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As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on December
6, 2021
Registration Number 333-256785
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
AMENDMENT NO. 1
FORM
S-1
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DATA443 RISK MITIGATION, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada |
|
7372 |
|
86-0914051 |
(State or
other jurisdiction of
incorporation or
organization)
|
|
(Primary
Standard Industrial
Classification Code
Number)
|
|
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
|
101 J Morris Commons Lane,
Suite 105
Morrisville,
NC
27560
(919)
858-6542
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant’s principal executive office)
Jason
Remillard
Chief Executive
Officer
101
J Morris Commons Lane, Suite 105
Morrisville,
NC 27560
(919)
858-6542
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
With Copies
to:
Keith A.
Rosenbaum |
M. Ali
Panjwani |
Joseph M. Lucosky; Steven Lipstein
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9272 Jeronimo Road, Suite
114 |
Pryor Cashman
LLP |
Lucosky Brookman, LLP |
Irvine, California
92618 |
7 Times Square |
101 Wood Avenue
South |
(949) 851-4300 |
New York, New York
10036 |
Woodbridge, New Jersey
08830 |
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212-326-0820 |
(732) 395-4400 |
Approximate
date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as
practicable after this Registration Statement is declared
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. [X]
If this Form
is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant
to Rule 462(b) 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(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.
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Large
accelerated filer |
[ ] |
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Accelerated
filer |
[ ] |
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Non-accelerated filer |
[X] |
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Smaller
reporting company |
[X] |
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Emerging
growth company |
[X] |
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If an
emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided
pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed
Maximum
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Aggregate |
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Amount
of
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Title of Each Class of Securities to be
Registered |
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Offering
Price(1)(2) |
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Registration Fee(3)
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Units consisting of shares of
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and |
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Warrants to
purchase shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per
share(2) |
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$ |
13,800,000 |
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$ |
1,279.26 |
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Common Stock included as part of
the Units |
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— |
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— |
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Warrants to purchase shares of
Common Stock included as part of the
Units(4) |
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— |
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— |
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Shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants(5)(6) |
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$ |
13,800,000 |
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$ |
1,279.26 |
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Underwriter’s
Warrants(7) |
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— |
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— |
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Shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
the Underwriter’s Warrants(8) |
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$ |
960,000 |
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$ |
88.99 |
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TOTAL: |
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$ |
28,560,000 |
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$ |
2,647.51 |
(9) |
(1) |
Estimated
solely for purposes of calculating the amount of the registration
fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Includes the
offering price of shares of common stock that the Underwriter has
the option to purchase to cover over-allotments, if
any. |
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(2) |
Pursuant to
Rule 416 under the Securities, the shares of common
stock registered hereby also include an indeterminate number of
additional shares of common stock as may from time to time become
issuable by reason of stock splits, stock dividends,
recapitalizations or other similar transactions. |
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(3) |
Calculated
pursuant to Rule 457(o) based on an estimate of the proposed
maximum aggregate offering price. |
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(4) |
No separate
fee is required pursuant to Rule 457(i) of
the Securities Act. |
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(5) |
There will be issued Warrants to purchase one share of Common Stock
for every one share of Common Stock offered. The Warrants are
exercisable at a per share price equal to 100% of the Common Stock
public offering price.
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(6) |
Includes shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon exercise
of additional Warrants which may be issued upon exercise of 45-day
option granted to the Underwriter to cover over-allotments, if
any. |
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(7) |
In
accordance with Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act, because the
Common Stock underlying the Underwriter’s Warrants are registered
hereby, no separate registration fee is required with respect to
the Underwriter’s Warrants registered hereby. |
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(8) |
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act. The
Underwriter’s warrants are exercisable into a number of shares of
common stock equal to 8% of the number of shares of common stock
sold in this offering, excluding upon exercise the option to
purchase additional securities, at a per share exercise price equal
to 100% of the public offering price. As estimated solely for the
purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(g)
under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum aggregate offering
price of the underwriter’s warrants is equal to 100% of $960,000
(which is 8% of $12,000,000). |
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(9) |
$3,115.90 was previously paid.
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The
Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date
or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the
Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states
that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective
in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective
on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting
pursuant to Section 8(a), may determine.
PRELIMINARY
PROSPECTUS |
SUBJECT
TO COMPLETION |
DATED
DECEMBER 6, 2021 |
The
information in this preliminary 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 preliminary Prospectus is not an offer to sell
these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these
securities in any state or other jurisdiction where the offer or
sale is not permitted.
2,891,566
Units
Each Unit
Consisting of
One Share of
Common Stock and
One Warrant
to Purchase One Share of Common Stock

DATA443
RISK MITIGATION, INC.
This is a
firm commitment underwritten public offering of units (the
“Units”), based on
an assumed initial offering price of $4.15 per Unit of DATA443 RISK
MITIGATION, INC., a Nevada corporation (alternatively, the
“Company”;
“we”; “us”; “our”). We anticipate a public
offering price of $4.15 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share
of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and one warrant (each,
a “Warrant” and
collectively, the “Warrants”) to purchase one
share of common stock at an exercise price of $4.15 per share,
constituting 100% of the price of each Unit sold in this offering
based on an assumed initial offering price of $4.15 per Unit. The
Units have no stand-alone rights and will not be certificated or
issued as stand-alone securities. The shares of common stock and
the Warrants comprising the Units are immediately separable and
will be issued separately in this offering. Each Warrant offered
hereby is immediately exercisable on the date of issuance and will
expire five years from the date of issuance.
Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Link LLC quotation system
operated by OTC Markets, Group, Inc., under the symbol “ATDS” on
the Pink Sheets tier. On December 3, 2021, the reported closing
price of our Common Stock was $1.40 per share. We have applied to
list our common stock and warrants on the Nasdaq Capital Market
under the symbols “ATDS” and “ATDSW”, respectively. No assurance
can be given that our application will be approved or that the
trading prices of our common stock on the Pink Sheets tier will be
indicative of the prices of our common stock if our common stock
were traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The approval of our
listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market is a condition of closing this
offering.
The offering
price of the Units has been determined between the Underwriter and
us, considering our historical performance and capital structure,
prevailing market conditions, and overall assessment of our
business, and may be at a discount to the current market
price.
On February 19, 2021, our shareholders approved a reverse split of
our outstanding shares of common stock by a ratio within the range
of 10-to-1 to 2,000-to-1, to be effective at the ratio and date to
be determined by our Board of Directors. On June 10, 2021, the
Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of
Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”)
which served to (i) reduce the number of authorized shares of
common stock to one billion (1,000,000,000); and, (ii) effect a
reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of its
issued common stock in a ratio of 1-for-2,000. The preferred stock
of the Company was not changed. The 1-for-2,000 Reverse Stock split
was processed by FINRA and became effective at the start of trading
on July 1, 2021. As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every
2,000 shares of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock,
par value $0.001 per share, were converted into one (1) share of
common stock, par value $0.001 per share. No fractional shares were
issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Stockholders who
otherwise would be entitled to receive fractional shares because
they hold a number of pre-Reverse Stock Split shares of the
Company’s common stock not evenly divisible by 2,000 had the number
of post-Reverse Stock Split shares of the Company’s common stock to
which they are entitled rounded up to the nearest whole number of
shares of the Company’s common stock. No stockholders received cash
in lieu of fractional shares. Unless otherwise noted, the share and
per share information in this Prospectus reflects the Reverse Stock
Split.
Investing
in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. This offering
is highly speculative and these securities involve a high degree of
risk and should be considered only by persons who can afford the
loss of their entire investment. You should review carefully the
risks and uncertainties described under the heading “Risk Factors” beginning on page 13 of
this Prospectus, and under similar headings in any amendments or
supplements to this Prospectus.
Neither
the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or
determined if this Prospectus is truthful or complete. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
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Per Unit |
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Total |
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Offering price |
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$ |
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$ |
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Underwriting discount
and commissions (1) |
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$ |
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$ |
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Proceeds to us before
offering expenses (2) |
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$ |
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$ |
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(1) |
We have also
agreed to issue warrants to purchase shares of our common stock to
the Underwriter and to reimburse the Underwriter for certain
expenses. See “Underwriting” for additional information regarding
total Underwriter compensation. |
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(2) |
The amount
of offering proceeds to us presented in this table does not give
effect to any exercise of the: (i) over-allotment option (if any)
we have granted to the Underwriter as described below; and, (ii)
warrants being issued to the Underwriter in this
offering. |
We have
granted a 45-day option to the Underwriter, exercisable one or more
times in whole or in part, to purchase up to an additional 433,735
shares of common stock and/or 433,735 additional warrants at the
public offering price of $4.15 per share, less, in each case, the
underwriting discounts payable by us, in any combination solely to
cover over-allotments, if any. If the Underwriter exercises
the option in full, the total underwriting discounts and
commissions payable will
be $ ,
and the total proceeds to us, before expenses, will be
$ .
The
Underwriter expects to deliver the securities against payment to
the investors in this offering on or about ___________, __,
2021.
Sole
Book-Running Manager
MAXIM
GROUP LLC
The date of
this Prospectus is _____ __, 2021

DATA443
RISK MITIGATION, INC.
“ALL
THINGS DATA SECURITY”™
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
In this
Prospectus, “we”; “us”; “our”; the “Company”; the “company”; and,
“ATDS” refer to DATA443 RISK MITIGATION, INC., a Nevada
corporation, and where appropriate, its subsidiaries, unless
expressly indicated or the content requires
otherwise.
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
You
should rely only on information contained in this Prospectus. We
have not, and the Underwriter has not, authorized anyone to provide
you with additional information or information different from that
contained in this Prospectus. Neither the delivery of this
Prospectus nor the sale of our securities means that the
information contained in this Prospectus is correct after the date
of this 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.
For
investors outside the United States: Neither we nor the Underwriter
have taken any action 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 outside the United States who come into possession of this
Prospectus must inform themselves about, and observe any
restrictions relating to, the offering of the securities covered
hereby and the distribution of this Prospectus outside of the
United States.
The
information in this Prospectus is accurate only as of the date on
the front cover of this 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 Underwriter 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.
Information contained
in, and that can be accessed through, our web site, www.data443.com, does not
constitute part of this Prospectus.
This
Prospectus includes market and industry data that has been obtained
from third party sources, including industry publications, as well
as industry data prepared by our management on the basis of its
knowledge of and experience in the industries in which we operate
(including our management’s estimates and assumptions relating to
such industries based on that knowledge). Management’s knowledge of
such industries has been developed through its experience and
participation in these industries. While our management believes
the third-party sources referred to in this Prospectus are
reliable, neither we nor our management have independently verified
any of the data from such sources referred to in this Prospectus or
ascertained the underlying economic assumptions relied upon by such
sources. Internally prepared and third-party market forecasts in
particular are estimates only and may be inaccurate, especially
over long periods of time. In addition, the Underwriter has not
independently verified any of the industry data prepared by
management or ascertained the underlying estimates and assumptions
relied upon by management. Furthermore, references in this
Prospectus to any publications, reports, surveys, or articles
prepared by third parties should not be construed as depicting the
complete findings of the entire publication, report, survey, or
article. The information in any such publication, report, survey,
or article is not incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus.
INFORMATION SUMMARY
This
summary highlights information about this offering and the
information included in this Prospectus. This summary does not
contain all of the information that you should consider before
investing in our securities. You should carefully read this entire
Prospectus, especially the sections titled “Risk Factors” and
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements
included herein, including the notes thereto, before making an
investment decision.
Company
Organization
Data443 Risk
Mitigation, Inc. was original incorporated under the name LandStar,
Inc. as a Nevada corporation on May 4, 1998, for the purpose of
purchasing, developing, and reselling real property, with its
principal focus on the development of raw land. From incorporation
through December 31, 1998, LandStar had no business operations and
was a development-stage company. LandStar did not purchase or
develop any properties and decided to change its business plan and
operations. On March 31, 1999, the Company acquired approximately
98.5% of the common stock of Rebound Rubber Corp. pursuant to a
share exchange agreement with Rebound Rubber Corp. (“Rebound Rubber”) and
substantially all of Rebound Rubber’s shareholders. The acquisition
was effected by issuing 14,500,100 shares of common stock, which
constituted 14.5% of the 100,000,000 authorized shares of LandStar,
and 50.6% of the 28,622,100 issued and outstanding shares on
completion of the acquisition (all numbers in this paragraph do not
reflect either the 2019 1:750 reverse stock split or the Reverse
Stock Split). The acquisition was treated for accounting purposes
as a continuation of Rebound Rubber under the LandStar capital
structure. If viewed from a non-consolidated perspective, on March
31, 1999 LandStar issued 14,500,100 shares for the acquisition of
the outstanding shares of Rebound Rubber.
The share
exchange with Rebound Rubber (and other transactions occurring in
March 1999) resulted in a change of control of LandStar and the
appointment of new officers and directors of the Company. These
transactions also redefined the focus of the Company on the
development and exploitation of the technology to de-vulcanize and
reactivate recycled rubber for resale as a raw material in the
production of new rubber products. The Company’s business strategy
was to sell the de-vulcanized material (and compounds using the
materials) to manufacturers of rubber products.
Prior to
2001 the Company had no revenues. In 2001 and 2002 revenues were
derived from management services rendered to a rubber recycling
company.
In August
2001 the Company amended its Articles of Incorporation (the
“Articles”) to
authorize 500,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value;
and, 150,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value.
Preferred shares could be designated into specific classes and
issued by action of the Company’s Board of Directors. In May 2008
the Company’s Board established a class of Convertible Preferred
Series A (the “Series
A”), authorizing 10,000,000 shares. The Series A provided
for, among other things, (i) each share of Series A was convertible
into 1,000 shares of the Company’s common stock; and, (ii) a holder
of Series A was entitled to vote 1,000 shares of common stock for
each share of Series A on all matters submitted to a vote by
shareholders.
In September
2008 the Company amended its Articles to increase the number of
authorized shares to 985,000,000, $0.001 par value. In January 2009
the Company amended its Articles to increase the number of
authorized shares to 4,000,000,000, $0.001 par value. In January
2010 the Company once again amended its Articles to increase the
number of authorized shares to 8,888,000,000, $0.001 par
value.
Prior to 2008, the Company’s last filing of
financial information with the SEC was the Form 10-QSB it filed on
December 19, 2002 for the quarter ended 30 September 2002. No other
filings were effected with the SEC until the Company filed a Form
15 May 19, 2008, which terminated the Company’s filing obligations
with SEC.
The Company was effectively dormant for a number of years. In or
around February 2014 there was a change in control when Kevin Hayes
acquired 1,000,000 shares of the Series A (without giving effect to
either the 2019 1:750 reverse stock split or the Reverse Stock
Split), and was appointed as the sole director and officer. In or
around April 2017 there was another change in control when Kevin
Hayes sold the 1,000,000 shares of Series A to Hybrid Titan
Management, which then proceeded to assign the Series A to William
Alessi. Mr. Alessi was then appointed as the sole director and
officer of the Company. Mr. Alessi initiated legal action in his
home state of North Carolina to confirm, among other things, his
ownership of the Series A; his “control” over the Company; and, the
status of creditors of the Company. In or around June 2017 the
court entered judgment in favor of Mr. Alessi.
In or around
July 2017, while under the majority ownership and management of Mr.
Alessi, the Company sought to effect a merger transaction (the
“Merger”) under
which the Company would be merged into Data443 Risk Mitigation,
Inc. (“Data443”).
Data443 was formed as a North Carolina corporation in July 2017
under the original name LandStar, Inc. The name of the North
Carolina corporation was changed to Data443 in December 2017. In
November 2017 the controlling interest in the Company was acquired
by our current chief executive officer and sole board member, Jason
Remillard, when he acquired all of the Series A shares from Mr.
Alessi. In that same transaction Mr. Remillard also acquired all of
the shares of Data443 from Mr. Alessi. Mr. Remillard was then
appointed as the sole director and sole officer of the Company, and
of Data443. Initially, Mr. Remillard sought to recognize the Merger
initiated by Mr. Alessi and respect the results of the Merger. The
Company relied upon documents previously prepared and proceeded as
if the Merger had been effected.
In January
2018 the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of Myriad
Software Productions, LLC, which is owned 100% by Mr. Remillard.
Those assets were comprised of the software program known as
ClassiDocs, and all intellectual property and goodwill associated
therewith. This acquisition changed the Company’s status to no
longer being a “shell” under applicable securities rules. In
consideration for the acquisition, the Company agreed to a purchase
price of $1,500,000 comprised of (i) $50,000 paid at closing; (ii)
$250,000 in the form of our promissory note; and, (iii) $1,200,000
in shares of our common stock, valued as of the closing, which
equated to 1,200,000,000 shares of our common stock (without giving
effect to either the 2019 1:750 reverse stock split or the Reverse
Stock Split). The shares have not yet been issued and are not
included as part of the issued and outstanding shares of the
Company. However, these shares have been recorded as additional
paid in capital within our consolidated financial statements for
the period ending 30 June 2018.
In April
2018 the Company amended the designation for its Series A Preferred
Stock by providing that a holder of Series A was entitled to (i)
vote 15,000 shares of common stock for each share of Series A on
all matters submitted to a vote by shareholders; and, (ii) convert
each share of Series A into 1,000 shares of our common
stock.
In May 2018
the Company amended and restated its Articles. The total authorized
number of shares is: 8,888,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001
par value; and, 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par
value, designated in the discretion of the Board of Directors. The
Series A remains in full force and effect.
In June
2018, after careful analysis and in reliance upon professional
advisors retained by the Company, it was determined that the Merger
had, in fact, not been completed, and that the Merger was not in
the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. As such,
the Merger was legally terminated. In place of the Merger, in June
2018 the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares
of stock of Data443 (the “Share Exchange”). As a result
of the Share Exchange, Data443 became a wholly-owned subsidiary of
the Company, with both the Company and Data443 continuing to exist
as corporate entities. The finances and business conducted by the
respective entities prior to the Share Exchange will be treated as
related party transactions in anticipation of the Share Exchange.
As consideration in the Share Exchange, we agreed to issue to Mr.
Remillard: (a) One hundred million (100,000,000) shares of our
common stock; and (b) On the eighteen (18) month anniversary of the
closing of the Share Exchange (the “Earn Out Date”), an additional
100,000,000 shares of our common stock (the “Earn Out Shares”) provided that
Data 443 has at least an additional $1 million in revenue by the
Earn Out Date (not including revenue directly from acquisitions).
The aforementioned share numbers in this paragraph do not give
effect to either the 2019 1:750 reverse stock split or the Reverse
Stock Split. None of our shares of our common stock to be issued to
Mr. Remillard under the Share Exchange have been issued. As such,
none of said shares are included as part of the issued and
outstanding shares of the Company. However, the shares committed to
Mr. Remillard have been recorded as common shares issuable and
included in additional paid-in capital and the earn out shares have
been reflected as a contingent liability for common stock issuable
within the consolidated financial statements as of December 31,
2019.
On or about
June 28, 2018 we secured the rights to the WordPress GDPR Framework
through our wholly owned subsidiary Data443 for a total
consideration of €40,001, or $46,521, payable in four payments of
€10,000, with the first payment due at closing, and the remaining
payments issuable at the end of July, August and September, 2018.
All of the payments were made and upon issuance of the final
payment, we have the right to enter into an asset transfer
agreement for the nominal cost of one euro (€1).
On or about
October 22, 2018 we entered into an asset purchase agreement with
Modevity, LLC (“Modevity”) to acquire certain
assets collectively known as ARALOC™, a software-as-a service
(“SaaS”) platform that provides cloud-based data storage,
protection, and workflow automation. The acquired assets consist of
intellectual and related intangible property including applications
and associated software code, and trademarks. While the Company did
not acquire any of the customers or customer contracts of Modevity,
the Company did acquire access to books and records related to the
customers and revenues Modevity created on the ARALOC™ platform as
part of the asset purchase agreement. These assets were
substantially less than the total assets of Modevity, and revenues
from the platform comprised a portion of the overall sales of
Modevity. We are required to create the technical capabilities to
support the ongoing operation of this SaaS platform. A substantial
effort on the part of the Company is needed to continue generating
ARALOC™ revenues through development of a sales force, as well as
billing and collection processes. We paid Modevity (i) $200,000 in
cash; (ii) $750,000, in the form of our 10-month promissory note;
and, (iii) 110 shares of our common stock. In July 2020 the Company
completed all payments due to Modevity under the asset purchase
agreement.
On or around
February 7, 2019, the Company entered into an Exclusive License and
Management Agreement (the “License Agreement”) with Wala,
Inc. (“Wala”).
Under the License Agreement the Company was granted the exclusive
right and license to receive all benefits from the marketing,
selling, and licensing of the data archiving platform known as
ArcMail and all assets related thereto (the “ArcMail Assets”). In connection
with the License Agreement, the Company also executed (i) a Stock
Rights Agreement, under which the Company had the right to acquire
all shares of stock of Wala; and, (ii) a Business Covenants
Agreement, under which Wala and its CEO agreed to not compete with
the Company’s use of the ArcMail assets for a designated period of
time. The Company has not purchased any outstanding shares under
the Stock Purchase Rights Agreement. The License Agreement, Stock
Rights Agreement, and Business Covenants Agreement are collectively
referred to herein as the “ArcMail
Agreements”).
On June 21,
2019, the Company filed an amendment to its articles of
incorporation to increase the total number authorized shares of the
Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, from
8,888,000,000 shares to 15,000,000,000 shares.
On September
16, 2019, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with
DMBGroup, LLC to acquire certain assets collectively known as
DataExpress®, a software platform for secure sensitive
data transfer within the hybrid cloud. The total purchase price of
approximately $2.8 million consists of: (i) a $410,000 cash payment
at closing; (ii) a promissory note in the amount of $940,000,
payable in the amount of $41,661 over 24 monthly payments starting
on October 15, 2019, accruing at a rate of 6% per annum; (iii)
assumption of approximately $98,000 in liabilities and, (iv)
approximately 1,233 shares of our common stock.
On October
14, 2019, the Company filed an amendment to its Articles to change
its name to Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc., and to effect a
1-for-750 reverse stock split of its issued and outstanding shares
of common and preferred shares, each with $0.001 par value, and to
reduce the numbers of authorized common and preferred shares to
60,000,000 and 337,500, respectively. On October 28, 2019, the name
change and the split and changes in authorized common and preferred
shares was effected, resulting in approximately 7,282,678,714
issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock to be
reduced to approximately 9,710,239, and 1,000,000 issued and
outstanding shares of the Company’s preferred shares to be reduced
to 1,334 as of October 28, 2019. All per share amounts and number
of shares, including the authorized shares, in the consolidated
financial statements and related notes have been retroactively
adjusted to reflect the October 2019 1-for 750 reverse stock split
and decrease in authorized common and preferred shares.
On March 5,
2020 the Company amended its Articles to increase the number of
shares of authorized common stock to 250,000,000. On April 15, 2020
the Company further amended its Articles of Incorporation to
increase the number of shares of authorized common stock to
750,000,000. On August 17, 2020 the Company again amended its
Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of
authorized common stock to 1.5 billion. On November 25, 2020 the
Company filed a Certificate of Designation to authorize and create
its Series B Preferred shares, consisting of 80,000 shares. On
December 15, 2020 the Company again amended its Articles of
Incorporation to increase the number of shares of authorized common
stock from 1.5 billion to 1.8 billion. On April 21, 2021 the
Company increased the number of authorized shares of common stock
from 1.8 billion to 3.8 billion in order to satisfy the share
reserve requirement under the Auctus financing closed April 23,
2021, as described below.
On August
13, 2020, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement to
acquire certain assets collectively known as
FileFacets™, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform
that performs sophisticated data discovery and content search of
structured and unstructured data within corporate networks,
servers, content management systems, email, desktops and laptops.
The total purchase price was $135,000, which amount was paid in
full at the closing of the transaction.
On September
21, 2020, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with
the owners of a business known as IntellyWP™, to acquire the
intellectual property rights and certain assets collectively known
as IntellyWP™, an Italy-based developer that produces WordPress
plug-ins that enhance the overall user experience for webmaster and
end users. The total purchase price of $135,000 consists of: (i) a
$55,000 cash payment at closing; (ii) a cash payment of $40,000
upon completion of certain training; and, (iii) a cash payment of
$40,000 upon the Company collecting $25,000 from the assets
acquired in the subject transaction.
On October
8, 2020, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with
Resilient Network Systems, Inc. (“RNS”) to acquire the
intellectual property rights and certain assets collectively known
as Resilient Networks™, a Silicon Valley based SaaS platform that
performs SSO and adaptive access control “on the fly” with
sophisticated and flexible policy workflows for authentication and
authorization. The total purchase price of $305,000 consists of:
(i) a $125,000 cash payment at closing; and, (ii) the issuance of
9,575 shares of our common stock to RNS.
On December
11, 2020, the Company entered into a Common Stock Purchase
Agreement (“CSPA”)
with Triton Funds, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
(“Triton”), an
unrelated third party. Triton agreed to invest $1 million in the
Company in the form of common stock purchases. Subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in the CSPA, the Company agreed to sell to
Triton common shares of the Company having an aggregate value of
One Million Dollars ($1,000,000). The price of the shares to be
sold will be $0.006 per shares. Triton’s obligation to purchase
securities is conditioned on certain factors including, but not
limited, to the Company having an effective registration available
for resale of the securities being purchased; a minimum closing
price of $0.009 per share for the Company’s common stock on the
delivery date for the shares; and, Triton’s ownership not exceeding
9.9% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company at any
time. The Company filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with
the SEC on December 28, 2020. The S-1 was declared effective by the
SEC as of January 26, 2021.
On February
12, 2021, and effective January 31, 2021 the Company declared
terminated each of the ArcMail Agreements. The Company has asserted
numerous claims under the ArcMail Agreements. Further, Wala lost
all rights to the ArcMail Assets through a foreclosure action
brought by certain secured creditors of Wala (the “Wala Creditors”). The Company
considers its relationship with Wala to be closed and will not
pursue any further action in that regard.
On February
12, 2021 the Company closed its acquisition of the ArcMail Assets
from the Wala Creditors pursuant to the terms and conditions of an
Asset Sale Agreement executed by and between the Company and the
Wala Creditors. The effective date of the Asset Sale Agreement and
the acquisition was deemed to be January 31, 2021. Total purchase
price (the “Purchase
Price”) was One Million Four Hundred Four Thousand Dollars
($1,404,000), evidenced by three promissory notes in favor of the
Wala Creditors in the total amount of the Purchase Price (the
“Notes”). Payments
under the Notes commence in 30-days and continue monthly thereafter
for 60-months. The Notes are secured by a pledge of the ArcMail
Assets as collateral under the terms of a Security Agreement in
favor of the Wala Creditors. The foregoing descriptions of the
Asset Sale Agreement; Notes; and, Security Agreement do not purport
to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the actual
language contained in the Asset Sale Agreement, Notes, and Security
Agreement, respectively.
On February
23, 2021, the Company filed with the SEC its Schedule 14C,
Preliminary Information Statement, providing notice that the Board
of Directors and the holders of a majority of our shares entitled
to vote had approved and authorized the following
actions:
(1)
Amendment of our Articles to provide for a decrease in the
authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 1,800,000,000
to a number of not less than 10,000,000 and not more than
1,000,000,000 (the “Authorized Common Stock
Reduction”), at any time prior to the one year anniversary
of the filing of the Definitive Information Statement on Schedule
14C with respect to these actions the “Definitive Information
Statement”), with the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”) having the
discretion to determine whether or not the Authorized Common Stock
Reduction is to be effected, and if effected, the exact number of
the Authorized Common Stock Reduction within the above
range.
(2) That the
Board be authorized to implement through the amendment to our
Articles a reverse stock split of the Company’s Common Stock by a
ratio of not less than 1-for-10 and not more than 1-for-2,000, (the
“Reverse Split”),
at any time prior to the one year anniversary of the filing of the
Definitive Information Statement, with the Board having the
discretion to determine whether or not the Reverse Split is to be
effected, and if effected, the exact ratio for the Reverse Split
within the above range.
On April 23,
2021, the Company entered into and closed a financing transaction
pursuant to the terms and conditions of a Securities Purchase
Agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”) with Auctus Fund, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Auctus”). Pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, Auctus purchased from the Company a Senior
Secured Promissory Note (the “Note”) in the aggregate
principal amount of $832,000 (the “Principal Amount”), and
delivered gross proceeds of $750,000 (excluded were legal fees for
Auctus and a transaction fee charged by Auctus). The Note is
secured by a security interest in the assets of the Company and its
subsidiaries, pursuant to the terms and conditions of a Security
Agreement (the “Security
Agreement”). Timely payment under the Note is further
secured by the issuance of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the
“Second Warrant”)
to Auctus for 55,467 shares of the Company’s common stock at an
exercise price of $15.00, exercisable only in the event of a
default under the Note. Interest on the Principal Amount of the
Note accrues at the rate of 12% per annum, which amount is fully
due and owing upon the issuance of the Note. Repayment of all
amounts due under the Note shall be tendered on the 12-month
anniversary of the Note. The Note may be prepaid in whole at any
time without prepayment penalty or premium. If the Company fails to
meet its obligations under the terms of the Note, the Note shall
become immediately due and payable and subject to penalties
provided for in the Note. The Company also granted to Auctus
warrants to acquire 55,467 shares of the Company’s common stock
pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the “First Warrant”). Exercise price
for the warrants is $0.0075, with a cashless exercise option. Both
the First Warrant and the Second Warrant impose an obligation on
the Company to reserve for issuance that number of shares of the
Company’s common stock which is 5 times the number of shares
issuable under both the First Warrant and the Second
Warrant.
As of September 30, 2021, the Company had sold to Triton 83,334
shares of its common stock pursuant to the CSPA, and which shares
were registered under the S-1. All sales occurred during the three
month period ended March 31, 2021 and resulted in the receipt by
the Company of net proceeds in the amount of $847,000 during the
six months ended 30 June 2021, which is the final amount the
Company will receive from the sale of these shares, which includes
proceeds from two unrelated third party for shares of our common
stock acquired from Triton.
On June 10, 2021, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to
the Articles (the “Certificate of Amendment”)
which served to (i) reduce the number of authorized shares of
common stock to one billion (1,000,000,000); and, (ii) effect a
reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of its
issued common stock in a ratio of 1-for-2,000. The preferred stock
of the Company was not changed. The 1-for-2,000 Reverse Stock split
was processed by FINRA and became effective at the start of trading
on July 1, 2021. As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every
2,000 shares of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock,
par value $0.001 per share, were converted into one (1) share of
common stock, par value $0.001 per share. No fractional shares were
issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Stockholders who
otherwise would be entitled to receive fractional shares because
they held a number of pre-Reverse Stock Split shares of the
Company’s common stock not evenly divisible by 2,000 had the number
of post-Reverse Stock Split shares of the Company’s common stock to
which they are entitled rounded up to the nearest whole number of
shares of the Company’s common stock. No stockholders received cash
in lieu of fractional shares.
Business
Overview
The Company
is a leader in data security and privacy management (a critical
element of IT security), providing solutions for All Things Data
Security™, across the enterprise and in the cloud. Trusted by
over 170 clients, including over 1% of the Fortune 500, the Company
provides the necessary visibility and control needed to protect
at-scale, obtain compliance objectives, and enhance operational
efficiencies. Our clients include leading brand name enterprises in
a diverse set of industries, including financial services,
healthcare, manufacturing, retail, technology and
telecommunications.
The mounting
threat landscape has accelerated security adoption rates and our
extensive portfolio of data security and privacy products provide a
holistic methodology to data privacy as a new security standard.
Our offering is anchored in privacy management, equipping
organizations with a seamless approach to safeguarding their data,
protecting against attacks, and mitigating the most critical
risks.
As the
result of a recent rebranding and marketing effort by the Company,
the products and services offered by the Company are now marketed
under the following names:
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Data443®
Ransomware Recovery Manager™, built for the modern enterprise,
its capabilities are designed to recover a workstation immediately
upon infection to the last known business-operable state, without
any end user or IT administrator efforts or
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Data
Identification Manager™ (previously marketed as ClassiDocs™ and
FileFacets®), the Company’s award-winning data classification and
governance technology, which supports CCPA, LGPD and GDPR
compliance in a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that performs
sophisticated data discovery and content search of structured and
unstructured data within corporate networks, servers, content
management systems, email, desktops and laptops. |
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Data
Archive Manager™ (previously marketed as ArcMail®), a leading
provider of simple, secure and cost-effective enterprise data
retention management, archiving and management
solutions. |
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Sensitive
Content Manager™ (previously marketed as ARALOC™), a market
leading secure, cloud-based platform for the management, protection
and distribution of digital content to the desktop and mobile
devices, which protects an organization’s confidential content and
intellectual property assets from leakage - malicious or accidental
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stakeholders. |
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Data
Placement Manager™ (previously marketed as DATAEXPRESS®), the
leading data transport, transformation and delivery product trusted
by leading financial organizations worldwide |
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Access
Control Manager™ (previously marketed as Resilient Access™),
enables fine-grained access controls across myriad platforms at
scale for internal client systems and commercial public cloud
platforms like Salesforce, Box.Net, Google G Suite, Microsoft
OneDrive and others. |
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Data
Identification Manager™ (previously marketed as
ClassiDocs for Blockchain), provides an active implementation for
the Ripple XRP that protects blockchain transactions from
inadvertent disclosure and data leaks. |
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Data443®
Global Privacy Manager™, the privacy compliance and consumer
loss mitigation platform which is integrated with Data
Identification Manager to do the delivery portions of GDPR and CCPA
as well as process data privacy access requests - removal request -
with inventory enables the full lifecycle of data privacy access
requests, remediation, monitoring and reporting. |
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IntellyWP, a
leading purveyor of user experience enhancement products for
webmasters for the world’s largest content management platform,
WordPress. |
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Data443®
Chat History Scanner, which scans chat messages for compliance,
security, PII, PI, PCI & custom keywords. |
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GDPR
Framework, CCPA Framework, and LGPD Framework WordPress
Plugins, with over 30,000 active site owners combined, enables
organizations of all sizes to comply with European, California and
Brazilian privacy rules and regulations. |
Data
security and privacy legislation is driving significant investment
by organizations to offset risks from data breaches and damaging
information disclosures of various types. We provide solutions for
the marketplace that are designed to protect data via the cloud,
hybrid, and on-premises architectures. Our suite of security
products focus on protection of: sensitive files and emails;
confidential customer, patient, and employee data; financial
records; strategic and product plans; intellectual property; and
any other data requiring security, allowing our clients to create,
share, and protect their data wherever it is stored.
We deliver
solutions and capabilities via all technical architectures, and in
formats designed for each client. Licensing and subscription models
are available to conform to customer purchasing requirements. Our
solutions are driven by several proprietary technologies and
methodologies that we have developed or acquired, giving us our
primary competitive advantage.
We sell
substantially all of our products, solutions, and services through
a sales model which combines the leverage of channel sales with the
account control of direct sales, thereby providing us with
significant opportunities to grow our current customer base and
successfully deliver our value proposition for data privacy and
security. We also make use of channel partners, distributors, and
resellers which sell to end-user customers. This approach allows us
to maintain close relationships with our customers and benefit from
the global reach of our channel partners. Additionally, we are
enhancing our product offerings and go-to-market strategy by
establishing technology alliances within the IT infrastructure and
security vendor ecosystem. While our products serve customers of
all sizes in all industries, the marketing focus and majority of
our sales focus is on targeting organizations with 100 users or
more which can make larger purchases with us over time and have a
greater potential lifetime value.
Listing on the
Nasdaq Capital Market
Our common stock is currently quoted on the OTC Link LLC quotation
system operated by OTC Markets, Group, Inc., under the symbol
“ATDS” on the Pink Sheets tier. In connection with this offering,
we have applied to list our common stock and the Warrants on the
Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbols
“ATDS” and “ATDSW,” respectively. Nasdaq listing requirements
include, among other things, a stock price threshold. As a result,
we effected the Reverse Stock Split prior to submitting our
application to Nasdaq. If our application to the Nasdaq Capital
Market is not approved or we otherwise determine that we will not
be able to secure the listing of the Common Stock and Warrants on
the Nasdaq Capital Market, we will not complete this offering.
Reverse Stock
Split
On June 10, 2021, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to
the Articles of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”)
which served to (i) reduce the number of authorized shares of
common stock to one billion (1,000,000,000); and, (ii) effect a
reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of its issued
common stock in a ratio of 1-for-2,000. The preferred stock of the
Company was not changed. The 1-for-2,000 Reverse Stock split was
processed by FINRA and became effective at the start of trading on
July 1, 2021. As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every 2,000
shares of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock, par
value $0.001 per share, were converted into one (1) share of common
stock, par value $0.001 per share. No fractional shares were issued
in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Stockholders who
otherwise would be entitled to receive fractional shares because
they hold a number of pre-Reverse Stock Split shares of the
Company’s common stock not evenly divisible by 2,000 had the number
of post-Reverse Stock Split shares of the Company’s common stock to
which they are entitled rounded up to the nearest whole number of
shares of the Company’s common stock. No stockholders received cash
in lieu of fractional shares. The share and per share information
in this Prospectus reflects such assumed reverse stock split.
Risk
Factors
An
investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You
should carefully consider the risks summarized below. These risks
are discussed more fully in the section titled “Risk Factors.” These risks
include, but are not limited to, the following:
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We will need
additional capital to fund our operations; |
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There is
substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going
concern; |
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We will face
intense competition in our market, and we may lack sufficient
financial and other resources to maintain and improve our
competitive position; |
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dependent on the continued services and performance of our chief
executive officer, Jason Remillard; |
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Our common
stock is currently quoted on the OTC Pink and is thinly-traded,
reducing your ability to liquidate your investment in
us; |
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We have had
a history of losses and may incur future losses, which may prevent
us from attaining profitability; |
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The market
price of our common stock may be volatile and may fluctuate in a
way that is disproportionate to our operating
performance; |
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We have
shares of preferred stock that have special rights that could limit
our ability to undertake corporate transactions, inhibit potential
changes of control and reduce the proceeds available to our common
stockholders in the event of a change in control; |
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We have
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COVID-19 pandemic; |
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The dilution
of our shares as a result of the issuance of additional shares in
connection with financing arrangements; |
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The
immediate and substantial dilution of the net tangible book value
of our common stock; |
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Our
president and chief executive officer has the ability to control
all matters submitted to stockholders for approval, which limits
minority stockholders’ ability to influence corporate affairs;
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Corporate
Information
Our
principal executive offices are located at 101 J Morris Commons
Lane, Suite 105, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560, and our
telephone number is (919) 858-6542.
Implications of
Being an Emerging Growth Company
We qualify
as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our
Business Startups Act of 2012, or the “JOBS Act.” An emerging
growth company may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure and
other requirements that are otherwise generally applicable to
public companies. As a result, the information that we provide to
stockholders may be different than the information you may receive
from other public companies in which you hold equity. For example,
as long as we are an emerging growth company:
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we are not
required to engage an auditor to report on our internal control
over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; |
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we are not
required to comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or the PCAOB, regarding
mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s
report providing additional information about the audit and the
financial statements (i.e., an auditor discussion and
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required to submit certain executive compensation matters to
stockholder advisory votes, such as “say-on-pay,”
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we are not
required to comply with certain disclosure requirements related to
executive compensation, such as the requirement to disclose the
correlation between executive compensation and performance and the
requirement to present a comparison of our Chief Executive
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advantage of these reduced disclosure and other requirements until
the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of
the completion of our IPO, or such earlier time that we are no
longer an emerging growth company. For example, if certain events
occur before the end of such five-year period, including if we have
more than $1.07 billion in annual revenue, have more than $700
million in market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates,
or issue more than $1.0 billion of non-convertible debt over a
three-year period, we will cease to be an emerging growth
company.
As mentioned
above, the JOBS Act permits us, as an emerging growth company, to
take advantage of an extended transition period to comply with new
or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies. We
have elected not to opt out of the extended transition period which
means that when an accounting standard is issued or revised, and it
has different application dates for public or private companies, as
an emerging growth company, we can adopt the new or revised
standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised
standard. This may make it difficult or impossible because of the
potential differences in accounting standards used to compare our
financial statements with the financial statements of a public
company that is not an emerging growth company, or the financial
statements of an emerging growth company that has opted out of
using the extended transition period.
OFFERING SUMMARY
Issuer: |
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DATA443 RISK
MITIGATION, INC., a Nevada corporation |
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Securities
offered by us: |
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2,891,566
Units (or
3,325,301 Units if the over-allotment option is exercised in full),
with each Unit consisting of one share of our common stock and one
warrant to purchase one share of our common stock. Each warrant
will have an exercise price of $4.15 per share (100% of the assumed
public offering price of one Unit), exercisable immediately and
expiring five (5) years from the date of issuance. The Units will
not be certificated or issued in stand-alone form. The shares of
our common stock and the warrants comprising the Units are
immediately separable upon issuance and will be issued separately
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Number of
shares of common stock offered by us: |
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2,891,566
shares |
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Number of
Warrants offered by us: |
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2,891,566 |
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Public
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$4.15
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Unit(1). |
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Shares of
common stock outstanding prior to the offering
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945,316 shares. |
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Shares of
common stock outstanding after the
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3,836,882 shares (4,270,617 shares if the over-allotment option is
exercised in full) (assuming none of the Warrants issued in the
Offering are exercised). |
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Over-allotment
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We have
granted a 45-day option to the Underwriter to purchase up to
433,735 additional shares of common stock and/or 433,735 warrants
at the public offering price per share of common stock and per
warrant, respectively, less, in each case, the underwriting
discounts payable by us, in any combination solely to cover
over-allotments, if any. |
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Use of
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We estimate
that we will receive net proceeds of approximately $10,615,000 from
our sale of Units, after deducting underwriting discounts and
estimated offering expenses payable by us. We intend to use the net
proceeds of this offering to provide funding for the following
purposes: general corporate purposes and operations; acquisitions;
debt repayment; expansion of our sales force; technology and
research and development; marketing; and, working capital. See “Use
of Proceeds”. |
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Description
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The exercise
price of the Warrants is $4.15 per share (100% of the assumed
public offering price of one Unit). Each Warrant is exercisable for
one share of common stock, subject to adjustment in the event of
stock dividends, stock splits, stock combinations,
reclassifications, reorganizations or similar events affecting our
common stock, as described herein. A holder may not exercise any
portion of a Warrant to the extent that the holder, together with
its affiliates and any other person or entity acting as a group,
would own more than 4.99% of the outstanding common stock after
exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance
with the terms of the Warrants, except that upon notice from the
holder to us, the holder may waive such limitation up to a
percentage, not in excess of 9.99%. Each Warrant will be
exercisable immediately upon issuance and will expire five years
after the initial issuance date. The terms of the Warrants will be
governed by a Warrant Agreement, dated as of the closing date of
this offering, between us and Madison Stock Transfer, Inc., as the
warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”). This
Prospectus also relates to the offering of the shares of common
stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. For more information
regarding the warrants, you should carefully read the section
titled “Description of Securities—Warrants” in this
Prospectus. |
Underwriter’s
Warrants: |
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The
Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part also
registers for sale warrants (the “Underwriter’s Warrants”) to
purchase shares of our common stock (based on an offering price of
$4.15 per Unit (which is the public offering price) to Maxim Group
LLC (the “Underwriter”), as a portion of the underwriting
compensation in connection with this offering. The Underwriter’s
Warrants will be exercisable at any time, and from time to time, in
whole or in part, during the three year period commencing 180 days
following the closing date of this offering at an exercise price of
$4.15 (100% of the assumed public offering price of the Units).
Please see “Underwriting—Underwriter’s Warrants” for a description
of these warrants. |
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In
connection with this offering, the Underwriter will receive an
underwriting discount equal to eight percent (8%) of the gross
proceeds from the sale of Units in the offering. We will also
reimburse the Underwriter for certain out-of-pocket actual expenses
related to the offering, we have estimated to be one percent (1%)
of the gross proceeds from the sale of Units in the offering. See
“Underwriting”. |
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Our Common
Stock is quoted on the OTC Pink under the symbol “ATDS”. We have
applied to have our common stock and the Warrants offered in the
offering listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols
“ATDS” and “ATDSW”, respectively. The approval of such listing on
the Nasdaq Capital Market is a condition of closing this
offering. |
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Reverse
Stock Split: |
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On June 10,
2021, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Articles
of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”)
which served to (i) reduce the number of authorized shares of
common stock to one billion (1,000,000,000); and, (ii) effect a
reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of its
issued common stock in a ratio of 1-for-2,000. The preferred stock
of the Company was not changed. The 1-for-2,000 Reverse Stock split
was processed by FINRA and became effective at the start of trading
on July 1, 2021. As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every
2,000 shares of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock,
par value $0.001 per share, were converted into one (1) share of
common stock, par value $0.001 per share. No fractional shares were
issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Stockholders who
otherwise would be entitled to receive fractional shares because
they hold a number of pre-Reverse Stock Split shares of the
Company’s common stock not evenly divisible by 2,000 had the number
of post-Reverse Stock Split shares of the Company’s common stock to
which they are entitled rounded up to the nearest whole number of
shares of the Company’s common stock. No stockholders received cash
in lieu of fractional shares. Unless otherwise noted, the share and
per share information in this Prospectus reflects the Reverse Stock
Split. |
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Risk
Factors: |
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Investing in
our common stock involves a high degree of risk, and the purchasers
of our Common Stock may lose all or part of their investment.
Before deciding to invest in our securities, please carefully read
the section entitled “Risk
Factors” beginning on page 13 and the other information in
this Prospectus. |
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Dividends: |
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We do not
anticipate paying dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable
future. |
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Lock-up
Agreements: |
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We and our
directors, officers and certain shareholders have agreed with the
Underwriter not to offer for sale, issue, sell, contract to sell,
pledge or otherwise dispose of any of our common stock or
securities convertible into common stock for a period of 180 days
after the date of this Prospectus. See “Underwriting—Lock-Up
Agreements”. |
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The number
of shares of our common stock outstanding prior to and to be
outstanding immediately after this offering, as set forth in the
table above, is based on 945,316 shares outstanding as of December
6, 2021, and excluding (i) 150,000,000 shares of common stock
issuable upon conversion of our outstanding Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, though limited to 9.5% of the issued and
outstanding shares of common stock; and, (ii) shares of our common
stock issuable upon conversion of our outstanding Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock, which is currently approximately
424,710 shares of common stock. |
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The number
of shares outstanding after this offering is based on 945,316
shares outstanding as of December 6, 2021, but does not include, as
of that date: (i) 110,933 shares of our common stock issuable upon
exercise of outstanding warrants at a weighted average exercise
price of $15.00 per share; (ii) 150,000,000 shares of common stock
issuable upon conversion of our outstanding Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, with a limitation of 9.5% of the issued and
outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock; (iii) shares of
our common stock issuable upon conversion of our outstanding Series
B Convertible Preferred Stock, which is currently approximately
424,710 shares of common stock; (iv) exercise of the Underwriter’s
Warrants; and, (v) exercise of the Underwriter’s option to purchase
additional shares and/or Warrants from us in this
offering. |
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
The
following table presents a summary of certain of our historical
financial information. Historical results are not necessarily
indicative of future results and you should read the following
summary financial data in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and
our financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in
this Prospectus. The summary financial data as of December 31, 2020
and December 31, 2019, and for the fiscal years ended December 31,
2020 and 2019 was derived from our audited financial statements
included elsewhere in this Prospectus. The summary financial data
as of September 30, 2021 and for the nine months ended September
30, 2021 and 2020, was derived from our unaudited interim financial
statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus. The summary
financial data in this section is not intended to replace the
financial statements and is qualified in its entirety by the
financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this
Prospectus.
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Nine Months Ended |
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Fiscal Years Ended |
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September 30, |
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December 31, |
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Statement of Operations
Data: |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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2020 |
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2019 |
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Revenue |
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$ |
3,095,279 |
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$ |
1,644,087 |
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$ |
2,474,627 |
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$ |
1,453,413 |
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Cost of revenue |
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412,545 |
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161,749 |
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303,515 |
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117,106 |
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Total operating expenses |
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4,039,958 |
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4,100,856 |
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6,071,597 |
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5,270,386 |
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Total other (expenses)
income |
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(3,338,552 |
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(11,635,817 |
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(10,006,700 |
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3,326,708 |
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Net Loss |
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$ |
(4,695,776 |
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$ |
(14,254,335 |
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$ |
(13,907,185 |
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$ |
(607,371 |
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Net Loss per Common Share, Basic and
Diluted |
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$ |
(6.63 |
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$ |
(182.64 |
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$ |
(82.92 |
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$ |
(132.07 |
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Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding,
Basic and Diluted |
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708,058 |
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78,048 |
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167,715 |
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4,599 |
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As of |
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September 30, |
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December 31, |
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December 31, |
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Balance Sheet Data: |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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2019 |
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Cash |
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$ |
1,377,579 |
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$ |
58,783 |
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$ |
18,673 |
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Working Capital Deficiency |
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(2,400,595 |
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(5,419,748 |
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(9,403,571 |
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Total Assets |
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3,655,525 |
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3,110,219 |
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3,749,734 |
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Total Liabilities |
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6,650,283 |
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6,600,891 |
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10,146,185 |
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Additional Paid-In Capital |
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37,234,387 |
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32,027,240 |
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15,214,458 |
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Accumulated Deficit |
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(40,230,125 |
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(35,518,584 |
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(21,610,915 |
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Total Stockholders’ Deficit |
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$ |
(2,994,758 |
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$ |
(3,490,672 |
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$ |
(6,396,451 |
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RISK FACTORS
An
investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. In
addition to the other information contained in this Prospectus,
prospective investors should carefully consider the following risks
before investing in our securities. If any of the following risks
actually occur, as well as other risks not currently known to us or
that we currently consider immaterial, our business, operating
results and financial condition could be materially adversely
affected. As a result, the trading price of our common stock could
decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment in our
common stock.
Special
Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the
statements in this Prospectus are “forward-looking statements”.
These forward-looking statements involve certain known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual
results, performance or achievements to be materially different
from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include,
among others, the factors set forth herein under “Risk Factors.”
The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” and
similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. We caution
you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements. We undertake no obligation to update and revise any
forward-looking statements or to publicly announce the result of
any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements in this
document to reflect any future or developments.
Risks
Related to Our Business and Industry
We
will require additional funds in the future to achieve our current
business strategy and our inability to obtain funding will cause
our business to fail.
We will need
to raise additional funds through public or private debt or equity
sales in order to fund our future operations and fulfill
contractual obligations in the future. These financings may not be
available when needed. Even if these financings are available, it
may be on terms that we deem unacceptable or are materially adverse
to your interests with respect to dilution of book value, dividend
preferences, liquidation preferences, or other terms. Our inability
to obtain financing would have an adverse effect on our ability to
implement our current business plan and develop our products, and
as a result, could require us to diminish or suspend our operations
and possibly cease our existence.
Even if we
are successful in raising capital in the future, we will likely
need to raise additional capital to continue and/or expand our
operations. If we do not raise the additional capital, the value of
any investment in us may become worthless. In the event we do not
raise additional capital from conventional sources, it is likely
that we may need to scale back or curtail implementing our business
plan.
Technology is
constantly undergoing significant changes and evolutions and it is
imperative that we keep up with an ever changing technological
landscape in order to ensure the continued viability of our
products and services.
Our industry
is categorized by rapid technological progression, ever increasing
innovation, changes in customer requirements, legal and regulatory
compliance mandates, and frequent new product introductions. As a
result, we must continually change and improve our products in
response to such changes, and our products must also successfully
interface with products from other vendors, which are also subject
to constant change. While we believe we have the competency to aid
our clients in all aspects of data security, we will need to
constantly work on improving our current assets in order to keep up
with technological advances that will almost certainly
occur.
We cannot
guarantee that we will be able to anticipate future market needs
and opportunities or be able to develop new products or expand the
functionality of our current products in a timely manner or at all.
Even if we are able to anticipate, develop and introduce new
products and expand the functionality of our current products,
there can be no assurance that enhancements or new products will
achieve widespread market acceptance. Should we fail to do so, our
business may be adversely affected and in the worst possible
scenario, we may have to cease operations altogether if we do not
adapt to the constant changes that occur in the way business is
conducted.
We
will face intense competition in our market, especially from
larger, well established companies, and we may lack sufficient
financial and other resources to maintain and improve our
competitive position.
The market
for data security and data governance solutions is intensely
competitive and is characterized by constant change and innovation.
We face competition from both traditional, larger software vendors
offering enterprise-wide software frameworks and services, and
smaller companies offering point solutions for specific identity
and data governance issues. We also compete with IT equipment
vendors and systems management solution providers whose products
and services address identity and data governance requirements. Our
principal competitors vary depending on the product we offer. Many
of our existing competitors have, and some of our potential
competitors could have, substantial competitive advantages, such
as:
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comprehensive and varied products and services; |
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broader
product offerings and market focus; |
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greater
resources to develop technologies or make acquisitions; |
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more
expansive intellectual property portfolios; |
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broader
distribution and established relationships with distribution
partners and customers; |
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greater
customer support resources; and |
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substantially greater
financial, technical, and other resources. |
Given their
larger size, greater resources, and existing customer
relationships, our competitors may be able to compete and respond
more effectively than we can to new or changing opportunities,
technologies, standards, or customer requirements. Our competitors
may also seek to extend or supplement their existing offerings to
provide data security and data governance solutions that more
closely compete with our offerings. Potential customers may also
prefer to purchase, or incrementally add solutions, from their
existing suppliers rather than a new or additional supplier
regardless of product performance or features.
In addition,
with the recent increase in large merger and acquisition
transactions in the technology industry, particularly transactions
involving cloud-based technologies, there is a greater likelihood
that we will compete with other large technology companies in the
future. Some of our competitors have made acquisitions or entered
into strategic relationships to offer a more comprehensive product
than they individually had offered. Companies and alliances
resulting from these possible consolidations and partnerships may
create more compelling product offerings and be able to offer more
attractive pricing, making it more difficult for us to compete
effectively. In addition, continued industry consolidation may
adversely impact customers’ perceptions of the viability of small
and medium-sized technology companies and consequently their
willingness to purchase from those companies. Conditions in our
market could change rapidly and significantly as a result of
technological advancements, partnering by our competitors or
continuing market consolidation. These competitive pressures in our
market or our failure to compete effectively may result in price
reductions, fewer orders, reduced revenue and gross margins,
increased net losses, and loss of market share. Any failure to meet
and address these factors could adversely affect our business,
financial condition, and operating results.
We are
dependent on the continued services and performance of our chief
executive officer, Jason Remillard, the loss of whom could
adversely affect our business.
Our future
performance depends in large part on the continued services and
continuing contributions of our chief executive officer and
president, Jason Remillard, to successfully manage our company, to
execute on our business plan, and to identify and pursue new
opportunities and product innovations. The loss of services of Mr.
Remillard could significantly delay or prevent the achievement of
our development and strategic objectives and adversely affect our
business.
Our
sole officer and director lacks experience in and with the
reporting and disclosure obligations of publicly-traded
companies.
Our chief
executive officer and president, Jason Remillard, lacks experience
in and with the reporting and disclosure obligations of
publicly-traded companies and with serving as an officer and
director of a publicly-traded company. Such lack of experience may
impair our ability to maintain effective internal controls over
financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures, which
may result in material misstatements to our financial statements
and an inability to provide accurate financial information to our
stockholders. Consequently, our operations, future earnings, and
ultimate financial success could suffer irreparable harm due to Mr.
Remillard’s lack of experience with publicly-traded companies and
their reporting requirements in general. Notwithstanding Mr.
Remillard’s recent experience as our CEO and his commitment to best
public company practices, there is no assurance he will be
successful.
A
failure to hire and integrate additional sales and marketing
personnel or maintain their productivity could adversely affect our
results of operations and growth prospects.
Our business
requires intensive sales and marketing activities. Our sales and
marketing personnel are essential to attracting new customers and
expanding sales to the customers we recently acquired through
acquisitions; this is key to our future growth. We face a number of
challenges in successfully expanding our sales force. We must
locate and hire a significant number of qualified individuals, and
competition for such individuals is intense. We may be unable to
achieve our hiring or integration goals due to a number of factors,
including, but not limited to, the number of individuals we hire;
challenges in finding individuals with the correct background due
to increased competition for such hires; and, increased attrition
rates among new hires and existing personnel. Furthermore, based on
our past experience, it often can take up to 12 months before a new
sales force member is trained and operating at a level that meets
our expectations. We plan to invest significant time and resources
in training new members of our sales force, and we may be unable to
achieve our target performance levels with new sales personnel as
rapidly as we have done in the past due to larger numbers of hires
or lack of experience training sales personnel to operate in new
jurisdictions. Our failure to hire a sufficient number of qualified
individuals, to integrate new sales force members within the time
periods we have achieved historically or to keep our attrition
rates at levels comparable to others in our industry may materially
impact our projected growth rate.
If we
are unable to attract new customers and expand sales to existing
customers, both domestically and internationally, our growth could
be slower than we expect, and our business may be
harmed.
Our future
growth depends in part upon increasing our customer base. Our
ability to achieve significant growth in revenues in the future
will depend, in large part, upon the effectiveness of our sales and
marketing efforts, both domestically and internationally, and our
ability to attract new customers. If we fail to attract new
customers and maintain and expand those customer relationships, our
revenues will grow more slowly than expected, and our business will
be harmed.
Our future
growth also depends upon expanding sales of our products to
existing customers and their organizations. If our customers do not
purchase additional licenses or capabilities, our revenues may grow
more slowly than expected, may not grow at all, or may decline.
There can be no assurance that our efforts would result in
increased sales to existing customers and additional revenues. If
our efforts are not successful, our business would
suffer.
If we
are unable to maintain successful relationships with our channel
partners, our business could be adversely
affected.
We intend to
rely on channel partners, such as distribution partners and
resellers, to sell licenses and support and maintenance agreements.
Our ability to achieve revenue growth in the future may depend in
part on our success in maintaining successful relationships with
our channel partners. Agreements with channel partners tend to be
non-exclusive, meaning our channel partners may offer customers the
products of several different companies. If our channel partners do
not effectively market and sell our products and services, choose
to use greater efforts to market and sell their own products or
those of others, or fail to meet the needs of our customers, our
ability to grow our business may be adversely affected. Further,
agreements with channel partners generally allow them to terminate
their agreements for any reason upon 30 days’ notice. A termination
of the agreement has no effect on orders already placed. The loss
of a substantial number of our channel partners, our possible
inability to replace them, or the failure to recruit additional
channel partners could materially and adversely affect our results
of operations. If we are unable to maintain our relationships with
these channel partners, our business, results of operations,
financial condition, or cash flows could be adversely
affected.
Breaches in our
security, cyber-attacks, or other cyber-risks could expose us to
significant liability and cause our business and reputation to
suffer.
Our
operations involve transmission and processing of our customers’
confidential, proprietary, and sensitive information. We have legal
and contractual obligations to protect the confidentiality and
appropriate use of customer data. Despite our security measures,
our information technology and infrastructure may be vulnerable to
attacks as a result of third party action, employee error, or
misconduct. Security risks, including, but not limited to,
unauthorized use or disclosure of customer data, theft of
proprietary information, loss or corruption of customer data and
computer hacking attacks or other cyber-attacks, could expose us to
substantial litigation expenses and damages, indemnity and other
contractual obligations, government fines and penalties, mitigation
expenses and other liabilities. We are continuously working to
improve our information technology systems, together with creating
security boundaries around our critical and sensitive assets. We
provide advance security awareness training to our employees and
contractors that focuses on various aspects of the cyber security
world. All of these steps are taken in order to mitigate the risk
of attack and to ensure our readiness to responsibly handle any
security violation or attack. However, because techniques used to
obtain unauthorized access or to sabotage systems change frequently
and generally are not recognized until successfully launched
against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques
or to implement adequate preventative measures. If an actual or
perceived breach of our security occurs, the market perception of
the effectiveness of our security measures and our products could
be harmed, we could lose potential sales and existing customers,
our ability to operate our business could be impaired, and we may
incur significant liabilities.
Failure to protect
our proprietary technology and intellectual property rights could
substantially harm our business.
The success
of our business depends on our ability to obtain, protect, and
enforce our trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, patents and
other intellectual property rights. We attempt to protect our
intellectual property under patent, trademark, copyright and trade
secret laws, and through a combination of confidentiality
procedures, contractual provisions and other methods, all of which
offer only limited protection. The process of obtaining patent
protection is expensive and time-consuming, and we may choose not
to seek patent protection for certain innovations and may choose
not to pursue patent protection in certain jurisdictions. In
addition, issuance of a patent does not guarantee that we have an
absolute right to practice the patented invention.
Our policy
is to require our employees (and our consultants and service
providers that develop intellectual property included in our
products) to execute written agreements in which they assign to us
their rights in potential inventions and other intellectual
property created within the scope of their employment (or, with
respect to consultants and service providers, their engagement to
develop such intellectual property), but we cannot assure you that
we have adequately protected our rights in every such agreement or
that we have executed an agreement with every such party. Finally,
in order to benefit from intellectual property protection, we must
monitor, detect, and pursue infringement claims in certain
circumstances in relevant jurisdictions, all of which is costly and
time-consuming. As a result, we may not be able to obtain adequate
protection of our intellectual property.
The data
security, cyber-security, data retention, and data governance
industries are characterized by the existence of a large number of
relevant patents and frequent claims and related litigation
regarding patent and other intellectual property rights. From
time-to-time, third parties have asserted and may assert their
patent, copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights
against us, our channel partners, or our customers. Successful
claims of infringement or misappropriation by a third party could
prevent us from distributing certain products or performing certain
services or could require us to pay substantial damages (including,
for example, treble damages if we are found to have willfully
infringed patents and increased statutory damages if we are found
to have willfully infringed copyrights), royalties or other fees.
Such claims also could require us to cease making, licensing or
using solutions that are alleged to infringe or misappropriate the
intellectual property of others or to expend additional development
resources to attempt to redesign our products or services or
otherwise to develop non-infringing technology. Even if third
parties may offer a license to their technology, the terms of any
offered license may not be acceptable, and the failure to obtain a
license or the costs associated with any license could cause our
business, results of operations or financial condition to be
materially and adversely affected. In some cases, we indemnify our
channel partners and customers against claims that our products
infringe the intellectual property of third parties. Defending
against claims of infringement or being deemed to be infringing the
intellectual property rights of others could impair our ability to
innovate, develop, distribute, and sell our current and planned
products and services. If we are unable to protect our intellectual
property rights and ensure that we are not violating the
intellectual property rights of others, we may find ourselves at a
competitive disadvantage to others who need not incur the
additional expense, time, and effort required to create the
innovative products that have enabled us to be successful to
date.
Real
or perceived errors, failures, or bugs in our technology could
adversely affect our growth prospects.
Because we
use complex technology, undetected errors, failures, or bugs may
occur. Our technology is often installed and used in a variety of
computing environments with different operating system management
software, and equipment and networking configurations, which may
cause errors or failures of our technology or other aspects of the
computing environment into which it is deployed. In addition,
deployment of our technology into computing environments may expose
undetected errors, compatibility issues, failures, or bugs in our
technology. Despite testing by us, errors, failures, or bugs may
not be found until our technology is released to our customers.
Moreover, our customers could incorrectly implement or
inadvertently misuse our technology, which could result in customer
dissatisfaction and adversely impact the perceived utility of our
products. Any of these real or perceived errors, compatibility
issues, failures, or bugs could result in negative publicity,
reputational harm, loss of or delay in market acceptance, loss of
competitive position, or claims by customers for losses sustained
by them. In such an event, we may be required, or may choose, for
customer relations or other reasons, to expend additional resources
in order to help correct the problem.
We are
subject to federal, state and industry privacy and data security
regulations, which could result in additional costs and liabilities
to us or inhibit sales of our software.
The
regulatory framework for privacy issues worldwide is rapidly
evolving and is likely to remain uncertain for the foreseeable
future. Many federal, state, and foreign government bodies and
agencies have adopted or are considering adopting privacy and data
security laws and regulations. In addition, privacy advocates and
industry groups may propose new and different self-regulatory
standards that either legally or contractually apply to us. Because
the interpretation and application of privacy and data protection
laws are still uncertain, it is possible that these laws may be
interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent with our
existing data security practices. If so, in addition to the
possibility of fines, lawsuits and other claims, we could be
required to fundamentally change our business activities and
practices or modify our technology, which could have an adverse
effect on our business. Any inability to adequately address privacy
concerns, even if unfounded, or comply with applicable privacy or
data protection laws, regulations and policies, could result in
additional cost and liability to us, damage our reputation, inhibit
sales and adversely affect our business.
Because our
long-term success depends, in part, on our ability to expand the
sales and marketing of our technology and solutions to customers
located outside of the United States, our business will be
susceptible to risks associated with international
operations.
We intend to
expand our international sales and marketing operations. Conducting
international operations subjects us to risks that we do not
generally face in the United States. These risks
include:
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political
instability, war, armed conflict or terrorist
activities; |
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challenges
developing, marketing, selling and implementing our technology and
solutions caused by language, cultural, and ethical differences and
the competitive environment; |
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heightened
risks of unethical, unfair, or corrupt business practices, actual
or claimed, in certain geographies and of improper or fraudulent
sales arrangements that may impact financial results and result in
restatements of, and irregularities in, financial
statements; |
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competition
from bigger and stronger companies in the new markets; |
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laws
imposing heightened restrictions on data usage and increased
penalties for failure to comply with applicable laws, particularly
in the EU; |
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currency
fluctuations; |
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management
communication and integration problems resulting from cultural
differences and geographic dispersion; |
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potentially
adverse tax consequences, including multiple and possibly
overlapping tax structures, the complexities of foreign value added
tax systems, restrictions on the repatriation of earnings and
changes in tax rates; |
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uncertainty
around how the United Kingdom’s decision to exit the EU will impact
its access to the European Union Single Market, the related
regulatory environment, the global economy, and the resulting
impact on our business; and |
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lack of
familiarity with local laws, customs and practices, and laws and
business practices favoring local competitors or commercial
parties. |
The
occurrence of any one of these risks could harm our international
business and, consequently, our operating results. Additionally,
operating in international markets requires significant management
attention and financial resources. We cannot be certain that the
investment and additional resources required to operate in other
countries will produce desired levels of revenue or net
income.
The
adoption of the recent tax reform and the enactment of additional
legislation changing the United States taxation of international
business activities could materially impact our financial position
and results of operations.
On December
22, 2017, President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
(the “TCJA”), which significantly reformed the Internal Revenue
Code. The TCJA, among other things, included changes to U.S.
federal tax rates, imposes significant additional limitations on
the deductibility of interest, restricts the use of net operating
loss carry-forwards arising after December 31, 2017, allows for the
expensing of capital expenditures, and puts into effect the
migration from a “worldwide” system of taxation to a territorial
system. We continue to examine the impact this tax reform
legislation may have on our business. Due to the proposed expansion
of our international business activities, any changes in the U.S.
taxation of such activities may increase our worldwide effective
tax rate and adversely affect our financial position and results of
operations. Further, foreign governments may enact tax laws in
response to the TCJA that could result in further changes to global
taxation and materially affect our financial position and results
of operations. The impact of the TCJA on holders of our securities
is uncertain. With the change in the presidency in 2021, increased
corporate tax rates are being considered, as are proposals for
corporate tax increases in foreign countries. These proposals, if
enacted, may increase our worldwide effective tax rate, create tax
and compliance obligations in jurisdictions in which we previously
had none, and adversely affect our financial position. We urge our
stockholders to consult with their legal and tax advisors with
respect to such legislation and the potential tax
consequences.
Changes in
financial accounting standards may cause adverse and unexpected
revenue fluctuations and impact our reported results of
operations.
A change in
accounting standards or practices could harm our operating results
and may even affect our reporting of transactions completed before
the change is effective. New accounting pronouncements have
occurred and may occur in the future. Changes to existing rules or
the questioning of current practices may harm our operating results
or the way we conduct our business. Additionally, the adoption of
new or revised accounting principles may require that we make
significant changes to our systems process and controls.
Our
business is subject to the risks of fire, power outages, floods,
earthquakes and other catastrophic events, and to interruption by
manmade problems such as terrorism.
A
significant natural disaster, such as a fire, flood or an
earthquake, or a significant power outage could have a material
adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial
condition. In the event our customers’ information technology
systems or our channel partners’ selling or distribution abilities
are hindered by any of these events, we may miss financial targets,
such as revenues and sales targets, for a particular quarter.
Further, if a natural disaster occurs in a region from which we
derive a significant portion of our revenue, customers in that
region may delay or forego purchases of our products, which may
materially and adversely impact our results of operations for a
particular period. In addition, acts of terrorism could cause
disruptions in our business or the business of channel partners,
customers or the economy as a whole. All of the aforementioned
risks may be exacerbated if the disaster recovery plans for us and
our channel partners prove to be inadequate. To the extent that any
of the above results in delays or cancellations of customer orders,
or the delay in the manufacture, deployment or shipment of our
products, our business, financial condition and results of
operations would be adversely affected.
We
anticipate that our operations will continue to increase in
complexity as we grow, which will add additional challenges to the
management of our business in the future.
We expect
that our business will grow as we execute on our business plan, and
that as we grow our operations will increase in complexity. To
effectively manage this growth, we have made and continue to make
substantial investments to improve our operational, financial and
management controls as well as our reporting systems and
procedures. Further, as our customer base grows, we will need to
expand our professional services and other personnel. We also will
need to effectively manage our direct and indirect sales processes
as the number and type of our sales personnel and channel partners
grows and becomes more complex, and as we expand into foreign
markets. If we are unable to effectively manage the increasing
complexity of our business and operations, the quality of our
technology and customer service could suffer, and we may not be
able to adequately address competitive challenges. These factors
could all negatively impact our business, operations, operating
results, and financial condition.
Any
failure to offer high-quality customer service may adversely affect
our relationships with our customers and our financial
results.
Our
customers depend on our customer success organization to manage the
post-sale customer lifecycle, including to implement new
applications for our customers, provide training and ongoing
education services, and resolve technical issues relating to our
applications. We may be unable to respond quickly enough to
accommodate short-term increases in demand for our customer success
services. We also may be unable to modify the format of our
customer success services to compete with changes in similar
services provided by our competitors. Increased customer demand for
these services, without corresponding revenue, could increase costs
and adversely affect our operating results. In addition, our sales
process is highly dependent on the reliable functional operation of
our applications, our business reputation, and positive
recommendations from our existing customers. Any failure to
maintain high-quality customer service, or a market perception that
we do not maintain high-quality customer service, could adversely
affect our reputation, our ability to sell our applications to
existing and prospective customers and our business, operating
results and financial position.
If the
market for cloud-based enterprise work management applications
develops more slowly than we expect, or declines, our business
could be adversely affected.
The market
for cloud-based enterprise work management applications is not as
mature as the market for legacy on-premise enterprise systems, and
it is uncertain whether cloud-based applications will achieve and
sustain high levels of customer demand and market acceptance. Our
success will depend to a substantial extent on increased adoption
of cloud-based applications, and of our enterprise work management
software applications in particular. Many large organizations have
invested substantial personnel and financial resources to integrate
legacy on-premise enterprise systems into their businesses, and
therefore may be reluctant or unwilling to migrate to cloud-based
applications or away from their traditional vendors or to new
practices because of the organizational changes often required to
successfully implement new enterprise work management systems. In
addition, we do not know whether the adoption of enterprise work
management software will continue to grow and displace manual
processes and traditional tools, such as paper-based techniques,
spreadsheets, and email. It is difficult to predict customer
adoption rates and demand for our applications, the future growth
rate and size of the cloud-based software application market or the
entry of competitive products. The expansion of the cloud-based
software application market depends on a number of factors,
including the cost, performance, and perceived value associated
with cloud-based applications, as well as the ability of
cloud-based application companies to address security and privacy
concerns. If other cloud-based software application providers
experience security incidents, loss of customer data, disruptions
in delivery or other problems, the market for cloud-based
applications as a whole, including our enterprise work management
applications, may be negatively affected. If cloud-based
applications do not achieve widespread adoption, or there is a
reduction in demand for cloud-based applications caused by a lack
of customer acceptance, technological challenges, weakening
economic conditions, security or privacy concerns, competing
technologies and products, decreases in corporate spending or
otherwise, our revenues may decrease and our business could be
adversely affected.
We
have made and expect to continue to make acquisitions as a primary
component of our growth strategy. We may not be able to identify
suitable acquisition candidates or consummate acquisitions on
acceptable terms, or we may be unable to successfully integrate
acquisitions, which could disrupt our operations and adversely
impact our business and operating results.
A primary
component of our growth strategy has been to acquire complementary
businesses to grow our company. For example, in September 2019, we
acquired certain assets collectively known as
DataExpressTM, a software platform for secure sensitive
data transfer within the hybrid cloud. We intend to continue to
pursue acquisitions of complementary technologies, products, and
businesses as a primary component of our growth strategy to enhance
the features and functionality of our applications, expand our
customer base and provide access to new markets and increase
benefits of scale. Acquisitions involve certain known and unknown
risks that could cause our actual growth or operating results to
differ from our expectations. For example:
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pursue international acquisitions, which inherently pose more risks
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with others to acquire complementary products, technologies and
businesses, which may result in decreased availability of, or
increased price for, suitable acquisition candidates; |
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we may not
be able to obtain the necessary financing, on favorable terms or at
all, to finance any or all of our potential
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ultimately fail to consummate an acquisition even if we announce
that we plan to acquire a technology, product or business;
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technologies, products, or businesses may not perform as we expect
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In addition,
our acquisition strategy may divert management’s attention away
from our existing business, resulting in the loss of key customers
or employees, and expose us to unanticipated problems or legal
liabilities, including responsibility as a successor for
undisclosed or contingent liabilities of acquired businesses or
assets.
If we fail
to conduct due diligence on our potential targets effectively, we
may, for example, not identify problems at target companies or fail
to recognize incompatibilities or other obstacles to successful
integration. Our inability to successfully integrate future
acquisitions could impede us from realizing all of the benefits of
those acquisitions and could severely weaken our business
operations. The integration process may disrupt our business and,
if new technologies, products, or businesses are not implemented
effectively, may preclude the realization of the full benefits
expected by us and could harm our results of operations. In
addition, the overall integration of new technologies, products, or
businesses may result in unanticipated problems, expenses,
liabilities, and competitive responses. The difficulties
integrating an acquisition include, among other things:
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issues in
integrating the target company’s technologies, products or
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marketing and administration methods; |
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maintaining
employee morale and retaining key employees; |
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integrating
the cultures of both companies; |
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preserving
important strategic customer relationships; |
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In addition,
even if the operations of an acquisition are integrated
successfully, we may not realize the full benefits of the
acquisition, including the synergies, cost savings or growth
opportunities that we expect. These benefits may not be achieved
within the anticipated time frame, or at all.
Further,
acquisitions may cause us to:
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stock that would dilute our current stockholders’ ownership
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increase our
interest expense, leverage and debt service requirements if we
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liabilities for which we do not have indemnification from the
former owners; further, indemnification obligations may be subject
to dispute or concerns regarding the creditworthiness of the former
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goodwill and non-amortizable intangible assets that are subject to
impairment testing and potential impairment charges; |
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volatility in earnings due to changes in contingent consideration
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amortization expenses related to certain intangible
assets; |
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lose
existing or potential contracts as a result of conflict of interest
issues; |
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We
expect our quarterly financial results to
fluctuate.
We expect
our net sales and operating results to vary significantly from
quarter to quarter due to a number of factors, including changes
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The
variability and unpredictability of these and other factors, many
of which are outside of our control, could result in our failing to
meet or exceed financial expectations for a given period. If our
operating results in future quarters fall below the expectations of
investors or any securities analysts that cover our stock, the
price of our common stock could decline substantially.
The
JOBS Act allows us to postpone the date by which it must comply
with certain laws and regulations intended to protect investors and
to reduce the amount of information provided in reports filed with
the SEC.
The JOBS Act
is intended to reduce the regulatory burden on “emerging growth
companies.” We meet the definition of an “emerging growth company”
and so long as we qualify as an “emerging growth company,” we will
be, among other things:
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exempt from
the provisions of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires that our independent
registered public accounting firm provide an attestation report on
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exempt from
the “say on pay” provisions (requiring a non-binding shareholder
vote to approve compensation of certain executive officers) and the
“say on golden parachute” provisions (requiring a non-binding
shareholder vote to approve golden parachute arrangements for
certain executive officers in connection with mergers and certain
other business combinations) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) and certain
disclosure requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act relating to
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omit the detailed compensation discussion and analysis from proxy
statements and reports filed under the Exchange Act and instead
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exempt from
any rules that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) requiring mandatory
audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report on the
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currently
intend to take advantage of all of the reduced regulatory and
reporting requirements that will be available to it so long as we
qualify as an “emerging growth company”. We have elected not to opt
out of the extension of time to comply with new or revised
financial accounting standards available under Section 102(b)(1) of
the JOBS Act. Among other things, this means that our independent
registered public accounting firm will not be required to provide
an attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal control
over financial reporting so long as we qualify as an “emerging
growth company,” which may increase the risk that weaknesses or
deficiencies in the internal control over financial reporting go
undetected. Likewise, so long as we qualify as an “emerging growth
company,” we may elect not to provide certain information,
including certain financial information and certain information
regarding compensation of executive officers, which we would
otherwise have been required to provide in filings with the SEC,
which may make it more difficult for investors and securities
analysts to evaluate us. We will remain an “emerging growth
company” for up to five years, although we will lose that status
sooner if our revenues exceed $1 billion, if we issue more than $1
billion in non-convertible debt in a three-year period, or if the
market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates
exceeds $700 million. As a result, investor confidence in us and
the market price of our common stock may be adversely
affected.
Notwithstanding the
above, we are also currently a “smaller reporting company,” meaning
that we are not an investment company, an asset-backed issuer, or a
majority-owned subsidiary of a parent company that is not a smaller
reporting company and have a public float of less than $250 million
and annual revenues of less than $100 million during the most
recently completed fiscal year. In the event that we are still
considered a “smaller reporting company,” at such time are we cease
being an “emerging growth company,” the disclosure we will be
required to provide in our SEC filings will increase, but will
still be less than it would be if we were not considered either an
“emerging growth company” or a “smaller reporting company.”
Specifically, similar to “emerging growth companies,” “smaller
reporting companies” are able to provide simplified executive
compensation disclosures in their filings; are exempt from the
provisions of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requiring
that independent registered public accounting firms provide an
attestation report on the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting; and have certain other decreased disclosure
obligations in their SEC filings, including, among other things,
being required to provide only two years of audited financial
statements in annual reports. Decreased disclosures in our SEC
filings due to our status as an “emerging growth company” or
“smaller reporting company” may make it harder for investors to
analyze our results of operations and financial
prospects.
Adverse economic
conditions may negatively impact our business.
Our business
depends on the overall demand for information technology and on the
economic health of our current and prospective customers. Any
significant weakening of the economy in the United States or
Europe, or of the global economy, more limited availability of
credit, a reduction in business confidence and activity, decreased
government spending, economic uncertainty and other difficulties
may affect one or more of the sectors or countries in which we sell
our solutions. Global economic and political uncertainty may cause
some of our customers or potential customers to curtail spending
generally or IT and data security spending specifically and may
ultimately result in new regulatory and cost challenges to our
operations. In addition, a strong dollar could reduce demand for
our products in countries with relatively weaker currencies. These
adverse conditions could result in reductions in sales of our
solutions, longer sales cycles, slower adoption of new technologies
and increased price competition. Any of these events could have an
adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial
position.
Failure to
remediate weakness in internal accounting controls could result in
material misstatements in our financial
statements.
Our
management has identified weakness in our internal control over
financial reporting related to lack of segregation of duties
resulting from our limited personnel and has concluded that, due to
such weakness, our disclosure controls and procedures were not
effective as of September 30, 2021. We do not expect to be able to
remediate this weakness until after this Offering. If not
remediated, or if we identify further weaknesses in our internal
controls, our failure to establish and maintain effective
disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over
financial reporting could result in material misstatements in our
financial statements and a failure to meet our reporting and
financial obligations, each of which could have a material adverse
effect on our financial condition and the trading price of our
common stock.
If we
fail to implement proper and effective internal controls, our
ability to produce accurate financial statements could be impaired,
which could adversely affect our operating results, our ability to
operate our business and our stock price.
We must
ensure that we have adequate internal financial and accounting
controls and procedures in place to produce accurate financial
statements on a timely basis. We have tested our internal controls
and identified a weakness and may find additional areas for
improvement in the future. Remediating this weakness will require
us to hire and train additional personnel. Implementing any future
changes to our internal controls may require compliance training of
our directors, officers and employees, entail substantial costs to
modify our accounting systems and take a significant period of time
to complete. Such changes may not, however, be effective in
establishing the adequacy of our internal control over financial
reporting, and our failure to produce accurate financial statements
on a timely basis, could increase our operating costs and could
materially impair our ability to operate our business. In addition,
investors’ perceptions that our internal control over financial
reporting is inadequate or that we are unable to produce accurate
financial statements may materially adversely affect our stock
price.
We
have recently incurred secured debt, which could have important
consequences to you.
The terms of
the secured debt we recently incurred could result in the
following, among other, adverse consequences:
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limit our
ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital
expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate
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flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our
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If our cash
flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt
service obligations, we may be forced to reduce or delay capital
expenditures, sell material assets or operations, obtain additional
capital or restructure our debt. In the event that we are required
to dispose of material assets or operations to meet our debt
service and other obligations, the value realized on such assets or
operations will depend on market conditions and the availability of
buyers. Accordingly, any such sale may not, among other things, be
for a sufficient dollar amount. Certain of our obligations are
secured by a security interest in all of our assets. The foregoing
encumbrances may limit our ability to dispose of material assets or
operations. We also may not be able to restructure our indebtedness
on favorable economic terms, if at all.
Risks
Related to this Offering and Ownership of Our
Securities
Our
common stock is currently quoted on the OTC Pink under the trading
symbol “ATDS.” However, trading in stocks quoted on the OTC Pink is
often thin. Therefore, you may be unable to liquidate your
investment in our stock.
Trading in
stocks quoted on the OTC Pink is often thin and is characterized by
wide fluctuations in trading prices due to many factors that may
have little to do with a company’s operations or business
prospects. We cannot assure you that there will be a market for our
common stock in the future.
Offers
or availability for sale of a substantial number of shares of our
common stock may cause the price of our common stock to
decline.
The
existence of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of
outstanding shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
creates a circumstance commonly referred to as an “overhang” which
can act as a depressant to our common stock price. The existence of
an overhang, whether or not sales have occurred or are occurring,
also could make our ability to raise additional financing through
the sale of equity or equity-linked securities more difficult in
the future at a time and price that we deem reasonable or
appropriate. If our existing shareholders and investors seek to
sell a substantial number of shares of our common stock, such
selling efforts may cause significant declines in the market price
of our common stock.
We may
not be successful in our attempts to list on the Nasdaq. As such,
trading in our stock may be limited and you may not be able to
liquidate your investment in our stock.
We intend to
list our shares of common stock and the Warrants on Nasdaq.
However, there is no assurance we will be successful. The approval
of such listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market is a condition of
closing this offering. The OTC Pink is significantly more limited
market than the Nasdaq stock market. The quotation of our shares of
common stock on the OTC Pink may result in a less liquid market
available for existing and potential stockholders to trade shares
of our common stock, could depress the trading price of our common
stock and could have a long-term adverse impact on our ability to
raise capital in the future.
There can be
no assurance that there will be an active market for our shares of
common stock either now or in the future. Market liquidity will
depend on the perception of our operating business and any steps
that our management might take to bring us to the awareness of
investors. There can be no assurance given that there will be any
awareness generated. Consequently, investors may not be able to
liquidate their investment or liquidate at a price that reflects
the value of the business. As a result, holders of our securities
may not find purchasers for our securities should they desire to
sell them. Consequently, our securities should be purchased only by
investors having no need for liquidity in their investment and who
can hold our securities for an indefinite period of
time.
We
have had a history of losses and may incur future losses, which may
prevent us from attaining profitability.
We have had
a history of operating losses since our inception and, as of
September 30, 2021, we had an accumulated deficit of $40,230,125.
We may incur operating losses in the future, and these losses could
be substantial and impact our ability to attain profitability. We
do not expect to significantly increase expenditures for product
development, general and administrative expenses, and sales and
marketing expenses; however, if we cannot increase revenue growth,
we will not achieve or sustain profitability or positive operating
cash flows. Even if we achieve profitability and positive operating
cash flows, we may not be able to sustain or increase profitability
or positive operating cash flows on a quarterly or annual
basis.
There
is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going
concern.
Our
independent registered public accounting firm has included an
explanatory paragraph in their report in our audited financial
statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 to the
effect that our losses from operations and our negative cash flows
from operations raise substantial doubt about our ability to
continue as a going concern. Our financial statements do not
include any adjustments that might be necessary should we be unable
to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that
the financial statements are issued. We may be required to cease
operations which could result in our stockholders losing all or
almost all of their investment.
Because we became
a reporting company under the Exchange Act by means other than a
traditional underwritten initial public offering, we may not be
able to attract the attention of research analysts at major
brokerage firms.
Because we
did not become a reporting company by conducting an underwritten
initial public offering, or IPO, of our common stock, and because
our stock traded on OTC Pink rather than being listed on a national
securities exchange, research analysts of brokerage firms may not
provide coverage of our company. In addition, investment banks may
be less likely to agree to underwrite secondary offerings on our
behalf than they might if we were to become a public reporting
company by means of an IPO because they may be less familiar with
our company as a result of more limited coverage by analysts and
the media, and because we became public at an early stage in our
development.
Our
common stock is subject to the SEC’s penny stock rules, which may
make it difficult for broker-dealers to complete customer
transactions and could adversely affect trading activity in our
securities.
The SEC has
adopted regulations which generally define “penny stock” to be an
equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per
share, subject to specific exemptions. The market price of our
common stock may be less than $5.00 per share for some period of
time and therefore would be a “penny stock” according to SEC rules,
unless we are listed on a national securities exchange. Under these
rules, broker-dealers who recommend such securities to persons
other than institutional accredited investors must:
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make a
special written suitability determination for the
purchaser; |
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purchaser’s prior written agreement to the transaction; |
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provide the
purchaser with risk disclosure documents which identify certain
risks associated with investing in “penny stocks” and which
describe the market for these “penny stocks” as well as a
purchaser’s legal remedies; and |
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obtain a
signed and dated acknowledgment from the purchaser demonstrating
that the purchaser has actually received the required risk
disclosure document before a transaction in a “penny stock” can be
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If required
to comply with these rules, broker-dealers may find it difficult to
effectuate customer transactions and trading activity in our
securities may be adversely affected.
The
market price of our common stock may be volatile and may fluctuate
in a way that is disproportionate to our operating
performance.
Our stock
price may experience substantial volatility as a result of a number
of factors, including:
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potential sales of substantial amounts of our common
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the success
of competitive products or technologies; |
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announcements about us
or about our competitors, including new product introductions and
commercial results; |
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recruitment or departure of key personnel; |
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litigation
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actual or
anticipated changes in estimates as to financial results,
development timelines or recommendations by securities
analysts; |
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variations
in our financial results or those of companies that are perceived
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Many of
these factors are beyond our control. The stock markets in general,
and the market for Pink Sheet companies in particular, have
historically experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations.
These fluctuations often have been unrelated or disproportionate to
the operating performance of these companies. Broad market and
industry factors could reduce the market price of our common stock,
regardless of our actual operating performance.
We
currently have outstanding shares of preferred stock that have
special rights that could limit our ability to undertake corporate
transactions, inhibit potential changes of control and reduce the
proceeds available to our common stockholders in the event of a
change in control.
We currently
have outstanding two classes of stock, common stock and preferred
stock; the preferred stock consists of two series, one of which is
designated as Series A Preferred Stock. The holders of Series A
Preferred Stock are entitled to vote on all matters submitted to
holders of common stock at a conversion ratio of 15,000 votes for
each share of Series A Preferred Stock.
As a result
of the rights our preferred stockholders have, we may not be able
to undertake certain corporate transactions, including equity or
debt offerings necessary to raise sufficient capital to run our
business, change of control transactions or other transactions that
may otherwise be beneficial to our businesses. These provisions may
discourage, delay, or prevent a merger, acquisition or other change
in control of us that stockholders may consider favorable,
including transactions in which our common stockholders might
otherwise receive a premium price for their shares. The market
price of our common stock could be adversely affected by the rights
of our preferred stockholders.
We
have never paid and do not intend to pay cash
dividends.
We have
never paid cash dividends on any of our capital stock and we
currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to fund the
development and growth of our business. As a result, capital
appreciation, if any, of our common stock will be our common
stockholders’ sole source of gain for the foreseeable future. Under
the terms of our existing Articles of Incorporation, we cannot
declare, pay or set aside any dividends on shares of any class or
series of our capital stock, other than dividends on shares of
common stock payable in shares of common stock, unless we pay
dividends to the holders of our preferred stock. Additionally,
without special stockholder and board approvals, we cannot
currently pay or declare dividends and will be limited in our
ability to do so until such time, if ever, that we are listed on a
stock exchange.
Our
chief executive officer has the ability to control all matters
submitted to stockholders for approval, which limits minority
stockholders’ ability to influence corporate
affairs.
Our chief
executive officer, Jason Remillard, holds 150,000 shares of our
Series A Preferred Stock (each share votes as the equivalent of
15,000 shares of common stock on all matters submitted for a vote
by the common stockholders), and as such, Mr. Remillard would be
able to control all matters submitted to our stockholders for
approval, as well as our management and affairs. For example, Mr.
Remillard would control the election of directors and approval of
any merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of
our assets.
This
concentration of voting power could delay or prevent a change of
control of our company on terms that other stockholders may desire,
which could deprive our stockholders from receiving a premium for
their common shares. Concentrated ownership and control by Mr.
Remillard could adversely affect the price of our common stock. Any
material sales of common stock by Mr. Remillard, for example, could
adversely affect the price of our common stock.
The
interests of Mr. Remillard and his affiliates may differ from the
interests of other stockholders with respect to the issuance of
shares, business transactions with and/or sales to other companies,
selection of officers and directors, and other business decisions.
The non-controlling stockholders are severely limited in their
ability to override the decisions of Mr. Remillard.
Provisions in our
articles of incorporation and bylaws and under Nevada law could
make an acquisition of us, which may be beneficial to our
stockholders, more difficult and may prevent attempts by our
stockholders to replace or remove our current
management.
Provisions
in our Articles and bylaws, respectively, may discourage, delay or
prevent a merger, acquisition or other change in control of us that
stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in
which our common stockholders might otherwise receive a premium
price for their shares. These provisions could also limit the price
that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of
our common stock, thereby depressing the market price of our common
stock. In addition, because our board of directors is responsible
for appointing the members of our management team, these provisions
may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our stockholders to
replace or remove our current management by making it more
difficult for stockholders to replace members of our board of
directors.
We
will incur increased costs as a result of operating as a public
reporting company, and our management will be required to devote
substantial time to new compliance initiatives.
As a public
reporting company, we will incur significant legal, accounting, and
other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. In
addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and rules subsequently implemented
by the SEC have imposed various requirements on public companies,
including establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and
financial controls and corporate governance practices. Complying
with these laws and regulations requires the time and attention of
our board of directors and management, and increases our expenses.
We estimate that we will incur approximately $150,000 to $200,000
in 2021 to comply with public company compliance requirements with
many of those costs recurring annually thereafter.
Among other
things, we will be required to:
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The costs of
preparing and filing annual and quarterly reports, proxy statements
and other information with the SEC and furnishing audited reports
to stockholders are expensive and much greater than that of a
privately-held company, and compliance with these rules and
regulations may require us to hire additional financial reporting,
internal controls and other finance personnel, and will involve a
material increase in regulatory, legal and accounting expenses and
the attention of management. There can be no assurance that we will
be able to comply with the applicable regulations in a timely
manner, if at all. In addition, being a public company makes it
more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability
insurance. In the future, we may be required to accept reduced
coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain this
coverage.
We may
be exposed to potential risks resulting from requirements under
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
As a
reporting company we are required, pursuant to Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to include in our annual report our assessment
of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial
reporting. We do not have a sufficient number of employees to
segregate responsibilities and may be unable to afford increasing
our staff or engaging outside consultants or professionals to
overcome our lack of employees.
Our audit and compensation committees will be established with
independent Board members as the sole members of such committees on
the first day our Common Stock and Warrants are traded on Nasdaq.
Until that date, our sole director has the ability, among other
things, to determine his own level of compensation. the prior
absence of such standards of corporate governance may leave our
stockholders without protections against interested director
transactions, conflicts of interest and similar matters and
investors may be reluctant to provide us with funds necessary to
expand our operations.
We
currently have outstanding, and we may in the future issue,
instruments which are convertible into shares of common stock,
which will result in additional dilution to you.
We currently
have outstanding instruments which are convertible into shares of
common stock, and we may need to issue similar instruments in the
future. In the event that these convertible instruments are
converted into shares of common stock outstanding stock, or that we
make additional issuances of other convertible or exchangeable
securities, you could experience additional dilution. Furthermore,
we cannot assure you that we will be able to issue shares or other
securities in any other offering at a price per share that is equal
to or greater than the price per share paid by investors or the
then current market price.
We
may, in the future, issue additional shares of our common stock,
which may have a dilutive effect on our current
stockholders.
Our Articles
authorizes the issuance of one billion (1,000,000,000) shares of
common stock, of which 945,316 shares were issued and outstanding
as of December 6, 2021. The future issuance of our common shares
may result in substantial dilution in the percentage of our common
shares held by our then existing stockholders. We may value any
common stock issued in the future on an arbitrary basis. The
issuance of common stock for future services or acquisitions or
other corporate actions may have the effect of diluting the value
of the shares held by our investors, and might have an adverse
effect on any trading market for our common stock.
An
investment in our common stock is speculative and there can be no
assurance of any return on any such investment.
An
investment in our common stock is speculative and there is no
assurance that investors will obtain any return on their
investment. Investors will be subject to substantial risks involved
in an investment in us, including the risk of losing their entire
investment.
If we
fail to establish and maintain an effective system of internal
controls, we may not be able to report our financial results
accurately or prevent fraud. Any inability to report and file our
financial results accurately and timely could harm our reputation
and adversely impact the trading price of our common
stock.
Effective
internal control is necessary for us to provide reliable financial
reports and prevent fraud. If we cannot provide reliable financial
reports or prevent fraud, we may not be able to manage our business
as effectively as we would if an effective control environment
existed, and our business and reputation with investors may be
harmed. As a result, our small size and any current internal
control deficiencies may adversely affect our financial condition,
results of operation and access to capital. We have not performed
an in-depth analysis to determine if historical un-discovered
failures of internal controls exist, and may in the future discover
areas of our internal control that need improvement.
Our
shares of common stock are thinly traded, and therefore the price
may not accurately reflect our value. There can be no assurance
that there will be an active market for our shares of common stock
either now or in the future.
Our shares
of common stock are thinly traded. Only a small percentage of our
common stock is available to be traded, and is held by a small
number of holders and the price, if traded, may not reflect our
actual or perceived value. There can be no assurance that there
will be an active market for our shares of common stock either now
or in the future. The market liquidity will be dependent on the
perception of our operating business, among other things. We will
take certain steps including utilizing investor awareness
campaigns, press releases, road shows and conferences to increase
awareness of our business and any steps that we might take to bring
us to the awareness of investors may require that we compensate
consultants with cash and/or stock.
There can be
no assurance that there will be any awareness generated or the
results of any efforts will result in any impact on our trading
volume. Consequently, investors may not be able to liquidate their
investment or liquidate it at a price that reflects the value of
the business and trading may be at an inflated price relative to
the performance of our company due to, among other things,
availability of sellers of our shares. If a market should develop,
the price may be highly volatile. Because there may be a low price
for our shares of common stock, many brokerage firms or clearing
firms may not be willing to effect transactions in the securities
or accept our shares for deposit in an account. Even if an investor
finds a broker willing to affect a transaction in the shares of our
common stock, the combination of brokerage commissions, transfer
fees, taxes, if any, and any other selling costs may exceed the
selling price. Further, many lending institutions will not permit
the use of low priced shares of common stock as collateral for any
loans.
Offers
or availability for sale of a substantial number of shares of our
common stock may cause the price of our common stock to
decline.
If our
stockholders sell substantial amounts of our common stock in the
public market, or upon the expiration of any statutory holding
period under Rule 144 or upon the exercise of outstanding options
or warrants, it could create a circumstance commonly referred to as
an “overhang” and in anticipation of which, the market price of our
common stock could fall. The existence of an overhang, whether or
not sales have occurred or are occurring, also could make more
difficult our ability to raise additional financing through the
sale of equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time
and price that we deem reasonable or appropriate.
Our
management will have broad discretion in the use of the net
proceeds from this offering and may invest or spend the proceeds in
ways with which you do not agree and in ways that may not yield a
return.
Our
management will have broad discretion in the application of the net
proceeds from this offering, including for any of the purposes
described in the section titled “Use of Proceeds”, and you will
not have the opportunity as part of your investment decision to
assess whether the net proceeds are being used appropriately.
Because of the number and variability of factors that will
determine our use of the net proceeds from this offering, their
ultimate use may vary from their currently intended use. The
failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could
harm our business. Pending their use, we may invest the net
proceeds from this offering in investment-grade, interest-bearing
securities. These investments may not yield a favorable return to
our security holders.
Warrants are
speculative in nature.
The Warrants
offered in this offering do not confer any rights of common stock
ownership on their holders, such as voting rights or the right to
receive dividends, but rather merely represent the right to acquire
shares of our common stock at a fixed price for a limited period of
time. Specifically, commencing on the date of issuance, holders of
the Warrants may exercise their right to acquire the common stock
and pay an exercise price of $4.15 per share (100% of the public
offering price of a Unit), prior to five years from the date of
issuance, after which date any unexercised Warrants will expire and
have no further value. In addition, there is no established trading
market for the Warrants and, although we have applied to list the
warrants on Nasdaq, there can be no assurance that an active
trading market will develop. The approval of such listing on the
Nasdaq Capital Market is a condition of closing this offering.
Without an active trading market, the liquidity of the warrants
will be limited.
Holders of the
Warrants will have no rights as a common stockholder until they
acquire our common stock.
Until
holders of the Warrants acquire shares of our common stock upon
exercise of the Warrants, the holders will have no rights with
respect to shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants. Upon exercise of the Warrants, the holder will be
entitled to exercise the rights of a common stockholder as to the
security exercised only as to matters for which the record date
occurs after the exercise.
Provisions of the
Warrants offered by this Prospectus could discourage an acquisition
of us by a third party.
Certain
provisions of the Warrants offered by this Prospectus could make it
more difficult or expensive for a third party to acquire us. The
Warrants prohibit us from engaging in certain transactions
constituting “fundamental transactions” unless, among other things,
the surviving entity assumes our obligations under the warrants.
These and other provisions of the Warrants offered by this
Prospectus could prevent or deter a third party from acquiring us
even where the acquisition could be beneficial to you.
Even
if the reverse stock split achieves the requisite increase in the
market price of our common stock, we cannot assure you that we will
be able to continue to comply with the minimum bid price
requirement of the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Even if the
reverse stock split achieves the requisite increase in the market
price of our common stock to be in compliance with the minimum bid
price of the Nasdaq Capital Market, 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 the Nasdaq Capital Market’s minimum bid price
requirement. The approval of such listing on the Nasdaq Capital
Market is a condition of closing this offering.
Even
if the reverse stock split increases the market price of our common
stock and we meet the initial listing requirements of the Nasdaq
Capital Market, there can be no assurance that we will be able to
comply with the continued listing standards of the Nasdaq Capital
Market, a failure of which could result in a de-listing of our
common stock.
The Nasdaq
Capital Market 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 the Nasdaq
Capital Market. In addition, to maintain a listing on the Nasdaq
Capital Market, 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. In the event of a delisting, we would expect to
take actions to restore our compliance with the listing
requirements, but we can provide no assurance that any such action
taken by us would allow our common stock to become listed again,
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.
The
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 the 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, the
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 the
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 the 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.
There
is no assurance that once listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market we
will not continue to experience volatility in our share
price.
The OTC Pink
tier, where our common stock is currently quoted, provides
significantly less liquidity than the Nasdaq Capital Market. As
such, investors and potential investors may find it difficult to
obtain accurate stock price quotations, and holders of our common
stock may be unable to resell their securities at or near their
original offering price or at any price. Our public offering price
per Unit may vary from the market price of our common stock after
the offering. If an active market for our stock develops and
continues, our stock price may nevertheless be volatile. If our
stock experiences volatility, investors may not be able to sell
their common stock at or above the public offering price per Unit.
Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock, or the perception
that such sales might occur, could adversely affect prevailing
market prices of our common stock and our stock price may decline
substantially in a short period of time. As a result, our
shareholders could suffer losses or be unable to liquidate their
holdings. No assurance can be given that the price of our common
stock will become less volatile when listed on the Nasdaq Capital
Market.
Risks
Related to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Adverse or
uncertain macroeconomic or geopolitical conditions or reduced IT
spending may adversely impact our business, revenues, and
profitability.
Our
business, operations and performance are dependent in part on
worldwide economic conditions and events that may be outside of our
control, such as political and social unrest, terrorist attacks,
hostilities, malicious human acts, climate change, natural
disasters (including extreme weather), pandemics or other major
public health concerns and other similar events, and the impact
these conditions and events have on the overall demand for
enterprise computing infrastructure solutions and on the economic
health and general willingness of our current and prospective end
customers to purchase our solutions and to continue spending on IT
in general. The global macroeconomic environment has been, and may
continue to be, inconsistent, challenging and unpredictable due to
international trade disputes, tariffs, including those recently
imposed by the U.S. government on Chinese imports to the U.S.,
restrictions on sales and technology transfers, uncertainties
related to changes in public policies such as domestic and
international regulations, taxes, or international trade
agreements, elections, geopolitical turmoil and civil unrests,
instability in the global credit markets, uncertainties regarding
the effects of the United Kingdom’s separation from the European
Union, commonly known as “Brexit”, actual or potential government
shutdowns, and other disruptions to global and regional economies
and markets. Specifically, the recent and developing outbreak of a
respiratory illness caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus that was
named by the World Health Organization as COVID-19 (collectively
with any future mutations or related strains thereof, “COVID-19”) has caused and may
continue to cause travel bans or disruptions, supply chain delays
and disruptions, and additional macroeconomic uncertainty. The
impact of COVID-19 is fluid and uncertain, but it has caused and
may continue to cause various negative effects, including an
inability to meet with actual or potential customers, our end
customers deciding to delay or abandon their planned purchases, us
to delay, cancel, or withdraw from user and industry conferences
and other marketing events, and delays or disruptions in our or our
OEM partners’ supply chains, including delays or disruptions in
procuring and shipping the hardware appliances on which our
software solutions run. As a result, we may experience extended
sales cycles, our ability to close transactions with new and
existing customers and partners may be negatively impacted,
potentially significantly, our ability to recognize revenue from
software transactions we do close may be negatively impacted,
potentially significantly, our demand generation activities, and
the efficiency and effect of those activities, may be negatively
affected, our ability to provide 24x7 worldwide support and/or
replacement parts to our end customers may be effected, and it has
been and, until the COVID-19 outbreak is contained, will continue
to be more difficult for us to forecast our operating results.
These macroeconomic challenges and uncertainties, including the
COVID-19 outbreak, have, and may continue to, put pressure on
global economic conditions and overall IT spending and may cause
our end customers to modify spending priorities or delay or abandon
purchasing decisions, thereby lengthening sales cycles and
potentially lowering prices for our solutions, and may make it
difficult for us to forecast our sales and operating results and to
make decisions about future investments, any of which could
materially harm our business, operating results and financial
condition.
Public
health threats or outbreaks of communicable diseases could have a
material adverse effect on the Company’s operations and overall
financial performance.
The Company
may face risks related to public health threats or outbreaks of
communicable diseases. A global health crisis, such as the current
outbreak of coronavirus or COVID-19, could adversely affect the
United States and global economies and limit the ability of
enterprises to conduct business for an indefinite period of time.
The current outbreak of COVID-19 has negatively impacted the global
economy, disrupted financial markets, and international trade,
resulted in increased unemployment levels and significantly
impacted global supply chains, all of which have the potential to
impact the Company’s business.
In addition,
government authorities have implemented various mitigation
measures, including travel restrictions, limitations on business
operations, stay-at-home orders, and social distancing protocols.
The economic impact of the aforementioned actions may impair our
ability to sustain sufficient financial liquidity and impact our
financial results. Specifically, the continued spread of COVID-19
and efforts to contain the virus could: (i) result in an increase
in costs related to delayed payments from customers and
uncollectable accounts, (ii) cause a reduction in revenue related
to late fees and other charges related to governmental regulations,
(iii) cause delays and disruptions in the supply chain related to
obtaining necessary materials for our network infrastructure or
customer equipment, (iv) cause workforce disruptions, including the
availability of qualified personnel; and (v) cause other
unpredictable events.
As we cannot
predict the duration or scope of the global health crisis, the
anticipated negative financial impact to our operating results
cannot be reasonably estimated, but could be material and last for
an extended period of time.
Prolonged economic
uncertainties or downturns could materially adversely affect our
business.
Our business
depends on our current and prospective customers’ ability and
willingness to invest money in IT services, and more importantly
cybersecurity projects, which in turn is dependent upon their
overall economic health. Negative conditions in the general economy
both in the United States and abroad, including conditions
resulting from COVID-19 and numerous other factors beyond our
control, could cause a decrease in business investments, including
corporate spending on enterprise software in general and negatively
affect the rate of growth of our business. Uncertainty in the
global economy makes it extremely difficult for our customers and
us to forecast and plan future business activities accurately. This
could cause our customers to reevaluate decisions to purchase our
product or to delay their purchasing decisions, which could
lengthen our sales cycles.
We have a
significant number of customers, many of which are impacted
significantly by the economic turmoil caused by the COVID-19
pandemic. Our customers may reduce their spending on IT; delay or
cancel IT projects; focus on in-house development efforts; or, seek
to lower their costs by renegotiating maintenance and support
agreements. To the extent purchases of licenses for our software
and services are perceived by customers and potential customers to
be discretionary, our revenues may be disproportionately affected
by delays or reductions in general IT spending. If the economic
conditions of the general economy or industries in which we operate
worsen from present levels, our business, results of operations and
financial condition could be adversely affected.
If we
are unable to attract new customers and expand sales to existing
customers, both domestically and internationally, our growth could
be slower than we expect, and our business may be
harmed.
Our success
will depend, in part, on our ability to support new and existing
customer growth and maintain customer satisfaction. Due to
COVID-19, our sales and marketing teams have avoided in-person
meetings and are increasingly engaging with customers online and
through other communications channels, including virtual meetings.
While our revenues increased in the third quarter of 2020 compared
to the third quarter of 2019, there is no guarantee that for the
long run our sales and marketing teams will be as successful or
effective using these other communications channels as they try to
build relationships. If we cannot provide the tools and training to
our teams to efficiently do their jobs and satisfy customer
demands, we may not be able to achieve anticipated revenue growth
as quickly as expected.
Our future
growth depends upon expanding sales of our products to existing
customers and their organizations and receiving subscription and
maintenance renewals. If our customers do not purchase additional
licenses or capabilities, our revenues may grow more slowly than
expected, may not grow at all, or may decline. There can be no
assurance that our efforts would result in increased sales to
existing customers (“upsells”) and additional revenues. If our
efforts to upsell to our customers are not successful, our business
would suffer. Our future growth also depends in part upon
increasing our customer base, particularly those customers with
potentially high customer lifetime values. Our ability to achieve
significant growth in revenues in the future will depend, in large
part, upon the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts,
both domestically and internationally, and our ability to attract
new customers. Our ability to attract new customers may be
adversely affected by the continued COVID-19 pandemic. If we fail
to attract new customers and maintain and expand those customer
relationships, our revenues may be adversely affected, and our
business will be harmed.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This
Prospectus includes statements that express our opinions,
expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, or
projections regarding future events or future results and therefore
are, or may be deemed to be, “forward-looking statements.” All
statements other than statements of historical facts contained in
this Prospectus may be forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use
of forward-looking terminology, including the terms “believes,”
“estimates,” “continues,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “seeks,”
“projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “may,” “will,” “would” or “should”
or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable
terminology. They appear in a number of places throughout this
Prospectus, and include statements regarding our intentions,
beliefs, or current expectations concerning, among other things,
our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity,
prospects, growth, strategies, future acquisitions, and the
industry in which we operate.
By their
nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties
because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may
or may not occur in the future. We believe that these risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described in
the “Risk Factors” section of this Prospectus, which include, but
are not limited to, the following:
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our ability to undertake corporate transactions, inhibit potential
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the other
factors described in “Risk Factors.” |
Those
factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read
with the other cautionary statements in this Prospectus.
Although we
base these forward-looking statements on assumptions that we
believe are reasonable when made, we caution you that
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance
and that our actual results of operations, financial condition and
liquidity, and industry developments may differ materially from
statements made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements
contained in this Prospectus. The matters summarized under
“Prospectus Summary,” “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,”
“Business” and elsewhere in this Prospectus could cause our actual
results to differ significantly from those contained in our
forward-looking statements. In addition, even if our results of
operations, financial condition and liquidity, and industry
developments are consistent with the forward-looking statements
contained in this Prospectus, those results or developments may not
be indicative of results or developments in subsequent
periods.
In light of
these risks and uncertainties, we caution you not to place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking
statement that we make in this Prospectus speaks only as of the
date of such statement, and we undertake no obligation to update
any forward-looking statement or to publicly announce the results
of any revision to any of those statements to reflect future events
or developments, except as required by applicable law. Comparisons
of results for current and any prior periods are not intended to
express any future trends or indications of future performance,
unless specifically expressed as such, and should only be viewed as
historical data.
USE OF PROCEEDS
We estimate
that the net proceeds from this offering will be approximately
$10,615,000 from the sale of the 2,891,566 Units offered in this
Offering, after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and
estimated offering expenses payable by us. If the Underwriter’s
over-allotment option is exercised in full, we estimate that our
net proceeds will be approximately $12,253,000. We intend to use
the net proceeds from this offering, and any proceeds from the
exercise of warrants, for the following purposes:
Use of Net Proceeds*: |
|
|
|
Research and
Development |
|
$ |
1,500,000 |
|
Debt repayment |
|
|
2,400,000 |
|
Engineering, operations, quality
control, information technology and sales force expansion
Marketing and Sales |
|
|
3,000,000 |
|
Working
Capital |
|
|
3,715,000 |
|
Total
Uses |
|
$ |
10,615,000 |
|
* Assuming the over-allotment is not exercised.
The Company intends to use $1,247,000 of the net proceeds to repay
two secured promissory notes to Auctus Fund, LLC (interest rate of
12%; maturity dates of April 23, 2022 and July 27, 2022,
respectively; the proceeds of the notes were used for general
corporate purposes); $90,337.50 of the net proceeds to repay a
convertible promissory note to Quick Capital, LLC (interest rate of
5%; maturity dates of August 15, 2021; the proceeds of the note
were used for general corporate purposes); $1,016,944 to repay five
other outstanding convertible promissory notes (interest rates
range from 9% to 12%; maturity dates range from August 2022 to
October 2022; the proceeds of the notes were used for general
corporate purposes); and, accrued and unpaid interest on all of the
foregoing convertible promissory notes.
The actual
allocation of proceeds realized from this offering will depend upon
our operating revenues and cash position and our working capital
requirements and may change. Therefore, 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. Accordingly, we will have discretion in the
application of the net proceeds, and investors will be relying on
our judgment regarding the application of the proceeds of this
offering.
Pending our
use of the net proceeds from this offering, we intend to invest the
net proceeds in a variety of capital preservation investments,
including short-term, investment-grade, interest-bearing
instruments and U.S. government securities. We anticipate that the
proceeds from this offering will enable us to further grow the
business and increase cash flows from operations.
DETERMINATION OF OFFERING
PRICE
The offering
price of the Units has been negotiated between the Underwriter and
us considering our historical performance and capital structure,
prevailing market conditions, and overall assessment of our
business. Each Unit consists of one share of our common stock and a
warrant to purchase one share of our common stock at an exercise
price equal to $4.15 which is 100% of the assumed public offering
price of the Units.
DILUTION
If you
invest in our Units in this offering, your interest will be diluted
to the extent of the difference between the assumed public offering
price per share of common stock that is part of the Unit and the as
adjusted net tangible book value per share of common stock
immediately after this offering.
Our net tangible book value is the
amount of our total tangible assets less our total liabilities. Our
net tangible book value as of September 30, 2021 was ($4,774,623),
or ($5.76) per share of common stock.
As adjusted net tangible book value
is our net tangible book value after taking into account the effect
of the sale of Units in this offering at the assumed public
offering price of $4.15 per Unit and after deducting the
underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering
expenses payable by us. Our as adjusted net tangible book value as
of September 30, 2021 would have been approximately $7,395,377, or
$1.78 per share. This amount represents an immediate increase in as
adjusted net tangible book value of approximately $7.54 per share
to our existing stockholders, and an immediate dilution of $2.37
per share to new investors participating in this offering. Dilution
per share to new investors is determined by subtracting as adjusted
net tangible book value per share after this offering from the
public offering price per share paid by new investors.
The following table illustrates this
per share dilution:
Assumed public offering
price per share (attributing no value to the warrants) |
|
$ |
4.15 |
|
Net tangible book value per share
as of September 30, 2021 |
|
$ |
(5.76 |
) |
Increase in as adjusted net
tangible book value per share after this offering |
|
$ |
7.54 |
|
As adjusted
net tangible book value per share after giving effect to this
offering |
|
$ |
1.78 |
|
Dilution in
as adjusted net tangible book value per share to new investors |
|
$ |
2.37 |
|
A $1.00 increase (decrease) in the
assumed public offering price of $1.00 per Unit would increase
(decrease) the as adjusted net tangible book value per share by
$0.73, and the dilution per share to new investors in this offering
by $0.27, assuming the number of Units offered by us, as set forth
on the cover page of this Prospectus, remains the same and after
deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated
offering expenses payable by us.
The information above assumes that
the Underwriter does not exercise its over-allotment option. If the
Underwriter exercises its over-allotment option in full, the as
adjusted net tangible book value will increase to $1.92 per share,
representing an immediate increase to existing stockholders of
$7.68 per share and an immediate dilution of $2.23 per share to new
investors.
The
foregoing discussion and table do not take into account further
dilution to new investors that could occur upon the exercise of
outstanding warrants having a per share exercise price less than
the per share offering price to the public in this
offering.
We may
choose to raise additional capital due to market conditions or
strategic considerations even if we believe we have sufficient
funds for our current or future operating plans. To the extent that
additional capital is raised through the sale of equity or
convertible debt securities, the issuance of these securities could
result in further dilution to our stockholders.
The above
discussion and table are based on 829,518 shares outstanding as of
September 30, 2021. The discussion and table do not include, as of
that date:
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shares of
common stock issuable upon conversion of our outstanding Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock and Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock;
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|
|
|
● |
exercise of the Warrants; |
|
|
|
|
● |
exercise of
the Underwriter’s Warrants; and |
|
|
|
|
● |
exercise of
the Underwriter’s option to purchase additional shares and/or
warrants from us in this offering. |
PRICE RANGE OF THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON
STOCK
Our common
stock is quoted on the OTC Pink tier of the OTC Markets, Inc. under
the symbol “ATDS.” Our stock has been thinly traded on the OTC Pink
and there can be no assurance that a liquid market for our common
stock will ever develop. The tables below reflect inter-dealer
prices, without retail mark-up, markdown, or commission, and may
not necessarily represent actual transactions. All per share
amounts are adjusted for the reverse stock split of 1-for-750
shares of common stock, which became effective on October 29, 2019,
and the Reverse Stock Split.
Fiscal Year Ended December 31,
2019 |
|
High |
|
|
Low |
|
First
Quarter |
|
$ |
5,545.125 |
|
|
$ |
1,785.75 |
|
Second Quarter |
|
$ |
2,266.625 |
|
|
$ |
563.875 |
|
Third Quarter |
|
$ |
939.875 |
|
|
$ |
376.00 |
|
Fourth Quarter |
|
$ |
3,800.00 |
|
|
$ |
600.00 |
|
Fiscal Year Ended December 31,
2020 |
|
High |
|
|
Low |
|
First
Quarter |
|
$ |
1,580.00 |
|
|
$ |
60.03 |
|
Second Quarter |
|
$ |
150.00 |
|
|
$ |
19.40 |
|
Third Quarter |
|
$ |
85.80 |
|
|
$ |
15.00 |
|
Fourth Quarter |
|
$ |
23.00 |
|
|
$ |
9.80 |
|
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021 |
|
High |
|
|
Low |
|
First Quarter |
|
$ |
74.00 |
|
|
$ |
12.00 |
|
Second Quarter |
|
$ |
25.80 |
|
|
$ |
9.20 |
|
Third Quarter |
|
$ |
10.05 |
|
|
$ |
3.125 |
|
As of
December 3, 2021, the last reported sales price reported on the OTC
Markets, Inc. for our common stock was $1.40 per share. As of
December 6, 2021, we had approximately 544 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 or registered clearing agencies.
The transfer agent of our common stock is Madison Stock Transfer
Inc., located at 2500 Coney Island Ave, Sub Level, Brooklyn, New
York 11223.
DIVIDEND POLICY
Holders of
our common stock are entitled to receive dividends as may be
declared from time to time by our board of directors. We have not
paid any cash dividends since inception on our common stock and do
not anticipate paying any in the foreseeable future. Our current
policy is to retain earnings, if any, for use in our
operations.
CAPITALIZATION
The
following table sets forth our capitalization as of September 30,
2021:
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on an actual
basis; |
|
|
|
|
● |
on an as
adjusted basis to reflect the issuance and sale by us of 3,325,301
Units (which number includes the exercise in full of the
over-allotment option) in this offering at the public offering
price of $4.15 per Unit, after deducting underwriting discounts and
commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us and the
receipt by us of the proceeds of such sale.
|
You should
consider this table in conjunction with “Use of Proceeds” above as
well as our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements
and the notes to those financial statements for the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2021 included elsewhere in this
Prospectus.
|
|
As of |
|
|
|
September 30, 2021 |
|
|
|
Actual |
|
|
Pro Forma As Adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
$ |
1,377,579 |
|
|
$ |
13,547,579 |
|
Total
Current Liabilities |
|
|
3,890,393 |
|
|
|
3,890,393 |
|
Total
Long Term Liabilities |
|
|
2,759,890 |
|
|
|
2,759,890 |
|
Stockholders’ Equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series
A convertible preferred stock, par value $0.001, 150,000 shares
designated, 150,000 shares issued and outstanding |
|
|
150 |
|
|
|
150 |
|
Common
stock, par value $0.001, 1,800,000,000 shares authorized, 829,518
shares issued and outstanding; pro forma as adjusted; 4,154,819
shares issued and outstanding |
|
|
830 |
|
|
|
4,155 |
|
Additional paid in capital |
|
|
37,234,387 |
|
|
|
49,401,062 |
|
Accumulated Deficit |
|
|
(40,230,125 |
) |
|
|
(40,230,125 |
) |
Total
Stockholders’ Equity |
|
$ |
(2,994,758 |
) |
|
$ |
9,175,242 |
|
(1) The as adjusted information
discussed above is illustrative only and will be further adjusted
based on the actual public offering price and other terms of this
offering determined at pricing.
A $1.00 increase (decrease) in the
assumed public offering price of $4.15 per Unit would increase
(decrease) cash and cash equivalents, working capital, total
assets, and total stockholders’ (deficit) equity by
$3 million, assuming that the number of Units offered by us,
as set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus, remains the
same, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and
commissions.
The above
discussion and table are based on 829,518 shares outstanding as of
September 30, 2021 do not include, as of that date:
|
● |
shares of
common stock issuable upon conversion of our outstanding Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock and Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock; and |
|
|
|
|
● |
exercise of
the Underwriter’s Warrants. |
As of
September 30, 2021, we are authorized to issue one billion shares
of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which 829,518
shares of common stock were issued and outstanding. We are also
authorized to issue 337,500 shares of preferred stock, par value
$0.001 per share, of which (a) 150,000 shares are designated Series
A Preferred Stock, of which 150,000 shares of Series A Preferred
Stock were issued and outstanding; and, (b) 80,000 shares are
designated Series B Preferred Stock, of which 30,250 shares of
Series A Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND
ANALYSIS
OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of the results of
operations and financial condition for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, and for the years ended December
31, 2020 and 2019, should be read in conjunction with our
consolidated financial statements, and the notes to those financial
statements that are included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
All
references to “Data443”, “we”, “our,” “us” and the “Company” in
this Item 2 refer to Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc., a Nevada
corporation.
The discussion in this section contains forward-looking
statements. These statements relate to future events or our future
financial performance. We have attempted to identify
forward-looking statements by terminology such as “anticipate,”
“believe,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,”
“intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “should,” “would”
or “will” or the negative of these terms or other comparable
terminology, but their absence does not mean that a statement is
not forward-looking. These statements are only predictions and
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors,
which could cause our actual results to differ from those projected
in any forward-looking statements we make. Several risks and
uncertainties we face are discussed in more detail under “Risk
Factors” beginning on page 13 of this Prospectus, and in the
discussion and analysis below. You should, however, understand that
it is not possible to predict or identify all risks and
uncertainties and you should not consider the risks and
uncertainties identified by us to be a complete set of all
potential risks or uncertainties that could materially affect us.
You should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking
statements we make herein because some or all of them may turn out
to be wrong. We undertake no obligation to update any of the
forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect future
events and developments, except as required by law. The following
discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements and the notes to those statements included
elsewhere in this Prospectus.
On
February 19, 2021, we announced the approval of a reverse stock
split of our common stock and a reduction in the number of
authorized, each within a specified range, with a final decision to
be made by our board of directors. On June 14, 2021, we were
advised by the Nevada Secretary of State that it had accepted the
Company’s filing of a Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of
Incorporation, with a filing and effective date of June 11, 2021
(the “Certificate of
Amendment”). The Certificate of Amendment (i) reduced the
number of authorized shares of common stock to one billion
(1,000,000,000); and, (ii) effected a reverse stock split (the
“Reverse Stock
Split”) of its issued common stock in a ratio of
1-for-2,000. The preferred stock of the Company was not changed.
Trading of our common stock began on a split-adjusted basis on July
1, 2021. All common stock and per share data have been
retroactively adjusted for the impact of the split.
Overview
Our company
was incorporated as LandStar, Inc., a Nevada corporation, on May 4,
1998, for the purpose of purchasing, developing and reselling real
property, with its principal focus on the development of raw land.
From incorporation through December 31, 1998, we had no business
operations and was a development-stage company. We did not purchase
or develop any properties and decided to change our business plan
and operations. On March 31, 1999, we acquired approximately 98.5%
of the common stock of Rebound Rubber Corp. (“Rebound Rubber”)
pursuant to a share exchange agreement with Rebound Rubber and
substantially all of Rebound Rubber’s shareholders. The acquisition
was effected by issuing 14,500,100 shares of common stock, which
constituted 14.5% of the 100,000,000 of our authorized shares, and
50.6% of the 28,622,100 issued and outstanding shares on completion
of the acquisition.
The share
exchange with Rebound Rubber (and other transactions occurring in
March 1999) resulted in a change of control and the appointment of
new officers and directors. These transactions also changed our
focus to the development and utilization of technology to
de-vulcanize and reactivate recycled rubber for resale as a raw
material in the production of new rubber products. Our business
strategy was to sell the de-vulcanized material (and compounds
using the materials) to manufacturers of rubber
products.
Prior to
2001 we had no revenues. In 2001 and 2002 revenues were derived
from management services rendered to a rubber recycling
company.
In August
2001, we amended our Articles of Incorporation to authorize
500,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and
150,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share.
We may designate preferred stock into specific classes by action of
our board of directors. In May 2008, our board of directors
established a class of Convertible Preferred Series A (the “Series
A”), authorizing 10,000,000 shares. When established, among other
things, (i) each share of Series A was convertible into 1,000
shares of our common stock, and (ii) a holder of Series A was
entitled to vote 1,000 shares of common stock for each share of
Series A on all matters submitted to a vote by
stockholders.
In September
2008, we amended our Articles of Incorporation to increase the
number of authorized shares to 985,000,000, $0.001 par value per
share, further amended the Articles in January 2009 to increase the
number of authorized shares to 4,000,000,000, and in January 2010
amended our Articles to increase the number of authorized shares to
8,888,000,000.
We were
effectively dormant for a number of years. In or around February
2014, there was a change in control whereby Kevin Hayes acquired
1,000,000 shares of the Series A and was appointed as our sole
director and officer. In or around April 2017, there was another
change in control when Mr. Hayes sold the 1,000,000 shares of
Series A to Hybrid Titan Management, which then proceeded to assign
the Series A to William Alessi. Mr. Alessi was then appointed as
our sole director and officer. Mr. Alessi initiated legal action in
his home state of North Carolina to confirm, among other things,
his ownership of the Series A; his “control” over the company, and
the status of creditors of the company. In or around June 2017, the
court entered judgment in favor of Mr. Alessi, confirming his
majority ownership and control of the company.
In or around
July 2017, while under the majority ownership and management of Mr.
Alessi, we sought to effect a merger transaction (the “Merger”)
under which the company would be merged into Data443 Risk
Mitigation, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (“Data443”). Data443
was originally formed under the name LandStar, Inc. The name of the
North Carolina corporation was changed to Data443 in December 2017.
In November 2017, our controlling interest was acquired by our
current chief executive officer and sole board member, Jason
Remillard, when he acquired all of the Series A shares from Mr.
Alessi. In that same transaction, Mr. Remillard also acquired all
of the shares of Data443 from Mr. Alessi. Mr. Remillard was then
appointed as our sole director and sole officer and of
Data443.
In January
2018, we acquired substantially all of the assets of Myriad
Software Productions, LLC, which was owned 100% by Mr. Remillard.
Those assets were comprised of the software program known as
ClassiDocs®, and all intellectual property and goodwill
associated therewith. As a result of the acquisition, the Company
was no longer a “shell” under applicable securities rules. In
consideration for the acquisition, we agreed to a purchase price of
$1,500,000, comprised of: (i) $50,000 paid at closing; (ii)
$250,000 in the form of a promissory note; and (iii) $1,200,000 in
shares of our common stock, valued as of the closing, which equated
to 800 shares of our common stock. The shares have not yet been
issued and are not included as part of our issued and outstanding
shares. However, these shares have been recorded as “Acquisition of
ClassiDocs” included in additional paid in capital within our
financial statements for the year ending December 31,
2019.
In April
2018, we amended the designation for our Series A by providing that
a holder of Series A was entitled to (i) vote 15,000 shares of
common stock for each share of Series A on all matters submitted to
a vote by stockholders, and (ii) convert each share of Series A
into 1,000 shares of our common stock.
In May 2018,
the Company amended and restated its Articles of Incorporation. The
total authorized number of shares is 8,888,000,000 shares of common
stock, $0.001 par value per share, and 50,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, designated in the
discretion of our board of directors. The Series A remains in full
force and effect.
In June
2018, after careful analysis and in reliance upon professional
advisors we retained, it was determined that the Merger had, in
fact, not been completed, and that the Merger was not in the best
interests of the Company and its stockholders. As such, the Merger
was legally terminated. In place of the Merger, in June 2018, we
acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of
Data443 (the “Share Exchange”). As a result of the Share Exchange,
Data443 became our wholly-owned subsidiary, with both the Company
and Data443 continuing to exist as corporate entities. As
consideration in the Share Exchange, we agreed to issue to Mr.
Remillard: (a) 67 shares of our common stock and (b) on the
eighteen-month anniversary of the closing of the Share Exchange
(the “Earn Out Date”), an additional 67 shares of our common stock,
provided that Data443 has at least an additional $1,000,000 in
revenue by the Earn Out Date (not including revenue directly from
acquisitions). None of the shares of our common stock to be issued
to Mr. Remillard under the Share Exchange have been issued. As
such, none of said shares are included as part of our issued and
outstanding shares. However, these shares have been recorded as
“Share exchange with related party for Data443 additional share
issuable” included in additional paid in capital within our
financial statements for the year ending December 31,
2019.
On or about
June 29, 2018, we secured the rights to the WordPress GDPR
Framework through our wholly-owned subsidiary Data443 for a total
consideration of €40,001, or approximately $46,521, payable in four
payments of approximately €10,000, with the first payment due at
closing, and the remaining payments due at the end of July, August
and September 2018. Upon issuance of the final payment, we gained
the right to enter into an asset transfer agreement for the nominal
cost of one euro (€1).
On or about
October 22, 2018, we entered into an asset purchase agreement with
Modevity, LLC (“Modevity”) to acquire certain assets collectively
known as ARALOC®, a software-as-a service (“SaaS”)
platform that provides cloud-based data storage, protection, and
workflow automation. The acquired assets consist of intellectual
and related intangible property including applications and
associated software code, and trademarks. Access to books and
records related to the customers and revenues Modevity created on
the ARALOC® platform were also included in the asset purchase
agreement. These assets were substantially less than the total
assets of Modevity, and revenues from the platform comprised a
portion of the overall sales of Modevity. We are required to create
the technical capabilities to support the ongoing operation of this
SaaS platform. A substantial effort on our part is needed to
continue generating ARALOC® revenues through development of a sales
force, as well as billing and collection processes. We paid
Modevity (i) $200,000 in cash, (ii) $750,000, in the form of a
10-month promissory note, and (iii) 110 shares of our common
stock.
On or around
February 7, 2019, the Company entered into an Exclusive License and
Management Agreement (the “License Agreement”) with Wala,
Inc. (“Wala”).
Under the License Agreement the Company was granted the exclusive
right and license to receive all benefits from the marketing,
selling, and licensing of the data archiving platform known as
ArcMail and all assets related thereto (the “ArcMail Assets”). In connection
with the License Agreement, the Company also executed (i) a Stock
Rights Agreement, under which the Company had the right to acquire
all shares of stock of Wala; and, (ii) a Business Covenants
Agreement, under which Wala and its CEO agreed to not compete with
the Company’s use of the ArcMail assets for a designated period of
time. The License Agreement, Stock Rights Agreement, and Business
Covenants Agreement are collectively referred to herein as the
“ArcMail
Agreements”).
On June 21,
2019, the Company filed an amendment to its articles of
incorporation to increase the total number authorized shares of the
Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, from
8,888,000,000 shares to 15,000,000,000 shares.
On September
16, 2019, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with
DMBGroup, LLC to acquire certain assets collectively known as
DataExpressTM, a software platform for secure sensitive
data transfer within the hybrid cloud. The total purchase price of
approximately $2.8 million consists of: (i) a $410,000 cash payment
at closing; (ii) a promissory note in the amount of $940,000,
payable in the amount of $41,661 over 24 monthly payments starting
on October 15, 2019, accruing at a rate of 6% per annum; (iii)
assumption of approximately $98,000 in liabilities and, (iv)
approximately 1,233 shares of our common stock. As of December 31,
2019, these shares have not been issued and are recorded as “Stock
issuable for asset purchase” included in additional paid in
capital.
On October
14, 2019, the Company filed an amendment to its Articles of
Incorporation to change its name to Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc.,
and to effect a 1-for-750 reverse stock split of its issued and
outstanding shares of common and preferred shares, each with $0.001
par value, and to reduce the numbers of authorized common and
preferred shares to 60,000,000 and 337,500, respectively. On
October 28, 2019, the name change and the split and changes in
authorized common and preferred shares was effected, resulting in
approximately 7,282,678,714 issued and outstanding shares of the
Company’s common stock to be reduced to approximately 9,710,239,
and 1,000,000 issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s
preferred shares to be reduced to 1,334 as of October 28, 2019. All
per share amounts and number of shares, including the authorized
shares, in the consolidated financial statements and related notes
have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the reverse stock split
and decrease in authorized common and preferred shares.
On March 5,
2020 the Company amended its Articles of Incorporation to increase
the number of shares of authorized common stock to 250,000,000. On
April 15, 2020 the Company further amended its Articles of
Incorporation to increase the number of shares of authorized common
stock to 750,000,000. On August 17, 2020 the Company again amended
its Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of
authorized common stock to 1.5 billion. On November 25, 2020 the
Company filed a Certificate of Designation to authorize and create
its Series B Preferred shares, consisting of 80,000 shares. On
December 15, 2020 the Company again amended its Articles of
Incorporation to increase the number of shares of authorized common
stock to 1.8 billion.
On August
13, 2020, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement to
acquire certain assets collectively known as
FileFacets™, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform
that performs sophisticated data discovery and content search of
structured and unstructured data within corporate networks,
servers, content management systems, email, desktops and laptops.
The total purchase price was $135,000, which amount was paid in
full at the closing of the transaction.
On September
21, 2020, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with
the owners of a business known as IntellyWP™, to acquire the
intellectual property rights and certain assets collectively known
as IntellyWP™, an Italy-based developer that produces WordPress
plug-ins that enhance the overall user experience for webmaster and
end users. The total purchase price of $135,000 consists of: (i) a
$55,000 cash payment at closing; (ii) a cash payment of $40,000
upon completion of certain training; and, (iii) a cash payment of
$40,000 upon the Company collecting $25,000 from the assets
acquired in the subject transaction.
On October
8, 2020, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with
Resilient Network Systems, Inc. (“RNS”) to acquire the
intellectual property rights and certain assets collectively known
as Resilient Networks™, a Silicon Valley based SaaS platform that
performs SSO and adaptive access control “on the fly” with
sophisticated and flexible policy workflows for authentication and
authorization. The total purchase price of $305,000 consists of:
(i) a $125,000 cash payment at closing; and, (ii) the issuance of
9,575 shares of our common stock to RNS.
On December
11, 2020, the Company entered into a Common Stock Purchase
Agreement (“CSPA”)
with Triton Funds, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
(“Triton”), an
unrelated third party. Triton agreed to invest $1 million in the
Company in the form of common stock purchases. Subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in the CSPA, the Company agreed to sell to
Triton common shares of the Company having an aggregate value of
One Million Dollars ($1,000,000). The price of the shares to be
sold will be $12.00 per shares. Triton’s obligation to purchase
securities is conditioned on certain factors including, but not
limited, to the Company having an effective registration available
for resale of the securities being purchased; a minimum closing
price of $18.00 per share for the Company’s common stock on the
delivery date for the shares; and, Triton’s ownership not exceeding
9.9% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company at any
time. The Company filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with
the SEC on December 28, 2020. The S-1 was declared effective by the
SEC as of January 26, 2021.
On February
12, 2021, and effective January 31, 2021 the Company declared
terminated each of the ArcMail Agreements. The Company has asserted
numerous claims under the ArcMail Agreements. Further, Wala lost
all rights to the ArcMail Assets through a foreclosure action
brought by certain secured creditors of Wala (the “Wala Creditors”). The Company
considers its relationship with Wala to be closed and will not
pursue any further action in that regard.
On February
12, 2021 the Company closed its acquisition of the ArcMail Assets
from the Wala Creditors pursuant to the terms and conditions of an
Asset Sale Agreement executed by and between the Company and the
Wala Creditors. The effective date of the Asset Sale Agreement and
the acquisition was deemed to be January 31, 2021. Total purchase
price (the “Purchase
Price”) was One Million Four Hundred Four Thousand Dollars
($1,404,000), evidenced by three promissory notes in favor of the
Wala Creditors in the total amount of the Purchase Price (the
“Notes”). Payments
under the Notes commence in 30-days and continue monthly thereafter
for 60-months. The Notes are secured by a pledge of the ArcMail
Assets as collateral under the terms of a Security Agreement in
favor of the Wala Creditors. The foregoing descriptions of the
Asset Sale Agreement; Notes; and, Security Agreement do not purport
to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the actual
language contained in the Asset Sale Agreement, Notes, and Security
Agreement, respectively.
On February
23, 2021, the Company filed with the SEC its Schedule 14C,
Preliminary Information Statement, providing notice that the Board
of Directors and the holders of a majority of our shares entitled
to vote had approved and authorized the following
actions:
(1)
Amendment of our articles of incorporation (the “Articles of Incorporation”) to
provide for a decrease in the authorized shares of the Company’s
common stock from 1,800,000,000 to a number of not less than
10,000,000 and not more than 1,000,000,000 (the “Authorized Common Stock
Reduction”), at any time prior to the one year anniversary
of the filing of the Definitive Information Statement on Schedule
14C with respect to these actions the “Definitive Information
Statement”), with the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”) having the
discretion to determine whether or not the Authorized Common Stock
Reduction is to be effected, and if effected, the exact number of
the Authorized Common Stock Reduction within the above
range.
(2) That the
Board be authorized to implement through the amendment to our
Articles of Incorporation a reverse stock split of the Company’s
Common Stock by a ratio of not less than 1-for-10 and not more than
1-for-2,000, (the “Reverse
Split”), at any time prior to the one year anniversary of
the filing of the Definitive Information Statement, with the Board
having the discretion to determine whether or not the Reverse Split
is to be effected, and if effected, the exact ratio for the Reverse
Split within the above range.
On April 21,
2021, the Company increased the number of authorized shares of
common stock from 1.8 billion to 3.8 billion in order to satisfy
the share reserve requirement under the Auctus financing closed on
April 23, 2021, as described in the next paragraph.
On April 23,
2021, the Company entered into and closed a financing transaction
pursuant to the terms and conditions of a Securities Purchase
Agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”) with Auctus Fund, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Auctus”). Pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, Auctus purchased from the Company a Senior
Secured Promissory Note (the “Note”) in the aggregate
principal amount of $832,000.00 (the “Principal Amount”), and
delivered gross proceeds of $750,000.00 (excluded were legal fees
for Auctus and a transaction fee charged by Auctus). The Note is
secured by a security interest in the assets of the Company and its
subsidiaries, pursuant to the terms and conditions of a Security
Agreement (the “Security
Agreement”). Timely payment under the Note is further
secured by the issuance of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the
“Second Warrant”)
to Auctus for 55,467 shares of the Company’s common stock at an
exercise price of $15.00, exercisable only in the event of a
default under the Note. Interest on the Principal Amount of the
Note accrues at the rate of 12% per annum, which amount is fully
due and owing upon the issuance of the Note. Repayment of all
amounts due under the Note shall be tendered on the 12-month
anniversary of the Note. The Note may be prepaid in whole at any
time without prepayment penalty or premium. If the Company fails to
meet its obligations under the terms of the Note, the Note shall
become immediately due and payable and subject to penalties
provided for in the Note. The Company also granted to Auctus
warrants to acquire 55,467 shares of the Company’s common stock
pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the “First Warrant”). Exercise price
for the warrants is $15.00, with a cashless exercise option. Both
the First Warrant and the Second Warrant impose an obligation on
the Company to reserve for issuance that number of shares of the
Company’s common stock which is 5 times the number of shares
issuable under both the First Warrant and the Second
Warrant.
As of
September 30, 2021, the Company had sold to Triton 83,334 shares of
its common stock pursuant to the CSPA, and which shares were
registered under the S-1. All sales occurred during the three month
period ended March 31, 2021 and resulted in the receipt by the
Company of net proceeds in the amount of $847,000 during the six
months ended 30 June 2021, which is the final amount the Company
will receive from the sale of these shares, which includes proceeds
from two unrelated third party for shares of our common stock
acquired from Triton.
The
1-for-2,000 Reverse Stock split was processed by FINRA and became
effective at the start of trading on July 1, 2021. As a result of
the Reverse Stock Split, every 2,000 shares of the Company’s issued
and outstanding common stock, par value $0.001 per share, were
converted into one (1) share of common stock, par value $0.001 per
share.
The Company
is a leader in data security and privacy management (a critical
element of IT security), providing solutions for All Things Data
Security™, across the enterprise and in the cloud. Trusted by
over 170 clients, including over 1% of the Fortune 500, the Company
provides the necessary visibility and control needed to protect
at-scale, obtain compliance objectives, and enhance operational
efficiencies. Our clients include leading brand name enterprises in
a diverse set of industries, including financial services,
healthcare, manufacturing, retail, technology, and
telecommunications.
The mounting
threat landscape has accelerated security adoption rates and our
extensive portfolio of data security and privacy products provide a
holistic methodology to data privacy as a new security standard.
Our offering is anchored in privacy management, equipping
organizations with a seamless approach to safeguarding their data,
protecting against attacks, and mitigating the most critical
risks.
Data
security and privacy legislation is driving significant investment
by organizations to offset risks from data breaches and damaging
information disclosures of various types. We provide solutions for
the marketplace that are designed to protect data via the cloud,
hybrid, and on-premises architectures. Our suite of security
products focus on protection of: sensitive files and emails;
confidential customer, patient, and employee data; financial
records; strategic and product plans; intellectual property; and
any other data requiring security, allowing our clients to create,
share, and protect their data wherever it is stored.
We deliver
solutions and capabilities via all technical architectures, and in
formats designed for each client. Licensing and subscription models
are available to conform to customer purchasing requirements. Our
solutions are driven by several proprietary technologies and
methodologies that we have developed or acquired, giving us our
primary competitive advantage.
We sell
substantially all of our products, solutions, and services through
a sales model which combines the leverage of channel sales with the
account control of direct sales, thereby providing us with
significant opportunities to grow our current customer base and
successfully deliver our value proposition for data privacy and
security. We also make use of channel partners, distributors, and
resellers which sell to end-user customers. This approach allows us
to maintain close relationships with our customers and benefit from
the global reach of our channel partners. Additionally, we are
enhancing our product offerings and go-to-market strategy by
establishing technology alliances within the IT infrastructure and
security vendor ecosystem. While our products serve customers of
all sizes in all industries, the marketing focus and majority of
our sales focus is on targeting organizations with 100 users or
more which can make larger purchases with us over time and have a
greater potential lifetime value.
Each of our
major product lines provide features and functionality which enable
our clients to fully secure the value of their data. This
architecture easily extends through modular functionalities, giving
our clients the flexibility to select the features they require for
their business needs and the flexibility to expand their usage
simply by adding a license. As the result of a recent rebranding
and marketing effort by the Company, the products and services
offered by the Company are now marketed under the following
names:
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Data443®
Ransomware Recovery Manager™, built for the modern enterprise,
its capabilities are designed to recover a workstation immediately
upon infection to the last known business-operable state, without
any end user or IT administrator efforts or
involvement. |
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Data
Identification Manager™ (previously marketed as ClassiDocs® and
FileFacets®), the Company’s award-winning data classification and
governance technology, which supports CCPA, LGPD and GDPR
compliance in a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that performs
sophisticated data discovery and content search of structured and
unstructured data within corporate networks, servers, content
management systems, email, desktops and laptops. |
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Data
Archive Manager™ (previously marketed as ArcMail®), a leading
provider of simple, secure and cost-effective enterprise data
retention management, archiving and management
solutions. |
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Sensitive
Content Manager™ (previously marketed as ARALOC®), a market
leading secure, cloud-based platform for the management, protection
and distribution of digital content to the desktop and mobile
devices, which protects an organization’s confidential content and
intellectual property assets from leakage - malicious or accidental
- without impacting collaboration between all
stakeholders. |
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Data
Placement Manager™ (previously marketed as DATAEXPRESS®), the
leading data transport, transformation and delivery product trusted
by leading financial organizations worldwide; |
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Access
Control Manager™ (previously marketed as Resilient Access™),
enables fine-grained access controls across myriad platforms at
scale for internal client systems and commercial public cloud
platforms like Salesforce, Box.Net, Google G Suite, Microsoft
OneDrive and others. |
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Data
Identification Manager™ (previously marketed as
ClassiDocs® for Blockchain), provides an active implementation for
the Ripple XRP that protects blockchain transactions from
inadvertent disclosure and data leaks. |
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Data443®
Global Privacy Manager™, the privacy compliance and consumer
loss mitigation platform which is integrated with ClassiDocs® to do
the delivery portions of GDPR and CCPA as well as process Data
Privacy Access Requests - removal request - with inventory by
ClassiDocs®; enables the full lifecycle of Data Privacy Access
Requests, Remediation, Monitoring and Reporting. |
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IntellyWP, a
leading purveyor of user experience enhancement products for
webmasters for the world’s largest content management platform,
WordPress. |
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Data443®
Chat History Scanner, which scans chat messages for compliance,
security, PII, PI, PCI & custom keywords. |
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GDPR
Framework, CCPA Framework, and LGPD Framework WordPress
Plugins, with over 30,000 active site owners combined, enables
organizations of all sizes to comply with European, California and
Brazilian privacy rules and regulations. |
COVID-19
Update
The Company
continues to closely monitor developments and is taking steps to
mitigate the potential risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic to
the Company, its employees and its customers. The extent to which
the COVID-19 pandemic will impact our business and operations will
depend on future developments that are highly uncertain. While in
the near-term we may experience reductions in our billing and
revenue growth rates, we are proactively managing expenditures,
including reductions of non-critical and discretionary expenses,
while preserving strategic investment in sales capacity and still
seeking new acquisition targets and opportunities. To protect our
employees while continuing to provide the services needed by our
clients the Company continues to limit customer contact, and
continues to minimize employee contact with other employees by
having our employees work remotely while they shelter in place as
required by local regulations. The dedication of our employees and
their work ethic have allowed us to continue providing critical
services to our customers during these challenging
times.
Due to the
pandemic, we have been forced to adapt and change the way we have
historically operated. At the end of the first quarter, we
temporarily closed our office and instructed our employees to work
remotely as a precautionary measure intended to minimize the risk
of the virus to them, our customers, partners and the communities
in which we operate. Towards the end of the second quarter, we
cautiously and gradually started to open our office. While we did
not require employees to work from our office, we did ensure all
required adjustments were made and all local regulations and
recommendations were met to ensure the safety of our employees
should they voluntarily choose to work from our office. As part of
the move to remote work and virtual-only customer experience, we
have had to postpone or cancel customer and industry events, as
well as travel to visit potential customers, or conduct them
virtually. We cannot predict with certainty the impact these
changes may have on our sales.
We believe
that the impact of COVID-19 has increased the long-term opportunity
to help our customers protect their data and detect threats, as
well as achieve regulatory compliance. Nevertheless, in the early
stages of the pandemic, we experienced some negative impact on our
results of operations in the last two weeks of the first quarter of
2020, as we believe our customers’ focus turned primarily to the
safety of their employees and to positioning themselves to operate
under a work-from-home environment. However, since that time, we
have seen companies pivot from that emergency mode to become more
focused on the elevated risks associated with having a highly
distributed workforce. Companies around the world now have the
majority of their employees working from potentially vulnerable
home networks, accessing critical on-premises data stores and
infrastructure through VPNs and in cloud data stores. We believe
this trend will continue in the long-term and that we are well
positioned to capitalize on the opportunity ahead. As companies of
all sizes and industries are increasingly facing cyberattacks, they
understand that a data-centric approach to security is critical,
and elevated risks are here for the long-term. This has caused
increased customer engagement which has converted into new business
and expansion of existing business.
We remain
positioned to help our clients protect against data and
infrastructure against cybercrime. This has resulted in increase in
traffic to our website. During the second and third quarters of
2021, we saw greater interest in our products and services, with
some of this interest converting into new business or the expansion
of existing business. While we are encouraged by these trends, we
continue to see corporate expenditures subject to elevated scrutiny
in the current environment. We have also been unable to travel to
meet with prospective new clients, which has impacted our ability
to convert prospects into new clients. We anticipate that as the
COVID-19 pandemic continues, it will continue to be challenging to
estimate conversion rates of prospective business into actual new
client.
Through
September 30, 2021, there has not been a noticeable increase in
accounts receivable for the Company. However, it is likely that if
the COVID-19 pandemic persists and state stay-at-home orders remain
in place, it is likely that more customers will be unable to keep
their bills current. Further, while we have not yet experienced any
interruption to our normal materials and supplies process, it is
impossible to predict whether COVID-19 will cause future
interruptions and delays.
Through
September 30, 2021 we have not had any of our employees contract
the COVID-19 virus. Should we have a significant number of our
employees contract the COVID-19 virus it could have a negative
impact on our ability to serve customers in a timely
fashion.
For additional information on the potential effects of the COVID-19
pandemic on our business, financial condition and results of
operations, see “Risk Factors” beginning on page 13 of this
Prospectus.
CARES
Act
The
Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the
“CARES Act”) was
enacted on March 27, 2020. There are several different provisions
with the CARES Act that impact income taxes for corporations. While
we continue to evaluate the tax implications, we believe these
provisions will not have a material impact to the financial
statements.
Additionally, the
Company has applied for, and has received, funds under the Paycheck
Protection Program (the “PPP Loan”) after the period
covered in these financial statements in the amount of $339,000.
The receipt of these funds, and the forgiveness of the loan
attendant to these funds, is dependent on our having initially
qualified for the loan and qualifying for the forgiveness of such
loan based on our future adherence to the forgiveness
criteria.
The PPP Loan
has a two-year term and bears interest at a rate of 1.0% per annum.
Monthly principal and interest payments are deferred for six months
after the date of disbursement. The PPP Loan may be prepaid at any
time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties. The promissory
note issued in connection with the PPP Loan contains events of
default and other provisions customary for a loan of this
type.
The PPP Loan
was used to retain our employees, as well as for other permitted
uses under the terms and conditions of the PPP Loan. The Company
has applied for forgiveness of the PPP Loan.
The Company
also received a $150,000 loan (the “EID Loan”) from the U.S. Small
Business Administration (the “SBA”) under the SBA’s Economic
Injury Disaster Loan program. The Company received the loan
proceeds on or around May 27, 2020. The EID Loan has a thirty year
term and bears interest at a rate of 3.75% per annum. Monthly
principal and interest payments are deferred for twelve months
after the date of disbursement. The EID Loan may be prepaid at any
time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties, and is
otherwise repaid at the rate of $731 per month. The proceeds from
the EID Loan must be used for working capital. The Loan
Authorization and Agreement and the Note executed by the Company in
connection with the EID Loan contains events of default and other
provisions customary for a loan of this type.
The Company
received a second EID loan from the SBA under the SBA’s Economic
Injury Disaster Loan program in the amount of $350,000 on or around
June 27, 2021 (the “Second
EID Loan”). The Second EID Loan has a thirty year term and
bears interest at a rate of 3.75% per annum. Monthly principal and
interest payments are deferred for twelve months after the date of
disbursement. The Second EID Loan may be prepaid at any time prior
to maturity with no prepayment penalties, and is otherwise repaid
at the rate of $731 per month. The proceeds from the Second EID
Loan must be used for working capital. The Loan Authorization and
Agreement and the Note executed by the Company in connection with
the Second EID Loan contains events of default and other provisions
customary for a loan of this type.
Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
From
time-to-time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the
Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), or other standard
setting bodies, relating to the treatment and recording of certain
accounting transactions. Unless otherwise discussed herein,
management of the Company has determined that these recent
accounting pronouncements will not have a material impact on the
financial position or results of operations of the Company. For
further discussion of recently issued and adopted accounting
pronouncements, please see Note 1 to the consolidated financial
statements included herein.
Critical Accounting
Policies
Critical
Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and
Estimates
Our
management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and
results of operations is based on our consolidated financial
statements which we have been prepared in accordance with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles. In preparing our
consolidated financial statements, we are required to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements
and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting periods.
Critical
accounting estimates are estimates for which (a) the nature of the
estimate is material due to the levels of subjectivity and judgment
necessary to account for highly uncertain matters or the
susceptibility of such matters to change and (b) the impact of the
estimate on financial condition or operating performance is
material.
These
significant accounting estimates or assumptions bear the risk of
change due to the fact that there are uncertainties attached to
these estimates or assumptions, and certain estimates or
assumptions are difficult to measure or value.
Management
bases its estimates on historical experience and on various
assumptions that are believed to be reasonable in relation to the
consolidated financial statements taken as a whole under the
circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making
judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that
are not readily apparent from other sources.
Management
regularly evaluates the key factors and assumptions used to develop
the estimates utilizing currently available information, changes in
facts and circumstances, historical experience and reasonable
assumptions. After such evaluations, if deemed appropriate, those
estimates are adjusted accordingly.
Actual
results could differ from those estimates.
While our
significant accounting policies are described in more detail in
Note 2 of our consolidated Quarterly financial statements included
in this Prospectus, we believe the following accounting policies to
be critical to the judgments and estimates used in the preparation
of our consolidated financial statements:
Assumption as a
Going Concern
Management
assumes that the Company will continue as a going concern, which
contemplates continuity of operations, realization of assets, and
liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business.
However, given our current financial position and lack of
liquidity, there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue
as a going concern.
Convertible
Financial Instruments
The Company
bifurcates conversion options from their host instruments and
accounts for them as free standing derivative financial instruments
if certain criteria are met. The criteria include circumstances in
which (a) the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded
derivative instrument are not clearly and closely related to the
economic characteristics and risks of the host contract, (b) the
hybrid instrument that embodies both the embedded derivative
instrument and the host contract is not re-measured at fair value
under otherwise applicable generally accepted accounting principles
with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur and
(c) a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded
derivative instrument would be considered a derivative instrument.
An exception to this rule is when the host instrument is deemed to
be conventional, as that term is described under applicable
GAAP.
When the
Company has determined that the embedded conversion options should
not be bifurcated from their host instruments, discounts are
recorded for the intrinsic value of conversion options embedded in
the instruments based upon the differences between the fair value
of the underlying common stock at the commitment date of the
transaction and the effective conversion price embedded in the
instrument.
Beneficial
Conversion Feature
The issuance
of the convertible debt issued by the Company generated a
beneficial conversion feature (“BCF”), which arises when a debt
or equity security is issued with an embedded conversion option
that is beneficial to the investor or in the money at inception
because the conversion option has an effective strike price that is
less than the market price of the underlying stock at the
commitment date. The Company recognized the BCF by allocating the
intrinsic value of the conversion option, which is the number of
shares of common stock available upon conversion multiplied by the
difference between the effective conversion price per share and the
fair value of common stock per share on the commitment date,
resulting in a discount on the convertible debt (recorded as a
component of additional paid in capital).
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
The Company
uses a three-tier fair value hierarchy to classify and disclose all
assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis,
as well as assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a
non-recurring basis, in periods subsequent to their initial
measurement. The hierarchy requires the Company to use observable
inputs when available, and to minimize the use of unobservable
inputs, when determining fair value. The three tiers are defined as
follows:
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Financial
assets are considered Level 3 when their fair values are determined
using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies or similar
techniques and at least one significant model assumption or input
is unobservable.
The fair
value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices
(unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. If the inputs used
to measure the financial assets and liabilities fall within more
than one level described above, the categorization is based on the
lowest level input that is significant to the fair value
measurement of the instrument.
Transactions
involving related parties cannot be presumed to be carried out on
an arm’s-length basis, as the requisite conditions of competitive,
free-market dealings may not exist. Representations about
transactions with related parties, if made, shall not imply that
the related party transactions were consummated on terms equivalent
to those that prevail in arm’s-length transactions unless such
representations can be substantiated.
Stock-Based
Compensation
We measure
the cost of services received in exchange for an award of equity
instruments based on the fair value of the award. For employees and
directors, the fair value of the award is measured on the grant
date. For non-employees, as per ASU No. 2018-7,
Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to
Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting, remeasurement is
not required. The fair value amount is then recognized over the
period during which services are required to be provided in
exchange for the award, usually the vesting period. Stock-based
compensation expense is recorded by us in the same expense
classifications in the consolidated statements of operations, as if
such amounts were paid in cash. Also, refer to Note 1 – Summary of
Significant Accounting Policies, in the consolidated financial
statements that are included in this Prospectus.
Deferred Tax
Assets and Income Taxes Provision
The Company
adopted the provisions of paragraph 740-10-25-13 of the FASB
Accounting Standards Codification. Paragraph 740-10-25-13 which
addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or
expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the
consolidated financial statements. Under paragraph 740-10-25-13,
the Company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax
position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position
will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based
on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits
recognized in the consolidated financial statements from such a
position should be measured based on the largest benefit that has a
greater than fifty percent (50%) likelihood of being realized upon
ultimate settlement. Paragraph 740-10-25-13 also provides guidance
on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties on income
taxes, accounting in interim periods and requires increased
disclosures. The Company had no material adjustments to its
liabilities for unrecognized income tax benefits according to the
provisions of paragraph 740-10-25-13.
The
estimated future tax effects of temporary differences between the
tax basis of assets and liabilities are reported in the
accompanying balance sheets, as well as tax credit carry-backs and
carry-forwards. The Company periodically reviews the recoverability
of deferred tax assets recorded on its balance sheets and provides
valuation allowances as management deems necessary.
Management
makes judgments as to the interpretation of the tax laws that might
be challenged upon an audit and cause changes to previous estimates
of tax liability. In addition, the Company operates within multiple
taxing jurisdictions and is subject to audit in these
jurisdictions. In management’s opinion, adequate provisions for
income taxes have been made for all years. If actual taxable income
by tax jurisdiction varies from estimates, additional allowances or
reversals of reserves may be necessary.
Management
assumes that the realization of the Company’s net deferred tax
assets resulting from its net operating loss (“NOL”) carry–forwards for
Federal income tax purposes that may be offset against future
taxable income was not considered more likely than not and
accordingly, the potential tax benefits of the net loss
carry-forwards are offset by a full valuation allowance. Management
made this assumption based on (a) the Company has incurred
recurring losses and presently has no revenue-producing business;
(b) general economic conditions; and, (c) its ability to raise
additional funds to support its daily operations by way of a public
or private offering, among other factors.
Outlook
Our
continued objective is to further integrate our growing suite of
proven industry leading data security and privacy offerings and
deliver the combined offering to our growing stable of enterprise
and medium-sized clients directly and via our partner channel. Data
privacy concerns continue to grow lockstep with security breaches
and ongoing expansion of data storage, consumption and spread of
telework, telehealth and remote learning requirements.
We have
utilized, and expect to continue to utilize, acquisitions to
contribute to our long-term growth objectives. During fiscal 2021
we hope to continue to acquire complimentary business assets and
client bases. Some of the key element to our growth strategy
include, without limitation:
|
● |
Improve and
extend our technological capabilities, domestically and
internationally. |
|
● |
Further
integrate our product offerings to provide an unmatched data
privacy platform. |
|
● |
Focus on
underserved markets, such as sports teams (at all levels) and
medium-sized businesses. |
|
● |
Deliver
capabilities via unconventional channels, including open-source and
“freemium” and trial subscription models. |
|
● |
Leverage our
existing relationships for professional references, association and
internal private industry level promotional events and other
high-value and successful product positional
activities. |
|
● |
Be prepared
to capture and execute on opportunities in the acquisition
marketplace. |
|
● |
Continued
focus on net bookings with minimum long-term contract
value. |
|
● |
Improve SaaS
Services with high increasing ‘attach’ rate for additional
capabilities. |
|
● |
Increase
year-over-year conversions from perpetual one-time contract sales
to multiyear recurring subscription revenue agreements. |
While we
report primarily income based on recognized and deferred revenue,
another measurement internally for the business is booked revenues.
Management utilizes this measure to track numerous indicators such
as: contract value growth; initial contract value per customer;
and, certain other values that change quarter-over-quarter. These
results may also be subject to, and impacted by, sales compensation
plans, internal performance objectives, and other activities. We
continue to increase revenue from our existing operations. We
generally recognize revenue from customers ratably over the terms
of their subscription, which is generally one year at a time. As a
result, a substantial portion of the revenue we report in each
period is attributable to the recognition of deferred revenue
relating to agreements that we entered into during previous
periods. Consequently, any increase or decline in new sales or
renewals in any one period will not be immediately reflected in our
revenue for that period. Any such change, however, would affect our
revenue in future periods. Accordingly, the effect of downturns or
upturns in new sales and potential changes in our rate of renewals
may not be fully reflected in our results of operations until
future periods.
In December
2019, COVID-19 was reported in China; in January 2020 the World
Health Organization (“WHO”) declared it a Public
Health Emergency of International Concern;, and, in March 2020 the
WHO declared it a pandemic. The long-term impact of COVID-19 on our
operational and financial performance will depend on certain
developments including the duration, spread, severity, and
potential recurrence of the virus. Our future performance will also
depend on the impact of COVID-19 on our customers, partners,
employee productivity, and sales cycles, including as a result of
travel restrictions. These potential developments are uncertain and
cannot be predicted and as such, the extent to which COVID-19 will
impact our business, operations, financial condition and results of
operations over the long term is unknown. Furthermore, due to our
shift to a predominantly subscription model, the effect of COVID-19
may not be fully reflected in our results of operations until
future periods.
While we are
actively managing our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact
on our year 2021 results and beyond is uncertain. We continue to
conduct business as usual with modifications to employee travel,
employee work locations, customer interactions, and cancellation of
certain marketing events, among other things. We will continue to
actively monitor the situation and may take further actions that
alter our business operations as may be required by federal, state,
or local authorities, or that we determine are in the best
interests of our employees, customers, partners, suppliers, and
stockholders. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic may impact
our longer-term operational and financial performance remains
uncertain. Furthermore, due to our subscription-based business
model, the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic may not be fully
reflected in our results of operations until future periods, if at
all. The extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will depend
on several factors, including the pace of reopening the economy
around the world; the possible resurgence in the spread of the
virus; the development cycle of therapeutics and vaccines; the
impact on our customers and our sales cycles; the impact on our
customer, employee, and industry events; and the effect on our
vendors. Please see “Risk Factors” beginning on page 13
of this Prospectus for a further description of the material
risks we currently face, including the risks related to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
COMPARED TO THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
2020
Revenue
We
recognized $1,495,000 and $3,095,000 of revenue during the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, compared to
$700,000 and $1,644,000 of revenue during the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2020. We had net billings for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2021 of $1,832,000 and $3,011,000,
respectively, compared to $835,000 and $2,370,000 in the prior year
periods. Deferred revenues were $1,135,000 as of September 30,
2021, a decrease of $343,000 from $1,478,000 as of December 31,
2020.
General and
Administrative Expenses
General and
administrative expenses for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2021 amounted to $1,061,000 and $3,806,000,
respectively, as compared to $858,000 and $3,950,000 for the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, which is an
increase of $203,000, or 24%, and a decrease of $143,000, or 4%,
respectively. The expenses for the nine months ended September 30,
2021 primarily consisted of management costs, costs to integrate
assets we acquired and to expand sales, audit and review fees,
filing fees, professional fees, and other expenses, including the
re-classification of sales-related management expenses, in
connection with the projected growth of the Company’s business, and
professional fees and expenses related to the filing of the
Company’s S-1 Registration Statement and application to list its
common stock on Nasdaq. Expenses for the nine months ended
September 30, 2020 consisted of primarily the same items, excluding
same for the Company’s S-1 filing and Nasdaq
application.
Sales
and Marketing Expenses
Sales and
marketing expense for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2021 amounted to $89,000 and $234,000, respectively, as compared to
$3,000 and $151,000 for the three and nine months ended September
30, 2020, respectively, which is an increase of $86,000, or 2,863%,
and $83,000, or 55%, respectively. The expenses for the nine months
ended September 30, 2021 primarily consisted of sponsorship of
major trade conferences, engaging tier-1 analyst coverage, and
growing our sales operation, with some previously reported expenses
(primarily management costs) reclassified to general and
administrative expenses. Expenses for the nine months ended
September 30, 2020 consisted of primarily the same
items.
Net
Income (Loss)
The net loss
for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 was $974,000
and $4,696,000 as compared to a net loss of $1,500,000 and
$14,254,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020,
respectively. The net loss for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2021 was mainly derived from a loss on change in fair
value of derivative liability of $68,000 and $432,000,
respectively, associated with convertible notes payable and
convertible preferred stock and gross margins of $1,346,000 and
$2,683,000, respectively, offset in part by general and
administrative, and sales and marketing expenses
incurred.
The net loss
for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 was mainly
derived from a loss on change in fair value of derivative liability
of $420,000 and $9,698,000, respectively, associated with
convertible notes payable and gross margins of $592,000 and
$1,482,000, respectively, offset in part by general and
administrative, and sales and marketing expenses
incurred.
Provision for
Income Tax
No provision
for income taxes was recorded in either the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2021 or 2020, as we have incurred taxable
losses in both periods.
Related Party
Transactions
The
following individuals and entities have been identified as related
parties based on their affiliation with our CEO, Jason
Remillard:
Jason
Remillard
Myriad
Software Productions, LLC
The
following amounts were owed to related parties, affiliated with the
CEO and Chairman of the Board, at the dates indicated:
|
|
September 30, 2021 |
|
|
December 31, 2019 |
|
Jason Remillard |
|
$ |
143,578 |
|
|
$ |
155,848 |
|
CASH
FLOW FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 COMPARED TO THE
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
Liquidity and
Capital Resources
We require cash to fund our operating expenses and working capital
requirements, including outlays for capital expenditures. As of
September 30, 2021, our principal sources of liquidity were cash of
$1,378,000; trade accounts receivable of $102,000; and, other
current assets of $11,000, as compared to cash or cash equivalents
of $483,000; trade accounts receivable of $77,000, and other
current assets of $9,000 as of September 30, 2020.
During the
last two years, and through October 26, 2021 (the date of our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30,
2021 was filed), we have faced an increasingly challenging
liquidity situation that has impacted our ability to execute our
operating plan. We started generating revenue in the fourth quarter
of 2018, and we have continued to increase revenue through
September 30, 2021 as we have actively sought to grow our business
in the data security and data privacy markets. We have also been
required to maintain our corporate existence; satisfy the
requirements of being a public company; and, have chosen to become
a mandatory filer with the SEC. We will need to obtain capital to
continue operations. There is no assurance that our Company will be
able to secure such funding on acceptable (or any) terms. During
the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, we reported a
loss from operations of $1,357,000 and $2,619,000, respectively;
and, generated (used) cash flows from operating activities totaling
$58,000 and ($584,000), respectively, for the same periods. We had
a beginning cash balance of $59,000 as of January 01, 2021, and a
beginning cash balance of $19,000 as of January 01,
2020.
As of
September 30, 2021, we had assets of cash in the amount of
$1,378,000 and other current assets in the amount of $112,000. As
of September 30, 2021, we had current liabilities of $3,890,000.
The Company’s accumulated deficit was $40,230,125, largely due to
derivate liability treatments.
As of
September 30, 2020, we had assets of cash in the amount of $483,000
and other current assets in the amount of $86,000. As of September
30, 2020, we had current liabilities of $9,656,000. The Company’s
accumulated deficit was $35,865,000, largely due to derivate
liability treatments.
We will
require additional capital to continue to operate our business, and
to further expand our business. Sources of additional capital
through various financing transactions or arrangements with third
parties may include equity or debt financing, bank loans or
revolving credit facilities. We may not be successful in locating
suitable financing transactions in the time period required or at
all, and we may not obtain the capital we require by other means.
Unless the Company can attract additional investment, the future of
the Company operating as a going concern is in serious
doubt.
We are
obligated to file annual, quarterly and current reports with the
SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act. In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”) and the rules
subsequently implemented by the SEC and the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board have imposed various requirements on
public companies, including requiring changes in corporate
governance practices. We expect these rules and regulations to
increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some
activities of ours more time- consuming and costly. In order to
meet the needs to comply with the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act, we will need investment of capital.
Management
has determined that additional capital will be required in the form
of equity or debt securities. There is no assurance that management
will be able to raise capital on terms acceptable to the Company.
We also continue to monitor the effects COVID-19 could have on our
operations and liquidity including our ability to collect account
receivable timely from our customers due to the economic impacts
COVID-19 could have on the general economy. If we are unable to
obtain sufficient amounts of additional capital, we may have to
cease filing the required reports and cease operations completely.
If we obtain additional funds by selling any of our equity
securities or by issuing common stock to pay current or future
obligations, the percentage ownership of our shareholders will be
reduced, shareholders may experience additional dilution, or the
equity securities may have rights preferences or privileges senior
to the common stock.
Investing
Activities
During the
nine months ended September 30, 2021, we used funds in investing
activities of $138,000 to purchase property and equipment. During
the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we used funds in
investing activities of $285,000 to acquire intellectual property
and purchase property and equipment.
Common
Stock Reverse Split
On February
19, 2021, we announced the approval of a reverse stock split of our
common stock and a reduction in the number of authorized, each
within a specified range, with a final decision to be made by our
board of directors. On June 14, 2021, we were advised by the Nevada
Secretary of State that it had accepted the Company’s filing of a
Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, with a
filing and effective date of June 11, 2021 (the “Certificate of Amendment”). The
Certificate of Amendment (i) reduced the number of authorized
shares of common stock to one billion (1,000,000,000); and, (ii)
effected a reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of its
issued common stock in a ratio of 1-for-2,000. The preferred stock
of the Company was not changed. Trading of our common stock began
on a split-adjusted basis on July 1, 2021. All common stock and per
share data have been retroactively adjusted for the impact of the
split.
Financing
Activities
During the
nine months ended September 30, 2021 we raised net proceeds of
$390,000 through the issuance of our Series B Convertible Stock in
the gross amount of $417,750. We also raised net proceeds of
$847,000 through the issuance of our common stock. We raised
proceeds of $366,000 through loans from related parties and repaid
$538,000 to related parties. We raised net proceeds of $642,000
through the issuance of our convertible note and net proceeds of
$3,713,000 through the issuance of our notes payable, and repaid
$3,953,000 on notes payable. By comparison, during the nine months
ended September 30, 2020, we raised net proceeds of $1,352,250
through the issuance of our convertible promissory notes in the
gross amount of $1,641,500. We also repaid $685,000 on notes
payable. We raised proceeds of $242,000 through loans from related
parties and repaid $692,000 to related parties.
We are
dependent upon the receipt of capital investment or other financing
to fund our ongoing operations and to execute our business plan for
growth in the data security market. If continued funding and
capital resources are unavailable at reasonable terms, we may not
be able to implement our plan of operations.
Going
Concern
The
consolidated financial statements included in this Prospectus have
been prepared on a going concern basis, which implies that our
Company will continue to realize its assets and discharge its
liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. Our
Company has generated limited revenues since inception and has
never paid any dividends and is unlikely to pay dividends or
generate earnings in the immediate or foreseeable future. The
continuation of our company as a going concern is dependent upon
the ability of our company to obtain necessary financing to achieve
our operating objectives, and the attainment of profitable
operations. As of September 30, 2021, our Company has an
accumulated deficit of $40,230,125. We do not have sufficient
working capital to enable us to carry out our plan of operation for
the next twelve months.
Due to the
uncertainty of our ability to meet our current operating expenses
and the capital expenses noted above in their report on the
consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended
September 30, 2021, our independent auditors included an
explanatory paragraph regarding concerns about our ability to
continue as a going concern. Our consolidated financial statements
contain additional note disclosures describing the circumstances
that lead to this disclosure by our independent
auditors.
The
continuation of our business is dependent upon us raising
additional financial support. The issuance of additional equity or
debt securities by us could result in a significant dilution in the
equity interests of our current stockholders. Obtaining commercial
loans, assuming those loans would be available, will increase our
liabilities and future cash commitments. There can be no assurance
that the Company will be able to raise any additional
capital.
Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements
There are no
off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely
to have a current or future effect on our financial condition,
changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of
operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources
that are material to investors.
Management’s
Plans
Our plan is
to continue to grow our business through strategic acquisitions,
and then expand selling across our subsidiaries and affiliated
companies. During the next twelve months, we anticipate incurring
costs related to (i) filing of Exchange Act reports; and, (ii)
operating our businesses. We will require additional operating
capital to maintain and continue operations. We will need to raise
additional capital through debt or equity financing, and there is
no assurance we will be able to raise the necessary
capital.
RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 COMPARED TO THE
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019
Our
operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are
outlined below:
|
|
Year Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
Change |
|
Revenue |
|
$ |
2,474,627 |
|
|
$ |
1,453,413 |
|
|
$ |
1,021,214 |
|
Cost of revenue |
|
|
303,515 |
|
|
|
117,106 |
|
|
|
186,409 |
|
Gross Profit |
|
|
2,171,112 |
|
|
|
1,336,307 |
|
|
|
834,805 |
|
Gross Profit Percentage |
|
|
88 |
% |
|
|
92 |
% |
|
|
(4 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expense |
|
|
6,071,597 |
|
|
|
5,270,386 |
|
|
|
801,211 |
|
Other income
(expense) |
|
|
(10,006,700 |
) |
|
|
3,326,708 |
|
|
|
(13,333,408 |
) |
Net loss |
|
$ |
(13,907,185 |
) |
|
$ |
(607,371 |
) |
|
$ |
(13,299,814 |
) |
Revenue
The increase
in revenue was primarily due to revenues from assets acquired
during 2020.
Cost of
revenue
Cost of
revenue consists of direct expense, such as sales commission,
shipping, and supplies. The increase in cost of revenue was
primarily due to an increase in revenue.
For the
years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 our operating expenses are
as follows:
|
|
Year Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
Change |
|
Operating
expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General and
administrative |
|
$ |
5,830,703 |
|
|
$ |
4,796,652 |
|
|
$ |
1,034,051 |
|
Sales and marketing |
|
|
240,894 |
|
|
|
469,529 |
|
|
|
(228,635 |
) |
Research and
development |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
4,205 |
|
|
|
(4,205 |
) |
Total
operating expenses |
|
$ |
6,071,597 |
|
|
$ |
5,270,386 |
|
|
$ |
801,211 |
|
General and
Administrative Expenses
The general
and administrative expenses primarily consisted of management
costs, costs to integrate assets we acquired and to expand sales,
product enhancements, audit and review fees, filing fees,
professional fees, and other expenses related to SEC reporting,
including the re-classification of sales-related management
expenses, in connection with the projected growth of the Company’s
business. The increase in general and administrative expense was
primarily due to an increase in amortization of intangible assets,
payroll expense, professional fees.
Sales
and Marketing Expenses
The sales
and marketing expenses primarily consisted of developing a sales
operation, with some previously reported expenses, primarily
management costs, reclassified to general and administrative
expenses. The decrease in sales and marketing expense was primarily
due to a decrease in consulting and management costs.
Other
income (expense)
Other income
for the year ended December 31, 2020 consisted of interest expense,
loss on change in fair value of derivative, and loss on settlement
and extinguishment of debt. Other income for the year ended
December 31, 2019 consisted of interest expense, gain on change in
fair value of derivative, gain on contingent liability, and loss on
settlement on lawsuit. The increase in other income was primarily
due to change in fair value of derivative liabilities.
Net
Loss
The net loss
for the year ended December 31, 2020 was mainly derived from an
operating loss of $3,900,485, and loss on change in fair value of
derivative liability of $7,406,416. The net loss for the year ended
December 31, 2019 was mainly derived from an operating loss of
$3,934,079, due in part by increased general and administrative
costs and reduced by other net income of $3,326,708, which was
mainly from a gain on change in fair value of derivative liability
of $7,238,498.
CASH
FLOW FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 COMPARED TO THE YEAR
ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019
Liquidity and
Capital Resources
The
following table provides selected financial data about our company
as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Working Capital
The
following table provides selected financial data about our company
as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
Change |
|
Current assets |
|
$ |
195,286 |
|
|
$ |
91,337 |
|
|
$ |
103,949 |
|
Current
liabilities |
|
$ |
5,617,390 |
|
|
$ |
9,494,908 |
|
|
$ |
(3,877,518 |
) |
Working capital
deficiency |
|
$ |
(5,422,104 |
) |
|
$ |
(9,403,571 |
) |
|
$ |
3,981,467 |
|
We require cash to fund our operating expenses and working capital
requirements, including outlays for capital expenditures. As of
December 31, 2020, our principal sources of liquidity were cash of
$58,783 and trade accounts receivable of $136,503, as compared to
cash of $18,673, trade accounts receivable of $63,556, inventory of
$8,301 and other current assets of $807 as of December 31,
2019.
During the
last two years, and through the date of this Annual Report, we have
faced an increasingly challenging liquidity situation that has
severely limited our ability to execute our operating plan. We
generated no revenue until the fourth quarter of 2018, though we
have actively prepared to initiate business in the data security
market. We have also been required to maintain our corporate
existence, satisfy the requirements of being a public company, and
have chosen to become a mandatory filer with the SEC. We will need
to obtain capital to continue operations. There is no assurance
that we will be able to secure such funding on acceptable (or any)
terms. During the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, we
reported a loss from operations of $3,900,485 and $3,934,079,
respectively, and had negative cash flows used in operating
activities of $758,479 and $828,437, respectively, for the same
periods.
As of
December 31, 2020, we had assets of cash in the amount of $58,783
and other current assets in the amount of $136,503. As of December
31, 2020, we had current liabilities of $5,617,390. The Company’s
accumulated deficit as of December 31, 2020 was
$35,518,584.
As of
December 31, 2019, we had assets of cash in the amount of $18,673
and other current assets in the amount of $72,664. As of December
31, 2019, we had current liabilities of $9,494,908. The Company’s
accumulated deficit as of December 31, 2019 was $21,610,915. The
decrease in working capital deficiency was primarily due to a
decrease in derivative liability, offset by an increase in deferred
revenue, convertible notes, due to related party and license fee
payable.
The
revenues, if any, generated from our acquisitions alone will not be
sufficient to fund our operations or planned growth. We will
require additional capital to continue to operate our business, and
to further expand our business. Sources of additional capital
through various financing transactions or arrangements with third
parties may include equity or debt financing, bank loans or
revolving credit facilities. We may not be successful in locating
suitable financing transactions in the time period required or at
all, and we may not obtain the capital we require by other means.
Unless the Company can attract additional investment, the future of
the Company operating as a going concern is in serious
doubt.
We are now
obligated to file annual, quarterly and current reports with the
SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act. In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”) and the rules
subsequently implemented by the SEC and the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board have imposed various requirements on
public companies, including requiring changes in corporate
governance practices. We expect these rules and regulations to
increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some
activities of ours more time-consuming and costly. In order to meet
the needs to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, we
will need investment of capital.
Management
has determined that additional capital will be required in the form
of equity or debt securities. There is no assurance that management
will be able to raise capital on terms acceptable to the
Company.
If we are
unable to obtain sufficient amounts of additional capital, we may
have to cease filing the required reports and cease operations
completely. If we obtain additional funds by selling any of our
equity securities or by issuing common stock to pay current or
future obligations, the percentage ownership of our shareholders
will be reduced, shareholders may experience additional dilution,
or the equity securities may have rights preferences or privileges
senior to the common stock.
Cash Flow
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Year Ended |
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December
31, |
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2020 |
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2019 |
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Change |
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Cash used in operating
activities |
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$ |
(758,479 |
) |
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$ |
(828,437 |
) |
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$ |
69,958 |
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Cash used in investing activities |
|
$ |
(461,400 |
) |
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$ |
(279,938 |
) |
|
$ |
(181,462 |
) |
Cash provided by financing
activities |
|
$ |
1,259,989 |
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|
$ |
802,113 |
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|
$ |
457,876 |
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Cash on hand |
|
$ |
58,783 |
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$ |
18,673 |
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|
$ |
40,110 |
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Operating
Activities
During the
year ended December 31, 2020, our Company used $758,479 in
operating activities, compared to $828,437 during the year ended
December 31, 2019. Cash used in operation activities was primarily
due to an increase in operating liabilities.
Investing
Activities
During the
year ended December 31, 2020, we used funds in investing activities
of $315,000 to acquire intellectual property and $146,400 to
acquire property and equipment. During the year ended December 31,
2019, we used funds in investing activities of $269,309 to acquire
intellectual property and $10,629 to acquire property and
equipment.
Financing
Activities
During the
year ended December 31, 2020 we raised $50,000 through the issuance
of Series B Preferred Stock; $1,502,250 from issuance of
convertible debt; $2,147,996 from issuance of notes payable; and,
$299,173 from loan from related party, offset in part through
repayment of $1,689,846 on notes payable; repayment to related
party of $976,257 and, $73,327 of capital lease payments. By
comparison, during the year ended December 31, 2019 we raised
$500,000 through the issuance of approximately 557,936 shares of
our common stock and warrants to acquire approximately 291,219
shares of our common stock on a post reverse split basis, $440,000
for stock subscriptions of commons stock and warrants to be issued
later, and $676,000 from issuance of convertible debt, $215,120
from issuance of notes payable, $12,900 from loan form related
party, offset in part through repayment of $650,000 on notes
payable, repayment to related party of $371,623 and $20,284 of
capital lease payments.
We are
dependent upon the receipt of capital investment or other financing
to fund our ongoing operations and to execute our business plan. In
addition, we are dependent upon our controlling shareholder to
provide continued funding and capital resources. If continued
funding and capital resources are unavailable at reasonable terms,
we may not be able to implement our plan of operations.
BUSINESS
Business
History
Our company
was incorporated as LandStar, Inc., a Nevada corporation, on May 4,
1998, for the purpose of purchasing, developing and reselling real
property, with its principal focus on the development of raw land.
From incorporation through December 31, 1998, we had no business
operations and was a development-stage company. We did not purchase
or develop any properties and decided to change our business plan
and operations. On March 31, 1999, we acquired approximately 98.5%
of the common stock of Rebound Rubber Corp. (“Rebound Rubber”)
pursuant to a share exchange agreement with Rebound Rubber and
substantially all of Rebound Rubber’s shareholders. The acquisition
was effected by issuing 14,500,100 shares of common stock, which
constituted 14.5% of the 100,000,000 of our authorized shares, and
50.6% of the 28,622,100 issued and outstanding shares on completion
of the acquisition.
The share
exchange with Rebound Rubber (and other transactions occurring in
March 1999) resulted in a change of control and the appointment of
new officers and directors. These transactions also changed our
focus to the development and utilization of technology to
de-vulcanize and reactivate recycled rubber for resale as a raw
material in the production of new rubber products. Our business
strategy was to sell the de-vulcanized material (and compounds
using the materials) to manufacturers of rubber
products.
Prior to
2001 we had no revenues. In 2001 and 2002 revenues were derived
from management services rendered to a rubber recycling
company.
In August
2001, we amended our Articles of Incorporation to authorize
500,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and
150,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share.
We may designate preferred stock into specific classes by action of
our board of directors. In May 2008, our board of directors
established a class of Convertible Preferred Series A (the “Series
A”), authorizing 10,000,000 shares. When established, among other
things, (i) each share of Series A was convertible into 1,000
shares of our common stock, and (ii) a holder of Series A was
entitled to vote 1,000 shares of common stock for each share of
Series A on all matters submitted to a vote by
stockholders.
In September
2008, we amended our Articles of Incorporation to increase the
number of authorized shares to 985,000,000, $0.001 par value per
share, further amended the Articles in January 2009 to increase the
number of authorized shares to 4,000,000,000, and in January 2010
amended our Articles to increase the number of authorized shares to
8,888,000,000.
We were
effectively dormant for a number of years. In or around February
2014, there was a change in control whereby Kevin Hayes acquired
1,000,000 shares of the Series A and was appointed as our sole
director and officer. In or around April 2017, there was another
change in control when Mr. Hayes sold the 1,000,000 shares of
Series A to Hybrid Titan Management, which then proceeded to assign
the Series A to William Alessi. Mr. Alessi was then appointed as
our sole director and officer. Mr. Alessi initiated legal action in
his home state of North Carolina to confirm, among other things,
his ownership of the Series A; his “control” over the company, and
the status of creditors of the company. In or around June 2017, the
court entered judgment in favor of Mr. Alessi, confirming his
majority ownership and control of the company.
In or around
July 2017, while under the majority ownership and management of Mr.
Alessi, we sought to effect a merger transaction (the “Merger”)
under which the company would be merged into Data443 Risk
Mitigation, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (“Data443”). Data443
was originally formed under the name LandStar, Inc. The name of the
North Carolina corporation was changed to Data443 in December 2017.
In November 2017, our controlling interest was acquired by our
current chief executive officer and sole board member, Jason
Remillard, when he acquired all of the Series A shares from Mr.
Alessi. In that same transaction, Mr. Remillard also acquired all
of the shares of Data443 from Mr. Alessi. Mr. Remillard was then
appointed as our sole director and sole officer and of
Data443.
In January
2018, we acquired substantially all of the assets of Myriad
Software Productions, LLC, which was owned 100% by Mr. Remillard.
Those assets were comprised of the software program known as
ClassiDocs®, and all intellectual property and goodwill
associated therewith. As a result of the acquisition, the Company
was no longer a “shell” under applicable securities rules. In
consideration for the acquisition, we agreed to a purchase price of
$1,500,000, comprised of: (i) $50,000 paid at closing; (ii)
$250,000 in the form of a promissory note; and (iii) $1,200,000 in
shares of our common stock, valued as of the closing, which equated
to 800 shares of our common stock. The shares have not yet been
issued and are not included as part of our issued and outstanding
shares. However, these shares have been recorded as “Acquisition of
ClassiDocs” included in additional paid in capital within our
financial statements for the year ending December 31,
2019.
In April
2018, we amended the designation for our Series A by providing that
a holder of Series A was entitled to (i) vote 15,000 shares of
common stock for each share of Series A on all matters submitted to
a vote by stockholders, and (ii) convert each share of Series A
into 1,000 shares of our common stock.
In May 2018,
the Company amended and restated its Articles of Incorporation. The
total authorized number of shares is 8,888,000,000 shares of common
stock, $0.001 par value per share, and 50,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, designated in the
discretion of our board of directors. The Series A remains in full
force and effect.
In June
2018, after careful analysis and in reliance upon professional
advisors we retained, it was determined that the Merger had, in
fact, not been completed, and that the Merger was not in the best
interests of the Company and its stockholders. As such, the Merger
was legally terminated. In place of the Merger, in June 2018, we
acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of
Data443 (the “Share Exchange”). As a result of the Share Exchange,
Data443 became our wholly-owned subsidiary, with both the Company
and Data443 continuing to exist as corporate entities. As
consideration in the Share Exchange, we agreed to issue to Mr.
Remillard: (a) 67 shares of our common stock and (b) on the
eighteen-month anniversary of the closing of the Share Exchange
(the “Earn Out Date”), an additional 67 shares of our common stock,
provided that Data443 has at least an additional $1,000,000 in
revenue by the Earn Out Date (not including revenue directly from
acquisitions). None of the shares of our common stock to be issued
to Mr. Remillard under the Share Exchange have been issued. As
such, none of said shares are included as part of our issued and
outstanding shares. However, these shares have been recorded as
“Share exchange with related party for Data443 additional share
issuable” included in additional paid in capital within our
financial statements for the year ending December 31,
2019.
On or about
June 29, 2018, we secured the rights to the WordPress GDPR
Framework through our wholly-owned subsidiary Data443 for a total
consideration of €40,001, or approximately $46,521, payable in four
payments of approximately €10,000, with the first payment due at
closing, and the remaining payments due at the end of July, August
and September 2018. Upon issuance of the final payment, we gained
the right to enter into an asset transfer agreement for the nominal
cost of one euro (€1).
On or about
October 22, 2018, we entered into an asset purchase agreement with
Modevity, LLC (“Modevity”) to acquire certain assets collectively
known as ARALOC®, a software-as-a service (“SaaS”)
platform that provides cloud-based data storage, protection, and
workflow automation. The acquired assets consist of intellectual
and related intangible property including applications and
associated software code, and trademarks. Access to books and
records related to the customers and revenues Modevity created on
the ARALOC platform were also included in the asset purchase
agreement. These assets were substantially less than the total
assets of Modevity, and revenues from the platform comprised a
portion of the overall sales of Modevity. We are required to create
the technical capabilities to support the ongoing operation of this
SaaS platform. A substantial effort on our part is needed to
continue generating ARALOC revenues through development of a sales
force, as well as billing and collection processes. We paid
Modevity (i) $200,000 in cash, (ii) $750,000, in the form of a
10-month promissory note, and (iii) 110 shares of our common
stock.
On June 21,
2019, the Company filed an amendment to its articles of
incorporation to increase the total number authorized shares of the
Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, from
8,888,000,000 shares to 15,000,000,000 shares.
On September
16, 2019, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with
DMBGroup, LLC to acquire certain assets collectively known as
DataExpressTM, a software platform for secure sensitive
data transfer within the hybrid cloud. The total purchase price of
approximately $2.8 million consists of: (i) a $410,000 cash payment
at closing; (ii) a promissory note in the amount of $940,000,
payable in the amount of $41,661 over 24 monthly payments starting
on October 15, 2019, accruing at a rate of 6% per annum; (iii)
assumption of approximately $98,000 in liabilities and, (iv)
approximately 2 shares of our common stock. As of December 31,
2019, these shares have not been issued and are recorded as “Stock
issuable for asset purchase” included in additional paid in
capital.
On October
14, 2019, the Company filed an amendment to its Articles of
Incorporation to change its name to Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc.,
and to effect a 1-for-750 reverse stock split of its issued and
outstanding shares of common and preferred shares, each with $0.001
par value, and to reduce the numbers of authorized common and
preferred shares to 60,000,000 and 337,500, respectively. On
October 28, 2019, the name change and the split and changes in
authorized common and preferred shares was effected, resulting in
approximately 7,282,678,714 issued and outstanding shares of the
Company’s common stock to be reduced to approximately 9,710,239,
and 1,000,000 issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s
preferred shares to be reduced to 1,334 as of October 28, 2019. All
per share amounts and number of shares, including the authorized
shares, in the consolidated financial statements and related notes
have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the reverse stock split
and decrease in authorized common and preferred shares.
On March 5,
2020 the Company amended its Articles of Incorporation to increase
the number of shares of authorized common stock to 250,000,000. On
April 15, 2020 the Company further amended its Articles of
Incorporation to increase the number of shares of authorized common
stock to 750,000,000. On August 17, 2020 the Company again amended
its Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of
authorized common stock to 1.5 billion. On November 25, 2020 the
Company filed a Certificate of Designation to authorize and create
its Series B Preferred shares, consisting of 80,000 shares. On
December 15, 2020 the Company again amended its Articles of
Incorporation to increase the number of shares of authorized common
stock from 1.5 billion to 1.8 billion. Thereafter, the Company
again amended its Articles of Incorporation to increase the number
of shares of authorized common stock from 1.8 billion to 3.8
billion.
On August
13, 2020, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement to
acquire certain assets collectively known as
FileFacets™, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform
that performs sophisticated data discovery and content search of
structured and unstructured data within corporate networks,
servers, content management systems, email, desktops and laptops.
The total purchase price was $135,000, which amount was paid in
full at the closing of the transaction.
On September
21, 2020, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with
the owners of a business known as IntellyWP™, to acquire the
intellectual property rights and certain assets collectively known
as IntellyWP™, an Italy-based developer that produces WordPress
plug-ins that enhance the overall user experience for webmaster and
end users. The total purchase price of $135,000 consists of: (i) a
$55,000 cash payment at closing; (ii) a cash payment of $40,000
upon completion of certain training; and, (iii) a cash payment of
$40,000 upon the Company collecting $25,000 from the assets
acquired in the subject transaction.
On October
8, 2020, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with
Resilient Network Systems, Inc. (“RNS”) to acquire the
intellectual property rights and certain assets collectively known
as Resilient Networks™, a Silicon Valley based SaaS platform that
performs SSO and adaptive access control “on the fly” with
sophisticated and flexible policy workflows for authentication and
authorization. The total purchase price of $305,000 consists of:
(i) a $125,000 cash payment at closing; and, (ii) the issuance of
9,575 shares of our common stock to RNS.
On December
11, 2020, the Company entered into a Common Stock Purchase
Agreement (“CSPA”)
with Triton Funds, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
(“Triton”), an
unrelated third party. Triton agreed to invest $1 million in the
Company in the form of common stock purchases. Subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in the CSPA, the Company agreed to sell to
Triton common shares of the Company having an aggregate value of
One Million Dollars ($1,000,000). The price of the shares to be
sold will be $0.006 per shares. Triton’s obligation to purchase
securities is conditioned on certain factors including, but not
limited, to the Company having an effective registration available
for resale of the securities being purchased; a minimum closing
price of $0.009 per share for the Company’s common stock on the
delivery date for the shares; and, Triton’s ownership not exceeding
9.9% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company at any
time. The Company filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with
the SEC on December 28, 2020. The S-1 was declared effective by the
SEC as of January 26, 2021.
On February
12, 2021, and effective January 31, 2021 the Company declared
terminated each of the ArcMail Agreements. The Company has asserted
numerous claims under the ArcMail Agreements. Further, Wala lost
all rights to the ArcMail Assets through a foreclosure action
brought by certain secured creditors of Wala (the “Wala Creditors”). The Company
considers its relationship with Wala to be closed and will not
pursue any further action in that regard.
On February
12, 2021 the Company closed its acquisition of the ArcMail Assets
from the Wala Creditors pursuant to the terms and conditions of an
Asset Sale Agreement executed by and between the Company and the
Wala Creditors. The effective date of the Asset Sale Agreement and
the acquisition was deemed to be January 31, 2021. Total purchase
price (the “Purchase
Price”) was One Million Four Hundred Four Thousand Dollars
($1,404,000), evidenced by three promissory notes in favor of the
Wala Creditors in the total amount of the Purchase Price (the
“Notes”). Payments
under the Notes commence in 30-days and continue monthly thereafter
for 60-months. The Notes are secured by a pledge of the ArcMail
Assets as collateral under the terms of a Security Agreement in
favor of the Wala Creditors. The foregoing descriptions of the
Asset Sale Agreement; Notes; and, Security Agreement do not purport
to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the actual
language contained in the Asset Sale Agreement, Notes, and Security
Agreement, respectively.
On February
23, 2021, the Company filed with the SEC its Schedule 14C,
Preliminary Information Statement, providing notice that the Board
of Directors and the holders of a majority of our shares entitled
to vote had approved and authorized the following
actions:
(1) Amendment
of our articles of incorporation (the “Articles of Incorporation”) to
provide for a decrease in the authorized shares of the Company’s
common stock from 1,800,000,000 to a number of not less than
10,000,000 and not more than 1,000,000,000 (the “Authorized Common Stock
Reduction”), at any time prior to the one year anniversary
of the filing of the Definitive Information Statement on Schedule
14C with respect to these actions the “Definitive Information
Statement”), with the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”) having the
discretion to determine whether or not the Authorized Common Stock
Reduction is to be effected, and if effected, the exact number of
the Authorized Common Stock Reduction within the above
range.
(2) That
the Board be authorized to implement through the amendment to our
Articles of Incorporation a reverse stock split of the Company’s
Common Stock by a ratio of not less than 1-for-10 and not more than
1-for-2,000, (the “Reverse
Split”), at any time prior to the one year anniversary of
the filing of the Definitive Information Statement, with the Board
having the discretion to determine whether or not the Reverse Split
is to be effected, and if effected, the exact ratio for the Reverse
Split within the above range.
On April 23,
2021, the Company entered into and closed a financing transaction
pursuant to the terms and conditions of a Securities Purchase
Agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”) with Auctus Fund, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Auctus”). Pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, Auctus purchased from the Company a Senior
Secured Promissory Note (the “Note”) in the aggregate
principal amount of $832,000.00 (the “Principal Amount”), and
delivered gross proceeds of $750,000.00 (excluded were legal fees
for Auctus and a transaction fee charged by Auctus). The Note is
secured by a security interest in the assets of the Company and its
subsidiaries, pursuant to the terms and conditions of a Security
Agreement (the “Security
Agreement”). Timely payment under the Note is further
secured by the issuance of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the
“Second Warrant”)
to Auctus for 55,467 shares of the Company’s common stock at an
exercise price of $15.00, exercisable only in the event of a
default under the Note. Interest on the Principal Amount of the
Note accrues at the rate of 12% per annum, which amount is fully
due and owing upon the issuance of the Note. Repayment of all
amounts due under the Note shall be tendered on the 12-month
anniversary of the Note. The Note may be prepaid in whole at any
time without prepayment penalty or premium. If the Company fails to
meet its obligations under the terms of the Note, the Note shall
become immediately due and payable and subject to penalties
provided for in the Note. The Company also granted to Auctus
warrants to acquire 55,467 shares of the Company’s common stock
pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the “First Warrant”). Exercise price
for the warrants is $15.00, with a cashless exercise option. Both
the First Warrant and the Second Warrant impose an obligation on
the Company to reserve for issuance that number of shares of the
Company’s common stock which is 5 times the number of shares
issuable under both the First Warrant and the Second
Warrant.
As of September 30, 2021, the Company had sold to Triton 83,334
shares of its common stock pursuant to the CSPA, and which shares
were registered under the S-1. All sales occurred during the three
month period ended March 31, 2021 and resulted in the receipt by
the Company of net proceeds in the amount of $847,000 during the
six months ended 30 June 2021, which is the final amount the
Company will receive from the sale of these shares, which includes
proceeds from two unrelated third party for shares of our common
stock acquired from Triton.
The 1-for-2,000 Reverse Stock split was processed by FINRA and
became effective at the start of trading on July 1, 2021. As a
result of the Reverse Stock Split, every 2,000 shares of the
Company’s issued and outstanding common stock, par value $0.001 per
share, were converted into one (1) share of common stock, par value
$0.001 per share.
Business
Overview
The Company
is a leader in data security and privacy management (a critical
element of IT security), providing solutions for All Things Data
Security™, across the enterprise and in the cloud. Trusted by
over 170 clients, including over 1% of the Fortune 500, the Company
provides the necessary visibility and control needed to protect
at-scale, obtain compliance objectives, and enhance operational
efficiencies. Our clients include leading brand name enterprises in
a diverse set of industries, including financial services,
healthcare, manufacturing, retail, technology, and
telecommunications.
The mounting
threat landscape has accelerated security adoption rates and our
extensive portfolio of data security and privacy products provide a
holistic methodology to data privacy as a new security standard.
Our offering is anchored in privacy management, equipping
organizations with a seamless approach to safeguarding their data,
protecting against attacks, and mitigating the most critical
risks.
Data
security and privacy legislation is driving significant investment
by organizations to offset risks from data breaches and damaging
information disclosures of various types. We provide solutions for
the marketplace that are designed to protect data via the cloud,
hybrid, and on-premises architectures. Our suite of security
products focus on protection of: sensitive files and emails;
confidential customer, patient, and employee data; financial
records; strategic and product plans; intellectual property; and
any other data requiring security, allowing our clients to create,
share, and protect their data wherever it is stored.
We deliver
solutions and capabilities via all technical architectures, and in
formats designed for each client. Licensing and subscription models
are available to conform to customer purchasing requirements. Our
solutions are driven by several proprietary technologies and
methodologies that we have developed or acquired, giving us our
primary competitive advantage.
We sell
substantially all of our products, solutions, and services through
a sales model which combines the leverage of channel sales with the
account control of direct sales, thereby providing us with
significant opportunities to grow our current customer base and
successfully deliver our value proposition for data privacy and
security. We also make use of channel partners, distributors, and
resellers which sell to end-user customers. This approach allows us
to maintain close relationships with our customers and benefit from
the global reach of our channel partners. Additionally, we are
enhancing our product offerings and go-to-market strategy by
establishing technology alliances within the IT infrastructure and
security vendor ecosystem. While our products serve customers of
all sizes in all industries, the marketing focus and majority of
our sales focus is on targeting organizations with 100 users or
more which can make larger purchases with us over time and have a
greater potential lifetime value.
Size of
Our Market Opportunity
Worldwide
spending on information security products and services will reach
more than $114 billion in 2018, an increase of 12.4 percent from
last year, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc. In
2019, the market was forecast to grow 8.7 percent to $124 billion,
with further increases expected for 2020. As cloud-based services
increase in popularity, that market increases to an estimated $300
billion by 2021. The International Data Corporation’s Data Age
2025: The Evolution of Data to Life-Critical study estimates that
the amount of data created in the world will grow to 163 Zettabytes
(or 151 trillion gigabytes) in 2025, representing a nearly tenfold
increase from the amount created in 2016. They estimate that nearly
20% of that data will be critical to our daily lives (and nearly
10% will be hypercritical). The study also suggests that by 2025,
almost 90% of all data will require a meaningful level of security,
but less than half will be secured. Every enterprise and
governmental agency will almost certainly require new technologies
to protect and manage data.
We believe
that the functionalities offered by our programs and services
position us to benefit from this growing market. Further, as we
continue to grow our business, we believe that we may have
opportunities to expand into collateral growing markets, such IT
operations management, storage management and data
integration.
Our
Products
Each of our
major product lines provide features and functionality which enable
our clients to fully secure the value of their data. This
architecture easily extends through modular functionalities, giving
our clients the flexibility to select the features they require for
their business needs and the flexibility to expand their usage
simply by adding a license. As the result of a recent rebranding
and marketing effort by the Company, the products and services
offered by the Company are now marketed under the following
names:
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Data443®
Ransomware Recovery Manager™, built for the modern enterprise,
its capabilities are designed to recover a workstation immediately
upon infection to the last known business-operable state, without
any end user or IT administrator efforts or
involvement. |
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Data
Identification Manager™ (previously marketed as ClassiDocs™ and
FileFacets®), the Company’s award-winning data classification and
governance technology, which supports CCPA, LGPD and GDPR
compliance in a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that performs
sophisticated data discovery and content search of structured and
unstructured data within corporate networks, servers, content
management systems, email, desktops and laptops. |
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Data
Archive Manager™ (previously marketed as ArcMail®), a leading
provider of simple, secure and cost-effective enterprise data
retention management, archiving and management
solutions. |
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Sensitive
Content Manager™ (previously marketed as ARALOC™), a market
leading secure, cloud-based platform for the management, protection
and distribution of digital content to the desktop and mobile
devices, which protects an organization’s confidential content and
intellectual property assets from leakage - malicious or accidental
- without impacting collaboration between all
stakeholders. |
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Data
Placement Manager™ (previously marketed as DATAEXPRESS®), the
leading data transport, transformation and delivery product trusted
by leading financial organizations worldwide; |
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Access
Control Manager™ (previously marketed as Resilient Access™),
enables fine-grained access controls across myriad platforms at
scale for internal client systems and commercial public cloud
platforms like Salesforce, Box.Net, Google G Suite, Microsoft
OneDrive and others. |
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Data
Identification Manager™ (previously marketed as
ClassiDocs for Blockchain), provides an active implementation for
the Ripple XRP that protects blockchain transactions from
inadvertent disclosure and data leaks. |
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Data443®
Global Privacy Manager™, the privacy compliance and consumer
loss mitigation platform which is integrated with ClassiDocs™ to do
the delivery portions of GDPR and CCPA as well as process Data
Privacy Access Requests - removal request - with inventory by
ClassiDocs™; enables the full lifecycle of Data Privacy Access
Requests, Remediation, Monitoring and Reporting. |
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IntellyWP, a
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Data443®
Chat History Scanner, which scans chat messages for compliance,
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GDPR
Framework, CCPA Framework, and LGPD Framework WordPress
Plugins, with over 30,000 active site owners combined, enables
organizations of all sizes to comply with European, California and
Brazilian privacy rules and regulations. |
Key
Benefits of Our Products and Services
Our products
and services:
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Our
Growth Strategy
Our
objective is to be a leading provider of data security products and
services. The following are key elements of our growth
strategy:
Acquisitions. We
intend to aggressively pursue acquisitions of other cybersecurity
software and services providers focused on the data security
sector. Targets are companies with a steady client base, as well as
companies with complementary product offerings.
Research
& Development; Innovation. We intend to increase our
spending on research and development in order to drive innovation
to improve existing products and to deliver new products. We will
work towards proactively identifying and solving the data security
needs of our clients.
Grow Our
Customer Base. We believe that the continued rise in enterprise
data and increased cybersecurity concerns will increase demand for
our services and products. We intend to capitalize on this demand
by targeting new customers.
Expand
Our Sales Force. Continuing to expand our salesforce will be
essential to achieving our customer base expansion goals. At the
appropriate time, we intend to expand our sales capacity by adding
headcount throughout our sales and marketing department.
Focus on
EU Opportunities. We believe there is a significant opportunity
for our products and services in the EU and other international
markets in order to enable compliance with the GDPR. We believe
that a focus on international markets will be a key component of
our growth strategy.
Our
Customers
Our current
customer base is comprised primarily of customers purchasing
ARALOC, ArcMail, DataExpress, and ClassiDocs products. Our
customers vary greatly in size, ranging from small and medium
businesses to large enterprises.
Services
Maintenance and
Support
Our intended
customers will typically purchase software maintenance and support
as part of their initial purchase of our products. These
maintenance agreements provide customers the right to receive
support and unspecified upgrades and enhancements when and if they
become available during the maintenance period and access to our
technical support services. We will maintain a customer support
organization that provides all levels of support to our
customers.
Professional
Services
While users
can easily download, install and deploy our software on their own,
we anticipate that certain enterprises will use our professional
service team to provide fee-based services, which include training
our customers in the use of our products, providing advice on
deployment planning, network design, product configuration and
implementation, automating and customizing reports and tuning
policies and configuration of our products for the particular
characteristics of the customer’s environment.
Sales and
Marketing
Sales
We intend to
sell the majority of our products and services directly to our end
users/clients. We will also propose to effect sales through a
network of channel partners, which in turn, sell the products they
purchase from us. We have a highly-trained professional sales force
that is responsible for overall market development, including the
management of the relationships with our channel partners and
supporting channel partners.
Marketing
Our
marketing strategy focuses on building our brand and product
awareness, increasing customer adoption and demand, communicating
advantages and business benefits and generating leads for our
channel partners and sales force. We will market our products as a
solution for securing and managing file systems and enterprise data
and protecting against cyber-attacks. Our internal marketing
organization will be responsible for branding, content generation
and product marketing. Our marketing efforts will also include
public relations in multiple regions, analyst relations, customer
marketing, and extensive content development available through our
web site and social media outlets.
Seasonality
Our business
is not subject to seasonality.
Research
and Development
While
currently limited, our planned research and development efforts
will be focused on improving and enhancing our existing products
and services, as well as developing new products, features and
functionality. We plan to regularly release new versions of our
products which incorporate new features and enhancements to
existing ones.
Intellectual
Property
The Company
has a policy of requiring key employees and consultants to execute
confidentiality agreements upon the commencement of an employment
or consulting relationship. The Company’s employee agreements also
require relevant employees to assign to it all rights to any
inventions made or conceived during their employment with the
Company. In addition, the Company has a policy of requiring
individuals and entities with which it discusses potential business
relationships to sign non-disclosure agreements. The Company’s
agreements with clients include confidentiality and non-disclosure
provisions. We cannot assure you that the steps taken by us will
prevent misappropriation of our trade secrets or technology or
infringement of our intellectual property. In addition, the laws of
some foreign countries do not protect our proprietary rights to as
great an extent as the laws of the United States, and many foreign
countries do not enforce these laws as diligently as government
agencies and private parties in the United States.
We currently
make use of a number of trademarks in our business, including,
without limitation, the following:
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ClassiDocs® |
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DataExpress™ |
Unlike
copyrights and patents, trademark rights can last indefinitely so
long as the owner continues to use the mark to identify its goods
or services. The term of a federal trademark is ten years, with
ten-year renewal terms. The number of years remaining for the
federal trademark on the three trademarks we make use of in our
business is as follows:
ClassiDocs: Eight
years
ARALOC: Four
years
DataExpress:
Fourteen years
Competition
The industry
in which we compete is highly competitive. Many companies offer
similar products and services for data security. We may be at a
substantial disadvantage to our competitors who have more capital
than we do to carry out operations and marketing efforts. We hope
to maintain our competitive advantage by offering quality at a
competitive price, and by utilizing the experience, knowledge, and
expertise of our management team.
We will face
competition from more established companies that have competitive
advantages, such as greater name recognition, larger sales,
marketing, research and acquisition resources, access to larger
customer bases and channel partners, a longer operating history and
lower labor and development costs, which may enable them to respond
more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in
customer requirements or devote greater resources to the
development, promotion and sale of their products than we do.
Increased competition could result in us failing to attract
customers or maintaining them. It could also lead to price cuts,
alternative pricing structures or the introduction of products
available for free or a nominal price, reduced gross margins,
longer sales cycles and loss of market share. If we are unable to
compete successfully against current and future competitors, our
business and financial condition may be harmed.
Employees
As of
December 6, 2021, we had 21 employees and independent contractors,
of which one was considered to be part of our management team; our
CEO, Jason Remillard. We have not experienced any work stoppages,
and we consider our relations with our employees to be good. The
Company believes that it will be successful in attracting
experienced and capable personnel. The Company’s employees are not
represented by any labor union.
Government
regulation
We are
subject to the laws and regulations of the jurisdictions in which
we operate, which may include business licensing requirements,
income taxes and payroll taxes. In general, the development and
operation of our business is not subject to special regulatory
and/or supervisory requirements.
Legal
Proceedings
The Company
may from time to time be involved in various claims and legal
proceedings of a nature it believes are normal and incidental to
its business. These matters may include product liability,
intellectual property, employment, personal injury cause by the
Company’s employees, and other general claims. The Company is not
presently a party to any legal proceedings that, in the opinion of
its management, are likely to have a material adverse effect on its
business. Regardless of outcome, litigation can have an adverse
impact on the Company because of defense and settlement costs,
diversion of management resources and other factors.
DMB
Note Collection Action
DMB Group,
LLC (“DMB”) filed a
lawsuit against Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc., a North Carolina
corporation, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary (the
“Subsidiary”), June
17, 2021 in County Court in Denton County, Texas, naming the
Subsidiary as the defendant (the “Complaint”). DMB claimed a
breach of the note issued to it on or around 16 September 2019 in
the original principal amount of $940,000 (the “DMB Note”). The DMB Note was
issued by the Subsidiary in connection with the Subsidiary’s
acquisition of assets from DMB. DMB claims that the Subsidiary is
delinquent on its payments under the DMB Note and is therefore in
default under the DMB Note. The Company has already accounted for
the liability owed under the DMB Note. The matter was settled on 30
September 2021 by mutual agreement of the involved parties. The
Subsidiary will make payment of the remaining amount due under the
DMB Note over the next six months. This matter is now considered
closed.
Employment Related
Claims
The Company
views most legal proceedings involving claims of former employees
as routine litigation incidental to the business, and therefore not
material. The Company is currently involved in two such matters
with former employees. One matter involves three former employees,
and that matter has been resolved and settled. The other matter
involves one former employee who is seeking additional
compensation. In response, the Company believes that the former
employee was terminated “for cause” and is owed no further
consideration or compensation. The Company intends to vigorously
dispute the claim.
Properties
Our
principal executive office is located at 101 J Morris Commons Lane,
Suite 105, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560. The space is a shared
office space, which at the current time is suitable for the conduct
of our business.
Going
Concern
We are
dependent upon the receipt of capital investment and other
financing to fund our ongoing operations and to execute our
business plan. If continued funding and capital resources are
unavailable at reasonable terms, we may not be able to implement
our plan of operations. We may be required to obtain alternative or
additional financing, from financial institutions or otherwise, in
order to maintain and expand our existing operations. The failure
by us to obtain such financing would have a material adverse effect
upon our business, financial condition and results of
operations.
Our
financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis,
which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction
of liabilities in the normal course of business. Our independent
registered public accounting firm has included an explanatory
paragraph in their report in our audited financial statements for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 to the effect that our
limited operations and lack of profitability raise substantial
doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our
financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be
necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern within
one year after the date that the financial statements are issued.
We may be required to cease operations which could result in our
stockholders losing all or almost all of their
investment.
Available
Information
The Company
expects to continue to file annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, proxy
statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains a
website that contains annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy
statements and other information that issuers (including the
Company) file electronically with the SEC. The Internet address of
the SEC’s website is http://www.sec.gov.
At some point in the near future we intend to make our reports,
amendments thereto, and other information available, free of
charge, on a website for the Company. At this time, the Company
does not provide a link on its website to such filings, and there
is no estimate for when such a link on the Company’s website will
be available. Our corporate offices are located at 101 J Morris
Commons Lane, Suite 105, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560. Our
telephone number is 919-858-6542.
MANAGEMENT
Directors
and
Executive Officers
Our
directors and executive officers, including their age, positions,
and biographical information as of December 6, 2021, are set forth
below.
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Jason
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President,
Chief Executive Officer, and Director
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Nanuk
Warman
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Omkhar
Arasaratnam
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Independent
Director Nominee*
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Norman
Gardner
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Independent
Director Nominee*
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Lewis Jaffe |
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Independent Director
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* Appointment will be
effective as of the first day our Common Stock and Warrants are
traded on Nasdaq.
Our directors are appointed for a one-year term to hold office
until the next annual general meeting of our stockholders or until
removed from office in accordance with our bylaws. Our officers are
appointed by our board of directors and hold office until removed
by the board. All officers and directors listed above will remain
in office until the next annual meeting of our stockholders, and
until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. There
are no agreements with respect to the election of directors.
Set forth
below is a brief description of the background and business
experience of our current executive officers and directors for the
past five years.
Jason
Remillard
Jason
Remillard is our President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director,
positions he has held since November 2017. From November 2017 until
May 2019, Mr. Remillard also served as our Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Remillard once again assumed the position of Chief Financial
Officer on January 23, 2020. Mr. Remillard resigned his position as
our Chief Financial Officer on December 3, 2021, when Mr. Warman
assumed the position.
Mr.
Remillard started his career in the early 1990s with an internet
service provider, Mr. Remillard has led software organizations of
all sizes throughout his career. In addition to product management,
development, and marketing, he has delivered strategic consulting
for leading organizations worldwide and in both cyber-security and
IT operations capabilities. He has had a distinguished career of
over 25-years in the business of enterprise information technology,
providing services world-wide. He has been on all three of the
recognized aspects of information technology: (i) as a vendor; (ii)
as an implementer; and, (iii) as the customer. Mr. Remillard has
developed, delivered, and sold pervasive solutions and products for
companies culminating in four successful market exits.
Immediately
prior to forming Data443, Mr. Remillard focused on building an
award-winning data privacy and compliance product – ClassiDocs™.
During this period he focused on enterprise customer relationships,
strategic industry partnerships and setting the foundation for a
new and unique entry into the global and growing data privacy and
compliance marketplace. Prior to this, he relocated to New York
City to serve as VP of Security Architecture and Engineering for
Deutsche Bank and managed a large and complex portfolio of
technology and staff globally, including risk management, data
security and enterprise compliance programs. During the last five
years Mr. Remillard also led a large global diversified security
products portfolio for Dell Software (formerly Quest Software),
with over 4,000 active customers, development & marketing
teams, and international distribution channels. In addition to Mr.
Remillard’s previous years as a management consultant for IBM
Corporation, he has also developed, marketed, and successfully
managed five other startups in the cyber security space. With
almost 30 years of enterprise IT, business development and product
sales experience, Mr. Remillard continues to execute on his vision
of simplifying important security capabilities to protect important
assets.
Mr.
Remillard holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business
(London, ON Canada). He is also a Certified Information Systems
Security Professional (CISSP). Mr. Remillard is a founding member
of the Blockchain Executive Group; former VP of CISO Global
Security Architecture and Engineering at Deutsche Bank; Senior
Product Manager for Dell/Quest Software; Management Consultant for
IBM; and, Strategic Consultant for RBC Bank, TD Bank. Based upon
his experience, and expertise, in the data security space, Mr.
Remillard lends himself to be an ideal candidate to head the
Company and serve on the Board.
Mr.
Remillard devotes one hundred percent (100%) of his time to us.
Based upon his experience and expertise in the data security space,
we believe Mr. Remillard is an ideal candidate to head the Company
and serve on our Board of Directors.
Nanuk
Warman
Nanuk Warman
now serves as our Chief Financial Officer, having assumed this
position as of December 3, 2021 in place of Jason Remillard, who
assumed the position of Chief Financial Officer as of January 23,
2020 until his resignation on December 3, 2021. Mr. Warman is a
CPA, CMA, CFA with over 23 years of experience in corporate
accounting and finance focused primarily on US and Canadian
publicly listed companies across a diverse range of
industries. Mr. Warman worked with KPMG in British Columbia,
Canada, and then went on to found PubCo Reporting Solutions in
2008. Mr. Warman has significant experience in
dealing with complex financial reporting requirements under US
GAAP and IFRS. His specialties include complex debt and equity
transaction accounting, mergers, acquisitions and reverse mergers.
Mr. Warman has worked with the Company for almost three years as an
independent consultant and has extensive knowledge of our financial
history and our business. Mr. Warman’s history with our Company and
his extensive experience preparing financial statements for public
companies qualifies him to serve as our Chief Financial
Officer.
Set forth below is a brief
description of the background and business experience of the
individuals who have agreed to join the Company as independent
directors upon the first day our Common Stock and Warrants are
traded on Nasdaq:
Omkhar Arasaratnam
Omkhar Arasaratnam is an experienced
cyber security and technical risk management executive with over 20
years of technology experience. He has had a long history of
leading global, multibillion-dollar projects, and has aided
businesses in achieving their objectives while effectively managing
risk and regulatory requirements. As an accomplished author with
several granted patents, Arasaratnam has led contributions to
several international standards. Currently, Arasaratnam was
previously at JP Morgan Chase, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and TD
Bank. He is also presently an active senior Fellow at NYU Center
for Cybersecurity, and a member of the NYU Cyber Fellow
Advisory Council. We believe that Mr. Arasaratnam’s experience
in the cyber security and privacy industry, as well as his
extensive understanding of our business, operations, and strategy
qualifies him to serve on our board of directors.
Norman
Gardner
Norman
Gardner is the founder & Chairman Emeritus of VerifyMe, Inc.
(NASDAQ: VRME), as well as the inventor of VerifyMe’s core
anti-counterfeiting technology. He served as Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer from 1999-2013. Mr. Gardner will serve as
chairman of our compensation committee, leveraging his deep
knowledge and expertise of financial and capital markets, as well
as expertise and have and his leadership capabilities in shaping
and building highly scalable leadership teams. We believe
Mr. Gardner’s extensive experience as an expert in myriad
aspects of business and public markets, as well as his
understanding of our business, operations and strategy qualifies
him to serve on our board of directors.
Lewis
Jaffe
Lewis
(“Lew”) Jaffe is a
Clinical Professor and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Loyola
Marymount University in the Fred Kiesner Center for
Entrepreneurship Management, where he teaches both undergraduates
and MBA candidates. Lew serves on the board of directors of Reeds
Inc. (NASDAQ: REED); Fit Life Brands (OTCQX: FTLF); and, is the
lead independent director for York Telecom, a privately held
company. Formerly, he was the lead independent director of Benihana
Inc. prior to it being taken private. Mr. Jaffe’s career includes
serving as CEO and Founder/Cofounder of numerous companies
including, MoviMe Network; CEO of Oxford Media Inc. (publicly
traded at the time of Mr. Jaffe’s involvement); and President and
COO of Verso Technologies (publicly traded at the time of Mr.
Jaffe’s involvement) where he integrated numerous acquisitions that
were made prior to his tenure while creating product bundles with
in-house technology. As the CEO of PictureTel Corporation (publicly
traded at the time of Mr. Jaffe’s involvement), a $750 million
revenue video conferencing company which he sold in 2001, he
developed video compression and communications technologies. Mr.
Jaffe has been a guest on a number of business shows for CNBC,
MSNBC, and ABC, and has been quoted in a variety of business and
trade publications, including Forbes
Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, the New
York Times, Business Week, and The
Boston Globe. We believe Mr. Jaffe’s extensive experience
as a financial expert in myriad aspects of business and markets, as
well as his understanding of our business, operations and strategy,
qualifies him to serve on our board of directors.
Legal
Proceedings
To our
knowledge, (i) no director or executive officer has been a director
or executive officer of any business which has filed a bankruptcy
petition or had a bankruptcy petition filed against it during the
past ten years; (ii) no director or executive officer has been
convicted of a criminal offense or is the subject of a pending
criminal proceeding during the past ten years; (iii) no director or
executive officer has been the subject of any order, judgment or
decree of any court permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring,
suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of
business, securities or banking activities during the past ten
years; and (iv) no director or officer has been found by a court to
have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law
during the past ten years.]
Family
Relationships
There are no
family relationships between any of our officers and
directors.
Board
Committees
The
Company’s Board has established three standing committees: Audit,
Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance. Each of the
committees will operate pursuant to its charter. The committee
charters will be reviewed annually by the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee. If appropriate, and in consultation with the
chairs of the other committees, the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee may propose revisions to the charters. The
responsibilities of each committee are described in more detail
below.
Audit
Committee
The Audit
Committee, among other things, will be responsible for:
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approving the compensation of; overseeing the work of; and
assessing the independence, qualifications, and performance of the
independent auditor; |
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reviewing
the internal audit function, including its independence, plans, and
budget; |
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approving,
in advance, audit and any permissible non-audit services
performed by our independent auditor; |
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reviewing
our internal controls with the independent auditor, the internal
auditor, and management; |
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reviewing
the adequacy of our accounting and financial controls as reported
by the independent auditor, the internal auditor, and
management; |
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overseeing
our financial compliance system; and |
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overseeing
our major risk exposures regarding the Company’s accounting and
financial reporting policies, the activities of our internal audit
function, and information technology. |
The Board
has affirmatively determined that each member of the Audit
Committee meets the additional independence criteria applicable to
audit committee members under SEC rules and Nasdaq listing rules.
Effective upon the first day our Common Stock and Warrants are
traded on Nasdaq, the Board will
adopt a written charter setting forth the authority and
responsibilities of the Audit Committee. The Board has
affirmatively determined that each member of the Audit Committee is
financially literate, and that Mr. Jaffe meets the qualifications
of an Audit Committee financial expert.
The Audit Committee will consist of Mr. Jaffe, and Mr. Arasaratnam,
and Mr. Gardner. Mr. Jaffe will chair the Audit Committee. We
believe that on the first day our Common Stock and Warrants are
traded on Nasdaq the functioning of the Audit Committee will comply
with the applicable requirements of the rules and regulations of
the Nasdaq listing rules and the SEC.
Compensation
Committee
The
Compensation Committee will be responsible for:
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reviewing
and making recommendations to the Board with respect to the
compensation of our officers and directors, including the
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administering the Company’s executive compensation plans, including
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negotiating and
overseeing employment agreements with officers and directors;
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overseeing how the
Company’s compensation policies and practices may affect the
Company’s risk management practices and/or
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upon the first day our Common Stock and Warrants are traded on
Nasdaq, the Board will adopt a written charter setting forth the
authority and responsibilities of the Compensation Committee. The
Compensation Committee will consist of Mr. Gardner and Mr.
Arasaratnam. Mr. Gardner will serve as chairman of the Compensation
Committee. The Board has affirmatively determined that each member
of the Compensation Committee meets the independence criteria
applicable to compensation committee members under SEC rules and
Nasdaq listing rules. The Company believes that, after the
consummation of the offering, the composition of the Compensation
Committee will meet the requirements for independence under, and
the functioning of such Compensation Committee will comply with,
any applicable requirements of the rules and regulations of Nasdaq
listing rules and the SEC.
Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee
The
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, among other things,
will be responsible for:
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reviewing
and assessing the development of the executive officers and
considering and making recommendations to the Board regarding
promotion and succession issues; |
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evaluating
and reporting to the Board on the performance and effectiveness of
the directors, committees and the Board as a whole; |
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working with
the Board to determine the appropriate and desirable mix of
characteristics, skills, expertise and experience, including
diversity considerations, for the full Board and each
committee; |
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annually
presenting to the Board a list of individuals recommended to be
nominated for election to the Board; |
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reviewing,
evaluating, and recommending changes to the Company’s Corporate
Governance Principles and Committee Charters; |
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recommending
to the Board individuals to be elected to fill vacancies and newly
created directorships; |
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overseeing
the Company’s compliance program, including the Code of Conduct;
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overseeing
and evaluating how the Company’s corporate governance and legal and
regulatory compliance policies and practices, including leadership,
structure, and succession planning, may affect the Company’s major
risk exposures. |
Effective upon the first day our Common Stock and Warrants are
traded on Nasdaq, the Board will adopt a written charter setting
forth the authority and responsibilities of the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee.
The
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consist of Mr.
Arasaratnam and Mr. Jaffe. Mr. Arasartnam will serve as
chairperson. The Company’s Board has determined that each member of
the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is independent
within the meaning of the independent director guidelines of Nasdaq
listing rules.
Compensation
Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
Jason
Remillard, the Company’s CEO, has previously served as the
Company’s sole member of the Board. In that role Mr. Remillard
performed an equivalent function to the compensation committee.
Moving forward, none of the members of the Company’s compensation
committee will be an officer or employee of the Company.
Code of
Business Conduct and Ethics
Prior to the
first day our Common Stock and Warrants are traded on Nasdaq, the
Company’s Board will adopt a code of business conduct and ethics
applicable to its employees, directors and officers, in accordance
with applicable U.S. federal securities laws and the corporate
governance rules of Nasdaq. The code of business conduct and ethics
will be publicly available on the Company’s website. Any
substantive amendments or waivers of the code of business conduct
and ethics or code of ethics for senior financial officers may be
made only by the Company’s board of directors and will be promptly
disclosed as required by applicable U.S. federal securities laws
and the corporate governance rules of Nasdaq.
Director
Terms; Qualifications
Members of
our board of directors serve until the next annual meeting of
stockholders, or until their successors have been duly elected.
When considering whether directors and nominees have the
experience, qualifications, attributes and skills to enable the
board of directors to satisfy its oversight responsibilities
effectively in light of the Company’s business and structure, the
board of directors focuses primarily on the industry and
transactional experience, and other background, in addition to any
unique skills or attributes associated with a director.
Director
or Officer Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
There are no
material proceedings to which any director or officer, or any
associate of any such director or officer, is a party that is
adverse to our Company or any of our subsidiaries or has a material
interest adverse to our Company or any of our subsidiaries. No
director or executive officer has been a director or executive
officer of any business which has filed a bankruptcy petition or
had a bankruptcy petition filed against it during the past ten
years. No director or executive officer has been convicted of a
criminal offense or is the subject of a pending criminal proceeding
during the past ten years. No director or executive officer has
been the subject of any order, judgment or decree of any court
permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or
otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business,
securities or banking activities during the past ten years. No
director or officer has been found by a court to have violated a
federal or state securities or commodities law during the past ten
years.
Directors
and Officers Liability Insurance
The Company
plans on obtaining directors’ and officers’ liability insurance
insuring its directors and officers against liability for acts or
omissions in their capacities as directors or officers, subject to
certain exclusions. Such insurance may also insure the Company
against losses, which it may incur in indemnifying its officers and
directors. In addition, officers and directors also have
indemnification rights under applicable laws, and the Company’s
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.
Director
Independence
The listing
rules of Nasdaq require that independent directors must comprise a
majority of a listed company’s board of directors. In addition, the
rules of Nasdaq require that, subject to specified exceptions, each
member of a listed company’s audit, compensation, and nominating
and governance committees be independent. Audit committee members
must also satisfy the independence criteria set forth in
Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. Under the rules of
Nasdaq, a director will only qualify as an “independent director”
if, in the opinion of that company’s board of directors, that
person does not have a relationship that would interfere with the
exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the
responsibilities of a director.
Our Board has undertaken a review of the independence of our
directors and considered whether any director has a material
relationship with it that could compromise his or her ability to
exercise independent judgment in carrying out his or her
responsibilities. Based upon information requested from and
provided by each person nominated to be a non-employee director
concerning his or her background, employment and affiliations,
including family relationships, the Board has determined that Mr.
Jaffe, Mr. Gardner, and Mr. Arasaratnam are “independent”, as that
term is defined under the applicable rules and regulations of the
SEC and the listing standards of Nasdaq. In making these
determinations, our Board considered the current and prior
relationships that each non-employee director has with
the Company and all other facts and circumstances our board of
directors deemed relevant in determining their independence,
including the beneficial ownership of the Company’s capital stock
by each non-employee director, and any transactions
involving them described in the section captioned “Certain
Relationships and Related Party Transactions”.
Corporate
Governance Guidelines
Prior to the
completion of this offering, the Company’s Board will adopt
corporate governance guidelines in accordance with the corporate
governance rules of Nasdaq.
EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR
COMPENSATION
Summary
Compensation Table
The
following table sets forth, for the fiscal years ended December 31,
2020 and 2019, compensation awarded or paid to our named executive
officers, consisting of our principal executive officer during such
time (the “Named Executive Officers”):
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Option |
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Other |
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Salary |
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Awards |
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Awards |
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Compensation |
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Total |
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Principal Position |
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Year |
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($) |
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($) |
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($) |
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($) |
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($) |
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Jason Remillard |
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2020 |
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163,282 |
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185,000 |
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- |
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- |
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294,788 |
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CEO, CFO, Sole Director |
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2019 |
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109,359 |
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180,000 |
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132,692 |
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78,500 |
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391,192 |
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Steven
Dawson
CFO(1)
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2019 |
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95,000 |
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136,275 |
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52,632 |
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- |
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283,907 |
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(1) Mr.
Dawson served as our Chief Financial Officer from May 1, 2019 until
January 24, 2020.
Outstanding Equity
Awards at 2020 Fiscal Year-End
The
following table sets forth information regarding outstanding stock
options and stock awards held by our Named Executive Officers as of
December 31, 2020:
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Option Awards |
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Name |
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Number
of
securities
underlying
unexercised
options
(#)
exercisable
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Number
of
securities
underlying
unexercised
options
(#)
unexercisable
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Equity
incentive
plan
awards:
number
of
securities
unexercised
unearned
options
(#)
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Option
exercise
price
($)
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Option
expiration
date
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Jason Remillard |
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38,462 |
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- |
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- |
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$ |
3.90 |
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December 30, 2028 |
Employment
Agreements
As of
December 31, 2020, we did not have an employment or consulting
agreement with any officers or directors and there were no annuity,
pension or retirement benefits proposed to be paid to officers,
directors or employees in the event of retirement at normal
retirement date pursuant to any presently existing plan provided or
contributed to by us or any of our subsidiaries, if any.
Director
Compensation
Our board of
directors does not currently receive any consideration for their
services as members of our board of directors. Our board of
directors reserves the right in the future to award the members of
the board of directors cash or stock based consideration for their
services to us, which awards, if granted shall be in the sole
determination of the board of directors.
Executive
Compensation Philosophy
Our board of
directors determines the compensation given to our executive
officers in their sole determination. Our board of directors
reserves the right to pay our executive or any future executives a
salary, and/or issue them shares of common stock in consideration
for services rendered and/or to award incentive bonuses which are
linked to our performance, as well as to the individual executive
officer’s performance. This package may also include long-term
stock based compensation to certain executives, which is intended
to align the performance of our executives with our long-term
business strategies. Additionally, while our board of directors has
not granted any performance base stock options to date, the board
of directors reserves the right to grant such options in the
future, if the board of directors in its sole determination
believes such grants would be in our best interests.
Incentive
Bonus
Our board of
directors may grant incentive bonuses to our executive officers
and/or future executive officers in its sole discretion, if the
board of directors believes such bonuses are in our best interests,
after analyzing our current business objectives and growth, if any,
and the amount of revenue we are able to generate each month, which
revenue is a direct result of the actions and ability of such
executives.
Long-term, Stock
Based Compensation
In order to
attract, retain and motivate executive talent necessary to support
our long-term business strategy we may award our executives and any
future executives with long-term, stock-based compensation in the
future, at the sole discretion of our board of directors. We do not
currently have any immediate plans to grant any additional
awards.
Our 2019
Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) was adopted by our
Board of Directors on May 16, 2019 and by a majority of our voting
securities on June 24, 2019. The 2019 Plan permits the granting of
incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, stock
appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit
awards, and dividend equivalent rights to eligible employees,
directors and consultants. We grant options to purchase shares of
common stock under the 2019 Plan at no less than the fair value of
the underlying common stock as of the date of grant. Options
granted under the Plan have a maximum term of ten years. Under the
Plan, a total of 1,333,334 shares of common stock are reserved for
issuance, of which options to purchase 156,521 and 180,426 shares
of common stock and 522,720 and 133,168 shares of common stock were
granted as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018,
respectively.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED
PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions
In January
2018, we acquired substantially all of the assets of Myriad
Software Productions, LLC (“Myriad”), which was wholly owned by our
then sole director and chief executive officer, Jason Remillard.
Those assets were comprised of the software program known as
ClassiDocs, and all intellectual property and goodwill associated
therewith. This acquisition changed our status to no longer being a
“shell” under applicable securities rules. In consideration for the
acquisition, we agreed to a purchase price of $1,500,000 comprised
of the following: (i) $50,000 paid at closing, (ii) $250,000 in the
form of a promissory note, and (iii) $1,200,000 in shares of common
stock, valued as of the closing, which equated to 1,600,000 shares
of our common stock. The shares were issued in the form of 144,000
shares of the Company’s Series A preferred stock as part of the
consideration under a Share Settlement Agreement dated August 14,
2020 by and between the Company and Mr. Remillard.
In June
2018, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of stock
(the “Share Exchange”) of Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc., a North
Carolina corporation (“Data443”). As a result of the Share
Exchange, Data443 became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company,
with both the Company and Data443 continuing to exist as corporate
entities. The finances and business conducted by the respective
entities prior to the Share Exchange were treated as related party
transactions in anticipation of the Share Exchange. As
consideration in the Share Exchange, we agreed to issue to Mr.
Remillard: (a) One hundred million (100,000,000) shares of our
common stock; and (b) on the eighteen (18) month anniversary of the
closing of the Share Exchange (the “Earn Out Date”), an additional
100,000,000 shares of our common stock, provided that Data443 has
at least an additional $1,000,000 in revenue by the Earn Out Date
(not including revenue directly from acquisitions). None of our
shares of our common stock to be issued to Mr. Remillard under the
Share Exchange have been issued.
Review,
Approval and Ratification of Related Party
Transactions
Given our
small size and limited financial resources, we have not adopted
formal policies and procedures for the review, approval, or
ratification of transactions with our executive officers,
directors, and significant stockholders. We intend to establish
formal policies and procedures in the future, once we have
sufficient resources and have appointed additional directors, so
that such transactions will be subject to the review, approval, or
ratification of our board of directors, or an appropriate committee
thereof. Going forward, our directors will continue to approve any
related party transaction.
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
The following table sets forth, as of December 6, 2021, certain
information concerning the beneficial ownership of our common stock
and Series A Preferred Stock by (i) each stockholder known by us to
own beneficially five percent or more of any of our outstanding
common stock or our Series A Preferred Stock; (ii) each director;
(iii) each named executive officer, as defined in Item 402 of
Regulation S-K; and (iv) all of our executive officers and
directors as a group, and their percentage ownership and voting
power. As of December 6, 2021, there were (i) 945,316 shares of
common stock issued; (ii) 150,000 shares of Series A Preferred
Stock issued and outstanding (that are convertible into 150,000,000
shares of common stock with a limitation of 9.5% of the issued and
outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, with total voting
power of 2,250,000,000 votes); and, (iii) 29,750 shares of Series B
Preferred Stock issued and outstanding that are convertible into
shares of our common stock.
Unless
otherwise stated, beneficial ownership has been determined in
accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. Under this rule,
certain shares may be deemed to be beneficially owned by more than
one person (if, for example, persons share the power to vote or the
power to dispose of the shares). In addition, shares are deemed to
be beneficially owned by a person if the person has the right to
acquire shares (for example, upon exercise of an option or warrant)
within 60 days of the date as of which the information is provided.
In computing the percentage ownership of any person, the number of
shares beneficially owned by such person is deemed to include the
number of shares beneficially owned by such person by reason of
such acquisition rights, and the total number of shares outstanding
is also deemed to include such shares (but not shares subject to
similar acquisition rights held by any other person, except with
respect to the percentage ownership of directors and officers as a
group) for purposes of that calculation. As a result, the
percentage of outstanding shares of any person as shown in the
following table does not necessarily reflect the person’s actual
ownership or voting power at any particular date. To our knowledge,
except as indicated in the footnotes to this table and pursuant to
applicable community property laws, the persons named in the table
have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of
common stock shown as beneficially owned by them.
Name of Beneficial Owner |
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Number of
Shares of
Beneficially
Owned |
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Percentage Beneficially
Owned |
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5% Beneficial
Stockholders |
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Jason
Remillard(1)(2) |
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99,232 |
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9.5 |
%(3) |
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Officers and
Directors |
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Jason Remillard |
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99,232 |
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9.5 |
% |
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Officers and Directors as a
Group (1 person) |
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99,232 |
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9.5 |
% |
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(1) |
Includes (i)
96,141 shares which would be issued to Mr. Remillard upon
conversion of his Series A Preferred Stock (taking into account the
9.5% limitation agreed to by Mr. Remillard, as noted above); (ii)
67 shares to be issued to Mr. Remillard in connection with the
acquisition of Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc., a North Carolina
corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; and, (iii)
3,024 shares currently owned by Mr. Remillard. |
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(2) |
The mailing
address for each officer and director is c/o Data443 Risk
Mitigation, Inc., 101 J Morris Commons Lane, Suite 105,
Morrisville, North Carolina 27560. |
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(3) |
Includes shares actually issued and outstanding (945,316); and,
shares to be issued to Mr. Remillard (96,208), for a total of
1,044,548 shares.
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SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE
SALE
The sale of
a substantial number of shares of our Common Stock, or the
perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect
prevailing market prices for our Common Stock. In addition, any
such sale or perception could make it more difficult for us to sell
equity, or equity related, securities in the future at a time and
price that we deem appropriate. If and when this Registration
Statement, of which this Prospectus is a part, becomes effective,
we might elect to adopt a stock option plan and file a Registration
Statement under the Securities Act registering the shares of Common
Stock reserved for issuance thereunder. Following the effectiveness
of any such Registration Statement, the shares of Common Stock
issued under such plan, other than shares held by affiliates, if
any, would be immediately eligible for resale in the public market
without restriction.
The sale of
shares of our Common Stock which are not registered under the
Securities Act, known as “restricted” shares, typically are
effected under Rule 144. As of December 6, 2021, we had outstanding
an aggregate of 945,316 shares of Common Stock, of which
approximately 34,525 shares are restricted Common Stock. All our
shares of Common Stock might be sold under Rule 144 after having
been held for six months. No prediction can be made as to the
effect, if any, that future sales of “restricted” shares of our
Common Stock, or the availability of such shares for future sale,
will have on the market price of our Common Stock or our ability to
raise capital through an offering of our equity
securities.
All of the
shares of our Common Stock sold under this Prospectus will be
freely tradable without restriction or further registration under
the Securities Act, unless the shares are purchased by “affiliates”
as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act. Any
shares purchased by an affiliate or held by our current
stockholders, or issued by us in connection with the conversion or
exercise of the preferred stock, warrants and options described
above, may not be resold except pursuant to an effective
registration statement or an exemption from registration, including
the exemption under Rule 144 of the Securities Act described below.
4,641,804 shares of common stock outstanding prior to this offering
are “restricted securities” as that term is defined in Rule 144
under the Securities Act. These restricted securities are eligible
for public sale only if they are registered under the Securities
Act or if they qualify for an exemption from registration under
Rule 144 or Rule 701 under the Securities Act, which are summarized
below.
Rule
144
In general,
under Rule 144 as currently in effect, once we have been subject to
public company reporting requirements for at least 90 days, a
person who is not deemed to have been one of our affiliates for
purposes of the Securities Act at any time during the 90 days
preceding a sale and who has beneficially owned the shares proposed
to be sold for at least six months, including the holding period of
any prior owner other than our affiliates, is entitled to sell
those shares without complying with the manner of sale, volume
limitation or notice provisions of Rule 144, subject to compliance
with the current public information requirements of Rule 144. If
such a person has beneficially owned the shares proposed to be sold
for at least one year, including the holding period of any prior
owner other than our affiliates, then that person is entitled to
sell those shares without complying with any of the requirements of
Rule 144.
In general,
under Rule 144 as currently in effect, our affiliates or persons
selling shares on behalf of our affiliates are entitled to sell,
within any three-month period, a number of shares that does not
exceed the greater of:
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1.0% of the
then outstanding shares of our common stock; or |
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the average
weekly trading volume during the four calendar weeks preceding the
date on which notice of the sale is filed on Form 144. |
Such sales
by affiliates under Rule 144 are also subject to restrictions
relating to the manner of sale, notice requirements, and the
availability of current public information about us, and to the
holding period requirements set forth above if the shares are
restricted securities.
Rule
701
Rule 701 of
the Securities Act, as currently in effect, permits each of our
employees, officers, directors, and consultants, to the extent such
persons are not “affiliates” as that term is defined in Rule 144,
who purchased or received our shares pursuant to a written
compensatory plan or contract, to resell such shares in reliance
upon Rule 144, but without compliance with the specific
requirements regarding the availability of public information or
holding periods thereunder. Rule 701 provides that affiliates who
purchased or received shares pursuant to a written compensatory
plan or contract are eligible to resell their Rule 701 shares under
Rule 144 without complying with the holding period requirement of
Rule 144.
INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT
LIABILITIES
Sections
78.7502 and 78.751 of the Nevada Revised Statutes authorize a court
to award, or a corporation’s board of directors to grant, indemnity
to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit
indemnification, including reimbursement of expenses incurred,
under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act. In addition, our Amended and Restated Bylaws
provide that we have the authority to indemnify our directors and
officers and may indemnify our employees and agents (other than
officers and directors) against liabilities to the fullest extent
permitted by Nevada law. We are also empowered under our Bylaws to
purchase insurance on behalf of any person whom we are required or
permitted to indemnify.
Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling
us 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.
DESCRIPTION OF
SECURITIES
We are
offering Units in this offering at an assumed initial offering
price of $4.15 per unit. Each Unit consists of one share of our
common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of our common
stock at an exercise price equal to $4.15, which is 100% of the
assumed public offering price of the Units (each a “Warrant” and together, the
“Warrants”). Our
Units will not be certificated and the shares of our common stock
and the Warrants part of such Units are immediately separable and
will be issued separately in this offering. We are also registering
the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
These securities are being issued pursuant to an underwriting
agreement between us and the Underwriter. You should review the
underwriting agreement and the form of Warrant, each filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement, of which this Prospectus is
a part, for a complete description of the terms and conditions
applicable to the Warrants.
As of
December 6, 2021, we are authorized to issue one billion shares of
common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which 945,316 shares
of common stock were issued and outstanding. We are also authorized
to issue 337,500 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per
share, of which (a) 150,000 shares are designated Series A
Preferred Stock, of which 150,000 shares of Series A Preferred
Stock were issued and outstanding; and, (b) 80,000 shares are
designated Series B Preferred Stock, of which 29,750 shares of
Series B Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding.
This
description is intended as a summary, and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to our amended and restated articles of
incorporation and amended and restated bylaws, which are filed, or
incorporated by reference, as exhibits to the Registration
Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part.
Common
Stock
The holders
of our common stock have equal ratable rights to dividends from
funds legally available therefor, when, as and if declared by our
board of directors. Holders of common stock are also entitled to
share ratably in all of our assets available for distribution to
holders of common stock upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding
up of the affairs.
The holders
of shares of our common stock do not have cumulative voting rights,
which means that the holders of more than 50% of such outstanding
shares, voting for the election of directors, can elect all of the
directors to be elected, if they so choose, and in such event, the
holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any of
our directors. The holders of 50% percent of the outstanding common
stock constitute a quorum at any meeting of stockholders, and the
vote by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares or a
majority of the stockholders at a meeting at which quorum exists
are required to effect certain fundamental corporate changes, such
as liquidation, merger or amendment of our articles of
incorporation.
The
authorized but unissued shares of our common stock are available
for future issuance without stockholder approval. These additional
shares may be used for a variety of corporate purposes, including
future offerings to raise additional capital, corporate
acquisitions, and employee benefit plans. The existence of
authorized but unissued shares of common stock may enable our board
of directors to issue shares of stock to persons friendly to
existing management, which may deter or frustrate a takeover of the
Company.
Series
A Preferred Stock
All issued
and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock are held by
Jason Remillard, Chief Executive Officer and director of the
Company. The terms of the Series A Preferred Stock are set forth
below:
Seniority. The
shares of Series A Preferred Stock rank senior to the common
stock.
Dividends. The
shares of Series A Preferred Stock are not entitled to receive any
dividends in any amount.
Liquidation
Preference. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company, either voluntary or involuntary, the
holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, prior
and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets or
surplus funds of the Company to the holders of common stock, an
amount equal to $0.125 per share (the “Liquidation Preference”). If
upon such liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Company,
the assets of the Company available for distribution to the holders
of the Series A Preferred Stock are insufficient to permit payment
in full of the Liquidation Preference, then all such assets of the
Company shall be distributed ratably among the holders of the
Series A Preferred Stock. Neither the consolidation or merger of
the Company nor the sale, lease or transfer by the Company of all
or a part of its assets shall be deemed a liquidation, dissolution,
or winding up of the Company for these purposes.