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SURNA
INC.
1780
55th Street
Boulder,
Colorado 80301
(303)
993-5271
NOTICE
OF CORPORATE ACTIONS TAKEN BY WRITTEN CONSENT
OF
MAJORITY STOCKHOLDERS WITHOUT SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
STOCKHOLDERS
Dear
Stockholders:
We
are writing to advise you that, on September 30, 2021, the board of
directors of Surna Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Surna,” “the
Company,” “we” or “us”), and two stockholders holding a majority of
the voting securities of the Company, acting together as a single
class of the common stock, Series A Preferred Stock and Series B
Preferred Stock, and separately acting as only the Series A
Preferred Stock and only the Series B Preferred Stock, approved by
written consent in lieu of a special meeting the taking of all
steps necessary to effect the following actions (collectively, the
“Corporate Actions”):
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To
approve an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation
(the “Articles of Incorporation”) to increase the number of
authorized shares to One Billion (1,000,000,000) of which Eight
Hundred Fifty Million (850,000,000) shares will be common stock,
with a par value of $0.00001 per share, and One Hundred Fifty
Million (150,000,000) shares will be preferred stock, with a par
value of $0.00001 per share; |
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To
approve an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to
change the rights, preferences, limitations and terms of the
Company’s Series A Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”)
to allow the Company to redeem the outstanding shares of the Series
A Preferred Stock by issuance of one share of the Company’s common
stock for each one hundred shares of Series A Preferred Stock being
redeemed by the Company; |
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To
authorize the Board, at its discretion, at any time until June 30,
2022, (i) to effect a reverse stock split of the common stock with
a ratio not less than two-for-one but not greater than two
hundred-for-one and (ii) in conjunction therewith to amend the
Articles of Incorporation to decrease the authorized number of
shares of common stock and preferred stock to any amount less than
850,000,000 but not less than 100,000,000 shares of common stock
and to any amount less than 150,000,000 but not less than
25,000,000 shares of preferred stock; and
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To
approve an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to
change the corporate name from “Surna Inc.” to “CEA Industries
Inc.” |
The
accompanying information statement, which describes the Corporate
Actions in more detail, is being furnished to our stockholders for
informational purposes only, pursuant to Section 14(c) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
and the rules and regulations prescribed thereunder. The consent
that we have received constitutes the only stockholder approval
required for the Corporate Actions under the Nevada Revised
Statutes, our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. Accordingly,
the Corporate Actions will not be submitted to the other
stockholders of the Company for a vote.
The
record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to
notice of the action by written consent is September 30, 2021.
Pursuant to Rule 14c-2 under the Exchange Act, the Corporate
Actions will not be implemented until at least twenty (20) calendar
days after the mailing of this information statement to our record
stockholders. This information statement will be mailed on or about
October 13, 2021, to stockholders of record as of September 30,
2021. As such, we expect that the Corporate Actions will be
effective no earlier than November 2, 2021.
No
action is required by you to effectuate this action. The
accompanying information statement is furnished only to inform our
stockholders of the action described above before it takes effect
in accordance with Rule 14c-2 promulgated under the Exchange
Act.
WE
ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US
A PROXY.
PLEASE
NOTE THAT THE HOLDERS OF A MAJORITY OF OUR OUTSTANDING SHARES OF
VOTING SECURITIES HAVE VOTED TO AUTHORIZE THE CORPORATE ACTIONS.
THE NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED IS SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE
STOCKHOLDER VOTE REQUIREMENT AND NO ADDITIONAL VOTES WILL
CONSEQUENTLY BE NEEDED TO APPROVE THIS MATTER.
By
order of the Board of Directors,
/s/
Anthony K McDonald |
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Anthony
K. McDonald |
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Chairman
of the Board |
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October
13, 2021 |
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SURNA
INC.
INFORMATION
STATEMENT REGARDING
CORPORATE
ACTIONS TAKEN BY WRITTEN CONSENT OF
OUR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND HOLDERS OF
A
MAJORITY OF OUR VOTING CAPITAL STOCK
IN
LIEU OF SPECIAL MEETING
Surna
Inc. (“Surna,” “the Company,” “we” or “us”) is furnishing this
information statement to you to provide a description of actions
taken by our Board of Directors and the two holders of a majority
of our outstanding voting securities, acting together as a single
class of the common stock, Series A Preferred Stock and Series B
Preferred Stock, and separately acting as only the Series A
Preferred Stock and only the Series B Preferred Stock, on September
30, 2021, in accordance with the relevant sections of Nevada
Revised Statutes of the State of Nevada (the “NRS”).
This
information statement is being mailed on or about October 13, 2021,
to stockholders of record on September 30, 2021 (the “Record
Date”). The information statement is being delivered only to inform
you of the corporate actions described herein before such actions
take effect in accordance with Rule 14c-2 promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
No action is requested or required on your part.
WE
ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US
A PROXY.
THIS
IS NOT A NOTICE OF A MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND NO STOCKHOLDERS’
MEETING WILL BE HELD TO CONSIDER ANY MATTER DESCRIBED
HEREIN.
PLEASE
NOTE THAT THE HOLDERS OF A MAJORITY OF OUR OUTSTANDING SHARES OF
VOTING SECURITIES HAVE VOTED TO AUTHORIZE THE CORPORATE ACTIONS.
THE NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED IS SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE
STOCKHOLDER VOTE REQUIREMENT AND NO ADDITIONAL VOTES WILL
CONSEQUENTLY BE NEEDED TO APPROVE THESE MATTERS.
GENERAL
DESCRIPTION OF CORPORATE ACTION
On
September 30, 2021, the board of directors of Surna and two
stockholders holding a majority of the Company’s voting securities,
acting together as a single class of the common stock, Series A
Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock, and separately acting
as only the Series A Preferred Stock and only the Series B
Preferred Stock, approved by written consent in lieu of a special
meeting the taking of all steps necessary to effect the following
actions (collectively, the “Corporate Actions”):
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To
approve an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation
(the “Articles of Incorporation”) to increase the number of
authorized shares to One Billion (1,000,000,000) of which Eight
Hundred Fifty Million (850,000,000) shares will be common stock,
with a par value of $0.00001 per share, and One Hundred Fifty
Million (150,000,000) shares will be preferred stock, with a par
value of $0.00001 per share; |
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To
approve an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to
change the rights, preferences, limitations and terms of the
Company’s Series A Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”)
to allow the Company to redeem the outstanding shares of the Series
A Preferred Stock by issuance of one share of the Company’s common
stock for each one hundred shares of Series A Preferred Stock being
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To
authorize the Board, at its discretion, at any time until June 30,
2022, (i) to effect a reverse stock split of the common stock with
a ratio not less than two-for-one but not greater than two
hundred-for-one and (ii) in conjunction therewith to amend the
Articles of Incorporation to decrease the authorized number of
shares of common stock and preferred stock to any amount less than
850,000,000 but not less than 100,000,000 shares of common stock
and to any amount less than 150,000,000 but not less than
25,000,000 shares of preferred stock; and
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To
approve an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to
change the corporate name from “Surna Inc.” to “CEA Industries
Inc.” |
The
form of amendments to the Articles of Incorporation are included in
this Information Statement as Exhibit A.
VOTING
AND VOTE REQUIRED
Pursuant
to Surna’s Bylaws and the NRS, a vote by the holders of at least a
majority of the common stock, Series A Preferred Stock and the
Series B Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class, and at
least a majority of the Series A Preferred Stock voting as a single
class is required to effect the actions described herein. Each
common stockholder is entitled to one vote for each share of common
stock, par value $0.00001 per share (referred to as “common stock”)
held by such stockholder. Additionally, each holder of Series A
Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company (the
“Series A Preferred Stock”), is entitled to one vote per share on
an as-converted to common stock basis, 33,428,023 of which shares
are subject to the Series A Voting Agreement. The holders of the
Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the
Company (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), are entitled to a special
voting right equal to two votes for every share of capital stock of
the Company outstanding, other than the Series B Preferred Stock,
voting with the common stock and Series A Preferred stock only on
the stockholder matters set forth herein. (Together the common
stock, the Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred
Stock are referred to collectively as the “Voting
Securities”.)
Voting
Agreement
The
majority holder of the Series A Preferred Stock and the single
holder of the Series B Preferred Stock entered into a voting
agreement on September 28, 2021, with executives of Surna granting
them the right to vote their securities for the Corporate Actions.
The Certificate of Designations for the Series B Preferred Stock
provides a limited, special voting right equal to two votes for
every share of capital stock of the Company outstanding, other than
the Series B Preferred Stock on only the following matters (i) an
amendment to the Articles of Incorporation to increase the number
of authorized shares of common stock to 850,000,000 shares, (ii)
the redemption of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred
Stock of the Company for common stock at the rate of 1 share of
common stock for each 100 shares of preferred stock that is
currently issued and outstanding, (iii) the authorization of a
reverse stock split of the common stock in connection with the
listing of the common stock on a national market, and, if the
number of authorized shares of common stock is reduced in
connection with such reverse stock split, the subsequent increase
of the authorized shares of capital stock of the Company within
established limits, at any time prior to June 30, 2022, and (iv) an
amendment to the articles of incorporation to change the corporate
name of the Company to CEA Industries Inc. In effect this vote
gives the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock a majority vote
in a general vote of or consent by the common stock, the Class A
Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock, when voting as a
single class on these particular matters. This special vote will
terminate once the foregoing resolutions are adopted by the
shareholders of the Company. Otherwise, the Class B Preferred Stock
will only have a class vote and no other voting rights.
Vote
Taken
As of
the Record Date, Surna had Voting Securities with a total of
838,670,907 votes eligible to vote on all matters on which the
equity holders, voting as a single group, were entitled to vote, of
which voting power representing not less than 420,174,125 in number
is required to pass the Corporate Actions. Additionally, there are
42,030,331 shares of Class A Preferred Stock eligible to vote on
matters effecting that class, of which 21,057,196 is required to
pass the second of the listed Corporate Actions. The Company
received the approval in the number of 592,541,961 votes from the
holders of Voting Securities, representing 70.6% of the issued and
outstanding Voting Securities. The Company also received the
approval in the number of 33,428,023 votes from the holders of the
Class A Preferred Stock, representing 79.5% of the issued and
outstanding shares of Class A Preferred Stock. The foregoing votes
were delivered to the Company by means of an executed written
consent dated September 30, 2021, taken under the voting agreement,
authorizing the Corporate Actions.
NO
APPRAISAL RIGHTS
Under
the NRS, stockholders are not entitled to appraisal rights with
respect to the Corporate Actions, and the Company will not provide
our stockholders with such rights.
INTEREST
OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON
Except
in their capacity as stockholders, none of our officers, directors
or any of their respective affiliates has any interest in the
Corporate Actions.
CORPORATE
ACTION NO. 1
AMENDING
THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO INCREASE THE AUTHORIZED CAPITAL
STOCK
Company
Interest
The
Company believes it is in the best interest of the Company to
increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for
issuance from 350,000,000 to 850,000,000, an increase of
500,000,000 shares. The number of shares of preferred stock will
remain the same. These shares do not offer any preemptive rights or
cumulative voting rights.
The
Company believes that it is desirable to have additional authorized
shares of common stock available for possible future financings,
acquisition transactions, joint ventures, funding our equity
incentive plans and other general corporate purposes. The Company
believes that having additional authorized shares of common stock
available for issuance in the future will give us greater
flexibility and may allow such shares to be issued without the
expense and delay of a special stockholders’ meeting unless such
approval is expressly required by applicable law. Although such
issuance of additional shares with respect to future financings and
acquisitions would dilute existing stockholders, management
believes that such transactions would increase the overall value of
the Company to its stockholders. There are certain advantages and
disadvantages of an increase in our authorized common stock. The
advantages include:
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The
ability to raise capital by issuing capital stock under the type of
transactions described above, or other financing
transactions. |
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To
have shares of common stock available to pursue business expansion
opportunities, if any. |
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To
have shares of common stock available to fund our equity
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disadvantages include:
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The
issuance of authorized but unissued stock could be used to deter a
potential takeover of the Company that may otherwise be beneficial
to stockholders by diluting the shares held by a potential suitor
or issuing shares to a shareholder that will vote in accordance
with our Board’s desires. A takeover may be beneficial to
independent stockholders because, among other reasons, a potential
suitor may offer such stockholders a premium for their shares of
stock compared to the then-existing market price. The Company does
not have any plans or proposals to adopt provisions or enter into
agreements that may have material anti-takeover
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Stockholders
do not have any preemptive or similar rights to subscribe for or
purchase any additional shares of common stock that may be issued
in the future, and therefore, future issuances of common stock may,
depending on the circumstances, have a dilutive effect on the
earnings per share, voting power and other interests of our
existing stockholders. |
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The
additional shares of common stock for which authorization is sought
in this proposal would be part of the existing class of common
stock and, if and when issued, would have the same rights and
privileges as the shares of common stock presently
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Interest
of the Holder of Series B Preferred Stock
The
Investor required that the Series A Preferred Stock be redeemed so
as to put the Series B Preferred Stock in priority among all
currently issued and future issued preferred stock. This requires
an amendment to the certificate of incorporation to allow the
Company to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock. In connection with
the transaction, the Company also needs to increase the authorized
number of shares of common stock to satisfy the reservation of
shares requirement of the transaction documents. And in conjunction
with the foregoing, the Company is also seeking to provide for a
reverse split of the outstanding common stock and reset the number
of authorized shares of common stock and preferred stock after the
reverse split, and to change the corporate name.
Anti-Takeover
Effect
Although
an increase in the authorized shares of common stock could, under
certain circumstances, have an anti-takeover effect, this proposal
to adopt the amendment is not in response to any effort of which
the Company is aware to accumulate our stock or obtain control of
the Company.
Consequence
of Not Increasing its Common Stock Capitalization
If
the Company’s stockholders do not approve the increase in
authorized shares of common stock, then the Company will not be
able to increase the total number of authorized shares of common
stock, and therefore, the Company will be limited in its ability to
use, directly or indirectly through convertible securities, shares
of common stock for financing, acquisitions or other general
corporate purposes. The Company has entered into a letter of intent
to sell common equity-based securities to raise working capital. If
it does not have an increase in the number of its authorized common
stock, it will not be able to effect the proposed financing, and it
will not be able to grow its business, and may even have to limit
its business as currently conducted.
Additionally,
without an increase in the number of authorized shares of common
stock, the Company will not be able to meet its obligations under
the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock to (i) reserve sufficient
shares of common stock to permit the conversion of the Series B
Preferred Stock and would have to redeem those shares for cash,
plus a 20% premium, (ii) meet its obligations to issue common stock
on exercise of the warrant issued to the holder of the Series B
Preferred Stock, and (iii) meet its obligations to issue common
stock on exercise of a series of warrants issued to the placement
agent and its designees, which placement agent was engaged by the
company to place the Series B Preferred Stock. Overall, the Company
has commitments, as of the date hereof, to issue shares of common
stock on outstanding employment related options, conversion of the
Series A Preferred Stock, conversion of the Series B Preferred
Stock and exercise of outstanding warrants, significantly in excess
of its currently authorized shares of common stock. Without having
more authorized shares and thus being unable to meet its
commitments, the Company could be found in default of its various
options under the aforementioned agreements.
CORPORATE
ACTION NO. 2
APPROVAL
OF AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO CHANGE THE RIGHTS,
PREFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK TO
PERMIT ITS REDEMPTION
The
Company believes it is in the best interest of the Company to
provide for it to be able to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock so
as to permit the holders thereof to receive shares of common
stock.
In
March 2014, the Company issued an aggregate of 77,220,000 shares of
Series A Preferred Stock in connection with its acquisition of
Safari Resource Group, Inc. by merger. The Series A Preferred Stock
has no conversion rights, redemption rights, liquidation
priorities, dividend rights, pre-emptive rights or other
preferences or protective provisions; it only has the voting right
of one vote per share of preferred stock equivalent to one vote of
common stock, and it votes with the common stock on all matters
presented to the stockholders. The Series A Preferred Stock is not
a traded security, and because of its limited rights, potentially
not financially valuable as an equity security of the Company.
Currently, there are 42,030,331 shares of the Series A Preferred
Stock outstanding, the majority of which are held by one
person.
The
Series A Preferred Stock was originally issued to give to the
holders thereof a controlling share ownership position of the
Company. Since then that controlling position has been reduced as
some of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock have agreed to
exchange their Series A Preferred Stock for common stock, and the
Company has issued shares of common stock to fund its operations,
further diluting the voting position. Currently, the Series A
Preferred Stock represents, on a beneficial basis, approximately
5.01% of the votes entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders
voting together as a single class on the matters described in this
statement, or 15.08% on matters where the holder of the Series B
Preferred Stock is not entitled to vote generally.
By
this amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, the Company is
making the Series A Preferred Stock redeemable at its option, and
thus convertible into common stock. The Company is taking this form
of action so as to comply with the restrictions that may arise
under the tender offer rules if it were to approach the holders of
the Series A Preferred Stock individually for a conversion offer.
The rate of redemption will be one share of common stock for each
one hundred shares of Series A Preferred Stock that is currently
issued and outstanding, rounded up to the next whole share of
common stock based on the aggregate holdings of Series A Preferred
Stock of a stockholder being redeemed.
A
principal reason for the redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock
was that the holder of the Series B Preferred Stock required that
the Series A Preferred Stock be redeemed so as to put the Series B
Preferred Stock in priority among all currently issued and future
issued preferred stock. This requires an amendment to the
certificate of incorporation to allow the Company to redeem the
Series A Preferred Stock. In connection with the financing
transaction in which the Company issued the Series B Preferred
Stock, the Company also needs to increase the authorized number of
shares of common stock to satisfy the reservation of shares
requirement of the transaction documents and the conversion of the
Series B Preferred Stock and exercise of warrants held by the
holder of the Series B Preferred Stock.
Another
reason for seeking the ability to redeem the Series A Preferred
Stock is because it does not adjust when there is any other change
in the issued and outstanding common stock. For example, if the
Company implements a reverse stock split of the common stock, the
preferred stock will not adjust. Consequently, since its voting
authority is one share of preferred having one vote along with the
votes of the outstanding common stock, its proportional voting
authority would increase inconsistently with that of the common
stock. The Company believes that this effect is an impediment to
being able to attract investors to the common stock and achieving
increased shareholder value. This feature also undermines
stockholder democracy, and it has limited the Company in its
ability to rationalize its capitalization without penalizing the
holders of common stock. Additionally, if the Company seeks to list
on a national stock exchange, given the current stock price, it
will need to effect a reverse stock split, thus precipitating the
increased voting authority of the Series A Preferred Stock at the
expense of the common stock.
The
Company believes that its redemption of the Series A Preferred
Stock also will benefit the Company by eliminating a perpetual
class of preferred stock. The perpetual nature of the Series A
Preferred Stock, with its single voting right, may present an
opportunity for someone to purchase the class and exercise a vote
out of proportion to its value when voting with all the
stockholders. Also, the existence of the Series A Preferred Stock,
which is not convertible, is not taken into consideration when
calculating earnings per share, but is nonetheless dilutive of the
vote of the stockholders. Therefore, there is a dis-correlation
between the earnings and value of a share of common stock versus
the voting power of the common stock. The Company believes that
these should be aligned.
The
conversion of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock
into shares of common stock will result in additional shares of
common stock outstanding and is thereby dilutive on an economic
level. The additional shares of common stock outstanding will have
a minimal effect on earnings per share, as there will be additional
shares of common stock used to calculate the earnings per share.
The redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock by conversion into
common stock will have no effect on the voting power of a share of
common stock as the voting authority between the common stock, and
the Series A Preferred Stock is the same.
CORPORATE
ACTION NO. 3
AUTHORIZATION
OF REVERSE STOCK SPLIT
The
Company believes that amendment to increase the number of
authorized shares of common stock of the Company will result in a
large amount of outstanding shares that may make it difficult for
the Company to list its securities on a national exchange. We
believe that the increased market price of the common stock
expected as a result of implementing the reverse stock split will
improve the marketability and liquidity of the common stock for our
stockholders and will encourage interest and trading in the common
stock. Because of the trading volatility often associated with
low-priced stocks, many brokerage houses and institutional
investors have internal policies and practices that either prohibit
them from investing in low-priced stocks or tend to discourage
individual brokers from recommending low-priced stocks to their
customers. Some of those policies and practices may function to
make the processing of trades in low-priced stocks economically
unattractive to brokers. Additionally, because brokers’ commissions
on low-priced stocks generally represent a higher percentage of the
stock price than commissions on higher-priced stocks, the current
average price per share of the common stock can result in
individual shareholders paying transaction costs representing a
higher percentage of their total share value than would be the case
if the share price were substantially higher. It should be noted
that the liquidity of the common stock may be adversely affected by
the reverse stock split given the reduced number of shares that
would be outstanding after the reverse stock split. The Company
anticipates, however, that the expected higher market price will
reduce, to some extent, the negative effects on the liquidity and
marketability of the common stock inherent in some of the policies
and practices of institutional investors and brokerage houses
described above.
There
can be no assurance that the reverse stock split will increase the
market price of our common stock or that any increase will be
proportional to the reverse-split ratio. Accordingly, the total
market capitalization of our common stock immediately after the
reverse stock split or at any time thereafter could be lower than
the total market capitalization before the reverse stock
split.
The
Company confirms this transaction will not be the first step in a
series of plans or proposals of a “going private transaction”
within the meaning of Rule 13e-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
The
immediate effect of a reverse stock split will be to reduce the
number of shares of common stock outstanding, and to increase the
trading price of the common stock. However, the effect of the
reverse stock split upon the market price of the common stock
cannot be predicted, and the history of reverse stock splits for
companies in similar circumstances is varied. We cannot assure you
that the trading price of the common stock after the reverse stock
split will rise in exact proportion to the reduction in the number
of shares of the common stock outstanding as a result of the
reverse stock split. Also, as stated above, the Company cannot
assure you that the reverse stock split will lead to a sustained
increase in the trading price of the common stock. The trading
price of the common stock may change due to a variety of other
factors, including the Company’s operating results, other factors
related to the Company’s business, and general market
conditions.
The
table below lists, for purposes of example, the potential number of
shares of common stock that would be outstanding based on different
conversion ratios and the number of shares of common stock
outstanding as of the Record Date. The number of shares of common
stock actually outstanding when and if the Board elects to do the
reverse stock split is based on many factors and is undeterminable
at this time.
Conversion
Ratio of Reverse Stock Split |
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Post-Split
Common Stock Outstanding |
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1:2
Reverse Stock Split |
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118,973,471 |
1:50
Reverse Stock Split |
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4,758,939 |
1:100
Reverse Stock Split |
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2,379,469 |
New
shares of common stock issued pursuant to the reverse stock split
will be fully paid and non-assessable. All new shares will have the
same voting rights and other rights as the previously issued
shares. Our shareholders do not have preemptive rights to acquire
additional shares of common stock. The reverse stock split will not
alter any shareholder’s percentage interest in our equity, except
to the extent that the reverse stock split results in any of our
shareholders owning a fractional share, which will be rounded up to
the next whole number of shares.
All
outstanding options, warrants, notes, debentures and other
securities entitling their holders to purchase shares of common
stock will be adjusted as a result of the reverse stock split, as
required by the terms of these securities. In particular, the
conversion ratio for each instrument will be reduced, and the
exercise price, if applicable, will be increased, in accordance
with the terms of each instrument and based on the ratio selected
by the Board for the reverse stock split.
The
per share par value of the common stock will remain unchanged at
$0.01 after the reverse stock split. Also, the capital account of
the Company will remain unchanged, and the Company does not
anticipate that any other accounting consequences will arise as a
result of the reverse stock split.
The
discussion below is only a summary of certain U.S. federal income
tax consequences of the reverse stock split generally applicable to
beneficial holders of shares of our common stock and does not
purport to be a complete discussion of all possible tax
consequences. This summary addresses only those shareholders who
hold their previously issued common stock shares as “capital
assets” as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “Code”), and will hold the new common stock shares as capital
assets. This discussion does not address all U.S. federal income
tax considerations that may be relevant to particular shareholders
in light of their individual circumstances or to shareholders that
are subject to special rules, such as financial institutions,
tax-exempt organizations, insurance companies, dealers in
securities, and foreign shareholders. The following summary is
based upon the provisions of the Code, applicable Treasury
Regulations thereunder, judicial decisions and current
administrative rulings, as of the date hereof, all of which are
subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis. Tax
consequences under state, local, foreign, and other laws are not
addressed herein. EACH SHAREHOLDER SHOULD CONSULT HIS, HER OR ITS
OWN TAX ADVISOR AS TO THE PARTICULAR FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
MAY BE UNIQUE TO SUCH SHAREHOLDER AND ALSO AS TO ANY ESTATE, GIFT,
STATE, LOCAL OR FOREIGN TAX CONSIDERATIONS ARISING OUT OF THE
REVERSE STOCK SPLIT.
The
reverse stock split will qualify as a recapitalization for U.S.
federal income tax purposes. As a result:
●
Shareholders should not recognize any gain or loss as a result of
the reverse stock split.
● The
aggregate basis of a shareholder’s old shares will become the
aggregate basis of the shares held by such shareholder immediately
after the reverse stock split.
● The
holding period of the shares owned immediately after the reverse
stock split will include the shareholder’s holding period before
the reverse stock split.
The
above discussion is not intended or written to be used, and cannot
be used by any person, for the purpose of avoiding U.S. Federal tax
penalties. It was written solely in connection with the proposed
reverse split of our common stock. Our above statements are not
binding upon the Internal Revenue Service or the courts, and there
can be no assurance that the Internal Revenue Service or the courts
will accept the positions expressed above.
CORPORATE
ACTION NO. 4
AUTHORIZATION
OF NAME CHANGE
The
Company believes that it is in the best interests of the Company to
change its corporate name from “Surna Inc.” to “CEA Industries
Inc.” The reason for the change is to better reflect its changing
focus towards indoor cultivation facilities that encompass many
different kinds of agricultural products.
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT
The
following table sets forth the shares of our common stock
beneficially owned by (i) each of our directors, (ii) each of our
named executive officers, (iii) all of our directors and executive
officers as a group, and (iv) all persons known by us to
beneficially own more than 5% of our outstanding common stock. The
Company has determined the beneficial ownership shown on this table
in accordance with the rules of the SEC. Under these rules, shares
are considered beneficially owned if held by the person indicated,
or if such person, directly or indirectly, through any contract,
arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or
shares the power to vote, to direct the voting of and/or to dispose
of or to direct the disposition of such shares. A person is also
deemed to be a beneficial owner of shares if that person has the
right to acquire such shares within 60 days through the exercise of
any warrant, option or right or through conversion of a security.
Except as otherwise indicated in the accompanying footnotes, the
information in the table below is based on information as of April
1, 2021. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to the
following table, each person named in the table has sole voting and
investment power with respect to shares of common and preferred
stock and the address for such person is c/o Surna Inc. 1780 55th
Street, Boulder, Colorado 80301.
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|
Common
Stock |
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|
Preferred
Stock |
|
Name
of Beneficial Owner |
|
Number
of Shares Owned Beneficially (1) |
|
|
Percentage
of
Class
(2)
|
|
|
Number
of Shares Owned Beneficially (1) |
|
|
Percentage
of
Class
(3)
|
|
|
Combined
Voting Authority For
Consent
(4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Directors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Anthony
K. McDonald (5) |
|
|
197,368 |
(12) |
|
|
0.08 |
% |
|
|
592,541,961 |
(12) |
|
|
70.6 |
% |
|
|
70.6 |
% |
James
R. Shipley (6) |
|
|
1,115,385 |
|
|
|
0.47 |
% |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.13 |
% |
Nicholas
J. Etten (7) |
|
|
1,115,385 |
|
|
|
0.47 |
% |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.13 |
% |
R.
Brian Knaley(8)
|
|
|
-0- |
(13) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
592,541,961 |
(12) |
|
|
70.6 |
% |
|
|
70.6 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Executive
Officers and Directors as a Group |
|
|
2,428,138 |
|
|
|
1.02 |
% |
|
|
594,739,329 |
(12) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
70.7 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5% or
More Stockholders |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John
F. Jansen (9) |
|
|
15,253,546 |
|
|
|
6.4 |
% |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1.82 |
% |
Brandy
M. Keen (10) |
|
|
13,020,614 |
|
|
|
5.5 |
% |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1.55 |
% |
Morgan
Paxhia (11) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
33,428,023 |
(12) |
|
|
79.5 |
% |
|
|
3.99 |
% |
Evergreen
Capital Management LLC (13) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
559,113,938 |
(12) |
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
66.66 |
% |
(1)
Beneficial
ownership has been determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act.
(2)
Based on a total of 236,526,638 shares of the Company’s common
stock issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2021.
(3)
Based on a total of 42,030,331 shares of the Company’s Series A
Preferred Stock issued and outstanding as of September 30,.2021.
Based on a total of 592,541,961 votes underlying the 3,300 shares
of Series B Preferred Stock issued and outstanding as of September
30, 2021. The holders of preferred stock vote as a separate class
on matters affecting the preferred stock.
(4)
Based on a total of 838,670,907 shares of common stock, Series A
Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock issued and outstanding
as of September 30, 2021, voting together as a single
class.
(5)
Excludes 6,268,700 shares of common stock issuable upon the
exercise of options.
(6)
Represents 1,115,385 shares of common stock issuable upon the
exercise of options.
(7)
Represents 1,115,385 shares of common stock issuable upon the
exercise of options.
(8)
Excludes 2,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of
options.
(9)
Beneficial ownership based on Schedule 13G dated May 25, 2018 filed
by Mr. Jansen with the SEC, and share ownership reported by Mr.
Jansen to the Company as of March 8, 2020. Includes 2,500,000
shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants
exercisable within 60 days. The address for Mr. Jansen is 4910
Kaylan Court, Richmond, TX 77407.
(10)
Beneficial ownership based on share ownership reported by Ms. Keen
to the Company as of March 4, 2021. Includes shares of common stock
held jointly with her spouse, Stephen B. Keen. The address for the
Keens is 359 Ash Juniper Dr., New Braunfels, TX 78132.
(11)
Includes 33,428,023 shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned by
Demeter Capital Group LP (“Demeter”). Mr. Paxhia and his sister,
Emily Paxhia, are the managing members of Poseidon Asset
Management, LLC (“Poseidon”), which is the general partner and/or
investment manager of Demeter and in such capacity exercises voting
and dispositive power over the securities beneficially owned by
Demeter, subject to the voting agreement described in this Schedule
14C. The address for Mr. Paxhia, Ms. Paxhia, Poseidon and Demeter
is 130 Frederick Street, #102, San Francisco, CA 94117.
(12)
The votes associated with these amounts are subject to the voting
agreement among the Company and each of the holders of the Series A
Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock.
(13)
Excludes 28,947,368 shares of common stock subject to a warrant
issued to the holder of the Series B Preferred Stock. Mr. Jeffrey
Pazdro has voting and dispositive power over the securities
beneficially owned by Evergreen Capital Management, subject to the
voting agreement described in this Schedule 14C. The address of
Evergreen Capital Management is 156 West Saddle River Road, Saddle
River, NJ 07458
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This
Information Statement may contain certain “forward-looking”
statements (as that term is defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 or by the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission in its rules, regulations and releases)
representing our expectations or beliefs regarding our company.
These forward- looking statements include, but are not limited to,
statements regarding our business, anticipated financial or
operational results and objectives. For this purpose, any
statements contained herein that are not statements of historical
fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as “may,”
“will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,”
“estimate,” “might,” or “continue” or the negative or other
variations thereof or comparable terminology are intended to
identify forward-looking statements. These statements, by their
nature, involve substantial risks and uncertainties, certain of
which are beyond our control, and actual results may differ
materially depending on a variety of important factors, including
factors discussed in this and other filings of ours with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
GENERAL
INFORMATION
The
Company will pay all costs associated with the distribution of this
Information Statement, including the costs of printing and mailing.
The Company will reimburse brokerage firms and other custodians,
nominees and fiduciaries for reasonable expenses incurred by them
in sending this Information Statement to the beneficial owners of
the Company’s common stock.
The
Company will deliver only one Information Statement to multiple
security holders sharing an address unless the Company has received
contrary instructions from one or more of the security holders.
Upon written or oral request, the Company will promptly deliver a
separate copy of this Information Statement and any future annual
reports and information statements to any security holder at a
shared address to which a single copy of this Information Statement
was delivered, or deliver a single copy of this Information
Statement and any future annual reports and information statements
to any security holder or holders sharing an address to which
multiple copies are now delivered. You should direct any such
requests to the following address: 1780 55th Street, Boulder,
Colorado 80301.
ADDITIONAL
AND AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The
Company is subject to the informational filing requirements of the
Exchange Act and, in accordance therewith, is required to file
periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the
SEC relating to its business, financial condition and other
matters. Such reports, proxy statements and other information can
be inspected and copied at the public reference facility maintained
by the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.
Information regarding the public reference facilities may be
obtained from the SEC by telephoning 1-800-SEC-0330. Our filings
are also available to the public on the SEC’s website
(www.sec.gov).
Dated:
October 13, 2021 |
By
order of the Board of Directors |
|
|
|
|
|
By: |
/S/ Anthony K. McDonald
|
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer |
Exhibit A to the Information Statement of Surna
Inc.
ARTICLES
OF AMENDMENT TO THE
ARTICLES
OF INCORPORATION
OF
SURNA
INC.
ARTICLE
1
The
Nevada Form and the first paragraph of Articles 1 of the Articles
of Incorporation, as previously amended will be deleted and in its
place put the following:
“CEA
Industries Inc.”
ARTICLE
2
The
Nevada Form and the first paragraph of Article 3 of the Articles of
Incorporation, as previously amended will be deleted and in its
place put the following:
“The
total number of shares of capital stock which may be issued by the
corporation is one billion shares (1,000,000,000), of which eight
hundred fifty million (850,000,000) shares shall be Common Stock,
$0.00001 par value per share (hereinafter referred to as the
“Common Stock”) and one hundred fifty million (150,000,000) shares
shall be Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par value per share (hereinafter
referred to as the “Preferred Stock”).”
ARTICLE
3
The
Certificate of Designations of the Series A Preferred Stock is
hereby amended to add the following as paragraph 7
thereof:
“7.
Redemption Rights.
The
corporation, at any time while the Series A Preferred Stock is
issued and outstanding has the right to effect a mandatory
redemption of any or all of the Series A Preferred Stock by
tendering one (1) share of its Common Stock for each one hundred
(100) shares of the issued and outstanding shares of Series A
Preferred Stock, to the holder thereof, with or without notice,
such number of shares of Common Stock to be subject to equitable
adjustment upon a stock split, stock combination or other action
which adjusts the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock. The corporation will not issue fractional shares of Common
Stock, but will round up to the next whole share of Common Stock
based on the aggregate holdings of Series A Preferred Stock of a
stockholder being redeemed. Upon the tender of the shares of Common
Stock for redemption, the Series A Preferred Stock will cease to be
issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock with no
further action by the holder of the Series A Preferred Stock, and
the redeemed shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be returned to
the status of unissued but authorized shares of Series A Preferred
Stock. The holder of the Series A Preferred Stock need not
surrender its evidence of ownership thereof in order to be entitled
to the Common Stock issued upon redemption, but upon redemption,
the Series A Preferred Stock immediately cease to have any right or
privileges.”
The
authorizations relating to the reverse split of the common stock
and the re-set of the authorized capital are not to take place at
this time, but will be effected at a later date as and when
determined by the board of directors of the Company.