As
filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January
29, 2018
Registration
No. 333-222529
UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1/A TO
FORM
S-1
(Amendment
No. 2)
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OCEAN
THERMAL ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
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20-5081381
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(State or other
jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(Primary Standard
Industrial Classification Code Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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800
South Queen Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603
Telephone
(717) 299-1344
(Address, including
zip code and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant’s principal executive offices)
Jeremy
P. Feakins, Chief Executive Officer
Ocean
Thermal Energy Corporation
800
South Queen Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603
Telephone
(717) 299-1344
(Name, address,
including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of
agent for service)
Copy to:
James
R. Kruse
Kevin
C. Timken
Michael
Best Friedrich LLP
170
South Main Street, Suite 1000, Salt Lake City, Utah
84101
Telephone:
(385) 695-6450
From
time to time after the effectiveness of this registration
statement.
(Approximate date
of commencement of proposed sale to the public)
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.
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If this Form is
filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of
the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.
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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. ☐
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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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The Registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such
date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until
the Registrant files a further amendment that specifically states
that this registration statement will thereafter become effective
in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or
until the registration statement becomes effective on such date as
the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to Section
8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No.
2 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1/A to the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-222529) (the
“Registration Statement”) of Ocean Thermal Energy
Corporation is being filed: (i) pursuant to the undertakings
in Item 17 of the Registration Statement to update and supplement
the information contained in the Registration Statement, as
originally declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) on January 29, 2018, to include
the information contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, that was filed
with the SEC on March 22, 2019; and (ii) to
update certain other information in the Registration
Statement.
No additional
securities are being registered under this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1/A. All applicable registration fees were paid at the time of
the original filing of the Registration Statement.
The
information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed.
We may not sell these securities until the post-effective amendment
to the registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer
to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy
these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not
permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED APRIL 5,
2019
PRELIMINARY
PROSPECTUS
Ocean
Thermal Energy Corporation
52,631,578
Shares of Common Stock
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This
prospectus relates to the offer and resale of up to 52,631,578
shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share, by the
selling stockholder identified on page 20. All such
shares represent shares that L2 Capital, LLC (“L2
Capital”) has agreed to purchase from us pursuant to the
terms and conditions of an Equity Purchase Agreement we entered
into with it on December 18, 2017 (the “Equity Purchase
Agreement”). Subject to the terms and conditions of the
Equity Purchase Agreement, we have the right to “put,”
or sell, up to $15,000,000 worth of shares of our common stock to
L2 Capital. This arrangement is also sometimes referred to herein
as the “Equity Line.” As of April 5, 2019,
we have sold 2,300,000 shares to L2 Capital under the Equity Line
for a total of $135,575.
For
more information about the selling stockholder, please see the
section of this prospectus entitled “Selling
Stockholder” beginning on page 20.
The
selling stockholder may sell any shares offered under this
prospectus at fixed prices, prevailing market prices at the time of
sale, varying prices, or negotiated prices.
L2
Capital is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), in connection with the resale of our common stock
under the Equity Line, and any broker-dealers or agents that are
involved in such resales may be deemed to be
“underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act
in connection therewith. In such event, any commissions received by
the broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the
shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting
commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. For more
information, please see the section of this prospectus titled
“Plan of Distribution” beginning on page
20.
We will
not receive any proceeds from the resale of shares of common stock
by the selling stockholder. We will, however, receive proceeds from
the sale of shares directly to L2 Capital pursuant to the Equity
Line.
Our
common stock is quoted on the OTCQB Marketplace operated by the OTC
Markets Group, Inc., or “OTCQB,” under the ticker
symbol “CPWR.” On April 4, 2019, the
average of the high and low sales prices of our common stock was
$0.0535 per share.
Investing in our
common stock involves risks that are described in the “Risk
Factors” section beginning on page 5 of this
prospectus.
Neither
the U.S. 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.
The
date of this prospectus is
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You should rely
only on the information contained in this prospectus or in any free
writing prospectus we may authorize to be delivered or made
available to you. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with
different information. We are offering to sell, and seeking offers
to buy, shares of common stock only in jurisdictions where offers
and sales are permitted. The information in this prospectus is
accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the
time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of shares of our
common stock. Our business, financial condition, operating results
and prospects may have changed since that date.
Ocean Thermal
Energy Corporation, the Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation logo, and
other trademarks or service marks of Ocean Thermal appearing in
this prospectus are the property of Ocean Thermal Energy
Corporation. This prospectus also includes trademarks, tradenames,
and service marks that are the property of other organizations.
Solely for convenience, trademarks and tradenames referred to in
this prospectus appear without the ® and ™ symbols, but
those references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we
will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our
rights, or that the applicable owner will not assert its rights, to
these trademarks and tradenames.
The following summary highlights information contained elsewhere in
this prospectus and does not contain all of the information that
you should consider in making your investment decision in our
common stock. Before investing in our common stock, you should
carefully read this entire prospectus, including our financial
statements and the related notes included in this prospectus and
the information set forth under the headings “Risk
Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”
As used in this prospectus, unless the context otherwise requires,
references to “we,” “us,” and
“our” refer to Ocean Thermal Energy
Corporation.
Our
Business
Ocean Thermal
Energy Corporation, a Nevada corporation, is currently in the
business of designing Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
(“OTEC”) power plants and Seawater Air Conditioning
(“SWAC”) plants for large commercial properties,
utilities, and municipalities. These technologies provide practical
solutions to mankind’s three oldest and most fundamental
needs: clean drinking water, plentiful food, and sustainable,
affordable energy without the use of fossil fuels. OTEC is a clean
technology that continuously extracts energy from the temperature
difference between warm surface ocean water and cold deep seawater.
In addition to producing electricity, some of the seawater running
through an OTEC plant can be efficiently desalinated using the
power generated by the OTEC technology, producing thousands of
cubic meters of fresh water every day for the communities served by
its plants for use in agriculture and human consumption. This cold
deep nutrient-rich water can also be used to cool buildings (SWAC)
and for fish farming/ aquaculture. In short, it’s a
technology with many benefits, and its versatility makes OTEC
unique.
We previously
operated under the corporate name of TetriDyn Solutions, Inc.
(“TetriDyn”). On March 10, 2017, TetriDyn entered into
an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger
Agreement”) with Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (“OTE”). On May 9, 2017, TetriDyn
consummated the acquisition of all outstanding equity interests of
OTE pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, with a newly
created Delaware corporation that is wholly owned by TetriDyn
(“TetriDyn Merger Sub”), merging with and into OTE (the
“Merger”) and OTE continuing as the surviving
corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of TetriDyn. Effective
upon the consummation of the Merger (the “Closing”),
the OTE stock issued and outstanding or existing immediately prior
to the Closing was converted into the right to receive newly issued
shares of TetriDyn common stock. As a result of the Merger,
TetriDyn succeeded to the business and operations of OTE. In
connection with the consummation of the Merger and upon the consent
of the holders of a majority of the outstanding common shares,
TetriDyn filed with the Nevada Secretary of State an amendment to
its articles of incorporation changing its name to “Ocean
Thermal Energy Corporation.”
Our principal
executive office is located at 800 South Queen Street, Lancaster,
PA 17603. Our telephone number is (717) 299-1344 and our website is
www.otecorporation.com. Unless expressly noted, none of the
information on our website is part of this prospectus or any
prospectus supplement. Our common stock is quoted on the OTCQB
Marketplace operated by the OTC Markets Group, Inc., or
“OTCQB,” under the ticker symbol
“CPWR.”
Common stock that
may be offered by selling stockholder:
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52,631,578 shares,
2,300,000 shares of which have been sold as of April 5,
2019
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Common stock
outstanding before this offering:
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133,338,944
shares as of April 5, 2019
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Common stock to be
outstanding after this offering:
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183,670,522
shares
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Use of
proceeds:
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We will not receive
any proceeds from the resale or other disposition of the shares
covered by this prospectus by the selling stockholder. We will
receive proceeds from the sale of shares to L2 Capital and L2
Capital has committed to purchase up to $15,000,000 worth of shares
of our common stock over a period terminating on the earlier of the
date on which L2 Capital has purchased shares under the Equity
Purchase Agreement for an aggregate purchase price of $15,000,000
or December 11, 2020.
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L2 Capital will pay
a purchase price equal to 85% of the “Market Price,”
which is defined as the lowest traded price on the OTCQB
Marketplace, as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P., during the five
consecutive trading days including and immediately prior to the
“Put Date” (as defined herein) or the date on which the
applicable put notice is delivered to L2 Capital. In order to
exercise the put, certain conditions must be met at each put notice
date including, but not limited to: (i) we must have an
effective registration statement; (ii) our common stock must
be deposit/withdrawal at custodian (“DWAC”) eligible;
(iii) the minimum price must exceed $0.01; and (iv) the
number of shares to be purchased by L2 Capital may not exceed the
number of shares that, when added to the number of shares of our
common stock then beneficially owned by L2 Capital, would exceed
4.99% of our shares of common stock outstanding.
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For further
information, see “The Offering” beginning on page
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Plan of
distribution:
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The selling
stockholder may, from time to time, sell any or all of its shares
of common stock on the stock exchange, market, or trading facility
on which the shares are traded, or in private transactions. These
sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices.
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For further
information, see “Plan of Distribution” beginning on
page 20.
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Risk
factors:
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You should read the
“Risk Factors” section of this prospectus and the other
information in this prospectus for a discussion of factors to
consider carefully before deciding to invest in shares of our
common stock.
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Assumes the issuance of 52,631,578
shares offered hereby that are issuable under our Equity Purchase
Agreement with L2 Capital.
Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You
should carefully consider the risks described below, as well as the
other information in this prospectus, including our financial
statements and the related notes and “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations,” before deciding whether to invest in our common
stock. The occurrence of any of the events or developments
described below could harm our business, financial condition,
operating results, and growth prospects. In such an event, the
market price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose
all or part of your investment. Additional risks and uncertainties
not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial also
may impair our business operations.
Risks
Related to Our Financial Condition
The auditors’ report for the years ended December 31,
2018 and 2017, contains an explanatory
paragraph about our ability to continue as a going
concern.
The report of our
auditors on our consolidated financial statements for the years
ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, as well as for prior
years, contains an explanatory paragraph raising substantial doubt
about our ability to continue as a going concern. We had a net loss
of $7,880,013 and $14,591,675,
respectively; used cash in operations of $1,638,582 and
$1,469,169, respectively; and had a working capital
deficiency of $17,601,515 and $10,716,255,
respectively, and an accumulated deficit of $75,583,231 and
$67,703,218, respectively, at December 31, 2018
and 2017. This raises substantial doubt about our ability to
continue as a going concern. Our ability to continue as a going
concern beyond December 31, 2019, is dependent on our ability to
raise additional capital through the sale of debt or equity
securities or stockholder loans and to implement our business plan
during the next 12 months. The financial statements do not include
any adjustments that might be necessary if we are unable to
continue as a going concern. Management believes that actions
presently being taken to obtain additional funding through
implementing our strategic plans, broadly based marketing strategy,
and sales incentives to expand operations will provide the
opportunity for us to continue as a going concern.
We have no current project that will generate revenues in the near
future.
None of our several
projects is to the development stage at which it will generate
revenues in the near future. Our project development cycles are
relatively long, extending over several years as we identify a
potential project site, complete negotiations with third parties,
complete permitting, obtain financing, complete construction, and
place a plant into service. We expect to receive a development fee
of approximately 3% of the project cost from our projects, payable
upon the close of project financing. Operating revenues from
projects are expected to be received when the plant has been built
and placed into operation. We are currently focusing on developing
a U.S. Virgin Island project, but even if we develop it
successfully, it will not generate revenues until several years in
the future. Until we receive revenues from this or another project,
we will be dependent on raising funds from external
sources.
We will require substantial amounts of additional capital from
external sources.
We do not have any
current source of revenues or sufficient cash or other liquid
resources to fund our planned activities until we receive
development fees from new contracts. Accordingly, as in the past,
we will need substantial amounts of capital from external sources
to fund day-to-day operations and project development. We have no
arrangements or commitment for such capital. We plan to continue
our practice of seeking external capital through the sale of debt
or equity, although we cannot assure that such efforts will be
successful. Any new investments will dilute the interest of the
current stockholders. Further, new investors may require
preferential financial returns, security, voting rights, or other
preferences that will be superior to the rights of the holders of
common stock. Alternatively, as project development advances, we
may be required to sell all or a portion of our interest in one or
more projects, which could reduce our retained financial interest
and potential return.
Risks
Related to Our Business
Our efforts to develop OTEC and SWAC/LWAC plants are
subject to many financial, technical, managerial, and sales risks
that may make us unsuccessful.
We incur
substantial costs that we may not recover developing a new project
that we may not build, operate, or sell. The identification of
suitable locations, the investigation of the applicable regulatory
and economic framework, the identification of potential purchasers,
the completion of preliminary engineering and planning, and the
funding of related administrative and support costs ordinarily
require several years to complete before we determine to further
develop or abandon a project. Each of these steps is fraught with
risks and uncertainties, such as:
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limited market due
to low demand, existing competitive energy sources, low power
costs, or the absence of a single or few large potential output
purchasers;
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a regulatory scheme
suggesting that the development and operation of a plant would be
subject to excessively stringent utility regulations, burdensome
zoning or permitting practices and requirements, unusually
stringent environmental requirements, or similar
factors;
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shortage of
suitable onshore locations, lack of available cold water with
near-shore accessibility, sea wave and current conditions, and
exposure to hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, or similar extreme
events;
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the unavailability
of favorable tax or other incentives or excessively stringent
applicable incentive requirements;
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the high cost and
potential regulatory difficulties in integrating into new
markets;
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the possibility
that new markets may be limited or unstable or exposed to
competition from other sources of existing or potentially new
energy sources;
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difficulties in
negotiating power purchase agreements (PPAs) with potential
customers, including in some instances, the necessity to assist in
the formation of a power purchasing group; and
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the need to
educate
the market as well as investors regarding the
reliability and economical and environmental benefits of ocean
thermal technologies.
We cannot assure
that we will be able to overcome these risks as we initiate the
development of a project. We may incur substantial costs in
advancing a project through the early stages, only to conclude
eventually that the project is not economically or technically
feasible, in which case we may be unable to recover the costs that
we have then incurred. When we elect to proceed with a project, we
may continue to incur substantial costs and be unable to complete
the development, sell the project, or otherwise recover our
investment. Even when a project is developed, constructed, and
placed into operation, we cannot assure that we will be able to
operate at a profit sufficient to recover our total
investment.
We are dependent on the
performance of counterparties to our
agreements
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Our projects are
and will be complex, with a number of agreements among several
parties that purchase plant outputs; provide financing; complete
design, construction, and other services; design and perform
regulatory compliance; and fulfill other requirements. The failure
of any participant in one of our projects due to its own
management, financial, operating, or other deficiencies, all of
which may be outside our control, can materially and adversely
affect our operations and financial results. In circumstances in
which we are not the prime developer of a large-scale project
involving many large components in addition to our OTEC,
SWAC/LWAC, or other components, we would have little
ability to address problems resulting from performance failures by
others or implement project-wide remedial measures. The foregoing
is illustrated in our Baha Mar project, which is now on hold
because of contract performance and financing disputes by others
and may never resume.
Ongoing world economic, currency-exchange, energy-price, and
political circumstances adversely affect our project development
activities.
Recent and ongoing
world events outside of our control or influence adversely affect
our development activities. Economic uncertainties have resulted in
the unpredictable availability of credit, debt, and equity
financing; volatile interest rates; currency exchange-rate
fluctuations that add risk to international projects; restrictions
on the availability of borrowing; concerns respecting inflation and
deflation; economic turmoil resulting from unpredictable political
events and tensions in international relations; substantial
reductions in hydrocarbon energy prices and the impact of such
declines on the cost of energy generally; shifts in the economic
feasibility of competitive energy sources; and similar factors.
These adverse factors frequently have a particularly intense effect
on emerging markets and developing countries, which we believe
provide the greatest opportunity for our development of our
projects. The possibility that principal energy prices will
continue at current or even higher levels, which could reduce the
projected cost at which power could be generated by
hydrocarbon-fueled power plants, could make our relatively
higher-cost plants less competitive. These emerging and developing
markets are particularly vulnerable to the negative impacts of
these adverse circumstances. The economic feasibility of
alternative energy, including the process we develop and propose to
operate, as compared to hydrocarbon energy is adversely affected as
the prices for hydrocarbon fuels decline. Accordingly, possible
continuing low hydrocarbon prices may retard the potential increase
in the economic feasibility of alternative energy. The decline in
crude oil prices from over $100 per barrel several years ago to
approximately half that in mid-2016 has adversely affected
alternative energy development. Our ability to develop and operate
alternative energy plants and our ability to generate revenue will
be adversely affected by continuing, relatively soft hydrocarbon
energy prices. Further, alternative energy development may be
adversely affected by uncertainty in hydrocarbon prices or public
expectations that hydrocarbon prices may decline
again.
We require substantial amounts of capital for all phases of our
proposed activities.
We require
substantial amounts of capital to fund efforts to identify,
research, preliminarily engineer, permit, and design our projects
and to negotiate PPAs for them. These costs may not be
recovered, because we may not elect to complete the development of
the project or because the development and operation of the project
are not successful. We will rely on external capital to fund all of
our operations, and we cannot assure that such capital will be
available. Our efforts to access capital markets will be limited,
particularly at the outset, because we have not yet developed and
placed into operation our first plant. Accordingly, we expect that
we will have to provide the potential for a significant economic
return for the initial capital we obtain, which will likely dilute
the interests of our existing stockholders. We expect that each
project that we are able to fully develop, construct, and place
into operation will require several stages and levels of debt and
equity financing. For example, we expect that a 20-MW
OTEC plant may require total capital expenditures of approximately
$445 million, consisting of $365 million in project debt financing
and $80 million in equity. We cannot assure that we will be able to
obtain financing, and if obtained, such financing may be on terms
that we will retain only a minority financial interest in the
completed project and its operations. Our inability to obtain
required financing for any activity or project could have a
material adverse effect on our activities and
operations.
We are reliant on our key executives and personnel.
Our business,
development, and prospects are highly dependent upon the continued
services and performance of our directors and other key personnel,
on whom we rely for experience, technical skills, and commercial
relationships. We believe that the loss of services of any existing
key executives, for any reason, or failure to attract and retain
necessary personnel, could have a material adverse impact on our
business, development, financial condition, results of operations,
and prospects. Although we have entered into employment agreements
with our key executives, we may not be able to retain our key
executives. We do not maintain key-man life insurance on any of our
executive employees.
Regulations and policies governing energy projects, power
generation, desalinated water sales, and other aspects of our OTEC
and SWAC/LWAC plants may adversely affect our ability
to develop projects, and any changes in the applicable regulatory
schemes may adversely affect projects that we are constructing or
have constructed and are operating.
In identifying
possible plant locations and undertaking preliminary development,
an important factor in the overall economic feasibility of a
project will be the governing regulatory regime. Such regulation
includes the way the local jurisdiction regulates the power,
cooling energy, or water output from a plant. Any change in that
regulatory scheme after we determine to develop a plant based on
existing circumstances could have a material adverse effect on our
proposed operations. Generally, we will seek to structure plant
output sales agreements as privately negotiated contracts not
subject to utility or similar regulation, but we cannot assure that
we will be able to do so. Some PPAs that we may seek to enter into
may be subject to public utility commission approval, which may not
be obtained or may be delayed. In some jurisdictions, the sale of
output from a plant may be subject to public service commission or
regulation by a similar authority as a public utility, even though
we attempt to negotiate a private purchaser agreement for that
output. In these circumstances, we may encounter delays in
obtaining any required approval, approval may be conditioned on
specified prices or other operating conditions, or the existence of
the regulatory framework may delay or limit our ability to seek
price increases.
The financial model for our proposed projects has not been tested
and may not be successful.
We are proposing a
financial model for the development of individual projects that
includes development financing provided by us, construction
financing provided by equity investors in the specific projects,
and project debt financing; the payment of a development fee to us
at the time of construction; and continuing equity participation by
us throughout the plant’s operation. We have not used this
model in the financing or completion of any plant, and we cannot
assure that the financial model and, therefore, the anticipated
financial return to us will be acceptable to those that might
provide the requisite external capital. We may need to revise
extensively our financing structure for each project, and we cannot
assure that any restructured proposal would not substantially
reduce our financial return or increase our risk. The financial,
investment, and credit community are generally unfamiliar with OTEC
and SWAC/LWAC projects, which will adversely affect
our financing efforts. We have no existing relationships with
potential sources of debt or equity capital, and any financing
sources that we may develop may be inadequate to support the
anticipated capital needs of our business. Our efforts to obtain
financing may be adversely affected by the fact that our projects
will likely be located in developing or emerging markets. Our
inability to obtain financing may force us to abandon projects in
which we have invested substantial costs, which we may be unable to
recover. The process of identifying new sources of debt and equity
financing and agreeing on all relevant business and legal terms
could be lengthy and could require us to limit the rate at which we
can develop projects or reduce our financial return.
We may be exposed to political and legal risks in the developing or
emerging markets in which we propose to locate plants.
Many of the markets
that may be suitable for a potential OTEC or SWAC/LWAC
plants are located in emerging or developing countries that may
have evolving and untested regulatory and legal
environments for large-scale, international, commercial
enterprises. Further, political instability, regime change, or
other factors may increase uncertainty and instability, which in
turn may adversely affect our ability to secure necessary
regulatory approvals and obtain required project financing, which
increases related costs and reduces our financial return. Any
changes in applicable laws and regulations, including any
governmental incentives, environmental requirements or
restrictions, safety requirements, and similar matters, and the
risk or likelihood of such a change could adversely affect the
availability and cost of financing. Further, in some jurisdictions,
applicable legal requirements may not have been fully tested and
are still being developed in the face of modern international
commercial transactions and environmental requirements, which may
lead to changes in interpretation or application that may be
adverse to us. Our expectations regarding the size of the potential
OTEC and SWAC/LWAC markets and the number of possible
suitable locations may not be accurate.
Our business plan
and models are based on our identification of potential suitable
locations for OTEC or SWAC/LWAC plants based on a
preliminary evaluation of public information respecting demographic
data, current power-generation costs, and local seafloor contours
and seawater temperatures, which may be inaccurate. Any material
inaccuracy could substantially reduce the total market available to
us for plant development.
We may be unable to
arrange or complete future construction projects on time, within
expected budgets, or without interruption due to materials
availability and disruptions in supply, labor, or other factors. If
any project reaches the point at which we undertake construction,
such construction may be subject to actual prices higher than the
amount budgeted, the limited or delayed availability of components
or materials, shortages or interruptions of labor or materials, or
similar circumstances. In the case we have insufficient budget
flexibility to pay increased construction costs, corresponding
delays could result to construction completion and the commencement
of operations.
Emerging markets
are often associated with growth rates that may not be sustainable
and may be accompanied by periods of high inflation. Rising
inflation or related government monetary and economic policies in
certain project jurisdictions may affect our ability to obtain
external financing and reduce our ability to implement our
expansion strategy. We can give no assurances that a local
government will not implement general or project-specific measures
to tighten external financing standards, or that if any such
measure is implemented, it will not adversely affect our future
operating results and profitability.
We are subject to changing attitudes about environmental
risks.
Our projects may
face opposition from environmental groups that may oppose our
development, construction, or operation of OTEC or
SWAC/LWAC plants. Each project is expected to have
different environmental issues, especially as many of our projects
are based in different settings having a wide range of
environmental standards. We intend to solicit input from
environmental organizations and activists early in our design
process for our projects in an effort to consider
appropriately these organizations’ recommendations in order
to mitigate subsequent conflict or opposition, but we cannot assure
that such outreach will be effective in all cases, and if it is
not, opposition to our projects could increase our cost and
adversely affect the results of our operations.
We may be unable to find land suitable for our
projects.
Each project site
requires land of differing characteristics to permit the
cost-effective construction of OTEC or SWAC/LWAC
plants, and suitable land may not always be available. Even if
available, such land may be difficult to obtain in a timely or
cost-effective manner. For example, we would prefer to place OTEC
power systems and facilities as close to the ocean as possible. We
hope to mitigate this risk by using land owned by local
governments, rather than private individuals or entities, as
targeting local governments with favorable energy policies or
mandates should reduce land rights risks. Our inability to secure
appropriate land at a reasonable cost may render certain of our
future projects economically unfeasible.
We have a limited number of suppliers for certain materials, which
could increase our costs or delay completion of
projects.
In our systems, the
two most important components are heat exchangers and deep-water
intake pipes. Although there are multiple providers of each of
these components, the supply of the best components comes from just
a few companies globally. Should these resources become unavailable
for any reason or too costly, we would be required to seek
alternative suppliers. The products from such suppliers could be of
a lower quality or more costly, in any event requiring us to expend
additional monies or time to complete our projects as planned. This
could result in financial penalties or other costs to
us.
There may be greater cost in building OTEC plants that generate
over 10 MWs of electricity.
In order to
successfully obtain debt financing for OTEC facilities, we must
find engineering, procurement, and construction contractors willing
to enter into fixed-price contracts at a pricing that is
economically viable for us. Based on our preliminary discussions,
we believe that engineering, procurement, and construction
contractors may be willing to consider fixed-price arrangements for
up to 10-MW OTEC facilities, but we have not yet discussed
performance risk guarantees for OTEC plants greater than 10
MWs. The cost of construction for larger OTEC power
systems may vary considerably and these variances
could include increased costs for construction, design, and
component procurement. As we gain more experience, we may improve
upon efficiencies and accuracy in pricing. Failure to procure
engineering, procurement, and construction contractors willing to
perform fixed-price contracts on facilities that produce more than
20 MWs may have a material adverse effect on our
operations.
Technological advances may render our technologies, products, and
services obsolete.
We operate in a
fast-moving sector in which new forms of power generation and new
energy sources are continuously being researched. New technologies
may be able to provide power, coolant, desalinated seawater, or
other outputs at a lower cost, including amortization of capital
costs, or with less environmental impact. We will remain subject to
these risks for the useful life of our projects, which could extend
for 20 to 30 years or more. Any such technological improvements
could render our projects obsolete.
We may not successfully manage growth.
We intend to
continue to develop the projects in our project pipeline and to
construct and operate plants as we deem warranted and as we are
able to finance. This is an ambitious growth strategy. Our growth
and future success will depend on the successful completion of the
expansion strategies and the sufficiency of demand for our energy
products. The execution of our expansion strategies may also place
a strain on our managerial, operational, and financial reserves.
Should we fail to effectively implement such expansion strategies
or should there be insufficient demand for our products and
services, our business operations, financial performance, and
prospects would be adversely affected.
There will likely be a single or limited number of power purchasers
from each plant, so we will be dependent on their economic
viability and stability and continued operations.
We expect that any
plant that we operate will provide power, cooling, desalinated
water, or other products to a few or a limited number of key power
purchasers that will use the power for specific commercial
enterprises, such as resorts, manufacturing or processing plants,
or similar large-scale operations. Accordingly, our ability to sell
power and other outputs will be dependent on the economic viability
of these purchasers. If one or more key purchasers were to fail, we
would be required to obtain alternative purchasers for our power
and other outputs, and there may be no or a limited number of
alternative purchasers in the merging and developing markets where
we anticipate our plants may be located. Accordingly, a failure of
an output purchaser may result in the failure of our power plant
project. We do not anticipate that we will be able to obtain
insurance to protect us against such a loss on acceptable terms.
Further, our project output purchasers may not comply with
contractual payment obligations or may otherwise fail to perform
their contracts, and they may have greater economic bargaining
power and negotiating leverage as we seek to enforce our
contractual rights. To the extent that any of our project power
purchasers are, or are controlled by, governmental entities, our
projects may also be subject to legislative, administrative, or
other political action or policies that impair their contractual
performance. Any failure of any key power purchasers to meet their
contractual obligations for any reason could have a material
adverse effect on our business and operations.
Operational problems, natural events or catastrophes, casualty
loss, or other events may impair the commercial operation of our
projects.
Our ability to meet
our delivery obligations under power-generation contracts, as well
as our ability to meet economic projections, will depend on our
ability to maintain the efficient working order of our plants.
Severe weather, natural disasters, accidents, failure of
significant equipment components, inability to obtain replacement
parts, failure of power transmission facilities, or other
catastrophes or occurrences could materially interrupt our
activities and consequently reduce our economic return. Since all
of our plants will be located on the shore within close proximity
to deep-ocean or lake water, our plants will be subject to
extraordinary natural occurrences, such as wave surges from
hurricanes or typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, and other events,
over which we will have absolutely no control. We cannot assure
that we can obtain sufficient insurance to protect us from all
risks resulting from such catastrophes. Further, we cannot assure
that any design features or operating policies that we may use will
mitigate the risks to which our plants may be exposed. Any
threatened or actual events could expose us to plant shutdowns,
substantial repairs, interruptions of operations, damages to our
power purchasers, and similar events that could require us to incur
substantial costs and significantly impair our revenues and results
of operations.
We may be adversely affected by climate change.
Climate change may
result in changes in ocean currents and water temperatures that
could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
These changes may require additional capital costs or impair the
efficiency of our operations. Because of the size and cost of major
components of our power plants, we typically will not inventory
spare components, so that any substantial damage may require that
we await the custom manufacture and delivery of such items, which
may involve substantial delays. Significant changes may render any
plant inefficient and uneconomical.
Our projects will be subject to substantial
regulation.
Our projects likely
will be significant commercial or industrial enterprises in each of
their locations and, as such, will be subject to numerous
environmental, health and safety, antidiscrimination, and similar
laws and regulations in each of the jurisdictions governing our
locations. These laws and regulations will require our projects to
obtain and maintain permits and approvals; complete environmental
impact assessments or statements prior to construction; and review
processes and operations to implement environmental, health and
safety, antidiscrimination, and other programs and procedures to
control risks associated with our operations.
Our in-water
facilities and operations may be deemed to threaten living coral,
sea plants and animals, shoreline contours, and similar items. In
some circumstances, we may encounter environmental problems that we
may unable to overcome, which may force us to relocate our
facilities, at considerable additional costs.
If our projects do
not comply with applicable laws, regulations, or permit conditions,
or if there are endangered or threatened species fatalities on our
projects, we may be required to pay penalties or fines or curtail
or cease operations of the affected projects. In addition,
violations of environmental and other laws, including certain
violations of laws protecting wetlands, shorelines and land, and
sea plant and animal life, may result in civil fines, criminal
sanctions, or injunctions.
Some environmental
laws impose liability on current and previous owners and operators
of real property for the cost of removal or remediation of
hazardous substances, without regard to whether the owner or
operator knew of, or was responsible for, the release of such
hazardous substance. In some jurisdictions, private plaintiffs may
also bring claims arising from the presence of hazardous substances
or their unlawful release or exposure. We will likely be unable to
purchase insurance against these risks at all or on acceptable
terms.
Environmental
health and safety laws, regulations, and permit requirements
applicable to any specific project at the time of construction may
change or become more stringent during the life of the operation.
Any such changes could require that our projects incur substantial
additional costs, alter their operations, or limit or curtail their
operations in order to comply, which would have a material adverse
effect on our operations. We may not be able to pass on any
additional costs that we incur to our power purchasers,
particularly in those cases in which we sell power pursuant to a
long-term, fixed-price agreement. The OTEC and
SWAC/LWAC industry may be subject to increased
regulatory oversight.
As the OTEC and
SWAC/LWAC industries develop, new regulatory schemes
may be adopted by one or more jurisdictions in which we develop or
operate plants in order to address actual or perceived threats or
problems. In addition to more stringent environmental, safety, and
other regulations that may be applicable to us generally under the
current regulatory scheme, whole new areas of regulation may be
adopted, which could have a material adverse effect on our results
of operations. New regulations may specifically regulate, for
example, the price at which power that is generated from different
seawater temperatures may be sold, even to private purchasers. We
may have plants in various locations subject to different governing
jurisdictions, so the complexity of this developing and expanding
regulatory pattern may be particularly cumbersome and
expensive.
Insurance to cover anticipated risks may become more
expensive.
There are no known
commercial OTEC and SWAC/LWAC plants in operation, so
the nature and cost of insurance is difficult to predict. Insurance
costs may substantially exceed the costs forecast during the
planning process or budgeted during actual operations. We cannot
assure that adequate insurance coverage will be available to
protect us against all risks or that any related costs will be
economical. Accordingly, if we are unable or cannot afford to
purchase insurance against specific risks, our projects may be
fully exposed to those risks, which also could have a material
adverse effect on the viability of any affected plant.
Risks
Related to Our International Operations
Certain risks of loss arise from our need to conduct transactions
in foreign currencies.
Our business
activities outside the United States and its territories may be
conducted in foreign currencies. In the future, our capital costs
and financial results may be affected by fluctuations in exchange
rates between the applicable currency and the dollar. Other
currencies used by us may not be convertible at satisfactory rates.
In addition, the official conversion rates between a particular
foreign currency and the U.S. dollar may not accurately reflect the
relative value of goods and services available or required in other
countries. Further, inflation may lead to the devaluation of such
other currencies.
Foreign governmental entities may have the authority to alter the
terms of our rights or agreements if we do not comply with the
terms and obligations indicated in such agreements.
Pursuant to the
laws in some jurisdictions in which we may develop or operate
plants, foreign governmental entities may have the authority to
alter the terms of our contractual or financial rights or override
the terms of privately negotiated agreements. In extreme
circumstances, some foreign governments have taken the step of
confiscating private property on the assertion that such action is
necessary in the public interest of the country. If this were to
occur, we may not be compensated fairly or at all. We cannot assure
that we have complied, and will comply, with all the terms and
obligations imposed on us under all foreign laws to which one or
more of our operations and assets may be subject.
Our operations will require our compliance with the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act.
We must conduct our
activities in or related to foreign companies in compliance with
the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, and similar
anti-bribery laws that generally prohibit companies and their
intermediaries from making improper payments to foreign government
officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business.
Enforcement officials interpret the FCPA’s prohibition on
improper payments to government officials to apply to officials of
state-owned enterprises, including state-owned enterprises with
which we may develop or operate projects or to which we may sell
plant outputs. While our employees and agents are required to
acknowledge and comply with these laws, we cannot assure that our
internal policies and procedures will always protect us from
violations of these laws, despite our commitment to legal
compliance and corporate ethics. The occurrence or allegation of
these activities may adversely affect our business,
performance, prospects, value, financial condition, reputation, and
results of operations.
Our competitors may not be subject to laws similar to the FCPA,
which may give them an advantage in negotiating with underdeveloped
countries and the government agencies.
Our competitors
outside the United States may not be subject to anti-bribery or
corruption laws as encompassing or stringent as the U.S. laws to
which we are subject, which may place us at a competitive
disadvantage.
We may encounter difficulties repatriating income from foreign
jurisdictions.
As we develop and
place plants into operation, we intend to enter into
revenue-generating agreements in which we are paid
only in U.S. dollars directly to our U.S. banks or
through countries in which repatriation of the funds to our U.S.
accounts is unrestricted. However, situations could arise in which
we agree to accept payment in foreign jurisdictions and for which
restrictions make it difficult or costly to transfer these funds to
our U.S. accounts. In this event, we could incur costs and expenses
from our U.S. assets for which we cannot recover income directly.
This could require us to obtain additional working capital from
other sources, which may not be readily available, resulting in
increased costs and decreased profits, if any.
Risks
Related to Our Common Stock
Our common stock is thinly traded, and there is no guarantee of the
prices at which the shares will trade.
Our
common stock is quoted on the OTCQB Marketplace
operated by the OTC Markets Group, Inc., under the ticker symbol
“CPWR.” Not being listed on an established securities
exchange has an adverse effect on the liquidity of our common
stock, not only in terms of the number of shares that can be bought
and sold at a given price, but also through delays in the timing of
transactions and reduction in security analysts’ and the
media’s coverage of our company. This may result in lower
prices for our common stock than might otherwise be
obtained and could also result in a larger spread between the bid
and asked prices for our common stock. Historically, our common
stock has been thinly traded, and there is no guarantee of the
prices at which the shares will trade or of the ability of
stockholders to sell their shares without having an adverse effect
on market prices.
We have never paid dividends on our common stock and we do not
anticipate paying any dividends in the foreseeable
future.
We have not paid
dividends on our common stock to date, and we may not be in a
position to pay dividends in the foreseeable future. Our ability to
pay dividends depends on our ability to successfully develop our
OTEC business and generate revenue from future operations. Further,
our initial earnings, if any, will likely be retained to finance
our growth. Any future dividends will depend upon our earnings, our
then-existing financial requirements, and other factors and will be
at the discretion of our board of directors.
Because our common stock is a “penny stock,” it may be
difficult to sell shares of our common stock at times and prices
that are acceptable.
Our common stock is
a “penny stock.” Broker-dealers that sell
penny stocks must provide purchasers of these stocks with a
standardized risk disclosure document prepared by the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). This
document provides information about penny stocks and the nature and
level of risks involved in investing in the penny stock market. A
broker must also give a purchaser, orally or in writing, bid and
offer quotations and information regarding broker and salesperson
compensation, make a written determination that the penny stock is
a suitable investment for the purchaser, and obtain the
purchaser’s written agreement to the purchase. The penny
stock rules may make it difficult for investors to
sell their shares of our common stock. Because of
these rules, many brokers choose not to participate in penny stock
transactions and there is less trading in penny stocks.
Accordingly, investors may not always be able to
resell shares of our common stock publicly at times and prices that
they feel are appropriate.
In addition to the
“penny stock” rules described above, the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority (known as “FINRA”) has
adopted rules that require that in recommending an investment to a
customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for
believing that the investment is suitable for that customer. Prior
to recommending speculative, low-priced securities to their
noninstitutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable
efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial
status, tax status, investment objectives and other information.
Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is
a high probability that speculative low priced securities will not
be suitable for at least some customers. FINRA requirements make it
more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers
buy our common shares, which may limit an investor's
ability to buy and sell our stock and have an adverse effect on the
market for our shares.
Our management concluded that our internal control over financial
reporting was not effective as of December 31,
2018. Compliance with public company
regulatory requirements, including those relating to our internal
control over financial reporting, have and will likely continue to
result in significant expenses and, if we are unable to maintain
effective internal control over financial reporting in the future,
investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of
our financial reports and the market price of our common stock may
be negatively affected.
As a public
reporting company, we are subject to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
as well as to the information and reporting requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and other federal
securities laws. As a result, we incur significant legal,
accounting, and other expenses, including costs associated with our
public company reporting requirements and corporate governance
requirements. As an example of public reporting company
requirements, we evaluate the effectiveness of disclosure controls
and procedures and of our internal control over financing reporting
in order to allow management to report on such
controls.
Our management
concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was
not effective as of December 31, 2018, due to a
failure to maintain an effective control environment, failure of
segregation of duties, failure of entity-level controls, and our
sole executive’s access to cash.
If significant
deficiencies or other material weaknesses are identified in our
internal control over financial reporting that we cannot remediate
in a timely manner, investors and others may lose confidence in the
reliability of our financial statements. This would likely have an
adverse effect on the trading price of our common stock and our
ability to secure any necessary additional equity or debt
financing.
Risks
Relating to our Equity Line with L2 Capital
Resales of shares purchased by L2 Capital under the Equity Purchase
Agreement may cause the market price of our common stock to
decline.
Subject to the
terms and conditions of the Equity Purchase Agreement, we have the
right to “put,” or sell, up to $15,000,000 worth of
shares of our common stock to L2 Capital. Unless terminated
earlier, L2 Capital’s purchase commitment will automatically
terminate on the earlier of the date on which L2 Capital has
purchased shares pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement for an
aggregate purchase price of $15,000,000 or December 11, 2020. The
common stock to be issued to L2 Capital pursuant to the Equity
Purchase Agreement will be purchased at a price equal to 85% of the
“Market Price,” which is defined as the lowest traded
price on the OTCQB, as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P., during
the five consecutive trading days including and immediately prior
to the settlement date of the sale, which in most circumstances
will be the trading day immediately following the date that a put
notice is delivered to L2 Capital (a “Put Date”). L2
Capital will have the financial incentive to sell the shares of our
common stock issuable under the Equity Purchase Agreement in
advance of or upon receiving such shares and to realize the profit
equal to the difference between the discounted price and the
current market price of the shares. This may cause the market price
of our common stock to decline.
The foregoing
description of the terms of the Equity Purchase Agreement does not
purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Equity Purchase Agreement
itself.
Puts under the Equity Purchase Agreement may cause dilution to
existing stockholders.
From time to time
during the term of the Equity Purchase Agreement, and at our sole
discretion, we may present L2 Capital with a put notice requiring
L2 Capital to purchase shares of our common stock. As a result, our
existing stockholders will experience immediate dilution upon the
purchase of any of the shares by L2 Capital. L2 Capital may resell
some, if not all, of the shares that we issue to it under the
Equity Purchase Agreement and these sales could cause the market
price of our common stock to decline significantly. To the extent
of any such decline, any subsequent puts would require us to issue
and sell a greater number of shares to L2 Capital in exchange for
each dollar of the put amount. Under these circumstances, our
existing stockholders will experience greater dilution. The effect
of this dilution may, in turn, cause the price of our common stock
to decrease further, both because of the downward pressure on the
stock price that would be caused by a large number of sales of our
shares into the public market by L2 Capital, and because our
existing stockholders may disagree with a decision to sell shares
to L2 Capital at a time when our stock price is low and may, in
response, decide to sell additional shares, further decreasing our
stock price. If we draw down amounts under the Equity Line when our
share price is decreasing, we will need to issue more shares to
raise the same amount of funding.
There is no guarantee that we will satisfy the conditions to the
Equity Purchase Agreement.
Although the Equity
Purchase Agreement provides that we can require L2 Capital to
purchase, at our discretion, up to $15,000,000 worth of shares of
our common stock in the aggregate, our ability to put shares to L2
Capital and obtain funds when requested is limited by the terms and
conditions of the Equity Purchase Agreement, including restrictions
on when we may exercise our put rights, restrictions on the amount
we may put to L2 Capital at any one time, which is determined in
part by the trading volume of our common stock, and a limitation on
our ability to put shares to L2 Capital to the extent that it would
cause L2 Capital to beneficially own more than 4.99% of the
outstanding shares of our common stock.
We may not have access to the full amount available under the
Equity Purchase Agreement with L2 Capital.
Our ability to draw
down funds and sell shares under the Equity Purchase Agreement
requires that a registration statement be declared effective and
continue to be effective registering the resale of shares issuable
under the Equity Purchase Agreement. The registration statement of
which this prospectus is a part registers the resale of 52,631,578
shares of our common stock issuable under the Equity Line. Our
ability to sell any additional shares under the Equity Purchase
Agreement will be contingent on our ability to prepare and file one
or more additional registration statements registering the resale
of such additional shares. These registration statements (and any
post-effective amendments thereto) may be subject to review and
comment by the staff of the SEC and will require the consent of our
independent registered public accounting firm. Therefore, the
timing of effectiveness of these registration statements (and any
post-effective amendments thereto) cannot be assured. Even if we
are successful in causing one or more registration statements
registering the resale of some or all of the shares issuable under
the Equity Purchase Agreement to be declared effective by the SEC
in a timely manner, we may not be able to sell the shares unless
certain other conditions are met. For example, we might have to
increase the number of our authorized shares in order to issue the
shares to L2 Capital. Increasing the number of our authorized
shares will require board and stockholder approval. Accordingly,
because our ability to draw down any amounts under the Equity
Purchase Agreement with L2 Capital is subject to a number of
conditions, there is no guarantee that we will be able to draw down
all of the proceeds of $15,000,000 under the Equity Purchase
Agreement. As of April 5, 2019, we have only drawn
down $135,575 under the Equity Line.
C
AUTIONARY STATEMENT ON
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus may
contain certain “forward-looking” statements as such
term is defined by the SEC in its rules, regulations, and releases,
which represent our expectations or beliefs, including statements
concerning our operations, economic performance, financial
condition, growth and acquisition strategies, investments, and
future operational plans. 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,” “intent,”
“could,” “estimate,” “might,”
“plan,” “predict,” 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 uncertainty related to acquisitions,
governmental regulation, managing and maintaining growth, the
operations of the company and its subsidiaries, volatility of stock
price, commercial viability of OTEC systems, and any other factors
discussed in this and our other filings with the SEC.
These risks,
uncertainties, and other factors include those set forth under
“Risk Factors”
of this prospectus. Given these risks and uncertainties, readers
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking
statements. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking
statements attributable to us or to persons acting on our behalf
are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary
statements. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, we
undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements or the risk factors described in this
prospectus or in the documents we incorporate by reference, whether
as a result of new information, future events, changed
circumstances, or any other reason after the date of this
prospectus.
This prospectus
contains forward-looking statements, including statements
regarding, among other things:
●
our ability to
continue as a going concern;
●
our anticipated
needs for working capital;
●
our ability to
secure financing;
●
actual capital
costs, operating costs, production, and economic returns may differ
significantly from those that we have anticipated;
●
the financial model
for our proposed projects has not been tested and may not be
successful;
●
we are subject to
changing attitudes about environmental risks;
●
our projects will
be subject to substantial regulation;
●
our efforts to
develop OTEC and SWAC plants are subject to many financial,
technical, managerial, and sales risks that may make us
unsuccessful;
●
our exposure to
political and legal risks in developing or emerging markets where
we propose to locate our plants;
●
technological
advances may render our technologies obsolete; and
●
operational
problems, natural events or catastrophes, casualty loss, or other
events may impair the commercial operation of our
projects.
Actual events or
results may differ materially from those discussed in
forward-looking statements as a result of various factors,
including the risks outlined under “
Risk Factors,
” and matters
described in this prospectus generally. In light of these risks and
uncertainties, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking
statements contained in this prospectus will in fact occur. In
addition to the information expressly required to be included in
this prospectus, we will provide such further material information,
if any, as may be necessary to make the required statements, in
light of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading.
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the common stock
by the selling stockholder. However, we will receive proceeds from
the sale of shares of our common stock to L2 Capital under the
Equity Purchase Agreement. We will use these proceeds for general
corporate and working capital purposes or for other purposes that
our board of directors, in its good faith, deems to be in our best
interest. We have agreed to bear the expenses relating to the
registration of the offer and resale by the selling stockholder of
the shares being offered hereby.
The selling
stockholder may offer and resale of up to 52,631,578 shares of our
common stock, par value $0.001 per share, pursuant to this
prospectus. All of these shares represent shares that L2 Capital
has agreed to purchase from us pursuant to the terms and conditions
of an Equity Purchase Agreement we entered into with it on December
11, 2017 (the “Equity Purchase Agreement”), which are
described below.
Equity
Purchase Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement with L2
Capital, LLC
Subject to the
terms and conditions of the Equity Purchase Agreement, we have the
right to “put,” or sell, up to $15,000,000 worth of
shares of our common stock to L2 Capital. Unless terminated
earlier, L2 Capital’s purchase commitment will automatically
terminate on the earlier of the date on which L2 Capital has
purchased shares for an aggregate purchase price of $15,000,000 or
December 11, 2020. We have no obligation to sell any shares under
the Equity Purchase Agreement. This arrangement is also sometimes
referred to herein as the “Equity Line.”
As provided in the
Equity Purchase Agreement, we may require L2 Capital to purchase
shares of common stock from time to time by delivering a put notice
to L2 Capital specifying the total number of shares to be purchased
(such number of shares multiplied by the purchase price described
below, the “Investment Amount”); provided there must be
a minimum of 10 trading days between delivery of each put notice.
We may determine the Investment Amount, provided that such amount
may not be more than 300% of the average daily trading volume in
dollar amount for our common stock during the five trading days
preceding the date on which we deliver the applicable put notice.
Additionally, the amount may not be lower than $10,000 or higher
than $1,000,000. L2 Capital will have no obligation to purchase
shares under the Equity Line to the extent that such purchase would
cause L2 Capital to own more than 4.99% of our common
stock.
For each share of
the our common stock purchased under the Equity Line, L2 Capital
will pay a purchase price equal to 85% of the “Market
Price,” which is defined as the lowest closing traded price
on the OTCQB Marketplace, as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P.,
during the five consecutive trading days including and immediately
prior to the settlement date of the sale, which in most
circumstances will be the trading day immediately following the Put
Date or the date that a put notice is delivered to L2 Capital. On
the settlement date, L2 Capital will purchase the applicable number
of shares subject to customary closing conditions, including a
requirement that a registration statement remain effective
registering the resale by L2 Capital of the shares to be issued
under the Equity Line as contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement described below. The Equity Purchase Agreement is not
transferable and any benefits attached thereto may not be
assigned.
The Equity Purchase
Agreement contains covenants, representations, and warranties of us
and L2 Capital that are typical for transactions of this type. In
addition, we and L2 Capital have granted each other customary
indemnification rights in connection with the Equity Purchase
Agreement. The Equity Purchase Agreement may be terminated by us at
any time.
In connection with
the Equity Purchase Agreement, we also entered into Registration
Rights Agreement with L2 Capital requiring us to prepare and file a
registration statement registering the resale by L2 Capital of
shares to be issued under the Equity Line, to use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause a registration statement to become
effective, and to keep such registration statement effective until:
(i) three months after the last closing of a sale of shares
under the Equity Line; (ii) the date when L2 Capital may sell
all the shares under Rule 144 without volume limitations; or
(iii) the date L2 Capital no longer owns any of the shares. In
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, we filed the
registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part,
registering the resale by L2 Capital of up to 52,631,578 shares
that may be issued and sold to L2 Capital under the Equity Line.
The registration statement was declared effective on January 29,
2018.
The 52,631,578
shares being offered pursuant to this prospectus by L2 Capital will
represent approximately 32% of our shares of common
stock issued and outstanding held by nonaffiliates as of the date
of this prospectus assuming the offering is fully
subscribed.
The foregoing
description of the terms of the Equity Purchase Agreement and
Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and
is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the
agreements and instruments themselves, copies of which are filed as
Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated
December 21, 2017, and incorporated into this prospectus by
reference. The benefits and representations and warranties set
forth in these agreements and instruments are not intended to, and
do not, constitute continuing representations and warranties by us
or any other party to persons not a party thereto.
We intend
periodically to sell our common stock to L2 Capital under the
Equity Purchase Agreement and L2 Capital may, in turn, sell such
shares to investors in the market at the market price or at
negotiated prices. This may cause our stock price to decline, which
will require us to issue increasing numbers of common shares to L2
Capital to raise the intended amount of funds as our stock price
declines.
Likelihood
of Accessing the Full Amount of the Equity Line
Notwithstanding
that the Equity Line is $15,000,000, we anticipate that the actual
likelihood that we will be able access the full amount of the
Equity Line is low due to several factors, including that our
ability to access the Equity Line is impacted by our average daily
trading volume, which may limit the maximum dollar amount of each
put we deliver to L2 Capital, and our stock price. Our use of the
Equity Line will continue to be limited and restricted if our share
trading volume or and market price of our stock continue at their
current levels or decrease further in the future from the volume
and stock prices reported over the past year. Further, if the price
of our stock remains at $0.0535 per share (which
represents the average of the high and low reported sales prices of
our common stock on April 5, 2019), the sale by L2
Capital of the remaining 50,331,578 of the shares registered in
this prospectus would mean we would receive only
$2,288,829 from our sale of shares under the Equity
Line. Our ability to issue shares in excess of the 52,631,578
shares covered by the registration statement of which this
prospectus is a part will be subject to our filing a subsequent
registration statement with the SEC and the SEC declaring it
effective.
In addition, we may
have to increase the number of our authorized shares in order to
issue shares to L2 Capital in the future. Increasing the number of
our authorized shares will require further board and stockholder
approval. Accordingly, because our ability to deliver puts to L2
Capital under the Equity Purchase Agreement is subject to a number
of conditions, there is no guarantee that we will receive all or
any portion of the remaining $15,000,000 that is available to us
under the Equity Line.
December
28, 2017 Convertible Note and Warrant Financing
Transaction
In
December 2017, we entered into a note and
warrant purchase agreements pursuant to which we
issued a series of unsecured promissory notes to accredited
investors, in the aggregate principal amount of $979,156, as of
December 31, 2018. These notes accrue
interest at a rate of 10% per annum payable on a quarterly basis
and are not convertible into shares of our capital stock. The
notes are payable within five business days after
receipt of gross proceeds of at least $1,500,000 from
L2 Capital under the Equity Purchase Agreement. We may prepay the
notes in whole or in part, without penalty or premium,
on or before the maturity date of July 30, 2019.
In connection with
the issuance of the notes, for each note
purchased the noteholder will receive a warrant to be exercised as
follows:
$10,000 note with a
warrant to purchase 2,000 shares
$20,000 note with a
warrant to purchase 5,000 shares
$25,000 note with a
warrant to purchase 6,500 shares
$30,000 note with a
warrant to purchase 8,000 shares
$40,000 note with a
warrant to purchase 10,000 shares
$50,000 note with a
warrant to purchase 14,000 shares
The exercise price
per share of the warrants is equal to 85% of the closing price of
our common stock on the day immediately preceding the exercise of
the relevant warrant, subject to adjustment as provided in the
warrant. The warrant includes a cashless net exercise provision
whereby the holder can elect to receive shares equal to the value
of the warrant minus the fair market value of shares being
surrendered to pay the exercise price. As of
December 31, 2018, and December 31, 2017, the
balance outstanding was $979,156 and $490,000, respectively. As of
December 31, 2018, and December 31, 2017, the accrued interest was
$71,542 and $613, respectively. As of December 31, 2018, and
December 31, 2017, we had issued warrants to purchase
262,000 and 134,000 shares of common stock,
respectively. As of December 31, 2018, warrants to purchase
39,000 shares have been exercised. As of December 31, 2018, $21,367
of the principal payments of two notes are due and in
default.
This prospectus covers the resale by the selling stockholder or its
permitted transferees of the remaining 50,331,578 shares of our
common stock that may be issued by us to L2 Capital under the
Equity Purchase Agreement. L2 Capital is an
“underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act
in connection with its resale of our common stock pursuant to this
prospectus. The selling stockholder has not had any position or
office, or other material relationship, with us or any of our
affiliates over the past three years. The following table sets
forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of
shares of common stock by the selling stockholder as of
December 31, 2018, and the remaining number of shares of our
common stock being offered pursuant to this
prospectus:
|
|
|
Number
of shares to be beneficially owned and percentage of beneficial
ownership after the offering (1)(2)
|
Name of selling
stockholder
|
Shares
beneficially
owned as of the
date of this prospectus (1)
|
Number
of
remaining
shares
to be
offered
|
|
|
L2 Capital LLC
(4)
|
900,000
|
50,331,578
|
900,000
|
*
|
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(1)
Beneficial
ownership is determined in accordance with the SEC rules and
generally includes voting or investment power with respect to
shares of common stock. Shares of common stock subject to options
and warrants currently exercisable, or exercisable within 60 days,
are counted as outstanding for computing the percentage of the
person holding such options or warrants, but are not counted as
outstanding for computing the percentage of any other
person.
(2)
The amount and
percentage of shares of our common stock that will be beneficially
owned by the selling stockholder after completion of the offering
assume that it will sell all shares of our common stock being
offered pursuant to this prospectus.
(3)
Based on
131,038,944 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding as
December 31, 2018. All shares of our common stock being offered
pursuant to this prospectus by the selling stockholder are counted
as outstanding for computing the percentage beneficial ownership of
the selling stockholder.
(4)
Adam Long possesses
voting and investment control over shares owned by L2
Capital.
The selling stockholder or its respective permitted transferees
may, from time to time, sell any or all of the shares of our common
stock covered hereby on the OTCQB Marketplace operated by the OTC
Markets Group, Inc., or any other stock exchange, market, or
trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private
transactions. The selling stockholder may sell all or a portion of
the shares being offered pursuant to this prospectus at fixed
prices, prevailing market prices at the time of sale, varying
prices, or negotiated prices. The selling stockholder may use any
one or more of the following methods when selling
securities:
●
ordinary brokerage
transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits
purchasers;
●
block trades in
which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent
but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to
facilitate the transaction;
●
purchases by a
broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its
account;
●
an exchange
distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
●
privately
negotiated transactions;
●
in transactions
through broker-dealers that agree with the selling stockholder to
sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price
per security;
●
through the writing
or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether
through an options exchange or otherwise;
●
a combination of
any such methods of sale; or
●
any other method
permitted pursuant to applicable law.
The selling
stockholder may also sell securities under Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, if available, rather than under this
prospectus.
Broker-dealers
engaged by the selling stockholder may arrange for other
brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive
commissions or discounts from the selling stockholder (or, if any
broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of securities, from
the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, provided such amounts
are in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121. Discounts, concessions,
commissions, and similar selling expenses, if any, that can be
attributed to the sale of common stock will be paid by the selling
stockholder and/or the purchasers.
L2 Capital, LLC is
an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and any
broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares
may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning
of the Securities Act in connection with the sales. In such event,
any commissions received by the broker-dealers or agents and any
profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed
to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities
Act. Because L2 Capital is an underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act, it will be subject to the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act.
Under applicable
rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in
the distribution of the resale securities may not simultaneously
engage in market-making activities with respect to the common stock
for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M,
prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the
selling stockholder will be subject to applicable provisions of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including
Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of
securities of the common stock by the selling stockholder or any
other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to
the selling security holders and have informed them of the need to
deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to
the time of the sale.
Although L2 Capital
has agreed not to enter into any “short sales” of our
common stock, sales after delivery of a put notice of a number of
shares reasonably expected to be purchased under a put notice will
not be deemed a “short sale.” Accordingly, L2 Capital
may enter into arrangements it deems appropriate with respect to
sales of shares of our common stock after it receives a put notice
under the Equity Purchase Agreement so long as such sales or
arrangements do not involve more than the number of put shares
reasonably expected to be purchased by L2 Capital under the put
notice.
D
ESCRIPTION OF
SECURITIES
Capital
Stock
Pursuant to our
articles of incorporation, as amended to date, our authorized
capital stock consists of 205,000,000 shares, comprised of
200,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and
5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. As
of April 5, 2019, there were 133,338,944
shares of common stock and 0 shares of preferred stock issued and
outstanding. Our common stock is quoted on the OTCQB Marketplace
operated by the OTC Markets Group, Inc., under the trading symbol
“CPWR.”
The following
description summarizes the material terms of our capital stock.
This summary is, however, subject to the provisions of our articles
of incorporation and bylaws. For greater detail about our capital
stock, please refer to our articles of incorporation and
bylaws.
Common Stock
Voting.
Holders of our common stock are
entitled to one vote for each outstanding share of common stock
owned by such stockholder on every matter properly submitted to the
stockholders for their vote. Stockholders are not entitled to vote
cumulatively for the election of directors. At any meeting of the
stockholders, a quorum as to any matter will consist of a majority
of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, except when a
larger quorum is required by law, our articles of incorporation, or
our bylaws.
Dividend Rights.
Holders of our common
stock are entitled to receive ratably dividends and other
distributions of cash or any other right or property as may be
declared by our board of directors out of our assets or funds
legally available for such dividends or distributions. The dividend
rights of holders of common stock are subject to the dividend
rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock that may be
issued and outstanding from time to time.
Liquidation Rights.
In the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of
our affairs, holders of our common stock would be entitled to share
ratably in our assets that are legally available for distribution
to stockholders after payment of liabilities. If we have any
preferred stock outstanding at such time, the holders of the
preferred stock may be entitled to distribution and/or liquidation
preferences that require us to pay the applicable distribution to
the holders of preferred stock before paying distributions to the
holders of common stock.
Conversion, Redemption and Preemptive
Rights.
Holders of our common stock have no conversion,
redemption, preemptive, subscription, or similar
rights.
The transfer agent
and registrar for our common stock is Issuer Direct Corporation,
500 Perimeter Park Drive, Suite D, Morrisville, NC
27560.
Preferred Stock
Pursuant to our
articles of incorporation, as amended to date, we are authorized to
issue up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock. We may issue these
shares without stockholder action, from time to time, in one or
more series, as may be determined by our board of directors. Our
board of directors is expressly granted authority, within the
limits set forth in the Nevada Revised Statutes, to:
(a)
designate,
in whole or in part, the voting powers, designations, preferences,
limitations, restrictions, and relative rights of each class of
shares before the issuance of any shares of that
class;
(b)
create
one or more series within a class of shares, fix the number of
shares of each such series, and designate in whole or in part the
voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations,
restrictions, and relative rights of the series, all before the
issuance of any shares of that series; or
(c)
alter
or revoke the preferences, limitations, and relative rights granted
to or imposed upon any wholly-unissued class of shares or any
wholly-unissued series of any class of shares.
At this time,
however, no shares of preferred stock are outstanding, and we have
not designated any series of preferred stock.
Anti-Takeover
Provisions
Some features of
the Nevada Revised Statutes, which are further described below, may
have the effect of deterring third parties from making takeover
bids for control of our company or may be used to hinder or delay a
takeover bid.
This would decrease
the chance that our stockholders would realize a premium over
market price for their shares of common stock as a result of a
takeover bid.
Acquisition of Controlling Interest
The Nevada Revised
Statutes contain provisions governing acquisition of controlling
interest of a Nevada corporation. These provisions provide
generally that any person or entity that acquires a certain
percentage of the outstanding voting shares of a Nevada corporation
may be denied voting rights with respect to the acquired shares,
unless the holders of a majority of the voting power of the
corporation, excluding shares as to which any of such acquiring
person or entity, an officer or a director of the corporation, and
an employee of the corporation exercises voting rights, elect to
restore such voting rights in whole or in part. These provisions
apply whenever a person or entity acquires shares that, but for the
operation of these provisions, would bring voting power of such
person or entity in the election of directors within any of the
following three ranges:
●
20% or more but
less than 33.3%;
●
33.3% or more but
less than or equal to 50%; or
The stockholders or
board of directors of a corporation may elect to exempt the stock
of the corporation from these provisions through adoption of a
provision to that effect in the articles of incorporation or bylaws
of the corporation. Our articles of incorporation and bylaws do not
exempt our common stock from these provisions.
These provisions
are applicable only to a Nevada corporation that:
●
has 200 or more
stockholders of record, at least 100 of whom have addresses in
Nevada appearing on the stock ledger of the corporation;
and
●
does business in
Nevada directly or through an affiliated corporation.
At this time, we do
not believe that these provisions apply to acquisitions of our
shares and will not apply until such time as these requirements
have been met. At such time as they may apply to us, these
provisions may discourage companies or persons interested in
acquiring a significant interest in or control of our company,
regardless of whether the acquisition may be in the interest of our
stockholders.
Combination with Interested Stockholder
The Nevada Revised
Statutes contain provisions governing a combination of a Nevada
corporation that has 200 or more stockholders of record with an
interested stockholder. As of April 5, 2019, we had
approximately 1,500 stockholders of record. Therefore, we believe
that these provisions governing a combination of a Nevada
corporation apply to us and may have the effect of delaying or
making it more difficult to effect a change in control of our
company.
A corporation
affected by these provisions may not engage in a combination within
three years after the interested stockholder acquires his, her, or
its shares unless the combination or purchase is approved by the
board of directors before the interested stockholder acquired such
shares. Generally, if approval is not obtained, then after the
expiration of the three-year period, the business combination may
be consummated with the approval of the board of directors before
the person became an interested stockholder or a majority of the
voting power held by disinterested stockholders, or if the
consideration to be received per share by disinterested
stockholders is at least equal to the highest of:
●
the highest price
per share paid by the interested stockholder within the three years
immediately preceding the date of the announcement of the
combination or within three years immediately before, or in, the
transaction in which he, she or it became an interested
stockholder, whichever is higher;
●
the market value
per share on the date of announcement of the combination or the
date the person became an interested stockholder, whichever is
higher; or
●
if higher for the
holders of preferred stock, the highest liquidation value of the
preferred stock, if any.
Generally, these
provisions define an interested stockholder as a person who is the
beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the
voting power of the outstanding voting shares of a corporation.
Generally, these provisions define combination to include any
merger or consolidation with an interested stockholder, or any
sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer, or other
disposition in one transaction or a series of transactions with an
interested stockholder, of assets of the corporation:
●
having an aggregate
market value equal to 5% or more of the aggregate market value of
the assets of the corporation;
●
having an aggregate
market value equal to 5% or more of the aggregate market value of
all outstanding shares of the corporation; or
●
representing 10% or
more of the earning power or net income of the
corporation.
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
Our articles of
incorporation contains provisions for “blank-check preferred
stock” that may delay, defer, or prevent a change in control
of our company and that would operate only with respect to an
extraordinary corporate transaction involving our company, such as
merger, reorganization, tender offer, sale or transfer of
substantially all of its assets, or liquidation.
The consolidated
financial statements of Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation as of and
for the years ended December 31, 2018 and
2017, appearing in this prospectus and the
registration statement of which it is a part, have been audited by
Liggett & Webb P.A., an independent registered public
accounting firm, as set forth in its report dated March 22,
2019 (which contains an explanatory paragraph regarding our
ability to continue as a going concern) appearing elsewhere herein,
and are included in reliance upon such report given on the
authority of such firm as experts in accounting and
auditing.
Michael Best
& Friedrich LLP has provided us with an opinion on the
validity of the shares of our common stock being offered pursuant
to this prospectus.
I
NTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS
AND COUNSEL
No expert named in
the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part as
having prepared or certified any part thereof (or named as having
prepared or certified a report or valuation for use in connection
with such registration statement) or counsel named in this
prospectus as having given an opinion upon the validity of the
securities being offered pursuant to this prospectus or upon other
legal matters in connection with the registration or offering of
such securities was employed for such purpose on a contingency
basis. Also at the time of the preparation, certification, or
opinion or at any time thereafter, through the date of
effectiveness of the registration statement or that part of the
registration statement to which such preparation, certification, or
opinion relates, no such person had, or is to receive, in
connection with the offering, a substantial interest, direct or
indirect, in our company or any of its parents or subsidiaries. Nor
was any such person connected with our company or any of its
parents or subsidiaries as a promoter, managing or principal
underwriter, voting trustee, director, officer, or
employee.
Overview
OCEES
International Inc. (“OCEES”) was formed under the laws
of Hawaii on January 21, 1998. Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation
(“OTE Delaware”) was a Delaware corporation formed on
October 18, 2010. In 2011, OCEES and OTE Delaware entered into a
share exchange agreement. The transaction was treated as a merger
of entities under common control as 100% of the stockholders of
OCEES exchanged their shares for 100% of the outstanding shares of
OTE Delaware.
OTE
Delaware used its proprietary technology to develop, build, own,
and operate renewable energy systems, primarily in the Eastern and
Western Caribbean Islands.
On
December 17, 2013, Broadband Network Affiliates, Inc.
(“BBNA”), a Nevada corporation, changed its state
domicile and became a Delaware corporation. On December 23, 2013,
BBNA entered into a merger agreement with OTE Delaware, which was
effective December 31, 2013. Upon completion of the merger, BBNA
changed its name to Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation
(“OTE”) and the former OTE Delaware ceased to exist.
The transaction was treated as a reverse merger and
recapitalization by OTE Delaware.
We
previously operated under the corporate name of TetriDyn Solutions,
Inc. (“TetriDyn”). On March 10, 2017, TetriDyn entered
into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger
Agreement”) with OTE. On May 9, 2017, TetriDyn consummated
the acquisition of all outstanding equity interests of OTE pursuant
to the terms of the Merger Agreement, with a newly created Delaware
corporation that is wholly owned by TetriDyn (“TetriDyn
Merger Sub”), merging with and into OTE (the
“Merger”) and OTE continuing as the surviving
corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of TetriDyn. Effective
upon the consummation of the Merger (the “Closing”),
the OTE stock issued and outstanding or existing immediately prior
to the Closing was converted at the Closing into the right to
receive newly issued shares of TetriDyn common stock. As a result
of the Merger, TetriDyn succeeded to the business and operations of
OTE. In connection with the consummation of the Merger and upon the
consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding common
shares, TetriDyn filed with the Nevada Secretary of State an
amendment to its articles of incorporation changing its name to
“Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation.”
Our Business
We
develop projects for renewable power generation, desalinated water
production, and air conditioning using proprietary intellectual
property designed and developed by our own experienced
oceanographers, engineers, and marine scientists. Plants using our
technologies are designed to extract energy from the temperature
difference between warm surface ocean water and cold deep seawater
at a depth of approximately 3,000 feet. We believe these
technologies provide practical solutions to mankind’s
fundamental needs for sustainable, affordable energy; desalinated
water for domestic, agricultural, and aquaculture uses; and
cooling, all without the use of fossil fuels.
●
Ocean Thermal
Electrical Conversion, known in the industry as “OTEC,”
power plants are designed to produce electricity. In addition, some
of the seawater running through an OTEC plant can be desalinated
efficiently, producing fresh water for agriculture and human
consumption.
●
Seawater Air
Conditioning, known in its industry as SWAC, plants are designed to
use cold water from ocean depths to provide air conditioning for
large commercial buildings or other facilities. This same
technology can also use deep cold water from lakes, known as Lake
Water Air Conditioning or LWAC.
Both
OTEC and SWAC/LWAC systems can be engineered to
produce desalinated water for potable, agricultural, and fish
farming/aquaculture uses.
Many
applications of technologies based on ocean temperature differences
between surface and deep seawater have been developed at the
Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority, or NELHA, test
facility (http://nelha.hawaii.gov), including applications for
desalinated seawater, fish-farming, and agriculture. We believe our
proprietary advances to existing technologies developed by others
in the industry enhance their commercialization for the plants we
propose to develop.
We
have recruited a scientific and engineering team that includes
oceanographers, engineers, and marine scientists who have worked
for a variety of organizations since the 1970s on several systems
based on extracting the energy from the temperature differences
between surface and deep seawater, including projects by NELHA, the
Argonne National Laboratory (http://www.anl.gov), and others. Note:
All URL addresses in this prospectus are inactive textual
references only. Our executive team members have complementary
experience in leading engineering and technical companies and
projects from start-up to commercialization.
In addition, we
expect to use our technology in the development of an OTEC
EcoVillage, which should add significant value to our business. We
will facilitate the development of sustainable living communities
by creating an ecologically sustainable “OTEC
EcoVillage” powered by 100% fossil-fuel free electricity. In
the development, buildings will be cooled by energy-efficient and
chemical-free systems, and water for drinking, aquaculture, and
agriculture will be produced onsite. The OTEC
EcoVillage project consists, in part, of an OTEC plant that will
provide all power and water to about 400 residences, a hotel, and a
shopping center, as well as models of sustainable agriculture, food
production, and other economic developments. Each sale of luxury
EcoVillage residences will support the development of
environmentally responsible affordable communities in tropical and
subtropical regions of the world currently in development.
Our OTEC EcoVillage will be the first development in
the world offering a net-zero carbon footprint. This will be our
pilot project, launched to prove the viability of OTEC technology
to provide affordable renewable energy for entire communities. We
believe this project could be highly profitable and generate
significant value for our shareholders. The U.S. Virgin
Islands’ Public Service Commission has granted regulatory
approval to us for an OTEC plant, and we have identified the
specific plots of land for the site. The first draft of the master
plan for the entire development has been completed.
Our Vision
Our
vision is to bring these technologies to tropical and subtropical
regions of the world where about three billion people live. Our
market includes 68 countries and 29 territories with suitable sea
depth, shore configuration, and market need; we plan to be the
first company in the world to design and build a commercial scale
OTEC plant and, to that end, have several projects in the planning
stages. Our initial markets and potential projects include several
U.S. Department of Defense bases situated in the Asia Pacific and
other regions where energy independence is crucial. Currently, we
have projects in the planning and development stages
in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
Islands.
Our Technology
OTEC
is a self-sustaining energy source, with no supplemental power
required to generate continuous (24/7) electricity. It works by
converting heat from the sun, which has warmed ocean surface water,
into electric power, and then completing the process by cooling the
plant with cold water from deep in the ocean. The cold water can
also be used for very efficient air conditioning and desalinated to
produce fresh water. OTEC has worked in test settings where there
exists a natural temperature gradient of 20 degrees Celsius or
greater in the ocean. We believe OTEC can deliver sustainable
electricity in tropical and subtropical regions of the world at
rates approximately 20-40% lower than typical costs for electricity
produced by fossil fuels in those markets.
Further,
we believe that a small, commercial OTEC plant could offer
competitive returns even in a market where the cost of electricity
is as low as $0.30 per kilowatt-hour, or kWh. For example, the
Inter-American Development Bank, an international bank providing
development financing in Latin America and the Caribbean, reports
that energy prices for hydrocarbon-generated power during 2010-2012
for 15 Caribbean countries averaged $0.33 per kWh, with a high of
$0.43 per kWh in Antigua and Barbados. For the U.S. Virgin Islands,
the Water and Power Authority of the Virgin Islands
reported that as of February 1, 2019, the average
price for electricity for commercial customers was nearly
$0.44 per kWh. In addition to the per kWh rates,
all customers are assessed a flat rate customer charge:
residential-$4.86; commercial single phase-$6.33; or commercial
three phase-412.65. We believe that we have an opportunity
to offer base-load energy (the amount of energy required to meet
minimum requirements) pricing that is better than our
customer’s next best alternative in the markets where
electricity costs are $0.30 or more per kWh.
Technology
advancements have significantly brought the capital costs of OTEC
down to make it competitive compared to traditional energy sources.
Technology improvements include larger diameter seawater pipes
manufactured with improved materials, increased pumping
capabilities from OTEC depths, better understanding of material
requirements in the deep ocean environment, more experience in deep
water pipeline and cable installation techniques, and more accurate
sea bottom mapping technology, which is required for platform
positioning and pipe installation. The cold-water pipes at a
demonstration site in Hawaii have been in continuous operation for
more than 20 years, and the technology has improved significantly
since the Hawaiian installation.
We
estimate that a small OTEC plant that delivers 13 megawatts (MWs)
per hour for 30 years would currently cost approximately $350
million. This is the plant size that we typically propose for our
initial target markets to meet 20% or more of their current demand
for electricity and a large portion of their need for fresh
drinking water and agricultural water. OTEC has been proven in test
settings at NELHA, where a Department of Energy-sponsored OTEC
plant operated successfully throughout the 1990s to produce
continuous, affordable electricity from the sea without the use of
fossil fuels. Spin-off technologies of desalination and seawater
cooling, developed from the OTEC plant at NELHA, have also become
economically and technically feasible.
Finally,
we believe the decreasing supply and increasing cost of
fossil-fuel-based energy has intensified the search for renewable
alternatives. We further believe that renewable energy sources,
although traditionally more expensive than comparable fossil-fuel
plants, have many advantages, including increased national energy
security, decreased carbon emissions, and compliance with renewable
energy mandates and air quality regulations. We believe these
market forces will continue and potentially increase. In remote
islands where shipping costs and limited economies of scale
substantially increase fossil-fuel-based energy, renewable energy
sources may be attractive. Many islands contain strategic military
bases with high-energy demands that we believe would greatly
benefit from a less expensive, reliable source of energy that is
produced locally, such as OTEC.
SWAC/LWAC
is a process that uses cold water from locations such as the ocean
or deep lakes to provide the cooling capacity to replace
traditional electrical chillers in an air conditioning system.
SWAC
/LWAC
applications can reduce the energy consumption of a traditional
air-conditioning system by as much as 90%. Even when the capital
cost amortization of building a typically sized
SWAC
/LWAC
system providing 9,800 tons of cooling ($140-$150 million) are
taken into account, SWAC
/LWAC
can save the customer approximately 25-40% when compared to
conventional systems—we estimate savings can be as high as
50% in locations where air temperatures and electricity costs are
high. Cooling systems using seawater or groundwater for large
commercial structures are in use at numerous locations developed
and operated by others worldwide, including Heathrow Airport, UK;
Finland (Google Data Center); Cornell University, NY; Stockholm,
Sweden; and the City of Toronto, Canada.
How Our Technology Works
OTEC
uses the natural temperature difference between cooler deep ocean
water at a depth of approximately 3,000 feet and warmer shallow or
surface water to create energy. An OTEC plant project involves
installing about 6.0 feet diameter, deep-ocean intake pipes (which
can readily be purchased), together with surface water pipes, to
bring seawater onshore. OTEC uses a heat pump cycle to generate
power. In this application, an array of heat exchangers transfer
the energy from the warm ocean surface water as an energy source to
vaporize a liquid in a closed loop, driving a turbine, which in
turn drives a generator to produce electricity. The cold deep ocean
water provides the required temperature to condense vapor back into
a liquid, thus completing the thermodynamic cycle, which is
constantly and continuously repeated. The working fluid is
typically ammonia, as it has a low boiling point. Its high hydrogen
density makes ammonia a very promising green energy storage and
distribution media. Among practical fuels, ammonia has the highest
hydrogen density, including hydrogen itself, in either its low
temperature, or cryogenic, and compressed forms. Moreover, since
the ammonia molecule is free of carbon atoms (unlike many other
practical fuels), combustion of ammonia does not result in any
carbon dioxide emissions. The fact that ammonia is already a widely
produced and used commodity with well-established distribution and
handling procedures allows for its use as an alternative fuel. This
same general principle is used in steam turbines, internal
combustion engines, and, in reverse, refrigerators. Rather than
using heat energy from the burning of fossil fuels, OTEC power
draws on temperature differences of the ocean caused by the
sun’s warming of the ocean’s surface, providing an
unlimited and free source of energy.
OTEC
and SWAC
/LWAC
infrastructure offers a modular design that facilitates adding
components to satisfy customer requirements and access to a
sufficient supply of cold water. These components include
reverse-osmosis desalination plants to produce drinkable water,
bottling plants to commercialize the drinkable water, and off-take
solutions for aquaculture uses (such as fish farms), which benefit
from the enhanced nutrient content of deep ocean water. A further
advantage of a modular design is that, depending on the patterns of
electricity demand and output of the OTEC plant, a desalination
plant can be run using the excess electricity
capacity.
Currently,
OTEC requires a minimum temperature difference of approximately 20
degrees Celsius to operate, with each degree greater than this
increasing output by approximately 10-15%. OTEC has potential
applications in tropical and subtropical zones. OTEC is
particularly well suited for tropical islands and coastal areas
with proximate access to both deep water and warm surface water.
These communities are typically subject to high and fluctuating
energy costs ranging from $0.28-$0.75 per kWh, as they rely on
importing fossil fuels for power generation. Data from the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy
website indicated that at least 68 countries and 29 territories
around the globe appear to meet these criteria.
The
world’s largest OTEC power plant to date is operational at
the NELHA facility in Hawaii and is connected to the electrical
grid. It provides base-load electricity produced by OTEC to about
150 homes. Around the world, a couple of other successful
developmental and experimental plants have been built, and the U.S.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, has
stated that: “The qualitative analysis of the technical
readiness of OTEC by experts at this workshop suggest that a <10
MWe floating, closed-cycle OTEC facility is technically feasible
using current design, manufacturing, deployment techniques and
materials.” We believe that we have sufficient skill and
knowledge to now commercialize 5-MW to 30-MW land-based OTEC
plants, using off-the-shelf components, including the cold-water
piping.
SWAC/LWAC
is a significantly more cost-effective and environmentally friendly
way to implement air-conditioning using cold water sourced from
lakes or, analogous with OTEC, deep ocean water, rather than from
an electric chiller. Comparing Federal Energy Management Program
engineering efficiency requirements of approximately 0.94 kilowatts
of electricity per ton of cooling capacity with our own engineering
estimates of 0.09 kilowatts of electricity per ton of cooling
capacity, as calculated by DCO Energy, our engineering,
procurement, and construction partner, we estimate that
SWAC/LWAC systems can reduce electricity consumption
by up to 80-90% when compared to conventional systems. Therefore,
we believe energy reductions may make
SWAC/LWAC systems well-suited for large structures,
such as office complexes, medical centers, resorts, data centers,
airports, and shopping malls. We believe that other
SWAC/LWAC plants we may develop will likely achieve
similar efficiencies. There are examples of proven successful
SWAC/LWAC systems in use, including a large 79,000-ton
system used to cool buildings in the downtown area of the City of
Toronto, Canada; Google’s data center in Finland operates a
SWAC/LWAC system that uses waters from the Baltic Sea
to keep servers cool and a system with more than 18,000 tons of
cooling is in operation at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
On January 10, 2018, William S. (Lanny) Joyce joined our
board of advisors. Mr. Joyce was the Director of Utilities and
Energy Management in the Energy and Sustainability Department at
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Mr. Joyce initiated and was
project manager for the LWAC deep lake water cooling project, an
innovative and award-winning project completed in 2000 that
provides all of the chilled water production on the central campus
utilizing a renewable resource and 86% less
energy.
OTEC Versus Other Energy Sources
The
construction costs of power plants using any technology are much
higher in remote locations, such as tropical islands, than on the
mainland of the United States, principally due to the need to
transport materials, components, other construction supplies, and
labor not available locally. There are also considerations that
make those other technologies less attractive in those areas. We
believe the consistency of OTEC over its life provides clear
advantages over other
power-generation
technology in the tropical and subtropical markets, because its
base-load power (available at all times and not subject to
fluctuations throughout the day) is an important asset to the small
transmission grid, which is typical in these regions.
Combined-cycle
natural gas plants typically need to be capable of generating
several hundred MWs to attain the lower cost per kilowatt installed
values to make the plant economically feasible. Tropical locations
do not have large enough grids and market demand to make that plant
size reasonable. Further, tropical locations frequently do not have
domestic fuel supplies, requiring fuel to be imported. In order to
import natural gas, it must be liquefied for shipment and then
vaporized at the location. There are initial cost and public safety
concerns with such facilities. In addition, gas-fired plants emit
undesirable nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide, and volatile organic
compounds.
Solar
applications continue to increase as the cost and effectiveness of
photovoltaic panels improve. However, we estimate that the cost to
install solar panels in tropical regions remains high. Beyond the
issues with shipping and labor costs that all construction must
overcome, the design and building code requirements are tougher in
storm-prone areas subject to potential wind damage from hurricanes,
earthquakes, and typhoons than are typically encountered in
mainland nontropical installations. Support structures must be more
substantial in order to hold the solar panels in place in case of
hurricane-force winds. Solar power, like wind power, places
substantial stress on an electrical grid. Since the input of both
of these sources is subject to weather conditions, they cannot be
considered a reliable supply of power, and back-up capacity is
necessary. Further, instantaneous changes in output due to sporadic
cloud cover create transient power flow to the grid, creating
difficulties in maintaining proper voltages and stability. OTEC is
a stabilizing source to the grid, providing constant and
predictable power, and has no emissions. The ability of OTEC to
provide constant, continuous power is a large benefit as compared
to any of the other renewable options available.
Our
estimated price for OTEC-generated power of approximately $0.30 per
kWh under current economic conditions, which can be as low as $0.18
net per kWh with maximum efficiency and revenue from water
production, is also constant both throughout the year and over a
plant’s life. OTEC’s power price, determined almost
entirely by the amortization of its initial cost, is a protection
against inflation and rising interest rates, which greatly affect
coal and oil. Customers in our target markets currently pay from
$0.35 to as high as $0.60 per kWh for power from coal and
oil-fueled power plants. However, imported fuels are subject to
price volatility, which has a direct impact on the cost of
electricity and adds operating risk during the life of a plant. The
fuel handling to allow for the shipping, storage, and local
transport is expensive, a potential source of damaging fuel spills
and a basis for environmental concerns. Fossil-fuel plants create
pollution, emit carbon dioxide, and are visually unappealing, which
is of particular concern in tropical areas renowned for their
clear, pristine air and beauty. We project OTEC can save these
markets up to 40%, compared to their current electrical costs, and
when revenues from fresh drinking water, aquaculture, and
agriculture production are considered, the justification is even
more compelling.
Overview of the Market and the Feasibility of OTEC in Current
Market Conditions
We
believe that OTEC is now an economically, technologically, and
environmentally competitive power source, especially for developing
or emerging countries in certain tropical and subtropical regions
contiguous to oceans. Our natural target markets are communities in
countries around the Caribbean, Asia, and the Pacific. These
locations are typically characterized by limited infrastructure,
high-energy costs, mostly imported or expensively generated
electricity, and frequently with significant fresh water and food
shortages. These are serious limitations on economic development,
which we believe our OTEC technology can address.
Data
presented to the Sustainable Use of Oceans in the Context of the
Green Economy and the Eradication of Poverty workshop in Monaco in
2011 by Whitney Blanchard of the Office of Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, show that at least 98 nations and territories using
an estimated five terawatts of potential OTEC net power are
candidates for OTEC-power systems. Blanchard specifically notes
that Hawaii, Guam, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands are suitable for OTEC.
Over the past
decade, there have been substantial changes in many areas that have
now made the commercialization of OTEC a reality. First and
foremost is the price of oil, which until 2006/2007 had been
relatively inexpensive.
Recent oil prices
have been volatile, owing in large part to political instability in
the Middle East and elsewhere. Crude oil prices averaged $71.40 in
2018. Oil prices are almost triple the 13-year low of $26.55/bbl on
January 20, 2016. Six months before that, oil had been $60/bbl
(June 2015). A year earlier, it had been $100.26/bbl (June
2014).
Facts like these
have resulted in increased attention and interest in OTEC in the
commercial sector and among candidates. With OTEC power, customers
can decouple the price of electricity from the price of
oil.
The International
Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook expects liquid natural
gas export capacity to grow rapidly in the short term, with major
new sources of supply coming mostly from Australia and the United
States.
Liquid natural gas
prices have collapsed, in part because demand is turning out to be
weaker than some previously anticipated. Additionally, many rules
and regulations are in effect to mitigate the environmental issues
associated with liquid natural gas extraction, transportation, and
storage, adding significant costs.
According to the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in the United States,
nearly 28.5% of 2016 greenhouse gas emissions was generated
primarily from burning fossil fuel for our cars, trucks, ships,
trains, and planes. Over 90% of the fuel used for transportation is
petroleum-based, which includes gasoline and
diesel.
The electric power
sector accounted for 28.4% of total greenhouse gas emissions in
2016.
According to the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: “Global carbon
emissions from fossil fuels have significantly increased since
1900. Since 1970, CO2 emissions have increased by about 90%, with
emissions from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes
contributing about 78% of the total greenhouse gas emissions
increase from 1970 to 2011.”
Greenhouse gas
emissions from electricity have increased by about 12% since 1990
as electricity demand has grown and fossil fuels have remained the
dominant source for generations.
Fossil-fuel-fired
power plants are a significant source of domestic carbon dioxide
emissions, the primary cause of global warming. To generate
electricity, fossil-fuel-fired power plants use natural gas,
petroleum, coal, or any form of solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel
derived from such materials.
The U.S. Energy
Information Administration states that renewable energy plays an
important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Using
renewable energy can reduce the use of fossil fuels, which are
major sources of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions. The
consumption of biofuels and other nonhydroelectric renewable energy
sources more than doubled from 2000 to 2017, mainly because of
state and federal government requirements and incentives to use
renewable energy. The U.S. Energy Information Administration
projects that U.S. renewable energy consumption will continue to
increase through 2050.
People in many
countries today, including the United States, are concerned with
environmental issues caused by fossil-fuel-generated power. Gallup
surveys find public acceptance of climate change is rising. The
number of Americans that the organization terms “concerned
believers” on climate change has risen from 37% in 2015 to
47% in 2016 and to 50% in the spring of 2017. NASA has long
confirmed the scientific consensus that the Earth’s climate
is warming.
The international
concern about the harmful effects of climate change led to the
negotiation of the Paris Agreement in December 2015 as the
culmination of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
The agreement provides for members to reduce their carbon output as
soon as possible and to do their best to keep global warming to no
more than two degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. In order
to achieve the desired results, there would have to be a worldwide
reduction in emissions from fossil fuels and a shift to renewable
resources. President Donald Trump has pulled the United States out
of the Paris accord, but other Americans are standing with the
world to help fight the ‘existential crisis’ of global
warming, A coalition of 14 U.S. states, including California and
New York, have said they are on track to meet the U.S. target of a
26-28% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2025, compared to
2005 level.
In November 2017,
the United Nations Climate Conference opened in Bonn, Germany, with
the aim of a greater ambition for climate action, as the world
body’s weather agency issued a stark warning that 2017
was set to be among the three hottest years on
record.
We believe the
ongoing concern about environmental issues and the price
instability of fossil-fuel prices are motivation for increased
commercial interest in OTEC, renewed activity in the commercial
sector, and increased interest among communities and agencies that
recognize the potential benefits of this technology, including the
U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of the Interior
territories.
In
the last four years, several large companies have used their OTEC
technology experience to introduce OTEC systems worldwide,
supporting the argument that the technology is now at the point
where it can be introduced at a commercial level:
●
In June 2014, the
French companies, Akuo Energy and DCNS (now Naval Energies), were
funded to construct and install a number of OTEC plants adding up
to 16 MWs of power generation outside the coastline of Martinique
in the Caribbean. This is by far the biggest OTEC project announced
to date, and the European Union has allocated €72 million
(about $82 million at current exchange rates) for this purpose.
DCNS (now Naval Energies) is our teaming partner for potential
projects in the Caribbean.
●
Since early 2014,
we have been working with several industrialized and developing
countries, including U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas,
Cayman Islands, and others, and investigating suitable OTEC sites,
infrastructural solutions, and funding
opportunities.
●
Two nongovernmental
organizations promoting OTEC have been created: OTEC Foundation
(based in The Netherlands) and OTEC Africa (based in
Sweden).
●
New technological
advances for larger and more robust deep seawater pipes and more
efficient and cost-effective heat exchangers, pumps, and other
components have, in our opinion, further improved the economics for
OTEC.
●
Many countries,
including a large number of Caribbean nations, now have renewable
energy standards and are looking at ways to reduce their carbon
footprint, decouple the price of electricity from the volatile
price of oil, and increase energy security. Along with these
countries, we are aware that Hawaii, U.S. territories, and the U.S.
Department of Defense are looking at OTEC as a possible source of
renewable energy and water for drinking, fish farming, and
agriculture.
●
The NELHA
demonstration OTEC plant in Hawaii is producing 100 kilowatts of
sustainable, continuous electricity annually and is powering a
neighborhood of 120 homes. A potential next phase for OTEC
development at NELHA is being considered by an international
consortium under 2010 Okinawa-Hawaii clean energy agreement, which
was extended in 2015.
●
BARDOT Group, a
French SME specialized in subsea engineering and equipment
manufacturing for offshore energy, stated it has signed a contract
for the first commercial OTEC system to be installed in an
eco-resort in Maldives.
Global
acceptance of man’s influence on climate change may also
contribute to a shift in the demand for OTEC. As evidenced by the
Paris Agreement reached in December 2015 to combat climate change,
195 nations have expressly recognized that conventional fossil-fuel
powered energy technologies affect global climate change and the
need to embrace a sustainable future in energy and water. Low-lying
coastal countries (sometimes referred to as small island developing
states) that tend to share similar sustainable development
challenges, including small but growing populations, limited
resources, remoteness, susceptibility to natural disasters,
vulnerability to external shocks, excessive dependence on
international trade, and fragile environments, have embraced this
recognition and are keenly aware that they are on the frontline of
early impact of sea level rise and are aggressively trying to
embrace sustainable-energy alternatives. This is a major driving
force for OTEC in primary early markets.
Recent
international political instability in fossil-fuel-producing
regions and oil price volatility have exposed the criticality of
energy security and independence for all countries. The need to
have a tighter control of domestic energy requirements is a matter
of increasing international concern. Continued reliance on other
countries (particularly those in oil-producing regions) is not a
favorable option any longer. We believe these considerations will
continue to drive renewable research and commercialization efforts
that benefit technologies with global potential to replace
fossil-fuel-based energy systems and benefit from base-load
capabilities like OTEC.
Our
current management team has led the development of the business
since 2010 and has established a pipeline of potential projects,
which include one signed 20-year energy services agreement, six
signed memoranda of understanding, and a written agreement to
support Lockheed Martin Corporation in proposing to the U.S. Navy a
SWAC/LWAC system for a military base in the Indian Ocean. The
projects under these agreements included the
designs for OTEC, SWAC/LWAC, or a
combination of both plants in the U.S. Virgin Islands,
Bahamas, an island in the Indian Ocean, and in East
Africa. The Public Services Commission of the U.S. Virgin Islands
has approved our application to be a “qualified
facility” and build a 15MW OTEC plant on the island of St.
Croix. In addition to the OTEC plant, we are negotiating additional
opportunities to supply potable water to the U.S. Virgin Islands
government.
Discussions
are ongoing with Lockheed Martin Corporation to continue our
relationship with it for the SWAC/LWAC project for the
U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Navy. We are
discussing both OTEC and SWAC/LWAC projects with the
U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Secretary of
Commerce for Puerto Rico. Currently, two projects are in the
planning and discussion phase:
●
EcoVillage powered
by an OTEC plant for Puerto Rico; and
●
Eco Village powered
by an OTEC plant for the U.S. Virgin Islands.
We
have provided a detailed study and designs for OTEC and/or
SWAC/LWAC to:
●
Lockheed Martin
Corporation for an SWAC/LWAC system to be built for the U.S. Navy
Base in Diego Garcia. We completed our preliminary assessment and
in early 2018, we briefed the preliminary assessment to the U.S.
Navy at a design charrette meeting.
●
The U.S. Department
of Agriculture for a combined OTEC/SWAC/LWAC plant for
Guam.
●
The Legislature of
the U.S. Virgin Islands for an OTEC plant for the island of St.
Croix.
Having
successfully developed this pipeline of opportunities, we believe
that it is now appropriate to seek additional funding to further
progress and build up our engineering and technical teams, further
develop our intellectual property, file patents for several OTEC
technical systems, and advance our pipeline of current
opportunities to support our growth strategy.
Our Competition
We
compete in the development, construction, and operation of OTEC and
SWAC/LWAC plants with other operators that develop
similar facilities powered by other energy sources, primarily oil,
natural gas, nuclear energy, and solar power. These traditional
energy sources have well-established infrastructures for
production, delivery, and supply, with well-known commercial terms.
In developing our OTEC and SWAC
/LWAC
plants, we will need to satisfy our customers that these
technologies are sound and economical, which may be a challenge
until and unless we have an established successful operating
history. The energy industry is dominated by an array of companies
of all sizes that have proven technologies and well-established
fuel sources from a number of suppliers.
We
expect that we will encounter increasing competition for OTEC and
SWAC
/LWAC
plants. Other firms with greater financial and technical resources
are focusing commercialization of these technologies. This
includes, for example, Akuo Energy and DCNS (now Naval
Energies
) and Bardot Energy of Paris,
France.
Our competitors may benefit from collaborative
relationships with countries, including a large number of Caribbean
nations that now have renewable-energy standards and are looking at
ways to reduce their carbon footprint, decouple the price of
electricity from the volatile price of oil, and increase energy
security. Other competitors may have advantageous relationships
with authorities such as Hawaii, U.S. territories, and the U.S.
Department of Defense, which are looking at OTEC as a possible
source of renewable energy and water for drinking, fish farming,
and agriculture.
We cannot assure
that we will be able to compete effectively as the industry grows
and becomes more established and as OTEC and SWAC/LWAC
plants become more accepted as viable and economic energy
solutions.
We
believe competition in this industry is and will be based on
technical soundness and viability, the economics of plant outputs
as compared to other energy sources, developmental reputation and
expertise, financial capability, and ability to develop
relationships with potential customers. All of these factors are
outside our control.
Our Operational Strategy and Economic Models
We
have developed economic models of costs and potential revenue
structures that we will seek to implement as we develop OTEC and
SWAC/LWAC projects.
OTEC Projects
The
estimated construction costs for a 20-MW plant are approximately
$445 million. The hard costs of approximately $301 million consist
of the power system and platform construction and piping, which
make up 68% of the total. The remaining 32% consists of other
construction costs and the deployment of the cold water pipe
and soft costs of approximately $58 million
for design, permits and licensing, environmental
impact assessment, bathymetry, contractor fees, and
insurance.
Once
operational, the capacity factor, which is the projected percent of
time that a power system will be fully operational, considering
maintenance, inspections, and estimated unforeseen events, is
expected to be 95% annually. This factor is used in our financial
calculations, which means the plant will not be generating revenue
for 5% of the year. Most fossil-fuel plants have capacity factors
around 90%, as a result of the major maintenance for
high-temperature boilers, fossil-fuel feed in systems, safety
inspections, cleaning, etc. The normal maintenance cycle for the
pumps, turbine, and generators used in the OTEC plant is typically
every five years. This includes the cleaning of the heat exchangers
and installation of new seals.
We
anticipate that project returns will be comprised of two
components: First, as the project developer, we will seek a
lump-sum payment as a development fee at the time of closing the
project financing for each project. These payments will be
allocated toward reimbursement of development costs and perhaps a
financial return at the early stage of each project. The
development fee will vary, but initially we will seek a fee of
approximately 3% of the project cost, payable upon closing project
financing. Second, we will retain a percentage of equity in the
project, with a goal to retain a minimum of 51% of the equity in
any OTEC project in order to participate in operating
revenues.
We
will seek to generate revenue from OTEC plants from contract
pricing charged on an energy-only price per kWh or on the basis of
a generating capacity payment priced per kilowatt per month and an
energy usage price per kWh. In many of the countries
of the world where we intend to build OTEC and
SWAC/LWAC plants, water is in short supply. In some
locations, water is considered the more important commodity.
Depending on the part of the world in which the plant is built,
in addition to revenue from power generation,
supplying water for drinking, fish farming, and agriculture would
significantly increase plant revenue.
We
cannot assure that we can maintain the revenue points noted above,
that any fees received will offset development costs incurred to
date, or that any operating plant will generate
revenue.
SWAC/LWAC
Projects
The
estimated construction costs are approximately $150 million. The
hard costs of approximately $91 million consist of piping and
installation, which make up 60% of the total. The remaining 40%
consists of the pump house, central utility plant (CUP), mechanical
and engineering equipment, design, and other contingency costs
and soft costs of approximately $30 million consist of
the CUP license, permits, environmental impact assessment,
bathymetry, and insurance.
Under
our economic model, we will seek to generate revenue at two stages
of the project. First, as the project developer, we will seek a
lump-sum payment of a development fee equal to approximately 3% of
the project cost at the time of closing the project financing for
each project. These payments would provide us with income at the
early stage of each project. If we are able to negotiate a
development fee, we estimate that it will vary, but typically will
be in the $2,500,000-$3,500,000 range. The second component of
project returns is based upon the percentage of equity we will
retain in the project.
SWAC/LWAC
contract revenue will be based typically on three
charges:
●
Fixed
Price–this is based upon the capital costs of the project
paid over the term of the debt and with the intention of covering
the costs of debt.
●
Operation and
Maintenance–this payment covers the cost of the labor and
fixed overhead needed to run the SWAC/LWAC system, as well as any
traditional chiller plant operating to fulfill back-up or peak-load
requirements.
●
Chilled Water
Payment–this is a variable charge based on the actual chilled
water use and chilled water generated both by the SWAC/LWAC and
conventional system at the agreed upon conversion factors of
kilowatt/ton and current electricity costs in U.S. dollars per
kWh.
We
will seek to structure project financing with the goal of retaining
100% of the equity in any SWAC/LWAC project. We cannot
assure that we will recover project development costs or realize a
financial return over the life of the project.
Our Project
Timeline
We
have not developed, designed, constructed, and placed into
operation any OTEC or SWAC plants. However, based on our planning
process and early development experience to date, we estimate that
it will take approximately two to four years or more, depending on
local conditions, including regulatory and permitting requirements,
to take a project from a preliminary memorandum of understanding
with a potential power or other product purchaser to completion and
commencement of operation.
Our Strategic Relationships
We
have strategic relationships with each of the following parties for
potential plant construction, design and architectural services,
and the funding of projects.
●
DCO Energy, LLC,
Mays Landing, New Jersey, is an American energy development company
specializing in the development, engineering, construction,
start-up, commissioning, operation, maintenance and management, as
well as ownership of central energy centers, renewable energy
projects, and combined heat, chilling, and power-production
facilities. DCO Energy was formed in 2000 and has independently
developed and/or operated energy producing facilities of
approximately 275 MW of electric, 400 MMBtu/hr of heat recovery,
1,500 MMBtu/hr of boiler capacity, and 130,000 tons of chilled
water capacity, totaling over $1 billion of assets. DCO Energy
provides financing, engineering and design, construction
management, start-up and commissioning resources, and long-term
operating and maintenance services for its own projects as well as
third-party clients.
●
Naval Energies
(f/k/a DCNS) Paris, France, is a French naval defense company and
one of Europe’s largest ship builders. It employs 12,500
people and generates annual revenues of around $3.9 billion. In
2009, Naval Energies set up an incubator dedicated to marine
renewable energies and has stated its intention to be a leader in
this market, which includes marine turbines, floating wind
turbines, OTEC, and tidal stream turbines.
●
The Sky Institute
for the Future seeks to implement pragmatic and sustainable
strategies in design, energy, town planning, and agricultural
production, and to create and incubate transformational ideas that
will nourish healthy communities and educate current and future
generations.
Our Construction and Components
Once
we have designed the system, we will review the design with our
engineering, procurement, and construction partner to maximize the
chances that the project can be delivered according to plan and on
budget. We expect our construction contracts to be at a fixed price
and to include penalties if the construction timetable is missed.
We may, but are not obligated to, engage DCO Energy to construct
our plants or serve as our owners’ engineer.
In
our systems, the two most important components are heat exchangers
and deep-water intake pipes. Although there are multiple providers
of each of these components, the supply of the best components
comes from just a few companies globally. We expect to source our
deep-water intake pipes from Pipelife of Norway, the only company
we know of that makes pipes of sufficient quality, strength, and
diameter (2.5 meters) to support our planned OTEC plants. However,
we expect that we could work around a lack of supply from Pipelife
by using multiple smaller pipes that are widely available on the
market, although this would increase our construction
costs.
We
will also need the highest quality, large heat exchangers for our
systems; heat exchangers represent a large percentage of the
projected costs of our OTEC and SWAC/LWAC systems and
also account for a significant portion of the design complexity
inherent in commercial OTEC and SWAC/LWAC designs. Our
relationship with Alfa Laval for heat exchangers provides us with
the size and quality heat exchangers that we expect to need,
although we believe there are several other companies that could
provide us with adequate supply of these devices meeting our
specifications if we need to source from them.
Other
major components, such as ammonia turbines, generators, and pumps,
are manufactured by several multinational companies, including
General Electric and Siemens.
Our Operations
For
OTEC electricity-generating facilities, we intend to enter into 20-
to 30-year
power
purchase agreements, or
PPAs, pursuant to which the
project would supply fixed-price, baseload electricity to satisfy
the minimum demand of the purchaser’s customers. This PPA
structure allows customers to plan and budget their energy costs
over the life of the contract. For our SWAC/LWAC
systems, we intend to enter into 20- to 30-year
energy
service agreements, or
ESAs, to supply
minimum quantities of chilled water for use in a customer’s
air conditioning system.
We
anticipate that operations of OTEC and SWAC/LWAC
plants will be subcontracted to third parties that will take
responsibility for ensuring the efficient operation of the plants.
These arrangements may reduce our exposure to operational risk,
although they may reduce our financial return if actual operating
costs are less than the subcontract payments. We cannot assure that
any OTEC and SWAC/LWAC plants will permit the PPAs and
ESAs to yield minimum target internal rates of return. Our first
projects are likely to have lower returns than subsequent projects.
Variances in internal rates of return may occur due to a range of
factors, including availability and structure of project financing
and localized issues such as taxes, some of which may be outside of
our control.
We
expect our OTEC contract pricing will be charged either on an
energy-only price per kWh or on the basis of a capacity payment
priced per kilowatt per month and an energy usage price per kWh. We
cannot assure that this pricing will enable us to recoup our
funding costs and capital repayments and allow us to earn a
profit.
Marketing Strategies
Our marketing and sales efforts are managed and
directed by
our
chairman and chief executive officer,
Jeremy P. Feakins, who has 35 years’ experience of
senior-level sales in both commercial and governmental markets. Our
marketing campaign has focused on explaining to potential customers
the economic, environmental, and other benefits of OTEC and
SWAC/LWAC through personal contacts, industry
interactions, and our website.
Our
target markets are comprised of large institutional customers that
typically include governments, utilities, large resorts, hospitals,
educational institutions, and municipalities. We market to them
directly through personal meetings and contact by our chief
executive officer and other key members of our team. We also make
extensive use of centers of influence either to heighten awareness
of our products in the minds of key customers’
decision-makers or to secure face-to-face meetings and preliminary
agreements between our customers and our chief executive
officer.
Sales
cycles in our business are extremely long and complex and often
involve multiple meetings with governmental, regulatory, electric
utility, and corporate entities. Therefore, we cannot predict when
or if any of the projects we currently have under development will
progress to the signed contract or operational phase and generate
revenue. We do not expect sales to be seasonal or
cyclical.
Material Regulation
Our
business and products are subject to material regulation. However,
because we contemplate offering our products and services in
different countries, the specific nature of the regulatory
requirements will be wholly dependent on the nation where
the project will be located and the national, state, and local
regulations that apply at that
location.
In
all cases, we expect the level of regulation will be material and
will require significant permitting and ongoing compliance during
the life of the project. The most significant regulations will
likely be environmental and will include mitigating possible
adverse effects during both the construction and operational phases
of the project.
However,
we believe that the limited plant site disturbance of both
SWAC/LWAC and OTEC projects, together with the
significantly lower emissions that result from these projects as
compared to fossil-fuel electrical generation, will make compliance
with all such regulation manageable in the normal
course.
The
second most significant regulations will likely involve
coordination with existing infrastructure. We believe compliance
with this type of regulation is a routine civil engineering
coordination process that exists for all new buildings and
infrastructure projects of all types. Again, we believe that the
design of both SWAC/LWAC and OTEC projects can readily
be modified to avoid interference with existing infrastructure in
most cases.
Facilities
Our
principal executive offices are located at 800 South Queen Street,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603. Our telephone number at that address
is (717) 299-1344.
Intellectual Property
We
use, or intend to employ in the performance of our material
contracts, intellectual property rights in relation to the design
and development of OTEC plants. Our intellectual property rights
can be categorized broadly as proprietary know-how, technical
databases, and trade secrets comprising concept designs, plant
design, and economic models. Additionally, we have applied to
register the trademark TOO DEEP® at the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office for the provision of desalinated deep ocean water
for consumption. The trademark has been “published for
opposition” as of February 12, 2019.
We
may apply for patents for components of our intellectual property
for OTEC and SWAC/LWAC systems, including novel or new
methodologies for cold-water piping, heat exchanges, and
computer-aided design programs. We cannot assure that any patents
we seek will be granted.
Our
intellectual property has been developed by our employees and is
protected under employee agreements confirming that the rights in
the inventions and developments made by the employees are our
property. Confidential information is protected by nondisclosure
agreements we entered into with prospective partners or other third
parties with which we do business.
We
have not received any notification from third parties that our
processes or designs infringe any third-party rights, and we are
not aware of any valid and enforceable third-party intellectual
property rights that infringe our intellectual property rights.
Currently, there is no patent for any company for OTEC
technology.
Employees
We
currently have five employees, consisting of one officer, three
engineers/technicians, and one general and administrative employee,
and three consultants. There are no collective-bargaining
agreements with our employees, and we have not experienced work
interruptions or strikes. We believe our relationship with
employees is good, and we provide health and life insurance for all
employees.
From time to time,
we are involved in legal proceedings and regulatory proceedings
arising from operations. We establish reserves for specific
liabilities in connection with legal actions that management deems
to be probable and estimable.
On May 4, 2018, we
reached a settlement of the claims at issue in
Ocean Thermal Energy Corp. v. Robert Coe, et
al.
, Case No. 2:17-cv-02343SHL-cgc, before the United States
District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. On August 8,
2018, an $8 million judgment was entered against the defendants and
in our favor. We have reason to believe the defendants have
adequate assets to satisfy this judgment in full.
Between May 30 and
July 19, 2018, we received three payments totaling $100,000
from the defendants.
This process is
ongoing. Information will be updated as it
progresses.
M
ARKET PRICE OF AND DIVIDENDS ON
OUR COMMON EQUITY
AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Our common stock
trades on the OTCQB Marketplace operated by the OTC Markets Group,
Inc., or “OTCQB,” under the ticker symbol
“CPWR.”
As of April
5, 2019, there were approximately 1,500 stockholders of
record.
We have not paid,
nor declared, any cash dividends since our inception and do not
intend to declare or pay any such dividends in the foreseeable
future. Our ability to pay cash dividends is subject to limitations
imposed by state law.
M
ANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION
AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our
financial condition and operating results together with our
financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this
prospectus. This discussion and analysis and other parts of this
prospectus contain forward-looking statements based
upon current beliefs, plans, and expectations that involve risks,
uncertainties, and assumptions. Our actual results may differ
materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements as a result of various factors, including those set
forth under “Risk Factors” or in other parts of this
prospectus. Our fiscal quarters end on March 31, June 30, September
30, and December 31, and our current fiscal year ended on December
31, 2018.
Overview
We
develop projects for renewable power generation, desalinated water
production, and air conditioning using our proprietary technologies
designed to extract energy from the temperature differences between
warm surface water and cold deep water. In addition, our projects
provide ancillary products such as potable/bottle water and
high-profit aquaculture, mariculture, and agriculture
opportunities.
We currently have
no source of revenue, so as we continue to incur costs we are
dependent on external funding in order to continue. We cannot
assure that such funding will be available or, if available, can be
obtained on acceptable or favorable terms.
Our operating
expenses consist principally of expenses associated with the
development of our projects until we determine that a particular
project is feasible. Salaries and wages consist primarily of
employee salaries and wages, payroll taxes, and health insurance.
Our professional fees are related to consulting, engineering,
legal, investor relations, outside accounting, and auditing
expenses. General and administrative expenses include travel,
insurance, rent, marketing, and miscellaneous office expenses. The
interest expense includes interest and discounts related to our
loans and notes payable.
Description
of Expenses
General and
administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and related
costs for accounting, administration, finance, human resources, and
information systems. Professional fees expenses consist primarily
of fees related to legal, outside accounting, auditing, and
investor relations services.
Results
of Operations
Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 2018 and
2017
We had no revenue
in the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.
During the year
ended December 31, 2018, we had salaries and wages of $1,361,706,
compared to salaries and wages of $2,044,882 during the same period
for 2017, a decrease of 33.4%, which is attributable to a reduction
in staff because of cost-cutting measures due to our lack of
revenue and funding.
During the years
ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we recorded professional fees of
$1,201,956 and $1,669,202, respectively, a decrease of 28% year
over year, which is attributable to a decrease in the use of
outside consultants due to our lack of revenue and
funding.
General and
administrative expenses were $595,306 during the year ended
December 31, 2018, compared to $2,169,577 for the same period in
2017, a decrease of 72.6%. This decrease was the result of a
concerted effort to reduce all expenses during 2018. In 2017, we
incurred additional travel expenses for due diligence on a
potential acquisition and increased marketing expense to increase
our visibility.
Our interest
expense was $1,281,134 for the year ended December 31, 2018,
compared to $614,749 for the same period of the previous year, an
increase of 108%. In addition to interest of $810,455 on our notes
payable, we also incurred liquidated damages of $56,250 on the
replacement of one of our notes and a note default penalty of
$414,429.
During the year
ended December 31, 2017, we repriced warrants to purchase
14,692,500 shares of common stock and options to purchase 100,000
shares of common stock to $0. The warrants and options were then
exercised, and we issued 14,792,500 shares of common stock. These
warrants had a fair value of $6,769,562, which we recognized as an
expense in operations. There was no similar activity in
2018.
Our amortization of
debt discount and loan fee expenses was $1,160,983 for the year
ended December 31, 2018, compared to $44,960 for the same period of
the previous year. This increase is due to our payments of original
discount fees and transaction fees for L2 Capital, LLC and Collier
Investments, LLC. The expense also reflects the fair value of
warrants issued with notes payable and recorded as discount, which
we amortized during the year. In addition, there was change in the
fair value of the derivative liability of $1,206,857 during the
year ended December 31, 2018, and $0 for the same period in 2017.
We incurred a loss on the extinguishment of debt of $279,432 in
2018, as compared to a loss on settlement of debt $1,105,203 in
2017.
Our operations used
net cash of $1,638,582 during the year ended December 31, 2018, as
compared to using net cash of $1,469,169 during the year ended
December 31, 2017. The change was primarily due to the $1,206,857
of change in the derivative liability in 2018. The recognition of
the impairment of assets under construction of $892,639 also
impacted the cash flow in 2018.
Investing
activities for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, used
cash of $0 and $140,613, respectively. Of cash used in the year of
2017, $95,352 was an increase in our assets under construction and
the balance represents cash paid in connection with the
Merger.
Financing
activities provided cash of $1,221,965 for our operations during
the year ended December 31, 2018, as compared to $2,027,302, a
decrease of 39.7%. One of the major factors was the decrease in
proceeds of approximately $748,535 from warrants that were
exercised in 2017. In 2018, we received $165,885 in cash for the
sale of stock and received $615,086 in cash from the issuance of
convertible notes.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
At December 31,
2018, our principal source of liquidity consisted of $8,398 of
cash, as compared to $425,015 of cash at December 31, 2017. At
December 31, 2018, we had negative working capital (current assets
minus current liabilities) of $17,601,515. In addition, our
stockholders’ deficiency was $17,769,177 at December 31,
2018, compared to stockholders’ deficiency of $10,509,554 at
December 31, 2017, an increase in the deficiency of
$7,259,623.
We are now
focusing our efforts on promoting and marketing our technology by
developing and executing contracts. We are exploring external
funding alternatives, as our current cash is insufficient to fund
operations for the next 12 months.
On
May 4, 2018, we reached a settlement of the claims at issue in
Ocean Thermal Energy Corp. v.
Robert Coe, et al.,
Case No. 2:17-cv-02343SHL-cgc, before
the United States District Court for the Western District of
Tennessee. On August 8, 2018, an $8 million federal court judgment
was entered against the defendants and in our favor. We believe the
defendants have adequate assets to satisfy this judgment in full.
Between May 30 and July 19, 2018, we received three payments
totaling $100,000 from the defendants.
This
process is ongoing.
Our
consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming we
will continue as a going concern. We have experienced recurring
losses from operations and have an accumulated deficit. Our ability
to continue our operations as a going concern is dependent on
management’s plans, which include the raising of capital
through debt and/or equity markets until such time that funds
provided by operations are sufficient to fund working capital
requirements. We will require additional funding to finance the
growth of our current and expected future operations as well as to
achieve our strategic objectives. If we are unable to access the
equity line pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement of
December 2017 with L2 Capital, LLC, we believe our current
available cash may be insufficient to meet our cash needs for the
near future. We cannot assure that the L2 Capital equity line or
other financing will be available in amounts or terms acceptable to
us, if at all. Further, we cannot assure that we will be able to
collect all or any portion of our judgment against third parties as
discussed above. The accompanying consolidated
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. These
consolidated financial statements do not include any
adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the
classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should we
be unable to continue as a going concern.
We have no
significant contractual obligations or commercial commitments not
reflected on our balance sheet as of this date.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any
off-balance sheet arrangements, financings, or other relationships
with unconsolidated entities or other persons, also known as
“special purpose entities.
Critical
Accounting Policies
We have
identified the policies outlined below as critical to our business
operations and an understanding of our results of operations. The
list is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all of our
accounting policies. In many cases, the accounting treatment of a
particular transaction is specifically dictated by accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States, with no need
for management’s judgment in their application. The impact
and any associated risks related to these policies on our business
operations is discussed throughout Management’s Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations when
such policies affect our reported and expected financial results.
For a detailed discussion on the application of these and other
accounting policies, see the notes to our consolidated financial
statements for the year ended December 31, 2018. Note
that our preparation of the consolidated financial statements
requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amount of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities at the date of our consolidated financial
statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during
the reporting period. We cannot assure that actual results will not
differ from those estimates.
Revenue Recognition
In May 2014, the
Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued
Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2014-09,
Revenue from Contracts with
Customers (Topic 606)
. This ASU is a comprehensive new
revenue recognition model that requires a company to recognize
revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customer
at an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to receive
in exchange for those goods or services. We adopted the ASU on
January 1, 2018. The adoption of the ASU did not have an impact on
our consolidated financial statements during the years ended
December 31, 2018 and 2017.
Income Taxes
We use
the liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the
liability method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are
determined based on temporary differences between financial
reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and on the amount
of operating loss carry-forwards and are measured using the enacted
tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the temporary
differences and carry-forwards are expected to reverse. An
allowance against deferred tax assets is recorded when it is more
likely than not that such tax benefits will not be
realized.
Capitalization Policy
Furniture,
vehicles, equipment, and software are recorded at cost and include
major expenditures, which increase productivity or substantially
increase useful lives. Maintenance, repairs, and minor replacements
are charged to expenses when incurred. When furniture, vehicles,
and equipment are sold or otherwise disposed of, the asset and
related accumulated depreciation are removed from this account, and
any gain or loss is included in the statement of operations. The
cost of furniture, vehicles, equipment, and software is depreciated
over the estimated useful lives of the related assets.
Assets
under construction represent costs incurred by us for our renewable
energy systems currently in process. We capitalize costs incurred
once the project has met the project feasibility stage. Costs
include environmental engineering, permits, government approval
costs, and site engineering costs. We currently have
several projects in the development stage. We
capitalize direct interest costs associated with the
projects.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2018, the
FASB issued ASU 2018-07,
Compensation–Stock Compensation (Topic
718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment
Accounting
. This ASU relates to the accounting for
nonemployee share-based payments. The amendment in this update
expands the scope of Topic 718 to include all share-based payment
transactions in which a grantor acquired goods or services to be
used or consumed in a grantor’s own operations by issuing
share-based payment awards. The ASU excludes share-based payment
awards that relate to: (1) financing to the issuer; or (2) awards
granted in conjunction with selling goods or services to customers
as part of a contract accounted for under Topic 606,
Revenue from Contracts from Customers
.
The share-based payments are to be measured at grant-date fair
value of the equity instruments that the entity is obligated to
issue when the good or service has been delivered or rendered and
all other conditions necessary to earn the right to benefit from
the equity instruments have been satisfied. This standard will be
effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that
fiscal year. For all other entities, the amendments are effective
for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim
periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020.
Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than an entity’s
adoption of Topic 606. We are currently reviewing the provisions of
this ASU to determine if there will be any impact on our results of
operations, cash flows, or financial condition.
We have
reviewed all recently issued, but not yet adopted, accounting
standards in order to determine their effects, if any, on our
consolidated results of operations, financial position, and cash
flows. Based on that review, we believe that none of these
pronouncements will have a significant effect on current or future
earnings or operations.
D
IRECTORS, EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The following table
sets forth the names, ages, and positions of our executive officers
and directors as of April 5, 2019:
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
Jeremy P.
Feakins
|
65
|
Chairman of the
Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary/Treasurer
|
Peter H.
Wolfson
|
54
|
Director
|
Antoinette K.
Hempstead
|
54
|
Director
|
Jeremy P. Feakins
has served as our chief executive
officer, chief financial officer, and secretary/treasurer since
March 2015. Mr. Feakins has over 35 years of experience as an
entrepreneur and investor, having founded two technology-based
companies. Between 1990 and 2006, Mr. Feakins was the chairman and
chief executive officer of Medical Technology & Innovations,
Inc. (MTI), a developer and manufacturer of a microprocessor-based,
vision-screening device and other medical devices located in
Lancaster, PA. In 1996, he managed the public listing of MTI on the
over-the-counter markets and subsequently structured the sale of
the rights to MTI’s vision-screening product to a major
international eyewear company. Between 1998 and 2006, he was a
managing member of Growth Capital Resources LLC, a venture capital
company located in Lancaster, PA, where he successfully managed the
public listings for four small companies on the over-the-counter
market. Between 2005 and 2008, he served as executive vice chairman
and member of the board of directors of Caspian International Oil
Corporation (OTC: COIC), an oil exploration and services company
located in Houston, TX and Almaty, KZ, where he managed its public
listing. Since 2008, Mr. Feakins has been the chairman and managing
partner of the JPF Venture Fund 1, LP, an early-stage venture
capital company located in Lancaster, PA, focused on companies
involved with humanitarian and/or sustainability projects. Since
2014, Mr. Feakins has been chairman and chief executive officer of
JPF Venture Group, Inc. JPF Venture Group, Inc., provides strategic
and operational business assistance to start-up, early-stage, and
middle-market high-growth businesses and is a principal stockholder
of our stock. Mr. Feakins graduated from the Defence College of
Logistics and Personnel Administration, Shrivenham, UK, and served
seven years in the British Royal Navy. He is a member of the
Institute of Directors in the United Kingdom and the British
American Business Council in the United States. Based on his
background in the technology industry and his financial and
management background, the board of directors has concluded that
Mr. Feakins is qualified to serve as a
director.
Peter Wolfson
has served as one of our directors
since March 2015. Mr. Wolfson is also the founder, president, and
chief executive officer of Hans Construction, a developer and
builder of upscale homes located in Lancaster, PA. Mr. Wolfson is a
qualified commercial pilot at a major U.S.-owned international
airline company and has over 30 years’ experience in the
aviation business. He also has 10 years’ experience as a
financial consultant with a subsidiary of Mass Mutual, developing
financial strategies and tax planning. Based on his financial
background, the board of directors has concluded that Mr. Wolfson
is qualified to serve as director.
Antoinette Knapp
Hempstead
was appointed as a
director in February 2017. Prior to that, Ms. Hempstead served as
our chief executive officer and president from April 2013 until
March 2015 and as our deputy chief executive officer and vice
president since August 2002. Ms. Hempstead has over 30 years’
experience in management, software management, software
development, and finance. Ms. Hempstead has also served as adjunct
faculty for University of Idaho where she taught Computer Science
courses. Ms. Hempstead has a Master’s degree in Computer
Science from the University of Idaho and a Bachelor’s of
Science Degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Idaho.
Ms. Hempstead provides experience in software development and
project management, as well as experience in financial statement
preparation and regulatory reporting, to our board of directors.
Based on her technical background, the board of directors has
concluded that Ms. Hempstead is qualified to serve as a
director.
Director Independence and Board of Directors’
Committees
Other
than Peter Wolfson, none of our directors is considered to be an
independent member of our board of directors under the rules of
Nasdaq. Our board as a whole has acted as our audit committee,
compensation committee, and nominating committee. The board of
directors has not established any committees.
Code
of Ethics
We have adopted a
code of ethics that applies to all of our employees, including our
executive officers, a copy of which is included as an exhibit to
the registration statement.
Family
Relationships
There are no family
relationships between any director and executive
officer.
Involvement
in Certain Legal Proceedings
During the past 10
years, none of our directors and executive officers has been
involved in any of the events described in Item 401(f) of
Regulation S-K.
The
following table sets forth, for the fiscal years ended December 31,
2018 and 2017, the dollar value of all
cash and noncash compensation earned by any person that was our
principal executive officer, or PEO, during the preceding fiscal
year:
Name and
Principal Position
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Com-
pensation
($)
|
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compen-
sation
Earnings
($)
|
All
Other
Compen-
sation
($)
|
|
Jeremy
Feakins
|
2018
|
388,320
(1)
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
388,320
|
Principal Executive
Officer and
Principal Financial
Officer
|
2017
|
381,110
(2))
|
0
|
581,571
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
962,681
|
_______________
(1) For
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, $194,110 of Mr.
Feakins’ salary was accrued but unpaid.
(2) For
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, $205,807 of Mr.
Feakins’ salary was accrued but unpaid.
The table above
does not include prerequisites and other personal benefits in
amounts less than 10% of the total annual salary and other
compensation.
Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table
On January 1, 2011,
we entered into a five-year employment agreement with an individual
to serve as our chief executive officer. The employment agreement
provides for successive one-year term renewals unless it is
expressly cancelled by either party 100 days prior to the end of
the term. Under the agreement, the chief executive officer will
receive an annual salary of $350,000, a car allowance of $12,000,
and company-paid health insurance. The agreement also provides for
bonuses equal to one times annual salary plus 500,000 shares of
common stock for each additional project that generates $25 million
or more revenue to us. The chief executive officer is entitled to
receive severance pay in the lesser amount of three years’
salary or 100% of the remaining salary if the remaining term is
less than three years. As of December 31, 2017, we issued 258,476
shares of common stock, with a fair value of $581,571, to
compensate the chief executive officer for his
performance.
On June 29, 2017,
the board of directors approved extending the employment agreement
for the chief executive officer for an additional five years. The
salary and other compensation will be increased to account for
inflation since the original employment agreement was
executed.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
No stock option awards were exercisable or unexercisable as of
December 31, 2018, for any executive
officer.
Director Compensation
Mr.
Feakins, who is our chief executive officer, did not receive
compensation for his service as a director. The compensation
received by Mr. Feakins as an officer is presented in the above
summary compensation table.
For
the year ending December 31, 2018, no compensation was
awarded to, earned by, or paid to our nonemployee
directors.
S
ECURITY OWNERSHIP OF
CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information
regarding the beneficial ownership of our outstanding common stock,
as of
April 5,
2019, by: (i) each of our directors; (ii) each of
our named executive officers (as defined by Item 402(a)(3) of
Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act); (iii) all
of our directors and named executive officers as a group; and
(iv) each person known to us to beneficially own more than 5%
of our outstanding common stock.
Name and Address
of Person or Group (1)
|
Number of Shares
of Common
Stock Beneficially
Owned
|
Percent
of Common
Stock Beneficially
Owned
|
|
|
|
Principal Stockholders:
|
|
|
Steve
Oney
|
7,648,000
|
5.7
%
|
Jeremy P. Feakins
(2)
|
18,723,863
|
14.0
|
|
|
|
Directors and Executive Officers:
|
|
|
Jeremy P. Feakins
(2)
|
18,723,863
|
14.0
|
Antoinette
Hempstead (3)
|
115,151
|
*
|
Peter H. Wolfson
(4)
|
2,079,809
|
1.6
|
|
|
|
Executive Officers
and Directors as a Group (3 persons):
|
20,918,823
|
15.7
%
|
(1)
800 South Queen
Street, Lancaster, PA 17603, is the address for all stockholders in
the table. Applicable percentages are based on 133,338,944 shares
of our common stock outstanding on April 5, 2019, and are
calculated as required by rules promulgated by the
SEC.
(2)
Consists of (i)
8,288,051 shares of common stock owned of record by Jeremy P.
Feakins; (ii)
4,137,131
shares
of common stock owned of record by JPF Venture Group, Inc., which
is an investment entity that is majority-owned and controlled by
Jeremy P. Feakins, and, as such, is deemed to be beneficially owned
by Mr. Feakins; and (iii) 6,2
98,681
shares of common stock issuable to
JPF Venture Group, Inc. on the conversion of $75,000 in promissory
notes, convertible at $0.01384 per share. All calculations in this
footnote are based on conversion of the principal and accrued
interest.
(3)
Consists of:
(i) 452 shares of common stock owned of record by Antoinette
Hempstead; and (ii) 114,699 shares of common stock owned of
record by A.R. Hempstead Revocable Trust, which is owned and
controlled by Ms. Hempstead and, as such, is deemed to be the
beneficial owner of record. Ms. Hempstead is a member of the board
of directors.
(4)
Consists of: (i)
1,
063,732
shares of common
stock owned of record by Peter H. Wolfson; and (ii)
1,016,077
shares of common stock issuable
to Mr. Wolfson on the conversion of a $12,500 promissory note dated
October 2016, convertible at $0.01384 per share into shares of
common stock. Mr. Wolfson is a member of the board of
directors.
Beneficial
ownership has been determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act. The percentages in the table have been calculated
on the basis of treating as outstanding for a particular person,
all shares of our common stock outstanding on that date and all
shares of our common stock issuable to that holder in the event of
exercise of outstanding options, warrants, rights, or conversion
privileges owned by that person at that date which are exercisable
within 60 days of that date. Except as otherwise indicated, the
persons listed below have sole voting and investment power with
respect to all shares of our common stock owned by them, except to
the extent that power may be shared with a spouse. We do not know
of any arrangements the operation of which may at a subsequent date
result in a change of control of our company.
T
RANSACTIONS WITH RELATED
PERSONS, PROMOTERS, AND
CERTAIN CONTROL PERSONS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Related-Party
Transactions
We pay rent to
Queen Street Development Partners 1, LP, a company controlled by
our chief executive officer, under an operating lease agreement.
For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we paid rent of
$120,000 and $95,000, respectively.
On
October 20, 2016, we borrowed $12,500 from Peter
Wolfson, an independent director, pursuant to a promissory
note. The terms of the note are as follows: (i) interest is
payable at 6% per annum; (ii) the note is payable 90 days
after demand; and (iii) the payee is authorized to convert
part or all of the note balance and accrued interest, if any, into
shares of our common stock at the rate of one share for each $0.03
of principal amount of the note. This conversion share price was
adjusted to $0.01384 for the reverse stock splits. As of
December 31, 2018, the outstanding balance was $12,500, plus
accrued interest of $1,754. As of December 31, 2018, we have
recorded a debt discount of $12,500 for the fair value of
derivative liability and fully amortized the debt
discount.
On March 9, 2017,
we issued a promissory note payable of $200,000 to Jeremy P.
Feakins & Associates, LLC, an entity in which our chief
executive officer is an officer and director. The note bears
interest of 10% and is due and payable within 90 days after demand.
During the year ended December 31, 2017, we received an additional
$2,000 and repaid $25,000. The outstanding balance was $177,000 and
accrued interest was $32,851 as of December 31,
2018.
On May 8, 2017, JPF
Venture Group, Inc., an investment entity that is majority-owned by
our director, chief executive officer, and chief financial officer,
transferred 148,558 shares of common stock for $111,440 to us to
fulfill an over-commitment of Series D
warrants.
We remain liable
for the loans made to us by JPF Venture Group, Inc. before the
merger on May 9, 2017. As of December 31, 2018, the outstanding
balance of these loans was $581,880 and the accrued interest was
$125,381. All of these notes are in default.
On June 5, 2017, a
shareholder elected to convert $25,000 of a convertible note
payable balance into 1,806,298 shares of our common stock ($0.014
per share).
On September 8,
2017, JPF Venture Group, Inc., elected to convert $50,000 of a note
payable balance into 3,612,596 shares of our common stock at a
conversion rate of $0.014 per share. In addition, accrued interest
of $6,342 was converted into 458,198 shares of our common
stock.
On November 6,
2017, we entered into an agreement and promissory note with JPF
Venture Group, Inc. to loan up to $2,000,000 to us. The terms of
the note are as follows: (i) interest is payable at 10% per
annum; (ii) all unpaid principal and all accrued and unpaid
interest is due and payable at the earliest of resolution of the
Memphis litigation (as defined therein), December 31, 2018, or when
we are otherwise able to pay. As of December 31, 2018, the
outstanding balance was $612,093 and the accrued interest was
$80,568. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we repaid
$29,474 and $39,432, respectively. On September 30, 2018, the note
was amended to extend the maturity date to the earliest of a
resolution of the Memphis litigation, December 31, 2018, or when we
are otherwise able to pay. This note is in
default.
On November 8,
2017, Jeremy P. Feakins & Associates. LLC, a Series B note
holder, elected to convert $50,000 in notes payable for 50,000
shares of our common stock at a conversion rate of $1.00. In
addition, it converted accrued interest in the amount of $16,263
for 16,263 shares of our common stock.
On January 18,
2018, Jeremy P. Feakins & Associates, LLC agreed to extend the
due date for repayment of a $2,265,000 note issued in 2014 to the
earlier of December 31, 2018, or the date of the financial closings
of our Baha Mar Project (or any other project of $25 million or
more), whichever occurs first. During 2016, we repaid $5,000. On
August 15, 2017, principal of $618,500 and accrued interest of
$207,731 were converted to 826,231 shares at $1.00 per share, which
was ratified by a disinterested majority of the board of directors.
The conversion was recorded at historical cost due to the
related-party nature of the transaction. For the year ended
December 31 2018, we repaid $35,000. As of December 31, 2018,
the note balance was $1,102,500 and the accrued interest was
$511,818. This note is in default.
For the year ended
December 31, 2018, we sold 240,840 shares of common stock for
$10,000 in cash to our chief executive officer and an independent
director.
On December 17 and
December 29, 2018, our chief executive officer provided two
short-term advances totaling $4,600 to us for working capital,
which was repaid on January 23, 2019.
W
HERE YOU CAN FIND MORE
INFORMATION
We
have filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) a registration statement on Form S-1 under the
Securities Act respecting the securities offered under this
prospectus. This prospectus, which forms a part of that
registration statement, does not contain all information included
in the registration statement. Certain information is omitted and
you should refer to the registration statement and its
exhibits.
You may
review a copy of the registration statement, and the annual,
quarterly, and current reports and other information that we file
with the SEC, by accessing the SEC’s website at
http://www.sec.gov.
Statements
contained in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract or
other document that we have filed as an exhibit to the registration
statement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the
exhibits for a complete statement of their terms and
conditions.
The
representations, warranties, and covenants made by us in any
agreement that is filed as an exhibit to the registration
statement, of which this prospectus is a part, were made solely for
the benefit of the parties to such agreement, including, in some
cases, for the purpose of allocating risk among the parties to such
agreements, and should not be deemed to be a representation,
warranty, or covenant to you. Moreover, such representations,
warranties, or covenants were made as of an earlier date.
Accordingly, such representations, warranties, and covenants should
not be relied on as accurately representing the current state of
our affairs.
D
ISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION
POSITION ON
INDEMNIFICATION
FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES
Pursuant to our
articles of incorporation and bylaws, we may indemnify an officer
or director who is made a party to any proceeding because of his
position as such, to the fullest extent authorized by the
corporation laws of the state of Nevada, as the same exists or may
hereafter be amended. In certain cases, we may advance expenses
incurred in defending any such proceeding.
To the extent that
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to directors, officers, or persons controlling our
company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed
that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore
unenforceable. If a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by us of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of our company
in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is
asserted by any of our directors, officers, or controlling persons
in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless
in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of that issue.
O
CEAN
THERMAL ENERGY CORPORATION
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM
AND
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2017
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
|
|
F-2
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2018 and December
31, 2017
|
|
F-3
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December
31, 2018 and 2017
|
|
F-4
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficiency for the
Years Ended December 31, 2018 and 2017
|
|
F-5
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December
31, 2018 and 2017
|
|
F-6
|
|
|
|
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
F-7
|
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM
To the
Shareholders and Board of Directors of:
Ocean
Thermal Energy Corporation
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Ocean
Thermal Energy Corporation and Subsidiaries (the
“Company”) as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the
related consolidated statements of operations, changes in
stockholders’ deficiency and cash flows for each of the two
years in the period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the
Company as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the results of its
operations and its cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2018
and 2017, in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.
Explanatory Paragraph – Going Concern
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared
assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As
discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company has a
net loss of $7,880,013, a working capital deficiency of
$17,601,515, and an accumulated deficit of $75,583,231. These
factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to
continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to
these matters are described in Note 2. The consolidated financial
statements do not include any adjustments that might result from
the outcome of this uncertainty
Basis for Opinion
These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the
Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a
public accounting firm registered with the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”)
and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in
accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and
the PCAOB.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to
perform, an audit of its internal controls over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our
audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of
material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to
error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those
risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis,
evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as
well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We
believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
/s/
Liggett & Webb, P.A.
LIGGETT
& WEBB, P.A.
Certified
Public Accountants
We have
served as the Company’s auditor since 2008
Boynton
Beach, Florida
March
22, 2019
OCEAN
THERMAL ENERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND DECEMBER 31, 2017
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
Current
Assets
|
|
|
Cash
|
$
8,398
|
$
425,015
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
-
|
25,000
|
Total
Current Assets
|
8,398
|
450,015
|
|
|
|
Property
and Equipment
|
|
|
Property
and equipment, net
|
672
|
1,352
|
Assets
under construction
|
-
|
892,639
|
Property
and Equipment, net
|
672
|
893,991
|
|
|
|
Total
Assets
|
$
9,070
|
$
1,344,006
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
Liabilities
|
|
|
Accounts
payables and accrued expense
|
$
8,876,222
|
$
6,846,010
|
Notes payable
- related party, net
|
2,398,473
|
3,592,948
|
Convertible notes
payable - related party, net
|
87,500
|
87,500
|
Notes
payable, net
|
2,671,640
|
589,812
|
Convertible notes
payable, net
|
1,283,824
|
50,000
|
Derivative
Liability
|
2,292,254
|
-
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
17,609,913
|
11,166,270
|
|
|
|
Notes
payable, net
|
168,334
|
607,290
|
Notes
payable, convertible
|
-
|
80,000
|
Total
Liabilities
|
17,778,247
|
11,853,560
|
|
|
|
Stockholders'
deficiency
|
|
|
Preferred
Stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized,
|
-
|
-
|
0
and 0 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
|
|
|
Common
stock, $0.001 par value; 200,000,000 shares
authorized,
|
|
|
131,038,944
and 122,642,247 shares issued and outstanding,
respectively
|
131,039
|
122,642
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
57,683,015
|
57,071,022
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
(75,583,231
)
|
(67,703,218
)
|
Total
Stockholders' Deficiency
|
(17,769,177
)
|
(10,509,554
)
|
|
|
|
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders' Deficiency
|
$
9,070
|
$
1,344,006
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
financial statements.
OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND DECEMBER 31,
2017
|
|
|
Operating
Expenses
|
|
|
Salaries
and wages
|
$
1,361,706
|
$
2,044,882
|
Professional
fees
|
1,201,956
|
1,669,202
|
General
and administrative
|
595,306
|
2,169,577
|
Warrant
expense
|
-
|
6,769,562
|
Impairment
of assets under construction
|
892,639
|
48,998
|
Total
Operating Expenses
|
4,051,607
|
12,702,221
|
|
|
|
Loss
from Operations
|
(4,051,607
)
|
(12,702,221
)
|
|
|
|
Other
Income & Expenses
|
|
|
Interest
expense, net
|
(1,281,134
)
|
(614,749
)
|
Amortization
of debt discount
|
(1,160,983
)
|
(44,960
)
|
Loss on
settlement of debt
|
(279,432
)
|
(1,105,203
)
|
Change
in fair value of liability
|
-
|
(124,542
)
|
Change
in fair value of derivative liability
|
(1,206,857
)
|
-
|
Income
from legal settlement
|
100,000
|
-
|
Total
other income & expenses
|
(3,828,406
)
|
(1,889,454
)
|
|
|
|
Loss
Before Income Taxes
|
(7,880,013
)
|
(14,591,675
)
|
|
|
|
Provision
for Income Taxes
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
Net
Loss
|
$
(7,880,013
)
|
$
(14,591,675
)
|
|
|
|
Net
Loss per Common Share
|
|
|
Basic
and Diluted
|
$
(0.06
)
|
$
(0.13
)
|
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding - Basic and
Diluted
|
124,725,638
|
111,735,383
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
financial statements.
OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS'
DEFICIENCY
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND DECEMBER 31,
2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, December 31, 2016
|
-
|
$
-
|
94,343,776
|
$
94,344
|
$
44,352,962
|
$
(53,111,543
)
|
$
(8,664,237
)
|
Warrants and
options exercised at $0.00: 1/1/17 to 5/8/17 (prior to
merger)
|
|
|
14,792,500
|
14,793
|
(14,793
)
|
-
|
-
|
D Warrants
exercised at $0.75: 1/1/17 to 5/8/17 (prior to
merger)
|
|
|
998,079
|
998
|
747,537
|
-
|
748,535
|
Stock issued for services and commitment fee
|
|
|
3,887,802
|
3,888
|
2,898,876
|
-
|
2,902,764
|
Stock issued for cash
|
|
|
11,250
|
11
|
44,989
|
-
|
45,000
|
Stock issued
for conversion of note payable and accrued
interest
|
|
|
7,386,872
|
7,387
|
2,348,008
|
-
|
2,355,395
|
Stock repurchased from related parties
|
|
|
(148,588
)
|
(149
)
|
(111,291
)
|
-
|
(111,440
)
|
Stock issued for conversion of accounts payable
|
|
|
425,000
|
425
|
702,700
|
-
|
703,125
|
Stock issued for employee bonuses
|
|
|
409,066
|
409
|
919,990
|
-
|
920,399
|
Stock issued for TetriDyn Solutions, Inc.
|
|
|
536,490
|
536
|
(1,628,562
)
|
|
(1,628,026
)
|
FV of warrant modifications
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
6,769,562
|
-
|
6,769,562
|
Beneficial conversion feature on notes payable
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
41,044
|
-
|
41,044
|
Net
Loss
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(14,591,675
)
|
(14,591,675
)
|
Balance,
December 31, 2017
|
-
|
$
-
|
122,642,247
|
$
122,642
|
$
57,071,022
|
$
(67,703,218
)
|
$
(10,509,554
)
|
Stock issued for
warrants
|
|
|
39,000
|
39
|
9,481
|
-
|
9,520
|
Stock issued for services
|
|
|
673,345
|
673
|
138,313
|
-
|
138,986
|
Stock issued for conversions of notes payable
|
|
|
4,000,000
|
4,000
|
110,078
|
-
|
114,078
|
Shares issued as a commitment fee
|
|
|
400,000
|
400
|
20,800
|
-
|
21,200
|
Beneficial conversion features
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
13,248
|
-
|
13,248
|
Reclassification of derivative liabilities
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
157,473
|
-
|
157,473
|
Stock issued
for cash under equity agreement, net of offering
costs
|
|
|
2,300,000
|
2,300
|
104,605
|
|
106,905
|
Stock issued for cash
|
|
|
743,512
|
744
|
48,236
|
|
48,980
|
Stock issued for cash to related parties
|
|
|
240,840
|
241
|
9,759
|
|
10,000
|
Net
Loss
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(7,880,013
)
|
(7,880,013
)
|
Balance, December 31, 2018
|
-
|
$
-
|
131,038,944
|
$
131,039
|
$
57,683,015
|
$
(75,583,231
)
|
$
(17,769,177
)
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
financial statements.
OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND DECEMBER 31,
2017
|
|
|
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities:
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
$
(7,880,013
)
|
$
(14,591,675
)
|
Adjustments to
reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities
|
|
|
Depreciation
|
680
|
1,014
|
Impairment of
assets under construction
|
892,639
|
48,998
|
Stock issued for
services
|
138,986
|
2,902,764
|
Stock issued for
bonuses
|
-
|
920,399
|
Penalties upon
default
|
470,679
|
-
|
Change in fair
value of liability
|
-
|
124,542
|
Change in
derivative liability
|
1,206,857
|
-
|
Loss on settlement
of debt
|
-
|
1,105,203
|
Warrant
expense
|
-
|
6,769,562
|
Amortization of
debt discounts
|
1,160,983
|
44,960
|
Loss on
extinguishment of debt
|
279,432
|
-
|
Changes in assets
and liabilities:
|
|
|
Other
current assets
|
-
|
-
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
25,000
|
5,549
|
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
2,066,175
|
1,199,515
|
Net
Cash Used In Operating Activities
|
(1,638,582
)
|
(1,469,169
)
|
|
|
|
Cash
Flow From Investing Activities:
|
|
|
Cash
acquired in acquisition
|
-
|
4,512
|
Assets
under construction
|
-
|
(95,352
)
|
Payments
for acquisition
|
-
|
(49,773
)
|
Net
Cash Used In Investing Activities
|
-
|
(140,613
)
|
|
|
|
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities:
|
|
|
Repayment
of notes payable - related party
|
(64,474
)
|
(64,432
)
|
Repayment
of government loans
|
(3,208
)
|
(4,539
)
|
Proceeds
from notes payable
|
499,156
|
490,000
|
Proceeds
from notes payable, convertible
|
615,086
|
80,000
|
Proceeds
from issuance of common stock for cash
|
155,885
|
45,000
|
Proceeds
from notes payable - related party
|
-
|
844,178
|
Stock
repurchased from related parties
|
-
|
(111,440
)
|
Stock
issued for exercise of warrants for cash
|
9,520
|
748,535
|
Stock
issued for cash - related party
|
10,000
|
-
|
Net
Cash Provided by Financing Activities
|
1,221,965
|
2,027,302
|
|
|
|
Net increase in
cash and cash equivalents
|
(416,617
)
|
417,520
|
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
425,015
|
7,495
|
Cash
and Cash Equivalents at End of Year
|
$
8,398
|
$
425,015
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow
information
|
|
|
Cash
paid for interest expense
|
$
26,342
|
$
17,162
|
Cash
paid for income taxes
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing
activities:
|
|
|
Convertible note
payable and accrued interest - related party converted to common
stock
|
$
114,078
|
$
80,275
|
Note payable and
accrued interest - related party converted into common
stock
|
$
-
|
$
668,500
|
Note payable and
accrued interest converted into common stock
|
$
878,292
|
$
-
|
Penalties upon
default on notes payable
|
$
470,680
|
$
-
|
Due to related
party, converted into note payable - related party
|
$
-
|
$
38,822
|
Accounts payable
converted into common stock
|
$
-
|
$
326,250
|
Stock issued for
commitment fee on issuance of note payable
|
$
21,200
|
$
-
|
Debt discount on
notes payable
|
$
13,248
|
$
41,044
|
Reclassification of
derivative liability
|
$
157,473
|
$
-
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements.
OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
(FORMERLY KNOWN AS TETRIDYN SOLUTIONS, INC.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND DECEMBER 31,
2017
NOTE 1 – NATURE OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF
PRESENTATION
Ocean
Thermal Energy Corporation is currently in the businesses
of:
●
OTEC and SWAC/LWAC
—designing ocean thermal energy
conversion (“OTEC”) power plants and seawater air
conditioning (“SWAC/LWAC”) plants for large commercial
properties, utilities, and municipalities. These technologies
provide practical solutions to mankind’s three oldest and
most fundamental needs: clean drinking water, plentiful food, and
sustainable, affordable energy without the use of fossil fuels.
OTEC is a clean technology that continuously extracts energy from
the temperature difference between warm surface ocean water and
cold deep seawater. In addition to producing electricity, some of
the seawater running through an OTEC plant can be efficiently
desalinated using the power generated by the OTEC technology,
producing thousands of cubic meters of fresh water every day for
use in agriculture and human consumption in the communities served
by its plants. This cold, deep, nutrient-rich water can also be
used to cool buildings (SWAC/LWAC) and for fish
farming/aquaculture. In short, it is a technology with many
benefits, and its versatility makes OTEC unique.
●
EcoVillages
—
developing
and commercializing our EcoVillages, as well as working to develop
or acquire new complementary assets. EcoVillages are communities
whose goal is to become more socially, economically, and
ecologically sustainable. EcoVillages are communities whose
inhabitants seek to live according to ecological principles,
causing as little impact on the environment as possible. We expect
that our EcoVillage communities will range from a population of 50
to 150 individuals, although some may be smaller. We may also form
larger EcoVillages, of up to 2,000 individuals, as networks of
smaller subcommunities. We expect that our EcoVillages will grow by
the addition of individuals, families, or other small
groups.
We expect to use our technology in the development
of our EcoVillages, which should add significant value to our
existing line of
business
.
On
May 9, 2017, TetriDyn Solutions, Inc. (“TDYS”) acquired
Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (“OTE”) in a merger
(the “Merger”), in which outstanding securities of OTE
were converted into securities of TDYS, which changed its name to
Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation. For accounting purposes, this
transaction was accounted for as a reverse merger and has been
treated as a recapitalization of TDYS with OTE as the accounting
acquirer. The historical financial statements of the accounting
acquirer became the financial statements of the company. We did not
recognize goodwill or any intangible assets in connection with the
transaction. The 110,273,767 shares issued to the shareholders of
the accounting acquirer in conjunction with the share exchange
transaction have been presented as outstanding for all periods. The
historical financial statements include the operations of the
accounting acquirer for all periods presented and the accounting
acquiree for the period from May 9, 2017, through December 31,
2017. Our accounting year end is December 31, which was the
year-end of the accounting acquirer.
On
May 25, 2017, we received approval from the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) to change the
trading symbol for our common stock to “CPWR,”
pronounced “sea power” to reflect our core technology,
from “TDYS.” Our common stock began formally trading
under the symbol “CPWR” on June 21, 2017.
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the
company and our wholly owned subsidiaries. Intercompany accounts
and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In the
opinion of management, our financial statements reflect all
adjustments that are of a normal recurring nature necessary for
presentation of financial statements in accordance with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
Principal Subsidiary Undertakings
Our
consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31,
2018 and 2017, include the following subsidiaries:
Name
|
Place of Incorporation / Establishment
|
Principal Activities
|
Date Formed
|
Ocean
Thermal Energy Bahamas Ltd.
|
Bahamas
|
Intermediate
holding company of OTE BM Ltd. and OTE Bahamas O&M
Ltd.
|
07/04/2011
|
|
|
|
|
OTE BM
Ltd.
|
Bahamas
|
OTEC/SDC
development in the Bahamas
|
09/07/2011
|
|
|
|
|
OCEES
International Inc.
|
Hawaii,
USA
|
Research and
development for the Pacific Rim
|
01/21/1998
|
|
|
|
|
Ocean
Thermal Energy UK Limited
|
England
and Wales
|
Dormant
|
07/22/2010
|
|
|
|
|
OTEC
Innovation Group Inc.
|
Delaware,
USA
|
Dormant
|
06/02/2011
|
|
|
|
|
OTE-BM
Energy Partners LLC
|
Delaware,
USA
|
Dormant
|
06/02/2011
|
|
|
|
|
OTE
Bahamas O&M Ltd.
|
Bahamas
|
Dormant
|
09/07/2011
|
|
|
|
|
Ocean
Thermal Energy Holdings Ltd.
|
Bahamas
|
Dormant
|
03/05/2012
|
|
|
|
|
Ocean
Thermal Energy Cayman Ltd.
|
Caymans
|
Dormant
|
03/26/2013
|
|
|
|
|
OTE HC
Ltd.
|
Caymans
|
Dormant
|
03/26/2013
|
|
|
|
|
Ocean
Thermal Energy USVI, Inc.
|
Virgin
Islands
|
Dormant
|
07/12/2016
|
We have
an effective interest of 100% in each of our
subsidiaries.
Use of Estimates
In
preparing financial statements in conformity with GAAP, management
is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and revenues and expenses during the reported period.
Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant
estimates include the assumptions used in valuing equity
investments and issuances, valuation of deferred tax assets, and
depreciable lives of property and equipment.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
We
consider all highly liquid temporary cash investments with an
original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
At December 31, 2018 and 2017, we had no cash
equivalents.
Income Taxes
On
December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Jobs
Act”) was enacted. The Jobs Act significantly revised the
U.S. corporate income tax law by lowering the corporate federal
income tax rate from 35% to 21%.
We use
the liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the
liability method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are
determined based on temporary differences between financial
reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and on the amount
of operating loss carry-forwards and are measured using the enacted
tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the temporary
differences and carry-forwards are expected to reverse. An
allowance against deferred tax assets is recorded when it is more
likely than not that such tax benefits will not be
realized.
Our
ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards may be
substantially limited due to ownership change limitations that may
have occurred or that could occur in the future, as required by
Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”), as well as similar state provisions. These
ownership changes may limit the amount of net operating loss that
can be utilized annually to offset future taxable income and tax,
respectively. In general, an “ownership change” as
defined by Section 382 of the Code results from a transaction or
series of transactions over a three-year period resulting in an
ownership change of more than 50.0% of the outstanding stock of a
company by certain stockholders or public groups.
We have
not completed a study to assess whether an ownership change has
occurred or whether there have been multiple ownership changes
since we became a “loss corporation” under the
definition of Section 382. If we have experienced an ownership
change, utilization of the net operating loss carryforwards would
be subject to an annual limitation under Section 382 of the Code,
which is determined by first multiplying the value of our stock at
the time of the ownership change by the applicable long-term,
tax-exempt rate, and then could be subject to additional
adjustments, as required. Any limitation may result in expiration
of a portion of the net operating loss carryforwards before
utilization. Further, until a study is completed and any limitation
known, no positions related to limitations are being considered as
an uncertain tax position or disclosed as an unrecognized tax
benefit. Any carryforwards that expire prior to utilization as a
result of such limitations will be removed from deferred tax assets
with a corresponding reduction of the valuation allowance. Due to
the existence of the valuation allowance, it is not expected that
any possible limitation will have an impact on our results of
operations or financial position.
Business Segments
We
conduct operations in various foreign jurisdictions where we are
developing projects to use our technology. Our segments were based
on the location of these projects. The U.S. territories segment
consists of projects in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam; and the
other segment currently consists of projects in the Cayman Islands.
Direct revenues and costs, depreciation, depletion, and
amortization costs, general and administrative costs, and other
income directly associated with their respective segments are
detailed within the following discussion. Identifiable net property
and equipment are reported by business segment for management
reporting and reportable business segment disclosure purposes.
Current assets, other assets, current liabilities, and long-term
debt are not allocated to business segments for management
reporting or business segment disclosure purposes.
Reportable
business segment information is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
Assets
|
$
9,070
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
$
9,070
|
Net
Loss
|
$
(6,987,374
)
|
$
(892,639
)
|
$
-
|
$
(7,880,013
)
|
Property
and equipment
|
$
672
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
$
672
|
Depreciation
|
$
680
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
$
680
|
Addtions
to Property and equipment
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
Impairment
of assets under construction
|
$
-
|
$
892,639
|
$
-
|
$
892,639
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
Assets
|
$
451,367
|
$
892,639
|
$
-
|
$
1,344,006
|
Net
loss
|
$
(14,542,677
)
|
$
-
|
$
(48,998
)
|
$
(14,591,675
)
|
Property
and equipment
|
$
1,352
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
$
1,352
|
Assets
under construction
|
$
-
|
$
892,639
|
$
-
|
$
892,639
|
Depreciation
|
$
1,014
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
$
1,014
|
Additions
to assets under construction
|
$
-
|
$
95,352
|
$
-
|
$
95,352
|
Impairment
of assets under construction
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
$
48,998
|
$
48,998
|
During
the year ended December 31, 2018, $892,639 of Guam and U.S. Virgin
Islands assets under construction were considered to be impaired
due to the uncertainty of the project and were written
off.
For the
year ended December 31, 2017, the U.S. territories are comprised of
U.S. Virgin Islands project (approx. $728,000) and Guam project
(approx. $165,000). Other territories are comprised of Cayman
Islands project); however, during the year ended December 31, 2017,
$48,998 of Cayman Islands assets under construction was considered
to be impaired due to the uncertainty of the project and were
written off. The additions to assets under construction in 2017
were primarily salaries and consulting services.
Property and Equipment
Furniture,
equipment, and software are recorded at cost and include major
expenditures that increase productivity or substantially increase
useful lives.
Maintenance,
repairs, and minor replacements are charged to expenses when
incurred. When furniture, vehicles, or equipment is sold or
otherwise disposed of, the asset and related accumulated
depreciation are removed from this account, and any gain or loss is
included in the statement of operations.
Assets
under construction represent costs incurred by us for our renewable
energy systems currently in process. Generally, all costs incurred
during the development stage of our projects are capitalized and
tracked on an individual project basis and are included in
construction in progress until the project has been placed into
service. If a project is abandoned, the associated costs that have
been capitalized are charged to expense in the year of abandonment.
Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as
incurred. Interest costs incurred during the construction period of
defined major projects from debt that is specifically incurred for
those projects are capitalized.
Direct
labor costs incurred for specific major projects expected to have
long-term benefits are capitalized. Direct labor costs subject to
capitalization include employee salaries, as well as related
payroll taxes and benefits. With respect to the allocation of
salaries to projects, salaries are allocated based on the
percentage of hours that our key managers, engineers, and
scientists work on each project. These individuals track their time
worked at each project. Major projects are generally defined as
projects expected to exceed $500,000. Direct labor includes all of
the time incurred by employees directly involved with construction
and development activities. Time spent in general and indirect
management and in evaluating the feasibility of potential projects
is expensed when incurred.
We
capitalize costs incurred once the project has met the project
feasibility stage. Costs include environmental engineering,
permits, government approval, and site engineering costs. We
currently have several EcoVillage projects in the development
stage. We capitalize direct interest costs associated with the
projects. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, we have no interest
costs capitalized for any of these projects.
The
cost of furniture, vehicles, equipment, and software is depreciated
over the estimated useful lives of the related assets.
Depreciation is
computed using the straight-line method for financial reporting
purposes. The estimated useful lives and accumulated depreciation
for land, buildings, furniture, vehicles, equipment, and software
are as follows:
|
|
Computer
Equipment
|
3
|
Software
|
5
|
Fair Value
Financial
Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standard
Codification (“ASC”) Topic 820,
Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures
, defines fair value, establishes a framework for
measuring fair value under GAAP, and enhances disclosures about
fair value measurements. ASC 820 describes a fair value hierarchy
based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are
considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used
to measure fair value, which are the following:
●
Level
1–Pricing inputs are quoted prices available in active
markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting
date.
●
Level
2–Pricing inputs are quoted for similar assets or inputs that
are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially
the full term through corroboration with observable market data.
Level 2 includes assets or liabilities valued at quoted prices
adjusted for legal or contractual restrictions specific to these
investments.
●
Level
3–Pricing inputs are unobservable for the assets or
liabilities; that is, the inputs reflect the reporting
entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market
participants would use in pricing the asset or
liability.
Management believes
the carrying amounts of the short-term financial instruments,
including cash and cash equivalents, prepaid expense and other
assets, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, notes payable,
deferred compensation, and other liabilities reflected in the
accompanying balance sheets approximate fair value at
December 31, 2018, and December 31, 2017, due to the
relatively short-term nature of these instruments.
We
account for derivative liability at fair value on a recurring basis
under level 3 at December 31, 2018 (see Note 5).
Concentrations
Cash,
cash equivalents, and restricted cash are deposited with major
financial institutions, and at times, such balances with any one
financial institution may be in excess of FDIC-insured limits. As
of December 31, 2018, and 2017, $0 and $179,855, respectively, were
deposited in excess of FDIC-insured limits. Management believes the
risk in these situations to be minimal.
Loss per Share
The
basic loss per share is calculated by dividing our net loss
available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of
common shares during the period. The diluted loss per share is
calculated by dividing our net loss by the diluted weighted average
number of shares outstanding during the period. The diluted
weighted average number of shares outstanding is the basic weighted
number of shares adjusted for any potentially dilutive debt or
equity. We have 350,073 and 134,000 shares issuable upon the
exercise of warrants and 47,046,431 and 7,056,721 shares issuable
upon the conversion of convertible notes that were not included in
the computation of dilutive loss per share because their inclusion
is antidilutive for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017,
respectively.
Revenue Recognition
In May
2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update
(“ASU”) 2014-09,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic
606)
. This ASU is a comprehensive new revenue recognition
model that requires a company to recognize revenue to depict the
transfer of goods or services to a customer at an amount that
reflects the consideration it expects to receive in exchange for
those goods or services. We adopted the ASU on January 1, 2018. The
adoption of the ASU did not have an impact on our consolidated
financial statements during the years ended December 31, 2018 and
2017.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June
2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07,
Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic
718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment
Accounting
. This ASU relates to the accounting for
non-employee share-based payments. The amendment in this update
expands the scope of Topic 718 to include all share-based payment
transactions in which a grantor acquired goods or services to be
used or consumed in a grantor’s own operations by issuing
share-based payment awards. The ASU excludes share-based payment
awards that relate to: (1) financing to the issuer; or (2) awards
granted in conjunction with selling goods or services to customers
as part of a contract accounted for under Topic 606,
Revenue from Contracts from Customers
.
The share-based payments are to be measured at grant-date fair
value of the equity instruments that the entity is obligated to
issue when the goods or service has been delivered or rendered and
all other conditions necessary to earn the right to benefit from
the equity instruments have been satisfied. This standard will be
effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that
fiscal year. For all other entities, the amendments are effective
for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim
periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020.
Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than an entity’s
adoption of Topic 606. We are currently reviewing the provisions of
this ASU to determine if there will be any impact on our results of
operations, cash flows, or financial condition.
We have
reviewed all recently issued, but not yet adopted, accounting
standards in order to determine their effects, if any, on our
consolidated results of operations, financial position, and cash
flows. Based on that review, we believe that none of these
pronouncements will have a significant effect on current or future
earnings or operations.
NOTE 2 – GOING CONCERN
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared
on the assumption that we will continue as a going concern. As
reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, we
had a net loss of $7,880,013 and used cash of $1,638,582 in
operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2018. We had a
working capital deficiency of $17,601,515 and a stockholders’
deficiency of $17,769,177 as of December 31, 2018. These factors
raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going
concern. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on
our ability to increase sales and obtain external funding for our
projects under development. The financial statements do not include
any adjustments that may result from the outcome of this
uncertainty.
NOTE 3 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and
equipment as of December 31, 2018, consist of the
following:
Property & Equipment as of December 31, 2018
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|
|
|
|
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Useful Life
|
|
|
|
|
Life
|
Computer
& Office Equipment
|
$
13,751
|
$
13,079
|
$
672
|
3
Years
|
Software
(Video System)
|
19,061
|
19,061
|
-
|
5
Years
|
|
$
32,812
|
$
32,140
|
$
672
|
|
Property and
equipment as of December 31, 2017, consist of the
following:
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|
|
|
Useful Life
|
|
|
|
|
Life
|
Computer
& Office Equipment
|
$
13,751
|
$
12,399
|
$
1,352
|
3
Years
|
Software
(Video System)
|
19,061
|
19,061
|
-
|
5
Years
|
Construction
in Process
|
892,639
|
|
892,639
|
|
|
$
925,451
|
$
31,460
|
$
893,991
|
|
Depreciation
expense for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, was $680
and $1,014, respectively.
During the
year ended December 31, 2018, $892,639 of Guam and U.S. Virgin
Islands assets under construction were considered to be impaired
due to the uncertainty of the projects and written-off. During the
year ended December 31, 2017, $48,998 of Cayman Islands assets
under construction was considered to be impaired due to the
uncertainty of the project and were written
off.
NOTE 4 – CONVERTIBLE NOTES AND NOTES PAYABLE
On
December 12, 2006, we borrowed funds from the Southeast Idaho
Council of Governments (SICOG), the EDA-#180 loan. The interest
rate is 6.25%, and the maturity date was January 5, 2013. During
the year ended December 31, 2018, we made a repayment of $3,208.
The loan principal was $9,379 with accrued interest of $186 as of
December 31, 2018. This note is in default.
On
December 23, 2009, we borrowed funds from SICOG, the EDA-#273 loan.
The interest rate is 7%, and the maturity date was December 23,
2014. The loan principal was $94,480 with accrued interest of
$22,864 as of December 31, 2018. This note is in
default.
On
December 23, 2009, we borrowed funds from SICOG, the MICRO I-#274
loan and MICRO II-#275 loan. The interest rate is 7%, and the
maturity date was December 23, 2014. The loan principal was $47,239
with accrued interest of $11,349 as of December 31, 2018. These
notes are in default.
On
December 1, 2007, we borrowed funds from the Eastern Idaho
Development Corporation and the Economic Development Corporation.
The interest rate is 7%, and the maturity date was September 1,
2015. The loan principal was $85,821 with accrued interest of
$39,414 as of December 31, 2018. This note is in
default.
On
September 25, 2009, we borrowed funds from the Pocatello
Development Authority. The interest rate is 5%, and the maturity
date was October 25, 2011. The loan principal was $50,000 with
accrued interest of $20,740 as of December 31, 2018. This note is
in default.
On
March 12, 2015, we combined convertible notes issued in 2010, 2011,
and 2012, payable to our officers and directors in the aggregate
principal amount of $320,246, plus accrued but unpaid interest of
$74,134, into a single, $394,380 consolidated convertible note (the
“Consolidated Note”). The Consolidated Note was
assigned to JPF Venture Group, Inc., an investment entity that is
majority-owned by Jeremy Feakins, our director, chief executive
officer, and chief financial officer. The Consolidated Note was
convertible to common stock at $0.025 per share, the approximate
market price of our common stock as of the date of the issuance. On
February 24, 2017, the Consolidated Note was amended to eliminate
the conversion feature. The Consolidated Note bears interest at 6%
per annum and is due and payable within 90 days after demand. As of
December 31, 2018, the outstanding loan balance was $394,380 and
the accrued but unpaid interest was $95,011 on the Consolidated
Note. This note is in default.
During
2016 and 2015, we borrowed $75,000 from JPF Venture Group, Inc.
pursuant to promissory notes. The terms of the notes are as
follows: (i) interest is payable at 6% per annum;
(ii) the notes are payable 90 days after demand; and
(iii) payee is authorized to convert part or all of the note
balance and accrued interest, if any, into shares of our common
stock at the rate of one share each for $0.03 of principal amount
of the note. This conversion share price was adjusted to $0.01384
for the reverse stock splits. As of December 31, 2018, the
outstanding balance was $75,000, plus accrued interest of $12,173.
As of December 31, 2018, we have recorded a debt discount of
$75,000 for the fair value derivative liability and fully amortized
the debt discount.
During
2016, we borrowed $112,500 from JPF Venture Group, Inc. pursuant to
promissory notes. The terms of the notes are as follows:
(i) interest is payable at 6% per annum; (ii) the note
are payable 90 days after demand; and (iii) payee is
authorized to convert part or all of the note balance and accrued
interest, if any, into shares of our common stock at the rate of
one share for each $0.03 of principal amount of the note. This
conversion price is not required to adjust for the reverse stock
split as per the note agreement. On February 24, 2017, the notes
were amended to eliminate the conversion features. As of December
31, 2018, the outstanding balance was $112,500, plus accrued
interest of $18,197.
On
October 20, 2016, we borrowed $12,500 from an independent director
pursuant to a promissory note. The terms of the note are as
follows: (i) interest is payable at 6% per annum;
(ii) the note is payable 90 days after demand; and
(iii) the payee is authorized to convert part or all of the
note balance and accrued interest, if any, into shares of our
common stock at the rate of one share for each $0.03 of principal
amount of the note. This conversion share price was adjusted to
$0.01384 for the reverse stock splits. As of December 31, 2018, the
outstanding balance was $12,500, plus accrued interest of $1,754.
As of December 31, 2018, we have recorded a debt discount of
$12,500 for the fair value of derivative liability and fully
amortized the debt discount.
On
October 20, 2016, we borrowed $25,000 from a stockholder pursuant
to a promissory note. The terms of the note are as follows:
(i) interest is payable at 6% per annum; (ii) the note is
payable 90 days after demand; and (iii) the payee is
authorized to convert part or all of the note balance and accrued
interest, if any, into shares of our common stock at the rate of
one share for each $0.03 of principal amount of the note. This
conversion share price was adjusted to $0.01384 for the reverse
stock splits. As of September 5, 2017, the note holder converted
the note principal of $25,000 into 1,806,298 shares common stock.
As of December 31, 2018, there was an outstanding balance of
accrued interest of $904.
During
2012, we issued a note payable for $1,000,000 and three-year
warrants to purchase 3,295,761 shares of common stock with an
exercise price of $0.50 per share. The note had an interest rate of
10% per annum, was secured by a first lien in all of our assets,
and was due on February 3, 2015. We determined the warrants had a
fair value of $378,500 based on the Black-Scholes option-pricing
model. The fair value was recorded as a discount on the note
payable and was being amortized over the life of the note. We
repriced the warrants during 2013 and took an additional charge to
earnings of $1,269,380 related to the repricing. The warrants were
exercised upon the repricing. On March 6, 2018, the note was
amended to extend the due date to December 31, 2018. As of
December 31, 2018, the outstanding balance was $1,000,000,
plus accrued interest of $636,948. This note is in
default.
During
2013, we issued Series B units. Each unit is comprised of a note
agreement, a $50,000 promissory note that matures on September 30,
2023, and bears interest at 10% per annum payable annually in
arrears, a security agreement, and a warrant to purchase 10,000
shares of common stock at an exercise price to be determined
pursuant to a specified formula and expires on September 30, 2023.
During 2013, we issued $525,000 of 10% promissory notes and
warrants to purchase 105,000 shares of common stock. We determined
the warrants had a fair value of $60,068 based on the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model. As part of our agreement with a proposed
external financing source, the board repriced the warrants to
$0.00, exercised the warrants, and issued shares of common stock.
On August 15, 2017, loans of $316,666 and accrued interest of
$120,898 were converted to 437,564 shares at $1.00 per share, which
was ratified by a disinterested majority of the board of directors.
The shares were recorded at fair value of $1,165,892, which
resulted in a loss on settlement of debt of $728,328 on the
conversion date. As of December 31, 2018, the loan balance was
$158,334 and the accrued interest was $84,947.
During
2013, we issued a note payable for $290,000 in connection with the
reverse merger transaction with Broadband Network Affiliates, Inc.,
or BBNA. We have determined that no further payment of principal or
interest on this note should be made because the note holder failed
to perform his underlying obligations giving rise to this note. As
such, we are confident that if the note holder were to seek legal
redress, a court would decide in our favor by either voiding the
note or awarding damages sufficient to offset the note value. As of
December 31, 2018, the balance outstanding was $130,000, and the
accrued interest as of that date was $50,857. This note is in
default.
On
January 18, 2018, Jeremy P. Feakins & Associates, LLC, an
investment entity owned by our chief executive, chief financial
officer, and a director, agreed to extend the due date for
repayment of a $2,265,000 note issued in 2014 to the earlier of
December 31, 2018, or the date of the financial closings of our
Baha Mar project (or any other project of $25 million or more),
whichever occurs first. On August 15, 2017, principal of $618,500
and accrued interest of $207,731 were converted to 826,231 shares
at $1.00 per share, which was ratified by a disinterested majority
of the board of directors. The conversion was recorded at
historical cost due to the related-party nature of the transaction.
For the year ended December 31, 2018, we repaid $35,000. As of
December 31, 2018, the note balance was $1,102,500 and the accrued
interest was $511,818. This note is in default.
We have
$300,000 in principal amount of outstanding notes due to unrelated
parties, issued in 2014, in default since 2015, accruing interest
at a default rate of 22%. We intend to repay the notes and accrued
interest upon the Baha Mar SWAC/LWAC project’s financial
closing. Accrued interest totaled $247,045 as of December 31,
2018.
The due
date of April 7, 2017, on a $50,000 promissory note with an
unaffiliated investor, has been extended to April 7, 2019. The note
and accrued interest can be converted into our common stock at a
conversion rate of $0.75 per share at any time prior to the
repayment. This conversion price is not required to adjust for the
reverse stock split as per the note agreement. Accrued interest
totaled $18,917 as of December 31, 2018.
On
March 9, 2017, an entity owned and controlled by our chief
executive officer agreed to provide up to $200,000 in working
capital. The note bears interest of 10% and is due and payable
within 90 days of demand. During the year ended December 31,
2017, we received an additional $2,000 and repaid $25,000. As of
December 31, 2018, the balance outstanding was $177,000, plus
accrued interest of $32,851.
During
the third quarter of 2017, we completed a $2,000,000 convertible
promissory note private placement offering. The terms of the note
are as follows: (i) interest is payable at 6% per annum;
(ii) the note is payable two years after purchase; and (iii)
all principal and interest on each note automatically converts on
the conversion maturity date into shares of our common stock at a
conversion price of $4.00 per share, as long as the closing share
price of our common stock on the trading day immediately preceding
the conversion maturity date is at least $4.00, as adjusted for
stock splits, stock dividends, reclassification, and the like. If
the price of our shares on such date is less than $4.00 per share,
the note (principal and interest) will be repaid in full. As of
December 31, 2018, the outstanding balance for all four notes was
$80,000, plus accrued interest of $7,003.
On
November 6, 2017, we entered into an agreement and promissory note
with JPF Venture Group, Inc. to loan up to $2,000,000 to us. The
terms of the note are as follows: (i) interest is payable at
10% per annum; (ii) all unpaid principal and all accrued and
unpaid interest is due and payable at the earliest of a resolution
of the Memphis litigation, September 30, 2018, or when we are
otherwise able to pay. For the year ended December 31, 2018 and
2017, we repaid $29,474 and $39,432 respectively. As of December
31, 2018, the outstanding balance was $612,093 and the accrued
interest was $80,568. On September 30, 2018, the note was amended
to extend the maturity date to the earliest of a resolution of the
Memphis litigation, December 31, 2018, or when we are otherwise
able to pay. This note is in default.
In
December 2017, we entered into a note and warrant purchase
agreement pursuant to which we issued a series of unsecured
promissory notes to accredited investors, in the aggregate
principal amount of $979,156 as of December 31, 2018. These notes
accrue interest at a rate of 10% per annum payable on a quarterly
basis and are not convertible into shares of our capital stock. The
notes are payable within five business days after receipt of gross
proceeds of at least $1,500,000 from L2 Capital, LLC, an
unaffiliated Kansas limited liability company (“L2 Capital).
We may prepay the notes in whole or in part, without penalty or
premium, on or before the maturity date of July 30, 2019. In
connection with the issuance of the notes, for each note purchased,
the note holder will receive a warrant as follows:
●
$10,000 note with a
warrant to purchase 2,000 shares
●
$20,000 note with a
warrant to purchase 5,000 shares
●
$25,000 note with a
warrant to purchase 6,500 shares
●
$30,000 note with a
warrant to purchase 8,000 shares
●
$40,000 note with a
warrant to purchase 10,000 shares
●
$50,000 note with a
warrant to purchase 14,000 shares
The
exercise price per share of the warrants is equal to 85% of the
closing price of our common stock on the day immediately preceding
the exercise of the relevant warrant, subject to adjustment as
provided in the warrant. The warrant includes a cashless net
exercise provision whereby the holder can elect to receive shares
equal to the value of the warrant minus the fair market value of
shares being surrendered to pay the exercise price. As of December
31, 2018, and December 31, 2017, the balance outstanding was
$979,156 and $490,000, respectively. As of December 31, 2018, and
December 31, 2017, the accrued interest was $71,542 and $613,
respectively. As of December 31, 2018, and December 31, 2017, we
had issued warrants to purchase 262,000 and 134,000 shares of
common stock, respectively. As of December 31, 2018, and December
31, 2017, we determined that the warrants had a fair value of
$34,975 and $41,044, respectively, based on the Black-Scholes
pricing model. The fair value was recorded as a discount on the
notes payable and is being amortized over the life of the notes
payable. As of December 31, 2018, we have amortized $51,584 of debt
discount. As of December 31, 2018, warrants to purchase 39,000
shares have been exercised (see Note 6), and the debt discount
related to the exercised warrants has been fully expensed. As of
December 31, 2018, $21,367 of the principal payments of two notes
are due and in default.
On
February 15, 2018, we entered into an agreement with L2 Capital for
a loan of up to $565,555, together with interest at the rate of 8%
per annum, which consists of up to $500,000 to us and a prorated
original issuance discount of $55,555 and $10,000 for transactional
expenses to L2 Capital. L2 Capital has the right at any time to
convert all or any part of the note into fully paid and
nonassessable shares of our common stock at the fixed conversion
price, which is equal to $0.50 per share;
however
, at any time on or after the
occurrence of any event of default under the note, the conversion
price will adjust to the lesser of $0.50 or 65% multiplied by the
lowest volume weighted average price of the common stock during the
20-trading-day period ending, in L2 Capital’s sole discretion
on each conversion, on either the last complete trading day prior
to the conversion date or the conversion date. As of December 31,
2018, we have received five tranches totaling $482,222 with debt
issuance cost of $91,222. The debt issuance cost is amortized over
the life of the note. In addition, we also issued warrants to
purchase 56,073 shares of common stock in accordance with a
non-exclusive finder’s fee arrangement (see Note 6). These
warrants have a fair value of $13,280 based on the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model. The fair value was recorded as a discount on
the notes payable and is being amortized over the life of the notes
payable. As of December 31, 2018, we have fully amortized $91,222
of the debt issuance cost. During the year ended December 31, 2018,
L2 Capital converted $114,078 of the note into 4,000,000 shares of
common stock at an average conversion price of $0.0285 per share.
As of December 31, 2018, we have recorded a debt discount of
$475,481 for the fair value of derivative liability and fully
amortized the debt discount. As of December 31, 2018, the
outstanding balance of the original loan was $368,145 plus a
default penalty of $261,306 for a total of $629,451. The accrued
interest was $59,938. The note is in default as of December 31,
2018.
On May
22, 2018, we executed a convertible note with Collier Investments,
LLC, an unaffiliated California company, in the amount of $281,250
with an interest rate of 12% per annum. The maturity date of the
note is the earlier of: (i) seven months after the issuance date;
or (ii) the date on which we consummate a capital-raising
transaction for $6,000,000 or more primarily from the sale of
equity in the company. The note, or any portion of it, can be
convertible by the holder into shares of our common stock at any
time after the issuance date. The conversion price is equal to the
lesser of 80% multiplied by the price per share paid by the
investors in a “qualified financing” (as defined in the
note) or $0.20, subject to certain adjustments. At any time within
a 90-day period following the issuance date, we have the option to
prepay 145% of the outstanding balance. There were an original
issue discount and transaction fees of $36,250, yielding net
proceeds of $245,000 to us. In addition, we paid a finder’s
fee of $20,914. The original issue discount and transaction finder
fees are being amortized over the life of the note payable as debt
issuance cost. As of December 31, 2018, we have fully amortized the
debt issuance cost. As of December 31, 2018, we have recorded a
debt discount of $5,267 for the fair value of derivative liability
and fully amortized the debt discount. On December 14, 2018, L2
Capital LLC purchased this note payable from Collier Investments,
LLC. The total consideration was $371,250, including the
outstanding note balance, the accrued interest, and liquidated
damages (see below for convertible note issued to L2 Capital on
December 14, 2018). We recorded the loss on the extinguishment of
debt of $279,432.
On
September 19, 2018, we executed a note payable for $10,000 with an
unrelated party that bears interest at 6% per annum, which is due
quarterly beginning as of September 30, 2018. The maturity date for
the note is three years after date of issuance. In addition, the
lender received warrants to purchase 2,000 shares of common stock
upon signing the promissory note. The warrant can be exercised at a
price per share equal to a 15% discount from the price of common
stock on the last trading day before such purchase. As of December
31, 2018, the balance outstanding was $10,000 and the accrued
interest was $172.
On
December 14, 2018, L2 Capital LLC purchased our note payable from
Collier Investments, LLC. The total consideration was $371,250,
including the outstanding note balance of $281,250, the accrued
interest of $33,750, and liquidated damages of $56,250. There was
also a default penalty of $153,123. In addition, we issued 400,000
shares of common stock to L2 Capital, LLC as commitment shares with
a fair value of $21,200 in connection with the purchase of the
note. We executed a convertible note with L2 Capital in the amount
of $371,250 with an interest rate of 12% per annum. The maturity
date of the note is December 22, 2018. The holder of the note can
convert the note, or any portion of it, into shares of common stock
at any time after the issuance date. The conversion price is 65% of
the market price, which is defined as the lowest trading price for
our common stock during the 20-trading-day period prior to the
conversion date. As of December 31, 2018, we have recorded a debt
discount of $371,250 for the fair value of derivative liability and
fully amortized the debt discount. On December 31, 2018, the
outstanding balance was $524,373, which includes a default penalty,
and the accrued interest was $4,183. This note is in
default.
The
following convertible note and notes payable were outstanding at
December 31, 2018:
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Principal
at
December
31,
2018
|
Discount
at
December
31,
2018
|
Carrying
Amount at December 31,
2018
|
|
|
|
|
12/12/06
|
|
6.25
%
|
Yes
|
58,670
|
9,379
|
-
|
9,379
|
-
|
-
|
9,379
|
-
|
12/01/07
|
|
7.00
%
|
Yes
|
125,000
|
85,821
|
-
|
85,821
|
-
|
-
|
85,821
|
-
|
09/25/09
|
|
5.00
%
|
Yes
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
50,000
|
-
|
-
|
50,000
|
-
|
12/23/09
|
|
7.00
%
|
Yes
|
100,000
|
94,480
|
-
|
94,480
|
-
|
-
|
94,480
|
-
|
12/23/09
|
|
7.00
%
|
Yes
|
25,000
|
23,619
|
-
|
23,619
|
-
|
-
|
23,619
|
-
|
12/23/09
|
|
7.00
%
|
Yes
|
25,000
|
23,620
|
-
|
23,620
|
-
|
-
|
23,620
|
-
|
02/10/18
|
|
10.00
%
|
Yes
|
1,000,000
|
1,000,000
|
-
|
1,000,000
|
|
-
|
1,000,000
|
-
|
08/15/13
|
|
10.00
%
|
No
|
525,000
|
158,334
|
-
|
158,334
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
158,334
|
12/31/13
|
|
8.00
%
|
Yes
|
290,000
|
130,000
|
-
|
130,000
|
-
|
-
|
130,000
|
-
|
04/01/14
|
|
10.00
%
|
Yes
|
2,265,000
|
1,102,500
|
-
|
1,102,500
|
1,102,500
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
12/22/14
|
|
22.00
%*
|
Yes
|
200,000
|
200,000
|
-
|
200,000
|
-
|
-
|
200,000
|
-
|
12/26/14
|
|
22.00
%*
|
Yes
|
100,000
|
100,000
|
-
|
100,000
|
-
|
-
|
100,000
|
-
|
03/12/15
|
(1
)
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
394,380
|
394,380
|
-
|
394,380
|
394,380
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
04/07/15
|
|
10.00
%
|
Yes
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
50,000
|
-
|
-
|
50,000
|
-
|
11/23/15
|
(1
)
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
02/25/16
|
(1
)
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
05/20/16
|
(1
)
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
10/20/16
|
(1
)
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
50,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
12,500
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
10/20/16
|
(1
)
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
12,500
|
12,500
|
-
|
12,500
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
12/21/16
|
(1
)
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
25,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
25,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
03/09/17
|
(1
)
|
10.00
%
|
No
|
200,000
|
177,000
|
-
|
177,000
|
177,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
07/13/17
|
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
25,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
25,000
|
-
|
-
|
25,000
|
-
|
07/18/17
|
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
25,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
25,000
|
-
|
-
|
25,000
|
-
|
07/26/17
|
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
15,000
|
15,000
|
-
|
15,000
|
-
|
-
|
15,000
|
-
|
07/27/17
|
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
15,000
|
15,000
|
-
|
15,000
|
-
|
-
|
15,000
|
-
|
12/20/17
|
(2
)
|
10.00
%
|
Yes**
|
979,156
|
979,156
|
24,435
|
954,721
|
-
|
-
|
954,721
|
-
|
11/06/17
|
|
10.00
%
|
Yes
|
646,568
|
612,093
|
-
|
612,093
|
612,093
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
02/19/18
|
|
18.00
%*
|
Yes
|
629,451
|
629,451
|
-
|
629,451
|
-
|
-
|
629,451
|
-
|
09/19/18
|
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
10,000
|
10,000
|
-
|
10,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
10,000
|
12/14/18
|
|
24.00
%*
|
Yes
|
524,373
|
524,373
|
-
|
524,373
|
-
|
-
|
524,373
|
-
|
|
|
|
$
8,515,098
|
$
6,634,206
|
$
24,435
|
$
6,609,771
|
$
2,485,973
|
$
-
|
$
3,955,464
|
$
168,334
|
(1)
Maturity
date is 90 days after demand.
(2)
Bridge
loans were issued at dates between December 2017 and May 2018.
Principal is due on the earlier of 18 months from the anniversary
date or the completion of L2 financing with a gross proceeds of a
minimum of $1.5 million.
(3)
L2
- Note was drawn down in five traunches between 02/16/18 and
05/02/18.
**
Partially
in default as of December 31, 2018
The following convertible notes and notes payable were outstanding
at December 31, 2017:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related Party
|
|
Date of Issuance
|
|
|
In Default
|
|
Principal at
December 31,
2017
|
Discount at
December 31
2017
|
Carrying Amount at
December 31,
2017
|
|
|
|
|
12/12/06
|
|
6.25
%
|
Yes
|
58,670
|
12,272
|
-
|
12,272
|
-
|
-
|
12,272
|
-
|
12/01/07
|
|
7.00
%
|
Yes
|
125,000
|
85,821
|
-
|
85,821
|
-
|
-
|
85,821
|
-
|
09/25/09
|
|
5.00
%
|
Yes
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
50,000
|
-
|
-
|
50,000
|
-
|
12/23/09
|
|
7.00
%
|
Yes
|
100,000
|
94,480
|
-
|
94,480
|
-
|
-
|
94,480
|
-
|
12/23/09
|
|
7.00
%
|
Yes
|
25,000
|
23,619
|
-
|
23,619
|
-
|
-
|
23,619
|
-
|
12/23/09
|
|
7.00
%
|
Yes
|
25,000
|
23,620
|
-
|
23,620
|
-
|
-
|
23,620
|
-
|
02/03/12
|
|
10.00
%
|
No
|
1,000,000
|
1,000,000
|
-
|
1,000,000
|
1,000,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
08/15/13
|
|
10.00
%
|
No
|
525,000
|
158,334
|
-
|
158,334
|
-
|
|
-
|
158,334
|
12/31/13
|
|
8.00
%
|
Yes
|
290,000
|
130,000
|
-
|
130,000
|
130,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
04/01/14
|
|
10.00
%
|
No
|
2,265,000
|
1,137,500
|
-
|
1,137,500
|
1,137,500
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
12/22/14
|
|
22.00
%*
|
Yes
|
200,000
|
200,000
|
-
|
200,000
|
-
|
-
|
200,000
|
-
|
12/26/14
|
|
22.00
%*
|
Yes
|
100,000
|
100,000
|
-
|
100,000
|
-
|
-
|
100,000
|
-
|
03/12/15
|
(1
)
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
394,380
|
394,380
|
-
|
394,380
|
394,380
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
04/07/15
|
|
10.00
%
|
No
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
50,000
|
-
|
-
|
50,000
|
|
11/23/15
|
(1
)
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
02/25/16
|
(1
)
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
05/20/16
|
(1
)
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
10/20/16
|
(1
)
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
50,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
12,500
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
10/20/16
|
(1
)
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
12,500
|
12,500
|
-
|
12,500
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
12/21/16
|
(1
)
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
25,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
25,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
03/09/17
|
(1
)
|
10.00
%
|
No
|
200,000
|
177,000
|
-
|
177,000
|
177,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
07/13/17
|
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
25,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
25,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
25,000
|
07/18/17
|
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
25,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
25,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
25,000
|
07/26/17
|
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
15,000
|
15,000
|
-
|
15,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
15,000
|
07/27/17
|
|
6.00
%
|
No
|
15,000
|
15,000
|
-
|
15,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
15,000
|
12/20/17
|
(2
)
|
10.00
%
|
No
|
490,000
|
490,000
|
41,044
|
448,956
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
448,956
|
11/06/17
|
|
10.00
%
|
No
|
646,568
|
641,568
|
-
|
641,568
|
641,568
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
$
5,048,594
|
$
41,044
|
$
5,007,550
|
$
3,680,448
|
$
-
|
$
639,812
|
$
687,290
|
(1)
Maturity
date is 90 days after demand.
(2)
Bridge
loans were issued at dates between December 2017 and May 2018.
Principal is due on the earlier of 18 months from the anniversary
date or the completion of L2 financing with a gross proceeds of a
minimum of $1.5 million.
(3)
Principal
and accrued interest will be due and payable at the earliest of A)
resolution of Memphis litigation; B) December 31, 2018 , or C) when
OTE is able to pay.
Maturities of Long-Term Obligations for Five Years and
Beyond
The
minimum principal payments of convertible notes and notes payable
at December 31, 2018:
2019
|
$
6,441,437
|
2020
|
-
|
2021
|
10,000
|
2022
and thereafter
|
158,334
|
Total
|
$
6,609,771
|
NOTE 5 – DERIVATIVE LIABILITY
We measure the fair value of our assets and
liabilities under the guidance of ASC 820,
Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures
, which defines fair
value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and
expands disclosures about fair value measurements. ASC 820 does not
require any new fair value measurements, but its provisions apply
to all other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair
value measurement.
On August 19, 2018, the note issued to L2 Capital
on February 19, 2018, went into default. In accordance with the
terms of the note,
at any time on or after the occurrence of
any event of default, the conversion price per share would adjust
to the lesser of $0.50 or 65% multiplied by the lowest volume
weighted average price of the common stock during the
20-trading-day period ending, in L2 Capital’s sole discretion
on each conversion, on either the last complete trading day prior
to the conversion date or the conversion date.
We identified conversion features embedded within
convertible debt issued. We have determined that the features
associated with the embedded conversion option should be accounted
for at fair value as a derivative liability. We have elected to
account for these instruments together with fixed conversion price
instruments as derivative liabilities as we cannot determine if a
sufficient number of shares would be available to settle all
potential future conversion transactions.
Following
is a description of the valuation methodologies used to determine
the fair value of our financial liabilities, including the general
classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation
hierarchy:
|
Fair value
at
December
31,
2018
|
Quoted
prices in active markets for
identical
assets/liabilities
(Level
1)
|
Significant
other
observable
inputs
(Level
2)
|
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level
3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative
Liability
|
$
2,292,254
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
$
2,292,254
|
The
tables below set forth a summary of changes in fair value of our
Level 3 financial liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2018.
The tables reflect changes for all financial liabilities at fair
value categorized as Level 3 as of December 31, 2018:
|
|
Derivative
liability as of December 31, 2017
|
$
-
|
Fair
value at the commitment date for convertible
instruments
|
1,690,124
|
Change
in fair value of derivative liability
|
759,603
|
Reclassification
to additional paid-in capital for financial instruments that ceased
to be a derivative liability
|
(157,473
)
|
Derivative
liability as of December 31, 2018
|
$
2,292,254
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in fair value of derivative liability at the beginning of
year
|
$
-
|
Day
one gains/(losses) on valuation
|
441,865
|
Gains/(losses)
from the change in fair value of derivative liability
|
764,992
|
Change
in fair value of derivative liability at the end of
year
|
$
1,206,857
|
_______________
*
Gains/(losses)
related to the revaluation of Level 3 financial liabilities is
included in “Change in fair value of derivative
liability” in the accompanying consolidated audited statement
of operations.
The
fair value of the derivative liability was estimated using the
income approach and the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The
fair values at the commitment and remeasurement dates for our
derivative liabilities were based upon the following management
assumptions:
|
Commitment Date
|
|
Remeasurement Date**
|
Expected dividends
|
0%
|
|
0%
|
Expected volatility
|
81% to 503%
|
|
87% to 515%
|
Risk free interest rate
|
2.05% to 3.07%
|
|
2.19% to 2.60%
|
Expected term (in years)
|
0.25 to 5.0
|
|
0.23 to 4.81
|
_______________
**
The
fair value at the remeasurement date is equal to the carrying value
on the balance sheet.
NOTE 6 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Common Stock
For the
year ended December 31, 2017, individuals exercised Series D
warrants to purchase 998,079 shares of common stock at a price of
$0.75 per share for cash totaling $748,535. These warrants were
related to the BBNA merger.
For the
year ended December 31, 2017, we issued 2,173,517 shares of common
stock for services performed with a fair value of
$2,388,478.
For the
year ended December 31, 2017, we issued 1,714,285 shares of common
stock to L2 Capital, LLC with a fair value of $514,286 under the
equity purchase agreement.
For the
year ended December 31, 2017, we issued 11,250 shares of common
stock pursuant to our private placement memorandum with a fair
value of $45,000 ($4.00 per share).
As part
of the Merger, 94,343,776 shares of common stock were issued to the
shareholders of OTE in exchange for common stock in the merged
company.
As a
part of our agreement with the Memphis Investors, the board
repriced 14,792,500 warrants and 100,000 options to $0.00 per
share, the Memphis Investors exercised the warrants and options,
and we issued 14,792,500 shares of common stock. These warrants had
a fair value of $6,769,562. Per ASC Topic 718, this exchange is
treated as a modification. The incremental value of $6,769,562
measured as the excess of the fair value of the modified award over
the fair value of the original award immediately before the
modification using the Black-Scholes option pricing model was
expensed fully when they were exercised.
On May
8, 2017, JPF Venture Group, Inc., an investment entity that is
majority-owned by our director, chief executive officer, and chief
financial officer, transferred 148,588 shares of common stock for
$111,440 to us to fulfill an overcommitment of Series D
warrants.
On May
9, 2017, we issued 536,490 shares of common stock to the former
shareholders of TetriDyn Solutions, Inc. for the assumption of
$617,032 of accrued expenses and $1,015,506 of convertible notes
and notes payable from related and unrelated parties. We recorded a
debit of $1,628,026 to additional paid-in capital as part of the
recapitalization.
On June
5, 2017, a note holder elected to convert a $25,000 convertible
note payable for 1,806,298 shares of common stock ($0.014 per
share).
On June
29, 2017, the board of directors approved a stock bonus for our
chief executive officer and and our senior financial advisor of
258,476 and 150,590 shares of common stock, respectively, at fair
value of $920,399. These shares were issued on November 1,
2017.
On
August 3, 2017, we entered into a compensation agreement with our
former legal counsel wherein we agreed to pay an outstanding legal
bill in the amount of $197,950 by issuance of 65,000 shares covered
by a registration statement on Form S-8, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August 25, 2017. The former legal
counsel may, at any time and from time to time following the filing
of the Form S-8, elect to call for the issuance of shares as
payment for the outstanding legal bill. As the shares are sold into
the market, the outstanding balance will be reduced. On October 17,
2017, we issued 65,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the
agreement with a fair value of $146,250. As of December 31, 2017,
our former legal counsel had sold 704 shares with total proceeds of
$1,133. As of December 31, 2017, the fair value of the 64,296
shares of common stock was $20,575 and $124,542 was recorded as a
change in fair value of liability. As of December 31, 2018, our
former legal counsel has sold the remaining 64,296 shares with
total proceeds of $14,367. The legal fees balance of $182,450
remains outstanding as of December 31, 2018.
On
August 15, 2017, Series B note holders elected to convert $316,666
in notes payable for 316,666 shares of common stock at a conversion
rate of $1.00. In addition, they converted accrued interest in the
amount of $120,898 for 120,898 shares of common stock. The shares
were recorded at fair value of $1,165,892. We recorded a loss on
the settlement of debt of $728,328 on the conversion
date.
On
August 15, 2017, Clean Energy note holders elected to convert
$166,800 in notes payable for 139,000 shares of common stock at a
conversion rate of $1.20. In addition, they converted accrued
interest in the amount of $48,866 for 40,722 shares of common
stock.
On
August 15, 2017, Jeremy P. Feakins & Associates, LLC, an
investment entity that is majority-owned by our director, chief
executive officer, and chief financial officer, elected to convert
$618,500 in notes payable for 618,500 shares of common stock at a
conversion rate of $1.00. In addition, it converted accrued
interest in the amount of $207,731 for 207,731 shares of common
stock.
On
September 8, 2017, JPF Venture Group, Inc., an investment entity
that is majority-owned by our director, chief executive officer,
and chief financial officer, elected to convert $50,000 in notes
payable for 3,612,596 shares of common stock at a conversion rate
of $0.014. In addition, it converted accrued interest in the amount
of $6,342 for 458,198 shares of common stock.
We
entered into a settlement agreement to convert an outstanding
payable balance totaling $180,000 into 360,000 shares of common
stock. The shares were recorded at fair value of $556,875. We
recorded a loss on settlement of debt of $376,875 on settlement
date.
On
November 8, 2017, Jeremy P. Feakins & Associates LLC, an
investment entity that is majority-owned by our director, chief
executive officer, and chief financial officer, elected to convert
$50,000 of Series B notes payable into 50,000 shares of common
stock at a conversion rate of $1.00. In addition, accrued interest
of $16,263 was converted into 16,263 shares of common
stock.
For the
year ended December 31, 2018, we issued 673,345 shares of common
stock for services performed with a fair value of
$138,986.
For the
year ended December 31, 2018, we issued 2,300,000 shares of common
stock for financing to L2 Capital with a fair value of $106,905 in
cash, net of offering cost.
For the
year ended December 31, 2018, we issued 4,000,000 shares of common
stock to L2 Capital for the conversion of a portion of our notes
payable to L2 Capital in the amount of $114,078.
For the
year ended December 31, 2018, note holders elected to exercise
warrants to purchase 39,000 shares of common stock for $9,520 in
cash.
For the
year ended December 31, 2018, we sold 984,352 shares of common
stock for $58,980 in cash. This includes 240,840 shares of common
stock for $10,000 that were issued to our chief executive officer
and an independent director.
For the
year ended December 31, 2018, we issued 400,000 shares to L2
Capital as a commitment fee for $21,200 to purchase our outstanding
note payable from Collier Investments LLC.
Warrants and Options
We used
the following assumptions for options during the year ended
December 31, 2018:
Expected
volatility:
|
462% -
509%
|
Expected
lives:
|
3
years
|
Risk-free
interest rate:
|
2.01% -
2.85%
|
Expected
dividend yield:
|
None
|
We used
the following assumptions for options during the year ended
December 31, 2017:
Expected
volatility:
|
485%
|
Expected
lives:
|
3
Years
|
Risk-free
interest rate:
|
1.98% -
2.01%
|
Expected
dividend yield:
|
None
|
During
2012, we issued warrants to purchase 1,075,000 shares of common
stock in conjunction with Series A notes payable that were
exercisable at a price of $3.00 per share and expired on March 31,
2017. The warrants were fully exercised at $0.00 per share upon
board of directors’ approval during the year ended December
31, 2017.
During
2013, we issued warrants to purchase 105,000 shares of common stock
in conjunction with Series B notes payable that were exercisable at
a price to be determined pursuant to a specified formula. Effective
July 21, 2014, our common stock was approved for listing on the GXG
Markets First Quote platform with an $0.85 per share price,
establishing a price of $0.68 per share for the warrants and making
them all exercisable. The warrants were fully exercised at $0.00
per share upon board of directors’ approval during the year
ended December 31, 2017.
During
2013, we issued warrants to purchase 300,000 shares of common
stock, with an exercise price equal to the greater of a 50%
discount of the stock price at our initial public offering of
shares or $0.425 per share (subject to adjustment), in conjunction
with a note payable to Jeremy P. Feakins & Associates, LLC, an
entity owned by our chief executive officer, in the amount of
$100,000. Effective July 21, 2014, we were approved for listing on
the GXG Markets First Quote platform with an $0.85 per share price,
establishing a price of $0.425 per share for the warrants and
making them all exercisable. The warrants were fully exercised at
$0.00 upon board of directors’ approval during the year ended
December 31, 2017.
As part
of the merger with BBNA, we assumed outstanding warrants to
purchase 10,000,000 shares of common stock with an expiration date
of December 31, 2018. These warrants are grouped into five tranches
of 2,000,000 shares. The pricing for each tranche was as follows:
Series A and Series B were $0.50 per share; Series C was $0.75 per
share; Series D was $1.00 per share; and Series E was $1.25 per
share. During 2014, 5,786,635 of these warrants were exercised and
1,157,989 were exercised during 2015. In addition, we repriced the
Series D warrants to $0.75 per share and Series E warrants to $0.50
per share. During the year ended December 31, 2017, 998,079 were
exercised.
During
2014, we issued warrants to purchase 12,912,500 shares of common
stock, with an exercise price of $0.425 per share (subject to
adjustment) in conjunction with a note payable to Jeremy P. Feakins
& Associates, LLC, an entity owned by our chief executive
officer, in the amount of $2,265,000. On April 4, 2016, the note
holder agreed to amend the note to extend the due date of the note
to December 31, 2017. We did not modify the terms of the warrants.
The warrants were fully exercised at $0.00 per share upon board of
directors’ approval during the year ended December 31,
2017.
During
2014, we issued warrants to purchase 300,000 shares of common
stock, with an exercise price of $1.00 per share and an expiration
date of December 31, 2018, in conjunction with notes payable to
individuals, including a then-related party, in the amount of
$300,000. The warrants were fully exercised at $0.00 per share upon
board of directors’ approval during the year ended December
31, 2017.
The
following table summarizes all warrants outstanding and exercisable
for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017:
Warrants
|
|
Weighted Average Exercise
Price
|
Balance at December
31, 2016
|
15,912,210
|
$
0.76
|
Granted
|
134,000
|
*
|
Exercised
|
(998,079
)
|
$
0.31
|
Exercised
(re-priced to $0.00)
|
(14,692,500
)
|
$
0.00
|
Forfeited
|
(221,631
)
|
$
0.00
|
Balance at December
31, 2017
|
134,000
|
$
0.76
|
Granted
|
255,073
|
$
0.21
|
Exercised
|
(39,000
)
|
$
0.24
|
Forfeited
|
-
|
$
0.00
|
Balance
at December 31, 2018
|
350,073
|
$
0.18
|
Exercisable
December 31, 2018
|
350,073
|
$
0.18
|
__________
*Discount of 15% of
CPWR closing price on OTCQB the day before the warrant is
exercised.
The
aggregate intrinsic value represents the excess amount over the
exercise price that optionees would have received if all options
had been exercised on the last business day of the period
indicated, based on our closing stock price of $0.06 per share on
December 31, 2018. The intrinsic value of warrants to purchase
350,073 shares on that date was $3,408.
During
the year ended December 31, 2018, we issued warrants to purchase
125,073 shares of our common stock, none of which has been
exercised, to Craft Capital Management, LLC, as a finder’s
fee for debt and equity transactions between L2 Capital and
us.
As of
December 31, 2017, we issued warrants to purchase 134,000 shares of
our common stock to note holders. During 2018, we issued additional
warrants to purchase 128,000 shares of our common stock (see Note
4). During 2018, the note holders elected to exercise warrants and
purchase 39,000 shares of common stock for $9,520 in cash (see Note
6). As of December 31, 2018, we have outstanding warrants to
purchase 223,000 shares of our common stock.
On,
January 1, 2015, we issued to our independent director, who was
then vice president shareholder relations, three-year options to
purchase an aggregate of 100,000 shares of common stock at $0.75
per share, which would expire on January 1, 2018. The options vest
in four segments of 25,000 shares per quarter commencing on: March
31, 2015; June 30, 2015; September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2015.
We calculated the fair value of the options by using the
Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted
average assumptions: no dividend yield for all the years; expected
volatility of 54%; risk-free interest rate of 0.25%; and an
expected life of one year. The fair value of the options was
$22,440 or $0.2244 per option. These options were fully exercised
at $0.00 upon approval by our board of directors during the year
ended December 31, 2017.
The
following table summarizes all options outstanding and exercisable
for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017:
|
Number
of
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
|
|
Options
|
Price
|
Balance
at December 31, 2016
|
100,000
|
$
0.75
|
Granted
|
-
|
-
|
Exercised
|
(100,000
)
|
$
0.75
|
Forfeited
|
-
|
-
|
Balance at December 31, 2017
|
-
|
-
|
Granted
|
-
|
-
|
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
Forfeited
|
-
|
-
|
Balance at December 31, 2018
|
-
|
-
|
Exercisable December 31, 2018
|
-
|
-
|
NOTE 7 – INCOME TAX
The
Jobs Act significantly revised the U.S. corporate income tax law by
lowering the corporate federal income tax rate from 35% to
21%.
Our
ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards may be
substantially limited due to ownership change limitations that may
have occurred or that could occur in the future, as required by
Section 382 of the Code, as well as similar state provisions. These
ownership changes may limit the amount of net operating loss that
can be utilized annually to offset future taxable income and tax,
respectively. In general, an “ownership change” as
defined by Section 382 of the Code results from a transaction or
series of transactions over a three-year period resulting in an
ownership change of more than 50.0% of the outstanding stock of a
company by certain stockholders or public groups.
We have
not completed a study to assess whether an ownership change has
occurred or whether there have been multiple ownership changes
since we became a “loss corporation” under the
definition of Section 382. If we have experienced an ownership
change, utilization of the net operating loss carryforwards would
be subject to an annual limitation under Section 382 of the Code,
which is determined by first multiplying the value of our stock at
the time of the ownership change by the applicable long-term,
tax-exempt rate, and then could be subject to additional
adjustments, as required. Any limitation may result in expiration
of a portion of the net operating loss carryforwards before
utilization. Further, until a study is completed, and any
limitation known, no positions related to limitations are being
considered as an uncertain tax position or disclosed as an
unrecognized tax benefit. Any carryforwards that expire prior to
utilization as a result of such limitations will be removed from
deferred tax assets with a corresponding reduction of the valuation
allowance. Due to the existence of the valuation allowance, it is
not expected that any possible limitation will have an impact on
our results of operations or financial position.
A
reconciliation of income tax expense and the amount computed by
applying the statutory federal income tax rate of 18.9% to the
income before provision for income taxes is as
follows:
|
For the Years
Ended December 31
|
|
|
|
Statutory rate
applied to loss before income taxes
|
$
(2,276,031
)
|
$
(5,903,355
)
|
Increase (decrease)
in income taxes results from:
|
|
|
Nondeductible
permanent differences
|
806,885
|
4,446,014
|
Change
in tax rate estimates
|
-
|
3,566,781
|
Change
in valuation allowance
|
1,469,146
|
(2,109,440
)
|
Income
tax expense (benefit)
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
Deferred
income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences
between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for
financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax
purposes. Significant components of our deferred tax assets and
liabilities are as follows:
|
For the Years
Ended December 31
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and impairment
|
$
2,358,860
|
$
2,100,958
|
Operating loss
carryforwards
|
7,917,151
|
6,705,907
|
Gross deferred tax
assets
|
10,276,011
|
8,806,865
|
Valuation
allowance
|
(10,276,011
)
|
(8,806,865
)
|
Net
deferred income tax asset
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
We have
net operating loss carryforwards for income tax purposes of
approximately $27,400,000. This loss is allowed to be offset
against future income. The tax benefits relating to all timing
differences have been fully reserved for in the valuation allowance
account due to the substantial losses incurred through December 31,
2018. The change in the valuation allowance for the years ended
December 31, 2018 and 2017 was an increase (decrease) of $1,469,146
and $(2,109,440), respectively.
NOTE 8 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Commitments
On
December 11, 2017, we entered into an equity purchase agreement
with L2 Capital, LLC, for up to $15,000,000. As provided in the
agreement, we may require L2 Capital to purchase shares of common
stock from time to time by delivering a “put” notice to
L2 Capital specifying the total number of shares to be purchased.
L2 Capital will pay a purchase price equal to 85% of the
“market price,” which is defined as the lowest traded
price on the OTCQB marketplace during the five consecutive trading
days following the “Put Date,” or the date on which the
applicable shares are delivered to L2 Capital. The number of shares
may not exceed 300% of the average daily trading volume for our
common stock during the five trading days preceding the date on
which we deliver the applicable put notice. Additionally, such
amount may not be lower than $10,000 or higher than $1,000,000. L2
Capital has no obligation to purchase shares under this agreement
to the extent that such purchase would cause L2 Capital to own more
than 4.99% of our common stock.
Upon
the execution of this agreement, we issued 1,714,285 shares of
common stock valued at $514,286 as a commitment fee in connection
with the agreement. The shares to be issued pursuant to this
agreement were covered by a Registration Statement on Form S-1
effective on January 29, 2018. During the year ended December 31,
2018, we executed 12 put options for L2 Capital to purchase
2,300,000 shares of common stock.
On June
26, 2017, we entered a nonexclusive finder’s arrangement with
Craft Capital Management LLC (“Craft”) in the event
that proceeds with a debt or equity transaction or to finance a
merger/acquisition or another transaction are arranged by Craft. We
have no obligation to consummate any transaction, and we can choose
to accept or reject any transaction in our sole and absolute
discretion. Upon the successful completion of a placement, we will
pay to Craft 8% of the gross proceeds from an equity placement and
3% for a debt placement. In addition, we will issue to Craft, at
the time of closing, warrants with an aggregate exercise price
equal to 3% of the amount raised. These warrants have a fair value
of $13,280 based on the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The
warrants have an exercise price ranging from $0.0425 to $0.25 per
share and are exercisable for a period of five years after the
closing of the placement. If we, at any time while these warrants
are outstanding, sell, grant any option to purchase or sell, grant
any right to reprice, or otherwise dispose of or issue any common
stock or securities entitling any person or entity to acquire
shares of common stock, at an effective price per share less than
the then-exercise price, then the exercise price will be reduced to
equal the lower share price, at the option of Craft. Such
adjustment will be made whenever such common stock is issued. We
will notify Craft in writing, no later than the trading day
following the issuance of any common stock, of the applicable
issuance price or applicable reset price, exchange price,
conversion price, and other pricing terms. As of December 31, 2018,
we have issued to Craft warrants to purchase 125,073 shares of
common stock, none of which has been exercised, as a finder’s
fee for debt and equity transactions between L2 Capital and
us.
On
August 7, 2018, we signed a non-binding letter of intent proposing
to acquire a heavy-duty commercial air conditioning company. We
believe that the acquisition will help support our existing
projects and enable us to enter new markets. Closing is subject to
additional due diligence, the negotiation of definitive agreements,
satisfaction of agreed conditions, and financing. We continue to
focus our efforts on satisfying the above conditions.
Litigation
From
time to time, we are involved in legal proceedings and regulatory
proceedings arising from operations. We establish reserves for
specific liabilities in connection with legal actions that
management deems to be probable and estimable.
On May
4, 2018, we reached a settlement of the claims at issue in
Ocean Thermal Energy Corp. v.
Robert Coe, et al.
, Case No. 2:17-cv-02343SHL-cgc, before
the United States District Court for the Western District of
Tennessee. On August 8, 2018, an $8 million judgment was entered
against the defendants and in our favor. We have reason to believe
the defendants have adequate assets to satisfy this judgment in
full. The collection process is ongoing. Between May 30 and July
19, 2018, we received three payments totaling $100,000 from the
defendants.
NOTE 9 – CONSULTING AGREEMENTS
For the
year ended December 31, 2018, we issued 673,345 shares of common
stock for services performed with a fair value of
$138,986.
On June
4, 2018, we entered into a consulting agreement to pay 20,000
shares of common stock when one of the conditions of the contract
was satisfied. Although this condition was satisfied on August 31,
2018, we have not issued the shares. As of December 31, 2018, we
have accrued the share compensation at fair value totaling
$1,600.
On
August 14, 2018, we entered into a consulting agreement to pay
$40,000 by issuing shares of common stock. As of December 31, 2018,
we have not issued the shares and have accrued the
amount.
NOTE 10 – EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
On
January 1, 2011, we entered into a five-year employment agreement
with our chief executive officer, which provides for successive
one-year term renewals unless it is expressly cancelled by either
party 100 days prior to the end of the term. Under the agreement,
our chief executive officer will receive an annual salary of
$350,000, a car allowance of $12,000, and company-paid health
insurance. The agreement also provides for bonuses equal to one
times his annual salary plus 500,000 shares of common stock for
each additional project that generates $25 million or more in
revenue to us. Our chief executive officer is entitled to receive
severance pay in the lesser amount of three years’ salary or
100% of the remaining salary if the remaining term is less than
three years.
On June
29, 2017, the board of directors approved extending the employment
agreements for the chief executive officer and the senior financial
advisor for an additional five years. The salary and other
compensation were increased to account for inflation since the
original employment agreements were executed and became effective
June 30, 2017. These modifications were never reduced to
writing.
NOTE 11 – RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
For the
years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we paid rent of $120,000
and $95,000, respectively, to a company controlled by our chief
executive officer under an operating lease agreement.
On
January 18, 2018, Jeremy P. Feakins & Associates, LLC, an
investment entity owned by our chief executive, chief financial
officer, and a director, agreed to extend the due date for
repayment of a $2,265,000 note issued in 2014 to the earlier of
December 31, 2018, or the date of the financial closings of our
Baha Mar project (or any other project of $25 million or more),
whichever occurs first. On August 15, 2017, principal of $618,500
and accrued interest of $207,731 were converted to 826,231 shares
at $1.00 per share, which was ratified by a disinterested majority
of the board of directors. The conversion was recorded at
historical cost due to the related-party nature of the transaction.
For the year ended December 31, 2018, we repaid $35,000. As of
December 31, 2018, the note balance was $1,102,500 and the accrued
interest was $511,818. This note is in default.
During
the year ended December 31, 2017, we made a repayment of note
payable to a related party in the amount of $64,432.
On
March 9, 2017, we issued a promissory note payable of $200,000 to a
related party in which our chief executive officer is an officer
and director. The note bears interest of 10% and is due and payable
within 90 days after demand. During the year ended December 31,
2017, we received an additional $2,000 and repaid $25,000. The
outstanding balance was $177,000 and accrued interest was $32,851
as of December 31, 2018.
On May
8, 2017, JPF Venture Group. Inc., an investment entity that is
majority-owned by Jeremy Feakins, our director, chief executive
officer, and chief financial officer transferred 148,558 shares of
common stock for $111,440 to us to fulfill an over commitment of
"D'" warrants.
On June
5, 2017, a note holder and a shareholder elected to convert a
$25,000 convertible note payable for 1,806,298 shares of common
stock ($0.014 per share).
On
September 8, 2017, JPF Venture Group, Inc., an investment entity
that is majority-owned by our director, chief executive officer,
and chief financial officer elected to convert $50,000 in notes
payable for 3,612,596 shares of common stock at a conversion rate
of $0.014 per share. In addition, accrued interest in the amount of
$6,342 was converted to 458,198 shares.
On
November 6, 2017, we entered into an agreement and promissory note
with JPF Venture Group, Inc. to loan up to $2,000,000 to us. The
terms of the note are as follows: (i) interest is payable at
10% per annum; (ii) all unpaid principal and all accrued and
unpaid interest is due and payable at the earliest of resolution of
the Memphis litigation (as defined therein), December 31, 2018, or
when we are otherwise able to pay. As of December 31, 2018, the
outstanding balance was $612,093 and the accrued interest was
$80,568. For the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we repaid
$29,474 and $39,432, respectively. On September 30, 2018, the note
was amended to extend the maturity date to the earliest of a
resolution of the Memphis litigation, December 31, 2018, or when we
are otherwise able to pay. This note is in default.
On
November 8, 2017, Jeremy P. Feakins & Associates. LLC, an
investment entity that is majority-owned by Jeremy Feakins, our
director, chief executive officer and chief financial officer, a
Series B note holder, elected to convert $50,000 in notes payable
for 50,000 shares of common stock at a conversion rate of $1.00. In
addition it converted accrued interest in the amount of $16,263 for
16,263 shares.
We
remain liable for the loans made to us by JPF Venture Group, Inc.
before the 2017 Merger. As of December 31, 2018, the outstanding
balance of these loans was $581,880 and the accrued interest was
$125,381. All of these notes are in default.
In
December 2018, Jeremy P. Feakins, our chief executive officer, made
two advances to us totaling $4,600. The total amount was repaid on
January 23, 2019.
For the
year ended December 31, 2018, we sold 240,840 shares of common
stock for $10,000 in cash to our chief executive officer and an
independent director.
On
October 20, 2016, we borrowed $12,500 from an independent director
pursuant to a promissory note. The terms of the note are as
follows: (i) interest is payable at 6% per annum;
(ii) the note is payable 90 days after demand; and
(iii) the payee is authorized to convert part or all of the
note balance and accrued interest, if any, into shares of our
common stock at the rate of one share for each $0.03 of principal
amount of the note. This conversion share price was adjusted to
$0.01384 for the reverse stock splits. As of December 31, 2018, the
outstanding balance was $12,500, plus accrued interest of
$1,754.
NOTE 12 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On
January 2, 2019, we initiated a promissory note agreement pursuant
to which we issued a series of promissory notes in the amount of
$10,000 to accredited investors. Proceeds from these notes will be
used to support the administrative and legal expenses of our
lawsuit before the United District Court for the Western District
of Tennessee:
Ocean Thermal Energy
Corporation v. Robert Coe, el al.,
Case No.
2:17-cv-02343SHL-cgc; and any subsequent actions brought about as a
result of or in connection with this litigation. These notes are
secured against the proceeds from the litigation. The notes bear an
interest rate of 17%, plus one quarter of one percent of the actual
funds received from the litigation. The repayment of the principal,
accrued interest, and the percentage of the litigation funds
received will be paid immediately following the receipt of
sufficient funds from this litigation. As of March 22, 2019, the outstanding balance
of these loans is $290,000.
Subsequent to
December 31, 2018, L2 Capital LLC exercised four loan conversions
totaling $49,614 and was issued 1,800,000 shares.
On
January 23, 2019, we repaid advances totaling $4,600 to Jeremy P.
Feakins, our chief executive officer.
PART
II
Information
Not Required in Prospectus
Item
13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The following table
sets forth the costs and expenses payable by us in connection with
the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered
hereunder. The selling stockholder will bear no expenses associated
with this offering except for any broker discounts and commissions
or equivalent expenses and expenses of the selling
stockholder’s legal counsel applicable to the sale of its
shares. All of the amounts shown are estimates, except for the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) registration
fees.
Item
|
|
SEC
registration fee
|
$
1,867.50
|
Legal fees and
expenses
|
15,000
|
Accounting fees and
expenses
|
10,000
|
Miscellaneous fees
and expenses
|
3,132.50
|
Total
|
$
30,000
|
Item
14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Nevada law permits
a company to indemnify its directors and officers, except for any
act of dishonesty. We have provided in our bylaws for the
indemnification of our officers and directors against expenses
actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense of
any action, suit, or proceeding in which they are a party by reason
of their status as an officer or director, except in cases of
negligence or misconduct in the performance of duty.
Our articles of
incorporation limit, to the fullest extent permitted by Nevada Law,
the personal liability of our officers and directors for monetary
damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duty, except for
damages resulting from acts or omissions that involve intentional
misconduct, fraud, a knowing violation of law, or the inappropriate
payment of dividends in violation of Nevada Revised
Statutes.
The above
discussion of our bylaws and Nevada law is not intended to be
exhaustive and is respectively qualified in its entirety by such
bylaws and applicable Nevada law.
To the extent that
our directors and officers are indemnified under the provisions
contained in our bylaws, Nevada law, or contractual arrangements
against liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), we have been advised
that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.
Item
15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
On March 19, 2015,
we exchanged convertible notes issued in 2010, 2011, and 2012,
payable to our officers and directors in the aggregate principal
amount of $320,246, plus accrued but unpaid interest of $74,134,
into a single, $394,380 consolidated convertible note. The
consolidated convertible note was assigned to JPF Venture Group,
Inc. (“JPF”), our principal stockholder and an
investment entity that is majority-owned by Jeremy Feakins, our
director, chief executive officer, and chief financial officer. The
new consolidated note was convertible to common stock at $0.025 per
share, the approximate market price of our common stock as of the
date of issuance, but the note was amended to remove the conversion
option in February 2017. The note bears interest at 6% per annum
and is due and payable within 90 days after demand.
On March 23, 2015,
we entered into an Investment Agreement dated March 12, 2015, with
JPF and Antoinette Knapp Hempstead and the estate of her late
husband, David W. Hempstead (together, the
“Hempsteads”). Before entering into this agreement,
there was no material relationship between us, the Hempsteads, and
our respective affiliates, on the one hand, and JPF and its
affiliates, on the other. Under the terms of the Investment
Agreement, JPF purchased for $100,000 in cash 29,372,277 shares of
our common stock at $0.003405 per share (the “JPF
Stock”) and a warrant to purchase up to 1,033,585 shares of
our common stock at an exercise price of $0.003 per share. The JPF
Stock represented a 55% ownership interest by JPF in our common
stock, without giving effect to the issuance of additional shares
of our common stock on the conversion of outstanding convertible
notes.
On April 7, 2015,
we issued an unsecured convertible promissory note in the principal
amount of $50,000 to an unrelated party. The note bears interest of
10% and was due on April 17, 2017. The note holder agreed to extend
the maturity date to April 7, 2019. The note and accrued interest
can be converted into our common stock at a conversion rate of
$0.75 per share at any time prior to the repayment. The note
is in default as of the date of this
prospectus.
On June 23, 2015,
we borrowed $50,000 from JPF pursuant to a promissory note. We
received $25,000 on July 31, 2015, and the remaining $25,000 on
August 18, 2015. The terms of the note are as follows:
(i) interest is payable at 6% per annum; (ii) the note is
payable 90 days after demand; and (iii) the payee is
authorized to convert part or all of the note balance and accrued
interest, if any, into shares of our common stock at the rate of
one share each for $0.03 of principal amount of the note. This note
was converted on September 8, 2017.
On November 23,
2015, we borrowed $50,000 from JPF pursuant to a promissory note.
We received $37,500 before December 31, 2015, and the remaining
$12,500 was received after the year-end. The terms of the note are
as follows: (i) interest is payable at 6% per annum;
(ii) the note is payable 90 days after demand; and
(iii) the payee is authorized to convert part or all of the
note balance and accrued interest, if any, into shares of our
common stock at the rate of one share each for $0.03 of principal
amount of the note. This conversion share price was adjusted to
$0.01384 for the reverse stock splits.
On February 25,
2016, we borrowed $50,000 from JPF pursuant to a promissory note.
The terms of the note are as follows: (i) interest is payable
at 6% per annum; (ii) the note is payable 90 days after
demand; and (iii) the payee is authorized to convert part or
all of the note balance and accrued interest, if any, into shares
of our common stock at the rate of one share for each $0.03 of
principal amount of the note. The note was amended to remove the
conversion option in February 2017.
On May 20, 2016, we issued a promissory note in the amount of
$50,000 to JPF. The terms of the note are as follows:
(i) interest is payable at 6% per annum; (ii) the note is
payable 90 days after demand; and (iii) the payee was
authorized to convert part or all of the note balance and accrued
interest, if any, into shares of our common stock at the rate of
one share for each $0.03 of principal amount of the note. The note
was amended to remove the conversion option in February
2017.
On October 20,
2016, we issued a convertible note in the principal amount of
$12,500, payable to JPF. The terms of the note are as follows: (i)
interest is payable at 6% per annum; (ii) the note is payable 90
days after demand; and (iii) payee was authorized to convert part
or all of the note balance and accrued interest, if any, into
shares of our common stock at the rate of one share each for $0.03
of principal amount of the note.
The note was amended to remove the
conversion option in February 2017.
On October 20,
2016, we borrowed $12,500 from an independent director pursuant to
a promissory note. The terms of the note are as follows: (i)
interest is payable at 6% per annum; (ii) the note is payable 90
days after demand; and (iii) the payee is authorized to convert
part or all of the note balance and accrued interest, if any, into
shares of our common stock at the rate of one share for each $0.03
of principal amount of the note. This conversion share price was
adjusted to $0.01384 for the reverse stock splits.
On
December 8, 2016, we completed the purchase of all assets of JPF
used primarily in connection with the development of a sustainable
living community by creating an ecologically sustainable
“EcoVillage” powered by 100% fossil-fuel free
electricity, buildings cooled by energy efficient and chemical free
systems, and on-site water produced for drinking, aquaculture, and
agriculture, pursuant to the terms of an Asset Purchase Agreement.
Under the terms of the purchase agreement, the purchase price for
the assets was the issuance to JPF of 5,000 shares of our common
stock, after giving effect to an adjustment for stock
splits.
On
December 21, 2016, we borrowed $25,000 from JPF pursuant to a
promissory note. The terms of the note are as follows:
(i) interest is payable at 6% per annum; (ii) the note is
payable 90 days after demand; and (iii) the payee is
authorized to convert part or all of the note balance and accrued
interest, if any, into shares of our common stock at the rate of
one share for each $0.03 of principal amount of the note. This
conversion share price was adjusted to $0.01384 for the reverse
stock splits.
For the
year ended December 31, 2017, individuals exercised Series D
warrants to purchase 998,079 shares of common stock at a price of
$0.75 per share for cash totaling $748,535. These warrants were
related to BBNA merger.
For the
year ended December 31, 2017, we issued 2,173,517 shares of common
stock for services performed with a fair value of
$2,388,478.
For the
year ended December 31, 2017, we issued 11,250 shares of common
stock pursuant to our private placement memorandum with a fair
value of $45,000 ($4.00 per share).
On
May 8, 2017, JPF transferred 148,588 shares of common stock for
$111,440 to us to fulfill an over commitment of “D”
warrants.
On
May 9, 2017, we issued 536,490 shares of common stock to the former
shareholders of TetriDyn Solutions, Inc. for the assumption of
$617,032 of accrued expenses and $1,015,506 of convertible notes
and notes payable from related and unrelated parties. We recorded a
debit of $1,628,026 to the additional paid-in capital as part of
the recapitalization.
On
June 5, 2017, a note holder elected to convert a $25,000
convertible note payable for 1,806,298 shares of common stock
($0.014 per share).
On
June 29, 2017, the board of directors approved a stock bonus for
the Chief Executive Officer and Sr. Financial Advisor of 258,476
and 150,590 shares of common stock, respectively, at fair value of
$920,399. These shares were issued on November 1,
2017.
On
August 3, 2017, we entered into a compensation agreement with our
former legal counsel wherein we agreed to pay an outstanding legal
bill in the amount of $197,950 by issuance of 65,000 shares covered
by a registration statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on
August 25, 2017. The former legal counsel may, at any time and from
time to time following the filing of the Form S-8, elect to call
for the issuance of shares as payment for the outstanding legal
bill. As the shares are sold into the market, the outstanding
balance will be reduced. On October 17, 2017, we issued 65,000
shares of common stock pursuant to the agreement with a fair value
of $146,250. As of December 31, 2017, our former legal counsel has
sold 704 shares with a total proceeds of $1,133. As of December 31,
2017, the fair value of the 64,296 shares of common stock was
$20,575 and $124,542 was recorded as a change in fair value of
liability.
On
August 15, 2017, Series B note holders elected to convert $316,666
in notes payable for 316,666 shares of common stock at a conversion
rate of $1.00. In addition, they converted accrued interest in the
amount of $120,898 for 120,898 shares of common stock. The shares
were recorded at fair value of $1,165,892. We recorded a loss on
the settlement of debt of $728,328 on the conversion
date.
On
August 15, 2017, Clean Energy note holders elected to convert
$166,800 in notes payable for 139,000 shares of common stock at a
conversion rate of $1.20. In addition, they converted accrued
interest in the amount of $48,866 for 40,722 shares of common
stock.
On
August 15, 2017, Jeremy P. Feakins & Associates, LLC, an
investment entity that is majority-owned by Jeremy Feakins, our
director, chief executive officer, and chief financial officer,
elected to convert $618,500 in notes payable for 618,500 shares of
common stock at a conversion rate of $1.00. In addition, it
converted accrued interest in the amount of $207,731 for 207,731
shares of common stock.
On
September 8, 2017, JPF elected to convert $50,000 in notes payable
for 3,612,596 shares of common stock at a conversion rate of
$0.014. In addition, it converted accrued interest in the amount of
$6,342 for 458,198 shares of common stock.
We
entered into a settlement agreement to convert outstanding payable
balance totaling $180,000 into 360,000 shares of common stock. The
shares were recorded at fair value of $556,875. We recorded a loss
on settlement of debt of $376,875 on settlement date.
On
November 8, 2017, Jeremy P. Feakins & Associates LLC, an
investment entity that is majority-owned by Jeremy Feakins, our
director, chief executive officer, and chief financial officer,
elected to convert $50,000 of Series B notes payable into 50,000
shares of common stock at a conversion rate of $1.00. In addition,
accrued interest of $16,263 was converted into 16,263 shares of
common stock.
As a part of our
agreement with the Memphis Investors, the board re-priced
14,792,500 warrants and 100,000 options to $0.00 and exercised the
warrants and options and issued 14,792,500 shares of common stock.
These warrants had a fair value of $6,769,562. Per ASC Topic 718,
this exchange is treated as a modification. The incremental value
of $6,769,562 measured as the excess of the fair value of the
modified award over the fair value of the original award
immediately before the modification using the Black-Scholes option
pricing model was expensed fully when they were
exercised.
During the third
quarter of 2017, we issued $80,000 in convertible promissory notes
in a private placement offering. The terms of each note are as
follows: (i) interest is payable at 6% per annum;
(ii) the note is payable two years after purchase; (iii) and
all principal and interest will automatically convert on the
Conversion Maturity Date into shares of our common stock at a
conversion price of $4.00 per share, as long as the closing share
price of our common stock on the trading day immediately preceding
the Conversion Maturity Date is at least $4.00, as adjusted for
stock splits, stock dividends, reclassification, and the like. If
the price of our shares on such date is less than $4.00 per share,
the note (principal and interest) will be repaid in
full.
On December 18,
2017, we entered into an equity purchase agreement with L2 Capital,
LLC for its purchase of up to $15,000,000 worth of shares of our
common stock over a period terminating on the earlier of the date
on which L2 Capital has purchased shares under the agreement for an
aggregate purchase price of $15,000,000 or December 11, 2020. Upon
the execution of this agreement, we issued 1,714,285 shares of
common stock valued at $514,286 as a commitment fee in connection
with the agreement. L2 Capital will pay a purchase price equal to
85% of the market price (which is defined as the lowest traded
price on the OTCQB Marketplace, as reported by Bloomberg Finance
L.P.) during the five consecutive trading days including and
immediately prior to the “put date,” or the date on
which the applicable put notice is delivered to L2 Capital. In
order to exercise the put, certain conditions must be met at each
put notice date, including: (i) we must have an effective
registration statement; (ii) our common stock must be
deposit/withdrawal at custodian (“DWAC”) eligible;
(iii) the minimum price must exceed $0.01; and (iv) the number
of shares to be purchased by L2 Capital may not exceed the number
of shares that, when added to the number of shares of our common
stock then beneficially owned by L2 Capital, would exceed 4.99% of
our shares of common stock outstanding.
In
December 2017, we entered into a note and warrant purchase
agreement pursuant to which we issued a series of unsecured
promissory notes to accredited investors, in the aggregate
principal amount of $979,156 and warrants to purchase 262,000
shares of our common stock, as of December 31, 2018.
The notes accrue interest at a rate of 10% per annum
payable on a quarterly basis and are not convertible into shares of
our capital stock. The notes are payable, within five
business days after receipt of funds from L2 Capital under the
Equity Purchase Agreement, in an amount equal to 20% of the total
funds received by us from L2 Capital payable on a pro rata basis to
all holders of the notes. We may prepay the
notes in whole or in part, without penalty or premium,
on or before the maturity date of July 30, 2019. The exercise price
per share of the warrants is equal to 85% of the closing price of
our common stock on the day immediately preceding the exercise of
the relevant warrant, subject to adjustment as provided in the
warrant. The warrant includes a cashless net exercise provision
whereby the holder can elect to receive shares equal to the value
of the warrant minus the fair market value of shares being
surrendered to pay the exercise price.
On
February 15, 2018, we entered into an agreement with L2 Capital for
a loan of up to $565,555, together with interest at the rate of 8%
per annum, which consists of up to $500,000 to us and a prorated
original issuance discount of $55,555 and $10,000 for transactional
expenses to L2 Capital. L2 Capital has the right at any time to
convert all or any part of the note into fully paid and
nonassessable shares of our common stock at the fixed conversion
price, which is equal to $0.50 per share; however, at any time on
or after the occurrence of any event of default under the note, the
conversion price will adjust to the lesser of $0.50 or 65%
multiplied by the lowest volume weighted average price of the
common stock during the 20-trading-day period ending, in L2
Capital’s sole discretion on each conversion, on either the
last complete trading day prior to the conversion date or the
conversion date. In addition, we also issued warrants to purchase
56,073 shares of common stock in accordance with a nonexclusive
finder’s fee arrangement. As of December 31, 2018, we
have received five tranches totaling $482,222 with debt issuance
cost of $91,222. During the year ended December 31, 2018, L2
Capital converted $114,078 of the note into 4,000,000 shares of
common stock at an average conversion price of $0.028 per share. In
2019, it has converted $12,382 of the note into 500,000 shares of
common stock at a conversion rate of $0.025. Total amount of loans
converted is $126,460 into 4,500,000 shares of common
stock.
On May
22, 2018, we executed a convertible note with Collier Investments,
LLC, an unaffiliated California company, in the amount of $281,250
with an interest rate of 12% per annum. The maturity date of the
note is the earlier of: (i) seven months after the issuance date;
or (ii) the date on which we consummate a capital-raising
transaction for $6,000,000 or more primarily from the sale of
equity in the company. The note, or any portion of it, can be
convertible by the holder into shares of our common stock at any
time after the issuance date. The conversion price is equal to the
lesser of 80% multiplied by the price per share paid by the
investors in a “qualified financing” (as defined in the
note) or $0.20, subject to certain adjustments. At any time within
a 90-day period following the issuance date, we have the option to
prepay 145% of the outstanding balance. There was an original issue
discount and transaction fees of $36,250, yielding net proceeds of
$245,000 to us. In addition, we paid a finder’s fee of
$20,914. On December 14, 2018, L2 Capital LLC purchased our
note payable from Collier Investments, LLC. We issued 400,000
shares of common stock with a fair value of $21,200 to L2 Capital,
LLC as commitment shares in connection with the purchase of the
note. To date, L2 Capital has converted $49,614 of the note into
1,800,000 shares of common stock at an average conversion price of
$0.028 per share. None of the warrants has been
exercised.
On
September 19, 2018, we executed a note payable for $10,000 with an
unrelated party that bears interest at 6% per annum, which is due
quarterly beginning as of September 30, 2018. The maturity date for
the note is three years after date of issuance. In addition, the
lender received warrants to purchase 2,000 shares of common stock
upon signing the promissory note. The warrant can be exercised at a
price per share equal to a 15% discount from the price of common
stock on the last trading day before such purchase.
For
the year ended December 31, 2018, we issued 673,345 shares of
common stock for services performed to unaffiliated parties. There
have been no additional shares issued for services in
2019.
For the year ended
December 31, 2018, note holders elected to exercise warrants to
purchase 39,000 shares of common stock for $9,520 in cash. There
have been no additional shares issued for the exercise of warrants
to purchase shares in 2019.
For the year ended
December 31, 2018, we sold 984,352 shares of common stock for
$58,980 in cash. This includes 240,840 shares of common stock for
$10,000 that were issued to our chief executive officer and an
independent director. There have been no additional shares issued
for cash in 2019.
For the year ended
December 31, 2018, we issued warrants to purchase 125,073 shares of
common stock to Craft Capital. There have been no additional
warrants issued to purchase shares in 2019.
For the year ended
December 31, 2018, we sold 2,300,000 of common stock to L2 Capital,
LLC for cash per the equity agreement for $135,575 in cash. There
have been no additional shares issues for cash in
2019.
Except
as otherwise noted, the securities in these transactions were sold
in reliance on the exemption from registration provided in Section
4(a)(2) of the Securities Act for transactions not involving any
public offering. Each of the persons acquiring the foregoing
securities was an accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501(a) of
Regulation D) and confirmed the foregoing and acknowledged, in
writing, that the securities must be acquired and held for
investment. All certificates evidencing the shares sold bore a
restrictive legend. No underwriter participated in the offer and
sale of these securities, and no commission or other remuneration
was paid or given directly or indirectly in connection
therewith.
The
proceeds from these sales were used for general corporate
purposes.
Item
16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)
Exhibits.
The registrant has filed
the exhibits listed on the following exhibit index of this
registration statement.
Exhibit
Number*
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Title of
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Location
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Item
3
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Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws
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Articles of Incorporation of
TetriDyn Solutions, Inc., dated May 15, 2006
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 7, 2006
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Bylaws
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 7, 2006
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Designation of Rights, Privileges,
and Preferences of Series A Preferred Stock
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Incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009,
filed March 31, 2010
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Certificate of Amendment to
Articles of Incorporation dated May 8, 2017
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 12, 2017
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Item
4
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Instruments
Defining the Rights of Security Holders, including
indentures
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Specimen Stock
Certificate
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Incorporated by reference from the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed August 25,
2017
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Item
5
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Opinion re
Legality
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Legal Opinion of Michael Best &
Friedrich LLP
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This
filing.
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Item
10
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Material
Contracts
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Loan Agreement between TetriDyn
Solutions, Inc., and Southeast Idaho Council of Governments, Inc.,
together with related promissory notes, dated December 23,
2009
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Incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009,
filed March 31, 2010
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Consolidated Promissory Note for
$394,350 dated December 31, 2014
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 8, 2015
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Exhibit
Number*
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Title of
Document
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Location
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Promissory Note dated February 25,
2016
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 1, 2016
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Promissory Note dated November 23,
2015
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Incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015,
filed March 30, 2016
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Asset Purchase Agreement between
TetriDyn Solutions, Inc. and JPF Venture Group, Inc. dated December
8, 2016
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 12,
2016
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Promissory Note dated October 20,
2016
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 20,
2016
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Promissory Note dated May 20,
2016
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 24, 2016
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Amendment to Convertible Promissory
Notes dated February 24, 2017
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 2, 2017
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Agreement and Plan of Merger
between TetriDyn Solutions, Inc. and Ocean Thermal Energy
Corporation dated March 1, 2017
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 10, 2017
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Equity Purchase Agreement dated
December 18, 2017
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 21,
2017
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Registration Rights Agreement dated
December 18, 2017
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 21,
2017
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Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated
December 18, 2017
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 21,
2017
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Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement
dated December 28, 2017
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 3,
2018
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Form of Unsecured Promissory
Note
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 3,
2018
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Form of Unsecured Common Stock
Purchase Warrant
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 3,
2018
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Securities Purchase Agreement dated
May 22, 2018, between Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation and Collier
Investments, LLC
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 1, 2018
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Convertible Note dated May 22,
2018, issued to Collier Investments, LLC
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 1, 2018
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Security Agreement dated May 22,
2018, between Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation and Collier
Investments, LLC
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 1, 2018
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Securities Purchase Agreement dated
February 16, 2018, between Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation and L2
Capital, LLC
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 23,
2018
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Senior Secured Promissory Note
dated February 16, 2018, issued to L2 Capital,
LLC
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 23,
2018
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Security Agreement dated February
16, 2018, between Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation and L2 Capital,
LLC
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 23,
2018
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Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated
February 16, 2018, issued to L2 Capital,
LLC
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 23,
2018
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Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated
February 16, 2018, issued to Craft Capital Management,
LLC
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 23,
2018
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Lease Agreement between Ocean
Thermal Energy Corporation and Queen Street Development Partners 1,
LP, as amended
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Incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,
filed March 22, 2019.
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Employment Agreement with Jeremy P.
Feakins dated January 1, 2011**
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Incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,
filed March 22, 2019.
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Loan Agreement, Promissory Note,
and Warrant to Purchase up to 3,295,761 Shares of Common Stock
between Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation and DCO Energy, LLC, dated
February 10, 2012, including Forbearance and Loan Extension
Agreement dated April 1, 2016
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Incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,
filed March 22, 2019.
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Form of Loan Agreement, Promissory
Note (Series B), Security Agreement, and Warrant (with related
schedule) [2013]
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Incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,
filed March 22, 2019.
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Promissory Note for $290,000
payable to Theodore Herman dated December 31,
2013
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Incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,
filed March 22, 2019.
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Loan Agreement, Promissory Note,
and Warrant to Purchase up to 12,912,500 Shares of Common Stock
between Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation and Jeremy P. Feakins
& Associates, LLC, dated April 1, 2014, including Forbearance
and Loan Extension Agreement (Revised and Reformed) dated April 1,
2016
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Incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,
filed March 22, 2019.
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Loan Agreement, Promissory Note,
and Warrant to Purchase up to 200,000 Shares of Common Stock
between Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation and Mart Inn, Inc., dated
December 22, 2014
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Incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,
filed March 22, 2019.
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Loan Agreement, Promissory Note,
and Warrant to Purchase up to 100,000 Shares of Common Stock
between Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation and James G. Garner, Jr.,
dated December 26, 2014
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Incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,
filed March 22, 2019.
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Exhibit
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Title of
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Location
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Promissory Note dated April 17,
2015, with extensions
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Incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,
filed March 22, 2019.
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Promissory Note dated October 20,
2016, to Peter Wolfson
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Incorporated by reference from the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 20,
2016
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Promissory Note dated December 21,
2016, to JPF Venture Group
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Incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,
filed March 22, 2019.
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Promissory Note dated March 9,
2017, to Jeremy P. Feakins & Associates,
LLC
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Incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,
filed March 22, 2019.
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Loan Agreement and Promissory Note
with JPF Venture Group, Inc., dated November 6,
2017
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Incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,
filed March 22, 2019.
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Form of Bridge Loan, Warrant, and
Promissory Note for December 2017, together with schedule of
investors
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Incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,
filed March 22, 2019.
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Replacement Convertible Promissory
Note to L2 Capital, LLC, dated December 14, 2018
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Incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,
filed March 22, 2019.
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Item
21
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Subsidiaries of
the Registrant
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Schedule of
Subsidiaries
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Incorporated by reference from
Amendment No. 1/A to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed
January 10, 2019
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Item
23
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Consents of
Experts and Counsel
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Consent of Liggett & Webb,
P.A.
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This filing.
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23.02
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Consent of Michael Best
Friedrich LLP
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Included in exhibit
5.01.
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Item
24
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Power of
Attorney
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Power of
Attorney
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Incorporated by reference from
Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed January 12,
2018
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Item
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Interactive Data
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101.INS
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XBRL Instance
Document
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This
filing.
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101.SCH
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension
Schema
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This
filing.
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101.CAL
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation
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This
filing.
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101.DEF
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition
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This
filing.
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101.LAB
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label
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This
filing.
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101.PRE
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension
Presentation Linkbase
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This
filing.
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_______________________
* All
exhibits are numbered with the number preceding the decimal
indicating the applicable SEC reference number in Item 601 and the
number following the decimal indicating the sequence of the
particular document. Omitted numbers in the sequence refer to
documents previously filed as an exhibit.
** Users
of this data are advised that, pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation
S-T, these interactive data files are deemed not filed or part of a
registration statement or Annual Report for purposes of Sections 11
or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 18 of the Exchange
Act of 1934 and otherwise are not subject to
liability.
(b)
Financial Statement
Schedules.
All
financial statement schedules are omitted because the information
called for is not required or is shown either in the financial
statements or in the notes thereto.
Item
17. Undertakings
(a) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:
(i) To
include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement; and
(iii) To
include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration
statement;
(2) That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;
(3) To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering; and
(5) That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act
of 1933 to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering,
other than registration statements relying on 430B or other than
prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be
part of and included in the registration statement as of the date
it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no
statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is
part of the registration statement or made in a document
incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the
registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of
contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any
statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus
that was part of the registration statement or made in any such
document immediately prior to such date of first use.
(6)
That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act
of 1933 to any purchaser
in the initial distribution of
the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a
primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant
pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the
underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser,
if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of
any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant
will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer
or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any
preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule
424;
(ii) Any
free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the
undersigned registrant;
(iii) The
portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the
offering containing material information about the undersigned
registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant; and
(iv) Any
other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense
of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly
caused this amendment no. 2 to post-effective
amendment no. 1/A to registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in Boynton, Florida, on the 10th day of
April, 2019.
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OCEAN
THERMAL ENERGY CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Jeremy P.
Feakins
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Jeremy P.
Feakins
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Chief Executive
Officer and
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Chief Financial
Officer
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(Principal
Executive and Financial Officer)
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POWER
OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name
and Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Jeremy P.
Feakins
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Jeremy P.
Feakins
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Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
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April
10, 2019
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Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
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/s/ Jeremy P.
Feakins
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attorney-in
fact
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Peter
Wolfson
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Director
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April
10, 2019
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/s/ Jeremy P.
Feakins
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attorney-in
fact
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Antoinette
Hempstead
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Director
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April
10, 2019
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