MOBQW”, respectively. There is no established trading market for the pre-funded warrants, and we do not expect a trading market to develop. We do not intend to list the pre-funded warrants on any securities exchange or other trading market. Without a trading market, the liquidity of the pre-funded warrants will be extremely limited.

 

 

 

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

An investment in our securities is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk and should be made only by investors who can afford a complete loss. If any of the following risks actually occurs, then our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected, the trading of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment therein. In addition to the risks outlined below, risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently consider immaterial may also impair our business operations. Potential risks and uncertainties that could affect our operating results and financial condition include, without limitation, the following:

 

Risks Relating to our Business Operations

 

We have a history of operating losses, and our management has concluded that factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and our auditor has included an explanatory paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a going concern in its audit report for the past several fiscal years.

 

To date, we have not been profitable and have incurred significant losses and cash flow deficits. For the Quarter ended March 31, 2023 and the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021, we reported net losses of $1,716,804, $8,062,328 and $18,333,383 (as restated), respectively, and net cash used in operating activities of $1,606,449, $6,187,383 and $6,717,324 (as restated), respectively. As of March 31, 2023, we had an aggregate accumulated deficit of $212,224,026. Our operating losses for the past several years are primarily attributable to the transformation of our company into an advertising technology corporation. We can provide no assurances that our operations will generate consistent or predictable revenue or be profitable in the foreseeable future. Our management has concluded that our historical recurring losses from operations and negative cash flows from operations as well as our dependence on private equity and other financings raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, and our auditor has included an explanatory paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a going concern in its audit report for the past several fiscal years. Our consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. These adjustments would likely include substantial impairment of the carrying amount of our assets and potential contingent liabilities that may arise if we are unable to fulfill various operational commitments. In addition, the value of our securities, including common stock issued in this offering, would be greatly impaired. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon generating sufficient cash flow from operations and obtaining additional capital and financing, including funds to be raised in this offering. If our ability to generate cash flow from operations is delayed or reduced and we are unable to raise additional funding from other sources, we may be unable to continue in business even if this offering is successful. For further discussion about our ability to continue as a going concern and our plan for future liquidity.

 

We cannot predict our future capital needs and we may not be able to secure additional financing.

 

From January 2013 through March 2023, we raised a total of over $60 million in private equity and debt financing to support our transformation from an integrated marketing company to a technology company. Since we might be unable to generate recurring or predictable revenue or cash flow to fund our operations, we will likely need to seek additional (perhaps substantial) equity or debt financing even following this offering to provide the capital required to maintain or expand our operations. We expect that we will also need additional funding for developing products and services, increasing our sales and marketing capabilities, and acquiring complementary companies, technologies, and assets (there being no such acquisitions which we have identified or are pursuing as of the date of this Prospectus), as well as for working capital requirements and other operating and general corporate purposes. We cannot predict our future capital needs with precision, and we may not be able to secure additional financing on terms satisfactory to us, if at all, which could lead to termination of our business. If we elect to raise additional funds or additional funds are required, we may seek to raise funds from time to time through public or private equity offerings, debt financings or other financing alternatives. Additional equity or debt financing may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital in sufficient amounts or on terms acceptable to us, we will be prevented from pursuing operational development and commercialization efforts and our ability to generate revenues and achieve or sustain profitability will be substantially harmed.

 

 

 

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If we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, our shareholders will experience dilution. Debt financing, if available, would result in increased fixed payment obligations and may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures, or declaring dividends. Any debt financing or additional equity that we raise may contain terms, such as liquidation and other preferences, which are not favorable to us or our stockholders. If we raise additional funds through collaboration and licensing arrangements with third parties, it may be necessary to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams or product candidates or to grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us. Should the financing we require to sustain our working capital needs be unavailable or prohibitively expensive when we require it, our business, operating results, financial condition and prospects could be materially and adversely affected, and we may be unable to continue our operations. Failure to secure additional financing on favorable terms could have severe adverse consequences to us.

 

Our previously issued December 31, 2021, consolidated financial statements and related disclosures as filed on Form 10-K/A and quarterly periods within fiscal years 2021 and 2020 as filed on Form 10-Q were restated in December 2022.

 

On December 1, 2022, we filed Amendment No. 2 to our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and we reached a determination to restate our previously issued December 31, 2021, consolidated financial statements and related disclosures as filed on Form 10-K/A and quarterly periods within fiscal years 2021 and 2020 as filed on Form 10-Q. The restatement primarily related to the following:

 

  · The recording of expense for common stock and warrants issued in equity financings. The warrants were a direct offering cost and should have been recorded as a reduction in additional paid-in capital;
     
  · The recording of the sale of warrants for cash that should have increased additional paid-in capital and not be reported as other income;
     
  · The recording of a mark-to-market adjustment for stock sold to a third party. The Company recognized a gain as a part of other income and a decrease to additional paid-in capital. The recognition of other income should not have been recorded as the Company was not a holder of an investment of its own stock; and
     
  · Various reclassifications throughout our balance sheets, statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows to better reflect the nature or classification of each transaction.

 

The restatement of the consolidated financial statements does not affect the Company’s previously reported total assets, total liabilities or revenues. Additionally, there are no compliance matters with any lender or other third parties as a result of the restatement. In addition, management has concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2021 and that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2021 solely as a result of a material weakness in controls related to the aforementioned. As a result, we have incurred unanticipated costs for accounting and legal fees in connection with or related to the restatement and may become subject to additional risks and uncertainties related to the restatement, such as a negative impact on investor confidence in the accuracy of our financial disclosures and may raise reputational risks for our business. As a result of the restatements disclosed in Amendment No. 2 of the 2021 Form 10-K/A, the quarterly financial statements for the periods ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022 were restated in the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022. The Company erroneously recorded a total of $500,500 in stock-based compensation expense during the quarter ended June 30, 2022 pursuant to three stock option awards granted in April 2019. The expense associated with these awards should have been fully recognized during the year ended December 31, 2021, based on the requisite service periods underlying the option awards. This adjustment is reflected in the restated accounts for the year ended December 31, 2021, and all affected and restated quarterly periods within fiscal years 2020 and 2021, as disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 2) for the years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020 filed with the SEC on December 1, 2022. All other adjustments to additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit, totaling $3,089,809, relate to adjustments recorded prior to January 1, 2022, as discussed in the Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 2).

 

 

 

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We could become subject to shareholder litigation and other risks as a result of the restatement and material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.

 

We may become subject to shareholder litigation as a result of the Restatement if stockholders assert that the trading price of our common stock was adversely affected by the Restatement. In addition, as part of the Restatement, we identified material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting. As a result of the Restatement and such material weakness, we face potential for litigation or other disputes which may include, among others, claims invoking the federal and state securities laws, contractual claims or other claims arising from the Restatement and the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements. As of the date of this Prospectus, we have no knowledge of any such litigation or dispute. However, we can provide no assurance that such litigation or dispute will not arise in the future. Any such litigation or dispute, whether successful or not, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, the market for our securities may be characterized by significant price volatility when compared to seasoned issuers, and we expect that our share price may continue to be more volatile than a seasoned issuer for the indefinite future.  In the past, plaintiffs have often initiated securities class action litigation against a company following periods of volatility in the market price of its securities. We may become the target of similar litigation. Securities litigation will result in substantial costs and liabilities and will divert management’s attention and resources.

 

The Company’s financial condition and results of operations have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

From March 2020 through March 2023, COVID -19 caused a material and substantial adverse impact on the general economy and our business operations. During this period it caused there to be a substantial decrease in our sales, cancellations of purchase orders and resulted in accounts receivables not being timely paid as anticipated. Further, it has caused us to have concerns about our ability to meet our obligations as they become due and payable. In this respect, our business is directly dependent upon and correlates closely to the marketing levels and ongoing business activities of our existing clients. We lost a purchase order in excess of one million dollars with a major US sports organization. We have observed other companies taking precautionary and preemptive actions to address COVID-19 that altered their normal business operations. It is not clear what the potential effects any such alterations or modifications may have on our business, including the effects on our customers and prospects, prospectively, although we do anticipate residual negative impact on our financial results during fiscal year 2023.

 

Forecasts of our revenue are difficult.

 

When purchasing our products and services, our clients and prospects are often faced with a significant commitment of capital, the need to integrate new software and/or hardware platforms and other changes in company-wide operational procedures, all of which result in cautious deliberation and evaluation by prospective clients, longer sales cycles, and delays in completing transactions. Additional delays result from the significant up-front expenses and substantial time, effort, and other resources necessary for our clients to implement our solutions. For example, depending on the size of a prospective client’s business and its needs, a sales cycle can range from two weeks to 12 months. Because of these longer sales cycles, revenues and operating results may vary significantly from period to period. As a result, it is often difficult to accurately forecast our revenues for any fiscal period as it is not always possible for us to predict the fiscal period in which sales will actually be completed. This difficulty in predicting revenue, combined with the revenue fluctuations we may experience from period to period, can adversely affect and cause substantial fluctuations in our stock price.

 

The reliability of our product solutions is dependent on data from third parties and the integrity and quality of that data.

 

Much of the data that we use is licensed from third-party data suppliers, and we are dependent upon our ability to obtain necessary data licenses on commercially reasonable terms. We could suffer material adverse consequences if our data suppliers were to withhold their data from us. For example, data suppliers could withhold their data from us if there is a competitive reason to do so; if we breach our contract with a supplier; if they are acquired by one of our competitors; if legislation is passed restricting the use or dissemination of the data they provide; or if judicial interpretations are issued restricting use of such data. Additionally, we could terminate relationships with our data suppliers if they fail to adhere to our data quality standards. If a substantial number of data suppliers were to withdraw or withhold their data from us, or if we sever ties with our data suppliers based on their inability to meet our data standards, our ability to provide products and services to our clients could be materially adversely impacted, which could result in decreased revenues.

 

 

 

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The reliability of our solutions depends upon the integrity and quality of the data in our database. A failure in the integrity or a reduction in the quality of our data could cause a loss of customer confidence in our solutions, resulting in harm to our brand, loss of revenue and exposure to legal claims. We may experience an increase in risks to the integrity of our database and quality of our data as we move toward real-time, non-identifiable, consumer-powered data through our products. We must continue to invest in our database to improve and maintain the quality, timeliness, and coverage of the data if we are to maintain our competitive position. Failure to do so could result in a material adverse effect on our business, growth, and revenue prospects.

 

Our business practices with respect to data and consumer protection could give rise to liabilities or reputational harm as a result of governmental regulation, legal requirements or industry standards relating to consumer privacy, data protection and consumer protection.

 

Federal, state, and international laws and regulations govern the collection, use, retention, sharing and security of data that we collect. We strive to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, self-regulatory requirements, and legal obligations relating to privacy, data protection and consumer protection, including those relating to the use of data for marketing purposes. It is possible, however, that these requirements may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another and may conflict with other rules or our practices. We cannot assure you that our practices have complied, comply, or will comply fully with all such laws, regulations, requirements, and obligations. Any failure, or perceived failure, by us to comply with federal, state, or international laws or regulations, including laws and regulations regulating privacy, data security, marketing communications or consumer protection, or other policies, self-regulatory requirements or legal obligations could result in harm to our reputation, a loss in business, and proceedings or actions against us by governmental entities, consumers, retailers, or others. We may also be contractually liable to indemnify and hold harmless performance marketing networks or other third parties from the costs or consequences of noncompliance with any laws, regulations, self-regulatory requirements, or other legal obligations relating to privacy, data protection and consumer protection or any inadvertent or unauthorized use or disclosure of data that we store or handle as part of operating our business. Any such proceeding or action, and any related indemnification obligation, could hurt our reputation, force us to incur significant expenses in defense of these proceedings, distract our management, increase our costs of doing business and cause consumers and retailers to decrease their use of our marketplace, and may result in the imposition of monetary liability. Furthermore, the costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, the data and privacy laws, regulations, standards, and policies that are applicable to the businesses of our clients may limit the use and adoption of, and reduce the overall demand for, our products.

 

A significant breach of the confidentiality of the information we hold or of the security of our or our customers’, suppliers’, or other partners’ computer systems could be detrimental to our business, reputation, and results of operations. Our business requires the storage, transmission, and utilization of data. Although we have security and associated procedures, our databases may be subject to unauthorized access by third parties. Such third parties could attempt to gain entry to our systems for the purpose of stealing data or disrupting the systems. We believe we have taken appropriate measures to protect our systems from intrusion, but we cannot be certain that advances in criminal capabilities, discovery of new vulnerabilities in our systems and attempts to exploit those vulnerabilities, physical system or facility break-ins and data thefts or other developments will not compromise or breach the technology protecting our systems and the information we possess. Furthermore, we face increasing cyber security risks as we receive and collect data from new sources, and as we and our customers continue to develop and operate in cloud-based information technology environments. In the event that our protection efforts are unsuccessful, and we experience an unauthorized disclosure of confidential information or the security of such information or our systems are compromised, we could suffer substantial harm. Any breach could result in one or more third parties obtaining unauthorized access to our customers’ data or our data, including personally identifiable information, intellectual property and other confidential business information. Such a security breach could result in operational disruptions that impair our ability to meet our clients’ requirements, which could result in decreased revenues. Also, whether there is an actual or a perceived breach of our security, our reputation could suffer irreparable harm, causing our current and prospective clients to reject our products and services in the future and deterring data suppliers from supplying us data. Further, we could be forced to expend significant resources in response to a security breach, including repairing system damage, increasing cyber security protection costs by deploying additional personnel and protection technologies, and litigating and resolving legal claims, all of which could divert the attention of our management and key personnel away from our business operations. In any event, a significant security breach could materially harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

 

 

 

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Significant system disruptions, loss of data center capacity or interruption of telecommunication links could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

 

Our product platforms are hosted and managed on Amazon Web Service (AWS) and takes full advantage of open standards for processing, storage, security, and big data technology. Specifically, our data intelligence platform uses the following AWS services: EC2, Lambda, Kafka, Kinesis, S3, Storm, Spark, Machine Learning, RDS, Redshift, Elastic Map Reduction, CloudWatch, DataBricks, and Elastic Search Service with built-in Kibana integration. Significant system disruptions, loss of data center capacity or interruption of telecommunication links could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Our business is heavily dependent upon highly complex data processing capability. The ability of our platform hosts and managers to protect these data centers against damage or interruption from fire, flood, tornadoes, power loss, telecommunications or equipment failure or other disasters is beyond our control and is critical to our ability to succeed.

 

We rely on information technology to operate our business and maintain competitiveness, and any failure to adapt to technological developments or industry trends could harm our business.

 

We depend on the use of information technologies and systems. As our operations grow in size and scope, we will be required to continuously improve and upgrade our systems and infrastructure while maintaining or improving the reliability and integrity of our infrastructure. Our future success also depends on our ability to adapt our systems and infrastructure to meet rapidly evolving consumer trends and demands while continuing to improve the performance, features and reliability of our solutions in response to competitive services and product offerings. The emergence of alternative platforms will require new investment in technology. New developments in other areas, such as cloud computing, could also make it easier for competition to enter our markets due to lower up-front technology costs. In addition, we may not be able to maintain our existing systems or replace or introduce new technologies and systems as quickly as we would like or in a cost-effective manner.

 

Our technology and associated business processes may contain undetected errors, which could limit our ability to provide our services and diminish the attractiveness of our offerings.

 

Our technology may contain undetected errors, defects, or bugs. As a result, our customers or end users may discover errors or defects in our technology or the systems incorporating our technology may not operate as expected. We may discover significant errors or defects in the future that we may not be able to fix. Our inability to fix any of those errors could limit our ability to provide our solution, impair the reputation of our brand and diminish the attractiveness of our product offerings to our customers.  In addition, we may utilize third party technology or components in our products, and we rely on those third parties to provide support services to us. Failure of those third parties to provide necessary support services could materially adversely impact our business.

 

We need to protect our intellectual property, or our operating results may suffer.

 

Third parties may infringe our intellectual property and we may suffer competitive injury or expend significant resources enforcing our rights. As our business is focused on data-driven results and analytics, we rely heavily on proprietary information technology. Our proprietary portfolio consists of various intellectual property including source code, trade secrets, and know-how. The extent to which such rights can be protected is substantially based on federal, state and common law rights as well as contractual restrictions. The steps we have taken to protect our intellectual property may not prevent the misappropriation of our proprietary information or deter independent development of similar technologies by others. If we do not enforce our intellectual property rights vigorously and successfully, our competitive position may suffer which could harm our operating results.

 

 

 

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We could incur substantial costs and disruption to our business as a result of any claim of infringement of another party’s intellectual property rights, which could harm our business and operating results.

 

From time to time, third parties may claim that one or more of our products or services infringe their intellectual property rights. We analyze and take action in response to such claims on a case-by-case basis. Any dispute or litigation regarding patents or other intellectual property could be costly and time-consuming due to the complexity of our technology and the uncertainty of intellectual property litigation, which could divert the attention of our management and key personnel away from our business operations. A claim of intellectual property infringement could force us to enter into a costly or restrictive license agreement, which might not be available under acceptable terms or at all or could subject us to significant damages or to an injunction against development and sale of certain of our products or services.

 

We face intense and growing competition, which could result in reduced sales and reduced operating margins and limit our market share.

 

We compete in the data, marketing, and research business and in all other facets of our business against small, medium and large companies throughout the United States. Some examples include companies such as LiveRamp, The TradeDesk and OneTrust. If we are unable to successfully compete for new business our revenue growth and operating margins may decline. The market for our advertising and marketing technology operating system platform is competitive. We believe that our competitors’ product offerings do not provide the end-to-end solutions our product solutions do, and their minimum fees are substantially higher than ours for a comparative suite of solutions. However, barriers to entry in our markets are relatively low. With the introduction of new technologies and market entrants, we expect competition to intensify in the future. Some of these competitors may be in a better position to develop new products and strategies that more quickly and effectively respond to changes in customer requirements in our markets. The introduction of competent, competitive products, pricing strategies or other technologies by our competitors that are superior to or that achieve greater market acceptance than our products and services could adversely affect our business. Our failure to meet a client’s expectations in any type of contract may result in an unprofitable engagement, which could adversely affect our operating results and result in future rejection of our products and services by current and prospective clients. Some of our principal competitors offer their products at a lower price, which may result in pricing pressures. These pricing pressures and increased competition generally could result in reduced sales, reduced margins or the failure of our product and service offerings to achieve or maintain more widespread market acceptance.

 

Many of our competitors are substantially larger than we are and have significantly greater financial, technical, and marketing resources, and established direct and indirect channels of distribution. As a result, they are able to devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of their products than we can.

 

We can provide no assurance that our business will be able to maintain a competitive technology advantage in the future.

 

Our ability to generate revenues is substantially based upon our proprietary intellectual property that we own and protect through trade secrets and agreements with our employees to maintain ownership of any improvements to our intellectual property. Our ability to generate revenues now and in the future is based upon maintaining a competitive technology advantage over our competition. We can provide no assurances that we will be able to maintain a competitive technology advantage in the future over our competitors, many of whom have significantly more experience, more extensive infrastructure and are better capitalized than us.

 

No assurances can be given that we will be able to keep up with a rapidly changing business information market.

 

Consumer needs and the business information industry as a whole are in a constant state of change. Our ability to continually improve our current processes and products in response to these changes and to develop new products and services to meet those needs are essential in maintaining our competitive position and meeting the increasingly sophisticated requirements of our customers. If we fail to enhance our current products and services or fail to develop new products in light of emerging industry standards and information requirements, we could lose customers to current or future competitors, which could result in impairment of our growth prospects and revenues.

 

 

 

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The market for programmatic advertising campaigns is relatively new and evolving. If this market develops slower or differently than we expect, our business, growth prospects and financial condition would be adversely affected.

 

A substantial portion of our revenue has been derived from customers that programmatically purchase and sell advertising inventory through our platform. We expect that spending on programmatic ad buying and selling will continue to be a significant source of revenue for the foreseeable future, and that our revenue growth will largely depend on increasing spend through our platform. The market for programmatic ad buying is an emerging market, and our current and potential customers may not shift quickly enough to programmatic ad buying from other buying methods, reducing our growth potential. Because our industry is relatively new, we will encounter risks and difficulties frequently encountered by early-stage companies in similarly rapidly evolving industries, including the need to:

 

  · Maintain our reputation and build trust with advertisers and digital media property owners;
     
  · Offer competitive pricing to publishers, advertisers, and digital media agencies;
     
  · Maintain quality and expand quantity of our advertising inventory;
     
  · Continue to develop, launch, and upgrade the technologies that enable us to provide our solutions;
     
  · Respond to evolving government regulations relating to the internet, telecommunications, mobile, privacy, marketing, and advertising aspects of our business;
     
  · Identify, attract, retain, and motivate qualified personnel; and
     
  · Cost-effectively manage our operations, including our international operations.

 

If the market for programmatic ad buying deteriorates or develops more slowly than we expect, it could reduce demand for our platform, and our business, growth prospects and financial condition would be adversely affected.

 

Our failure to maintain and grow the customer base on our platform may negatively impact our revenue and business.

 

To sustain or increase our revenue, we must regularly add both new advertiser customers and publishers, while simultaneously keeping existing customers to maintain or increase the amount of advertising inventory purchased through our platform and adopt new features and functionalities that we add to our platform. If our competitors introduce lower cost or differentiated offerings that compete with or are perceived to compete with ours, our ability to sell access to our platform to new or existing customers could be impaired. Our agreements with our customers allow them to change the amount of spending on our platform or terminate our services with limited notice. Our customers typically have relationships with different providers and there is limited cost to moving budgets to our competitors. As a result, we may have limited visibility as to our future advertising revenue streams. We cannot assure you that our customers will continue to use our platform or that we will be able to replace, in a timely or effective manner, departing customers with new customers that generate comparable revenue. If a major customer representing a significant portion of our business decides to materially reduce its use of our platform or to cease using our platform altogether, it is possible that our revenue could be significantly reduced.

 

 

 

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We rely substantially on a limited number of customers for a significant percentage of our sales.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2022, and 2021, total sales of our products to two customers represented approximately 48% and 31% of our revenues, respectively. Our contracts with our customers generally do not obligate them to a specified term and they can generally terminate their relationship with us at any time with a minimal amount of notice. If we lose any of our customers, or any of them decide to scale back on purchases of our products, it will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and prospects. Therefore, we must engage in continual sales efforts to maintain revenue, sustain our customer relationships, and expand our client base or our operating results will suffer. If a significant client fails to renew a contract or renews the contract on terms less favorable to us than before, our business could be negatively impacted if additional business is not obtained to replace or supplement that which was lost. We may require additional financial resources to expand our internal and external sales capabilities, although we plan to use a portion of the net proceeds of this offering for this purpose. We cannot assure that we will be able to sustain our customer relationships and expand our client base. The loss of any of our current customers or our inability to expand our customer base will have a material adverse effect on our business plans and prospects.

 

If we fail to innovate and make the right investment decisions in our offerings and platform, we may not attract and retain advertisers and publishers and our revenue and results of operations may decline.

 

Our industry is subject to rapid and frequent changes in technology, evolving customer needs and the frequent introduction by our competitors of new and enhanced offerings. We must constantly make investment decisions regarding our offerings and technology to meet customer demand and evolving industry standards. We may make wrong decisions regarding these investments. If new or existing competitors have more attractive offerings or functionalities, we may lose customers or customers may decrease their use of our platform. New customer demands, superior competitive offerings or new industry standards could require us to make unanticipated and costly changes to our platform or business model. If we fail to adapt to our rapidly changing industry or to evolving customer needs, demand for our platform could decrease and our business, financial condition and operating results may be adversely affected.

 

We may not be able to integrate, maintain and enhance our advertising solutions to keep pace with technological and market developments.

 

The market for digital video advertising solutions is characterized by rapid technological change, evolving industry standards and frequent introductions of new products and services. To keep pace with technological developments, satisfy increasing publisher and advertiser requirements, maintain the attractiveness and competitiveness of our advertising solutions and ensure compatibility with evolving industry standards and protocols, we will need to anticipate and respond to varying product lifecycles, regularly enhance our current advertising solutions and develop and introduce new solutions and functionality on a timely basis. This requires significant investment of financial and other resources. For example, we will need to invest significant resources into expanding and developing our platforms in order to maintain a comprehensive solution. Ad exchanges and other technological developments may displace us or introduce an additional intermediate layer between us and our customers and digital media properties that could impair our relationships with those customers.

 

If we fail to detect advertising fraud, we could harm our reputation and hurt our ability to execute our business plan.

 

As we are in the business of providing services to publishers, advertisers, and agencies, we must deliver effective digital advertising campaigns. Despite our efforts to implement fraud protection techniques in our platforms, some of our advertising and agency campaigns may experience fraudulent and other invalid impressions, clicks or conversions that advertisers may perceive as undesirable, such as non-human traffic generated by computers designed to simulate human users and artificially inflate user traffic on websites. These activities could overstate the performance of any given digital advertising campaign and could harm our reputation. It may be difficult for us to detect fraudulent or malicious activity because we do not own content and rely in part on our digital media properties to control such activity. Industry self-regulatory bodies, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and certain influential members of Congress have increased their scrutiny and awareness of, and have taken recent actions to address, advertising fraud and other malicious activity. If we fail to detect or prevent fraudulent or other malicious activity, the affected advertisers may experience or perceive a reduced return on their investment and our reputation may be harmed. High levels of fraudulent or malicious activity could lead to dissatisfaction with our solutions, refusals to pay, refund or future credit demands or withdrawal of future business.

 

 

 

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The loss of advertisers and publishers as customers could significantly harm our business, operating results, and financial condition. 

 

Our customer base consists primarily of advertisers and publishers. We do not have exclusive relationships with advertising agencies, companies that are advertisers, or publishers, such that we largely depend on agencies to work with us as they embark on advertising campaigns for advertisers. The loss of agencies as customers and referral sources could significantly harm our business, operating results and financial condition. If we fail to maintain satisfactory relationships with an advertising agency, we risk losing business from the advertisers represented by that agency.

 

Furthermore, advertisers and publishers may change advertising agencies. If an advertiser switches from an agency that utilizes our platform to one that does not, we will lose revenue from that advertiser. In addition, some advertising agencies have their own relationships with publishers that are different than our relationships, such that they might directly connect advertisers with such publishers. Our business may suffer to the extent that advertising agencies and inventory suppliers purchase and sell advertising inventory directly from one another or through intermediaries other than us.

 

Our sales efforts with advertisers and publishers require significant time and expense.

 

Attracting new advertisers and publishers requires substantial time and expense, and we may not be successful in establishing new relationships or in maintaining or advancing our current relationships. Our solutions, including our programmatic solutions, and our business model often requires us to spend substantial time and effort educating our own sales force and potential advertisers, advertising agencies, supply side platforms and digital media properties about our offerings, including providing demonstrations and comparisons against other available solutions. This process is costly and time-consuming. If we are not successful in targeting, supporting, and streamlining our sales processes, our ability to grow our business may be adversely affected.

 

Changes in consumer sentiment or laws, rules or regulations regarding tracking technologies and other privacy matters could have a material adverse effect on our ability to generate net revenues and could adversely affect our ability to collect data on consumer shopping behavior.

 

The collection and use of electronic information about users is an important element of our data intelligence technology and solutions. However, consumers may become increasingly resistant to the collection, use and sharing of information, including information used to deliver advertising and to attribute credit to publishers in performance marketing programs, and take steps to prevent such collection, use and sharing of information. For example, consumer complaints and/or lawsuits regarding advertising or other tracking technologies in general and our practices specifically could adversely impact our business. In addition to this change in consumer preferences, if retailers or brands perceive significant negative consumer reaction to targeted advertising or the tracking of consumers’ activities, they may determine that such advertising or tracking has the potential to negatively impact their brand. In that case, advertisers may limit or stop the use of our solutions, and our operating results and financial condition would be adversely affected.

 

Government regulation of the Internet, e-commerce and m-commerce is evolving, and unfavorable changes or failure by us to comply with these laws and regulations could substantially harm our business and results of operations.

 

We are subject to general business regulations and laws as well as regulations and laws specifically governing the Internet, e-commerce, and m-commerce in a number of jurisdictions around the world. Existing and future regulations and laws could impede the growth of the Internet, e-commerce, m-commerce, or other online services. These regulations and laws may involve taxation, tariffs, privacy and data security, anti-spam, data protection, content, copyrights, distribution, electronic contracts, electronic communications, and consumer protection. It is not clear how existing laws and regulations governing issues such as property ownership, sales and other taxes, libel and personal privacy apply to the Internet as the vast majority of these laws and regulations were adopted prior to the advent of the Internet and do not contemplate or address the unique issues raised by the Internet, e-commerce or m-commerce. It is possible that general business regulations and laws, or those specifically governing the Internet, e-commerce or m-commerce may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another and may conflict with other rules or our practices. We cannot assure you that our practices have complied, comply, or will comply fully with all such laws and regulations. Any failure, or perceived failure, by us to comply with any of these laws or regulations could result in damage to our reputation, a loss in business, and proceedings or actions against us by governmental entities or others. Any such proceeding or action could hurt our reputation, force us to spend significant resources in defense of these proceedings, distract our management, increase our costs of doing business, and cause consumers and retailers to decrease their use of our marketplace, and may result in the imposition of monetary liability. We may also be contractually liable to indemnify and hold harmless third parties from the costs or consequences of noncompliance with any such laws or regulations. In addition, it is possible that governments of one or more countries may seek to censor content available on our websites and mobile applications or may even attempt to completely block access to our marketplace. Adverse legal or regulatory developments could substantially harm our business. In particular, in the event that we are restricted, in whole or in part, from operating in one or more countries, our ability to retain or increase our customer base may be adversely affected and we may not be able to maintain or grow our net revenues as anticipated.

 

 

 

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We may be required to invest significant monies upfront in capital intensive project(s) which we may be unable to recover.

 

Failure to recover significant, up-front capital investments required by certain client contracts could be harmful to the Company’s financial condition and operating results. Certain of our client contracts require significant investment in the early stages, which we expect to recover through billings over the life of the contract. These contracts may involve the construction of new computer systems and communications networks or the development and deployment of new technologies. Substantial performance risk exists in each contract with these characteristics, and some or all elements of service delivery under these contracts are dependent upon successful completion of the development, construction, and deployment phases. Failure to successfully meet our contractual requirements under these contracts over their life increases the possibility that we may not recover our capital investments in these contracts. Failure to recover our capital investments could be detrimental to the particular engagement as well as our operating results.

 

We are subject to payment-related risks and, if our customers do not pay or dispute their invoices, our business, financial condition, and operating results may be adversely affected.

 

We may be involved in disputes with agencies and their advertisers over the operation of our platform, the terms of our agreements or our billings for purchases made by them through our platform. If we are unable to collect or make adjustments to bills to customers, we could incur write-offs for bad debt, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations for the periods in which the write-offs occur. In the future, bad debt may exceed reserves for such contingencies and our bad debt exposure may increase over time. Any increase in write-offs for bad debt could have a materially negative effect on our business, financial condition, and operating results. Even if we are not paid by our customers on time or at all, we are still obligated to pay for the advertising inventory we have purchased for the advertising campaign, and as a consequence, our results of operations and financial condition would be adversely impacted.

 

  If we default on our credit obligations, our operations may be interrupted, and our business and financial results could be adversely affected.

 

Publishers extend us credit terms for the purchase of advertising inventory. We currently have outstanding payables to existing publishers. If we are unable to pay our publishers in a timely fashion, they may elect to no longer sell us inventory to provide for sale to advertisers. Also, it may be necessary for us to incur additional indebtedness to maintain operations of the Company. If we default on our credit obligations, our lenders and debt financing holders may, among other things:

 

  · require repayment of any outstanding obligations or amounts drawn on our credit facilities;
     
  · terminate our credit;
     
  · stop delivery of ordered equipment;
     
  · discontinue our ability to acquire inventory that is sold to advertisers;
     
  · require us to accrue interest at higher rates; or
     
  · require us to pay significant damages.

 

If some or all of these events were to occur, our operations may be interrupted and our ability to fund our operations or obligations, as well as our business, financial results, and financial condition, could be adversely affected.

 

 

 

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We will be relying on funding from this offering, or a subsequent offering or cashflow if we do not raise sufficient funds in this offering, to pay a $1,437,500 Promissory Note to an investor, and if we are unable to pay the Note when it becomes due, we will be in default.

 

On December 30, 2022, Walleye Opportunities Master Fund Ltd. agreed to invest $1,437,500 in the Company in exchange for a senior secured 20% OID nine-month promissory note among other securities. This Note, as amended, matures and is payable on or before September 30, 2023, and it provides that the investor may demand prepayment after March 31, 2023 and before the maturity date, provided that the purchasers of securities in our February 2023 public offering who hold the purchased Company securities at the time the prepayment demand is made unanimously consent to the prepayment. We expect we will rely on proceeds of this offering if we raise sufficient funds to enable us to repay the Note, from future fundings or cashflow from operations to repay the Note on the maturity date or earlier at our option, or if the investor demands prepayment which is consented to. If we are unable to raise sufficient funds in this offering, or additional funding in subsequent offerings, or we do not generate sufficient cashflow to repay the Note when due, we will be in default under the Note if we do not pay it. In the event of default, the investor may elect to convert all or a portion of the Note at a conversion price based on closing price of the Company’s common stock on Nasdaq at the time of default subject to a floor. This failure to repay the Note could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.

 

Our failure to recruit or the loss of management and highly trained and qualified personnel could adversely affect our operations.

 

Our future success depends in large part on our current senior management team and our ability to attract and retain additional high-quality management and operating personnel. Our senior management team’s in-depth knowledge of and deep relationships with the participants in our industry are extremely valuable to us. Our business also requires skilled technical and marketing personnel, who are in high demand and are often subject to competing offers. Our failure to recruit and retain qualified personnel could hinder our ability to successfully develop and operate our business, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and operating results. The complexity of our data products, processing functionality, software systems and services require highly trained professionals to operate, maintain, improve and repair them. While we presently have a sophisticated, dedicated and experienced team of associates who have a deep understanding of our business, some of whom have been with Mobiquity for years, the labor market for these individuals has historically been, and is currently, very competitive due to the limited number of people available with the necessary technical skills and understanding, compensation strategies, general economic conditions and various other factors. As the business information and marketing industries continue to become more technologically advanced, we anticipate increased competition for qualified personnel. The loss of the services of highly trained personnel like the Company’s current team of associates, or the inability to recruit and retain additional, qualified associates, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position or operating results.

 

Our substantial amount of indebtedness may adversely affect our cash flow and our ability to operate our business, remain in compliance with debt covenants and make payments on our indebtedness.

 

Our substantial level of indebtedness increases the possibility that we may be unable to generate cash sufficient to pay, when due, the principal of, interest on or other amounts due with respect to our indebtedness. Our indebtedness could have other important consequences to you as a shareholder. For example, it could:

 

  · make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our indebtedness and any failure to comply with the obligations of any of our debt instruments could result in an event of default under our debt financing agreements;
     
  · make us more vulnerable to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation;
     
  · require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flows to fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, and other general corporate purposes;
     
  · limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate;
     
  · place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt; and
     
  · limit our ability to borrow additional amounts for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our business strategy or other purposes.

 

Any of the above listed factors could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

 

 

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Risks Relating to this Offering and Ownership of Our Securities

 

If we are not able to comply with the applicable continued listing requirements or standards of Nasdaq Capital Markets(“NasdaqCM”), NasdaqCM could delist our common stock and 2021 warrants.

 

Our common stock and 2021 Warrants are listed on the NasdaqCM. In order to maintain that listing, we must satisfy minimum financial and other continued listing requirements and standards, including those regarding director independence and independent committee requirements, minimum stockholders’ equity, minimum share price, and certain corporate governance requirements. There can be no assurances that we will be able to comply with the applicable listing standards.

 

On January 13, 2023, we received a letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market stating that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) because the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock was below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days. Pursuant to Nasdaq’s Listing Rules, the Company has a 180-day grace period, until July 12, 2023, during which the Company may regain compliance if the bid price of its common stock closes at $1.00 per share or more for a minimum of ten consecutive business days.

 

If we do not regain compliance with the bid price requirement, we may be eligible for an additional 180-calendar day compliance period so long as we satisfy the criteria for initial listing on the NasdaqCM and the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and we provide written notice to Nasdaq of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. A reverse stock split requires the approval of our shareholders, and we cannot assure that we will receive the requisite shareholder vote to allow us to effectuate a stock split. In the event we are not eligible for the second grace period, the Nasdaq staff will provide written notice that our Common Stock is subject to delisting; however, we may request a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel, which request, if timely made, would stay any further suspension or delisting action by the Nasdaq pending the conclusion of the hearing process and expiration of any extension that may be granted by the Hearings Panel.

 

On January 4, 2023, we received a deficiency notification from the Listing Qualifications Department of The NasdaqCM notifying the Company of its noncompliance with the NasdaqCM Listing Rule 5620(a) to hold an annual meeting of shareholders within no later than one year after the end of the Company’s fiscal year end. Under NasdaqCM Rules the Company now has 45 calendar days to submit a plan to regain compliance and can grant up to 180 calendar days from the fiscal year end, or until June 29, 2023, to regain compliance. On May 15, 2023, we held the required annual meeting and on May 17, 2023 NasdaqCM issued a notification that this deficiency has been satisfied.

 

In the fourth quarter of 2022, we received a deficiency letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The NasdaqCM notifying the Company of its noncompliance with the NasdaqCM Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) for the NasdaqCM, which requires that a listed company’s stockholders’ equity be at least $2.5 million. In accordance with NasdaqCM rules, the Company has 45 calendar days from the date of the notification to submit a plan to regain compliance with NasdaqCM Listing Rule 5550(b)(1). On or about January 6, 2023 the Company, submitted a compliance plan to regain compliance. The Company’s compliance plan was accepted and the Company was granted until May 30, 2023 to evidence compliance. On June 1, 2023, the Company received a deficiency letter and notice of delisting, which the Company is in the process of appealing and a hearing date is anticipated to occur in July 2023.

 

In order to maintain the listing of its common stock on The NasdaqCM, the Company must demonstrate compliance with Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) which requires the Company to maintain: (1) Stockholders’ equity of at least $2.5 million; or (2) Market Value of Listed Securities of at least $35 million. The Company’s plan of compliance outlined a plan for compliance with the stockholders’ equity standard requirement by completing this offering and indicating that a subsequent public or private financing may also be required.

 

The Company aims to regain compliance with each of the applicable continued listing requirements of The NasdaqCM prior to the end of the compliance periods set forth in the Hearings Panel decision. However, until Nasdaq has reached a final determination that the Company has regained compliance with all of the applicable continued listing requirements, there can be no assurances regarding the continued listing of the Company’s common stock and 2021 Warrants on Nasdaq. If our common stock and 2021 Warrants cease to be listed for trading on the NasdaqCM, we would expect that our Common Stock and 2021 Warrants would be traded on one of the three tiered marketplaces of the OTC Markets Group. If Nasdaq were to delist our common stock and 2021 Warrants, it would be more difficult for our stockholders to dispose of our common stock or 2021 Warrants and more difficult to obtain accurate price quotations on our common stock or 2021 Warrants. The delisting of the Company’s common stock and 2021 Warrants from Nasdaq would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s access to capital markets, and any limitation on market liquidity or reduction in the price of its common stock as a result of that delisting would adversely affect the Company’s ability to raise capital on terms acceptable to the Company, if at all.

 

 

 

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There is no public market for the pre-funded warrants being offered.

 

We do not intend to apply to list the pre-funded warrants on Nasdaq or any other national securities exchange. Accordingly, there is no established public trading market for the pre-funded warrants being offered pursuant to this offering, nor do we expect such a market to develop. Without an active market, the liquidity of such pre-funded warrants will be limited.

 

Holders of the pre-funded warrants will have no rights as shareholders until such holders exercise the warrants and pre-funded warrants.

 

Holders of the pre-funded warrants purchased in this offering only acquire our common shares upon exercise thereof, meaning holders will have no rights with respect to our common shares underlying such pre-funded warrants. Upon the exercise of any of the pre-funded warrants purchased, such holders will be entitled to exercise the rights of shareholders only as to matters for which the record date occurs after the exercise date. The pre-funded warrants are speculative in nature. In the event our common share price does not exceed the per share exercise price during the period when such warrants are exercisable, such pre-funded warrants will not have any value.

 

We are seeking stockholder approval for a reverse stock split, and even if a reverse stock split achieves the requisite increase in the market price of our common stock, we cannot assure you that we will be approved for listing on the NasdaqCM or able to comply with other continued listing standards of the NasdaqCM.

 

The Company has filed a definitive proxy statement for a special meeting of stockholders scheduled for July 21, 2023 seeking, among other things, stockholder approval for the Company to effectuate a reverse stock split of the Company’s outstanding common stock at an exchange ratio between 1-for-2 and 1-for-15, as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors. The purpose of the reverse split would be to achieve the requisite increase in the market price of our common stock to be in compliance with the minimum bid price of Nasdaq. Stockholder approval of a reverse stock split requires the approval of a majority of our shares of capital stock entitled to vote on the proposal to approve the reverse split. The Company’s Board of Directors has authorized the issuance of one (1) share of Series F Preferred Stock with 70 Million votes which shall require the Series F share to vote, along with our common stock, on the reverse stock split proposal at the upcoming meeting in the same ratio as shares of our common stock vote “for” or “against” the reverse stock proposal (with giving effect to broker non-votes or abstentions). The requisite vote required to approve the proposal is the affirmative vote of a majority of our outstanding common stock  and Series F Preferred Stock combined. Dean Julia, the Chief Executive Officer, President and Treasurer, and a Director of the Company has subscribed to purchase the share of Series F Preferred Stock, which shall take effect upon the filing of an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, creating the Series F Preferred Stock. We cannot assure that we will obtain the requisite vote at the meeting or at all to approve the reverse stock split.

 

Even if a reverse stock split, if approved by our stockholders, achieves the requisite increase in the market price of our common stock to be in compliance with the minimum bid price of Nasdaq, there can be no assurance that the market price of our common stock following the reverse stock split will remain at the level required for continuing compliance with that requirement. It is not uncommon for the market price of a company’s common stock to decline in the period following a reverse stock split. If the market price of our common stock declines following the effectuation of the reverse stock split, the percentage decline may be greater than would occur in the absence of a reverse stock split. In any event, other factors unrelated to the number of shares of our common stock outstanding, such as negative financial or operational results, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock and jeopardize our ability to meet or maintain Nasdaq’s minimum bid price requirement.

 

The NasdaqCM requires that the trading price of its listed stocks remain above one dollar in order for the stock to remain listed. If a listed stock trades below one dollar for more than 30 consecutive trading days, then it is subject to delisting from Nasdaq. In addition, to maintain a listing on Nasdaq, we must satisfy minimum financial and other continued listing requirements and standards, including those regarding director independence and independent committee requirements, minimum stockholders’ equity, and certain corporate governance requirements. If we are unable to satisfy these requirements or standards, we could be subject to delisting, which would have a negative effect on the price of our common stock and would impair your ability to sell or purchase our common stock when you wish to do so. Although we are taking certain actions to regain compliance with Nasdaq listing standards, including a potential reverse stock split and this offering, we can provide no assurance that any such action taken by us would enable us to regain or remain in compliance, stabilize the market price or improve the liquidity of our common stock, prevent our common stock from dropping below the minimum bid price requirement, or prevent future non-compliance with the listing requirements.

 

 

 

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A reverse stock split may decrease the liquidity of the shares of our common stock.

 

The liquidity of the shares of our common stock may be affected adversely by a reverse stock split given the reduced number of shares that will be outstanding following the reverse stock split, especially if the market price of our common stock does not increase as a result of the reverse stock split. In addition, a reverse stock split may increase the number of shareholders who own odd lots (less than 100 shares) of our common stock, creating the potential for such shareholders to experience an increase in the cost of selling their shares and greater difficulty effecting such sales.

 

Following a reverse stock split, the resulting market price of our common stock may not attract new investors, including institutional investors, and may not satisfy the investing requirements of those investors. Consequently, the trading liquidity of our common stock may not improve.

 

Although we believe that a higher market price of our common stock may help generate greater or broader investor interest, there can be no assurance that a reverse stock split will result in a share price that will attract new investors, including institutional investors. In addition, there can be no assurance that the market price of our common stock will satisfy the investing requirements of those investors. As a result, the trading liquidity of our common stock may not necessarily improve.

 

The market price of our common stock is likely to remain highly volatile because of several factors, including a limited public float.

 

The market price of our common stock has been volatile in the past and the market price of our common stock and our warrants is likely to be highly volatile in the future. You may not be able to resell shares of our common stock following periods of volatility because of the market’s adverse reaction to volatility. 

 

Other factors that could cause such volatility may include, among other things:

 

  · actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results;
     
  · the absence of securities analysts covering us and distributing research and recommendations about us;
     
  · we may have a low trading volume for a number of reasons, including that a large portion of our stock is closely held;
     
  · overall stock market fluctuations;
     
  · announcements concerning our business or those of our competitors;
     
  · actual or perceived limitations on our ability to raise capital when we require it, and to raise such capital on favorable terms;
     
  · conditions or trends in the industry;
     
  · litigation;
     
  · changes in market valuations of other similar companies;
     
  · future sales of common stock;
     
  · departure of key personnel or failure to hire key personnel; and
     
  · general market conditions.

 

 

 

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Any of these factors could have a significant and adverse impact on the market price of our common stock and/or warrants. In addition, the stock market in general has at times experienced extreme volatility and rapid decline that has often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of particular companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock and/or warrants, regardless of our actual operating performance.

 

Our future sales of common stock by management and other stockholders may have an adverse effect on the then prevailing market price of our common stock.

 

Sales  of our common stock may be made by holders of our public float or by holders of restricted securities in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933. In general, under Rule 144, a non-affiliated person who has satisfied a six-month holding period in a fully reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 may, sell their restricted common stock without volume limitation, so long as the issuer is current with all reports under the Exchange Act in order for there to be adequate common public information. Affiliated persons may also sell their common shares held for at least six months, but affiliated persons will be required to meet certain other requirements, including manner of sale, notice requirements and volume limitations. Non-affiliated persons who hold their common shares for at least one year will be able to sell their common stock without the need for there to be current public information in the hands of the public. Future sales of shares of our public float or by restricted common stock made in compliance with Rule 144 may have an adverse effect on the then prevailing market price, if any, of our common stock.

 

A significant portion of our total outstanding shares are eligible to be sold into the market in the near future, which could cause the market price of our common shares to drop significantly, even if our business is doing well.

 

As of June 1, 2023, we have approximately 21,225,000 shares of common stock held by non-affiliated persons as free trading or eligible for sale under rule 144 out of a total of approximately 25,811,261 outstanding common shares. Any increase in freely trading shares or the perception that such securities will or could come onto the market could have an adverse effect on the trading price of the securities. No prediction can be made as to the effect, if any, that sales of these securities, or the availability of such securities for sale, will have on the market prices prevailing from time to time. Nevertheless, the possibility that substantial amounts of common stock and warrants may be sold in the public market may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of our equity securities or impair our shareholders’ ability to sell on the open market. Additionally, any substantial increase of our shares that are eligible to be sold into the market in the near future could cause the market price of our common shares to drop significantly, even if our business is doing well.

 

We have had to restate our previously issued consolidated financial statements and as part of that process have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021. If we are unable to develop and maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results in a timely manner, which may adversely affect investor confidence in us and materially and adversely affect our business and operating results.

 

In May 2022 and again in November 2022, our Audit Committee concluded, after discussion with the Company’s management and independent registered public accounting firm BF Borgers, CPA PC, that the previously issued financial statements during the Affected Period should no longer be relied upon due to:

 

  · The recording of compensation expense for warrants issued in an equity financing. The warrants were a direct offering cost and should have been recorded as a reduction in additional paid-in capital,
     
  · The recording of the sale of warrants for cash that should have increased additional paid-in capital and not other income,
     
  · The recording of a mark to market adjustment for stock sold to third parties. The Company recognized a gain as a part of other income and a decrease to additional paid-in capital, this entry was made in error as the Company was not a holder of an investment of its own stock,
     
  · The reduction of our net operating loss carryforward and related deferred tax assets; and
     
  · Various reclassifications throughout our balance sheet, statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows to better reflect the nature or classification of each transaction.

 

 

 

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As part of the restatement process, we have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.

 

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected and corrected on a timely basis. Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and prevent fraud. We continue to evaluate steps to remediate the material weakness. These remediation measures may be time consuming and costly and there is no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects.

 

Any failure to maintain effective internal controls could adversely impact our ability to report our financial position and results from operations on a timely and accurate basis. If our financial statements are not accurate, investors may not have a complete understanding of our operations. Likewise, if our financial statements are not filed on a timely basis, we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the stock exchange on which our ordinary shares and other securities are listed, the SEC or other regulatory authorities. In either case, there could result a material adverse effect on our business. Ineffective internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our stock.

 

We can give no assurance that the measures we have taken and plan to take in the future will remediate the material weakness identified or that any additional material weaknesses or restatements of financial results will not arise in the future due to a failure to implement and maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting or circumvention of these controls. In addition, even if we are successful in strengthening our controls and procedures, in the future those controls, and procedures may not be adequate to prevent or identify irregularities or errors or to facilitate the fair presentation of our consolidated financial statements.

 

We in the past identified significant deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that, if not corrected, could result in material misstatements of our financial statements.

 

We have concluded that we have not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting through the past three years ended December 31, 2022. The Company determined that it has deficiencies over financial statements recording in areas of recording revenue and expenses in proper cut off as well as proper classification of accounts. Significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in our internal control could have a material adverse effect on us. Due to these deficiencies, there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. We are working to remediate these deficiencies and material weaknesses. We are taking steps to enhance our internal control environment to establish and maintain effective disclosure and financial controls and procedures, internal control over financial reporting and changes in corporate governance.

 

Internal Controls Remediation Efforts

 

During fiscal 2022, we worked to remediate the deficiencies and material weaknesses in our internal controls. We have taken steps to enhance our internal control environment to improve and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and changes in corporate governance. In this regard, the Company is in the process of adopting several corporate governance policies, and will expand on its 2021 established Audit Committee and other committees of the Board of Directors. The Audit Committee, as a priority, initiated the process of segregating tasks and processes to ensure proper internal controls over financial reporting. In connection with this process the Company:

 

  · Hired additional staff, both internally and externally, to the Finance department, with sufficient GAAP and public company financial reporting experience. These hires began their duties in Q3 2022.
  · Hired a consultant, Refidential One, to assist in internal control review, risk assessment, process documentation, gap remediation, control testing and monitoring. Starting in February 2022, Refidential One, in accord with the Company, achieved the following results:
    o Identified internal control issues brought forth by process walkthroughs and internal control testing.
    o Successfully implemented remediations to address such internal control issues in 2022.
    o Implemented monitoring activities to ensure these controls are effective, incorporated the testing of these controls in the second half of 2022, and will continue to test and monitor the controls in 2023 and beyond. 

 

 

 

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A material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting could adversely impact our ability to provide timely and accurate financial information, and to timely or accurately report our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows or maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures. If we are unable to report financial information timely and accurately or to maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures, we could be subject to, among other things, regulatory or enforcement actions by the SEC, any one of which could adversely affect our business prospects.

 

Our common stock (and our 2021Warrants) may be subject to the “penny stock” rules in the future. It may be more difficult to resell securities classified as “penny stock.”

 

Our common stock and 2021 Warrants may be subject to “penny stock” rules (generally defined as non-exchange traded stock with a per-share price below $5.00) in the future. While our common stock and 2021Warrants are currently not considered “penny stock” since they are listed on the NasdaqCM, if we are unable to maintain that listing and our common stock and warrants are no longer listed on the NasdaqCM, unless we maintain a per-share price above $5.00, our common stock and warrants will become “penny stock.” These rules impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers that recommend the purchase or sale of penny stocks to persons other than those who qualify as “established customers” or “accredited investors.” For example, broker-dealers must determine the appropriateness for non-qualifying persons of investments in penny stocks. Broker-dealers must also provide, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, a standardized risk disclosure document that provides information about penny stocks and the risks in the penny stock market. The broker-dealer also must provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, disclose the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction, furnish monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account, provide a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser, and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction.

 

Legal remedies available to an investor in “penny stocks” may include the following:

 

  · If a “penny stock” is sold to the investor in violation of the requirements listed above, or other federal or states securities laws, the investor may be able to cancel the purchase and receive a refund of the investment.
     
  · If a “penny stock” is sold to the investor in a fraudulent manner, the investor may be able to sue the persons and firms that committed the fraud for damages.

 

These requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity, if any, in the secondary market for a security that becomes subject to the penny stock rules. The additional burdens imposed upon broker-dealers by such requirements may discourage broker-dealers from effecting transactions in our securities, which could severely limit the market price and liquidity of our securities. These requirements may restrict the ability of broker-dealers to sell our common stock or our 2021 Warrants and may affect your ability to resell our common stock and our 2021 Warrants.

 

Many brokerage firms will discourage or refrain from recommending investments in penny stocks. Most institutional investors will not invest in penny stocks. In addition, many individual investors will not invest in penny stocks due, among other reasons, to the increased financial risk generally associated with these investments.

 

For these reasons, penny stocks may have a limited market and, consequently, limited liquidity. We can give no assurance at what time, if ever, our common stock or our 2021 Warrants will not be classified as a “penny stock” in the future.

 

We do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future and thus you must rely on stock appreciation for any return on your investment.

 

We do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We may not have sufficient funds to legally pay dividends. Even if funds are legally available to pay dividends, we may nevertheless decide in our sole discretion not to pay dividends. The declaration, payment and amount of any future dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors, and will depend upon, among other things, the results of our operations, cash flows and financial condition, operating and capital requirements, and other factors our board of directors may consider relevant. There is no assurance that we will pay any dividends in the future, and, if dividends are paid, there is no assurance with respect to the amount of any such dividend. As a result, you must rely on stock appreciation and a liquid trading market for any return on your investment. If an active and liquid trading market does not develop, you may be unable to sell your shares of common stock at or above the price in this offering at the time you would like to sell. 

 

 

 

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Our principal stockholders, directors and executive officers have a material level of control over us, which could delay or prevent a change in our corporate control favored by our other stockholders.

 

Currently, our principal stockholders, directors, and executive officers beneficially own, in the aggregate, approximately 24.5% of our outstanding common stock. The interests of our current directors and executive officers may differ from the interests of other stockholders. As a result, these current directors and officers could have the ability to exercise material influence over all corporate actions requiring stockholder approval, irrespective of how our other stockholders may vote, including the following actions:

 

  · approval of certain mergers and other significant corporate transactions, including a sale of substantially all of our assets and material financing transactions;
     
  · election of directors;
     
  · adoption of or amendments to stock option plans; or
     
  · amendment of charter documents.

 

Our certificate of incorporation grants our board of directors the authority to issue a new series of preferred stock without further approval by our shareholders, which could adversely affect the rights of the holders of our common shares.

 

Our board of directors has the power to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of preferred stock. Our board of directors also has the power to issue preferred stock without further shareholder approval, subject to applicable listing regulations. As a result, our board of directors could authorize the issuance of new series of preferred stock that would grant to holders thereof certain rights in preference to the rights of our common stockholders to:

 

  · our assets upon liquidation;
     
  · receive dividend payments ahead of holders of common shares;
     
  · the redemption of the shares, together with a premium, prior to the redemption of our common shares;
     
  · vote to approve matters as a separate class or have more votes per share relative to shares of common stock.

 

In addition, our board of directors could authorize the issuance of new series of preferred stock that is convertible into our common shares or may also authorize the sale of additional shares of authorized common stock, which could decrease the relative voting power of our common shares or result in dilution to our existing shareholders.

 

As a public company, we are subject to complex legal and accounting requirements that will require us to incur significant expenses and will expose us to risk of non-compliance.

 

As a public company, we are subject to numerous legal and accounting requirements, and the Nasdaq maintenance listing requirements, that do not apply to private companies. The cost of compliance with many of these requirements is material, not only in absolute terms but, more importantly, in relation to the overall scope of the operations of a small company. Our management team is relatively inexperienced in complying with these requirements, and our management resources are limited, which may lead to errors in our accounting and financial statements, and which may impair our operations. This inexperience and lack of resources may also increase the cost of compliance and may also increase the risk that we will fail to comply. Failure to comply with these requirements can have numerous adverse consequences including, but not limited to, our inability to file required periodic reports on a timely basis or comply with NasdaqCM listing requirements, resulting in loss of market confidence and/or governmental or private actions against us, or delisting from NasdaqCM. We cannot assure you that we will be able to comply with all of these requirements or that the cost of such compliance will not prove to be a substantial competitive disadvantage vis-à-vis our privately held and larger public competitors.

 

 

 

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Our offering is a reasonable best efforts offering and no assurances can be given as to the amount of the gross proceeds, if any, which will be raised in this offering by the Company

 

We have engaged the placement agent to use its reasonable “best efforts” to solicit offers to purchase our securities in this offering during an offering period of seven days, subject to an extension of up to seven days (the Offering Period”). The placement agent is not purchasing or selling any of the securities we are offering and is not required to arrange for the purchase or sale of any specific number or dollar amount of the securities. Because there is no minimum offering amount required as a condition to closing in this offering, the actual public amount, placement agent’s fee and proceeds to us, if any, are not presently determinable and may be substantially less than the total maximum offering amounts and throughout this prospectus. We have engaged Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company to act as the Escrow Agent of this offering to receive the gross proceeds of this offering during the Offering Period and to deposit the funds with JP Morgan Chase Bank. Upon clearance of funds, the Company and the Placement Agent may conduct one or more closings. In the event that any subscriptions are not accepted by the Company for any reason whatsoever, such funds will be returned by the Escrow Agent directly to the subscribers without interest or deduction thereof.

 

General Risk Factors

 

Certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and New York law make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us and make a takeover more difficult to complete, even if such a transaction were in the stockholders’ interest.

 

Our restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, and by-laws and New York law contain provisions that are intended to deter coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids by making such practices or bids unacceptably expensive to the raider and to encourage prospective acquirers to negotiate with our board of directors rather than to attempt a hostile takeover. In addition, provisions of our restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, by-laws and New York law impose various procedural and other requirements, which could make it more difficult for shareholders to effect certain corporate actions. These provisions include, among others:

 

  · the inability of our shareholders to call a special meeting;
     
  · rules regarding how shareholders may present proposals or nominate directors for election at shareholder meetings;
     
  · the right of our Board to issue preferred stock without shareholder approval; and
     
  · the ability of our directors, and not shareholders, to fill vacancies on our Board.

 

We believe these provisions may help protect our shareholders from coercive or otherwise unfair takeover tactics by requiring potential acquirers to negotiate with our Board and by providing our Board with more time to assess any acquisition proposal. These provisions are not intended to make our Company immune from takeovers. In addition, although we believe these provisions collectively provide for an opportunity to receive higher bids by requiring potential acquirers to negotiate with our Board, they would apply even if the offer may be considered beneficial by some shareholders. These provisions may also frustrate or prevent any attempts by our shareholders to replace or remove our current management team by making it more difficult for shareholders to replace members of our Board, which is responsible for appointing the members of our management.

 

 

 

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Our bylaws provide for limitations of director liability and indemnification of directors and officers and employees.

 

Our bylaws provide that we will indemnify our directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by law. Our bylaws also provide that we are obligated to advance expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of any action or proceeding. We believe that these provisions are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers.

 

Section 402(b) of the BCL permits a New York corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating the potential monetary liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for breach of fiduciary duty as a director; provided that this provision may not eliminate the liability of a director (i) for acts or omissions in bad faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (ii) for any transaction from which the director receives an improper personal benefit or (iii) for any acts in violation of Section 719 of the BCL. Section 719 provides that a director who votes or concurs in a corporate action will be liable to the corporation for the benefit of its creditors and shareholders for any damages suffered as a result of an action approving (i) an improper payment of a dividend, (ii) an improper redemption or purchase by the corporation of shares of the corporation, (iii) an improper distribution of assets to shareholders after dissolution of the corporation without adequately providing for all known liabilities of the corporation or (iv) the making of an improper loan to a director of the corporation.

 

The limitation of liability in our bylaws may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duties. They may also reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though an action, if successful, might provide a benefit to us and our stockholders. Our results of operations and financial condition may be harmed to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, numerous assumptions, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “aims,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Actual events or results may differ materially. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. We believe that the assumptions and expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, based on information available to us on the date of this prospectus, but we cannot assure you that these assumptions and expectations will prove to have been correct or that we will take any action that we may presently be planning. These statements are inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including, but not limited to, such forward-looking statements contained in the sections “Business,” “Management Discussion” and “Risk Factors” and the following:

 

  · our ability to effectively execute our business strategy;
     
  · our ability to manage our expansion, growth and operating expenses;
     
  · our ability to evaluate and measure our business, prospects and performance metrics;
     
  · our ability to compete and succeed in a highly competitive and evolving industry;
     
  · our ability to respond and adapt to changes in technology and customer behavior;
     
  · our ability to protect our intellectual property and to develop, maintain and enhance a strong brand; and,
     
  · our significant losses since inception and anticipation that we will continue to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future;
     
  · our need for, and ability to raise, substantial additional funding to finance our operations and obligations.

 

These and other factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date the statements are made. Except as required by U.S. federal securities laws, we have no obligation to update forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. All subsequent forward-looking statements attributable to us or to any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. The identification in this document of factors that may affect future performance and the accuracy of forward-looking statements is meant to be illustrative and by no means exhaustive.

 

Information regarding market and industry statistics contained in this prospectus is included based on information available to us that we believe is accurate. It is generally based on academic and other publications that are not produced for purposes of securities offerings or economic analysis. Forecasts and other forward-looking information obtained from these sources are subject to the same qualifications and the additional uncertainties accompanying any estimates of future market size, revenue and market acceptance of products and services., we have no obligation to update forward-looking information to reflect actual results or changes in assumptions or other factors that could affect those statements.

 

Our financial statements are stated in United States dollars (US$) and are prepared in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. All references to “common stock” refer to the common shares in our capital stock.

 

 

 

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We estimate that our maximum net proceeds from this offering of shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants, assuming all common shares and pre-funded warrants offered by means of this prospectus are sold, of which there can be no assurances given in this regard, will be approximately $2,385,000, after deducting the estimated placement agent fees and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We intend to allocate up to $1,437,500 of the net proceeds to pay off the secured debt and the remainder to working capital.

 

On December 30, 2022, the Company and Walleye Opportunities Master Fund Ltd, a Cayman Islands company (the “Investor”), entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) for the Investor to purchase from the Company (i) a senior secured 20% original issue discount (OID) nine-month promissory note in an aggregate gross principal amount of $1,437,500, less the 20% OID of $287,500, for a net subscription amount of $1,150,000 (the “Investor Note”), and (ii) a five year warrant to purchase 2,613,636 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.44 per share, exercisable commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring December 30, 2027 (the “Investor Warrant”). Proceeds from the Agreement were received by the Company in January 2023. The Investor Note will only become convertible into common stock upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under and as defined in the Investor Note on terms set forth in the Investor Note. This Investor Note matures, is payable on or before September 30, 2023, and it provides that the Investor may demand prepayment after March 31, 2023 and before the maturity date, provided that the purchasers of securities in our February 2023 public offering by the Company who hold the purchased Company securities at the time the prepayment demand is made unanimously consent to the prepayment. The Company granted a security interest in all of its assets to the Investor as collateral for its obligations under the Investor Note pursuant to a Security Agreement. In addition, the Company’s subsidiaries guaranteed the obligations of the Company under the Investor Note pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee and granted a first lien security interest in all of their assets to the Investor as additional collateral pursuant to the Security Agreement.

 

As of the date of this prospectus, we cannot specify with certainty all of the particular uses for the net proceeds to be received upon the completion of this offering. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures will depend on numerous factors, including the status of our sales and marketing activities, amount of cash generated or used in operations, and competition. Accordingly, our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds and investors will be relying on the judgment of our management regarding the application of the proceeds of this offering.

  

MARKET INFORMATION

 

Common Stock

 

In the past, our Common Stock traded on the OTCQB under the symbol “MOBQ” on a limited basis. In October 2021, our Board of Directors approved the filing, and we submitted an application in compliance with the NASDAQ rules and regulations to list and trade our Company’s securities on the NasdaqCM. Trading commenced for our common stock and 2021 warrants on December 9, 2021. The following table sets forth the range of high and low closing sales prices of our Common Stock for the last two fiscal years.

 

 

Quarters Ended  High   Low 
March 31, 2021  $10.95   $6.15 
June 30, 2021  $9.50   $5.50 
September 30, 2021  $10.25   $6.45 
December 31, 2021  $9.50   $2.01 
March 31, 2022  $2.80   $1.20 
June 30, 2022  $2.75   $0.64 
September 30, 2022  $2.47   $0.90 
December  31, 2022  $1.59   $0.34 

 

 

 

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The closing sales price on June 27, 2023, was $0.154 per share. All quotations provided herein reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, markdown, or commissions.

 

In the event a public market for our common stock is sustained in the future, sales of our common stock may be made by holders of our public float or by holders of restricted securities in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933. In general, under Rule 144, a non-affiliated person who has satisfied a six-month holding period in a fully reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 may, sell their restricted Common Stock without volume limitation, so long as the issuer is current with all reports under the Exchange Act in order for there to be adequate public information disclosed. Affiliated persons may also sell their common shares held for at least six months, but affiliated persons will be required to meet certain other requirements, including manner of sale, notice requirements and volume limitations. Non-affiliated persons who hold their common shares for at least one year will be able to sell their shares without the need for there to be current public information in the hands of the public. Future sales of shares of our public float or by restricted common stock made in compliance with Rule 144 may have an adverse effect on the then prevailing market price, if any, of our common stock.

 

2021 Warrants

 

Our 2021 Warrants commenced trading on the NasdaqCM on December 9, 2021, under the symbol “MOBQW.” The high and low sales price of our warrants was $0.8093 and $0.026, respectively, for the period December 14, 2021, through June 1, 2023. The closing sales price on June 8, 2023, was $0.026 per warrant. All quotations provided herein reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, markdown or commissions.

 

Holders of Record

 

As of June 1, 2023, there were 134 active holders of record of our common stock. The number of record holders was determined from the records of our transfer agent and does not include beneficial owners of common stock whose shares are held in the names of various security brokers, dealers, and registered clearing agencies. As of February 1, 2023, the Company has a list consisting of 1,576 beneficial (“NOBO”) holders who do not object to having their names provided to the Company. The transfer agent of our common stock is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, New York NY.

 

DIVIDEND POLICY

 

We have not paid any cash dividends to date and does not anticipate or contemplate paying cash dividends on our capital stock in the foreseeable future. It is the present intention of management to utilize all available funds and future earnings for the development of our business. Any future determination to declare cash dividends will be made at the discretion of our Board of Directors, subject to applicable laws, and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors that our Board of Directors may deem relevant. Our future ability to pay cash dividends on our capital stock may be limited by any future debt instruments or preferred securities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto included herein. In connection with, and because we desire to take advantage of, the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, we caution readers regarding certain forward-looking statements in the following discussion and elsewhere in this prospectus and in any other statement made by, or on our behalf, whether or not in future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements are statements not based on historical information and which relate to future operations, strategies, financial results, our ability to obtain debt, equity or other financing, or other developments. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control and many of which, with respect to future business decisions, are subject to change. These uncertainties and contingencies can affect actual results and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by, or our behalf. We disclaim any obligation to update forward-looking statements.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and disclosures on the date of the financial statements. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates including, but not limited to, those related to revenue recognition. We use authoritative pronouncements, historical experience, and other assumptions as the basis for making judgments. We believe that the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of our financial statements.

 

Use of Estimates

 

Preparing financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and those estimates may be material.

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

The Company operates in an industry that is subject to intense competition and change in consumer demand. The Company’s operations are subject to significant risks and uncertainties including financial and operational risks including the potential risk of business failure.

 

The Company has experienced, and in the future expects to continue to experience, variability in sales and earnings. The factors expected to contribute to this variability include, among others, (i) the cyclical nature of the industry, (ii) general economic conditions in the various local markets in which the Company competes, including a potential general downturn in the economy, and (iii) the volatility of prices in connection with the Company’s distribution of the product. These factors, among others, make it difficult to project the Company’s operating results on a consistent basis.

 

 

 

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company accounts for financial instruments at fair value, which as is defined as the exchange price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The valuation techniques are based on observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs reflect readily obtainable data from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect certain market assumptions. There are three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value: 

 

  · Level 1—Valuation based on unadjusted quoted market prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Company has the ability to access;
     
  · Level 2—Valuation based on observable quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; and
     
  · Level 3—Valuation based on unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity, which require management’s best estimate of what market participants would use as fair value.

 

Fair value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management.

 

The respective carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximated their fair value. These financial instruments include accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and contract liabilities. On March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the carrying amounts of these financial instruments approximated their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments, or they are receivable or payable on demand. The fair value of the Company’s debt approximates its carrying value based on current financing rates available to the Company and its short-term nature.

 

The Company does not have any other financial or non-financial assets or liabilities that would be characterized as Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 instruments.

 

Accounts Receivable

 

Accounts receivable represent customer obligations under normal trade terms and are stated at the amount management expects to collect from outstanding customer balances. Credit is extended to customers based on an evaluation of their financial condition and other factors. Interest is not accrued on overdue accounts receivable. The Company does not require collateral.

 

Management periodically assesses the Company’s accounts receivable and, if necessary, establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company provides an allowance for doubtful accounts based upon a review of the outstanding accounts receivable, historical collection information and existing economic conditions. Accounts determined to be uncollectible are charged to operations when that determination is made.

 

Bad debt expense (recovery) is recorded as a component of general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

 

 

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Impairment of Long-lived Assets

 

Management evaluates the recoverability of the Company’s identifiable intangible assets and other long-lived assets when events or circumstances indicate a potential impairment exists, in accordance with the provisions of ASC 360-10-35-15 Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. Events and circumstances considered by the Company in determining whether the carrying value of identifiable intangible assets and other long-lived assets may not be recoverable include but are not limited to significant changes in performance relative to expected operating results; significant changes in the use of the assets; significant negative industry or economic trends; and changes in the Company’s business strategy. In determining if impairment exists, the Company estimates the undiscounted cash flows to be generated from the use and ultimate disposition of these assets and compares this to the carrying amounts of the assets.

 

If impairment is indicated based on a comparison of the assets’ carrying values and the undiscounted cash flows, the impairment to be recognized is measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606) to align revenue recognition more closely with the delivery of the Company’s services and will provide financial statement readers with enhanced disclosures. In accordance with ASC 606, revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of promised services. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for these services. To achieve this core principle, the Company applies the following five steps:

 

Identify the contract with a customer.

 

A contract with a customer exists when (i) the Company enters into an enforceable contract with a customer that defines each party’s rights regarding the services to be transferred and identifies the payment terms related to these services, (ii) the contract has commercial substance and, (iii) the Company determines that collection of substantially all consideration for services that are transferred is probable based on the customer’s intent and ability to pay the promised consideration. The Company applies judgment in determining the customer’s ability and intention to pay, which is based on a variety of factors including the customer’s historical payment experience or, in the case of a new customer, published credit and financial information pertaining to the customer.

 

Identify the performance obligations in the contract.

 

Performance obligations promised in a contract are identified based on the services that will be transferred to the customer that are both capable of being distinct, whereby the customer can benefit from the service either on its own or together with other resources that are readily available from third parties or from the Company, and are distinct in the context of the contract, whereby the transfer of the services is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract. To the extent a contract includes multiple promised services, the Company must apply judgment to determine whether promised services are capable of being distinct and distinct in the context of the contract. If these criteria are not met the promised services are accounted for as a combined performance obligation.

 

Determine the transaction price.

 

The transaction price is determined based on the consideration to which the Company will be entitled in exchange for transferring services to the customer. To the extent the transaction price includes variable consideration, the Company estimates the amount of variable consideration that should be included in the transaction price utilizing either the expected value method or the most likely amount method depending on the nature of the variable consideration. Variable consideration is included in the transaction price if, in the Company’s judgment, it is probable that a significant future reversal of cumulative revenue under the contract will not occur. None of the Company’s contracts as of March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022 contained a significant financing component.

 

 

 

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Allocate the transaction price to performance obligations in the contract.

 

If the contract contains a single performance obligation, the entire transaction price is allocated to the single performance obligation. However, if a series of distinct services that are substantially the same qualifies as a single performance obligation in a contract with variable consideration, the Company must determine if the variable consideration is attributable to the entire contract or to a specific part of the contract. Contracts that contain multiple performance obligations require an allocation of the transaction price to each performance obligation based on a relative standalone selling price basis unless the transaction price is variable and meets the criteria to be allocated entirely to a performance obligation or to a distinct service that forms part of a single performance obligation.

 

Recognize revenue when or as the Company satisfies a performance obligation.

 

The Company satisfies performance obligations either over time or at a point in time. Revenue is recognized at the time the related performance obligation is satisfied by transferring a promised service to a customer.

 

Each of the Company’s customer contracts is deemed to have a single performance obligation. Payment terms and conditions vary by contract, although terms generally include a requirement of payment within 30 to 90 days.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company accounts for our stock-based compensation under ASC 718 Compensation – Stock Compensation using the fair value-based method. Under this method, compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period. This guidance establishes standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges equity instruments for goods or services. It also addresses transactions in which an entity incurs liabilities in exchange for goods or services that are based on the fair value of the entity’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of those equity instruments.

 

The Company uses the Black-Scholes model for measuring the fair value of options and other equity instruments granted to both employees and non-employees.

 

When determining fair value of stock-based compensation, the Company considers the following assumptions incorporated into the Black-Scholes model:

 

  · Exercise price,
     
  · Expected dividends,
     
  · Expected volatility,
     
  · Risk-free interest rate; and
     
  · Expected life of option

 

 

 

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Recent Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

We consider the applicability and impact of all new accounting pronouncements on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, stockholders’ deficit, cash flows, or presentation thereof. Management has evaluated all recent accounting pronouncements as issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) through the date that the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements were available to be issued and found no recent accounting pronouncements issued, but not yet effective, that when adopted, will have a material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company. 

 

Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions: On September 30, 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03 (ASU 2022-03), which clarifies the guidance in Topic 820 on the fair value measurement of an equity security that is subject to contractual restrictions that prohibit the sale of an equity security. The ASU also requires specific disclosures related to such an equity security, including (1) the fair value of such equity securities reflected in the balance sheet, (2) the nature and remaining duration of the corresponding restrictions, and (3) any circumstances that could cause a lapse in the restrictions. ASU 2022-03 clarifies that a “contractual restriction prohibiting the sale of an equity security is a characteristic of the reporting entity holding the equity security” and is not included in the equity security’s unit of account. Accordingly, an entity should not consider the contractual sale restriction when measuring the equity security’s fair value (i.e., the entity should not apply a discount related to the contractual sale restriction, as stated in ASC 820-10-35-36B as amended by the ASU). The ASU also prohibits an entity from recognizing a contractual sale restriction as a separate unit of account. For public business entities, ASU 2022-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2022-03 on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

 

Financial Instrument – Credit Losses: In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (ASU 2016-13). ASU 2016-13 replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology under current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires a consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. ASU 2016-13 requires the use of a forward-looking expected credit loss model for accounts receivables, loans, and other financial instruments. In May 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-05, which provides transition relief for entities adopting ASU 2016-13. For entities that have adopted ASU 2016-13, the amendments in ASU 2019-05 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods therein. An entity may early adopt ASU No. 2019-05 in any interim period after its issuance if the entity has adopted ASU 2016-13. For all other entities, the effective date will be the same as the effective date of ASU 2016-13. ASU 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted ASU 2016-13 on January 1, 2023 and the adoption of the guidance did not have a significant impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

 

Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers: In October 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers (ASU 2021-08). Under ASU 2021-08, an acquirer in a business combination must apply ASC 606 principles when recognizing and measuring acquired contract assets and contract liabilities. The provisions of ASU 2021-08 are applicable for the Company for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2022. The Company adopted ASU 2021-08 on January 1, 2023 and the adoption of the guidance did not have a significant impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

 

 

 

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Plan of Operation

 

Mobiquity intends to hire several new sales and sales support individuals to help generate additional revenue using the Advangelists platform and the Mobiquity Networks MobiExchange. Mobiquity’s sales team will focus on Advertising Agencies, Brands, and publishers to help increase both supply and demand across the Advangelists platform while providing unique data segments utilizing MobiExchange. Together the Advangelists platform and MobiExchange platform creates multiple revenue streams for Mobiquity. The first is licensing the Advangelists platform as a white-label product for use by Advertising Agencies, DSP’s, Publishers, and Brands. Under the White-Label scenario, the user licenses the technology and is responsible for running its own business operations and is billed a percentage of volume run through the platform. The second revenue stream is a managed services model in which the user is billed a higher percentage of revenue run through the platform, but all services are managed by the Mobiquity/Advangelists team. The third revenue model is a seat model, where the user is billed a percentage of revenue run through the platform and business operations are shared between the user and the Mobiquity/Advangelists team. Additional revenue can be generated by offering data segments and digital audiences through MobiExchange for use in omnichannel marketing programs that include but not limited to programmatic advertising email marketing and SMS. The goal of the sales team is to inform potential users of the benefits in efficiency and effectiveness of utilizing the end-to-end, fully integrated ATOS created by Advangelists and Mobiquity Networks.

 

Results of Operations

 

Quarter Ended March 31, 2023, versus Quarter Ended March 31, 2022

 

The following table sets forth certain selected condensed statement of operations data for the periods indicated in dollars. In addition, we note that the period-to-period comparison may not be indicative of future performance.

 

   Quarter Ended 
   March 31,2023   March 31,
2022
 
Revenues  $132,224   $542,169 
Cost of revenues   62,808    306,127 
Gross profit   69,416    236,042 
General and administrative expenses   1,425,747    2,077,724 
Loss from operations  $(1,356,331)  $(1,841,682)

  

We generated revenues of $132,224 in the first quarter of 2023 compared to $542,169 in the same period for 2022, a decrease in revenues of $409,945. The nationwide economic impact of COVID-19 during the past twenty-four months severely reduced operations. We have developed several new features which we believe will help drive revenue in 2023 and beyond. We have released this year new products and services that we believe will address many of the changes that have affected the AdTech industry over the last year.

 

Cost of revenues was $62,808 or 47.5% of revenues in the first quarter of 2023 as compared to $306,127 or 56.4% of revenues in the same fiscal period of 2022. Costs of revenues include audience building, targeting features and web services for storage of our data and web engineers who are building and maintaining our platforms. Our ability to capture and store data for sales does not translate to increased cost of sales.

 

Gross profit was $69,416 or 52.5% of revenues for the first quarter of 2023 as compared to $236,042 in the same period of 2022 or 43.6% of revenues.

 

General and administrative expenses were $1,425,747 for the first quarter of fiscal 2023 compared to $2,077,724 in the comparable period of the prior year, a decrease of $651,977. Decreased operating costs primarily related to a decrease in stock-based compensation expense of approximately $19,950, computer expense of approximately $370,088, capitalization of $501,075 in software development costs, offset by an increase in professional fees of approximately $285,000.

 

 

 

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The loss from operations for the first quarter of 2023 was $1,356,331 as compared to $1,841,682 for the comparable period of the prior year. While our loss from operations decreased by approximately $485,000 due to capitalization of software development costs as well as improved operations over the comparable first quarter of 2022, the continuing operating loss is attributable to the focused effort in creating the products and services required to move forward with our business.

  

Year Ended December 31, 2022 compared to Year Ended December 31, 2021

 

The following table sets forth certain selected consolidated statement of operations data for the periods indicated in dollars. In addition, the period-to-period comparison may not be indicative of future performance.

 

   Year Ended 
   December 31,
2022
  

December 31,
2021

(As Restated)

 
Revenues  $4,167,272   $2,672,615 
Cost of revenues   2,295,404    1,954,383 
Gross profit (loss)   1,871,868    718,232 
General and administrative expenses   9,213,632    13,607,759 
Loss from operations  $(7,341,764)  $(12,889,527)

 

 

We generated revenues of $4,167,272 in fiscal 2022 as compared to $2,672,615 for same period for fiscal 2021, an increase of $1,494,657. The nationwide economic impact of COVID-19 during the past twenty-four months severely reduced operations and we are now seeing a turnaround starting in the end of fiscal 2022 with a decreasing impact from COVID-19, although we have concerns regarding the overall US economy and a potential recession.

 

Cost of revenues was $2,295,404 or 55% of revenues in fiscal 2022 as compared to $1,954,383 or 73% of revenues in the same fiscal period of fiscal 2021. Costs of revenues include audience building, targeting features and web services for storage of our data and web engineers who are building and maintaining our platforms. Our ability to capture and store data for sales does not translate to increased cost of sales. During fiscal 2021, the Company incurred certain costs associated with populating the MobiExchange platform with “targeting data” and “audiences.” Such costs were not repeated or as substantial during fiscal 2022 thus resulting in higher overall margins associated with revenue for the MobiExchange services for fiscal 2022.

 

Gross profit was $1,871,868 or 45% of revenues for fiscal 2022 as compared to $718,232 in the same fiscal period of 2021 or 27% of revenues. The increased sales have resulted from increased efforts from our sales force and the recovery from COVID-19.

 

General and administrative expenses were $9,213,632 for fiscal 2022 compared to $13,607,759 (restated) in the comparable period of the prior year, a decrease of $4,394,127. Overall decrease in operating costs primarily related to decreases stock-based compensation of $4,551,619, computer support of $191,485, and professional fees of $247,823, offset by increase in license and permits of $194,422, commission of $325,812, and salaries and payroll taxes of $370,154.

 

The net loss from operations for fiscal 2022 was $7,341,764 as compared to $12,889,527 (restated) for the comparable period of the prior year. While our loss from operations decreased by $5,547,763 due to improved revenues over the comparable 12 months of fiscal 2021, the continuing operating loss is attributable to the focused effort in creating the products and services required to move forward with our business.

 

 

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We have a history of operating losses, and our management has concluded that factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and our auditor has included an explanatory paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a going concern in its audit report for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021.

 

We had cash of $2,182,330 on March 31, 2023. Cash used in operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2023, was $1,606,449. This resulted primarily from a net loss of $1,716,804 offset by stock-based compensation of $12,304, amortization of intangibles $150,184, amortization of debt discount of $360,993, decrease in accounts receivable of $162,607 decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $639,421, decrease in contract liabilities of $5,682, increase in provision of doubtful accounts of $19,843, and decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets of $47,500. Cash flows used in investing activities were primarily related to increased software development costs of $501,075. Cash flows provided by financing activities of $4,069,000 resulted from cash paid on debt of $150,000 offset by net proceeds received from the issuance of long-term debt of $1,011,500 and net proceeds of $3,207,500 from the issuance of common stock and pre-funded warrants.

 

We had cash of $220,854 at December 31, 2022. Cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2022, was $6,187,383. This resulted from a net loss of $8,062,328, partially offset by non-cash expenses, including depreciation and amortization of $609,963, stock-based compensation of $83,605, stock issued for service of $84,500, loss on debt extinguishment of $855,296, and inducement expense of $101,000. For the year ended December 31, 2022, cash used in investing activities was $8,004 related to the purchase of property and equipment. Cash provided by financing activities of $1,030,996 was the result of issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs, of $1,187,500, offset by repayments of notes payable totaling $156,504.

 

We had cash of $5,385,245 at December 31, 2021. Restated cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2021, was $6,717,324. This resulted from a restated net loss of $18,333,383, partially offset by non-cash expenses, including depreciation and amortization of $808,300, stock-based compensation of $4,635,224, stock issued for service of $1,158,026, and impairment expense of $3,600,000. For the year ended December 31, 2021, restated cash used in investing activities was $6,472 related to the purchase of property and equipment. Restated cash provided by financing activities of $11,506,859 was the result of proceeds received from the issuance of notes payable totaling $4,143,000 and repayments of notes payable totaling $2,840,337, as well as stock and warrants issued for cash, net of direct offering costs, of $10,204,196.

 

We commenced operations in 1998 and were initially funded by our three founders, each of whom has made demand loans to our company that have been satisfied. Since 1999, we have relied on equity financing and borrowings from outside investors to supplement our cash flow from operations and expect this to continue in 2023 and beyond until cash flow from our proximity marketing operations becomes substantial.

 

Other Debt Transactions

 

In June 2020, we received an Economic Injury Disaster Loan of $150,000 from the Small Business Administration (SBA) which carries a thirty-year term, and interest at 3.7% per annum, with a maturity date in July of 2050. The loan is to be repaid in monthly installments, including principal and interest, of $731, beginning twelve months from the date of the loan. Total accrued and unpaid interest on the debt was $13,594 at December 31, 2022 and is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The total principal outstanding has been presented as long-term liabilities as payments required to be made in 2023 will be applied to accrued interest. On January 5, 2023, the Company paid $163,885 to the Small Business Administration to pay off principal and accrued interest on the Company’s SBA loan.

 

On December 30, 2022, the Company and Walleye Opportunities Master Fund Ltd, a Cayman Islands company (the “Investor”), entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) for the Investor to purchase from the Company (i) a senior secured 20% original issue discount (OID) nine-month promissory note in an aggregate gross principal amount of $1,437,500, less the 20% OID of $287,500, for a net subscription amount of $1,150,000 (the “Investor Note”), and (ii) a five year warrant to purchase 2,613,636 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.44 per share, exercisable commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring December 30, 2027 (the “Investor Warrant”). Proceeds from the Agreement were received by the Company in January 2023.

 

 

 

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In conjunction with the Agreement, the Company issued 522,727 shares of common stock, or approximately 5.3% of the Company’s outstanding shares, to the Investor as an incentive on the transaction (Incentive Shares). Excluding the above referenced Investor Warrant, the shares of Common Stock exercisable pursuant to such Investor Warrant are not being considered beneficially owned by the Investor until the Investor Warrant is exercisable within 60 days. Total issuance fees of $138,500 associated with the closing of the Agreement were paid by the Company to Spartan Capital Securities LLC and the Investor’s counsel. Approximately $163,000 of the loan proceeds were utilized to repay the outstanding principal and accrued interest under the SBA loan.

 

The Investor Note will only become convertible into common stock upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under and as defined in the Investor Note on terms set forth in the Investor Note. This Investor Note matures, is payable on or before September 30, 2023, and it provides that the Investor may demand prepayment after March 31, 2023 and before the maturity date, provided that the purchasers of securities in our February 2023 public offering by the Company who hold the purchased Company securities at the time the prepayment demand is made unanimously consent to the prepayment. The Company granted a security interest in all of its assets to the Investor as collateral for its obligations under the Investor Note pursuant to a Security Agreement. In addition, the Company’s subsidiaries guaranteed the obligations of the Company under the Investor Note pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee and granted a first lien security interest in all of their assets to the Investor as additional collateral pursuant to the Security Agreement. All securities sold in the above-described transaction contain certain piggy-back registration rights.

 

The aforementioned Investor Warrant was deemed to be an equity-classified derivative instrument with a fair value of $1,526,363 at the date of closing on the Agreement, incorporating the use of the Black-Scholes valuation model, and the Incentive Shares were deemed to have a fair value of $318,863 based on the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the day preceding the closing of the Agreement. Per accounting guidance under ASC 815, the Company recorded the fair values of the Investor Warrant and Incentive Shares based on the relative fair value allocation method, which allocates fair values as a percentage of total fair value of the debt, Investor Warrant, and Incentive Shares, in proportion to the net proceeds received under the Investor Note of $1,150,000. As a result of applying the relative fair value allocation method, the Investor Warrant was assigned a relative fair value of $586,040 and the Incentive Shares were assigned a relative fair value of $122,426, at the date of closing on the Agreement. The fair values of the Investor Warrant, the Incentive Shares, the OID, and the $138,500 in debt issuance costs paid, were recorded as debt discounts totaling $1,134,466, and are presented net against the debt principal outstanding on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2023. Amortization associated with the total debt discounts is being recognized using the effective interest method over the term of the Investor Note, which matures on September 30, 2023. For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, $360,993 in amortization on the debt discounts was recognized as interest expense on the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations, and remaining unamortized debt discounts at March 31, 2023 were $773,473.

 

February 2023 Public Offering

 

On February 13, 2023, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Spartan Capital Securities, LLC (the “Underwriter”) relating to a public offering of 3,777,634 shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase 4,286,883 shares of common stock (the Shares), for net proceeds of $3,207,500 (the February 2023 Offering). In conjunction with the February 2023 Offering, which closed on February 16, 2023, the investors also received other Warrants to purchase 12,096,776 shares of common stock (Series 2023 Warrants). The offered Shares were priced at $0.465 per combination of one share of common stock or one pre-funded warrant, accompanied by one Series 2023 Warrant.

 

Each pre-funded warrant was exercisable at any time, until fully exercised, to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share. Each Series 2023 Warrant is exercisable for five years to purchase 1.5 shares of common stock at a cash exercise price of $0.465 per warrant share. The Series 2023 Warrants contain an alternative cashless exercise provision permitting the holder to acquire 0.75 shares of common stock for every 1.5 warrant shares any time after the earlier of (i) 30 days following the initial exercise date of February 14, 2023 and (ii) the date on which the aggregate trading volume of the Company’s common stock, beginning on the initial exercise date of the Series 2023 Warrants, exceeds 36,290,322 shares. Additionally, the exercise price of both the pre-funded warrants and the Series 2023 Warrants are subject to customary adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, reclassifications and the like.

 

 

 

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Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, and as partial consideration to the Underwriter – Spartan Capital Securities, LLC, the Company issued to Spartan warrants for the purchase of 403,226 shares of common stock, exercisable from February 14, 2023 through February 14, 2028, at an initial exercise price of $0.5115 per share. These warrants issued to Spartan were subsequently cancelled on June 22, 2023. The Company also granted the Underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,209,678 shares and/or pre-funded warrants in lieu of shares, and accompanying Series 2023 Warrants to purchase 1,814,517 shares at the public offering price less the placement agent discounts and commissions, to cover over-allotments, if any. No additional shares or pre-funded warrants were purchased by the Underwriter. The Company paid a cash fee to the Underwriter equal to 8% of the gross proceeds raised in the February 2023 Offering, plus a reimbursement of Underwriter fees totaling $242,500.

 

Between the closing of the February 2023 Offering and April 30, 2023, one or more investors holding pre-funded warrants converted their pre-funded warrants into an aggregate of 4,286,883 shares of common stock and elected the alternative cashless exercise provision for the exercise of Series 2023 Warrants, resulting in the issuance of 6,048,388 shares of common stock. All Pre-funded warrants and Series 2023 Warrants have been converted as of April 30, 2023.

 

  Controls and Procedures.

 

As required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2022, and quarterly since this date. Based upon this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2022 and quarterly since this date, due solely to the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting primarily related to the accounting for direct offering costs paid in an equity financing, the sale of warrants and the mark to market of our common stock sold to third parties as described below in “Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.”

 

In light of this material weakness, we performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that our financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in this prospectus present fairly in all material respects our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the period presented.

 

Report of Management on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the Company. Internal control over financial reporting is a process to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Internal control over financial reporting includes maintaining records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect our transactions; providing reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary for preparation of our financial statements; providing reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures of company assets are made in accordance with management authorization; and providing reasonable assurance that unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of company assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements would be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting is not intended to provide absolute assurance that a misstatement of our financial statements would be prevented or detected.

 

Management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, management concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2021, and quarterly since this date. There were significant changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the year ended December 31, 2022 and quarterly since that date that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting, as described below. Our independent auditors have not audited and are not required to audit this assessment of our internal control over financial reporting for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 and quarterly since that date.

 

 

 

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Internal Controls Remediation Efforts

 

During fiscal 2022 and continuing to date, we worked to remediate the deficiencies and material weaknesses in our internal controls. We have taken steps to enhance our internal control environment to improve and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and changes in corporate governance. In this regard, the Company is in the process of adopting several corporate governance policies, and will expand on its 2021 established Audit Committee and other committees of the Board of Directors. The Audit Committee, as a priority, initiated the process of segregating tasks and processes to ensure proper internal controls over financial reporting. In connection with this process the Company:

 

  · Hired additional staff, both internally and externally, to the Finance department, with sufficient GAAP and public company financial reporting experience. These hires began their duties in Q3 2022.
  · Hired a consultant, Refidential One, to assist in internal control review, risk assessment, process documentation, gap remediation, control testing and monitoring. Starting in February 2022, Refidential One, in accord with the Company, achieved the following results:

  o Identified internal control issues brought forth by process walkthroughs and internal control testing.
  o Successfully implemented remediations to address such internal control issues in 2022.
  o Implemented monitoring activities to ensure these controls are effective, incorporated the testing of these controls in the second half of 2022, and will continue to test and monitor the controls in 2023 and beyond. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BUSINESS

 

Company Background

 

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. is a next-generation advertising technology, data compliance and intelligence company which operates through our various proprietary software platforms. Our product solutions are comprised of three proprietary software platforms:

 

  · Advertising Technology Operating System (ATOS Platform)
     
  · Data Intelligence Platform
     
  · Publisher Platform for Monetization and Compliance

 

Our Products

 

The ATOS Platform

 

Our ATOS platform blends artificial intelligence (or AI) and machine learning (ML) based optimization technology for automatic ad serving that manages digital advertising inventory and campaigns. The ATOS platform:

 

  · creates an automated marketplace of advertisers and publishers on digital media outlets to host online auctions to facilitate the sale of digital advertising (known as digital real estate) targeted at users while engaged on their internet-connected TV, laptop, tablet, desktop computer, mobile, and over-the-top (or OTT) streaming media devices; and
     
  · gives advertisers the capability to understand and interact with their audiences and engage them in a meaningful way by using ads in both image and video formats (known as rich media) to increase their awareness, customer base and traffic to their e-commerce site, voting site or physical locations.

 

 

 

(Screenshot of ATOS Platform Campaign Management landing page.)

 

 

 

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Our ATOS platform engages with an average of approximately 10 billion advertisement opportunities per day, based on our daily logs. Our sales and marketing strategy for our ATOS platform is focused on providing a de-fragmented operating system that facilitates a considerably more efficient and effective way for advertisers and publishers to transact with each other. Our goal is to become the programmatic display advertising industry standard for brands directly and small and medium sized advertisers.

 

Our ATOS technology is proprietary and primarily consists of know-how and trade secrets developed internally, as well as certain open-source software.

 

Users of the ATOS platform get access to benefits including among other things:

 

  · ease of set up;
     
  · targeting features based on audience profiles and location and context through an in-house data management platform (or DMP);
     
  · Inventory management and yield optimization;
     
  · support for all rich media creators’ ad tags;
     
  · machine learning and AI powered optimization which aids in delivering a higher click through rate on ad links;
     
  · support for third-party trackers and custom scripts for make-the-most-of-your media (or MOAT) analytics, Integral Ad Science (or IAS), and forensics to enable independent verification by advertisers for transparency;
     
  · detailed campaign wrap-up reporting that gives a breakdown on publishers, categories, demonstrations, and devices to better understand advertisement campaign performance;
     
  · access to business intelligence via an analytics dashboard;
     
  · advanced ad targeting;
     
  · easy campaign uploading;
     
  · automated performance optimization;
     
  · real time reporting;
     
  · fraud prevention tools; and
     
  · 24x7 support, along with guided managed services to enable users to rapidly harness and operate all the features of the ATOS platform.

 

 

 

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Our ATOS platform includes:

 

  · Adserver;
     
  · Demand Side Platform;
     
  · Advertisement quality tools;
     
  · Analytics dashboard;
     
  · Avails Engine;
     
  · Advertisement prediction and delivery tools;
     
  · Supply quality tools;
     
  · Private marketplace tools;
     
  · Audience and location targeting;
     
  · Wrap up reports;
     
  · An Advertisement software development kit (or SDK);
     
  · Prebid adaptor;
     
  · contextual targeting;
     
  · identity graph capabilities;
     
  · cookie syncing; and
     
  · the updated version of our quality and security tools, among other things for our ATOS platform.

 

 

 

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Data Intelligence Platform

 

Our data intelligence platform provides precise data and insights on consumer’s real-world behavior and trends for use in marketing and research. Our data intelligence platform technology allows for the ingestion and normalization of various data sources, such as location data, transactional data, contextual data, and search data to reach the right target audience with the right message. Utilizing massively parallel cluster computing and machine learning algorithms and technology, our data intelligence solutions make available actionable data for marketers, researchers and application publishers through an automated platform. We are seeking to generate several revenue streams from our data collection and analysis, including, among other things; advertising, data licensing, and custom research.

 

 

(Screenshot of Data Intelligence HomeGraph landing page.)

 

We also offer a self-service alternative through our MobiExchange product, which is a SaaS fee model. MobiExchange is a data focused technology solution that enables individuals and companies to rapidly build actionable data and insights for their own use. MobiExchange’s easy-to-use, self-service tools allow users to reduce the complex technical and financial barriers typically associated with turning offline data, and other business data, into actionable digital products and services. MobiExchange provides out-of-the-box private labeling, flexible branding, content management, user management, user communications, subscriptions, payment, invoices, reporting, gateways to third party platforms, and help desk among other things.

 

Our data intelligence platform is hosted and managed on Amazon Web Service (AWS) and takes full advantage of open standards for processing, storage, security and big data technology. Specifically, our data intelligence platform uses the following AWS services: EC2, Lambda, Kafka, Kinesis, S3, Storm, Spark, Machine Learning, RDS, Redshift, Elastic Map Reduction, CloudWatch, DataBricks, and Elastic Search Service with built-in Kibana integration.

 

 

 

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Publisher Platform for Monetization and Compliance

 

Our Content publisher platform is a single-vendor ad tech operating system that allows publishers to better monetize their opt-in user data and advertising inventory. The platform includes tools for: consent management, audience building, a direct advertising interface and inventory enhancement. Due to the much publicized developments in privacy and data security laws and regulations (such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 or CCPA by way of example) along with Apple and Google’s removal of identifiers, we believe that content publishers are facing two material issues: increased costs due to privacy compliance rules, and decreased revenue due to the restrictions selling user identifier data to third parties. We believe this is causing a paradigm shift in the publishing market. Previously content publishers could provide user identifier information to demand-side platforms (or DSP’s) to create user profiles for audience targeting. Now both the user identifier data and the functionality to create profiled data segments from that identifier data (known as first party data) must be owned by the content publisher. Additionally, publishers must also manage the targeting of their audiences in-house utilizing these identifier and targeting data. We recently launched our SaaS publisher platform in response to these needs.

 

All Publisher data is siloed and secured, using the highest industry standards, optimizing compliance with privacy and data laws that may be applicable. Our platform helps publishers worry less about the integrity of their first party data and allows them to focus on effectively monetizing their inventory.

 

Users of the publisher platform get access to benefits of our publisher platform, including among other things:

 

  · A Consent Manager for publishers to meet all privacy requirements in connection with their collection of an audience’s data.
     
  · An Audience Builder to build detailed databases of targeted audiences from the user identifier data.
     
  · A Direct Purchase Interface to increase revenue from direct advertising sales to target audiences; and
     
  · An Inventory Enhancer to enhance the publisher’s supply of audience data with compliant meta-tags.

 

 

(Screenshot of Publisher Platform Audience Management landing page.)

 

 

 

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We believe that irrespective of whether a publisher chooses to engage with us to use our publisher platform or not, they will need to find a solution that allows advertisers to advertise to the publisher’s audience directly through the publisher. 

 

Our Strategy

 

Our strategy in the advertising technology space is to provide enterprises with three proprietary solutions that are highly efficient and effective for monetization of data and advertising with privacy and data regulatory compliance. We believe that our platforms give users in these markets the capability of running programmatic campaigns without the need for an extensive marketing team, which enables them to better compete with their larger competitors who have greater marketing financial and human capital resources. Our sales and marketing approach is focused on providing a de-fragmented operating system that facilitates a considerably more efficient and effective way for advertisers and publishers to transact with each other. Mobiquity plans to hire several new sales and sales support individuals to help generate additional revenue through the use of our three platforms.

 

Our strategy is based on problems we perceived in the advertising technology industry as it has rapidly grown over the last few years and the evolving privacy and data laws and regulations that make it more difficult to achieve desired results. Our goal is to help our clients increase revenue, decrease cost and add transparency while complying with privacy and data laws.

 

Our Revenue Sources

 

We target publishers, brands, advertising agencies and other advertising technology companies as our audience for our three platform products. We generate revenue from our platforms through two verticals:

 

  · The first is licensing one or more of our platforms as a white-label product for use by advertising agencies, demand-side platforms (or DSP’s), brands and publishers. Under the white-label scenario, the user licenses a platform from us and is responsible for running its own business operations and is billed a percentage of amounts spent on advertising run through the platform.
     
  · The second revenue stream is a managed services model, in which, the user is billed a higher percentage of revenue run through a platform, but all services are managed by us.

 

Our Intellectual Property

 

Our portfolio of technology consists of various intellectual property including proprietary source code, trade secrets and know-how that we have developed internally. We own our technology, although we use open-source software for certain aspects, and we protect it though trade secrets and confidentiality requirements set out in our employee handbook which each employee acknowledges, and assigning any technology creations and improvements to us. We also have two patents that relate to our location-based mobile advertising technology business which we are not operating. These patents and patents pending are not material to, or used in, our platform related technology that we use in our current operations.

 

 

 

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Governmental Regulations

 

Federal, state, and international laws and regulations govern the collection, use, retention, sharing and security of data that we collect. We strive to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, self-regulatory requirements, and legal obligations relating to privacy, data protection and consumer protection, including those relating to the use of data for marketing purposes. As we develop and provide solutions that address new market segments, we may become subject to additional laws and regulations, which could create unexpected liabilities for us, cause us to incur additional costs or restrict our operations. From time to time, we may be notified of or otherwise become aware of additional laws and regulations that governmental organizations or others may claim should be applicable to our business. Our failure to anticipate the application of these laws and regulations accurately, or other failure to comply, could create liability for us, result in adverse publicity or cause us to alter our business practices, which could cause our net revenues to decrease, our costs to increase or our business otherwise to be harmed. See “Item 1A.”

 

We are subject to general business regulations and laws as well as regulations and laws specifically governing the internet, e-commerce, and m-commerce in a number of jurisdictions around the world. Existing and future regulations and laws could impede the growth of the Internet, e-commerce, m-commerce, or other online services. These regulations and laws may involve taxation, tariffs, privacy and data security, anti-spam, data protection, content, copyrights, distribution, electronic contracts, electronic communications, and consumer protection. It is not clear how existing laws and regulations governing issues such as property ownership, sales and other taxes, libel and personal privacy apply to the Internet as the vast majority of these laws and regulations were adopted prior to the advent of the Internet and do not contemplate or address the unique issues raised by the Internet, e-commerce or m-commerce. It is possible that general business regulations and laws, or those specifically governing the Internet, e-commerce or m-commerce may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another and may conflict with other rules or our practices. See “Risk Factors—Our business practices with respect to data and consumer protection could give rise to liabilities or reputational harm as a result of governmental regulation, legal requirements or industry standards relating to consumer privacy, data protection and consumer protection”; and “Risk Factors-- Changes in consumer sentiment or laws, rules or regulations regarding tracking technologies and other privacy matters could have a material adverse effect on our ability to generate net revenues and could adversely affect our ability to collect data on consumer shopping behavior.”

 

Competition

 

We compete in the programmatic advertising, data management, and user compliance management industries and in all other facets of our business against small, medium and large companies throughout the United States. Some examples include companies such as Liveramp, The TradeDesk and OneTrust. Although we can give no assurance that our business will be able to compete against other companies with greater experience and resources, we believe we have a competitive advantage with our proprietary software and technology platform based on our view that our competitor’s products do not provide the end-to-end solutions that our product solutions do, and their minimum fees are substantially higher than ours for a comparative suite of solutions. See “Risk Factors — We face intense and growing competition, which could result in reduced sales and reduced operating margins and limit our market share.”

 

Employees and Contractors

 

As of March 31, 2023, we had 13 employees, including executive management, technical personnel, salespeople, and support staff employees. We also utilize several additional firms/persons who provide services to us on a non-exclusive basis as independent consultants.

 

Customers

 

For fiscal 2022 and 2021, sales of our products to two customers generated approximately 48% and 31% of our revenues, respectively. Our contracts with our customers generally do not obligate them to a specified term and they can generally terminate their relationship with us at any time with a minimal amount of notice.

 

 

 

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Corporate Structure

 

We operate our business through two wholly owned subsidiaries, Advangelists, LLC and Mobiquity Networks, Inc. Our corporate structure is as follows:

 

 

  

 

Properties

 

The Company is presently utilizing the office space of its Chief Financial Officer as its principal executive office located at 35 Torrington Lane, Shoreham, NY 11786. All employees of the Company are working remotely.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

We are not a party to any pending material legal proceedings, except as follows:

 

Michael Trepeta, a former Co-CEO and director of the Company, filed a lawsuit against the Company and its subsidiary, Mobiquity Networks in April 2023 in the New York State Supreme Court, Nassau County. The claims stem from a Separation Agreement and Release that Mr. Trepeta and the Company entered into six years ago in April 2017 which terminated Mr. Trepeta’s employment agreement and discontinued his employment and directorship with the Company, among other things, by mutual agreement. Mr. Trepeta also gave the Company a release in the Separation Agreement and Release. Mr. Trepeta has claimed that the Company fraudulently induced him to enter into the Separation Agreement and Release; that the Company breached Mr. Trepeta’s employment agreement; and that the Company breached its covenant of good faith and fair dealing and its fiduciary duty. Mr. Trepeta is claiming not less than $2.5 Million in damages. Based on the Company’s initial internal review of the situation, the Company believes the claims lack merit and it intends to vigorously defend same. Due to uncertainties inherent in litigation, the Company cannot predict the outcome of this matter at this time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MANAGEMENT

 

The following table sets forth the name, age, position and tenure of our directors.

 

Name   Age   Position(s)   Served as a
Director Since
Dean L. Julia   55   Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer, Director, Co-Founder   1998
Dr. Gene Salkind, M.D.   70   Chairman of the Board   2019
Byron Booker   49   Director   2023
Anne S. Provost   58   Director   2022
Nate Knight   72   Director   2023

 

Directors

 

Our Board currently consists of five members. Our directors hold office until their successors have been elected and qualified or until the earlier of their resignation or removal.

 

The following biographical descriptions set forth certain information with respect to each director:

 

Dean L. Julia. Mr. Julia works at Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. where he has served as its Chief Executive Officer since December 2000. Mr. Julia co-founded Mobiquity in 1998. Mr. Julia is responsible for establishing our overall strategy and fostering key relationships with technology partners and developers. Mr. Julia also works at Mobiquity Networks, Inc., Mobiquity’ s wholly owned subsidiary, since its formation in 2011. Mr. Julia is responsible for the integration of the sales and intellectual property departments of Mobiquity. From September 1996 through February 1998, Mr. Julia served as President and Chief Executive Officer of DLJ Consulting, a financial intermediary consultant for public and private companies. Mr. Julia has served on the board since its inception. Mr. Julia is a graduate of Hofstra University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1990. Except for Mobiquity Technologies, Inc., Mr. Julia does not hold, and has not previously held, any directorships in any publicly traded reporting companies.

 

Gene Salkind, M.D. Dr. Salkind has served as a director of Mobiquity since January 2019 and Chairman of our board of directors since October 2019. Dr. Salkind is a prominent practicing neurosurgeon, and he has been a shareholder and has worked as President of Bruno & Salkind M.D. P.C. since 1985. He has also worked at Holy Redeemer Hospital where he is the Chief of Neurosurgery, a position he has held since 2001. Dr. Salkind is board certified in neurological surgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. He served as Chief of Neurosurgery of Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia from 1997 to 2002, and of Jeanes Hospital in Philadelphia from 1990 to 2000. In addition to Dr. Salkind’s medical career, he is a tech-company investor, with experience guiding small and micro-cap companies in their development and growth, including up-listings to national securities exchanges. His experience will help the Company with its business growth and corporate finance strategies. Dr. Salkind is a graduate of Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University with a Doctor of Medicine in 1979. Dr. Salkind is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Biology, cum laude in 1974. From 2021 to present, Dr. Salkind has served as a director at Grove Holdings, Inc., which expects to be a publicly traded company in sixty to ninety days. From 2018 to present, Dr. Salkind has served as a director at CURE Pharmaceutical Holding Corp., a publicly traded company. From 2014 to 2020, Dr. Salkind served as a director at Dermtech Intl., a publicly traded company.

 

Byron Booker is the CEO of Lookhu Inc., a multi-channel streaming platform which he founded in 2014. He is a seasoned entrepreneur in the entertainment industry with extensive experience in live streaming, content licensing, video production, and music production, having secured deals with Sony ATV and Universal Music Group, in addition to working with renowned artists such as Chris Brown, Rihanna, P Diddy and Pit Bull. Mr. Booker's most recent work includes the executive production of the visual album titled "Raydemption," featuring celebrities such as Ray J, Princess Love, FloRida, Brandy, and Snoop Dogg. He has also produced successful films and live events alongside social media influencers Vitaly, Tim Delghetto, Tonio Skitz, and Kinsey Wolanski, featuring movie icons Danny Trejo and Tiny Lister, including the all-time record for any event at the South by Southwest film festival in 2013 with over 300,000 concurrent streams. He is also chairman of the Recording Artists Guild, an association of over 12,000 recording artists worldwide, which he founded in 2009. Mr. Booker received a bachelor’s degree in business studies from Dallas Baptist University.

 

 

 

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Anne S. Provost has been employed full-time with TNR Technical, Inc. in various capacities since 1996. She has served as its Chief Financial Officer since 2008 and was recently elected as Acting President. Prior to TNR, she worked as a Business Manager with the Orlando Business Journal. She graduated from the University of Central Florida in 1991 with a BSBA, Accounting. She completed her undergraduate degree while working full-time in the accounting departments of various Orlando law firms. In 2008, she obtained an Executive MBA from the University of Central Florida.

 

Nate Knight is an accomplished business leader with over 30 years of experience as a public accountant, served as an independent director and Chief Financial Officer of United Heath Products, a publicly traded company, from 2013 to 2020. During his tenure, he brought extensive expertise and knowledge to the company's financial operations. Additionally, from 1973 to 2004, Mr. Knight owned and operated his own accounting business, further honing his financial acumen. Prior to joining United Heath Products, he worked as an internal auditor at Prime Alliance Bank from 2004 to 2010.

 

Board Committees

 

Audit Committee

 

The Board has established an Audit Committee currently consisting of Ms. Provost (Chairman) and Messrs. Booker and Knight. The Audit Committee’s primary functions are to oversee and review: the integrity of the Company’s consolidated financial statements and other financial information furnished by the Company, the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, the Company’s systems of internal accounting and financial controls, the independent auditor’s engagement, qualifications, performance, compensation and independence, related party transactions, and compliance with the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

 

Each member of the Audit Committee is “independent” as that term is defined under the applicable rules of the SEC and the applicable rules of Nasdaq. The Board has determined that each Audit Committee member has sufficient knowledge in financial and auditing matters to serve on the Committee. The Board determined that Ms. Provost and Mr. Knight is each an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under the applicable rules of the SEC and the applicable rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

Compensation Committee

 

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors is currently composed of the following three non-employee directors: Mr. Knight (Chairman) and Mr. Booker and Ms. Provost. None of these Compensation Committee members was an officer or employee of the Company during the year. Each member of the Compensation Committee is “independent” as that term is defined under the applicable rules of the SEC and the applicable rules of Nasdaq. The responsibilities of the Compensation Committee include overseeing the evaluation of executive officers (including the Chief Executive Officer) of the Company, determining the compensation of executive officers of the Company, and overseeing the management of risks associated therewith. The Compensation Committee determines and approves the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation. The Compensation Committee also administers the Company’s equity-based plans and makes recommendations to the board with respect to actions that are subject to approval of the board regarding such plans. The Compensation Committee also reviews and makes recommendations to the board with respect to the compensation of directors. The Compensation Committee monitors the risks associated with the Company’s compensation policies and practices as contemplated by Item 402(s) of Regulation S-K.

 

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

 

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors is currently composed of Messrs. Booker (Chairman) and Knight and Ms. Provost. None of these members was an officer or employee of the Company during the year. Each member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is “independent” as that term is defined under the applicable rules of the SEC and the applicable rules of NasdaqCM. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee nominates individuals to be elected to the board of directors by our stockholders. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers recommendations from stockholders if submitted in a timely manner in accordance with the procedures set forth in our bylaws and will apply the same criteria to all persons being considered.

 

 

 

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Executive Officers

 

The following table sets forth certain information regarding our current executive officers:

 

NAME   AGE   POSITION
         
Dean L. Julia   55   Chief Executive Officer/President/Treasurer/Director/Co-Founder
Paul Bauersfeld   59   Chief Technology Officer
Sean J. McDonnell, CPA   62   Chief Financial Officer
Sean Trepeta   55   President of Mobiquity Networks /Secretary of the Company
Deepanker Katyal   37   Chief Executive Officer of Advangelists

 

Our executive officers are elected by, and serve at the discretion of, our Board. The business experience for the past five years, and in some instances, for prior years, of each of our executive officers is as follows:

 

Dean L. Julia. For Mr. Julia’s biography, please see the section entitled “Directors.”

 

Paul Bauersfeld. Mr. Bauersfeld works at Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. where he has served as the Chief Technology Officer since June 2013. From 2003 to 2013, he worked at Varsity Networks, an online media and services company dedicated to serving the local sports market through technology, which he founded and where he served as its Chief Executive Officer. From 2000 to 2001, he worked at MessageOne, where he served as its Chief Executive Officer. From 1999 to 2000, he worked at Ziff-Davies where he served as its Vice President of eCommerce. From 1997 to 1999, he worked at Viacom’s Nickelodeon Online, where he served as its Technology Director. From 1996 to 1997, he worked at GiftOne, where he served as its President. From 1988 to 1993, he worked at Apple Computer where he served in various engineering positions. From 1986 to 1988 he worked at Xerox Corporation. Mr. Bauersfeld brings over 20 years of knowledge and experience as an executive, engineer and entrepreneur in the technology, and software product development industries. His experience in these industries will help the company develop its products and technologies. Mr. Bauersfeld is a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1986. Mr. Bauersfeld does not hold, and has not previously held, any directorships in any publicly traded reporting companies.

 

Sean J. McDonnell, CPA. Mr. McDonnell works at Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. where he has served as the Chief Financial Officer since January 2005. From January 1990 to present, he has owned and operated Sean J. McDonnell CPA, P.C., a private accounting and tax practice. From 1985 to 1990, he worked at Breiner & Bodian CPAs where he served as a senior staff member. Mr. McDonnell brings knowledge and experience in the accounting, finance and tax industries. Mr. McDonnell is a graduate of Dowling College with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1984. Mr. McDonnell does not hold, and has not previously held, any directorships in any reporting companies.

 

Sean Trepeta. Mr. Trepeta works at our wholly owned subsidiary, Mobiquity Networks, Inc. where he has served as President since January 2011. He is also the Secretary of the Company since November 2021. From 2007 to 2011, he worked at Varsity Networks where he served as its President. From 1998 to 2007, Mr. Trepeta worked at OPEX Communications, Inc., a telecommunication service provider specializing in traditional long-distance, wireless, and dedicated services, where he served as its President. From 1996 to 1998 he worked at U.S. Buying Group, Inc., where he served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing and was responsible for developing a small business-buying program, which included value added services such as overnight shipping, office supplies, and computer software products, as well as a full line of telecommunications services. Mr. Trepeta also developed and implemented the agent and carrier divisions of U.S. Buying Group. Mr. Trepeta brings 25 years of knowledge and experience in sales and marketing to our Company to help us grow sales and develop marketing strategies. Mr. Trepeta is a graduate of the State University of New York at Cortland with a B.S. in Education in 1990. Mr. Trepeta served on our Board of Directors from December 2011 to December 2021, at which time he resigned in order to accommodate our Board restructure from three directors five directors including three independent directors when our common stock became listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market. Mr. Trepeta does not hold any directorships in any publicly traded reporting companies.

 

Deepanker Katyal. Mr. Katyal works at the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Advangelists, LLC where he has served as the Chief Executive Officer since the 2017 (prior to the Company’s acquisition of an interest in Advangelists by merger in November 2018). From January 2017 to present, he has also served as an advisor providing business and product advice to Q1media, a digital media services company. Additionally, from 2016 to present, he has served as a strategic advisor to Silicon Valley Stealth Mode Products, a private company. From May 2016 to April 2017, he served as a strategic advisor to Airupt Inc., a mobile marketing platform for brands. From May 2016 to March 2017, he was head of Partnership and Strategy for Adtile Technologies, a mobile publishing and advertising solution company. From November 2015 to 2016, he served as a strategic advisor to Moonraft Innovation Labs, a company that creates customer experiences to differentiate the entities’ clients in the market by creating and designing interactive experiences across physical and digital customer touch points. From April 2014 to May 2016, he also served as a member of the innovation team at Opera Mediaworks, a mobile advertising platform company. Mr. Katyal brings knowledge and experience in software engineering, leading business development efforts, strategic partnerships, and product development and strategy. His experience will help the Company grow and develop its technology and product strategies. Mr. Katyal was a director of our Company from December 2018 following our merger transaction with Advangelists until May 2020, when he stepped down from that position to attend to family matters and focus his working-time commitment on running the day-to-day operations of Advangelists. He does not hold any directorships in any publicly traded reporting companies.

 

 

 

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

The following table sets forth the overall compensation earned over the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021 by:

 

  · each person who served as the principal executive officer of the Company during fiscal year 2022 and 2021;
     
  · the Company’s most highly compensated (up to a maximum of two) executive officers as of December 31, 2022, and 2021 with compensation during fiscal years 2022 and 2021 of $100,000 or more; and
     
  · those two individuals, if any, who would have otherwise been in included in bullet point above but for the fact that they were not serving as an executive of the company as of December 31, 2022.

 

Name and Principal         Salary     Bonus     Stock     Option Awards     All Other Compensation     Total  
Position   Year     ($)     ($)     Awards     ($)(1)     ($)(2)(3)     ($)  
Dean L. Julia   2022     $ 346,154     $         $ 17,225     $ 59,605     $ 422,984  
CEO of the Company   2021     $ 286,615     $         $ 1,136,863     $ 58,590     $ 1,482,068  
                                                     
Deepanker Katyal   2022     $ 387,666     $         $     $ 40,086     $ 427,752  
CEO of Advangelists   2021     $ 324,616     $         $     $ 39,702     $ 364,318  
                                                     
Paul Bauersfeld   2022     $ 288,462     $         $     $ 31,800     $ 320,262  
Chief Technology Officer   2021     $ 238,846     $         $ 513,750     $ 27,365     $ 779,961  
                                                     
Sean Trepeta   2022     $ 230,769     $         $     $ 31,800     $ 262,569  
President of Mobiquity Networks   2021     $ 191,077     $         $ 513,750     $ 27,365     $ 732,192  
                                                     
Sean McDonnell   2022     $ 137,500     $         $     $     $ 137,500  
CFO   2021     $ 127,648     $         $ 102,750     $     $ 230,398  

 

(1) The options and restricted stock awards presented in this table for fiscal years 2022 and 2021 reflect the full grant date fair value, as if the total dollar amount were earned in the year of grant. The stock awards are valued based on the fair market value of such shares on the date of grant and are charged to compensation expense over the related vesting period. The options are valued at the date of grant based upon the Black-Scholes method of valuation, which is expensed over the service period over which the options become vested. As a general rule, for time-in-service-based options, the company will immediately expense any option or portion thereof which is vested upon grant, while expensing the balance on a pro rata basis over the remaining vesting term of the option.

 

(2) Includes all other compensation not reported in the preceding columns, including (i) perquisites and other personal benefits, or property, unless the aggregate amount of such compensation is less than $10,000; (ii) any “gross-ups” or other amounts reimbursed during the fiscal year for the payment of taxes; (iii) discounts from market price with respect to securities purchased from the company except to the extent available generally to all security holders or to all salaried employees; (iv) any amounts paid or accrued in connection with any termination (including without limitation through retirement, resignation, severance or constructive termination, including change of responsibilities) or change in control; (v) contributions to vested and unvested defined contribution plans; (vi) any insurance premiums paid by, or on behalf of, the company relating to life insurance for the benefit of the named executive officer; and (vii) any dividends or other earnings paid on stock or option awards that are not factored into the grant date fair value required to be reported in a preceding column.

 

(3) Includes compensation for service as a director described under Director Compensation, below.

 

 

 

 

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Executive Officer Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

 

The following table provides certain information concerning any common share purchase options, stock awards or equity incentive plan awards held by each of our named executive officers that were outstanding as of December 31, 2022.

 

Option Awards   Stock Awards
Name   Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options(#) Exercisable   Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options(#) Unexercisable   Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (#)     Option Exercise Price
($)
Option Expiration Date   Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#)  

Market

Value of

Shares

or

Units of

Stock That

Have

Not

Vested

 

Equity

Incentive

Plan

Awards:

Number

of

Unearned

Shares,

Units or

Other

Rights

That

Have

Not

Vested

 

Equity

Incentive Plan

Awards:

Market or

Payout Value

of

Unearned

Shares, Units or

Other Rights

That Have Not

Vested

Dean L. Julia   12,250         $ 20.00   01/24/23        
(1)   12,500         $ 28.00   11/20/23        
    62,500         $ 60.00   04/02/29        
    12,500         $ 60.00   04/01/30        
    12,500         $ 60.00   04/01/31        
    225,000         $ 4.57   12/08/31        
    25,000         $ 4.57   12/08/31        
    12,500         $ 1.55   04/01/31        
Deepanker Katyal   25,000         $ 36.00   09/13/24        
(1)   12,500         $ 36.00   09/13/25        
    128,517         $ 56.00   12/06/28                
Paul Bauersfeld   10,000         $ 20.00   01/24/23        
(1)   7,500         $ 28.00   11/20/23        
    25,000         $ 60.00   04/02/29        
    125,000         $ 4.57   12/08/31        
Sean McDonnell   1,750         $ 20.00   01/24/23        
    1,250         $ 28.00   11/20/23        
    25,000         $ 4.57   12/08/31        
Sean Trepeta   9,250         $ 20.00   01/24/23        
    7,500         $ 28.00   11/20/23        
    25,000         $ 60.00   04/02/29        
    125,000         $ 4.57   12/08/31        

 

(1) All options contain cashless exercise provisions.

 

 

 

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Employment Agreements

 

Dean Julia

 

Dean Julia is employed as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer under an employment agreement with an initial term of three years which commenced on April 2, 2019. In January 2022, his employment agreement automatically was renewed for a period of an additional two years. Mr. Julia’s annual base salary is $360,000. In addition to his base salary, Mr. Julia is entitled to a quarterly bonus of at least 1% of gross revenue for each completed fiscal quarter, so long as the Company’s gross revenue meets or exceeds 75% of management’s stated goal. The quarterly bonus may be paid either in cash, common stock or stock options, at Mr. Julia’s election. Should his employment agreement be terminated prior to the end of any fiscal year for any reason, other than for cause by the Company, a pro rata portion of the quarterly bonus shall be paid within 30 days of termination. The Company's board of directors will determine a revenue target each year for the purpose of calculating the quarterly bonus in that year. Mr. Julia also received a signing bonus of vested 10-year options to purchase 62,500 shares, exercisable at $60 per share. Additionally, he is also entitled to 10-year options to purchase an additional 12,500 shares of common stock, exercisable at $60 per share, annually on April 1st of each year which commenced on April 1, 2020. Additionally, if the Company is acquired through a board of directors-approved change in control of at least 50% of the Company’s outstanding voting stock, or the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, Mr. Julia shall be entitled to receive a payment in-kind equal to 3% of the consideration paid in connection with that transaction. He is also entitled to paid disability insurance and term life insurance at an annual cost of not more than $15,000. Additionally, he is also entitled to receive health, dental and 401(k) benefits as is made available by the Company for its other senior officers, as well as indemnification by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws. Mr. Julia also has the use of a Company-leased or -owned automobile. Mr. Julia’s employment agreement contains customary non-competition and non-solicitation of Company customers or employees’ provisions during the term of the agreement. The Company may terminate Mr. Julia’s employment for cause, and Mr. Julia may terminate his employment at any time on three-months’ notice. Also, the Company may terminate Mr. Julia’s employment agreement on Mr. Julia’s death or disability – disability being unable to perform his essential functions for four consecutive months due to physical, mental of emotional incapacity resulting from sickness, disease, or injury. In each of these termination cases, the Company is obligated only to pay Mr. Julia amounts that were due or accrued prior to termination, plus, other than in a for-cause-termination, any pro-rata quarterly bonus described above.

 

Paul Bauersfeld

 

Paul Bauersfeld is employed as the Company’s Chief Technology Officer under an at-will employment agreement which commenced on April 2, 2019. Mr. Bauersfeld’s monthly salary is $25,000. Mr. Bauersfeld is entitled to a quarterly bonus of at least 1% of gross revenue for each completed fiscal quarter, so long as the Company’s gross revenue meets or exceeds management’s stated goal. The quarterly bonus may be paid either in cash, common stock or stock options, at Mr. Bauersfeld’s election. Should his employment agreement be terminated prior to the end of any fiscal year for any reason, other than for cause by the Company, a pro rata portion of the quarterly bonus shall be paid within 30 days of termination. The Company's board of directors will determine a revenue target each year for the purpose of calculating the quarterly bonus in that year. Mr. Bauersfeld also received a signing bonus of 10-year options to purchase 25,000 shares, exercisable at $60 per share; 35% of which vested immediately, 35% of which vested on April 2, 2020 and 30% of which vested on April 2, 2021. Mr. Bauersfeld is entitled to participate in the Company’s health plans as well as indemnification by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws. Mr. Bauersfeld’s employment agreement contains customary non-competition and non-solicitation of Company customers or employees’ provisions during the term of the agreement. Although Mr. Bauersfeld’s employment agreement is at-will, the Company may terminate Mr. Bauersfeld’s employment for cause. In the event Mr. Bauersfeld’s employment agreement is terminated other than for cause by the Company, the Company will pay Mr. Bauersfeld severance pay equal to three months of his salary.

 

 

 

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Sean Trepeta

 

Sean Trepeta is employed as President of our wholly owned subsidiary, Mobiquity Networks, Inc. under an at-will employment agreement which commenced on April 2, 2019. Mr. Trepeta’s monthly salary is $20,000. Mr. Trepeta is entitled to a quarterly bonus of at least 1% of gross revenue for each completed fiscal quarter, so long as the Company’s gross revenue meets or exceeds management’s stated goal. The quarterly bonus may be paid either in cash, common stock or stock options, at Mr. Trepeta’s election. Should his employment agreement be terminated prior to the end of any fiscal year for any reason, other than for cause by the Company, a pro rata portion of the quarterly bonus shall be paid within 30 days of termination. The Company's board of directors will determine a revenue target each year for the purpose of calculating the quarterly bonus in that year. Mr. Trepeta also received a signing bonus of 10-year options to purchase 25,000 shares, exercisable at $60 per share; 35% of which vested immediately, 35% of which vested on April 2, 2020, and 30% of which vested on April 2, 2021. Mr. Trepeta is entitled to participate in the Company’s health plans as well as indemnification by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws. Mr. Trepeta’s employment agreement contains customary non-competition and non-solicitation of Company customers or employees’ provisions during the term of the agreement. Although Mr. Trepeta’s employment agreement is at-will, the Company may terminate Mr. Trepeta’s employment for cause. In the event Mr. Trepeta’s employment agreement is terminated other than for cause by the Company, the Company will pay Mr. Trepeta severance pay equal to three months of his salary.

 

Deepanker Katyal

 

Deepanker Katyal is employed as Chief Executive Officer of our wholly owned subsidiary, Advangelists, LLC on at at-will basis on the same substantive terms as his January 4, 2022 Employment Agreement with Advangelists which expired on January 4, 2023. Mr. Katyal’s annual base salary is $400,000. Mr. Katyal’s employment agreement also provides the following compensation: commissions equal to 10% of the net revenues derived from all New Katyal Managed Accounts (as was defined in the employment agreement – being accounts directly introduced by Mr. Katyal or assigned to Employee in writing by the Manager of the Company).

 

Mr. Katyal is entitled to a monthly allowance of up to $550 per month to cover lease or purchase finance costs of an automobile during his employment. Mr. Katyal’s employment agreement provides for indemnification by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as well as participation in all benefit plans, programs, and perquisites as are generally provided by Advangelists to its employees, including medical, dental, life insurance, disability and 401(k) participation. Mr. Katyal’s employment agreement contains customary non-solicitation of Company customers or employees’ provisions during the term of the agreement and for one year after termination. The agreement provides for termination by Advangelists for cause upon 30 days’ prior written notice: and without cause after 60 days’ prior written notice. Mr. Kaytal’s employment agreement provides for assignment of ownership rights regarding intellectual property created by Mr. Katyal relating to the Company’s business. 

 

Sean McDonnell

 

Sean McDonnell is employed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer on a non-full-time basis as an employee at-will with no employment agreement. He has a monthly base salary of $11,000 and he is eligible to receive options and other bonuses at the discretion of the board.

 

 

 

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

 

Currently, one director of the Company is an executive officer of the Company. He receives compensation as an officer as described above under the heading “Executive Compensation” and as a director. All Board members received Options under our 2021 Compensation Plan. On March 18, 2022, the board of directors approved the payment of $1,000 per month to be paid to each member of the board of directors for serving on the board and any committees thereof. Future compensation of board members/committee members are at the discretion of the board.

 

Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plans

 

On January 3, 2005, our company established the 2005 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan covering 5,000 shares, which 2005 Plan was ratified by our shareholders in February 2005. On August 12, 2005, the company’s stockholders approved a 5,000-share increase in the 2005 Plan to 10,000 shares. On August 28, 2009, the Board adopted the 2009 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan identical to the 2005 Plan covering 10,000 shares. In September 2013, the Company’s stockholders ratified a board amendment to increase the number of shares covered by the 2009 Plan to 25,000 shares. In February 2015, the Board approved an increase in the number of shares covered by the 2009 Plan from 25,000 shares to 50,000 shares, subject to shareholder approval within one year. However, shareholder approval was not obtained within the requisite time period, and the Board established the 2016 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan covering 25,000 shares which is otherwise identical to the 2005 and 2009 Plans. All options granted under the 2009 Plan, which exceed the Plan limits, were moved to the 2016 Plan. In December 2018, the Company approved the 2018 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan identical to the other Plans described above, except for the number of shares covered by the Plan is 75,000. The 2018 Plan was ratified by shareholders in February 2019. On April 2, 2019, the Board approved the 2019 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan identical to the other Plans described above, except for the number of shares covered by the Plan is 150,000. Approval of the 2019 Plan was not approved by the shareholders within one year in order to grant incentive stock options under said Plan, and it remains unratified by our shareholders. On October 13, 2021, the Board approved the Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan identical to the 2019 Plan except that the number of shares underlying the Plan is 1,100,000. The 2021 Plan was not approved by the shareholders within one year in order to grant incentive stock options under said Plan. On May 15, 2023 our stockholders approved the Company’s 2023 Equity Participation Plan. Our 2023 Plan authorizes the grant of awards relating to 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to employees, officers, directors and certain contractors. We refer to the 2005, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023 Plans as the “Plans”.

 

Administration

 

Our board of directors or a committee of the Board administers the Plans, has the authority to determine and designate officers, employees, directors, and consultants to whom awards shall be made; and the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to each award (including, among other things, the option price, any restriction or limitation, any vesting schedule or acceleration of vesting, and any forfeiture restrictions).

 

Types of Awards

 

The Plans are designed to enable us to offer certain officers, employees, directors and consultants of us and our subsidiaries equity interests in us and other incentive awards in order to attract, retain and reward such individuals and to strengthen the mutuality of interests between such individuals and our stockholders. In furtherance of this purpose, the Plans contain provisions for granting incentive and non-qualified stock options, restricted stock awards, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units and bonus stock grants.

 

 

 

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Stock Options

 

A “stock option” is a contractual right to purchase a number of shares of common stock at a price determined on the date the option is granted. An incentive stock option is an option granted under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to our employees with certain tax advantages to the grantee over non-statutory stock options. The option price per share of common stock purchasable upon exercise of a stock option and the time or times at which such options shall be exercisable shall be determined by the Board at the time of grant. The option price in the case of incentive stock options shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant and may be granted below fair market value in the case of non-statutory stock options. Incentive stock options granted to owners of 10% or more of our common stock must be granted at an exercise price of at least 110% of the fair market value of our common stock and may not have a term greater than five years. Also, the value of incentive options vesting to any employee in any calendar year cannot exceed $100,000. The option price of our options must be paid in cash, money order, check or common stock of the company. The non-statutory stock options may also contain at the time of grant, at the discretion of the board, certain other cashless exercise provisions. These cashless exercise provisions are included in the currently outstanding non-statutory stock options granted by the board.

 

Options shall be exercisable at the times and subject to the conditions determined by the Board at the date of grant, but no option may be exercisable more than ten years after the date it is granted. If the optionee ceases to be an employee of our company for any reason other than death, any incentive stock option exercisable on the date of the termination of employment may be exercised for a period of 30 days or until the expiration of the stated term of the option, whichever period is shorter. In the event of the optionee’s death, any incentive stock option exercisable at the date of death may be exercised by the legal heirs of the optionee from the date of death until the expiration of the stated term of the option or six months from the date of death, whichever event first occurs. In the event of disability of the optionee, any incentive stock options shall expire on the stated date that the option would otherwise have expired or 12 months from the date of disability, whichever event first occurs. The termination and other provisions of a non-statutory stock option shall be fixed by the board of directors at the date of grant of each respective option.

 

Restricted Stock.

 

Restricted Stock are shares of common stock awarded to a grantee in amounts and subject to vesting criteria and other terms and conditions as determined by the Board or committee. The Board or committee may impose conditions and/or restrictions on the vesting of any shares of Restricted Stock as it deems advisable, including, among others, length of service, corporate performance, or attainment of individual or group performance goals. The Restricted Stock is subject to forfeiture back to the Company in the event the vesting requirements are not met. The period during which such requirements are in effect is referred to as the “restriction period”.

 

Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until the shares are vested. 

 

During the restriction period, the grantee will be the record owner of the Restricted Stock and will be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to the shares while they are so restricted. However, any dividends or distributions, whether paid in shares of Company stock, cash or other property, paid during the restricted period will be held by the Company or third party custodian or trustee and will be subject to the same restrictions as the Restricted Stock.

 

Restricted Stock Units.

 

Each Restricted Stock Unit (or RSU) represents a promise by the Company to deliver to the grantee one share of common stock at a predetermined date in the future. RSUs may be granted in the amounts and subject to terms and conditions as determined by the Board or committee. The Board or committee may impose the conditions and/or restrictions for the vesting of RSUs as it deems advisable, which may be of the same nature and type as those which may be imposed on Restricted Stock as described above. RSUs are subject to forfeiture in the event the vesting requirements are not met.

 

 

 

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Stock Bonus Grants

 

Stock bonus grants are shares of common stock which may be awarded to a Grantee as a bonus in the amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as determined by the Board or committee which may be of the same nature and type as those which may be imposed on Restricted Stock as described above. The Board or committee will set performance and other goals for the attainment of stock bonuses, which, depending on the extent to which they are met during the performance periods established by the Board or committee, will determine the number of bonus stock shares that will be paid to the grantee.

 

Prior to the date on which a stock bonus grant is required to be paid, the stock bonus grant will constitute an unfunded, unsecured promise by the Company to distribute common stock in the future. 

 

Awards Granted

 

As of December 31, 2022, the Company has granted a total of 1,136,597 options under the Plans and a total of 26,124 options outside the Plans, or a total of options to purchase 1,162,721 shares of the Company’s common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $16.16 per share. The board has granted options with varying terms. The Company has also granted to various officers, directors and employees of Advangelists, warrants to purchase an aggregate of 166,017 shares at varying terms. No common stock awards have been made under the Plans. 

   

It is not possible to predict the individuals who will receive future awards under the Plans or outside the Plans or the number of shares of common stock covered by any future award because such awards are wholly within the discretion of the Board. The table below contains information as of December 31, 2022, of the known benefits provided to certain persons and group of persons who own options under or outside the Plans.

 

   

Number of Shares

Subject to Options/Warrants

   

Average Exercise

Price ($) per Share

   

Value of

Unexercised

Options/

Warrants at

Dec. 31, 2022 (1)

 
Dean L. Julia     374,750       18.69     $  
Sean McDonnell     28,000       6.58     $  
Sean Trepeta     166,750       14.79     $  
Paul Bauersfeld     167,500       14.81     $  
Deepanker Katyal     166,017       51.48     $  
Executive Officers as a group     903,017       22.90     $  
Gene Salkind     1,321,604       17.28     $  
Three Independent Directors as a group     75,000       4.57     $  

 

(1) Value is normally calculated by multiplying (a) the difference between the market value per share at period end (i.e. $0.54 based upon a last sale on December 30, 2022) and the option exercise price by (b) the number of shares of common stock underlying the option.

  

Eligibility

 

Officers, employees, directors, and certain consultants and contractors of the Company and our subsidiaries are eligible to be granted awards under our Plans.

 

 

 

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Termination or Amendment of the Plans

 

The board may at any time amend, discontinue, or terminate all or any part of the Plans, provided, however, that unless otherwise required by law, the rights of a participant may not be impaired without his or her consent, and provided that we will seek the approval of our stockholders for any amendment if such approval is necessary to comply with any applicable federal or state securities laws or rules or regulations.

 

Nate Knight Options

 

On March 16, 2023, Michael A. Wright resigned from the Board and was replaced by Nate Knight. Mr. Knight has been granted under the Company’s 2021 Equity Plan five year vested non-statutory options to purchase 25,000 common shares at an exercise price of $0.22 per share exercisable at any time after the date of grant. He will also receive the same cash consideration per month that is paid to other Board members.

 

 Equity Transactions

 

In April 2023, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the following awards outside our Plans:

 

  · Grant of 100,000 shares of restricted common stock to Gene Salkind, Chairman of the Board, for services previously rendered, based on a per share value of $0.167. Such shares are restricted from transfer until February 13, 2024.
  · Grant of 50,000 shares of restricted common stock each to Mr. Julia and Anne Provost, another member of the Board of Directors for services as directors of the Company. Such shares are restricted from transfer until February 13, 2024.
  · Grant of 30,000 shares of common stock to Mr. Salkind as payment for accrued and unpaid interest of approximately $5,000 based on a per share value of $0.167.
  · Grant of 71,856 shares of restricted common stock to the Company’s legal counsel as payment for accrued and unpaid services valued at $12,000 and $0.167 per share. Such shares are restricted from transfer until February 13, 2024.
  · Issuance of 1,562,133 shares of restricted common stock at a per share value of $0.17 as payment and full settlement of outstanding accounts payables with a total carrying amount of $265,563.
  · Grant of 25,000 stock options to Byron Booker, a member of the Board of Directors in April 2023 with a term of five years and exercise price of $0.22 per share.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

 

Common Stock

The following table sets forth certain information regarding beneficial ownership of our voting stock as of June 1, 2023, based upon 25,811,261 common shares outstanding and by:

 

  · each person or group of affiliated persons known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of any class of our voting stock;
     
  · each “named executive officer” of the Company;
     
  · each of our directors; and
     
  · all executive officers and directors as a group.

 

Unless otherwise noted below, the address of each person listed in the table is c/o Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. at the address set forth herein. To our knowledge, each person listed below has sole voting and investment power over the shares shown as beneficially owned except to the extent jointly owned with spouses or otherwise noted below. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC. The information does not necessarily indicate ownership for any other purpose. Under these rules, shares of stock which a person has the right to acquire (i.e., by the exercise of any option or the conversion of such person’s outstanding Preferred Stock) within 60 days after June 1, 2023, are deemed to be beneficially owned and outstanding for purposes of calculating the number of shares and the percentage beneficially owned by that person. However, these shares are not deemed to be beneficially owned and outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage beneficially owned by any other person. The percentage of shares owned as of June 1, 2023, is based upon 25,811,261 shares of common stock.

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner   Shares of
Common
Stock
  Number of
Shares
Underlying
Convertible
Preferred
Stock, Notes
Options and
Warrants
  Total
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
  Percentage
of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned (%)
   
Directors and Executive Officers                                    
Paul Bauersfeld     250        167,500       167,750       *      
Dean L. Julia     54,884       387,250       442,134       *      
Sean Trepeta     2,525       166,750       169,275       *      
Sean McDonnell     417       28,000       28,417       *      
Deepanker Katyal           166,017       166,017       *      
Nate Knight           25,000       25,000       *      
Gene Salkind     4,478,017       1,321,604       5,799,621       21.4      
Anne S. Provost     50,000       25,000       75,000       *      
Byron Booker           25,000       25,000       *      
All Officers and directors as a group (nine persons)     4,586,093       2,312,121       6,898,214       24.5      

 

* Less than two percent.

 

 

 

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

We describe below all transactions and series of similar transactions, other than compensation arrangements, during our last three fiscal years, to which we were a party or will be a party in which:

 

  · the amounts exceeded or will exceed $120,000; and
     
  · any of our directors, executive officers, or holders of more than 5% of our capital stock, or any member of the immediate family of the foregoing persons, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

 

Employment Agreements and Executive Compensation

 

We have entered into various employment agreements as described under the heading “Executive Compensation”. These agreements also provide for us to indemnify such officers and/or directors to the maximum extent permitted by law. We also carry directors’ and officers’ liability insurance which protects each of our officers and directors up to the policy maximum of $1.5 million, subject to a $1.5 million deductible for securities claims and $75,000 for other claims. For more information regarding our employment agreements and indemnification provisions, see “Executive Compensation.”

 

Related Party Debt Financing

 

On September 13, 2019, Dr. Gene Salkind, who is a director of the Company, and an affiliate of Dr. Salkind subscribed for 15% Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes and loaned the Company an aggregate of $2,300,000. These notes were amended and restated on December 31, 2019, by Amended and Restated 15% Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes which deferred interest payments from the date of the original notes to December 31, 2020, and added an aggregate interim payment of $250,000 payable on December 31, 2020, that covered the deferred interest payments. These notes were again amended and restated on April 1, 2021, by the Second Amended and Restated 15% Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes which reflected an additional principal amount of $150,000 loaned by Dr. Salkind, and amended the interim payment date to December 31, 2021, and the conversion price from $32 to $4 per share. The notes were secured by the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries. The total amount loaned under the notes, as amended, and restated, including the principal amount and the interim payment amount was $2,700,000.

 

The notes, as amended and restated, bore annual interest at 15% which was payable monthly in cash or, at the Salkind lenders’ option, in shares of the Company’s common stock. The principal amount under the Notes was due on September 30, 2029, and the interim payment was payable on December 31, 2021, unless, the Notes were converted into shares of our common stock.

 

The outstanding principal plus any accrued and unpaid interest, and the interim payment under the notes, were convertible into shares of Company common stock at a conversion price of $4 per share and warrants to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock for every two shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, at an exercise price of $48 per share. The warrant exercise price was amended to $4 per share.

 

The notes contained customary events of default, which, if uncured, entitled the holders to accelerate payment of the principal and all accrued and unpaid interest under the notes. 

 

 

 

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In the second quarter of 2020, we halted required interest payments under the September 2019 and June 30, 2021, Notes to Dr. Salkind and his affiliate due to economic hardships stemming from a downturn in our business and the related decline of our revenue resulting from the COVID 19 pandemic. Dr. Salkind and his affiliate had not declared a default under the Notes due to the non-payment of interest. They had the right to declare the Notes in default at any time due to uncured non-payment. On December 17, 2021, the Company paid Dr. Salkind and his affiliate an aggregate of $400,000 in accrued interest and paid down principal of $137,500 to reduce the outstanding principal to $2,562,500 and unpaid interest to $256,850, which was subsequently reduced to $235,563. 

 

Shares and warrants issued upon conversion of debt:

 

During the year ended December 31, 2022, Dr. Gene Salkind, and his affiliate converted Notes in the aggregate amount of principal and accrued interest of $2,562,500 in exchange for 1,776,333 shares of common stock (at reduced conversion prices between $1.25 and $1.50 per share) as well as warrants to purchase 888,166 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share, exercisable through September 2029. 

 

 In April 2023, we issued 1,385,663 shares of restricted common stock at a per share value of $0.17 as payment and full settlement of outstanding accounts payables with a total carrying amount of $235,563 owed to Gene Salkind.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES SOLD IN OFFERING

 

Securities Offered in this Offering

 

We are offering 30,000,000 shares of common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof). The description of our common stock is set forth below under “Description of Capital Stock.” The following is a summary of certain terms and provisions of the pre-funded warrants offered hereby. Prospective investors should carefully review the terms and provisions set forth in the form of pre-funded warrants, which is attached as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

  

Pre-Funded Warrants

 

General

 

The term “pre-funded” refers to the fact that the purchase price of the pre-funded warrants in this offering includes almost the entire exercise price that will be paid under the pre-funded warrants, except for a nominal remaining exercise price of $0.0001. The purpose of the pre-funded warrants is to enable investors that may have restrictions on their ability to beneficially own more than 4.99% (or, at the election of such purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding common stock following the consummation of this offering the opportunity to invest capital into the Company without triggering their ownership restrictions, by receiving pre-funded warrants in lieu of shares of our common stock which would result in such ownership of more than 4.99% or 9.99%, as applicable, and receiving the ability to exercise their option to purchase the shares underlying the pre-funded warrants at a nominal price at a later date.

 

The following is a brief summary of certain terms and conditions of the pre-funded warrants being offered by us. The following description is subject in all respects to the provisions contained in the form of pre-funded warrant, the form of which will be filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

Exercise Price

 

Pre-funded warrants have an exercise price of $0.0001 per share. The exercise price is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of certain stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications or similar events affecting our common stock and also upon any distributions of assets, including cash, stock or other property to our stockholders.

 

Exercisability

 

The pre-funded warrants are exercisable at any time after their original issuance and until exercised in full. The pre-funded warrants will be exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in part by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice and by payment in full of the exercise price in immediately available funds for the number of shares of common stock purchased upon such exercise. As an alternative to payment in immediately available funds, the holder may elect to exercise the pre-funded warrant through a cashless exercise, in which the holder would receive upon such exercise the net number of shares of common stock determined according to the formula set forth in the pre-funded warrant. No fractional shares of common stock will be issued in connection with the exercise of a pre-funded warrant.

 

Exercise limitations

 

The pre-funded warrants may not be exercised by the holder to the extent that the holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own, after such exercise more than 4.99% of the shares of our common stock then outstanding (including for such purpose the shares of our common stock issuable upon such exercise). However, any holder may increase or decrease such beneficial ownership limitation upon notice to us, provided that such limitation cannot exceed 9.99%, and provided that any increase in the beneficial ownership limitation shall not be effective until 61 days after such notice is delivered. Purchasers of pre-funded warrants in this offering may also elect prior to the issuance of the pre-funded warrants to have the initial exercise limitation set at 9.99% of our outstanding shares of common stock.

 

 

 

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Transferability

 

Subject to applicable laws, the pre-funded warrants may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without our consent.

 

Exchange listing

 

There is no established trading market for the pre-funded warrants and we do not expect a market to develop. In addition, we do not intend to apply for the listing of the pre-funded warrants on any national securities exchange or other trading market. Without an active trading market, the liquidity of the pre-funded warrants will be limited.

 

Fundamental transactions

 

In the event of a fundamental transaction, as described in the pre-funded warrants and generally including any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of our common stock, the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of our properties or assets, our consolidation or merger with or into another person, the acquisition of more than 50% of our outstanding common stock, or any person or group becoming the beneficial owner of 50% of the voting power represented by our outstanding common stock, upon consummation of such a fundamental transaction, the holders of the pre-funded warrants will be entitled to receive upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that the holders would have received had they exercised the pre-funded warrants immediately prior to such fundamental transaction without regard to any limitations on exercise contained in the pre-funded warrants.

 

No rights as a stockholder

 

Except as otherwise provided in the pre-funded warrant or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of shares of our common stock, the holder of a pre-funded warrant does not have the rights or privileges of a holder of our common stock, including any voting rights, until the holder exercises the pre-funded warrant. The pre-funded warrants will provide that holders have the right to participate in distributions or dividends paid on our common stock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

 

Our authorized capital stock consists of 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

Common Stock

 

As of June 1, 2023, 25,811,261 shares of our common stock were outstanding. The outstanding shares of our common stock are validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.

 

Dividends

 

Each share of our common stock is entitled to receive an equal dividend, if one is declared. We cannot provide any assurance that we will declare or pay cash dividends on our common stock in the future. Any future determination to declare cash dividends will be made at the discretion of our Board of Directors, subject to applicable laws, and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors that our Board of Directors may deem relevant. Our Board of Directors may determine it to be necessary to retain future earnings (if any) to finance our growth. See “Risk Factors” and “Dividend Policy.”

 

Liquidation

 

If our Company is liquidated, then assets that remain (if any) after the creditors are paid and the owners of preferred stock receive liquidation preferences (as applicable) will be distributed to the owners of our common stock pro rata. At the date of this prospectus, none of the Company’s series of preferred stock have liquidation preferences and they are treated the same as common shares on an as-converted basis for the purposes of distribution of assets upon liquidation.

 

Voting Rights

 

Each share of our common stock entitles the owner to one vote. There is no cumulative voting. A simple majority can elect all of the directors at a given meeting, and the minority would not be able to elect any director at that meeting.

 

Preemptive Rights

 

Owners of our common stock have no preemptive rights. We may sell shares of our common stock to third parties without first offering such shares to current stockholders.

 

Redemption Rights

 

We do not have the right to buy back shares of our common stock except in extraordinary transactions, such as mergers and court approved bankruptcy reorganizations. Owners of our common stock do not ordinarily have the right to require us to buy their common stock. We do not have a sinking fund to provide assets for any buy back.

 

Conversion Rights

 

Shares of our common stock cannot be converted into any other kind of stock except in extraordinary transactions, such as mergers and court approved bankruptcy reorganizations.

 

Non-assessability

 

All outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and non-assessable.

 

 

 

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2021 Warrants

 

The following summary of certain terms and provisions of the warrants offered by this prospectus is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of the warrant, the form of which has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. Prospective investors should carefully review the terms and provisions of the form of warrant for a complete description of the terms and conditions of the warrants.

 

Exercisability

 

The warrants are exercisable on the original issuance date and expire on the date that is five years after their original issuance. The warrants are exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in part by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice. In no event may the warrants be net cash settled or through a cashless exercise.

 

Exercise Limitation

 

A holder does not have the right to exercise any portion of the warrant if the holder (together with its affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of either 4.99% (or at the election of the holder, 9.99%) of the number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the warrants. However, any increase in the beneficial ownership percentage will not be effective until the 61st day after the election is made.

 

Exercise Price

 

The warrants have an exercise price of $4.98 per share. The exercise price is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of certain stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications or similar events affecting our common stock and also upon any distributions of assets, including cash, stock or other property to our stockholders.

 

Adjustments

 

The exercise price of the warrants and the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants are subject to adjustment and in the case of stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reclassifications and the like.

 

Cashless Exercise

 

If, at the time a holder exercises its warrant, there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for an issuance to the holder of, the shares underlying the warrant, then in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to us upon such exercise in payment of the aggregate exercise price, the holder may elect instead to receive upon such exercise (either in whole or in part) the net number of shares of common stock determined according to a formula set forth in the warrant.

 

Transferability

 

Subject to applicable laws, the warrants may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without our consent.

 

 

 

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Exchange Listing

 

The warrants are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “MOBQW”. There is no established trading market for the warrants being offered and we cannot assure that a market for the warrants to develop. Without an active trading market, the liquidity of the warrants will be limited.

 

Fundamental Transactions

 

In the event of a “Fundamental Transaction” by the Company, such as a merger or consolidation of it with another company, the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets in one or a series of related transactions, a purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer, or any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Company’s common stock, then the warrant holder will have the right to receive, for each share of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the warrant, at the option of the holder, the number of shares of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration payable as a result of the Fundamental Transaction, that would have been issued or conveyed to the warrant holder had the holder exercised the warrant immediately preceding the closing of the Fundamental Transaction. In lieu of receiving such common stock and additional consideration in the Fundamental Transaction, the warrant holder may elect to have the Company or the successor entity purchase the warrant holder’s warrant for its fair market value.

 

Rights as a Stockholder

 

Except as otherwise provided in the warrants or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of shares of our common stock, the holder of a warrant does not have the rights or privileges of a holder of our common stock, including any voting rights, until the holder exercises the warrant.

 

Outstanding Derivative Securities

 

Before this offering, we have outstanding the derivative securities:

 

  · excludes 1,176,847 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options by the members of our board of directors and third parties at a weighted average exercise price of $$15.20 per share as of June 6, 2023;
     
  · excludes 2,613,636 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants issued to our secured lender at an exercise price of $.44 per share;
     
  · excludes 2,807,937 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding 2021 Warrants held by investors at an exercise price of $4.98 per share as of June 6, 2023;
     
  · excludes 74,458 shares of common stock issuable upon the full exercise of the warrants at an exercise price of $5.1875 per share we granted to Spartan as an underwriter of our 2021 public offering;
     
  · excludes 403,226 shares of common stock issuable upon the full exercise of the warrants at an exercise price of $0.5115 per share granted to Spartan as an underwriter of our February 2023 public offering, which were subsequently cancelled on June 22, 2023;
     
  · excludes 2,203,382 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of other warrants that are outstanding as of the date of this prospectus exercisable at an average exercise price of $5.14 per share; and
     
  · excludes 162,074 shares issuable upon conversion of outstanding Preferred Stock.

 

 

 

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Authorized and Issued Preferred Stock

 

The Company has 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $.0001 per share authorized. The Board has the right in its sole discretion to designate the rights and preferences of various series of Preferred Stock. It has designated the rights and preferences of the following outstanding preferred shares:

 

   Number of shares at
, 2023
 
Title of Class  Authorized   Issued and
Outstanding
 
Series AAA Preferred Stock   1,250,000    31,413 
Series E Preferred Stock   70,000    61,688 

 

Series AAA Preferred Stock

 

The rights, preferences and limitations of the Series AAA Preferred Stock (the “Series AAA Shares”), are as follows:

 

  · Par Value. The par value of the Series AAA Shares is $.0001 per share.
     
  · Optional Conversion into Common Stock. Each Preferred Share shall be, at the Option of the holder, convertible into .25 shares of Common Stock.
     
  · Voting. Each Series AAA Share shall have no voting rights until converted into Common Shares, except as required by state law.
     
  · Dividends. The Preferred Shares shall have no dividend rights until converted into Common Shares, except as required by state law.
     
  · Liquidation Preference. The Preferred Shares shall have no liquidation preference and shall be treated the same as a holder of Common Shares.
     
  · Anti-dilution/Adjustment. The Preferred Shares conversion price shall be appropriately adjusted by the Board for certain corporate events.

 

Series E Preferred Stock

 

The rights, preferences and limitations of the Series E Preferred Stock (the “Series E Shares”), are as follows:

 

  · Par Value; Stated Value. The par value of the Series E Shares is $.0001 per share. The stated value of the Series E Shares shall be $80.00 per share (the “Stated Value”).

 

Redemption Rights

 

  · Redemption. The Corporation may redeem all of the Series E Shares at any time on 30 days’ notice, and a majority-in-interest of the holders of the Series E Shares may cause the Corporation to redeem all the Series E Shares at any time on 30 days’ notice for cash in the amount of 100% of the Stated Value (the “Redemption Amount”). The date which is thirty (30) days following the date notice is given pursuant to this Section 6(b)(i) is referred to as the “Redemption Date”. Notice shall be given by certified mail return receipt requested, and shall be deemed given three (3) days after mailing. Notice given by a majority-in-interest of the holders of the Series E Shares shall be determined from the latest date that any holder constituted in a majority-in-interest of the holders of the Series E Shares mails such notice.
     
  · Redemption Date. As of the Redemption Date, the Series E Shares shall be deemed redeemed and the certificates of the Series E Shares shall thereafter represent only the right to receive the Redemption Amount for the shares of Series E Shares represented by such certificates and no other rights, and the shares of Series E Shares represented by such certificates shall be cancelled in the Corporation’s stock books.
     
  · Payment. The Corporation shall pay each holder of the Series E Shares the Redemption Amount within ten (10) Business Days (as defined herein) after the Corporation receives the certificate(s) for the Series E Shares being redeemed from such holder. The Corporation shall hold the Redemption Amount in trust for any holder of Series E Shares until such holder delivers such holder’s certificate(s) for the redeemed Series E Shares to the Corporation.

 

 

 

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Conversion Rights

 

  · Optional Conversion. Unless the Series E Shares are forfeited under certain circumstances in accordance with the Series E Shares terms, each Series E Share is convertible at the holder’s option into 2.5 shares of common stock (giving effect to the 1-for-400 share reverse split on September 9, 2020 (the “Conversion Rate”).
     
  · Voting. The Series E Shares shall have no voting rights, except as otherwise required by applicable state law.
     
  · Dividends. The Series E Shares shall have no dividend rights, except as otherwise required by applicable state law.
     
  · Liquidation Preference. The Series E Shares shall have no liquidation preference and shall be treated pari-passu with the Common Stock.
     
  · Adjustments. The number of shares of Common Stock into which each share of Series E Preferred Stock is convertible) shall be subject to adjustment from time to time, for dividends, splits, reclassifications and the like, consolidations and mergers.

 

Series F Preferred Stock

 

Each Share of Series F Preferred Stock will not have rights as a security holder except for certain voting rights in connection with the Company’s upcoming Special Meeting of Stockholders expected to be held on July 21, 2023. In this regard, the Series F Preferred Stock will not have voting rights other than 70 million votes per share on the reverse stock split proposal, which proposal is contained in a proxy statement which has been mailed to shareholders. The Series F Preferred Stock shall vote together with the outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation as a single class exclusively with respect to the reverse stock split and shall not be entitled to vote on any other matter. The vote of each share of Series F Preferred Stock (or fraction thereof) will be required to be cast in the same proportions as shares of common stock (excluding any shares of common stock that are not voted) are voted on the reverse stock split. The Series F Preferred Stock shall be redeemed (a) at any time if and when ordered by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, or (b) automatically upon the effectiveness of the amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation implementing the reverse stock split, if Proposal 1 is approved. Dean Julia, the Chief Executive Officer, President and Treasurer, and a Director of the Company, has subscribed to purchase the share of Series F Preferred Stock, which shall take effect upon the filing of an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, creating the Series F Preferred Stock.

 

New York Anti-Takeover Law

 

Section 912 of the New York Business Corporation Law (the “BCL”), prohibits a New York corporation from engaging in certain business combinations with an interested shareholders and prevents certain persons from making a takeover bid for a New York corporation unless certain prescribed requirements are satisfied, or there is an exception. We are excepted from the provisions of Section 912 of the BCL because our shares of common stock are registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Limitation on Liability and Indemnification Matters

 

The Company indemnifies directors, officers, employees and agents, and the heirs of personal representatives of such persons, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgement, actually and reasonably incurred by such person arising out of their function as a director, officer, employee or agent to the Company.

  

 

 

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Limitation of Liability of Directors

 

Section 402(b) of the BCL permits a New York corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating the potential monetary liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for breach of fiduciary duty as a director; provided that this provision may not eliminate the liability of a director (i) for acts or omissions in bad faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (ii) for any transaction from which the director receives an improper personal benefit or (iii) for any acts in violation of Section 719 of the BCL. Section 719 provides that a director who votes or concurs in a corporate action will be liable to the corporation for the benefit of its creditors and shareholders for any damages suffered as a result of an action approving (i) an improper payment of a dividend, (ii) an improper redemption or purchase by the corporation of shares of the corporation, (iii) an improper distribution of assets to shareholders after dissolution of the corporation without adequately providing for all known liabilities of the corporation or (iv) the making of an improper loan to a director of the corporation. Our restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, provides that our directors shall not be liable to us or our shareholders for a breach of their duties to the fullest extent in which elimination or limitation of the liability of directors is permitted by the BCL.

 

Indemnification of Officers and Directors

 

Our restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, provides that we shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by the BCL, each person (and their heirs, executors, or administrators) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in, any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of our Company or is or was serving at our request as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. We are also obligated to pay the cost of the expenses incurred by our officers and directors (including attorney’s fees) in defending themselves in such proceedings in advance of final disposition if the officer or director agrees to repay the amount advanced in the event it is ultimately determined that the officer or director was not entitled to be indemnified by us as authorized by our restated certificate of incorporation, as amended. We are not obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person unless the proceeding was authorized or consented to by our Board. We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our current directors to effectuate the indemnification provisions of our restated certificate of incorporation, as amended.

 

SEC Position on Indemnification for Securities Act Liabilities

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

 

Listing

 

Our common stock and 2021 Warrants are traded on the NasdaqCM under the symbols “MOBQ” and “MOBQW,” respectively.

 

Our Transfer Agent and Warrant Agent

 

The transfer agent for our Common Stock and warrant agent for our Warrants is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. Their address is 1 State Street, 30th floor, New York, NY 10004. We have agreed to indemnify Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company in its roles as transfer agent and warrant agent, its agents and each of its stockholders, directors, officers and employees against all liabilities, including judgments, costs and reasonable counsel fees that may arise out of acts performed or omitted for its activities in that capacity, except for any liability due to any gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of the indemnified person or entity.

 

 

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We are offering to raise up to $3,000,000 on a “best efforts” basis from the sale of 30,000,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, pursuant to this Prospectus. We are also offering to certain purchasers whose purchase of shares of common stock in this offering would otherwise result in the purchaser, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, beneficially owning more than 4.99% (or, at the election of the purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding common stock immediately following the consummation of this offering, the opportunity to purchase, if any such purchaser so chooses, pre-funded warrants, in lieu of shares of common stock that would otherwise result in such purchaser’s beneficial ownership exceeding 4.99% (or, at the election of the purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding common stock. The purchase price of each pre-funded warrant will be equal to the price at which a share of common stock is sold to the public in this offering, minus $0.0001, and the exercise price of each pre-funded warrant will be $0.0001 per share. The pre-funded warrants will be immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until all of the pre-funded warrants are exercised in full. The shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants can only be purchased together in this offering but will be issued separately and will be immediately separable upon issuance.

  

We have engaged Spartan Capital Securities LLC as our exclusive placement agent (the “placement agent”) to use its reasonable “best efforts” to solicit offers to purchase our securities in this offering during an offering period of seven days, subject to an extension of up to seven days (the “ Offering Period”).The placement agent is not purchasing or selling any of the securities we are offering and is not required to arrange for the purchase or sale of any specific number or dollar amount of the securities. Because there is no minimum offering amount required as a condition to closing in this offering, the actual public amount, placement agent’s fee and proceeds to us, if any, are not presently determinable and may be substantially less than the total maximum offering amounts and throughout this prospectus. We have agreed to pay the placement agent the certain fees set forth in the table below and to provide certain other compensation to the placement agent. See “Plan of Distribution” for more information regarding these arrangements. We have engaged Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, New York, NY, as escrow Agent of this Offering (the “Escrow Agent”) to receive the gross proceeds of this offering during the Offering Period and to deposit the funds with JP Morgan Chase Bank. Upon clearance of funds, the Company and the placement agent may conduct one or more closings. In the event that any subscriptions are not accepted by the Company for any reason whatsoever, such funds will be returned by the Escrow Agent directly to the subscribers without interest or deduction thereof.

 

The placement agency agreement provides that the placement agent’s obligations are subject to conditions contained in the placement agency agreement.

 

Placement Agent, Commissions and Expenses

 

Upon the closing(s) of this offering, we will pay the placement agent a cash transaction fee equal to eight (8%) of the aggregate gross cash proceeds to us from the sale of the securities in the offering plus a one percent(1%) non-accountable expense allowance. In addition, we will reimburse the placement agent for its out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with this offering, including the fees and expenses of the counsel for the placement agent of up to $125,000.

 

The following table shows the public offering price, Placement Agent fees and proceeds, before expenses, to us.

 

    Per Common Share (1)       Total
Maximum
 
Public offering price   $ 0.10      $ 3,000,000  
Placement agent fees (8%)   $ 0.008        240,000  
Proceeds, before expenses, to us   $ 0.092      $ 2,760,000  

 

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(1)      Assumes all common shares are sold and zero pre-funded warrants are sold in lieu thereof.

  

We estimate that the total expenses of the offering, including registration, filing and listing fees, printing fees and legal and accounting expenses, but excluding placement agent fees, will be approximately $375,000, all of which are payable by us. This figure includes the placement agent’s accountable expenses, including, but not limited to, legal fees for placement agent’s legal counsel of up to $125,000.

 

 

 

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Placement Agent Warrants

 

We have agreed to issue to the placement agent or its designees warrants to purchase an aggregate number of common shares equal to 2% of the total number of securities sold in this offering at an exercise price equal to 125% of the public offering price of the common shares sold in this offering (subject to adjustments) (the “Placement Agent Warrants”). The warrants will be exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, during the four-and-a-half-year period commencing six months after the date of the commencement of the sales of the public securities. The warrants have been deemed compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a 180-day lock-up pursuant to Rule 5110(g)(1) of FINRA. The placement agent (or permitted assignees under Rule 5110(g)(1))) will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge, or hypothecate these warrants or the common shares underlying these warrants, nor will it engage in any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the warrants or the underlying securities for a period of 180 days after the date of the commencement of the sales of the public securities. The warrants and the common shares underlying the warrants are being registered as a part of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part and will be freely tradable upon the declaration of the effectiveness of such registration statement by the SEC. The Placement Agent’s Warrants will provide for one-time demand registration right for five years following the commencement of sales of securities in this offering in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8)(B)-(C), unlimited “piggyback” registration rights for a period of seven years following the commencement of sales of securities in this offering pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8)(D), cashless exercise provisions, and customary anti-dilution provisions (for stock dividends and splits and recapitalizations) and anti-dilution protection (adjustment in the number and price of such warrants and the shares underlying such warrants) resulting from corporate events (which would include dividends, reorganizations, mergers, etc.) and future issuance of common stock or common stock equivalents at prices (or with exercise and/or conversion prices) below the offering price as permitted under FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8)(E).

 

Indemnification

 

We have agreed to indemnify the placement agent against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to contribute to payments that the placement agent may be required to make for these liabilities.

 

Lock-Up Agreements

 

The Company has agreed that for a period of 90 days after the closing of this offering, we and any of our successors will not, without the prior written consent of the representative, which may be withheld or delayed in the representative’s sole discretion: 

 

  · offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company;
  · file  a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the offering of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company;
  · complete any offering of debt securities of the Company, other than entering into a line of credit with a traditional bank; or
  · enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of capital stock of the Company, whether any such transaction described above is to be settled by delivery of shares of capital stock of the Company or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.

 

Our  executive officers and directors, other than our Chairman and independent directors, entered into lock-up agreements with the placement agent in connection with our February 2023 public offering to follow substantially similar lock-up restrictions to the restrictions above for a period ending on August 12, 2023 (180 days following the effective date of the registration statement for the February 2023 public offering). 

 

The  placement agent has agreed that if an offering of at least $4 million is not completed before July 31, 2023, and the Company needs to raise cash as working capital, to increase stockholders’ equity to achieve compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), or to repay indebtedness to Walleye Opportunities Master Fund Ltd., then the lock-up restrictions on the Company as described above shall not apply to securities issued and sold between August 1, 2023 and the date that one or a series of offerings of at least $5 million in the aggregate is successfully completed.  Additionally, the foregoing restrictions will not apply to (1) the shares of common stock to be sold under this prospectus, (2) the issuance of common stock upon the exercise of options or warrants or the conversion of outstanding preferred stock or other outstanding convertible securities disclosed as outstanding in the Registration Statement of which this prospectus is a part, (3) the issuance of employee stock options not exercisable during the lock-up period and the grant of restricted stock awards or restricted stock combined securities or shares of Common Stock pursuant to equity incentive plans described in the prospectus, (4) the filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or any successor form thereto, and (5) the issuance of unregistered securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company provided that none of those securities are registered for resale during the lock-up period, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising more than $500,000 in capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities. 

 

 

 

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Tail

 

The placement agent shall be entitled to a cash fee equal to 8.0% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from an investment made to any investor who actually participated in this offering or in the Company’s February 2023 public offering (a “Tail Financing”) during the period ending on the earlier of (a) two months from the date of the Placement Agent Agreement, or (b) the final closing date of this offering (the “Engagement Period”), and that Tail Financing is consummated at any time during the twelve (12) month period following the expiration or termination of the Engagement Period, provided that such financing is by a party actually introduced to the Company in an offering in which the Company has direct knowledge of such party’s participation.

 

Regulation M

 

The placement agent may be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act, and any commissions received by it and any profit realized on the resale of the securities sold by it while acting as principal might be deemed to be underwriting discounts or commissions under the Securities Act. As an underwriter, the placement agent would be required to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, Rule 10b-5 and Regulation M under the Exchange Act. These rules and regulations may limit the timing of purchases and sales of our securities by the placement agent acting as principal. Under these rules and regulations, the placement agent (i) may not engage in any stabilization activity in connection with our securities and (ii) may not bid for or purchase any of our securities or attempt to induce any person to purchase any of our securities, other than as permitted under the Exchange Act, until it has completed its participation in the distribution.

 

Determination of Offering Price

 

The actual offering price of the securities was negotiated between us, the placement agent and the investors in the offering based on the trading of our common shares prior to the offering, among other things. Other factors considered in determining the public offering price of the securities we are offering, include our history and prospects, the stage of development of our business, our business plans for the future and the extent to which they have been implemented, an assessment of our management, the general conditions of the securities markets at the time of the offering and such other factors as were deemed relevant.

 

Electronic Distribution

 

A prospectus in electronic format may be made available on a website maintained by the placement agent. In connection with the offering, the placement agent or selected dealers may distribute prospectuses electronically. No forms of electronic prospectus other than prospectuses that are printable as Adobe® PDF will be used in connection with this offering.

 

Other than the prospectus in electronic format, the information on the placement agent’s website and any information contained in any other website maintained by the placement agent is not part of the prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, has not been approved and/or endorsed by us or the placement agent in its capacity as placement agent and should not be relied upon by investors.

 

 

 

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Certain Relationships

 

The placement agent and its affiliates have and may in the future provide, from time to time, investment banking and financial advisory services to us in the ordinary course of business, for which they may receive customary fees and commissions.

 

Selling Restrictions

 

Other than in the United States of America, no action has been taken by us or the underwriters that would permit a public offering of the securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. The securities offered by this prospectus may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, nor may this prospectus or any other offering material or advertisements in connection with the offer and sale of any such securities be distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except under circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of that jurisdiction. Persons into whose possession this prospectus comes are advised to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions relating to the offering and the distribution of this prospectus. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or a solicitation is unlawful.

 

European Economic Area

 

In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area (each, a Member State), no common shares have been offered or will be offered pursuant to this offering to the public in that Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to our common shares which has been approved by the competent authority in that Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation, except that offers of shares may be made to the public in that Member State at any time under the following exemptions under the Prospectus Regulation:

 

(a)     to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Regulation;

 

(b)    by the underwriters to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior written consent of the representatives for any such offer; or

 

(c)     in any other circumstances falling within Article 1(4) of the Prospectus Regulation,

 

provided that no such offer of our common shares shall result in a requirement for us or any underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Regulation or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the Prospectus Regulation.

 

Each person in a Member State who initially acquires any of our common shares or to whom any offer is made will be deemed to have represented, acknowledged, and agreed with us and the representatives that it is a qualified investor within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation.

 

In the case of any of our common shares are being offered to a financial intermediary as that term is used in Article 5(1) of the Prospectus Regulation, each such financial intermediary will be deemed to have represented, acknowledged and agreed that the common shares acquired by it in the offer have not been acquired on a non-discretionary basis on behalf of, nor have they been acquired with a view to their offer or resale to, persons in circumstances which may give rise to an offer to the public other than their offer or resale in a Member State to qualified investors, in circumstances in which the prior written consent of the representatives has been obtained to each such proposed offer or resale.

 

 

 

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We, the placement agent, and their affiliates will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representations, acknowledgments, and agreements.

 

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer to the public” in relation to any of our common shares in any Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and any of our common shares to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for our common shares, and the expression “Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.

 

United Kingdom

 

No shares have been offered or will be offered pursuant to this offering to the public in the United Kingdom prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the shares which has been approved by the Financial Conduct Authority, except that the shares may be offered to the public in the United Kingdom at any time:

 

(a)     to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined under Article 2 of the UK Prospectus Regulation;

 

(b)    to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined under Article 2 of the UK Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the representatives for any such offer; or

 

(c)     in any other circumstances falling within Section 86 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, or FSMA;

 

provided that no such offer of the shares shall require the us or any underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Section 85 of the FSMA or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the UK Prospectus Regulation. For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer to the public” in relation to the shares in the United Kingdom means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and any shares to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for any shares and the expression “UK Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

 

Canada

 

The securities may be sold in Canada only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principal that are accredited investors, as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National Instrument 31 103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations. Any resale of the securities must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws.

 

Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if this prospectus supplement (including any amendment thereto) contains a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damages are exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory for particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor.

 

Pursuant to section 3A.3 of National Instrument 33 105 Underwriting Conflicts (NI 33 105), the underwriters are not required to comply with the disclosure requirements of NI 33-105 regarding underwriters conflicts of interest in connection with this offering.

 

 

 

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Israel

 

This document does not constitute a prospectus under the Israeli Securities Law, 5728-1968, or the Securities Law, and has not been filed with or approved by the Israel Securities Authority. In the State of Israel, this document is being distributed only to, and is directed only at, and any offer of the shares and Warrants is directed only at, investors listed in the first addendum, or the Addendum, to the Israeli Securities Law, consisting primarily of joint investment in trust funds, provident funds, insurance companies, banks, portfolio managers, investment advisors, members of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, underwriters, venture capital funds, entities with equity in excess of NIS 50 million and “qualified individuals,” each as defined in the Addendum (as it may be amended from time to time), collectively referred to as qualified investors (in each case purchasing for their own account or, where permitted under the Addendum, for the accounts of their clients who are investors listed in the Addendum). Qualified investors will be required to submit written confirmation that they fall within the scope of the Addendum, are aware of the meaning of same and agree to it.

 

Hong Kong

 

Our common shares may not be offered or sold in Hong Kong by means of any document other than (1) in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance”) or which do not constitute an invitation to the public within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong), or the Securities and Futures Ordinance, or (2) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made thereunder, or (3) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance, and no advertisement, invitation or document relating to our common shares may be issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to shares which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” in Hong Kong as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made thereunder.

 

Singapore

 

This prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of our common shares may not be circulated or distributed, nor may our common shares be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (1) to an institutional investor (as defined under Section 4A of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore, or the SFA) under Section 274 of the SFA, (2) to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA) pursuant to Section 275(1) of the SFA, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A) of the SFA, and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (3) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA, in each case subject to conditions set forth in the SFA.

 

Where our common shares are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor, the securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation shall not be transferable for six months after that corporation has acquired our common shares under Section 275 of the SFA except: (1) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA), (2) where such transfer arises from an offer in that corporation’s securities pursuant to Section 275(1A) of the SFA, (3) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer, (4) where the transfer is by operation of law, (5) as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA, or (6) as specified in Regulation 32 of the Securities and Futures (Offers of Investments) (Shares and Debentures) Regulations 2005 of Singapore, or Regulation 32.

 

 

 

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Where our common shares are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an accredited investor, the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferable for six months after that trust has acquired our common shares under Section 275 of the SFA except: (1) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA), (2) where such transfer arises from an offer that is made on terms that such rights or interest are acquired at a consideration of not less than $200,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each transaction (whether such amount is to be paid for in cash or by exchange of securities or other assets), (3) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer, (4) where the transfer is by operation of law, (5) as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA, or (6) as specified in Regulation 32.

 

Japan

 

The securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan (Act No. 25 of 1948, as amended), or the FIEA. The securities may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to or for the benefit of any resident of Japan (including any person resident in Japan or any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to or for the benefit of any resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the FIEA and otherwise in compliance with any relevant laws and regulations of Japan.

 

Dubai International Financial Centre

 

This prospectus relates to an “Exempt Offer” in accordance with the Offered Securities Rules of the Dubai Financial Services Authority, or the DFSA. This prospectus is intended for distribution only to persons of a type specified in the Offered Securities Rules of the DFSA. It must not be delivered to, or relied on by, any other person. The DFSA has no responsibility for reviewing or verifying any documents in connection with Exempt Offers. The DFSA has not approved this prospectus nor taken steps to verify the information set forth herein and has no responsibility for the prospectus. Our common shares to which this prospectus relates may be illiquid and/or subject to restrictions on their resale. Prospective purchasers of our common shares should conduct their own due diligence on such shares. If you do not understand the contents of this prospectus, you should consult an authorized financial advisor.

 

Switzerland

 

Our common shares may not be publicly offered in Switzerland and will not be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, or the SIX, or on any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. This document does not constitute a prospectus within the meaning of, and has been prepared without regard to the disclosure standards for issuance prospectuses under art. 652a or art. 1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations or the disclosure standards for listing prospectuses under art. 27 ff. of the SIX Listing Rules or the listing rules of any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. Neither this document nor any other offering or marketing material relating to our common shares or this offering may be publicly distributed or otherwise made publicly available in Switzerland.

 

Neither this document nor any other offering or marketing material relating to this offering, our company or our common shares have been or will be filed with or approved by any Swiss regulatory authority. In particular, this document will not be filed with, and the offer of our common shares will not be supervised by, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority and the offer of our common shares have not been and will not be authorized under the Swiss Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes, or the CISA. The investor protection afforded to acquirers of interests in collective investment schemes under the CISA does not extend to acquirers of our common shares.

 

 

 

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Australia

 

No placement document, prospectus, product disclosure statement or other disclosure document has been lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, or ASIC, in relation to this offering. This prospectus does not constitute a prospectus, product disclosure statement or other disclosure document under the Corporations Act 2001, or the “Corporations Act”, and does not purport to include the information required for a prospectus, product disclosure statement or other disclosure document under the Corporations Act.

 

Any offer in Australia of our common shares may only be made to persons, or “Exempt Investors”, who are “sophisticated investors” (within the meaning of section 708(8) of the Corporations Act), “professional investors” (within the meaning of section 708(11) of the Corporations Act) or otherwise pursuant to one or more exemptions contained in section 708 of the Corporations Act so that it is lawful to offer our common shares without disclosure to investors under Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act.

 

Our common shares applied for by Exempt Investors in Australia must not be offered for sale in Australia in the period of 12 months after the date of allotment under this offering, except in circumstances where disclosure to investors under Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act would not be required pursuant to an exemption under section 708 of the Corporations Act or otherwise or where the offer is pursuant to a disclosure document which complies with Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act. Any person acquiring our common shares must observe such Australian on-sale restrictions.

 

This prospectus contains general information only and does not take account of the investment objectives, financial situation, or particular needs of any particular person. It does not contain any securities recommendations or financial product advice. Before making an investment decision, investors need to consider whether the information in this prospectus is appropriate to their needs, objectives, and circumstances, and, if necessary, seek expert advice on those matters.

 

We have not engaged counsel outside of the United States to review any other country’s securities laws and therefore, notwithstanding the above, neither we nor the placement agent can assure you that the summary of the laws above are accurate as of the date of this prospectus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the securities covered by the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part has been passed upon for us by Ruskin Moscou Faltischek P.C., Uniondale, New York. Certain legal matters relating to this offering will be passed upon for the placement agent by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Costa Mesa, California.

 

EXPERTS

 

The financial statements included in this prospectus as of the year ended December 31, 2022 have been audited by D. Brooks & Associates CPAs, an independent registered public accounting firm, to the extent and for the period set forth in their report appearing elsewhere herein and are included in reliance upon such report given upon the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting. No named experts under this section or under Legal Matters own any shares of our common stock.

 

The financial statements included in this prospectus as of the year ended December 31, 2021 have been audited by BF Borgers CPA PC, an independent registered public accounting firm, to the extent and for the period set forth in their report appearing elsewhere herein and are included in reliance upon such report given upon the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting. No named experts under this section or under Legal Matters own any shares of our common stock.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

We are subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and file reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. These reports, proxy statements and other information may be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549 and at the SEC’s regional offices located at the Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661 and 233 Broadway, New York, New York 10279. You can obtain copies of these materials from the Public Reference Section of the SEC upon payment of fees prescribed by the SEC. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC’s website contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The address of that site is http://www.sec.gov.

 

We have filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the securities offered in this prospectus. This prospectus, which is filed as part of a registration statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement, some portions of which have been omitted in accordance with the SEC’s rules and regulations. Statements made in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract, agreement or other document referred to in this prospectus are not necessarily complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to each such contract, agreement or other document that is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement. The registration statement may be inspected without charge at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC, and copies of such materials can be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the SEC at prescribed rates. You may obtain additional information regarding our Company on our website, located at www.mobiquitytechnologies.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Index to Financial Statements

 

CONTENTS  
   
  PAGES
   
THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2023 AND 2022  
   
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
   
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets F-1
   
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations F-2
   
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity F-3
   
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows F-4
   
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements F-5
   
   
   
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022 AND 2021  
   
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
   
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-23
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets F-27
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations F-28
   
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity F-29
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows F-30
   
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-31

 

 

 

 

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

         
   March 31,   December 31, 
   2023   2022 
        
Assets        
Current Assets          
Cash  $2,182,330   $220,854 
Accounts receivable, net   158,485    340,935 
Prepaid and other current assets   11,700    59,200 
Total Current Assets   2,352,515    620,989 
           
Property and equipment, net   13,410    15,437 
           
Goodwill   1,352,865    1,352,865 
Intangible assets, net   496,100    646,284 
Capitalized software development costs   501,075     
           
Total Assets  $4,715,965   $2,635,575 
           
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (deficit)          
Current Liabilities          
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  $1,427,823   $2,067,244 
Accrued interest - related party   235,563    235,563 
Contract liabilities   187,916    193,598 
Debt, current portion, net of debt discount   664,029     
Total Current Liabilities   2,515,331    2,496,405 
           
Long Term Liabilities          
Debt, less current portion       150,000 
Total Long-Term Liabilities       150,000 
           
Total Liabilities   2,515,331    2,646,405 
           
Stockholders' Equity          
AA and AAA preferred stock; $0.0001 par value, 2,750,000 shares authorized, 31,413 shares issued and outstanding   3    3 
Preferred stock Series C;  $0.0001 par value, 1,500 shares authorized, no shares and outstanding        
Preferred stock Series E;  $80 par value, 70,000 shares authorized, 61,688 shares issued and outstanding   6    6 
Common stock; $0.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 17,051,893 and 9,311,639 shares issued and outstanding   1,706    931 
Treasury stock $0.0001 par value 37,500 shares outstanding at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021   (1,350,000)   (1,350,000)
Additional paid in capital   215,772,945    211,845,452 
Accumulated deficit   (212,224,026)   (210,507,222)
Total Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)   2,200,634    (10,830)
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity  $4,715,965   $2,635,575 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

  

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Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

 

           
   Three Months Ended 
   March 31, 
   Unaudited 
   2023   2022 
         
Revenues  $132,224   $542,169 
           
Cost of revenues   62,808    306,127 
           
Gross profit   69,416    236,042 
           
General and administrative expenses   1,425,747    2,077,724 
           
Loss from operations   (1,356,331)   (1,841,682)
           
Other income (expense)          
Interest expense   (361,237)   (120,697)
Interest income   764     
Loss on debt extinguishment, net       (477,665)
Total other income - net   (360,473)   (598,362)
           
Net loss  $(1,716,804)  $(2,440,044)
           
Loss per share - basic  $(0.10)  $(0.37)
Loss per share - diluted  $(0.10)  $(0.37)
           
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - basic   17,052,505    6,529,566 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - diluted   17,052,505    6,529,566 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 F-2 

 

 

Mobiquity Technology, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)

 

                                                        
  

Series AAA

Preferred Stock

  

Series E

Preferred Stock

   Common Stock   Additional Paid-in   Treasury Shares   Accumulated   Total Stockholders' Equity 
   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Capital   Shares   Amount   Deficit   (Deficit) 
Balance, at December 31, 2022   31,413   $3    61,688   $6    9,311,639   $931   $211,845,452    37,500   $(1,350,000)  $(210,507,222)  $(10,830)
Incentive common stock shares and warrants issued with debt                   522,727    53    708,411                708,464 
Common stock and pre-funded warrants issued under public offering, net of issuance costs                   3,777,634    378    3,207,122                3,207,500 
Common stock issued under cashless warrant exercises and exercise of pre-funded warrants                   3,439,893    344    (344)                
Stock based compensation                           12,304                12,304 
Net Loss                                       (1,716,804)   (1,716,804)
Balance, at March 31, 2023   31,413    3    61,688    6    17,051,893    1,706    215,772,945    37,500    (1,350,000)   (212,224,026)   2,200,634 

 

 

 

  

Series AAA

Preferred Stock

  

Series E

Preferred Stock

   Common Stock   Additional Paid-in   Treasury Shares   Accumulated   Total Stockholders' Equity 
   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Capital   Shares   Amount   Deficit   (Deficit) 
December 31, 2021 (restated)   31,413   $3    61,688   $6    6,460,751   $650   $206,712,907    37,500   $(1,350,000)  $(202,444,894)  $2,918,672 
Stock issued for services                   50,000    5    84,495                84,500 
Stock based compensation                           34,416                34,416 
Conversion of convertible debt to common stock and warrants                   1,443,333    145    2,680,020                2,680,165 
Net Loss                                       (2,440,044)   (2,440,044)
Balance, at March 31, 2022 (restated)   31,413   $3    61,688   $6    7,954,084   $800   $209,511,838    37,500   $(1,350,000)  $(204,884,938)  $3,277,709 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 F-3 

 

 

Mobiquity Technology, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

 

         
  

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 
   2023   2022 
         
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:          
Net loss  $(1,716,804)  $(2,440,044)
           
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:          
Depreciation   2,027    2,341 
Amortization of intangibles   150,184    150,184 
Amortization of debt discounts   360,993     
Stock-based compensation   12,304    34,416 
Provision for doubtful accounts   19,843     
Loss on debt extinguishment - related party       477,665 
Stock issued for services       84,500 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities          
Accounts receivable   162,607    167,988 
Prepaid expenses and other assets   47,500     
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   (639,421)   (629,276)
Contract liabilities   (5,682)    
Net cash used in operating activities   (1,606,449)   (2,152,226)
           
Investing Activities          
Purchase of property and equipment       (4,146)
Increase in software development costs   (501,075)    
Net cash used in investing activities   (501,075)   (4,146)
           
Financing Activities          
Proceeds from the issuance of debt, net of discounts and debt issuance costs   1,011,500     
Issuance of common stock and pre-funded warrants, net of issuance costs   3,207,500     
Repayment on notes payable   (150,000)   (134,164)
Net cash provided by financing activities   4,069,000    (134,164)
           
Net change in cash   1,961,476    (2,290,536)
           
Cash - beginning of period   220,854    5,385,245 
           
Cash - end of period  $2,182,330   $3,094,709 
           
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information          
Cash paid for interest  $245   $118,398 
Cash paid for taxes  $294   $300 
           
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:          
Issuance of incentive shares with debt recorded as debt discount  $122,426   $ 
Warrants issued with debt recorded as debt discount  $586,038   $ 
Common stock issued under cashless warrant exercises  $344   $ 
Conversion of convertible debt to common stock  $   $2,229,300 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. 

 

 

 F-4 

 

 

 

MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2023

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS

 

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. (“Mobiquity,” “we,” “our” or “the Company”), and its operating subsidiaries, is a next generation location data intelligence company. The Company provides precise unique, at-scale location data and insights on consumer’s real-world behavior and trends for use in marketing and research. We provide one of the most accurate and scaled solutions for mobile data collection and analysis, utilizing multiple geo-location technologies. The Company is seeking to implement several new revenue streams from its data collection and analysis, including, but not limited to, Advertising, Data Licensing, Footfall Reporting, Attribution Reporting, Real Estate Planning, Financial Forecasting and Custom Research. We also are a developer of advertising and marketing technology focused on the creation, automation, and maintenance of an advertising technology operating system (or ATOS). The ATOS platform blends artificial intelligence (or AI) and machine learning (ML) based optimization technology for automatic ad serving that manages and runs digital advertising campaigns.

 

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in the State of New York and has the following subsidiaries:

 

Mobiquity Networks, Inc.

 

Mobiquity Networks, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc., commencing operations in January 2011 and incorporated in the State of New York. Mobiquity Networks started and developed as a mobile advertising technology company focused on driving foot-traffic throughout its indoor network and has evolved and grown into a next generation data intelligence company. Mobiquity Networks, Inc. operates our data intelligence platform business.

 

Advangelists, LLC

 

Advangelists LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc., acquired through a merger transaction in December 2018, incorporated in the State of Delaware, and operates our ATOS platform business.

 

Liquidity, Going Concern and Management’s Plans

 

These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.

 

As reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, for the three months ended March 31. 2023, the Company is reporting the following:

 

· Net loss of $1,716,804; and
· Net cash used in operations of $1,606,449

 

Additionally, at March 31, 2023, the Company is reporting the following:

 

· Accumulated deficit of $212,224,026
· Stockholders’ equity of $2,200,634, and
· Working capital deficit of $162,816

 

We manage liquidity risk by reviewing, on an ongoing basis, our sources of liquidity and capital requirements. The Company has cash on hand of $2,182,330 on March 31, 2023.

 

 

 F-5 

 

 

The Company has incurred significant losses since its inception in 1998 and has not demonstrated an ability to generate sufficient revenues from the sales of its products and services to achieve profitable operations. There can be no assurance that profitable operations will ever be achieved, or if achieved, could be sustained on a continuing basis. In making this assessment we performed a comprehensive analysis of our current circumstances including: our financial position, our cash flows and cash usage forecasts for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and our current capital structure including equity-based instruments and our obligations and debts.

 

Without sufficient revenues from operations, if the Company does not obtain additional capital, the Company will be required to reduce the scope of its business development activities or cease operations. The Company may explore obtaining additional capital financing and the Company is closely monitoring its cash balances, cash needs, and expense levels.

 

These factors create substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within the twelve-month period subsequent to the date that these condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. These condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern. Accordingly, the condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a basis that assumes the Company will continue as a going concern and which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the ordinary course of business.

 

Management’s strategic plans include the following:

 

· Execution of business plan focused on technology growth and improvement,
· Seek out equity and/or debt financing to obtain the capital required to meet the Company’s financial obligations. There is no assurance, however, that lenders and investors will continue to advance capital to the Company or that the new business operations will be profitable.
· Continuing to explore and execute prospective partnering or distribution opportunities,
· Identifying unique market opportunities that represent potential positive short-term cash flow.

 

Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) Pandemic

 

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company’s financial results and operations were adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company is a data location company with a specialty to drive traffic to retail stores. In the prior two (2) years, the Company suffered from the effects of the pandemic due to lack of traffic to retail stores related to mandated stay-at-home restrictions and the Company drastically curtailed its operations. The extent to which the Company’s future financial results could be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic depends on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted at this time. The pandemic also had an effect on the Company’s ability to attain new customers or retain existing customers, and to collect on its outstanding accounts receivable, resulting in an increase of its allowance for doubtful accounts in fiscal 2022, and the quarter ended March 31, 2023, of approximately $324,000 and $20,000, respectively. The Company is not aware of any specific event or circumstance that would require an update to its estimates or judgments or a revision of the carrying value of its assets or liabilities.

 

These estimates may change, as new events occur, and additional information is obtained. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company’s financial results and operations were not materially adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

 

 

 F-6 

 

 

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

  

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial statements (U.S. GAAP) and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Accordingly, they do not contain all information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for annual financial statements. In the opinion of the Company’s management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all of the adjustments necessary (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) to present the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2023, and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2023, are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full fiscal year or any future period. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023.

 

Management acknowledges its responsibility for the preparation of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements which reflect all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary in its opinion for a fair statement of its consolidated financial position and the consolidated results of its operations for the periods presented.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) and include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

 

Business Segments and Concentrations

 

The Company uses the “management approach” to identify its reportable segments. The management approach requires companies to report segment financial information consistent with information used by management for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the basis for identifying the Company’s reportable segments. The Company manages its business as a single reporting segment.

 

Customers in the United States accounted for 100% of our revenues. We do not have any property or equipment outside of the United States.

 

Use of Estimates

 

Preparing financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, including stock-based compensation and deferred tax asset valuation allowance, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and those estimates may be material.

   

Risks and Uncertainties

 

The Company operates in an industry that is subject to intense competition and changes in consumer demand. The Company’s operations are subject to significant risk and uncertainties including financial and operational risks and the potential of overall business failure.

 

The Company has experienced, and in the future expects to continue to experience, variability in sales and net earnings. The factors expected to contribute to this variability include, among others, (i) the cyclical nature of the industry, (ii) general economic conditions in the various local markets in which the Company competes, including a potential general downturn in the economy, and (iii) the volatility of prices in connection with the Company’s service offerings. These factors, among others, make it difficult to project the Company’s operating results on a consistent basis.

 

 

 

 

 F-7 

 

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company accounts for financial instruments at fair value, which as is defined as the exchange price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The valuation techniques are based on observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs reflect readily obtainable data from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect certain market assumptions. There are three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

 

  · Level 1—Valuation based on unadjusted quoted market prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Company has the ability to access;
     
  · Level 2—Valuation based on observable quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; and
     
  · Level 3—Valuation based on unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity, which require management’s best estimate of what market participants would use as fair value.

 

Fair value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management.

 

The respective carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximated their fair value. These financial instruments include accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and contract liabilities. On March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the carrying amounts of these financial instruments approximated their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The fair value of the Company’s debt approximates its carrying value based on current financing rates available to the Company and its short-term nature.

 

The Company does not have any other financial or non-financial assets or liabilities that would be characterized as Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 instruments.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Concentrations of Risk

 

For purposes of presentation in the consolidated statements of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid instruments with a maturity of three months or less at the purchase date and money market accounts to be cash equivalents.

 

On March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the Company did not have any cash equivalents.

 

The Company is exposed to credit risk on its cash in the event of default by the financial institutions to the extent account balances exceed the amount insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC), which is $250,000. As of March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the Company had not experienced any losses on cash balances in excess of the FDIC insured limits. Any loss incurred or a lack of access to funds could have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. At March 31, 2023, the Company exceeded FDIC insured limits by approximately $1,925,000, and did not exceed the limits at December 31, 2022.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, and year ended December 31, 2022, sales of our products to two and four customers generated approximately 55% and 52% of our revenues, respectively. Our contracts with our customers generally do not obligate them to a specified term and they can generally terminate their relationship with us at any time with a minimal amount of notice. The loss of one of these customers could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations and financial condition.

 

Accounts Receivable

 

Accounts receivable represent customer obligations under normal trade terms and are stated at the amount management expects to collect from outstanding customer balances. Credit is extended to customers based on an evaluation of their financial condition and other factors. Interest is not accrued on overdue accounts receivable. The Company does not require collateral. Four and six of our customers combined accounted for approximately 53% and 42% of outstanding accounts receivable at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

 

The Company had net accounts receivable of $158,485 and $340,935 at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

 

 

 

 

 

 F-8 

 

 

Management periodically assesses the Company’s accounts receivable and, if necessary, establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company provides its allowance for doubtful accounts based upon a review of the outstanding accounts receivable, historical collection information and existing economic conditions. Accounts determined to be uncollectible are charged to operations when that determination is made.

 

The allowance for doubtful accounts was approximately $1,111,000 and $1,091,000 at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. This allowance relates to receivables generated in previous years for which collection is uncertain, based in part, as a result of many customers being adversely impacted by COVID-19.

 

Bad debt expense (recovery) is recorded as a component of general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

 

Management evaluates the recoverability of the Company’s identifiable intangible assets and other long-lived assets when events or circumstances indicate a potential impairment exists, in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 360-10-35-15 Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. Events and circumstances considered by the Company in determining whether the carrying value of identifiable intangible assets and other long-lived assets may not be recoverable include but are not limited to significant changes in performance relative to expected operating results; significant changes in the use of the assets; significant negative industry or economic trends; and changes in the Company’s business strategy. In determining if impairment exists, the Company estimates the undiscounted cash flows to be generated from the use and ultimate disposition of these assets and compares this to the carrying amounts of the assets.

 

If impairment is indicated based on a comparison of the assets’ carrying values and the undiscounted cash flows, the impairment to be recognized is measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. No impairments were recognized by the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022.

  

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided on the straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets.

 

Expenditures for repairs and maintenance which do not materially extend the useful lives of property and equipment are charged to operations. When property or equipment is sold or otherwise disposed of, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts with the resulting gain or loss reflected in current results of operations.

 

Goodwill

 

The Company’s goodwill represents the excess of the consideration transferred for the acquisition of Advangelists, LLC in December 2018 over the fair value of the underlying identifiable net assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized but instead, it is tested for impairment at least annually. In the event that management determines that the value of goodwill has become impaired, the Company will record a charge in an amount equal to the excess of the reporting unit’s carrying amount over its fair value, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit during the fiscal quarter in which the determination is made.

 

The Company performs its annual impairment tests of goodwill as of December 31st of each year, or more frequently, if certain indicators are present. Goodwill is required to be tested for impairment at the reporting unit level. A reporting unit is an operating segment or one level below the operating segment level, which is referred to as a component. Management identifies its reporting units by assessing whether components (i) have discrete financial information available, (ii) engage in business activities, and (iii) whether a segment manager regularly reviews the component’s operating results. Net assets and goodwill of acquired businesses are allocated to the reporting unit associated with the acquired business based on the anticipated organizational structure of the combined entities. If two or more components are deemed economically similar, those components are aggregated into one reporting unit when performing the annual goodwill impairment review. The Company has one reporting unit as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. No impairment of goodwill was recognized by the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 or fiscal year 2022.

 

 

 

 

 F-9 

 

 

 

Intangible Assets

 

The majority of the Company’s intangible assets consist of customer relationship and the ATOS platform technology obtained through its acquisition of Advangelists LLC. The Company amortizes its identifiable definite-lived intangible assets over an estimated useful life of 5 years. See Note 3 for further details.

 

Software Development Costs

 

In accordance with ASC 985-20, Costs of Software to Be Sold, Leased, or Marketed, the Company records the cost of planning, designing, and establishing the technological feasibility of computer software intended for resale as research and development costs and charges those costs to operations when incurred and are included in general and administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. After technological feasibility has been established, the costs of producing a marketable product and product masters are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the software, which is expected to be five years, beginning at the date of general release to customers. The Company began capitalizing costs associated with the development of its Ad Tech Operating System for Publishers platform in January 2023 when technological feasibility was deemed to have been established. Total software development costs capitalized for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 were $501,075. The platform is expected to be released to customers in the second quarter of 2023. No amortization has been recognized on the software development costs as of March 31, 2023.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The Company analyzes all financial instruments with features of both liabilities and equity under FASB ASC Topic No. 480, (ASC 480), Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and FASB ASC Topic No. 815, (ASC 815) Derivatives and Hedging.

 

In August 2020, FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity (ASU 2020-06), as part of its overall simplification initiative to reduce costs and complexity of applying accounting standards while maintaining or improving the usefulness of the information provided to users of financial statements. Among other changes, the new guidance removes from U.S. GAAP separation models for convertible debt that require the convertible debt to be separated into a debt and equity component, unless the conversion feature is required to be bifurcated and accounted for as a derivative or the debt is issued at a substantial premium. As a result, after adopting the guidance, entities will no longer separately present such embedded conversion features in equity and will instead account for the convertible debt wholly as debt. The new guidance also requires use of the “if-converted” method when calculating the dilutive impact of convertible debt on earnings per share, which is consistent with the Company’s current accounting treatment under the current guidance. The guidance was adopted by the Company as of January 1, 2022.

 

Terms of financial instruments are reviewed to determine whether or not they contain embedded derivative instruments that are required to be accounted for separately from the host contract under ASC 815 and ASU 2020-06 and recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. Derivative liabilities are remeasured to reflect fair value at each period end, with any increase or decrease in the fair value being recorded in results of operations. The Company generally incorporates a binomial model to determine fair value. Upon conversion of a debt instrument where an embedded conversion option has been bifurcated and accounted for separately as a derivative liability, the Company records the resulting shares issued at fair value, derecognizes all related debt principal, derivative liability, and debt discount, and recognizes a net gain or loss on debt extinguishment. Equity instruments that are initially classified as equity that become subject to reclassification under ASC 815 are reclassified to liabilities at the fair value of the instrument on the reclassification date. The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market or foreign currency risk. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had no derivatives classified as liabilities.

 

Debt Issuance Costs and Debt Discounts

 

Debt discounts, debt issuance costs paid to lenders or third parties, and other original issue discounts on debt, are recorded as debt discount or debt issuance costs and amortized to interest expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations, over the term of the underlying debt instrument, using the effective interest method, with the unamortized portion reported net with related principal outstanding on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Company recorded $360,993 in interest expense associated with debt discounts and debt issuance costs incurred on debt issued during the quarter. The unamortized debt discounts remaining at March 31, 2023 was $773,471. See Note 4 regarding the accounting for debt discounts and debt issuance costs during the quarter ended March 31, 2023. There was no amortization of debt discounts for the year ended December 31, 2022 or unamortized debt discounts outstanding at December 31, 2022.

 

 

 

 

 F-10 

 

 

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company’s revenues are generated from internet advertising, the Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606). In accordance with ASC 606, revenue is recognized when promised services are transferred to a customer. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for these services. To achieve this core principle, the Company applies the following five steps:

 

Identify the contract with a customer.

 

A contract with a customer exists when (i) the Company enters into an enforceable contract with a customer that defines each party’s rights regarding the services to be transferred and identifies the payment terms related to these services, (ii) the contract has commercial substance and, (iii) the Company determines that collection of substantially all consideration for services that are transferred is probable based on the customer’s intent and ability to pay the promised consideration. The Company applies judgment in determining the customer’s ability and intention to pay, which is based on a variety of factors including the customer’s historical payment experience or, in the case of a new customer, published credit and financial information pertaining to the customer.

 

Identify the performance obligations in the contract.

 

Performance obligations promised in a contract are identified based on the services that will be transferred to the customer that are both capable of being distinct, whereby the customer can benefit from the service either on its own or together with other resources that are readily available from third parties or from the Company, and are distinct in the context of the contract, whereby the transfer of the services is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract. To the extent a contract includes multiple promised services (performance obligations), the Company must apply judgment to determine whether promised services are capable of being distinct and distinct in the context of the contract. If these criteria are not met the promised services are accounted for as a combined performance obligation. Currently, the Company does not have any contracts that contain multiple performance obligations.

 

Determine the transaction price.

 

The transaction price is determined based on the consideration to which the Company will be entitled in exchange for transferring services to the customer. To the extent the transaction price includes variable consideration, the Company estimates the amount of variable consideration that should be included in the transaction price utilizing either the expected value method or the most likely amount method depending on the nature of the variable consideration. Variable consideration is included in the transaction price if, in the Company’s judgment, it is probable that a significant future reversal of cumulative revenue under the contract will not occur. None of the Company’s contracts as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 contained a significant financing component.

 

Allocate the transaction price to performance obligations in the contract.

 

If the contract contains a single performance obligation, the entire transaction price is allocated to the single performance obligation. However, if a series of distinct services that are substantially the same qualifies as a single performance obligation in a contract with variable consideration, the Company must determine if the variable consideration is attributable to the entire contract or to a specific part of the contract. Contracts that contain multiple performance obligations require an allocation of the transaction price to each performance obligation based on a relative standalone selling price basis unless the transaction price is variable and meets the criteria to be allocated entirely to a performance obligation or to a distinct service that forms part of a single performance obligation.

 

Recognize revenue when or as the Company satisfies a performance obligation.

 

The Company satisfies performance obligations at a point in time. Revenue is recognized at the time the related performance obligation is satisfied by transferring the promised service to a customer. Under both managed services arrangements or self-service arrangements, the Company’s promised services under the contracts include identification, bidding and purchasing of advertisement opportunities. The Company also generally has discretion in establishing the pricing of the ads. Since the Company is controlling the promise to deliver the contracted services, the Company is considered the principal in all arrangements for revenue recognition purposes.

 

Payment terms and conditions vary by contract, although terms generally include a requirement of payment within 30 to 90 days.

 

 

 

 

 F-11 

 

 

Contract Liabilities

 

Contract liabilities represent deposits made by customers before the satisfaction of performance obligations and recognition of revenue. Upon completion of the performance obligation(s) that the Company has with the customer based on the terms of the contract, the liability for the customer deposit is relieved and revenue is recognized. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were $187,916 and $193,598, respectively in contract liabilities outstanding that we expect to recognize as revenue in our next fiscal year.

 

Revenues

 

All revenues recognized were derived from internet advertising for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, and the year ended December 31, 2022.

 

Advertising

 

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising costs are included as a component of general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

The Company incurred $259 in such costs during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and did not incur any advertising costs during the year ended December 31, 2022.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company accounts for our stock-based compensation, including stock options and common stock warrants, under ASC 718 Compensation – Stock Compensation, using the fair value-based method. Under this method, compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the value of the award and is recognized over the requisite service period for employee awards, which is usually the vesting period, and when the goods are obtained or services are received, for nonemployee awards. This guidance establishes standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services. It also applies to transactions in which an entity incurs liabilities in exchange for goods or services that are based on the fair value of the entity’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of those equity instruments.

 

In connection with certain financing, consulting and collaboration arrangements, the Company may issue warrants to purchase shares of its common stock. The outstanding warrants are standalone instruments that are not puttable or mandatorily redeemable by the holder and are classified as equity awards.

 

The fair value of stock-based compensation is generally determined using the Black-Scholes valuation model as of the date of the grant or the date at which the performance of the services is completed (measurement date).

  

When determining fair value of stock-based compensation, the Company considers the following assumptions in the Black-Scholes model:

 

· Exercise price,
· Expected dividends,
· Expected volatility,
· Risk-free interest rate; and
· Expected life of option

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income tax using the asset and liability method prescribed by ASC 740, Income Taxes (ASC 740). Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates that will be in effect in the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The Company records a valuation allowance to offset deferred tax assets if based on the weight of available evidence, it is more-likely-than-not that all or some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized as gain or loss in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

 

 F-12 

 

 

The Company follows the accounting guidance for uncertainty in income taxes using the provisions of ASC 740. Using that guidance, tax positions initially need to be recognized in the condensed consolidated financial statements when it is more likely than not the position will be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company did not identify any uncertain tax positions that qualify for either recognition or disclosure in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

The Company recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to recognized uncertain income tax positions, in other expense. No interest and penalties related to uncertain income tax positions were recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. Open tax years subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service generally remain open for three years from the filing date. Tax years subject to examination by the state jurisdictions generally remain open for up to four years from the filing date.

 

Related Parties

 

Parties are considered to be related to the Company if the parties, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, control, are controlled by, or are under common control with the Company. Related parties also include principal owners of the Company, its management, members of the immediate families of principal owners of the Company and its management and other parties with which the Company may deal with if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests.

 

Reclassifications

 

Certain reclassifications were made to the 2022 condensed consolidated financial statements to conform to 2023 presentation.

 

Recent Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

We consider the applicability and impact of all new accounting pronouncements on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, stockholders’ deficit, cash flows, or presentation thereof. Management has evaluated all recent accounting pronouncements as issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) through the date these condensed consolidated financial statements were available to be issued and found no recent accounting pronouncements issued, but not yet effective, that when adopted, will have a material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company. 

 

Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions: On September 30, 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03 (ASU 2022-03), which clarifies the guidance in Topic 820 on the fair value measurement of an equity security that is subject to contractual restrictions that prohibit the sale of an equity security. The ASU also requires specific disclosures related to such an equity security, including (1) the fair value of such equity securities reflected in the balance sheet, (2) the nature and remaining duration of the corresponding restrictions, and (3) any circumstances that could cause a lapse in the restrictions. ASU 2022-03 clarifies that a “contractual restriction prohibiting the sale of an equity security is a characteristic of the reporting entity holding the equity security” and is not included in the equity security’s unit of account. Accordingly, an entity should not consider the contractual sale restriction when measuring the equity security’s fair value (i.e., the entity should not apply a discount related to the contractual sale restriction, as stated in ASC 820-10-35-36B as amended by the ASU). The ASU also prohibits an entity from recognizing a contractual sale restriction as a separate unit of account. For public business entities, ASU 2022-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2022-03 on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

 

 

 

 F-13 

 

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

 

Financial Instrument – Credit Losses: In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (ASU 2016-13). ASU 2016-13 replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology under current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires a consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. ASU 2016-13 requires the use of a forward-looking expected credit loss model for accounts receivables, loans, and other financial instruments. In May 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-05, which provides transition relief for entities adopting ASU 2016-13. For entities that have adopted ASU 2016-13, the amendments in ASU 2019-05 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods therein. An entity may early adopt ASU No. 2019-05 in any interim period after its issuance if the entity has adopted ASU 2016-13. For all other entities, the effective date will be the same as the effective date of ASU 2016-13. ASU 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted ASU 2016-13 on January 1, 2023 and the adoption of the guidance did not have a significant impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

 

Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers: In October 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers (ASU 2021-08). Under ASU 2021-08, an acquirer in a business combination must apply ASC 606 principles when recognizing and measuring acquired contract assets and contract liabilities. The provisions of ASU 2021-08 are applicable for the Company for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2022. The Company adopted ASU 2021-08 on January 1, 2023 and the adoption of the guidance did not have a significant impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

 

NOTE 3 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

Definite-Lived Intangible Asset

 

The definite-lived intangible asset is a customer relationship asset also acquired through the Advangelists, LLC acquisition. The customer relationship intangible asset is being amortized over its estimated useful life of five years. The Company periodically evaluates the reasonableness of the useful lives of these assets. These assets are also reviewed for impairment or obsolescence when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized in the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset.

           
            
   Useful Lives  March 31, 2023   December 31, 2022 
            
Customer relationship  5 years  $3,003,676   $3,003,676 
Less accumulated amortization      (2,507,576)   (2,357,392)
Net carrying value     $496,100   $646,284 

  

During each of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recognized $150,184 in amortization expense related to the customer relationship intangible asset, which is included in general and administrative expenses on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

Future amortization of the customer relationship asset, for years ending December 31, is as follows:

    
     
2023  $450,552 
2024   45,548 
Total  $496,100 

 

 

 F-14 

 

 

NOTE 4 – DEBT

 

Following is a summary of debt outstanding at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:

        
   March 31,
2023
   December 31,
2022
 
Small Business Administration Loan (a)  $   $150,000 
Note payable (b)   1,437,500     
Total debt   1,437,500    150,000 
Less: unamortized debt discounts   (773,471)    
Current portion of debt, net of debt discounts   664,029     
Long-term portion of debt  $   $150,000 

 

(a) In June 2020, the Company received an Economic Injury Disaster Loan of $150,000 from the Small Business Administration (SBA) which carries a thirty-year term, and interest at 3.7% per annum, with a maturity date in July of 2050. The loan is to be repaid in monthly installments, including principal and interest, of $731, beginning twelve months from the date of the loan. Total accrued and unpaid interest on the debt was $13,594 at December 31, 2022 and is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The total principal outstanding has been presented as long-term liabilities as payments required to be made in 2023 will be applied to accrued interest. On January 5, 2023, the Company paid $163,885 to the Small Business Administration to pay off all outstanding principal and accrued interest on the Company’s SBA loan.
   
(b)

On December 30, 2022, the Company and Walleye Opportunities Master Fund Ltd, a Cayman Islands company (the “Investor”), entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) for the Investor to purchase from the Company (i) a senior secured 20% original issue discount (OID) nine-month promissory note in an aggregate gross principal amount of $1,437,500, less the 20% OID of $287,500, for a net subscription amount of $1,150,000 (the “Investor Note”), and (ii) a five year warrant to purchase 2,613,636 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.44 per share, exercisable commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring December 30, 2027 (the “Investor Warrant”). The transaction closed, and proceeds from the Agreement were received by the Company in January 2023. If at any time commencing July 1, 2023, the Company issues, sells, or announces for sale, any shares of its common stock (Subsequent Equity Sale) for a per share price less than the exercise price of the Investor Warrant in effect immediately prior to such Subsequent Equity Sale, the exercise price of the Investor Warrant shall be reduced to an amount equal to the issuance price of the Subsequent Equity Sale.

 

In conjunction with the Agreement, the Company issued 522,727 shares of common stock, or approximately 5.3% of the Company’s outstanding shares, to the Investor as an incentive on the transaction (Incentive Shares). Excluding the above referenced Investor Warrant, the shares of Common Stock exercisable pursuant to such Investor Warrant are not being considered beneficially owned by the Investor until the Investor Warrant is exercisable within 60 days. Total issuance fees of $138,500 associated with the closing of the Agreement were paid by the Company to Spartan Capital Securities LLC and the Investor’s counsel, resulting in net proceeds of $1,011,500. Approximately $164,000 of the loan proceeds were utilized to repay the outstanding principal and accrued interest under the SBA loan (see above).

 

The Investor Note will only become convertible into common stock upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under and as defined in the Investor Note on terms set forth in the Investor Note. This Investor Note matures and is payable on or before September 30, 2023, and it provides that the Investor may demand prepayment after March 31, 2023 and before the maturity date, provided that the purchasers of securities in a future public offering by the Company, as defined in the Agreement, who hold the purchased Company securities at the time the prepayment demand, unanimously consent to the prepayment. The Company granted a security interest in all of its assets to the Investor as collateral for its obligations under the Investor Note pursuant to a Security Agreement. In addition, the Company’s subsidiaries guaranteed the obligations of the Company under the Investor Note pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee and granted a first lien security interest in all of their assets to the Investor as additional collateral pursuant to the Security Agreement. All securities sold in the above-described transaction contain certain piggy-back registration rights after the completion of our February 2023 offering (see Note 5). 

 

 

 F-15 

 

 

 

The aforementioned Investor Warrant was deemed to be an equity-classified derivative instrument with a fair value of $1,526,363 at the date of closing on the Agreement, incorporating the use of the Black-Scholes valuation model, and the Incentive Shares were deemed to have a fair value of $318,863 based on the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the day preceding the closing of the Agreement. Per accounting guidance under ASC 815, the Company recorded the fair values of the Investor Warrant and Incentive Shares based on the relative fair value allocation method, which allocates fair values as a percentage of total fair value of the debt, Investor Warrant, and Incentive Shares, in proportion to the net proceeds received (after deducting fees paid to lender) under the Investor Note of $1,150,000. As a result of applying the relative fair value allocation method, the Investor Warrant was assigned a relative fair value of $586,040 and the Incentive Shares were assigned a relative fair value of $122,426, at the date of closing on the Agreement. The fair values of the Investor Warrant, the Incentive Shares, the OID of $287,500, and the $138,500 in debt issuance costs paid, were recorded as debt discounts and debt issuance costs totaling $1,134,466, and are presented net against the debt principal outstanding on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2023. Amortization associated with the total debt discounts is being recognized using the effective interest method over the term of the Investor Note, which matures on September 30, 2023. For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, $360,993 in amortization on the debt discounts was recognized as interest expense on the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations, and remaining unamortized debt discounts at March 31, 2023 were $773,471 

 

NOTE 5 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

The Company’s authorized capital stock consists of 105,000,000 shares, comprised of 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value.

 

Of the 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock authorized, the Board of Directors has designated the following:

 

  · 1,500,000 shares as Series AA Preferred Stock, none outstanding
  · 1,250,000 shares as Series AAA Preferred Stock, 31,413 shares outstanding
  · 1,250 shares as Series AAAA Preferred Stock, all previously outstanding shares of which have been redeemed or converted
  · 1,500 shares as Series C Preferred Stock, none outstanding
  · 2 shares as Series B Preferred Stock, all previously outstanding shares of which have been redeemed or converted
  · 70,000 shares as Series E Preferred Stock, 61,688 shares outstanding

 

Rights Under Preferred Stock

 

The Company’s classes of preferred stock include the following provisions:

 

Optional Conversion Rights

 

  · Series AA preferred stock – one share convertible into 50 shares of common stock
  · Series AAA preferred stock – one share convertible into 100 shares of common stock
  · Series C preferred stock – one share convertible into 100,000 shares of commons stock
  · Series E preferred stock – one share at a rate of Stated Value, as defined, divided by $0.08, convertible commencing January 31, 2020

 

Redemption Rights

 

Series E preferred stock is redeemable at any time upon 30 days written notice by the Company and the holders, at a rate of 100% of the Stated Value, as defined.

 

Warrant Coverage

 

Series C preferred stock carries 100% warrant coverage upon preferred stock conversion, warrants exercisable through September 20, 2023 at an exercise price of $0.12.

 

No further voting, dividend or liquidation preference rights exist as of March 31, 2023 on any class of preferred stock.

 

 

 F-16 

 

 

February 2023 Public Offering

 

On February 13, 2023, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with Spartan Capital Securities, LLC (the Underwriter) relating to a public offering of 3,777,634 shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase 4,286,883 shares of common stock (the Shares), for net proceeds of $3,207,500 (the February 2023 Offering). In conjunction with the February 2023 Offering, which closed on February 16, 2023, the investors also received other Warrants to purchase 12,096,776 shares of common stock (Series 2023 Warrants). The offered Shares were priced at $0.465 per combination of one share of common stock or one pre-funded warrant, accompanied by one Series 2023 Warrant.

 

Each pre-funded warrant is exercisable at any time, until fully exercised, to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share. Each Series 2023 Warrant is exercisable for five years to purchase 1.5 shares of common stock at a cash exercise price of $0.465 per warrant share. The Series 2023 Warrants contain an alternative cashless exercise provision permitting the holder to acquire 0.75 shares of common stock for every 1.5 warrant shares any time after the earlier of (i) 30 days following the initial exercise date of February 14, 2023 and (ii) the date on which the aggregate trading volume of the Company’s common stock, beginning on the initial exercise date of the Series 2023 Warrants, exceeds 36,290,322 shares. Additionally, the exercise price of both the pre-funded warrants and the Series 2023 Warrants are subject to customary adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, reclassifications and the like.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriter agreement, and as partial consideration to the Underwriter – Spartan Capital Securities, LLC, the Company issued Spartan warrants for the purchase of 403,226 shares of common stock, exercisable from February 14, 2023 through February 14, 2028, at an initial exercise price of $0.5115 per share. These warrants issued to Spartan were subsequently cancelled on June 22, 2023. The Company also granted the Underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,209,678 shares and/or pre-funded warrants in lieu of shares, and accompanying Series 2023 Warrants to purchase 1,814,517 shares at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions, to cover over-allotments, if any. No additional shares or pre-funded warrants were purchased by the Underwriter. The Company paid a cash fee to the Underwriter equal to 8% of the gross proceeds raised in the February 2023 Offering, plus a reimbursement of Underwriter fees totaling $242,500.

 

Between the closing of the February 2023 Offering and March 31, 2023, one or more investors holding pre-funded warrants converted their pre-funded warrants into 3,036,667 shares of common stock and elected the alternative cashless exercise provision for the Series 2023 Warrant exercise of 806,451 shares of the Series 2023 Warrants, resulting in the issuance of 403,226 shares of common stock. Pre-funded warrants and Series 2023 Warrants remaining outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2023 were 1,250,216 and 11,290,325, respectively.

 

Subsequent to March 31, 2023, the remaining 1,250,216 shares of pre-funded warrants were exercised, resulting in the issuance of 1,250,216 shares of common stock in April 2023. Also, subsequent to March 31, 2023, an additional 8,870,969 shares of the Series 2023 Warrants were exercised under the alternative cashless exercise provision, resulting in the issuance of 4,435,485 shares of common stock in April 2023.

 

Shares Issued for Services

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2022, the Company issued 50,000 shares of common stock, at $1.69 per share for $84,500 in exchange for services rendered. No shares were issued during the March 31, 2023, quarter ended.

 

Shares issued upon conversion of debt:

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2022, Dr. Gene Salkind, his wife, and a trust converted an aggregate of $2,052,500 of secured debt in exchange for 1,368,333 shares of common stock as well as warrants to purchase 684,166 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share through September 2029. The Company recorded a loss on debt extinguishment of $491,915 related to the conversion.

 

The Company also converted $150,000 of debt into 75,000 shares of common stock, having a fair value of $135,750, resulting in a gain on debt extinguishment of $14,250. No shares were issued during the quarter ended March 31, 2023.

 

 

 F-17 

 

 

NOTE 6 – STOCK OPTION PLANS AND WARRANTS

 

Stock Options

 

During Fiscal 2005, the Company established, and the stockholders approved, an Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan (the “2005 Plan”) for the granting of up to 5,000 non-statutory and incentive stock options and stock awards to directors, officers, consultants and key employees of the Company. On June 9, 2005, the Board of Directors amended the Plan to increase the number of stock options and awards to be granted under the Plan to 10,000 shares. During Fiscal 2009, the Company established a plan of long-term stock-based compensation incentives for selected Eligible Participants of the Company covering 10,000 shares. This plan was adopted by the Board of Directors and approved by stockholders in October 2009 (the “2009 Plan”). In September 2013, the Company’s stockholders approved an increase in the number of shares covered by the 2009 Plan to 25,000 shares. In the first quarter of 2016, the Board approved, and stockholders ratified a 2016 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan covering 25,000 shares (the “2016 Plan”) and approved moving all options which exceeded the 2009 Plan limits to the 2016 Plan. In December 2018, the Board of Directors adopted and in February 2019 the stockholders ratified the 2018 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan covering 75,000 shares (the “2018 Plan”). On April 2, 2019, the Board approved the “2019 Plan” identical to the 2018 Plan, except that the 2019 Plan covers 150,000 shares. The 2019 Plan required stockholder approval by April 2, 2020, to be able to grant incentive stock options under the 2019 Plan. On October 13, 2021, the Board approved the “2021 Plan” identical to the 2018 Plan, except that the 2019 Plan covers 1,100,000 post-split shares. The 2021 Plan required stockholder approval by October 13, 2022, to be able to grant incentive stock options under the 2021 Plan. The 2005 Plan, 2009 Plan, 2016 Plan, 2018 Plan, 2019 Plan and 2021 Plan are collectively referred to as the “Plans.”

 

In March of 2022, Anne S. Provost was elected to the board of directors and was granted 25,000 options from the Company’s 2021 Plan with immediate vesting, at an exercise price of $4.57, and expiration of December 2031.

 

In April of 2022, Dean Julia was granted 12,500 options from the Company’s 2021 Plan with immediate vesting, at an exercise price of $1.55, and expiration of April 2031.

 

In March of 2023, Nate Knight was granted 25,000 options from the Company’s 2021 Plan with immediate vesting, at an exercise price of $0.22, and expiration of March 2028.

 

All stock options under the Plans are granted at or above the fair market value of the common stock at the grant date. Employee and non-employee stock options vest over varying periods and generally expire either 5 or 10 years from the grant date. The fair value of options at the date of grant was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. For option grants, the Company will take into consideration payments subject to the provisions of ASC 718 Stock Compensation. The weighted average assumptions made in calculating the fair values of options granted during the quarters ended March 31, 2023, and 2022 are as follows: 

      
   Quarter Ended
March 31
   2023  2022
Expected volatility  165.43%  79.95%
Expected dividend yield   
Risk-free interest rate  3.73%  2.14%
Expected term (in years)  5  10

 

                
   Share   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Weighted
Average
Remaining Contractual
Term
   Aggregate Intrinsic
Value
 
Outstanding, January 1, 2023   1,162,722   $16.22    7.44   $ 
Granted   25,000   $0.22    4.98     
Exercised                
Cancelled & expired   (48,375)            
Outstanding, March 31, 2023   1,139,347   $15.69    7.46   $ 
Options exercisable, March 31, 2023   1,131,124   $15.63    7.45   $ 

 

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $0.22.

 

 

 F-18 

 

 

The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and options exercisable on March 31, 2023, is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying options and the market price of the Company's common stock for the shares that had exercise prices lower than the $0.18 closing price of the Company's common stock on March 31, 2023. Stock-based compensation expense was $12,304 and $34,416 for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and is included in general and administrative expenses on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

As of March 31, 2023, the unamortized compensation cost related to unvested stock option awards is $5,688 and is expected to be recognized during the remainder of fiscal 2023.

 

Warrants

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company issued a total of 19,400,521 common stock warrants, of which 2,613,636 were issued in connection with the 20% OID Promissory note (see Note 4). The warrants issued in connection with the 20% OID Promissory note are exercisable commencing July 1, 2023 through December 30, 2027. An additional 16,786,885 were issued in connection with the public offering of February 2023, including 4,286,883 of pre-funded warrants (see Note 5) with a five-year contractual term, expiring February 14, 2028.

 

The weighted average assumptions made in calculating the fair value of warrants granted during the three months ended March 31, 2023, and 2022 are as follows: 

      
  

Quarters Ended

March 31,

   2023  2022
Expected volatility  172.63%  75.87%
Expected dividend yield   
Risk-free interest rate  3.85%  2.03%
Expected term (in years)  5.00  6.25

  

                
   Share   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Weighted
Average
Remaining Contractual
Term
   Aggregate Intrinsic
Value
 
Outstanding, January 1, 2023   4,683,800   $13.01    4.73   $ 
Granted   19,400,521   $0.24    2.83   $212,537 
Exercised*   (3,843,118)  $0.47       $ 
Outstanding, March 31, 2023   20,241,203   $3.34    4.74   $212,537 
Warrants exercisable, March 31, 2023   17,627,567   $4.09    4.77   $212,537 

 

* Includes 3,036,667 of pre-funded warrants with a purchase price of $0.47, paid upon grant of warrants issued in the February 2023 Offering.

  

 

 

 

 F-19 

 

 

NOTE 7: EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

 

Pursuant to ASC 260, Earnings Per Share, basic earnings (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the periods presented.

 

Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock, common stock equivalents and potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period. Potentially dilutive common shares may consist of common stock issuable for stock options and warrants (using the treasury stock method), convertible notes and common stock issuable. These common stock equivalents may be dilutive in the future. In the event of a net loss, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share since the effect of the potential common stock equivalents upon conversion would be anti-dilutive.

  

The following potentially dilutive equity securities outstanding as of March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, are as follows: 

        
   March 31, 2023   December 31, 2022 
Convertible notes payable and accrued interest       58,891 
Stock options   1,139,347    1,162,721 
Warrants   20,241,203    4,682,551 
Total common stock equivalents   21,380,550    5,904,163 

 

NOTE 8 – LITIGATION

 

The Company may be involved in lawsuits in the normal course of business. Management cannot predict the outcome of the lawsuits or estimate the amount of any loss that may result. Accordingly, no provision for any contingent liabilities that may result has been made in the financial statements. Management believes that losses resulting from these matters, if any, would not have a material adverse effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Company. See further discussion at Note 10.

 

NOTE 9 –NASDAQ LISTING REQUIREMENTS

 

Our common stock and 2021 Warrants are listed on the NasdaqCM. In order to maintain that listing, we must satisfy minimum financial and other continued listing requirements and standards, including those regarding director independence and independent committee requirements, minimum stockholders’ equity, minimum share price, and certain corporate governance requirements. There can be no assurances that we will be able to comply with the applicable listing standards.

 

On January 13, 2023, we received a letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market stating that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) because the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock was below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days. Pursuant to Nasdaq’s Listing Rules, the Company has a 180-day grace period, until July 12, 2023, during which the Company may regain compliance if the bid price of its common stock closes at $1.00 per share or more for a minimum of ten consecutive business days.

 

If we do not regain compliance with the bid price requirement, we may be eligible for an additional 180-calendar day compliance period so long as we satisfy the criteria for initial listing on the NasdaqCM and the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and we provide written notice to Nasdaq of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. A reverse stock split requires the approval of our shareholders, and we cannot assure that we will receive the requisite shareholder vote to allow us to effectuate a stock split. In the event we are not eligible for the second grace period, the Nasdaq staff will provide written notice that our Common Stock is subject to delisting; however, we may request a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel, which request, if timely made, would stay any further suspension or delisting action by the Nasdaq pending the conclusion of the hearing process and expiration of any extension that may be granted by the Hearings Panel.

 

 

 

 F-20 

 

 

 

On January 4, 2023, we received a deficiency notification from the Listing Qualifications Department of The NasdaqCM notifying the Company of its noncompliance with the NasdaqCM Listing Rule 5620(a) to hold an annual meeting of shareholders within no later than one year after the end of the Company’s fiscal year end. Under NasdaqCM Rules the Company now has 45 calendar days to submit a plan to regain compliance and can grant up to 180 calendar days from the fiscal year end, or until June 29, 2023, to regain compliance.

 

On December 14, 2022, we received a deficiency letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The NasdaqCM notifying the Company of its noncompliance with the NasdaqCM Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) for the NasdaqCM, which requires that a listed company’s stockholders’ equity be at least $2.5 million. In accordance with NasdaqCM rules, the Company has 45 calendar days from the date of the notification to submit a plan to regain compliance with NasdaqCM Listing Rule 5550(b)(1). The Company intends to submit a compliance plan within 45 days of the date of the notification and will evaluate available options to resolve the deficiency and regain compliance. If the Company’s compliance plan is accepted, the Company may be granted up to 180 calendar days from December 14, 2022, to evidence compliance.

 

In order to maintain the listing of its common stock on The NasdaqCM, the Company must demonstrate compliance with Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) which requires the Company to maintain: (1) Stockholders’ equity of at least $2.5 million; or (2) Market Value of Listed Securities of at least $35 million. The Company’s plan of compliance outlined a plan for compliance with the stockholders’ equity standard requirement by completing the recently completed February 2023 Offering. (see Note 5). As the net proceeds of the recently completed offering was approximately $3,207,500, which is lower than the amount anticipated, the Company will likely need to raise additional capital and to amend its plan of compliance.

 

The Company intends to regain compliance with each of the applicable continued listing requirements of The NasdaqCM prior to the end of the compliance periods set forth in the Hearings Panel decision. However, until Nasdaq has reached a final determination that the Company has regained compliance with all of the applicable continued listing requirements, there can be no assurances regarding the continued listing of the Company’s common stock and 2021 Warrants on Nasdaq. If our common stock and 2021 Warrants cease to be listed for trading on the NasdaqCM, we would expect that our Common Stock and 2021 Warrants would be traded on one of the three tiered marketplaces of the OTC Markets Group. If Nasdaq were to delist our common stock and 2021 Warrants, it would be more difficult for our stockholders to dispose of our common stock or 2021 Warrants and more difficult to obtain accurate price quotations on our common stock or 2021 Warrants. The delisting of the Company’s common stock and 2021 Warrants from Nasdaq would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s access to capital markets, and any limitation on market liquidity or reduction in the price of its common stock as a result of that delisting would adversely affect the Company’s ability to raise capital on terms acceptable to the Company, if at all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 F-21 

 

 

 

NOTE 10 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

In April 2023, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the following transactions:

 

Equity Transactions

 

·Grant of 100,000 shares of restricted common stock to Gene Salkind, Chairman of the Board, for services previously rendered, based on a per share value of $0.167. Such shares are restricted from transfer until February 13, 2024.
·Grant of 50,000 shares of restricted common stock each to the Company’s CEO and another member of the Board of Directors for services as directors of the Company. Such shares are restricted from transfer until February 13, 2024.
·Grant of 30,000 shares of common stock to Mr. Salkind as payment for accrued and unpaid interest of approximately $5,000 based on a per share value of $0.167.
·Grant of 71,856 shares of restricted common stock to the Company’s legal counsel as payment for accrued and unpaid services valued at $12,000 and $0.167 per share. Such shares are restricted from transfer until February 13, 2024.
·Issuance of 1,562,133 shares of restricted common stock at a per share value of $0.17 as payment and full settlement of outstanding accounts payable with a total carrying amount of $265,563.
 ·Grant of 25,000 stock options to a member of the Board of Directors in April 2023 with a term of five years and exercise price of $0.22 per share.

 

The effects on the Company’s consolidated financial statements included an increase in stockholders’ equity of $282,573.

  

Subsequent to March 31, 2023, the remaining 1,250,216 shares of pre-funded warrants were exercised, resulting in the issuance of 1,250,216 shares of common stock in April 2023. Also, subsequent to March 31, 2023, an additional 8,870,969 shares of the Series 2023 Warrants were exercised under the alternative cashless exercise provision, resulting in the issuance of 4,435,485 shares of common stock in April 2023.

 

Litigation

 

Michael Trepeta, a former Co-CEO and director of the Company, filed a lawsuit against the Company and its subsidiary, Mobiquity Networks in April 2023 in the New York State Supreme Court, Nassau County. The claims stem from a Separation Agreement and Release that Mr. Trepeta and the Company entered into six years ago in April 2017 which terminated Mr. Trepeta’s employment agreement and discontinued his employment and directorship with the Company, among other things, by mutual agreement. Mr. Trepeta also gave the Company a release in the Separation Agreement and Release. Mr. Trepeta has claimed that the Company fraudulently induced him to enter into the Separation Agreement and Release; that the Company breached Mr. Trepeta’s employment agreement; and that the Company breached its covenant of good faith and fair dealing and its fiduciary duty. Mr. Trepeta is claiming not less than $2.5 Million in damages. Based on the Company’s initial internal review of the situation, the Company believes the claims lack merit and it intends to vigorously defend same. Due to uncertainties inherent in litigation, the Company cannot predict the outcome of this matter at this time.

 

 

 

 F-22 

 

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc.

 

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statement

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc (the Company) as of December 31, 2022, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for year ended December 31, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Substantial Doubt Regarding Going Concern

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has incurred operating losses, has incurred negative cash flows from operations and has an accumulated deficit. These and other factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plan regarding these matters is also described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

 

 

 

 F-23 

 

 

 

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Critical Audit Matters

 

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or

  

complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate. We determined that there were no critical audit matters.

 
   
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2022.
   

 

Palm Beach Gardens, FL

   
March 31, 2023  
PCAOB ID 4048  

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 F-24 

 

  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the shareholders and the board of directors of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc.

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. as of December 31, 2021, and the related statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit), and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

 

Restatement of December 31, 2021 Financial Statements

 

As discussed in the form 10-K the financial statements have been restated to correct certain misstatements.

 

Substantial Doubt about the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and has a significant accumulated deficit. In addition, the Company continues to experience negative cash flows from operations. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

 

 

 F-25 

 

 

Critical Audit Matter

 

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

 

Revenue recognition — identification of contractual terms in certain customer arrangements

 

As described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, management assesses relevant contractual terms in its customer arrangements to determine the transaction price and recognizes revenue upon transfer of control of the promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for those products or services. Management applies judgment in determining the transaction price which is dependent on the contractual terms. In order to determine the transaction price, management may be required to estimate variable consideration when determining the amount and timing of revenue recognition.

 

The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the identification of contractual terms in customer arrangements to determine the transaction price is a critical audit matter are there was significant judgment by management in identifying contractual terms due to the volume and customized nature of the Company’s customer arrangements. This in turn led to significant effort in performing our audit procedures which were designed to evaluate whether the contractual terms used in the determination of the transaction price and the timing of revenue recognition were appropriately identified and determined by management and to evaluate the reasonableness of management’s estimates.

 

Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to the revenue recognition process, including those related to the identification of contractual terms in customer arrangements that impact the determination of the transaction price and revenue recognition. These procedures also included, among others, (i) testing the completeness and accuracy of management’s identification of the contractual terms by examining customer arrangements on a test basis, and (ii) testing management’s process for determining the appropriate amount and timing of revenue recognition based on the contractual terms identified in the customer arrangements.

 

/S BF Borgers CPA PC

BF Borgers CPA PC (PCAOB ID 5041)

 

We have served as the Company's auditor from 2018 to 2022

Lakewood, CO

 

March 29, 2022, except for the effects of the restatement as to which the date is November 28, 2022

 

 

 F-26 

 

 


Mobiquity Technologies, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

           
   December 31,   December 31, 2021 
   2022  
(As Restated)
 
         
Current Assets          
Cash  $220,854   $5,385,245 
Accounts receivable, net   340,935    388,112 
Prepaid and other current assets   59,200    11,700 
Total Current Assets   620,989    5,785,057 
           
Property and equipment, net   15,437    20,335 
           
Goodwill   1,352,865    1,352,865 
Intangible assets, net   646,284    1,247,019 
           
Total Assets  $2,635,575   $8,405,276 
           
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)          
Current Liabilities          
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  $2,302,807   $2,367,600 
Contract liabilities   193,598     
Long-term debt, current portion       656,504 
Total Current Liabilities   2,496,405    3,024,104 
           
Long Term Liabilities          
Long-term debt, less current portion   150,000    2,462,500 
Total Long-Term Liabilities   150,000    2,462,500 
           
Total Liabilities   2,646,405    5,486,604 
           

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 9)

        
           
Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)          
Preferred stock Series AA; $0.0001 par value, 1,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding        
Preferred stock Series AAA; $0.0001 par value, 1,250,000 shares authorized, 31,413 shares issued and outstanding   3    3 
Preferred stock Series C; $0.0001 par value, 1,500 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding        
Preferred stock Series E; $0.0001 par value, 70,000 shares authorized, 61,688 shares issued and outstanding   6    6 
Common stock; $0.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 9,311,639 and 6,460,751 shares issued and outstanding   931    650 
Treasury stock; $0.0001 par value 37,500 shares outstanding at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021   (1,350,000)   (1,350,000)
Additional paid-in capital   211,845,452    206,712,907 
Accumulated deficit   (210,507,222)   (202,444,894)
Total Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)   (10,830)   2,918,672 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)  $2,635,575   $8,405,276 

 

See Notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

 F-28 

 


Mobiquity Technologies, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

           
   Year Ended 
   December 31, 
    2022    2021
(As Restated)
 
           
Revenues  $4,167,272   $2,672,615 
           
Cost of revenues   2,295,404    1,954,383 
           
Gross profit   1,871,868    718,232 
           
General and administrative expenses   9,213,632    13,607,759 
           
Loss from operations   (7,341,764)   (12,889,527)
           
Other income (expense)          
Interest expense   (152,393)   (1,417,268)
Loss on extinguishment of debt - related party   (855,296)    
Impairment of intangible asset       (3,600,000)
Inducement expense   (101,000)    
Interest income   2,303     
Amortization of debt discount       (692,430)
Loss on disposal of fixed assets   (3,673)    
Gain on settlement of liability   389,495     
Gain on forgiveness of debt       265,842 
Total other income - net   (720,564)   (5,443,856)
           
Net loss  $(8,062,328)  $(18,333,383)
           
Loss per share - basic and diluted  $(0.99)  $(5.47)
           
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - basic and diluted   8,143,126    3,351,335 

 

See Notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 F-29 

 

 

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

(As Restated)

 

                                                             
   Series AAA Preferred Stock   Series C Preferred Stock   Series E Preferred Stock   Common Stock   Paid-in   Treasury Shares   Accumulated   Total Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) 
   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Capital   Shares   Amount   Deficit   (As Restated) 
Balance at December 31, 2021 (As Restated)  31,413   $3      $   61,688   $6   6,460,751   $650   $206,712,907   37,500   $(1,350,000)  $(202,444,894)  $2,918,672 
Stock issued for services                       50,000    5    84,495               84,500 
Stock issued for cash                       922,448    87    1,187,413               1,187,500 
Stock based compensation                               83,605               83,605 
Stock issued for conversion of long-term debt                       1,878,440    189    3,777,032               3,777,221 
Net loss                                          (8,062,328)   (8,062,328)
Balance at December 31, 2022  31,413   $3      $   61,688   $6   9,311,639   $931    211,845,452   37,500   $(1,350,000)  $(210,507,222)  $(10,830)

 

 

   Series AAA Preferred Stock   Series C Preferred Stock   Series E Preferred Stock   Common Stock   Paid-in   Treasury Shares   Accumulated   Total Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) 
   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Capital   Shares   Amount   Deficit   (As Restated) 
Balance at December 31, 2020 (As Restated)  56,413   $6   1,500   $   61,688   $6   2,803,685   $282   $188,347,902   37,500   $(1,350,000)  $(184,111,511)  $2,886,685 
Stock issued for services                       265,000    27    1,158,001               1,158,028 
Stock issued for cash and warrants - net of offering costs of $974,000 (as restated)                       2,631,764    263    10,203,934               10,204,197 
Stock based compensation (as restated)                               4,635,224               4,635,224 
Conversion of convertible debt to common stock                       236,768    24    1,347,132               1,347,156 
Stock issued with debt recorded as debt discount                       92,900    10    700,567               700,577 
Warrants issued for interest expense (as restated)                               320,188               320,188 
Exercise of warrants for common stock (as restated)                       49,384    5    (5)               
Conversion of Series AAA preferred stock  (25,000)   (3)                6,250    1    2                
Conversion of Series C preferred stock         (1,500)             375,000    38    (38)               
Net loss (as restated)                                          (18,333,383)   (18,333,383)
Balance at December 31, 2021 (As Restated)  31,413   $3      $   61,688   $6   6,460,751   $650   $206,712,907   37,500   $(1,350,000)  $(202,444,894)  $2,918,672 

 

See Notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

 F-30 

 

 

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(As Restated)

 

 

           
   Year Ended  
   December 31, 
   2022   2021
(As Restated)
 
         
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:          
Net loss  $(8,062,328)  $(18,333,383)
           
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:          
Depreciation   9,228    7,565 
Amortization of intangibles   600,735    800,735 
Loss on disposal of fixed assets   3,674     
Amortization of debt discount       780,079 
Recognition of share based compensation   83,605    4,635,224 
Loss on debt extinguishment - related party   855,296     
Gain on settlement of liability   (389,495)    
Stock issued for services   84,500    1,158,026 
Warrants issued for interest expense       320,188 
Impairment of intangibles asset       3,600,000 
Gain on forgiveness of PPP loan       (265,842)
Inducement expense   101,000     
Increase in allowance for bad debt   270,254    434,390 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities          
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable   (223,079)   876,217 
Prepaid expenses and other assets   (47,500)   43,788 
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses   333,129    (774,311)
Increase in contract liabilities   193,598     
Net cash used in operating activities   (6,187,383)   (6,717,324)
           
Cash Flows from Investing Activities          
Purchases of property and equipment   (8,004)   (6,472)
Net cash used in investing activities   (8,004)   (6,472)
           
Cash Flows from Financing Activities          
Proceeds from the issuance of notes payable - net       4,143,000 
Common stock issued for cash   1,187,500     
Repayment on notes payable   (156,504)   (2,840,337)
Proceeds from stock and warrants issued for cash - net of offering costs       10,204,196 
Net cash provided by financing activities   1,030,996    11,506,859 
           
Net (decrease) increase in cash   (5,164,391)   4,783,063 
           
Cash - beginning of year   5,385,245    602,182 
           
Cash - end of year  $220,854   $5,385,245 
           
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow Information          
Cash paid for interest  $145,052   $424,616 
Cash paid for taxes  $2,420   $2,065 
           
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:          
Stock issued for conversion of long-term debt and accrued interest  $2,820,925   $1,347,156 
Cashless exercise of warrants for common stock  $   $5 

 

See Notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 F-31 

 

 

MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022 AND 2021

 

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS

 

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. (“Mobiquity,” “we,” “our” or “the Company”), and its operating subsidiaries, is a next generation location data intelligence company. The Company provides precise unique, at-scale location data and insights on consumer’s real-world behavior and trends for use in marketing and research. We provide one of the most accurate and scaled solutions for mobile data collection and analysis, utilizing multiple geo-location technologies. The Company is seeking to implement several new revenue streams from its data collection and analysis, including, but not limited to, Advertising, Data Licensing, Footfall Reporting, Attribution Reporting, Real Estate Planning, Financial Forecasting and Custom Research. We also are a developer of advertising and marketing technology focused on the creation, automation, and maintenance of an advertising technology operating system (or ATOS). The ATOS platform blends artificial intelligence (or AI) and machine learning (ML) based optimization technology for automatic ad serving that manages and runs digital advertising campaigns.

 

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in the State of New York and has the following subsidiaries:

Schedule Of Subsidiaries    
Company Name   State of Incorporation
Mobiquity Networks, Inc.   New York
Advangelists, LLC   Delaware

 

Mobiquity Networks, Inc.

 

Mobiquity Networks, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc., commencing operations in January 2011. Mobiquity Networks started and developed as a mobile advertising technology company focused on driving foot-traffic throughout its indoor network and has evolved and grown into a next generation data intelligence company. Mobiquity Networks, Inc. operates our data intelligence platform business.

 

Advangelists, LLC

 

Advangelists LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc., acquired through a merger transaction in December 2018, and operates our ATOS platform business.

 

Liquidity, Going Concern and Management’s Plans

 

These consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.

 

As reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, for the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company had:

 

· Net loss of $8,062,328 and
· Net cash used in operations was $6,187,383

 

 

 

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Additionally, at December 31, 2022, the Company had:

 

· Accumulated deficit of $210,507,222
· Stockholders’ deficit of $10,830, and
· Working capital deficit of $1,875,416

 

We manage liquidity risk by reviewing, on an ongoing basis, our sources of liquidity and capital requirements. The Company has cash on hand of $220,854 at December 31, 2022.

 

The Company has incurred significant losses since its inception in 1998 and has not demonstrated an ability to generate sufficient revenues from the sales of its products and services to achieve profitable operations. There can be no assurance that profitable operations will ever be achieved, or if achieved, could be sustained on a continuing basis. In making this assessment we performed a comprehensive analysis of our current circumstances including: our financial position, our cash flows and cash usage forecasts for the year ended December 31, 2022, and our current capital structure including equity-based instruments and our obligations and debts.

 

Without sufficient revenues from operations, if the Company does not obtain additional capital, the Company will be required to reduce the scope of its business development activities or cease operations. In addition to the gross proceeds of $1,437,500 received in conjunction with the Securities Purchase Agreement with Walleye Opportunities master Fund Ltd. in January 2023, and the $2,950,000 in total net proceeds expected to be received in conjunction with the February 2023 Offering (see Note 10), the Company may explore obtaining additional capital financing, and the Company is closely monitoring its cash balances, cash needs, and expense levels.

 

These factors create substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that these consolidated financial statements are issued, as the Company will need additional capital to meet its financial obligations. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern. Accordingly, the consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a basis that assumes the Company will continue as a going concern and which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the ordinary course of business.

 

Management’s strategic plans include the following:

 

· Execution of business plan focused on technology development and improvement,
· Seek out equity and/or debt financing to obtain the capital required to meet the Company’s financial obligations, in addition to the gross proceeds of $1,437,500 received in January 2023 noted above. There is no assurance, however, that lenders and investors will continue to advance capital to the Company or that the new business operations will be profitable.
· Continuing to explore and execute prospective partnering, distribution and acquisition opportunities,
· Identifying unique market opportunities that represent potential positive short-term cash flow.

 

Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) Pandemic

 

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company’s financial results and operations were adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company is a data location company with a specialty to drive traffic to retail stores. In the prior two (2) years, the Company suffered from the effects of the pandemic due to lack of traffic to retail stores related to mandated stay-at-home restrictions and the Company drastically curtailed its operations. The extent to which the Company’s future financial results could be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic depends on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted at this time. The pandemic also had an effect on the Company’s ability attain new customers or retain existing customers, and to collect on its outstanding accounts receivable, resulting in an increase of its allowance for doubtful accounts in fiscal 2022 of approximately $324,000. The Company is not aware of any specific event or circumstance that would require an update to its estimates or judgments or a revision of the carrying value of its assets or liabilities.

 

These estimates may change, as new events occur, and additional information is obtained. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

 

 

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NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

  

Principles of Consolidation

 

These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) and include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

 

Business Segments and Concentrations

 

The Company uses the “management approach” to identify its reportable segments. The management approach requires companies to report segment financial information consistent with information used by management for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the basis for identifying the Company’s reportable segments. The Company manages its business as a single reporting segment.

 

Customers in the United States accounted for 100% of our revenues. We do not have any property or equipment outside of the United States.

 

Use of Estimates

 

Preparing financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, including stock-based compensation and deferred tax asset valuation allowance, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and those estimates may be material.

   

Risks and Uncertainties

 

The Company operates in an industry that is subject to intense competition and changes in consumer demand. The Company’s operations are subject to significant risk and uncertainties including financial and operational risks and the potential of overall business failure.

 

The Company has experienced, and in the future expects to continue to experience, variability in sales and net earnings. The factors expected to contribute to this variability include, among others, (i) the cyclical nature of the industry, (ii) general economic conditions in the various local markets in which the Company competes, including a potential general downturn in the economy, and (iii) the volatility of prices in connection with the Company’s service offerings. These factors, among others, make it difficult to project the Company’s operating results on a consistent basis.

 

 

 

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company accounts for financial instruments at fair value, which as is defined as the exchange price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The valuation techniques are based on observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs reflect readily obtainable data from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect certain market assumptions. There are three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

 

  · Level 1—Valuation based on quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities in active markets;
     
  · Level 2—Valuation based on quoted prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities; and
     
  · Level 3—Valuation based on unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity, which require management’s best estimate of what market participants would use as fair value.

 

Fair value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management.

 

The respective carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximated their fair value. These financial instruments include accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and contract liabilities. At December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the carrying amounts of these financial instruments approximated their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The fair value of the Company’s long-term debt approximates its carrying value based on current financing rates available to the Company.

 

The Company does not have any other financial or non-financial assets or liabilities that would be characterized as Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 instruments.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Concentrations of Risk

 

For purposes of presentation in the consolidated statements of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid instruments with a maturity of three months or less at the purchase date and money market accounts to be cash equivalents.

 

At December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company did not have any cash equivalents.

 

The Company is exposed to credit risk on its cash in the event of default by the financial institutions to the extent account balances exceed the amount insured by the FDIC, which is $250,000. At December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company did not experience any losses on cash balances in excess of FDIC insured limits. Any loss incurred or a lack of access to funds could have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

 

For fiscal 2022 and 2021, sales of our products to one and two customers generated approximately 39% and 31% of our revenues, respectively. Our contracts with our customers generally do not obligate them to a specified term and they can generally terminate their relationship with us at any time with a minimal amount of notice. The loss of one of these customers could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

 

 

 

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Accounts Receivable

 

Accounts receivable represent customer obligations under normal trade terms and are stated at the amount management expects to collect from outstanding customer balances. Credit is extended to customers based on an evaluation of their financial condition and other factors. Interest is not accrued on overdue accounts receivable. The Company does not require collateral. Three and six of our customers combined accounted for approximately 82% and 55% of outstanding accounts receivable at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

 

The Company had net accounts receivable of $340,935, $388,112, and $1,698,719 at December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

Management periodically assesses the Company’s accounts receivable and, if necessary, establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company provides its allowance for doubtful accounts based upon a review of the outstanding accounts receivable, historical collection information and existing economic conditions. Accounts determined to be uncollectible are charged to operations when that determination is made.

 

The allowance for doubtful accounts was approximately $1,091,000 and $821,000 at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. This allowance relates to receivables generated in previous years for which collection is uncertain, based in part, as a result of many customers being adversely impacted by COVID-19.

 

Bad debt expense (recovery) is recorded as a component of general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

 

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

 

Management evaluates the recoverability of the Company’s identifiable intangible assets and other long-lived assets when events or circumstances indicate a potential impairment exists, in accordance with the provisions of ASC 360-10-35-15 “Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” Events and circumstances considered by the Company in determining whether the carrying value of identifiable intangible assets and other long-lived assets may not be recoverable include but are not limited to significant changes in performance relative to expected operating results; significant changes in the use of the assets; significant negative industry or economic trends; and changes in the Company’s business strategy. In determining if impairment exists, the Company estimates the undiscounted cash flows to be generated from the use and ultimate disposition of these assets and compares this to the carrying amounts of the assets.

 

If impairment is indicated based on a comparison of the assets’ carrying values and the undiscounted cash flows, the impairment to be recognized is measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company identified potential impairment triggering events related to the reduction in its projected revenue from adverse economic conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and uncertainty for recovery given the volatility of the capital markets. The Company performed an impairment assessment of its ATOS Platform intangible asset in December 2021 and determined that the carrying value of the asset exceeded its fair value by an estimate of $3,600,000. The charge was recognized in the fourth quarter of 2021, which resulted in the asset being written down to a net book value of zero.

  

 

 

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Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided on the straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets.

 

Expenditures for repair and maintenance which do not materially extend the useful lives of property and equipment are charged to operations. When property or equipment is sold or otherwise disposed of, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts with the resulting gain or loss reflected in current results of operations.

 

Goodwill

 

The Company’s goodwill represents the excess of the consideration transferred for the acquisition of Advangelists, LLC in December 2018 over the fair value of the underlying identifiable net assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized but instead, it is tested for impairment at least annually. In the event that management determines that the value of goodwill has become impaired, the Company will record a charge in an amount equal to the excess of the reporting unit’s carrying amount over its fair value, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit during the fiscal quarter in which the determination is made.

 

The Company performs its annual impairment tests of goodwill as of December 31st of each year, or more frequently, if certain indicators are present. Goodwill is required to be tested for impairment at the reporting unit level. A reporting unit is an operating segment or one level below the operating segment level, which is referred to as a component. Management identifies its reporting units by assessing whether components (i) have discrete financial information available, (ii) engage in business activities, and (iii) whether a segment manager regularly reviews the component’s operating results. Net assets and goodwill of acquired businesses are allocated to the reporting unit associated with the acquired business based on the anticipated organizational structure of the combined entities. If two or more components are deemed economically similar, those components are aggregated into one reporting unit when performing the annual goodwill impairment review. The Company has one reporting unit as of December 31, 2022, and 2021. No impairment of goodwill was recognized by the Company for fiscal 2022 or 2021.

 

Intangible Assets

 

In December 2018, the Company acquired the majority of its intangible assets through its acquisition of Advangelists LLC, which included customer relationships and the ATOS platform technology. The Company amortizes its identifiable definite-lived intangible assets over an estimated period of 5 years. See Note 3 for further details.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The Company analyzes all financial instruments with features of both liabilities and equity under FASB ASC Topic No. 480, (ASC 480), Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and FASB ASC Topic No. 815, (ASC 815) Derivatives and Hedging.

 

Terms of financial instruments are reviewed to determine whether or not they contain embedded derivative instruments that are required to be accounted for separately from the host contract under ASC 815 and recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. Derivative liabilities are remeasured to reflect fair value at each period end, with any increase or decrease in the fair value being recorded in results of operations. The Company generally incorporates a binomial model to determine fair value. Upon conversion of a debt instrument where an embedded conversion option has been bifurcated and accounted for separately as a derivative liability, the Company records the resulting shares issued at fair value, derecognizes all related debt principal, derivative liability, and debt discount, and recognizes a net gain or loss on debt extinguishment. Equity instruments that are initially classified as equity that become subject to reclassification under ASC 815 are reclassified to liabilities at the fair value of the instrument on the reclassification date. The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market or foreign currency risk. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had no derivative liabilities.

 

 

 

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Debt Issuance Costs

 

Debt issuance costs paid to lenders, or third parties are amortized to interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations, over the term of the underlying debt instrument, using the effective interest method, with the unamortized portion reported net with related principal outstanding on the consolidated balance sheet. There were no unamortized debt issuance costs remaining at December 31, 2022 and 2021.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company’s revenues are generated from internet advertising, the Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606). In accordance with ASC 606, revenue is recognized when promised services are transferred to a customer. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for these services. To achieve this core principle, the Company applies the following five steps:

 

Identify the contract with a customer.

 

A contract with a customer exists when (i) the Company enters into an enforceable contract with a customer that defines each party’s rights regarding the services to be transferred and identifies the payment terms related to these services, (ii) the contract has commercial substance and, (iii) the Company determines that collection of substantially all consideration for services that are transferred is probable based on the customer’s intent and ability to pay the promised consideration. The Company applies judgment in determining the customer’s ability and intention to pay, which is based on a variety of factors including the customer’s historical payment experience or, in the case of a new customer, published credit and financial information pertaining to the customer.

 

Identify the performance obligations in the contract.

 

Performance obligations promised in a contract are identified based on the services that will be transferred to the customer that are both capable of being distinct, whereby the customer can benefit from the service either on its own or together with other resources that are readily available from third parties or from the Company, and are distinct in the context of the contract, whereby the transfer of the services is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract. To the extent a contract includes multiple promised services (performance obligations), the Company must apply judgment to determine whether promised services are capable of being distinct and distinct in the context of the contract. If these criteria are not met the promised services are accounted for as a combined performance obligation. Currently, the Company does not have any contracts that contain multiple performance obligations.

 

Determine the transaction price.

 

The transaction price is determined based on the consideration to which the Company will be entitled in exchange for transferring services to the customer. To the extent the transaction price includes variable consideration, the Company estimates the amount of variable consideration that should be included in the transaction price utilizing either the expected value method or the most likely amount method depending on the nature of the variable consideration. Variable consideration is included in the transaction price if, in the Company’s judgment, it is probable that a significant future reversal of cumulative revenue under the contract will not occur. None of the Company’s contracts as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 contained a significant financing component.

 

 

 

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Allocate the transaction price to performance obligations in the contract.

 

If the contract contains a single performance obligation, the entire transaction price is allocated to the single performance obligation. However, if a series of distinct services that are substantially the same qualifies as a single performance obligation in a contract with variable consideration, the Company must determine if the variable consideration is attributable to the entire contract or to a specific part of the contract. Contracts that contain multiple performance obligations require an allocation of the transaction price to each performance obligation based on a relative standalone selling price basis unless the transaction price is variable and meets the criteria to be allocated entirely to a performance obligation or to a distinct service that forms part of a single performance obligation.

 

Recognize revenue when or as the Company satisfies a performance obligation.

 

The Company satisfies performance obligations at a point in time. Revenue is recognized at the time the related performance obligation is satisfied by transferring the promised service to a customer. Under both managed services arrangements or self-service arrangements, the Company’s promised services under the contracts include identification, bidding and purchasing of advertisement opportunities. The Company also generally has discretion in establishing the pricing of the ads. Since the Company is controlling the promise to deliver the contracted services, the Company is considered the principal in all arrangements for revenue recognition purposes.

 

Payment terms and conditions vary by contract, although terms generally include a requirement of payment within 30 to 90 days.

 

Contract Liabilities

 

Contract liabilities represent deposits made by customers before the satisfaction of performance obligation and recognition of revenue. Upon completion of the performance obligation(s) that the Company has with the customer based on the terms of the contract, the liability for the customer deposit is relieved and revenue is recognized. As of December 31, 2022, there were $193,598 in contract liabilities outstanding that we expect to recognize as revenue in our next fiscal year. There were no upfront payments received as of December 31, 2021.

 

Revenues

 

All revenues recognized were derived from internet advertising for the years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021.

 

Advertising

 

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising costs are included as a component of general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

The Company did not incur advertising costs during the year ended December 31, 2022, and recognized $1,454 in such costs during the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

 

 

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Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company accounts for our stock-based compensation, including stock options and common stock warrants, under ASC 718 Compensation – Stock Compensation, using the fair value-based method. Under this method, compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the value of the award and is recognized over the requisite service period for employee awards, which is usually the vesting period, and when the goods are obtained or services are received, for nonemployee awards. This guidance establishes standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services. It also applies to transactions in which an entity incurs liabilities in exchange for goods or services that are based on the fair value of the entity’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of those equity instruments.

 

In connection with certain financing, consulting and collaboration arrangements, the Company may issue warrants to purchase shares of its common stock. The outstanding warrants are standalone instruments that are not puttable or mandatorily redeemable by the holder and are classified as equity awards.

 

The fair value of stock-based compensation is generally determined using the Black-Scholes valuation model as of the date of the grant or the date at which the performance of the services is completed (measurement date).

  

When determining fair value of stock-based compensation, the Company considers the following assumptions in the Black-Scholes model:

 

· Exercise price,
· Expected dividends,
· Expected volatility,
· Risk-free interest rate; and
· Expected life of option

 

 

 

 

 

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Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income tax using the asset and liability method prescribed by ASC 740, Income Taxes (ASC 740). Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates that will be in effect in the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The Company records a valuation allowance to offset deferred tax assets if based on the weight of available evidence, it is more-likely-than-not that all or some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized as gain or loss in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

The Company follows the accounting guidance for uncertainty in income taxes using the provisions of ASC 740. Using that guidance, tax positions initially need to be recognized in the consolidated financial statements when it is more likely than not the position will be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company did not identify any uncertain tax positions that qualify for either recognition or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements.

 

The Company recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to recognized uncertain income tax positions, in other expense. No interest and penalties related to uncertain income tax positions were recorded for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. Open tax years subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service generally remain open for three years from the filing date. Tax years subject to examination by the state jurisdictions generally remain open for up to four years from the filing date.

 

Related Parties

 

Parties are considered to be related to the Company if the parties, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, control, are controlled by, or are under common control with the Company. Related parties also include principal owners of the Company, its management, members of the immediate families of principal owners of the Company and its management and other parties with which the Company may deal with if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests.

 

Reclassification

 

For financial statement presentation purposes, the Company reclassified amounts among certain stockholders’ equity accounts to reflect shares of outstanding Series AAA, Series C, and Series E preferred stock at their par value, with the offsetting amounts presented as additional paid-in capital. Previously, the preferred stock accounts included par value of the preferred stock shares outstanding plus additional paid-in capital associated with the outstanding stock. Amounts reclassified were $493,869, $15,000, and $4,935,040 for the Series AAA, Series C, and Series E preferred stock, respectively, and the effects of such reclassifications are reflected as of December 31, 2020 on the accompanying consolidated financial statements, where applicable. There was no net effect on total stockholders’ equity or net loss for any period as a result of these reclassifications.

 

 

 

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Recent Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

We consider the applicability and impact of all new accounting pronouncements on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, stockholders’ deficit, cash flows, or presentation thereof. Management has evaluated all recent accounting pronouncements as issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) through the date these consolidated financial statements were available to be issued and found no recent accounting pronouncements issued, but not yet effective, that when adopted, will have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

 

Financial Instrument – Credit Losses: In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (ASU 2016-13). ASU 2016-13 replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology under current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires a consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. ASU 2016-13 requires the use of a forward-looking expected credit loss model for accounts receivables, loans, and other financial instruments. In May 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-05, which provides transition relief for entities adopting ASU 2016-13. For entities that have adopted ASU 2016-13, the amendments in ASU 2019-05 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods therein. An entity may early adopt ASU No. 2019-05 in any interim period after its issuance if the entity has adopted ASU 2016-13. For all other entities, the effective date will be the same as the effective date of ASU 2016-13. ASU 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the expected impact of adopting ASU 2016-13 on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

 

Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers: In October 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers (ASU 2021-08). Under ASU 2021-08, an acquirer in a business combination must apply ASC 606 principles when recognizing and measuring acquired contract assets and contract liabilities. The provisions of ASU 2021-08 are applicable for the Company for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2021-08 on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

 

Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions: On September 30, 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03 (ASU 2022-03), which clarifies the guidance in Topic 820 on the fair value measurement of an equity security that is subject to contractual restrictions that prohibit the sale of an equity security. The ASU also requires specific disclosures related to such an equity security, including (1) the fair value of such equity securities reflected in the balance sheet, (2) the nature and remaining duration of the corresponding restrictions, and (3) any circumstances that could cause a lapse in the restrictions. ASU 2022-03 clarifies that a “contractual restriction prohibiting the sale of an equity security is a characteristic of the reporting entity holding the equity security” and is not included in the equity security’s unit of account. Accordingly, an entity should not consider the contractual sale restriction when measuring the equity security’s fair value (i.e., the entity should not apply a discount related to the contractual sale restriction, as stated in ASC 820-10-35-36B as amended by the ASU). The ASU also prohibits an entity from recognizing a contractual sale restriction as a separate unit of account. For public business entities, ASU 2022-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2022-03 on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncement

 

Accounting for Convertible Instruments: In August 2020, FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity (ASU 2020-06), as part of its overall simplification initiative to reduce costs and complexity of applying accounting standards while maintaining or improving the usefulness of the information provided to users of financial statements. Among other changes, the new guidance removes from U.S. GAAP separation models for convertible debt that require the convertible debt to be separated into a debt and equity component, unless the conversion feature is required to be bifurcated and accounted for as a derivative or the debt is issued at a substantial premium. As a result, after adopting the guidance, entities will no longer separately present such embedded conversion features in equity and will instead account for the convertible debt wholly as debt. The new guidance also requires use of the “if-converted” method when calculating the dilutive impact of convertible debt on earnings per share, which is consistent with the Company’s current accounting treatment under the current guidance. The guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted, but only at the beginning of the fiscal year.

 

We adopted this pronouncement on January 1, 2022; however, the adoption of this standard did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

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NOTE 3: INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

Definite-Lived Intangible Assets

 

The ATOS platform technology was acquired through the Company’s acquisition of Advangelists, LLC in 2018 and 2019 and is described as follows:

 

· The platform creates an automated marketplace of advertisers and publishers on digital media outlets to host online auctions to facilitate the sale of ad time slots (known as digital real estate) targeted at users while engaged on their connected TV, computer, or mobile device, and
   
· gives advertisers the capability to understand and interact with their audiences and engage them in a meaningful way by the using ads in both image and video formats (known as rich media) to increase their customer base and foot traffic to their physical locations.

 

The other definite-lived intangible asset is a customer relationship asset also acquired through the Advangelists, LLC acquisition. Customer relationship intangible assets are being amortized over their estimated useful lives of five years. The Company periodically evaluates the reasonableness of the useful lives of these assets. These assets are also reviewed for impairment or obsolescence when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized in the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset.

Schedule of intangible assets           
   Useful Lives  December 31, 2022   December 31, 2021 
            
Customer relationships  5 years  $3,003,676   $3,003,676 
Less accumulated amortization      (2,357,392)   (1,756,657)
Net carrying value     $646,284   $1,247,019 

  

The ATOS platform was determined to be fully impaired as of December 31, 2021. During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized $600,735 and $800,735 of amortization expense, respectively, related to intangible assets, which is included in general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of operations.

 

Future amortization of definite-lived intangible assets, for years ending December 31, is as follows:

Schedule of future accumulated amortization    
2023  $569,796 
2024   76,488 
Total  $646,284 

 

 

 

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NOTE 4 – DEBT

 

Following is a summary of debt outstanding at December 31:

Summary of long term debt        
   December 31,
2022
   December 31,
2021
 
Convertible Notes Payable - Related Party (a)  $   $2,562,500 
Convertible Notes Payable (b)       250,000 
Small Business Administration (c)   150,000    150,000 
Notes Payable – Accounts Receivable Factoring (d)       156,504 
Total Debt   150,000    3,119,004 
Current portion of debt       656,504 
Long-term portion of debt  $150,000   $2,462,500 

 

  (a) From September through March 2021, the Company issued to Dr. Gene Salkind, a director of the Company, along with an affiliate of Dr. Salkind, a total of $2,562,500 in 15% Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes (the Salkind Notes). The Salkind Notes had the following terms, as amended:

 

  · The Salkind Notes were convertible at any time at a conversion rate of $32.00 (subsequently amended in April 2021 to $4.00).
     
  · The Company could require the Salkind Notes to be converted at any time that the trailing thirty (30) day volume weighted average price per share (as more particularly described in the Salkind Notes) of the Company’s common stock is above $4.00 per share (as amended).
     
·Upon conversion of the Salkind Notes, the Company was to issue warrants for the purchase of common stock of the Company. The number of common shares granted under the warrants was equivalent to 50% of the total shares issued under the principal converted. The warrants are immediately exercisable at a price of $4.00 (as amended) per share through September 2029.
   
·The Salkind Notes were secured by assets of the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

 

 

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The Salkind Notes contained customary events of default, which, if uncured, entitle the holders to accelerate payment of the principal and all accrued and unpaid interest under the promissory notes.

 

During 2021, the Company made $137,500 in cash payments on the total principal outstanding at the time of $2,700,000.

 

During fiscal 2022, the holders converted the remaining $2,562,500 of outstanding debt through two separate conversion transactions at mutually and Board approved reduced conversion prices of $1.50 and $1.25 per share, respectively, which also resulted in additional warrants being issued related to the 50% warrant coverage and based on the total shares issued. In connection with these conversions, a total of 1,776,333 restricted common shares were issued and warrants to purchase 888,166 restricted common shares at an exercise price of $4.00 per share exercisable through September 2029 were granted. The Company determined that these conversions resulted in debt extinguishment accounting under Accounting Standards Codification 470-50, Debt Modifications and Extinguishments. As a result, the Company recorded a total loss on debt extinguishment for fiscal 2022 of $855,296, which represented the excess of the debt reacquisition price over its carrying value at the time of the conversions. Accrued and unpaid interest on the Salkind Notes of $235,563 remains outstanding at December 31, 2022 and is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet which can be converted at the amended conversion rate of $4.00.

  

  (b)

During 2021, the Company issued multiple unsecured Convertible Promissory Notes for total debt proceeds of $250,000 to several private investors who are otherwise unaffiliated shareholders of the Company (Convertible Notes).

 

A total of $150,000 of non-interest bearing Convertible Notes were issued to a single debt holder with an initial conversion price of $6.00 per share, along with a total origination fee consisting of 7,500 shares of restricted common stock. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the debt holder converted the $150,000 of debt principal at a reduced conversion rate of $2.00 per share under an induced conversion arrangement that included an explicit time limit for conversion. The conversion resulted in the issuance of 75,000 shares of common stock and recognition of $101,000 in inducement expense on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2022.

 

A total of $100,000 in 10% Convertible Notes were issued to three individuals with a maturity date of July 1, 2022. The 10% Convertible Notes contained an automatic conversion feature, effectively converting all outstanding and unpaid principal on the maturity date at a conversion rate of $4.00 per share. On July 1, 2022, $100,000 of convertible note principal, and accrued interest of $8,425, were converted into 27,107 common shares at the $4.00 conversion rate. Upon conversion, the $108,425 of principal and accrued interest was reclassified to stockholders’ equity.

     
  (c) In June 2020, the Company received an Economic Injury Disaster Loan of $150,000 from the Small Business Administration (SBA) which carries a thirty-year term, and interest at 3.7% per annum, with a maturity date in July of 2050. The loan is to be repaid in monthly installments, including principal and interest, of $731, beginning twelve months from the date of the loan. Total accrued and unpaid interest on the debt was $13,594 at December 31, 2022 and is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The total principal outstanding has been presented as long-term liabilities as payments required to be made in 2023 will be applied to accrued interest.
     
  (d) In July 2021, Business Capital Providers, Inc. purchased certain future receivables from the Company at a discount under agreements dated July of 2021. All loans have been repaid in full as of December 31, 2022.

 

 

 

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Gain on Forgiveness of Debt – PPP Loan

 

In May of 2020, the Company applied and received Small Business Administration (SBA) Cares Act loans due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Each loan carried a five-year term and bore interest at 1.00% per annum (PPP Loan). The window to use the funds for the SBA specific purposes was a twenty-four-week period. If the funds were used for the allotted expenses the PPP Loans are to be forgiven in full. During the second quarter of 2021, the Company applied for and received forgiveness on the PPP Loan of $265,842, which was recognized as gain on forgiveness of debt on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

NOTE 5: INCOME TAXES

 

The Company has federal net operating loss carryforwards (“NOL’s) of $58,838,282 and $45,775,954 at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, which may be available to reduce future taxable income indefinitely.

 

The tax effects of temporary differences which give rise to deferred tax assets are summarized as follows:

Schedule of deferred tax assets        
   December 31, 
   2022   2021 
Deferred tax assets          
Net operating losses  $13,433,000   $11,421,000 
Accounts receivable   286,000    205,000 
Valuation allowance   (13,585,000)   (10,540,000)
Net deferred tax assets   134,000    1,086,000 
           
Deferred tax liabilities          
Property and equipment   (134,000)   (1,086,000)
Net deferred tax assets  $   $ 

 

The change in the Company’s valuation allowance was an increase of $3,045,000 and a decrease of $881,000 for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, primarily related to the increase in net operating losses.

 

 

 

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A reconciliation of the federal statutory rate to the Company’s effective tax rate is as follows:

Reconciliation of federal statutory rate            
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2022     2021  
Federal income tax at statutory rates     (21.00%     (21.00%
Change in deferred tax asset valuation allowance     25.00%       4.00%  
Other     (4.00% )     17.00%  
Income taxes at effective rates     0.00%       0.00%  

 

NOTE 6: STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

The Company’s authorized capital stock consists of 105,000,000 shares, comprised of 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value.

 

Of the 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock authorized, the Board of Directors has designated the following:

 

·1,500,000 shares as Series AA Preferred Stock, none outstanding
·1,250,000 shares as Series AAA Preferred Stock, 31,413 shares outstanding
·1,250 shares as Series AAAA Preferred Stock, all previously outstanding shares of which have been redeemed or converted
·1,500 shares as Series C Preferred Stock, none outstanding
·2 shares as Series B Preferred Stock, all previously outstanding shares of which have been redeemed or converted
·70,000 shares as Series E Preferred Stock, 61,688 shares outstanding

 

Rights Under Preferred Stock

 

The Company’s classes of preferred stock include the following provisions:

 

Optional Conversion Rights

 

·Series AA preferred stock – one share convertible into 50 shares of common stock
·Series AAA preferred stock – one share convertible into 100 shares of common stock
·Series C preferred stock – one share convertible into 100,000 shares of commons stock
·Series E preferred stock – one share at a rate of Stated Value, as defined, divided by $0.08, convertible commencing January 31, 2020

 

Redemption Rights

 

Series E preferred stock is redeemable at any time upon 30 days written notice by the Company and the holders, at a rate of 100% of the Stated Value, as defined.

 

Warrant Coverage

 

Series C preferred stock carries 100% warrant coverage upon preferred stock conversion, warrants exercisable through September 20, 2023 at an exercise price of $0.12.

 

No further voting, dividend or liquidation preference rights exist as of December 31, 2022 on any class of preferred stock.

 

 

 

 

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Shares Issued for Services

 

Prior to 2021, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Sterling Asset Management (Sterling) to provide business advisory services. Compensation paid to Sterling under the agreement was in the form of common stock. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 7,500 shares of common stock to Sterling under this agreement. On May 28, 2021, the Company entered into a new contract with Sterling to provide assistance and recommendations to help build strategic partnerships and to provide the Company with advice regarding revenue opportunities, mergers and acquisitions. Under the new six-month contract, Sterling received 2,500 restricted common shares each month of the agreement (a total of 15,000 shares) and $75,000 in cash payments. The total fair value of the 22,500 shares of common stock compensation issued to Sterling for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $177,675.

 

On December 13, 2021, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with 622 Capital LLC to provide business advisory services over a term of six months. The consultant received 100,000 shares of restricted common stock upon execution of the agreement, which were fair valued at $321,000.

 

In December 2021, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Alchemy Advisory LLC to provide business advisory services over a term of six months. The consultant received 100,000 shares of restricted common stock upon execution of the agreement, which were fair valued at $321,000.

 

On December 29, 2021, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Pastel Holdings Inc. to provide business advisory services over a term of eighteen months commencing January 1, 2022. The Company is required to pay a $5,000 per month consulting fee during the term of the agreement and to issue five-year warrants for the purchase of 15,000 common shares at an exercise price of $4.565 per share. The total fair value of the warrants issued during the year ended December 31, 2022 was approximately $16,000.

 

In March 2022, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with John Columbia, Inc. to provide business advisory services. As compensation under the agreement, the Company issued 50,000 shares of common stock, fair valued at $1.69 per share, for a total of $84,500 in exchange for services rendered, as well as monthly payments of $20,000 over the term of the agreement, recognized as general and administrative services on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2022.

 

Common Stock Issued for Cash

 

During 2021, the Company issued a total of 149,836 shares of its common stock under various subscription agreements with individual private accredited investors for a per share purchase price of $6.00 and cash proceeds totaling $898,990. The agreements had similar terms and were for the purchase of shares of common stock for cash.

 

On October 19, 2021, the Company filed a Form S-1 Registration Statement (File no. 333-260364) with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise over $10 million dollars in an underwritten public offering. The next day the Company filed an application to list our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “MOBQ.” This offering was completed on December 13, 2021, and the Company retired the loans of Talos Victory Fund, LLC and Blue Lake Partners LLC out of the gross proceeds it received of approximately $10.3 million. All warrants issued to Talos and Blue Lake were converted on a cashless exercise basis into 24,692 common shares and 24,692 common shares, respectively. The Company issued a total of 2,481,928 common shares for total gross proceeds of $6,968,168, and 2,807,937 warrants (2021 Warrants) in connection with the public offering with the warrants exercisable at $4.98 per share. The Company also issued 5-year warrants to purchase 74,458 common shares to the underwriters exercisable at $5.1875 per share.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company issued 922,448 shares of common stock at $1.25 per share for total cash proceeds of $1,187,500 under thirteen individual stock subscription agreements.

 

 

 

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Common Stock Issued Upon Conversion of Debt

 

During 2021, sixteen of the holders of the Convertible Notes converted $1,810,507 of outstanding principal and accrued interest into a total of 223,665 shares of common stock at conversion prices ranging from $4.81 to $7.25 per share.

 

During the fourth quarter of 2021, Business Capital Providers assigned one of its Merchant Agreements and related debt described above to non-affiliated third parties, which subsequently converted $89,100 in outstanding indebtedness into 13,103 common shares pursuant to their terms.

 

During 2022, as discussed in Note 4, a total of $2,562,500 of related party Convertible Notes principal outstanding was converted into a total of 1,776,333 shares of common stock at conversion prices of $1.25 and $1.50 per share under two individual conversions. The conversions resulted in the Company recognizing $855,296 in loss on debt extinguishment and additional paid-in capital as a result of 567,854 additional common stock warrants issued by the Company upon conversion of the debt and the reduction of the conversion price.

 

During 2022, as discussed in Note 4, the remaining $250,000 in outstanding principal under the Convertible Notes was converted into 102,107 shares of common stock at conversion prices of $2.00 and $4.00 per share under four individual conversions. Conversion of $150,000 in such principal was considered an inducement transaction under U.S. GAAP resulting in the recording of additional $101,000 in inducement expense and additional paid-in capital. The balance of $100,000 in debt principal, plus $8,425 in accrued interest, was converted during 2022 into 27,107 shares of common stock at the conversion rate of $4.00 per share. Therefore, the $108,425 of principal and accrued interest was reclassified to stockholders’ equity upon conversion.

 

Common Stock Issued in Conjunction with Debt Issuance

 

During 2021, the Company issued several convertible debt promissory notes under subscription agreements with accredited investors. The agreements called for the issuance of shares of restricted common stock to the debt holders upon issuance of the debt in exchange for a reduced debt financing rate. The total shares issued under the convertible debt promissory notes was 92,900. The fair value of the shares ranged from $6.00 to $9.38 per share for a total of $700,581.

 

Common Stock Issued Upon Exercise of Warrants

 

During 2021, two warrant holders exercised warrants under a cashless exercise provision, resulting in the issuance 49,384 shares of common stock. No warrants were exercised during 2022.

 

Conversion of Preferred Stock

 

During 2021, a shareholder of our Series AAA Preferred Stock converted 25,000 shares, valued at $375,000, to 6,250 shares of our common stock.

 

During 2021, the single holder of our Series C Preferred Stock converted 1,500 shares, valued at $15,000, to 375,000 shares of our common stock. Pursuant to the Series C Preferred Stock conversion terms, the shareholder was granted 375,000 warrants upon conversion at an exercise price of $48.00 with an expiration date of September 2023.

 

 

 

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NOTE 7 – STOCK OPTION PLANS AND WARRANTS

 

Stock Options

 

During Fiscal 2005, the Company established, and the stockholders approved, an Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan (the “2005 Plan”) for the granting of up to 5,000 non-statutory and incentive stock options and stock awards to directors, officers, consultants and key employees of the Company. On June 9, 2005, the Board of Directors amended the Plan to increase the number of stock options and awards to be granted under the Plan to 10,000 shares. During Fiscal 2009, the Company established a plan of long-term stock-based compensation incentives for selected Eligible Participants of the Company covering 10,000 shares. This plan was adopted by the Board of Directors and approved by stockholders in October 2009 (the “2009 Plan”). In September 2013, the Company’s stockholders approved an increase in the number of shares covered by the 2009 Plan to 25,000 shares. In the first quarter of 2016, the Board approved, and stockholders ratified a 2016 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan covering 25,000 shares (the “2016 Plan”) and approved moving all options which exceeded the 2009 Plan limits to the 2016 Plan. In December 2018, the Board of Directors adopted and in February 2019 the stockholders ratified the 2018 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan covering 75,000 shares (the “2018 Plan”). On April 2, 2019, the Board approved the “2019 Plan” identical to the 2018 Plan, except that the 2019 Plan covers 150,000 shares. The 2019 Plan required stockholder approval by April 2, 2020, to be able to grant incentive stock options under the 2019 Plan. On October 13, 2021, the Board approved the “2021 Plan” identical to the 2018 Plan, except that the 2019 Plan covers 1,100,000 post-split shares. The 2021 Plan required stockholder approval by October 13, 2022, to be able to grant incentive stock options under the 2021 Plan. The 2005 Plan, 2009 Plan, 2016 Plan, 2018 Plan, 2019 Plan and 2021 Plan are collectively referred to as the “Plans.”

 

In December of 2021, the Company granted a total of 810,000 option awards to employees or directors of the Company from the 2021 Plan. The options are immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $4.57 per share for a period of ten years expiring in December 2031.

 

In March of 2022, Anne S. Provost was elected to the board of directors and was granted 25,000 options from the Company’s 2021 Plan with immediate vesting, at an exercise price of $4.57, and expiration of December 2031.

 

In April of 2022, Dean Julia was granted 12,500 options from the Company’s 2021 Plan with immediate vesting, at an exercise price of $1.55, and expiration of April 2031.

 

All stock options under the Plans are granted at or above the fair market value of the common stock at the grant date. Employee and non-employee stock options vest over varying periods and generally expire either 5 or 10 years from the grant date. The fair value of options at the date of grant was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. For option grants, the Company will take into consideration payments subject to the provisions of ASC 718 “Stock Compensation”. Previously, such assumptions were determined based on historical data. The weighted average assumptions incorporated into calculating the fair values of options granted during fiscal 2022 and 2021 are as follows:

Schedule of assumptions used        
   Years Ended
December 31
 
   2022   2021 
Expected volatility   194%    116% 
Expected dividend yield        
Risk-free interest rate   2.14%-2.55%    1.28% 
Expected life (in years)   6.75    10 

 

Schedule of options outstanding                
  

Option

Shares

   Weighted
Average Exercise
Price
   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
   Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
 
                 
Outstanding, January 1, 2021   302,849   $45.85    4.65   $ 
Granted   835,000    19.85    2.90     
Cancelled and expired   (1,940)            
Outstanding, December 31, 2021   1,135,909    16.69    8.39     
                     
Granted   37,500    3.56    8.72     
Cancelled and expired   (10,688)   21.77         
Outstanding, December 31, 2022   1,162,721   $16.22    7.44   $ 
                     
Options exercisable, December 31, 2022   1,154,483   $16.16    7.43   $ 

 

 

 

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The weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during fiscal 2022, was $1.09.

 

The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and options exercisable at December 31, 2022 is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying options and the market price of the Company's common stock for the shares that had exercise prices, that were lower than the $0.54 closing price of the Company's common stock on December 31, 2022, of which there were none.

 

The Company’s results for fiscal 2022 and 2021 include employee share-based compensation expense totaling $67,541 and $4,635,224 respectively. Such amounts have been included in the consolidated statements of operations within general and administrative expenses.

 

As of December 31, 2022, the unamortized compensation cost related to unvested stock option awards is $13,542, expected to be recognized in fiscal year 2023.

 

Warrants

 

On December 29, 2021 the Company entered into a 12 month consulting agreement starting in January 2022 with Pastel Holdings Inc (“Pastel”) to provide business advisory services. Pastel will provide assistance and recommendations to help build strategic partnerships and provide the Company with advice regarding revenue opportunities, mergers and acquisitions. Pastel receives 15,000 warrants of the Company’s common stock over the first twelve months of this agreement, all of which were issued during 2022. The warrants shall have a term of five years and shall be exercisable at $4.565 per share. A $5,000 per month consulting fee will be paid, in addition to the warrants, commencing on January 1, 2022. The total fair value of the warrants issued to Pastel totaled $16,064 and was recognized as general and administrative expense on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

 

During fiscal 2022, the Company issued 888,166 warrants in connection with the conversion of secured convertible notes to a related party (see Note 4), with an exercise price of $4.00 per share, immediately exercisable through September 2029.

 

The weighted average assumptions made in calculating the fair value of warrants granted during the years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021 are as follows:  

Schedule of warrant assumptions        
  

Years Ended

December 31,

 
   2022   2021 
Expected volatility   163%-198%    176% 
Expected dividend yield        
Risk-free interest rate   1.62%-4.25%    1.14% 
Expected term (in years)   3.00-5.00    5.83 

 

 

 

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Schedule of warrants outstanding                
   Shares   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Weighted
Average
Remaining Contractual
Term
  

Aggregate

Intrinsic
Value

 
Outstanding, January 1, 2021,   471,557   $52.529    6.31   $ 
Granted   3,439,157    9.46    4.30     
Exercised   (102,262)            
Expired   (6,250)            
Outstanding, December 31, 2021   3,800,202    15.19    4.68     
                     
Granted   903,166    4.01    8.61     
Expired   (19,568)   22.73         
Outstanding, December 31, 2022   4,683,800   $13.01    4.73   $ 

 

NOTE 8: EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

 

Pursuant to ASC 260, Earnings Per Share, basic earnings (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the periods presented.

 

Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock, common stock equivalents and potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period. Potentially dilutive common shares may consist of common stock issuable for stock options and warrants (using the treasury stock method), convertible notes and common stock issuable. These common stock equivalents may be dilutive in the future. In the event of a net loss, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share since the effect of the potential common stock equivalents upon conversion would be anti-dilutive.

  

The following potentially dilutive equity securities outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 are as follows: 

Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share        
   December 31, 2022   December 31, 2021 
Convertible notes payable and accrued interest   58,891    768,204 
Stock options   1,162,721    1,135,909 
Warrants   4,683,800    3,800,202 
Total common stock equivalents   5,905,412    5,704,315 

 

 

 

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NOTE 9: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Litigation

 

We are not a party to any pending material legal proceedings. The following matters were settled in the past two fiscal years.

 

Washington Prime Group, Inc. (“WPG”), a successor in interest to Simon Property Group, L.P., commenced an action in the Marion Superior Court, County of Marion, State of Indiana against the Company in February 2020 alleging default on 36 commercial leases which the Company had entered into in 36 separate shopping mall locations across the United States for the placement of Mobiquity’s Bluetooth messaging system equipment in the shopping malls to send advertisements through to shoppers’ phones as they walked through mall common areas. WPG alleged damages from unpaid rent of $892,332. WPG sought a judgment from the court to collect the claimed unpaid rent plus attorneys’ fees and other costs of collection. The Company disputed the claim. On September 18, 2020, the parties entered into a settlement agreement with respect to this lawsuit. Under the settlement agreement, Mobiquity paid WPG $100,000 in five $20,000 monthly installments ending in January 2021 and mutual general releases were exchanged.

 

In December 2019, Carter, Deluca & Farrell LP, a law firm, commenced an action in the Supreme Court of New York, County of Nassau, against the Company seeking $113,654 in past due legal fees allegedly owed. The Company disputed the amount owed to that firm. On March 13, 2021, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with the law firm and paid them $60,000 to settle the lawsuit.

 

In July 2020, Fyber Monetization, an Israeli company in the business of digital advertising, commenced an action against the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary Advangelists LLC in the Magistrate’s Court in Tel Aviv, Israel. In its statement of claim, Fyber alleged that Advangelists owes Fyber license fees of $584,945 invoiced in June through November 3, of 2019 under a February 1, 2017, license agreement for the use of Fyber’s RTB technology and e-commerce platform which connects digital advertising media buyers and media sellers. In March 2022, this lawsuit was settled with the Company paying $120,000 to Plaintiff and recognizing a gain on settlement of liability of $389,495 on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

 

In October 2020, FunCorp Limited, a Cypriot company which owns and operates social networking websites and mobile applications, commenced an action against the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary Advangelists LLC in Superior Court, State of Washington, County of King alleging Advangelists owed FunCorp for unpaid amounts due under an insertion order for placement of Advangelists’ advertisements on FunCorp’s iFunny website totaling $42,464 plus legal fees. Advangelists disputed the claim. In September 2021 the action was settled in payment of $44,000 and the exchange of general releases, without Advangelists admitting any liability. The settlement agreement provides that the terms of the settlement agreement and FunCorp’s allegations are confidential and may not be disclosed except as required by law, court order or subpoena with certain limitations.

 

On January 4, 2022, Don Walker (“Trey”) Barrett III accepted the position of Chief Operations and Strategy Officer of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. On March 23, 2022, the Company reported the termination of the Employment Agreement of Donald (Trey) Barrett III as Chief Operations and Strategy Officer. On April 12, 2022, Mr. Barrett commenced an arbitration against the Company before the American Arbitration Association alleging among other things that the Company terminated Mr. Barrett without cause in breach of the Employment Agreement. On August 12, 2022, the Company and Mr. Barrett reached a settlement in which, among other things, the Company and Mr. Barrett mutually deemed that the termination was not for-cause, the Company agreed to pay Mr. Barrett a sum which is not material to the business or financial condition of the Company, and Mr. Barrett’s non-competition restrictive covenant was canceled. The amount was paid in full settlement of the liability as of September 30, 2022, and the expense is included in general and administrative expenses on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

 

 

 

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Nasdaq Listing Requirements

 

Our common stock and 2021 Warrants are listed on the NasdaqCM. In order to maintain that listing, we must satisfy minimum financial and other continued listing requirements and standards, including those regarding director independence and independent committee requirements, minimum stockholders’ equity, minimum share price, and certain corporate governance requirements. There can be no assurances that we will be able to comply with the applicable listing standards.

 

On January 13, 2023, we received a letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market stating that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) because the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock was below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days. Pursuant to Nasdaq’s Listing Rules, the Company has a 180-day grace period, until July 12, 2023, during which the Company may regain compliance if the bid price of its common stock closes at $1.00 per share or more for a minimum of ten consecutive business days.

 

If we do not regain compliance with the bid price requirement, we may be eligible for an additional 180-calendar day compliance period so long as we satisfy the criteria for initial listing on the NasdaqCM and the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and we provide written notice to Nasdaq of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. A reverse stock split requires the approval of our shareholders, and we cannot assure that we will receive the requisite shareholder vote to allow us to effectuate a stock split. In the event we are not eligible for the second grace period, the Nasdaq staff will provide written notice that our Common Stock is subject to delisting; however, we may request a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel, which request, if timely made, would stay any further suspension or delisting action by the Nasdaq pending the conclusion of the hearing process and expiration of any extension that may be granted by the Hearings Panel.

 

On January 4, 2023, we received a deficiency notification from the Listing Qualifications Department of The NasdaqCM notifying the Company of its noncompliance with the NasdaqCM Listing Rule 5620(a) to hold an annual meeting of shareholders within no later than one year after the end of the Company’s fiscal year end. Under NasdaqCM Rules the Company now has 45 calendar days to submit a plan to regain compliance and can grant up to 180 calendar days from the fiscal year end, or until June 29, 2023, to regain compliance.

 

On December 14, 2022, we received a deficiency letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The NasdaqCM notifying the Company of its noncompliance with the NasdaqCM Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) for the NasdaqCM, which requires that a listed company’s stockholders’ equity be at least $2.5 million. In accordance with NasdaqCM rules, the Company has 45 calendar days from the date of the notification to submit a plan to regain compliance with NasdaqCM Listing Rule 5550(b)(1). The Company intends to submit a compliance plan within 45 days of the date of the notification and will evaluate available options to resolve the deficiency and regain compliance. If the Company’s compliance plan is accepted, the Company may be granted up to 180 calendar days from December 14, 2022, to evidence compliance.

 

In order to maintain the listing of its common stock on The NasdaqCM, the Company must demonstrate compliance with Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) which requires the Company to maintain: (1) Stockholders’ equity of at least $2.5 million; or (2) Market Value of Listed Securities of at least $35 million. The Company’s plan of compliance outlined a plan for compliance with the stockholders’ equity standard requirement by completing the recently completed offering. (see Note 10). As the net proceeds of the recently completed offering was approximately $2,950,000, which is lower than the amount anticipated, the Company will likely need to raise additional capital and to amend its plan of compliance.

 

The Company intends to regain compliance with each of the applicable continued listing requirements of The NasdaqCM prior to the end of the compliance periods set forth in the Hearings Panel decision. However, until Nasdaq has reached a final determination that the Company has regained compliance with all of the applicable continued listing requirements, there can be no assurances regarding the continued listing of the Company’s common stock and 2021 Warrants on Nasdaq. If our common stock and 2021 Warrants cease to be listed for trading on the NasdaqCM, we would expect that our Common Stock and 2021 Warrants would be traded on one of the three tiered marketplaces of the OTC Markets Group. If Nasdaq were to delist our common stock and 2021 Warrants, it would be more difficult for our stockholders to dispose of our common stock or 2021 Warrants and more difficult to obtain accurate price quotations on our common stock or 2021 Warrants. The delisting of the Company’s common stock and 2021 Warrants from Nasdaq would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s access to capital markets, and any limitation on market liquidity or reduction in the price of its common stock as a result of that delisting would adversely affect the Company’s ability to raise capital on terms acceptable to the Company, if at all.

 

 

 

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NOTE 10: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Securities Purchase Agreement

 

On December 30, 2022, we and Walleye Opportunities Master Fund Ltd, a Cayman Islands company (the “Investor”), entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) for the Investor to purchase from the Company (i) a senior secured 20% OID nine-month promissory note in an aggregate original principal amount of $1,437,500 (the “Investor Note”), and (ii) a five year warrant to purchase 2,613,636 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $.44 per share which is not exercisable until July 1, 2023 (the “Investor Warrant”). Proceeds from the Agreement were received by the Company in January 2023. A total of 522,727 shares of Common Stock, or approximately 5.3% of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock, were issued to the Investor as an incentive on the transaction, excluding the above referenced Investor Warrant, the shares of Common Stock exercisable pursuant to such Investor Warrant not being considered beneficially owned by the Investor until the Investor Warrant is exercisable within 60 days. A fee of $103,500 plus warrants to purchase 26,136 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $0.484 per share were issued to Spartan Capital Securities LLC. These warrants were subsequently cancelled on February 7, 2023. Approximately $163,000 of the loan proceeds were utilized to retire a small business loan originally in the principal amount of $150,000. The Investor Note will only become convertible into Common Stock upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under and as defined in the Investor Note on terms set forth in the Investor Note. This Note matures and is payable on or before September 30, 2023, and it provides that the investor may demand prepayment after March 31, 2023 and before the maturity date, provided that the purchasers of securities in the offering covered by this prospectus who hold the purchased Company securities at the time the prepayment demand is made unanimously consent to the prepayment. We expect we will rely on proceeds from future fundings or cashflow from operations to repay the Note on the maturity date or earlier at our option, or if the investor demands prepayment which is consented to. If we are unable to raise additional funding after the recently completed offering or do not generate sufficient cashflow to repay the Note when due, we will be in default under the Note if we do not pay it. The Company granted a security interest in all of its assets to the Investor as collateral for its obligations under the Investor Note pursuant to a Security Agreement. In addition, the Company’s subsidiaries guaranteed the obligations of the Company under the Investor Note pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee and granted a first lien security interest in all of their assets to the Investor as additional collateral pursuant to the Security Agreement. All securities sold in the above described transaction contain certain piggy-back registration rights after the completion of our February 2023 offering. We have completed various other financings as described under the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Exemption from registration is claimed under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

On January 5, 2023, the Company paid $163,885 to the Small Business Administration to pay off the Company’s SBA loan.

 

February 2023 Public Offering

 

On February 13, 2023, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with the Spartan Capital Securities, LLC (the Underwriter) relating to the public offering of 3,777,634 shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase 4,286,883 shares of common stock (the Shares), accompanied by Series 2023 Warrants to purchase 12,096,776 shares of common stock (the February 2023 Offering). The offered securities are priced at a public offering price of $0.465 per combination of one share of common stock or pre-funded warrant, accompanied by one Series 2023 Warrant.

 

Each pre-funded warrant is exercisable at any time to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share. Each Series 2023 Warrant is exercisable for five years to purchase 1.5 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.465 per 1.5 shares. The Series 2023 Warrants also have an alternative cashless exercise permitting the holder to acquire 0.75 shares for each 1.5 shares any time after the earlier of (i) 30 days following the initial exercise date of February 14, 2023 and (ii) the date on which the aggregate trading volume of the Company’s common stock beginning on the initial exercise date of the Series 2023 Warrants exceeds 36,290,322 shares. Additionally, the exercise price of both warrants are subject to customary adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, reclassifications and the like.

 

The Company also granted the Underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,209,678 shares and/or pre-funded warrants in lieu of shares, and accompanying Series 2023 Warrants to purchase 1,814,517 shares at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions, to cover over-allotments, if any.

 

The net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Shares and Warrants, after deducting the Underwriters’ discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, are expected to be approximately $2,950,000. The February 2023 Offering closed on February 16, 2023. The over-allotment has not been exercised and the Company cannot assure as to whether the Underwriters will exercise all or any part of the over-allotment option.

 

Between the closing of the February 2023 Offering and March 28, 2023, one or more investors holding pre-funded warrants converted their pre-funded warrants into 3,036,667 shares of common stock and converted 806,451 of the Series 2023 Warrants into 403,226 shares of common stock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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$3,000,000

 

Up to 30,000,000 Shares of Common Stock

and up to 30,000,000 Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase up to 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock

 

Placement Agent Warrants to Purchase up to 600,000 Shares of Common Stock

 

 

 

COMMON STOCK

PRE-FUNDED WARRANTS

 

PROSPECTUS

 

 

Through and including July 24, 2023, all dealers effecting transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to a dealer’s obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as an underwriter and with respect to an unsold allotment or subscription.

 

 

 

SPARTAN CAPITAL SECURITIES LLC.

 

June 29, 2023

 

 

 

   

 

 

PART II — INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

The following table sets forth the expenses expected to be incurred by us in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered.

 

SEC Filing Fee  $5,000.00*
Placement Agent Expenses and non-accountable expense allowance  $165,000.00*
Legal Fees and Expenses  $125,000.00*
Accounting Fees and Expenses  $40,000.00*
Transfer Agent and Registrar Expenses  $5,000.00*
Miscellaneous Fees and Expenses, including FINRA filing fee  $35,000.00*
*Total  $375,000.00*

*Estimated expenses.

 

Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

The New York Business Corporation Law contains provisions permitting and, in some situations, requiring New York corporations to provide indemnification to their officers and directors for losses and litigation expense incurred in connection with their service to the corporation. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions requiring our indemnification of our directors and officers and other persons acting in their corporate capacities. In addition, we may enter into agreements with our directors providing contractually for indemnification consistent with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws. Currently, we have no such agreements, other than employment agreements with our executive officers, which provide for indemnification to the fullest extent as permitted by law. The New York Business Corporation Law also authorizes us to purchase insurance for our directors and officers insuring them against risks as to which we may be unable lawfully to indemnify them. We have obtained limited insurance coverage for our officers and directors as well as insurance coverage to reimburse us for potential costs of our corporate indemnification of officers and directors. As far as exculpation or indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted for directors and officers and controlling persons, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such exculpation or indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities is asserted by one of our directors, officers, or controlling persons in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our legal counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit the question of whether such indemnification is against public policy to a court of appropriate jurisdiction. We will then be governed by the court’s decision.

 

 

 

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Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

 

(a) In fiscal 2021, we made sales or issuances of unregistered securities listed in the table below:

 

Date of Sale   Title of Security   Number Sold   Consideration Received and Description of Underwriting or Other Discounts to Market Price or Convertible Security, Afforded to Purchasers   Exemption from
Registration Claimed
  If Option, Warrant or Convertible Security, terms of exercise or conversion
                     
2021   Common stock   265,000 shares   Services rendered   Rule 506; Section 4(a)(2)   Not applicable
                     
2021   Common Stock   236,768 shares   Note conversion   Section 3(a)(9)   Not applicable
                     
2021   Common Stock   49,384 shares   Warrant conversions cashless exercise   Section 3(a)(9)  

Each warrant exercise

Price$5.395, expiration

Date 9/17/2026

                     
2021   Common Stock   375,000 shares   Series C Preferred Stock conversion   Section 3(a)(9)   (1)
                     
2021   Common Stock   2,631,764 shares   Shares sold for cash   Rule 506; Section 4(a)(2)   Not applicable
                     
2021   Common Stock   92,900 shares   Original issue discount   Rule 506; Section 4(a)(2)   Not applicable
                     
2021   Common Stock   6,250 shares   Series AAA Preferred Stock conversion   Rule 506; Section 4(a)(2)   Not applicable

 

  (1) 1,500 Series C Warrants were converted into 375,000 common shares and a like number of warrants, exercisable at $48.00 per share through September 2023.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(b) For fiscal 2022, we had no sales or issuances of unregistered capital stock, except as referenced above and in the table below:

 

Date of Sale   Title of Security   Number Sold   Consideration Received and Description of Underwriting or Other Discounts to Market
Price or Convertible
Security, Afforded to
Purchasers
  Exemption
from
Registration
Claimed
  If Option, Warrant or Convertible
Security, terms
of exercise or
conversion
Jan. – September 2022   Common Stock   50,000 shares   Services rendered  

Rule 506,

Section 4(a)(2)

  Not applicable
                     
Jan. – March 2022   Common Stock  

1,443,333 shares

684,166 warrants

 

 

Note conversion of

$2,502,500 of Secured debt and $150,000 of unsecured debt

  Section 3(a)(9)   Secured debt converted at $1.50 per share and unsecured debt converted at $2.00 per share (1)
                     
April – June 2022   Common Stock   408,000 shares and 204,000 warrants   Note conversion of $510,000   Section 3(a)(9)   Secured debt converted at $1.25 per share (2)
                     
July – September 2022   Common Stock   882,448 shares   $1,137,500 raised, no commissions paid   Rule 506, Section 4(a)(2)   Not applicable
                     
October, 2022   Common Stock   40,000 shares   $50,000 raised, no commissions paid   Rule 506, Section 4(a)(2)   Not applicable

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  (1) The secured investor converted $2,502,500 of principal into 1,368,333 common shares and warrants to purchase 684,166 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share through September 2029.
  (2) The secured investor converted $510,000 of principal into 408,000 common shares and warrants to purchase 204,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share through September 2029.

 

On December 30, 2022, we and Walleye Opportunities Master Fund Ltd, a Cayman Islands company (the “Investor”), entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) for the Investor to purchase from the Company (i) a senior secured 20% OID nine-month promissory note in an aggregate original principal amount of $1,437,500 (the “Investor Note”), and (ii) a five year warrant to purchase 2,613,636 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $.44 per share which is not exercisable until July 1, 2023 (the “Investor Warrant”). A total of 522,727 shares of Common Stock, or approximately 5.3% of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock, were issued to the Investor as an incentive on the transaction, excluding the above referenced Investor Warrant, the shares of Common Stock exercisable pursuant to such Investor Warrant not being considered beneficially owned by the Investor until the Investor Warrant is exercisable within 60 days. A fee of $103,500 plus warrants to purchase 26,136 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $0.484 per share were issued to Spartan Capital Securities LLC. These warrants were subsequently cancelled on February 7, 2023. Approximately $163,000 of the loan proceeds were utilized to retire a small business loan originally in the principal amount of $150,000. The Investor Note will only become convertible into Common Stock upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under and as defined in the Investor Note on terms set forth in the Investor Note. This Investor Note matures and is payable on or before September 30, 2023. If we are unable to raise additional funding or do not generate sufficient cashflow to repay the Note when due, or we will be default under the Note if we do not pay it. The Company granted a security interest in all of its assets to the Investor as collateral for its obligations under the Investor Note pursuant to a Security Agreement. In addition, the Company’s subsidiaries guaranteed the obligations of the Company under the Investor Note pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee and granted a first lien security interest in all of their assets to the Investor as additional collateral pursuant to the Security Agreement. Exemption from registration is claimed under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

 

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On April 12, 2023, Dr Gene Salkind and a non-affiliated investor converted their outstanding Mobiquity Technology, Inc. debt in the amount of $235,563 and $30,000 into 1,385,663 shares and 176,470 shares of restricted common stock, respectively. This brought Dr. Salkind’s family ownership interest to 4,478,017 shares of common stock, excluding their derivative securities. Exemption from registration is claimed under section 4(a)(2) and/or section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

In April 2023, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors or the Board of Directors also approved the following transactions:

 

Equity Transactions

 

  · Grant of 100,000 shares of restricted common stock to Gene Salkind, Chairman of the Board, for services previously rendered, based on a per share value of $0.167. Such shares are restricted from transfer until February 13, 2024.
  · Grant of 50,000 shares of restricted common stock each to the Company’s CEO and another member of the Board of Directors for services as directors of the Company. Such shares are restricted from transfer until February 13, 2024.
  · Grant of 30,000 shares of common stock to Mr. Salkind as payment for accrued and unpaid interest of approximately $5,000 based on a per share value of $0.167.
  · Grant of 71,856 shares of restricted common stock to the Company’s legal counsel as payment for accrued and unpaid services valued at $12,000 and $0.167 per share. Such shares are restricted from transfer until February 13, 2024.
     
  · Grant of 25,000 stock options to a member of the Board of Directors in April 2023 with a term of five years and exercise price of $0.22 per share.

 

Exemption from registration is claimed under section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended for each of the aforementioned transactions.

 

Item 16. Exhibits

 

Exhibit    
Number   Exhibit Title
1   Placement Agent Agreement*
2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger dated November 20, 2018 between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc., Glen Eagles Acquisition LP, Avng Acquisition Sub, LLC, Advangelists, LLC, and Deepankar Katyal as Member Representative (the “Advangelists Merger Agreement”) (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated December 11, 2018.)
2.2   First Amendment to the Advangelists Merger Agreement dated December 6, 2018 (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated December 11, 2018.)
2.3   Membership Interest Purchase Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Glen Eagles Acquisition LP (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated April 30, 2019.)
2.4   Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, effective as of May 8, 2019 between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Gopher Protocol, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated May 10, 2019.)
2.5   Assignment and Assumption Agreement effective as of May 8, 2019 between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Gopher Protocol, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated May 10, 2019.)
2.6   Stock Purchase Agreement, effective as of September 13, 2019, by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and GBT Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 13, 2019.)
2.7   Subscription Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2019, by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Dr. Gene Salkind (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K/A dated September 13, 2019.)
2.8   Subscription Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2019, by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Marital Trust GST Subject U/W/O Leopold Salkind (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K/A dated September 13, 2019.)
2.9   Securities Purchase Agreement dated September 20, 2021 by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Talos Victory Fund, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 20, 2021.)

 

 

 

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2.10   Securities Purchase Agreement dated September 20, 2021 by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Blue Lake Partners LLC (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 20, 2021.)
2.11   Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 30, 2022 with Walleye (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 4, 2023)
3.1   Certificate of Incorporation filed March 26, 1998 (Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10-SB as filed with the Commission on February 10, 2005)
3.2   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation filed June 10, 1999 (Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10-SB as filed with the Commission on February 10, 2005)
3.3   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation approved by stockholders in 2005(Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10-SB as filed with the Commission on February 10, 2005)
3.4   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated September 11, 2008 (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.)
3.5   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated October 7, 2009 (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.)
3.6   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated May 18, 2012 (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.)
3.7   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated September 10, 2013 (Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on September 11, 2013.)
3.8   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation filed December 22, 2015 (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.)
3.9   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated March 23, 2016 (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated March 24, 2016.)
3.10   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated February 28, 2017 (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated March 1, 2017.)
3.11   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated September 2018 (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.)
3.12   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated February 2019 (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.)
3.13   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated December 17, 2018 (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.)
3.14   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated December 4, 2018 (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.)
3.15   Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated July 16, 2019 (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated July 15, 2019.)
3.16   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation-Series dated September 23, 2019***
3.17   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated August 24, 2020***
3.18   Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated June 15, 2023*****
3.19   Amended By-Laws (Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10-SB as filed with the Commission on February 10, 2005)
3.20   2014 Amendment to By-Laws (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 24, 2014.)
3.21   November 2021 Amendment to By-Laws****
3.22   Amendment No. 3 to Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 16, 2023.)
4.1   Amended and Restated $7,512,500 Promissory Note dated as of May 10, 2019 from Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. to Deepanker Katyal, as representative of the former members of Advangelists, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated May 10, 2019.)
4.2   Second Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated as of September 13, 2019, by and between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. and Deepankar Katyal, as representative of the former owners of Advangelists, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 13, 2019.)
4.3   Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 13, 2019.)
4.4   Convertible Promissory Note in favor of Dr. Gene Salkind, dated as of September 13, 2019 (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K/A dated September 13, 2019.)
4.5   Amended and Restated Convertible Promissory Note in favor of Dr. Gene Salkind, dated as of December 31, 2019 ***
4.6   Second Amended and Restated Convertible Promissory Note in favor of Dr. Gene Salkind, dated as of April 1, 2019***
4.7   Convertible Promissory Note in favor of Marital Trust GST Subject U/W/O Leopold Salkind, dated as of September 13, 2019 (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K/A dated September 13, 2019.)
4.8   Amended and Restated Convertible Promissory Note in favor of Marital Trust GST Subject U/W/O Leopold Salkind, dated as of December 31, 2019***
4.9   Second Amended and Restated Convertible Promissory Note in favor of Marital Trust GST Subject U/W/O Leopold Salkind, dated as of April 1, 2019***
4.10   Form of Lender Warrant (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K/A dated September 13, 2019.)

 

 

 

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4.11   Promissory Note in favor of Talos Victory Fund, LLC dated September 20, 2021 (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 20, 2021.)
4.12   Promissory Note in favor of Blue Lake Partners LLC dated September 20, 2021 (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 20, 2021.)
4.13   Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated September 20, 2021 issued to Talos Victory Fund, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 20, 2021.)
4.14   Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated September 20, 2021 issued to Blue Lake Partners LLC (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K dated September 20, 2021.)
4.15   Form of 2021 Representative’s warrant***
4.16   Form of 2021Warrant Agent Agreement by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company***
4.17   Form of 2021 Warrant (Annex C to the Form of Warrant Agent Agreement attached as Exhibit 4.16)***
4.18   Form of Representative’s Warrant****
4.19   Form of Series 2023 Warrant****
4.20   Form of Pre-funded Warrant (February 2023)****
4.21   Form of Investor Convertible Debt Subscription Agreement (5% Original Issue Discount)***
4.22   Form of Investor Convertible Debt Subscription Agreement (10% Original Issue Discount)***
4.23   Form of Investor Convertible Debt Subscription Agreement (10% Annual Interest)***
4.24   Promissory Note dated December 30, 2022 issued to Walleye (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 4, 2023)
4.25   Amendment dated February 7, 2023 to Promissory Note dated December 30, 2022 issued to Walleye****
4.26   Warrant dated December 30, 2022 issued to Walleye (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 4, 2023)
4.27   Form of Pre-funded Warrant for the Offering*****
4.28   Form of Placement Agent Warrant*
4.29   Amendment dated February 13, 2023 to Promissory Note dated December 30, 2022 issued to Walleye*****
4.30   Sales Purchase Agreement*
5.1   Legal Opinion of Ruskin Moscou Faltischeck P.C. *
5.2   Legal Opinion of Ruskin Moscou Faltischeck P.C. (Relating to Registration Statement File Number 333-260364.)***
10.1   Employment Agreement dated April 2, 2019 – Dean L. Julia (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on April 26, 2019.)
10.2   Employment Agreement dated April 2, 2019 – Sean Trepeta (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on April 26, 2019.)
10.3   Employment Agreement dated April 2, 2019 – Paul Bauersfeld (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on April 26, 2019.)
10.4   Employment Agreement dated January 4, 2022 – Deepanker Katyal (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2022)
10.5   Security Agreement and Subsidiary Guarantee with Walleye (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 4, 2023)
10.6   Form of Escrow Agreement for the Offering*****
21.1   Subsidiaries of the Issuer (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.)

23.1

 

Consent of Ben Borgers CPA PC *

23.2   Consent of D. Brooks & Associates CPA’s*
23.3   Consent of Ruskin Moscou Faltischek P.C. (Included in Exhibit 5.1)*
99.1   2005 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10-SB/A filed with the Commission March 21, 2005.)
99.2   Amendment to 2005 Plan (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form 10-QSB/A filed with the Commission on August 15, 2005.)
99.3   2009 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K filed for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.)
99.4   2018 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on January 11, 2019.)
99.5   2021 Employee Benefit and Consulting Compensation Plan***
99.6   2023 Equity Participation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on April 18, 2023.)
107   Filing Fee Table*
101.INS   Inline XBRL Instance Document *
101.SCH   Inline Document, XBRL Taxonomy Extension *
101.CAL   Inline Calculation Linkbase, XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition *
101.DEF   Inline Linkbase, XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels *
101.LAB   Inline Linkbase, XBRL Taxonomy Extension *
101.PRE   Inline Presentation Linkbase *

 

_______________

 

* Filed herewith.
** To be filed by amendment
*** Previously filed under Form S-1 Registration Statement, File No. 333-260364.
**** Previously filed under Form S-1 Registration Statement File No.333-269293.
***** Previously filed under Form S-1 Registration Statement File No. 333-272572

 

 

 

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Item 17. Undertakings.

 

The undersigned hereby undertakes:

 

(1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
     
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
     
  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

 

(2)    That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3)    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(4)    That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

 

(5)    That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

  (i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 

  (ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

 

  (iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

 

  (iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the Shoreham, State of New York, on June 29, 2023.

 

MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

By: /s/ Dean L. Julia                             

Dean L. Julia

Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

 

The undersigned, a majority of the officers and directors of the company hereby constitute and appoint Dean L. Julia and Sean McDonnell, and each of them singly, with full power of substitution, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents will full power of substitution, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-1 (including pre- and post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, proxy and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, proxy and agent, or their substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof, including the power and authority to sign for us in our names in the capacities indicated below any and all amendments to this Registration Statement and any other registration statement filed pursuant to the provisions of Rule 462 under the Securities Act. 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form S-1 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
         
/s/ Dean Julia   Chief Executive Officer, Secretary, Director   June 29, 2023
Dean Julia   (Principal Executive Officer)    
         
*   Chief Financial Officer   June 29, 2023
Sean McDonnell   (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)    
         
*   Director and Chairman   June 29, 2023
Dr. Gene Salkind        
         
*   Director   June 29, 2023
Anne S. Provost        
         
*   Director   June 29, 2023
Byron Booker        
         
*   Director   June 29, 2023
Nate Knight        
         

 

* By: /s/ Dean Julia

Dean Julia

Attorney-in-fact*

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 1

 

 

 

 

 

June 29, 2023

 

 

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

 

Mobiquity Technologies Inc.

35 Torrington Lane

Shoreham, NY 11786

 

Attn: Dean Julia

CEO

 

Dear Mr. Julia:

 

This letter (the “Agreement”) constitutes the agreement between, Spartan Capital Securities, LLC (“Spartan”, or the “Placement Agent”) and Mobiquity Technologies Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of the State of New York (the “Company”), pursuant to which the Placement Agent shall serve as the exclusive placement agent for the Company, on a “reasonable best efforts” basis, in connection with the proposed placement (the “Placement” or the “Offering”) of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock” or the “Shares”) and pre-funded warrants (the “Convertible Securities” the Shares and Convertible Securities hereinafter referred to as the “Securities”). The terms of the Placement shall be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the purchasers (each, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”) as disclosed in a Form S-1 Registration Statement (file # 333- 272572) and accompanying prospectus(the “prospectus”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission(the SEC”). Nothing herein constitutes that the Placement Agent would have the power or authority to bind the Company or any Purchaser or an obligation for the Company to issue any Securities or complete the Placement. This Agreement and the documents executed and delivered by the Company and the Purchasers in connection with the Placement, including but not limited to the Subscription Agreement (as defined below), shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Transaction Documents.” The date of each closing of the Placement shall be referred to herein as a “Closing Date.” The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that the obligations of the Placement Agent hereunder are on a reasonable best-efforts basis only and that the execution of this Agreement does not constitute a commitment by the Placement Agent to purchase the Securities and does not ensure the successful placement of the Securities or any portion thereof or the success of the Placement Agent with respect to securing any other financing on behalf of the Company. Following the prior written consent of the Company, the Placement Agent may retain other brokers or dealers to act as sub-agents or selected dealers on its behalf in connection with the Placement. The sale of the Securities to any Purchaser will be evidenced by a subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) between the Company and such Purchaser in a form mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Placement Agent. Capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Subscription Agreement. Prior to the signing of any Subscription Agreement, executive officers of the Company will be available upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours to answer inquiries from prospective Purchasers.

 

SECTION 1.             REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. Each of the representations and warranties (together with any related disclosure schedules thereto) and covenants made by the Company to the Purchasers in the Subscription Agreement utilized in connection with the Placement is hereby incorporated herein by reference into this Agreement (as though fully restated herein) and is, as of the date of the Subscription Agreement and as of the Closing Date, hereby made to, and in favor of, the Placement Agent.

 

 

 

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SECTION 2.             REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PLACEMENT AGENT. The Placement Agent represents and warrants that it (i) is a member in good standing of FINRA, (ii) is registered as a broker/dealer under the Exchange Act, (iii) is licensed as a broker/dealer under the laws of the States applicable to the offers and sales of the Securities by such Placement Agent, (iv) is and will be a corporate entity validly existing under the laws of its place of incorporation, and (v) has full power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Placement Agent will immediately notify the Company in writing of any change in its status as such. The Placement Agent covenants that it will use its reasonable best efforts to conduct the Placement hereunder in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement and the requirements of applicable law. The Placement Agent shall obtain a no objection letter from FINRA prior to the commencement of this Offering.

 

SECTION 3.             ESCROW. The Company and the Placement Agent shall enter into an escrow agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company at or prior to the initial Closing with an escrow agent mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Placement Agent. The Escrow Agreement will provide for the direct disbursement of all fees and funds held by the escrow agent.

 

SECTION 4.             COMPENSATION. In consideration of the services to be provided for hereunder, the Company shall pay to the Placement Agent the following compensation with respect to the Securities which they are placing:

 

A.                  A cash fee (the “Cash Fee”) equal to an aggregate of eight percent (8.0%) of the aggregate gross proceeds raised in the Placement whether the sale was directly the result of the Placement Agent’s efforts or any other party legally permitted to effect the sale (including, but not limited to, FINRA members, as selling agents, which the Placement Agent may permit to participate in the Offering). The Cash Fee shall be paid at each Closing of the Placement and shall be deducted from the escrow account established in connection with the Placement.

 

B.                  As additional compensation for the Placement Agent’s services, the Company shall issue to Spartan or its designees at each Closing warrants (the “Placement Agent’s Warrants”) to purchase that number of shares of common stock of the Company (“Common Stock”) equal to two percent (2.0%) of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock sold in the Placement or issuable upon the conversion of Convertible Securities sold in the Placement. The Placement Agent’s Warrants will be exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, during the four and a half-year period commencing six (6) months from the date of issuance, at a price per share equal to 125% of the price per share of the securities sold in the Placement. The Placement Agent’s Warrants will provide for one-time demand registration right for five years following the commencement of sales of securities in the Placement in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8)(B)-(C), unlimited “piggyback” registration rights for a period of seven years following the commencement of sales of securities in the Placement pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8)(D), cashless exercise provisions, and customary anti-dilution provisions (for stock dividends and splits and recapitalizations) and anti-dilution protection (adjustment in the number and price of such warrants and the shares underlying such warrants) resulting from corporate events (which would include dividends, reorganizations, mergers, etc.) and future issuance of common stock or common stock equivalents at prices (or with exercise and/or conversion prices) below the offering price as permitted under FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8)(E). The Placement Agent understands and agrees that there are significant restrictions pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 against transferring the Placement Agent’s Warrants and the underlying shares during the six (6) month after the commencement of sales of securities in the Placement and by its acceptance thereof shall agree that it will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate the Placement Agent’s Warrants or the underlying shares, or any portion thereof, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of such securities for a period of six (6) months following the commencement of sales of securities sold in the Placement to anyone other than (i) a selected dealer in connection with the placement, or (ii) a bona fide officer or partner of Spartan Capital or of any such selected dealer; and only if any such transferee agrees to the foregoing lock-up restrictions.

 

C.                  Subject to compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)), the Company will be responsible for and will pay all expenses relating to the Placement, including, without limitation, (a) all fees and expenses relating to the listing of the Company’s common stock on a national exchange, if applicable; (b) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to the registration or qualification of the securities under the “blue sky” securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as Placement Agent may reasonably designate (including, without limitation, all filing and registration fees, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of the Company’s “blue sky” counsel) unless such filings are not required in connection with the Company’s proposed listing on a national exchange, if applicable; (c) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to the registration, qualification or exemption of the securities under the securities laws of such foreign jurisdictions as the Placement Agent’s may reasonably designate; (d) the costs of all mailing and printing of the Offering Documents(as defined below); (e) transfer and/or stamp taxes, if any, payable upon the transfer of securities by the Company; (f) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants; (g) escrow agent fees; and (h) a maximum of $125,000 for fees and expenses including “road show”, diligence, and reasonable legal fees and disbursements for Spartan’s counsel. For the sake of clarity, the Company will pay at the first closing Spartan’s counsel a legal fee of $125,000, which will be applied toward the $125,000 maximum expenses. The Placement Agent may deduct from the net proceeds of the Placement payable to the Company on a Closing Date the expenses set forth herein to be paid by the Company to the Placement Agent. Additionally, one percent (1.0%) of the gross proceeds of the Offering shall be provided to Spartan for non-accountable expenses. The Placement Agent may deduct from the net proceeds of the Offering payable to the Company on a Closing Date, or the Option Closing Date, if any, the expenses set forth herein to be paid by the Company to the Placement Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amounts paid or payable under this Section 4(C) in no way limits or impairs the indemnification and contribution obligations set forth in Section 5 hereof and any advance received by the Placement Agent will be reimbursed to the Company to the extent not actually incurred in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(4)(A).

 

 

 

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D.                  The Placement Agent reserves the right to reduce any item of its compensation or adjust the terms thereof as specified herein in the event at a determination shall be made by FINRA to the effect that such Placement Agent’s aggregate compensation is in excess of FINRA Rules or that the terms thereof require adjustment.

 

SECTION 5.             INDEMNIFICATION. The Company agrees to the indemnification and other agreements set forth in the Indemnification Provisions (the “Indemnification”) attached hereto as Addendum A, the provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference and shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 6.             ENGAGEMENT TERM. The Placement Agent engagement hereunder and the Offering Period shall be as specified in the final prospectus such date, the “Termination Date” and the period of time during which this Agreement remains in effect is referred to herein as the “Term”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the provisions concerning the Company’s obligation to pay any fees actually earned pursuant to Section 4 hereof, expense reimbursement pursuant to Section 4 hereof and the provisions concerning Tail Financings, confidentiality, indemnification and contribution contained herein and the Company’s obligations contained in the Indemnification Provisions will survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated prior to the completion of the Placement, all fees and expense reimbursement due to the Placement Agent shall be paid by the Company to the Placement Agent on or before the Termination Date (in the event such fees are earned or owed as of the Termination Date). The Placement Agent agree not to use any confidential information concerning the Company provided to such Placement Agent by the Company for any purposes other than those contemplated under this Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.             PLACEMENT AGENT’S INFORMATION. The Company agrees that any information or advice rendered by the Placement Agent in connection with this engagement is for the confidential use of the Company only in their evaluation of the Placement and, except as otherwise required by law, the Company will not disclose or otherwise refer to the advice or information in any manner without such Placement Agent’s prior written consent.

 

SECTION 8.             NO FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP. This Agreement does not create and shall not be construed as creating rights enforceable by any person or entity not a party hereto, except those entitled hereto by virtue of the Indemnification Provisions hereof. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Placement Agent is nor shall the Placement Agent be construed as a fiduciary of the Company and the Placement Agent shall have any duties or liabilities to the equity holders or the creditors of the Company or any other person by virtue of this Agreement or the retention of the Placement Agent hereunder, all of which are hereby expressly waived.

 

SECTION 9.             OFFERING DOCUMENTS.

 

The Company will file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-1 and Prospectus in proper form and disclosure. The Company will deliver to the Placement Agent, without charge, as many copies as the Placement Agent reasonably requests of the Prospectus, including any exhibits attached thereto (the “Offering Documents”). If during the offering period the Company becomes aware of any event, as a result of which the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would include an untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made in light of the circumstances in which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the Company shall forthwith notify the Placement Agent thereof, and furnish to the Placement Agent in such quantities as may be reasonably requested, an amendment or amended and supplemented Prospectus which corrects such statements or omissions or causes the Prospectus to comply with applicable law.

 

SECTION 10.          COVENANTS. The Company covenants and agrees with the Placement Agent as follows:

 

A.                  The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the Offering in the manner set forth under the heading “USE OF PROCEEDS” in the Prospectus.

 

B.                  The Company shall make all “blue sky” filings required in connection with the Offering.

 

SECTION 11.          CLOSING. The obligations of the Placement Agent, and the closing of the sale of the Securities hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein and in the Subscription Agreement, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions, except as otherwise disclosed to and acknowledged and waived by the Placement Agent by the Company:

 

 

 

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A.                  The Company, on behalf of itself and any successor entity, agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent, it will not, for a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”), (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company; (ii) file or caused to be filed any registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the offering of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company; (iii) complete any offering of debt securities of the Company, other than entering into a line of credit with a traditional bank or (iv) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of capital stock of the Company, whether any such transaction described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of capital stock of the Company or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing notwithstanding, the restrictions set forth in this Section 11 shall not apply to the following: (1) the shares of common stock to be sold under the prospectus in the Offering, (2) the issuance of common stock upon the exercise of options or warrants or the conversion of outstanding preferred stock or other outstanding convertible securities disclosed as outstanding in the registration statement relating to the Offering to the extent such Registration Statement acts as a post-effective amendment to the registration statement which registered the Company’s so-called 2021 Warrants and underlying shares, (3) the issuance of employee stock options not exercisable during the Lock-Up Period and the grant of restricted stock awards or restricted stock combined securities or shares of Common Stock pursuant to equity incentive plans described in the prospectus for the Offering, (4) the filing of a registration statement on Form S-8 or any successor form thereto, and (5) the issuance of unregistered securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company provided that none of those securities are registered for resale during the lock-up period, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising more than $500,000 in capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities. Additionally, if Offering for at least $4 million in gross proceeds is not completed before July 31, 2023, and the Company needs to raise cash as working capital, to increase stockholders’ equity to achieve compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), or to repay indebtedness to Walleye Opportunities Master Fund Ltd., then the lock-up restrictions on the Company as described above shall not apply to securities issued and sold between August 1, 2023 and the date that one or a series of offerings of at least $5 million in the aggregate is successfully completed. The exceptions in the previous two (2) sentences are referred to as the “Lock-Up Exceptions”). Any restrictions in lock-up agreements in effect with our executive officers and directors are hereby deemed to be amended consistently to include the Lock-Up Exceptions. The parties previously executed an Underwriting Agreement dated February 13, 2023 which provided for certain obligations and rights between the parties including Lock-Up Rights under section 5, paragraph (xii). The parties agree that the provisions of this Placement Agent Agreement supersede and terminate the aforementioned specific provision of said underwriting Agreement

 

B.                  No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or materially and adversely affect or potentially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company; and no injunction, restraining order or order of any other nature by any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing Date which would prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or materially and adversely affect or potentially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company.

 

C.                  The Company shall have entered into a Subscription Agreement with each of the Purchasers and such agreements shall be in full force and effect and shall contain representations, warranties and covenants of the Company as agreed between the Company and the Purchasers.

 

D.                  FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the placement terms and arrangements.

 

E.                   On or after the date hereof (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded any of the Company’s securities by any “nationally recognized statistical organization,” as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s securities.

 

 

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F.                   The Placement Agent shall have received a letter from each of BF Borgers CPA PC and D. Brooks and Associates CPAs, P.A. on the date hereof and on the Closing Date, addressed to the Placement Agent, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualifications of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, and confirming, as of the date of each such letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Registration Statement), the conclusions and findings of said firm with respect to the financial information and other matters required by the Placement Agent.

 

G.                  Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Placement Agent such further information, certificates and documents as the Placement Agent may reasonably request.

 

H.                  There shall not have been any change in the capital stock of the Company or any material change in the indebtedness of the Company, except as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus.

 

I.                    There shall not have been any material adverse change in the general affairs, management, financial position, result of operations or prospects of the Company, other than as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus or this Agreement.

 

J.                    The Company shall not have sustained any material interference with its business or properties from fire, explosion, flood or other casualty, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or any court or legislative or other governmental action, order or decree, if in the judgment of the Placement Agent any such development referred to in clauses (E), (F) or (G) makes it impracticable or inadvisable to consummate the sale and delivery of the Securities by the Placement Agent.

 

K.                  Since the respective dates as of which information is given herein, there shall have been no litigation instituted against the Company and since such dates there shall be no proceeding instituted or threatened against the Company or any of its officers or directors, before or by any federal, state or county court, commission, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body, domestic or foreign, in which litigation or proceeding an unfavorable ruling, decision or finding would materially and adversely affect the business, properties, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company.

 

L.                   Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct at the signing of this Agreement and at each Closing as if made at such Closing, and all covenants and agreements herein contained to be performed on the part of the Company and all conditions herein contained to be fulfilled or complied with by the Company at or prior to each Closing shall have been duly performed, fulfilled or complied with.

 

M.                 From the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or any Trading Market, and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred after the date of this Agreement any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Placement Agent, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to consummate the sale and delivery of the Securities.

 

N.                  The Placement Agent shall have received a legal opinion and negative assurance letters from the Company’s counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent.

 

O.                  The Company shall have furnished to the Placement Agent a certificate executed by the Secretary of the Company, in a form reasonably acceptable to such Purchaser, and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby as adopted by the Company’s board of directors, (ii) the certificate of incorporation of the Company and (iii) the bylaws of the Company, each as in effect at the Closing.

 

 

 

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P.                   If requested, the Company shall have furnished to the Placement Agent a certificate executed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company in form and substance satisfactory to the Placement Agent;

 

Q.                  The Company shall have furnished to the Placement Agent a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of each Closing Date, to the effect that:

 

i.                     The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of such Closing Date, and the Company has complied in all material respects with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

ii.                   The Chief Executive Officer of the Company has carefully examined the Registration Statement and any amendments and supplements thereto, and to the best of his knowledge the Registration Statement and any amendments and supplements thereto and all statements contained therein are true and correct in all material respects, and neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment or supplement thereto includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading and, since the effective date of the Registration Statement, there has occurred no event required to be set forth in an amended or supplemented Registration Statement which has not been so set forth.

 

iii.                 Except as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus since the respective dates as of which or periods for which information is given in the Prospectus and prior to the date of such certificate (A) there has not been any materially adverse change, financial or otherwise, in the affairs or condition of the Company and (B) the Company has not incurred any material liabilities, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions, otherwise than in the ordinary course of business.

 

iv.                 No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the use of any Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened under the Securities Act; no order having the effect of ceasing or suspending the distribution of the Securities or any other securities of the Company has been issued by any securities commission, securities regulatory authority or stock exchange in the United States and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, contemplated by any securities commission, securities regulatory authority or stock exchange in the United States.

 

R.                  The Company shall have furnished to the Placement Agent at each Closing Date, such other certificates, additional to those specifically mentioned herein, as the Placement Agent may have reasonably requested as to (A) the accuracy and completeness, in all material respects, of (i) any statement in the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto; or (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company herein; (B) the performance by the Company in all material respects of its obligations hereunder, or (C) the fulfillment of the conditions concurrent and precedent to its obligations hereunder, which are required to be performed or fulfilled on or prior to each Closing Date.

 

S.                   All the opinions, letters, certificates, and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance satisfactory to counsel to the Placement Agent, whose approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Placement Agent reserves the right to waive any of the conditions herein set forth. If a condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled in any material respect when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Placement Agent by written notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 6.

 

T.                   If any of the conditions specified in this Section 11 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement, or if any of the certificates, written statements or letters furnished to the Placement Agent or to Placement Agent’s counsel pursuant to this Section 11 shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Placement Agent and to Placement Agent’s counsel, all obligations of the Placement Agent hereunder may be cancelled by the Placement Agent at, or at any time prior to, the consummation of the Closing. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or orally. Any such oral notice shall be confirmed promptly thereafter in writing.

 

 

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SECTION 12.          COVENANTS AND OBLIGATIONS

 

A.                  The Company covenants and agrees to continue to retain (i) a firm of independent PCAOB registered public accountants for a period of at least three (3) years after the Closing Date and (ii) a competent transfer agent with respect to the Securities for a period of three (3) years after the Closing Date. Furthermore, the Company covenants and agrees that for ninety (90) days after the closing date of the Placement, the Company shall be restricted from issuing certain securities pursuant to the terms of Section 11(A) herein.

 

B.                  Tail Financing. Spartan shall be entitled to a cash fee equal to eight percent (8.0%) of the gross proceeds received by the Company who actually participated in the Offering or in the Company’s February 2023 public offering (a “Tail Financing”), and such Tail Financing is consummated at any time during the twelve (12) month period following the expiration or termination of the Engagement Period (the “Tail Term”), provided that such financing is by a party actually introduced to the Company in an offering in which the Company has direct knowledge of such party’s participation. The Placement Agent will provide the company a list of all parties introduced to the Company. Spartan shall be entitled to receive warrants to purchase that number of shares of Common Stock equal to 2.0% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock (or Common Stock equivalents, if applicable) (the “Tail Warrants”) placed by investors who actually participated in the Offering or in the Company’s February 2023 public offering during the Tail Term. The Tail Warrants shall be in a customary form reasonably acceptable to Spartan, have a term of five (5) years, contain cashless exercise provisions and piggyback registration rights, and have an exercise price equal to 125% of the placement price per share in the applicable Tail Financing and if such offering price is not available, the market price of the common stock or other securities offered on the date an Tail Financing is commenced. If the engagement between Spartan and the Company terminates for cause prior to such Tail Financing, pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(g)(5)(B), the Company shall not be obligated to pay any fees to Spartan under this Section 12(B) in respect of such Tail Financing. The parties previously executed an Underwriting Agreement dated February 13, 2023 which provided for certain obligations and rights between the parties including Tail Rights under section 5, paragraph (xviii). The parties agree that the provisions of this Placement Agent Agreement supersede and terminate the aforementioned specific provision of said underwriting Agreement.

 

SECTION 13.          GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION AND VENUE ARBITRATION. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law. Any controversy between the parties to this Agreement, or arising out of the Agreement, shall be resolved by arbitration before the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) or FINRA arbitration in New York, New York. The following arbitration agreement should be read in conjunction with these disclosures:

 

(a)ARBITRATION IS FINAL AND BINDING ON THE PARTIES.

 

(b)THE PARTIES ARE WAIVING THEIR RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES IN COURT, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL.

 

(c)PRE-ARBITRATION DISCOVERY IS GENERALLY MORE LIMITED THAN AND DIFFERENT FROM COURT PROCEEDING; AND

 

(d)THE ARBITRATORS’ AWARD IS NOT REQUIRED TO INCLUDE FACTUAL FINDING OR LEGAL REASONING AND ANY PARTY’S RIGHT TO APPEAL OR TO SEEK MODIFICATION OF RULINGS BY THE ARBITRATORS IS STRICTLY LIMITED.

 

(e)ARBITRATION AGREEMENT. ANY AND ALL CONTROVERSIES, DISPUTES OR CLAIMS BETWEEN SPARTAN AND YOU OR YOUR AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS OR CONTROL PERSONS, ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR WITH RESPECT TO (i) ANY PROVISIONS OF OR THE VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY RELATED AGREEMENTS, (ii) THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES HERETO, OR (iii) ANY CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF YOUR BUSINESS SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION UNDER ITS COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION RULES. ARBITRATION MUST BE COMMENCED BY SERVICE OF A WRITTEN DEMAND FOR ARBITRATION OR A WRITTEN NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ARBITRATE. IF YOU ARE A PARTY TO SUCH ARBITRATION, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE RULES OF THE APPLICABLE ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL, THE ARBITRATION SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK. THE DECISION AND AWARD OF THE ARBITRATORS(S) SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND BINDING UPON ALL PARTIES, AND ANY JUDGMENT UPON ANY AWARD RENDERED MAY BE ENTERED IN THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, OR ANY OTHER COURT HAVING JURISDICTION THEREOF, AND NEITHER PARTY SHALL OPPOSE SUCH ENTRY.

 

 

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SECTION 14.          ENTIRE AGREEMENT/MISC. This Agreement (including the attached Indemnification Provisions) embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, relating to the subject matter hereof. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such determination will not affect such provision in any other respect or any other provision of this Agreement, which will remain in full force and effect. This Agreement may not be amended or otherwise modified or waived except by an instrument in writing signed by both Placement Agent and the Company. The representations, warranties, agreements, and covenants contained herein shall survive the closing of the Placement and delivery of the Securities. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or a .pdf format file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or .pdf signature page were an original thereof.

 

SECTION 15.          CONFIDENTIALITY. The Placement Agent (i) will keep the Confidential Information (as such term is defined below) confidential and will not (except as required by applicable law or stock exchange requirement, regulation, or legal process (“Legal Requirement”), without the Company’s prior written consent, disclose to any person any Confidential Information, and (ii) will not use any Confidential Information other than in connection with the Placement. The Placement Agent further agrees to disclose the Confidential Information only to its Representatives (as such term is defined below) who need to know the Confidential Information for the purpose of the Placement, and who are informed by such Placement Agent of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information. The term “Confidential Information” shall mean, all confidential, proprietary, and non-public information (whether written, oral or electronic communications) furnished by the Company to a Placement Agent or its Representatives in connection with such Placement Agent’s evaluation of the Placement. The term “Confidential Information” will not, however, include information which (i) is or becomes publicly available other than as a result of a disclosure by a Placement Agent or its Representatives in violation of this Agreement, (ii) is or becomes available to a Placement Agent or any of its Representatives on a non-confidential basis from a third-party, (iii) is known to a Placement Agent or any of its Representatives prior to disclosure by the Company or any of its Representatives, or (iv) is or has been independently developed by a Placement Agent and/or the Representatives without use of any Confidential Information furnished to it by the Company. The term “Representatives” shall mean with respect to the Placement Agent, such Placement Agent’s directors, board committees, officers, employees, financial advisors, attorneys, and accountants. This provision shall be in full force until the earlier of (a) the date that the Confidential Information ceases to be confidential and (b) two years from the date hereof. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, in the event that the Placement Agent or any of its Representatives are required by Legal Requirement to disclose any of the Confidential Information, such Placement Agent and its Representatives will furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information which such Placement Agent or its Representative, as applicable, is required to disclose by Legal Requirement as advised by counsel, and will use reasonable efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the Confidential Information so disclosed.

 

SECTION 16.          NOTICES. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is sent to the email address specified on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a business day, (b) the next business day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is sent to the email address on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a business day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any business day, (c) the third business day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. internationally recognized air courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages hereto.

 

SECTION 17.          Press Announcements. The Company agrees that the Placement Agent shall, from and after any Closing, have the right to reference the Placement and the Placement Agent’s role in connection therewith in the Placement Agent’ marketing materials and on its website and to place advertisements in financial and other newspapers and journals, in each case at its own expense.

 

 

[Signature page to follow]

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

SPARTAN CAPITAL SECURITIES, LLC

 

 

By:                                                                                    

 

Name:
Title:

 

 

Accepted and Agreed to as of 

the date first written above:

 

MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

 

By:                                                                                    

 

Name:
Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to the Placement Agent Agreement]

 

 

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ADDENDUM A

 

INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS

 

In connection with the engagement of Spartan Capital LLC (“Spartan”, the “Placement Agent”) Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) pursuant to a placement agency agreement dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company and the Placement Agent, as it may be amended from time to time in writing (the “Agreement”), the Company hereby agrees as follows:

 

1.                   To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify the Placement Agent and its respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees and controlling persons (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) against all losses, claims, damages, expenses and liabilities, as the same are incurred (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel), relating to or arising out of its activities hereunder or pursuant to the Agreement, except, with regard to the Placement Agent, to the extent that any losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) are found in a final judgment (not subject to appeal) by a court of law to have resulted primarily and directly from such Placement Agent’s willful misconduct or gross negligence in performing the services described herein, as the case may be.

 

2.                   Promptly after receipt by the Placement Agent of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action or proceeding with respect to which such Placement Agent is entitled to indemnity hereunder, such Placement Agent will notify the Company in writing of such claim or of the commencement of such action or proceeding, and the Company will assume the defense of such action or proceeding and will employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Placement Agent and will pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Placement Agent will be entitled to employ counsel separate from counsel for the Company and from any other party in such action if counsel for such Placement Agent reasonably determines that it would be inappropriate under the applicable rules of professional responsibility for the same counsel to represent both the Company and such Placement Agent. In such event, the reasonable fees, and disbursements of no more than one such separate counsel will be paid by the Company. The Company will have the exclusive right to settle the claim or proceeding provided that the Company will not settle any such claim, action or proceeding without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent, which will not be unreasonably withheld.

 

3.                   The Company agrees to notify the Placement Agent promptly of the assertion against it or any other person of any claim or the commencement of any action or proceeding relating to a transaction contemplated by the Agreement.

 

4.                   If for any reason the foregoing indemnity is unavailable to the Placement Agent or insufficient to hold such Placement Agent harmless, then the Company shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Placement Agent, as the case may be, as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand, and such Placement Agent on the other, but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and such Placement Agent on the other that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any relevant equitable considerations. The amounts paid or payable by a party in respect of losses, claims, damages, and liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees and expenses incurred in defending any litigation, proceeding or other action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions hereof, no Placement Agent’s share of the liability hereunder shall be in excess of the amount of fees actually received, or to be received, by such Placement Agent under the Agreement (excluding any amounts received as reimbursement of expenses incurred by such Placement Agent).

 

5.                   These Indemnification Provisions shall remain in full force and effect whether or not the transaction contemplated by the Agreement is completed and shall survive the termination of the Agreement and shall be in addition to any liability that the Company might otherwise have to any indemnified party under the Agreement or otherwise.

 

 

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Exhibit 4.28

 

PLACEMENT AGENT’S WARRANT AGREEMENT

 

THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS PURCHASE WARRANT BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SELL, TRANSFER OR ASSIGN THIS PURCHASE WARRANT EXCEPT AS HEREIN PROVIDED AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS PURCHASE WARRANT AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SELL, TRANSFER, ASSIGN, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATE THIS PURCHASE WARRANT FOR A PERIOD OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (180) DAYS FOLLOWING THE COMMENCEMENT OF SALES OF THE OFFERING TO ANYONE OTHER THAN (I) SPARTAN CAPITAL SECURITIES, LLC, OR A REPRESENTATIVE OR A SELECTED DEALER IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING, OR (II) A BONA FIDE OFFICER OR PARTNER OF SPARTAN CAPITAL SECURITIES, LLC, OR OF ANY SUCH SELECTED DEALER.

 

THIS PURCHASE WARRANT IS NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER 5:00 P.M., EASTERN TIME, JUNE [], 2028.

 

PURCHASE WARRANT

 

FOR THE PURCHASE OF [] SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

 

OF

 

MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

1. Purchase Warrant. THIS CERTIFIES THAT, pursuant to that certain Placement Agent Agreement by and between MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a New York corporation (the “Company”), on one hand, and SPARTAN CAPITAL SECURITIES, LLC, on the other hand, dated June [], 2023 (as may be amended from time to time, the “Placement Agent Agreement”), Spartan Capital Securities, LLC (“Holder”) and its assignees, as registered holders of this Purchase Warrant, is entitled, at any time or from time to time from June [], 2023, the commencement of sales of securities under the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-272572) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Initial Exercise Date”), and at or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on June [], 2028 (five (5) years from the Initial Exercise Date) (the “Expiration Date”), but not thereafter, to subscribe for, purchase and receive, in whole or in part, up to [] shares of Common Stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”). If the Expiration Date is a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law to close, then this Purchase Warrant may be exercised on the next succeeding day which is not such a day in accordance with the terms herein. During the period ending on the Expiration Date, the Company agrees not to take any action that would terminate this purchase warrant (“Purchase Warrant”). This Purchase Warrant is initially exercisable at $[] per share of Common Stock (125% of the price of the Common Stock sold in the Offering); provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 6 hereof, the rights granted by this Purchase Warrant, including the exercise price per share and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon such exercise, shall be adjusted as therein specified. The term “Exercise Price” shall mean the initial exercise price as set forth above or the adjusted exercise price as a result of the events set forth in Section 6 below, depending on the context.

 

Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Placement Agent Agreement. 

 

2. Exercise.

 

2.1 Exercise Form. In order to exercise this Purchase Warrant, the exercise form attached hereto as Exhibit A must be duly executed and completed and delivered to the Company, together with this Purchase Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price for the Common Stock being purchased payable in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company or by certified check. If the subscription rights represented hereby shall not be exercised at or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the Expiration Date, this Purchase Warrant shall become and be void without further force or effect, and all rights represented hereby shall cease and expire.

 

2.2 Cashless Exercise. At any time after the Exercise Date and until the Expiration Date, Holder may elect to receive the number of Shares to the value of this Purchase Warrant (or the portion thereof being exercised), by surrender of this Purchase Warrant to the Company, together with the exercise form attached hereto, in which event the Company shall issue to Holder, Shares in accordance with the following formula:  X = Y(A-B)

B

Where,

  X = The number of Shares to be issued to Holder;
  Y = The number of Shares for which the Purchase Warrant is being exercised;
  A = The fair market value of one share of Common Stock; and
  B = The Exercise Price.

 

 

   

 

 

For purposes of this Section 2.2, the “fair market value” of a share of Common Stock is defined as follows:

 

(i) if the Common Stock is traded on a national securities exchange or the OTCQB Market (or similar quotation system), the value shall be deemed to be the closing price on such exchange or quotation system the trading day immediately prior to the exercise form being submitted in connection with the exercise of this Purchase Warrant; or

 

(ii) if there is no market for the Common Stock, the value shall be the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

2.3 Legend. Each certificate for the Common Stock purchased under this Purchase Warrant shall bear a legend as follows unless such Common Stock has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or are exempt from registration under the Act:

 

“The Common Stock represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or applicable state law. Neither the Common Stock nor any interest therein may be offered for sale, sold or otherwise transferred except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act, or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Act and applicable state law which, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, is available.”

 

3. Transfer.

 

3.1 General Restrictions. The registered Holder of this Purchase Warrant agrees by his, her or its acceptance hereof, that such Holder will not: (a) sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate this Purchase Warrant for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days following the Initial Exercise Date to anyone other than: (i) the Placement Agent or a selected dealer participating in the Offering, or (ii) a bona fide officer or partner of the Placement Agent or of any such selected dealer, in each case in accordance with FINRA Conduct Rule 5110(e)(1), or (b) cause this Purchase Warrant or the securities issuable hereunder to be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of this Purchase Warrant or the securities hereunder, except as provided for in FINRA Rule 5110(e)(2). On and after that date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the Initial Exercise Date, transfers to others may be made subject to compliance with or exemptions from applicable securities laws. In order to make any permitted assignment, the Holder must deliver to the Company the assignment form attached hereto as Exhibit B duly executed and completed, together with this Purchase Warrant and payment of all transfer taxes, if any, payable in connection therewith. The Company shall within five (5) Business Days transfer this Purchase Warrant on the books of the Company and shall execute and deliver a new Purchase Warrant or Purchase Warrants of like tenor to the appropriate assignee(s) expressly evidencing the right to purchase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder or such portion of such number as shall be contemplated by any such assignment.

 

3.2 Restrictions Imposed by the Act. The securities evidenced by this Purchase Warrant shall not be transferred unless and until: (i) the Company has received the opinion of counsel for the Company that the securities may be transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Act and applicable state securities laws, the availability of which is established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company, (ii) a registration statement or a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of such securities that has been declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and includes a current prospectus or (iii) a registration statement, pursuant to which the Holder has exercised its registration rights pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 4.2 herein, relating to the offer and sale of such securities has been filed and declared effective by the Commission and compliance with applicable state securities law has been established.

 

 

 

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4. Registration Rights.

 

4.1 “Piggy-Back” Registration. Unless all of the Common Stock underlying the Purchase Warrants (collectively, the “Registrable Securities”) are included in an effective registration statement with a current prospectus, the Holder shall have the right, commencing on the date that this Warrant becomes exercisable until seven (7) years from the Initial Exercise Date, to include the remaining Registrable Securities as part of any other registration of securities filed by the Company (other than in connection with a transaction contemplated by Rule 145 promulgated under the Act or pursuant to Form S-8 or any equivalent form); provided, however, that if, solely in connection with any primary underwritten public offering for the account of the Company, the managing underwriter(s) thereof shall, in its reasonable discretion, impose a limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock of Registrable Securities which may be included in the registration statement because, in such underwriter(s)’ judgment, marketing or other factors dictate such limitation is necessary to facilitate public distribution, then the Company shall be obligated to include in such registration statement only such limited portion of the Registrable Securities with respect to which the Holder requested inclusion hereunder as the underwriter shall reasonably permit; and further provided that no such piggy-back rights shall exist for so long as the Registrable Securities (which term shall include those paid as consideration pursuant to the cashless exercise provisions of this Warrant) may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 of the Act without restriction. Any exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be made pro rata among the Holders seeking to include Registrable Securities in proportion to the number of Registrable Securities sought to be included by such Holders; provided, however, that the Company shall not exclude any Registrable Securities unless the Company has first excluded all outstanding securities, the holders of which are not entitled to inclusion of such securities in such Registration Statement or are not entitled to pro rata inclusion with the Registrable Securities. In the event of such a proposed registration, the Company shall furnish the then Holders of outstanding Registrable Securities with not less than fifteen (15) days written notice prior to the proposed date of filing of such registration statement. Such notice to the Holders shall continue to be given for each registration statement filed by the Company until such time as all of the Registrable Securities have been sold by the Holder. The holders of the Registrable Securities shall exercise the “piggy-back” rights provided for herein by giving written notice, within seven (7) days of the receipt of the Company’s notice of its intention to file a registration statement. Except as otherwise provided in this Purchase Warrant, there shall be no limit on the number of times the Holder may request registration under this Section 4.1.

 

4.2 Mandatory Registration. Solely in the event there is not then a current registration statement concerning the resale of the Registrable Securities, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC on one occasion at its sole expense, upon the written notice of the Holder at any time commencing on the date that this Warrant becomes exercisable until five (5) years from the Initial Exercise Date, a required registration statement (the “Required Registration Statement”) concerning the resale of all of the Registrable Securities. The Required Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 if available for such a registration and if unavailable, the Company shall register the resale of the Registrable Securities on Form S-1 or another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Holder and undertake to register the resale of the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as soon as such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of all Registration Statements then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the SEC and the prospectus contained therein is available for use. Within ten (10) days after receiving written notice from the Holder, the Company shall give notice to the other Holders of the Purchase Warrants advising that the Company is proceeding with such registration statement and offering to include therein Purchase Warrants of such other Holders. The Company shall not be obligated to any such other Holder unless such other Holder shall accept such offer by notice in writing to the Company within five (5) days thereafter. The Company shall use its best efforts to have such Required Registration Statement, and each other Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to the terms of this Purchase Warrant, declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable. The Company shall pay the costs and expenses thereof, for one time only, which costs and expenses shall include “Blue Sky” fees for counsel for the Placement Agent and “Blue Sky” filing fees to qualify the Purchase Warrants in those jurisdictions requested by the Holder.

 

4.3 General Terms.

 

4.3.1 Expenses of Registration. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses attendant to registering the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 4 hereof, but the Holders shall pay any and all underwriting commissions and the expenses of any legal counsel selected by the Holders to represent them in connection with the sale of the Registrable Securities.

 

 

 

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4.3.2 Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws, the Holder(s) of the Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to any registration statement hereunder and each person, if any, who controls such Holders within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all reasonable attorneys’ fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from such registration statement but only to the same extent and with the same effect as the provisions pursuant to which the Company has agreed to indemnify the Placement contained in Section 5 and Addendum A of the Placement Agent Agreement.

 

4.3.3 Exercise of Purchase Warrants. Nothing contained in this Purchase Warrant shall be construed as requiring the Holder(s) to exercise their Purchase Warrants prior to or after the initial filing of any registration statement or the effectiveness thereof.

 

4.3.4 Documents to be Delivered by Holder(s). Each of the Holder(s) participating in any of the registration statement filed by the Company shall furnish to the Company a completed and executed questionnaire provided by the Company requesting information customarily sought of selling security holders.

 

4.3.5 Damages. Should the registration or the effectiveness thereof required by Section 4 hereof be delayed by the Company or the Company otherwise fails to comply with such provisions, the Holder(s) shall, in addition to any other legal or other relief available to the Holder(s), be entitled to obtain specific performance or other equitable (including injunctive) relief against the threatened breach of such provisions or the continuation of any such breach, without the necessity of proving actual damages and without the necessity of posting bond or other security.

 

5. New Purchase Warrants to be Issued.

 

5.1 Partial Exercise or Transfer. Subject to the restrictions in Section 3 hereof, this Purchase Warrant may be exercised or assigned in whole or in part. In the event of the exercise or assignment hereof in part only, upon surrender of this Purchase Warrant for cancellation, together with the duly executed exercise or assignment form and funds sufficient to pay any Exercise Price and/or transfer tax if exercised pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof, the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Holder without charge a new Purchase Warrant of like tenor to this Purchase Warrant in the name of the Holder evidencing the right of the Holder to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder as to which this Purchase Warrant has not been exercised or assigned.

 

5.2 Lost Certificate. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Purchase Warrant and of reasonably satisfactory indemnification or the posting of a bond, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Purchase Warrant of like tenor and date. Any such new Purchase Warrant executed and delivered as a result of such loss, theft, mutilation or destruction shall constitute a substitute contractual obligation on the part of the Company.

 

6. Adjustments.

 

6.1 Adjustments to Exercise Price and Number of Shares of Common Stock. The Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock underlying this Purchase Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as hereinafter set forth:

 

6.1.1 Share Dividends; Split Ups. If, after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 6.3 below, the number of outstanding Common Stock is increased by a stock dividend payable in Common Stock or by a split up of the Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective day thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder shall be increased in proportion to such increase in outstanding shares of Common Stock, and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately decreased.

 

6.1.2 Aggregation of Shares of Common Stock. If, after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 6.3 below, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is decreased by a consolidation, combination or reclassification of the Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares, and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately increased.

 

 

 

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6.1.3 Replacement of Common Stock upon Reorganization, etc. In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding Common Stock other than a change covered by Section 6.1.1 or Section 6.1.2 hereof or that solely affects the par value of such Common Stock, or in the case of any share reconstruction or amalgamation or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation in which the Company is the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding Common Stock), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation or entity of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company is dissolved, the Holder of this Purchase Warrant shall have the right thereafter (until the expiration of the right of exercise of this Purchase Warrant) to receive upon the exercise hereof, for the same aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder immediately prior to such event, the kind and amount of Common Stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, share reconstruction or amalgamation, or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, by a Holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company obtainable upon exercise of this Purchase Warrant immediately prior to such event; and if any reclassification also results in a change in Common Stock covered by Section 6.1.1 or Section 6.1.2, then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to Section 6.1.1, Section 6.1.2 and this Section 6.1.3. The provisions of this Section 6.1.3 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, reorganizations, share reconstructions or amalgamations, or consolidations, sales or other transfers.

 

6.1.4 Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Purchase Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any direct or indirect purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of the Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spinoff or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Common Stock (not including any Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with, the other Persons making or party to such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Purchase Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Purchase Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, the number Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional or alternative consideration (the “Alternative Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Purchase Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternative Consideration based on the amount of Alternative Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternative Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternative Consideration. If holders of the Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternative Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Purchase Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Purchase Warrant, and to deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Purchase Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Purchase Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Purchase Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the Exercise Price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Purchase Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction). Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Purchase Warrant and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of, the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company, under this Purchase Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

 

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6.1.5 Changes in Form of Purchase Warrant. This form of Purchase Warrant need not be changed because of any change pursuant to this Section 6.1, and Purchase Warrants issued after such change may state the same Exercise Price and the same number of shares of Common Stock as are stated in the Purchase Warrants initially issued pursuant to this Agreement. The acceptance by any Holder of the issuance of new Purchase Warrants reflecting a required or permissive change shall not be deemed to waive any rights to an adjustment occurring after the date hereof or the computation thereof.

 

6.2 Substitute Purchase Warrant. In case of any consolidation of the Company with, or share reconstruction or amalgamation of the Company with or into, another corporation (other than a consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation which does not result in any reclassification or change of the outstanding Common Stock), the corporation formed by such consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation shall execute and deliver to the Holder a supplemental Purchase Warrant providing that the holder of each Purchase Warrant then outstanding or to be outstanding shall have the right thereafter (until the stated expiration of such Purchase Warrant) to receive, upon exercise of such Purchase Warrant, the kind and amount of shares of Common Stock and other securities and property receivable upon such consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation, by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company for which such Purchase Warrant might have been exercised immediately prior to such consolidation, share reconstruction or amalgamation, sale or transfer. Such supplemental Purchase Warrant shall provide for adjustments which shall be identical to the adjustments provided for in this Section 6. The above provision of this Section 6 shall similarly apply to successive consolidations or share reconstructions or amalgamations.

 

6.3 Elimination of Fractional Interests. The Company shall not be required to issue certificates representing fractions of a share of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Purchase Warrant, nor shall it be required to issue scrip or pay cash in lieu of any fractional interests, it being the intent of the parties that all fractional interests shall be eliminated by rounding any fraction up to the nearest whole number of shares of Common Stock or other securities, properties or rights.

 

7. Reservation and Listing. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon exercise of this Purchase Warrant, such number of shares of Common Stock or other securities, properties or rights as shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof. The Company covenants and agrees that, upon exercise of this Purchase Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price therefor, in accordance with the terms hereby, all Common Stock and other securities issuable upon such exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights of any shareholder. As long as this Purchase Warrant shall be outstanding, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Purchase Warrant to be listed (subject to official notice of issuance) on all national securities exchanges (or, if applicable, on the OTCQB Market or any successor quotation system) on which the Common Stock issued to the public in the Offering may then be listed and/or quoted (if at all).

 

8. Certain Notice Requirements.

 

8.1 Holder’s Right to Receive Notice. Nothing herein shall be construed as conferring upon the Holders the right to vote or consent or to receive notice as a shareholder for the election of directors or any other matter, or as having any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. If, however, at any time prior to the expiration of the Purchase Warrants and their exercise, any of the events described in Section 8.2 shall occur, then, in one or more of said events, the Company shall give written notice of such event at least fifteen days prior to the date fixed as a record date or the date of closing the transfer books (the “Notice Date”) for the determination of the shareholders entitled to such dividend, distribution, conversion or exchange of securities or subscription rights, or entitled to vote on such proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding up or sale. Such notice shall specify such record date or the date of the closing of the transfer books, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall deliver to each Holder a copy of each notice given to the other shareholders of the Company at the same time and in the same manner that such notice is given to the shareholders. 

 

8.2 Events Requiring Notice. The Company shall be required to give the notice described in this Section 8 upon one or more of the following events: (i) if the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or distribution payable otherwise than in cash, or a cash dividend or distribution payable otherwise than out of retained earnings, as indicated by the accounting treatment of such dividend or distribution on the books of the Company, (ii) the Company shall offer to all the holders of its Common Stock any additional shares of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of the Company, or any option, right or warrant to subscribe therefor, or (iii) a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company (other than in connection with a consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation) or a sale of all or substantially all of its property, assets and business shall be proposed. 

 

 

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8.3 Notice of Change in Exercise Price. The Company shall, promptly after an event requiring a change in the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 6 hereof, send notice to the Holders of such event and change (“Price Notice”). The Price Notice shall describe the event causing the change and the method of calculating same and shall be certified as being true and accurate by the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.

 

8.4 Transmittal of Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications under this Purchase Warrant shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly made if made in accordance with the notice provisions of the Placement Agent Agreement to the addresses and contact information for the Holder appearing on the books and records of the Company.

 

If to the Holder, then to:

 

Spartan Capital Securities, LLC

45 Broadway, 19th Floor

New York, New York 10006

Attention: Stephen Faucetta, Director of Investment Banking

E-mail: sfaucetta@spartancapital.com

 

With a copy to:

 

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

695 Town Center Drive, 14th Floor

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Attention: Thomas J. Poletti, Esq.

Email: tpoletti@manatt.com 

 

If to the Company:

 

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc.

35 Torrington Lane 

Shoreham, NY 11786

Attention: Dean L. Julia, Chief Executive Officer

Email: djulia@mobiquitynetworks.com

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C. 

1425 RXR Plaza, East Tower, 15th Floor 

Uniondale, NY 11556 

Attention: Gavin C. Grusd, Esq.

Telephone number: (516) 663-6714 

Email: GGRUSD@rmfpc.com

 

9. Miscellaneous.

 

9.1 Amendments. The Company and the Placement Agent may from time to time supplement or amend this Purchase Warrant without the approval of any of the Holders in order to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein, or to make any other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder that the Company and the Placement Agent may deem necessary or desirable and that the Company and the Placement Agent deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders. All other modifications or amendments shall require the written consent of and be signed by the party against whom enforcement of the modification or amendment is sought.

 

9.2 Headings. The headings contained herein are for the sole purpose of convenience of reference, and shall not in any way limit or affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the terms or provisions of this Purchase Warrant.

 

 

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9.3 Entire Agreement. This Purchase Warrant (together with the other agreements and documents being delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Purchase Warrant) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings of the parties, oral and written, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

9.4 Binding Effect. This Purchase Warrant shall inure solely to the benefit of and shall be binding upon, the Holder and the Company and their permitted assignees, respective successors, legal representative and assigns, and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Purchase Warrant or any provisions herein contained.

 

9.5 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Trial by Jury. This Purchase Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles thereof. The Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of, or relating in any way to this Purchase Warrant shall be brought and enforced in the New York Supreme Court, Borough of Manhattan, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Any process or summons to be served upon the Company may be served by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in Section 8 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and binding upon the Company in any action, proceeding or claim. The Company and the Holder agree that the prevailing party(ies) in any such action shall be entitled to recover from the other party(ies) all of its reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses relating to such action or proceeding and/or incurred in connection with the preparation therefor. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) and the Holder hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

9.6 Waiver, etc. The failure of the Company or the Holder to at any time enforce any of the provisions of this Purchase Warrant shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any such provision, nor to in any way affect the validity of this Purchase Warrant or any provision hereof or the right of the Company or any Holder to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this Purchase Warrant. No waiver of any breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment of any of the provisions of this Purchase Warrant shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed by the party or parties against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is sought; and no waiver of any such breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment shall be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment.

 

9.7 Exchange Agreement. As a condition of the Holder’s receipt and acceptance of this Purchase Warrant, Holder agrees that, at any time prior to the complete exercise of this Purchase Warrant by Holder, if the Company and the Placement Agent enter into an agreement (“Exchange Agreement”) pursuant to which they agree that all outstanding Purchase Warrants will be exchanged for securities or cash or a combination of both, then Holder shall agree to such exchange and become a party to the Exchange Agreement.

 

9.8 Execution in Counterparts. This Purchase Warrant may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts has been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to each of the other parties hereto. Such counterparts may be delivered by facsimile transmission or other electronic transmission.

 

[Signature Page to Follow]

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Purchase Warrant to be signed by its duly authorized officer as of the [___] day of June, 2023.

 

 

  MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 

 

 

By:________________________

Name: _____________________

Title: ______________________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Placement Agent’s Warrant Signature Page]

 

 

 

   

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Form to be used to exercise Purchase Warrant:

 

Date: __________, 20___

 

The undersigned hereby elects irrevocably to exercise the Purchase Warrant for ______ shares of Common Stock of MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (the “Company”) and hereby makes payment of $____ (at the rate of $____ per share of Common Stock) in payment of the Exercise Price pursuant thereto. Please issue the Common Stock as to which this Purchase Warrant is exercised in accordance with the instructions given below and, if applicable, a new Purchase Warrant representing the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Purchase Warrant has not been exercised.

 

or

 

The undersigned hereby elects irrevocably to convert its right to purchase ___ Common Stock under the Purchase Warrant for ______ Common Stock, as determined in accordance with the following formula:

 

   X  = Y(A-B)  
  B  
Where, X = The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holder;
  Y = The number of shares of Common Stock for which the Purchase Warrant is being exercised;
  A = The fair market value of one share of Common Stock which is equal to $_____; and
  B = The Exercise Price which is equal to $______ per share of Common Stock

 

The undersigned agrees and acknowledges that the calculation set forth above is subject to confirmation by the Company and any disagreement with respect to the calculation shall be resolved by the Company in its sole discretion.

 

Please issue the Common Stock as to which this Purchase Warrant is exercised in accordance with the instructions given below and, if applicable, a new Purchase Warrant representing the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Purchase Warrant has not been converted.

 

Signature: _____________________________________________

 

Signature Guaranteed

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

 

Name:_______________________________________________________

(Print in Block Letters)

Address: _____________________________________________________

 

NOTICE: The signature to this form must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Purchase Warrant without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank, other than a savings bank, or by a trust company or by a firm having membership on a registered national securities exchange. 

 

 

   

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Form to be used to assign Purchase Warrant: ASSIGNMENT

 

(To be executed by the registered Holder to effect a transfer of the within Purchase Warrant):

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, _______________________________ does hereby sell, assign and transfer unto the right to purchase __________  shares of Common Stock, MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. a New York corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by the Purchase Warrant and does hereby authorize the Company to transfer such right on the books of the Company.

 

Dated:______, 20____

 

Signature: _______________________________________

 

Signature Guaranteed

 

NOTICE: The signature to this form must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Purchase Warrant without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank, other than a savings bank, or by a trust company or by a firm having membership on a registered national securities exchange.

 

 

 

   

 

Exhibit 4.30

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of June__, 2023, between Mobiquity Technologies, Inc., a New York corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively the “Purchasers”).

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act (as defined below), the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I.

 

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:

 

Acquiring Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.5.

 

Action” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).

 

Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York are generally open for use by customers on such day.

 

Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.

 

Closing Date” means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been satisfied or waived, but in no event later than the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date hereof.

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

 

 

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Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.

 

Company Counsel” means Ruskin Moscou Faltischek PC with offices located a 1525 RXR Plaza, East Tower, 15th floor, Uniondale, New York 11556-1425.

 

Disclosure Schedules” means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered concurrently herewith.

 

Disclosure Time” means, (i) if this Agreement is signed on a day that is not a Trading Day or after 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) and before midnight (New York City time) on any Trading Day, 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, unless otherwise instructed as to an earlier time by the Placement Agent, and (ii) if this Agreement is signed between midnight (New York City time) and 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, no later than 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the date hereof, unless otherwise instructed as to an earlier time by the Placement Agent.

 

Evaluation Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(s).

 

Escrow Agent” means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of One State Street, 30th Floor, New York, New York 10004, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

  

Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock, option or equity incentive plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose for services rendered to the Company, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder, warrants to the Placement Agent in connection with the transactions pursuant to this Agreement and any securities upon exercise of warrants to the Placement Agent and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities, (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith during the prohibition period in Section 4.11(a) herein, and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities, (d) shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company’s Senior Secured Original Issue Discount Convertible Promissory Note and (e) up to $4 million of Securities issued to other purchasers pursuant to the Prospectus concurrently with the Closing at the Per Share Purchase Price.

 

FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

 

 

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GAAP” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

 

Indebtedness” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(aa).

 

Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(p).

 

Liens” means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.

 

Lock-Up Agreement” means the six-month Lock-Up Agreement entered into on or about February 14, 2023 by and among the Company and certain of the Company’s directors and officers.

 

Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).

 

Material Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(n).

 

Per Share Purchase Price” equals $_______, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement, provided that the purchase price per Pre-Funded Warrant shall be the Per Share Purchase Price minus $0.0001.

 

Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Placement Agent” means Spartan Capital Securities, LLC and Placement Agent’s counsel is Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP.

 

Pre-Funded Warrant” means, collectively, the Pre-Funded Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Pre-Funded Warrants shall be exercisable immediately and shall expire when exercised in full, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

Preliminary Prospectus” means any preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement, as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act.

 

Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

 

Prospectus” means the final prospectus filed for the Registration Statement.

 

Prospectus Supplement” means the supplement to the Prospectus complying with Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act that is filed with the Commission and delivered by the Placement Agent to each Purchaser at the Closing.

 

Purchaser Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.8.

 

Registration Statement” means the effective registration statement with Commission file No. 333-272572 which registers the sale of the Shares, the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Warrant Shares to the Purchasers, and includes any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement.

 

 

 

 

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Required Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” means any registration statement prepared by the Company registering additional Securities, which was filed with the Commission on or prior to the date hereof and became automatically effective pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act.

 

SEC Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

 

Securities” means the Shares, the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Warrant Shares.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include locating and/or borrowing shares of Common Stock).

 

Subscription Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for Shares purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds (minus, if applicable, a Purchaser’s aggregate exercise price of the Pre-Funded Warrants, which amounts shall be paid as and when such Pre-Funded Warrants are exercised).

 

Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth in the Prospectus, and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.

 

Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the Pink Open Market, OTCQB or the OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Pre-Funded Warrants, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

Transfer Agent” means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of One State Street, 30th Floor, New York, New York 10004, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

 

 

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ARTICLE II.

 

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1 Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of $4 million of Shares; provided, however, that, to the extent that a Purchaser determines, in its sole discretion, that such Purchaser (together with such Purchaser’s Affiliates, and any Person acting as a group together with such purchaser or any of such Purchaser’s Affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, or as such Purchaser may otherwise choose, in lieu of purchasing Shares such Purchaser may elect to purchase Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu of Shares in such manner to result in the same aggregate purchase price being paid by such Purchaser to the Company. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% (or, at the election of the Purchaser at Closing, 9.99%) of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the Securities on the Closing Date. Each Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser shall be made available for “Delivery to the Escrow Agent pursuant to wire instructions provided by the Placement Agent. The Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Shares as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of Placement Agent counsel or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree take place remotely by electronic transfer of the Closing documentation. Unless otherwise directed by the Placement Agent, settlement of the Shares shall occur on or about the closing date (i.e., on the Closing Date, the Company shall issue the Shares registered in the Purchasers’ names and addresses and released by the Transfer Agent directly to the account(s) at the Placement Agent identified by each Purchaser; upon receipt of such Shares, the Placement Agent shall promptly electronically deliver such Shares to the applicable Purchaser, and payment therefor shall be have been earlier made by the Escrow Agent by wire transfer to the Company). Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Notice(s) of Exercise (as defined in the Pre-Funded Warrants) delivered on or prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date, which may be delivered at any time after the time of execution of this Agreement, the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date and the Closing Date shall be the Warrant Share Delivery Date (as defined in the Pre-Funded Warrants) for purposes hereunder. Each Purchaser acknowledges that, concurrently with the Closing and pursuant to the Prospectus, the Company may sell up to $ 4 million of additional Securities to purchasers not party to this Agreement, and will issue to each such purchaser such additional Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants in the same form and at the same Per Share Purchase Price.

 

2.2 Deliveries.

 

(a) On or prior to the Closing Date (except as indicated below), the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:

 

(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;

 

(ii) a legal opinion of Company Counsel, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Placement Agent, which the Purchasers can also rely upon;

 

(iii) subject to the penultimate sentence of Section 2.1, the Placement Agent shall have provided each Purchaser with the Escrow Agent’s wire instructions;

 

(iv) subject to the penultimate sentence of Section 2.1, a copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver on an expedited basis via The Depository Trust Company Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price (minus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such Purchaser’s Pre-Funded Warrant, if applicable), registered in the name of such Purchaser;

 

(v) for each Purchaser of Pre-Funded Warrants pursuant to Section 2.1, a Pre-Funded Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the portion of such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount applicable to Pre-Funded Warrant divided by the Per Share Purchase Price minus $0.0001, with an exercise price equal to $0.0001, subject to adjustment therein; and

 

 

 

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(vi) the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (which may be delivered in accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).

 

(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Company or the Placement Agent this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and to the Escrow Agent such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount (less the aggregate exercise price of the Pre-Funded Warrants issuable to such Purchaser hereunder, if applicable).

 

2.3 Closing Conditions.

 

(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

 

(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality, in all respects) on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality, in all respects) as of such date);

 

(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and

 

(iii) the delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.

 

(b) The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

 

(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate in all material respects or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of such date);

 

(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;

 

(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;

 

(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company; and

 

(v) from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market, and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the Closing.

 

 

 

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ARTICLE III.

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the Prospectus or the Disclosure Schedules, which Prospectus and Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Prospectus and Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser:

 

(a) Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth in the Prospectus. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.

 

(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.

 

(c) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, anti-dilution or similar adjustments, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

 

 

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(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Prospectus, (iii) application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the listing of the Shares and Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and (iv) such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).

 

(f) Issuance of the Securities; Registration. The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Pre-Funded Warrants, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement and the Pre-Funded Warrants. The Company has prepared and filed the Registration Statement in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, which became effective on the date set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus (the “Effective Date”), including the Prospectus, and such amendments and supplements thereto as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. The Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act and no stop order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus has been issued by the Commission and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the Commission. The Company, if required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, shall file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b). At the time the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto became effective, at the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto was issued and at the Closing Date, conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(g) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company as of the date hereof is as set forth in the Prospectus, which Prospectus shall also include the number of shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the date hereof. The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options or vesting of restricted stock under the Company’s equity incentive plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. Other than the Placement Agent to act in said capacity, no Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities and as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers). Except as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary with any provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of such security or instrument upon an issuance of securities by the Company or any Subsidiary. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.

 

 

 

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(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, together with the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.

 

(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as set forth in the Prospectus, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company equity incentive plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth in the Prospectus, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, prospects, properties, operations, assets or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

(j) Litigation. Except as set forth in the Prospectus, there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”). None of the Actions set forth in the Prospectus, (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

 

 

 

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(k) Labor Relations. No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(l) Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(m) Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands, or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder (“Environmental Laws”); (ii) have received all permits licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where in each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(n) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

 

(o) Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and (ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.

 

 

 

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(p) Intellectual Property. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not have or reasonably be expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(q) Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to the aggregate Subscription Amount. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.

 

(r) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the Prospectus, none of the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option or restricted stock grant agreements under any equity incentive plan of the Company.

 

(s) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything contained above to the contrary, the Company’s Prospectus and SEC Reports disclose certain historical weaknesses in internal controls and the Company’s plan of remediation of these weaknesses.

 

 

 

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(t) Certain Fees. Except for fees payable by the Company to the Placement Agent, no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

(u) Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(v) Registration Rights. Other than the registration rights of the Placement Agent, no Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(w) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. As disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company has in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from its Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with certain of the maintenance requirements of such Trading Market and the steps the Company are taking to attempt to become in compliance thereof. The Common Stock is currently eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer.

 

(x) Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.

 

(y) Disclosure. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information which is not otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Prospectus and Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made and when made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.

 

 

 

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(z) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.

 

(aa) Solvency. Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. Schedule 3.1(aa) sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.

 

(bb) Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.

 

(cc) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of FCPA.

 

(dd) Accountants. The Company’s accounting firm is set forth in our SEC Reports. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in the Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.

 

 

 

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(ee) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.

 

(ff) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(f) and 4.13 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities; (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common Stock, and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of the Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.

 

(gg) Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Placement Agent in connection with the placement of the Securities.

 

(hh) Cybersecurity. (i)(x) There has been no security breach or other compromise of or relating to any of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data (including the data of its respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained by or on behalf of it), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”) and (y) the Company and the Subsidiaries have not been notified of, and has no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach or other compromise to its IT Systems and Data; (ii) the Company and the Subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) the Company and the Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable safeguards to maintain and protect its material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and Data; and (iv) the Company and the Subsidiaries have implemented backup and disaster recovery technology consistent with industry standards and practices.

 

 

 

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(ii) Stock Option Plans. Each stock option granted by the Company under the Company’s equity incentive plan was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s equity incentive plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s equity incentive plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.

 

(jj) Office of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company's knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).

 

(kk) U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s request.

 

(ll) Bank Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.

 

(mm) Money Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.

 

3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be accurate as of such date):

 

(a) Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

 

 

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(b) Understandings or Arrangements. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.

 

(c) Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises any Pre-Funded Warrants, if any, it will be an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9), (a)(12), or (a)(13) under the Securities Act.

 

(d) Experience of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

 

(e) Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Reports and the Prospectus and has been afforded, (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. Such Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that neither the Placement Agent nor any Affiliate of the Placement Agent has provided such Purchaser with any information or advice with respect to the Securities nor is such information or advice necessary or desired. Neither the Placement Agent nor any Affiliate has made or makes any representation as to the Company or the quality of the Securities and the Placement Agent and any Affiliate may have acquired non-public information with respect to the Company which such Purchaser agrees need not be provided to it. In connection with the issuance of the Securities to such Purchaser, neither the Placement Agent nor any of its Affiliates has acted as a financial advisor or fiduciary to such Purchaser.

 

(f) Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, directly or indirectly executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth the material pricing terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement or to such Purchaser’s representatives, including, without limitation, its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors, employees, agents and Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.

 

The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in this Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, in the Prospectus or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE IV.

 

OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1 Warrant Shares. If all or any portion of a Pre-Funded Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares, the Warrant Shares issued pursuant to any such exercise shall be issued free of all legends. If at any time following the date hereof the Registration Statement (or any subsequent registration statement registering the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares) is not effective or is not otherwise available for the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall immediately notify the holders of the Pre-Funded Warrants in writing that such registration statement is not then effective and thereafter shall promptly notify such holders when the registration statement is effective again and available for the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares (it being understood and agreed that the foregoing shall not limit the ability of the Company to issue, or any Purchaser to sell, any of the Warrant Shares in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). The Company shall use best efforts to keep a registration statement (including the Registration Statement) registering the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares effective during the term of the Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

4.2 Furnishing of Information. Until the time that no Purchaser owns Securities, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act even if the Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

4.3 Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.

 

4.4 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. If required by the Exchange Act, the Company shall (a) by the Disclosure Time, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the issuance of such press release, the Company represents to the Purchasers that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any of the Purchasers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agents, including, without limitation, the Placement Agent, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective upon the issuance of such press release, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees, Affiliates or agents, including, without limitation, the Placement Agent, on the one hand, and any of the Purchasers or any of their Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate and be of no further force or effect. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b) and reasonably cooperate with such Purchaser regarding such disclosure.

 

4.5 Shareholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.

 

 

 

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4.6 Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 4.4, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have consented in writing to the receipt of such information and agreed in writing with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates delivers any material, non-public information to a Purchaser without such Purchaser’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Purchaser shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agents, including, without limitation, the Placement Agent, or a duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agents, including, without limitation, the Placement Agent, not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information, provided that the Purchaser shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously with the delivery of such notice file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

 

4.7 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for satisfaction of its secured debt and trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and for general working capital purposes and shall not use such proceeds: (a) for the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, (b) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation or (c) in violation of FCPA or OFAC regulations.

 

4.8 Indemnification of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.8, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against the Purchaser Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is solely based upon a material breach of such Purchaser Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser Party which is finally judicially determined to constitute fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and, the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, other Transaction Documents. The indemnification required by this Section 4.8 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.

 

 

 

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4.9 Reservation of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement and Warrant Shares pursuant to any exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

4.10 Listing of Common Stock. The Company hereby agrees to use best efforts to maintain the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on which it is currently listed, and concurrently with the Closing, the Company shall apply to list or quote all of the Shares and Warrant Shares on such Trading Market and promptly secure the listing of all of the Shares and Warrant Shares on such Trading Market. The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will then include in such application all of the Shares and Warrant Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary to cause all of the Shares and Warrant Shares to be listed or quoted on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will then take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on a Trading Market and will comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market. The Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such electronic transfer.

 

4.11 Subsequent Equity Sales.

 

(a) ) From the date hereof until ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall (i) issue, enter into any agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or (ii) file any registration statement or amendment or supplement thereto, other than the Prospectus or filing a registration statement on Form S-8 in connection with any employee benefit or equity incentive plan.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 4.11(a) shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance or a transaction with respect to the issuance of shares of common stock or common stock equivalents or the filing of an appropriate registration statement in which the Placement Agent has provided written consent to the Company.

 

4.12 Equal Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration (including any modification of this Agreement) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to this Agreement. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.

 

4.13 Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Disclosure Schedules (other than as disclosed to its legal and other representatives). Notwithstanding the foregoing and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, (ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities of the Company to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, or agent, including, without limitation, the Placement Agent, after the issuance of the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.

 

 

 

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4.14 Exercise Procedures. The form of Notice of Exercise included in the Pre-Funded Warrants set forth the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers in order to exercise the Pre-Funded Warrants. No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to exercise their Pre-Funded Warrants. Without limiting the preceding sentences, no ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise form be required in order to exercise the Pre-Funded Warrants. The Company shall honor exercises of the Pre-Funded Warrants and shall deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.

 

4.15 Lock-Up Agreements. The Company shall not amend, modify, waive or terminate any provision of any of the Lock-Up Agreements and shall enforce the provisions of each Lock-Up Agreement in accordance with its terms. If any party to a Lock-Up Agreement breaches any provision of a Lock-Up Agreement, the Company shall promptly use its best efforts to seek specific performance of the terms of such Lock-Up Agreement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Placement Agent may, in its sole discretion, consent on a case-by-case basis to the termination or waiver of any Lock-Up Agreement.

 

ARTICLE V.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the date hereof; provided, however, that no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties).

 

5.2 Fees and Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any exercise notice delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers.

 

5.3 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.

 

5.4 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.

 

 

 

 

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5.5 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and Purchasers which purchased at least 50.1% in interest of the Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants based on the initial Subscription Amounts hereunder (or, prior to the Closing, the Company and each Purchaser) or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought, provided that if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Purchaser (or group of Purchasers), the consent of such disproportionately impacted Purchaser (or group of Purchasers) shall also be required. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right. Any proposed amendment or waiver that disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and obligations of any Purchaser relative to the comparable rights and obligations of the other Purchasers shall require the prior written consent of such adversely affected Purchaser. Any amendment effected in accordance with this Section 5.5 shall be binding upon each Purchaser and holder of Securities and the Company.

 

5.6 Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

5.7 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger). Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchasers.”

 

5.8 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. The Placement Agent shall be the third party beneficiary of the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3.1 and the representations and warranties of the Purchasers in Section 3.2. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.8 and this Section 5.8.

 

5.9 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Action or Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Action or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Action or Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If any party shall commence an Action or Proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to the obligations of the Company under Section 4.8, the prevailing party in such Action or Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the non-prevailing party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Action or Proceeding.

 

5.10 Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.

 

 

 

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5.11 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to each other party, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

 

5.12 Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

5.13 Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided, however, that, in the case of a rescission of an exercise of a Pre-Funded Warrant, the applicable Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common Stock subject to any such rescinded exercise notice concurrently with the return to such Purchaser of the aggregate exercise price paid to the Company for such shares and the restoration of such Purchaser’s right to acquire such shares pursuant to such Purchaser’s Pre-Funded Warrant (including, issuance of a replacement warrant certificate evidencing such restored right).

 

5.14 Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.

 

5.15 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any Action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

5.16 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

 

 

 

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5.17 Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, each Purchaser and its respective counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through Placement Agent counsel. The Placement Agent Counsel does not represent any of the Purchasers and only represents the Placement Agent. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any of the Purchasers. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the Company and the Purchasers collectively and not between and among the Purchasers.

 

5.18 Liquidated Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.

 

5.19 Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

5.20 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments thereto. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.

 

5.21 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

 

MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.   Address for Notice:
         
By:      
  Name: Dean L. Julia   E-Mail:djulia@mobiquitytechnologies.com
  Title: CEO    
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):Steven Morse Esq--morgold@aol.com and Gavin Grusd Esq.---ggrusd@rmfpc.com    

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

Name of Purchaser:    

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:    

 

Name of Authorized Signatory:    

 

Title of Authorized Signatory:    

 

Email Address of Authorized Signatory:    

 

Address for Notice to Purchaser:

 

Address for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same as address for notice):

 

Subscription Amount: $    

 

Shares:    

 

Pre-Funded Warrant Shares:   Beneficial Ownership Blocker 4.99% or 9.99%

 

EIN Number:    

 

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, by checking this box (i) the obligations of the above-signed to purchase the securities set forth in this Agreement to be purchased from the Company by the above-signed, and the obligations of the Company to sell such securities to the above-signed, shall be unconditional and all conditions to Closing shall be disregarded, (ii) the Closing shall occur on the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of this Agreement and (iii) any condition to Closing contemplated by this Agreement (but prior to being disregarded by clause (i) above) that required delivery by the Company or the above-signed of any agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) shall no longer be a condition and shall instead be an unconditional obligation of the Company or the above-signed (as applicable) to deliver such agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) to such other party on the Closing Date.

 

 

 

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Schedule 3.1(aa)

 

Secured Indebtedness-Walleye Opportunities Master Fund Ltd, --$1,437,500 due Sept 30, 2023.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

 

Writer’s Direct Dial: (516) 663-6600

Writer’s Direct Fax: (516) 663-6601

 

June 29, 2023

 

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc.

35 Torrington Lane

Shoreham, NY 11786

 

  Re: Registration Statement on Form S-1
    Registration No.: 333-272572

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel for Mobiquity Technologies, Inc., a New York corporation (the “Company”) in connection with the preparation and filing of that certain Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No.: 333-272572 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Registration Statement relates to the proposed offering and sale by the Company of (a) up to 30,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), (b) up to 30,000,000 pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”), which Pre-Funded Warrants are substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, (c) all shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrant Shares”), (d) placement agent warrants to purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to two percent (2%) of the aggregate number of Shares sold, and Shares underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants sold, pursuant to the Registration Statement, at a per Share price equal to one hundred twenty five percent (125%) of the public offering price per Share, substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the “Placement Agent Warrants”), and (e) all shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants (the “Placement Agent Warrant Shares).

 

The Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants, Pre-Funded Warrant Shares, Placement Agent Warrants, and Placement Agent Warrant Shares are referred to herein as the “Securities”. We understand that the Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants, and Pre-Funded Warrant Shares are proposed to be offered for sale to the public, and the Placement Agent Warrants and Placement Agent Warrant Shares are proposed to be issued to Spartan Capital Securities, LLC, as the exclusive placement agent (the “Placement Agent”), as described in the Registration Statement and pursuant to a placement agent agreement, substantially in the form to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, to be entered into by the Company and the Placement Agent (the “Placement Agent Agreement”).

 

The offering of the Securities will be as set forth in the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, and as supplemented by one or more supplements to the prospectus (the “Prospectus”).

 

As counsel to the Company, we have examined the originals or copies of such documents, corporate records and other instruments and undertaken such further inquiry as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion, including, but not limited to, the Registration Statement, corporate resolutions authorizing the issuance of the Securities, and the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, including amendments thereto. In such examination, we have assumed the following: (a) the authenticity of original documents and the genuineness of all signatures; (b) the legal capacity of all natural persons, the accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us; (c) the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; (d) the genuineness of all signatures contained in the records, documents, instruments and certificates we have reviewed; and (e) the truth, accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the records, documents, instruments and certificates we have reviewed. This opinion letter is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing.

 

 

 

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June 29, 2023

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Based on and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement: (a) the Shares have been duly authorized and, when such Shares are issued and paid for in accordance with the Placement Agent Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; (b) the Pre-Funded Warrants have been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed by the Company and delivered to the purchasers thereof, will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws; (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought; and (iv) we express no opinion as to whether a state court outside of the State of New York or a federal court of the United States would give effect to the choice of New York law provided for in the Pre-Funded Warrants; (c) the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the Placement Agent Agreement, upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants in accordance with the terms thereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; (d) the Placement Agent Warrants have been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed by the Company and delivered to the purchasers thereof in accordance with the Placement Agent Agreement, will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws; (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought; and (iv) we express no opinion as to whether a state court outside of the State of New York or a federal court of the United States would give effect to the choice of New York law provided for in the Placement Agent Warrants; and (e) the Placement Agent Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for, upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants in accordance with the terms thereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

The information set forth herein is as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation to advise you of changes that may hereafter be brought to our attention. We are members of the Bar of the State of New York. We do not express any opinion concerning the laws of any jurisdiction other than (i) the State of New York and (ii) the Federal laws of the United States. Our opinion is based on statutory laws and judicial decisions that are in effect on the date hereof, and we do not opine with respect to any law, regulation, rule or governmental policy that may be enacted or adopted after the date hereof, nor do we assume any responsibility to advise you of future changes in our opinion. We do not express an opinion on any matters other than those expressly set forth in this letter.

 

No opinion is expressed herein with respect to the qualification of the Securities, under the securities or blue sky laws of any state or any foreign jurisdiction.

 

We hereby consent to the use and filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.

RUSKIN MOSCOU FALTISCHEK, P.C.

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Exhibit 10.6

 

ESCROW AGREEMENT (PUBLIC OFFERING)

 

THIS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made this __ day of June, 2023 by and among Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. (the “Issuer”) and the Placement Agent whose name and address appears on the Information Sheet (as defined herein) attached to this Agreement and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 1 State Street, 30th Floor, New York, New York 10004 (the “Escrow Agent”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) covering a proposed public offering of its securities as described on the Information Sheet;

 

WHEREAS, the Placement Agent proposes to offer the Securities, as agent for the Issuer, for sale to the public on a “best efforts” only basis with no Minimum Securities Amount and no Minimum Dollar Amount required and at most the Maximum Securities Amount and Maximum Dollar Amount and at the price per share all as set forth, on the Information Sheet;

 

WHEREAS the Issuer and the Placement Agent propose to establish an Escrow Account (the “Escrow Account”), to which subscription monies which are received by the Escrow Agent from the Placement Agent in connection with such public offering are to be credited, and the Escrow Agent is willing to establish the Escrow Account and the terms are subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth; and

 

WHEREAS, the Escrow Agent has an agreement with JP Morgan Chase to establish a special Bank Account (the “Bank Account”) into which the subscription monies, which are received by the Escrow Agent from the Placement Agent and credited to the Escrow Account, are to be deposited.

 

NOW, THEREFORE in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

1Information Sheet. Each capitalized term not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning set forth for such term on the information sheet which is attached to this Agreement and is incorporated by reference herein and made a pact hereof (the “Information Sheet”).

 

2Establishment of the Bank Account.

 

2.1The Escrow Agent shall establish a non-interest bank account at the branch of JP Morgan Chase selected by the Escrow Agent, and bearing the designation set forth on the Information Sheet (heretofore defined as the “Bank Account”); while the funds are on deposit, the Escrow Agent may earn bank credits or other consideration. The purpose of the Bank Account is for (a) the deposit of all subscription monies (wire transfers) which are received by the Placement Agent from prospective purchasers of the Securities and are delivered by the Placement Agent to the Escrow Agent, (b) the holding of amounts of subscription monies which are collected through the banking system, and (c) the disbursement of collected funds, all as described herein.

 

2.2On or before the date of the initial deposit in the Bank Account pursuant to this Agreement, “The Placement Agent shall notify the Escrow Agent in writing of the Effective Date of the Registration Statement (the “Effective Date”), and the Escrow Agent shall not be required to accept any amounts for credit to the Escrow Account or for deposit in the Bank Account prior to its receipt of such notification.

 

2.3The Offering Period, which shall be deemed to commence on the Effective Date, shall consist of the number of calendar days or business days set forth on the Information Sheet. The Offering Period shall be extended by an Extension Period only if the Escrow Agent shall have received written notice thereof at least one (1) business day prior to the expiration of the Offering Period. The Extension Period, which shall be deemed to commence on the next calendar day following the expiration of the Offering Period, shall consist of the number of calendar days or business days set forth on the Information Sheet. The last day of the Offering Period, or the last day of the Extension Period (if the Escrow Agent has received written notice thereof as hereinabove provided), is referred to herein as the “Termination Date”. Except as provided in Section 4.3 hereof, after the Termination Date the Placement Agent shall not deposit, and the Escrow Agent shall not accept, any additional amounts representing payments by prospective purchasers.

 

 

   

 

 

3Deposits to the Bank Account.

 

3.1The Placement Agent shall promptly deliver to the Escrow Agent all monies in the form of wire transfers which it receives from prospective purchasers of the Securities by the end of the next business day following receipt where internal supervisory review is conducted at the same location at which subscription documents and monies are received.. Upon the Escrow Agent’s receipt of such monies, they shall be credited to the Escrow Account.

 

3.2Promptly after receiving subscription monies as described in Section 3.1, the Escrow Agent shall deposit the same into the Bank Account. Amounts of monies so deposited are hereinafter referred to as “Escrow Amounts”. The Escrow Agent shall cause the Bank to process all Escrow Amounts for collection through the banking system. Simultaneously with each deposit to the Escrow Account, the Placement Agent (or the Issuer, if such deposit is made by the Issuer) shall inform the Escrow Agent in writing of the name, address, and the tax identification number of the purchaser, the amount of Securities subscribed for by such purchase, and the aggregate dollar amount of such subscription (collectively, the “Subscription Information”).

 

3.3Wire transfers representing payments by prospective purchasers shall not be deemed deposited in the Escrow Account until the Escrow Agent has received in writing the Subscription Information required with respect to such payments.

 

3.4The Escrow Agent shall not be required to accept in the Escrow Account any amounts representing payments by prospective purchasers, by wire, except during the Escrow Agent’s regular business hours.

 

3.5Only those Escrow Amounts, which have been deposited in the Bank Account and which have cleared the banking system and have been collected by the Escrow Agent, are herein referred to as the “Fund”.

 

3.6If the proposed offering is terminated before the Termination Date, the Escrow Agent shall refund any portion of the Fund prior to disbursement of the Fund in accordance with Article 4 hereof upon instructions in writing signed by both the Issuer and the Placement Agent.

 

4Disbursement from the Bank Account.

 

4.1[Left blank intentionally.]

 

4.2Subject to Section 4.3 below, if at any time up to the close of regular banking hours on the Termination Date, the Escrow Agent determines that there are cleared Funds in the escrow account up to the Maximum Securities Amount and up to the Maximum Dollar Amount, the Escrow Agent shall promptly notify the Issuer and the Placement Agent of such fact in writing. The Escrow Agent shall promptly disburse the Fund after it receives written instructions signed by both the Company and the Placement Agent. In this regard, the Company and the Placement Agent may have multiple closings through the Termination Date.

 

4.3[Left blank intentionally].

 

4.4Upon disbursement of the Fund pursuant to the terms of this Article 4, the Escrow Agent shall be relieved of all further obligations and released from all liability under this Agreement. It is expressly agreed and understood that in no event shall the aggregate amount of payments made by the Escrow Agent exceed the amount of the Fund. In the event the deposits exceed the amount of the fund, then the Company and the Placement Agent shall notify the Escrow Agent in writing which subscriber funds have been rejected and which subscriber(s) shall have their funds returned directly to them by the Escrow Agent without interest or deduction therefrom.

 

5Rights, Duties and Responsibilities of Escrow Agent. It is understood and agreed that the duties of the Escrow Agent are purely ministerial in nature, and that:

 

5.1The Escrow Agent shall notify the Placement Agent, on a daily basis, of the Escrow Amounts which have been deposited in the Bank Account and of the amounts, constituting the Fund, which have cleared the banking system and have been collected by the Escrow Agent.

 

 

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5.2The Escrow Agent shall not be responsible for or be required to enforce any of the terms or conditions of the underwriting agreement or any other agreement between the Placement Agent and the Issuer nor shall the Escrow Agent be responsible for the performance by the Placement Agent or the Issuer of their respective obligations under this Agreement.

 

5.3The Escrow Agent shall not be required to accept from the Placement Agent (or the Issuer) any Subscription Information pertaining to prospective purchasers unless such Subscription Information is accompanied by wire transfers meeting the requirements of Section 3.1, nor shall the Escrow Agent be required to keep records of any information with respect to payments deposited by the Placement Agent (or the Issuer) except as to the amount of such payments; however, the Escrow Agent shall notify the Placement Agent within a reasonable time of any discrepancy between the amount set forth in any Subscription Information and the amount delivered to the Escrow Agent therewith. Such amount need not be accepted for deposit in the Escrow Account until such discrepancy has been resolved.

 

5.4The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely upon the accuracy, act in reliance upon the contents, and assume the genuineness of any notice, instruction, certificate, signature, instrument or other document which is given to the Escrow Agent pursuant to this Agreement without the necessity of the Escrow Agent verifying the truth or accuracy thereof. The Escrow Agent shall not be obligated to make any inquiry as to the authority, capacity, existence or identity or any person purporting to give any such notice or instructions or to execute any such certificate, instrument or other document.

 

5.5If the Escrow Agent is uncertain as to its duties or rights hereunder or shall receive instructions with respect to the Bank Account, the Escrow Amounts or the Fund which, in its sole determination, are in conflict either with other, instructions received by it or with any provision of this Agreement, it shall be entitled to hold the Escrow Amounts, the Fund, or a portion thereof, in the Bank Account pending the resolution of such uncertainty to the Escrow Agent’s sole satisfaction, by final judgment of a court or courts of competent jurisdiction or otherwise; or the Escrow Agent, at its sole option, may deposit the Fund (and any other Escrow Amounts that thereafter become part of the Fund) with the Clerk of a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding to which all parties in interest are joined. Upon the deposit by the Escrow Agent of the Fund with the Clerk of any court, the Escrow Agent shall be relieved of all further obligations and released from all liability hereunder.

 

5.6The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted hereunder, or for the misconduct of any employee, agent or attorney appointed by it, except in the case of willful misconduct or gross negligence. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to consult with counsel of its own choosing and shall not be Liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel.

 

5.7The Escrow Agent shall have no responsibility at any time to ascertain whether or not any security interest exists in the Escrow Amounts, the Fund or any part thereof or to file any statement under the Uniform Commercial Code with respect to the Fund or any part thereof.

 

6Amendment; Resignation. This Agreement may be altered or amended only with the written consent of the Issuer, the Placement Agent and the Escrow Agent.

 

6.1The Escrow Agent may resign for any reason upon thirty (30) business days’ written notice to the Issuer and the Placement Agent. Should the Escrow Agent resign as herein provided, it shall not be required to accept any deposit, make any disbursement or otherwise dispose of the Escrow Amounts or the Fund, but its only duty shall be to hold the Escrow Amounts until they clear the banking system and the Fund for a period of not more than five (5) business days following the effective date of such resignation, at which time (a) if a successor escrow agent shall have been appointed and written notice thereof (including the name and address of such successor escrow agent) shall have been given to the resigning Escrow Agent by the Issuer, the Placement Agent and such successor escrow agent, then the resigning Escrow Agent shall pay over to the successor escrow agent the Fund, less any portion thereof previously paid out in accordance with this Agreement; or (b) if the resigning Escrow Agent shall not have received written notice signed by the Issuer, the Placement Agent and a successor escrow agent, then the resigning Escrow Agent shall promptly refund the amount in the Fund to each prospective purchaser without interest thereon or deduction therefrom, and the resigning Escrow Agent shall promptly notify the Issuer and the Placement Agent in writing of its liquidation and distribution of the Fund; whereupon, in either case, the Escrow Agent shall be relieved of all further obligations and released from all liability under this Agreement. Without limiting the provisions of Section 8 hereof, the resigning Escrow Agent shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Issuer and the Placement Agent for any actual expenses incurred in connection with its resignation, transfer of the Fund to a successor escrow agent or distribution of the Fund pursuant to this Section 6.

 

 

 

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7Representations and Warranties. The issuer and the Placement Agent hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Escrow Agent that:

 

7.1No party other than the parties hereto and the prospective purchasers have, or shall have, any lien, claim or security interest in the Escrow Amounts or the Fund or any part thereof.

 

7.2No financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code is on file in any jurisdiction claiming a security interest in or describing (whether specifically or Generally) the Escrow Amounts or the Fund or any part thereof.

 

7.3The Subscription information submitted with each deposit shall, at the time of submission and at the time of disbursement of the Fund, be deemed a representation and warranty that such deposit represents a bona fide payment by the purchaser described therein for the amount of securities in such described as Subscription Information.

 

7.4All of the information contained in the Information Sheet is, as of the date hereof, and will be, at the time of any disbursement of the Fund, true and correct.

 

7.5Reasonable controls have been established and required due diligence performed to comply with “Know Your Customer” regulations, USA Patriot Act, Office of the Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) regulations and the Bank Secrecy Act.

 

8Fees and Expenses. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to the Escrow Agent Fees set forth on the Information Sheet, payable as and when stated therein. In addition, the Issuer and the Placement Agent jointly and severally agree to reimburse the Escrow Agent for any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, including, but not limited to, reasonable counsel fees. Upon receipt of Funds in the Escrow Account, the Escrow Agent shall have a lien upon the Fund to the extent of its fees for services as Escrow Agent.

 

9Indemnification and Contribution.

 

9.1The Issuer and the Placement Agent (collectively referred to as the “Indemnitors”) jointly and severally agree to indemnify the Escrow Agent and its officers, directors, employees, agents and shareholders (collectively referred to as the “ Indemnitees”) against, and hold them harmless of and from, any and all loss, liability, cost, damage and expense, including without limitation, reasonable counsel fees, which the Indemnitees may suffer or incur by reason of any action, claim or proceeding brought against the Indemnitees arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement or any transaction to which this Agreement relates, unless such action, claim or proceeding is the result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Indemnitees.

 

9.2If the indemnification provided for in Section 9.1 is applicable, but for any reason is held to be unavailable, the Indemnitors shall contribute such amounts as are just and equitable to pay, or to reimburse the Indemnitees for, the aggregate of any and all losses, liabilities, costs, damages and expenses, including counsel fees, actually incurred by the Indemnitees as a result of or in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, claim or proceeding arising out of or relating in any way to any actions or omissions of the Indemnitors.

 

9.3The provisions of this Article 9 shall survive any termination of this Agreement, whether by disbursement of the Fund, resignation of the Escrow Agent or otherwise.

 

10Governing Law and Assignment. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York and shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that any assignment or transfer by any party of its rights under this Agreement or with respect to the Escrow Amounts or the Fund shall be void as against the Escrow Agent unless (a) written notice thereof shall be given to the Escrow Agent; and (b) the Escrow Agent shall have consented in writing to such assignment or transfer.

 

11Notices. All notices required to be given in connection with this Agreement shall be sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by hand delivery with receipt acknowledged, or by the Express Mail service offered by the United States Post Office, and addressed, if to the Issuer or the Placement Agent, at their respective addresses set forth on the Information Sheet, and if to the Escrow Agent, at its address set forth above, to the attention of the Trust Department.

 

 

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12Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid or unenforceable shall not be affected thereby and shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

13Execution in Several Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts or by separate instruments, and all of such counterparts and instruments shall constitute one agreement, binding on all of the parties hereto.

 

14Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (written or oral) of the parties in connection therewith.

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

MOBIQUITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
__________________________________

 
By: _______________________________
          Name: Dean L. Julia
          Title: CEO

By: _______________________________
          Name:
          Title:

   

SPARTAN CAPITAL SECURITIES LLC

 

__________________________________

 

 

 

By: ______________________________
           Name:
           Title: 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

ESCROW AGREEMENT INFORMATION SHEET

 

1.       The Issuer

 

Name: Mobiquity Technologies, Inc.

 

Address: 35 Torrington Lane, Shoreham, NY 11786

 

2.       The Placement Agent

 

Name: Spartan Capital Securities LLC

 

Address:

 

3.       The Securities

 

Description of the Securities to be offered: Up to _________________ shares of the Issuer.

 

4.       Minimum Amounts and Conditions Required for Disbursement of the Escrow Account

 

Aggregate dollar amount which must be collected before the Escrow Account may be disbursed to the Issuer: US$ Not Applicable

 

Maximum Amounts and Conditions Required for Disbursement of the Escrow Account US$4,000,000

 

5.        Plan of Distribution of the Securities

 

Initial Offering Period: Through _________, 2023 (seven days from the commencement of the offering period

 

Extension Period, if any: Seven additional days through ________, July 2023

 

6.       Title of Escrow Account

 

“CST&T as agent for Mobiquity Technologies, Inc.”

 

7.       Escrow Agent Fees and Charges:

 

$7,500 (for up to 50 investors); $8,500 (for up to 75 investors); $9,500 (for up to 100 investors) $10,500 (over 100 investors + $35.00 per each additional deposit); (Note:  $250.00 online “view only” access to the bank account is included).  A fee of $1,000 will be payable for document review services related to each amendment/extension to the Escrow Agreement. A fee of $5,000.00 will be charged if the escrow agreement is terminated for any reason causing the deposited funds to be returned. 

 

 

 

   

 

Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation in this Registration Statement on Form S-1-A1 of our report dated March 29, 2022 (except for the effects of the restatement disclosed in Note 3, as to which the date is November 28, 2022), relating to the financial statements of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 and to all references to our firm included in this Registration Statement.

 

 

Certified Public Accountants

Lakewood, CO

June 26, 2023

 

Exhibit 23.2

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc.

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation in this Registration Statement on Form S-1 of our report dated March 31, 2023, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2022 and all references to the firm included in this Registration Statement. Our report includes an explanatory paragraph about the existence of the substantial doubt concerning the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

 

 

D. Brooks and Associates CPAs, P.A.

Palm Beach Gardens, FL

June 23, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 107

 

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

Form S-1

(Form Type)

 

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

 

 

  Security Type Security Class
Title

Fee

Calculation

or Carry

Forward

Rate

Amount Registered (1) Proposed maximum Offering Price Per Share (2) Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2) Fee Rate Amount of Registration Fee
Fees to be paid Equity Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share and Pre-funded Warrants to purchase Common Stock Rule 457(c) 30,000,000 $0.10 $3,000,000 $0.0001102 $330.60
Fees  to be paid Equity Warrants and underlying common shares to Placement Agent

Rule 457(c)

600,000 $0.125 $75,000 $0.0001102 $8.26
  Total Offering Amount   $3,075,000   $338.86
  Total Fees Previously Paid       338.86
  Total Fee Offsets       0
  Net Fee Due       $0

 

(1) Represents an estimated (i) 30,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) or pre-funded warrants to purchase common stock and (ii) 6,000,000 warrants and underlying shares of the Company’s Common Stock to be issued to the Placement Agent. In the event of a stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving our common stock, the number of shares registered shall automatically be increased to cover the additional shares of common stock issuable pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
   
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act.

 

v3.23.2
Cover
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Cover [Abstract]  
Document Type S-1/A
Amendment Flag true
Amendment Description various edits
Entity Registrant Name Mobiquity Technologies, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key 0001084267
Entity Tax Identification Number 11-3427886
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code NY
Entity Address, Address Line One 35 Torrington Lane
Entity Address, City or Town Shoreham
Entity Address, State or Province NY
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 11786
City Area Code (516)
Local Phone Number 246-9422
Entity Filer Category Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business true
Entity Emerging Growth Company false
v3.23.2
Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Current Assets    
Cash $ 2,182,330 $ 220,854
Accounts receivable, net 158,485 340,935
Prepaid and other current assets 11,700 59,200
Total Current Assets 2,352,515 620,989
Property and equipment, net 13,410 15,437
Goodwill 1,352,865 1,352,865
Intangible assets, net 496,100 646,284
Capitalized software development costs 501,075 0
Total Assets 4,715,965 2,635,575
Current Liabilities    
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 1,427,823 2,067,244
Accrued interest - related party 235,563 235,563
Contract liabilities 187,916 193,598
Debt, current portion, net of debt discount 664,029 0
Total Current Liabilities 2,515,331 2,496,405
Long Term Liabilities    
Debt, less current portion 0 150,000
Total Long-Term Liabilities 0 150,000
Total Liabilities 2,515,331 2,646,405
Stockholders' Equity    
Common stock; $0.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 17,051,893 and 9,311,639 shares issued and outstanding 1,706 931
Treasury stock $0.0001 par value 37,500 shares outstanding at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 (1,350,000) (1,350,000)
Additional paid in capital 215,772,945 211,845,452
Accumulated deficit (212,224,026) (210,507,222)
Total Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) 2,200,634 (10,830)
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity 4,715,965 2,635,575
A A And A A A Preferred Stock [Member]    
Stockholders' Equity    
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued 3 3
Preferred stock Series C [Member]    
Stockholders' Equity    
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued 0 0
Preferred Stock Series E [Member]    
Stockholders' Equity    
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued $ 6 $ 6
v3.23.2
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - $ / shares
Mar. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Common stock par value $ 0.0001 $ 0.0001
Common stock shares authorized 100,000,000 100,000,000
Common stock shares issued 17,051,893 9,311,639
Common stock outstanding 17,051,893 9,311,639
Treasury Stock par value $ 0.0001 $ 0.0001
Treasury Stock shares outstanding 37,500 37,500
A A And A A A Preferred Stock [Member]    
Preferred Stock par value $ 0.0001 $ 0.0001
Preferred Stock shares authorized 2,750,000 2,750,000
Preferred Stock shares issued 31,413 31,413
Preferred stock shares outstanding 31,413 31,413
Preferred stock Series C [Member]    
Preferred Stock par value $ 0.0001 $ 0.0001
Preferred Stock shares authorized 1,500 1,500
Preferred Stock shares issued 0 0
Preferred stock shares outstanding 0 0
Preferred Stock Series E [Member]    
Preferred Stock par value $ 80 $ 80
Preferred Stock shares authorized 70,000 70,000
Preferred Stock shares issued 61,688 61,688
Preferred stock shares outstanding 61,688 61,688
v3.23.2
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Mar. 31, 2022
Income Statement [Abstract]    
Revenues $ 132,224 $ 542,169
Cost of revenues 62,808 306,127
Gross profit 69,416 236,042
General and administrative expenses 1,425,747 2,077,724
Loss from operations (1,356,331) (1,841,682)
Other income (expense)    
Interest expense (361,237) (120,697)
Interest income 764 0
Loss on debt extinguishment, net 0 (477,665)
Total other income - net (360,473) (598,362)
Net loss $ (1,716,804) $ (2,440,044)
Loss per share - basic $ (0.10) $ (0.37)
Loss per share - diluted $ (0.10) $ (0.37)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - basic 17,052,505 6,529,566
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - diluted 17,052,505 6,529,566
v3.23.2
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) (Unaudited) - USD ($)
Series A A A Preferred Stock [Member]
Series E Preferred Stocks [Member]
Common Stock [Member]
Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]
Treasury Stock, Common [Member]
Retained Earnings [Member]
Total
December 31, 2021 (restated) at Dec. 31, 2021 $ 3 $ 6 $ 650 $ 206,712,907 $ (1,350,000) $ (202,444,894) $ 2,918,672
Shares, Outstanding, Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2021 31,413 61,688 6,460,751   37,500    
Stock issued for services $ 5 84,495 84,500
Stock issued for services, shares     50,000        
Stock based compensation 34,416 34,416
Conversion of convertible debt to common stock and warrants $ 145 2,680,020 2,680,165
Conversion of convertible debt to common stock and warrants, shares     1,443,333        
Net Loss (2,440,044) (2,440,044)
Balance, at March 31, 2022 (restated) at Mar. 31, 2022 $ 3 $ 6 $ 800 209,511,838 $ (1,350,000) (204,884,938) 3,277,709
Shares, Outstanding, Ending Balance at Mar. 31, 2022 31,413 61,688 7,954,084   37,500    
December 31, 2021 (restated) at Dec. 31, 2022 $ 3 $ 6 $ 931 211,845,452 $ (1,350,000) (210,507,222) (10,830)
Shares, Outstanding, Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2022 31,413 61,688 9,311,639   37,500    
Incentive common stock shares and warrants issued with debt $ 53 708,411 708,464
Incentive common stock shares and warrants issued with debt, shares     522,727        
Common stock and pre-funded warrants issued under public offering, net of issuance costs $ 378 3,207,122 3,207,500
Common stock and pre-funded warrants issued under public offering, net of issuance costs, shares     3,777,634        
Common stock issued under cashless warrant exercises and exercise of pre-funded warrants $ 344 (344)
Common stock issued under cashless warrant exercises and exercise of pre-funded warrants, shares     3,439,893        
Stock based compensation 12,304 12,304
Net Loss (1,716,804) (1,716,804)
Balance, at March 31, 2022 (restated) at Mar. 31, 2023 $ 3 $ 6 $ 1,706 $ 215,772,945 $ (1,350,000) $ (212,224,026) $ 2,200,634
Shares, Outstanding, Ending Balance at Mar. 31, 2023 31,413 61,688 17,051,893   37,500    
v3.23.2
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Mar. 31, 2022
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:    
Net loss $ (1,716,804) $ (2,440,044)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:    
Depreciation 2,027 2,341
Amortization of intangibles 150,184 150,184
Amortization of debt discounts 360,993 0
Stock-based compensation 12,304 34,416
Provision for doubtful accounts 19,843 0
Loss on debt extinguishment - related party 0 477,665
Stock issued for services 0 84,500
Changes in operating assets and liabilities    
Accounts receivable 162,607 167,988
Prepaid expenses and other assets 47,500 0
Accounts payable and accrued expenses (639,421) (629,276)
Contract liabilities (5,682) 0
Net cash used in operating activities (1,606,449) (2,152,226)
Investing Activities    
Purchase of property and equipment 0 (4,146)
Increase in software development costs (501,075) 0
Net cash used in investing activities (501,075) (4,146)
Financing Activities    
Proceeds from the issuance of debt, net of discounts and debt issuance costs 1,011,500 0
Issuance of common stock and pre-funded warrants, net of issuance costs 3,207,500 0
Repayment on notes payable (150,000) (134,164)
Net cash provided by financing activities 4,069,000 (134,164)
Net change in cash 1,961,476 (2,290,536)
Cash - beginning of period 220,854 5,385,245
Cash - end of period 2,182,330 3,094,709
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information    
Cash paid for interest 245 118,398
Cash paid for taxes 294 300
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:    
Issuance of incentive shares with debt recorded as debt discount 122,426 0
Warrants issued with debt recorded as debt discount 586,038 0
Common stock issued under cashless warrant exercises 344 0
Conversion of convertible debt to common stock $ 0 $ 2,229,300
v3.23.2
ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS

 

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. (“Mobiquity,” “we,” “our” or “the Company”), and its operating subsidiaries, is a next generation location data intelligence company. The Company provides precise unique, at-scale location data and insights on consumer’s real-world behavior and trends for use in marketing and research. We provide one of the most accurate and scaled solutions for mobile data collection and analysis, utilizing multiple geo-location technologies. The Company is seeking to implement several new revenue streams from its data collection and analysis, including, but not limited to, Advertising, Data Licensing, Footfall Reporting, Attribution Reporting, Real Estate Planning, Financial Forecasting and Custom Research. We also are a developer of advertising and marketing technology focused on the creation, automation, and maintenance of an advertising technology operating system (or ATOS). The ATOS platform blends artificial intelligence (or AI) and machine learning (ML) based optimization technology for automatic ad serving that manages and runs digital advertising campaigns.

 

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in the State of New York and has the following subsidiaries:

 

Mobiquity Networks, Inc.

 

Mobiquity Networks, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc., commencing operations in January 2011 and incorporated in the State of New York. Mobiquity Networks started and developed as a mobile advertising technology company focused on driving foot-traffic throughout its indoor network and has evolved and grown into a next generation data intelligence company. Mobiquity Networks, Inc. operates our data intelligence platform business.

 

Advangelists, LLC

 

Advangelists LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mobiquity Technologies, Inc., acquired through a merger transaction in December 2018, incorporated in the State of Delaware, and operates our ATOS platform business.

 

Liquidity, Going Concern and Management’s Plans

 

These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.

 

As reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, for the three months ended March 31. 2023, the Company is reporting the following:

 

· Net loss of $1,716,804; and
· Net cash used in operations of $1,606,449

 

Additionally, at March 31, 2023, the Company is reporting the following:

 

· Accumulated deficit of $212,224,026
· Stockholders’ equity of $2,200,634, and
· Working capital deficit of $162,816

 

We manage liquidity risk by reviewing, on an ongoing basis, our sources of liquidity and capital requirements. The Company has cash on hand of $2,182,330 on March 31, 2023.

 

The Company has incurred significant losses since its inception in 1998 and has not demonstrated an ability to generate sufficient revenues from the sales of its products and services to achieve profitable operations. There can be no assurance that profitable operations will ever be achieved, or if achieved, could be sustained on a continuing basis. In making this assessment we performed a comprehensive analysis of our current circumstances including: our financial position, our cash flows and cash usage forecasts for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and our current capital structure including equity-based instruments and our obligations and debts.

 

Without sufficient revenues from operations, if the Company does not obtain additional capital, the Company will be required to reduce the scope of its business development activities or cease operations. The Company may explore obtaining additional capital financing and the Company is closely monitoring its cash balances, cash needs, and expense levels.

 

These factors create substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within the twelve-month period subsequent to the date that these condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. These condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern. Accordingly, the condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a basis that assumes the Company will continue as a going concern and which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the ordinary course of business.

 

Management’s strategic plans include the following:

 

· Execution of business plan focused on technology growth and improvement,
· Seek out equity and/or debt financing to obtain the capital required to meet the Company’s financial obligations. There is no assurance, however, that lenders and investors will continue to advance capital to the Company or that the new business operations will be profitable.
· Continuing to explore and execute prospective partnering or distribution opportunities,
· Identifying unique market opportunities that represent potential positive short-term cash flow.

 

Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) Pandemic

 

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company’s financial results and operations were adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company is a data location company with a specialty to drive traffic to retail stores. In the prior two (2) years, the Company suffered from the effects of the pandemic due to lack of traffic to retail stores related to mandated stay-at-home restrictions and the Company drastically curtailed its operations. The extent to which the Company’s future financial results could be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic depends on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted at this time. The pandemic also had an effect on the Company’s ability to attain new customers or retain existing customers, and to collect on its outstanding accounts receivable, resulting in an increase of its allowance for doubtful accounts in fiscal 2022, and the quarter ended March 31, 2023, of approximately $324,000 and $20,000, respectively. The Company is not aware of any specific event or circumstance that would require an update to its estimates or judgments or a revision of the carrying value of its assets or liabilities.

 

These estimates may change, as new events occur, and additional information is obtained. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company’s financial results and operations were not materially adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

v3.23.2
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

  

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial statements (U.S. GAAP) and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Accordingly, they do not contain all information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for annual financial statements. In the opinion of the Company’s management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all of the adjustments necessary (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) to present the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2023, and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2023, are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full fiscal year or any future period. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023.

 

Management acknowledges its responsibility for the preparation of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements which reflect all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary in its opinion for a fair statement of its consolidated financial position and the consolidated results of its operations for the periods presented.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) and include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

 

Business Segments and Concentrations

 

The Company uses the “management approach” to identify its reportable segments. The management approach requires companies to report segment financial information consistent with information used by management for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the basis for identifying the Company’s reportable segments. The Company manages its business as a single reporting segment.

 

Customers in the United States accounted for 100% of our revenues. We do not have any property or equipment outside of the United States.

 

Use of Estimates

 

Preparing financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, including stock-based compensation and deferred tax asset valuation allowance, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and those estimates may be material.

   

Risks and Uncertainties

 

The Company operates in an industry that is subject to intense competition and changes in consumer demand. The Company’s operations are subject to significant risk and uncertainties including financial and operational risks and the potential of overall business failure.

 

The Company has experienced, and in the future expects to continue to experience, variability in sales and net earnings. The factors expected to contribute to this variability include, among others, (i) the cyclical nature of the industry, (ii) general economic conditions in the various local markets in which the Company competes, including a potential general downturn in the economy, and (iii) the volatility of prices in connection with the Company’s service offerings. These factors, among others, make it difficult to project the Company’s operating results on a consistent basis.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company accounts for financial instruments at fair value, which as is defined as the exchange price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The valuation techniques are based on observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs reflect readily obtainable data from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect certain market assumptions. There are three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

 

  · Level 1—Valuation based on unadjusted quoted market prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Company has the ability to access;
     
  · Level 2—Valuation based on observable quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; and
     
  · Level 3—Valuation based on unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity, which require management’s best estimate of what market participants would use as fair value.

 

Fair value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management.

 

The respective carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximated their fair value. These financial instruments include accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and contract liabilities. On March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the carrying amounts of these financial instruments approximated their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The fair value of the Company’s debt approximates its carrying value based on current financing rates available to the Company and its short-term nature.

 

The Company does not have any other financial or non-financial assets or liabilities that would be characterized as Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 instruments.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Concentrations of Risk

 

For purposes of presentation in the consolidated statements of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid instruments with a maturity of three months or less at the purchase date and money market accounts to be cash equivalents.

 

On March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the Company did not have any cash equivalents.

 

The Company is exposed to credit risk on its cash in the event of default by the financial institutions to the extent account balances exceed the amount insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC), which is $250,000. As of March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the Company had not experienced any losses on cash balances in excess of the FDIC insured limits. Any loss incurred or a lack of access to funds could have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. At March 31, 2023, the Company exceeded FDIC insured limits by approximately $1,925,000, and did not exceed the limits at December 31, 2022.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, and year ended December 31, 2022, sales of our products to two and four customers generated approximately 55% and 52% of our revenues, respectively. Our contracts with our customers generally do not obligate them to a specified term and they can generally terminate their relationship with us at any time with a minimal amount of notice. The loss of one of these customers could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations and financial condition.

 

Accounts Receivable

 

Accounts receivable represent customer obligations under normal trade terms and are stated at the amount management expects to collect from outstanding customer balances. Credit is extended to customers based on an evaluation of their financial condition and other factors. Interest is not accrued on overdue accounts receivable. The Company does not require collateral. Four and six of our customers combined accounted for approximately 53% and 42% of outstanding accounts receivable at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

 

The Company had net accounts receivable of $158,485 and $340,935 at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

Management periodically assesses the Company’s accounts receivable and, if necessary, establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company provides its allowance for doubtful accounts based upon a review of the outstanding accounts receivable, historical collection information and existing economic conditions. Accounts determined to be uncollectible are charged to operations when that determination is made.

 

The allowance for doubtful accounts was approximately $1,111,000 and $1,091,000 at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. This allowance relates to receivables generated in previous years for which collection is uncertain, based in part, as a result of many customers being adversely impacted by COVID-19.

 

Bad debt expense (recovery) is recorded as a component of general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

 

Management evaluates the recoverability of the Company’s identifiable intangible assets and other long-lived assets when events or circumstances indicate a potential impairment exists, in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 360-10-35-15 Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. Events and circumstances considered by the Company in determining whether the carrying value of identifiable intangible assets and other long-lived assets may not be recoverable include but are not limited to significant changes in performance relative to expected operating results; significant changes in the use of the assets; significant negative industry or economic trends; and changes in the Company’s business strategy. In determining if impairment exists, the Company estimates the undiscounted cash flows to be generated from the use and ultimate disposition of these assets and compares this to the carrying amounts of the assets.

 

If impairment is indicated based on a comparison of the assets’ carrying values and the undiscounted cash flows, the impairment to be recognized is measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. No impairments were recognized by the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022.

  

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided on the straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets.

 

Expenditures for repairs and maintenance which do not materially extend the useful lives of property and equipment are charged to operations. When property or equipment is sold or otherwise disposed of, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts with the resulting gain or loss reflected in current results of operations.

 

Goodwill

 

The Company’s goodwill represents the excess of the consideration transferred for the acquisition of Advangelists, LLC in December 2018 over the fair value of the underlying identifiable net assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized but instead, it is tested for impairment at least annually. In the event that management determines that the value of goodwill has become impaired, the Company will record a charge in an amount equal to the excess of the reporting unit’s carrying amount over its fair value, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit during the fiscal quarter in which the determination is made.

 

The Company performs its annual impairment tests of goodwill as of December 31st of each year, or more frequently, if certain indicators are present. Goodwill is required to be tested for impairment at the reporting unit level. A reporting unit is an operating segment or one level below the operating segment level, which is referred to as a component. Management identifies its reporting units by assessing whether components (i) have discrete financial information available, (ii) engage in business activities, and (iii) whether a segment manager regularly reviews the component’s operating results. Net assets and goodwill of acquired businesses are allocated to the reporting unit associated with the acquired business based on the anticipated organizational structure of the combined entities. If two or more components are deemed economically similar, those components are aggregated into one reporting unit when performing the annual goodwill impairment review. The Company has one reporting unit as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. No impairment of goodwill was recognized by the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 or fiscal year 2022.

 

Intangible Assets

 

The majority of the Company’s intangible assets consist of customer relationship and the ATOS platform technology obtained through its acquisition of Advangelists LLC. The Company amortizes its identifiable definite-lived intangible assets over an estimated useful life of 5 years. See Note 3 for further details.

 

Software Development Costs

 

In accordance with ASC 985-20, Costs of Software to Be Sold, Leased, or Marketed, the Company records the cost of planning, designing, and establishing the technological feasibility of computer software intended for resale as research and development costs and charges those costs to operations when incurred and are included in general and administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. After technological feasibility has been established, the costs of producing a marketable product and product masters are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the software, which is expected to be five years, beginning at the date of general release to customers. The Company began capitalizing costs associated with the development of its Ad Tech Operating System for Publishers platform in January 2023 when technological feasibility was deemed to have been established. Total software development costs capitalized for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 were $501,075. The platform is expected to be released to customers in the second quarter of 2023. No amortization has been recognized on the software development costs as of March 31, 2023.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The Company analyzes all financial instruments with features of both liabilities and equity under FASB ASC Topic No. 480, (ASC 480), Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and FASB ASC Topic No. 815, (ASC 815) Derivatives and Hedging.

 

In August 2020, FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity (ASU 2020-06), as part of its overall simplification initiative to reduce costs and complexity of applying accounting standards while maintaining or improving the usefulness of the information provided to users of financial statements. Among other changes, the new guidance removes from U.S. GAAP separation models for convertible debt that require the convertible debt to be separated into a debt and equity component, unless the conversion feature is required to be bifurcated and accounted for as a derivative or the debt is issued at a substantial premium. As a result, after adopting the guidance, entities will no longer separately present such embedded conversion features in equity and will instead account for the convertible debt wholly as debt. The new guidance also requires use of the “if-converted” method when calculating the dilutive impact of convertible debt on earnings per share, which is consistent with the Company’s current accounting treatment under the current guidance. The guidance was adopted by the Company as of January 1, 2022.

 

Terms of financial instruments are reviewed to determine whether or not they contain embedded derivative instruments that are required to be accounted for separately from the host contract under ASC 815 and ASU 2020-06 and recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. Derivative liabilities are remeasured to reflect fair value at each period end, with any increase or decrease in the fair value being recorded in results of operations. The Company generally incorporates a binomial model to determine fair value. Upon conversion of a debt instrument where an embedded conversion option has been bifurcated and accounted for separately as a derivative liability, the Company records the resulting shares issued at fair value, derecognizes all related debt principal, derivative liability, and debt discount, and recognizes a net gain or loss on debt extinguishment. Equity instruments that are initially classified as equity that become subject to reclassification under ASC 815 are reclassified to liabilities at the fair value of the instrument on the reclassification date. The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market or foreign currency risk. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had no derivatives classified as liabilities.

 

Debt Issuance Costs and Debt Discounts

 

Debt discounts, debt issuance costs paid to lenders or third parties, and other original issue discounts on debt, are recorded as debt discount or debt issuance costs and amortized to interest expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations, over the term of the underlying debt instrument, using the effective interest method, with the unamortized portion reported net with related principal outstanding on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Company recorded $360,993 in interest expense associated with debt discounts and debt issuance costs incurred on debt issued during the quarter. The unamortized debt discounts remaining at March 31, 2023 was $773,471. See Note 4 regarding the accounting for debt discounts and debt issuance costs during the quarter ended March 31, 2023. There was no amortization of debt discounts for the year ended December 31, 2022 or unamortized debt discounts outstanding at December 31, 2022.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company’s revenues are generated from internet advertising, the Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606). In accordance with ASC 606, revenue is recognized when promised services are transferred to a customer. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for these services. To achieve this core principle, the Company applies the following five steps:

 

Identify the contract with a customer.

 

A contract with a customer exists when (i) the Company enters into an enforceable contract with a customer that defines each party’s rights regarding the services to be transferred and identifies the payment terms related to these services, (ii) the contract has commercial substance and, (iii) the Company determines that collection of substantially all consideration for services that are transferred is probable based on the customer’s intent and ability to pay the promised consideration. The Company applies judgment in determining the customer’s ability and intention to pay, which is based on a variety of factors including the customer’s historical payment experience or, in the case of a new customer, published credit and financial information pertaining to the customer.

 

Identify the performance obligations in the contract.

 

Performance obligations promised in a contract are identified based on the services that will be transferred to the customer that are both capable of being distinct, whereby the customer can benefit from the service either on its own or together with other resources that are readily available from third parties or from the Company, and are distinct in the context of the contract, whereby the transfer of the services is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract. To the extent a contract includes multiple promised services (performance obligations), the Company must apply judgment to determine whether promised services are capable of being distinct and distinct in the context of the contract. If these criteria are not met the promised services are accounted for as a combined performance obligation. Currently, the Company does not have any contracts that contain multiple performance obligations.

 

Determine the transaction price.

 

The transaction price is determined based on the consideration to which the Company will be entitled in exchange for transferring services to the customer. To the extent the transaction price includes variable consideration, the Company estimates the amount of variable consideration that should be included in the transaction price utilizing either the expected value method or the most likely amount method depending on the nature of the variable consideration. Variable consideration is included in the transaction price if, in the Company’s judgment, it is probable that a significant future reversal of cumulative revenue under the contract will not occur. None of the Company’s contracts as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 contained a significant financing component.

 

Allocate the transaction price to performance obligations in the contract.

 

If the contract contains a single performance obligation, the entire transaction price is allocated to the single performance obligation. However, if a series of distinct services that are substantially the same qualifies as a single performance obligation in a contract with variable consideration, the Company must determine if the variable consideration is attributable to the entire contract or to a specific part of the contract. Contracts that contain multiple performance obligations require an allocation of the transaction price to each performance obligation based on a relative standalone selling price basis unless the transaction price is variable and meets the criteria to be allocated entirely to a performance obligation or to a distinct service that forms part of a single performance obligation.

 

Recognize revenue when or as the Company satisfies a performance obligation.

 

The Company satisfies performance obligations at a point in time. Revenue is recognized at the time the related performance obligation is satisfied by transferring the promised service to a customer. Under both managed services arrangements or self-service arrangements, the Company’s promised services under the contracts include identification, bidding and purchasing of advertisement opportunities. The Company also generally has discretion in establishing the pricing of the ads. Since the Company is controlling the promise to deliver the contracted services, the Company is considered the principal in all arrangements for revenue recognition purposes.

 

Payment terms and conditions vary by contract, although terms generally include a requirement of payment within 30 to 90 days.

Contract Liabilities

 

Contract liabilities represent deposits made by customers before the satisfaction of performance obligations and recognition of revenue. Upon completion of the performance obligation(s) that the Company has with the customer based on the terms of the contract, the liability for the customer deposit is relieved and revenue is recognized. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were $187,916 and $193,598, respectively in contract liabilities outstanding that we expect to recognize as revenue in our next fiscal year.

 

Revenues

 

All revenues recognized were derived from internet advertising for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, and the year ended December 31, 2022.

 

Advertising

 

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising costs are included as a component of general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

The Company incurred $259 in such costs during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and did not incur any advertising costs during the year ended December 31, 2022.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company accounts for our stock-based compensation, including stock options and common stock warrants, under ASC 718 Compensation – Stock Compensation, using the fair value-based method. Under this method, compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the value of the award and is recognized over the requisite service period for employee awards, which is usually the vesting period, and when the goods are obtained or services are received, for nonemployee awards. This guidance establishes standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services. It also applies to transactions in which an entity incurs liabilities in exchange for goods or services that are based on the fair value of the entity’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of those equity instruments.

 

In connection with certain financing, consulting and collaboration arrangements, the Company may issue warrants to purchase shares of its common stock. The outstanding warrants are standalone instruments that are not puttable or mandatorily redeemable by the holder and are classified as equity awards.

 

The fair value of stock-based compensation is generally determined using the Black-Scholes valuation model as of the date of the grant or the date at which the performance of the services is completed (measurement date).

  

When determining fair value of stock-based compensation, the Company considers the following assumptions in the Black-Scholes model:

 

· Exercise price,
· Expected dividends,
· Expected volatility,
· Risk-free interest rate; and
· Expected life of option

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income tax using the asset and liability method prescribed by ASC 740, Income Taxes (ASC 740). Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates that will be in effect in the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The Company records a valuation allowance to offset deferred tax assets if based on the weight of available evidence, it is more-likely-than-not that all or some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized as gain or loss in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

The Company follows the accounting guidance for uncertainty in income taxes using the provisions of ASC 740. Using that guidance, tax positions initially need to be recognized in the condensed consolidated financial statements when it is more likely than not the position will be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company did not identify any uncertain tax positions that qualify for either recognition or disclosure in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

The Company recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to recognized uncertain income tax positions, in other expense. No interest and penalties related to uncertain income tax positions were recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. Open tax years subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service generally remain open for three years from the filing date. Tax years subject to examination by the state jurisdictions generally remain open for up to four years from the filing date.

 

Related Parties

 

Parties are considered to be related to the Company if the parties, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, control, are controlled by, or are under common control with the Company. Related parties also include principal owners of the Company, its management, members of the immediate families of principal owners of the Company and its management and other parties with which the Company may deal with if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests.

 

Reclassifications

 

Certain reclassifications were made to the 2022 condensed consolidated financial statements to conform to 2023 presentation.

 

Recent Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

We consider the applicability and impact of all new accounting pronouncements on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, stockholders’ deficit, cash flows, or presentation thereof. Management has evaluated all recent accounting pronouncements as issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) through the date these condensed consolidated financial statements were available to be issued and found no recent accounting pronouncements issued, but not yet effective, that when adopted, will have a material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company. 

 

Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions: On September 30, 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03 (ASU 2022-03), which clarifies the guidance in Topic 820 on the fair value measurement of an equity security that is subject to contractual restrictions that prohibit the sale of an equity security. The ASU also requires specific disclosures related to such an equity security, including (1) the fair value of such equity securities reflected in the balance sheet, (2) the nature and remaining duration of the corresponding restrictions, and (3) any circumstances that could cause a lapse in the restrictions. ASU 2022-03 clarifies that a “contractual restriction prohibiting the sale of an equity security is a characteristic of the reporting entity holding the equity security” and is not included in the equity security’s unit of account. Accordingly, an entity should not consider the contractual sale restriction when measuring the equity security’s fair value (i.e., the entity should not apply a discount related to the contractual sale restriction, as stated in ASC 820-10-35-36B as amended by the ASU). The ASU also prohibits an entity from recognizing a contractual sale restriction as a separate unit of account. For public business entities, ASU 2022-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2022-03 on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

 

Financial Instrument – Credit Losses: In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (ASU 2016-13). ASU 2016-13 replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology under current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires a consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. ASU 2016-13 requires the use of a forward-looking expected credit loss model for accounts receivables, loans, and other financial instruments. In May 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-05, which provides transition relief for entities adopting ASU 2016-13. For entities that have adopted ASU 2016-13, the amendments in ASU 2019-05 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods therein. An entity may early adopt ASU No. 2019-05 in any interim period after its issuance if the entity has adopted ASU 2016-13. For all other entities, the effective date will be the same as the effective date of ASU 2016-13. ASU 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted ASU 2016-13 on January 1, 2023 and the adoption of the guidance did not have a significant impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

 

Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers: In October 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers (ASU 2021-08). Under ASU 2021-08, an acquirer in a business combination must apply ASC 606 principles when recognizing and measuring acquired contract assets and contract liabilities. The provisions of ASU 2021-08 are applicable for the Company for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2022. The Company adopted ASU 2021-08 on January 1, 2023 and the adoption of the guidance did not have a significant impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

 

v3.23.2
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
INTANGIBLE ASSETS

NOTE 3 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

Definite-Lived Intangible Asset

 

The definite-lived intangible asset is a customer relationship asset also acquired through the Advangelists, LLC acquisition. The customer relationship intangible asset is being amortized over its estimated useful life of five years. The Company periodically evaluates the reasonableness of the useful lives of these assets. These assets are also reviewed for impairment or obsolescence when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized in the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset.

           
            
   Useful Lives  March 31, 2023   December 31, 2022 
            
Customer relationship  5 years  $3,003,676   $3,003,676 
Less accumulated amortization      (2,507,576)   (2,357,392)
Net carrying value     $496,100   $646,284 

  

During each of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recognized $150,184 in amortization expense related to the customer relationship intangible asset, which is included in general and administrative expenses on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

Future amortization of the customer relationship asset, for years ending December 31, is as follows:

    
     
2023  $450,552 
2024   45,548 
Total  $496,100 

 

v3.23.2
DEBT
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
DEBT

NOTE 4 – DEBT

 

Following is a summary of debt outstanding at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:

        
   March 31,
2023
   December 31,
2022
 
Small Business Administration Loan (a)  $   $150,000 
Note payable (b)   1,437,500     
Total debt   1,437,500    150,000 
Less: unamortized debt discounts   (773,471)    
Current portion of debt, net of debt discounts   664,029     
Long-term portion of debt  $   $150,000 

 

(a) In June 2020, the Company received an Economic Injury Disaster Loan of $150,000 from the Small Business Administration (SBA) which carries a thirty-year term, and interest at 3.7% per annum, with a maturity date in July of 2050. The loan is to be repaid in monthly installments, including principal and interest, of $731, beginning twelve months from the date of the loan. Total accrued and unpaid interest on the debt was $13,594 at December 31, 2022 and is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The total principal outstanding has been presented as long-term liabilities as payments required to be made in 2023 will be applied to accrued interest. On January 5, 2023, the Company paid $163,885 to the Small Business Administration to pay off all outstanding principal and accrued interest on the Company’s SBA loan.
   
(b)

On December 30, 2022, the Company and Walleye Opportunities Master Fund Ltd, a Cayman Islands company (the “Investor”), entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) for the Investor to purchase from the Company (i) a senior secured 20% original issue discount (OID) nine-month promissory note in an aggregate gross principal amount of $1,437,500, less the 20% OID of $287,500, for a net subscription amount of $1,150,000 (the “Investor Note”), and (ii) a five year warrant to purchase 2,613,636 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.44 per share, exercisable commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring December 30, 2027 (the “Investor Warrant”). The transaction closed, and proceeds from the Agreement were received by the Company in January 2023. If at any time commencing July 1, 2023, the Company issues, sells, or announces for sale, any shares of its common stock (Subsequent Equity Sale) for a per share price less than the exercise price of the Investor Warrant in effect immediately prior to such Subsequent Equity Sale, the exercise price of the Investor Warrant shall be reduced to an amount equal to the issuance price of the Subsequent Equity Sale.

 

In conjunction with the Agreement, the Company issued 522,727 shares of common stock, or approximately 5.3% of the Company’s outstanding shares, to the Investor as an incentive on the transaction (Incentive Shares). Excluding the above referenced Investor Warrant, the shares of Common Stock exercisable pursuant to such Investor Warrant are not being considered beneficially owned by the Investor until the Investor Warrant is exercisable within 60 days. Total issuance fees of $138,500 associated with the closing of the Agreement were paid by the Company to Spartan Capital Securities LLC and the Investor’s counsel, resulting in net proceeds of $1,011,500. Approximately $164,000 of the loan proceeds were utilized to repay the outstanding principal and accrued interest under the SBA loan (see above).

 

The Investor Note will only become convertible into common stock upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under and as defined in the Investor Note on terms set forth in the Investor Note. This Investor Note matures and is payable on or before September 30, 2023, and it provides that the Investor may demand prepayment after March 31, 2023 and before the maturity date, provided that the purchasers of securities in a future public offering by the Company, as defined in the Agreement, who hold the purchased Company securities at the time the prepayment demand, unanimously consent to the prepayment. The Company granted a security interest in all of its assets to the Investor as collateral for its obligations under the Investor Note pursuant to a Security Agreement. In addition, the Company’s subsidiaries guaranteed the obligations of the Company under the Investor Note pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee and granted a first lien security interest in all of their assets to the Investor as additional collateral pursuant to the Security Agreement. All securities sold in the above-described transaction contain certain piggy-back registration rights after the completion of our February 2023 offering (see Note 5). 

 

The aforementioned Investor Warrant was deemed to be an equity-classified derivative instrument with a fair value of $1,526,363 at the date of closing on the Agreement, incorporating the use of the Black-Scholes valuation model, and the Incentive Shares were deemed to have a fair value of $318,863 based on the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the day preceding the closing of the Agreement. Per accounting guidance under ASC 815, the Company recorded the fair values of the Investor Warrant and Incentive Shares based on the relative fair value allocation method, which allocates fair values as a percentage of total fair value of the debt, Investor Warrant, and Incentive Shares, in proportion to the net proceeds received (after deducting fees paid to lender) under the Investor Note of $1,150,000. As a result of applying the relative fair value allocation method, the Investor Warrant was assigned a relative fair value of $586,040 and the Incentive Shares were assigned a relative fair value of $122,426, at the date of closing on the Agreement. The fair values of the Investor Warrant, the Incentive Shares, the OID of $287,500, and the $138,500 in debt issuance costs paid, were recorded as debt discounts and debt issuance costs totaling $1,134,466, and are presented net against the debt principal outstanding on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2023. Amortization associated with the total debt discounts is being recognized using the effective interest method over the term of the Investor Note, which matures on September 30, 2023. For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, $360,993 in amortization on the debt discounts was recognized as interest expense on the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations, and remaining unamortized debt discounts at March 31, 2023 were $773,471 

 

v3.23.2
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Equity [Abstract]  
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

NOTE 5 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

The Company’s authorized capital stock consists of 105,000,000 shares, comprised of 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value.

 

Of the 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock authorized, the Board of Directors has designated the following:

 

  · 1,500,000 shares as Series AA Preferred Stock, none outstanding
  · 1,250,000 shares as Series AAA Preferred Stock, 31,413 shares outstanding
  · 1,250 shares as Series AAAA Preferred Stock, all previously outstanding shares of which have been redeemed or converted
  · 1,500 shares as Series C Preferred Stock, none outstanding
  · 2 shares as Series B Preferred Stock, all previously outstanding shares of which have been redeemed or converted
  · 70,000 shares as Series E Preferred Stock, 61,688 shares outstanding

 

Rights Under Preferred Stock

 

The Company’s classes of preferred stock include the following provisions:

 

Optional Conversion Rights

 

  · Series AA preferred stock – one share convertible into 50 shares of common stock
  · Series AAA preferred stock – one share convertible into 100 shares of common stock
  · Series C preferred stock – one share convertible into 100,000 shares of commons stock
  · Series E preferred stock – one share at a rate of Stated Value, as defined, divided by $0.08, convertible commencing January 31, 2020

 

Redemption Rights

 

Series E preferred stock is redeemable at any time upon 30 days written notice by the Company and the holders, at a rate of 100% of the Stated Value, as defined.

 

Warrant Coverage

 

Series C preferred stock carries 100% warrant coverage upon preferred stock conversion, warrants exercisable through September 20, 2023 at an exercise price of $0.12.

 

No further voting, dividend or liquidation preference rights exist as of March 31, 2023 on any class of preferred stock.

 

February 2023 Public Offering

 

On February 13, 2023, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with Spartan Capital Securities, LLC (the Underwriter) relating to a public offering of 3,777,634 shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase 4,286,883 shares of common stock (the Shares), for net proceeds of $3,207,500 (the February 2023 Offering). In conjunction with the February 2023 Offering, which closed on February 16, 2023, the investors also received other Warrants to purchase 12,096,776 shares of common stock (Series 2023 Warrants). The offered Shares were priced at $0.465 per combination of one share of common stock or one pre-funded warrant, accompanied by one Series 2023 Warrant.

 

Each pre-funded warrant is exercisable at any time, until fully exercised, to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share. Each Series 2023 Warrant is exercisable for five years to purchase 1.5 shares of common stock at a cash exercise price of $0.465 per warrant share. The Series 2023 Warrants contain an alternative cashless exercise provision permitting the holder to acquire 0.75 shares of common stock for every 1.5 warrant shares any time after the earlier of (i) 30 days following the initial exercise date of February 14, 2023 and (ii) the date on which the aggregate trading volume of the Company’s common stock, beginning on the initial exercise date of the Series 2023 Warrants, exceeds 36,290,322 shares. Additionally, the exercise price of both the pre-funded warrants and the Series 2023 Warrants are subject to customary adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, reclassifications and the like.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriter agreement, and as partial consideration to the Underwriter – Spartan Capital Securities, LLC, the Company issued Spartan warrants for the purchase of 403,226 shares of common stock, exercisable from February 14, 2023 through February 14, 2028, at an initial exercise price of $0.5115 per share. These warrants issued to Spartan were subsequently cancelled on June 22, 2023. The Company also granted the Underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,209,678 shares and/or pre-funded warrants in lieu of shares, and accompanying Series 2023 Warrants to purchase 1,814,517 shares at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions, to cover over-allotments, if any. No additional shares or pre-funded warrants were purchased by the Underwriter. The Company paid a cash fee to the Underwriter equal to 8% of the gross proceeds raised in the February 2023 Offering, plus a reimbursement of Underwriter fees totaling $242,500.

 

Between the closing of the February 2023 Offering and March 31, 2023, one or more investors holding pre-funded warrants converted their pre-funded warrants into 3,036,667 shares of common stock and elected the alternative cashless exercise provision for the Series 2023 Warrant exercise of 806,451 shares of the Series 2023 Warrants, resulting in the issuance of 403,226 shares of common stock. Pre-funded warrants and Series 2023 Warrants remaining outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2023 were 1,250,216 and 11,290,325, respectively.

 

Subsequent to March 31, 2023, the remaining 1,250,216 shares of pre-funded warrants were exercised, resulting in the issuance of 1,250,216 shares of common stock in April 2023. Also, subsequent to March 31, 2023, an additional 8,870,969 shares of the Series 2023 Warrants were exercised under the alternative cashless exercise provision, resulting in the issuance of 4,435,485 shares of common stock in April 2023.

 

Shares Issued for Services

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2022, the Company issued 50,000 shares of common stock, at $1.69 per share for $84,500 in exchange for services rendered. No shares were issued during the March 31, 2023, quarter ended.

 

Shares issued upon conversion of debt:

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2022, Dr. Gene Salkind, his wife, and a trust converted an aggregate of $2,052,500 of secured debt in exchange for 1,368,333 shares of common stock as well as warrants to purchase 684,166 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share through September 2029. The Company recorded a loss on debt extinguishment of $491,915 related to the conversion.

 

The Company also converted $150,000 of debt into 75,000 shares of common stock, having a fair value of $135,750, resulting in a gain on debt extinguishment of $14,250. No shares were issued during the quarter ended March 31, 2023.

 

v3.23.2
STOCK OPTION PLANS AND WARRANTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
STOCK OPTION PLANS AND WARRANTS

NOTE 6 – STOCK OPTION PLANS AND WARRANTS

 

Stock Options

 

During Fiscal 2005, the Company established, and the stockholders approved, an Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan (the “2005 Plan”) for the granting of up to 5,000 non-statutory and incentive stock options and stock awards to directors, officers, consultants and key employees of the Company. On June 9, 2005, the Board of Directors amended the Plan to increase the number of stock options and awards to be granted under the Plan to 10,000 shares. During Fiscal 2009, the Company established a plan of long-term stock-based compensation incentives for selected Eligible Participants of the Company covering 10,000 shares. This plan was adopted by the Board of Directors and approved by stockholders in October 2009 (the “2009 Plan”). In September 2013, the Company’s stockholders approved an increase in the number of shares covered by the 2009 Plan to 25,000 shares. In the first quarter of 2016, the Board approved, and stockholders ratified a 2016 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan covering 25,000 shares (the “2016 Plan”) and approved moving all options which exceeded the 2009 Plan limits to the 2016 Plan. In December 2018, the Board of Directors adopted and in February 2019 the stockholders ratified the 2018 Employee Benefit and Consulting Services Compensation Plan covering 75,000 shares (the “2018 Plan”). On April 2, 2019, the Board approved the “2019 Plan” identical to the 2018 Plan, except that the 2019 Plan covers 150,000 shares. The 2019 Plan required stockholder approval by April 2, 2020, to be able to grant incentive stock options under the 2019 Plan. On October 13, 2021, the Board approved the “2021 Plan” identical to the 2018 Plan, except that the 2019 Plan covers 1,100,000 post-split shares. The 2021 Plan required stockholder approval by October 13, 2022, to be able to grant incentive stock options under the 2021 Plan. The 2005 Plan, 2009 Plan, 2016 Plan, 2018 Plan, 2019 Plan and 2021 Plan are collectively referred to as the “Plans.”

 

In March of 2022, Anne S. Provost was elected to the board of directors and was granted 25,000 options from the Company’s 2021 Plan with immediate vesting, at an exercise price of $4.57, and expiration of December 2031.

 

In April of 2022, Dean Julia was granted 12,500 options from the Company’s 2021 Plan with immediate vesting, at an exercise price of $1.55, and expiration of April 2031.

 

In March of 2023, Nate Knight was granted 25,000 options from the Company’s 2021 Plan with immediate vesting, at an exercise price of $0.22, and expiration of March 2028.

 

All stock options under the Plans are granted at or above the fair market value of the common stock at the grant date. Employee and non-employee stock options vest over varying periods and generally expire either 5 or 10 years from the grant date. The fair value of options at the date of grant was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. For option grants, the Company will take into consideration payments subject to the provisions of ASC 718 Stock Compensation. The weighted average assumptions made in calculating the fair values of options granted during the quarters ended March 31, 2023, and 2022 are as follows: 

      
   Quarter Ended
March 31
   2023  2022
Expected volatility  165.43%  79.95%
Expected dividend yield   
Risk-free interest rate  3.73%  2.14%
Expected term (in years)  5  10

 

                
   Share   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Weighted
Average
Remaining Contractual
Term
   Aggregate Intrinsic
Value
 
Outstanding, January 1, 2023   1,162,722   $16.22    7.44   $ 
Granted   25,000   $0.22    4.98     
Exercised                
Cancelled & expired   (48,375)            
Outstanding, March 31, 2023   1,139,347   $15.69    7.46   $ 
Options exercisable, March 31, 2023   1,131,124   $15.63    7.45   $ 

 

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $0.22.

 

The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and options exercisable on March 31, 2023, is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying options and the market price of the Company's common stock for the shares that had exercise prices lower than the $0.18 closing price of the Company's common stock on March 31, 2023. Stock-based compensation expense was $12,304 and $34,416 for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and is included in general and administrative expenses on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

As of March 31, 2023, the unamortized compensation cost related to unvested stock option awards is $5,688 and is expected to be recognized during the remainder of fiscal 2023.

 

Warrants

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company issued a total of 19,400,521 common stock warrants, of which 2,613,636 were issued in connection with the 20% OID Promissory note (see Note 4). The warrants issued in connection with the 20% OID Promissory note are exercisable commencing July 1, 2023 through December 30, 2027. An additional 16,786,885 were issued in connection with the public offering of February 2023, including 4,286,883 of pre-funded warrants (see Note 5) with a five-year contractual term, expiring February 14, 2028.

 

The weighted average assumptions made in calculating the fair value of warrants granted during the three months ended March 31, 2023, and 2022 are as follows: 

      
  

Quarters Ended

March 31,

   2023  2022
Expected volatility  172.63%  75.87%
Expected dividend yield   
Risk-free interest rate  3.85%  2.03%
Expected term (in years)  5.00  6.25

  

                
   Share   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Weighted
Average
Remaining Contractual
Term
   Aggregate Intrinsic
Value
 
Outstanding, January 1, 2023   4,683,800   $13.01    4.73   $ 
Granted   19,400,521   $0.24    2.83   $212,537 
Exercised*   (3,843,118)  $0.47       $ 
Outstanding, March 31, 2023   20,241,203   $3.34    4.74   $212,537 
Warrants exercisable, March 31, 2023   17,627,567   $4.09    4.77   $212,537 

 

* Includes 3,036,667 of pre-funded warrants with a purchase price of $0.47, paid upon grant of warrants issued in the February 2023 Offering.

  

 

v3.23.2
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

NOTE 7: EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

 

Pursuant to ASC 260, Earnings Per Share, basic earnings (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the periods presented.

 

Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock, common stock equivalents and potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period. Potentially dilutive common shares may consist of common stock issuable for stock options and warrants (using the treasury stock method), convertible notes and common stock issuable. These common stock equivalents may be dilutive in the future. In the event of a net loss, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share since the effect of the potential common stock equivalents upon conversion would be anti-dilutive.

  

The following potentially dilutive equity securities outstanding as of March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, are as follows: 

        
   March 31, 2023   December 31, 2022 
Convertible notes payable and accrued interest       58,891 
Stock options   1,139,347    1,162,721 
Warrants   20,241,203    4,682,551 
Total common stock equivalents   21,380,550    5,904,163 

 

v3.23.2
LITIGATION
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
LITIGATION

NOTE 8 – LITIGATION

 

The Company may be involved in lawsuits in the normal course of business. Management cannot predict the outcome of the lawsuits or estimate the amount of any loss that may result. Accordingly, no provision for any contingent liabilities that may result has been made in the financial statements. Management believes that losses resulting from these matters, if any, would not have a material adverse effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Company. See further discussion at Note 10.

 

v3.23.2
NASDAQ LISTING REQUIREMENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Nasdaq Listing Requirements  
NASDAQ LISTING REQUIREMENTS

NOTE 9 –NASDAQ LISTING REQUIREMENTS

 

Our common stock and 2021 Warrants are listed on the NasdaqCM. In order to maintain that listing, we must satisfy minimum financial and other continued listing requirements and standards, including those regarding director independence and independent committee requirements, minimum stockholders’ equity, minimum share price, and certain corporate governance requirements. There can be no assurances that we will be able to comply with the applicable listing standards.

 

On January 13, 2023, we received a letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market stating that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) because the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock was below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days. Pursuant to Nasdaq’s Listing Rules, the Company has a 180-day grace period, until July 12, 2023, during which the Company may regain compliance if the bid price of its common stock closes at $1.00 per share or more for a minimum of ten consecutive business days.

 

If we do not regain compliance with the bid price requirement, we may be eligible for an additional 180-calendar day compliance period so long as we satisfy the criteria for initial listing on the NasdaqCM and the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and we provide written notice to Nasdaq of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. A reverse stock split requires the approval of our shareholders, and we cannot assure that we will receive the requisite shareholder vote to allow us to effectuate a stock split. In the event we are not eligible for the second grace period, the Nasdaq staff will provide written notice that our Common Stock is subject to delisting; however, we may request a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel, which request, if timely made, would stay any further suspension or delisting action by the Nasdaq pending the conclusion of the hearing process and expiration of any extension that may be granted by the Hearings Panel.

 

On January 4, 2023, we received a deficiency notification from the Listing Qualifications Department of The NasdaqCM notifying the Company of its noncompliance with the NasdaqCM Listing Rule 5620(a) to hold an annual meeting of shareholders within no later than one year after the end of the Company’s fiscal year end. Under NasdaqCM Rules the Company now has 45 calendar days to submit a plan to regain compliance and can grant up to 180 calendar days from the fiscal year end, or until June 29, 2023, to regain compliance.

 

On December 14, 2022, we received a deficiency letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The NasdaqCM notifying the Company of its noncompliance with the NasdaqCM Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) for the NasdaqCM, which requires that a listed company’s stockholders’ equity be at least $2.5 million. In accordance with NasdaqCM rules, the Company has 45 calendar days from the date of the notification to submit a plan to regain compliance with NasdaqCM Listing Rule 5550(b)(1). The Company intends to submit a compliance plan within 45 days of the date of the notification and will evaluate available options to resolve the deficiency and regain compliance. If the Company’s compliance plan is accepted, the Company may be granted up to 180 calendar days from December 14, 2022, to evidence compliance.

 

In order to maintain the listing of its common stock on The NasdaqCM, the Company must demonstrate compliance with Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) which requires the Company to maintain: (1) Stockholders’ equity of at least $2.5 million; or (2) Market Value of Listed Securities of at least $35 million. The Company’s plan of compliance outlined a plan for compliance with the stockholders’ equity standard requirement by completing the recently completed February 2023 Offering. (see Note 5). As the net proceeds of the recently completed offering was approximately $3,207,500, which is lower than the amount anticipated, the Company will likely need to raise additional capital and to amend its plan of compliance.

 

The Company intends to regain compliance with each of the applicable continued listing requirements of The NasdaqCM prior to the end of the compliance periods set forth in the Hearings Panel decision. However, until Nasdaq has reached a final determination that the Company has regained compliance with all of the applicable continued listing requirements, there can be no assurances regarding the continued listing of the Company’s common stock and 2021 Warrants on Nasdaq. If our common stock and 2021 Warrants cease to be listed for trading on the NasdaqCM, we would expect that our Common Stock and 2021 Warrants would be traded on one of the three tiered marketplaces of the OTC Markets Group. If Nasdaq were to delist our common stock and 2021 Warrants, it would be more difficult for our stockholders to dispose of our common stock or 2021 Warrants and more difficult to obtain accurate price quotations on our common stock or 2021 Warrants. The delisting of the Company’s common stock and 2021 Warrants from Nasdaq would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s access to capital markets, and any limitation on market liquidity or reduction in the price of its common stock as a result of that delisting would adversely affect the Company’s ability to raise capital on terms acceptable to the Company, if at all.

 

v3.23.2
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

NOTE 10 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

In April 2023, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the following transactions:

 

Equity Transactions

 

·Grant of 100,000 shares of restricted common stock to Gene Salkind, Chairman of the Board, for services previously rendered, based on a per share value of $0.167. Such shares are restricted from transfer until February 13, 2024.
·Grant of 50,000 shares of restricted common stock each to the Company’s CEO and another member of the Board of Directors for services as directors of the Company. Such shares are restricted from transfer until February 13, 2024.
·Grant of 30,000 shares of common stock to Mr. Salkind as payment for accrued and unpaid interest of approximately $5,000 based on a per share value of $0.167.
·Grant of 71,856 shares of restricted common stock to the Company’s legal counsel as payment for accrued and unpaid services valued at $12,000 and $0.167 per share. Such shares are restricted from transfer until February 13, 2024.
·Issuance of 1,562,133 shares of restricted common stock at a per share value of $0.17 as payment and full settlement of outstanding accounts payable with a total carrying amount of $265,563.
 ·Grant of 25,000 stock options to a member of the Board of Directors in April 2023 with a term of five years and exercise price of $0.22 per share.

 

The effects on the Company’s consolidated financial statements included an increase in stockholders’ equity of $282,573.

  

Subsequent to March 31, 2023, the remaining 1,250,216 shares of pre-funded warrants were exercised, resulting in the issuance of 1,250,216 shares of common stock in April 2023. Also, subsequent to March 31, 2023, an additional 8,870,969 shares of the Series 2023 Warrants were exercised under the alternative cashless exercise provision, resulting in the issuance of 4,435,485 shares of common stock in April 2023.

 

Litigation

 

Michael Trepeta, a former Co-CEO and director of the Company, filed a lawsuit against the Company and its subsidiary, Mobiquity Networks in April 2023 in the New York State Supreme Court, Nassau County. The claims stem from a Separation Agreement and Release that Mr. Trepeta and the Company entered into six years ago in April 2017 which terminated Mr. Trepeta’s employment agreement and discontinued his employment and directorship with the Company, among other things, by mutual agreement. Mr. Trepeta also gave the Company a release in the Separation Agreement and Release. Mr. Trepeta has claimed that the Company fraudulently induced him to enter into the Separation Agreement and Release; that the Company breached Mr. Trepeta’s employment agreement; and that the Company breached its covenant of good faith and fair dealing and its fiduciary duty. Mr. Trepeta is claiming not less than $2.5 Million in damages. Based on the Company’s initial internal review of the situation, the Company believes the claims lack merit and it intends to vigorously defend same. Due to uncertainties inherent in litigation, the Company cannot predict the outcome of this matter at this time.

v3.23.2
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial statements (U.S. GAAP) and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Accordingly, they do not contain all information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for annual financial statements. In the opinion of the Company’s management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all of the adjustments necessary (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) to present the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2023, and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2023, are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full fiscal year or any future period. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023.

 

Management acknowledges its responsibility for the preparation of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements which reflect all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary in its opinion for a fair statement of its consolidated financial position and the consolidated results of its operations for the periods presented.

 

Principles of Consolidation

Principles of Consolidation

 

These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) and include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

 

Business Segments and Concentrations

Business Segments and Concentrations

 

The Company uses the “management approach” to identify its reportable segments. The management approach requires companies to report segment financial information consistent with information used by management for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the basis for identifying the Company’s reportable segments. The Company manages its business as a single reporting segment.

 

Customers in the United States accounted for 100% of our revenues. We do not have any property or equipment outside of the United States.

 

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates

 

Preparing financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, including stock-based compensation and deferred tax asset valuation allowance, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and those estimates may be material.

   

Risks and Uncertainties

Risks and Uncertainties

 

The Company operates in an industry that is subject to intense competition and changes in consumer demand. The Company’s operations are subject to significant risk and uncertainties including financial and operational risks and the potential of overall business failure.

 

The Company has experienced, and in the future expects to continue to experience, variability in sales and net earnings. The factors expected to contribute to this variability include, among others, (i) the cyclical nature of the industry, (ii) general economic conditions in the various local markets in which the Company competes, including a potential general downturn in the economy, and (iii) the volatility of prices in connection with the Company’s service offerings. These factors, among others, make it difficult to project the Company’s operating results on a consistent basis.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company accounts for financial instruments at fair value, which as is defined as the exchange price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The valuation techniques are based on observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs reflect readily obtainable data from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect certain market assumptions. There are three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

 

  · Level 1—Valuation based on unadjusted quoted market prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Company has the ability to access;
     
  · Level 2—Valuation based on observable quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; and
     
  · Level 3—Valuation based on unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity, which require management’s best estimate of what market participants would use as fair value.

 

Fair value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management.

 

The respective carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximated their fair value. These financial instruments include accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and contract liabilities. On March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the carrying amounts of these financial instruments approximated their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The fair value of the Company’s debt approximates its carrying value based on current financing rates available to the Company and its short-term nature.

 

The Company does not have any other financial or non-financial assets or liabilities that would be characterized as Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 instruments.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Concentrations of Risk

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Concentrations of Risk

 

For purposes of presentation in the consolidated statements of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid instruments with a maturity of three months or less at the purchase date and money market accounts to be cash equivalents.

 

On March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the Company did not have any cash equivalents.

 

The Company is exposed to credit risk on its cash in the event of default by the financial institutions to the extent account balances exceed the amount insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC), which is $250,000. As of March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the Company had not experienced any losses on cash balances in excess of the FDIC insured limits. Any loss incurred or a lack of access to funds could have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. At March 31, 2023, the Company exceeded FDIC insured limits by approximately $1,925,000, and did not exceed the limits at December 31, 2022.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, and year ended December 31, 2022, sales of our products to two and four customers generated approximately 55% and 52% of our revenues, respectively. Our contracts with our customers generally do not obligate them to a specified term and they can generally terminate their relationship with us at any time with a minimal amount of notice. The loss of one of these customers could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations and financial condition.

 

Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable

 

Accounts receivable represent customer obligations under normal trade terms and are stated at the amount management expects to collect from outstanding customer balances. Credit is extended to customers based on an evaluation of their financial condition and other factors. Interest is not accrued on overdue accounts receivable. The Company does not require collateral. Four and six of our customers combined accounted for approximately 53% and 42% of outstanding accounts receivable at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

 

The Company had net accounts receivable of $158,485 and $340,935 at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

Management periodically assesses the Company’s accounts receivable and, if necessary, establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company provides its allowance for doubtful accounts based upon a review of the outstanding accounts receivable, historical collection information and existing economic conditions. Accounts determined to be uncollectible are charged to operations when that determination is made.

 

The allowance for doubtful accounts was approximately $1,111,000 and $1,091,000 at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. This allowance relates to receivables generated in previous years for which collection is uncertain, based in part, as a result of many customers being adversely impacted by COVID-19.

 

Bad debt expense (recovery) is recorded as a component of general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

 

Management evaluates the recoverability of the Company’s identifiable intangible assets and other long-lived assets when events or circumstances indicate a potential impairment exists, in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 360-10-35-15 Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. Events and circumstances considered by the Company in determining whether the carrying value of identifiable intangible assets and other long-lived assets may not be recoverable include but are not limited to significant changes in performance relative to expected operating results; significant changes in the use of the assets; significant negative industry or economic trends; and changes in the Company’s business strategy. In determining if impairment exists, the Company estimates the undiscounted cash flows to be generated from the use and ultimate disposition of these assets and compares this to the carrying amounts of the assets.

 

If impairment is indicated based on a comparison of the assets’ carrying values and the undiscounted cash flows, the impairment to be recognized is measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. No impairments were recognized by the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022.

  

Property and Equipment

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided on the straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets.

 

Expenditures for repairs and maintenance which do not materially extend the useful lives of property and equipment are charged to operations. When property or equipment is sold or otherwise disposed of, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts with the resulting gain or loss reflected in current results of operations.

 

Goodwill

Goodwill

 

The Company’s goodwill represents the excess of the consideration transferred for the acquisition of Advangelists, LLC in December 2018 over the fair value of the underlying identifiable net assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized but instead, it is tested for impairment at least annually. In the event that management determines that the value of goodwill has become impaired, the Company will record a charge in an amount equal to the excess of the reporting unit’s carrying amount over its fair value, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit during the fiscal quarter in which the determination is made.

 

The Company performs its annual impairment tests of goodwill as of December 31st of each year, or more frequently, if certain indicators are present. Goodwill is required to be tested for impairment at the reporting unit level. A reporting unit is an operating segment or one level below the operating segment level, which is referred to as a component. Management identifies its reporting units by assessing whether components (i) have discrete financial information available, (ii) engage in business activities, and (iii) whether a segment manager regularly reviews the component’s operating results. Net assets and goodwill of acquired businesses are allocated to the reporting unit associated with the acquired business based on the anticipated organizational structure of the combined entities. If two or more components are deemed economically similar, those components are aggregated into one reporting unit when performing the annual goodwill impairment review. The Company has one reporting unit as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. No impairment of goodwill was recognized by the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 or fiscal year 2022.

 

Intangible Assets

Intangible Assets

 

The majority of the Company’s intangible assets consist of customer relationship and the ATOS platform technology obtained through its acquisition of Advangelists LLC. The Company amortizes its identifiable definite-lived intangible assets over an estimated useful life of 5 years. See Note 3 for further details.

 

Software Development Costs

Software Development Costs

 

In accordance with ASC 985-20, Costs of Software to Be Sold, Leased, or Marketed, the Company records the cost of planning, designing, and establishing the technological feasibility of computer software intended for resale as research and development costs and charges those costs to operations when incurred and are included in general and administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. After technological feasibility has been established, the costs of producing a marketable product and product masters are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the software, which is expected to be five years, beginning at the date of general release to customers. The Company began capitalizing costs associated with the development of its Ad Tech Operating System for Publishers platform in January 2023 when technological feasibility was deemed to have been established. Total software development costs capitalized for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 were $501,075. The platform is expected to be released to customers in the second quarter of 2023. No amortization has been recognized on the software development costs as of March 31, 2023.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments

Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The Company analyzes all financial instruments with features of both liabilities and equity under FASB ASC Topic No. 480, (ASC 480), Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and FASB ASC Topic No. 815, (ASC 815) Derivatives and Hedging.

 

In August 2020, FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity (ASU 2020-06), as part of its overall simplification initiative to reduce costs and complexity of applying accounting standards while maintaining or improving the usefulness of the information provided to users of financial statements. Among other changes, the new guidance removes from U.S. GAAP separation models for convertible debt that require the convertible debt to be separated into a debt and equity component, unless the conversion feature is required to be bifurcated and accounted for as a derivative or the debt is issued at a substantial premium. As a result, after adopting the guidance, entities will no longer separately present such embedded conversion features in equity and will instead account for the convertible debt wholly as debt. The new guidance also requires use of the “if-converted” method when calculating the dilutive impact of convertible debt on earnings per share, which is consistent with the Company’s current accounting treatment under the current guidance. The guidance was adopted by the Company as of January 1, 2022.

 

Terms of financial instruments are reviewed to determine whether or not they contain embedded derivative instruments that are required to be accounted for separately from the host contract under ASC 815 and ASU 2020-06 and recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. Derivative liabilities are remeasured to reflect fair value at each period end, with any increase or decrease in the fair value being recorded in results of operations. The Company generally incorporates a binomial model to determine fair value. Upon conversion of a debt instrument where an embedded conversion option has been bifurcated and accounted for separately as a derivative liability, the Company records the resulting shares issued at fair value, derecognizes all related debt principal, derivative liability, and debt discount, and recognizes a net gain or loss on debt extinguishment. Equity instruments that are initially classified as equity that become subject to reclassification under ASC 815 are reclassified to liabilities at the fair value of the instrument on the reclassification date. The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market or foreign currency risk. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had no derivatives classified as liabilities.

 

Debt Issuance Costs and Debt Discounts

Debt Issuance Costs and Debt Discounts

 

Debt discounts, debt issuance costs paid to lenders or third parties, and other original issue discounts on debt, are recorded as debt discount or debt issuance costs and amortized to interest expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations, over the term of the underlying debt instrument, using the effective interest method, with the unamortized portion reported net with related principal outstanding on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Company recorded $360,993 in interest expense associated with debt discounts and debt issuance costs incurred on debt issued during the quarter. The unamortized debt discounts remaining at March 31, 2023 was $773,471. See Note 4 regarding the accounting for debt discounts and debt issuance costs during the quarter ended March 31, 2023. There was no amortization of debt discounts for the year ended December 31, 2022 or unamortized debt discounts outstanding at December 31, 2022.

 

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company’s revenues are generated from internet advertising, the Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606). In accordance with ASC 606, revenue is recognized when promised services are transferred to a customer. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for these services. To achieve this core principle, the Company applies the following five steps:

 

Identify the contract with a customer.

 

A contract with a customer exists when (i) the Company enters into an enforceable contract with a customer that defines each party’s rights regarding the services to be transferred and identifies the payment terms related to these services, (ii) the contract has commercial substance and, (iii) the Company determines that collection of substantially all consideration for services that are transferred is probable based on the customer’s intent and ability to pay the promised consideration. The Company applies judgment in determining the customer’s ability and intention to pay, which is based on a variety of factors including the customer’s historical payment experience or, in the case of a new customer, published credit and financial information pertaining to the customer.

 

Identify the performance obligations in the contract.

 

Performance obligations promised in a contract are identified based on the services that will be transferred to the customer that are both capable of being distinct, whereby the customer can benefit from the service either on its own or together with other resources that are readily available from third parties or from the Company, and are distinct in the context of the contract, whereby the transfer of the services is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract. To the extent a contract includes multiple promised services (performance obligations), the Company must apply judgment to determine whether promised services are capable of being distinct and distinct in the context of the contract. If these criteria are not met the promised services are accounted for as a combined performance obligation. Currently, the Company does not have any contracts that contain multiple performance obligations.

 

Determine the transaction price.

 

The transaction price is determined based on the consideration to which the Company will be entitled in exchange for transferring services to the customer. To the extent the transaction price includes variable consideration, the Company estimates the amount of variable consideration that should be included in the transaction price utilizing either the expected value method or the most likely amount method depending on the nature of the variable consideration. Variable consideration is included in the transaction price if, in the Company’s judgment, it is probable that a significant future reversal of cumulative revenue under the contract will not occur. None of the Company’s contracts as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 contained a significant financing component.

 

Allocate the transaction price to performance obligations in the contract.

 

If the contract contains a single performance obligation, the entire transaction price is allocated to the single performance obligation. However, if a series of distinct services that are substantially the same qualifies as a single performance obligation in a contract with variable consideration, the Company must determine if the variable consideration is attributable to the entire contract or to a specific part of the contract. Contracts that contain multiple performance obligations require an allocation of the transaction price to each performance obligation based on a relative standalone selling price basis unless the transaction price is variable and meets the criteria to be allocated entirely to a performance obligation or to a distinct service that forms part of a single performance obligation.

 

Recognize revenue when or as the Company satisfies a performance obligation.

 

The Company satisfies performance obligations at a point in time. Revenue is recognized at the time the related performance obligation is satisfied by transferring the promised service to a customer. Under both managed services arrangements or self-service arrangements, the Company’s promised services under the contracts include identification, bidding and purchasing of advertisement opportunities. The Company also generally has discretion in establishing the pricing of the ads. Since the Company is controlling the promise to deliver the contracted services, the Company is considered the principal in all arrangements for revenue recognition purposes.

 

Payment terms and conditions vary by contract, although terms generally include a requirement of payment within 30 to 90 days.

Contract Liabilities

 

Contract liabilities represent deposits made by customers before the satisfaction of performance obligations and recognition of revenue. Upon completion of the performance obligation(s) that the Company has with the customer based on the terms of the contract, the liability for the customer deposit is relieved and revenue is recognized. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were $187,916 and $193,598, respectively in contract liabilities outstanding that we expect to recognize as revenue in our next fiscal year.

 

Revenues

 

All revenues recognized were derived from internet advertising for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, and the year ended December 31, 2022.

 

Advertising

Advertising

 

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising costs are included as a component of general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

The Company incurred $259 in such costs during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and did not incur any advertising costs during the year ended December 31, 2022.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company accounts for our stock-based compensation, including stock options and common stock warrants, under ASC 718 Compensation – Stock Compensation, using the fair value-based method. Under this method, compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the value of the award and is recognized over the requisite service period for employee awards, which is usually the vesting period, and when the goods are obtained or services are received, for nonemployee awards. This guidance establishes standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services. It also applies to transactions in which an entity incurs liabilities in exchange for goods or services that are based on the fair value of the entity’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of those equity instruments.

 

In connection with certain financing, consulting and collaboration arrangements, the Company may issue warrants to purchase shares of its common stock. The outstanding warrants are standalone instruments that are not puttable or mandatorily redeemable by the holder and are classified as equity awards.

 

The fair value of stock-based compensation is generally determined using the Black-Scholes valuation model as of the date of the grant or the date at which the performance of the services is completed (measurement date).

  

When determining fair value of stock-based compensation, the Company considers the following assumptions in the Black-Scholes model:

 

· Exercise price,
· Expected dividends,
· Expected volatility,
· Risk-free interest rate; and
· Expected life of option

 

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income tax using the asset and liability method prescribed by ASC 740, Income Taxes (ASC 740). Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates that will be in effect in the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The Company records a valuation allowance to offset deferred tax assets if based on the weight of available evidence, it is more-likely-than-not that all or some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized as gain or loss in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

The Company follows the accounting guidance for uncertainty in income taxes using the provisions of ASC 740. Using that guidance, tax positions initially need to be recognized in the condensed consolidated financial statements when it is more likely than not the position will be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company did not identify any uncertain tax positions that qualify for either recognition or disclosure in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

The Company recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to recognized uncertain income tax positions, in other expense. No interest and penalties related to uncertain income tax positions were recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. Open tax years subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service generally remain open for three years from the filing date. Tax years subject to examination by the state jurisdictions generally remain open for up to four years from the filing date.

 

Related Parties

Related Parties

 

Parties are considered to be related to the Company if the parties, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, control, are controlled by, or are under common control with the Company. Related parties also include principal owners of the Company, its management, members of the immediate families of principal owners of the Company and its management and other parties with which the Company may deal with if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests.

 

Reclassifications

Reclassifications

 

Certain reclassifications were made to the 2022 condensed consolidated financial statements to conform to 2023 presentation.

 

Recent Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

We consider the applicability and impact of all new accounting pronouncements on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, stockholders’ deficit, cash flows, or presentation thereof. Management has evaluated all recent accounting pronouncements as issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) through the date these condensed consolidated financial statements were available to be issued and found no recent accounting pronouncements issued, but not yet effective, that when adopted, will have a material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company. 

 

Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions: On September 30, 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03 (ASU 2022-03), which clarifies the guidance in Topic 820 on the fair value measurement of an equity security that is subject to contractual restrictions that prohibit the sale of an equity security. The ASU also requires specific disclosures related to such an equity security, including (1) the fair value of such equity securities reflected in the balance sheet, (2) the nature and remaining duration of the corresponding restrictions, and (3) any circumstances that could cause a lapse in the restrictions. ASU 2022-03 clarifies that a “contractual restriction prohibiting the sale of an equity security is a characteristic of the reporting entity holding the equity security” and is not included in the equity security’s unit of account. Accordingly, an entity should not consider the contractual sale restriction when measuring the equity security’s fair value (i.e., the entity should not apply a discount related to the contractual sale restriction, as stated in ASC 820-10-35-36B as amended by the ASU). The ASU also prohibits an entity from recognizing a contractual sale restriction as a separate unit of account. For public business entities, ASU 2022-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2022-03 on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

 

Financial Instrument – Credit Losses: In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (ASU 2016-13). ASU 2016-13 replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology under current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires a consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. ASU 2016-13 requires the use of a forward-looking expected credit loss model for accounts receivables, loans, and other financial instruments. In May 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-05, which provides transition relief for entities adopting ASU 2016-13. For entities that have adopted ASU 2016-13, the amendments in ASU 2019-05 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods therein. An entity may early adopt ASU No. 2019-05 in any interim period after its issuance if the entity has adopted ASU 2016-13. For all other entities, the effective date will be the same as the effective date of ASU 2016-13. ASU 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted ASU 2016-13 on January 1, 2023 and the adoption of the guidance did not have a significant impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

 

Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers: In October 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers (ASU 2021-08). Under ASU 2021-08, an acquirer in a business combination must apply ASC 606 principles when recognizing and measuring acquired contract assets and contract liabilities. The provisions of ASU 2021-08 are applicable for the Company for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2022. The Company adopted ASU 2021-08 on January 1, 2023 and the adoption of the guidance did not have a significant impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

 

v3.23.2
INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of intangible assets
           
            
   Useful Lives  March 31, 2023   December 31, 2022 
            
Customer relationship  5 years  $3,003,676   $3,003,676 
Less accumulated amortization      (2,507,576)   (2,357,392)
Net carrying value     $496,100   $646,284 
Schedule of future accumulated amortization
    
     
2023  $450,552 
2024   45,548 
Total  $496,100 
v3.23.2
DEBT (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Summary of long term debt
        
   March 31,
2023
   December 31,
2022
 
Small Business Administration Loan (a)  $   $150,000 
Note payable (b)   1,437,500     
Total debt   1,437,500    150,000 
Less: unamortized debt discounts   (773,471)    
Current portion of debt, net of debt discounts   664,029     
Long-term portion of debt  $   $150,000 
v3.23.2
STOCK OPTION PLANS AND WARRANTS (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Schedule of assumptions used
      
   Quarter Ended
March 31
   2023  2022
Expected volatility  165.43%  79.95%
Expected dividend yield   
Risk-free interest rate  3.73%  2.14%
Expected term (in years)  5  10
Schedule of options outstanding
                
   Share   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Weighted
Average
Remaining Contractual
Term
   Aggregate Intrinsic
Value
 
Outstanding, January 1, 2023   1,162,722   $16.22    7.44   $ 
Granted   25,000   $0.22    4.98     
Exercised                
Cancelled & expired   (48,375)            
Outstanding, March 31, 2023   1,139,347   $15.69    7.46   $ 
Options exercisable, March 31, 2023   1,131,124   $15.63    7.45   $ 
Schedule of warrant assumptions
      
  

Quarters Ended

March 31,

   2023  2022
Expected volatility  172.63%  75.87%
Expected dividend yield   
Risk-free interest rate  3.85%  2.03%
Expected term (in years)  5.00  6.25
Schedule of warrants outstanding
                
   Share   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Weighted
Average
Remaining Contractual
Term
   Aggregate Intrinsic
Value
 
Outstanding, January 1, 2023   4,683,800   $13.01    4.73   $ 
Granted   19,400,521   $0.24    2.83   $212,537 
Exercised*   (3,843,118)  $0.47       $ 
Outstanding, March 31, 2023   20,241,203   $3.34    4.74   $212,537 
Warrants exercisable, March 31, 2023   17,627,567   $4.09    4.77   $212,537 

 

* Includes 3,036,667 of pre-funded warrants with a purchase price of $0.47, paid upon grant of warrants issued in the February 2023 Offering.

  

v3.23.2
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Schedule of anti dilutive securities
        
   March 31, 2023   December 31, 2022 
Convertible notes payable and accrued interest       58,891 
Stock options   1,139,347    1,162,721 
Warrants   20,241,203    4,682,551 
Total common stock equivalents   21,380,550    5,904,163 
v3.23.2
ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS (Details Narrative) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Mar. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2021
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Net loss $ 1,716,804 $ 2,440,044    
Net cash used in operations 1,606,449 2,152,226    
Accumulated deficit 212,224,026   $ 210,507,222  
Total Stockholders' Equity 2,200,634 $ 3,277,709 (10,830) $ 2,918,672
Working Capital 162,816      
Cash on hand 2,182,330      
Increase in allowance for doubtful accounts 20,000   $ 324,000  
Liquidity Going Concern And Managements Plans [Member]        
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Net cash used in operations $ 1,606,449      
v3.23.2
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details Narrative) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Mar. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2022
Product Information [Line Items]      
FDIC insured limits $ 1,925,000   $ 0
Net accounts receivable 158,485   340,935
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss 1,111,000   1,091,000
Impairments 0   0
Impairment of goodwill 0   0
Capitalized software development costs 501,075   0
Amortization on software development costs 0    
Derivative liabilities 0   0
Amortization of debt discounts 360,993 $ 0  
Unamortized debt discounts 773,471   (0)
Contract liabilities 187,916   193,598
Advertising Expense 259   $ 0
Debt [Member]      
Product Information [Line Items]      
Amortization of debt discounts 360,993    
Unamortized debt discounts $ 773,471    
Customer Relationships [Member]      
Product Information [Line Items]      
Useful life 5 years    
Revenue Benchmark [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Two Customer [Member]      
Product Information [Line Items]      
Concentration Risk, Percentage 55.00%    
Revenue Benchmark [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Four Customers [Member]      
Product Information [Line Items]      
Concentration Risk, Percentage 53.00%   52.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Six Customers [Member]      
Product Information [Line Items]      
Concentration Risk, Percentage     42.00%
v3.23.2
INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Details - Intangible assets) - USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Accumulated amortization $ (2,507,576) $ (2,357,392)
Intangible assets, net $ 496,100 646,284
Customer Relationships [Member]    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Useful life 5 years  
Intangible asset, gross $ 3,003,676 $ 3,003,676
v3.23.2
INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Details - Accumulated amortization schedule) - USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]    
2023 $ 450,552  
2024 45,548  
Total $ 496,100 $ 646,284
v3.23.2
INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Details Narrative) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]    
Amortization $ 150,184 $ 150,184
v3.23.2
DEBT (Details - long term debt outstanding) - USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Less: unamortized debt discounts $ (773,471) $ 0
Current portion of debt, net of debt discounts 664,029 0
Long-term portion of debt 0 150,000
Small Business Administration [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Total Debt 0 150,000
Note Payable [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Total Debt 1,437,500 0
Total Debt [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Total Debt $ 1,437,500 $ 150,000
v3.23.2
DEBT (Details Narrative) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Jan. 05, 2023
Dec. 30, 2022
Jun. 30, 2020
Mar. 31, 2023
Mar. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Shares issued       0    
Issuance of incentive shares with debt recorded as debt discount       $ 122,426 $ 0  
Amortization of debt discounts       360,993 $ 0  
Unamortized debt discounts       773,471   $ (0)
Debt [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Proceeds from loans   $ 164,000 $ 150,000      
Interest rate     3.70%      
Principal     $ 731      
Interest     $ 731      
Accrued and unpaid interest           $ 13,594
Payment for loan $ 163,885          
Principal amount   1,437,500        
Subscription amount   $ 1,150,000        
Warrant purchased   2,613,636        
Exercise price   $ 0.44        
Expiration date   Dec. 30, 2027        
Shares issued   522,727        
Issuance fees   $ 138,500        
Proceeds from debt   1,011,500        
Derivative instrument       1,526,363    
Fair value on market price       318,863    
Proceeds from note payable       1,150,000    
Fair value on warrants       586,040    
Issuance of incentive shares with debt recorded as debt discount       122,426    
Debt issuance costs       138,500    
Amortization of debt discounts       360,993    
Unamortized debt discounts       773,471    
Debt [Member] | O I D Promissory Note [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Debt issuance costs       1,134,466    
Debt [Member] | Investor [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Principal amount   $ 287,500   $ 287,500    
v3.23.2
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Details Narrative) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended
Feb. 13, 2023
Mar. 31, 2023
Mar. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2022
Jan. 31, 2020
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Common shares authorized   100,000,000   100,000,000  
Common stock par value   $ 0.0001   $ 0.0001  
Preferred units description   No further voting, dividend or liquidation preference rights      
share price   $ 0.18      
Shares issued   0      
Stock issued for services, shares     $ 84,500    
Number of share converted, value     $ 2,052,500    
Number of share converted   75,000      
Warrants purchase     684,166    
Gain on debt extinguishment   $ 14,250 $ 491,915    
Number of share converted, value   $ 150,000      
Shares Issued Services [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Number of share converted     1,368,333    
Stock Issued For Services [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Stock issued for services, shares   0 50,000    
Stock issued for services, shares     $ 84,500    
Prefunded Warrant [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Number opf shares issued   4,286,883      
Warrant exercise price $ 0.0001        
Series 2023 Warrants [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Warrant exercise price $ 0.465        
Warrants issued, shares 36,290,322        
February 2023 Public Offering [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Proceeds from public offering $ 3,207,500        
Shares issued   4,435,485      
February 2023 Public Offering [Member] | Series 2023 Warrants [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Warrants to purchase common stock 12,096,776 3,036,667      
share price $ 0.465        
[custom:WarrantPurchased]   1,814,517      
Warrant exercise   806,451      
Shares issued   403,226      
February 2023 Public Offering [Member] | Series 2023 Warrants [Member] | Minimum [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Warrants outstanding   1,250,216      
February 2023 Public Offering [Member] | Series 2023 Warrants [Member] | Maximum [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Warrants outstanding   11,290,325      
Underwriting Agreement [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
[custom:UnderwriterFees]   $ 242,500      
Common Stock [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Number opf shares issued   522,727      
Stock issued for services, shares     50,000    
Stock issued for services, shares     $ 5    
Common Stock [Member] | February 2023 Public Offering [Member] | Prefunded Warrant [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Number opf shares issued 4,286,883        
Common Stock [Member] | Underwriting Agreement [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Exercise price $ 0.5115        
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs $ 403,226        
Common Stock [Member] | Underwriting Agreement [Member] | Spartan Capital Securities L L C [Member] | February 2023 Public Offering [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Number opf shares issued 3,777,634        
Preferred stock Series AA [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Preferred shares authorized   1,500,000      
Preferred stock, shares outstanding   0      
Convertible preferred shares   50      
Preferred stock Series AAA [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Preferred shares authorized   1,250,000      
Preferred stock, shares outstanding   31,413      
Convertible preferred shares   100      
Preferred stock Series AAAA [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Preferred shares authorized   1,250      
Series C Preferred Stock [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Preferred shares authorized   1,500      
Preferred stock, shares outstanding   0      
Convertible preferred shares   100,000      
Exercise price   $ 0.12      
Series B Preferred Stock [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Preferred shares authorized   2      
Series E Preferred Stock [Member]          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Preferred shares authorized   70,000      
Preferred stock, shares outstanding   61,688      
Convertible preferred per share         $ 0.08
v3.23.2
STOCK OPTION PLANS (Details - Assumptions) - Equity Option [Member]
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Mar. 31, 2022
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]    
Expected volatility 165.43% 79.95%
Expected dividend yield 0.00% 0.00%
Risk-free interest rate 3.73% 2.14%
Expected term (in years) 5 years 10 years
v3.23.2
STOCK OPTION PLANS (Details - Options outstanding) - Equity Option [Member]
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Shares outstanding - beginning | shares 1,162,722
Weighted average exercise price - beginning | $ / shares $ 16.22
Weighted average contractural term 7 years 5 months 8 days
Aggregate intrinsic value - beginning | $ $ 0
Shares granted | shares 25,000
Weighted average exercise price - shares granted | $ / shares $ 0.22
Weighted average contractural term -granted 4 years 11 months 23 days
Aggregate intrinsic value - granted | $ $ 0
Shares Exercised | shares 0
Weighted average exercise price - shares exercised | $ / shares $ 0
Aggregate intrinsic value - exercised | $ $ 0
Shares cancelled and expired | shares (48,375)
Weighted average exercise price - shares Cancelled | $ / shares $ 0
Aggregate intrinsic value - Cancelled & Expired | $ $ 0
Shares outstanding - ending | shares 1,139,347
Weighted average exercise price - ending | $ / shares $ 15.69
Weighted average contractural term 7 years 5 months 15 days
Aggregate intrinsic value - ending | $ $ 0
Shares exercisable | shares 1,131,124
Weighted average exercise price - exercisable | $ / shares $ 15.63
Weighted average contractural term - exercisable 7 years 5 months 12 days
Aggregate intrinsic value - exercisable | $ $ 0
v3.23.2
STOCK OPTION PLANS (Details - Warrant assumptions) - Warrant [Member]
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Mar. 31, 2022
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]    
Expected volatility 172.63% 75.87%
Expected dividend yield 0.00% 0.00%
Risk-free interest rate 3.85% 2.03%
Expected term (in years) 5 years 6 years 3 months
v3.23.2
STOCK OPTION PLANS (Details - Warrants outstanding) - Warrant [Member]
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Warrants outstanding - beginning | shares 4,683,800
Weighted average exercise price - beginning $ 13.01
Weighted average contractural term 4 years 8 months 23 days
Aggregate intrinsic value - beginning | $ $ 0
Warrants granted | shares 19,400,521
Weighted average exercise price - shares granted $ 0.24
Weighted average contractural term - granted 2 years 9 months 29 days
Aggregate intrinsic value - granted $ 212,537
Warrants exercised | shares (3,843,118)
Weighted average exercise price - shares exercised $ 0.47
Aggregate intrinsic value - Exercised | $ $ 0
Warrants outstanding - ending | shares 20,241,203
Weighted average exercise price - ending $ 3.34
Weighted average contractural term 4 years 8 months 26 days
Aggregate intrinsic value - ending | $ $ 212,537
Warrants exercisable | shares 17,627,567
Weighted average exercise price - exercisable $ 4.09
Weighted average contractural term - exercisable 4 years 9 months 7 days
Aggregate intrinsic value - exercisable | $ $ 212,537
v3.23.2
STOCK OPTION PLANS AND WARRANTS (Details Narrative) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2022
Mar. 31, 2023
Mar. 31, 2022
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Weighted-average grant-date fair value   $ 0.22  
Common stock closing price   $ 0.18  
Unamortized compensation cost   $ 5,688  
Prefunded Warrant [Member]      
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Warrants issued, shares   4,286,883  
Expiration date   Feb. 14, 2028  
IPO [Member]      
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Warrants issued, shares   16,786,885  
Options And Warrants [Member]      
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Stock-based compensation expense   $ 12,304 $ 34,416
Warrant [Member]      
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Warrants issued, shares   19,400,521  
Warrant [Member] | O I D Promissory Note [Member]      
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Warrants issued, shares   2,613,636  
Plan 2021 [Member] | Anne S Provost [Member]      
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
shares granted     25,000
Exercise price     $ 4.57
Plan 2021 [Member] | Dean Julia [Member]      
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
shares granted 12,500    
Exercise price $ 1.55    
Plan 2021 [Member] | Nate Knight [Member]      
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
shares granted   25,000  
Exercise price   $ 0.22  
v3.23.2
EARNING (LOSS) PER SHARE (Details - Potentially dilutive equity securities) - shares
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]    
Antidilutive shares 21,380,550 5,904,163
Convertible Notes Payable And Accrued Interest [Member]    
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]    
Antidilutive shares 0 58,891
Stock Options [Member]    
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]    
Antidilutive shares 1,139,347 1,162,721
Warrants [Member]    
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]    
Antidilutive shares 20,241,203 4,682,551

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